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TeenageArchipelago posted:seriously, if they get a candidate with a quarter ounce of charisma
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# ? May 4, 2016 05:35 |
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TeenageArchipelago posted:not nearly as many as will vote for her in order to get a second census year blowout. seriously, if they get a candidate with a quarter ounce of charisma they are going to be set in 2020 lol yes this mysterious charismatic republican candidate that totally exists and isn't hosed over by their insane primary system and racist base baggage yup
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# ? May 4, 2016 05:35 |
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Combed Thunderclap posted:But what about Congress!!? If I was her I would want a Republican Congress just so I could fight it.
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# ? May 4, 2016 05:37 |
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Of course, all the charismatic rising starts got carpet bombed by Trump this cycle sooooooo
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# ? May 4, 2016 05:38 |
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gently caress You And Diebold posted:lol yes this mysterious charismatic republican candidate that totally exists and isn't hosed over by their insane primary system and racist base baggage yup Well, according to the "runner-up" theory... yes, santorum broke that rule, but it could come back
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# ? May 4, 2016 05:39 |
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TeenageArchipelago posted:if they get a candidate with a quarter ounce of charisma they are going to be set in 2020 The Donald is the only Republican candidate I've seen in a decade with anything close to charisma and his charisma only works if you're racist
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# ? May 4, 2016 05:41 |
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maybe this is where Cantor, perennial rising star, makes a comeback only to get killed in the primary by an empty kkk robe/hood
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gently caress You And Diebold posted:maybe this is where Cantor, perennial rising star, makes a comeback only to get killed in the primary by an empty kkk robe/hood GOP: Age of Paul Ryan
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https://twitter.com/FullFrontalSamB/status/727668848208564224 https://twitter.com/FullFrontalSamB/status/727673061173014528
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# ? May 4, 2016 05:49 |
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The Anti Obama could do it for sure. That's about it.
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Combed Thunderclap posted:https://twitter.com/FullFrontalSamB/status/727668848208564224 even I felt these. Do more
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SSNeoman posted:Do more Everything Sam Bee touches turns to comedy gold https://twitter.com/kennelco/status/727605083504971776
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6NfRMv-4OY&t=126s
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Epic High Five posted:Of course, all the charismatic rising starts got carpet bombed by Trump this cycle sooooooo Oh poo poo, you're right. Trump spend the last several months going scorched earth on any so-called "rising star" the GOP had, didn't he? There's nothing left. The only thing he didn't do is salt the fields. The GOP was already too weak to keep the B and C-listers from jumping in alongside their rather weak A team and then Trump swept the board. There's only D-listers left for 2020 unless they want to try to run a loser.
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# ? May 4, 2016 05:58 |
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DemeaninDemon posted:The Anti Obama could do it for sure. That's about it. The Anti-Obama: a white Muslim born in Africa? Maybe if he beheads a trans queer person of color on live TV, hell... there's a solid path to the GOP nom in 2024 if I've ever heard one.
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# ? May 4, 2016 06:03 |
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Alkydere posted:Oh poo poo, you're right. Trump spend the last several months going scorched earth on any so-called "rising star" the GOP had, didn't he? Before this cycle the young, up and coming future of the GOP were: 1) Scott Walker, who eliminated himself early on and will never, ever be trusted by financiers again. Huge loser, looks weird 2) Jindal, who...I dunno, he was just kind of around and then he bailed I guess? Total non starter loser 3) Marco Rubio, who lost his home state by a hundred thousand percent and will forever be known as a thirsty little loser 4) Jeb, kind of. He wasn't young but he was being groomed for awhile. Low energy, 5) I feel like there was a 5th but nobody is coming to mind, the carpet bombing was that effective
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# ? May 4, 2016 06:08 |
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Alkydere posted:Oh poo poo, you're right. Trump spend the last several months going scorched earth on any so-called "rising star" the GOP had, didn't he? There are still some Rs who have been hiding behind the blast shield this entire election and desperately distancing themselves from the trainwreck. ...I just can't think of any right now, let alone imagine that they're chomping at the bit to get steamrolled by Hillary in 2020 (barring major gently caress-ups during her administration and a massive economic slowdown). 2024 might be a different story but that's looking ahead way too far.
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Epic High Five posted:5) I feel like there was a 5th but nobody is coming to mind, the carpet bombing was that effective So did everyone else, which is why he dropped out ages ago.
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# ? May 4, 2016 06:16 |
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Honestly, Ted Cruz could genuinely run in 2020. He's completely unelectable of course, and I doubt he could ever even win the nomination, but he's going to keep his seat and he didn't do anything this cycle to really disqualify himself.
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Combed Thunderclap posted:There are still some Rs who have been hiding behind the blast shield this entire election and desperately distancing themselves from the trainwreck. It's been a while since the recession and the Clintons just seem to constantly attract controversy/shady poo poo, so 2020 is by no means a lock. I'd be more confident about 2016 than 2020.
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# ? May 4, 2016 06:18 |
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remember when carson sacrificed a campaign volunteer to the primary gods but even that couldn't remove his sleep curse
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# ? May 4, 2016 06:18 |
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https://twitter.com/PoliticoKevin/status/727656924670533636
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# ? May 4, 2016 06:18 |
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Chantilly Say posted:The Anti-Obama: a white Muslim born in Africa? Maybe if he beheads a trans queer person of color on live TV, hell... there's a solid path to the GOP nom in 2024 if I've ever heard one. No, what gopers think Ronald Reagan was.
