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crankster
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No. Tahoe
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Mar 23, 2016 - 06:27am PT
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If you do the math it's easily Trump v Clinton.
If this were House of Cards then maybe some fantasy scenario to deny Trump the nomination is possible. In the real world, no. His rabid base isn't going away and the GOP establishment is totally inept.
The fact that the vast majority of Republicans will fall in line and vote for this dumbnut is far scarier than ISIS, imo.
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HighDesertDJ
Trad climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 23, 2016 - 06:40am PT
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But my facebook feed keeps telling me that the race is only just beginning and that with his wins last night Sanders has a new momentum
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crankster
Trad climber
No. Tahoe
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Mar 23, 2016 - 06:44am PT
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Get in line, DMT!! You wanna get the boot?
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HighDesertDJ
Trad climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 23, 2016 - 06:44am PT
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They'll fall into line because they don't have any other options. #NeverTrump isn't working and they are far too disorganized to actually run an indie campaign.
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HighDesertDJ
Trad climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 23, 2016 - 06:55am PT
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That grossly oversimplifies the situation and I promise you there will be other options next time. Partisanship is a form of tribalism but it doesn't account for ideology. There will be top Republicans who vote for Clinton.
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HighDesertDJ
Trad climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 23, 2016 - 08:27am PT
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I will make sure that you have the opportunity to vote for Marco Rubio again.
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dirtbag
climber
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Mar 23, 2016 - 08:34am PT
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But my facebook feed keeps telling me that the race is only just beginning and that with his wins last night Sanders has a new momentum
I get those, too, and of course we see it here.
If you squint your eyes enough, you can kinda sorta see it happening, but only if you squint your eyes.
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Larry Nelson
Social climber
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Mar 23, 2016 - 08:37am PT
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Crankster posted
The fact that the vast majority of Republicans will fall in line and vote for this dumbnut is far scarier than ISIS, imo.
Posted from the safe lily white enclave of N. Tahoe. Belgians might have a different perspective.
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Craig Fry
Trad climber
So Cal.
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Mar 23, 2016 - 08:51am PT
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Who would the Belgians tell us to vote for?
You think being reactionary to what happened in Belgium is the answer.
What should we do?
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dirtbag
climber
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Mar 23, 2016 - 08:52am PT
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Two days ago trump called for a diminished us role in nato, an alliance that by and large has worked well. You think Brussels would want that?
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Escopeta
Trad climber
Idaho
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Mar 23, 2016 - 09:21am PT
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Looks like Belgium has spent a little too much time under the shade trees.....
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Mar 23, 2016 - 09:43am PT
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Boy, howdy, they're dangerously close to
(wait for it)
The Canadian Line.
And you thought The Mendoza Line was low?
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Mar 23, 2016 - 09:50am PT
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Two days ago trump called for a diminished us role in nato, an alliance that by and large has worked well. You think Brussels would want that?
NATO... has worked very well, but now is the time for the USA to back out some. We have troops scattered all over Europe, waiting for a Soviet Union invasion. That was a great idea 65 years ago. After the collapse of USSR in the mid eighties that threat ended.
Time to pull back some and let the Europeans take care of themselves. And what sort of a Military Alliance would not allow another members air force to fly over their country? (i'm thinking France and Turkey)
The Donald is spot on ......
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dirtbag
climber
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Mar 23, 2016 - 09:55am PT
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NATO... has worked very well, but now is the time for the USA to back out some. We have troops scattered all over Europe, waiting for a Soviet Union invasion. That was a great idea 65 years ago. After the collapse of USSR in the mid eighties that threat ended.
We were the first country to call on nato for help in 2001, 10 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Mar 23, 2016 - 10:19am PT
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DMT, FYI, armed foreign aircraft fly over US soil very frequently and often discharge those arms.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Mar 23, 2016 - 10:26am PT
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Agin the Hosers or the Amigos del Sur?
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Craig Fry
Trad climber
So Cal.
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Mar 23, 2016 - 10:51am PT
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These terrorists aren't fighting a Religious battle, it's totally Political
That's why we can't call them radical Islamic terrorists
No regular Muslims agree with their battle, they are killing Just as many Muslims as Christians
Regular Muslims hate ISIS or Dasch or whatever
They are doing more damage than any group could possibly do to the Muslim Religion
Call them what you want, but they are just a band of criminal crusaders bent on war and destruction for ideological purposes
Our military has 1000s of Muslims, our Police forces, teachers, scientists regular folks; we have to avoid singling them out, that's what ISIS wants, for us to go on a holy war against Islam
Let's not make it about them, we have to focus on who is to blame,
and that's the Terrorists
and not focus on what Obama didn't say or do
or if the Country deserves it or not
What do the Terrorists want?
They are at war, they will fight against ANYONE that they perceive as the enemy, and that's belligerent anti-Muslim talk and policies
and of course the countries bombing them
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