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

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If only we could get Trump to put that on a hat

jesus - https://instagram.com/p/7DdvbEmhWG/

This is from six days ago, so maybe someone posted and I missed it. Just heard about it now on CNN.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/25/politics/donald-trump-deadline-third-party-south-carolina/

Trump says tonight that people will be "very happy" with his decision, so presumably he'll be pledging his undying love to the party.

What would happen if he accepts the pledge and then later reneges? What could they do at that point, other than ban him from any future Republican primaries?

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same

That reminds me. Let's check in on our favorite political portraiturist:

http://faithmouse.blogspot.com/2015/06/ted-cruz-pancake-suit-of-armor-painting.html

http://faithmouse.blogspot.com/2015/03/three-hillary-clinton-red-white-blue.html

I kinda dig the second one.

Ben Carson even with Donald Trump in Iowa: poll
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/aug/31/ben-carson-even-donald-trump-iowa-poll/

carson's just picking up the "i don't want to vote for a politician because the GOP has betrayed my True Conservative Values, but I don't want to vote for trump" vote right? idk, could be that fox is pumping him up pretty good unbeknownst to me.

something so Not A Cop about RealDonaldTrump

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/09/clinton-2016-has-never-made-sense-for-democrats/401597/

He wants others to jump into the Democratic race but won't say who...He acknowledges the reasons why others have not yet so far..blah blah blah

omg Katha Pollitt will have a stroke, DO NOT DENY HISTORY

does it like really deeply matter to some people which democrat is president?

like sure I'd love to vote for Claire McCaskill as much as the next guy but also: who cares

all Democrats are not alike, dunno if you've noticed

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-ted-cruz-wooed-and-won-donald-trump/2015/09/01/04f9f65e-4cec-11e5-84df-923b3ef1a64b_story.html

i need to think of a non-awful way of putting this but my first reaction was "what a little bitch"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonkblog/wp/2015/09/01/the-story-behind-the-funniest-e-mail-hilary-clinton-has-ever-sent/

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“You can ride the wave that comes or you can dive under it. But you have to recognize the wave is coming and get on top of it,” a Cruz adviser said of the Trump phenomenon. “I think we’re on the wave and everybody else went, ‘Wow, why did I dive under that? Look at Ted Cruz go.’ ”

the bootlicking, my god

goole you've been reading too many nixon tweets

he has a recognizable style, it's true

I think it's adorable. I hope Teddy is able to wash all that orange off of his rubber mask after they smooch.

During an appearance on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" Monday night, the New Jersey governor and presidential candidate told Fallon that he's considering going "nuclear" if he's relegated to the sidelines during the next GOP face-off, which will be moderated by CNN later this month.

"Stay tuned on Sept. 16th," Christie told Fallon, "We may be changing tactics. You know, if I get to like 15 questions in a row -— count 'em at home — if I get to 15 in a row (where he's not called on), you're going to go 'Uh oh, he's going to go nuclear now.'"

surely "doin a Hindenberg" would be a more apt analogy

If that's his promise to throw a hissy fit, I'm there with bells on.

Well, definitely more in line with Nagasaki than Hiroshima.

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You know, if I get to like 15 questions in a row -— count 'em at home

what do we get if we guess right – a taco?

How the fuck is Trump still getting any play in the media and why aren't all the rest of the Republican candidates burying his sorry ass in oppo research?

because their positions are basically the same and Trump is clearly more successful on the attack; he can get super dirty without any negative impact. well, that's my guess

yep

and Dem operatives are probably keeping their ammo dry because Trump is bad for the GOP in the general and the chaos benefits them

(I do assume there's gotta be dirt on Donald somewhere - seems impossible that such an asshole could keep his nose clean this long)

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How the fuck is Trump still getting any play in the media

he is an order of magnitude more entertaining than the other GOP candidates, and i'm sure the trump articles get way more clicks than articles about anyone else

why aren't all the rest of the Republican candidates burying his sorry ass in oppo research

there's not much to research. just pick a random tweet from the last several years. he says something awful on a daily basis. they don't fight back (too much) because they're afraid of trump picking on them and/or they expect him to flame out

If elections were actually about "positions" then that might make sense.

There's always been dirt on this dickbag, it's not even hard to find. There is substantive dirt way beyond his Tweets.

Trump is TERRIBLE for the GOP, he is TERRIBLE for U.S. politics. Oh wait, he's actually perfect for most voters.

that the top three is currently Trump, Carson and Fiorina is hilarious. GOP doubling down on people who don't what the fuck they're doing.

don't KNOW gah

It's the worst slate of presidential candidates in my life, across the board.

But I shouldn't be surprised.

this is exhibition baseball, or worse, football

the moneyed choices play when it counts

There was an interesting article on Talking Points Memo last week, analyzing why Trump's blasts at other candidates are so successful, and how/why he manages to keep "winning" his rhetorical showdowns with all and sundry.

Tbf, if Trump's antics are not what fuck you money is for, I don't know what is. I could imagine him (hypothetically) winning, getting inaugurated, then staging a press conference the next day and saying "you know what, I don't want to be President after all, fuck this, fuck you, fuck off, come stay at my hotel, it's the best."

there's literally a documentary about what a piece of shit trump is. at least one... maybe more

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You%27ve_Been_Trumped

nothing in there the GOP base would find objectionable - I'm talking about serious stuff, criminal behavior

Trump raped his wife and the stories bring it up lasted for 12 minutes. It's hard to imagine a dirtier story being hidden out there somewhere.

When you're that slimy and don't give a fuck, opponents can't really make anything stick because being awful is your brand.

I could imagine him (hypothetically) winning, getting inaugurated, then staging a press conference the next day and saying "you know what, I don't want to be President after all, fuck this, fuck you, fuck off, come stay at my hotel, it's the best."

I actually did this in high school (was elected student council president, immediately resigned, telling the school paper that the point wasn't to be the president, the point was to win the election).

If anything, my guess is that Trump is largely the candidate of people who also imagine they "just don't give a fuck anymore." You know the "mad as hell" type who's "tired of all the bullshit."

I'd say he's the candidate of people who wish they were "rolling coal" - defensive whites who take a special delight in doing things offensive to minorities, women, etc. because they think white males are persecuted and Amurrica's going to hell.