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Cruz: The Alliance With the Idiot Prick John Kasich Is Dead
Kasich needed Cruz to win Indiana as much as Cruz needed that -- both men's only hope relies on a contested convention, and a contested convention requires someone other than Trump to win Indiana.
But Kasich immediately repudiated their alliance and began making noises that he was competing there as hard as ever. For some reason. Probably because he's a prick, and he's dumb, and has an ego more bloated than his stomach after all that disgusting eating. Now Cruz acknowledges the reality of the situation: You can't trust the son of a federally-employed mailman to deliver anything. Alliance is over.Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Skip at April 28, 2016 03:43 PM (8BJMp)
Posted by: kathysaysso at April 28, 2016 03:44 PM (43OZ6)
Posted by: Flyguy at April 28, 2016 03:45 PM (jPzM7)
Posted by: Lemonjello Hogleg at April 28, 2016 03:45 PM (n5rgm)
Posted by: donna at April 28, 2016 03:45 PM (O2RFr)
Kasich is pretty much Johnny Ola.
Posted by: Mr. Rourke at April 28, 2016 03:45 PM (T0BVJ)
Posted by: Marcus T at April 28, 2016 03:46 PM (O0lVq)
Posted by: Jeb! (pronounced Hay-bb!) at April 28, 2016 03:46 PM (ml1PM)
Posted by: Flyguy at April 28, 2016 03:46 PM (jPzM7)
His actions are puzzling, at best.
Posted by: tbodie at April 28, 2016 03:47 PM (sNYFR)
Posted by: JackStraw at April 28, 2016 03:47 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Soona at April 28, 2016 03:47 PM (Fmupd)
Never trust a guy who jabbers in public with his mouth full of food.
It's disgusting.
That is all.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 28, 2016 03:47 PM (FsuaD)
Cruz has both Trump and Katshit trying to undermine him.
Posted by: Mimzey at April 28, 2016 03:47 PM (aRUb8)
Posted by: The Boehner/Trump/Clinton Axis of Uni-Party at April 28, 2016 03:48 PM (Ndje9)
Posted by: AD at April 28, 2016 03:48 PM (J3JY/)
Posted by: jwest at April 28, 2016 03:48 PM (Zs4uk)
Posted by: ThunderB at April 28, 2016 03:48 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: ScottJ at April 28, 2016 03:48 PM (kEFn+)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 28, 2016 03:49 PM (R+30W)
I feel bad Cruz. He's been getting hit from all sides for the last 4 years, including the piece of shit "conservatives" who abandoned him during his obamacare filibuster in 2013.
Posted by: Mr. Rourke at April 28, 2016 03:49 PM (T0BVJ)
Posted by: USA at April 28, 2016 03:49 PM (tfM+W)
"For some reason. Probably because he's a prick, and he's dumb, and has
an ego more bloated than his stomach after all that disgusting eating."
Until I got to the end.
Why is Kasich the 'prick' and 'dumb,' but Cruz cannot be these things for agreeing to the same silly pact?
Posted by: K-E at April 28, 2016 03:49 PM (Fa5m9)
Posted by: kraken at April 28, 2016 03:49 PM (zuTLp)
Daily Mail has the most delightful picture of Kasich's brother
looks like the unibombers pot dealer
Posted by: ThunderB at April 28, 2016 03:49 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: wooga at April 28, 2016 03:49 PM (fnK0F)
Posted by: tbodie at April 28, 2016 03:47 PM (sNYFR)
Not really. He is trying to block Cruz.
Posted by: Mimzey at April 28, 2016 03:50 PM (aRUb8)
Posted by: wooga at April 28, 2016 03:50 PM (fnK0F)
It was a stumble, but he's gotten up again and is moving on. We'll see how it turns out.
Both he and Trump seem deluded enough to think that the GOPe will allow either one to be the nominee.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at April 28, 2016 03:50 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: brak at April 28, 2016 03:51 PM (MJuTN)
>Leave the dealmaking to the expert.
Posted by: jwest at April 28, 2016 03:48 PM
I'm pretty sure you can take a course in that at Trump University!
Posted by: garrett at April 28, 2016 03:51 PM (etV2e)
Posted by: Satan of Cloggenwurst Vt at April 28, 2016 03:51 PM (qSIlh)
It's clear now, isn't it?
The GOP is helping Cruz just enough to hurt Trump. The GOP is also helping Kasich limp along to keep a leash on Cruz.
Once again, the GOP is fucking YOU over with their manipulations.
Posted by: Mr. Rourke at April 28, 2016 03:51 PM (T0BVJ)
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at April 28, 2016 03:51 PM (KUaJL)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 28, 2016 03:51 PM (BK3ZS)
Posted by: John Kasich at April 28, 2016 03:52 PM (k4M/B)
Of course, all of this means nothing because according to Sen. Cruz there is no alliance with John Kasich, and it seems the last ditch "pissing-their-pants" movement to Draft Mattis never asked the general if he was interested.
So this all winds down to the voters in the primaries while people here sling their last loads of bitterness at the people that are closest to them for the unspeakable crime of having a different opinion.
Going to have to switch to the Summer General Campaign Stock soon.
Bitch towels, recrimination sauce, red whines, scandal sandals, itty-bitty-teeny-weeny-blamey-bikinis...all the usual.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Hire Instigators, Inc. to Spice Up Your Formal Dinner! An Outrage Outlet subsidiary. at April 28, 2016 03:46 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Hire Instigators, Inc. to Spice Up Your Formal Dinner! An Outrage Outlet subsidiary. at April 28, 2016 03:53 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Soona at April 28, 2016 03:53 PM (Fmupd)
Posted by: kraken at April 28, 2016 03:53 PM (zuTLp)
The deal died of Infant Deal Syndrome.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 28, 2016 03:53 PM (1xUj/)
Why is Kasich the 'prick' and 'dumb,' but Cruz cannot be these things for agreeing to the same silly pact?
Posted by: K-E at April 28, 2016 03:49 PM (Fa5m9)
Because Kasich is a dumb prick...and may I add, has a history of being liberal dumb prick? Oh!...and an arrogant dumb prick.
Posted by: Mimzey at April 28, 2016 03:53 PM (aRUb8)
Posted by: Donald Trump at April 28, 2016 03:53 PM (LYCUN)
Posted by: garrett at April 28, 2016 03:51 PM (etV2e)
Want to see the results when a dealmaker does it?
Go replay the video of Christie and Carson after they dropped out. Like puppies waiting for a bone.
Cruz and Kasich couldn't negotiate something that would hold together for a week.
Posted by: jwest at April 28, 2016 03:54 PM (Zs4uk)
He's at a rally in Oregon right now making a stump speech.
Bernie isn't giving up he's just cutting back on his staff. Apparently socialism really does only work until you run out of other peoples' money.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at April 28, 2016 03:54 PM (39g3+)
38 One bit of good news today. Bernie is giving it up.
Posted by: Soona at April 28, 2016 03:53 PM (Fmupd)
He'll always have Vermont, and Ms Cloggenstein.
Posted by: kraken at April 28, 2016 03:54 PM (zuTLp)
GOPe - Your One Stop Shopping Place for Floppy Wieners.
Posted by: naturalfake at April 28, 2016 03:54 PM (0cMkb)
says Kasich is one of the smartest people he knows
wouldnt that be interesting
Posted by: ThunderB at April 28, 2016 03:55 PM (zOTsN)
A robot dressed up as a panda with a bomb and got shot by cops. Developing...
Posted by: Mr. Rourke at April 28, 2016 03:55 PM (T0BVJ)
Posted by: Fritz at April 28, 2016 03:55 PM (UzPAd)
Perhaps this is what the GOP needs, a real good cleaning out of the Good Old Boy network starting with a repudiation like this.
Bugger it has to be at this time, but that's life in Mordor for ya.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Hire Instigators, Inc. to Spice Up Your Formal Dinner! An Outrage Outlet subsidiary. at April 28, 2016 03:55 PM (hLRSq)
WASTF.
Posted by: Ripley at April 28, 2016 03:55 PM (1BQGO)
Per Rasmusssen, Clinton and Trump tied among likely voters.
http://bit.ly/1VWBDBW
Annnnnnnd go!
Posted by: alexthechick - Destroyer of Gaia and Seductress of Savagery at April 28, 2016 03:55 PM (mf5HN)
Posted by: andycanuck at April 28, 2016 03:55 PM (jVvcc)
Way to read the people.
Posted by: Community Organizer at April 28, 2016 03:55 PM (9VLhN)
O Allah, please to be letting the Peshmerga rockets come and the bullets be hitting me!! Inshallah!! I can no longer take Abu Hajaar with his casings hitting me and Abu Abdullah roasting me with the backblast!! Bring me the swift death and let me roll around in the dust crying to you, allahu ackbar!!
Yours in faith,
Abu Headcam, Republican Voter
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at April 28, 2016 03:55 PM (ej28x)
Posted by: OK, Thanks, Bye at April 28, 2016 03:55 PM (ucB75)
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at April 28, 2016 03:56 PM (0LHZx)
In fact, most dicks have a mind of their own.
Posted by: USA at April 28, 2016 03:56 PM (tfM+W)
Posted by: ThunderB at April 28, 2016 03:56 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Satan of Cloggenwurst Vt at April 28, 2016 03:56 PM (qSIlh)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 28, 2016 03:56 PM (ptqRm)
Posted by: Mary Clogginstien from Brattleboro, Vt at April 28, 2016 03:56 PM (NuElX)
Posted by: Bernard Sanders at April 28, 2016 03:56 PM (k8tEg)
He ends up on trial for Fraud?
He ends up hiding behind Bankruptcy Law?
He can't release his Taxes because it would prove he's always been lying about his net worth for decades?
...
Posted by: garrett at April 28, 2016 03:56 PM (etV2e)
Posted by: Mimzey at April 28, 2016 03:47 PM (aRUb
No they are not out to undermine him. Trump and Kasich are opponents of Cruz for the nomination. There is no betrayal by Trump and only a whisper of one by Kasich.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Hire Instigators, Inc. to Spice Up Your Formal Dinner! An Outrage Outlet subsidiary. at April 28, 2016 03:57 PM (hLRSq)
He's going to win Indiana.
He will get to 1252.
I called it, write it down.
The only question remaining is his running mate.
I had hoped for a Trump/Cruz but this little stunt by Cruz and naming a VP before he's the nominee all but eliminates that outcome.
So Trump/Cotton 2016 - GOTTERDAMARUNGG NOW!!
Posted by: Kreplach at April 28, 2016 03:57 PM (3MZBD)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at April 28, 2016 03:57 PM (0O7c5)
Annnnnnnd go!
