2016 USA Presidential election thread I: The warm-up

[6souls]

I would vote for Bern if he ran as a indie. Right now Deez Nutz is still my favorite candidate.

[notorious bum]

I would vote for Bern if he ran as a indie. Right now Deez Nutz is still my favorite candidate.

Same here. Despite all the so-called defending of Bernie I do on this thread, I have actually done more educating in my everyday life on Jill Stein and correcting folks on the not-so liberal ways of the Democratic Party, including Bernie.

It's always been the Nutz for prez.

Spoiler: show

[Byrthnoth]

It hurts me to see da Been get railroaded by the establishment. They must be trying to keep his totally reasonable and viable ideas out of the public eye by creating fake scandals that get him news coverage. Ugh!

[notorious bum]

Ralph Nader about the 2016 presidential race—from the “Brown Shirt” Trump movement to “corporate criminal” Hillary Clinton—and the reality of who has power in America.

[Kyreth]

Honestly, neither party can afford a potential indy splitoff.

If Trump did it, the GOP loses and Hillary wins.
If Sanders did it, the Dems are very likely to lose and whoever the Republicans put up wins.

It's an interesting thought on how delicate the two-party system is right now.

[Gredival]

Ralph Nader about the 2016 presidential race—from the “Brown Shirt” Trump movement to “corporate criminal” Hillary Clinton—and the reality of who has power in America.

Straight up, is ideological purity worth losing the White House?

Was Gore so tainted by being a "politician" that you don't think the world wouldn't have been significantly better off with him in the White House over Bush 43?

[Tyrath]

Straight up, is ideological purity worth losing the White House?

No, but I still maintain that if by some miracle Bernie beat Hillary than it would be worth trying because Hillary is the toughest hurdle.

However, the moment he loses, I'll be voting Clinton.

[Fiye]

I think the Democrats are screwed either way if (And more than likely) when Hillary gets the nom. The people who supported sanders will probably just not vote.

Democrats can't afford low turnouts.

[Byrthnoth]

I think the Democrats are screwed either way if (And more than likely) when Hillary gets the nom. The people who supported sanders will probably just not vote.

Democrats can't afford low turnouts.

You really think the tryhard super-carebear Sanders supporters are going to be able to stop themselves from voting against Trump this cycle?

They won't be able to, and Hillary will get all their votes.

[Fiye]

I'd hand this country to Trump long before I'd hand it over to Cruz. And as far as I see Rubio, he's Bush's adopted son.

[zoobernut]

In this whole mess what happens if Trump and Bernie both run as independents?

[arus2001]

Magic.

[Fiye]

The best election this country has seen in a long time.

[Quicklet]

O'Malley sounds desperate already.

[Churchill]

I liked bush 43 can we have him back

In this whole mess what happens if Trump and Bernie both run as independents?

This would be glorious and is what I came here to post.

[Fiye]

"We'll come back to you governor."

[Quicklet]

There is a stunning lack of either understanding or honesty when it comes to tech issues with both parties.

[Fiye]

Fucking lol. Both O'malley and Sanders have gotten denied a chance to respond to a question the other two candidates got to respond.

Add: Hillary clinton walked up on stage late after the break to applause. Says "Sorry" ala Rick Perry's "oops"

[6souls]

Has Hillary become a "me too" to Bernie's answers? She pretty much said the same thing he did on heroine.

[Qeomash]

Really wish the moderators had control of the mics when Hilary kept talking when they were trying to move on or let someone respond.