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The best part about that picture, sartorially speaking, is that every male candidate on the stage is dutifully wearing their red conserva-ties because that's what the right wing wants--except for Trump, who has a "fuck you I fly my own colors" tie, and Jeb, who is just bad at this.
Rich guy forgets to sign up for health insurance, blames Obamacare.
you forgot "lies about premium costs to reiterate popular fallacy"
Also, Ted Cruz is worth several million dollars and makes over a million a year. So yeah, fuck that guy.
Also, he's still eligible for the Senate health plan, which is partially subsidized.
Is he? I thought republicans did a thing that basically said they had to get insurance through Obamacare to make a point or something
A republican wrote a bill during the death panel stuff to try and go "See, none of you will sign up for this because you know how horrible it is!" then a democrat was like "that's a great idea, I'll totally cosign that bill!" and the Republican had to quickly go "I wasn't serious, ew, go away!"
Is he figuring he can just use replies to people with handles like TheSouthwasRite that make their racism apparent as a form of dog whistle? Because that could work.
Is he figuring he can just use replies to people with handles like TheSouthwasRite that make their racism apparent as a form of dog whistle? Because that could work.
He doesn't care in the slightest how it looks or sounds.
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True, but outside of Hillary Clinton I doubt any of the candidates running now share Obama's grace and poise. Then again, voting on looks is how we got Harding (who was nominated entirely because he "looked Presidential") and (ugh) Reagan.
On the retweet, it doesn't matter if Trump supports it or not. The whole point was to get more free publicity for a meme making for of Jeb!. His social media handler is all about using trolling techniques as a way to get publicity for Trump. And, of course, it works.
OMG I can't get enough of Trump's twitter trolling. It's just so ridiculous that this is what the front runner to be the GOP nominee to run the fucking United States is doing. Childish namecalling on a shitty social media service.
I dunno guys. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to go on if he or Cruz get the nomination. Like, I get the perspective of setting someone up for the democratic nominee to tear down and all, but it's heartbreaking that there are so many people that genuinely think this is a good idea in the first place. I mean, I get that there are a lot of Americans that feel let down by their party, and I get that the GOP in particular has let themselves fall into this trap by relying on pandering for so long, but still... I mean, shouldn't this be the point where the electorate starts seeking an ideally similar 3rd political party and build that up as a serious challenge to the GOP? Is the libertarian or whatever candidate just biding his time for the general to ensure he doesn't lose the short attention span of the base, or what?
I dunno. I'm just really sad that it's gotten to this point. And if that idiocy somehow influences the general enough, well, maybe I'll be able to hit that sweet spot where president Trump enacts his tax policy and I can sell my house without having to worry about capital gains, before the government and associated US Economy is annihilated. That, and I'll pick the lucky country that won't be significantly impacted by the resulting nuclear holocaust when he starts World War 3 less than a week after his inauguration. I dunno, maybe New Zealand? You guys haven't done anything to piss off the Donald, right?
I mean, shouldn't this be the point where the electorate starts seeking an ideally similar 3rd political party and build that up as a serious challenge to the GOP?
You'd think that, but unfortunately we've set things up to the point that any third party has a snowball's chance in hell of getting a seat in Congress, much less becoming President.
I mean, shouldn't this be the point where the electorate starts seeking an ideally similar 3rd political party and build that up as a serious challenge to the GOP?
You'd think that, but unfortunately we've set things up to the point that any third party has a snowball's chance in hell of getting a seat in Congress, much less becoming President.
There's what? 2 senators right now who aren't officially part of one of the major parties? They basically vote with the democrats, although given the alternative it's not surprising. I don't think we need a ton of independents, but having 10-15 in the senate could go a long way towards breaking gridlock (having enough people to get over the 60% cloture hill who have a bit more freedom to vote their conscience/be bargained with).
"You are hiding under your mom's skirt".
"My mom will beat you up, Trump".
That's pathetic.
How are you so bad a this Jeb!?
As a response to the trump tweet that's actually not so bad.
Not really, when you are, legitimately, being accused of being in the race purely because of your parents.
telling your opponents to be carefull of your mom is not a winning move.
"You are hiding under your mom's skirt".
"My mom will beat you up, Trump".
That's pathetic.