Posted by: alexthechick - Destroyer of Gaia and Seductress of Savagery at April 28, 2016 03:55 PM (mf5HN)
Eviil, AtC... watching slap fights....
Posted by: kraken at April 28, 2016 03:57 PM (zuTLp)
Posted by: Soona at April 28, 2016 03:53 PM (Fmupd)
Why is that good news?. I was hoping he would bleed support from Hillary and get the Leftists annoyed at her.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 28, 2016 03:57 PM (w4NZ8)
http://bit.ly/1VWBDBW
____
I saw this as a Trump guy.....Rasmussen polls are pretty much worthless. I'm not saying Trump can't beat the hag, just saying I don't trust anything any Rasmussen poll says.
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at April 28, 2016 03:57 PM (0LHZx)
Posted by: Skip at April 28, 2016 03:57 PM (8BJMp)
Posted by: Lauren at April 28, 2016 03:58 PM (yEyxB)
Posted by: Mr. Rourke at April 28, 2016 03:58 PM (T0BVJ)
When someone has the guts to tally up the tab of President Fuck-stick it is going to be a real heart-breaker.
Posted by: washrivergal at April 28, 2016 03:58 PM (CFc5L)
Posted by: ThunderB at April 28, 2016 03:58 PM (zOTsN)
He's at a rally in Oregon right now making a stump speech.
Bernie isn't giving up he's just cutting back on his staff. Apparently socialism really does only work until you run out of other peoples' money.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at April 28, 2016 03:54 PM (39g3+)
-----------------
Well crap. Oh, wait. Your right. And that crazy fat bitch is with him today.
Posted by: Soona at April 28, 2016 03:58 PM (Fmupd)
Posted by: Soona at April 28, 2016 03:53 PM (Fmupd)
____
He is? Last I read he was still going to fight in Cali.
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at April 28, 2016 03:58 PM (0LHZx)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 28, 2016 03:58 PM (1xUj/)
Posted by: John Kasich at April 28, 2016 03:59 PM (LYCUN)
Posted by: Dick Tracy Arresting John Kasich at April 28, 2016 03:59 PM (0cMkb)
Posted by: alexthechick - Destroyer of Gaia and Seductress of Savagery at April 28, 2016 03:55 PM (mf5HN)
You are almost as Cruel as you are Lovely, Empress.
Posted by: garrett at April 28, 2016 03:59 PM (etV2e)
The fact that this was immediately repudiated by Kasich the next day makes me wonder if any of it was ever true?
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at April 28, 2016 03:59 PM (39g3+)
Given that Reid is retiring that wouldn't have been much of an issue and since Trump is the likely nominee the question is how will Trump out maneuver Schumer, the guy he had donated to.
I'm going to get tired of all that winning.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 28, 2016 03:59 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Skip at April 28, 2016 03:59 PM (8BJMp)
I think it was Shaken Maybe Syndrome!
Posted by: andycanuck at April 28, 2016 03:59 PM (jVvcc)
Bernie let go 700 paid staff, from a total of 1,000
this is what quitting looks like. He is staying in only to dictate the party platform
I hope he gets everything he asks for
Posted by: ThunderB at April 28, 2016 03:59 PM (zOTsN)
"I slept like a baby." -- Boner after the reelection of his pal obama.
"Cruz is Lucifer in the flesh." -- Boner on a fellow Republican, Cruz.
Posted by: Mr. Rourke at April 28, 2016 03:59 PM (T0BVJ)
His actions are puzzling, at best.
Kasich is getting money from Soros, IIRC. That might be worth taking into consideration.
Posted by: Grey Fox at April 28, 2016 04:00 PM (bZ7mE)
AtC doing the SMOD work that regular meteorites won't do.
Posted by: tbodie at April 28, 2016 04:00 PM (sNYFR)
Paul Ryan is just as every bit a shitheel as Boner is, too.
Posted by: Mr. Rourke at April 28, 2016 04:00 PM (T0BVJ)
Like it or not, Trump has crafted a narrative of a rigged system. A narrative that is driving people in record numbers to vote. So these two geniuses get together and say, "hey I know how to stop Trump from getting more delegates! Let's play right into his hands and create an alliance. The voters will love that."
Fucking brilliant.
Posted by: Community Organizer at April 28, 2016 04:01 PM (9VLhN)
It does. It's not clear at all to me that he'll act against Good Old Boys who support him. Or he might. Who the f'k knows?
They all hate Cruz, though. And while I think Cruz has some personality issues that assist that, it still counts in the plus column for him.
Posted by: AD at April 28, 2016 04:01 PM (J3JY/)
Posted by: Kreplach at April 28, 2016 03:57 PM (3MZBD)
After all this, I don't see Trump trying to toss the GOPe a bone with his VP pick. Sure, he wants to unify the party, but he's going to be real careful not to pick someone that will destroy the outsider cache he's got going.
Even though the VP doesn't mean anything, Trump's pick is going to be a Big Fucking Deal.
Posted by: jwest at April 28, 2016 04:01 PM (Zs4uk)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 28, 2016 04:01 PM (V/InG)
You should apply for press secretary in the Trump Administration. Think of how much fun you'll have playing "Who gets Fed to the Ravage?" when the dumb questions come. And I bet you could even wear a tiara if you wanted. Maybe even a laser scepter.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Hire Instigators, Inc. to Spice Up Your Formal Dinner! An Outrage Outlet subsidiary. at April 28, 2016 04:02 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: x at April 28, 2016 04:02 PM (nFwvY)
You wold think the socialist do-gooders would be happy to stick around and work for free and the good of society since that is what they want everybody else to do. Weird.
Posted by: Ripley at April 28, 2016 04:02 PM (1BQGO)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 28, 2016 04:03 PM (qCMvj)
Posted by: Dick Tracy Arresting Hillary! at April 28, 2016 04:03 PM (0cMkb)
Yeah, his supporters are claiming he only has a few states left, so he doesn't need all those underpaid workers any more.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at April 28, 2016 04:03 PM (39g3+)
There were three jolly Republican candidates ..
Kay-Sick, Kay-Sick, Sick, Sick Sick
Posted by: Barney the Dinosaur For-ks America at April 28, 2016 04:03 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Bigby's Pricking Thumbs at April 28, 2016 04:03 PM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: kraken at April 28, 2016 04:03 PM (zuTLp)
Even if the R's lose the House and Senate, which is likely, and they get it back in 2018 by conning us dupes once again they'll "stop" Hillary Clinton like they did obama, we'll be stuck with Ryan and McConnell as leaders.
Posted by: Mr. Rourke at April 28, 2016 04:04 PM (T0BVJ)
His actions are puzzling, at best.
Posted by: tbodie at April 28, 2016 03:47 PM (sNYFR)
Kasich is GOPe. His staying in the race keeps Trump from the nom a little longer.
Posted by: ReactionaryMonster Bravely supporting kittens at April 28, 2016 04:04 PM (uURQL)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 28, 2016 04:04 PM (qCMvj)
Posted by: kraken at April 28, 2016 04:03 PM (zuTLp)
- - - -
No way in hell.
Posted by: Community Organizer at April 28, 2016 04:04 PM (9VLhN)
Posted by: Fritz at April 28, 2016 04:05 PM (UzPAd)
I expect Trump to ask what happened to all the "love" Clinton had for him when
he last donated money to her. Did she bank it all on Wall Street (or
at the Clinton Foundation) ?
This will be the ultimate cringeworthy moment of the campaign.
Best of all it gives Bernie Sanders supporters one more reason to stay home.
Posted by: Richard Nixon at April 28, 2016 04:05 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Mr. Rourke at April 28, 2016 04:05 PM (T0BVJ)
WTF Oklahoma
**Hangs head in shame**
He really is (used to be? ) better than that.
Posted by: tbodie at April 28, 2016 04:05 PM (sNYFR)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 28, 2016 04:05 PM (qCMvj)
Biggest mistake in Cruz's campaign to date. Trusting anyone in the GOP.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 28, 2016 04:04 PM (qCMvj)
Well, yes. They have their fruits to be known by.
Posted by: kraken at April 28, 2016 04:06 PM (zuTLp)
Posted by: Mr. Rourke at April 28, 2016 04:06 PM (T0BVJ)
Posted by: Wozniak > Jobs at April 28, 2016 04:06 PM (QX0Xt)
Think of how much fun you'll have playing "Who gets Fed to the Ravage?" when the dumb questions come.
There would be a cleansing unlike all others and J-schools would empty out in a flash.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 28, 2016 04:07 PM (BK3ZS)
Posted by: John Boehner at April 28, 2016 04:07 PM (LYCUN)
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at April 28, 2016 04:08 PM (iONHu)
Wasn't Boehner all about civility and civil debates and no name-calling?
Oh that's right. He was referring only to Democrats, his political enemies, not conservatives, his real political enemies.
Posted by: Mr. Rourke at April 28, 2016 04:08 PM (T0BVJ)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 28, 2016 04:08 PM (qCMvj)
--
This is what happens when her office kitchen taunts her with big tasty cupcakes.
Posted by: @votermom at April 28, 2016 04:08 PM (nbrY/)
Posted by: jwest
.............
Melania!
No.. no.. wait.. Ivanka or Donald Jr.. just like he tossed those other advisors on The Apprentice and replaced them with his kids..
Eff'n amazing!
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 28, 2016 04:09 PM (so+oy)
Posted by: Dumbledore's Porn Stash at April 28, 2016 04:09 PM (QX0Xt)
Posted by: IC at April 28, 2016 04:09 PM (a0IVu)
Whywhywhywhywhywhy is Kasich still a thing?
Why will no one in the GOP leadership tell him to freakin' get lost already?
Posted by: Lizzy at April 28, 2016 04:09 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Mr. Rourke at April 28, 2016 04:09 PM (T0BVJ)
Posted by: Weasel at April 28, 2016 04:09 PM (e3bId)
Even Scott Brown would be a better choice than Sarah Palin.
Posted by: Mr. Rourke at April 28, 2016 04:05 PM (T0BVJ)
++++
I would happy to see Palin as Trump's VP, if only they could win with that ticket. I think she would be great in the job if they could get there. But, sadly, I think she would seriously undermine his chances of winning the election. The left largely succeeded in their goal to marginalize her.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 28, 2016 04:10 PM (R+30W)
Posted by: Dumbledore's Porn Stash at April 28, 2016 04:10 PM (QX0Xt)
... It's "The bill formerly known as a twenty."
Posted by: undocumented Michael Jackson at April 28, 2016 04:10 PM (e8kgV)
"Cruz is Lucifer in the flesh." -- Boner on a fellow Republican, Cruz.
