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Who thinks Trump will win?

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  • Registered Users Posts: 3,610 ✭✭✭Pa ElGrande


    flanna01 wrote: »
    So ... Why pick Biden to lead the assault on mentally inept President? Simple - They don't want to win.

    Not really. You have to understand all the caucuses and councils that make up the DNC, they do not necessarily see eye to eye. In this years selection there are 3 major factions broadly led by Clinton/Bloomberg, Obama/Biden and Sanders/Cortez. Bloombergs run was Clintons last stand and essentially represents the boomer wing of the party that are dying off. The radical socialists do not have national appeal, and certain loss, Obama made some phone calls, the candidates dropped out and they agreed that Biden was the most moderate candidate to unite the party while keeping the radicals in check. Had the radicals dominated party funding would have collapsed, there are lots of billionaires funding this party who have their own agendas. How do you reckon Obama did so well financially since leaving the white house? One interesting feature of Obama speeches is how often he mentions himself, Trump is not alone among politicians who show narcissistic behaviour and if you want to look for scandals during the Obama administration there were quite a few, by comparison Trump has been a choir boy so far.

    There is so much antagonism at the moment against Trump who has usurped both the Democrat and Republican establishment that it will not be possible to evaluate his presidency until long after he has left the office. The problem is then Americans and by extension countries in the Anglo-American sphere of influence have is who will run for office after Trump? Anybody you might regard as competent will just look at it and say the swamp in not worth the hassle, and you may well get person with military background step in to "unify" the country.

    Net Zero means we are paying for the destruction of our economy and society in pursuit of an unachievable and pointless policy.



  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,404 ✭✭✭Justin Credible Darts


    It would show what they think of the direction the Democrat party is going.

    If they came out against the excesses of the woke culture and condemned Antifa and the rioting and looting. They would win easily.

    They can still speak out against racism and for equality. But some of the woke crap lately us ridiculous.


    therein lie the issue why some democrats will vote for trump over their own bumbling biden and the party that seems to rarely if ever condemn the violence, and in some case democrats affiliated people even caught encouraging the violence.


    Regardless if Trump wins I am going to enjoy the crying, not because i want Trump to lose, but why get upset over something I cannot control, and instead just laugh at the stupidity of it all


  • Registered Users Posts: 19,663 ✭✭✭✭Muahahaha


    Department of Homeland Security has identified a Russian disinformation campaign to spread rumours of Biden being in bad health
    The Department of Homeland Security in July withheld an intelligence bulletin warning of a Russian plot to spread misinformation regarding Joe Biden's mental health, according to a report from ABC News on Wednesday.
    In a draft of the bulletin obtained by the network and confirmed by DHS titled "Russia Likely to Denigrate Health of US Candidates to Influence 2020 Election," analysts said with "high confidence" that "Russian malign influence actors are likely to continue denigrating presidential candidates through allegations of poor mental or physical health to influence the outcome of the 2020 election," according to ABC News.

    Id say this is just the start of it with the Russians, Putin wants Trump to remain in the White House, he's afraid a Biden presidency will mean sanctions on Russia


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,610 ✭✭✭Pa ElGrande



    Daniel McCarthy, editor of the venerable Modern Age, joins Tom Woods to discuss recent events, including the President's convention speech, and assess the probability of four more years of Trump.

    A discussion about Bidens & Trumps campaign. Compared the DNC convention to an old folks home for the Rockefeller Republicans.

    Net Zero means we are paying for the destruction of our economy and society in pursuit of an unachievable and pointless policy.



  • Registered Users Posts: 50 ✭✭JKnoxer




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  • Registered Users Posts: 29,559 ✭✭✭✭Wanderer78


    He wants to completely abolish private healthcare, that's a hard left position otherwise there would be countries in Europe where it has been abolished as there have been plenty of center left parties in power, people always try and make the left wing of the Democrats out as more right than they really are for some reason.


    Does he really want to abolish private health care, or just make sure everyone has fair access to adequate health care?

    The dems moved economically to the right, particularly since the Clinton era, Obama just accelerated it, this has been replicated globally, including here, to some degree on the left, hence why they've been struggling to maintain their votes, effectively, they abandoned their base, the political left is lost and directionless


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,306 ✭✭✭bobbyy gee


    Wanderer78 wrote: »
    Does he really want to abolish private health care, or just make sure everyone has fair access to adequate health care?

    The dems moved economically to the right, particularly since the Clinton era, Obama just accelerated it, this has been replicated globally, including here, to some degree on the left, hence why they've been struggling to maintain their votes, effectively, they abandoned their base, the political left is lost and directionless
    GOP legislation that would have left an estimated 22 million Americans without health insurance,


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,306 ✭✭✭bobbyy gee


    GOP legislation that would have left an estimated 22 million Americans without health insurance,

    https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-campaign-promises-economy-debt-obamacare-healthcare-infrastructure-2020-9


  • Registered Users Posts: 7,278 ✭✭✭Brussels Sprout




  • Registered Users Posts: 3,610 ✭✭✭Pa ElGrande




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    By now you don't even need to read that to realise the headline from the Atlantic is fake news when it comes to Mr. Trump, the purpose of the article is click bait. Since his election the New York Times, Washington Post and The Atlantic have been running a daily 2 minutes of hate campaign.