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# ? May 4, 2016 06:20 |
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Asimo posted:You're forgetting Ben Carson. Naw he was a rogue outsider who was transparently just there to grift. He raised like 80 million and rolled it all back into even more fundraising, it was masterfully executed. The truly funny bit is that if he hadn't been swiftboated by the press he would've punched a bunch of holes in the bottom of the SS Trump, because Trump legit did not have an answer for him. Attacks made him look mean and Carson makes Trump look lucid and coherent so word salad assaults also backfired. Trump just silently fumed while Carson overtook him, and without the press taking Carson out it likely would've continued
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# ? May 4, 2016 06:22 |
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Epic High Five posted:Before this cycle the young, up and coming future of the GOP were: I would have said Jeb was the definitive A-lister. Former governor, supposedly the smart Bush Jr. and had obviously been groomed for this. Everyone assumed that when he didn't make any plays early on it was because he was saving his massive warchest for later destruction but no, it was because he was Jeb. He would have fallen apart on his own likely, but Trump stressed him out and made him disintegrate earlier. It's just that early on, in the pre-Trump days he had all the hype and family backing so everyone assumed he was The Nominee. B-listers would have generally been the ex-governor club. They have proven experience Then you had the C-Listers. Anyone who shouldn't have been here if the GOP actually had any control of their own political machine. The appearance of people like Carson on the list of Legitimate Presidential Hopeful should have been a giant warning that the GOP had lost control. Instead we laughed because holy poo poo Carson for President? These people should have been promoting Jeb or one of the B-listers, not trying to take their places. And Trump destroyed all of them (though 3/4ths would have destroyed themselves). Now the GOP, already weak enough it couldn't keep Carson and Fiorina from elbowing their way in, literally has no one. Every one on their "young, up and coming" list and several bystanders are all in the political ICU and will be electorally crippled for the rest of their lives even if they do recover.
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Epic High Five posted:Before this cycle the young, up and coming future of the GOP were: Huckabee is actually fairly charismatic, but he did defend that Duggar kid who had sex with his sister. Then when called on it he didn't stop. Also he hasn't held office for nearly a decade. He's just in it to raise his profile.
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JosefStalinator posted:It's been a while since the recession and the Clintons just seem to constantly attract controversy/shady poo poo, so 2020 is by no means a lock. I'd be more confident about 2016 than 2020. You're absolutely right that it's not a lock, but her incumbency means that if nothing changes economically and she's able to avoid any gently caress-ups and ideally deliver even just one big success, just one, it starts looking that way pretty fast. But that's just my opinion. (And that's a lot of "if"s) Alkydere posted:Every one on their "young, up and coming" list and several bystanders are all in the political ICU and will be electorally crippled for the rest of their lives even if they do recover. Nikki Haley is one of the people who's been quietly not doing anything other than reacting with revulsion when someone tries to drag her into this year's race/the bathroom policing bullshit. Her SOTU response revealed her to have Rubio-esque robot qualities, though, so she'd be entertaining.
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Rubio was definitely the main guy they were grooming to eventually be the face of the party and win back the Latino vote, but his stock's probably been permanently damaged by all of this probably.
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# ? May 4, 2016 06:44 |
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God I love an election cycle that essentially ends with Scott loving Walker looking smarter than 95% of the republican field because he bowed out early. Motherfucker probably has his PAC sitting on that warchest for the next election cycle. I think he was the only actual GOP politician that Trump didn't get a chance to loving clown.
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# ? May 4, 2016 06:46 |
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TheOneOutside posted:God I love an election cycle that essentially ends with Scott loving Walker looking smarter than 95% of the republican field because he bowed out early. Motherfucker probably has his PAC sitting on that warchest for the next election cycle. Remember that Scott Walker was the candidate who wanted to build a wall to protect us from Canada. He clowned himself.
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# ? May 4, 2016 06:49 |
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it would've been pretty good to see what trump did with Walker's "I created my bald spot by hitting my head on a cabinet corner" also his loving ham and cheese lunches
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Epic High Five posted:Before this cycle the young, up and coming future of the GOP were: They still have the jingoistic rear end in a top hat Tom Cotton.
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gently caress You And Diebold posted:it would've been pretty good to see what trump did with Walker's "I created my bald spot by hitting my head on a cabinet corner" also his loving ham and cheese lunches I like that he grew up thinking TBI was just a bald spot on the brain.
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# ? May 4, 2016 06:55 |
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Yeah I'm not willing to bet on party coherence before 2018 by then we will know if the GOP has enough Eldritch magic to be serious in 2020 or if it's going to be economic populism eating away at the Clinton Presidency. If she's smart she'll make sure a populist doesn't seem needed in 2020
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# ? May 4, 2016 06:56 |
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And yet as terrible as Walker is, none of those things are going to be easily recalled by the electorate in four years, because all they'll remember is the trump rampage through everyone else. Scott Walker is a moron. He was still smarter than most of the other clown posse. I cannot loving wait for the Toxx thread this year.
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# ? May 4, 2016 06:57 |
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TheOneOutside posted:And yet as terrible as Walker is, none of those things are going to be easily recalled by the electorate in four years, because all they'll remember is the trump rampage through everyone else. I somehow doubt even the Immortans and whoever elses pumping trump have $10 worth of conviction behind their gimmicks.
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# ? May 4, 2016 07:00 |
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Scott Walker in 2020 would need the help of substantial economic collapse. Like worse than 2008. Hilldogg could rebuff the austerity bullshit he shills well by simply pointing to various states turned to poo poo like Kansas in any other case.
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# ? May 4, 2016 07:00 |
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I look forward to Hillary campaign events with Barack, Bernie, Biden and Bill at them
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# ? May 4, 2016 07:07 |
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gently caress You And Diebold posted:I look forward to Hillary campaign events with Barack, Bernie, Biden, and Bill at them They should do an empty chair thing like except have it be an empty spraytan booth instead
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