...
"We have nothing to fear from an Obama presidency" -John McCain
"You're wrong, you're crazy!" - yelling at Cruz
No matter what it takes, the GOPe must be destroyed.
Destroyed.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at April 28, 2016 04:10 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: nckate at April 28, 2016 04:10 PM (/ygaY)
Posted by: kraken at April 28, 2016 04:10 PM (zuTLp)
I think he's going to break with tradition at the convention and name some key members of the Cabinet.
He's been dying to get Carl Icahn into the fight and there are probably a few others he wants to have front and center, to show that he's hiring "top people" and not political cronies.
It will be a brilliant fucking move.
Whenever there is a question during the general election cycle, Trump can refer it to his already-announced expert in that area. When it's tricky, he can say that his experts will present the unbiased facts, free from petty political influences and that he will make the presidential decision.
So fucking brilliant.
All Hillary will be able to do is point to Sidney Blumenthal as her go-to guy.
50 state sweep.
Posted by: jwest at April 28, 2016 04:10 PM (Zs4uk)
Posted by: Lizzy at April 28, 2016 04:10 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: I'm not Eric Holder or even an actor playing Eric Holder at April 28, 2016 04:11 PM (e8kgV)
Ah, of course.
They hate all of us, I guess.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 28, 2016 04:11 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 28, 2016 04:10 PM (R+30W)
They had a lot of help from the Vichy Right.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 28, 2016 04:11 PM (zc3Db)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 28, 2016 04:12 PM (ptqRm)
I think he's going to break with tradition at the convention and name some key members of the Cabinet.
He's been dying to get Carl Icahn into the fight and there are
probably a few others he wants to have front and center, to show that
he's hiring "top people" and not political cronies.
It will be a brilliant fucking move.
Whenever there is a question during the general election cycle,
Trump can refer it to his already-announced expert in that area. When
it's tricky, he can say that his experts will present the unbiased
facts, free from petty political influences and that he will make the
presidential decision.
So fucking brilliant.
All Hillary will be able to do is point to Sidney Blumenthal as her go-to guy.
50 state sweep.
.
.
.
.Vice President John Bolton anyone?
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at April 28, 2016 04:12 PM (iONHu)
Makes great sense, and he can act like Chairman of the Board / CEO
Posted by: Ignoramus at April 28, 2016 04:12 PM (r1fLd)
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Hire Instigators, Inc. to Spice Up Your Formal Dinner! An Outrage Outlet subsidiary. at April 28, 2016 04:12 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: jwest at April 28, 2016 04:10 PM (Zs4uk)
So Hillary wins the remaining 7 states?
Posted by: tbodie at April 28, 2016 04:12 PM (sNYFR)
Posted by: Fritz at April 28, 2016 04:12 PM (UzPAd)
Posted by: jwest
Such confidence deserves an internet wager. I'll bet my car. You?
Posted by: pep at April 28, 2016 04:12 PM (LAe3v)
............
Hey.. just lick off the frosting and voila! it's a healthy muffin!
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 28, 2016 04:13 PM (so+oy)
Jill Sanders on Fox right now - wow, what this country really needs right now is a corrupt hippie FLOTUS, no?
... school lunches made entirely of lentils
Posted by: Martin Luther King 2.0 at April 28, 2016 04:13 PM (e8kgV)
1) it would destroy a crapload of awful people and their goodies
2) it would scare the living crap out of the whole world and especially the Muslims.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at April 28, 2016 04:13 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at April 28, 2016 04:08 PM (iONHu)
look how the GOP played this
push Rubio, Jeb, didn't work
throw Kasich in there to stop Cruz, thinking Trump was a joke
now what to do? back Cruz or Trump?
convince Cruz to work with Kasich in order to continue to destroy him
even if Cruz went 3rd party, they would get what they want, Hillary
so now the Orange Man insinuates he would back Trump over Cruz, but he would vote Hillary over Cruz
Big tent?
burn it all down
we need a 3rd party
Boner is pitching a petulant child hissy fit because he knows how much we hate him and he had to go bye-bye.
we need a 3rd party
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 28, 2016 04:13 PM (qCMvj)
Posted by: Jean at April 28, 2016 04:13 PM (wG4tr)
Instead of pick either Ivanka OR Donald Jr. for VP, he could make it a rotating position.. they BOTH could be VP! It would be YUUUGE!
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 28, 2016 04:14 PM (so+oy)
Posted by: pep at April 28, 2016 04:12 PM (LAe3v)
If I put up my car, you would have to put up your house. (and perhaps your first born)
Posted by: jwest at April 28, 2016 04:14 PM (Zs4uk)
That's a pretty shitty panda suit that guy is wearing.
If you are going to all of the trouble to try and blow up your car, threaten people that you are going to blow up their building, get SWAT on your ass, all while being on television......you'd think that you would dress more suitably for the occasion.
Posted by: Cheri at April 28, 2016 04:14 PM (oiNtH)
Icahn announced today that he has sold off his Apple stock.
Posted by: tbodie at April 28, 2016 04:14 PM (sNYFR)
Put your internet wanger away, please.
Posted by: Mr. Rourke at April 28, 2016 04:14 PM (T0BVJ)
Posted by: Skip at April 28, 2016 04:14 PM (8BJMp)
Posted by: USA at April 28, 2016 04:15 PM (tfM+W)
You might want to cut back on the Bath Salts.
Just a bit.
Wouldn't want to lose the entertainment value of your pontifications, completely.
But, seriously. Using as much as you are is obviously bad for your mental health.
Posted by: garrett at April 28, 2016 04:15 PM (etV2e)
Posted by: Dumbledore's Porn Stash at April 28, 2016 04:15 PM (QX0Xt)
Posted by: Jean at April 28, 2016 04:15 PM (wG4tr)
He says that -- this part is not controversial -- the establishment and the media live in a bubble and are separated culturally.
Then he says that the elites watch television differently. They binge watch series on HBO and Netflix.
He says regular people have watched the Apprentice for 14 years, which is to say they've been letting Trump into their living rooms and gotten to know him. He compares it to Reagan having hosted ... oh crap, I forget the show ... in the late 50s and while he was dismissed as dim people already knew they liked him.
My question is whether there is merit to this. Were you fans of the TV Trump?
Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 28, 2016 04:16 PM (1xUj/)
Just sayin'
Posted by: Ignoramus at April 28, 2016 04:16 PM (r1fLd)
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at April 28, 2016 04:12 PM (iONHu)
I noticed Bolton was parsing his own words very carefully when discussing Trump's "foreign policy" speech. It wasn't out of the blue.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 28, 2016 04:16 PM (qCMvj)
Posted by: Luap Nor at April 28, 2016 04:16 PM (yfObW)
Posted by: Dumbledore's Porn Stash at April 28, 2016 04:16 PM (QX0Xt)
All Hillary will be able to do is point to Sidney Blumenthal as her go-to guy.
50 state sweep.
Posted by: jwest at April 28, 2016 04:10 PM (Zs4uk)
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I think I'm nauseous. Yep. Nauseous.
Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at April 28, 2016 04:16 PM (dFi94)
Posted by: kraken at April 28, 2016 04:17 PM (zuTLp)
Posted by: USA at April 28, 2016 04:17 PM (tfM+W)
Posted by: Brunnhilde at April 28, 2016 04:17 PM (aW5/6)
Kids now days.
No sense of propriety .
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 28, 2016 04:17 PM (ptqRm)
I would say that this is what is to be expected from leftists ... but it could have easily been a Vichy Republican who thought this "artwork" was worth showing, too.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 28, 2016 04:17 PM (zc3Db)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 28, 2016 04:16 PM (1xUj/)
never ever watched him
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 28, 2016 04:17 PM (qCMvj)
If Clinton is the Democratic nominee, 11% of Democrats would vote third-party, while three percent (3%) would stay home. Seventy-five percent (75%) would support the nominee, but 11% say they would vote for Trump.
Posted by: Bruce Jenner at April 28, 2016 04:17 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Skip at April 28, 2016 04:17 PM (8BJMp)
Posted by: Ignoramus at April 28, 2016 04:17 PM (r1fLd)
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at April 28, 2016 04:12 PM (iONHu)
Hear, hear!
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 28, 2016 04:18 PM (zc3Db)
Posted by: Bosk at April 28, 2016 04:18 PM (n2K+4)
Nope, I hate reality shows, but I could see that as being an explanation for his appeal to LIVs.
Also, Reagan hosted General ELectric Theater.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 28, 2016 04:18 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: The Boehner/Trump/Clinton Axis of Uni-Party at April 28, 2016 04:19 PM (Ndje9)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 28, 2016 04:19 PM (1xUj/)
Ya know I hate to say this but Sanders has been quite effective driving the democratic party far far to the left. Some feat. LMAO
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 28, 2016 04:19 PM (V/InG)
Posted by: jwest at April 28, 2016 04:10 PM (Zs4uk)
Oh wait, I see. You didn't specify who would win the 50 states. In that case, we might be in agreement.
Posted by: pep at April 28, 2016 04:19 PM (LAe3v)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 28, 2016 04:16 PM (1xUj/)
I hated TV Trump and never watched the show. My preference for him developed as I watched him pants Jeb repeatedly and give him swirlies.
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified sidebar at April 28, 2016 04:19 PM (xuouz)
I have grave misgivings about that whole arrangement.
The two New Yorkers will get along famously, and the rest of us will get schlonged.
Posted by: torquewrench at April 28, 2016 04:19 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at April 28, 2016 04:19 PM (dFi94)
It's "Götterdämmerung"
I should know...
(if that comes out wrong, I will look like an idiot, which is not extremely rare)
Posted by: Brunnhilde at April 28, 2016 04:19 PM (aW5/6)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 28, 2016 04:16 PM (1xUj/)
Never saw the Apprentice. But we do binge watch Netflix and HBO.
Posted by: jwest at April 28, 2016 04:19 PM (Zs4uk)
Posted by: Bosk at April 28, 2016 04:18 PM (n2K+4)
About that:
https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/240462265680289792
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified sidebar at April 28, 2016 04:20 PM (xuouz)
Posted by: nckate at April 28, 2016 04:20 PM (/ygaY)
So Trump/Cotton 2016 - GOTTERDAMARUNGG NOW!!
Posted by: Kreplach at April 28, 2016 03:57 PM (3MZBD)
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The Trump/Cruz ticket was a silly fantasy anyway, not because they are competitors---that can easily be set aside--- but because there was never any possibility that Cruz would do it.
