Morning Thread (4-6-2016)

While we've all been paying attention to the GOP primary, it shouldn't go unnoticed that Democrat primary voters pretty much hate Hillary Clinton. So there's that.

Posted by: Andy at 06:33 AM

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Posted by: jimmytheclaw at April 06, 2016 06:35 AM (4YRQl)

2 Good Morning Morons, sorry no news links today as I just got up. Slept late for a change.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 06, 2016 06:36 AM (vvmPQ)

3 I'll fill in a few individually though as soon as I can get one of those "round to-its"

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 06, 2016 06:36 AM (vvmPQ)

4 Big news from yesterday was the big winners were Cruz and Sanders however, it is just about impossible for krazy commie Sanders even if the DNC was not screwing him. As for Cruz, like Trump the RNCe hates him. They are busy trying to figure out a way to get their chosen RINO in there at the convention.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 06, 2016 06:39 AM (vvmPQ)

5 This election could be very entertaining if I could just accept the fact that the Republic is gone, we don't have representative government, and all the people in power are filthy lying criminal motherfuckers.

I'm trying to accept that.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at April 06, 2016 06:42 AM (eHpnh)

6 Wouldn't you think that Skankles is a wee bit embarrassed this morning, what with her being beaten like a yard dog by the geriatric Socialist?Again.

Posted by: TX ette, resigned to accept the fresh hell at April 06, 2016 06:42 AM (A22Ea)

7
DAY 1,247

216 to go (289 to Inauguration Day )

Muzzies, Marxists, Maoists, Mau-Maus, MFM's, Moochelle, Mao-suits, McCain's, McConnell's, Mario's, Mahdi megatons, machiavellian Mississippi mudslingers, McAuliffe's, Maduro's, MIRV's, Mexifornians, McKesson's, Mizzou malefactors, mewling mattress-myth manufacturers, marriage maimers, menacing Mozillan 'mo's, Myrmidons, Mugwumps, Monrovian microbes, mutants, malcontents, malthusians, maniacs, malignant medical mandates, martial law, miscreants, microaggressors, minions, maladjusted masochistic multiculturalists, momzers, mamalukes, mooks, mopes, mariuoli, meeskeits, maricons, marauders, malodorous militants, menstruating mons veneri, malfunctioning Moron microsites and miscellaneous meshugas notwithstanding.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 06, 2016 06:42 AM (p4UlV)

8 Jerry Brown's good squads have raided the PP video makers and seized the videos as well as personal information of the filming of PP illegal selling of baby parts. So now the law enforcement agencies in CA in order to save the abortionists from themselves is seizing and supressing evidence of their illegal behavior.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 06, 2016 06:43 AM (vvmPQ)

9
Big win for Cruz. Still a tough row to hoe, but still.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 06, 2016 06:43 AM (p4UlV)

10 *sigh*
Why can't we have a REAL socialist like Bernie Sanders
*pulls lever for Hillary*
*rewarded by snack pellet*

Posted by: Demetrius Crap at April 06, 2016 06:44 AM (+TUQ6)

11 So now the law enforcement agencies in CA in order
to save the abortionists from themselves is seizing and supressing
evidence of their illegal behavior.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 06, 2016 06:43 AM (vvmPQ)

And that's pretty much the point when all semblance of justice under the law dies and abject tyranny has begun - when the law protects thugs and cheats and punishes the innocent.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at April 06, 2016 06:45 AM (J+mig)

12 Link for #8

http://tinyurl.com/z7v9sbl

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 06, 2016 06:45 AM (vvmPQ)

13 6
Wouldn't you think that Skankles is a wee bit embarrassed this morning,
what with her being beaten like a yard dog by the geriatric
Socialist?Again.

Posted by: TX ette, resigned to accept the fresh hell at April 06, 2016 06:42 AM (A22Ea)

I wish her many more embarassments. I'm kinda hoping both parties go to a contested convention, and the death of democracy is right in front of everyone's eyes as both parties scramble to invalidate the vote and assert their own will.

I don't think the two party system would survive it.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at April 06, 2016 06:46 AM (J+mig)

14
So, HUD is abusing the Fair Housing Act to demand that landlords rent to ex-felons because most were black and as a result were discriminated against.

Yet one more back door, social engineering excuse to seize private property and vast swathes of it.

G-d forbid Hilary is elected. GOD FORBID.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 06, 2016 06:46 AM (p4UlV)

15 ; )

Posted by: m at April 06, 2016 06:46 AM (S/1cF)

16 G-d forbid Hilary is elected. GOD FORBID.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 06, 2016 06:46 AM (p4UlV)

Let's not leave this one up to the big guy. He's got enough on his plate. Let's forbid it.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at April 06, 2016 06:47 AM (J+mig)

17
This election could be very entertaining if I could just accept the fact that the Republic is gone, we don't have representative government, and all the people in power are filthy lying criminal motherfuckers.

I'm trying to accept that.

Yeah.

I just read Bookworm's article about "paying the piper" and skimmed through Ace's post about Scankles and her magic Blackberry. Right now my jaw aches from grinding my teeth and I can feel my chest tightening while I try not to shriek in rage or break down in tears.

I've said it before and no doubt will say it again - I want no harm to come to our DC morons, but if ISIS let go with a suitcase nuke there tomorrow, I would not give a single shit.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 06, 2016 06:48 AM (X6fMO)

18 I threw my US flag in the garbage and put the 1st National flag of the Confederacy in my picture window.

It felt good to do that.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at April 06, 2016 06:48 AM (eHpnh)

19 Speaking of protecting thugs and cheats:

An Illinois couple who refused to host a gay civil union ceremony at
their idyllic bed and breakfast five years ago was defiant Tuesday after
being ordered to pay an $80,000 fine and hold a celebration for the
pair.

Since this is a State harassment they should have sold their buildings and moved out of State 5 years ago

http://tinyurl.com/zfpslg2

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 06, 2016 06:49 AM (vvmPQ)

20 I'm trying to accept that.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at April 06, 2016 06:42 AM (eHpnh)

I've accepted it for a long time. Why I have no passion for anyone anymore. What happens happens.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Bitten by the lazy bug. at April 06, 2016 06:50 AM (WVsWD)

21 "Since this is a State harassment they should have sold their buildings and moved out of State 5 years ago
"

Read about that on Illinois Review about a week ago.
I hope they don't pay a cent and tell the state to GFY.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Bitten by the lazy bug. at April 06, 2016 06:51 AM (WVsWD)

22 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 06, 2016 06:51 AM (u82oZ)

23 16 Let's not leave this one up to the big guy. He's got enough on his plate. Let's forbid it.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at April 06, 2016 06:47 AM (J+mig)

May we work His will and save the future.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 06, 2016 06:52 AM (p4UlV)

24 May we work His will and save the future. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 06, 2016 06:52 AM (p4UlV)

Amen, brother.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at April 06, 2016 06:53 AM (J+mig)

25
***grinds teeth again***

Let me try to tamp down this hopeless feeling. Here are a couple of cute stories.

The artist Pablo Picasso was, as most artists are, of a changeable mood. He could, when he wished, be generous and accommodating, but at other times would be brusque and cold. An example of the latter happened one day when a friend brought him three paintings to sign. Picasso, knowing that the "friend" didn't care about the art, but would only turn around and sell them, refused, declaring that all three were utter fakes.

"But," the friend sputtered, "I saw you paint these pictures with my own eyes!"

Picasso simply shrugged, "I can paint fake Picassos just as well as anybody."

***

The raconteur Bennett Cerf once told about the time he overheard Salvador Dali talking to a hat-check girl at the swanky Stork Club. Apparently, the beautiful girl had become an object of desire to a rich older man and Dali was telling her the facts of life: "Never take a fur coat from an amorous customer, my dear. A fur coat is like a painting by me: you have to explain both to your mother."

Hope you all have a wonderful day.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 06, 2016 06:54 AM (X6fMO)

26 13 6
Wouldn't you think that Skankles is a wee bit embarrassed this morning,
what with her being beaten like a yard dog by the geriatric
Socialist?Again.

Posted by: TX ette, resigned to accept the fresh hell at April 06, 2016 06:42 AM (A22Ea)

I wish her many more embarassments. I'm kinda hoping both parties go to a contested convention, and the death of democracy is right in front of everyone's eyes as both parties scramble to invalidate the vote and assert their own will.

I don't think the two party system would survive i

I've noticed that the MSM is having a harder and harder time trying to spin her losses into something other than a shit sandwich. It has now become so obvious - in both parties- that the corruption is all encompassing. There is no other way to see it any more. Both sides have been laid bare.

