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Of the current likely GOP primary crop, who's your presidential preference?

Donald Trump
45
13%
Ron DeSantis
49
14%
Nikki Haley
9
3%
Mike Pence
9
3%
Chris Sununu
27
8%
None of the Above(I have another Republican in mind)
12
3%
None of the Above(I'm not a Republican)
188
54%
Other
11
3%
 
Total votes : 350

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Postby American Legionaries » Sun Feb 26, 2023 6:09 pm

The Jamesian Republic wrote:
Northern Seleucia wrote:Are there others looking into it?



Hopefully, because we're screwed if Trump is the candidate again.


Who would you like to see run?


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Postby Northern Seleucia » Sun Feb 26, 2023 6:10 pm

American Legionaries wrote:
The Jamesian Republic wrote:
Who would you like to see run?


Image

That is actually a really well-done painting. They still do WH paintings?
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Postby Elwher » Sun Feb 26, 2023 6:11 pm

The Jamesian Republic wrote:
Northern Seleucia wrote:Are there others looking into it?



Hopefully, because we're screwed if Trump is the candidate again.


Who would you like to see run?[/quote|

Condoleezza Rice
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Postby American Legionaries » Sun Feb 26, 2023 6:11 pm

Northern Seleucia wrote:
American Legionaries wrote:
Image

That is actually a really well-done painting. They still do WH paintings?


It's the painting for the Indiana Capitol for his time as governor.

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Postby Northern Seleucia » Sun Feb 26, 2023 6:12 pm

American Legionaries wrote:
Northern Seleucia wrote:That is actually a really well-done painting. They still do WH paintings?


It's the painting for the Indiana Capitol for his time as governor.

Ik, I saw the flag and stuff, but the question came up while looking at the picture.


Elwher wrote:
The Jamesian Republic wrote:


Who would you like to see run?[/quote|

Condoleezza Rice

I forgot about her completely.
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Postby American Legionaries » Sun Feb 26, 2023 6:12 pm

Northern Seleucia wrote:
American Legionaries wrote:
It's the painting for the Indiana Capitol for his time as governor.

Ik, I saw the flag and stuff, but the question came up while looking at the picture.


Elwher wrote:
Who would you like to see run?[/quote|

Condoleezza Rice

I forgot about her completely.


Honestly I'm not certain if they do paintings of the VP.

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Postby Tarsonis » Sun Feb 26, 2023 6:13 pm

The Jamesian Republic wrote:
Northern Seleucia wrote:Are there others looking into it?



Hopefully, because we're screwed if Trump is the candidate again.


Who would you like to see run?


Kasich would be tolerable
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Postby The Jamesian Republic » Sun Feb 26, 2023 6:13 pm

Elwher wrote:
The Jamesian Republic wrote:


Who would you like to see run?[/quote|

Condoleezza Rice


She would be cool.

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Postby American Legionaries » Sun Feb 26, 2023 6:24 pm

Tarsonis wrote:
The Jamesian Republic wrote:
Who would you like to see run?


Kasich would be tolerable


There's like nine people in this country who would tolerate Kasich, and most of them aren't Republicans.

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Postby Pangurstan » Sun Feb 26, 2023 6:27 pm

Northern Seleucia wrote:Is Nikki Haley still the only one facing Trump in the primaries?

Corey Stapleton and Steve Laffey are also running

here's a full list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Repu ... _primaries
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Postby Imperial Old Mexico » Sun Feb 26, 2023 6:41 pm

American Legionaries wrote:
Tarsonis wrote:
Kasich would be tolerable


There's like nine people in this country who would tolerate Kasich, and most of them aren't Republicans.


Ugh. He’s wrong on so many issues I can’t, including his ant gun votes. As a pro-gun leftist, hard pass.
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Postby Cannot think of a name » Sun Feb 26, 2023 6:43 pm

Northern Seleucia wrote:Is Nikki Haley still the only one facing Trump in the primaries?

It's suuuuuuuper early. The only reason Trump announced as early as he did is he hoped being a candidate would hamper all the investigations into him.

Which is such an easy ad I'm sure someone somewhere has it loaded up. Just list all the investigations and members of his staff etc and then play a clip of him saying having a president who is being investigated is a bad thing.

Maybe that ad is so obvious it's boring.
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Postby American Legionaries » Sun Feb 26, 2023 6:45 pm

Imperial Old Mexico wrote:
American Legionaries wrote:
There's like nine people in this country who would tolerate Kasich, and most of them aren't Republicans.


Ugh. He’s wrong on so many issues I can’t, including his ant gun votes. As a pro-gun leftist, hard pass.


