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Topic: 2016 General Election Thread
started by: GORDON

Posted by GORDON on Feb. 05 2016,08:03

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Sixty percent of the Republican vote in Iowa last night went for two Hispanics and an African-American, and 100% of the Democrat vote went for a couple of tired, old, decrepit white people.

-- Rush Limbaugh

Posted by Malcolm on Feb. 05 2016,09:25

Both those Hispanics and the black dude whored themselves out religiously, and it is fucking Iowa.

Posted by Vince on Feb. 05 2016,17:20

(GORDON @ Feb. 05 2016,10:03)

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The Democrats would be telling you they still have a more diverse field, but Hillary and the press are mostly pretending the Democrat primary either isn't happening or is already over.

Posted by Malcolm on Feb. 05 2016,17:51

Bernie v. Trump. The laughter is killing me.

Posted by Alhazad on Feb. 05 2016,18:13

(Malcolm @ Feb. 05 2016,17:51)

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Bernie v. Trump. The laughter is killing me.

I've never heard of a drink called "laughter".

Posted by Malcolm on Feb. 11 2016,10:20

< I almost > want Bernie to win now.

Posted by Leisher on Feb. 12 2016,06:13

< Ted Cruz's team casts a former porn star in one of their ads. >

Posted by TPRJones on Feb. 12 2016,06:48

Because the only whore allowed to participate in the Ted Cruz campaign is Ted Cruz.

Posted by TheCatt on Feb. 12 2016,06:55

At this point... sadly... I think my favorite candidate is Hillary. (based purely on positions)

What the hell is wrong with you, Republicans?

Posted by TPRJones on Feb. 12 2016,07:03

Given the current options I think the best result would be Burnie Sanders for President and a marginally Republican controlled congress. Everyone would be too busy with gridlock to do any real damage to the country.

Posted by Malcolm on Feb. 12 2016,07:32

(TPRJones @ Feb. 12 2016,09:03)

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The way the pachyderms are going, they seem intent on losing Congress, too.

Posted by TheCatt on Feb. 12 2016,07:37

(Malcolm @ Feb. 12 2016,10:32)

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(TPRJones @ Feb. 12 2016,09:03)

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The way the pachyderms are going, they seem intent on losing Congress, too.

This.

I just can't believe how retarded that party has gotten.

Posted by Leisher on Feb. 12 2016,08:08

This meme is just awesome.

Posted by TheCatt on Feb. 12 2016,09:24

HAH!

Posted by TPRJones on Feb. 12 2016,12:36

Huh. I never noticed before just how much Hillary looks like the Grinch.

Posted by GORDON on Feb. 12 2016,13:38

Trump 2016 with the slogan "Watch It Burn."

Posted by Malcolm on Feb. 12 2016,14:07

(GORDON @ Feb. 12 2016,15:38)

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Trump 2016 with the slogan "Watch It Burn."

If I weren't in "it" I'd be all for that idea. I wouldn't even respond to him in a debate. I'd hire some dudes to put up a screen behind me and be on standby with a projector so I could loop this scene from South Park:

Trump has yet to convince me he knows more about politics or economics than Kanye fucking West. Hillary, Bernie, Ruby, and even Ted "I like to anonymously" Cruz have made successful cases that their IQs are above average. Trump's just a less likable, richer version of Homer Simpson.

Posted by GORDON on Feb. 12 2016,14:26

Yep, because we need another professional politician to really fix the system!

Posted by Malcolm on Feb. 12 2016,14:38

(GORDON @ Feb. 12 2016,16:26)

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Yep, because we need another professional politician to really fix the system!

I see no alternatives rising above the level of obnoxious mongoloid.

Posted by Vince on Feb. 12 2016,14:39

I want to be able to stick the Democrat's super delegate system and the results in NH primary in their faces every time they complain about disenfranchising voters because they are asked to produce a valid ID to vote.

Posted by Malcolm on Feb. 20 2016,08:53

< Still less > scary than Trump's rallies.

Posted by Malcolm on Feb. 23 2016,10:30

< Hillary funded by > prison lobbyists, otherwise known as "assholes."

