DaveWoo posted:

POLITICO provides some quality fact-checking:


Well done, POLITICO.

TheDisreputableDog posted:

Just to be clear, you said earlier that a long stint in the state legislature followed by being Governor don't qualify as "real jobs".

Kro-Bar posted:

Trump is taking credit for publicizing the story of the woman killed by the Mexican immigrant in San Francisco. What the christ.

Joementum posted:

Luigi Thirty posted:

Jeb! says Obummer uses too many liberal ivory tower big words and that's why our foreign policy stinks.

Archonex posted:

That comes after he's crushed ISIS's diabolical plans to build a hotel, built a fortress on a man made island in the middle of an ocean, and crashed the economy by devaluing the US dollar so that unethical corporations are willing to bring more business here and people are left literally starving in the street.

Edit: Presumably all the people who are left starving and out of work by his bone headed economic strategies will be offered membership into the military to bolster the invasion force. Service for citizenship food!

Sir Tonk posted:

The only way Trump gets elected President is if all the people under thirty-four vote for him to be ironic.

The Nastier Nate posted:

Donald Trump's plan to deal with the southern border seems to be:

1) build a wall, then invoice the Mexican goverment for it.
2) Send them a follow up invoice for every illegal immigrant that comes into the country.
3) Berate the Mexican government untill they "behave"

I'd say Perry, has a point when he says that Trump's solutions aren't "conservative" aka realistic. I also don't fault Perry for taking seriously an issue that he had to deal with as governor for 12 years, where Trump claim's he will just make it happen - because he will give Mexico a stern talking too.

It also goes further to that Trump really has no positions, plans or ideas. His rally speeches are a stream-of-conscious rambling comprised of vague talking points, angry spiteful remarks and whatever he happens to think of at the time. I can't honestly tell you how far to the right or left of the spectrum he is because he's never had to create or vote on legislation and doesn't provide real world examples of how he would implement his inane ramblings policies. And of course the jokes on us because it seems to be working.

I wouldn't be surprised to see him start contradicting himself after a few too many stump speeches just by having to keep track of everything he's said. I'm sure he would start using his "I have a great idea but I can't tell you" line on everything instead of just ISIS if he thought he could consistently get away with it.

CheesyDog posted:

Upon reflection I'm not sure why Linda McMahon's campaigns went so poorly for her

richardfun posted:

I love that while the move by HP is stupid, Trump comes out looking like the rear end in a top hat here.

It's like watching a petulant 6 year old run for president.

Mr Hootington posted:

And done. I'm drinking when I get home. It almost killed me.

DaveWoo posted:

On the front page of CNN right now:



They even included the letter of support Jeb wrote to the Swift Boaters.

It'd be the funniest goddamn thing if this ends up backfiring on ol' Jeb.

MrBims posted:

Obviously the result of the recent and focused right-wing attacks on her relating to Benghazi. It won't last.

Four Score posted:

"Your candidate invokes Ronald Reagan"

Vox Nihili posted:

Walker is without a doubt scarier than Trump. Fortunately, there is already a large, motivated group of people who know and hate him.

bpower posted:

how much if any of that was broadcast on tv?

Antti posted:

I am not sure if Trump's plan here is to actually make up with the Hispanic vote by showing up on TV with Hispanic local politicians or whatever the gently caress

sharkbomb posted:

Was the point of this presser to get into a feud with Clinton? Beyond trashing her I didn't really see the point of such a short presser.

Joementum posted:

Also, I'm not at all joking when I say we should return to the days when the campaigns rolled into town and gave out free hard cider.

Joementum posted:

Considering the Republican party's policies on consumer protection and safety regulation, this may not end well for their primary voters

Bizarro Kanyon posted:

I have finally came down from my Trump high. I have been swept up by the idea of a Trump 3rd party run.

He will not do it because it would require actual work. It would require a ground game. It would require a full fledged operation. Trump will not do that and that has made me sad.

International Business Times posted:

Hillary Clinton's $600 haircut shuts down Bergdorf Goodman salon

Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton allegedly shut down part of a luxury New York City department store last week to get a $600 haircut. Clinton's campaign closed the John Barrett salon at Bergdorf Goodman on Fifth Avenue on Friday to ensure privacy for her large entourage, the New York Post reported Wednesday.

Clinton entered the store by a side entrance. An elevator bank was shut down so Clinton could see her regular hairdresser privately. A haircut at John Barrett costs $600, the New York Post claimed, although the salon's website offers more affordable options. It was not known whether Clinton was charged for the haircut.

"She was styled in a private area of the salon," a source told the New York Post. "Other customers didn't get a glimpse. Hillary was later seen with a new feathered hairdo."

Something Else posted:

Meanwhile, Bernie has vowed to not spend a dime on haircuts until the Wall St fatcats behind the crash have been brought to justice.

EugeneJ posted:

Handwaving an entire genre of music

thats not candy posted:

I don't understand what the problem is with free movement of labor. I'm not sure why migrants would automatically work for 2 or 3 dollars unless a state specifically says only citizens are guaranteed minimum wage, which seems like an absurd policy unless you're a Koch.