Il Douché and His Discontents: The 2016 Primary Voting Thread, Part 4

what i don't get is why the debate moderators don't ever ask trump point of information type questions, such as, can you tell us what the iran deal was about? because he doesn't know. he really doesn't know much of anything about policy and doesn't care to learn

the Palestinian people don't exist in these debates. only Palestinian terrorists.

agreed dc, this segment is blood-curdling

and yes the moderators are absolutely complicit

this is the most supine panel of moderators I can recall

these guys (and dana) worship wealth, and drumpf reminds them all of their bosses, whom they better not challenge too much, or else

xpost

Praise for Sanders--disorienting.

really only half-watching but seems like rubio's having a good night

i've taken to challoping my parents by calling it "sports for sophisticated people"

Surely more sport that confirms all your prejudices about sportspeople, thus making a nonsportsperson feel smug

Not an accusation, btw, i hate sport and sportspeople

trump doesn't know what the cuba 'deal' or iran deal are about at all, he has no clue

xxp yeah, I'm about a quarter watching at this point, but Rubio's easily having his best debate yet

audience was even starting to laugh every time trump said 'deal'

any crotch grab in any sport is more sophisticated than this shit

this is the marionette portion of tonight's entertainment

http://www.czechmarionettes.com/images/loutky/slide/Czech-Marionettes-czech-marionettes_schoolmates.1be3.jpg

I still wear my Worldwide Apology Tour '08 T-shirt all the time.

Cruz did the Reagan and the Iran hostages thing again.

Kasich wants shock and awe.

heh, how emo of you clem.

you know, I've listened to a lot of these GOP fuckers, but their worldview never ceases to astound me. it's such a dead-end ideology. like, no wonder "white middle America" is in a state of despair: there's no curiosity about, never mind connection with, the foreign Other in this particular stew brewed by the right.

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:O at these answers re the sucker punch

Gerald Ford put America first by pardoning Nixon

Trump always refers to 1,237 as a "random number." Huh? Isn't it half + one of the available delegates?

I generally liked Rubio tonight until that ridiculous story.

trump repeats continually that he's ahead of clinton in the polls and is going to beat her by even more.. what poll? this is the last i saw and is pretty much where we're at

PRESIDENT
Hillary Clinton (D) 51%
Donald Trump (R) 38%
(NBC/WSJ Poll, RV, 3/3-6)

Kasich mentioned Jack Kemp a few debates ago, tonight he mentions Pete Domenici. I think he may be out of sync with his party.

i didn't watch this but daria so otm about the deals

this morning Dylan what'shername from MSNBC casually mentioned, as if embarrassed, that Clinton and Sanders would defeat Trump 'by double digit numbers.' No one asked a followup. Horse race. We need one.

i'm sure some video editors can put together a nice ad making pretty clear how clueless trump is by splicing together all the hopelessly vague "we're gonna do a deal, it's going to be a good deal, not a bad deal," soundbites + maybe some of his goofy faces.. i mean maybe you start off the whole thing with a serious question affecting people w/r/t the economy onscreen, then cut to trump being the fool he is

i'm sure some video editors can put together a nice ad making pretty clear how clueless trump is by splicing together all the hopelessly vague "we're gonna do a deal, it's going to be a good deal, not a bad deal," soundbites + maybe some of his goofy faces.. i mean maybe you start off the whole thing with a serious question affecting people w/r/t the economy onscreen, then cut to trump being the fool he is

they should do a "fake job interview" ad which began "would you hire this man?" and his answer to every question is something like "it's gonna be big, it's gonna be great, i don't know what it's gonna be, but we're gonna get the best people, we're gonna make a deal, it's gonna be beautiful" -- he would look utterly ridiculous.

also

Paglia angling for that VP spot
http://www.salon.com/2016/03/10/i_was_wrong_about_donald_trump_camille_paglia_on_the_gop_front_runners_refreshing_candor_and_his_impetuousness_too/
― Check Yr Scrobbles (Moodles), Thursday, March 10, 2016 8:52 AM (11 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

who knew camille paglia was competing to be the american robert brasillach?

