Trump

[RedOktober]

I'm starting to wonder if Trump is just Barry Humphries going too far.

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He's always been like that. From saying he would go out with his own daughter, to telling reporters that the victim of Mike Tyson's rape was "gagging for it".

At least then there was some sort of context, even if it was totally inappropriate. But bringing “rape” into his politics, first WRT Mexico, then China?

It’s another sign he has no-one helping him and offering advice, writing his speeches. He‘s just picking words that play well to his neanderthal supporters. And yes, explaining the ins and outs of US-China trade would be over their heads. But that is a reason to avoid the subject, at least until you have a policy. Not just picking the worst words you can think of to make China sound like monsters.

[gumboot]

It’s another sign he has no-one helping him and offering advice, writing his speeches.

They might be offering him advice that he's just too thick to take in, of course.

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I'm starting to wonder if Trump is just Barry Humphries going too far.

Prooving BH never did go far enough.

OTOH, Charlie Chaplin's the Great dictator.

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It’s another sign he has no-one helping him and offering advice, writing his speeches.

They might be offering him advice that he's just too thick to take in, of course.

Or they may be encouraging him to use these terms..

If you approach US politics as if it's a reality TV show "raped" might be a popular terminology..?

[gumboot]

You think his team is a bunch of reality TV producers?

Could be. Could be they're going to release a TV series "documenting" the whole thing once it's over.

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The launch of Trump Institute, in turn, paved the way for the later creation of the Trump University live seminar business, which continues to be one of the biggest scandals dogging Trump’s presidential campaign. The New York Attorney General sued Trump, the Trump University, and its president, Michael Sexton, in 2013, alleging that they had ripped off thousands of customers, some of whom paid tens of thousands of dollars for “mentorship” programs.

http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/20 ... k-seminar/

[pogo]

Indiana today, which looks likely to be another good day for Trump, bad day for Cruz. And he can’t afford any more of those. Basically if Cruz loses in Indiana it’s all over bar a miracle.

And Carly Fiorina is already looking to be a Sarah Palin scale disaster for Cruz:

[tufty]

biggest scandals dogging Trump’s

Rearrange to create an amusing headline

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Cruz is out.

Formalities aside Donald Trump is going to be standing for President as the official GOP candidate.

Fucking ada!

[gumboot]

Looking forward to a surprise comeback from Kasich!


[edit] Actually I'm not. Not only is he a Republican, but he's a Republican with a chance.

[pogo]

Kasich must be thinking the same. In theory now it’s a two horse race he has a chance, especially as Trump’s support has struggled to reach 50%, with Trump’s negatives so high they drive people to look for alternatives.

Kasich though is the only mainstream candidate left. That means the natural home of Cruz supporters is probably Trump, not Kasich. Also it is very very late, and Kasich has been losing for a long long time. Unless he suddenly starts winning states and most of the delegates left Trump is going to win anyway before the convention. Even if Kasich postpones that by collecting almost all of the remaining delegates there’s no guarantee Cruz’s supporters will switch to him at the convention.

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Kasich's chances are so slim it's fair to round it down to no chance at all.

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Ooof!

[carolen]

Cruz cedes and immediately punches and elbows his wife in the face



not even Trump has done that yet AFAIK