USA Presidential Elections 2016 - 16

Yog · 04-25-2016

Posted by Thallen

"My candidate is poorer than yours, so it's fair for him to accept donations"
Shame on Trump for being a successful businessman unlike Sanders

Why do you keep assuming I'm blaming him for accepting donations? I'm asking why you think he can fund his own campaign, yet he flaunts donations on his website.

Thallen · 04-25-2016

You need to first look up Trump's net worth and second look up the definition of "flaunt"

Yog · 04-25-2016

Posted by Thallen

You need to first look up Trump's net worth and second look up the definition of "flaunt"

I'm sure his net worth is nice but that still doesn't explain why he is accepting donations.

Thallen · 04-25-2016

IDK, maybe you forgot where we went over this a few hours ago:

Posted by Thallen

Uh, because he has the right to accept anyone's donation that they are offering to him?

Why is Bernie Sanders sending media teams to social media sites like Reddit to constantly beg for phone bankers and donations?
Why is Clinton accepting millions from speeches in front of major corporations?

You say, "And doesn't it kinda make him an ass to take money from people when he has enough money for 10 campaigns?" but how does Sanders look with his team begging for contributions when they're on a clear path for losing the nomination right now? I'm not seeing whatever point you're trying to make...

Yog · 04-25-2016

Posted by Thallen

IDK, maybe you forgot where we went over this a few hours ago:

It isn't about what's fair. I'm literally asking why he has to accept donations since you love to flaunt about his 100% self funded campaign.

Kuz · 04-25-2016

Can't y'all just agree that since Sanders and Trump aren't taking money from the big companies like Hillary that they won't be bias in them areas?

Thallen · 04-25-2016

Posted by Yog

It isn't about what's fair. I'm literally asking why he has to accept donations since you love to flaunt about his 100% self funded campaign.

Did you misread the first line in the quote? He is completely allowed to accept donations being pushed at him. Why wouldn't he? People who want to give him their money should be able to, and he's not wrong for accepting it. Are you actually getting to a point or are you just being pretentious?

Posted by Kuz

Can't y'all just agree that since Sanders and Trump aren't taking money from the big companies like Hillary that they won't be bias in them areas?

I'm not super fond of the way Reddit has been hijacked (/r/politics and /r/news included) to be a donation machine for Sanders, constantly pumping out anti-Clinton stuff and downvoting anything that goes against their agenda. Reddit pretends to be a social news site when it's just a hivemind. They also continue to lie about the chance for success of their campaign on social media to continue to encourage people to donate.

Sanders has very little chance to get the nomination over Clinton at this point. Clinton has nearly 2000 delegates (over 500 superdelegates) and Sanders is around 1200 (less than 50 superdelegates).

At least Trump's donators will see some sort of ROI!

Fulgore · 04-25-2016

Still don't see why Sanders is being discussed since he has all but lost.

Platinum · 04-25-2016

Posted by Kuz

Can't y'all just agree that since Sanders and Trump aren't taking money from the big companies like Clinton that they won't be bias in them areas?

FTFY. For ****s sake, show some respect to her. Seeing as you're using the surnames of the other candidates, you should use her surname to.
Edit: I mean no disrespect towards you or anyone else who uses Hillary rather than Clinton in this case, it just makes me mad

Also, Clinton doesn't take donations from corporations.

Fulgore · 04-25-2016

Posted by Platinum

FTFY. For ****s sake, show some respect to her. Seeing as you're using the surnames of the other candidates, you should use her surname to.
Edit: I mean no disrespect towards you or anyone else who uses Hillary rather than Clinton in this case, it just makes me mad

Also, Clinton doesn't take donations from corporations.

I think many tend to refer to her as Hillary simply to avoid the confusion with Bill Clinton. Same reason why many people said "Jeb" instead of "Bush" I'd guess.

PigParty · 04-25-2016

I wouldn't want to spend all of my money on an election. I wouldn't turn down individual, small donations. I think it's smart of Trump to take individual donations still. The only problem people have with politicians receiving money is it comes from the wealthy and has strings attached. Individual donations have no strings attached, so it's smart of him to take advantage of what people are willing to give to help him get elected. Even if Bernie Sanders had plenty of money to fund his campaign (which I'm not sure many politicians actually don't), I still wouldn't expect them to. I never understood donating money to politicians for commercials and ads, though. Of all the places you could give your $20 to, they choose a politician?!