How are you so bad a this Jeb!?
As a response to the trump tweet that's actually not so bad.
Not really, when you are, legitimately, being accused of being in the race purely because of your parents.
telling your opponents to be carefull of your mom is not a winning move.
Not to mention the very obvious point that this is a grown man hiding behind his mother.
I mean, shouldn't this be the point where the electorate starts seeking an ideally similar 3rd political party and build that up as a serious challenge to the GOP?
You'd think that, but unfortunately we've set things up to the point that any third party has a snowball's chance in hell of getting a seat in Congress, much less becoming President.
This is absolutely true, but the other reason is because third parties don't want to do the hard work of creating a party, and just go straight for the brass rings rather than do what they need to do to win them.
"You are hiding under your mom's skirt".
"My mom will beat you up, Trump".
That's pathetic.
in a different campaign from a different person and, although it makes her recognizable, a different family, this might be a funny moment instead of weird and uncomfortable.
Speaking of third parties, another vain billionaire would like to enter the race. Bloomberg considering an independent run.
Weirdly enough, I'm not 100% on who he'd pull more votes from - the Democrats, or the Republicans who can't stand Trump and can't bring themselves to vote Democratic.
it blows me away that the same people who hate obama and call him a bad president wouldnt be able to admit (or simply cant see) that Trump isnt fit to be in the same room as someone like Obama, and the whole world, across the political and ideological isles, knows it.
He wouldnt be fit to be the class president, and is essentially an international punchline to the joke that is unbridled capitalism. Hes a Kardashian. Hes the president the world would have if this was an alternate universe in which the world was somehow Kandy Krush
Like, internationally, Obama is largely seen as an eloquent, commanding figure who has dignity and good grace, regardless of ones political leanings, hes seen as, for lack of a better word, presidential. Hes a movie president, in terms of fulfilling that balance of a sort of fatherly authority figure, who has ones best interests at heart, can have a joke, but is stern when he needs to be. He has the stuff, just in terms of his temprement, body language, etc. On a purely superficial level he looks and feels like a president. Hes basically goddamn Atticus compared to the Bush era.
And yet they honestly think the world will respect and fear a Trump america? The goofball laughing stock the whole world enjoyed as a reality star? Its mind boggling.
I mean I suppose we would fear and respect a Trump America, the same way we'd fear and respect a grizzly bear with rabies
After Trump wins the nomination, he will become the conclusion to so many arguments because of this.
I don't know what's wrong with the Democrats, X isn't fit to be President
You
Nominated
Donald
Trump
X has disgraced the office of the Presidency!
You
Nominated
Donald
Trump
Look at what X is doing, it's an embarrassment to America!
You
Nominated
Donald
Trump
Speaking of third parties, another vain billionaire would like to enter the race. Bloomberg considering an independent run.
Weirdly enough, I'm not 100% on who he'd pull more votes from - the Democrats, or the Republicans who can't stand Trump and can't bring themselves to vote Democratic.
It would allow the GOP to blame the third party for any loss. Ross Perot is often blamed for the loss in the 1992 presidential election regardless of most experts and the actual polling suggesting it didn't make a difference.
I mean, shouldn't this be the point where the electorate starts seeking an ideally similar 3rd political party and build that up as a serious challenge to the GOP?
You'd think that, but unfortunately we've set things up to the point that any third party has a snowball's chance in hell of getting a seat in Congress, much less becoming President.
There's what? 2 senators right now who aren't officially part of one of the major parties? They basically vote with the democrats, although given the alternative it's not surprising. I don't think we need a ton of independents, but having 10-15 in the senate could go a long way towards breaking gridlock (having enough people to get over the 60% cloture hill who have a bit more freedom to vote their conscience/be bargained with).
It really wouldn't. Not unless you are replacing Republicans. In which case, they might as well be democrats.
Speaking of third parties, another vain billionaire would like to enter the race. Bloomberg considering an independent run.
Weirdly enough, I'm not 100% on who he'd pull more votes from - the Democrats, or the Republicans who can't stand Trump and can't bring themselves to vote Democratic.
Here's someone the moderate Republicans may finally have in their corner at the voting booth. Too bad he isn't in the primary, being a billionaire himself Bloomberg wouldn't be as easily cowed by Trump.