Posted by TheCatt on Feb. 23 2016,10:37

(Malcolm @ Feb. 23 2016,13:30)

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< Hillary funded by > prison lobbyists, otherwise known as "assholes."

Still like her better than Bernie.

Posted by Malcolm on Feb. 23 2016,10:40

(TheCatt @ Feb. 23 2016,12:37)

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(Malcolm @ Feb. 23 2016,13:30)

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< Hillary funded by > prison lobbyists, otherwise known as "assholes."

Still like her better than Bernie.

I'll take Bernie over Hillary. Cruz may also be < pushing > me towards Rubio.

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Cruz was asked on Fox News' "O'Reilly Factor" if he would round up the 12 million illegal aliens in the country, and how.

"Listen, we should enforce the law. How do we enforce the law? Yes, we should deport them. We should build a wall. We should triple the Border Patrol," Cruz said. "And federal law requires that anyone here illegally that's apprehended should be deported."

Because some on-the-fence voters might be waiting for Ted to swing further to the right...

Posted by TheCatt on Feb. 23 2016,11:33

(Malcolm @ Feb. 23 2016,13:40)

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I'll take Bernie over Hillary.

I hate your generation.

Posted by TPRJones on Feb. 23 2016,11:39

I'll take Trump over Hillary. I'll take anyone else over Trump. Of the candidates left available I'll take Bernie, but only if there's a strongly Republican congress to keep him in check.

Posted by Malcolm on Feb. 23 2016,11:44

(TheCatt @ Feb. 23 2016,13:33)

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(Malcolm @ Feb. 23 2016,13:40)

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I'll take Bernie over Hillary.

I hate your generation.

I'm more in yours than the gen after me.

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I'll take Bernie, but only if there's a strongly Republican congress to keep him in check.

That's what I'm banking on. That dude is guaranteed gridlock.

Posted by Malcolm on Feb. 23 2016,12:04

< Analysis >.

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On the Democratic side, both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders used mostly positive language early on, according to Petralia's analysis. Though in the Feb. 11 debate – which fell shortly after primaries actually got underway – sentiments went a little bit south.

Among the Republican candidates, Ted Cruz, Rubio and the now departed Jeb Bush were mostly positive, while Chris Christie, who dropped out of the race after the New Hampshire primary, sometimes delved relatively deeply into the negative.

Donald Trump was by far the most negative candidate, dipping to even 13 percent in one debate, meaning only 13 percent of the phrases he used were positive.

Posted by TheCatt on Feb. 23 2016,12:27

(Malcolm @ Feb. 23 2016,14:44)

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(TheCatt @ Feb. 23 2016,13:33)

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(Malcolm @ Feb. 23 2016,13:40)

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I'll take Bernie over Hillary.

I hate your generation.

I'm more in yours than the gen after me.

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I'll take Bernie, but only if there's a strongly Republican congress to keep him in check.

That's what I'm banking on. That dude is guaranteed gridlock.

If you're leaning towards Sanders, I'm calling you part of that clueless, pathetic generation that trailed mine.

Posted by Malcolm on Feb. 23 2016,12:36

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If you're leaning towards Sanders, I'm calling you part of that clueless, pathetic generation that trailed mine.

I want him in because I'm convinced his agenda is so out there that nothing would happen. You want Hillary signing laws and shit?

Posted by TheCatt on Feb. 23 2016,12:56

I kinda agree with you on gridlock, but I'm concerned Bernie for president motivates the young "give me everything without having to work for it" generation and carries the Senate and possible the House as well.

Also, I don't want Bernie representing this country to foreign officials. I think Hillary can deal with Putin better than Sanders.

Posted by Malcolm on Feb. 23 2016,13:06

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but I'm concerned Bernie for president motivates the young "give me everything without having to work for it" generation and carries the Senate and possible the House as well.

Bernie getting elected is damn near the best scenario the pachyderms can hope for if they want to get Congressional seats 2 years from this November.

Posted by TPRJones on Feb. 23 2016,14:49

The main problem with Hillary - besides her being the most awful person alive - is that the agrees with the Republicans when it comes to some issues, like wanting to take money from corporations in exchange for political favors or selling off our freedoms to the highest bidder. Bernie + Congress Repubs = nothing gets done. Hillary + Congress Repubs = all your data are belong to Uncle Sam, privacy and liberty can go to hell.