Posted by: TX ette, resigned to accept the fresh hell at April 06, 2016 06:54 AM (A22Ea)

27 In other good Wisconsin news, perhaps they have finally ended the career of Joanne Kloppenburg who has lost her latest bid for the Wisc. Supreme Court.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at April 06, 2016 06:56 AM (C+R83)

28 House Ethics Committee: FL Democrat Grayson used government workers for his local personal buisness. So why is this a "House Investigation" and not a criminal investigation by the FBI?

Protected by Democratium. If he had been black there wouldn't have been any investigation.

http://tinyurl.com/jqmxkt9

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 06, 2016 06:57 AM (vvmPQ)

29 So, if Bernie wins NY wouldn't that ordinarily mean she'd lose the campaign? After all, it's her "home state", and every time a GOP candidate actually lost or even seemed in danger of losing his home state the media began howling for his scalp. They would treat the Capo di Tutti Capo of the Clinton Crime Family the same way, right?

Posted by: MTF at April 06, 2016 06:57 AM (Fy1TT)

30 Comment from a kid about Hillary:
She tries too hard to connect to the young generation. According to her she is until grandma.

Posted by: @votermom at April 06, 2016 06:57 AM (nbrY/)

31 Unhip grandma

Posted by: @votermom at April 06, 2016 06:58 AM (nbrY/)

32 I've noticed that the MSM is having a harder and
harder time trying to spin her losses into something other than a shit
sandwich. It has now become so obvious - in both parties- that the
corruption is all encompassing. There is no other way to see it any
more. Both sides have been laid bare.

Posted by: TX ette, resigned to accept the fresh hell at April 06, 2016 06:54 AM (A22Ea)

And the media is in on it. Everyone who's even the slightest bit open to the truth can see it. The Bernie voters are almost as hacked off about it as we are (they're newer to it, but it's starting to dawn on them just how rotten things actually are). There's a backlash building, and just what exactly is going to happen is hard to say at this point.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at April 06, 2016 07:00 AM (J+mig)

33 27 In other good Wisconsin news, perhaps they have finally ended the career of Joanne Kloppenburg who has lost her latestbid for the Wisc. Supreme Court.

This is excellent news. A good start. Now, any ideas on how she could be shamed further?? She deserves to be held up to ridicule.

Posted by: TX ette, resigned to accept the fresh hell at April 06, 2016 07:01 AM (A22Ea)

34 The Daily Deals

http://tinyurl.com/jusm7yz

And I have to go take care of morning buisness. be back shortly.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 06, 2016 07:02 AM (vvmPQ)

35 "Both sides have been laid bare."

Kind of hard to argue with that.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Bitten by the lazy bug. at April 06, 2016 07:02 AM (WVsWD)

36 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 06, 2016 06:54 AM (X6fMO)

I read one recently that made me laugh. Vincent Price's wife Coral Browne, was a convert to Catholicism (and eventually he converted also) and like many converts was quite devout. But she was also known for having a mouth like a longshoreman.

Once, she was leaving the London Oratory after confession when an actor friend spotted her and rushed over to tell her some hot gossip about a show business figure who was sleeping with someone else's wife.

Browne snapped, "I don't need to hear this filth. I'm in a state of f*cking grace."

Posted by: Donna&&&&V (a white) (whitely brandishing ampersand privilege ) at April 06, 2016 07:03 AM (P8951)

37 New Jersey lost it's biggest taxpayer this week, a hedge fund guy who tired of making voluntary contributions to the future bankruptcy mess. He left for Miami, leaving behind a state income tax, a huge state capital gains tax, and property taxes three times what he will pay for the same house in Florida. The State Treasurer in NJ was non-plussed, telling the newspapers only that him leaving will make financial life harder. Democrats responded with vague statements that it should be illegal to move away to save on taxes and, oh by the way, now New Jersey needs to raise taxes.

Posted by: SMOD smiled at April 06, 2016 07:04 AM (Fy1TT)

38
Posted by: DonnaV (a white) (whitely brandishing ampersand privilege ) at April 06, 2016 07:03 AM (P8951)

I love it! I never heard that one before.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 06, 2016 07:05 AM (X6fMO)

39 Democrats responded with vague statements that it
should be illegal to move away to save on taxes and, oh by the way, now
New Jersey needs to raise taxes.

Posted by: SMOD smiled at April 06, 2016 07:04 AM (Fy1TT)

Decent countries need walls to keep people out. Democrat-run shitholes need walls to keep people *in*.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at April 06, 2016 07:06 AM (J+mig)

40 I want to play a game called "Said No Trump Supporter Ever." The rules should be self-expository.

"Ted Cruz is a good man, but I like Donald's chances better in the general." - SNTSE

"At first I was skeptical, but I was won over by his cogent policy prescriptions for America's problems." - SNTSE

"We should treat our candidates respectfully and save our attacks for the Democrats." - SNTSE

What can you come up with?

Posted by: V the K at April 06, 2016 07:06 AM (O7MnT)

41 33 This is excellent news. A good start. Now, any ideas on how she could be shamed further?? She deserves to be held up to ridicule.
Posted by: TX ette, resigned to accept the fresh hell at April 06, 2016 07:01 AM (A22Ea

I seem to recall a photo of her with a completely shocked face after learning she lost the last time around. That was rather humorous.

On a wider note, you cannot shame these people. They are without morals, boundaries, ethics, scruples, principles, common sense or self awareness. And they lust absolute power.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 06, 2016 07:07 AM (p4UlV)

42 This election could be very entertaining if I could just accept the fact that the Republic is gone, we don't have representative government, and all the people in power are filthy lying criminal motherfuckers.

Huh.... I guess that's why I do find it entertaining.

Posted by: V the K at April 06, 2016 07:08 AM (O7MnT)

43 33 27 In other good Wisconsin news, perhaps they have finally ended the career of Joanne Kloppenburg who has lost her latestbid for the Wisc. Supreme Court.

This is excellent news. A good start. Now, any ideas on how she could be shamed further?? She deserves to be held up to ridicule.
Posted by: TX ette, resigned to accept the fresh hell at April 06, 2016 07:01 AM (A22Ea)

You have no idea how happy I am that that harpy lost.

As for shaming her further - well, sending libs the link to her ditzy "victory" speech made when she thought she had beaten Prosser - that's comedy gold. I was hoping we'd get another airheaded, rambling speech out of her last night, but alas.

Posted by: Donna&&&&V (a white) (whitely brandishing ampersand privilege ) at April 06, 2016 07:08 AM (P8951)

44 @29. I don't know if Hillary has a real home state. She is from Illinois, first lady of Arkansas, senator from NY. Kinda like Obama. Citizen of the World. Or vagabond.

Posted by: Case, Mors Semper Tyrannis at April 06, 2016 07:08 AM (Bbcs8)

45 "New Jersey lost it's biggest taxpayer this week, a hedge fund guy who
tired of making voluntary contributions to the future bankruptcy mess."

State of CT next to be thus hit.

Alex, I'll take "Totally Boned" for a thousand, please.

Posted by: torquewrench at April 06, 2016 07:08 AM (noWW6)

46 36 Browne snapped, "I don't need to hear this filth. I'm in a state of f*cking grace."
Posted by: Donna&&&&V (a white) (whitely brandishing ampersand privilege ) at April 06, 2016 07:03 AM (P8951)

"General Patton, I see you have a copy of the Bible on your nightstand. Do you really have time to read it?"

"Every G-d damn day."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 06, 2016 07:09 AM (p4UlV)

47 Kinda like Obama. ~~Citizen of the World. Or vagabond~~ shameless grifter, enriching themselves at the public trough, and licking the trough clean when they're done.

Fixed

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 06, 2016 07:10 AM (ptqRm)

48 What can you come up with?

Posted by: V the K at April 06, 2016 07:06 AM (O7MnT)

Bit early for trolling.

Posted by: Huma Abedin at April 06, 2016 07:11 AM (0IhFx)

49 Posted by: V the K at April 06, 2016 07:06 AM (O7MnT)

Why? What's the point of playing that "game"?

Posted by: @votermom at April 06, 2016 07:12 AM (nbrY/)

50 What can you come up with?

I'd vote for HRC before I cast my vote for the kind and gentle Donald Trump.

Posted by: Mr. Ed at April 06, 2016 07:12 AM (BO/km)

51 Wouldn't you think that Skankles is a wee bit embarrassed this morning

---------------------

Feeling embarrassed, ashamed and other such normal emotions require a soul.

