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

Have the open carry crazies ever made their presence known at a polling station, or debate, or convention, etc?

― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, March 15, 2016 4:14 PM (4 minutes ago)

uh you mean, historically? or this year

This year.

give trump's people a little more time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYHLaBBs5pY

Jake Tapper calls today "Survival Tuesday." Chuck Todd was trying to sell "Separation Tuesday" the other day. The Moody Blues yet to weigh in.

How about the Hold Steady?

I'm on a different timeline.

Another stellar character witness for Trump (though he denies it):

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-baseball/25517699/pete-rose-would-like-to-clarify-that-hes-not-endorsing-donald-trump?linkId=22303550

DSCC gets the knives out:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2016/03/15/democrats-rub-salt-in-the-gops-festering-trump-wound/

Fwiw, I heard turnout in IL is predicted to be around 40%, which is, of course, low, but at the same time is I guess twice 2012. Which is good.

‏@micahuetricht
Bill Clinton, in Chicago today: "There is a blame candidate and a responsibility candidate in this race.

scumfuck

I blame the responsible candidate.

in a post-jerry springer world, that dscc "attack ad" is underwhelming

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/16/upshot/measuring-donald-trumps-mammoth-advantage-in-free-media.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=b-lede-package-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0

tl,dr: Trump's gotten ~$2billion in free media

Fucking hacks: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/2016/03/15/76d2b98a-eabe-11e5-b0fd-073d5930a7b7_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_trump-reporters-6pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/03/15/trump-gets-huge-win-in-northern-mariana-islands-gop-caucus.html

this is his first majority btw

I'm enjoying YMP's logistical beatdowns of the constructedness of election reportage

It uses the same framing as sports coverage

Yes - and like a long season I like the wearying aspects of it that he gets at

@micahuetricht
Bill Clinton, in Chicago today: "There is a blame candidate and a responsibility candidate in this race.

Yeah we learned that in 1994 with welfare reform

did he say the same line when Hillary found out about Moncia?

is it worse for the GOP for trump to lock it up tonight or for kasich to win and a convention battle? seems like the latter is more likely to happen

*and then a convention battle

In sports, they generally talk about it _when it's happening_.

It would be like if the teams each played their portion of the game alone, in an otherwise empty stadium, and then the crowd came in and listened to the sportscasters talk about what happened in the game, breathlessly but in random order.

leaning on the side that it's better the GOP (and worse for the country) to see Trump win the nom

i suppose my ultimate concern is what's best for the country. it just so happens that that's whatever happens to be worse for the GOP

what a coincidence

Jerry Springer - hell, Trump's campaign is more like the old Donahue show with all of the Nazis, Klan members and militiamen endorsing him.

Here is my list:
Vanguard News Network
Stormfront
David Duke
Traditionalist Workers Party
Alex Jones

...and countless internet racists.

Oh, and The Daily Stormer endorsed him, too.

not Donahue, Morton Downey Jr.

weird they haven't called florida for clinton yet

weird they haven't called florida for clinton yet

People still voting in the Panhandle, I believe

chris matthews just said that american politics is too "predictable, it's paint by numbers"

Clinton's lead in Florida is commanding. She's got it.

Apparently Rubio's only won the Cuban vote lol

NBC calling Florida for HRC.

rubio just said "we had a great team" and then corrected himself and said "we have a great team"

heckler. rubio: "don't worry, he won't get beaten up here"

it's rubio i'm worried for

It's your friend you should worry about. What on earth am I to do?

and it's official he is suspending his campaign

"suspending"

how I wish I could enjoy this guy suffer in a context not tied to Trump becoming the republican nominee

oh SHUT UP with your aspirational twaddle, Rubes

aww, at least he won miami-dade

he won the dying Cuban vote -- he won my abuela's vote

Damn, Marco! Not even a CLOSE second.

did he say the same line when Hillary found out about Moncia?

― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, March 15, 2016 6:40 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I loled

Don't give in to fear, don't give in to hysteria, said the junior senator from Florida, a supporter of torture, bombing Syrians for no reason, and the man who sprinted away from his own immigration bill.

AP called OH for Hill