Posted by TheCatt on Feb. 23 2016,17:07

(TPRJones @ Feb. 23 2016,17:49)

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Hillary + Congress Repubs = all your data are belong to Uncle Sam, privacy and liberty can go to hell.

You, sir, sound like a criminal.

Posted by TheCatt on Feb. 23 2016,17:52

CNN had a headline about Sanders promising to fight the top 10% of Americans.

Apparently, Bernie and I are at war. Fuck him up his old ass.

Posted by TheCatt on Feb. 23 2016,17:55

Here we go....

GFY, Bernie

Posted by Malcolm on Feb. 23 2016,17:58

(TheCatt @ Feb. 23 2016,19:07)

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(TPRJones @ Feb. 23 2016,17:49)

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Hillary + Congress Repubs = all your data are belong to Uncle Sam, privacy and liberty can go to hell.

You, sir, sound like a criminal.

Yep, just like the dudes that founded this country. When laws go batshit insane, it's the only reasonable response.

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I think Hillary can deal with Putin better than Sanders.

"The president has to apologize and postpone the meeting again. It seems there was a third hard disk failure and all her preparation notes have to be redone from scratch. We're going to handwrite them and make photocopies this time."

[weeks pass]

"Hey Vlad, we've got to push this back again. Our Xerox machines got hit by a North Korean computer virus. It also seems none of our pens have ink, and that's fucked up because our invoice clearly states we paid ten thousand dollars for each. You figure they'd have ink, but anyhow, we're busying importing pencils from the finest schools in the D.C. area. It's going to take a little longer than we estimated due to our couriers continually getting caught in gang crossfire and random shootings. The burnout meth cooks in this town use the pencils as filler in their local 'Potomac Piss' blend."

He really looks like the left-wing Cheney in that one.

Posted by Alhazad on Feb. 23 2016,23:44

(TheCatt @ Feb. 23 2016,12:56)

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You're not considering the probability that the identity of the president has jack-shit to do with that mindset compared to credit-card-reliant retailers pushing instant gratification and the much more intense circle-jerking that's possible with everyone so inter-connected by smartphones.

And if you think Bernie is somehow less scaly and slippery than any other politician, I have to wonder about you. The dude has been a professional U.S. senator since about 1663.

Posted by Malcolm on Feb. 24 2016,07:12

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if you think Bernie is somehow less scaly and slippery than any other politician

He frightens me less than Hillary, for aforementioned privacy issues and other things.

Posted by TPRJones on Feb. 24 2016,07:40

(Alhazad @ Feb. 24 2016,01:44)

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And if you think Bernie is somehow less scaly and slippery than any other politician, I have to wonder about you. The dude has been a professional U.S. senator since about 1663.

Oh, don't get me wrong. Compared to the average criminal I'm sure Bernie's moral compass is a hideous disaster. But relatively speaking - when compared to the other people currently running for President - he's practically a saint.

Posted by Malcolm on Feb. 25 2016,11:04

< Obama >, Trump, and Bernie.

Posted by GORDON on Feb. 25 2016,11:09

(Malcolm @ Feb. 25 2016,14:04)

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< Obama >, Trump, and Bernie.

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It may feel wrong to even utter the names “Obama” and “Trump” in the same sentence, but: there would be no ascending candidate Trump without President Obama. Trump is the anti-Obama.

I've been saying for years we couldn't have had a Reagan without a Carter, first.

Posted by Malcolm on Feb. 25 2016,11:10

(GORDON @ Feb. 25 2016,13:09)

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(Malcolm @ Feb. 25 2016,14:04)

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< Obama >, Trump, and Bernie.

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It may feel wrong to even utter the names “Obama” and “Trump” in the same sentence, but: there would be no ascending candidate Trump without President Obama. Trump is the anti-Obama.

I've been saying for years we couldn't have had a Reagan without a Carter, first.

Nor Carter without a Nixon + Ford.