Posted by: flmomof4 at April 06, 2016 07:13 AM (bEXWJ)

52 >>>>>I threw my US flag in the garbage and put the 1st National flag of the Confederacy in my picture window.

It felt good to do that.
.
.
.
.And 95% of the US population has no idea that is actually a Confederate Flag. I sometimes use that one or the Bonnie Blue Flag.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at April 06, 2016 07:14 AM (iONHu)

53
It doesnt matter how many primaries Hills loses. The fix is in. She has the super delegates and will win. The donks cant do a thing about it.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at April 06, 2016 07:14 AM (iQIUe)

54 Posted by: V the K at April 06, 2016 07:06 AM (O7MnT)

Your generalizations kinda fall flat. I said pretty much all of those things, early on, when I was a Trump supporter and his only real policy statements were the immigration white paper which was probably ghost written by someone Sessions supplied.

Note the past tense here, I switched sides. But continually poking the hornet's nest ain't going to make you any friends. Is it doing any good for our side to add to the rancor? The only person this is helping is Hillary.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at April 06, 2016 07:14 AM (J+mig)

55 50 What can you come up with?

I'd vote for HRC before I cast my vote for the kind and gentle Donald Trump.
Posted by: Mr. Ed at April 06, 2016 07:12 AM (BO/km)

You can't be serious.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 06, 2016 07:16 AM (p4UlV)

56 "This election could be very entertaining if I could just accept the
fact that the Republic is gone, we don't have representative government,
and all the people in power are filthy lying criminal motherfuckers."

And such small portions!

Posted by: Just The Punchline at April 06, 2016 07:17 AM (noWW6)

57 It doesnt matter how many primaries Hills loses. The
fix is in. She has the super delegates and will win. The donks cant do a
thing about it.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at April 06, 2016 07:14 AM (iQIUe)

And if superdelegates invalidate a pretty solid lead in the real vote, there might be some interesting consequences. Interesting as in "I'm glad I'm watching this on TV and not actually there."

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at April 06, 2016 07:17 AM (J+mig)

58 50 What can you come up with?

I'd vote for HRC before I cast my vote for the kind and gentle Donald Trump.
Posted by: Mr. Ed at April 06, 2016 07:12 AM (BO/km)

I mean, dude, I'm a diehard Cruz voter but that is not an acceptable position under any circumstances.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 06, 2016 07:17 AM (p4UlV)

59 Why? What's the point of playing that "game"?

My thoughts were inspired by Donald's "classy" concession statement last night, his constant invocation of "Lyin' Ted Cruz," and his Twitter Army's constant barrage of insults and insistence that Ted Cruz is a filthy Canuck.

Posted by: V the K at April 06, 2016 07:17 AM (O7MnT)

60 You can't be serious.

No I can't. It ain't in me.

Posted by: freaked at April 06, 2016 07:18 AM (BO/km)

61 56 And such small portions!
Posted by: Just The Punchline at April 06, 2016 07:17 AM (noWW6)

What you mean, "wrong hole?"

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 06, 2016 07:18 AM (p4UlV)

62
You can't be serious.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 06, 2016 07:16 AM (p4UlV)
_______________________

You want to know what's serious? How about all these screws, metal plates and rods hold my frail broken body together.... Now that's serious...

Posted by: Michelle Fields at April 06, 2016 07:19 AM (HSmrB)

63 Well I'm back. Had to move my plants in due to the predicted 39F turning into 29F then having to move plants to the top of the refridgerator due to cats seeing them as something to eat.

I find it "funny" that some of the Morons are talking about embarrassment and shame for liberal Democrats. They are never embarrassed or shamed, you must have a conscience to have embarrassment or shame.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 06, 2016 07:19 AM (vvmPQ)

64 >>>>>"New Jersey lost it's biggest taxpayer this week, a hedge fund guy who

tired of making voluntary contributions to the future bankruptcy mess."

State of CT next to be thus hit.

Alex, I'll take "Totally Boned" for a thousand, please.
.
.
.We moved away from Connecticut three years ago due to the ever rising taxes. We suffered under two of the largest tax increases in history while we lived there and they were getting ready for another one because they could never get enough.

The State started to collect "service" taxes right as we left. We had to pay a service tax when we boarded our dogs. There are no State Inspections for kennels nor are there any special licenses or certifications for people running them, but, the "service" they provide is taxed at the State Sales Tax rate.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at April 06, 2016 07:20 AM (iONHu)

65 Anyone who actually casts a vote for Hillary Clinton, know that you're enabling evil. It's not "Let it burn". Its' enabling evil, pure and simple. If you don't get a candidate that suits your conscience, you can just stay home, or only vote in down-ticket races, make a write-in, or even vote for a third party.

Under no circumstances should anyone in this Horde ever vote for Hillary Clinton.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at April 06, 2016 07:20 AM (J+mig)

66
What can you come up with?

Posted by: V the K at April 06, 2016 07:06 AM (O7MnT)

Oh, fuck that shit. I'm out.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 06, 2016 07:23 AM (X6fMO)

67 Under no circumstances should anyone in this Horde ever vote for Hillary Clinton.

If it comes down to Hillary and Trump, I will very likely vote Libertarian this cycle. Voting for Hillary would be an endorsement of her politics, voting for Trump would be an endorsement of his tactics. I can support neither.

Posted by: V the K at April 06, 2016 07:23 AM (O7MnT)

68 Why are we worried about some dopey old lady when there's a fully-fledged Communist threatening to become Obama Plus?

Posted by: CrustyB at April 06, 2016 07:24 AM (Hnglq)

69 63>> ... having to move plants to the top of the refridgerator due to cats seeing them as something to eat.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 06, 2016 07:19 AM

At my place, the tiny pups have discovered they like mint and basil.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 06, 2016 07:24 AM (ShplO)

70
So the donks have Wyoming on sat and there is a 10 day respite until the 19th and NY. A week later is a super Tuesday.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at April 06, 2016 07:26 AM (iQIUe)

71 If it comes down to Hillary and Trump, I will very likely vote Libertarian this cycle. Voting for Hillary would be an endorsement of her politics, voting for Trump would be an endorsement of his tactics. I can support neither.

Posted by: V the K at April 06, 2016 07:23 AM (O7MnT)

I can respect that. As much as I think the Libertarians are generally a wheel short of a unicycle, they're usually the only other party on the ballot here, and if the Republicans decide to throw out the vote and put some also-ran or never-ran in the spot instead of Trump or Cruz, I'll probably be holding my nose and voting Libertarian in protest, too.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at April 06, 2016 07:26 AM (J+mig)

72 "What can you come up with?"

What is the point here? You just want to score points.

Not many Trump supporters left saying anything around here anyway o be worth while.

Okay since I'm a Trump supporter, I'll just say you won the game and it's over.

Good enough for you?

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Bitten by the lazy bug. at April 06, 2016 07:27 AM (WVsWD)

73 What clear direction we are receiving from the voters this primary season.

Posted by: fluster of cuck at April 06, 2016 07:28 AM (ZnIt3)

74 I'm trying to accept that.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at April 06, 2016 06:42 AM (eHpnh)

I've accepted it for a long time. Why I have no passion for anyone anymore. What happens happens.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois.

Welcome to Team Let. It. Burn.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 06, 2016 07:29 AM (WDy4l)

75 This election could be very entertaining if I could just accept the fact that the Republic is gone, we don't have representative government, and all the people in power are filthy lying criminal motherfuckers.

I'm trying to accept that.
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at April 06, 2016 06:42 AM (eHpnh)

I have long ago given up on any notion that Washington has any viable answers.

What saddens me is watching local elections, like yesterday, where across the board governments are increasing their sizes, and the amount of control they have over people.

We used to reject tax increases around here. Now they literally nickel and dime us to the point where almost every increase is approved overwhelmingly.

We're voting away our freedom. Plain and simple.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 06, 2016 07:29 AM (Dj0WE)

76 68
Why are we worried about some dopey old lady when there's a fully-fledged Communist threatening to become Obama Plus?

Posted by: CrustyB at April 06, 2016 07:24 AM (Hnglq)

Because the actual communist is a crusty old idiot whose attempts to implement his ideas would lead to epic failures that would further discredit his ideology, where Hillary is just plain evil and will do anything and everything to shore up her stranglehold on power from day one. Hillary's election would probably be the last election that doesn't have 99.9% turnout and 99.9% voting for Dear Leader.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at April 06, 2016 07:29 AM (J+mig)

77 An Illinois couple who refused to host a gay civil union ceremony at their idyllic bed and breakfast five years ago was defiant Tuesday after being ordered to pay an $80,000 fine and hold a celebration for the pair.

