GOP Primary Megathread III: Third Time's A Charm

Last.FM · by **Corrian** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 9:14 pm

Cyrisnia wrote:A moment of silence for the Cruz and Kasich campaigns, please.

Pretty sure the Kasich one has been dead for a while, logically speaking. But yup. RIP.

by **Cyrisnia** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 9:16 pm

Corrian wrote:
Cyrisnia wrote:A moment of silence for the Cruz and Kasich campaigns, please.

Pretty sure the Kasich one has been dead for a while, logically speaking. But yup. RIP.

Kasich is a zombie at this point tbh.

by **Planita** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 9:17 pm

Cyrisnia wrote:
Corrian wrote:Pretty sure the Kasich one has been dead for a while, logically speaking. But yup. RIP.

Kasich is a zombie at this point tbh.

His only goal is to get enough delegates to him to force a contested convention.

by **Eol Sha** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 9:18 pm

Planita wrote:
Eol Sha wrote:Erm, that hasn't been updated since last week.

I know that but the target for this set of primaries is 989 (although it hasn't updated it still shows the line representing the delegates he needs). He only has 950. Probably add a few more.

According to Wikipedia, Trump has 990 delegates.

by **UED** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 9:18 pm

Planita wrote:
Cyrisnia wrote:Kasich is a zombie at this point tbh.

His only goal is to get enough delegates to him to force a contested convention.

His sole purpose was to win Ohio.
He might get lucky and win maybe one other state but that's bout it.

by **Planita** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 9:19 pm

Eol Sha wrote:
Planita wrote:I know that but the target for this set of primaries is 989 (although it hasn't updated it still shows the line representing the delegates he needs). He only has 950. Probably add a few more.

According to Wikipedia, Trump has 990 delegates.

Wait what...

by **Eol Sha** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 9:20 pm

Planita wrote:
Eol Sha wrote:According to Wikipedia, Trump has 990 delegates.

Wait what...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Results_o ... ries,_2016

by **Planita** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 9:22 pm

Eol Sha wrote:
Planita wrote:Wait what...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Results_o ... ries,_2016

Then what I am looking at when I google "us primary results"?

by **Cyrisnia** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 9:23 pm

Planita wrote:
Eol Sha wrote:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Results_o ... ries,_2016

Then what I am looking at when I google "us primary results"?

us primary results

by **Planita** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 9:25 pm

Cyrisnia wrote:
Planita wrote:Then what I am looking at when I google "us primary results"?

us primary results

Which also says that Trump has 950 delegates.

by **Quintanilla** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 9:26 pm

Planita wrote:
Eol Sha wrote:According to Wikipedia, Trump has 990 delegates.

Wait what...

Trump was standing at 892 delegates at the start, and needed* an extra 97 to get back onto the FiveThirtyEight target of 989. There were 118 up for grabs and he definitely won at least 97 of them. Tonight was yuge.

by **Western Pacific Territories** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 9:27 pm

Planita wrote:
Cyrisnia wrote:us primary results

Which also says that Trump has 950 delegates.

The wikipedia's wrong, it's 950.

Also trump is basically guaranteed the nomination this point

by **Idzequitch** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 9:28 pm

Western Pacific Territories wrote:
Planita wrote:Which also says that Trump has 950 delegates.

The wikipedia's wrong, it's 950.

Also trump is basically guaranteed the nomination this point

Needs less than half the remaining delegates. Yeah. America, you never fail to disappoint me.

by **Eol Sha** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 9:30 pm

Planita wrote:
Eol Sha wrote:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Results_o ... ries,_2016

Then what I am looking at when I google "us primary results"?

Maybe all the delegates haven't been split up yet?

Quintanilla wrote:
Planita wrote:Wait what...

Trump was standing at 892 delegates at the start, and needed* an extra 97 to get back onto the FiveThirtyEight target of 989. There were 118 up for grabs and he definitely won at least 97 of them. Tonight was yuge.

This makes sense to me.

by **Western Pacific Territories** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 9:30 pm

Idzequitch wrote:
Western Pacific Territories wrote:The wikipedia's wrong, it's 950.

Also trump is basically guaranteed the nomination this point

Needs less than half the remaining delegates. Yeah. America, you never fail to disappoint me.

TBH fam I'm just enjoying watching the Cruz, Kasich, and [insert other candidate] supporters freak out as Trump continues to exceed polls.

by **Idzequitch** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 9:34 pm

Western Pacific Territories wrote:
Idzequitch wrote:Needs less than half the remaining delegates. Yeah. America, you never fail to disappoint me.