Yes, I know you believe that Trump will miraculously beat Hillary, but you don't have to bet big money on it.
Cruz has to place bets based on what all the best evidence says, which is that Trump will lose in a landslide. Not a good career move for a young guy with ambition.
Kasich, OTOH, is at the end of his career. Not much to lose and 15 more minutes of fame to enjoy. But, unless the GOPe insists on it, I can't see Trump choosing such a prissy snob.
I like the choice of Jim Webb myself. Of course, he's not a Republican, so the GOPe might object.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at April 28, 2016 04:20 PM (T/5A0)
And this is one of those moments where my darker side would like to see him come to the same end.
In fact, if it really were true about Cruz' father having an involvement in the JFK assassination (yeah, yeah, I don't believe anything I see in the tabloids...), we might even see a Michael Corleone ending, where all unfinished business is resolved, all in one day.
Forgive my darker side; feeling a little bitter today. I denounce myself.
Posted by: Qoheleth at April 28, 2016 04:20 PM (iIzG7)
Posted by: Brunnhilde at April 28, 2016 04:20 PM (aW5/6)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous
Have you heard Palin lately? She is even more high pitched and squealy. I was furious for what the McCain campaign and the media did to her and her family. One of my favorite speeches is the one she gave at the R convention. But lately she acts hyperactive and comes off sounding like a giggly cheerleader.
Posted by: Cheri at April 28, 2016 04:20 PM (oiNtH)
Why was Hap & Leonard only 6 episodes?
Posted by: Mr. Rourke at April 28, 2016 04:20 PM (T0BVJ)
What does that say about the rest of the Republican field if Trump is so toxic, yet is whomping the rest of the field?
Posted by: rickb223 at April 28, 2016 04:20 PM (WavOX)
Donald J. Trump
Verified account
@ariannahuff is unattractive both inside and out. I fully understand why her former husband left her for a man- he made a good decision.
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified sidebar at April 28, 2016 04:20 PM (xuouz)
Posted by: Bandersnatch
..................
I was a fan of the show.. sometimes.. But Trump often came off as an asshole.. he had favorites, and no matter how badly that favorite fucked up, he would fire someone else.. Joan Rivers was a perfect example..
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 28, 2016 04:21 PM (so+oy)
If Clinton is the Democratic nominee, 11% of Democrats would vote third-party, while three percent (3%) would stay home. Seventy-five percent (75%) would support the nominee, but 11% say they would vote for Trump.
Posted by: Bruce Jenner at April 28, 2016 04:17 PM (e8kgV)
I'd say a good 17-18% of GOP voters are liars either to the pollsters or themselves. A few months of full Hillary and I'll pull the damn lever for Mussolini. Maybe not Hitler. I'd have to think about it.
Posted by: Jollyroger at April 28, 2016 04:21 PM (t06LC)
back to your regularly scheduled #BLM movement.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 28, 2016 04:12 PM (ptqRm)
It's a good thing I had handcuffs with me as I strolled up to interview him.
Posted by: Brian Williams at April 28, 2016 04:21 PM (Fmupd)
Posted by: pep at April 28, 2016 04:21 PM (LAe3v)
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at April 28, 2016 04:12 PM (iONHu)
I noticed Bolton was parsing his own words very carefully when
discussing Trump's "foreign policy" speech. It wasn't out of the blue.
.
.
.
.And Bingo! Trump shuts down all of the B$ talk about lack of Foreign Policy experience, exactly the same way obama did.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at April 28, 2016 04:21 PM (iONHu)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 28, 2016 04:16 PM (1xUj/)
Yeah. Hubby was a fan - we watched it.
But - I don't know if he'll vote for Trump
Posted by: @votermom at April 28, 2016 04:21 PM (nbrY/)
He says that -- this part is not controversial -- the establishment and the media live in a bubble and are separated culturally.
Then he says that the elites watch television differently. They binge watch series on HBO and Netflix.
He says regular people have watched the Apprentice for 14 years, which is to say they've been letting Trump into their living rooms and gotten to know him. He compares it to Reagan having hosted ... oh crap, I forget the show ... in the late 50s and while he was dismissed as dim people already knew they liked him.
My question is whether there is merit to this. Were you fans of the TV Trump?
Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 28, 2016 04:16 PM (1xUj/)
++++
I HATE reality TV. I have never watched any of Trump's shows, not even for one moment. I am a nationalist, which is what appeals to me about Trump. His history as a celebrity made me reluctant to get behind him, but since there are no other border hawks in the race, he is my guy.
The theory that some of his support comes from people who like him from seeing him on his shows sounds plausible. But, I think his biggest advantage came from his access to the media when he started campaigning. He was already a personality, so the media outlets gave him airtime.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 28, 2016 04:21 PM (R+30W)
Posted by: Skip at April 28, 2016 04:22 PM (8BJMp)
Probably the best movie ending ever -- when Michael "settled" all Family business, and he told Carlo he was doing so! And then Carlo was "settled!"
Posted by: Mr. Rourke at April 28, 2016 04:22 PM (T0BVJ)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 28, 2016 04:22 PM (1xUj/)
Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at April 28, 2016 04:22 PM (dFi94)
Kasich are opponents of Cruz for the nomination. There is no betrayal
by Trump and only a whisper of one by Kasich.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Hire Instigators, Inc. to Spice Up Your Formal
Dinner! An Outrage Outlet subsidiary. at April 28, 2016 03:57 PM (hLRSq)
Katshit is an opponent of Cruz...a hateful little arrogant man and a pronounced failure for someone who has sworn to uphold the Constitution. He is either in alliance against Cruz or a bigger idiot than I take him for.What other explanation is there for him to still be in the race? He won his home state. Woo HOO!
How many delegates has he won so far?
Posted by: Mimzey at April 28, 2016 04:22 PM (aRUb8)
Posted by: Biden is In The Ball Pit at April 28, 2016 04:22 PM (mcm0N)
So it is very likely that this primary season will end before republican voters can come to their senses, dismiss the other two candidates as the carnival barkers that they are and choose the most qualified Republican to run for president since Richard Nixon.
At this point Governor Kasichs campaign serves as a beacon for all those who choose seriousness, competence and optimism over empty rhetoric, rabble rousing and extremism. And Republican Hoosiers should get the chance to set that sign just like the rest of America!
Posted by: Begonia at April 28, 2016 04:22 PM (Y/myN)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 28, 2016 04:22 PM (1xUj/)
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Yeah, he did Death Valley Days.
Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at April 28, 2016 04:23 PM (dFi94)
Posted by: rickb223
Nothing good about the average voter.
Posted by: pep at April 28, 2016 04:23 PM (LAe3v)
The calm reach vs. dive for the remote that HairPresident will bring will be a blessing.
Posted by: DaveA at April 28, 2016 04:23 PM (DL2i+)
Did you ever read the Penn Jillette piece he did about his appearance on The Apprentice?
http://tinyurl.com/kqb8333
Let's just say not flattering.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 28, 2016 04:23 PM (/tuJf)
This really pisses me off.
Trump is...many things, including a scary pick for the GOP nomination.
However, the man has no blood on his hands (that I've heard).
Meanwhile, why are Obama and Hillary not compared to mass murdering leaders? How many deaths has Obama caused, through his failed leadership in the ME that got much more soldiers killed,10's or 100's of thousands slaughtered by ISIS, hundreds killed with Fast and Furious guns, untold number of people who will suffer and die because of Obamacare, and so on.
It boggles the mind that Trump is somehow a monster compared to Obama and Hillary.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 28, 2016 04:23 PM (NOIQH)
He's good TV, he's charismatic and effective on camera, so they love him their shows even while they know they shouldn't. Plus, I have a very strong suspicion that if you're not his enemy, he's a really easy guy to get along with.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at April 28, 2016 04:23 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 28, 2016 04:23 PM (/CXhS)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 28, 2016 04:23 PM (1xUj/)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 28, 2016 04:24 PM (V/InG)
Trump wants to install Icahn as head of the Federal Reserve. Replacing Boris Yellen.
The left would be ecstatic. Expect 24-hour protest rallies with tearful ex-employees from firms like TWA, taken over by Icahn, recounting how the ruthless corporate raider destroyed their retirements to fund his own impossibly lavish lifestyle.
Posted by: torquewrench at April 28, 2016 04:24 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: Weasel at April 28, 2016 04:24 PM (e3bId)
He would make a fine VP and be the bridge to the House and Senate.
Also, he knows how to put the press in their place.
Posted by: jwest at April 28, 2016 04:24 PM (Zs4uk)
started binge-watching Murdoch Mysteries
it's cute, non-threatening, can sleep at night
guy is cute
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 28, 2016 04:25 PM (qCMvj)
The WaPo says Cruz, at one time, was Boehner's lawyer.
Posted by: Francis Bacon at April 28, 2016 04:25 PM (e8kgV)
Those are the rules. Some of you need to do your homework.
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified sidebar at April 28, 2016 04:25 PM (xuouz)
Leave the dealmaking to the expert.------jwest
You mean Boehner?
Posted by: Tilikum KAW at April 28, 2016 04:25 PM (0x/TW)
Posted by: blaster at April 28, 2016 04:25 PM (2Ocf1)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 28, 2016 04:16 PM (1xUj/)
That was Charles Murray's little cultural bubble test.
Ann Althouse has linked to it, as has Instapundit. It is actually interesting.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Hire Instigators, Inc. to Spice Up Your Formal Dinner! An Outrage Outlet subsidiary. at April 28, 2016 04:25 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at April 28, 2016 04:26 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: mpfs at April 28, 2016 04:26 PM (ii+Bu)
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified sidebar at April 28, 2016 04:25 PM (xuouz)
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That's why I come here. For the scolding.
Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at April 28, 2016 04:26 PM (dFi94)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 28, 2016 04:26 PM (ODxAs)
Yea, he's just the guy to soften up Trump's image.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 28, 2016 04:26 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous
Have you heard Palin lately? She is even more high pitched and squealy. I was furious for what the McCain campaign and the media did to her and her family. One of my favorite speeches is the one she gave at the R convention. But lately she acts hyperactive and comes off sounding like a giggly cheerleader.
Posted by: Cheri at April 28, 2016 04:20 PM (oiNtH)
++++
I admit, I rarely watch any politicians speak. I prefer to read the transcripts (unless it is just some short little clip). Of course I have heard her from time to time and I know that there are those who find her speaking voice to be highly annoying.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 28, 2016 04:26 PM (R+30W)
Posted by: nckate at April 28, 2016 04:26 PM (/ygaY)
http://tinyurl.com/kqb8333
Let's just say not flattering.
Reading in another tab, thanks.