Since this is a State harassment they should have sold their buildings and moved out of State 5 years ago

http://tinyurl.com/zfpslg2

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 06, 2016 06:49 AM (vvmPQ)

I'm so glad this state is in such great shape that it has nothing else better to do than harass and make life miserable for these people over a couple of queers who probably went there on purpose to cause trouble.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 06, 2016 07:30 AM (45oDG)

78 Why are we worried about some dopey old lady when there's a fully-fledged Communist threatening to become Obama Plus?

Posted by: CrustyB at April 06, 2016 07:24 AM (Hnglq)

Barry put a hip, cutesy little face on his communism with the aid of the MFM. I want the soccer mom types and their beta male husbands who are trying to get by to have someone be honest with them about taking over everything they own. With Hillary the cretins will fall for the -she's a womyn historic horseshit.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 06, 2016 07:33 AM (45oDG)

79 I am not on team Let it Burn. I'm on team It's already burnt. Just picking through the ashes right now looking for anything of value.

Maybe a guy that has no clue how Dee Cee works can throw enough monkey wrenches into the machinery is a start.

Maybe not.

Screw every single lifelong politician/public servant with a rusty chisel.

Including Ted effen Cruz.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Bitten by the lazy bug. at April 06, 2016 07:33 AM (WVsWD)

80 What can you come up with?
Posted by: V the K at April 06, 2016 07:06 AM (O7MnT)

Instead of playing your game, what I do around here is play the game: "Spot the Gope."

Lots of Gopes running around here wearing masks. They are of for and by the Gope, think they're smarter than everyone else, and now seem to have taken on the mantel of trying to prop up a hopeless Cruz campaign.

Why?

Because they know there is no way in hell they're going to let Cruz take the nomination, so they use him as a tool to defeat Trump.

Gope has to Gope.

I see it around here all the time. Because, while Gopes seem to THINK they're smarter than everyone else, really, they're not.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 06, 2016 07:34 AM (Dj0WE)

81 62 You want to know what's serious? How about all these screws, metal plates and rods hold my frail broken body together.... Now that's serious...

Posted by: Michelle Fields at April 06, 2016 07:19 AM (HSmrB)

But the actual telephone death threat she received is a laugh riot, or a hoax, eh schmuck?

You are now beyond tiresome, tedious and irksome and now bordering on repugnant. You contribute nothing to legitimate discourse and are better off over at Conservative Outhouse or Gateway. Please go away. Far, far away.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 06, 2016 07:35 AM (p4UlV)

82 Morning horde. Happy Wednesday.

Piss off others, not each other.

Posted by: RWC - Team TTBTFW at April 06, 2016 07:38 AM (gJgyP)

83 Shocka!

EU says terrorists may be coming in with Syrian "refugees" and there's really no way to track any of them, terrorist or not.

*gasps*

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 06, 2016 07:39 AM (y+boe)

84 Apparently, elderly Californian communist Barbara Boxer is angry that Ben and Jerry's did a Bernie flavored ice cream but not a Hillary flavored ice cream

https://twitter.com/kenvogel/status/717463087553581059

The could call the flavor "Bitter Old Scruntch" and make it redolent of an unwanted kiss from an alcoholic grandma.

Posted by: V the K at April 06, 2016 07:39 AM (O7MnT)

85 "Why are we worried about some dopey old lady when there's a fully-fledged Communist threatening to become Obama Plus?"

For one thing, the private-jet proletariat have now realized that Sanders is really deadly serious about stuff like 95% top income tax rates with no loopholes.

That would take the fizz right out of a bunch of champagne-socialist lifestyles.

Bela Pelosi was asked about the Sanders tax proposals and essentially said, "Yeah, no." Not least because Bernie would be dropping the tax hammer on people with multiple residences, and the Pelosis own a bunch of luxury real estate scattered hither and yon.

Posted by: torquewrench at April 06, 2016 07:41 AM (noWW6)

86 There isn't a Team Let It Burn. Its more of an understanding to current events, how we got here, and where its going. Its GOING to Burn. Its only a matter of when. What we are seeing now is just the beginning. It will only get worse.

And on that happy note, The Masters start tomorrow!! My favorite golf major. Augusta National is the most beautiful golf course in the country (ok, maybe Pebble Beach is). It looks like a painting. I've never been to either but it looks lovely on TV.

Posted by: Puddleglum at April 06, 2016 07:41 AM (d2cdw)

87 So I see the normal morning after freaking out by the Dems after hillary lost last night. I am seeing stories about voter suppression in Wisconsin because of the new Voter ID law. Oddly enough all of that voter suppression drove the State to have a record voter turnout last night.

Do they realize how stupid they are?

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at April 06, 2016 07:41 AM (iONHu)

88 "Comment from a kid about Hillary:

She tries too hard to connect to the young generation. According to her she is grandma."

Makes sense. But what about Bernie? He is even older and decrepit than the witch and the yoots are flocking to him like a hip new band.

Posted by: Ripley at April 06, 2016 07:42 AM (1BQGO)

89 Posted by: torquewrench at April 06, 2016 07:41 AM (noWW6)

The haircut all of the trust fund babies in their safe spaces in Harvard would get from it would be a certain kind of schadenfreude to watch, also.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at April 06, 2016 07:42 AM (J+mig)

90 I'm probably going to write-in Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho.

Posted by: Vlad the Impaler, whittling away like mad at April 06, 2016 07:43 AM (3Mimg)

91 Good morning. I fell asleep around 8:30 last night so missed all the election excitement. I see that Rebeca Bradley beat out Klopenhoofer for State Supreme Court. I hope Kloppy finally realizes that no one likes, no one wants her, and that she stays home with her cats.

My candidate for President did not win. I voted for Undesignated Delegate. It seemed like the best choice amongst all the little circles. Huckabee still on the ballot, along with Santorum and Christie? I was almost embarrassed to vote at all.

Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at April 06, 2016 07:43 AM (dFi94)

92 83
Shocka!

EU says terrorists may be coming in with Syrian "refugees" and there's really no way to track any of them, terrorist or not.

*gasps*

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 06, 2016 07:39 AM (y+boe)

But it's still absolutely unthinkable to do anything to try to prevent it. Because reasons.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at April 06, 2016 07:43 AM (J+mig)

93 The really amazing part about our political system is you would be hard-pressed to find two people more ill-suited to the post of President of the United States than Hillary and Donald. And yet, here we are.

Posted by: V the K at April 06, 2016 07:43 AM (O7MnT)

94 Posted by: V the K at April 06, 2016 07:39 AM (O7MnT)

Bitter Old Scrunch! Now with dessicated meat curtain chips!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 06, 2016 07:44 AM (Zu3d9)

95 There are too many fkn islamists in this country and they are all "activists" Trump is right. Enough.

https://canarymission.org/individuals/

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at April 06, 2016 07:44 AM (iQIUe)

96 90
I'm probably going to write-in Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho.

Posted by: Vlad the Impaler, whittling away like mad at April 06, 2016 07:43 AM (3M___)

I should change my name to that. I might accidentally wake up President, the way things are going.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at April 06, 2016 07:44 AM (J+mig)

97 I was so happy to be asked for my I.D. last night. It made my day.

Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at April 06, 2016 07:44 AM (dFi94)

98 Is it doing any good for our side to add to the rancor?

What exactly is "our side"?

Conservatives want smaller government.

Liberals want big-government socialism.

Trumpies want big-government nationalism.

Posted by: chemjeff at April 06, 2016 07:45 AM (uZNvH)

99 Huckabee still on the ballot, along with Santorum and Christie? I was almost embarrassed to vote at all.

Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at April 06, 2016 07:43 AM (dFi94)

"No Tone" O'Malley was still on the donktard ballot.
I wonder how many votes he got?

Heh

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Bitten by the lazy bug. at April 06, 2016 07:46 AM (WVsWD)

100 'Only' lost power for 30 hours when the artic blast blew through Pennsylvania the other day. The soul Bernie supporter on my street had a branch come down which tore the meter off his shit-shack. So that was the bright side of the event.

The only other good thing was our new Samsung frig kept everything frozen and cool through the entire ordeal. No food wasted at all.

