2020 Election Thread!!!!!!!!!

[onejayhawk]

I guess if you ignore all the criticisms they were making against things like the drone program and the Wall St cuddling.

I give you that the Obama administration was cuddly with Wall Street. Not as much as Clinton would have been, but still very warm and fuzzy.

So you are saying, "He's our President. We're the only ones that get to criticize him."

J

 

[Sommerswerd]

So when is Gavin Newsom cool enough to run?

Right now... He's got the name and look of an NFL Quarterback... plus he divorced smoking hot FOX News Model Kimberly Guilfoyle... that's got to count for something. Also... His kids are named Montana, Brooklyn, Dutch and Hunter... that alone is worth the price of Admission.

Sign him up... better yet let's do a reality show... "Who wants to be the next President?", with Newsome as one of the contestants.

Get on it Hygs, America is depending on you

 

[Kyriakos]

Alex Jones for press secretary

Anyway, infowars seems to have become even more crap than usual, and i think the only positive result of Trump will be the death of the alt-right.

It won't be enough by itself, though. The alt-right rose due to some bizarro "left" stuff (actually just trolls or terrible journalism, not left or night per se).

 

[sophie]

So when is Gavin Newsom cool enough to run?

When will I be cool enough to have his babies?

 

[onejayhawk]

Right now... He's got the name and look of an NFL Quarterback... plus he divorced smoking hot FOX News Model Kimberly Guilfoyle... that's got to count for something. Also... His kids are named Montana, Brooklyn, Dutch and Hunter... that alone is worth the price of Admission.

Sign him up... better yet let's do a reality show... "Who wants to be the next President?", with Newsome as one of the contestants.

Get on it Hygs, America is depending on you

Wow. A candidate from Central Casting.

J

 

[Hygro]

Right now... He's got the name and look of an NFL Quarterback... plus he divorced smoking hot FOX News Model Kimberly Guilfoyle... that's got to count for something. Also... His kids are named Montana, Brooklyn, Dutch and Hunter... that alone is worth the price of Admission.

Sign him up... better yet let's do a reality show... "Who wants to be the next President?", with Newsome as one of the contestants.

Get on it Hygs, America is depending on you

Gavin's one of the mayors who would show up to a basketball court in the hood to get to know some of the kids, hang out, ask how things are, no press. I only know this word of mouth.

 

[Sommerswerd]

Wow. A candidate from Central Casting.

J

Please... you think Trump isn't "Central Casting"? He's a stock as it gets, a self-styled parody of the wealthy tycoon. He's like the monopoly guy come to life. He's basically Francis Xavier Cross from Scrooged or Mr. Potter from Its a Wonderful Life... or... Donald Trump from Home Alone 2...

Gavin's one of the mayors who would show up to a basketball court in the hood to get to know some of the kids, hang out, ask how things are, no press. I only know this word of mouth.

Yes... very "Central Casting" of him... all the rich white guys married to supermodel actresses do that... all the time... I could have sworn I saw Tom Brady in the North End of Hartford shooting hoops with some kids from the projects the other day on my way to work...

 

[Hygro]

Please... you think Trump isn't "Central Casting"? He's a stock as it gets, a self-styled parody of the wealthy tycoon. He's like the monopoly guy come to life. He's basically Francis Xavier Cross from Scrooged or Mr. Potter from Its a Wonderful Life.
Yes... very "Central Casting" of him... all the rich white guys married to supermodel actresses do that... all the time... I could have sworn I saw Tom Brady in the North End of Hartford shooting hoops with some kids from the projects the other day on my way to work...

haha. Played well with the local San Franciscans telling me. They were giving him the Bill Clinton is the first black president treatment. "Gavin's basically black".

 

[onejayhawk]

Please... you think Trump isn't "Central Casting"?

For a comedy, sure. As a dramatic lead, be serious.

J

 

[sophie]

haha. Played well with the local San Franciscans telling me. They were giving him the Bill Clinton is the first black president treatment. "Gavin's basically black".

It would be an honor and a privilege to get to vote for him for president. Hell I only hope that I at least get to vote for him for governor. Dude is seriously dope.

 

[Azem.Ocram]

Like I said earlier, it's only a matter of time before China stops its construction spree and stops buying foreign (US) debt, which will lower its nominal GDP and send stock traders into a panic. It won't hurt China but will hurt its capitalist trade partners immensely (especially the USA)

Sources:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/timwors...lator-and-their-owning-us-debt-doesnt-matter/

Sorry for taking so long to provide these sources. I forgot about this. China, India the EU, Latin America, and possibly Canada and England+Wales (because Scotland and Northern Ireland want to be in the EU and don't particularly like England, especially because they narrowly voted to stay because they wanted to remain in the EU) ganging up on the USA (as they should) to defend themselves and trade+cooperate with each other instead of us, would be disastrous for the Trump Administration. Keep in mind that the majority of the US population is against Trump and a plurality of voters voted for Hillary Clinton as the lesser of the evils despite the smear campaign.

