Donald Trump

Ben6899 said:

kingstongraham said:

ballysmate said:

I posted last time round that the 2 candidates were the worst ever.
Possibly worse this time round. Close though.

I don't get the Biden hate. He seems like a pretty decent old man.

Also Nixon and G W Bush were probably worse than Trump.

An no one ever mentions Reagan. Complete vvanker.

ballysmate said:

kingstongraham said:

ballysmate said:

I posted last time round that the 2 candidates were the worst ever.
Possibly worse this time round. Close though.

I don't get the Biden hate. He seems like a pretty decent old man.

Also Nixon and G W Bush were probably worse than Trump.

Don't hate him at all.
But if you were an American, wouldn't you dispair at the choice available?

TheBigBean said:

kingstongraham said:

ballysmate said:

I posted last time round that the 2 candidates were the worst ever.
Possibly worse this time round. Close though.

I don't get the Biden hate. He seems like a pretty decent old man.

Also Nixon and G W Bush were probably worse than Trump.

I don't follow US politics closely, but it is hard to imagine anyone worse than Trump.

kingstongraham said:

Ben6899 said:

kingstongraham said:

ballysmate said:

I posted last time round that the 2 candidates were the worst ever.
Possibly worse this time round. Close though.

I don't get the Biden hate. He seems like a pretty decent old man.

Also Nixon and G W Bush were probably worse than Trump.

An no one ever mentions Reagan. Complete vvanker.

Reagan is quite warmly judged by history. He dealt with the USSR pretty well in the end by getting into an arms race then doing a deal to cut weapons. Felt pretty risky at the time, but worked.

One of the first "cut taxes to cut the debt" presidents, obviously increased the debt.

kingstongraham said:

TheBigBean said:

kingstongraham said:

ballysmate said:

I posted last time round that the 2 candidates were the worst ever.
Possibly worse this time round. Close though.

I don't get the Biden hate. He seems like a pretty decent old man.

Also Nixon and G W Bush were probably worse than Trump.

I don't follow US politics closely, but it is hard to imagine anyone worse than Trump.

Thinking about it, take Nixon out of that list, he was definitely no more corrupt than Trump.

GW Bush feels like Trump but with a friendlier face, plus torture and a disastrous illegal invasion.

ballysmate said:

First.Aspect said:

swjohnsey said:

First.Aspect said:

swjohnsey said:

Polls get more accurate as the election nears because reputations are on the line. States that were listed as toss ups are now likely Trump, Texas being one, Florida another.

U.S. presidents are running for re-election during their first term. If you think Trump was a wild man during his first term, you ain't seen nothin' yet. Folks vote their pocket book. The only folks who stand to benefit for a Biden presidency are welfare slugs.

Percentage wise, how much of the time do you wear a baseball cap with a plastic vented bit at the back?

All the time except when singing the national anthem at the college football?

I wear a ball cap most of the time I'm not sleeping. The sun can be brutal in South Texas. I never cared for American football. Have you ever owned any Americans cars? I've owed a few British cars, the coolest a '73 Lotus Europa JPS. I currently race a Lotus 7 by Birkin. Do you have bad teeth?

I've had some time to work on the old Brompton. Stripped off the fenders, rack and lights. The previous owner musta been tall so got ride of the extended seatpost and replaced it with a titanium one. Got rid of the high bars and put flat bars on it along with some Chinese light brake levers and Grabon foam grips. Knocked off 5 pound.

I wear a flannel suit and I am vastly intelligent and well spoken.

Are you married to one of your cousins?

Does that count as stereotyping or some sort of ism?
Or are Americans fair game?

TheBigBean said:

kingstongraham said:

TheBigBean said:

kingstongraham said:

ballysmate said:

I posted last time round that the 2 candidates were the worst ever.
Possibly worse this time round. Close though.

I don't get the Biden hate. He seems like a pretty decent old man.

Also Nixon and G W Bush were probably worse than Trump.

I don't follow US politics closely, but it is hard to imagine anyone worse than Trump.

Thinking about it, take Nixon out of that list, he was definitely no more corrupt than Trump.

GW Bush feels like Trump but with a friendlier face, plus torture and a disastrous illegal invasion.

It's an interesting point of view. I feel like Trump would be happy to have a bit of torture, but the opportunity hasn't presented itself. Maybe he is just a buffoon rather than an evil tyrant.

Stevo_666 said:

coopster_the_1st said:

ballysmate said:

Ben6899 said:

Is it VTech? Talks absolute shite, wants us to think/know that he's caked, and seems to know a bit about cars.

Not VTech then.

Have just skipped several thousand posts to get here. Did I miss much?

Simply. Get the popcorn ready. This thread is going to be gold if Trump wins new week

I almost want Trump to win just for that reason

Pross said:

The strange thing with Trump is that for all his utterances of things he's going to do that many people feel are bad he really hasn't done much at all. The biggest problem with him is that he has, through those utterances, stirred up increased divisiveness in the US and possibly wider afield. By being so blatant in his messages of intolerance and hate he has emboldened those who would previously have kept similarly held views to themselves. He's made a whole lot of noise to the extent it feels like he has been in power longer than he has but has achieved very little to show for it all. I don't quite understand how his supporters are still falling for him being 'anti-establishment' when he has done nothing to alter the status quo.

Stevo_666 said:

coopster_the_1st said:

ballysmate said:

Ben6899 said:

Is it VTech? Talks absolute shite, wants us to think/know that he's caked, and seems to know a bit about cars.

Not VTech then.

Have just skipped several thousand posts to get here. Did I miss much?

Simply. Get the popcorn ready. This thread is going to be gold if Trump wins new week

I almost want Trump to win just for that reason

swjohnsey said:

Nope. I wear a ballcap, belong to Mensa and have a couple of college degrees. I learned most of what I know about the Brits from watching Monty Python's Flying Circus.

bompington said:

Ben6899 said:

swjohnsey said:

Nope. I wear a ballcap, belong to Mensa and have a couple of college degrees. I learned most of what I know about the Brits from watching Monty Python's Flying Circus.

Can we get an IP check on this lad?

Sure, paging Vtech.... he can not only get his IP but also, I believe, the scores of every solitaire game he's ever played.

briantrumpet said:

tailwindhome said:

Stevo_666 said:

coopster_the_1st said:

ballysmate said:

Ben6899 said:

Is it VTech? Talks absolute shite, wants us to think/know that he's caked, and seems to know a bit about cars.

Not VTech then.

Have just skipped several thousand posts to get here. Did I miss much?

Simply. Get the popcorn ready. This thread is going to be gold if Trump wins new week

I almost want Trump to win just for that reason

See, the problem is that you constantly need to go further to get the same thrill

Once making Corbyn leader of labour was enough.

Then Boris had to be PM

Now it's a second term for Trump.

You need to stop escalating this unhealthy behaviour

At least Stevo put an 'almost' in there. Having said that, the constant desire to 'own the libs' has undoubtedly become a thing in itself: you can see it in a more exaggerated form in Trumpism, where it doesn't matter if the actual result hurts those supporting Trump (e.g. tax cuts which massively went to the super-rich rather than Trump's 'base'), as long as it makes the liberals angry. That seems to be the only real policy outcome they want. The rest is just how they get that outcome.

It's not healthy for democracy. But then, it seems that democracy itself is not held in high esteem by the MAGAs: it's another of the tenets of liberals, so it must be a bad thing.