Everything posted by AdelaideCate007
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The Politics Thread
Well that's good. I'm hoping it goes as smooth as possible and that these people just go back into whatever hole they come from. That seems like a good start for Hillary right? I'm not sure were NH falls in the state of things. Also, can anyone explain to me where these people that get on CNN and MSNBC and defend Trump come from? Like Jeffrey Lord and that Kayleigh girl. Are these people he pays and what exactly qualifies them to be on the telly everyday preaching about him? (again- sorry for all the questions, I'm just really finding this whole thing frightening yet fascinating at the same time)
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The Politics Thread
I just LOLed at this. The anger is so real. I've seen that woman that brings up the Red Lobster line on CNN harping on the same set of lyrics lol. Thanks! I'm not really worried about the results themselves either so much as I'm worried about how his supporters are going to take it. Judging by most of their Twitter presences, they're not the most sane people and seem to honest to god believe that he's winning and that the election is being rigged against them.
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So we should know the results of this in about 24 hours right? For a non-American, I'm so nervous; I can't even imagine how you guys feel. I've never been so invested in anything involving American politics ever but this feels so much bigger than just America. I feel like the whole world is watching with bated breath to make sure that orange blob doesn't become leader of the free world.
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Thanks for all the replies about Georgia and North Carolina. I always forget about the rural areas in places like that and that they're way more heavily populated than our rural areas. Sorry for all the questions, but can someone explain to me what has happened with Rudy Giuliani? Has he gone crazy or senile? Does he have some sort of personal vendetta against the Clintons? i just imagine why someone who was suppose to respected, for lack of a better word, would be so willing to go down with a man like Trump.
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I have to admit I'm really surprised that Georgia is apparently considered a conservative state and is run by Republicans. Granted my whole experience with Georgia is entirely based on a two week holiday in Atlanta, Savannah, and some place called St. Simon's and then driving through Mason (Macon? whatever it's called- that city near Atlanta), but I assumed it was really diverse and probably more of a liberal state thanks to the UN building in Atlanta, CNN, and all the stuff in Savannah. Where is all this conservative support coming from? I'm also curious about North Carolina because that's another place that I assumed was more on the liberal side but apparently isn't?
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What exactly are "murder gangs"? I hate to generalise people but yes, I've sort of come to that realisation. I know heaps claim to not be racist but by openly voting for and endorsing him, you're at the very least saying you're okay with his racist views (not to mention that he's also a sexist, xenophobe, homophobe, misogynist, and idiot). No, Canda won't want Trump and his kind. No one outside of the Putin loyalists in Russia and the Le Pen loyalists in France will want them.
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The Politics Thread
I met my first Trump supporters out in the wild this morning. An older American tourist couple on the train were basically shouting about how great is he and that he's going to turn America around (this was when they weren't complaining about why they couldn't find a Starbucks and their dismay at there being a lot of African and Asian immigrants in Sydney since they thought Australia was "all white"). The husband then started going off about how Hillary is like Hitler and that they're moving to Canada if she wins (everyone who can hear them snickers). The whole thing just left me sad. The world already has such a negative view of America and Americans in a lot of ways and this business with Trump really isn't helping. I'm not proud of some of the comments I heard from some of fellow Australians when the Americans got finally off the train but I have to assume that's the way a lot of people around the world are feeling while watching the clusterfuck. I know I personally feel embarrassed and just kind of dumbfounded.
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The Politics Thread
But places like BBC, Sky News, Seven Network, and the rest of the Australian/British/International press always bring up whenever this email issue is drug back up that Colin Powell also used a private server and email address (and that his staff used AOL) and that the Bush administration deleted/lost something like 20 million emails. The Bush administration also had 13 embassy attacks with 60 something deaths as compared to the one Benghazi attack. They're obviously not lying about those things happening (a simple online search shows that they all happened) so why are they all not drug through the mud like Hillary? Why is she the only one who has to deal with this while Powell and Bush aren't held accountable? That's why at this point at just looks like a witch hunt.
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I'm not going to pretend to understand all the ins and outs of this email thing but to me, and how it's presented in the Australian news, it just seems like she made a mistake and that at this point it's just one big witch hunt.
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I'm watching this while waiting for my plane and the entire bar is just laughing out loud at Trump. This somehow seems worse than his first debate performance.
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What the !@#$%^&*] is this kind of stuff? And this person is apparently an elected official? Ugh, I just hope you guys manage to make through the election and the few months after that without any violence or riots.
