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

I mean Bernie Sanders vs a GOP congress: "I demand free college tuition" would not be an effective "negotiating" technique -- or else what? However his speaking about it can help to shift the populace into a mindset of thinking "yes, actually college SHOULD be affordable," which can in turn lead to pressure on govt in the long run.

yes exactly. it doesn't necessarily mean an outright deal negotiation. it's about shifting expectations and discourse.

I mean the clear distinction between Sanders and Trump in this sense is that Sanders says we'll need a political revolution if we want any of his proposals enacted, whereas Trump is more like "it'll happen because I'll say so." In either case, one is left with a yawning gap, a large question mark, between "promise" and fulfillment.

A Dumb Bro, No?

what you had should have been yours forever, even if it's something that no longer exists. take it.

Even if it's something that *never* existed, like an America in which the women and the blacks were happy and knew their place.

“Sometimes we’ll do it for fun, and they’ll start screaming at me, ‘Do the swear-in! Do the swear-in!’” Trump said on “Today.” “If it’s offensive, if there’s anything wrong with it, I wouldn’t do it.”

Given the similarities to Hitler’s “Heil” salute, Trump was asked if he would stop doing the pledge.

“Well, I’ll certainly look into it,” Trump replied. “I mean, I’d like to find out that that’s true, but I’ll certainly look into it, because I don’t want to offend anybody. But I can tell you that it’s been amazingly received.”

where does Trump find all the time to look into all these things

When thinking about how to get Mexico to build the wall.

Wait is he "looking into" the heil salute...? Like he's gonna find out what it was?

he also needed to look into the kkk

lol: http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-gop-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/03/bush-family-member-endorses-cruz-220433

the heil thing, like everything else in his campaign, felt like a joke he was playing on his supporters

lol neil

I like how Cruz roped the slimiest Bush bro

Margin supports Buchanan iirc

Margin too

Sanders is different from Trump because his agenda is a part of an established political philosophy and Donald Tenor Trump's platform is Donald Trump is great and will fix stuff

otoh trump comes from an established political philosophy too - and one that he purportedly has studied over the years

whoah I had no idea Trump had ROY FUCKING COHN lobby Es Meese to appoint Trump's sister to her judgeship.

i don't think sanders is anywhere near the existential threat as trump (tho i don't really think he's much of one either but clearly they are separated by leagues)

Cohn was Trump's lawyer!

xp

Roy Cohn: No. I have clout. Lots. I pick up that phone, dial 15 numbers, and guess who's on the other end of the line? In under five minutes, Henry.

Henry: The President.

Roy Cohn: Better — his wife.

just chatted with a local black small-business-owner here in Wisconsin who's voting Bernie

yes that post was my audition to replace thomas friedman at the new york times

where in wisconsin?

you know, i was reading about the oregon standoff folks today, and i'm surprised trump hasn't gone in on the feds over that stuff -- seems up his alley to float some conspiracy theories, gov't tyranny yadda yadda. wouldn't put it past him to glorify a bunch of militiamen.

just chatted with a local black small-business-owner here in Wisconsin who's voting Bernie

― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, March 8, 2016 6:56 PM

uh no dude this is Freddie B in disguise

ratfucking the election

ben carson currently w/ larger % of the vote than rubio

(in MS)

Clowning Rubio is one of the only true pleasures of this hideous election season

Sanders appears to be doing fairly well so far in Michigan, possible upset?

I'm gonna miss him. He's the sort of guy to whom you gave noogies. He's the Sam Alito of GOP candidates.

Sanders appears to be doing fairly well so far in Michigan, possible upset?

― Check Yr Scrobbles (Moodles),

A few counties don't close until 9 p.m.

hillary campaign was managing expectations today

not much reporting from detroit yet:

http://www.decisiondeskhq.com/results/2016/primary/dem/president/michigan/

if wayne goes like macomb then she'll take the state no problem

he'll?

trump is over 50% in MS (early but still terrifying)

he has assembled large piles of trump water, wine and beef on the stage where he's due to speak

is that his rescue package for flint

Oh he's got a 'rescue package' for them awrite

"DON-DAY E-STA MARCO?"
MSNBC bro just now

is that his rescue package for flint

― carthago delenda est (mayor jingleberries

can they shower or drink meat

they can shower in trump wine and use the meat to build shelter

this has gotta be little marco's last night

trump is over 50% in MS (early but still terrifying)

― Mordy, Tuesday, March 8, 2016 7:37 PM (16 minutes ago)

Wish I could say I was surprised.

He's the sort of guy to whom you gave noogies.

^word for word what I told a friend two weeks ago

i know detroit hasn't reported in yet so that will change things pretty dramatically, but bernie's up 51-48 in MI so far. polls had hillary up by a wide margin so this is kind of surprising.

yeah who knows whether it'll hold but clearly the polls were off on the dem side

I'm curious: what sort-of candidate could the ILX collective get behind? The only person I can imagine is des Esseintes from À rebours.

this has gotta be little marco's last night

― k3vin k., Tuesday, March 8, 2016 9:01 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

if he comes in below the threshold to get _any_ delegates in MI or MS then i guess it's not out of the question that he could go before florida

clearly the polls were off

Or partly late campaigning payoff?