| $50.00 | $200.00 | Pending | 7/25/16 6:00am Politics Other Sports 923 Bernie Sanders is Democratic Nominee +400* <small>vs</small> Field wins Democratic Nomination |
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I hit Bernie for a 50 spot to win the Dem Nom a few weeks ago at +400 when I really thought he had a chance at beating out Hillary for the first time.. Odds are currently down to +290 on 5dimes today.. Still not a bad bet even at +290 I think.. Bernie picking up steam...
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Hillary does carry the big Clinton name but to me it seems like the Dems are more likely to vote for Bernie over Hillary.. Time will tell and I could very well be wrong..
Had to take a stab with Bernie at those +400 odds as I do think he is winning votes like crazy on the Dem side these days...Comment -
Shit like this just makes me support Trump more...The unfair treatment by the media and others with a voice is so transparent and pathetic....Many independents are drawn to Trump because they don't trust the media's agenda so this kind of desperate BS is backfiring in my viewComment -
I am rooting for Trump vs Bernie just to remind the politicians out there that the people of this country are what matters...I love that more and more Americans are waking up. It was supposed to be Hilary vs Bush as a lock but we are fighting backComment -
I'm an independent and you are absolutely correct with us gravitating to Trump.. The media influence and political party pull and tactics are a complete joke and a turnoff....
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Ben Carson keeps it real like Trump but he's too soft spoken and low energy.. Rubio is a sharpie but weak on too many fronts and he doesn't defend himself well when attacked by other members on the panels during the debates.... Cruz is trying to hard to be like trump and it's not gonna work, he's a puppet.. Everyone else are puppets for the parties or have no chance of winning so I won't mention them.....
Bernie is a bit of a kook but better then Hillary by leaps and bounds on the other side... His heart is into it more then Hillary and it shows.. Better energy and purpose..Last edited by JIBBBY; 02-10-16, 01:34 PM.Comment -
In the overall delegate count, Clinton holds a commanding lead after a razor-thin victory in Iowa and a shellacking in New Hampshire. Clinton has 394 delegates, both super and electorally assigned, to only 42 for Sanders.
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2016/02/10/hi...#ixzz3zmzzA7VF
Trump will have a similar uphill battle against all forces who will do just about anything to stop him.Comment -
i can't believe this guy even has a shot
Jeb Bush should press charges against him for hindering justice
America will never be great againComment -
Fixed: Super Delegates Win
One World Corp. Pushes The Big Lever
Carry onComment -
Maybe because he's only only been "IN" the party for less than a year, after pouring donations into the Clintons and other democrats. He's a Republican based on nothing more than he says he is. For Republicans who actually legitimately care about liberty, freedom, the constitution, small and limited government....he's a nightmare. Because he believes in none of those things. When he was asked what a conservative is, he had no fukkin clue. And so these Republicans are afraid that people are going to think Trumpism is what it means to be a conservative Republican and he is going to take everyone down with him.Comment -
Doesn't matter, Hillary Clinton wins rigged election. Pound it hardComment -
Pretty much everything is an example. Not going to waste my time listing for you. If you can't figure it out, that's on you. It's one thing if you don't care whether or not he's conservative, but if you think he is then you are easily fooled.
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liberal, conservative, democrat, republican, libertarian etc. = penetrate off!
Every candidate running on either side in every election is neither of those. They may say they are but that doesn't make it so. If anyone truly believes they are, they are just kidding themselves. The best kind of president is not a hard liner for a particular party. Far left or far right. Those extremists are dangerous. Just look at Obama. He rather waste 8 years than to roll up his sleeves and find a way. Blaming is easier I guess. All good ideas don't belong to one party like so many want to believe.
Too many people have turned into sheeple. On either side. The easily offended. They boycott the Oscars because no black people this year were nominated. The NBA all star game is all black players and no white people are boycotting. It is what is it. The world has gone mad with this kind of nonsense.Last edited by DwightShrute; 02-10-16, 09:10 PM.Comment -
I find it funny that the media can't call Trump a brain dead clown but he can call them disgusting fat losers.
