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Mr Ice Cream Glove
Apr 22, 2007


Moving to the country

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Fuckt Tupp
Apr 19, 2007

Science

Slate Action posted:

Trump kicking things into a yooger gear.



e: Trump also told Costa he is "not apologizing" re: Kelly.

Oh God. They tried to pressure his long time advisor into getting an apology and he did the Trump thing and fired his rear end. Is there no end to the majesty of this campaign?

Mr Hootington posted:

He keeps looking at me right in the eyes. drat creeper.

Q and a time

He knows.

Get out. Get out now while you still can.


Can't stop masturbating. Send help.

Xelkelvos
Dec 19, 2012
The GOP still hasn't learned that the only way to kill the Trump is to ignore him. Pretend he doesn't exist and he'll scream until he's hoarse. Look past him like he's invisible and he'll be enraged and crumble. His victory condition isn't winning the election, necessarily. That's the best case scenario.

His win condition is to be noticed. Take that away, and victory is assured. Sadly no media company can ignore the voice of the Trump, so his victory is assured. The only question is whether it's a complete victory to the White House or just for another round of his name in headlines.

Trump is neither conservative or liberal, neither libertarian nor socialist. He is a winner and it doesn't matter what policy it is, he will win by any means necessary.

Mr Hootington
Jul 24, 2008

I'M HAVING A HOOT EATING CORNETTE THE LONG WAY

Is this breaking tables?

He has a bit of a lazy eye too.

We were given a free root beer float and bumper stickers at the end. Plus I now have a picture with him.

Deki
May 12, 2008

It's Hammer Time!

Sheng-ji Yang posted:

carly fired my uncle who was one of the original compaq employees so yeah gently caress her

My friend's dad ended up retiring off the severance that HP gave him during the Fiona years. (It wasn't that big of a severance, dude's poor as poo poo now).

Grey Fox
Jan 5, 2004

Rick Santorum: GOP must woo Sam's Club, not Whole Foods, voters

Deki
May 12, 2008

It's Hammer Time!

Where does Costco fit into this?

Xanderkish
Aug 10, 2011

Hello!

Is that shelf filled entirely with cookbooks. How many loving recipes does the Santorum household go through in a year.

PT6A
Jan 5, 2006

Public school teachers are callous dictators who won't lift a finger to stop children from peeing in my plane
"What kind of a loser buys that many peaches? C'mon. I'm really, really rich, and even I don't buy that many peaches."

Three Olives
Apr 10, 2005

Don't forget Hitler's contributions to medicine.

So basically this is just two pieces of poo poo arguing over who is the worst person.

Grem
Mar 29, 2004
Probation
Can't post for 27 days!
What's the most amount of chaos possible on the convention floor? Because that's what I see if Trump wins enough states to get the nomination.

EXTREME INSERTION
Jun 4, 2011

by LadyAmbien

That's stupid, you buy some things at Sams club or BJs and then other things at whole foods

NotWearingPants
Jan 3, 2006

by Nyc_Tattoo
Nap Ghost

Grem posted:

What's the most amount of chaos possible on the convention floor? Because that's what I see if Trump wins enough states to get the nomination.

I guess that depends on the open carry rules at the convention.

GalacticAcid
Apr 8, 2013

NEW YORK VALUES

Tricky D
Apr 1, 2005

I love um!

PT6A posted:

"What kind of a loser buys that many peaches? C'mon. I'm really, really rich, and even I don't buy that many peaches."

"I could eat a peach for hours." - Rick Santorum

silvergoose
Mar 18, 2006

IT IS SAID THE TEARS OF THE BWEENIX CAN HEAL ALL WOUNDS




Xanderkish posted:

Is that shelf filled entirely with cookbooks. How many loving recipes does the Santorum household go through in a year.

That's...not really a good criticism. Some people like having lots of cookbooks to give them inspiration for different kinds of food.

Three Olives
Apr 10, 2005

Don't forget Hitler's contributions to medicine.

"Santorum's book includes calls to change Obamacare and other social welfare programs that he says make people dependent on the government instead of a job.:

It's really amazing that they have spent so much time railing against Obamacare that they forgot what it actually does, there is no jobless person dependant on Obamacare, they already got MedicAid, the working poor can get MedicAid as well now and a small subset of the middle-class get tax-credits, i.e. TAX CUTS to pay for health insurance.

Jesus, you think Obamacare sucks fine, argue that point but now it seems that all the republicans are arguing about some program they just made up in their head.

Three Olives fucked around with this message at 21:19 on Aug 8, 2015

long-ass nips Diane
Dec 13, 2010

Breathe.