I mean, shouldn't this be the point where the electorate starts seeking an ideally similar 3rd political party and build that up as a serious challenge to the GOP?
You'd think that, but unfortunately we've set things up to the point that any third party has a snowball's chance in hell of getting a seat in Congress, much less becoming President.
There's what? 2 senators right now who aren't officially part of one of the major parties? They basically vote with the democrats, although given the alternative it's not surprising. I don't think we need a ton of independents, but having 10-15 in the senate could go a long way towards breaking gridlock (having enough people to get over the 60% cloture hill who have a bit more freedom to vote their conscience/be bargained with).
It really wouldn't. Not unless you are replacing Republicans. In which case, they might as well be democrats.
I meant more in the abstract, but yeah... right now it just doesn't do much.
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Speaking of third parties, another vain billionaire would like to enter the race. Bloomberg considering an independent run.
Weirdly enough, I'm not 100% on who he'd pull more votes from - the Democrats, or the Republicans who can't stand Trump and can't bring themselves to vote Democratic.
Not like there are too many dems out there who think that Hillary is too far left but who can't bring themselves to vote GOP, and generally the kind of blue dogs that are out there like that are people more likely to vote for Webb's quixotic run (if he so chooses) than a libby New Yorker.
His would be a quest in search of a problem, it almost feels like. And yeah, would probably capture more corporatist Republicans.
it blows me away that the same people who hate obama and call him a bad president wouldnt be able to admit (or simply cant see) that Trump isnt fit to be in the same room as someone like Obama, and the whole world, across the political and ideological isles, knows it.
He wouldnt be fit to be the class president, and is essentially an international punchline to the joke that is unbridled capitalism. Hes a Kardashian. Hes the president the world would have if this was an alternate universe in which the world was somehow Kandy Krush
Like, internationally, Obama is largely seen as an eloquent, commanding figure who has dignity and good grace, regardless of ones political leanings, hes seen as, for lack of a better word, presidential. Hes a movie president, in terms of fulfilling that balance of a sort of fatherly authority figure, who has ones best interests at heart, can have a joke, but is stern when he needs to be. He has the stuff, just in terms of his temprement, body language, etc. On a purely superficial level he looks and feels like a president. Hes basically goddamn Atticus compared to the Bush era.
And yet they honestly think the world will respect and fear a Trump america? The goofball laughing stock the whole world enjoyed as a reality star? Its mind boggling.
I mean I suppose we would fear and respect a Trump America, the same way we'd fear and respect a grizzly bear with rabies
After Trump wins the nomination, he will become the conclusion to so many arguments because of this.
I don't know what's wrong with the Democrats, X isn't fit to be President
You
Nominated
Donald
Trump
X has disgraced the office of the Presidency!
You
Nominated
Donald
Trump
Look at what X is doing, it's an embarrassment to America!
You
Nominated
Donald
Trump
You assume that
A: They aknowledge it ever happened
B: They won't accuse Trump from being Democratic plant (and whole primary being flooded by dems pretending to be Republicans)
C: They are embarassed by Donald Trump
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And none of them manage to make the look work.
A republican wrote a bill during the death panel stuff to try and go "See, none of you will sign up for this because you know how horrible it is!" then a democrat was like "that's a great idea, I'll totally cosign that bill!" and the Republican had to quickly go "I wasn't serious, ew, go away!"
One of these things is not like the others.
And memes from the future:
"You are hiding under your mom's skirt".
"My mom will beat you up, Trump".
That's pathetic.
How are you so bad a this Jeb!?
He doesn't care in the slightest how it looks or sounds.
I dunno guys. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to go on if he or Cruz get the nomination. Like, I get the perspective of setting someone up for the democratic nominee to tear down and all, but it's heartbreaking that there are so many people that genuinely think this is a good idea in the first place. I mean, I get that there are a lot of Americans that feel let down by their party, and I get that the GOP in particular has let themselves fall into this trap by relying on pandering for so long, but still... I mean, shouldn't this be the point where the electorate starts seeking an ideally similar 3rd political party and build that up as a serious challenge to the GOP? Is the libertarian or whatever candidate just biding his time for the general to ensure he doesn't lose the short attention span of the base, or what?