    Net Zero means we are paying for the destruction of our economy and society in pursuit of an unachievable and pointless policy.



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  • Registered Users Posts: 7,278 ✭✭✭Brussels Sprout


    By now you don't even need to read that to realise the headline from the Atlantic is fake news when it comes to Mr. Trump, the purpose of the article is click bait. Since his election the New York Times, Washington Post and The Atlantic have been running a daily 2 minutes of hate campaign.


    And which news organisations do you think are trustworthy?


  • Registered Users Posts: 7,236 ✭✭✭mcmoustache


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    By now you don't even need to read that to realise the headline from the Atlantic is fake news when it comes to Mr. Trump, the purpose of the article is click bait. Since his election the New York Times, Washington Post and The Atlantic have been running a daily 2 minutes of hate campaign.

    You don't think he says things in private that he says in public?

    I think you should get ready for the "OK he did it and I support him for it" part of this cycle.


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,610 ✭✭✭Pa ElGrande


    And which news organisations do you think are trustworthy?

    Practically none of them. The news corporation applies a bias, the editorial team applies a bias and the the individual journalist apply their bias. In most instances the goal is to get as many clicks as possible to drive advertising revenue and the easiest way to do that is to get people outraged since they get angry they are more likely to pass on the article and drive yet more clicks.

    In this case, the Atlantic has a well known anti-Trump bias so after several years you know the form and it is best to let the story settle and see what the real story (if any) is. You can see what happened with the George Floyd incident, we got a glimpse through a keyhole and an outrage mob formed, but when better information came out later it is not such a black and white case if you will pardon the pun.

    Net Zero means we are paying for the destruction of our economy and society in pursuit of an unachievable and pointless policy.



  • Posts: 2,078 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    And which news organisations do you think are trustworthy?

    There is a new news channel starting in the US who are using the revolutionary new approach of reading out the news as a series of verified facts with no opinion soap boxes. That tells you all you need to know about the state of the US media.


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    I wouldn't be surprised if Trump did say something like that. But these days with some journalists acting more like activists it could be designed to damage Trump for the upcoming election.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,201 ✭✭✭Man with broke phone


    JKnoxer wrote: »

    Democracy eh?

    We will beat up children if they dont vote for who we say.


  • Registered Users Posts: 7,278 ✭✭✭Brussels Sprout


    Practically none of them.

    Well that's a cop out.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,201 ✭✭✭Man with broke phone



    There will be alot less amputees for people to see because Mr Donald Trumps rein as president seen no wars start. Who would start a war with Donald Trump. If Biden on the other hand.


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,610 ✭✭✭Pa ElGrande


    Well that's a cop out.

    The only way to understand the Press is to remember that they pander to their readers prejudices . . .

    Net Zero means we are paying for the destruction of our economy and society in pursuit of an unachievable and pointless policy.



  • Registered Users Posts: 19,663 ✭✭✭✭Muahahaha


    The fact no military generals have come out to back him speaks volumes. They already know he has zero respect for the military.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 2,103 ✭✭✭The Raging Bile Duct


    Muahahaha wrote: »
    The fact no military generals have come out to back him speaks volumes. They already know he has zero respect for the military.

    I was listening to an interview (on Newstalk?) where they were talking about the very remote possibility of America becoming a dictatorship under Trump and the person being interviewed said it was an impossibility. To stage a coup you need the military on your side and nobody in the military supports Trump.


  • Registered Users Posts: 7,278 ✭✭✭Brussels Sprout


    The only way to understand the Press is to remember that they pander to their readers prejudices . . .

    All media has some bias or other. However these things are on a spectrum. At the extremes you have outlets that are little more than state propaganda used to amplify whatever message rulers want and to attack their enemies, e.g. Xinhua in China, Tass in Russia and ONN in America.

    At the next level you have media that has more critical analysis but still has blatant biases. A lot of the British newspapers fall into this category e.g. The Guardian and Mirror on one side and The Telegraph, Daily Mail, Sun, Times and Express on the other. CNN, Fox and MSNBC could go into this category as well in the US TV sphere.

    Finally though you have outlets that aren't as obvious in their leanings. A good rule of thumb is if people on the left claim that they have a right-wing bias and vice-versa. I would put the BBC and Sky News in this category and the likes of ABC/NBC in the states.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,201 ✭✭✭Man with broke phone


    Muahahaha wrote: »
    The fact no military generals have come out to back him speaks volumes. They already know he has zero respect for the military.

    Why would the miltary suppirt him. He doesnt start wars. No active duty, no extra wage allowances, no girls throwing themselves at army men who fight wars. The only people taking the tax money wages that dont suppirt him are ambitious miltary top brass.


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,610 ✭✭✭Pa ElGrande


    I was listening to an interview (on Newstalk?) where they were talking about the very remote possibility of America becoming a dictatorship under Trump and the person being interviewed said it was an impossibility. To stage a coup you need the military on your side and nobody in the military supports Trump.