Three Olives posted:

Jesus, you think Obamacare sucks fine, argue that point but now it seems that all the republicans are arguing about some program they just made up in their head.

This is what they've been doing with basically every Obama policy/Obama himself since his first term started.

Nolan Arenado
May 8, 2009

Xanderkish posted:

Is that shelf filled entirely with cookbooks. How many loving recipes does the Santorum household go through in a year.

My mother owns hundreds of cookbooks, does that make her worse than Rick Santorum? :ohdear:

Mc Do Well
Aug 2, 2008

by FactsAreUseless

Three Olives posted:

arguing about some program they just made up in their head.

Conservative discourse since Clinton's welfare reforms.txt

Three Olives
Apr 10, 2005

Don't forget Hitler's contributions to medicine.

Swagger Dagger posted:

This is what they've been doing with basically every Obama policy/Obama himself since his first term started.

Actually aren't the vast majority of people benefiting from Obamacare the self-employed small business owners and their employees who are now getting a tax cut to pay for healthcare that Republican's spend most of their time giving blowjobs too?

Mr Ice Cream Glove
Apr 22, 2007

The worse they treat Trump the more I think he will run 3rd party

SirPablo
May 1, 2004

Pillbug
I can't believe how much noise Trump is managing to make on a Saturday afternoon. In the future, courses on trolling will be taught, centered on his presidential run.

Space Skeleton
Sep 28, 2004

Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:

The worse they treat Trump the more I think he will run 3rd party

If he runs third party that pretty much assures the Republican candidate can't win.

Mr Ice Cream Glove
Apr 22, 2007

The eventual movie should have Trump playing Trump

Pillowpants
Aug 5, 2006
The only good thing about President Trump would be when someone inevitably tries to block his idea and he goes on national TV to say "speaker boehner blocked my bill today because he wanted to add an amendment to it which only benefits his district or X business." That would be hilarious.

Mega64
May 23, 2008

I took the octopath less travelered,

And it made one-eighth the difference.

While the GoP turns on itself and Hillary and Bernie focus on their own things, O'Malley sneaks in and secures the coveted dog vote.

#DogsForOMalley

Mirthless
Mar 27, 2011

by the sex ghost

Pinterest Mom posted:

RULE NO. 16
Election, Selection, Allocation, or Binding of Delegates and Alternate Delegates
(a) Binding and Allocation.

(1) Any statewide presidential preference vote that permits a choice among candidates for the Republican nomination for President of the United States in a primary, caucuses, or a state convention must be used to allocate and bind the state’s delegation to the national convention in either a proportional or winner-take-all manner, except for delegates and alternate delegates who appear on a ballot in a statewide election and are elected directly by primary voters.

(2) The Secretary of the Convention shall faithfully announce and record each delegate’s vote in accordance with the delegate’s obligation under these rules, state law or state party rule. If any delegate bound by these rules, state party rule or state law to vote for a presidential candidate at the national convention demonstrates support under Rule 40 for any person other than the candidate to whom he or she is bound, such support shall not be recognized. Except as provided for by state law or state party rule, no presidential candidate shall have the power to remove a delegate.

Ironically, didn't they revise this last year to eliminate the only possible recourse they would have to prevent a Trump nomination via delegates?


Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:

The worse they treat Trump the more I think he will run 3rd party

Yeah, I think if things continue along the same course - Trump getting snubbed at events, getting hardball questions at debates, etc - a third party Trump run is just about guaranteed. It wouldn't be the first time a billionaire felt snubbed by the GOP and ran on his own. I've felt like the GOP courting their fringe base was doomed to end in a civil war eventually, and the pot seems to be boiling over at last. Fight to capture the racist vote, racists are going to elect racists. Fight to give billionaires undue power in the political process, billionaires are going to determine who you put in front of your party. Do both, and what you're going to end up with is a crazy, uncontrollable racist billionaire. Hello, Donald.

NotWearingPants
Jan 3, 2006

by Nyc_Tattoo
Nap Ghost

Three Olives posted:

Actually aren't the vast majority of people benefiting from Obamacare the self-employed small business owners and their employees who are now getting a tax cut to pay for healthcare that Republican's spend most of their time giving blowjobs too?

Yes. For some reason the ability to start your own business without risking the lives of your children by leaving your corporate heath plan doesn't count as freedom.


When it comes to the possibility that republicans can actually do anything to "fix" Obamacare, I find Krugman's "three-legged stool" analogy very simply explains why this cannot happen: http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/09/revenge-of-the-three-legged-stool/ (don't know if the analogy is his originally or if he appropriated it)

Basically, the idea is that Obamacare has three essential parts: the mandate, the subsidies, and pre-existing condition coverage. You take one away, and it no longer works.

ass cobra
May 28, 2004

by Azathoth

Three Olives posted:

So basically this is just two pieces of poo poo arguing over who is the worst person.