I love Penn.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 28, 2016 04:27 PM (1xUj/)
Or Chief of Staff.
Trump getting on his own to 1,237 means he won't have to trade Kasich's 66 delegate Golden Ticket for the VP slot.
Posted by: Ignoramus at April 28, 2016 04:27 PM (r1fLd)
** Donald Ponder Face **
Posted by: DaveA at April 28, 2016 04:27 PM (DL2i+)
Posted by: @votermom at April 28, 2016 04:27 PM (nbrY/)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor
Let's get Niedermeyer.
Posted by: pep at April 28, 2016 04:27 PM (LAe3v)
Sorry, friend. I got snookered into voting for an ass, solely on the strength of his running mate, twice now. It sure as HAIL ain't going to happen a third time.
Posted by: Qoheleth at April 28, 2016 04:27 PM (iIzG7)
Posted by: Lizzy at April 28, 2016 04:23 PM (NOIQH)
It's a serious mental issue with these people. This is why is was always wrong to ever let them think they weren't among the most idiotic, deranged people who have existed.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 28, 2016 04:27 PM (zc3Db)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at April 28, 2016 04:26 PM (39g3+)
/nod
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 28, 2016 04:28 PM (qCMvj)
Posted by: Weasel at April 28, 2016 04:28 PM (e3bId)
Posted by: Bosk at April 28, 2016 04:18 PM (n2K+4)
It will be SMOD.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Hire Instigators, Inc. to Spice Up Your Formal Dinner! An Outrage Outlet subsidiary. at April 28, 2016 04:28 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Mr. Rourke at April 28, 2016 04:28 PM (T0BVJ)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at April 28, 2016 04:26 PM (39g3+)
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I agree. I commented on this yesterday.
Posted by: Soona at April 28, 2016 04:28 PM (Fmupd)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at April 28, 2016 04:29 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at April 28, 2016 04:29 PM (dBmVV)
Posted by: FBI at April 28, 2016 04:29 PM (etV2e)
WTF Oklahoma
Posted by: ThunderB
Often Inhofe is a solid guy, sometimes though he does shit like this that seems to make no sense. I guess it's the old DC daisy chain where everyone is sucking each other's dick.
Posted by: Aviator at April 28, 2016 04:30 PM (c7vUv)
Have a cupcake - you're doing that Snickers deprived other persona cruelty bit. Wait, never mind it's safer this way.
Posted by: DaveA at April 28, 2016 04:30 PM (DL2i+)
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at April 28, 2016 04:29 PM (dBmVV)
we might get lucky, no thanks to the Republican Party
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 28, 2016 04:30 PM (qCMvj)
I think that's where I saw the idea first, but I couldn't remember who said it. Its brilliant, really.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at April 28, 2016 04:30 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 28, 2016 04:31 PM (bzd8I)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 28, 2016 04:31 PM (bzd8I)
The anticipation is part of the pleasure, my pretties!!!!
Posted by: Hillary Klin-Ton at April 28, 2016 04:31 PM (39g3+)
Ever make cusscakes? Cakes in the shape of swears. I just made them up.
Posted by: Mr. Rourke at April 28, 2016 04:31 PM (T0BVJ)
Posted by: Aviator at April 28, 2016 04:30 PM (c7vUv)
there is a lot of solid people on Trump's side
and Cruz's side
I'm voting against Hillary.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 28, 2016 04:31 PM (qCMvj)
Yes, he was already acquainted with or friends with many NYC media people, which certainly helped. But Mika and Joe explained that his allure is also that he is so dang accessible. When you call Trump, you get Trump, not some assistant. If you invite him he will almost always accept, even if it means calling in if he's not nearby to appear on set.
Just imagine how that is compared to Hillary, who is incredibly inaccessible, and when she does agree to appear, comes with all sorts of rules (controlling questions asked, etc.). Trump took a completely different approach, and made it so that the MSM could not resist being his PR. It was clever - it got him a ton of free exposure.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 28, 2016 04:31 PM (NOIQH)
Yes. Yes he is. You can never trust a Republican governor from Ohio who goes to DC. They will f*ck you everytime. Take it from some one who worked in the statehouse a lifetime ago.
Wish federal reps from Ohio could be like Jim Jordan. Alas.
Posted by: Buckeye Abroad at April 28, 2016 04:32 PM (Zqv3+)
How many delegates has he won so far?
Posted by: Mimzey at April 28, 2016 04:22 PM (aRUb
They are all running for the nomination and all of them have the type of ego that can see victory no matter how ridiculous that may seem.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Hire Instigators, Inc. to Spice Up Your Formal Dinner! An Outrage Outlet subsidiary. at April 28, 2016 04:33 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Dean Vernon Trump at April 28, 2016 04:33 PM (tWE9w)
Already happened, sort of...
https://www.instagram.com/drakeoncake/
Posted by: Lizzy at April 28, 2016 04:33 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 28, 2016 04:34 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 28, 2016 04:34 PM (vb33c)
Posted by: Biden Is In The Ball Pit! at April 28, 2016 04:34 PM (mcm0N)
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at April 28, 2016 04:34 PM (KUaJL)
Posted by: Roland THTG at April 28, 2016 04:34 PM (QM5S2)
Posted by: nip at April 28, 2016 04:35 PM (r73Jl)
Posted by: Hillary Klin-Ton at April 28, 2016 04:35 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: andycanuck at April 28, 2016 04:35 PM (jVvcc)
Save Palin for a cabinet post. Secretary of the Interior. I suspect her voice will retract to normal human range when she has a 9-5 job.
Posted by: iforgot at April 28, 2016 04:35 PM (pC96u)
I am going to a "Burial service" for Orthodox Good Friday tomorrow. It's neat doing some of this (Holy Week services, I mean) again, but this time not having to be responsible for anything.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 28, 2016 04:35 PM (w4NZ8)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 28, 2016 04:36 PM (vb33c)
Posted by: lindafell de spair at April 28, 2016 04:36 PM (xVgrA)
Posted by: John Lee Malvo at April 28, 2016 04:36 PM (etV2e)
I can't wait for this to all be over. SMOD
Posted by: mpfs at April 28, 2016 04:26 PM (ii+Bu)
You're missed, even though I've not interacted with you much. I love AoS too much to stay away, so I had to figure out how to be here and not buy in to angst.
Course then again, my little tiny cynicism issue, regarding disgusting politicians is not partisan. Which helps.
Posted by: kraken at April 28, 2016 04:36 PM (zuTLp)
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at April 28, 2016 03:56 PM (0LHZx)
Admittedly, it does.
It also makes me think he still had a little faith in some GOPe type(s) when he should have known better by now.
Posted by: Blano at April 28, 2016 04:37 PM (780X6)
Posted by: nckate at April 28, 2016 04:37 PM (/ygaY)
We do ok.
Posted by: John Lee Malvo at April 28, 2016 04:36 PM (etV2e)
three shots or a guy in a panda suit?
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 28, 2016 04:37 PM (vb33c)
http://tinyurl.com/kqb8333
Let's just say not flattering.
Posted by: JackStraw
...........
I love Penn Jillette's writing..
He use to write a monthly column for PC magazine.. many many years ago.
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 28, 2016 04:37 PM (so+oy)
Obama should be emperor. You will all pay for your disloyalty to the your betters.
Posted by: John Boehner at April 28, 2016 04:37 PM (Zqv3+)
Posted by: Mr. Rourke at April 28, 2016 04:37 PM (T0BVJ)
My mom likes him too!
Posted by: andycanuck at April 28, 2016 04:38 PM (jVvcc)
Posted by: Mortimer at April 28, 2016 04:38 PM (8ZHTC)
Our government and media continue to perpetrate Big Lies in pursuit of a variety of agendas. None of these should stand even cursory reasoned examination, but you catch flak if you do because of Political Correctness. I'm hopeful that a battle of Trump against Hillary/Biden can shed harsh light on these. I want to see uncompromising argument from our side and Leftist heads exploding.
Here are two to start.
Anthropomorphic Global Warming.
The Big Lies:
1) Climate Science is established and its conclusions are valid and settled.
2) Trace gas CO2 is a significant driver of Earth's climate.
3) Variations in the sun's energy output can be ignored when projecting future climate.
4) Computer model projections can "make science" without actual empirical data observations.
5) Collective global political effort can cut CO2 emissions.
While Bernie wants to ban fracking, Hillary just wants to regulate it to death. We're already in the process of killing our domestic coal industry. SCOTUS hasn't helped, with a history of deferring to federal agency determinations based on junk science.
Illegal Immigration.
The Big Lies are that (1) Illegals somehow have a right to be in the US, (2) we can absorb 25 million or more Illegals without serious adverse cultural and financial effects, and (3) as a nation we're powerless to do anything about it.
Some more to cover:
Our Economy is Strong because of the heroic efforts of Dear Leader over the last seven years.
We should be more like Europe, especially that Democratic Socialism thing.
The USA is racist, sexist, homophobic to its core.
Posted by: Ignoramus at April 28, 2016 04:38 PM (r1fLd)
Posted by: nckate at April 28, 2016 04:37 PM (/ygaY)
well, suppose that's what I get for listening to shep smith, seems he glosed over that little piece of information.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 28, 2016 04:38 PM (vb33c)
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified sidebar at April 28, 2016 04:25 PM (xuouz)
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That's why I come here. For the scolding.
Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at April 28, 2016 04:26 PM (dFi94)
Well, that, and the bon mots, grammie.
Posted by: kraken at April 28, 2016 04:38 PM (zuTLp)
Posted by: Lizzy at April 28, 2016 04:31 PM (NOIQH)
It was different from every other candidate. They all had scripts and were afraid to go off of them. Trump was Trump and he was willing to talk with them on any subject.* So he earned that "free air time" by making himself available and risking the possible crash-and-burn total exposure could bring.**
*Someone once said Trump would talk to a fire hydrant if it would stand still; I think that is true.
**Living in a media fishbowl for thirty+ years was pretty good training for this.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Hire Instigators, Inc. to Spice Up Your Formal Dinner! An Outrage Outlet subsidiary. at April 28, 2016 04:38 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 28, 2016 04:39 PM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: Matt Damon at April 28, 2016 04:39 PM (LYCUN)
(Anyone who thinks Trump will self-fund is just being silly.)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at April 28, 2016 04:40 PM (T/5A0)
Likewise. Continuing a dreary string which for me dates back to 1988, of voting against the Democrat. Not for the Republican.
Note that in the seven elections since, and inclusive of, 1988, the GOP candidate has managed to win the national popular vote... twice.
Now if that's not deeply confidence-inspiring, I don't know what is.
