Putin's a successful thug. Thugs usually have initial success against non thugs. Doesn't make them Intelligent.
"Putin will probably meet Donald in the future."
Despite the polls.... Agree. Increasing coming to believe, after many conversations with many people, in many different occupations, varied education, etc. The Donald will win an overwhelming victory.
Perhaps a repeat of Bush/Kerry 2004. When the 'Exit Polls' showed an overwhelming victory for Kerry!
Putin 9
Donald 1
Both the same. 5 - 5?

Putin is not a thug. He hires them and make it sure that any trace to him is gone.
He still plays with humans as he did when he was a kid playing with rats in St Petersburg.
Putin has also a LONG political background going back to 1990.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin#Political_career

Donald? Well...

From your description he is a smart thug but still a thug none the less.

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Bob DeWoody

My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events.

- - lost it's way for shore

Shore?

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shore

Close ......guess you have to be a ozzie

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How much longer we all got to put up with this election ?...

Glad ours will be over in less than 13 days ...but yours is like a soap opera that never stops ..

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Putin's a successful thug. Thugs usually have initial success against non thugs. Doesn't make them Intelligent.
"Putin will probably meet Donald in the future."
Despite the polls.... Agree. Increasing coming to believe, after many conversations with many people, in many different occupations, varied education, etc. The Donald will win an overwhelming victory.
Perhaps a repeat of Bush/Kerry 2004. When the 'Exit Polls' showed an overwhelming victory for Kerry!
Putin 9
Donald 1
Both the same. 5 - 5?

Putin is not a thug. He hires them and make it sure that any trace to him is gone.
He still plays with humans as he did when he was a kid playing with rats in St Petersburg.
Putin has also a LONG political background going back to 1990.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin#Political_career

Donald? Well...

From your description he is a smart thug but still a thug none the less.

Maybe I have different picture of what a thug is and they don't do judo:)
I think Putin is more like a Godfather and have Capos to do the dirty work.

Trump is "only" a successful businessman and a Populist saying what many Americans think and promising that America will be great again.

I hope Trump hasn't promised that America will be the Greatest, because then we have a problem!

- - lost it's way for shore

Shore?

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shore

Close ......guess you have to be a ozzie

I think the word you are looking for, Glenn, is 'sure'.

In 'Southern U.S. English', 'sure' is pronounced 'ˈshȯr' (although in 'Northern U.S. English', it tends to be pronounced with more of a u sound than an o sound).

Yes, it sounds the same as 'shore', but it is NOT spelled the same.

The phrase 'for sure' means 'certain' or 'certainly'.

- - lost it's way for shore
Shore?
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shore

Close ......guess you have to be a ozzie

I think the word you are looking for, Glenn, is 'sure'.
In 'Southern U.S. English', 'sure' is pronounced 'ˈshȯr' (although in 'Northern U.S. English', it tends to be pronounced with more of a u sound than an o sound).
Yes, it sounds the same as 'shore', but it is NOT spelled the same.
The phrase 'for sure' means 'certain' or 'certainly'.

Sidenote.
In LA some speak Valleyspeak:)

She's a Valley Girl
Okay, fine
Fer sure, fer sure

To my ear sure sounds like "shör".
And Fer like "För":)

How much longer we all got to put up with this election ?...

Glad ours will be over in less than 13 days ...but yours is like a soap opera that never stops ..

Glenn,

Yes, this is a problem in USA politics. It seems like there is always a political campaign going on. It is annoying, for sure <wink>... But, with the political parties and election systems structured the way they are, there really is not much of an alternative.


About 6 months of jockeying for spots on the political party primary election ballots, about 6 months of campaigning for the political party primary elections, then another 6 months of campaigning for the general elections. We get a break from it for about 6 months every 2 years (on the state / federal levels). That break is frequently eaten up, however, by local election(s).

It is enough to make a person very tired / crazy. And yet many people wonder why US election voter turnout is as low as it is? Simple... Voter fatigue.

In a nutshell, many of us in the US get TIRED of the never-ending BullS**t, so they tune out and don't vote.

Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski ousted
Fired, by the Donald.

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Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski ousted
Fired, by the Donald.

Perhaps the beginning of the death spiral?

