Paul Ryan will be the republican nominee

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  • noshit
    Confirmed User
    • Dec 2001
    • 1582

    #16
    You don't just Rig·A·Ma·Role elections any-more. That shit is over. Too many are people are awake.
    A MAJOR Cleansing is coming

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    • 2MuchMark
      Too lazy to set a custom title
      • Aug 2004
      • 50965

      #17
      Originally posted by kane
      The problem with doing that is that it will likely cause Trump to run as an independent. if he does that it pretty much guarantees Hillary the win.
      I don't know about that....

      I think Hillary is tough, and if she was up against Trump, I think she would win.

      If Bernie faced-off against Trump, I am not convinced Bernie would win. He's nicer, smarter, cooler, better, but Trump is louder.

      If Hillary or Bernie had to face-off against Cruz, I think it would be a close race. Cruz talks like a nut job, but I think deep down he's cool and calculating. He's also a great speaker, despite the fact that he speaks mostly garbage.

      Paul Ryan on the other hand is probably the smartest of the entire bunch on the republican side. I think that Ryan is the GOP's best hope of winning the whitehouse, or at the very least, saving the republican party.

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      • kane
        Too lazy to set a custom title
        • Aug 2001
        • 20684

        #18
        Originally posted by MarkPrince
        I don't know about that....

        I think Hillary is tough, and if she was up against Trump, I think she would win.

        If Bernie faced-off against Trump, I am not convinced Bernie would win. He's nicer, smarter, cooler, better, but Trump is louder.

        If Hillary or Bernie had to face-off against Cruz, I think it would be a close race. Cruz talks like a nut job, but I think deep down he's cool and calculating. He's also a great speaker, despite the fact that he speaks mostly garbage.

        Paul Ryan on the other hand is probably the smartest of the entire bunch on the republican side. I think that Ryan is the GOP's best hope of winning the whitehouse, or at the very least, saving the republican party.
        Ryan may well be a better candidate than Cruz or Trump. The problem is if they screw Trump and Cruz and make him the nomination Trump will likely run as a third party candidate. That will cause a split in the republican vote and likely make it pretty easy for the democrat. If they could somehow keep Trump from running as a third party candidate it will help them to some degree, but it seems like about 35% of registered republicans are die hard Trump supporters. Who knows how they will react if he gets screwed out of the nomination. Without their support no republican candidate can win.

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        • dyna mo
          just a fucking jerk
          • Dec 2008
          • 68184

          #19
          Doubtful.

          Why would the GOP do that? Everything they've done up to now has been so wrong they've got themselves stuck with Trump and Cruz. There's nothing to think that they would do something that actually landed them a somewhat reasonable candidate to represent them. I predict further chaos, not less.

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          • ITraffic
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            • Jul 2013
            • 2725

            #20
            the rnc has stated they would prefer to write off this election rather than let trump win.

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            • ilnjscb
              Confirmed User
              • Jun 2009
              • 8972

              #21
              You don't know republicans. They don't just call shit cake and eat it with glee. Ryan did not get a single vote. The party can't just steal the nomination and expect to win. Kasich, Cruz, and Trump would all go apeshit, and with good reason. Half the party would revolt. The nominee will be one of the three.

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              • Axeman
                Confirmed User
                • Feb 2004
                • 5201

                #22
                Originally posted by kane
                Ryan may well be a better candidate than Cruz or Trump. The problem is if they screw Trump and Cruz and make him the nomination Trump will likely run as a third party candidate. That will cause a split in the republican vote and likely make it pretty easy for the democrat. If they could somehow keep Trump from running as a third party candidate it will help them to some degree, but it seems like about 35% of registered republicans are die hard Trump supporters. Who knows how they will react if he gets screwed out of the nomination. Without their support no republican candidate can win.
                Not only that, but Cruz voters don't align very well with Ryan, who is a RINO. So its a very dangerous game the RNC will play if they do that route.
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                • robfantasy
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                  • Jun 2002
                  • 6445

                  #23
                  when will you realize its a 1 party system... its the establishment (dems/repubs) vs the outsider.
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                  • Relentless
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                    • Aug 2006
                    • 5697

                    #24
                    Ryan has more power now than he would have as President. He is the fail safe controlling the spending. Whether Trump, Cruz, Bernie or Hillary win, the gop establishment is keeping Ryan where he is to constrain them.


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                    • Coup
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                      • Apr 2010
                      • 9931

                      #25

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                      • Yanks_Todd
                        Confirmed User
                        • Aug 2003
                        • 2493

                        #26
                        Originally posted by ilnjscb
                        You don't know republicans. They don't just call shit cake and eat it with glee. Ryan did not get a single vote. The party can't just steal the nomination and expect to win. Kasich, Cruz, and Trump would all go apeshit, and with good reason. Half the party would revolt. The nominee will be one of the three.
                        I agree with this mostly, except that I think Kasich is also out. They have lost the general already, they are now thinking damage control. If you run Trump you lose and honor the democratic process, if you run Cruz you lose and maintain your conservative and Christian mantras. Tee up 2020.

                        Their goal is to have a candidate next time who isn't a complete joke to the country or the world. Perhaps they should do a Presidential Apprentice???
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                        • ITraffic
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                          • Jul 2013
                          • 2725

                          #27

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                          • poncabare
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                            • Jul 2007
                            • 2552

                            #28
                            baffling why you would even care about another countries politics.

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                            • AdultKing
                              Raise Your Weapon
                              • Jun 2003
                              • 15601

                              #29
                              Originally posted by poncabare
                              baffling why you would even care about another countries politics.
                              I think most of the world cares about who becomes President of the USA. Just sayin.

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                              • bronco67
                                Too lazy to set a custom title
                                • Dec 2006
                                • 29032

                                #30
                                Originally posted by dyna mo
                                Doubtful.

                                Why would the GOP do that? Everything they've done up to now has been so wrong they've got themselves stuck with Trump and Cruz. There's nothing to think that they would do something that actually landed them a somewhat reasonable candidate to represent them. I predict further chaos, not less.
                                this is probably the safest bet.

                                Even if they knew the actions needed to fix this Trump/Cruz problem, they couldn't execute it properly -- because they're not capable of it. This is the bed they've made (with the help of conservative media).

                                To fix their overall party conundrum and make themselves more palatable to the changing demographics they'll need years (maybe a generation) of gradual change that is actually sincere. Trying to create the illusion of giving a shit during a four year period will not work. They actually seem worse now than when they had their "autopsy" after the 2012 election.

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