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

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I bet Trump counts Christie as more than 4 governors

Blowout Coombes (President Keyes), Monday, 7 March 2016 21:51 (eight years ago) link

well, that's just the weirdass way that the National Review reported it:

With the prospect of Donald Trump’s nomination looming over the GOP, Cruz is set to unveil endorsements from more than four senators this week, according to a source with knowledge of the situation.

Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/432442/ted-cruz-senate-endorsements

Karl Malone, Monday, 7 March 2016 21:51 (eight years ago) link

the more-than-fourth one is Ted Cruz

micro brewbio (crüt), Monday, 7 March 2016 21:53 (eight years ago) link

Cruz, shockingly, plans to endorse Kasich

i like to trump and i am crazy (DJP), Monday, 7 March 2016 21:53 (eight years ago) link

there could be dozens of endorsements coming for cruz, we cannot say for sure at this time

Karl Malone, Monday, 7 March 2016 21:54 (eight years ago) link

Is handwaving the opposite of handwringing srs question

Ecomigrant gnomics (darraghmac), Monday, 7 March 2016 21:54 (eight years ago) link

they always claim there are multiple endorsers but it usually turns out to be a lone one

Blowout Coombes (President Keyes), Monday, 7 March 2016 21:55 (eight years ago) link

they said the same thing about the zodiac killer

micro brewbio (crüt), Monday, 7 March 2016 21:56 (eight years ago) link

the more-than-fourth one is Ted Cruz

― micro brewbio (crüt), Monday, March 7, 2016 4:53 PM (10 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lool

marcos, Monday, 7 March 2016 21:56 (eight years ago) link

would not be surprising if 4 Senators slipped Ted a note to meet them in the cloak room at 3pm for an endorsement and that he should be wear his underwear

Blowout Coombes (President Keyes), Monday, 7 March 2016 21:58 (eight years ago) link

tryin to guess who in the Senate hates Trump enough/likes Cruz enough to endorse

Οὖτις, Monday, 7 March 2016 22:00 (eight years ago) link

first pics of ted cruz arriving at the meeting

https://headinavice.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/casino-cornfield.png?w=900

nomar, Monday, 7 March 2016 22:00 (eight years ago) link

yeah idgi, I thought all his colleagues hate the guy

μpright mammal (mh), Monday, 7 March 2016 22:01 (eight years ago) link

you're talking about the party where the four people behind Trump who spent most of a debate talking about how wholly unfit he is to be president turned around and said they would support him as the nominee if he won

i like to trump and i am crazy (DJP), Monday, 7 March 2016 22:02 (eight years ago) link

true, that

μpright mammal (mh), Monday, 7 March 2016 22:02 (eight years ago) link

Johnny Isakson?

micro brewbio (crüt), Monday, 7 March 2016 22:06 (eight years ago) link

gonna guess Shelby, Lee, maybe Blunt, Murkowski

Οὖτις, Monday, 7 March 2016 22:07 (eight years ago) link

helluva law firm

The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 7 March 2016 22:07 (eight years ago) link

Warren, Boxer, Franken, Klobuchar

i like to trump and i am crazy (DJP), Monday, 7 March 2016 22:07 (eight years ago) link

Did he say American Senators?

Josh in Chicago, Monday, 7 March 2016 22:09 (eight years ago) link

that'd be an awfully big tent

k3vin k., Monday, 7 March 2016 22:09 (eight years ago) link

i'm not sure how much endorsements helps cruz, anyway. he's trying to take votes away from Trump, right? does it help Cruz to get the endorsement of conservative senator X who failed to follow through on promises dismantle obamacare or whatever angry old trump voters care about? (what they need is a true outsider who knows how to get things done like trump, a proven negotiator, and so on) and i thought part of cruz's appeal was precisely the fact that his colleagues don't like him. the whole town is pissed off at him because he's such a tough guy outsider, unwilling to compromise. now he's got colleagues who will say nice things about him, colleagues that failed to refused to shut down planned parenthood? who is "ted cruz"?

sorry, that's incomprehensible but i was trying to become one with the angry conservative mind

Karl Malone, Monday, 7 March 2016 22:10 (eight years ago) link

ted cruz is a guy who wants to be president very badly and like the rest of the country isn't sure what one needs to do this year to make that happen

Mordy, Monday, 7 March 2016 22:12 (eight years ago) link

it's possibly that i've overcaffeinated but suddenly it has become really fun to say Who IS 'Ted Cruz'? using the dateline mbc narrator voice

Karl Malone, Monday, 7 March 2016 22:12 (eight years ago) link

probably depends on who the endorsements are. like christie's endorsement did not lead anyone to believe trump was beloved by party apparatchiks

Mordy, Monday, 7 March 2016 22:12 (eight years ago) link

yes, but who IS 'Ted Cruz'?

hahaha, sorry

Karl Malone, Monday, 7 March 2016 22:13 (eight years ago) link

that'd be an awfully big tent

― k3vin k., Monday,

Christie's not a senator.

