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

Mario Cuomo got further the same way, but his oratory was prettier

Further in a presidential primary?

well, considering BS hasn't been IN ONE YET... but i meant being gov of a large state for a dozen years.

I assume this was linked earlier? BS saying Putin "has regrets" is amusing. Putin is not a guy to regret shit about shit.

http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/all-the-things-the-democratic-candidates-got-wrong-on-d-1736418989

btw i still think there's a 5% chance Sanders is working for Clinton.

He's declared his candidacy. Pretty sure that's farther than Cuomo got.

i mean actual governing, not a plush toy for libs to play with for 9 months

also fuck the presidency

btw i still think there's a 5% chance Sanders is working for Clinton.
--skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius)

Ah yes, the sheepdog theory. I must admit I raised an eyebrow when he absolved her of the emails

"I'm sick of hearing that Snowden is working for the damn Russians"

I raised an eyebrow when he absolved her of the emails

This fits his self-image as a serious, issues-oriented candidate, who refuses to be sidetracked into trivialities. It also shows off his poorly developed instincts for winning a national campaign.

Ah yes, the sheepdog theory. I must admit I raised an eyebrow when he absolved her of the emails

the thing is, i actually think this was premature. sure, it's being used as political capital by the GOP, and sure, it's probably been overblown, but it does connect with a larger problem w/ the clintons, and that's their obsessive concern with secrecy and closing ranks--consummate insider behavior. i think sanders could have simultaneously indicated that the concerns were somewhat overblown but suggest that it did point to larger concerns about a clinton presidency.

i can't help but imagine clinton and her circle are totally contemptuous of sanders. i can't imagine they think he's the slightest threat.

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I mean... a) it's still super early so on some level no one is a threat, including Clinton herself, and b) the Sanders campaign at this point is continuing to gain traction. It would be stupid of them to NOT consider him to be a threat considering he's the only other person in the Democratic field who is currently doing well.

/I raised an eyebrow when he absolved her of the emails/

This fits his self-image as a serious, issues-oriented candidate, who refuses to be sidetracked into trivialities. It also shows off his poorly developed instincts for winning a national campaign.
--Blind Lemon Extract (Aimless)

C'mon, he wouldn't have done that without thinking it through. It was calculated for whatever reason. I think he thinks it helps him, and he might just be right.

he is doing so well partly because he is not an actual threat.

that makes zero sense

In my experience, nobody wants to hear someone over the age of 70 talk about e-mail.

while coming out of the subway in park slope yesterday, i overheard two white girls of about fourteen engaged in the following conversation

"my mom likes him"
"he's so old though. and i think it's more important a woman is president"
"i know. and he is really old"
"i think he's probably good though"

so there you have it.

^ probably as good a representation as any of the current thinking of millions of young voters

probably as good a representation as any of the current thinking of millions of young voters Park Slope

and other enclaves and college towns, where lotsa organically sourced Dems vote

http://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/scalefit_630_noupscale/561fad1f1400006f003c850a.jpeg

breaking gossip: a friend of mine says that a relative of hers was in the secret service in the white house during the 2000s, and - get this - hillary clinton was MEAN! the same verified source says that the obamas were "really nice"

lol @ WePo editorial board warning Hillz not to veer too far to the left

WaPo

"i know. and he is really old"

Sanders is only two years older than Joe Biden btw.

say what you want about uncle joe but he carries his age well

really old + two years

biden is hella old. all these people are old.

not that there's anything wrong with that

I never hear anyone bringing up Biden's age or Kerry's age as a disqualifier like they do for Sanders though

Trump and GWB are both 69 lol

i think in terms of documented health issues biden might be in worse shape? so strange that this vaguely royalist "the body natural" shit has to be considered

God, Jeb doesn't want to do this.

is he doing it cuz Mom said he shouldn't?

btw i still think there's a 5% chance Sanders is working for Clinton.

― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, October 15, 2015 12:39 PM (5 hours ago)

also a 1 percent chance he was the grassy knoll shooter

i'm not nec speaking of an overt agreement, but his knowing the 'test' role he is playing.

breaking gossip: a friend of mine says that a relative of hers was in the secret service in the white house during the 2000s, and - get this - hillary clinton was MEAN! the same verified source says that the obamas were "really nice"
--1998 ball boy (Karl Malone)

Uncle Joe has quite the rep for being mean, rude, and arrogant. Who would've thunk it?

Trump is a nightmare from which Jeb! cannot awake.

Would be funny if Sanders dyed his hair bronze.

xp - Jeb! is Xhosa for sadness

Classic Hillary (except it's from 2010).

https://img.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_1484w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2015/08/20/Others/Images/2015-08-20/___b_181440098291.jpg?uuid=OCna_EdwEeWfU9Hj3f0M2g

Every speech I've seen of his sounded like a concession speech.

"Great speech, Gov!"

"Thanks. Say, you think we could take a short-cut through the kitchen?"

"What? It hasn't been cleared and the parking garage is right over –"

"Parking garage. You think we could put a rally at a parking lot on the calendar for next week?"

@JebBush
How pathetic for @realDonaldTrump to criticize the president for 9/11. We were attacked & my brother kept us safe.

jeb! can't even seem to pick a decent big lie

Trump should just start claiming that he kept us safe. And that no one took down one of his towers on his watch.

he kept US safe but not so much the people in the pentagon and the towers and the planes and the detention center
trump should run on the suggestion that it is the bush family's fault you have to take off your belt when you get on a plane

it's true neither Jeb nor his brother were harmed on 9/11

"My brother kept us safe. Now it's my turn, to keep his legacy safe, from big bully's like Donald Trump. And if you mention 9/11 again I'll tell my Dad."

"We were attacked & my brother kept us safe."

does he not get that he sounds like he's 11 years old here