Man, it hasn't more than a 15-20% chance of happening if that, but great doomsday entertainment would be watching this guy and HRC eat each other alive in the general election.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/26/us/politics/rand-pauls-mixed-inheritance.html
And I think there really would be acts of murder and cannibalism between their supporters.
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Monday, 27 January 2014 18:24 (ten years ago) link
It's still HILLARY!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/for-2016-hillary-clinton-has-commanding-lead-over-democrats-gop-race-wide-open/
― Pale Smiley Face (dandydonweiner), Thursday, 30 January 2014 16:33 (ten years ago) link
rising w/ core Republicans
http://www.salon.com/2014/02/05/far_right_learning_to_love_christie/
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 5 February 2014 20:17 (ten years ago) link
i'm kinda excited to vote for hillary
― Mordy , Wednesday, 5 February 2014 20:18 (ten years ago) link
christie's gonna crush the gop field. he's a formidable hrc opponent, too.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Wednesday, 5 February 2014 20:18 (ten years ago) link
that's p much like getting excited about the last Elders of Krypton election
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 5 February 2014 20:21 (ten years ago) link
more like getting excited about the most recent elders of zion election
― Mordy , Wednesday, 5 February 2014 20:22 (ten years ago) link
how can you be excited to vote for Hillary?
― Pale Smiley Face (dandydonweiner), Wednesday, 5 February 2014 20:28 (ten years ago) link
http://media.tumblr.com/042655ca89c6fb997aebd8e4add3f557/tumblr_inline_mmtk6fBpMd1qz4rgp.jpg
Mordy in regal white coif presents Palin, Christie and Jeb Bush to The Clinton Foundation
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 5 February 2014 20:29 (ten years ago) link
obv it will be HISTORY to have a female sockpuppet presiding over endtimes
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 5 February 2014 20:31 (ten years ago) link
Dennis Perrin and his jokes.
http://i43.tinypic.com/16hosok.gif
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 5 February 2014 20:31 (ten years ago) link
if you meet me in DC i think i can get hold of Dennis, alfred
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 5 February 2014 20:32 (ten years ago) link
I like her personally, I'm excited to vote for a woman for POTUS, I think she'll hew closely to my beliefs about foreign affairs, she's kinda an ass-kicker which I appreciate, etc.
― Mordy , Wednesday, 5 February 2014 20:35 (ten years ago) link
why do you think she is an "ass kicker"?
― Pale Smiley Face (dandydonweiner), Wednesday, 5 February 2014 20:37 (ten years ago) link
http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/audio/video/2013/1/23/1358956313048/Hillary-Clinton-testifies-011.jpg
― Mordy , Wednesday, 5 February 2014 20:40 (ten years ago) link
idk, she's just a badass. i like her. i'll enjoy voting for her.
seriously dreading this election
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, 5 February 2014 20:41 (ten years ago) link
Any other candidates with airports named after them? Didn't think so.
― pplains, Wednesday, 5 February 2014 20:41 (ten years ago) link
every POTUS henceforth will hew closely to yr beliefs about foreign affairs, I read it in Revelations
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 5 February 2014 20:42 (ten years ago) link
not least because even though i'm usually a 'hold my nose and vote for the democrat' guy i don't know that i can bring myself to vote for anyone who voted for the iraq war
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, 5 February 2014 20:42 (ten years ago) link
so you say but obama has been a bit of a disappointment in that area xp
― Mordy , Wednesday, 5 February 2014 20:42 (ten years ago) link
i'm voting whoever cranks up Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions. I'm guessing Line N.
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 5 February 2014 20:44 (ten years ago) link
also ya know i like voting for a winner
― Mordy , Wednesday, 5 February 2014 20:45 (ten years ago) link
I am not excited about this election.
― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 5 February 2014 20:51 (ten years ago) link
I'm bored by this thread.