Posted by: torquewrench at April 28, 2016 04:40 PM (noWW6)
That memo earlier said the same thing - political consultants make their candidates very wary of interviews, only grant a few, stick to canned answers. That way they avoid gotchas.
Trump would accept all media requests and speak off the cuff. Lots of gotchas but lots of press.
The difference between playing defense and playing offense.
Posted by: @votermom at April 28, 2016 04:40 PM (nbrY/)
Posted by: Weasel at April 28, 2016 04:40 PM (e3bId)
you a blessed rest of Holy Week and Happy Pascha. At least there's that
to look forward to instead of all the crazy political stuff. I should
have said this earlier.
I am going to a "Burial service" for Orthodox Good Friday tomorrow.
It's neat doing some of this (Holy Week services, I mean) again, but
this time not having to be responsible for anything.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 28, 2016 04:35 PM
Thanks, FS.
Enjoy. Did you get the Grumpy Orthodox Cat meme page I posted earlier? It's good for a laugh when things are crazy.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 28, 2016 04:40 PM (bzd8I)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 28, 2016 04:41 PM (1xUj/)
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at April 28, 2016 04:34 PM (KUaJL)
Yeah, me too, except when the time comes,, Hillary loathing will kick in...
Posted by: kraken at April 28, 2016 04:41 PM (zuTLp)
Posted by: broseidon on his magic glowing square at April 28, 2016 04:41 PM (tWE9w)
Posted by: mustbequantum at April 28, 2016 04:41 PM (MIKMs)
Posted by: Ace at 03:43 PM
Well. Duh. No postman has ever cracked the 50% barrier. It's like the 3 minute mile!
Posted by: Newman at April 28, 2016 04:41 PM (yC2RT)
Yeah he'll self fund the same way Romney did: that is, he won't spend a dime of his own money.
Posted by: Hillary Klin-Ton at April 28, 2016 04:41 PM (39g3+)
http://tinyurl.com/kqb8333
Let's just say not flattering.
Posted by: JackStraw
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A Salon article says not nice things about Trump? I'm shocked, just shocked.
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at April 28, 2016 04:41 PM (0LHZx)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at April 28, 2016 04:42 PM (4K7Bv)
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That will come to an end once he hits the general.
Posted by: Biden Is In The Ball Pit! at April 28, 2016 04:42 PM (mcm0N)
them have the type of ego that can see victory no matter how ridiculous
that may seem.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Hire Instigators, Inc. to Spice Up Your Formal
Dinner! An Outrage Outlet subsidiary. at April 28, 2016 04:33 PM (hLRSq)
Could be. You trust the GOPe more than I do. All of them..Katshit.. included, want Politics as Usual, to remain intact. That is why they hate Constitutionalists like Cruz. Just my opinion, others may feel differently.
Posted by: Mimzey at April 28, 2016 04:42 PM (aRUb8)
Posted by: MTF at April 28, 2016 04:43 PM (/m8T6)
My how time flies...
Posted by: Mortimer at April 28, 2016 04:43 PM (8ZHTC)
Sad that Cruz belatedly realizes the same.
Posted by: NJRob at April 28, 2016 04:43 PM (o1h4V)
He could be charming and hard nosed, but I did not care for how he picked the most obnoxious, toxic person on the show and never fired them, no matter how much they deserved it. Maybe it helped the ratings but I thought it was unfair to the rest of the people who were for the most part, just trying to do a reasonable job and win.
BTW, I've watched Fargo, Sopranos, Longmire, Breaking Bad, Murder in the First, Pit Bulls & Parolees, The Tudors, and others. Tough to generalize, Joe. But I do think The Apprentice made him seem more of a real life person as opposed to the caricature we see now in the media.
Posted by: RM at April 28, 2016 04:43 PM (U3LtS)
That's Newt.
He's someone who can walk in on day one and have 100 bills ready to dismantle the federal work rules so that people can be fired and that every program and agency can be reviewed and eliminated.
Top people.
Posted by: jwest at April 28, 2016 04:43 PM (Zs4uk)
Easy big fella.
Don't spill your Caviar. That stuff can be murder on a keyboard.
Posted by: garrett at April 28, 2016 04:44 PM (etV2e)
Posted by: broseidon on his magic glowing square at April 28, 2016 04:44 PM (tWE9w)
I trust in the overweening ego of anyone who wants to run for president. Far more than I trust in any promises a politician may make to another, such as one from Kasich to Cruz or one from the GOPe to Kasich.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Hire Instigators, Inc. to Spice Up Your Formal Dinner! An Outrage Outlet subsidiary. at April 28, 2016 04:44 PM (hLRSq)
Except Ted apparently.
Posted by: andycanuck at April 28, 2016 04:44 PM (jVvcc)
Posted by: lindafell de spair at April 28, 2016 04:44 PM (xVgrA)
Posted by: kraken at April 28, 2016 04:45 PM (zuTLp)
It's so much easier to just leave them on a park bench.
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at April 28, 2016 04:45 PM (etV2e)
Posted by: eman at April 28, 2016 04:45 PM (mR7Es)
We should be more like Europe, especially Scandinavia!!!
Let's import millions of 3rd worlders and keep those Scandis out!!!
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at April 28, 2016 04:46 PM (T/5A0)
That memo earlier said the same thing - political consultants make their candidates very wary of interviews, only grant a few, stick to canned answers. That way they avoid gotchas.
Trump would accept all media requests and speak off the cuff. Lots of gotchas but lots of press.
The difference between playing defense and playing offense.
Posted by: @votermom at April 28, 2016 04:40 PM (nbrY/)
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Did you two miss the media's defense of Hillary during Benghazi?
Trump is going to miss the "free" media coverage he's become to expect. He's in for a rude awakening.
Posted by: Biden Is In The Ball Pit! at April 28, 2016 04:46 PM (mcm0N)
I guess you missed the part where it clearly said it was a reprint of a piece from his book Every Day Is An Atheist Holiday or that the article was published in 2012.
You can pretend it isn't true but a very large percentage of the population, well over a majority, have a negative view of Trump. There's a reason and it's not some establishment plot.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 28, 2016 04:46 PM (/tuJf)
On the other hand, this is absolutely the best thing I've read in weeks:
I wasn't even going to say anything about Trump's hair. I live in a glass house. I've always had ugly, out-of-style hair. Trump's hair is a lot better than mine - but as I sat there for hours half listening to Donald carry on, it struck me exactly what his hair looked like. It looks like cotton candy made of piss. That revelation came to me, and I had to type it here. But my hair is worse.
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified sidebar at April 28, 2016 04:46 PM (xuouz)
Yeah, but the general consensus was "yay go man, go!!!!"
Posted by: Hillary Klin-Ton at April 28, 2016 04:46 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: GnuBreed at April 28, 2016 04:47 PM (gyKtp)
Posted by: Lizzy at April 28, 2016 04:31 PM (NOIQH)
It was different from every other candidate. They all had scripts and were afraid to go off of them. Trump was Trump and he was willing to talk with them on any subject.* So he earned that "free air time" by making himself available and risking the possible crash-and-burn total exposure could bring.**
*Someone once said Trump would talk to a fire hydrant if it would stand still; I think that is true.
**Living in a media fishbowl for thirty+ years was pretty good training for this.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Hire Instigators, Inc. to Spice Up Your Formal Dinner! An Outrage Outlet subsidiary. at April 28, 2016 04:38 PM (hLRSq)
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That's a good point. Though I have many disagreements with Chris Christie, his greatest strength is his willingness to mix it up with anyone. He used that to great effect against Rubio with the robot thing. A politician who is willing to get up and tell you where he stands on any issue is appealing to many of us.
There are risks. When they aren't on script, they may not express themselves in the optimal poll tested way. They may have to clarify or revise their remarks at a later date. But, it is easier to trust someone who will just talk about what they think.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 28, 2016 04:47 PM (R+30W)
Posted by: broseidon on his magic glowing square at April 28, 2016 04:44 PM (tWE9w)
There you go, bringing cold logic against a brilliant little figure of speech, trying to crush that wee dream of someday becoming a metaphor.
Way to go, bully.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Hire Instigators, Inc. to Spice Up Your Formal Dinner! An Outrage Outlet subsidiary. at April 28, 2016 04:47 PM (hLRSq)
Enjoy. Did you get the Grumpy Orthodox Cat meme page I posted earlier? It's good for a laugh when things are crazy.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 28, 2016 04:40 PM (bzd8I)
No; I may have left by that time. Can you post it again, please. Laughs are always appreciated.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 28, 2016 04:47 PM (w4NZ8)
The only reason the deal fell through is Kasich wasn't delivering, it wasn't an issue of "conscience".
Posted by: Asus at April 28, 2016 04:47 PM (A3kYV)
Nobody talks about illegals.
Nobody takes on the media.
Nobody is afraid to call out PC bullshit.
What does Trump do?
Talks about illegals
Takes on the media
Calls out PC bullshit
So your response to that is.....OMG he sucks, quick let's vote for an establishment hack.
It has been fascinating to watch this cognitive dissonance play out over the past 6-9 months.
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at April 28, 2016 04:47 PM (0LHZx)
Posted by: John Kasich at April 28, 2016 04:47 PM (uUhhd)
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Says he's a gullible fool.
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at April 28, 2016 04:47 PM (0LHZx)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at April 28, 2016 04:46 PM (T/5A0)
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Hey now.
Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at April 28, 2016 04:48 PM (dFi94)
Posted by: Mary Clogginstien from Brattleboro, Vt at April 28, 2016 04:48 PM (NuElX)
Posted by: Biden Is In The Ball Pit! at April 28, 2016 04:48 PM (mcm0N)
"A lot of us supported Cruz because he *wasnt* Kasich (or Rubio)."
Yes. If Cruz was going to cut deals, then he missed the window several weeks ago and picked the wrong guy. When I heard he was teaming with Kasich, I knew it was over. He should have simply stuck to his guns at that Point. Choosing the chick who sank HP for Veep isn't going to win him anything either.
Posted by: John Boehner at April 28, 2016 04:48 PM (Zqv3+)
The local news in Indiana picked up at least one early voter saying just that.
She voted Trump after the "alliance" nonsense was announced.
Tin-eared Ted does it yet again.
Awful retail politics skills.
Posted by: torquewrench at April 28, 2016 04:48 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: JackStraw at April 28, 2016 04:46 PM (/tuJf)
And yet we need a president who will try to convince Americans that they need to pay back their $%&ing college loans, tell Middle Eastern goatfucker theocracies to take a hike, sit in meetings about social spending bureaucracies, navigate us through 20T in debt and a looming global depression, and who will probably get assassinated.