The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 7 March 2016 22:13 (eight years ago) link

has christie burned pretty much any political capital he ever had

μpright mammal (mh), Monday, 7 March 2016 22:15 (eight years ago) link

not if trump is the next president of the united states

Mordy, Monday, 7 March 2016 22:15 (eight years ago) link

Karl: "i thought part of cruz's appeal was precisely the fact that his colleagues don't like him. the whole town is pissed off at him because he's such a tough guy outsider, unwilling to compromise. now he's got colleagues who will say nice things about him."

Yep that is totes part of his appeal. JUST saw on Ace of Spades about how the fact that everybody hates him is a point in his favor because if they like you in DC, that can only mean bad things about you.

Needless to say I'm enjoying TedMentum tremendously. Yes, please, throw us in that briar patch.

brotato chip (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 7 March 2016 22:15 (eight years ago) link

has christie burned pretty much any political capital he ever had

Trenton hasn't burned down but his term isn't over yet

Karl Malone, Monday, 7 March 2016 22:16 (eight years ago) link

ba dum dum

Karl Malone, Monday, 7 March 2016 22:16 (eight years ago) link

DAMN this coffee is good! but just who IS 'Ted Cruz'?

Karl Malone, Monday, 7 March 2016 22:16 (eight years ago) link

bloomberg will not run; too many new yorkers already

mookieproof, Monday, 7 March 2016 22:18 (eight years ago) link

reminds me of the PLP* member in my high school who after a friendly argument in the student newspaper office, screamed "LIBERAL!" at me as he walked out, expecting i guess that it was the devastating coup de grace.

*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_Labor_Party_%28United_States%29

― wizzz! (amateurist), Monday, March 7, 2016 4:28 PM (41 minutes ago) Bookmark

jhe was right

Hungry4Ass, Monday, 7 March 2016 22:18 (eight years ago) link

he's trying to take votes away from Trump, right?

he's trying to take votes away from Rubio and assume the role as the establishment alternative to Trump

xxp

Οὖτις, Monday, 7 March 2016 22:19 (eight years ago) link

in conversation with my mom she made the point that Christie's the type of person who would fuck over his peers or the populace out of spite or to make a point even when it'd reflect badly on him (re: the bridge thing)

that seems like a pretty good indicator of Trumpness

μpright mammal (mh), Monday, 7 March 2016 22:20 (eight years ago) link

it came up in the conversation in the context of a really short-lived state governor we had who canned a bunch of people after he got elected -- people in his own party that happened to not support him in the primary

μpright mammal (mh), Monday, 7 March 2016 22:21 (eight years ago) link

Bloomberg officially not running is good news for Democrats. I don't think he would have been strong enough to cause an electoral college split and hand the decision to Congress, but it seems possible he'd pull enough votes from the Democratic side to throw the election to the Republicans.

o. nate, Monday, 7 March 2016 22:24 (eight years ago) link

can't even imagine what high school would have been like if it had had intra-leftist politics in it

denies the existence of dark matter (difficult listening hour), Monday, 7 March 2016 22:25 (eight years ago) link

you can't strike with us!

denies the existence of dark matter (difficult listening hour), Monday, 7 March 2016 22:25 (eight years ago) link

top google suggestions to "Ted Cruz..."
is canadian
is a robot
is...
is hispanic

Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 7 March 2016 22:25 (eight years ago) link

wtf google has modified that, up until last week the fourth result was "is the zodiac killer"

μpright mammal (mh), Monday, 7 March 2016 22:27 (eight years ago) link

Bloomberg officially not running is good news for Democrats.

uh not for me -- I wanted targets after Marquito loses the Sunshine State next week.

The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 7 March 2016 22:31 (eight years ago) link

jhe was right

― Hungry4Ass, Monday, March 7, 2016 4:18 PM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

heh. i take a tiny bit of pride in attracting insults from folks like this.

wizzz! (amateurist), Monday, 7 March 2016 22:32 (eight years ago) link

it's a full life

we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Monday, 7 March 2016 22:38 (eight years ago) link

yeah idgi, I thought all his colleagues hate the guy
― μpright mammal (mh)

The highlight of every Republican debate for me is when Trump turns to Cruz and says "Nobody likes you." It's a gentle, well-meaning reminder.

clemenza, Monday, 7 March 2016 22:40 (eight years ago) link

Voting for someone you hate vs voting for someone you hate. What a dilemma.

The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 7 March 2016 22:43 (eight years ago) link

With the prospect of Donald Trump’s nomination looming over the GOP, Cruz is set to unveil endorsements from more than four senators this week, according to a source with knowledge of the situation.

In Lapine, the rabbit language from Watership Down, they would call Cruz Prince-with-a-thousand-senate-endorsements.

erry red flag (f. hazel), Monday, 7 March 2016 22:45 (eight years ago) link


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