British Expats - 2016 Election

HOLY CRAP! what happened? she's well ahead of them all until very recently. What did I miss ... ?!

I mean ... Carson ahead of Clinton .... Fiorina ahead of Clinton ...? Now I'm depressed ...

It depends on what you think actually drives polls. By all accounts it isn't a true reflection of what the public thinks but rather a reflection of what the public think the media coverage is telling them to think. It seems it is more to do with how much coverage and the type of coverage they get.

Hillary Clinton Is Stuck In A Poll-Deflating Feedback Loop | FiveThirtyEight

kimilseung

Oct 14th 2015 10:58 am

Re: 2016 Election

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Originally Posted by Giantaxe (Post 11771998)

This is one of the reasons I described Webb as "weird". Here's another:

"Democratic debate 2015: Jim Webbâ€™s really weird China rant"

Democratic debate 2015: Jim Webbâ€™s really weird China rant - Vox

I mentally noted that at the time, as Webb's "Lets bomb China" moment.

sir_eccles

Oct 15th 2015 2:29 am

Re: 2016 Election

Is the fix already in?

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/16/us...imes&smtyp=cur

Leslie

Oct 15th 2015 7:22 am

Re: 2016 Election

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Originally Posted by kimilseung (Post 11771960)

I found it a bit odd that he viewed as his "enemy" someone fighting for an independent country against a foreign invader. Of course he was an enemy in terms of the fight on the day, but to personalize it, and as a joke, for a potential Commander in Chief was troublesome.

It wasn't just troublesome, it was bat-shit. Then again, I'm the one who thinks Obama behaved badly by bragging about killing Bin Laden. I'm glad that Bin Laden doesn't exist any longer but I think it reveals a deep well of insecurity when people brag about doing violence.

Leslie

Oct 15th 2015 7:23 am

Re: 2016 Election

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Originally Posted by Steerpike (Post 11771796)

What's happening with formatting on this site? The last few posts I've made don't have any blank lines, and if I go in and try to edit afterwards, it's even worse - paragraphs run together. I'm pretty mainstream with IE11 ... There should be a blank line above this one. And again ...

It won't let me do italics.
I like to do italics. :mad:

SultanOfSwing

Oct 15th 2015 7:32 am

Re: 2016 Election

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Originally Posted by Leslie (Post 11772778)

It won't let me do italics.
I like to do italics. :mad:

Are you using Chrome? CTRL-I doesn't work in Chrome for example, but you can either click on the italic formatting button below 'Fonts' at the top of the message window, or put anything you want to italicize between these tags and that should work.

Test to make sure I'm not talking bollocks ...

Leslie

Oct 15th 2015 7:34 am

Re: 2016 Election

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Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing (Post 11772782)

I don't know what I'm using ... they've been ****ing around with this computer all week. :mad:
Edit to add: I was using the italics button ... that's what didn't work for me.

SultanOfSwing

Oct 15th 2015 7:34 am

Re: 2016 Election

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Originally Posted by Leslie (Post 11772785)

I don't know what I'm using ... they've been ****ing around with this computer all week. :mad:

That certainly doesn't help either.

Leslie

Oct 15th 2015 7:36 am

Re: 2016 Election

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Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing (Post 11772787)

That certainly doesn't help either.

I think it's still IE. I don't have the spaces between paragraphs either.

SultanOfSwing

Oct 15th 2015 7:38 am

Re: 2016 Election

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Originally Posted by Leslie (Post 11772789)

I think it's still IE. I don't have the spaces between paragraphs either.

I use Chrome, so I have no frame of reference.

When you say no spaces - does my post appear as consecutive lines? Like this line isn't separate from my 'I use Chrome ...' line?

Or this one?

Leslie

Oct 15th 2015 7:41 am

Re: 2016 Election

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Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing (Post 11772790)

I use Chrome, so I have no frame of reference. When you say no spaces - does my post appear as consecutive lines? Like this line isn't separate from my 'I use Chrome ...' line? Or this one?

Yours looks normal. It's mine. I enter down to put a space between sentences but when I post it, the spaces are gone.

SultanOfSwing

Oct 15th 2015 7:44 am

Re: 2016 Election

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Originally Posted by Leslie (Post 11772793)

Yours looks normal. It's mine. I enter down to put a space between sentences but when I post it, the spaces are gone.

When you quoted me, the paragraphs aren't spaced either.

I blame Internet Explorer. Standard course of action, right after turn it off, then turn it back on again.

scrubbedexpat099

Oct 15th 2015 7:45 am

Re: 2016 Election

So what do we think of Obama latest military campaign, good or bad and for whom?

Giantaxe

Oct 15th 2015 7:48 am

Re: 2016 Election

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Originally Posted by Boiler (Post 11772799)

So what do we think of Obama latest military campaign, good or bad and for whom?

What do you think?

Nutmegger