2016 US Presidential Election Thread

[MonkeyMan576]

Clinton/Jeb!

Well, Bill and George W are buddies now.

[T S O]

Supporter though I am of protection of Christian beliefs, it would make me feel vaguely unwell if someone like Cruz, who believes in creation, got into the White House. He seems like a great guy, but I don't think I could back that.

[SleepyKrew]

protection of Christian beliefs

This is definitely a priority

[shaft.ed]

theyre under attack from capitalist Jesus

[T S O]

sorry guys I hate Christians and their beliefs down with that sort of thing

[quadz08]

you realize that those are not the only two options, right

[MonkeyMan576]

I'm not Christian but I support the first ammendment.

[Aeronaut]

Supporter though I am of protection of Christian beliefs, it would make me feel vaguely unwell if someone like Cruz, who believes in creation, got into the White House. He seems like a great guy, but I don't think I could back that.

I agree with this.

Here's the thing. People should believe what they want to believe in. That's totally cool. If someone told me they would force all Americans to believe in evolution, I would not want them to be elected, even though I MYSELF believe in evolution. At the same time though, I feel as if a president who has a very strong belief in one religion or one specific way of life like that is probably going to run that country as if that is the only correct way of thinking.

Basically, I'm saying that that last question about "does god send you messages" and some of those answers really alienated me from some of them, and I'm pretty religious myself.

[Aeronaut]

By the way, for those of us who lean left, Bernie sanders happens to be closing the gap in certain swing states.

[Aeronaut]

My dream primary election would be Sanders v Trump. Just because I know who would win, but also because the debates would be absolute gold.

[AniX]

I have no problem with religious beliefs, even ones that I disagree with the premise of their belief strongly. I have a lot of problem with hypocrites and irrational people.

For an example of what I mean, look at two people who believe that marriage is between a man and a woman: Rev. Huckabee and Gov. Kasich and tell me who 1. respects the rule of law and 2. takes the other tenets of their faith, such as compassion for others, to heart.

[Aeronaut]

The difference is that Huckabee should be allowed to believe in whatever kind of marriage he wants, but he shouldn't be allowed to force that belief on an entire country. Laws should be made for safety and protective purposes only, and gay marriage isnt going to anyone in danger.

[Runner]

My dream primary election would be Sanders v Trump. Just because I know who would win, but also because the debates would be absolute gold.

I agree that the debates would be incredibly banterous, but as someone from outside the US, I highly doubt this is the sort of argument you guys want broadcasting to the rest of the world for so many weeks.

I think Paul vs Sanders would be an interesting race.

I only know as much as I get from my twitter feed from certain US news sources, and one in particular (Bloomberg) likes reminding folks Jeb Bush is by far the most realistic GOP nominee. I wonder, do Americans see Clinton vs Bush as the virtually certain race and everything else is just a distraction? Or...?

[Aeronaut]

Well Jeb in the polls has been doing not-so-great. Which is surprising, I'd say him and Rubio won that debate.

Out of all those people, I'd vote for both those people over Hillary Clinton.

But it won't come to that, because ABRA KADABRA, Bernie's takin' over

[Aeronaut]

Honestly I don't think the reputation of America is anyone's concern anymore seeing that Donald trump is leading the polls by double didgets

[Aeronaut]

Sometimes I see the name of this thread as "2016 U.S. Monkey Election Thread" because of OP, and then I think, wow that's also not that far from being accurate

[zoraster]

[AniX]

http://dailynewsbin.com/news/protester- ... ter/21526/

Who would have thought?

[Aeronaut]

Maybe it was just straight up Sarah Palin herself

[Aeronaut]

The one problem with Bernie is that he may just die before we even get to Super Tuesday

[Aeronaut]

Although I'd probably still vote for dead Bernie sanders over a few of these people

[quadz08]

my issue with articles discussing that is that she was a palin supporter like 8 years ago while she was in high school

that's a

long time

[Bella]

Although I'd probably still vote for dead Bernie sanders over a few of these people

The new hit comedy

Four Years at Bernie's

, where a pair of Islamic terrorists take part in a hilarious attempt to convince the world that President Sanders isn't actually dead to stop the CIA from carrying out a kill order triggered by the President's death.

...its it bad that I really wanna see this movie?

[Yosarian2]

Out of all those people, I'd vote for both those people over Hillary Clinton.

I've lived through 8 years of a Clinton in the White House, and I've lived through 8 years of W Bush in the White House.

Believe me when I say that if it does come down to Clinton v Bush, I am going to have absolutely no trouble voting Clinton. That might be the easiest choice I've ever made. Hell, I'd probably get out and volunteer for her campaign.

[SleepyKrew]

Judging them based on their family members is dumb
It led you to the correct conclusion, but still.