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

http://dailycaller.com/2015/07/06/scott-walkers-wife-one-more-reason-for-socons-to-worry/

the funniest thing about this article was matt lewis' assumption that everything came out of that campaign for a reason.

yeah karl you have been operating at a very high level with those

― goole, Monday, September 21, 2015 3:17 PM (33 minutes ago)

otm, and the Walker one is just fucking terrifying

Gov. Scott Walker's presidential campaign became like the reverse of a Drake lyric. He started at the top. Now he's here.

Hope then dude keeps sliding downward and eventually has to beg for work in a union shop.

campaign vet and walker ex-aide is S P I L L I N G right now on her twitter

https://twitter.com/LizMair

That Walker gif is very David Lynch-y, A+ work.

Scott Walker is married to Tonetta?

One last thought: Walker's timing is good. Word is he just avoided getting tied to a very bad story that could well have been coming.

don't tease us girlfren!

assuming she's not referring to baldgate

i disagree w/ liz mair on most political policies and there are certain areas where i just think she's beyond the pale (eg she's an arsenal supporter iirc) but if you're looking for a not raving batshit insane conservative to follow on twitter you could do a lot worse

I just can't bridge the gap.

Making that face...
https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--8z5mDsnO--/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/1440711803078972592.jpg

what a complete shitbag god

also grow some fucking sideburns dork

Walker went on to say he was fixing something in the kitchen — he doesn't say when — and hit his head on the cabinet

OK what was he fixing in the kitchen?

His toupee.

He's a shit, but he's still the governor of Wisconsin, the fucker.

https://twitter.com/billkristol/status/637698469218619392

NYCTaper ‏@nyctaper 13m13 minutes ago

@BillKristol @ScottWalker At least you didn't predict he'd be welcomed as a liberator.
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He was fixin' a can of Beanee Weenees.

Liz Mair ‏@LizMair 1h1 hour ago
In any event, I wish him-- and especially Tonetta 777, who I've always liked a lot-- the very best. Presidential races are hard work...

she is really milking that one day she worked on his campaign for all it's worth

He was fixin' a can of Beanee Weenees.

― Heel of Fortune (WilliamC)

laughing way more at this than i should

my tonetta joke totally bricked on twitter :|

like my "Next" joke did here?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9u9K7Up4Ts

"Today, I believe that I am being called to lead by helping to clear the field in this race so that a positive, conservative message can rise to the top of the field."

Scott Walker: Leading From Behind.

scott walker: "things are better after i leave"

the conservative lutheran denominations, distinct from the mainline one with "evangelical" in its name, have midwestern states in their names. weird, huh.
― goole, Monday, September 21, 2015 11:56 AM (10 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yeah ELCA is probably the best large church organisation in America, politically and socially

apparently there is a very real draft romney movement afoot right now

gonna wait for gabbneb to weigh in before i believe that

maybe he can tell us about how that will play w/ southern baptists in north dakota

rare footage of benbbag
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3fAcxcxoZ8

Or Northern Baptists in South Dakota.

"not my milieu, of course, but "evangelical" ≠ right-wing fundamentalist, necessarily, and in particular is descriptive of a lutheran denomination that predominates in the not-infrequently-lefty upper midwest."

I...what?

― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Monday, September 21, 2015 12:53 PM (10 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

1. I'm neither a Christian nor a midwesterner.

2. "evangelicals" belong to nearly every denomination of Christianity, and their largely but not exclusively conservative religious tradition is generally distinct from a fundamentalist one, and strongly correlative but not entirely predictive of political conservatism. in 2008, one-quarter of self-identified white "evangelicals" voted for obama (per cnn exit polls), larger than the percentage of jews or non-whites who voted for mccain.

3. america's mainline lutheran church, headquartered in chicago, is known as the "evangelical lutheran church in america"; the 2nd and 3rd-largest lutheran bodies are the (sometimes "evangelical") "lutheran church-missouri synod" and (sometimes "evangelical") "lutheran church-wisconsin synod". the six most lutheran states in america are the dakotas, minnesota, wisconsin, nebraska, and iowa. some people who identify as "evangelical" do so in substantial part because they are members of these churches.

