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

ehh, i guess i really shouldn't try and argue about the bailout - i genuinely don't know enough about it, though i still feel like my gut is pointing me in the right direction. obviously many dopey and ill-informed beliefs are maintained by similar methods.

all US help for big banks can be summarized, Raging Bull style, as SUCKING BIG FAT ELEPHANT DICKS

wow homophobic

pachydermphobic

Eat dumbos dick

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@dick_nixon
One of NBC's main political reporters -- not Todd or Russert -- just suggested on the air that Clinton put Rubio or Kasich on the ticket.

It happens every cycle. "Unity ticket" blah blah. (Also, I think that was Chris Matthews, because OF COURSE it was.)

How about Jim Webb!

I think President Trump, in the name of unity, should just appoint all the former GOP nominees to whatever positions open in his administration, as they come along. Secretary of State! Um, Carson. Attorney General! Um, Christie. Post Master General? Rubio. Etc. He's a uniter, not a divider.

Been a couple of days since he said or did something stupid out loud, right? I really hope it's just a coincidence and he's not making a concerted effort to tone things down. Gotta keep the outrage going for several more months, for the sake of the world.

Trump's veep pick is such an exciting concept I honestly can't wait, but I know I'm going to be disappointed when he does something boring with it

Postmaster General needs to be Kasich.

all the former GOP nominees

thought for sure this would mean GHWB, Dole, GWB, McCain, and Romney. And maybe Quayle, Cheney, Palin and Ryan. It's gonna be the biggest administration, we're gonna get the best people. Amazing people. You've never seen an administration like this.

Palin = Secretary of Puzzling Syntax.

Trump's veep pick is such an exciting concept I honestly can't wait

Maybe he can turn it in into a reality TV show?

Trump / Nugent '16

there's always Rudy G

it'll be Palin

Ah, what a gift that would be.

Trump should choose a pro wrestler as his Veep

No idea who, but I can't see Palin for a whole bunch of reasons (above and beyond her innate ridiculousness): has already lost, only room for one egomaniac, Trump's obvious embarrassment at her endorsement announcement, no electoral value (not that I envision Trump studying the map carefully), etc.

yeah given trump's "loser" rhetoric for romney (and mccain!), i can't see him choosing palin

christie seems like the obvious choice

Omarosa would really help his demographics.

Until Christie gets indicted

i keep thinking christie must have been promised something more substantial for his high-risk toadying than an outside chance at the most frustrating job in the country, but on the other hand maybe his motives at this point have regressed entirely into the primal

chances of a president trump getting impeached, whacked or having a stroke seem pretty high compared to most, veep slot has a decent chance of paying off

Trump Christie is the lamest possible choice but also provides a lot of opportunities for their unfavorability ratings to actually multiply each other - literally EVERYONE has had a boss like at least of those assholes, and EVERYONE hated that fucking job

chances of a president trump getting impeached, whacked or having a stroke seem pretty high compared to most, veep slot has a decent chance of paying off

who woulda thought chris christie had an lbj long game in him, but i guess he's probably worried about his heart

Watching some of this Trump protest in New York. Part of me thinks that anything like this only guarantees him the nomination, generates push-back in any wavering Republicans (why they'd still be wavering, I don't know). But, if you grant Trump even a sliver of a chance in general, anything that previews how exhausting his presidency would be can only be good. You'd have four years of this every day, I would think.

kasich is angling for it no?

he's doing trump a favour by staying in, for a start

Kasich is probably getting strong signals to stay in the race from elements in the party who hate both Trump and Cruz. There is still much confusion among them about how best to play their unexpectedly weak hand.

On Friday night, after Mr. Trump called for a boycott of Ms. Kelly’s show, the network responded through a spokeswoman.

“Donald Trump’s vitriolic attacks against Megyn Kelly and his extreme, sick obsession with her is beneath the dignity of a presidential candidate who wants to occupy the highest office in the land,” said Irena Briganti, a spokeswoman for the network. “Megyn is an exemplary journalist and one of the leading anchors in America — we’re extremely proud of her phenomenal work and continue to fully support her throughout every day of Trump’s endless barrage of crude and sexist verbal assaults. As the mother of three young children, with a successful law career and the second highest rated show in cable news, it’s especially deplorable for her to be repeatedly abused just for doing her job.”

