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

"Especially since, for me, Sanders's candidacy isn't about winning,"

"He is vulnerable to our demands. As someone who will be debating Hillary Clinton and can push her on positions, he can give us something. Folks are taking advantage of that. I call that strategic."

Right, no question it's strategic. Here's hoping Sanders is equally strategic,

because the thousands showing up are not supporting him in order to "move Hillary Clinton to the left," which is like fucking unicornville as a goal, once she is the nominee, and doing her best to out-hawk and out-crime-fight the Republicans.

I just now noticed that Trump's vaccine tweet is from March 2014

On second thought it doesn't even qualify as "strategic," except in the shortest term.

A Q. for the choir: You really think Hillary Clinton doesn't already figure your vote is in the bag, once it matters (i.e. if she wins the nom)?

You really think that she will pay more than lip service to your demands, when you've already signaled that you are gonna vote for her no matter what?

God, put on a show at least that she will have to earn your vote.

isn't there a fire nearby that you can die in, you useless shitheel

Score one for me.

Actual arguments more than welcome, DJP. You're awfully touchy about mere internet discussion that attracts the eyes of maybe 100 people.

you could disprove my argument that you're an idiotic garbage person by not being one

why on earth would I argue with you, you total waste of space

there's some political science out there that suggests that candidates, maybe against common wisdom, do try to carry out the policy promises on which they campaigned

which is why hillary's rhetorical embrace of BLM might matter more than sanders' rough relationship with same, since in all likelihood she's going to be president

I was wrong, unicornville might be too cynical for you.

you're as dumb as yr brother

i can't parse that enough to tell if it's an insult, or even if it's @ me

i hate to say the "invisible primary" is a fait accompli on the dem side, but if things really were up for grabs we'd see more than a leftist candidate and a couple conservadems going for it

that was to Vic, balls called him Rick Perry's brother, which frankly is insulting to Rick Perry

always nice to see that sanders supporter paternalistic charm in action

I don't think VP actually supports anything other than pissing people off. It's like trash morning radio show hosts who think trash bantz are somehow entertaining or interaction instead of spewing words.

i'm sanders' target audience and while i was into him for about a week i keep finding myself rooting for hillary. *shrugs*

I have, as yet, not pledged support to any candidate in the upcoming caucus but encourage all comers to appeal to me as a voter

trump

prob not going to the republican caucus, they'd spot me as a disruptive agent

Megyn Kelly finds the state of our union amusing and “fun”

Megyn Kelly otm

which is why hillary's rhetorical embrace of BLM might matter more than sanders' rough relationship with same, since in all likelihood she's going to be president

none of these guys will ever have obama's credibility on the issue, but what has he been able to do? this isn't really an issue where the executive office has many buttons to press.

"none of these guys will ever have obama's credibility on the issue"

Ha ha ha here's Obama now, try to imagine your outrage if some Republican said this shit:

But if we are honest with ourselves, we'll admit that what too many fathers also are is missing - missing from too many lives and too many homes. They have abandoned their responsibilities, acting like boys instead of men. And the foundations of our families are weaker because of it.

You and I know how true this is in the African-American community. We know that more than half of all black children live in single-parent households, a number that has doubled - doubled - since we were children. We know the statistics - that children who grow up without a father are five times more likely to live in poverty and commit crime; nine times more likely to drop out of schools and twenty times more likely to end up in prison. They are more likely to have behavioral problems, or run away from home, or become teenage parents themselves. And the foundations of our community are weaker because of it.

How many times in the last year has this city lost a child at the hands of another child? How many times have our hearts stopped in the middle of the night with the sound of a gunshot or a siren? How many teenagers have we seen hanging around on street corners when they should be sitting in a classroom? How many are sitting in prison when they should be working, or at least looking for a job? How many in this generation are we willing to lose to poverty or violence or addiction? How many?

Blaming the poor, for having a shit time being poor. Gee, that's putting class above race, now isn't it???

