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

helluva law firm

Warren, Boxer, Franken, Klobuchar

Did he say American Senators?

that'd be an awfully big tent

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

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

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

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

yes, but who IS 'Ted Cruz'?

hahaha, sorry

that'd be an awfully big tent

― k3vin k., Monday,

Christie's not a senator.

has christie burned pretty much any political capital he ever had

not if trump is the next president of the united states

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.

has christie burned pretty much any political capital he ever had

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

ba dum dum

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

bloomberg will not run; too many new yorkers already

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

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

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

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

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.

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

you can't strike with us!

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

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

Bloomberg officially not running is good news for Democrats.

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

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.

it's a full life

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.

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

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.

Frith and Inlay, what hraka these candidates are putting out. One might as well silflay with Hitler's owsla as entertain these candidates' rhetoric.

multiple xposts-

I'm glad, collardio, that there were some white people around to explain the point I was making to you; now if you'll excuse me I need to take these recommendations Mr Bledsoe gave me up to Mr. Emerson's office.

DJP, you didn't accompany the article you shared with your own comments, so why should I make any conclusions about what point you were making? I don't presume that anybody has explained anything on your behalf. All I had to go on were the excerpts you copied, and yes, I did take issue with some of Ross's readings (e.g., re the 20 year old anecdote). I do think there's lots of instances where Sanders exhibits cluelessness w/r/t race issues (and have posted about this on these primary threads). But in this case, because I focused on those points of disagreement, it came off as "Bernsplaining", I can see that.

(Way off-topic but apparently I'm able to store fictional-rabbit vocabulary in my head for 37 years SOLELY so that I can pull it out at just the right moment, but I still don't have any idea where my fucking car keys are most of the time.)

Trump is such a Bigwig.

Which makes Barack Obama Hazel, and Robert Reich is Fiver.

A hrududu full of millionaires

Kasich is the nice-seeming rabbit who invites them into the warren full of snares.

Some Rubio guy is all indignant because of a CNN story saying that Rubio's advisers are split on whether he should drop out.

In other news, Rubio's advisers are split on whether he should drop out.

I dunno at this point why quit before Florida? I guess unless yr worried about coming in 3rd your home state

^gotta be it, right? so when's this dude getting kicked out of the senate?

Cos Trump is gonna gonna blow this pic up:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Marco_Rubio_in_high_school.jpeg/398px-Marco_Rubio_in_high_school.jpeg

That's the reason--embarrassment. They also mentioned loss of VP credibility, which seems far-fetched--I know there have been some improbable 180s with VP picks, but Trump-Rubio seems unthinkable. (Cruz-Rubio, sure.)

the mind boggles as to who trump is going to pick as vp

the hulkster?

Christie is gonna feel shafted when Trump says he's going to be his own Veep

What better than one Trump? Two Trump.

otm re: Rubio's only reason to leave now is to avoid embarassment/political suicide in FL

We already consider him an embarrassment