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

xxp not positive but i believe sanders has not been pandering in any way to evangelicals with the whole a-jew-shall-lead-us thing or excessive discussion of israel

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-official-gop-debate-drinking-game-rules-pt-2-20150916?page=3

re walker:

I like that Charles Pierce has been flagellating himself in his new articles for thinking scott walker was a dangerous threat. Dude is a fucking clown.

― panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Monday, 14 September 2015 16:28 (2 days ago) Permalink

I could have you y'all that a long time ago. if you've actually had to watch him for 5+ years as i have, you recognize that he was by no means ready for prime time.

his three victories in Wisconsin can be chalked up largely to (a) an incompetent state democratic party (i cannot express how uninspiring his two opponents were) and (b) poor turnout in non-presidential election years. and his profound provincialism, which is obviously a problem in a national race, isn't as much of a problem when you're running in a state like this one.

his "favorability" in the state is low right now, btw. and it was never very high.

in any event, we're still stuck with him (and the horrifying GOP legislature) for a while. i apologize to his family, i guess, but scott walker is a completely worthless human being. that he can be even moderately successful with his particular mix of ignorance and cynicism says a lot about the faults of our political system.

i actually think walker's dopey visage, his tendency to let his mouth hang open, etc. actually has hurt him in the polls as much as anything else (although i wish it were just his ignorance and venality). he just looks the part of a dopey regional lightweight rather than a presidential candidate.

i mean

http://www.rawstory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Scott-Walker-800x430.jpg

I think of him as a mulletless Pawlenty

He looks high

i should add that i don't think walker is really any more venal and ignorant than, say, rick perry.

he hasn't signed as many death warrants, for one thing.

i'm sure he would if he was in texas, though. sometimes you have to let go of the wheel and just take advantage of the opportunities to murder innocent people that god provides for you

he looked OK in a I-love-Ronnie's-haircut way in 1992. I'd a fucked him and told him his grandma I gave him the clap.

"him his grandma"?

lib hero Ann Richards also signed a bunch o' death warrants

it goes with Texas, like brisket and clock bombs

it goes with Texas, like brisket and clock bombs

Too soon.

http://i.imgur.com/kPihmiN.jpg

"him his grandma"?

― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP)

oh c'mon

You never him

I loved he!

i hardly knew he

"I" was the name of his grandma

bobby jindal sounds like kermit the frog

Thought the Sanders speech at Liberty was also aiming to reach Hispanics, who would be especially motivated to vote against Trump.

Graham calling out one sardonic aside after another overtop Santorum was awkwardly hilarious.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPol5K-9Wjo

i don't know how you folks have the stomach to watch the GOP debates! i feel like i would blow a gasket in 10 minutes flat.

i can't even stomach the recaps.

well, I just finished a Tsai film, am, so I'm inoculated.

just tsai me, bro

What do you know--Pataki was excellent on Kim Davis.

ew

oh, this already happened?

I think the second-tier no-chancers are debating now and the clown car is later?

Jake Tapper's awful. Before they started, he pompously announced that this would be an actual debate, with the people on stage talking to each other. So he jumps in incessantly every time someone runs a few seconds over.

http://33.media.tumblr.com/1c1c7062e5c6fb6fb99f519ab06ae3a3/tumblr_nuqxkbzoOh1qdmmiqo1_500.gif

the candidate gifs you've been making are top-tier stuff btw, want to collect them all

thanks! who should i do next? i'm bummed i was too late on rick perry, i was really looking forward to it

christie imo

do Reagan

Do Salieri!

too many notes

did jake tapper just say "the main event, round 2"?

this is already veering into pro wrestling

huckabee making jokes about the A-Team somehow knocked me back to reality

Wow, Huckabee ready to throw the full weight of his quarter-percent behind Trump.

Ted Cruz can't profess his love for his daughters without pouring Mazola Oil on them.

Kasich's claims Newt's I-actually-knew-Ronald-Reagan schtick. Fiorina's obviously nervous--don't even think she said her name.

Karl the hand of God is on you

actual lol at trump taking a potshot at rand paul for absolutely no reason

I think it's marvelous that a replica of Reagan's actual plane is onstage.

this is amazing

Trump's line about Rand Paul's looks was kind of stunning. If stuff like that doesn't hurt him coming out of tonight, I'm stumped.

Walker's been waiting all week for his apprentice line.

Trump talking about "the business people" makes me wonder if he's actually Vincent Adultman.