American Politics Thread 2013: I'm a cool Rodham grandma in the USA

yeah that was my first thought -- i wonder if the rest of the right commentariat will turn on him

erickson and some of the breitbart maggots have thrown out 'rino' accusations in the past

Even Charles Pierce can be a moron.

fuck rednecks

I have.

If the jokes were funny I would have less of a problen with those hicks

Has anyone, erm, weighed in on Time's Christie cover?

http://media.northjersey.com/images/110713time_dngnk.jpg

Time doesn't exist

Christie is a dream candidate for Democrats

who's more electable than Christie? Jeb?

My tia Blanca.

man what would copy editors do if Christie went full Huckleberry and dropped the weight

http://on.realself.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/youngchris-christie.jpg

"The Frontrunner"

Frontwaddler

ah more thread substance

I could complain about Terry MacAulliffe some if that makes you feel better. I've always hated that guy.

and he's confusingly not fat.

Gods of Food

Robert Costa (@robertcostaNRO) tweeted at 4:21 PM on Thu, Nov 07, 2013:
Spoke w/ top Christie ally just now, more to come soon @NRO. Says Christie planning trips to early prim states, preparing for '16 run

Well, I knew that was going to happen and I have ZERO political connections. I could do Costa's job.

prim states...

quim states amirite

really don't see how Christie makes it through the GOP primaries

http://m.us.wsj.com/articles/BL-LB-46294

sorry for mobile link

just as a blanket statement all this cheeky giggling about christie's weight is gross bullshit

christie was the tea party darling a couple of years ago and he's done ok in the straw polls, i don't think it's impossible he can get thru, he's pretty far to the right of say giuliani. where he goes off the reservation though is going to be alot more difficult to work around than mccain's or romney's or bush's heresies were. his immigration stance is a juicy target w/ consequence (i know some who think rick perry's immigration stance hurt him more than his gaffes) but at least there rubio will be on stage w/ him to take some heat (maybe more heat as he 'led' the push for immigration reform at one point, one reason the bloom came off the rose for the base w/ him)(hate to be this reductive but alot of the gop only has use for minority politicians to the extent that they can be used to beat up on that politician's minority) and the stance can actually help him somewhat in the general. gun control is his real achilles heal though, his stance might align w/ a huge majority of americans but the only ppl who actually care about gun control enough for it to effect their vote are extremely against it and they all vote in the gop primary. his personality could hurt him also i guess, potential dean situation or viral gaffe on the campaign trail there. i think most americans find him pretty likeable though.

i mean he scares me more than rubio does that's for sure.

I'm like Stinky in "Hate", I harbor a deepseated suspicion that all these fat dudes got fat by ripping off us skinny dudes

Christie will be first against the wall in the coming Waist Wars

xp

haha you are like stinky in hate!

his personality could hurt him also i guess, potential dean situation or viral gaffe on the campaign trail there

this seems inevitable

I think Americans like Sarah Palin too, for about 10 days.

*likeD

Americans never liked her: the media liked her for ten days and the GOP loved her.

I think Christie's self-aggrandizing style is going to put a lot of non-New Jerseyan voters right off him but maybe they're not a significantly outspoken group compared to the TP and louder voices.

maybe he's gotten some coaching there? the first year or two of him being a national presence all i ever saw were clips of him being this amazing asshole, then the past few years he's been more personable and his asshole level has diminished though not disappeared. the weight thing is a tough one. i know he's losing weight but celebrities who the public knows as fat once they lose that weight they looking fucking weird. al sharpton, drew carey, jonah hill briefly. jennifer hudson's the only celeb who went from their intro overweight to significant weightloss and looked good coming out of it and she wasn't actually obese beforehand. he totally seems a candidate to host snl at some point though.

Former President George W. Bush will speak at a Texas fundraiser in November for a group that tries to convert Jews into accepting Jesus Christ as the Messiah, Mother Jones reported Thursday.

The Messianic Jewish Bible Institute seeks to "defend" Israel and bring about the second coming of Christ, preaching that salvation by Jesus is consistent with Jewish theology.

Bush will reportedly discuss his experiences in the White House at the event, according to the organization's website.

"President Bush will also share his passion for setting people free, which is fitting for this year’s theme, 'Rekindle,'" Alisa Stephenson, the organization's director of events and partner relations, wrote in a post about the event.

Conservative radio show host Glenn Beck spoke at the event last year.

http://www.popularresistance.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Guantanamo-Died-Waiting.jpg

"President Bush will also share his passion for setting people free, which is fitting for this year’s theme, 'Rekindle,'" Alisa Stephenson, the organization's director of events and partner relations, wrote in a post about the event.

somehow bush's favorability is in the black for the first time in forever, i guess because he's stayed out of the news and he does cool dog paintings these days, but god what a monster

LET MY PEOPLE GO

People feel more charitably toward him now that his ability to do further damage is limited.

what about his damage to art?

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2013/11/yes-your-vote-does-matter-by.html

Yes, I know this does not fully discuss the hold your nose, less of 2 evils aspect of many candidates

lesser

i don't like guy any more than Russell Brand tbh

good god that digbys blog looks like it travelled here from 1998 fan page world

That's why I like it: easy to load.

Do you find a lot of pages difficult to load?

Depends on the thickness of the content.

dammit Alfred I knew I set you up for that