Donald Trump wants to close up the Internet

[Denny Crane]

Playing poker is not the same thing as governing.

barfo

It is when you're negotiating a nuke treaty with Iran, or with congress over anything.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

The Two Leading Presidential Candidates -- Clinton And Trump -- Are Both Mocking Free Speech On The Internet

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/2...-trump-both-mocked-free-speech-internet.shtml

 

[barfo]

It is when you're negotiating a nuke treaty with Iran, or with congress over anything.

I don't think so. There is a huge element of horsetrading that is totally absent from poker. And there's very little luck involved, and there is much less opportunity to bluff, since both sides can see all the cards.

It's not really like poker at all, except of course in Donald Trump's fevered imagination.

barfo

 

[Denny Crane]

I don't think so. There is a huge element of horsetrading that is totally absent from poker. And there's very little luck involved, and there is much less opportunity to bluff, since both sides can see all the cards.

It's not really like poker at all, except of course in Donald Trump's fevered imagination.

barfo

It's not like poker in yours, it seems.

LOL

Reagan: when do we start bombing, then made peace with the USSR.

 

[barfo]

I support the Republicans more than I do the Dems. I think Trump could be good for our economy and eliminating a lot of rules that make it where the US has a tough time competing with all the countries in the world. A lot of what he says hits a nerve with the people of this country, mainly because Obama has give the voters on the right the middle finger.
To me I would probably lean to Cruz, has a little more of the political polish that Trump does not have. Either way both parties have moved to the extremes. Barfo is Hillary really a good choice for you or is she all you are offered. The Clinton machine kept most from entering the race against her.

Hillary is not my dream candidate, certainly. But she's pretty middle-of-the-road (probably to a fault). Same as Obama, so you'll probably think she gives voters on the right the middle finger too. Not really sure what you mean by that, other than you disagree politically with him. Did George Bush give voters on the left the middle finger? He certainly did plenty I disagreed with. Cruz is a smart guy, but his politics are really on the extreme end of the republican spectrum. If you really want to give the left the middle finger, elect Cruz. If you can.

barfo

 

[barfo]

The reality is democrat mainstream is as left as republican mainstream is right.

Actually according to some studies which you will reject out of hand because they don't support your preconceptions, this isn't true - the Republicans have moved further to the right than the democrats have moved to the left.

Any move toward middle ground must be capitulation of the republicans' ideals and no concessions from democrats.

Who said that? Certainly not me.

barfo

 

[Nikolokolus]

Everytime this guy opens his mouth, I can't help but think of this little gem from 'The Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy':

The President is very much a figurehead - he wields no real power whatsoever. He is apparently chosen by the government, but the qualities he is required to display are not those of leadership but those of finely judged outrage. For this reason the President is always a controversial choice, always an infuriating but fascinating character. His job is not to wield power but to draw attention away from it.

An orange sash is what the President of the Galaxy traditionally wears.

On those criteria Zaphod Beeblebrox is one of the most successful Presidents the Galaxy has ever had. He spent two of his ten Presidential years in prison for fraud. Very very few people realize that the President and the Government have virtually no power at all, and of these very few people only six know whence ultimate political power is wielded. Most of the others secretly believe that the ultimate decision-making process is handled by a computer. They couldn't be more wrong..http://www.hhgproject.org/entries/president.html

 

[Denny Crane]

Actually according to some studies which you will reject out of hand because they don't support your preconceptions, this isn't true - the Republicans have moved further to the right than the democrats have moved to the left.



Who said that? Certainly not me.

barfo

Republicans simply aren't as "right" as you say, barfo. During the W administration, they held the white house and both houses of congress. They didn't ban abortion, they expanded social programs, and they passed the biggest spending bills in history up to that point in time.

Democrats started out way left. They don't have to move so far to be as left as republicans are right. But they did move left from Bill Clinton's centrism and triangulation to Warren and Sanders being darlings of the left. And Obama ran far to the left of Hillary and beat her.

 

[Sedatedfork]

I can't imagine Bill Gates is too happy about being brought up in this whole thing. Do all the Billionaires have each other on speed dial or something?