TBH fam I'm just enjoying watching the Cruz, Kasich, and [insert other candidate] supporters freak out as Trump continues to exceed polls.

If the guy who's winning wasn't a racist asshole with no policies other than "build a wall lol" I might be inclined to agree.

by **Gauthier** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 9:38 pm

Idzequitch wrote:
Western Pacific Territories wrote:TBH fam I'm just enjoying watching the Cruz, Kasich, and [insert other candidate] supporters freak out as Trump continues to exceed polls.

If the guy who's winning wasn't a racist asshole with no policies other than "build a wall lol" I might be inclined to agree.

Build a wall, deport Mexicans and Muslims, start a trade war with Mexico and China at the same time, nuke Europe and the Middle East, then for the inaugural State of the Union Address announce that the country is filing for bankruptcy.

by **Trumpostan** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 9:52 pm

Gauthier wrote:
Idzequitch wrote:If the guy who's winning wasn't a racist asshole with no policies other than "build a wall lol" I might be inclined to agree.

Build a wall, deport Mexicans and Muslims, start a trade war with Mexico and China at the same time, nuke Europe and the Middle East, then for the inaugural State of the Union Address announce that the country is filing for bankruptcy.

At least the debt would be gone. Though there would be many angry people, but I suppose they could always be deported or nuked.

by **Western Pacific Territories** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 9:54 pm

Idzequitch wrote:racist asshole

I'm sorry to inform you that 'Mexican' is not a race.

Idzequitch wrote:no policies other than "build a wall lol"

Deport illegal immigrants.
Negotiate trade deals.
Remove medicare and replace it with a more efficient system.
Lower middle class taxes, make the wealthy pay their fair share and remove loopholes.
Root out corruption.

by **Idzequitch** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 9:54 pm

Trumpostan wrote:
Gauthier wrote:
Build a wall, deport Mexicans and Muslims, start a trade war with Mexico and China at the same time, nuke Europe and the Middle East, then for the inaugural State of the Union Address announce that the country is filing for bankruptcy.

At least the debt would be gone. Though there would be many angry people, but I suppose they could always be deported or nuked.

I would expect nothing less. Those seem to be the only solutions that he knows of.

by **The Black Forrest** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 10:16 pm

Western Pacific Territories wrote:
Idzequitch wrote:racist asshole

I'm sorry to inform you that 'Mexican' is not a race.

They aren't? What are they?

Deport illegal immigrants.

That never happened before?

[*]Negotiate trade deals.

He isn't going to change anything. Has he explained how we are being "cheated"?

[*]Remove medicare and replace it with a more efficient system.

Such as? He won't touch this.

[*]Lower middle class taxes, make the wealthy pay their fair share and remove loopholes.

deja-vu

Root out corruption.

Sure he will.

So we have building a wall which of course Mexico will pay for......

Jingoism is all he has.

by **Western Pacific Territories** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 10:20 pm

The Black Forrest wrote:They aren't? What are they?

A nationality.

The Black Forrest wrote:That never happened before?

Hillary wants to bring in more immigrants.
As for everything else, I can't really answer because Trump hasn't fully elaborated on his policies yet, though he'll put them in more detail soon.

by **The Black Forrest** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 10:25 pm

Western Pacific Territories wrote:
The Black Forrest wrote:They aren't? What are they?

A nationality.

And that makes it not racist?

The Black Forrest wrote:That never happened before?

Hillary wants to bring in more immigrants.
As for everything else, I can't really answer because Trump hasn't fully elaborated on his policies yet, though he'll put them in more detail soon.

Will he now. I doubt it. Probably more jingoism then plans.

by **Western Pacific Territories** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 10:28 pm

The Black Forrest wrote:
Western Pacific Territories wrote:A nationality.

And that makes it not racist?

Racist is the term used to describe discrimination against a race of people. The term 'Mexican' is a nationality. So discriminating against Mexicans would not be racist, since racist would be the incorrect term. And even then it's not discrimination.

by **The Black Forrest** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 10:29 pm

Western Pacific Territories wrote:
The Black Forrest wrote:
And that makes it not racist?

Racist is the term used to describe discrimination against a race of people. The term 'Mexican' is a nationality. So discriminating against Mexicans would not be racist, since racist would be the incorrect term. And even then it's not discrimination.

That's some mighty fine splitting hairs you done there.

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