a clown car full of millionaires: the 2016 presidential primary thread

anyway, haven't read this, the venn diagram at the end makes 0 sense to me

http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/republicans-are-acting-like-democrats-democrats-are-acting-like-republicans/

and got so sick I couldn't stand up or talk.

you're no 19th-century man.

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/07/donald-trump-campaign-ad-nazi-soldiers

The URL doesn't lie.

"An intern did it" - if I was Trump's campaign manager, I might be minded to do a lulz-sweep, to see who of these interns are committed to the... cause? and who are just waiting to see how much hilarity they can sneak in.

Of course, once you go down that road, you find yourself wondering - who would be Donald Trump's campaign manager, who would want that on their resume. Could it be... an intern?

Eh, I think some of yr serious professional hired-gun types would be amused and/or pleased to have that on their resume. "Yes, I worked on the Trump campaign, but I did it for a very large paycheck. Would you like to see a picture of the beach house I got with that money?"

What I absolutely would NOT understand is if they have volunteers or unpaid interns, who act out of True Belief in the Candidate. "I volunteered on the Trump campaign!" would probably be the saddest statement in the history of sadness.

I don't do campaign work, but I do work as a consultant, and my resume includes lots of clients whose views I don't necessarily endorse. If I were ever questioned on them, I would always have the option of saying that I needed to pay the rent and my kids needed to eat.

Think about what Anthony Hopkins said about Jaws: The Revenge: "I have never seen Jaws: The Revenge, but I have seen the house that Jaws built and it is terrific."

Shit I think I meant Michael Caine

Ah no, I was mostly amused at the idea of an all-intern staff. It would make more sense from a careerist point of view than many other candidates - his brand of late is based around rewarding gumption and stick-to-it-ive-ness. If his eye fell on you right, you could be the next Apprentice! Er, until NBC kicked him off.

xp oh I thought that was the joke!

Anyone else running today?

just scott walker

http://38.media.tumblr.com/bac78626b4572fd2639bbcee69b3d06f/tumblr_nrign7u71v1qdmmiqo1_500.gif

i keep reviving the wrong primary thread.

can you add chicken bawking to that

heh, maybe when i get home from work. i was thinking of adding little "doot doot"s in there too

I like vegemite grrl's suggestion: Yakety Sax.

Yes all hail chicken man! Great job w the gif.

I hear him saying "nobody beats me, I'm the Wiz!" Seinfeld-style.

I also keep wanting the star in the original photo to continue on its trajectory and hit him in the balls.

gets stuck there, ninja-style

joygoat, you beautiful genius.

KARL!

"Even my own feelings affect my value to myself," Trump said.

when Trump says he "feels like a million bucks" he means that literally

And it means he's having a bad day

his hair alone feels like it's worth $500 million

http://www.cnbc.com/2015/07/15/donald-trump-im-worth-more-than-10-billion.html

“This report was not designed for a man of Mr. Trump’s massive wealth,” his campaign said in a news release.

lol

(emphasis: his press office)

lool

A financial disclosure form that tops out at $50 mil probably is too limited for our modern age. If we're going to have an oligarchy, we need to respect them as such. Add some decimal places!

(emphasis: Doctor Evil)

that Michael Caine quote makes me hate him, actually

I like vegemite grrl's suggestion: Yakety Sax.

― Ye Mad Puffin, Wednesday, July 15, 2015 3:24 PM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Post some animated GIFs you can watch to the tune of "Yakety Sax" aka the Benny Hill Show theme song

Caine regarded himself as a professional doing a job (as opposed, I guess, to an artist plumbing the depths of his soul to make an aesthetically satisfying masterwork). If the producers of those films were not satisfied with his performance, they could have hired a different actor instead (and should have!).

Jimmy Page played a lot of sessions, at which he may have regarded himself as a clock-punching professional rather than a gifted artist making a transcendent sound for the ages. Does Nile Rodgers (for example) need to believe in every song he plays to be awesome? I don't think so.

Daft Trump feat. Nile Rodgers

http://thinkprogress.org/election/2015/07/16/3681277/breaking-court-orders-prosectors-stop-investigating-scott-walkers-alleged-illegal-coordination/

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wow, that sounds nuts. is there any prospect of appeal?

this is insane:

Primarily, the very outside political groups accused of coordinating with Walker’s campaign — including Club for Growth, Citizens for a Strong America and Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce — spent millions to help the conservative justices win their seats on the court.

The new chief justice of the Court, Patience Roggensack, has openly said she thinks justices on her court don’t need to recuse themselves from a case even if there is a real or perceived conflict of interest — including a campaign donation from one of the lawyers or parties before the court.

This is why judgeships should never be elected positions.

yeah I've never understood that. who in the electorate goes into the voting booth and thinks "hmm, I don't like that guy's jurisprudence, his ruling in Schmuck vs. the State of Wisconsin was complete nonsense! I say thee nay!" There is no way to make an informed vote.

guys, the chief justice's name is Patience Roggensack

don't blame me, I voted for Prudence Goodbody

breaking: old man good at twitter

https://twitter.com/JohnDingell/status/621786765070831616

my only rule of thumb in voting for judges is I vote against prosecutors.. fuck those guys. dudes just amassing scalps so they can get a judgeship..

:( don't try to make me feel guilty for voting (and probably not for the first time) for Kamala Harris

(granted she wasn't running for a judgeship)

He's right, you know.

lol

He’s even succeed wildly in the private sector as a businessman — something Republicans can’t help but praise.

haha waht

(I would totally vote for Gore btw, now that the PMRC doesn't matter anymore)

Yeah, that's positively shaken there.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/us/2016_democratic_presidential_nomination-3824.html

The Republican one looks very amusing though.

what the hell has Hillary been spending $19 million on over the past 3 months

paying graphic designers to mask her logo onto different things

http://wonkette.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/drunkhilz3.jpg

is it wrong of me to wonder what that guy behind her is doing, exactly

lol

actually I think this 2008 pic is endearing