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NWS Parliament upper house passes a resolution calling Trump a 'revolting slug' The rest of the world is embarrassed for the US because of Trump Just a couple of stories to let you guys know the rest of us are still just as disgusted by him as all of you are.
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A few minutes back but did he really say Russia is new to nuclear weapons? Just make it stop.
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I'm still trying to figure out what the problem with socialized medicine is. Same. I've lived under socialised medicine my entire life and never once had an issue or long waits or been denied coverage or any of the other problems they try and claim happen under socialised medicine.
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Is there a reason the Republican party in America is so against what Im assuming is basically a version of socialised medicine? It works literally everywhere else so why not there?
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Good lord. Im getting second hand embarrassment for Hillary and most of the American people just watching this.
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I'm trying to watch this and I don't even know what is happening? This is like a train wreck.
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Our Leader of the Opposition Bill Shorten (he's a member of the Labor party- the left/progressive party here) has again come out against Trump: Heaps of other Labor MP members- as well as some of the Australian Greens MPs and a few Liberal Party MPs (the conservatives here)- have come out against him but Shorten has been the highest ranking and most steadfast in his condemnation and has been actively trying to make sure American expats are aware of how and when to vote and for rallying support for Democrats Abroad. Our PM Turnbull says he isn't going to support Trump but doesn't want to criticise him either but a lot of people on the chat shows are saying that that might change after this weekend and how tonight and the next few days go. Spoke too soon- Malcolm Turnbull is on the telly condemning Trump and saying him and his comments are loathsome, vile, and dangerous. Even Barnaby Joyce (Deputy PM and member of National Party of Australia- another conservative party) having a go at him and saying America deserves better and dragging him. Don't know if you guys can see this in America, but Derryn Hinch and our own version of Trump, Pauling Hansen, get in a row over Trump- https://www.theguardian.com/global/video/2016/oct/10/derryn-hinch-clashes-with-pauline-hanson-over-vulgar-donald-trump-comments-video?CMP=soc_568
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No one but Trump supporters, the alt right, and the like give a f*ck about Julian Assange and whatever rubbish he's trying to spread now. This isn't going to get any traction.
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Smart you all are I hate that Trump has made a mockery of the US and the office of President. Do you guys see him as a dictator too? That's how he comes across Yes, he comes across as a potential dictator to me. Not trying to be dramatic, but I feel like, if he could, then yes he'd be a dictator and probably start World War III in the process. Watching CNN international right now and they just aired a segment with Dana Bush speaking to a Trump supporter who admitted he can't see how any woman votes for him now. Unfortunately I still see a lot doing so and trying to counter with Bill Clinton but I do feel like this sunk him with the majority of rational female voters.
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Thanks. I have been noticing a shift like you pointed out and I'm glad that it seems he's definitely not going to be elected. They've really been on top of the Alicia Machado and tax stuff here as well. I think they really tried for far too long to make him seems "normal" and like any other politician when he's really obviously a charlatan, crook, and racist/misogynist/sexist loser. I'm sad to still see women on twitter supporting him and claiming that he's just like Bill Clinton . They've really been hammering away here that American expats still have time to vote and bringing up things like Democrats Abroad and absentee balloting. I had not idea these things even existed. I even saw an ad about voting at the train station aimed at American expats. Also, who the !@#$%^&*] is Billy Bush? This is now the second time I've seen him in the international news and I'd literally never heard of him before that Ryan Lochte debacle. Is he a major person? And is he related to the other Bushes?
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Hey, Australia hasn't exactly covered itself in glory in recent years. That being said, we are going to reject Trump in a landslide. Oh you know it lol- Im still embarrassed by Tony Abbott and Pauline Hanson . Frankly, Im surprised neither of them has gotten on the telly to champion Trump but they both seem to have come to their senses for once and are ignoring him. I still can't believe he dragged Nigel Farage of all people over to try and woo voters.
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Most of our media is very, very anti-Trump (except for that clown Greg Sheridan at The Australian who's still mad about the Clintons "snubbing" him back in 1996 so if anyone brings him up as evidence of the rest of the world supporting Trump, ignore him, he doesn't speak for us) and have jumped on this and the Central Park Five thing and are saying that it's basically all over for Trump. I'd like to think that's true. What do you guys think? From my perspective, it certainly looks that way to me.
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This is pretty much how I feel and sums up my repulsion to this man. I just really want to beg America on behalf of the rest of the world to not vote for this piece of rubbish. To be blunt, a lot of people already hate America and this whole Trump debacle has made everyone think it's just a shitshow. I can't imagine how bad it'll be if he's actually elected.
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It leading the morning chat shows all the way here in Australia too and they're showing the whole video.