Posted by: ugg wigs at April 06, 2016 07:46 AM (ZnIt3)

101 "Apparently, elderly Californian communist Barbara Boxer is angry that
Ben and Jerry's did a Bernie flavored ice cream but not a Hillary
flavored ice cream."

Californians were foolish enough to gift Senator Ma'am with a career in federal politics, but she is herself not a product of the state. Babs, like Bernie, originated in Brooklyn.

Posted by: torquewrench at April 06, 2016 07:46 AM (noWW6)

102 "Trumpies want big-government nationalism."

Hmmm.

Wonder what all those former Bush people now on team Cruzie want?

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Bitten by the lazy bug. at April 06, 2016 07:47 AM (WVsWD)

103 93 The really amazing part about our political system is you would be hard-pressed to find two people more ill-suited to the post of President of the United States than Hillary and Donald. And yet, here we are.
Posted by: V the K at April 06, 2016 07:43 AM (O7MnT)

The last candidate we had that had at least an inkling of the temperament to be president was Dubya (his actual policies notwithstanding). Decent guy, generally tried to do the right thing, but ultimately was a part of the system.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 06, 2016 07:47 AM (p4UlV)

104 102 Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Bitten by the lazy bug. at April 06, 2016 07:47 AM (WVsWD)

Tim, Tim, Tim . . .

*shakes head, discouraged*

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 06, 2016 07:48 AM (p4UlV)

105
Wonder what all those former Bush people now on team Cruzie want?

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Bitten by the lazy bug. at April 06, 2016 07:47 AM (WVsWD)
Why don't you ask them. Are you denying that Trump wants big-government nationalism? After all, who is going to collect all of those tariffs and who is going to collect all of those taxes to build the giant luxurious wall?

Posted by: chemjeff at April 06, 2016 07:48 AM (uZNvH)

106 I am seeing stories about voter suppression in Wisconsin because of the new Voter ID law.
==========================================

Voter suppression my Aunt Fanny. There were two girls registering to vote right next to the ballot box yesterday. An election worker was helping them. They filled out the paper and walked over to the table where you get your ballot.

I hate this on-the-spot registering to vote thing.

Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at April 06, 2016 07:48 AM (dFi94)

107 101 "Apparently, elderly Californian communist Barbara Boxer is angry that
Ben and Jerry's did a Bernie flavored ice cream but not a Hillary
flavored ice cream."

Californians were foolish enough to gift Senator Ma'am with a career in federal politics, but she is herself not a product of the state. Babs, like Bernie, originated in Brooklyn.
Posted by: torquewrench at April 06, 2016 07:46 AM (noWW6)

Shrieking, Shrill Semifreddo?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 06, 2016 07:49 AM (p4UlV)

108 So I ask again, which exactly is the "our side" that I am supposed to shut up and fall in line behind?

Posted by: chemjeff at April 06, 2016 07:49 AM (uZNvH)

109 87
So I see the normal morning after freaking out by the Dems after hillary
lost last night. I am seeing stories about voter suppression in
Wisconsin because of the new Voter ID law. Oddly enough all of that
voter suppression drove the State to have a record voter turnout last
night.

Do they realize how stupid they are?

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at April 06, 2016 07:41 AM (iONHu)

The same thing happened in SC when we went to picture ID despite lawfare from felon Holder. The Democrats counted high and low to draw evidence of suppression of black voter turnout. Black voter turnout actually increased despite their federal lawsuit that said it would be suppressed. Note "would be" harm is not supposed to be sufficient to gain federal standing but somehow they got it anyway.

Its called judge shopping.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 06, 2016 07:50 AM (vvmPQ)

110 106 I hate this on-the-spot registering to vote thing.
Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at April 06, 2016 07:48 AM (dFi94)

This plus early voting is the recipe for Democrat cheating. But try revoking it and they will scream "racism" so loud that the glass Ella Fitzgerald broke will fuse back together.

The ONLY instance I approve of early/absentee voting is for the military. And of course, those ballots get dumped overboard on top of Bin Laden's corpse in the Mariana Trench.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 06, 2016 07:51 AM (p4UlV)

111 1 "Apparently, elderly Californian communist Barbara Boxer is angry that Ben and Jerry's did a Bernie flavored ice cream but not a

Hillary flavored ice cream."

Tuna is not an ideal flavor for ice cream.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 06, 2016 07:51 AM (WDy4l)

112 So I ask again, which exactly is the "our side" that I am supposed to shut up and fall in line behind?

Posted by: chemjeff at April 06, 2016 07:49 AM (uZNvH)
=========================================

The Undesignated Delegate side. Be the first to stand in line behind me.

Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at April 06, 2016 07:51 AM (dFi94)

113 Deep down, the socialists and the nationalists both want uniforms.

Posted by: FireHorse at April 06, 2016 07:51 AM (2DKK/)

114 113 Deep down, the socialists and the nationalists both want uniforms.
Posted by: FireHorse at April 06, 2016 07:51 AM (2DKK/)

Hugo Boss, with the emphasis on "boss."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 06, 2016 07:52 AM (p4UlV)

115 "I am seeing stories about voter suppression in Wisconsin because of the new Voter ID law."

I had to produce ID the last time I bought Sudafed at the pharmacy.

Allergy sufferer suppression!!!

Posted by: torquewrench at April 06, 2016 07:52 AM (noWW6)

116 The other thing that's fascinating to watch is Hillary and Bernie tacitly repudiating Obama. Neither one of them is running on, "Obama did a fantastic job, the country has never been more secure or more prosperous." Both of them are running on "America sucks." Note, they are not repudiating his actual policies, but promising to accelerate and expand them.

It's almost as if they're saying, "Socialism will work once white people are in charge of it."

Posted by: V the K at April 06, 2016 07:52 AM (O7MnT)

117 I hate this on-the-spot registering to vote thing.�Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at April 06, 2016 07:48 AM (dFi94)�

But they have to show identification, right?

Posted by: ugg wigs at April 06, 2016 07:53 AM (ZnIt3)

118 For one thing, the private-jet proletariat have now realized that Sanders is really deadly serious about stuff like 95% top income tax rates with no loopholes.

That would take the fizz right out of a bunch of champagne-socialist lifestyles.

Bela Pelosi was asked about the Sanders tax proposals and essentially said, "Yeah, no." Not least because Bernie would be dropping the tax hammer on people with multiple residences, and the Pelosis own a bunch of luxury real estate scattered hither and yon.

Posted by: torquewrench at April 06, 2016 07:41 AM (noWW6)

Bingo. Enough of Barry and Hillary's crony socialism. If the leftards in Silicon Valley and other assorted liberal areas really want to be fair let's jam it down their throats.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 06, 2016 07:53 AM (45oDG)

119 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 06, 2016 07:48 AM (p4UlV)

What you discouraged about J.J.?

_________________________________

"Why don't you ask them."

Don't need to ask them. They think withn their support and guidance they will get more of the same. Not so?

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Bitten by the lazy bug. at April 06, 2016 07:53 AM (WVsWD)

120 @94. There is no way that could be kosher.

Posted by: Case, Mors Semper Tyrannis at April 06, 2016 07:53 AM (Bbcs8)

121
But the actual telephone death threat she received is a laugh riot, or a hoax, eh schmuck?

You are now beyond tiresome, tedious and irksome and now bordering on repugnant. You contribute nothing to legitimate discourse and are better off over at Conservative Outhouse or Gateway. Please go away. Far, far away.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 06, 2016 07:35 AM (p4UlV)
_________________________

~sniff-sniff~

Posted by: Michelle Fields at April 06, 2016 07:55 AM (HSmrB)

122 "Comment from a kid about Hillary:

She tries too hard to connect to the young generation. According to her she is grandma."

Makes sense. But what about Bernie? He is even older and decrepit than the witch and the yoots are flocking to him like a hip new band.

Posted by: Ripley at April 06, 2016 07:42 AM (1BQGO)

They've been brainwashed for years that socialism is the best thing ever and makes everything fair. So when Comrade Bernie shows up their soggy little brains react to him being their hero.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 06, 2016 07:55 AM (45oDG)

123 But they have to show identification, right?

Posted by: ugg wigs at April 06, 2016 07:53 AM (ZnIt3)
==========================================

In a way. When I worked elections in the past, "I.D." could mean somebody came along with you and told the election worker "Hey - he lives on my street!". Wish I was kidding. An electric bill would work just fine too.

Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at April 06, 2016 07:55 AM (dFi94)

124 It's almost as if they're saying, "Socialism will work once white people are in charge of it."

Posted by: V the K at April 06, 2016 07:52 AM (O7MnT)

Their policies really are just the White Man's Burden repackaged with some new rhetoric. All of them basically think that all of their minority constituents can't take care of themselves thus need their Benevolent Government Overlords to do it for them.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at April 06, 2016 07:56 AM (J+mig)

125 What exactly is "our side"?

Conservatives want smaller government.

You keep saying that. Name the candidate that will eliminate entire departments not authorized by the constitution.

Because THAT is making government smaller.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 06, 2016 07:57 AM (WDy4l)

126 the socialists and the nationalists both want uniforms.

I attended one (1) meeting of my town's Young Republicans Club.
At 45-ish at the time, I was the "youngest" one there. The entire meeting was devoted to a discussion of the need for school uniforms.

I told them they talked like Democrats. They tried to recruit me to run for office.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 06, 2016 07:58 AM (xq1UY)

127 "I am seeing stories about voter suppression in Wisconsin because of the new Voter ID law. Oddly enough all of that voter suppression drove the State to have a record voter turnout last night."

Ha! The line moved slowly yesterday but I thought that was due to understaffing at the polls and a lot of yutes feeling the Bern registering to vote. (Apparently, many of those geniuses voted for Sanders but not for anybody else, including Kloppie, while the Republicans remembered to fill out the rest of their ballot.)

I flashed my driver's license - which does not have my current address on it. No matter, it was still a photo ID. It took 2 seconds for the poll worker to verify that it was me. Ah, yes, how onerous, what oppression.

Posted by: Donna&&&&V (a white) (whitely brandishing ampersand privilege ) at April 06, 2016 07:59 AM (P8951)

128 "Wonder what all those former Bush people now on team Cruzie want?"

The piece at Diana West's site, about the immigration "superlawyer" in Houston who was a big wheel in the finance side of the Jeb Bush operation, and who has now shifted over to supporting Cruz after being personally approached to do so by Ted, is pretty damn disconcerting.

The reek of Uniparty amnesty shenanigans was extremely strong.

I'm glad I'm not emotionally invested in Cruz, or in any other Republican candidate, because that's the sort of thing that would be driving me to drink.

Posted by: torquewrench at April 06, 2016 07:59 AM (noWW6)

129 It's almost as if they're saying, "Socialism will work once white people are in charge of it."

Well of course. Their examples of socialism to emulate are always white-people socialism, never brown-people socialism, which we are told isn't "real socialism".

Posted by: chemjeff at April 06, 2016 07:59 AM (uZNvH)

130 I'm worried about Sanders in the general. People love this guy. His ubiquitous campaign signs and bumper stickers rival Ron Paul for shear numbers. But Ron Paul never really challenged in the primaries.
_____________________________________________

6
Wouldn't you think that Skankles is a wee bit embarrassed this morning,
what with her being beaten like a yard dog by the geriatric
Socialist?Again.

Posted by: TX ette, resigned to accept the fresh hell at April 06, 2016 06:42 AM (A22Ea)

Posted by: Pyrocles at April 06, 2016 07:59 AM (fVOPU)

131 "So I ask again, which exactly is the "our side" that I am supposed to shut up and fall in line behind?"

Apparently, it's the Status Quo side.

This side will tinker around the edges of the establishment government using people who ran for coffee and drove the van in Iowa as Assistant Secretaries of Commerce, negotiating trade deals like we're used to.

Because nothing the Status Quo side will propose is meant to change anything, it won't excite the general public so it will never be enacted. Continuing resolution...

Same shit, different line of rhetoric.

Posted by: jwest at April 06, 2016 08:00 AM (Zs4uk)

132 I'd vote for HRC before I cast my vote for the kind and gentle Donald Trump.

Posted by: Mr. Ed at April 06, 2016 07:12 AM (BO/km)

That's real genius right there.////

Posted by: RickZ at April 06, 2016 08:01 AM (gt6Nv)

133 121 ~sniff-sniff~

Posted by: Michelle Fields at April 06, 2016 07:55 AM (HSmrB)

Please don't take this the wrong way, but get fvcked.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 06, 2016 08:01 AM (p4UlV)

134 At an event in Elmont, N.Y., on Tuesday morning, Yahoo News asked President Clinton about the superdelegate system and the frequently voiced criticism that it is unfair.

"I don't answer questions on a rope line, but I got a good answer for you," President Clinton said. And then moved on.

In other words, fck you dimwit. How's that for fair?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 06, 2016 08:01 AM (45oDG)

135
You keep saying that. Name the candidate that will eliminate entire departments not authorized by the constitution.

Because THAT is making government smaller.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 06, 2016 07:57 AM (WDy4l)
https://www.tedcruz.org/five-for-freedom-summary/

It's a good start
Of course in my cold little libertarian heart I would like to see many more government agencies abolished. But that is a good start above.

Posted by: chemjeff at April 06, 2016 08:01 AM (uZNvH)

136
Okay, gang. Off to an actual office for a change of pace. "Michelle Fields" vayr ge hargit. The rest of you, keep on keeping it IS-real.

Sefton out.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 06, 2016 08:03 AM (p4UlV)

137 I like the idea of school uniforms. Much easier than shopping for school clothes for girls. Everything out there now is slutty.

When my kids were in Christian school, there were dress codes. Finding actual clothes in actual stores to meet those codes gave me at least 150 gray hairs. Especially for my daughter. It would have been so much easier if they had just gone to uniforms. Try finding a button down shirt with a collar and sleeves for an eleven year old girl.

Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at April 06, 2016 08:03 AM (dFi94)

138 g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 06, 2016 08:03 AM (ZQfW9)

139 Everyone thinks the Dem voters will fall in line like sheep behind Hill even if Sanders wins more primaries because they are sheep. I think that's true of the older Bernie fans, but the yutes? The generation of entitled special snowflakes are going to see Bernie win again and again but not get the nomination and they're going to be all cool with that? Maybe. Possibly not.

Remember, we're seeing a lot of blue on blue action these days, as the radicals are turning on the libs. Perhaps the puppets that Soros has put into motion won't behave in exactly the way he thinks they are going to.

Posted by: Donna&&&&V (a white) (whitely brandishing ampersand privilege ) at April 06, 2016 08:04 AM (P8951)

140 134 Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 06, 2016 08:01 AM (45oDG)

Elmont, NY eh? That's where most of my family is buried.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 06, 2016 08:04 AM (p4UlV)

141 It's a good start
Of course in my cold little libertarian heart I would like to see many more government agencies abolished. But that is a good start above.

You honestly think Ted Cruz will eliminate DOT? Education?
I serve up those two softballs because they are duplicated 50 times at the state level.

What legislation has TC submitted as a senator that makes you think he would eliminate any department?

Posted by: rickb223 at April 06, 2016 08:04 AM (WDy4l)

142
Please don't take this the wrong way, but get fvcked.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 06, 2016 08:01 AM (p4UlV)
_______________________

I'll try,, but this body cast is gonna' get in the way...

Posted by: Michelle Fields at April 06, 2016 08:04 AM (HSmrB)

143 Eliminating named departments saves a little on overhead and administration, maybe. To really get somewhere, you have to eliminate functions. Burning down the IRS building, and then having the Census Bureau collect taxes, is no big win. And, watch for them to do that kind of trick.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 06, 2016 08:05 AM (xq1UY)

144 Wasn't it about the middle of April when hillary started to tank in 2008? It's deja vu all over again.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at April 06, 2016 08:07 AM (iONHu)

145 Time to note that ARG is a crap pollster that just makes up numbers for attention.

ARG is about as reliable as Buzzfeed or Gawker.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 06, 2016 08:08 AM (V2Yro)

146 There are now 1.82 million illegal muslims in the EU.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at April 06, 2016 08:08 AM (iQIUe)

147 Posted by: chemjeff at April 06, 2016 08:01 AM (uZNvH)

I forsee craptons of veto overrides by Congress.

TeeHee.......

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Bitten by the lazy bug. at April 06, 2016 08:09 AM (WVsWD)

148 Posted by: DonnaV (a white) (whitely brandishing ampersand privilege ) at April 06, 2016 08:04 AM (P8951)
=========================================

At least we still have a conservative Supreme Court. Kloppy can go back to her wholistic herbal cleansing store in Madison, or wherever the heck she's from.

Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at April 06, 2016 08:09 AM (dFi94)

149 Government persecution.

http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/230783

Posted by: steevy at April 06, 2016 08:10 AM (B48dK)

150 Makes sense. But what about Bernie? He is even older and decrepit than the witch and the yoots are flocking to him like a hip new band.