Ms. Kelly, as she had in the past, has stayed out of the crossfire, opting not to respond personally to Mr. Trump’s provocations.

Later Friday night, the Trump campaign responded in a statement from its spokeswoman, Hope Hicks:

“Megyn Kelly is a highly overrated reporter and anchor that constantly disparages Mr. Trump with negative and inaccurate reports. Despite the fact he wants nothing to do with her and will not appear on her show due to her extremely biased reporting, much of the program is about him anyway on a nightly basis.”

“Unlike Megyn Kelly, who resorts to putting out statements via FOX News, Mr. Trump will continue to defend himself against the inordinate amount of unfair and inaccurate coverage he receives on her second-rate show each night.”

ok I did laugh at "second-rate" in response to "second highest rated"

i like when trump obviously writes his own press releases in the third person

"Hope Hicks" is an amazing name

'Despite the fact he wants nothing to do with her and will not appear on her show due to her extremely biased reporting, much of the program is about him anyway on a nightly basis.'

This is such an insane thing for a presidential frontrunner to say.

Republican Leaders Map a Strategy to Derail Donald Trump

Republican leaders adamantly opposed to Donald J. Trump’s candidacy are preparing a 100-day campaign to deny him the presidential nomination, starting with an aggressive battle in Wisconsin’s April 5 primary and extending into the summer, with a delegate-by-delegate lobbying effort that would cast Mr. Trump as a calamitous choice for the general election.

Recognizing that Mr. Trump has seized a formidable advantage in the race, they say that an effort to block him would rely on an array of desperation measures, the political equivalent of guerrilla fighting.

...The names of a few well-known conservatives have been offered up in recent days as potential third-party standard-bearers, and William Kristol, editor of The Weekly Standard, has circulated a memo to a small number of conservative allies detailing the process by which an independent candidate could get on general-election ballots across the country.

Among the recruits under discussion are Tom Coburn, a former Oklahoma senator who has told associates that he would be open to running, and Rick Perry, the former Texas governor who was suggested as a possible third-party candidate at a meeting of conservative activists on Thursday in Washington.

aaaaahahahahahahah

This is such an insane thing for a presidential frontrunner to say.

― Frederik B, Saturday, March 19, 2016 4:20 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah dude, trump's off the wall

http://www.tomsshoesale.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/vans-off-the-wall.jpg

lol. actually i've been thinking about perry's dropping out of the race so early. surely he must be kicking himself after seeing so many other people get their turn in the sun. he's also a complete doofus and probably very susceptible to flattering advice. if these clowns are dedicated enough to actually try to field a third-party "but really, he's the real republican" ticket, perry really might be their man.

will someone rid me of this meddlesome Texan

he dropped out early i forgot he was ever in it, tbh. but didn't he drop out early, in part, because he was totally out of money and his own campaign workers hadn't been paid in weeks? doesn't seem like he had the financial base to stay in for the long haul, even if he might have eventually had a moment in the sun (i kinda doubt he would have, though. other than wearing glasses he was essentially 2012 ver 1.2)

what would they call their new ticket? just "independent" or will they make a catchy name

shd just be the conservative party like most parliamentary systems, ppl will know what theyre getting

i like n.o.p., the new old party

I only skimmed it, but the third-party idea might link to a Huffington Post piece that someone linked to the other day--that the objective would be to make sure neither Trump nor Clinton gets half the electoral votes, after which the election gets thrown into the House of Representatives. I don't know, I'll have to go back and read the full piece. For that to happen, the third-party candidate would have to actually win a handful of states, no?

or really any state, which would not happen

what would they call their new ticket? just "independent" or will they make a catchy name

― Treeship

"functionally illiterate"

Here's the piece again:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/adam-nicholas-phillips/doomsday-savior-how-paul-ryan_b_9474788.html

It just bulldozes its way over the part about winning states.