2016 USA Presidential election thread I: The warm-up

[Andalusian girls]

yes he received very large applause both at his announcement and at the political correctness line, both of which occurred in the first ten minutes, it has been downhill since then.

[Sho]

Ben Carson has been getting shitty ass questions. What a shame.

[Sho]

twitter.com/armano/status/629482303866187776

[Tyrath]

yes he received very large applause both at his announcement and at the political correctness line, both of which occurred in the first ten minutes, it has been downhill since then.

Just because he got a couple applause lines doesn't mean theres a pro Trump crowd.

[Thunder]

yes he received very large applause both at his announcement and at the political correctness line, both of which occurred in the first ten minutes, it has been downhill since then.

was that applause? I'm pretty sure he got unanimous boo's because that'd mean leeching votes from repubs and ensuring the victory for democrats

[Tyrath]

"The purpose of the military is to kill people and break things." -Huckabee

[NinjaLotter]

Vote for Walker

Cuz war with a formidable regional power capable of annihilating us in 2016. Do it for Amurica.

[Andalusian girls]

Just because he got a couple applause lines doesn't mean theres a pro Trump crowd.

the preexisting loyalties of the crowd can be best discerned by the amount of applause each candidate received during their announcement (kinda like how Steph Curry gets louder cheers than Andrew Bogut during the walkout) and Trump's was clearly one of if not the loudest

however, even allowing you are correct and the crowd was neutral at inception he is still consistently encountering predominantly silence in his responses which belies the notion that his air of confidence is an irresistible seducing allure

but this is largely a fruitless speculative exercise and the polls in the coming days will prove or disprove our evaluations of his performance

[Dantrag]

"The purpose of the military is to kill people and break things." -Huckabee

Really? LOL.

[NinjaLotter]

Ben Carson has been getting shitty ass questions. What a shame.

Chris Wallace: This question is for Ben Carson. Why are you so black?

[tyven]

Rand coming with that real foreign policy. GO GET EM BUDDY

[Kurokikaze]

"The purpose of the military is to kill people and break things." -Huckabee

That is fucking gold!!!

Seriously though, what's with this need to pump out aircraft carriers and new planes - who the fuck are we fighting?! #1 strongest air force in the world and the next best air force is the Navy.

[Kurokikaze]

Oh god... A word from God. -___-

[Andalusian girls]

"The purpose of the military is to kill people and break things." -Huckabee

That is fucking gold!!!

Seriously though, what's with this need to pump out aircraft carriers and new planes - who the fuck are we fighting?! #1 strongest air force in the world and the next best air force is the Navy.

you never know when we'll have to fight the navy

[Thunder]

LMAO

I bet that guy is rolling around laughing his ass off with that troll question

"Any one of you totally fucking crazy?"

[Salodin]

Oh my god this god question. Are we serious right now?

[Tyrath]

Seriously though, what's with this need to pump out aircraft carriers and new planes - who the fuck are we fighting?! #1 strongest air force in the world and the next best air force is the Navy.

I blame Obama.

Mitt Romney: “Our Navy is smaller now than at any time since 1917. The Navy said they needed 313 ships to carry out their mission. We’re now at under 285. … We’re headed down to the low 200s if we go through a sequestration. That’s unacceptable to me.”
President Obama rebutted Romney’s criticism by arguing that the quantity of naval firepower came second to their strategic roles and capabilities in the context of technologically advanced and modern military.
Barack Obama: “You mention the Navy, for example, and the fact that we have fewer ships than we did in 1916. Well Governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets. We have these things called aircraft carriers and planes land on them. We have ships that go underwater, nuclear submarines. It’s not a game of Battleship where we’re counting ships, it’s ‘What are our priorities?’”

[Tyche]

"The purpose of the military is to kill people and break things." -Huckabee

That is fucking gold!!!

Seriously though, what's with this need to pump out aircraft carriers and new planes - who the fuck are we fighting?! #1 strongest air force in the world and the next best air force is the Navy.

Because our military budget being 5x as large as the next biggest country and larger than the next 9 highest military budgets combined isn't near big enough.

[Andalusian girls]

relevant

[Tyrath]

"God has blessed the republican party with many good candidates. The Democrats can't even find one." - Rubio