Posted by: Ripley at April 06, 2016 07:42 AM (1BQGO)

--

Yeah, it's hard for me to understand. The same kid likes Bernie, and yet said this: Bernie looks like the crazy old guy in every movie waving a sign and yelling that the world is ending.

I think they like Bernie because he's kind of a mascot to them?
Or maybe they are responding to his perceived authenticity?
Plus, socialism = cool and rebellious?

Posted by: @votermom at April 06, 2016 08:11 AM (nbrY/)

151 143
Eliminating named departments saves a little on overhead and
administration, maybe. To really get somewhere, you have to eliminate functions.
Burning down the IRS building, and then having the Census Bureau
collect taxes, is no big win. And, watch for them to do that kind of
trick.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 06, 2016 08:05 AM (xq1UY)

Streamlining the tax code would reduce the amount of manpower required to operate the function. Have you ever looked up what the cost of compliance with the federal tax code is to our own government? It's staggering. It costs billions just by existing. Simplifying it would cut out a lot of that.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at April 06, 2016 08:11 AM (J+mig)

152 Wow. Even copy and pasting Donna's nic strips the ampersands. What's that about?

Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at April 06, 2016 08:11 AM (dFi94)

153 "When I worked elections in the past, 'I.D.' could mean somebody came
along with you and told the election worker 'Hey - he lives on my
street!'. Wish I was kidding. An electric bill would work just fine too."

Here's how it works around here.

Poll worker at door: "Hi, what street do you live on? Okay, go to that table."

Poll worker at table: "Hi, what's your address? 123 Primrose Path? [consults ledger] And your name is? All right, sign here."

And they hand you your ballot. That's it.

Posted by: torquewrench at April 06, 2016 08:12 AM (noWW6)

154 "There are now 1.82 million illegal muslims in the EU."

Don't worry, only a small percentage wish to kill infidels.

(They make up for it in volume)

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 06, 2016 08:12 AM (ptqRm)

155 Dump up.

Posted by: HH at April 06, 2016 08:12 AM (DrCtv)

156 Anecdotal data warning......3 of 5 of my teacher friends here in NW WI voted for Trump in a coordinated Operation Chaos plan to stop Cruz. They are nominally huge Bernie fans. If that scaled state wide, cruz's victory is even more impressive.

Posted by: Muad'dib at April 06, 2016 08:12 AM (7xYDy)

157 You honestly think Ted Cruz will eliminate DOT? Education?

I serve up those two softballs because they are duplicated 50 times at the state level.

What legislation has TC submitted as a senator that makes you think he would eliminate any department?

Posted by: rickb223 at April 06, 2016 08:04 AM (WDy4l)
None that I"m aware of. But now you are shifting the goalposts. You asked which candidate proposed eliminating departments. I gave you one. Then you asked if he proposed legislation that would eliminate departments. Sure it is a risk that if Cruz wins he won't eliminate anything. But he is the only one actually proposing eliminating them, out of all the ones remaining.
So if I am on "Team Conservative" and I want to reduce government, why should I support Trump, who hasn't proposed eliminating any departments, and in fact wants to make many of them bigger?

Posted by: chemjeff at April 06, 2016 08:12 AM (uZNvH)

158 Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at April 06, 2016 08:03 AM (dFi94)

I wore school uniforms too, in both grade and high school. They not only saved my parents a ton of money, they took the pressure off of us kids too. My high school was a Catholic girls school with students from a wide variety of socio-economic backgrounds. There were rich girls who got new cars on their 16th birthday and kids who had to work in the cafeteria to help pay tuition. But we all wore the same uniforms.

Every so often, we would have dress up and dress down days and those days were treats. On a day to day basis, nobody had to worry about not having the "right" jeans or shoes (saddle shoes or loafers being pretty much universal).

Posted by: Donna&&&&V (a white) (whitely brandishing ampersand privilege ) at April 06, 2016 08:13 AM (P8951)

159 143 Eliminating named departments saves a little on overhead and administration, maybe. To really get somewhere, you have to eliminate functions. Burning down the IRS building, and then having the Census Bureau collect taxes, is no big win. And, watch for them to do that kind of trick.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 06, 2016 08:05 AM (xq1UY)

--

My idea is to eliminate the IRS and have the state's collect money and remit a portion to the Fed.
This scheme would:
a) have the support of the States
b) naturally shrink the Feds as the States would get ever more stingy

Posted by: @votermom at April 06, 2016 08:14 AM (nbrY/)

160 >>>While we've all been paying attention to the GOP primary, it shouldn't go unnoticed that Democrat primary voters pretty much hate Hillary Clinton. So there's that.

*cackles in indeterminate, possibly Klingon or Orcish, accent*

Shall I restate my some of my unbeatable a$$ets?

1.) 30+ million illegal yardworking rapists/murderers/drunk-drivers ready to sign their "Si, Jefe!" on their pre-completed voter-ballots

2.) A vast, left-wing media/entertainment-machine that tirelessly covers and indoctrinates for me

3.) gajillions in $oro$ and other "domestic" campaign-dinero

I'd go on, but my woman's taking me in for a shave & a trim this morning, and Huma's in need of some "face-to-face" time with me, IYKWIMAITYD.

Fear the Vag.

Vote the Vag!

VAG 2016!

Posted by: Shrillary's Vagina at April 06, 2016 08:14 AM (mKmMD)

161 If you are a baseball fan and haven't seen him pitch yet, I highly recommend watching Noah Syndergaard's next start. He was throwing his sinker yesterday at an average speed of 99.7 mph. Average. Oh and he was tossing his slider at 95 mph.

And he's only 23.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 06, 2016 08:15 AM (/tuJf)

162 I have no faith that politicians are ever going to eliminate whole departments or cut back entitlements; but I have a lot of faith that math will eventually.

Posted by: V the K at April 06, 2016 08:16 AM (O7MnT)

163 My idea is to eliminate the IRS and have the state's collect money and remit a portion to the Fed.

This scheme would:

a) have the support of the States

b) naturally shrink the Feds as the States would get ever more stingy

Posted by: @votermom at April 06, 2016 08:14 AM (nbrY/)
If you are talking about asking the states to become tax collectors *on behalf of the feds*, then that has real state sovereignty issues.

Posted by: chemjeff at April 06, 2016 08:17 AM (uZNvH)

164 Here's how it works around here.

Poll worker at door: "Hi, what street do you live on? Okay, go to that table."

Poll worker at table: "Hi, what's your address? 123 Primrose Path? [consults ledger] And your name is? All right, sign here."

And they hand you your ballot. That's it.

Posted by: torquewrench at April 06, 2016 08:12 AM (noWW6)
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Yeah, that's how it worked here too until this election when we finally got voter ID, after two or three rounds in the courts. What I was talking about was the actual on-the-spot Registration, where theoretically you were supposed to show actual ID. But a "neighbor" (usually from Illinois) could "verify" you by simply claiming you and your dog lived next door on such and such street (usually on 22nd Ave for those familiar with Kenosha). Swearsies.

Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at April 06, 2016 08:17 AM (dFi94)

165 "Have you ever looked up what the cost of compliance with the federal tax code is to our own government? It's staggering. It costs billions just by existing. Simplifying it would cut out a lot of that."

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at April 06, 2016 08:11 AM (J+mig)

You're talking about radical change.

The only way radical change is going to take place is with a radical change candidate.

The trouble is, sometimes a radical change candidate is going to embarrass people.

Like Ace.

And John Kerry.

It's better to stick with what we have now.

Posted by: jwest at April 06, 2016 08:18 AM (Zs4uk)

166 None that I"m aware of. But now you are shifting the goalposts. You asked which candidate proposed eliminating departments. I gave you one. Then you asked if he proposed legislation that would eliminate departments.

No. I asked which one WOULD.
Proposed doesn't mean shit.
Budgets get proposed and shot down.

Do or do not. There is no propose.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 06, 2016 08:18 AM (WDy4l)

167 So a flare gun is not a firearm, according to Leviathan.

A flare gun with shotgun or rifled inserts is a firearm, according to Leviathan.

I want to get a flare gun and find a way to hide the inserts in plain sight.

That would be a fun, subversive thing to do.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at April 06, 2016 08:18 AM (eHpnh)

168 Posted by: JackStraw at April 06, 2016 08:15 AM (/tuJf)
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Royals, right?

Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at April 06, 2016 08:19 AM (dFi94)

169 @151 I do not intend to streamline or simplify government. My intent is to reduce it.