Posted by TPRJones on Feb. 25 2016,13:51

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Sure, as the decades roll on, Obama will be remembered for helping usher through historic healthcare reform, salvaging the US auto industry, rewriting the rules that govern Wall Street and overseeing economic growth that hasn’t been witnessed since the Great Depression ended.

Here, let me fix that for you:

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Sure, as the decades roll on, Obama will be remembered for causing the collapse of the healthcare system, buying off the US auto labor unions, ignoring the problems plaguing Wall Street and overseeing economic growth that hasn’t been witnessed since the the Dotcom bubble.

Posted by GORDON on Feb. 25 2016,13:52

(TPRJones @ Feb. 25 2016,16:51)

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Here, let me fix that for you:

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And when the bill comes due they'll STILL be blaming Bush.

Posted by Alhazad on Feb. 25 2016,16:52

(TPRJones @ Feb. 25 2016,13:51)

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Here, let me fix that for you:

Don't stop there. Fix the rest too. Better yet, let's agree not to link the opinion sections from any newspapers that clearly lack editors.

Posted by TheCatt on Feb. 25 2016,17:23

(Alhazad @ Feb. 25 2016,19:52)

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(TPRJones @ Feb. 25 2016,13:51)

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Here, let me fix that for you:

Don't stop there. Fix the rest too. Better yet, let's agree not to link the opinion sections from any newspapers that clearly lack editors.

Amen

Posted by Leisher on Feb. 26 2016,11:32

< Raven Symone is moving to Canada "if a Republican gets nominated". >

I think that speaks for itself.

Posted by Malcolm on Feb. 26 2016,11:49

(Leisher @ Feb. 26 2016,13:32)

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< Raven Symone is moving to Canada "if a Republican gets nominated". >

I think that speaks for itself.

I find this worse:

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While insisting that she didn’t agree with that opinion, Candace Cameron Bure suggested that the poll was “tricky,” as the Emancipation Proclamation question was buried in a line of queries about presidents taking executive actions. However, Behar would have none of it.

“We fought a war over that. The North won the war. So what is this executive action?” Behar offered. “It was also a war to eliminate slavery. So these people don’t know what they’re talking about.”

The war was not initially fought over slavery. The EP freed exactly 0 slaves, nor said anything about their postwar status. The 13th amendment didn't get by Congress until halfway through '64 and it wasn't ratified until after the war was over, and even that was at the barrel of a gun.

Finally, first black Congressman in the south...
House: December 12, 1870, South Carolina
Senate: February 23, 1870, Mississippi

First black Congressman anywhere close to the north...
House: March 4, 1929, Illinois
Senate: January 3, 196-motherfucking-7, Massachusetts

Posted by GORDON on Feb. 26 2016,14:43

1. I don't think slavery should be a thing.

That being said...

2. I know exactly what the EP was, and its intention, and its immediate lack of impact on slavery, and the fact that it did absolutely nothing, and depending on how the question was asked I am a literalist and even I may have stated "I didn't agree with it," or whatever.

3. And I am reminded of The Man Show when they got a bunch of women to sign a petition to "End Womens Suffrage," because the women didn't know what it was and wanted to seem intelligent.

So this is just another bullshit propaganda piece to show the opposing side are just a bunch of subhuman monsters, and it wouldn't really be wrong to kill them, would it, before they can reinstitute slavery. That shit is what is wrong with this country.

Posted by Malcolm on Feb. 29 2016,10:18

< Ladies and gentlemen, the top 3 pachyderm candidates >:

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Donald Trump on Marco Rubio: "I go back and I see him with makeup. And it's like he's putting it on with a trowel."
Rubio on Trump: "The guy with the worst spray tan in America is attacking me for putting on makeup. Donald Trump likes to sue people. He should sue whoever did that to his face."
Trump on Rubio: "He has really large ears, the biggest ears I've ever seen."
Rubio on Trump: "And you know what they say about guys with small hands."
Ted Cruz on Trump: "Multiple news reports have reported about his dealings with, for example, S&A Construction, which was owned by "Fat Tony" Salerno, who is a mobster who is in jail. It is owned by two of the major New York crime families."

Posted by Malcolm on Mar. 04 2016,10:08

< Ted Cruz's > latest supporter.