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 5 February 2014 20:52 (ten years ago) link
http://youcouldfeelthesky.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/farside-wendell-im-not-content.jpg
― Mordy , Wednesday, 5 February 2014 20:52 (ten years ago) link
it will be interesting to see what kind of policy angles she'll emphasize en route to election, she's got no particular causes or goals that are near and dear to her (afaict). given her history there's little to indicate that she'd go for soak-the-rich populism or addressing climate change, and healthcare's now pretty much off the table, so what does that leave for a legislative agenda? more MOR proto-rightwing shit, I imagine.
― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 5 February 2014 20:58 (ten years ago) link
http://jennifermeaton.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/yay__its_my_turn.png
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 5 February 2014 21:04 (ten years ago) link
finally, an Iron Lady of our own
― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 5 February 2014 21:05 (ten years ago) link
Sully vs his readers.
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 5 February 2014 21:07 (ten years ago) link
generally loathe Sully, but he's right on this point
― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 5 February 2014 21:15 (ten years ago) link
We've had dozens of mediocrities or just passably competent presidents and only a very few great ones. Presidents rarely leave office as popular as when they entered it. I don't see any reason why HRC would not fit comfortably into this long tradition. I'm willing to bet she'd outshine Gerald Ford, Warren Harding and Franklin Pierce.
― Aimless, Wednesday, 5 February 2014 21:37 (ten years ago) link
i doubt it
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, 5 February 2014 21:45 (ten years ago) link
we had a couple worse presidents than Warren Harding, like the one who succeeded him.
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 5 February 2014 21:46 (ten years ago) link
remember the common 2008 theory that the dangerous flipside to the overwhelming youth support of Obama was that when, inevitably, he ended up disappointing people it might alienate young people from politics?
did anyone ever follow up on that with research on voter enthusiasm (with a focus on young voters with high enthusiasm for obama back then vs. their political involvement now, for example)?
all i have is anecdotal evidence because in the runup to the 2008 election i was in a public policy program with lots of politics nerds, and then immediately moved to DC. i don't really have a good feel for how the average young voter in 2008 feels now.
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 5 February 2014 21:51 (ten years ago) link
harding granted amnesty to radicals who had been persecuted during the red scare, signed the first child care legislation ever passed by congress, and tried to pass an anti-lynching bill. he's way overdue for reassessment.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, 5 February 2014 21:52 (ten years ago) link
except Aimless, none of those guys moved us closer to extinction through inaction. She would.
(so will anyone else who can be elected)
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 5 February 2014 21:53 (ten years ago) link
The historical bias against Grant is due to almost a hundred years' worth of historians dismissing Reconstruction (i.e. he was the only president of the era who really believed it and sent troops to the South when necessary)
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 5 February 2014 21:55 (ten years ago) link
Gerald Ford, Warren Harding and Franklin Pierce
these dudes were not facing species-extinction-event level scenarios
― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 5 February 2014 21:57 (ten years ago) link
depends on how you classify The War Between the States.
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 5 February 2014 21:58 (ten years ago) link
Gerald Ford had the codes to WWIII to use at his disposal.
― pplains, Wednesday, 5 February 2014 22:08 (ten years ago) link
The part where Christie is declared Toast
― anything but a martyr (dandydonweiner), Thursday, 13 February 2014 23:12 (ten years ago) link
generally loathe Sully, but he's right on this point― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, February 5, 2014
― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, February 5, 2014
he's sorta right, but it's a bit unfair. also, she'll make a fantastic candidate, especially if she's savvy enough to pivot left on select issues. of course, she'll become just one more casualty of the coming christie dynasty.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Thursday, 13 February 2014 23:18 (ten years ago) link
I am not excited about this election.― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, February 5, 2014 I'm bored by this thread.― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, February 5, 2014
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, February 5, 2014
what? CHRIS CHRISTIE will soon by president of the united states of america. this isn't exciting?
i don't get it. i don't get it. would you please explain.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Thursday, 13 February 2014 23:21 (ten years ago) link
pivot left on select issues
this isn't going to happen. nothing in her career suggests it will.
― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 13 February 2014 23:24 (ten years ago) link
hm. i dunno. she's pretty savvy, and she moves where the votes are.
anyway, CHRIS CHRISTIE will be president, so observe hrc's moves only in an academic sense.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Thursday, 13 February 2014 23:30 (ten years ago) link
also, she'll make a fantastic candidate
Would love to know why you feel this way.