Yog · 04-26-2016

Posted by Thallen

Did you misread the first line in the quote? He is completely allowed to accept donations being pushed at him. Why wouldn't he? People who want to give him their money should be able to, and he's not wrong for accepting it. Are you actually getting to a point or are you just being pretentious?

My point has always been that he's greedy and doesn't actually give a **** about our economy to the point where he has no problem taking money from the less fortunate, and yet some people are delusional enough to think that he wants to help. Ever hear of the term "conflict of interest"?

Posted by Thallen

I'm not super fond of the way Reddit has been hijacked (/r/politics and /r/news included) to be a donation machine for Sanders, constantly pumping out anti-Clinton stuff and downvoting anything that goes against their agenda. Reddit pretends to be a social news site when it's just a hivemind. They also continue to lie about the chance for success of their campaign on social media to continue to encourage people to donate.

Do you not understand how Reddit works? Every user is equal. Liking Sanders is popular on the internet. Same with hating Hillary which you and Fulgore do a lot. It's the same reason why Bernie Sanders is winning this thread, and Hillary only has 3 votes. It's nothing to do with hi-jacking.

Posted by Platinum

Also, Clinton doesn't take donations from corporations.

I think it was CNN that has invested some money in her, and has skewed or completely disregarded anything related to Bernie. Not entirely sure though.

Although not directly related to Hillary, there is this.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/...b0860f99daec81

Platinum · 04-26-2016

Posted by Yog

Do you not understand how Reddit works? Every user is equal. Liking Sanders is popular on the internet. Same with hating Hillary which you and Fulgore do a lot. It's the same reason why Bernie Sanders is winning this thread, and Hillary only has 3 votes. It's nothing to do with hi-jacking.

Most subreddits are just massive circle jerks, /r/politics has enough active Sander supporters to downvote anything otherwise to oblivion.i dont visit /r/politics often so i may be wrong.

Posted by Yog

I think it was CNN that has invested some money in her, and has skewed or completely disregarded anything related to Bernie. Not entirely sure though.

Although not directly related to Hillary, there is this.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/...b0860f99daec81

Massive respect for Sanders for not buying into the media's game. Though I wouldn't be surprised if Trump gained a lot of his support from his publicity.

PigParty · 04-26-2016

Posted by Yog

My point has always been that he's greedy and doesn't actually give a **** about our economy to the point where he has no problem taking money from the less fortunate, and yet some people are delusional enough to think that he wants to help. Ever hear of the term "conflict of interest"?

Do you not understand how Reddit works? Every user is equal. Liking Sanders is popular on the internet. Same with hating Hillary which you and Fulgore do a lot. It's the same reason why Bernie Sanders is winning this thread, and Hillary only has 3 votes. It's nothing to do with hi-jacking.

I think it was CNN that has invested some money in her, and has skewed or completely disregarded anything related to Bernie. Not entirely sure though.

Although not directly related to Hillary, there is this.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/...b0860f99daec81

The media has become pure entertainment. It's pretry sad honestly.

5hift · 04-26-2016

Posted by Yog

Although not directly related to Hillary, there is this.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/...b0860f99daec81

Why the actual hell are you citing Huffington Post?

Poll Results: Who would you vote for in the upcoming presidential elections?
31.11%	Donald Trump
8.89%	Hillary Clinton
6.67%	John Kasich
51.11%	Bernie Sanders
2.22%	Ted Cruz
Voters: 90. You may not vote on this poll

04-25-2016	227
Thallen Enguard & Alumni Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 5,773	You need to first look up Trump's net worth and second look up the definition of "flaunt"

04-25-2016	231
Kuz Registered User Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 888	Can't y'all just agree that since Sanders and Trump aren't taking money from the big companies like Hillary that they won't be bias in them areas?

04-25-2016	233
Fulgore Python Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 1,894	Still don't see why Sanders is being discussed since he has all but lost.

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PigParty PigParty🐷 Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: PigPen Posts: 2,913	I wouldn't want to spend all of my money on an election. I wouldn't turn down individual, small donations. I think it's smart of Trump to take individual donations still. The only problem people have with politicians receiving money is it comes from the wealthy and has strings attached. Individual donations have no strings attached, so it's smart of him to take advantage of what people are willing to give to help him get elected. Even if Bernie Sanders had plenty of money to fund his campaign (which I'm not sure many politicians actually don't), I still wouldn't expect them to. I never understood donating money to politicians for commercials and ads, though. Of all the places you could give your $20 to, they choose a politician?!