The internet takeover thread

[Okeefenokee]

oh, was it really? what were the real statistics?

CNN says sixty forty in favor of Trump. Assume those numbers are falsified in her favor.

[pineapplemike]

What, the veteran vote? I was trying to get statistics from outside the veteran vote, after you said their general election votes are tinged by the votes of non-veterans.

There are no statistics that show what an election would look like if only military voted, because any candidate in a major election that a veteran would be voting for only got there by the votes of the non-military

Their political donations were what I thought of first. Do you have more accurate numbers to reflect their 2016 donations? I'm not surprised they supported Trump, I am surprised that they supported Bernie Sanders so heavily, if those numbers I linked to are accurate

[Okeefenokee]

Are you fucking kidding me? IF they are accurate?

You're a hoot, dude.

[pineapplemike]

well chuckles I don't see your numbers

https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2016/1 ... -to-trump/

https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2016/0 ... for-trump/

[Okeefenokee]

What numbers are you looking for? Surely not the ones I said don't exist, right?

[Okeefenokee]

Oh, you're talking about money.

As of 2017, Trump had the enlisted male support, and female officers were not in favor of him.

Even if all of the numbers are true, which of course they're not, it would make sense for female officers to be able to donate more money than enlisted males, and that money would go to leftists.

Trump won the military vote, but that's not really what we were talking about.

Hey look at it this way, that weirdo dem vet that ran in 2016 could've been the dem candidate if it was only vets voting. I think even people on the right thought he was tolerable.

[Speaker to Animals]

Trump won spending only a fraction of the arsenal Clinton spent. W already knew this. If dollars were votes, then maybe you'd have a point.

Trump's victory also vindicated Citizen's United, btw.

[Hastur]

Trump won spending only a fraction of the arsenal Clinton spent. W already knew this. If dollars were votes, then maybe you'd have a point.

Trump's victory also vindicated Citizen's United, btw.

I can’t believe how little this fact is discussed. It was supposed to be the year f the Super PAC but it just fizzled when Trump flipped the game board. Suddenly it all went quiet and all the chicken little campaign reform doomsday prophets went poof. Dan was one of them.
Today it’s like it never happened.

[pineapplemike]

Trump won spending only a fraction of the arsenal Clinton spent. W already knew this. If dollars were votes, then maybe you'd have a point.

Trump's victory also vindicated Citizen's United, btw.

Wasn't trying to make a hard point, merely offering additional information since it was asserted that the general election veteran votes are tinged by non-veterans voting in the primaries. A fair observation. Another fair observation is that military donations appear to favor anti-war, or atleast less pro-war, candidates during the primaries. Same was true in 2012, perhaps those are the type of candidates they would support in an election vaccuum.

Also I don't disagree on the Citizens United ruling. I think either all money or no money should be allowed in politics, not sure how the latter would practically play out

[Okeefenokee]

Trump won spending only a fraction of the arsenal Clinton spent. W already knew this. If dollars were votes, then maybe you'd have a point.

Trump's victory also vindicated Citizen's United, btw.

Wasn't trying to make a hard point, merely offering additional information since it was asserted that the general election veteran votes are tinged by non-veterans voting in the primaries. A fair observation. Another fair observation is that military donations appear to favor anti-war, or atleast less pro-war, candidates during the primaries. Same was true in 2012, perhaps those are the type of candidates they would support in an election vaccuum.

Also I don't disagree on the Citizens United ruling. I think either all money or no money should be allowed in politics, not sure how the latter would practically play out

That said, from April through June, Paul fielded more than $25,000 from individuals who listed their employer as a branch of the military.

Combined, six other Republican presidential candidates listed donations from members of the military totaling about $9,000. Our most-to-least breakdown: Herman Cain, $2,850; Mitt Romney, $2,750; Michele Bachmann, $2,250; Newt Gingrich, $500; and Tim Pawlenty and Rick Santorum, $250 each.

On the Democratic side, Obama’s campaign received more than $16,000 in donations from members of the military.

https://www.politifact.com/texas/statem ... -him-far-/