< Why Ben Carson is a dipshit >.

Posted by TheCatt on Mar. 04 2016,10:40

WHY WON'T LEISHER BET?

Posted by Leisher on Mar. 04 2016,10:53

What?

Posted by TheCatt on Mar. 04 2016,12:24

(Leisher @ Mar. 04 2016,13:53)

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What?

On Hillary winning. I keep bringing it up, you never respond.

Posted by Malcolm on Mar. 07 2016,16:12

< Did I > wake up in bizarro world?

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...Bloomberg could have potentially appealed to centrist voters in a year when candidates from the far left and right of the political spectrum have gained traction.

Are you shitting me? On what planet is Michael "Fuck You and Your Sugary Drinks" Bloomberg a centrist?

Posted by TheCatt on Mar. 07 2016,16:57

(Malcolm @ Mar. 07 2016,19:12)

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< Did I > wake up in bizarro world?

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...Bloomberg could have potentially appealed to centrist voters in a year when candidates from the far left and right of the political spectrum have gained traction.

Are you shitting me? On what planet is Michael "Fuck You and Your Sugary Drinks" Bloomberg a centrist?

This one.

I mean, what other planet would Reuters be writing about?

Posted by Malcolm on Mar. 07 2016,18:23

(TheCatt @ Mar. 07 2016,18:57)

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I mean, what other planet would Reuters be writing about?

I have so many answers to that.

Posted by Malcolm on Mar. 08 2016,10:24

< Sounds a bit low >.

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Twitter user @srayyyyy wrote: “I’m part of the 18.2% of American adults with mental health problems. Bigotry is not a mental illness.”

Posted by GORDON on Mar. 08 2016,11:26

(Malcolm @ Mar. 08 2016,13:24)

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< Sounds a bit low >.

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Twitter user @srayyyyy wrote: “I’m part of the 18.2% of American adults with mental health problems. Bigotry is not a mental illness.”

Some other time I linked a site that said 25% of the population had some diagnosable mental illness.

Posted by Malcolm on Mar. 08 2016,11:31

(GORDON @ Mar. 08 2016,13:26)

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(Malcolm @ Mar. 08 2016,13:24)

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< Sounds a bit low >.

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Twitter user @srayyyyy wrote: “I’m part of the 18.2% of American adults with mental health problems. Bigotry is not a mental illness.”

Some other time I linked a site that said 25% of the population had some diagnosable mental illness.

That seems low. There's no way in hell it's below 50%.

Posted by GORDON on Mar. 08 2016,12:07

That's what I think the number was.

I bet severe stupidity would look like mental illness to a layman, so who knows.

Posted by Leisher on Mar. 08 2016,13:31

Posted by Malcolm on Mar. 08 2016,14:22

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I bet severe stupidity would look like mental illness to a layman, so who knows.

I'm not counting that. There's a somewhat easy line to draw there, and we already have diagnoses like dyslexia and dysgraphia. I even submit someone without medical training can discern the difference.

Tell me, G, is your MiL merely stupid and inconsiderate or mentally off the rails?

Posted by GORDON on Mar. 08 2016,16:05

(Malcolm @ Mar. 08 2016,17:22)

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I bet severe stupidity would look like mental illness to a layman, so who knows.

She was the former, and is becoming the latter.

And those pictures are so huge I can't even read them trying to scroll side to side because by the time I get to the right side I forgot what the left side said.

Posted by TPRJones on Mar. 08 2016,19:29

I never wanted to see any of those people's faces so large.

Posted by Malcolm on Mar. 11 2016,12:59

< Right-wing > Hispanic appeals to Florida Jews.

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The Florida senator, facing a must-win primary Tuesday in his home state, said Trump's approach amounts to an anti-Israel policy that renders the U.S. ally vulnerable to Palestinians who are not interested in peace.

"When I am president, we are going to take a side and we are going to be on Israel's side," Rubio said during an event featuring Jewish and national security supporters at Temple Beth El.

Posted by TheCatt on Mar. 15 2016,17:02

Anyone vote in a primary today?

