Question for the Repub voters here...

Peterman said:

Also, Hillary will win rather easily in November... take your screenshots now

to that, lets say trump actually wins this thing, which party does it completely destroy? repubs or democrats?

TierbsHsotBoobs said:

Sledog said:

OZONE said:

Repubs are scared of everything because many of them are conservative christians, and the conservative christian mindset is to be afraid of pissing off god and going to hell.

Even those that are no longer conservative christians, but are more agnostic, still have that "void of fear" that the conservative christian mythos instilled in their family culture. Today they fill it with fear of communism, socialism, islam, and people with dark skin.

I'm conservative and evidently not as afraid as liberals as I don't need or want the government to take care of my every need.

As for commies, socialists etc. I know know evil when I see it. I didn't flunk history.

Odd the liberals were running old white people while conservatives cast millions of votes for minority candidates. Color doesn't matter, character does.

If you don't need the government, why would you vote for big government Trump?

Who you votin' for Sven?

PurpleThrobber said:

OZONE said:

Repubs are scared of everything because many of them are conservative christians, and the conservative christian mindset is to be afraid of pissing off god and going to hell.

Even those that are no longer conservative christians, but are more agnostic, still have that "void of fear" that the conservative christian mythos instilled in their family culture. Today they fill it with fear of communism, socialism, islam, and people with dark skin.

Uh...except Christianity doesn't work that way.

Maybe some fucked up cult version of your childhood but not the one I'm familiar with.

That is why I specifically wrote "conservative christianity" because it is the fucked up version you refer to.

Normal christianity is fine... the brand practiced in Europe, and by the more liberal denominations here in the US. But the conservative flavors are utter nightmares.

OZONE said:

PurpleThrobber said:

OZONE said:

Repubs are scared of everything because many of them are conservative christians, and the conservative christian mindset is to be afraid of pissing off god and going to hell.

Even those that are no longer conservative christians, but are more agnostic, still have that "void of fear" that the conservative christian mythos instilled in their family culture. Today they fill it with fear of communism, socialism, islam, and people with dark skin.

Uh...except Christianity doesn't work that way.

Maybe some fucked up cult version of your childhood but not the one I'm familiar with.

That is why I specifically wrote "conservative christianity" because it is the fucked up version you refer to.

Normal christianity is fine... the brand practiced in Europe, and by the more liberal denominations here in the US. But the conservative flavors are utter nightmares.

Says the Islam lover

I'm a fiscal conservative that probably leans central left on social issues ... take that for whatever it is worth.

If you live in the largest cities of the US, you would think that the nation is doing great.

If there's one thing I learned on my golf trip as I was driving through the heartland of the US, including the rust belt, there's a lot of places in the US that are really hurting. We're a country that largest specializes on services and not on manufacturing. Think about it this way ... between 1/5th and 1/6th of the US GDP is tied to healthcare. What we're doing honestly isn't working with the economy ... and when you factor in with whether globalization is working or not, the BREXIT vote being focused largely with the cities wanting to stay on the EU and the smaller communities wanting to leave, the message is really consistent with what we're seeing globally.

About a year or so ago I started getting pretty vocal within my friends and family about how the threat of ISIS and this being an ideological war was going to be a huge issue and how we weren't taking the threat for what it is. Fast forward and we're seeing something happen seemingly everyday. The instability across the globe is an issue and will only get worse if we're not aggressive in attacking it.

The liberal media are citing how crime is going down across the nation. But similar to what we're seeing around the globe with ISIS, I think what people are starting to realize is that the trends are going to change IF the status quo doesn't change. We can see the problems coming. Great leadership is proactive instead of reactive. The critics would like you to believe nothing is wrong because of what has happened in the PAST ... the visionaries are able to predict what will happen in the FUTURE. And ultimately, when you hear the quoting of Trump as a "fear monger" ... the first thing that comes to my mind is that those voicing those opinions are reactionary versus proactive.

While I think that some of the language with respect to illegal immigration is probably a little too harsh in that the vast majority of illegal immigrants aren't tied to creating mayhem, the reality is that there are laws in this country and the failure to uphold the laws of our country undermines those very laws. Being selective of what laws we inforce and those we don't creates chaos. I'm all for immigration with it being done legally. But we also have to make a stand that there's laws and that they are there for a reason.

I think the biggest thing that is really coming out of this convention is the magnification of the talk about divisive politics and race. From those trying to discredit Trump, they consistently are trying to tear him down for the things that he's not saying versus the things he is saying. Essentially trying to pin opinions and stances on him that he hasn't verbalized. Even with his commentating on LBGT during the speech tonight, the criticism that he didn't say enough. No matter what, Trump's getting more vitriol from the left than I think Obama ever got from the right. It's amusing honestly. And it also tells me how scared the left is.

If anything that we've learned from the last 4 days, it's that this election is going to be energized from both sides of the table. You may have a situation where you have large groups of people that are tasked with voting against a candidate versus voting for one. The reality is that Hillary's a highly flawed candidate and the fact that the Democrats really couldn't throw out a candidate worth a damn to oppose her is fairly damning (and don't get me started on Sanders because he is so far left he had no chance of ever getting elected). Trump's hitting some tenors in the silent majority of the US that is getting them motivated and energized. It will be interesting to see if that allows him to expand the Republican base going forward.

And, if there's really one huge takeaway from this week, it's that Trump's kids are his trump card (no pun intended) ... Hillary can't get any mileage out from Chelsea and Bill's kind of a non-starter to a lot of people given that he's had his time and they've been doing their own thing for so long it's not like it's the close knit family that the Trump's are. And that doesn't even start touching on the Clinton Foundation ... which is another giant box of cards that Hillary will have to answer for.

