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Which would be your favored candidate for the 2020 Republican Party presidential nomination?

Donald Trump
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27%
Rocky De La Fuente
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3%
Joe Walsh
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2%
Bill Weld
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13%
Bob Ely
0
No votes
Zoltan Istvan
6
3%
None of the above/other
30
17%
David Hasselhoff
58
34%
 
Total votes : 173

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Postby Gormwood » Mon Nov 18, 2019 9:58 am

Northern Davincia wrote:
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Way to miss my point entirely.

What was your point then? If Trump did something bad, Clinton did not?

Or that Donnie has a rather frequent habit of doing exactly what he and the Republicans bitched that Clinton supposedly did.
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Postby Aclion » Mon Nov 18, 2019 10:16 am

Neutraligon wrote:Well at least they are showing some limit.

More of a limit then the dems at least. Given how that they have a person in jail for selling a senate seat and another that needs to be in jail for buying a federal investigation it's pretty strange seeing you guys downplay republicans refusing P2P as something unremarkable.
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Postby Vassenor » Mon Nov 18, 2019 10:20 am

Aclion wrote:
Neutraligon wrote:Well at least they are showing some limit.

More of a limit then the dems at least. Given how that they have a person in jail for selling a senate seat and another that needs to be in jail for buying a federal investigation it's pretty strange seeing you guys downplay republicans refusing P2P as something unremarkable.


And how many dems have been proven guilty of it?
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Postby Cannot think of a name » Mon Nov 18, 2019 10:21 am

Vassenor wrote:
Aclion wrote:More of a limit then the dems at least. Given how that they have a person in jail for selling a senate seat and another that needs to be in jail for buying a federal investigation it's pretty strange seeing you guys downplay republicans refusing P2P as something unremarkable.


And how many dems have been proven guilty of it?

Well, Rob Blogoavitch, right? Wasn't that kind of his deal?
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Postby Neutraligon » Mon Nov 18, 2019 10:28 am

Cannot think of a name wrote:
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And how many dems have been proven guilty of it?

Well, Rob Blogoavitch, right? Wasn't that kind of his deal?

He was removed from office 59-0, and Trump was considering commuting the sentence.
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Postby The East Marches II » Mon Nov 18, 2019 10:30 am

Neutraligon wrote:
Cannot think of a name wrote:Well, Rob Blogoavitch, right? Wasn't that kind of his deal?

He was removed from office 59-0


Trump is very bipartisan, he might pardon him at some point :^)

His successors don't have a better record btw. The most recent one tore out all the bathrooms in his house to have it declared uninhabitable to lower his tax bill. A number of his aids and allies have gotten nailed by the Feds. He will probably get got too.

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Postby Vassenor » Mon Nov 18, 2019 10:31 am

Also who's alleged to have brought a federal investigation?
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Postby Ifreann » Mon Nov 18, 2019 10:36 am

Vassenor wrote:Also who's alleged to have brought a federal investigation?

That was me, I arranged for the fifth Benghazi investigation.

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Postby Gormwood » Mon Nov 18, 2019 11:08 am

Once again Trump flip flops like a Slinky on the stairs.

Trump Retreats From Flavor Ban for E-Cigarettes
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Postby The East Marches II » Mon Nov 18, 2019 11:25 am

Gormwood wrote:Once again Trump flip flops like a Slinky on the stairs.

Trump Retreats From Flavor Ban for E-Cigarettes


Thank Goodness. An excellent move by Mr. Trump.

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Postby Vassenor » Mon Nov 18, 2019 11:27 am

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Postby Gormwood » Mon Nov 18, 2019 11:30 am


He probably couldn't handle the traumatic injury to his snowflake ego showing how much he's actually worth would inflict. Anything that exposes criminality after that is bonus.
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Postby Gormwood » Mon Nov 18, 2019 12:39 pm

While you weren't looking, the trade war with China went off the rails

This, the Trump administration said, was a problem beyond the capacity of the World Trade Organization. It was a problem worth going to economic war over. And so we did.

But so far this trade war has accomplished nothing aside from breaking up US supply chains and souring relations between the US and China. And now instead of discussing meaningful ways the Chinese economy will open to US businesses, trade negotiators are reportedly haggling over how many soybeans China will buy.

