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ComradeCosmobot posted:Remember that "Cruz to the Future" coloring book from last year? Hahahaha oh man those Amazon reviews are just as good, if not better, than the book itself. I haven't laughed that hard in a long time.
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Knight posted:The next great "See, I'm not racist" hope, Ben Carson, is already taking fire for not forsaking all other gods and worshiping at the altar of guns: Carson is clearly a joke candidate and I'm cynically assuming he's just trying to raise his profile by running and doesn't actually expect to get the nomination. Another Bloomberg article posted today quoted a Clinton insider as saying a Jeb Bush/Rob Portman ticket could make a worthy opponent to Hillary. Thoughts?
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Nov 22, 2014 02:09
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I think if Jeb runs and actually wins the nomination he will end up being too tarnished in the general due to the way he'd have to perform for the Republican base in the primaries like McCain and Romney were to actually beat Hillary.
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Nov 22, 2014 08:44
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sullat posted:Scott Walker may be universally despised, but he's got big money behind him, got the union-busting street cred amongst the far right, while someone with a bit more involvement with the evangelicals would probably do better in the primaries than a Catholic convert. I've been discussing politics with my dad again after watching Game Change (highly recommended movie, Julianne Moore nails it as Sarah Palin) and he seems to be all fired up for Scott Walker. My dad just wants a President who "knows how to encourage business" (he watches CNBC every single day) and knows what they're doing when it comes to foreign policy (he's criticized Bush and Obama for the messes they've made in the Middle East). And of course, being a Republican, he loves the union-busting Walker did. Why does Walker have traction? Is he really seen as a candidate who would be good for business?
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aslan posted:I'd argue Nixon/Humphrey, and I'd also argue that Nixon was well aware of his lack of charisma and the impact it could have on the election (thanks to his earlier election with JFK), and that's the reason he refused to appear on TV with him. But that obviously is an impossibility in this day and age. So the GOP has 2016 in the bag as long as they nominate someone with more charisma than Hillary.
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Nov 24, 2014 02:37
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aslan posted:Well, yes, with the caveat that the winner has to be someone who can make it through the Republican primaries in addition to having more charisma than Hillary, which presents them with a slim list of options. I have no idea who will actually get the GOP nomination in 2016 but Hillary is a pretty charismatic candidate as long as you don't compare her to her husband or the guy she lost to (the most charismatic candidate since JFK).
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Fried Chicken posted:Sam Francisco has a new mayor: a dog named Frida. Frida is a 9 1/2 year old 6 lb part chihuahua mutt mix, and won the position as the result of her person winning a charity auction. She will receive a pension, which draws from donations by local businesses. The current and past city managers have no comment about her sudden rise to power, and the Frida administration has no comment on the reported cat internment camps being erected around the city. I would rather we just start replacing politicians with dogs (and the Supreme Court, as John Oliver demonstrated).
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Fulchrum posted:There's nothing in the constitution that says a dog can't be president. I'm going to nominate my dog for a cabinet position.
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Joementum posted:If you've got a 35 year old dog, congrats! Dog years?
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Nov 25, 2014 01:19
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ComradeCosmobot posted:The following is the list of electable presidential candidates meeting Math Debator's minimal criteria: I love seeing far left purity tests just as much as far right purity tests. They're both so precious. 
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SedanChair posted:No one can face her You are 100% correct.
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Romney is the comedy/schadenfreude option we all want to be nominated again because he'll never be President and it's funny to see him try.
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The Warszawa posted:Did you ever read Stephanopoulos's memoir? Because Clinton tried to put him on the Court and Andrew Cuomo hosed the dog so hard PETA was formed. I haven't seen The War Room. Is it worth watching?
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My Imaginary GF posted:Romney has all of those: strong emotions about Ferguson and strong interests in money, sneaking cans of diet rc cole, and a great sense of shame in front of Ann. Ahahahahaha As always, Rahm has his finger on the pulse of the American electorate.
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Chokes McGee posted:Every time someone posts this, I hear the voice of Richard Milhous Nixon in my ear, and I turn a stark shade of pale. Somehow I don't think Romney is today's Nixon.
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Cheekio posted:If she plays safe politics and doesn't beat the living poo poo out of Republicans for running this country into the ground, I'm moving to a swing state and voting against her. Something tells me she wants it badly enough and knows how to deal with the Republicans' poo poo after being attacked by them for so long that she won't keep the kid gloves on. She's not the cool, likeable Obama candidate who just wants us all to get along. Hillary already knows how divisive she is. But I hope there isn't enough misogyny in this country to keep her from being elected. I was talking to one of my friends earlier today who is worried she's doomed because of that very reason.
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Dec 5, 2014 07:16
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SedanChair posted:No they will. They will How much of the white male vote do you think she can capture, as compared to Obama? I think Hillary was at her most authentic when she attacked the very concept of "hope", in an effort to rebuke Obama while he was helping millions of people feel good about themselves during the 2008 primary season. If she pulls that again, Americans might be ready to reward her this time for saying it like it is after having their hopes and dreams pummeled into the ground for so long. HILLARY 2016 gently caress HOPE
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Dec 5, 2014 08:00
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Hodgepodge posted:Remember how vicious Hillary was vs Obama? 2016 is going to be one hell of a campaign. And even if it's close (it won't be), we know she won't easily concede defeat like Gore or Kerry. I remember how stupefying it was that she didn't give up until every single state had voted in the primary.
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Would Christie be the fattest President since William Howard Taft? And who is the ugliest President so far?
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Raskolnikov38 posted:Hahaha ol' dubya gave an interview to Crowley and said Hilary was like a sister-in-law to him. Link us up!
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That was really... weird.
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