Posted by GORDON on Mar. 15 2016,17:19

(TheCatt @ Mar. 15 2016,20:02)

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Anyone vote in a primary today?

Nope. Truly do not give a fuck.

Posted by TheCatt on Mar. 15 2016,17:26

(GORDON @ Mar. 15 2016,20:19)

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(TheCatt @ Mar. 15 2016,20:02)

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Anyone vote in a primary today?

Nope. Truly do not give a fuck.

Wife: I decided to go vote.
Me: Couldn't find any other way to waste 30 minutes?

I rode my bike while she voted. I won.

Posted by GORDON on Mar. 15 2016,17:28

I'm actually feeling smug about it. I feel like I've Ascended.

Posted by TheCatt on Mar. 15 2016,18:13

You should post on FB.

Posted by Malcolm on Mar. 15 2016,19:21

Voting is for losers.

Posted by Leisher on Mar. 15 2016,21:25

Holy shit. We're going to have to choose between Hillary and Trump.

Posted by TheCatt on Mar. 15 2016,21:30

(Leisher @ Mar. 16 2016,00:25)

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Holy shit. We're going to have to choose between Hillary and Trump.

85% chance of yep on that one. There's still a chance of no Trump.

Posted by Alhazad on Mar. 15 2016,21:51

(Leisher @ Mar. 15 2016,21:25)

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Holy shit. We're going to have to choose between Hillary and Trump.

That's the wrong way to look at it. We're going to get to choose.

Posted by GORDON on Mar. 16 2016,04:45

I have a bunch of relatives constantly sharing things on facebook from liberal sites about how evil and stupid you are if you don't like Hillary. I keep hitting "Hide all posts from *liberal site X*" and they keep finding new sites to share.

One of the cuter ones was, "I only repost things from liberal sites so that other poor liberals know they aren't alone."

Yeah, that's a problem they have.

Posted by TheCatt on Mar. 16 2016,05:24

(GORDON @ Mar. 16 2016,07:45)

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My feed is mostly Bernie for whatever reason.

Person: How do I sign up for Bernie's free healthcare? Oh wait, I already voted!
Me: Was it the checkbox that said "Give me other people's money"?

Posted by Alhazad on Mar. 16 2016,05:32

(TheCatt @ Mar. 16 2016,05:24)

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My feed is mostly Bernie for whatever reason.

Person: How do I sign up for Bernie's free healthcare? Oh wait, I already voted!
Me: Was it the checkbox that said "Give me other people's money"?

All the checkboxes say that. There's not one serious candidate that has come out against publicly-funded police, fire, and road services.

Posted by TheCatt on Mar. 16 2016,06:49

(Alhazad @ Mar. 16 2016,08:32)

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(TheCatt @ Mar. 16 2016,05:24)

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My feed is mostly Bernie for whatever reason.

Person: How do I sign up for Bernie's free healthcare? Oh wait, I already voted!
Me: Was it the checkbox that said "Give me other people's money"?

All the checkboxes say that. There's not one serious candidate that has come out against publicly-funded police, fire, and road services.

Fine.

Give me MOAR of other people's money.

Posted by Malcolm on Mar. 16 2016,07:26

(TheCatt @ Mar. 15 2016,23:30)

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(Leisher @ Mar. 16 2016,00:25)

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Holy shit. We're going to have to choose between Hillary and Trump.

There's still a chance of no Trump.

That means Kasich, Cruz, or Rubio would take him down. Those clusterfucks of human beings don't have a chance.

Posted by Malcolm on Mar. 16 2016,07:29

(TheCatt @ Mar. 16 2016,08:49)

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Give me MOAR of other people's money.

Posted by TheCatt on Mar. 16 2016,08:27

(Malcolm @ Mar. 16 2016,10:26)

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(TheCatt @ Mar. 15 2016,23:30)

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(Leisher @ Mar. 16 2016,00:25)

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Holy shit. We're going to have to choose between Hillary and Trump.

There's still a chance of no Trump.

That means Kasich, Cruz, or Rubio would take him down. Those clusterfucks of human beings don't have a chance.

I think at the convention, one of those 2 has a chance. Cruz, most likely.

Who position-wise, is basically Trump, but whatever.