BTW, Trump has committed a few impeachable offenses in office as well. Him trying to overrule/bully federal judges (for his executive order) violates the Constitution in regards to Separation of Powers. His numerous Conflicts of Interest (source: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38069298 ) is also unconstitutional. It's only a matter of time before he lies under oath or illegally starts a war or changes budgets without approval from congress (enough Republicans came to their senses that the vote for DeVos was a tie).

If there is a 2020 Election, it will be with Mike Pence as the incumbent. A majority Democrat congress (both houses) is likely in 2018 and they will have plenty of cause to impeach The Donald. You might wonder why I said 'if' and the reason is that WWIII and the dissolution of the union (CalExit (with Western WA and Western OR joining), TExit, New Engxit, etc) are both possibilities.

 

[onejayhawk]

Like I said earlier, it's only a matter of time before China stops its construction spree and stops buying foreign (US) debt, which will lower its nominal GDP and send stock traders into a panic.

If there is a 2020 Election, it will be with Mike Pence as the incumbent. A majority Democrat congress (both houses) is likely in 2018 and they will have plenty of cause to impeach The Donald. You might wonder why I said 'if' and the reason is that WWIII and the dissolution of the union (CalExit (with Western WA and Western OR joining), TExit, New Engxit, etc) are both possibilities.

China has not bought large amounts of US debt for years. Any change on that front would be positive.

"If there is a 2020 election". I like that.

Democrat majority in the Senate is is also good joke. They need to defend everything and take four of Arizona, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Wyoming. Clinton won only Nevada. Democrats defend seats in 10 Trump states, including five he won by 15% or more--Missouri +19, Montana +20, Indiana +20, North Dakota +36, West Virginia +42. I think the Democratic chances are not good to gain a majority.

Calexit has its own thread. The bottom line is that California cannot afford it.

J

 

[Bootstoots]

Yeah, it's a really bad map. Democrats would have a problem in the Senate even if Trump decides to do all of his speeches naked except for a sombrero and pushes for war against Finland (going halvsies with Putin, of course).

 

[onejayhawk]

He has a point about gains in the House. Like the Senate, you can track Presidential voting in Congressional districts. UVa has a new article.
http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/articles/house-2018-crossover-appeal/

J

 

[Lexicus]

So you are saying, "He's our President. We're the only ones that get to criticize him."

No, I'm saying "your" criticisms were generally either
1) stupid
2) hypocritical, or
3) lies

 

[onejayhawk]

A new article looking to 2020. The cover photo mimics Zkribbler's sig.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/democrats-2020-presidential-field-235335

The clown car will be loaded.

At least a dozen senators are widely thought to be in the mix — including Vermont’s Bernie Sanders, Massachusetts’ Elizabeth Warren, New Jersey’s Cory Booker, California’s Kamala Harris, Ohio’s Sherrod Brown, Oregon’s Jeff Merkley, New York’s Kirsten Gillibrand, Connecticut’s Chris Murphy, and both Minnesotans, Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken.
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Obviously, not all will actually run. However, the list does not count former Senators, Governors and former Governors. Warren, for example, reportedly did not want to run against Hillary Clinton. Others did not want to run against Obama. The article says that the last time the race was so open was 1992.

J

 

[onejayhawk]

Oprah in 2020
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/03/oprah-winfrey-run-president-2020-reasons-trump-214851

J

 

[KmDubya]

I saw an article that said Hillary was thinking of running again

The Clinton machine is still functioning with Perez in as the new DNC and money talks so it could happen.

 

[EnglishEdward]

A new article looking to 2020. The cover photo mimics Zkribbler's sig.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/democrats-2020-presidential-field-235335

The clown car will be loaded.

At least a dozen senators are widely thought to be in the mix — including Vermont’s Bernie Sanders, Massachusetts’ Elizabeth Warren, New Jersey’s Cory Booker, California’s Kamala Harris, Ohio’s Sherrod Brown, Oregon’s Jeff Merkley, New York’s Kirsten Gillibrand, Connecticut’s Chris Murphy, and both Minnesotans, Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken.
​

Obviously, not all will actually run. However, the list does not count former Senators, Governors and former Governors. Warren, for example, reportedly did not want to run against Hillary Clinton. Others did not want to run against Obama. The article says that the last time the race was so open was 1992.

J

I have read their resumes on wikipedia. All but the first and last would be excellent candidates.

I saw an article that said Hillary was thinking of running again

The Clinton machine is still functioning with Perez in as the new DNC and money talks so it could happen.

Groans, she has already had two chances which she has messed up, and would be too old.

Other countries would probably impose a boredom tariff on USA imports.

 

[onejayhawk]

I have read their resumes on wikipedia. All but the first and last would be excellent candidates.

Interesting. The first made a serious run at the 2016 nomination and the last is considered somewhat likely to run.

I saw an article that said Hillary was thinking of running again

The Clinton machine is still functioning with Perez in as the new DNC and money talks so it could happen.

Groans, she has already had two chances which she has messed up, and would be too old.

Other countries would probably impose a boredom tariff on USA imports.

The RNC would love it.

J