I don't give a fuck what you think about me, you insignificant little quadrant of internet posters. Go on, endorse that shit. Hillary waits in the wings to continue it.

if you don't give a fuck, leave

For the especially dim here, I'll highlight: "acting like boys instead of men" and "how many times in the last year has this city lost a child at the hands of another child." Next time you feel like complaining about some dumb cracker on the internet saying "why don't they protest black-on-black crime" just know that dumb cracker had a friend in Obama, at least once.

fuck off

WTH dudes? Are you guys beefing on some other thread?

For my final ILX episode --- nurse jabbing a needle filled with I don't know what into my arm ---- old friends arriving to say bye or is it just my imagination ---- clips from old episodes or are they just dreams? ---- garble garble huggle buggle --- um something something AP LAUSE S GN --- a bite of a nabisco nutter butter ---- my highest ratings yet? no, just a crazy old guy shivering in an abandoned strip mall ---- a final goodbye as unconsciousness blackens my thoug

*farts*

where can I find you on the AM radio dial, Vic?

Bern's got the nurses

http://www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/entry/nurses-endorse-sen.-bernie-sanders-for-president/

I wouldn't be surprised to see him get a lot of union endorsement. Kind of his wheelhouse.

Of course, white hipster nurses (eye roll)

jesus, vic perry. fp'ed you for "especially dim."

omg he fp'd you, dude, you're done

when they're reeling, stumbling, cursing god in the grips of cruel fate, i like 'em to know what hit 'em

(yes I promised to quit but) Hard to resist the hilarity of being threatened with an fp (OH DEAR, a referee flagged my post!!!) for "especially dim"

..... compared to: "isn't there a fire nearby that you can die in." Which apparently nobody has flagged, because....I don't know why because.

Obviously I was being too uncivil for the tender standards of this site.

Okay, buh-bye now. Don't be a stranger.

flagged for idiocy, thinking that you're in any position to assess the dimness of these your intellectual superiors

a fire to die in, that's actually funny

i believe he meant 'a dire to fie in'

by "fp" i meant "fie, poster!"

I'm sorry, I don't actually know or care who "cattle grind" is, but I can add that to the list of guesses. Nobody besides me seems to think it is pathetic that there *IS* a list of guesses as to my identity. How paranoid, exactly, are you people?

Again, you know, there are hundreds of millions of Americans, Canadians and British, not to mention a few people who live in other countries --- it might be just a tad premature to presume the limit of available persona on your little site had been reached. NOOOO!!! WE ARE THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO LIKE TO DISCUSS MUSIC, WHO ELSE COULD THERE BE?

But why reason with you when I could just insult you instead. It wouldn't be right for me to go without thanking buzza for posting the link to that thread, because in my few months of dabbling here, buzza has proven himself amongst the most irritating sort of slitherin-trash in general, so he (it has to be a he) couldn't have meant well by posting that link. Buzza probably imagines that the material in that thread demonstrates the exact opposite thing that it in fact means.

Not that there aren't lots of good folks who post here anyway, but a significant fraction of you should start your own oppressive boys school to actually keep a captive audience of frightened little posers who would actually feel the burning need to gain your approval.

Good Luck With That, You Dripping Wankers,
Vic

― Vic Perry, Saturday, 29 December 2012 02:31 (2 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

did not have vp erry down as a sophomore tbh

"Good Luck With That, You Dripping Wankers," should be appended to every ilx post ever

Wait is a britishes schooling us americans on race relations in our country what is happening

nah, VP and I have beers at the VFW when he passes through the county

hmm pretty sure the queen would offer him british citizenship if she read that post

pip pip, another day amongst the most irritating sort of slitherin-trash in general, mustn't grumble

capital case in dripping wankers line is .....oddly compelling

Wait is a britishes schooling us americans on race relations in our country what is happening

― Οὖτις, Monday, August 10, 2015 7:45 PM (9 minutes ago)

no that was frederik, who's danish or something

(hears a commotion. doesn't avert gaze from the evening's scheduled entertainment of 20 presidential candidates replicating Puppy Bowl. feels glad in his choice)

Of course, white hipster nurses (eye roll)

― Iago Galdston, Monday, August 10, 2015 6:07 PM (1 hour ago)

got a lol from me tbh