Let Trump do all that shit. Fuck him and his piss-cotton candy hair anyway.
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified sidebar at April 28, 2016 04:48 PM (xuouz)
And to make it even better: It's scolding and belittling by someone young enough to be your grand child, whose political wisdom has been shaped only by what's happened in the last 8 years or so, since he stopped eating paste and became haltingly aware of his own environment.
Hearts and minds, Kari. Hearts and minds.
Posted by: Pastafarian at April 28, 2016 04:49 PM (+EU58)
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo
A book excerpt is diminished by being republished in Salon.
That's some real critical thinking there, Sport.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 28, 2016 04:49 PM (1xUj/)
But he'd beat Trump in the GE ... somehow ... so we must mourn his candidacy.
Posted by: ReactionaryMonster Bravely supporting kittens at April 28, 2016 04:49 PM (uURQL)
Posted by: Mortimer at April 28, 2016 04:49 PM (8ZHTC)
Did you guys know this? Some people wipe their dogs' bums after they go outside. With a baby wipe.
Posted by: Mr. Rourke at April 28, 2016 04:50 PM (T0BVJ)
You can pretend it isn't true but a very large percentage of the population, well over a majority, have a negative view of Trump. There's a reason and it's not some establishment plot.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 28, 2016 04:46 PM (/tuJf)
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I love it when so-called cons use Salon articles to prove how conservative they are. Especially Salon articles written by dudes who hate religion and champion gay marriage.
But please do go on....
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at April 28, 2016 04:50 PM (0LHZx)
If you like Cruz, vote for Cruz. If you don't like Trump, vote for Cruz. If you like Trump then vote for him.
Posted by: Jill v2 at April 28, 2016 04:50 PM (UYQcx)
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Hire Instigators, Inc. to Spice Up Your Formal Dinner! An Outrage Outlet subsidiary. at April 28, 2016 04:50 PM (hLRSq)
We'll, I think Grammie is possibly not old enough to have a 24 year old(?) be her grandson but maybe I'm wrong,
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 28, 2016 04:50 PM (w4NZ8)
That's cute.
Well, doesn't matter. We're not long before the end of ol' Lyin' Ted.
Posted by: Vyce at April 28, 2016 04:51 PM (ggX8y)
Posted by: broseidon on his magic glowing square at April 28, 2016 04:41 PM (tWE9w)
Two things: That would mean Kasich was in his final form and 2, that would make Trump Cell?
Cruz needs to get that spirit bomb cooking, we're almost out of time on this series and that thing takes like 12 episodes to charge.
Posted by: Jollyroger at April 28, 2016 04:51 PM (t06LC)
Trump is going to miss the "free" media coverage he's become to expect.
He'll get a bunch at first, because they are all hoping they can be the one that can gotcha him, that they will be the one that gets the gaffe or nails him with a zinger that destroys his campaign.
When that doesn't work, they'll start the blockade like they did with Fiorina.
Posted by: Hillary Klin-Ton at April 28, 2016 04:51 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at April 28, 2016 04:51 PM (1ijHg)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at April 28, 2016 04:52 PM (1ijHg)
Posted by: broseidon on his magic glowing square at April 28, 2016 04:52 PM (tWE9w)
Posted by: JackStraw at April 28, 2016 04:46 PM (/tuJf)
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Your reasoning is wasted here. To these people everything is an "establishment" plot.
Posted by: Begonia at April 28, 2016 04:52 PM (Y/myN)
The media will omit the good zingers Trump says about Clinton and only report the un-pc zingers.
Posted by: Mr. Rourke at April 28, 2016 04:52 PM (T0BVJ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 28, 2016 04:50 PM (w4NZ
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Ya never know. I went into my rebellious stage when I was about twelve and a half.
Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at April 28, 2016 04:52 PM (dFi94)
Posted by: Buckeye Abroad at April 28, 2016 04:52 PM (Zqv3+)
Yep; Blockade-that's what it will be, while we get softball interviews of Clinton or pictures of her with her grandchild.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 28, 2016 04:53 PM (w4NZ8)
Nood.
Posted by: Mr. Rourke at April 28, 2016 04:53 PM (T0BVJ)
That's cute.
Well, doesn't matter. We're not long before the end of ol' Lyin' Ted.
Posted by: Vyce at April 28, 2016 04:51 PM (ggX8y)
well, if kasich, the black knight of the 2016 primary race, is in ther is no reaon Cruz has to leave.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 28, 2016 04:53 PM (vb33c)
Posted by: rickb223 at April 28, 2016 04:53 PM (WavOX)
Posted by: @votermom at April 28, 2016 04:53 PM (nbrY/)
Posted by: Hillary Klin-Ton at April 28, 2016 04:51 PM (39g3+)
Perhaps this why Trump is patching things up with Megyn Kelly, soon to be Queen of Primetime after securing an exclusive interview with He Who Wears The Golden Scalp Weasel?
Fox gives him all of the time and Trump will give them plenty of time and the blockade collapses because no one wants to miss that nourishing straight-from-the-frontal-lobe-to-the-tongue flow.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Hire Instigators, Inc. to Spice Up Your Formal Dinner! An Outrage Outlet subsidiary. at April 28, 2016 04:53 PM (hLRSq)
So, how ARE things going in Ohio?
Is that Medicaid thing going to blow up the state budget?
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at April 28, 2016 04:53 PM (1ijHg)
Watch the counties that ring Indianapolis Tuesday night. If Kasich gets 15%+ there, forget it. I don't think Cruz can make it up if he loses those areas.
Posted by: Doc at April 28, 2016 04:54 PM (lOxxm)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at April 28, 2016 04:54 PM (39g3+)
>>But please do go on....
You do know that Penn Jillette is a very vocal libertarian and capitalist, right?
I figured the atheist part would be a layup for you.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 28, 2016 04:54 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at April 28, 2016 04:54 PM (1ijHg)
Posted by: Mr. Rourke at April 28, 2016 04:52 PM (T0BVJ)
That's okay. When the left and the Vichy Right hear Trump say something think is un-PC and awful beyond words they run to the public to cry about it and the public says, "Yeah, I think Trump has a good point and why don't other people say that?"
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 28, 2016 04:54 PM (zc3Db)
dismantle the federal work rules so that people can be fired and that
every program and agency can be reviewed and eliminated."
Ummmmm, are we talking here about the same Newt who called big-government kingpin FDR the greatest President of the 20th century?
The same Newt who volunteered to sit on a sofa next to Bela Pelosi for a public service announcement to jointly hector us all about the evils of global warming and the need to address it with more big government?
The same Newt who hatched the idea of mandated policy purchasing which was the heart of Romneycare and later of Obamacare?
That Newt?
Posted by: torquewrench at April 28, 2016 04:55 PM (noWW6)
So he's clearly Majin Buu.
Agreed on Cruz's spirit bomb. I think we're going to run out of episodes long before he can use it. (Plus it only worked that one time.)
Posted by: broseidon on his magic glowing square at April 28, 2016 04:56 PM (tWE9w)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at April 28, 2016 04:56 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: richard mcenroe at April 28, 2016 04:56 PM (Kucy5)
Posted by: free tibet with purchase of equal or great value tibet at April 28, 2016 04:57 PM (iXRe2)
This election is going to be ugly and crude and awful because that is the state of our country, and the finishing touches were put on this ugly crude awful culture of ours while conservatives were busy listening to Glen Beck talk about Woodrow Wilson instead of countering the relentless, steely-eyed community organizing the left has tens of millions of its young brownshirts doing daily.
The right made this candidate a possibility. In fact it is precisely the vitriol and high-pitch of truecon opposition which makes Trump palatable to the left. Because the left doesn't know policy. Doesn't even know how wages and taxes work. It only knows aesthetics. At least they know that.
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified sidebar at April 28, 2016 04:57 PM (xuouz)
Posted by: John Kasich
you don't need one to eat an unfried chimichanga
Posted by: x at April 28, 2016 04:58 PM (nFwvY)
Posted by: Buckeye Abroad at April 28, 2016 04:32 PM (Zqv3+)
Is that why they deported you?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 28, 2016 04:58 PM (Zu3d9)
Trump is going to miss the "free" media coverage he's become to expect.
He'll get a bunch at first, because they are all hoping they can be the one that can gotcha him, that they will be the one that gets the gaffe or nails him with a zinger that destroys his campaign.
When that doesn't work, they'll start the blockade like they did with Fiorina.
Posted by: Hillary Klin-Ton at April 28, 2016 04:51 PM (39g3+)
******
That's probably right. Ugh meant to say---he's *come* to expect.
During the primary the liberal media and Trump had a common enemy and the temporary alliance formed--as soon as the environment changes--the media will no longer give him the free air time that made him possible. They will cut off his oxygen.
Posted by: Biden Is In The Ball Pit! at April 28, 2016 04:58 PM (mcm0N)
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified sidebar at April 28, 2016 04:59 PM (xuouz)
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at April 28, 2016 04:59 PM (kumBu)
The GOPe hates their base. Boehner just called us "Lucifer".
http://tinyurl.com/hwgsxma
Posted by: MTF at April 28, 2016 04:59 PM (/m8T6)
So he's clearly Majin Buu.
Agreed on Cruz's spirit bomb. I think we're going to run out of episodes long before he can use it. (Plus it only worked that one time.)
Posted by: broseidon on his magic glowing square at April 28, 2016 04:56 PM (tWE9w)
My god. You're right.
Would That then make Marco as Vegeta? Our only hope is a Super Sayian team up
Posted by: Jollyroger at April 28, 2016 04:59 PM (t06LC)
Posted by: Rusty Nail at April 28, 2016 05:00 PM (S2VsH)
Posted by: torquewrench at April 28, 2016 04:55 PM (noWW6)
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Maybe they mean Moonbase Newt.
Posted by: Biden Is In The Ball Pit! at April 28, 2016 05:00 PM (mcm0N)
Posted by: Asus at April 28, 2016 04:47 PM (A3kYV)
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Brace yourself. Trump is going to forge alliances with the GOPe, and I don't just mean the occasional RINO like Christie.
Unless he doesn't care about winning.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at April 28, 2016 05:00 PM (T/5A0)
Trump is going to miss the "free" media coverage he's become to expect. He's in for a rude awakening.
Posted by: Biden Is In The Ball Pit! at April 28, 2016 04:46 PM (mcm0N)
We were discussing the primary.
Of course the media will try to slant their coverage, just like they did for Mitt.
Guess what, Trump has already prepared that battlefield by always reminding people that the media is unfair AND by using Twitter and Instagram etc to connect directly to his audience.
