Who should be the next president?

[lester1/2jr]

If the election itself went away I'd be okay with that

[Trevor]

If the election itself went away I'd be okay with that

Even for a political neutral, it's getting a bit much.

[Skull]

I suspect if he were here Andrew very well might lock this thread but I don't want to presume. My personal feeling has always been people can ignore threads like this if they want to. If politics starts spilling over into other topics, then it becomes a problem.

Sorry I took sometime off because I don't want to turn this thread into a flame war. I don't even blame RCMerchant for his Hitler comparison. I do point my finger at the Republican party as a whole (They never seemed to argue this because calling Trump Hitler is a reflection to his voters!), the Media that repeats the Hitler comparison and Glenn Beck (whom you would believe should know the difference between Hillary and Trump).

[Flangepart]

If the election itself went away I'd be okay with that

Even for a political neutral, it's getting a bit much.

And in truth...I never thought things would get this bad.

[Allhallowsday]

If the election itself went away I'd be okay with that

Even for a political neutral, it's getting a bit much.

And in truth...I never thought things would get this bad.

You haven't seen "bad", Babe.   
You boys don't know this site very long or right quick.  Any long-timer knows to take a moment to digest what our own BELA has to say.
He always enlivens discussion AND we love him. 
I've seen and been subject to worse on this site; it's not the nature of the site, it's the nature of forums.  This site is all good right now.   

[RCMerchant]

I think politics SHOULD be heatly debated-thats why its dam AMERICA.
If you dont debate it-thats means people dont care-and if we give up giving a f**k-you just give it up to crazy a***oles.

[ulthar]

I think politics SHOULD be heatly debated-thats why its dam AMERICA.
If you dont debate it-thats means people dont care-and if we give up giving a f**k-you just give it up to crazy a***oles.

Well, to that.  NC primary turn-out is about 1/3.  No data I've seen shows any different anywhere else.  Saw an article on OHIO that was lamenting low turn-out.

Trump supporters can claim they are "winning."  They may be winning among those bothering to vote, but they are most certainly not WINNING.

In 2012, 57% of eligible voters voted.  So, with that, we can conclude that Obama won the Presidency with roughly 25% support of the US voting population.

There's something to thing about.  And, it's depressin.

[RCMerchant]

I think politics SHOULD be heatly debated-thats why its dam AMERICA.
If you dont debate it-thats means people dont care-and if we give up giving a f**k-you just give it up to crazy a***oles.

Well, to that.  NC primary turn-out is about 1/3.  No data I've seen shows any different anywhere else.  Saw an article on OHIO that was lamenting low turn-out.

Trump supporters can claim they are "winning."  They may be winning among those bothering to vote, but they are most certainly not WINNING.

In 2012, 57% of eligible voters voted.  So, with that, we can conclude that Obama won the Presidency with roughly 25% support of the US voting population.

There's something to thing about.  And, it's depressin.

Maybe I should vote.
Or start a crazy PLO Patty Hearst army-except I kidnap a f**king Kardashian.  Then folks might care.

[ulthar]

Kidnap a Karsassian, and the "wrong people" might care.   

[RCMerchant]

Kidnap a Karsassian, and the "wrong people" might care.   

Yeah-kidnap...nah-kid stuff-Line em up and shoot em. Thats the American way-ask the Indians.And the black slaves. And the Mexicans-and blah blah blah.

[Gene Worm]

I think politics SHOULD be heatly debated-thats why its dam AMERICA.
If you dont debate it-thats means people dont care-and if we give up giving a f**k-you just give it up to crazy a***oles.

But why on the Bad Movie site? My apologies, but I'm not quite understanding why exactly we all have to debate politics on a site like this. And as I said earlier, we already established that Andrew never wanted his forums to turn into a battlefield of controversy, so why not respect that?  

