Buttload of Faith: the 2016 Presidential Primary Thread (Pt 2)

one more interesting thing about that poll:

http://i.imgur.com/wDFBES4.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/S551VHr.jpg

"There's a part of me that wishes Trump were more outrageous and entertaining, but I'm supporting him anyway because I think he has a really good chance to win next November."

https://twitter.com/jameshupp/status/668924133581963264

omg

hahahahaaaa

many such teachings

It’s this book about Churchill. It’s really long.

an intellectual giant, I tell you

on a more serious (??) note, i had an awakening when i found the facebook page of the current majority leader of the wisconsin house of representatives, and his favorite books were:

- the fountainhead
- the bible
- one of those christian self-help things like "10 ways to get to heaven"

it hit me how many of these folks are highly skilled at prevarication and doublespeak but in every other way are total ignoramuses

An actual clown-car story out of Toronto:

http://www.cp24.com/news/doo-doo-the-clown-commended-for-saving-two-women-from-petrifying-attack-1.2671094

“I had a carload of clowns and I was driving one of them back to Union Station and as we turned the corner, I saw this man jumping on cars. He was wearing just shorts, no shoes, no socks and a shirt,” Doo Doo said.

lol @ Christie:

QUESTION: Governor, you were in New Jersey in 2001 right after the September 11th terrorist attacks. Do you recall ever seeing – were there ever instances in Jersey City of thousands of people cheering?

CHRISTIE: I don’t recall that. I don’t. I mean, listen, I can’t say, Matt, I can’t say that I have – it was a pretty emotional time for me because, as I’ve mentioned before, there’s family involved, there’s friends involved and so it was a pretty harrowing time. I do not remember that. And so, it’s not something that was part of my recollection. I think if it had happened, I would remember it. But, you know, there could be things I forget, too. I don’t remember that. No.

these guys are so "take-charge RAH RAH RAH no compromise ever!" unless they have to contradict Donald Trump, then they're a bunch of obsequious quislings

crying at

It’s this book about Churchill. It’s really long.

“It’s this book about Churchill. It’s really long.” Doo Doo said.

The really scary thing about this whole thing is that somehow all nuts turn to Ted Cruz he ends up becoming the nominee, something legalese or world events would pretty much invalidate Clinton and somehow he ends up President. That's a guy that I think gets ahold of that kind of power could be f'ing scary.

@RealJamesWoods
.@SenTedCruz and I just spoke for 40 minutes by phone about our love of this country. This man is the real deal. I'm all in! #TedCruz #tcot

Vice-President James Woods for starters...

a bunch of obsequious quislings

tbf rubio hasn't reached this chapter yet.

lol burn

http://thehill.com/sites/default/files/styles/article_full/public/blogs/sanders_killer_mike_.jpg?itok=pgLLLBQO

Taken only seconds before Donald Trump burst through the door and saved his fellow presidential candidate from imminent death.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kywpo-XmFYg

just left the Bernie rally at the Fox feat. Killer Mike :D

damn killer mike is the best

wow

"bernie sanders introduced by 'killer'" --the right-wing internet

but srsly though bernie/mike 2016

Run The Country

is the bernie/killer mike img meme a t-shirt / coffee mug option yet? please don't make me duckduckgo it by myself here folks

I know it plays to some of my weak tea progressiveness, that KM's intro is all about the right to healthcare and free college, not specifically about addressing institutionalized and culturally entrenched racism and bigotry, but those ARE my bias - I don't think we can teach other people not to be enema bags, I think we have to sponsor opportunity everywhere equally and then strive to make it actually equal where we can - but he did do a great job summarizing my Bern Feels.

Something that's perhaps more important is that while I'm trying to write down how hey ha, Killer Mike introducing Bernie Sanders is a funny juxtaposition, I had to stop, because I'm a slow moron, and it's not, at all.

unlike Lupe Fiasco, Killer Mike is old enough to serve as veep

Haven't been as alarmed by Trump as others (primarily because he isn't religious in his professional life), but the predicted steps here make a scary amount of sense:

http://theweek.com/articles/590497/donald-trumps-alarming-skid-toward-outright-fascism

is it really "alarming"

more like predictable

The shooting in Minneapolis is a new step forward. Not inevitable, not predictable, any more than us predictably going to war with Russia.

? what does that have to do with Trump/the election

I mean sure it's tangentially related but idk it isn't really related to Trump's shift into fascism

shakey you know alarming and predictable aren't mutually exclusive! climate change, etc

The article makes the bones of a link - heavily armed white nationalists (several groups of which have already declared that he's the only candidate that really furthers their cause) taking advantage of the political environment to start shit wouldn't be a surprising step. Do you want to bet cash that the people responsible for the shooting in Minneapolis don't have Trump bumper stickers? Or that he'd denounce them without a wink?

It's not much of a leap to imagine who the Minneapolis shooters might favor as a presidential candidate. He's practically condoning acts like that at this point. Whether they explicitly did it in his name, it fits pretty comfortably alongside other acts being committed by his supporters.

Man beaten at Trump rally speaks out:
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2015/11/23/3725051/trump-protester-beaten/

“It was just a sea of white faces,” he told ThinkProgress. “A lady kicked me in the stomach. A man kicked me in the chest. They called me n*****, monkey, and they shouted ‘all lives matter’ while they were kicking and punching me. So for all the people who are still confused at this point, they proved what ‘all lives matter’ meant. It means, ‘Shut up, n*****.'”

Well, it just emphasizes that much more how crucial it is to not let these people control the machinery of the state.

dude's a hero

rumor is that gunmen said something about trump. that's hearsay but speaks to the point above

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CUmmNY5WsAAxUOd.jpg

^ Another Republican about to throw his hat into the ring?

Hippie baby boomer turned Libertarian.

via Taibbi

http://store.bencarson.com/collections/apparel/products/scrub-top

http://data.whicdn.com/images/1828948/large.jpg

what does Trump do if he doesn't win Iowa (or New Hampshire)?

http://www.quinnipiac.edu/news-and-events/quinnipiac-university-poll/iowa/release-detail?ReleaseID=2305

what does Trump do if he doesn't win Iowa (or New Hampshire)?

http://www.lifed.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Budd-Dwyer2.jpg

Hey, we can always hope, right?

I would guess he would drop out

So did that guy.

having to stop myself from buying 'keep calm and carson on' shirts as joke xmas presents

The media is covering people polling with 1% or less.. they have trump on all fucking day because its ratings. he's not going anywhere until the media stops caring. he'll run third party because his 15% of rump racist awful america will always be there for him.