I didn't say that. Barry Goldwater said that.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 06, 2016 08:19 AM (xq1UY)

170 Some flare guns are apparently grenade launchers too. Just sayin.'

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at April 06, 2016 08:19 AM (eHpnh)

171 AN OBSERVATION:

There are two landmark phases in a man's life.

The first occurs in his 40's when he realizes that he needs to start shaving his ears.

The second occurs in his 60's when he no longer cares whether he shaves his ears. Truly a liberating moment.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at April 06, 2016 08:19 AM (NeFrd)

172 If you are talking about asking the states to become tax collectors *on behalf of the feds*, then that has real state sovereignty issues.
Posted by: chemjeff at April 06, 2016 08:17 AM (uZNvH)

--
My idea is that the Feds (well actually Congress) say to the States, based on your population, you need to contribute X amount to the upkeep of the federal government. It's up to the States to decide how to raise the money.

The federal income tax itself is completely eliminated.

The best part would be the Congressional fights about this. Each Congressman and Senator would return to being advocates of their own State since that's where the money is. Instead of what happens now where they become employees of DC.

Posted by: @votermom at April 06, 2016 08:22 AM (nbrY/)

173 Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at April 06, 2016 08:19 AM (NeFrd)
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But nose hairs are never in style.

Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at April 06, 2016 08:23 AM (dFi94)

174 You're talking about radical change.

The only way radical change is going to take place is with a radical change candidate.

The trouble is, sometimes a radical change candidate is going to embarrass people.

--

Yup.

Posted by: @votermom at April 06, 2016 08:23 AM (nbrY/)

175 My idea is that the Feds (well actually Congress)
say to the States, based on your population, you need to contribute X
amount to the upkeep of the federal government. It's up to the States to
decide how to raise the money.

Posted by: @votermom at April 06, 2016 08:22 AM (nbrY/)

Please tell me illegal aliens are inculded in the calculation.

Posted by: schizoid at April 06, 2016 08:25 AM (nmkX3)

176 >>Royals, right?

Mets. He shut down the Royals yesterday, 6 ip, 3 hits, 0 BB, 9 Ks, 0 ER.

The Mets staff really is incredible.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 06, 2016 08:25 AM (/tuJf)

177 Please tell me illegal aliens are inculded in the calculation.
Posted by: schizoid at April 06, 2016 08:25 AM (nmkX3)

Of course!

Posted by: @votermom at April 06, 2016 08:25 AM (nbrY/)

178 One of the most worrisome thing about the people who believe that Trump can do what he claims is that automatic assumption that he can rule by decree, like an Emperor. No legislation, no working with congress, no worrying about the courts.

The Emperor will fix it all!!! Does anybody out there actually support our constitution anymore?

And THIS is how democracies fall. Big parts of BOTH parties now simply want an Emperor who will rule by decree, they only differ in the groups they want their Emperor to promote.

I'm starting to wish that all of the wanna-be Emperors could end up the way that most of the old Emperors did.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 06, 2016 08:27 AM (V2Yro)

179 >>You're talking about radical change.

>>The only way radical change is going to take place is with a radical change candidate.

>>The trouble is, sometimes a radical change candidate is going to embarrass people.

Why not elect real radical change like Bernie Sanders? He's not that much to the left of Trump and he will embarrass you too.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 06, 2016 08:27 AM (/tuJf)

180 The only way radical change is going to take place is with a radical change candidate.

The trouble is, sometimes a radical change candidate is going to embarrass people.
============================================

But just because you embarrass people does not mean you are going to make radical changes. One does not automatically lead to the other. Sometimes you embarrass people simply because you're embarrassing. Not because of policy decisions you plan to carry out.

Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at April 06, 2016 08:28 AM (dFi94)

181 Californians were foolish enough to gift Senator Ma'am with a career in federal politics, but she is herself not a product of the state.

By their fruits you shall know them.

Posted by: Duncanthrax the Bellicose at April 06, 2016 08:28 AM (sOhww)

182 The Mets staff really is incredible.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 06, 2016 08:25 AM (/tuJf)
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Okay that's a bridge too far. No way am I watching the Mets.

Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at April 06, 2016 08:29 AM (dFi94)

183 "175 My idea is that the Feds (well actually Congress)
say to the States, based on your population, you need to contribute X
amount to the upkeep of the federal government. It's up to the States to
decide how to raise the money.

Posted by: @votermom at April 06, 2016 08:22 AM (nbrY/)"

The old Confederacy was basically set up that way. The problem was that, as soon as things got hard, the various states simply quit contributing anything, and the central authority couldn't do anything about it. That's when they started floating worthless bonds and printing huge amounts of currency, making all of the confederate currency in circulation completely worthless.

And THIS had a huge bearing on why Lee's army couldn't get any shoes, or food, or ammunition in the final months of the war. Although it isn't talked about much, this policy was a huge part of the reason that the Confederacy lost and the Federal Government won that war.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 06, 2016 08:32 AM (V2Yro)

184 The other thing about radical change is that it is painful.
We see that with Obama. But he manages to keep the pain mostly on the backs of his enemies and he gets away with it because he US protected by his followers.

If you want radical change the person who implements it must have some kind of massive following too.

Bernie is rather scary in this regard because he dies. On the bright side he is a physical coward, easily intimidated.

Posted by: @votermom at April 06, 2016 08:33 AM (nbrY/)

185 Posted by: Tom Servo at April 06, 2016 08:32 AM (V2Yro)

Dang, I knew there was a flaw. Quick, we need a carrot / stick!

Posted by: @votermom at April 06, 2016 08:34 AM (nbrY/)

186 146 There are now 1.82 million illegal muslims in the EU.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at April 06, 2016 08:08 AM (iQIUe)

And if even 1 percent are jihadis that's a sizable security threat.

Posted by: joncelli, Now 50% More Bilious! at April 06, 2016 08:36 AM (uz/Pv)

187 Please don't take this the wrong way, but get fvcked.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 06, 2016 08:01 AM (p4UlV)

Circular firing squad....Ready, Fire, aim!

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at April 06, 2016 08:38 AM (0IhFx)

188 BOOOOOOOOO.
HOOOOOOOOO.
NOT FAIR!
LYING TED STOLE IT! I just KNOW he did!
WAAAAAAAAAAAA!

Posted by: Trump!!!! at April 06, 2016 08:41 AM (vFmT2)

189 My idea is for the states to grow backbones and tell the Feds to shove off.

Posted by: WannabeAnglican at April 06, 2016 08:46 AM (vFmT2)

190
@126 The entire meeting was devoted to a discussion of the need for school uniforms.

"I like the idea of school uniforms."
"It would have been so much easier if they had just gone to uniforms."

Yep. That's pretty much what it sounded like.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 06, 2016 08:48 AM (xq1UY)

191
I was hoping the Panama Papers would be something good.

It turns out to be a Soros funded project to manipulate the global financial markets. All is proceeding as planned.

Posted by: Ed Anger at April 06, 2016 08:52 AM (RcpcZ)

192 But the actual telephone death threat she received is a laugh riot, or a hoax, eh schmuck?

You are now beyond tiresome, tedious and irksome and now bordering on repugnant. You contribute nothing to legitimate discourse and are better off over at Conservative Outhouse or Gateway. Please go away. Far, far away.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 06, 2016 07:35 AM (p4UlV)

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He's hilarious. Get stuffed, JJ.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at April 06, 2016 09:13 AM (iQIUe)

193 Posted by: Michelle Fields at April 06, 2016 07:55 AM (HSmrB)

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Dont you ever leave, Michelle!

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at April 06, 2016 09:14 AM (iQIUe)

194 Anyone who actually casts a vote for Hillary
Clinton, know that you're enabling evil. It's not "Let it burn". Its'
enabling evil, pure and simple. If you don't get a candidate that suits
your conscience, you can just stay home, or only vote in down-ticket
races, make a write-in, or even vote for a third party.
Under no circumstances should anyone in this Horde ever vote for Hillary Clinton.
.Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at April 06, 2016 07:20 AM (J+mig)

If it comes to it I will write in a superior candidate, Daffy Duck then vote for candidates down ballot.

I advocate that everyone not voting for the Republican presidential candidate write in Daffy Duck.

Posted by: Ralph at April 06, 2016 12:38 PM (eurcn)

195 Does anyone bother to ask the left about any actual policy or priority differences s between obama, Clinton, and Sanders?

Posted by: Shiggz at April 06, 2016 03:07 PM (G7wcY)

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