[RCMerchant]

I think politics SHOULD be heatly debated-thats why its dam AMERICA.
If you dont debate it-thats means people dont care-and if we give up giving a f**k-you just give it up to crazy a***oles.

But why on the Bad Movie site? My apologies, but I'm not quite understanding why exactly we all have to debate politics on a site like this. And as I said earlier, we already established that Andrew never wanted his forums to turn into a battlefield of controversy, so why not respect that?  

I understand your line of thought-
BUT-if not here-where? I think any forum should be relevant-Its not like us geeks are out in public-so why not? I understand also that Andrew always semmed like a very open minded guy-and I dont think he would disaprove of us debating politics. Hes a soldier-this is AMERICA.

[Gene Worm]

I think politics SHOULD be heatly debated-thats why its dam AMERICA.
If you dont debate it-thats means people dont care-and if we give up giving a f**k-you just give it up to crazy a***oles.

But why on the Bad Movie site? My apologies, but I'm not quite understanding why exactly we all have to debate politics on a site like this. And as I said earlier, we already established that Andrew never wanted his forums to turn into a battlefield of controversy, so why not respect that?  

I understand your line of thought-
BUT-if not here-where? I think any forum should be relevant-Its not like us geeks are out in public-so why not? I understand also that Andrew always semmed like a very open minded guy-and I dont think he would disaprove of us debating politics. Hes a soldier-this is AMERICA.

Yeah, you do have a pretty good point. And after all, this is the "Off-Topic" section, which is meant for talking about things (like this) that are outside of the forum's norm. Not to mention, I guess it's not like anybody has to post on it, if they don't want to be involved.

While it still could potentially burst into a  flame war, it's not my choice to make. It's pretty much up to the mods and admins to decide what to do with the thread. And who am I to say that Andrew would disapprove? I don't even know the guy. So whatever. I'll go on about more dumb rubber monsters, while you guys can discuss politics, I'm fine with that.   

[RCMerchant]

I think politics SHOULD be heatly debated-thats why its dam AMERICA.
If you dont debate it-thats means people dont care-and if we give up giving a f**k-you just give it up to crazy a***oles.

But why on the Bad Movie site? My apologies, but I'm not quite understanding why exactly we all have to debate politics on a site like this. And as I said earlier, we already established that Andrew never wanted his forums to turn into a battlefield of controversy, so why not respect that?  

I understand your line of thought-
BUT-if not here-where? I think any forum should be relevant-Its not like us geeks are out in public-so why not? I understand also that Andrew always semmed like a very open minded guy-and I dont think he would disaprove of us debating politics. Hes a soldier-this is AMERICA.

Yeah, you do have a pretty good point. And after all, this is the "Off-Topic" section, which is meant for talking about things (like this) that are outside of the forum's norm. Not to mention, I guess it's not like anybody has to post on it, if they don't want to be involved.

While it still could potentially burst into a  flame war, it's not my choice to make. It's pretty much up to the mods and admins to decide what to do with the thread. And who am I to say that Andrew would disapprove? I don't even know the guy. So whatever. I'll go on about more dumb rubber monsters, while you guys can discuss politics, I'm fine with that.   

Im not sure if yer being a smart ass or not-whatever-good answer! 

[lester1/2jr]

Everyone is telling me how dangerous Trump is but i just don't see it. He doesn't want illegal immigrants here okay, that can be right or wrong but is it dangerous? are we going to die if there aren't unlimited guys here to do yardwork or whatever for cheap? He doesn't want Muslims to come here or as many, neither do a lot of people not because they dislike them but because they're afraid of getting killed! It's a natural human reaction to terrorism. to not want to get blown up

at any rate: if Muslim and Mexican immigration was restricted, which are the big boogeymen in Trumps platform, how would that be dangerous? I just don't get that whole angle.

Also, judging by my twitter feed a lot of people who dislike him are old iraq war losers who want a more pliant/ blank slate ish W type in there. They loved Rubio RIP to his campaign tho poor guy