Kasich, like many "moderate" Republicans exists in that weird confluence if political thought where people think the role of government is it take guns, but not collect any taxes.

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Postby Northern Seleucia » Sun Feb 26, 2023 6:49 pm

American Legionaries wrote:Honestly I'm not certain if they do paintings of the VP.

Oh.


American Legionaries wrote:
Imperial Old Mexico wrote:
Ugh. He’s wrong on so many issues I can’t, including his ant gun votes. As a pro-gun leftist, hard pass.


Kasich, like many "moderate" Republicans exists in that weird confluence if political thought where people think the role of government is it take guns, but not collect any taxes.

The weirdest confluence of thought.


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Northern Seleucia wrote:Is Nikki Haley still the only one facing Trump in the primaries?

It's suuuuuuuper early. The only reason Trump announced as early as he did is he hoped being a candidate would hamper all the investigations into him.

Which is such an easy ad I'm sure someone somewhere has it loaded up. Just list all the investigations and members of his staff etc and then play a clip of him saying having a president who is being investigated is a bad thing.

Maybe that ad is so obvious it's boring.

Eh. The ad might work. But like you said, it may be boring.


American Legionaries wrote:
Tarsonis wrote:
Kasich would be tolerable


There's like nine people in this country who would tolerate Kasich, and most of them aren't Republicans.

Too anti-gun.
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Postby Imperial Old Mexico » Sun Feb 26, 2023 6:53 pm

The role of government is to protect the people, not only from foreign nations and criminals, but from rapacious robber barons and from itself.
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Postby Neutraligon » Sun Feb 26, 2023 7:22 pm

Wish Hunstman would run again. I definitely do not agree with many of his policies, but he seems like a good conservative choice. Plus he has a lot of experience with both Russia and China, which seems rather important right now.
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Postby Northern Seleucia » Sun Feb 26, 2023 7:28 pm

Neutraligon wrote:Wish Hunstman would run again. I definitely do not agree with many of his policies, but he seems like a good conservative choice. Plus he has a lot of experience with both Russia and China, which seems rather important right now.

Him?
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Postby Neutraligon » Sun Feb 26, 2023 7:29 pm

Northern Seleucia wrote:
Neutraligon wrote:Wish Hunstman would run again. I definitely do not agree with many of his policies, but he seems like a good conservative choice. Plus he has a lot of experience with both Russia and China, which seems rather important right now.

Him?

Yep
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Postby Northern Seleucia » Sun Feb 26, 2023 7:31 pm

Neutraligon wrote:
Northern Seleucia wrote:Him?

Yep

Huh.
He'd be the first Mormon president if he won. A title Romney could have had in 2012 if he'd won.

I see Huntsman was ambassador to China and Russia, wow. I never really paid attention to him till now.
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Postby Neutraligon » Sun Feb 26, 2023 7:35 pm

Northern Seleucia wrote:
Neutraligon wrote:Yep

Huh.
He'd be the first Mormon president if he won. A title Romney could have had in 2012 if he'd won.

I see Huntsman was ambassador to China and Russia, wow. I never really paid attention to him till now.

https://www.ontheissues.org/Jon_Huntsman.htm if you want more. Remember this is a bit old since it is from 2012.

There are topics I very much disagree with him on, particularly when it comes to economics, but he is reasonable.
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Postby Northern Seleucia » Sun Feb 26, 2023 7:37 pm

Neutraligon wrote:
Northern Seleucia wrote:Huh.
He'd be the first Mormon president if he won. A title Romney could have had in 2012 if he'd won.

I see Huntsman was ambassador to China and Russia, wow. I never really paid attention to him till now.

https://www.ontheissues.org/Jon_Huntsman.htm if you want more. Remember this is a bit old since it is from 2012.

Thanks :)
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Postby Milk Island » Sun Feb 26, 2023 7:56 pm

https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/R ... r-ukraine/

People are thinking that we are helping Ukraine a lot but just heard that we are behind in aid funding towards Ukraine... questionable :eyebrow: :eyebrow: :eyebrow:
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Milk Island wrote:https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3308633/biden-administration-announces-additional-security-assistance-for-ukraine/

People are thinking that we are helping Ukraine a lot but just heard that we are behind in aid funding towards Ukraine... questionable :eyebrow: :eyebrow: :eyebrow:

I mean
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Postby Northern Seleucia » Sun Feb 26, 2023 8:05 pm

Milk Island wrote:https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3308633/biden-administration-announces-additional-security-assistance-for-ukraine/

People are thinking that we are helping Ukraine a lot but just heard that we are behind in aid funding towards Ukraine... questionable :eyebrow: :eyebrow: :eyebrow:

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