Sometimes fair is fairComment -
<dt style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; background-color: rgb(227, 199, 151);">Dr. Lawrence Britt has examined the fascist regimes of Hitler (Germany), Mussolini (Italy), Franco (Spain), Suharto (Indonesia) and several Latin American regimes. Britt found 14 defining characteristics common to each:</dt><dt style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; background-color: rgb(227, 199, 151);"></dt><dt style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; background-color: rgb(227, 199, 151);">1. Powerful and Continuing Nationalism - Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.</dt><dt style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; background-color: rgb(227, 199, 151);"></dt><dt style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; background-color: rgb(227, 199, 151);">2. Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights - Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of "need." The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, long incarcerations of prisoners, etc.</dt><dt style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; background-color: rgb(227, 199, 151);"></dt><dt style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; background-color: rgb(227, 199, 151);">3. Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause - The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: racial , ethnic or religious minorities; liberals; communists; socialists, terrorists, etc.</dt><dt style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; background-color: rgb(227, 199, 151);"> </dt><dt style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; background-color: rgb(227, 199, 151);">4. Supremacy of the Military - Even when there are widespread domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.</dt><dt style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; background-color: rgb(227, 199, 151);"></dt><dt style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; background-color: rgb(227, 199, 151);">5. Rampant Sexism - The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional gender roles are made more rigid. Divorce, abortion and homosexuality are suppressed and the state is represented as the ultimate guardian of the family institution.</dt><dt style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; background-color: rgb(227, 199, 151);"></dt><dt style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; background-color: rgb(227, 199, 151);">6. Controlled Mass Media - Sometimes to media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation, or sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Censorship, especially in war time, is very common.</dt><dt style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; background-color: rgb(227, 199, 151);"></dt><dt style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; background-color: rgb(227, 199, 151);">7. Obsession with National Security - Fear is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses.</dt><dt style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; background-color: rgb(227, 199, 151);"></dt><dt style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; background-color: rgb(227, 199, 151);">8. Religion and Government are Intertwined - Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed</dt><dt style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; background-color: rgb(227, 199, 151);">to the government's policies or actions.</dt><dt style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; background-color: rgb(227, 199, 151);"></dt><dt style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; background-color: rgb(227, 199, 151);">9. Corporate Power is Protected - The industrial and business aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite.</dt><dt style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; background-color: rgb(227, 199, 151);"></dt><dt style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; background-color: rgb(227, 199, 151);">10. Labor Power is Suppressed - Because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor unions are either eliminated entirely, or are severely suppressed.</dt><dt style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; background-color: rgb(227, 199, 151);"></dt><dt style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; background-color: rgb(227, 199, 151);">11. Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts - Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to higher education, and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts and letters is openly attacked.</dt><dt style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; background-color: rgb(227, 199, 151);"></dt><dt style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; background-color: rgb(227, 199, 151);">12. Obsession with Crime and Punishment - Under fascist regimes, the police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego civil liberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations.</dt><dt style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; background-color: rgb(227, 199, 151);"></dt><dt style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; background-color: rgb(227, 199, 151);">13. Rampant Cronyism and Corruption - Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders.</dt><dt style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; background-color: rgb(227, 199, 151);"></dt><dt style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; background-color: rgb(227, 199, 151);">14. Fraudulent Elections - Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by smear campaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections.</dt><dt style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; background-color: rgb(227, 199, 151);"> </dt><dt style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; background-color: rgb(227, 199, 151);"> </dt><dt style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; background-color: rgb(227, 199, 151);">They Thought They Were Free</dt>Comment -
Men, as much as I dislike trump, comparing him to hitler is a game that no one wins.Comment -
You've admitted many times that you're ignorant and uneducated, why should anyone care what your opinion is?
Lee Kuan Yew was the first Prime Minster of Singapore, governing from 1959-1990. He's what you'd call a fascist but it's undeniable he was a great leader looking from his accomplishments and the state of his country.Last edited by Dr.Gonzo; 02-11-16, 02:19 AM.Comment -
Don't attack the credibility of the commenter, intelligently discuss the comment itself.
Also, while we stand on the shoulders of giants, I think it's best to attempt to use the arguments of others to bolster your own argument. Don't rely on others to make your argument for you.Comment -
But I feel as if the comparison is not without its bias. I just believe in an objective world of American politics in which I, admittedly, do not live. I know it's unrealistic but I believe, in principle, that voters ought not to be swayed by something that may not present a truly objective point of view.
I apologize Knicks cuz I'm usually on your side and think what you have to say is both relevant and illuminating.
I'm just... How would you call it... Fuckin wasted.Comment -
No.
I've given khicks able opportunity to respond to facts and coherent argument but he ignores anything that doesn't fit into his dogmatic leftist worldview.
Look, how he responded to my query.
How do you engage someone that close minded Mo?
Lee Kuan Yew is not some scarce intellectual, he is a well know and important international figure. I make the point myself by citing Singapore and his government.Comment