p sure there's no actual endorsement in there?

paglia supports sanders, but her contrarianism and lifelong fetishization of boorish working class men dictated she say nice things about trump

she and trump would be a fun team to watch though

CNN's in the middle of an orgy of self-congratulation over their Civil and Substantive Debate. Even if you accept the premise, I doubt they had much to do with it--if those guys had wanted to go off on each other, they'd have done so.

paglia is completely intellectually bankrupt

weird how she has such a hard-on for trump in that article and yet she still manages to sound like a prude when discussion bill clinton

"substantive" xp

idk why i keep watching these things

sayin what we all think

http://www.factmag.com/2016/03/10/mac-miller-donald-trump-racist/

still wonder if something's up & they plan to rewrite the rules at the convention to stop from nominating trump even if he has enough delegates

They (whoever "they" is) can either do that, and sacrifice the remaining shreds of legitimacy of the Republican Party, or nominate Trump, and sacrifice the remaining shreds of legitimacy of the Republican Party.

xpost idk, granted a significant portion of Trump's base comes from outside the Republican party, but telling the Republicans that did vote for him "hey we're going to shit all over your right to pick our candidate" would have some pretty long-lasting damaging effects.

Maybe they would have the balls, I dunno, but I really think they're gonna go all-in with the multi-headed dragon trying to siphon away delegates so they can broker the convention.

the Repub party is basically a deformed, bleeding dick either way tho

they are totally going to be down nominating trump, watch 70% of the GOP leadership fall in line. are you kidding?

they might become the first party to assassinate their own candidate

the $$$ people have to be thinking about the downballot candidates esp keeping the senate.. i mean, they have no good option, it may be a question of nominating someone else who will upset a lot of their base vs nominating trump who is gonna be radioactive.. whatever oppo research the democrats & associated PACs have dug up on trump from decades of material hasn't even been used yet..

yeah, i am sort of mystified how no major scandals from trump's past have caught on. he seems like a sleazy person who has led a dishonest life filled with double-dealing/underhanded shennanigans at the very least

they should do a "fake job interview" ad which began "would you hire this man?" and his answer to every question is something like "it's gonna be big, it's gonna be great, i don't know what it's gonna be, but we're gonna get the best people, we're gonna make a deal, it's gonna be beautiful" -- he would look utterly ridiculous.

Yeah, I dunno if I'm confident on the numbers regarding "have you ever interviewed a bullshitter?" vs "have you ever tried to bullshit your way into a job?"

yeah, i am sort of mystified how no major scandals from trump's past have caught on. he seems like a sleazy person who has led a dishonest life filled with double-dealing/underhanded shennanigans at the very least

hi dere likely next british prime minister.

Seriously, it's amazing how much this sort of thing just isn't a problem for those with sufficient brass neck. If Nixon had been like 'yeah, I'm a crook, I illegally spy on my opponents, so what, they're bad people' he'd probably still be president now.

the Repub party is basically a deformed, bleeding dick either way tho

― Neanderthal, Friday, March 11, 201

should I post a gif

the Repub party is basically a deformed, bleeding dick either way tho

..in charge of about 37 states.

If Nixon had been like 'yeah, I'm a crook, I illegally spy on my opponents, so what, they're bad people' he'd probably still be president now.

You really didn't hear "They all 'do it'" re Dick a lot until the late '70s; maybe that's when the US lost its cherry for the last time. So Nixon took that approach to become a Respected Elder Statesman ("When the president does it, that means it is not illegal").

paglia supports sanders, but her contrarianism and lifelong fetishization of boorish working class men dictated she say nice things about trump

There's not actually anything remotely working class about Donald Trump, is there?

He's just a humble steak salesman made good. Sure he's got some other irons in the fire, but he's truly happiest while tending his herds, or skillfully butchering an Angus.