4. minnesota, the second-most-lutheran state, is the only state in america to vote for a democrat in each of the past ten presidential elections. wisconsin, the fourth-most-lutheran state, is one of only five to vote for a democrat in 8 of 10 (the others are NY, MA, MD, and RI; HI is the only state to vote Dem in 9 of 10), and the only non-coastal state. iowa, the sixth-most-lutheran state, is one of only five to vote for a dem in 7 of 10 (the others being DE, PA, OR, and WA), and the only one in the middle of the country. those states have longer modern democratic records than 11 states that voted for obama in 2012.

5. the top five states by percentage of white self-identified "evangelical" votes for obama in 2008* were illinois (#11 most lutheran), minnesota, wisconsin, iowa, and michigan (#9 most lutheran). a greater percentage of white evangelicals voted for him in south dakota than did in california, and a greater percentage voted for him in north dakota, nebraska, and montana (#7 most lutheran) than did in new york.

*cnn registered statistically insignificant numbers of same in UT and every northeast corridor state except NY

gonna wait for gabbneb to weigh in before i believe that

― mookieproof, Monday, September 21, 2015 11:48 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

if you're talking about romney, i've been waiting for him since before the first debate

sorted

maybe he can tell us about how that will play w/ southern baptists in north dakota

― balls, Monday, September 21, 2015 11:52 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i'd ask lyle lovett

sorted

― mookieproof, Tuesday, September 22, 2015 12:50 AM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

for Deez and Wisc.

Romney wouldn't have worked even before the Lego Movie.

Al Gore should easily have been able to avoid having the election stolen from him, given the 8 years of Fake Peace and Prosperity purveyed by the administration he was a part of.

― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Monday, September 21, 2015 11:45 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

a real defender of democracy against fascists in brooks brothers, i see.

the incorrect count in Florida mattered only because your candidate delivered New Hampshire to Bush, guilt you're still denying 15 years later.

Gore won three states Kerry lost (including Florida), and twelve Dukakis did (same). had (Nader and) Scotus not spoiled, he would have won just (3-)5 electoral votes short of Carter in '76 electoral votes, and (9-)12 short of JFK.

make that (2-)6 and (8-)12

a real defender of democracy against fascists in brooks brothers, i see.

the incorrect count in Florida mattered only because your candidate delivered New Hampshire to Bush, guilt you're still denying 15 years later.

Gore won three states Kerry lost (including Florida), and twelve Dukakis did (same). had (Nader and) Scotus not spoiled, he would have won just (3-)5 electoral votes short of Carter in '76 electoral votes, and (9-)12 short of JFK.

― it's not a tuomas (benbbag), Tuesday, September 22, 2015 6:23 AM (37 minutes ago)

this crap has been debunked numerous times, but what's the point of going over it again, centrist democrat twerps will never let go of this one

btw "democracy" gives ppl the right to run for president, a fact "your candidate" might have kept in mind when his goons barred nader from even attending the debates as an audience member in 2000

fuck you, quisling gabbneb.

see JD, only the Democratic standard bearer is ENTITLED to liberal votes.

There was a Sunday front-page story in the NYT that the GOP establishment is worried that their current primary/caucus/delegate rules might help Trump get nominated as long as the field stays crowded.

we must be getting closer to a vote as the ad hominem jargon blunderbusses are booming

fuck you, quisling gabbneb

if we ever transition to an I Love Politics board this is the board description forever

btw "democracy" gives ppl the right to run for president, a fact "your candidate" might have kept in mind when his goons barred nader from even attending the debates as an audience member in 2000

'democracy' gives people the right to run for president, 'math' gives 3rd party candidates the ability to play the role of spoiler w/ our electoral system

Republican presidents are the only thing that get most Democrats angry and into the streets, aside from 100% useless "climate marches"

if we ever transition to an I Love Politics board this is the board description forever

cosign

man the 90s are back:

Later, Carson said he personally believed Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution was encouraged by the devil.

“I personally believe that this theory that Darwin came up with was something that was encouraged by the adversary, and it has become what is scientifically, politically correct,” said Carson.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/ben-carson-big-bang-a-fairy-tale-theory-of-evolution-encoura#.dfmmj1R5b

God help anyone who had that dude's hands in their brains.

'scientifically, politically correct'

so is there another way of being scientifically correct now that is not politically correct

he should send it to a journal

if any of them are brave enough to face his harsh scientific truths