I dunno. I'm just really sad that it's gotten to this point. And if that idiocy somehow influences the general enough, well, maybe I'll be able to hit that sweet spot where president Trump enacts his tax policy and I can sell my house without having to worry about capital gains, before the government and associated US Economy is annihilated. That, and I'll pick the lucky country that won't be significantly impacted by the resulting nuclear holocaust when he starts World War 3 less than a week after his inauguration. I dunno, maybe New Zealand? You guys haven't done anything to piss off the Donald, right?
Is Rand wearing a black suit with brown shoes? Bold.
As a response to the trump tweet that's actually not so bad.
There's what? 2 senators right now who aren't officially part of one of the major parties? They basically vote with the democrats, although given the alternative it's not surprising. I don't think we need a ton of independents, but having 10-15 in the senate could go a long way towards breaking gridlock (having enough people to get over the 60% cloture hill who have a bit more freedom to vote their conscience/be bargained with).
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Not really, when you are, legitimately, being accused of being in the race purely because of your parents.
telling your opponents to be carefull of your mom is not a winning move.
Not to mention the very obvious point that this is a grown man hiding behind his mother.
That wouldn't really be news, except that Cruz has publicly thanked the dude for his endorsement.
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This is absolutely true, but the other reason is because third parties don't want to do the hard work of creating a party, and just go straight for the brass rings rather than do what they need to do to win them.
Funny, though, what with Trump floating Oprah as a running mate in '07.
They tried to bury us. They didn't know that we were seeds. 2018 Midterms. Get your shit together.
I want Martin Shkreli to endorse Trump or Cruz.
Yay.
They tried to bury us. They didn't know that we were seeds. 2018 Midterms. Get your shit together.
in a different campaign from a different person and, although it makes her recognizable, a different family, this might be a funny moment instead of weird and uncomfortable.
Weirdly enough, I'm not 100% on who he'd pull more votes from - the Democrats, or the Republicans who can't stand Trump and can't bring themselves to vote Democratic.
After Trump wins the nomination, he will become the conclusion to so many arguments because of this.
I don't know what's wrong with the Democrats, X isn't fit to be President
You
Nominated
Donald
Trump
X has disgraced the office of the Presidency!
You
Nominated
Donald
Trump
Look at what X is doing, it's an embarrassment to America!
You
Nominated
Donald
Trump
It would allow the GOP to blame the third party for any loss. Ross Perot is often blamed for the loss in the 1992 presidential election regardless of most experts and the actual polling suggesting it didn't make a difference.
It really wouldn't. Not unless you are replacing Republicans. In which case, they might as well be democrats.
Trump isn't going to take anyone messing with his VP lying down.
Here's someone the moderate Republicans may finally have in their corner at the voting booth. Too bad he isn't in the primary, being a billionaire himself Bloomberg wouldn't be as easily cowed by Trump.
I meant more in the abstract, but yeah... right now it just doesn't do much.
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Nothing bothers me more than the damn flag pins. It is the tritest and most hollow gesture I can think of in modern politics.
Donald Trump op-ed: My vision for a culture of life:
Meanwhile, Jeb fails:
Jeb!: I’ll Lead a ‘Populist Revolt’
(Only thing missing is the orange wig).
And fails:
Wow.
"I'd like a g-rated role. Where I kill a terrorist. With my bare hands."
The MPAA would like a word with you Jeb!!!
"You're in the 10th episode of the third season. Do you like that?" "I like keeping our country safe."
Safe from... make-believe terrorists on a TV show?
That's a double-fail in 30 seconds. Amazing.
Not like there are too many dems out there who think that Hillary is too far left but who can't bring themselves to vote GOP, and generally the kind of blue dogs that are out there like that are people more likely to vote for Webb's quixotic run (if he so chooses) than a libby New Yorker.
His would be a quest in search of a problem, it almost feels like. And yeah, would probably capture more corporatist Republicans.
He panders.
He's a panderer.
He'll say and do anything to convince people to like him.
You assume that
A: They aknowledge it ever happened
B: They won't accuse Trump from being Democratic plant (and whole primary being flooded by dems pretending to be Republicans)
C: They are embarassed by Donald Trump
Two years from today:
Trump did not write a word of that op-ed