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pincky posted:Holy poo poo Ted Cruz was in Germany? I live in Hamburg (Northern Germany) and I didn't see any coverage of him! The only coverage about US participation was about Biden! It's probably because Cruz is a pie-faced fascist shitheel and nobody wanted to run afoul of media laws.
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I haven't counted you out yet, Mitt. You know your country needs you!
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FAUXTON posted:It's probably because Cruz is a pie-faced fascist shitheel and nobody wanted to run afoul of media laws. Yeah, he and Joni Ernst were there as part of a delegation.
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HUGE PUBES A PLUS posted:Yeah, he and Joni Ernst were there as part of a delegation. What possible cause could have been advanced by sending those two to represent them? Some sort of agricultural junket presumably, but still.
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Feb 9, 2015 01:59
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FAUXTON posted:It's probably because Cruz is a pie-faced fascist shitheel and nobody wanted to run afoul of media laws. Cruz doesn't strike me as being fascist, he's a different kind of fool.
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sullat posted:What possible cause could have been advanced by sending those two to represent them? Some sort of agricultural junket presumably, but still. I didn't know they sent fertilizer samples as delegates.
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TheBalor posted:When's the last time a president or presidential candidate came close to being croaked? All I can think is when Squeaky Fromme had a gun on Gerald Ford in a crowd. but it didn't go off!
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SNAKES N CAKES posted:No surprise, his odds are better than expected: What do N, H and C mean in this chart? Am I stupid?
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BiggerBoat posted:What do N, H and C mean in this chart? Am I stupid? edit: Harry Enten and Carla Correa
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pangstrom posted:N = Nate Silver, not sure who the other two are but presumably two other 538 people. It's just their "totally subjective" guts I think. OK, thanks. I thought they were labeling voter's party or something. Why are Chris Christie, Scott Walker and Jeb Bush not on this graph? Are they just analyzing underdogs or some poo poo or are those guys "the field"? Because if it's a list of long shots then where's Sarah Palin? Looking at this list, I'm very optimistic about Hillary's chances if she runs because, my God, that's a lovely list of Presidential candidates. I mean, that's really, really bad. The GOP is going to HAVE to nominate Jeb to have a chance, aren't they? Or is there some dark horse candidate I haven't considered yet?
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BiggerBoat posted:OK, thanks. I thought they were labeling voter's party or something. http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/listen-to-our-totally-subjective-2016-presidential-odds-for-early-february-2015/
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Can people stop harassing Elizabeth Warren, please? She doesn't appear to have any interest in this and I don't blame her. Maybe not every decent person has to be president? I mean, do YOU want your finger on the button?
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De Nomolos posted:Can people stop harassing Elizabeth Warren, please? She doesn't appear to have any interest in this and I don't blame her. Maybe not every decent person has to be president? Um, all that "harassment" gives Warren more power in the Senate, which Dem leadership needs to give her to keep her out of Hillary's hair.
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BiggerBoat posted:OK, thanks. I thought they were labeling voter's party or something. If Rick Perry could somehow rehabilitate his image for this go round. We have yet to see if there's anything new behind the "smart guy" glasses.
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Zwabu posted:If Rick Perry could somehow rehabilitate his image for this go round. We have yet to see if there's anything new behind the "smart guy" glasses. He shows up to an event tripping balls, literally leads a Reagan seance on stage.
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pangstrom posted:It's the second, "others" chart, the top 5 are on the first chart Oh, indeed it is and I am a retard. It's still spectacularly lovely field of candidates though. Bush and Christie I can almost tolerate (in the sense that I can understand why someone might vote for them) but when 3 of your top 5 are Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and Rand loving Paul, there's some problems with your field.
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amanasleep posted:Um, all that "harassment" gives Warren more power in the Senate, which Dem leadership needs to give her to keep her out of Hillary's hair. You mean the person she's already endorsed?
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De Nomolos posted:You mean the person she's already endorsed? Yes. They already paid her off for not actually running by creating a Senate Leadership position. Now they need control her use of that position to push the Overton Window too far to the left for whatever they feel is their ideal framing for the 2016 campaign.
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amanasleep posted:Yes. They already paid her off for not actually running by creating a Senate Leadership position. Now they need control her use of that position to push the Overton Window too far to the left for whatever they feel is their ideal framing for the 2016 campaign. ... Warren didn't want to run. They put her into leadership because they were hoping she could maybe help democrats capture some of the excitement her campaign generated by helping with strategy. Or, you know, conspiracy theories. Either way.
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Feb 9, 2015 21:18
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Kalman posted:... Warren didn't want to run. They put her into leadership because they were hoping she could maybe help democrats capture some of the excitement her campaign generated by helping with strategy.
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Feb 9, 2015 22:01
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Jeb Bush's new technology chief has an... interesting Twitter history:  (link)
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DaveWoo posted:Jeb Bush's new technology chief has an... interesting Twitter history: Oh, this is wonderful.
