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

i would bet anyone 5G that neither Trump nor Sanders will be nom's, if i was a gambler

I kind of do want Trump to win the GOP nomination tbh it would guarantee a loss and do an insane amount of damage to the party

Plus it would be a highly entertaining train wreck, don't forget that.

to extremely desperate people.

before I crow about the damage taht Trump will do to the GOP, I want to remind everyone the damage that Palin did to the GOP and Romney did to the GOP and George W. Bush did to the GOP. Then I want to remind Democrats that they suck at gaining control of state legislatures.

I don't give a fuck anymore about the damage done to the GOP -- I want to know what Democrats will do to take advantage of the damage, and as usual it's nothing.

Palin and Romney handed Obama easy victories so that's something

state legislatures are a different issue

(we've been pretty good about taking advantage of the local self-immolation of the GOP in California fwiw)

I have zero faith in a Clinton presidency beyond holding out hope that she will not automatically undo Obama's climate change executive orders, EPA rules etc.

i'd wonder too if trump succeeding w/ the base not despite but somewhat because his krugman approved economics might move some gop pols vaguely leftward on one front at least when they see the opportunity and market there. probably not - the fundraising base isn't there (the only way trump is able to pull it off is he's paying his own way), there's no racist but new deal friendly equivalent to club for growth and the kochs.

there's no racist but new deal friendly equivalent

RIP southern Democrats

http://38.media.tumblr.com/dc2c64653ca241fe15e5fa084b0ac1d3/tumblr_nudwy4Xz8P1qdmmiqo1_500.gif

The CEO of United Airlines resigned today, along with two other executives, because of the Bridgegate scandal. This thing is gonna wind up fucking Christie really hard, I think. Not just in the sense of dooming his campaign (which is already dead, it just hasn't quite stopped twitching yet), but in the my-governor-might-go-to-jail sense.

governors going to jail is always a fun ride

definitely

lol jeb! looks so bad on colbert

wow, colbert just yelled jeb! a few times (three times!) and then jeb(!) yelled it too!

(edit: 4 times!)

lol shakey you left out the best part of that trump letter

Richard M. Nixon
‏@dick_nixon

They are doing this to fuck us.

richard nixon tweets now??! this shit goes even deeper than i thought..

who would win: Trump v. Sanders?

trump :-/

who would win: Trump or superintelligent AI with advanced nanotech capabilities?

who would win: Trump vs Spiderman?

Trump or rump?

Trump or Grump?

Trump or Lump?

Trump lingered last in the line for brains, and the one he got was kind of rotten and insane

Huckabee Aide Physically Blocked Cruz From Getting Into Kim Davis Money Shot

lol at the headline. but also lol at the story, which is that cruz got the sads because he didn't get to be in the Bigot of the Year photo op

hahahaha

so wish there was a photo of this

oh, but there is

https://twitter.com/chrisgeidner/status/641325502289059841/photo/1

Chris Geidner
‏@chrisgeidner
A very sad Ted Cruz, not on stage.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/COZx7y_WgAETgyD.png

no I mean of him being blocked by Chuckles' manservant

http://www.towleroad.com/2015/09/rachel-maddow-explains-how-mike-huckabee-beat-ted-cruz-in-exploiting-kim-davis-video/

http://i2.wp.com/www.towleroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tedcruz3.jpeg?resize=740%2C378

These might genuinely be the most pathetic people on earth. Oops, there I go persecuting them again.

haha yes

xp

the saddest photobomber

http://i0.wp.com/www.towleroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tedcruz.jpeg?resize=740%2C377

Guy in the middle to be played by Hank Azaria in the inevitable HBO movie.

https://twitter.com/MADmagazine/status/641658002437615617/photo/1

let's try that again

http://media.dcentertainment.com/sites/default/files/imce/2015/09-SEP/MAD-Magazine-Kim-Davis_55f063e29d3bb2.80516764.jpg

is that her husband dressed up like a irl foghorn leghorn

That's relatively toothless parody but refreshingly progressive given that it's from MAD.

Clinton is on "Ellen" tomorrow, basking in her celeb-worshipping mom base

tbf you've described every person who's ever appeared on Ellen

http://mcafee16.com/

Well well well...of course they're coming clean now. Mission Accomplished, Dean Baquet < Carlos Slim < ?
http://publiceditor.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/09/09/has-the-times-dismissed-bernie-sanders/?comments#permid=16037625:16038714

What kind of elitist bastard buckles both of his overall straps? What is the Queen of England coming for dinner or something?

Michael Stipe swearing (on Mike Mills' Twitter) about Donald Trump using one of their songs is one of those Madlib stories that comes around with different names every few years, but I do like that the song Trump was walking out to was "It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)".

@DennisThePerrin Sep 4
We miss you, Dean Martin. You'd be the perfect moderator for the #GOP debates.