Posted by: Abu Hajaar at April 28, 2016 05:01 PM (nbrY/)
Posted by: @votermom at April 28, 2016 05:02 PM (nbrY/)
So, per your advice yesterday, the stupid baby boomers should take a backseat since they caused this and let us millennials handle it, right? We have the alt-right! Fear our fully operational Twitter snark machine!
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at April 28, 2016 05:03 PM (kumBu)
Posted by: Abu Hajaar at April 28, 2016 05:01 PM (nbrY/)
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Twitter and Facebook barely work for Bernie.
What if Twitter takes him down for hate speech? What's the plan then?
Posted by: Biden Is In The Ball Pit! at April 28, 2016 05:04 PM (mcm0N)
Now at the end you realize. The end justifies the means?
There's a million places I can watch monkey poo fly. This didn't useta be one of them. Hobo pancreas, maybe. But not monkey poo.
Posted by: Disappointed at April 28, 2016 05:05 PM (5VvBx)
Posted by: Weasel at April 28, 2016 05:06 PM (e3bId)
Would That then make Marco as Vegeta? Our only hope is a Super Sayian team up
Posted by: Jollyroger at April 28, 2016 04:59 PM (t06LC) "
If only they could put aside their differences and fuse, we'd have a chance. But Rubio, Prince of All Republicans, cannot stand the indignity of needing to be assisted by that lowly commoner Cruz.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at April 28, 2016 05:06 PM (kumBu)
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at April 28, 2016 05:06 PM (ej28x)
John McCain actually thought the media liked him until the general election hubbub started.
It will be interesting to see Trump fight to overcome the firestorm and marginalization. I don't think he will be intimidated, nor will he be taken by surprise like McCain was.
But Hell with hath no fury like the MSM and the Dems when Trump stands in the way of Hilary's coronation.
Posted by: RM at April 28, 2016 05:08 PM (U3LtS)
Posted by: Biden Is In The Ball Pit! at April 28, 2016 05:04 PM (mcm0N)
I have no idea - it's Trump' s campaign, not mine.
I'm just here for the magically low-carb popcorn.
Posted by: @votermom at April 28, 2016 05:09 PM (nbrY/)
We know the sample population of SF&F geeks is skewed, so it's foolish to generalize. But I connect the dots of that, and the OSU unexpected spine-growing. And I dare for the first time in decades to be..
Posted by: Hopeful at April 28, 2016 05:11 PM (5VvBx)
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at April 28, 2016 05:03 PM (kumBu)
We're currently fighting each other to decide who will lead the fight against the democrats.
I prefer the candidate with crossover appeal, not the one that will go back to the evangelical well that was poisoned during GWB's presidency.
If baby boomers won't help, but instead insist on telling lies about said candidate (when there are plenty of truthful criticisms to make) while mounting liberal race and misogyny attacks, then yes, they will clear out.
Not "they should clear out" by the way. I want them in the coalition. I have said that all along. They're the ones threatening to stay home. Talk about a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified sidebar at April 28, 2016 05:12 PM (xuouz)
Trump is going to miss the "free" media coverage he's become to expect.
He'll get a bunch at first, because they are all hoping they can be the one that can gotcha him, that they will be the one that gets the gaffe or nails him with a zinger that destroys his campaign.
When that doesn't work, they'll start the blockade like they did with Fiorina.
Posted by: Hillary Klin-Ton at April 28, 2016 04:51 PM (39g3+)
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Don't know how many times I've heard about Trump's campaign headed for it's final destruction. Has happened almost every week since last summer when it started. This or that is going to finally do him in. Really starting to get funny now.
Posted by: Soona at April 28, 2016 05:13 PM (Fmupd)
Posted by: Blano at April 28, 2016 05:14 PM (780X6)
Posted by: Navycopjoe at April 28, 2016 05:15 PM (c8niA)
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified sidebar at April 28, 2016 05:12 PM (xuouz) "
Every side threatens to stay home. It's a negotiating tactic - a poor one, though.
But gee, I wonder why those baby boomers don't cotton to being told they should fall in line behind the unimpeachable wisdom of the fresh out of college 20-somethings who make up the alt-right.
I mean, for fuck's sake man, I'm 28, and I certainly have my HQ bonafides of being a snarky asshole, and even I think you come off as a bit of a smarmy young know-it-all.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at April 28, 2016 05:19 PM (kumBu)
Posted by: jwest at April 28, 2016 05:24 PM (Zs4uk)
Posted by: Johnny at April 28, 2016 05:40 PM (Ypf1L)
Layers upon layers. Wait until the Raelians get a whiff of this.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at April 28, 2016 05:48 PM (kumBu)
I think that Donald Trump is too healthy for that to work for him.
Posted by: obnoxious ahole at April 28, 2016 05:49 PM (MpvuV)
to run for president.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Hire Instigators, Inc. to Spice Up Your Formal
Dinner! An Outrage Outlet subsidiary. at April 28, 2016 04:44 PM (hLRSq)
That perspective--that anyone running for POTUS can only desire to do so because of ego--I believe to be false. As hard as it may seem to believe, there ARE some patriots left.
If you actually believe what you claim, who's ego are you supporting?
Posted by: Mimzey at April 28, 2016 05:58 PM (aRUb8)
Why are cops shooting pandas?
#pandalivesmatter
Posted by: Mr. Rourke at April 28, 2016 03:58 PM (T0BVJ)
Because they got some black on 'em. Notice how there doesn't seem to be many Dalmatians left? Cops killed 'em.
Posted by: Mimzey at April 28, 2016 06:02 PM (aRUb8)
Cruz got rolled that hard by a worthless 3rd stringer. But yeah, he totally has what it takes to beat Hillary.
Posted by: Rusty Nail at April 28, 2016 05:00 PM (S2VsH)
Non sequitur.
Posted by: Mimzey at April 28, 2016 06:05 PM (aRUb8)
Posted by: TheThinMan at April 28, 2016 06:23 PM (GXwGP)
1. That America should not come first
2. That we should let more Muslims move to our country
3. That it's racist to say "all lives matter"
4. That we should stay in NATO even if the other members all refuse to pay their fair share.
Yep, he's totally going to lose this one. Pack it in and let the guy who was forced to make public backroom deals with Kasich to 'ave a go at it. We have all the time in the world, demographics on our side, no biggie.
Posted by: Dystopia Max at April 28, 2016 06:26 PM (61Gds)
This election is going to be ugly and crude and awful because that is the state of our country, and the finishing touches were put on this ugly crude awful culture of ours while conservatives were busy listening to Glen Beck talk about Woodrow Wilson instead of countering the relentless, steely-eyed community organizing the left has tens of millions of its young brownshirts doing daily.
The right made this candidate a possibility. In fact it is precisely the vitriol and high-pitch of truecon opposition which makes Trump palatable to the left. Because the left doesn't know policy. Doesn't even know how wages and taxes work. It only knows aesthetics. At least they know that.
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified sidebar at April 28, 2016 04:57 PM (xuouz)"
Actually, as a Cruz supporter, I'm quite well aware that this election needs to be won. It's precisely because I'm convinced Trump would lose it badly that I'm in favor of Cruz fighting on to the bitter end.
Any campaign against Hillary Clinton will necessarily be ugly because she and her pack of vicious minions are nasty people tasked with the unpleasant job of trying to sell a candidate who is justifiably disliked and distrusted. She should be preparing for a criminal trial, not campaigning.
Winning this is going to take appealing to the widest set of the GOP and like minded independents while aggressively pressing the case against Hillary Clinton. Trump can certainly press aggressively, but I doubt his ability to win people over to his view that aren't already there. Once the Hillary campaign
If he gets the nomination, we'll see. A lot of GOP voters like me will sadly, reluctantly vote for him as the lesser of two evils and hope for the best.
Posted by: Jill v2 at April 28, 2016 06:27 PM (UYQcx)
IMPLYING FIRIN' FIORINA WAS EVER LIKEABLE AT ALL, LET ALONG A POPULIST ELECTION.
Posted by: Dystopia Max at April 28, 2016 06:28 PM (61Gds)
1. Strawman.
2. Point out that Trump said that "We have to let the refugees in".
3. She says "of course not...thats just silly."
4. "It's more complicated than simply kicking them out of the building."
And the msm will Candy Crawler for her.
Posted by: Mimzey at April 28, 2016 06:45 PM (aRUb8)
He's fucking miles ahead on where I want my
world to be. Smaller, and smaller, and smaller
government. Nearly non-existent.
Oh, and that weasel at the IRS, should be next in
line for... firing, impeachment, etc.
But, Eddie Munster/Count Chocula bothers people.
Alrighty then.
I'm, Galt-ish in the eventuality.
Posted by: micky at April 28, 2016 07:18 PM (o5vMc)
Posted by: Johnny at April 28, 2016 05:40 PM (Ypf1L)"
You got a link for any of that stream of consciousness conspiracy stuff? You seem to be saying it's on the internet, yet I never heard of it.
BTW, I think it's delightful for Trump supporters to bash Cruz over fantasy similarity to Hillary. You know you're the ones supporting a Hillary/Gore/Weiner/Pelosi donor and fan, right?
Hillary versus Hillary donor = the least important election in history. Why would a conservative even worry about it?
Posted by: Dustin at April 28, 2016 07:22 PM (a7sQX)
How's that been working out for ya? Politically speaking?
Posted by: The Hot Gates. at April 28, 2016 07:41 PM (k3uSs)
Micky, I'm right there with you. We hear year after year the complaint that we need someone conservative, not someone marketable. Now we have a guy who makes the Constitution an Actual Thing and people are harumphing his personality. WASTF.
Posted by: boomstick at April 28, 2016 08:03 PM (ASeyd)
Posted by: Rick554 at April 28, 2016 08:19 PM (DZsvp)
His ONLY hope is for a contested convention (IE STEAL the nomination away from Trump).
"Give the people what they want!" is what I used to hear.
Now it's "You're too stupid to vote!"
Coming form my own party that hurts pretty bad. This is a tactic the Democrats trot out after an election failure.
Being that Cruz understands very well that a contested convention WILL go in his favor, it's really falling on deaf ears that he is anti establishment.
You cant claim you are against your only hope of winning anything.
Ya just cant.
Also, just because the drunken idiot Boehner finally finds some 'courage' to call out an adversary (never seemed to have that......fortitude when he actually was in charge of shit) in such a wildly STUPID fashion is not anything one should hold as an 'endorsement' for Trump.
I mean... for fucks sake guys REALLY?
Posted by: Triple Twenty at April 28, 2016 08:29 PM (ficNf)
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