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DaveWoo posted:Jeb Bush's new technology chief has an... interesting Twitter history:  Considering people get fired over this sort of thing in the private sector all the time, I'm surprised that they thought they'd just get away with it by having him delete the tweets.
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Zwabu posted:If Rick Perry could somehow rehabilitate his image for this go round. We have yet to see if there's anything new behind the "smart guy" glasses. Dude's facing felony corruption charges that are probably going to follow him for at least a year. No rehabilitating the rick perry image.
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Feb 9, 2015 22:13
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Kalman posted:... Warren didn't want to run. They put her into leadership because they were hoping she could maybe help democrats capture some of the excitement her campaign generated by helping with strategy. To paraphrase Weigel/probably Joementum, maybe she's not interested in being commanding officer of the civilizing forces?
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Feb 9, 2015 22:54
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I just wanna take a minute to remind people of this actual press release issued by the Gingrich campaign last time round:quote:The literati sent out their minions to do their bidding. Washington cannot tolerate threats from outsiders who might disrupt their comfortable world. The firefight started when the cowardly sensed weakness. They fired timidly at first, then the sheep not wanting to be dropped from the establishment's cocktail party invite list unloaded their entire clip, firing without taking aim their distortions and falsehoods. Now they are left exposed by their bylines and handles. But surely they had killed him off. This is the way it always worked. A lesser person could not have survived the first few minutes of the onslaught. But out of the billowing smoke and dust of tweets and trivia emerged Gingrich, once again ready to lead those who won't be intimated by the political elite and are ready to take on the challenges America faces.
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pangstrom posted:It's the second, "others" chart, the top 5 are on the first chart If Scott Walker somehow threads the insanity needle and becomes the nominee we're in for a real treat. There exists fewer non-punchable pictures of that man than even those of Ted Cruz. It's insane and the only thing better would be for the Cain Train to bust through the wall and win this thing out of nowhere. DaveWoo posted:Jeb Bush's new technology chief has an... interesting Twitter history: Why all the hate for sluts? Mr. Czahor have trouble with the ladies in college?
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Gyges posted:Why all the hate for sluts? Mr. Czahor have trouble with the ladies in college? He and that Chuck Johnson blogger guy should hang out, I think they'd get along famously.
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Zwabu posted:He and that Chuck Johnson blogger guy should hang out, I think they'd get along famously. Chuck Johnson is married, to an Asian woman he'll have you know.
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Freudian posted:I just wanna take a minute to remind people of this actual press release issued by the Gingrich campaign last time round: Former speaker of the house, complete outsider, noted Tiffany Diamond fanatic.
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QwertyAsher posted:Dude's facing felony corruption charges that are probably going to follow him for at least a year. No rehabilitating the rick perry image. At this rate, I think the single biggest factor deciding the GOP nominee is gonna be "Who isn't in currently in court?" Freudian posted:I just wanna take a minute to remind people of this actual press release issued by the Gingrich campaign last time round: Anyone who hasn't seen this performed by John Lithgow hasn't truly experienced it. http://thecolbertreport.cc.com/videos/7qmvog/john-lithgow-performs-gingrich-press-release
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At this point I have a feeling we may reach peak political ad this season. There's just so much poo poo coming out for everyone to fling at one another. Just pure insanity like the ones from Swing Vote. Just give me pure desperate vote grabbing tactics, republicans. Give me chaos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4HTZTnsztA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-cBsa73jjA
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Are we posting horrible campaign ads? let me get his one in tout suite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byX7FkfMpe0
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Fulchrum posted:http://thecolbertreport.cc.com/videos/7qmvog/john-lithgow-performs-gingrich-press-release This is still fantastic, but drat if I hadn't already forgotten how much I hated Colbert's loving audience.
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Duckbag posted:This is still fantastic, but drat if I hadn't already forgotten how much I hated Colbert's loving audience. I've sat in there. They made us do it. One guy who refused to laugh was told he'd be asked to leave.
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Fulchrum posted:I've sat in there. They made us do it. One guy who refused to laugh was told he'd be asked to leave. And the constant "Wooooooooing"? I've seen the audience gently caress up several jokes by bellowing before the punchline landed.
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Kalman posted:... Warren didn't want to run. They put her into leadership because they were hoping she could maybe help democrats capture some of the excitement her campaign generated by helping with strategy. I mean, it's not a conspiracy. Warren didn't want to run, but that doesn't mean that she didn't use party base enthusiasm for her candidacy as a bargaining chip to get a better position in the Senate. It also doesn't mean that putting her in that position didn't have any other benefit to the Dem establishment besides foreclosing a presidential bid. It also doesn't mean that she won't be pushing Hillary to the left, or that centrist establishment Dems won't try to convince her not to do that.
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