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« on: January 14, 2019, 05:51:00 PM »
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« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2019, 05:54:49 PM »
Lol
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« Reply #2 on: January 14, 2019, 05:57:01 PM »
Covering both bases.
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« Reply #3 on: January 14, 2019, 05:58:39 PM »
What is Delaney's goal in this vanity run? I can't imagine he's delusional enough to believe he has a chance. Is he hoping to get a bit of exposure so that he can be a national figure rather than just an obscure Congressman from Maryland? I'm perplexed.
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« Reply #4 on: January 14, 2019, 05:59:54 PM »
« Edited: January 14, 2019, 06:03:16 PM by Future President Ron DeSantis »
Quote from: Bevinevitable on January 14, 2019, 05:58:39 PM
What is Delaney's goal in this vanity run? I can't imagine he's delusional enough to believe he has a chance. Is he hoping to get a bit of exposure so that he can be a national figure rather than just an obscure Congressman from Maryland? I'm perplexed.
All I can think of is that the campaign is some sort of financial instrument. But I can't think of any way that throwing away money on a presidential campaign would get you out of paying taxes or whatever. Maybe it's a money laundering scheme, idk. Or something along what Carson did in 2016.

Or maybe he just really is that delusional.
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« Reply #5 on: January 14, 2019, 06:00:22 PM »
Quote from: Bevinevitable on January 14, 2019, 05:58:39 PM
What is Delaney's goal in this vanity run? I can't imagine he's delusional enough to believe he has a chance. Is he hoping to get a bit of exposure so that he can be a national figure rather than just an obscure Congressman from Maryland? I'm perplexed.

My guess would be gubernatorial or senatorial run, without having to languish in the House while waiting for it.

More likely he'd end up like Thad McCotter.
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« Reply #6 on: January 14, 2019, 06:08:49 PM »
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« Reply #7 on: January 14, 2019, 06:17:40 PM »
Quote from: Kalwejt on January 14, 2019, 06:00:22 PM
Quote from: Bevinevitable on January 14, 2019, 05:58:39 PM
What is Delaney's goal in this vanity run? I can't imagine he's delusional enough to believe he has a chance. Is he hoping to get a bit of exposure so that he can be a national figure rather than just an obscure Congressman from Maryland? I'm perplexed.

My guess would be gubernatorial or senatorial run, without having to languish in the House while waiting for it.

More likely he'd end up like Thad McCotter.

Seems like the most likely answer. He probably got bored of being in the House and knew that he wouldn't have been able to beat Hogan, so he figured he could just spend his personal fortune on a vanity presidential run and wait for the governor's mansion to open up in 2022.
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« Reply #8 on: January 14, 2019, 06:23:46 PM »
Quote from: Roll Roons on January 14, 2019, 06:17:40 PM
Quote from: Kalwejt on January 14, 2019, 06:00:22 PM
Quote from: Bevinevitable on January 14, 2019, 05:58:39 PM
What is Delaney's goal in this vanity run? I can't imagine he's delusional enough to believe he has a chance. Is he hoping to get a bit of exposure so that he can be a national figure rather than just an obscure Congressman from Maryland? I'm perplexed.

My guess would be gubernatorial or senatorial run, without having to languish in the House while waiting for it.

More likely he'd end up like Thad McCotter.

Seems like the most likely answer. He probably got bored of being in the House and knew that he wouldn't have been able to beat Hogan, so he figured he could just spend his personal fortune on a vanity presidential run and wait for the governor's mansion to open up in 2022.

He literally would have won the primary and then beat Hogan in the 2018 general if he ran.
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« Reply #9 on: January 14, 2019, 06:52:15 PM »
Eh, why not? He can do whatever he wants. He isn't going to win a single delegate, so why not rock the boat a little?
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« Reply #10 on: January 14, 2019, 09:16:23 PM »
Auditioning for Kasich's VP spot. Still won't get it.
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« Reply #11 on: January 14, 2019, 09:48:37 PM »
Trone isn't great, but if this has done any good it's gotten rid of this idiot! ADIOS DINOSAUR
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« Reply #12 on: January 14, 2019, 10:08:21 PM »
Quote from: Julian Assange is a Snowflake on January 14, 2019, 05:51:00 PM


>promoting policy that is supported by both parties

John Delaney's 2020 Vision for America
1. Being able to breathe air
2. Being alive
3. etc....
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« Reply #13 on: January 15, 2019, 07:40:26 AM »
Quote from: Roll Roons on January 14, 2019, 06:17:40 PM
Quote from: Kalwejt on January 14, 2019, 06:00:22 PM
Quote from: Bevinevitable on January 14, 2019, 05:58:39 PM
What is Delaney's goal in this vanity run? I can't imagine he's delusional enough to believe he has a chance. Is he hoping to get a bit of exposure so that he can be a national figure rather than just an obscure Congressman from Maryland? I'm perplexed.

