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Reaction bias. Herd mentality. Racial bias enforcement. Stupidity. Rushing to judge on a bulletin board is not life or death.

Are you and Ozymandius in competition to see which one of you can post "Bet it was a Muslim killer" on PPP first?

You think illegal immigrants are filling up US manufacturing job seats? I'm all for eliminating the welfare state but it's not an easy Band-Aid to tear off.

I don't know the answer. I don't even know what this German guy's story is yet. My point was less about whether posters' race to judge sans facts ends up being right, but that it's a dangerous way to back your "reason."

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Pining for manufacturing jobs is like missing the good old days of building flint spearheads. They are not all leaving for China like many would have you believe and makes a good narrative. They are gone. Poof. Thank you very much-o Mr. Roboto. If we get hard on exporting China mfg jobs, those jobs (which most Americans would not deign to do...sitting in a giant room inserting screw 136 into hole 136A for the iPhone 7) will only come back as more robots. Starting in 2000, US Mfg jobs went off a cliff on a one way journey. Presidents don't play that big of a role in an economy, as long as inspire calm and predictability. We're looking at you Trump. Blaming Obama and Bush for a mashed (Bush) and mushy (Obama) economy in the last 16 years is like crediting Bill Clinton for his budget surpluses. Too much credit and blame.

He's less likely to win the disenfranchised Sanders people but I agree: He should be there. He needs to get media time and that will spike his numbers, at least until the unfavorable stories come. He should be able to garner support from Independents and Repubs with brains. Not sure he can draw much on the left.

Johnson/Weld are at 11-13% in CNN, NBC, and CBS polling. At 15%, they get to the debate stage, and that's also going to be the breaking point for the media to start covering them. I'm not sure they can do it but their ideas are more grown up than Trump's and their characters less questionable than Clinton's. If there's going to be a Libertarian president, this is a better chance than others.

Wouldn't be appropriate to speak. And wild be appropriate to resign.

Question for you: Does the eagerness of jumping to the sometimes right conclusion belie a dangerous bias? I guess it's only a problem when the [other side] does it. When BLM assumes the police officer is white, it's a problem for the right. When the righties assume a random mass killer is an islamist extremist, it's not? Here's the truth: Both side's eagerness to jump to conclusions is fueled by something darker than logic. Remember the Boston Marathon? Finding a single person who doesn't want to be found is not easy. As to the rest, your association with tinfoil-hat theories makes me unsure of how to respond. Guess I'll keep reading what comes out from "them." You can be against Hillary, Trump, and ignorance...all at once!

Just to be clear, I was saying that your question is reasonable for a normal candidate. Trump doesn't back his words with plans. That's the entire point of his campaign. It's "build a wall" and "make America ___ again" but he's got nothing to back it up. He's an empty suit. So asking for a reasonable explanation while reasonable in itself is not reasonable to ask of Trump. His general answer is something along the lines of "I [read: the executive acting by Bush/Obama-fiat] will fix it, believe me." Which is a typically liberal response to a societal problem. This is what LA has been saying. Trump has no plans except a vague "my government will fix your ails" and "I'll make it rain money"plan.

Makes all the posters here who are so eager to fit this into a narrative based their preconceived opinions look just like the liberals who often do the same. Which begs the question: If all the loony libs jumped off a bridge, is it possible the looney Rs would follow? Warren followed by Santorum. Clinton by Rove. Carville by Limbaugh. To dream the impossible dream.

Um. And as to the actual reasonableness of your real question, also um.

I admit I read 5% of these pastes, which is more than I read of OC's drivel. Anyone else care to weigh in on percentages? I read B-Man's thoughts when he shares them.

Imagine coming to this board seeking personal validation.

He's just sayin' stuff. It would be funny if he spends money against them but continues to spend zero on his own campaign.

Akbar wasn't known for his navy.

Always better to read the headline than the quote. You say things to make people feel important. Hard to say to an autism awareness support group "The work you're doing matters, but probably not as much as the anti-cancer movement, veterans support groups, people who work on childhood cancer wards..."

Nothing much to see there. Just someone's laundry.

Kaine is a free trader...like seeing that.

If I were to rank the danger, I put Trump above Hillary by a lot, but cannot vote for either one. Hillary is a danger I know.

Trying to convince a Trump supporter (1billsfan, Doc) the error of their support is like trying to talk particle physics with a jar of mayonnaise.

You're looking to have a substantive conversation with a Trump supporter. Hillary bad. LIAR. Rinse repeat.

Trump isn't doing anything and he's even with her. He could nominate you, Alf, and people like 1Billsfan would be entertained and vote for him. His campaign is not about ideas, it's about fun. And we all know that fun is what will run the US. The best candidate is Johnson--need him to get to 15% and get into the media dialog. The night is dark and full of terrors. Winter is coming. Fear energizes people to do stupid things.