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How much longer we all got to put up with this election ?...

Glad ours will be over in less than 13 days ...but yours is like a soap opera that never stops ..

Glenn,

Yes, this is a problem in USA politics. It seems like there is always a political campaign going on. It is annoying, for sure <wink>... But, with the political parties and election systems structured the way they are, there really is not much of an alternative.


About 6 months of jockeying for spots on the political party primary election ballots, about 6 months of campaigning for the political party primary elections, then another 6 months of campaigning for the general elections. We get a break from it for about 6 months every 2 years (on the state / federal levels). That break is frequently eaten up, however, by local election(s).

It is enough to make a person very tired / crazy. And yet many people wonder why US election voter turnout is as low as it is? Simple... Voter fatigue.

In a nutshell, many of us in the US get TIRED of the never-ending BullS**t, so they tune out and don't vote.

If it weren't for constant campaigning the big advertising agencies would have to close down.

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Bob DeWoody

My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events.

Just wait till he comes over here next week to see his golf course bet he will be told by more than one person to " FU#K off back to where you came from "

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Life is what you make of it :-)

When i'm good i'm very good , but when i'm bad i'm shi#eloads better ;-) In't I " buttercups " p.m.s.l at authoritie !!;-)

Just wait till he comes over here next week to see his golf course bet he will be told by more than one person to " FU#K off back to where you came from "

Michael Forbes beside the Mexican flag he erected alongside Donald Trump’s International Golf Links course, north of Aberdeen on the east coast of Scotland:)

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jun/21/trump-golf-course-scotland-mexican-flag

Donald? Do you hear the pipes?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBKBI7DOLHA

Yea and the best thing is the land the flag's on belongs to him so "the Donald" can't do F-A about it and if he trys with his "secret service" people the fun will start :-)

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Life is what you make of it :-)

When i'm good i'm very good , but when i'm bad i'm shi#eloads better ;-) In't I " buttercups " p.m.s.l at authoritie !!;-)

Yea and the best thing is the land the flag's on belongs to him so "the Donald" can't do F-A about it and if he trys with his "secret service" people the fun will start :-)

Hehehe.
The funny thing is that there is another country involved in this story about Donald's golf course Scotland.
Guess what country?

Donald doesnt realise that US laws dont apply in Europe.
No other country for that matter.

Shame on you Donald!
And he has Scottish mother:(

I had to hide some name-calling posts.

Please keep the discussion civil. Everybody has a right to an opinion without being jumped on.

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The mind is a weird and mysterious place

What sort of a simpleton would support Mr Trump?

You know better than to ask such a complex question. It would require an IQ over [redacted] to answer it.

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Interesting New York Times Article

What’s the Matter With Polling?

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/21/opinion/sunday/whats-the-matter-with-polling.html?_r=0

Unfortunately... Haven't believed The Polls for months.

Let me guess, you haven't believed them since the brief period a few were forecasting a Drumpf victory?

Considering his claim:

Drumpf wrote:

[w]henever there's a tragedy, everything goes up, my numbers go way up

(source)

one might wonder how bad his numbers would be were it not for Orlando.

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I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that ...

Time for an advertising break now. ;-)

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-trump-border-wall-360fly-commercial-20160622-snap-story.html
Cheers.

Yea and the best thing is the land the flag's on belongs to him so "the Donald" can't do F-A about it and if he trys with his "secret service" people the fun will start :-)

Hehehe.
The funny thing is that there is another country involved in this story about Donald's golf course.
Guess what country?
Donald doesnt realise that US laws dont apply in Europe.
No other country for that matter.
Shame on you Donald!

Throwing eggs at women, harassing wheelchair persons, chasing and tackling innocent persons, yelling...
Is effective in Europe?

Of course not Clyde.
Politicians are fair game to joke about.
But using the "methods" you mention are disgusting.
I don't think any politician could gain from it and they know it.
Who wants to be associated to a mob sociaty?

@Wiggo
Hilarious:)
Clinton and Sanders getting out.

Who wants to be associated to a mob sociaty?

Drumpf wants to run one. See that [fill in the blank] over there, he is [fill in the blank] and must be beaten down and devalued as a human.

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