― anything but a martyr (dandydonweiner), Thursday, 13 February 2014 23:32 (ten years ago) link
(other than "she can raise money")
― anything but a martyr (dandydonweiner), Thursday, 13 February 2014 23:33 (ten years ago) link
her electoral strategy is going to hinge on peeling away aging white male voters from the GOP, that's where the votes are. which way do you think they tend to lean.
xp
― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 13 February 2014 23:33 (ten years ago) link
her candidacy is still seen as historic, she'll peel women and aging white male votes from the gop, she's 20x more savvy than everyone, save obama, who's run in the last two election cycles, she's got a great, cutting way in debates, she's deep into details on policy. by no means perfect, but a very good candidate.
i'm not a fan of her centerist leanings, but i prefer her over, say, a president christie.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Thursday, 13 February 2014 23:38 (ten years ago) link
i'm not sure what's so funny about those photos. middle-aged women in iowa can't be concerned about world events?
― wizzz! (amateurist), Wednesday, 8 July 2015 16:41 (nine years ago) link
furniture
― Zing Zinglar (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 8 July 2015 20:31 (nine years ago) link
the # of people
― Zing Zinglar (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 8 July 2015 20:34 (nine years ago) link
well first of all, it sure is bright outside on that incredible night.
― pplains, Wednesday, 8 July 2015 20:35 (nine years ago) link
talking about ISIS when you do not have a professional sports team
― Zing Zinglar (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 8 July 2015 20:35 (nine years ago) link
cabinetry
― Zing Zinglar (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 8 July 2015 20:36 (nine years ago) link
https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--ruNJw24v--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/1338816080334214179.jpg
guess this is just how u do it now
― lag∞n, Monday, 13 July 2015 15:03 (nine years ago) link
tuck in your stomach, buddy
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 13 July 2015 15:05 (nine years ago) link
that's the little walk/run you do when you're crossing the street but it changes to the "don't walk" sign halfway and there are a bunch of cars waiting for you
wope, wope, wope, wope, wope
― 1992 ball boy (Karl Malone), Monday, 13 July 2015 15:13 (nine years ago) link
or when the microwave timer is going off and you have company and you have considerable distance to cover
wope wope wope
― 1992 ball boy (Karl Malone), Monday, 13 July 2015 15:14 (nine years ago) link
"Talking ISIS with Folks in Iowa" my second favorite Billy Bragg album.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 13 July 2015 15:24 (nine years ago) link
hahahaha
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 13 July 2015 15:28 (nine years ago) link
irl lol
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 13 July 2015 15:36 (nine years ago) link
that scott walker pose is the exact thing i do when i cut farts with gusto in my house
― not a garbageman, i am garbage, man (m bison), Tuesday, 14 July 2015 02:48 (nine years ago) link
dude it's summer
― j., Tuesday, 14 July 2015 02:52 (nine years ago) link
https://twitter.com/_cingraham/status/620664029644750848
― j., Tuesday, 14 July 2015 02:57 (nine years ago) link
nice
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 14 July 2015 22:08 (nine years ago) link
hey he loves cutting stuff
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 14 July 2015 22:14 (nine years ago) link
http://theinfosphere.org/images/thumb/1/11/Roberto.jpg/240px-Roberto.jpg
― Gorefest Frump (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 15 July 2015 04:03 (nine years ago) link
this didn't come out as planned but whatever
http://38.media.tumblr.com/bac78626b4572fd2639bbcee69b3d06f/tumblr_nrign7u71v1qdmmiqo1_500.gif
― 1992 ball boy (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 15 July 2015 04:04 (nine years ago) link
Should we not have locked this thread by now?
a clown car full of millionaires: the 2016 presidential primary thread
― Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, 15 July 2015 07:12 (nine years ago) link
It's hard to believe this Minion meme on a t-shirt loser got embarrassed by Trump at every step.
https://i.imgur.com/3WWFsq1.png
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Sunday, 13 June 2021 07:29 (three years ago) link