Posted by Leisher on Mar. 16 2016,08:29

< Boehner endorses Paul Ryan for president. >

Because why not.

Posted by Malcolm on Mar. 16 2016,08:30

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I think at the convention, one of those 2 has a chance. Cruz, most likely.

Ted Cruz has a better chance of being the #1 NFL draft pick than he does of getting nominated.

Posted by TheCatt on Mar. 16 2016,08:32

(Malcolm @ Mar. 16 2016,11:30)

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I think at the convention, one of those 2 has a chance. Cruz, most likely.

Ted Cruz has a better chance of being the #1 NFL draft pick than he does of getting nominated.

I'll take those odds.

Posted by Malcolm on Mar. 16 2016,10:11

(Leisher @ Mar. 16 2016,10:29)

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< Boehner endorses Paul Ryan for president. >

Because why not.

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In the same question-and-answer session here, Boehner referred to Ted Cruz as "lucifer." He previously called the Texas senator, who led the failed Republican effort to shut down the government over Obamacare, a “jackass.”

Ryan and his staff say he doesn't want the nomination.

Uh .... yeah.

Posted by Malcolm on Mar. 16 2016,14:26

< No debate > for you.

Posted by Alhazad on Mar. 16 2016,15:22

That seems like it could have been turned back on Trump with a single comment about "press events instead of policy discussions" if Gov. Kasich weren't a chump.

Posted by GORDON on Mar. 16 2016,21:47

I wonder when was the last time a politician told the truth during a debate.

If ever.

Posted by Alhazad on Mar. 16 2016,22:27

(GORDON @ Mar. 16 2016,21:47)

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I wonder when was the last time a politician told the truth during a debate.

If ever.

I think a lot of them say some variation on "... and I want to be your next president."

Posted by GORDON on Mar. 17 2016,05:46

My favorite little phrase is becoming variations of, "They don't mind if they accidentally display good leadership now and then, but that isn't the main reason they ran for office in the first place."

Posted by Leisher on Mar. 17 2016,06:40

< Ted Cruz was the lead singer of Stryper. >

Ok, not really, but look at the resemblance.

Posted by Malcolm on Mar. 17 2016,07:26

(Leisher @ Mar. 17 2016,08:40)

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< Ted Cruz was the lead singer of Stryper. >

Ok, not really, but look at the resemblance.

Posted by Malcolm on Mar. 25 2016,09:22

< Early reports indicate > any pachyderm would lose.

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Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont leads Republican frontrunner Donald Trump, with 51.1 percent to 37.4 percent. In a Hillary Clinton versus Trump scenario, 47.7 percent report they would support the former U.S. Secretary of State, comfortably topping the 38.4 percent who said they would back Trump.

I'd post scenarios for other Republicans, but since they've all been out-douchbagged beyond hope, it's not worth the copy-paste effort. Let's break out the modern standard of a presidential slam dunk:

Ronald Reagan
Electoral vote 525
States carried 49
Popular vote 54,455,472
Percentage 58.8%

Walter Mondale
Electoral vote 13
States carried 1 + DC
Popular vote 37,577,352
Percentage 40.6%

Posted by Alhazad on Mar. 25 2016,12:18

No worries. We can still get a Repub in the White House if we vote for Hillary.

And that example is of how fucked up our electoral vote system is more than anything else. 18% more people agree with you than the next guy, is that really a staggering victory? If forty percent of the country doesn't want you in the office, it's not really a mandate to lead. Can't help but think that using, or at least publicizing, the popular numbers instead would actually help the two halves of the country realize that neither is going anywhere -- in some small measure.

Posted by Malcolm on Mar. 25 2016,12:33

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18% more people agree with you than the next guy, is that really a staggering victory?

This is where everyone points out the founding fathers put that indirection in there on purpose. I can't say it's because they looked into a crystal ball and saw the rise of Donnie Dickslurper, but I like to think so. Hell, they've even made it so you can lose the popular vote and still get into office. Kind of puts into perspective what "by the people, of the people, and for the people" means. But that's the least retarded part of the election process I see before me today.