Way to pwn China.
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Postby Aclion » Mon Nov 18, 2019 12:40 pm

I'm sure Trump, and the judges, realize the House only wants his tax returns so they can use them to take advantage of people who don't understand the difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion. There's precedent for waiting to hear political sensitive cases until after an election, so as not to put the court in a position where they're affecting the vote. I expect that's what they will do now.
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Postby Vassenor » Mon Nov 18, 2019 12:42 pm

Aclion wrote:I'm sure Trump, and the judges, realize the House only wants his tax returns so they can use them to take advantage of people who don't understand the difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion. There's precedent for waiting to hear political sensitive cases until after an election, so as not to put the court in a position where they're affecting the vote. I expect that's what they will do now.


So why'd they only put a ten day stay on the release?
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Postby The Rich Port » Mon Nov 18, 2019 12:43 pm

Aclion wrote:tax evasion and tax avoidance


:roll:

Pray tell, O wise one. What are the differences, except that one isn't technically illegal, even though it should be... Or, frankly, one is valid only because Trump supporters are gullible.
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Postby Gormwood » Mon Nov 18, 2019 12:44 pm

Aclion wrote:I'm sure Trump, and the judges, realize the House only wants his tax returns so they can use them to take advantage of people who don't understand the difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion. There's precedent for waiting to hear political sensitive cases until after an election, so as not to put the court in a position where they're affecting the vote. I expect that's what they will do now.

Any financial crimes is secondary to Donnie. He just can't handle people knowing how much he's really worth. It speaks to his base that nobody wonders why a self proclaimed billionaire can't get a loan from an American financial institution.
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Postby Great Confederacy of Commonwealth States » Mon Nov 18, 2019 1:17 pm

Aclion wrote:I'm sure Trump, and the judges, realize the House only wants his tax returns so they can use them to take advantage of people who don't understand the difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion. There's precedent for waiting to hear political sensitive cases until after an election, so as not to put the court in a position where they're affecting the vote. I expect that's what they will do now.

Every presidential candidate in living memory has submitted their tax returns. If they are politically sensitive, there is something in there the American people are supposed to know.

Also, you cannot base not sharing some information on some people misinterpreting that information.
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Postby Zurkerx » Mon Nov 18, 2019 1:20 pm

Trump Administration Says Israeli Settlements Aren’t Illegal.

It's a break from 41 years of policy opposing said settlements though if I'm being honest, we seem to have never really "opposed" them. It's also really a middle finger to the international community too.
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Postby Farnhamia » Mon Nov 18, 2019 1:21 pm

Zurkerx wrote:Trump Administration Says Israeli Settlements Aren’t Illegal.

It's a break from 41 years of policy opposing said settlements though if I'm being honest, we seem to have never really "opposed" them. It's also really a middle finger to the international community too.

He'll get a nice thank-you note from Netanyahu, though.
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Postby Galloism » Mon Nov 18, 2019 1:35 pm

Gormwood wrote:

He probably couldn't handle the traumatic injury to his snowflake ego showing how much he's actually worth would inflict. Anything that exposes criminality after that is bonus.

Tax returns don't show assets except sometimes and by coincidence only with the depreciable portion of their property, largely because we don't do an asset tax. We tax income and losses, which is what tax returns show.
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Postby Farnhamia » Mon Nov 18, 2019 1:37 pm

Galloism wrote:
Gormwood wrote:He probably couldn't handle the traumatic injury to his snowflake ego showing how much he's actually worth would inflict. Anything that exposes criminality after that is bonus.

Tax returns don't show assets except sometimes and by coincidence only with the depreciable portion of their property, largely because we don't do an asset tax. We tax income and losses, which is what tax returns show.

You and your facts.
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Postby Galloism » Mon Nov 18, 2019 1:39 pm

Farnhamia wrote:
Galloism wrote:Tax returns don't show assets except sometimes and by coincidence only with the depreciable portion of their property, largely because we don't do an asset tax. We tax income and losses, which is what tax returns show.

You and your facts.

Weird part is, I'm pretty sure I've corrected Gauth on this before.
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Postby Internationalist Bastard » Mon Nov 18, 2019 1:41 pm

Zurkerx wrote:Trump Administration Says Israeli Settlements Aren’t Illegal.

It's a break from 41 years of policy opposing said settlements though if I'm being honest, we seem to have never really "opposed" them. It's also really a middle finger to the international community too.

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Internationalist Bastard wrote:
Zurkerx wrote:Trump Administration Says Israeli Settlements Aren’t Illegal.

It's a break from 41 years of policy opposing said settlements though if I'm being honest, we seem to have never really "opposed" them. It's also really a middle finger to the international community too.

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