SedanChair posted:

It's why, maybe just at the end of the country for a minute, I want Newt.

Think of the pets.

sbaldrick posted:

Remember when we didn't think the GOP primary would be as fun as 2012.

Deptfordx posted:

I can't remember, but also it's either the Freep founder or the Conservepedia guy who boasts of drinking an implausible amount of milk daily.

hobbesmaster posted:

If we elect Carly president, does that mean her resignation leads to a huge GDP boost?

paranoid randroid posted:

I want to know who the 3% that chose "none of the above" are holding out for. The gang's all here, guys. There's no more clowns we can stuff in this particular Volkswagen.

axeil posted:

Well Hillary should win the nomination running away but I hope Bernie sticks around long enough so I can say I voted for an honest to god socialist in the primary. I live in VA so no way in hell would I throw my vote away in the general if he actually ran third party.


Plus I think it's important there are a few other choices on the Dem side if only to keep the contest honest and keep Hillary from relaxing too much.

Sir Tonk posted:

"Right To Rise" is the most Florida name ever.

muscles like this? posted:

Has anyone said this and then said they weren't running? Because it seems like such a waste of everyone's time.

Mister Macys posted:

Are there any legal repercussions for just taking the money from your PACs and calling it quits?

Because if not this has to be the best scam.

Mister Macys posted:

I don't know how the PAC/Super PAC system works. I thought they collected money for the candidate and just gave it to them in a lump sum to make bookkeeping easier or something.

Dirk the Average posted:

If the age difference is large enough, and the older sibling is able to provide food/shelter/etc. for the younger, it makes sense. Generally it seems like it'd be better to have an aunt/uncle/grandparent/godparent adopt, but I could see cases where it would work.

Nintendo Kid posted:

I don't think it's elitist to expect a grown man in the public eye who isn't dead broke to understand how the clothes he's wearing work. It's going around with your shoes untied.

It's not like people are expecting him to color-match the latest men's fashion fad.

Nintendo Kid posted:

Ah yes, dressing yourself without loving up the fasteners: truly something people don't do normally.

oldswitcheroo posted:

So are Field Organizers Organizing Organizers now?

Joementum posted:

comes along bort posted:

Nobody's trolled the bbq world like that since Alabama came up with their mayo sauce.

Sheng-ji Yang posted:

um lmao Trump's favorability

Very liberal Somewhat liberal Moderate Somewhat conservative Very conservative
Favorable 49% 26% 14% 41% 49%


Why the gently caress is Trump so popular with Very Liberal. I've never seen a candidate who's more popular at both extremes than in the middle

Joementum posted:

Jeb! meets Jeb, probably.

Axolotl posted:

Jeb! is supposed to be releasing 33 years of his personal tax returns as some kind of "openness and transparency" stunt to make a dig at Hillary Clinton. I wonder if Mitt and Tagg Romney will say anything about this?

AsInHowe posted:

Hey, he's not wrong.

UncleCaveman posted:

I know this is from ~50 pages back, but I'm just catching up and couldn't resist.

Joementum posted:

Joementum posted:

Plenty. Closest in recent Presidential campaign history would be Morry "The Grizz" Taylor, CEO of Titan Tires who ran in the Republican primary in 1996.

He liked to campaign in a windbreaker with this logo and had an ad where he transformed into a bear:



He had a 10 point plan for saving America with all the usual junk: term limits, cutting regulations, returning power to the states, no foreign aid, English as the official language.

Here's an excerpt from Michael Lewis' book Trail Fever about a Morry Taylor visit to a high school in Iowa.


He also liked to call Lewis, who shadowed his campaign "piss-boy".

JT Jag posted:

Wisconsin is a swing state if Walker's the nominee.

