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Old 11-15-2015, 11:11 AM
 
Location: Sweet Home Chicago!
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Few knew and no one cared. I bet the ratings were dismal at best, which should tell you what the Democrat voter turnout will look like.
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Old 11-15-2015, 11:18 AM
 
Location: Long Island (chief in S Farmingdale)
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Well no. I saw an interview of Ben Carson. They could have talked about the debate instead of that interview. So your point is disproved.

Nobody cares because there is no debate. King Hillary will be nominated due to Super Delegates overriding any competitive vote. The others might as well pull out now. There is no point. Maybe they are simply there as plants to make The King look competitive instead of being selected Soviet style.
Super Delegates can change. Just because someone voices their support for Hillary now doesn't mean they will actually e a Delegate for her. The Super Delegates make up about 15% of the total delegates for both the GOP and Democratic delegates (a tick higher for the GOP). 14.97% of the overall Democratic delegate count come from unpledged or "Super Delegates", that amount is 15.05% for the GOP.

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Old 11-15-2015, 11:34 AM
 
Location: SoCal
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My husband turned on for five minutes then I couldn't take it any more and turned off. Yawn!
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Old 11-15-2015, 11:42 AM
 
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Default putting lipstick on the three little pigs

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The camera man for this debate needs to be fired, what is the point of changing angle halfway through every sentence ??????
The angle of the shot is determined in the control booth, and clearly the a hole "calling the shots" was trying to frame these 3 doddering old fools in a dramatic way in order to make them seem less irrelevant. It didn't work.
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Old 11-15-2015, 11:45 AM
 
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You must be new to C-D, or at least to the P&OC forums, if you have to ask this question. It seems that's a concept that most of our conservative friends here can't grasp.
You must be new to debates or a politician in training who fails to answer the simple question that much is within our grasp.
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Old 11-15-2015, 11:50 AM
 
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You must be new to debates or a politician in training who fails to answer the simple question that much is within our grasp.
Actually, your grasp is weak. I did answer it.

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Why would you think no one understands this ?

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It seems that's a concept that most of our conservative friends here can't grasp.
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Old 11-15-2015, 11:51 AM
 
Location: Long Island, NY
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Oh, please! And I suppose you think that is what is driving ISIS? You really believe such nonsense??? OMG, we are in real trouble if our so-called "leaders" actually believe this garbage (and I have heard some make these ridiculous statements before).

But, this doesn't explain why Muslims have been doing this since the founding of Islam in the 7th century A.D. I don't think anyone had heard of "climate change," a.k.a. "global warming" back then.
You do realize that there can be more than one threat don't you? Climate change is a global threat and ISIS is a global threat. But putting things in perspective, the global threat of Nazi Germany in 1940 was far more threatening than ISIS now, yet, somehow, the rest of the world defeated Germany, which was the strongest world military power in 1940.

Getting conservatives to even admit climate change is a problem is a more daunting task.
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Old 11-15-2015, 11:51 AM
 
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Super Delegates can change. Just because someone voices their support for Hillary now doesn't mean they will actually e a Delegate for her. The Super Delegates make up about 15% of the total delegates for both the GOP and Democratic delegates (a tick higher for the GOP). 14.97% of the overall Democratic delegate count come from unpledged or "Super Delegates", that amount is 15.05% for the GOP.
They serve no purpose except to insure the "preferred" candidate will be nominated no matter what the people vote. Furthermore pledging to a candidate before the vote even starts places a huge handicap on the other candidates.

The entire process is a farce.
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Old 11-15-2015, 11:58 AM
 
Location: Long Island (chief in S Farmingdale)
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They serve no purpose except to insure the "preferred" candidate will be nominated no matter what the people vote. Furthermore pledging to a candidate before the vote even starts places a huge handicap on the other candidates.

The entire process is a farce.
Someone pledging their support for one candidate doesn't mean that it will wind up being the case. I'm not saying I agree with the Superdelegates or their impact, however when it comes down to it they make up about 15% on each side and they can change. The Superdelegates haven't changed the nominee.
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Old 11-15-2015, 12:03 PM
 
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Someone pledging their support for one candidate doesn't mean that it will wind up being the case. I'm not saying I agree with the Superdelegates or their impact, however when it comes down to it they make up about 15% on each side and they can change. The Superdelegates haven't changed the nominee.
They did in 2008.
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