Posted by Alhazad on Mar. 25 2016,13:01

(Malcolm @ Mar. 25 2016,12:33)

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My personal view is that they did it because fewer crops die when you send one unemployed prick to D.C. on horseback to cast a vote instead of everyone.

Posted by Malcolm on Mar. 25 2016,13:09

Wtf-ever. Votes could be collected and transported even then. Course, back in the day, voting meant standing on your porch and shouting your choice.

Posted by Alhazad on Mar. 25 2016,13:30

(Malcolm @ Mar. 25 2016,13:09)

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Wtf-ever. Votes could be collected and transported even then. Course, back in the day, voting meant standing on your porch and shouting your choice.

Whereas today it means standing on other people's porches?

Posted by Malcolm on Mar. 25 2016,14:07

That freedom of speech thing is a bitch.

Posted by Leisher on Mar. 30 2016,11:40

Posted by TheCatt on Apr. 07 2016,07:50

Sanders makes stupid comments about GE, < fires back. >

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"It's easy to make hollow campaign promises and take cheap shots in speeches...but U.S. companies have to deliver for their employees, customers and shareholders every day," Immelt said. "GE operates in the real world

I sure hope he did a mic drop after that

Posted by Leisher on Apr. 07 2016,12:11

That was pretty awesome.

Posted by TheCatt on Apr. 07 2016,12:20

God I hate Bernie. Strangely, more than I hate Trump.

Posted by Malcolm on Apr. 07 2016,12:29

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Immelt was responding to Sanders' claim that GE is "destroying the moral fabric" of America by shutting down American factories, shipping jobs to China and Mexico and minimizing its tax bill.
"That is greed and that's selfishness. That is lack of respect for people of this country," the Democratic candidate recently told the New York Daily News editorial board.

The moral fabric? < Fucking please >. That shit sounds tired when the psycho fundie evangelists use it.

Posted by Malcolm on Apr. 13 2016,12:11

T-shirt idea since it looks like we'll be having a Clinton v. Trump throwdown one way or the other.

Front, left: Picture of Hillary with a caption above: "Too much of a pussy."
Front, right: Picture of Trump with a caption above: "Too much of a dick."

Back, left: Picture of Hillary with a caption above: "Too much of a dick."
Back, right: Picture of Trump with a caption above: "Too much of a pussy."

Posted by Vince on Apr. 13 2016,16:19

I really will be surprised if it's Trump. We'll have to see if he can get close to the 1237 delegates. If he's not close he won't be able to close the deal. Cruz has been running circles around him with grassroots organization and working the delegate process.

Best comparison I saw was picture of Trump and Clinton and underneath pictures had Pro: Not Hillary. Con: Trump and vice versa for the other,

Posted by Vince on Apr. 13 2016,16:22

On GE I will say that I fucking hate them as well. They lobbied hard for the banning of the incandescent light bulbs so that they could provide the higher cost mercury bulbs that they were already manufacturing in China, That was crony capitalism at its finest. I buy the more expensive LED bulbs to ensure I don't give GE money.

They can eat a dick.

Posted by TheCatt on Apr. 13 2016,16:26

(Vince @ Apr. 13 2016,19:22)

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GE's done more for the US than Obama ever did, or Sanders ever will.

But yeah, I hated those CFL bulbs and avoided them as much as I could. Now I only buy LEDs.

Posted by Vince on Apr. 13 2016,16:34

Agreed. GE can eat a dick. Sanders and Obama can eat a dozen dicks.

Posted by Leisher on Apr. 15 2016,09:53

So imgur is getting filled with lots of pro-Sanders shit like < him shaking hands with a black guy >.

The comments are filled with how hip and in touch this makes him. How we should all vote for him because he shook hands with a black guy in a suave way. Ugh.

As someone way, way down the comments noted, < this is probably a far, far more realistic representation of that Sanders handshake. >

Posted by Vince on Apr. 16 2016,04:35

< Ted Cruz was on CNBC > for a full hour (commercials have been edited out) and he crushed it. Not sure that the general public is able to maintain interest in something long enough to watch it and process it, though.

Posted by Malcolm on Apr. 16 2016,05:10

Cruzing for an hour? I know I'd need to break that up with a couple shots.