    The US military is the largest in the world bar none in terms of spending and access to weaponry. No other country even comes close. Whether we like it or not (I don't) Pax Americana keeps a lot of countries in check who leaders would take their population into war. Since the collapse of the cold war the United States and it's allies have been involved in several major conflicts usually tied to oil access.

    Do you think Ireland would have such low expenditure on military if the country were not part of the Anglo-sphere? Would Americans in general be better off if their country was not the worlds policeman as Washington tends to see themselves? The answer is very likely yes, running an empire is a money losing venture as the Russians (Soviet Union), the British, the Spanish, the Ottomans, the Romans and many others that have collapsed discovered.

    When you speak of the military, you are talking about the Pentagon and the people who directly benefit from the military industrial complex, dare you cut their budget and they will tear you apart, so as a US president you have to watch your step and keep your friends close but your enemies closer.

    There is also the case General Mike Flynn, who resigned from the Obama camp and joined the Trump administration, he was taken out quite quickly by establishment and is still having to fight them. How General Flynn was treated will not have been lost on the Pentagon generals, so public support for Trump will not be easy to come by in a company town like Washington DC.

    Lets look for a moment at the political opposition, the only anti-war presidential candidate to come out on the DNC side was Tulsi Gabbard and VOX (bias left-wing) called her a loser for her stance. Most of the news outlets ignored her demolishing of the official propaganda about American wars. Even CNN and the New York Times smeared her as a "Russian asset" and an "apologist for Assad", referencing a visit she made to Syria in 2017 when she held talks with the President of that country.
    Loser: Tulsi Gabbard

    The congresswoman from Hawaii has premised her entire candidacy on fierce opposition to US military adventurism abroad. Tonight, she had a chance to distinguish herself during a lengthy foreign policy debate — and made a series of blatantly false statements.

    First, she described the Turkish invasion of northeastern Syria, which is controlled by America’s Kurdish allies, thusly: “the slaughter of the Kurds being done by Turkey is yet another negative consequence of the regime change war we’ve been waging in Syria.”

    source


    Trump himself has said in his campaign, and has not delivered yet! that the US should be pulling out of the Syria and Iraq, and the Democrats attached him for that. See U.S. Republicans join Democrats to blast Trump's Syria withdrawal.

    It is highly likely that the military industrial complex in the United States controls the mainstream media on both sides of the political divide with regard to its activities. I find it highly unlikely that there not be mainstream dissenting opinions against American militarism, but it does not seem to matter which political party is in charge their policy has not changed in at least two decades. And in that regard I don't see the threat from the US military leadership until some time in the future after Trump when their budgets are threatened by domestic an economic instability within the continental United States. Inevitably that financial crisis must come, their spending has been going exponential for over a decade now. Normally the Republicans tend to make the most noise about budget deficits, like the presidents before him Trump does not care and the debt grows.

    Net Zero means we are paying for the destruction of our economy and society in pursuit of an unachievable and pointless policy.



  • Registered Users Posts: 25,585 ✭✭✭✭Timberrrrrrrr


    Muahahaha wrote: »
    The fact no military generals have come out to back him speaks volumes. They already know he has zero respect for the military.

    No one of any worth has come out and backed him, his whole RNC last week was full of his own family talking him up.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,698 ✭✭✭kenmm


    but when better information came out later it is not such a black and white case if you will pardon the pun.

    And where does one get this better information from, if we cannot trust any news?

    And I won't pardon the pun as it was brilliant and I love a pun!


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,610 ✭✭✭Pa ElGrande


    kenmm wrote: »
    And where does one get this better information from, if we cannot trust any news?

    And I won't pardon the pun as it was brilliant and I love a pun!

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    Net Zero means we are paying for the destruction of our economy and society in pursuit of an unachievable and pointless policy.



  • Registered Users Posts: 1,373 ✭✭✭Mr. Karate


    Muahahaha wrote: »
    The fact no military generals have come out to back him speaks volumes. They already know he has zero respect for the military.

    War Monger Generals aren't backing a President that hasn't started a new war and is ramping down some? I am totally shocked and awed.

    Let's ask the soldiers who tend to end up in the firing zone because of these asshole generals and ask their opinion.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,373 ✭✭✭Mr. Karate


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    By now you don't even need to read that to realise the headline from the Atlantic is fake news when it comes to Mr. Trump, the purpose of the article is click bait. Since his election the New York Times, Washington Post and The Atlantic have been running a daily 2 minutes of hate campaign.

    This is why I immediately laugh at any Leftists who throws out Fox News as an attempt to discredit someone.

    The NY Times has also really abused their Anonymous sources freedom to spread bull**** about Trump.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 25,585 ✭✭✭✭Timberrrrrrrr


    Mr. Karate wrote: »
    War Monger Generals aren't backing a President that hasn't started a new war and is ramping down some? I am totally shocked and awed.

    Let's ask the soldiers who tend to end up in the firing zone because of these asshole generals and ask their opinion.

    Can you name anyone of worth who does back him?


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