I think you'll find they limited the prime time debate to ten, not two, candidates :smug:

NotWearingPants
Jan 3, 2006

by Nyc_Tattoo
Nap Ghost

Mega64 posted:

While the GoP turns on itself and Hillary and Bernie focus on their own things, O'Malley sneaks in and secures the coveted dog vote.

#DogsForOMalley

But loses the people who hate referring to animals using familiar appellations. gently caress you those dogs are not my nephews. Stop calling me Uncle!

Raskolnikov38
Mar 3, 2007

We were somewhere around Manila when the drugs began to take hold

PT6A posted:

"What kind of a loser buys that many peaches? C'mon. I'm really, really rich, and even I don't buy that many peaches."

They're from a tree or trees that he owns but I don't know why he bothered bringing in the rotten half eaten ones.

A Neurotic Jew
Feb 17, 2012

by exmarx

:circlefap:

I can't take this thread anymore. It's like staring in to the sun.

fake edit: Roger Stone will be on CNN at 6:00 pm. I am imagining a truly lethal round of @realDonaldTrump tweeting tonight.

A Neurotic Jew fucked around with this message at 21:44 on Aug 8, 2015

Zeta Taskforce
Jun 27, 2002

Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:

This site is amazing!

https://www.conservativereview.com/2016%20presidential%20candidates


It lets you see how each GOP candidate ranks on a variety of topics


Guess which GOP candidate?




Carly Fiorina

They LOOOOOOOOOVE Ted Cruz



That site is incredible. I was poking around and the metrics it uses are 100% off from reality.

They hate Huckabee on the environment. The only thing he gets a green thumb on is supporting nuclear power, which I do too because it doesn't omit greenhouse gasses, but still.


Huckabee supported the liberal and economically destructive cap-and-trade policy: “I also support cap and trade of carbon emissions. And I was disappointed that the Senate rejected a carbon counting system to measure the sources of emissions, because that would have been the first and the most important step toward implementing true cap and trade.” (YouTube)
Huckabee believes there should be government incentives for so-called “green energy” sources. He told Salon, that, “I think that there ought to be some government grants and subsidies for those who accelerate ways to produce the [green] energy.” (Salon)

In 2008 Huckabee backed subsidies for the Renewable Fuel Standard (ethanol). (The Hill)

Huckabee supports federal standards on fuel that drive up the cost of cars. (Salon)

Huckabee supports expanding the role of nuclear power. (Salon)

Huckabee’s plan for reducing greenhouse gases would include imposing light bulb standards, mandating the use of compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs), and replacing carbon-based sources of energy. (Salon)

Huckabee is open to using the tax code to force electricity producers to shift from carbon-based fuel sources. (Salon)
- See more at: https://www.conservativereview.com/2016-presidential-candidates/candidates/mike-huckabee#article-7

crazy cloud
Nov 7, 2012

by Cyrano4747
Lipstick Apathy

SirPablo posted:

I can't believe how much noise Trump is managing to make on a Saturday afternoon. In the future, courses on trolling will be taught, centered on his presidential run.

that's what I was just thinking too. I was expecting to have to wait until Monday for the next episode.

Y'all, we have a full 15 more months of this to look forward to and it doesn't even take weekends off.

Prof. Lurker
Mar 10, 2015

I've got the fire of human liberty!

I'm setting fires everywhere!

And humans are turning on everywhere!
nm

Prof. Lurker fucked around with this message at 21:57 on Aug 8, 2015

Sheng-Ji Yang
Mar 5, 2014


crazy cloud posted:

that's what I was just thinking too. I was expecting to have to wait until Monday for the next episode.

Y'all, we have a full 15 more months of this to look forward to and it doesn't even take weekends off.

man i hope donald sticks in for the next 15 months. he will single handedly destroy the american political system

crazy cloud
Nov 7, 2012

by Cyrano4747
Lipstick Apathy
it has been posted itt what are your thoughts about it professor

Sheng-ji Yang posted:

man i hope donald sticks in for the next 15 months. he will single handedly destroy the american political system

it's like watching a rube-goldberg machine in that i am physically incapable of looking away :stare:

crazy cloud fucked around with this message at 21:56 on Aug 8, 2015

Prof. Lurker
Mar 10, 2015

I've got the fire of human liberty!

I'm setting fires everywhere!

And humans are turning on everywhere!
oh well.

i do hope the show does go on for a while. it is glorious

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BattleCattle
May 11, 2014

He's like

Roosevelt.

It's fun to watch.

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