My guess would be gubernatorial or senatorial run, without having to languish in the House while waiting for it.

More likely he'd end up like Thad McCotter.

Seems like the most likely answer. He probably got bored of being in the House and knew that he wouldn't have been able to beat Hogan, so he figured he could just spend his personal fortune on a vanity presidential run and wait for the governor's mansion to open up in 2022.

This
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« Reply #14 on: January 15, 2019, 08:01:24 AM »
Only a Democrat would say something as pathetic as that.
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« Reply #15 on: January 15, 2019, 02:19:27 PM »
Posters again taking the opportunity to mock me. I am not surprised.
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« Reply #16 on: January 15, 2019, 02:37:25 PM »
Quote from: Calthrina950 on January 15, 2019, 02:19:27 PM
Posters again taking the opportunity to mock me. I am not surprised.
So put them on ignore
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« Reply #17 on: January 15, 2019, 03:04:40 PM »
Has he started criticizing his opponents for ad hominem attacks on the president yet?
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« Reply #18 on: January 15, 2019, 03:12:18 PM »
« Edited: January 15, 2019, 03:15:51 PM by Fmr. Rep. Illiniwek »

We seriously need a like button around here.
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« Reply #19 on: January 15, 2019, 03:14:15 PM »

The never-risky strategy of taking it out on the voters, LOL.
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« Reply #20 on: January 15, 2019, 03:20:12 PM »
Quote from: #KavanaughForPrison on January 14, 2019, 06:23:46 PM
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Quote from: Kalwejt on January 14, 2019, 06:00:22 PM
Quote from: Bevinevitable on January 14, 2019, 05:58:39 PM
What is Delaney's goal in this vanity run? I can't imagine he's delusional enough to believe he has a chance. Is he hoping to get a bit of exposure so that he can be a national figure rather than just an obscure Congressman from Maryland? I'm perplexed.

My guess would be gubernatorial or senatorial run, without having to languish in the House while waiting for it.

More likely he'd end up like Thad McCotter.

Seems like the most likely answer. He probably got bored of being in the House and knew that he wouldn't have been able to beat Hogan, so he figured he could just spend his personal fortune on a vanity presidential run and wait for the governor's mansion to open up in 2022.

He literally would have won the primary and then beat Hogan in the 2018 general if he ran.

You don’t seriously believe that.
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« Reply #21 on: January 15, 2019, 03:21:05 PM »
Add Delaney to the list of Democratic nominees I'd back! Delaney, Bloomberg, Hillary, McAuliffe, Schultz, Biden, Klobuchar. Terrific list! I'm still not entirely sure about Biden and Klobuchar though.
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« Reply #22 on: January 15, 2019, 03:29:23 PM »
To run for office you have to be a bit of a narcissist, Delaney seems a bigger one than most maybe even more so than Trump.
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« Reply #23 on: January 15, 2019, 04:26:05 PM »
Presumably he knows that he's going to completely bomb, get nowhere, and will ultimately be able to drop out before qualifying for House commences (I'm assuming he hasn't stated he won't run for re-election?).

So yeah: somebody who is as rich as he is can afford to have a vanity run to boost his name rec for future campaigns. However, I'd say a better investment on balance would be some plugs or a really nice toupee.
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« Reply #24 on: January 15, 2019, 04:36:07 PM »
Quote from: Fmr. Pres. Griff on January 15, 2019, 04:26:05 PM
Presumably he knows that he's going to completely bomb, get nowhere, and will ultimately be able to drop out before qualifying for House commences (I'm assuming he hasn't stated he won't run for re-election?).

He's already out of the House. Didn't run in 2018.
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