Lotka Volterra posted:

He has yet to face re-election during a presidential year election. I imagine he won't/wouldn't fare so well in those circumstances with a half-decent opponent

Iowa Snow King posted:

FOR AMERICA

quote:

Statement from Donald J. Trump:

I don’t see how there is any room for misunderstanding or misinterpretation of the statement I made on June 16th during my Presidential announcement speech. Here is what I said, and yet this statement is deliberately distorted by the media:

“When Mexico (meaning the Mexican Government) sends its people, they’re not sending their best. They’re not sending you (pointing to the audience). They’re not sending you (pointing again). They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems to us. They’re bringing drugs.They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people! But I speak to border guards and they tell us what we’re getting. And it only makes common sense. They’re sending us not the right people. It’s coming from more than Mexico. It’s coming from all over South and Latin America, and it’s coming probably from the Middle East. But we don’t know. Because we have no protection and we have no competence, we don’t know what’s happening. And it’s got to stop and it’s got to stop fast.”

What can be simpler or more accurately stated? The Mexican Government is forcing their most unwanted people into the United States. They are, in many cases, criminals, drug dealers, rapists, etc. This was evident just this week when, as an example, a young woman in San Francisco was viciously killed by a 5 time deported Mexican with a long criminal record, who was forced back into the United States because they didn’t want him in Mexico. This is merely one of thousands of similar incidents throughout the United States. In other words, the worst elements in Mexico are being pushed into the United States by the Mexican
government. The largest suppliers of heroin, cocaine and other illicit drugs are Mexican cartels that arrange to have Mexican immigrants trying to cross the borders and smuggle in the drugs. The Border Patrol knows this. Likewise, tremendous infectious disease is pouring across the border. The United States has become a dumping ground for Mexico and, in fact, for many other parts of the world. On the other hand, many fabulous people come in from Mexico and our country is better for it. But these people are here legally, and are severely hurt by those coming in illegally. I am proud to say that I know many hard working Mexicans—many of them are working for and with me…and, just like our country, my organization is better for it.

The Mexican Government wants an open border as long as it’s a ONE WAY open border into the United States. Not only are they killing us at the border, but they are killing us on trade … and the country of Mexico is making billions of dollars in doing so.

I have great respect for Mexico and love their people and their peoples’ great spirit. The problem is, however, that their leaders are far smarter, more cunning, and better negotiators than ours. To the citizens of the United States, who I will represent far better than anyone else as President, the Mexican government is not our friend…and why should they be when the relationship is totally one sided in their favor on both illegal immigration and trade. I have pointed this out during my speeches and it is something Mexico doesn’t want me to say. In actuality, it was only after my significant rise in the polls that Univision, previously my friend, went ballistic. I believe that my examples of bad trade deals for the United States was of even more concern to the Mexican government than my talk of border security.

I have lost a lot during this Presidential run defending the people of the United States. I have always heard that it is very hard for a successful person to run for President. Macy’s, NBC, Serta and NASCAR have all taken the weak and very sad position of being politically correct even though they are wrong in terms of what is good for our country. Univision, because 70% of their business comes from Mexico, in my opinion, is being dictated to by the Mexican Government. The last thing Mexico wants is Donald Trump as President in that I will make great trade deals for the United States and will have an impenetrable border--only legally approved people will come through easily.

Interestingly, Univision has just announced they are attempting to go public despite very poor and even negative earnings, which is not a good situation for a successful IPO or high stock price—not to mention that I am currently suing them for breach of contract. Remember, Univision is the one who began this charade in the first place, and they are owned by one of Hillary Clinton’s biggest backers. After the speech was made, there were numerous compliments and indeed, many rave “reviews”—there was very little criticism. It wasn’t until a week after my announcement that people started to totally distort these very easy to understand words. If there was something stated incorrectly, it would have been brought up immediately and with great enthusiasm.

The issues I have addressed, and continue to address, are vital steps to Make America Great Again! Additionally, I would be the best jobs President that God ever created. Let’s get to work!

Pinterest Mom posted:

Donald!





Bonus: debate prep is for schmucks

Slate Action posted:

The polls since Trump entered the race seem to bear this out:

Hollismason posted:

Eh maybe my feed is messed up I just got two people chatting with each other. No Audio.

Also 4200 people in the room 4k turned away, and then 11000 on the live stream, is good numbers. I support Bernie and i haven't hunted down any of his speeches.