TierbsHsotBoobs said:

Sledog said:

TierbsHsotBoobs said:

Sledog said:

OZONE said:

Repubs are scared of everything because many of them are conservative christians, and the conservative christian mindset is to be afraid of pissing off god and going to hell.

Even those that are no longer conservative christians, but are more agnostic, still have that "void of fear" that the conservative christian mythos instilled in their family culture. Today they fill it with fear of communism, socialism, islam, and people with dark skin.

I'm conservative and evidently not as afraid as liberals as I don't need or want the government to take care of my every need.

As for commies, socialists etc. I know know evil when I see it. I didn't flunk history.

Odd the liberals were running old white people while conservatives cast millions of votes for minority candidates. Color doesn't matter, character does.

If you don't need the government, why would you vote for big government Trump?

Who you votin' for Sven?

The small government guy.

Which is supposed to be who?

TierbsHsotBoobs said:

Sledog said:

TierbsHsotBoobs said:

Sledog said:

TierbsHsotBoobs said:

Sledog said:

OZONE said:

Repubs are scared of everything because many of them are conservative christians, and the conservative christian mindset is to be afraid of pissing off god and going to hell.

Even those that are no longer conservative christians, but are more agnostic, still have that "void of fear" that the conservative christian mythos instilled in their family culture. Today they fill it with fear of communism, socialism, islam, and people with dark skin.

I'm conservative and evidently not as afraid as liberals as I don't need or want the government to take care of my every need.

As for commies, socialists etc. I know know evil when I see it. I didn't flunk history.

Odd the liberals were running old white people while conservatives cast millions of votes for minority candidates. Color doesn't matter, character does.

If you don't need the government, why would you vote for big government Trump?

Who you votin' for Sven?

The small government guy.

Which is supposed to be who?

The guy with an actual record of small government

https://www.thestreet.com/story/13612038/1/if-libertarian-gary-johnson-was-president-here-rsquo-s-what-would-happen-to-the-u-s-economy.html

I don't support candidates that are compared favorably to the Husky Fan Podcast

Tequilla said:

I'm a fiscal conservative that probably leans central left on social issues ... take that for whatever it is worth.

If you live in the largest cities of the US, you would think that the nation is doing great.

If there's one thing I learned on my golf trip as I was driving through the heartland of the US, including the rust belt, there's a lot of places in the US that are really hurting. We're a country that largest specializes on services and not on manufacturing. Think about it this way ... between 1/5th and 1/6th of the US GDP is tied to healthcare. What we're doing honestly isn't working with the economy ... and when you factor in with whether globalization is working or not, the BREXIT vote being focused largely with the cities wanting to stay on the EU and the smaller communities wanting to leave, the message is really consistent with what we're seeing globally.

About a year or so ago I started getting pretty vocal within my friends and family about how the threat of ISIS and this being an ideological war was going to be a huge issue and how we weren't taking the threat for what it is. Fast forward and we're seeing something happen seemingly everyday. The instability across the globe is an issue and will only get worse if we're not aggressive in attacking it.

The liberal media are citing how crime is going down across the nation. But similar to what we're seeing around the globe with ISIS, I think what people are starting to realize is that the trends are going to change IF the status quo doesn't change. We can see the problems coming. Great leadership is proactive instead of reactive. The critics would like you to believe nothing is wrong because of what has happened in the PAST ... the visionaries are able to predict what will happen in the FUTURE. And ultimately, when you hear the quoting of Trump as a "fear monger" ... the first thing that comes to my mind is that those voicing those opinions are reactionary versus proactive.

While I think that some of the language with respect to illegal immigration is probably a little too harsh in that the vast majority of illegal immigrants aren't tied to creating mayhem, the reality is that there are laws in this country and the failure to uphold the laws of our country undermines those very laws. Being selective of what laws we inforce and those we don't creates chaos. I'm all for immigration with it being done legally. But we also have to make a stand that there's laws and that they are there for a reason.

I think the biggest thing that is really coming out of this convention is the magnification of the talk about divisive politics and race. From those trying to discredit Trump, they consistently are trying to tear him down for the things that he's not saying versus the things he is saying. Essentially trying to pin opinions and stances on him that he hasn't verbalized. Even with his commentating on LBGT during the speech tonight, the criticism that he didn't say enough. No matter what, Trump's getting more vitriol from the left than I think Obama ever got from the right. It's amusing honestly. And it also tells me how scared the left is.

If anything that we've learned from the last 4 days, it's that this election is going to be energized from both sides of the table. You may have a situation where you have large groups of people that are tasked with voting against a candidate versus voting for one. The reality is that Hillary's a highly flawed candidate and the fact that the Democrats really couldn't throw out a candidate worth a damn to oppose her is fairly damning (and don't get me started on Sanders because he is so far left he had no chance of ever getting elected). Trump's hitting some tenors in the silent majority of the US that is getting them motivated and energized. It will be interesting to see if that allows him to expand the Republican base going forward.

And, if there's really one huge takeaway from this week, it's that Trump's kids are his trump card (no pun intended) ... Hillary can't get any mileage out from Chelsea and Bill's kind of a non-starter to a lot of people given that he's had his time and they've been doing their own thing for so long it's not like it's the close knit family that the Trump's are. And that doesn't even start touching on the Clinton Foundation ... which is another giant box of cards that Hillary will have to answer for.

Look up brevity in the dictionary.