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

FDR urged him to run in 1920 actually (before Cox became nominee and Wilson was deluded enough to think he could win).

man if the two of them could only see this campaign, i wonder what they'd say. "what's w/ all the hillbilly krauts?" i imagine.

apparently Hoover told FDR, "Mr. Roosevelt, if you have lived in this city as long as I, you should know that hte president of the United States calls on no one."

https://twitter.com/WaPoSean/status/651823875270049792

Jeb clarifies that by "let the big dog eat," he meant "releasing the animal spirit of the country."

how has this man combined his father and brother's worst attributes

Why is Jeb constantly "clarifying" his remarks?

Because they were so tonedeaf the first time around?

he's also once again failed to address the question of implementation - who will let these dogs eat? who?

who, who who

remember that joke recorded in nixonland about '68 campaign reporters having a special key installed on their typewriters reading "romney later clarified"

a good #actually:

https://twitter.com/jyarow/status/651801577343291392

holy shit

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/hillary-clinton-says-she-does-not-support-trans-pacific-partnership/

"What I have learned about it" is a really weird thing to hear from a serving Secretary of State about a major international trade deal.

is this her tacking left to address the growing interest in Bernie? I mean, this is simultaneously a left and right point of issue.

hillary is not the serving secretary of state

Yeah, right now she's secretary of running for pres.

she's not servin' cookies

in general a populist as opposed to "centrist" position + differentiates her from present admin, feels less adventurous than the gun thing

Ah oops.

http://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/04/21/401123124/a-timeline-of-hillary-clintons-evolution-on-trade

"i was for shitty-for-workers free trade before i was against it"

http://www.6sqft.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Amit-Shimoni-art-hillary-and-barack-e1440788843152.png

"What I have learned about it from Bernie Sanders' campaign."

http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2015/09/democrats-draft-jerry-brown-why-not

i'm kind of feeling this TBH. at the very least (latter-day) brown leaves the impression of grown-up competence. which is sorely lacking in national politics.

i mean jerry brown obviously has 0 reasons to actually run

The Graydon Carter finger length thing makes the latest Doonesbury all the funnier.

[img src="http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc66/DoonzFan/db151004_zps2rzpiyuj.jpg";]

Bah.

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc66/DoonzFan/db151004_zps2rzpiyuj.jpg

"i was for shitty-for-workers free trade before i was against it"

― hunangarage, Wednesday, October 7, 2015 4:21 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

No, your reaction is supposed to be "Yeah, that's a totally meaningful position Hillary took on a deal that's going to pass with or without her well before she gets elected". Geez.

Yes please tell us more!

jerry brown is 77; i'm waiting for somebody to float mondale

My money's on Debs.

tippecanoe and tyler too

http://xenohistorian.faithweb.com/northam/images/cleveland.jpg

i went to a Jerry Brown '92 rally at NYU, which was mc'd by Matthew Modine, who had a joke something like "If all those women Governor Clinton slept with vote for him..."

i was at a jerry brown rally (kind of skulking around the edges rather than down in the mosh pit, so to speak) in 1996. he didn't really seem to have a chance and the whole thing had an air of pointlessness. but he said some good stuff.

might need a separate thread for ben carson quotes

Ma, ma, where's my pa? Gone to the White House, ha ha ha.

^^^ not a Ben Carson quote, it's cool

"I have had a gun held on me when I was in a Popeye's organization" in Baltimore, the retired neurosurgeon told Karen Hunter on Sirius XM Radio, referring to the fried chicken fast-food chain. "Guy comes in, put the gun in my ribs. And I just said, 'I believe that you want the guy behind the counter,'"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4l453szonvE

Ma, ma, where's my pa? Gone to the White House, ha ha ha.

― Three Word Username, Thursday, October 8, 2015 2:07 PM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^^^ not a Ben Carson quote, it's cool

― Gorefest Frump (Doctor Casino),

from the campaign that elected the Dems' last unabashed corporatist president

wow ben

I just told the gunman to shoot the Popeye's employee instead of me; that's how I would handle gun violence in this country.

"Hey guys, everybody attack him."

Also: a Popeye's "organization"? I admit the one by my stop more or less has their shit together most of the time, but...

he's just making that story up, right?

it sounds like bad stand-up. like it's supposed to be a humorous and self-deprecating bit, the situation sets up a chance for him to be a hero but he turns out to be a coward like all the rest of us in the audience - relief, identification.

Unlikely story imo. Since when has Popeye's served ribs?!

Whatever, I mean, since when has Popeye's oh wait, there's Simon with it, never mid.

http://www.thecollegianur.com/article/2015/10/john-kasich-holds-town-hall-forum-on-campus
http://www.thecollegianur.com/article/2015/10/no-john-kasich-i-dont-want-taylor-swift-tickets

While calling on sophomore Kayla Solsbak, who was nearly jumping out of her seat to get noticed, Kasich said with a laugh, “I’m sorry, I don’t have any Taylor Swift tickets.”

Kasich also said at one point, “I’m sure you get invited to all of the parties,” to one of the female students sitting in the front row of raised seats.

Comments like these, along with some of Kasich’s remarks on his policies, led to mixed reactions from some of the students who attended the event.

While the lectures were condescending, the real issue was that Kasich chose not to listen to students in his forum. Most of the questions came from older members of the community, many vocalizing their support of Kasich before throwing him a softball question. Kasich barreled through a Planned Parenthood question, dismissing the young woman who posed it, and derided me when I had the audacity to raise my hand. Kasich came to Richmond to pander to retired Republicans. He could gain points by belittling me and my peers, so that's what he did.

...

In a half-hearted attempt to connect with young voters, Kasich entered the town hall forum with the 2014 hit song "Shut Up and Dance With Me" blasting from the speakers. While my friends all found it out of place, I realized that the song's title accurately reflects Kasich's message to young voters: shut up and elect me.

"I have had a gun held on me when I was in a Popeye's organization" in Baltimore, the retired neurosurgeon told Karen Hunter on Sirius XM Radio, referring to the fried chicken fast-food chain. "Guy comes in, put the gun in my ribs. And I just said, 'I believe that you want the guy behind the counter,'"

http://images1.laweekly.com/imager/buck-swope-played-by-don-cheadle-in-the/u/original/5285542/10189001.0.jpg

don cheadle IS ben carson

Carson keepin the lolz comin (armed Jews would have stopped Hitler! mmm no)

The amazing thing is his laughs after saying these things. Like even he can't believe the shit falling out of his mouth.