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

I hope he gets hit by a bus.

What a terrible thing to wish on a bus driver.

wonder how man of those sanders voters who claim they'd vote for trump are neo-chaos campus dadaists and how many are aggravated white union types to whom trump has been appealing all along. and of course how many would actually pull the lever (see: moving to canada).

The phrase "no-go zones" back in everyday vernacular despite them not bring a thing

Heartened and amused by the petition making the rounds calling for open carry at the Republican convention in Cleveland.

Voting is a battle of attrition

This the A+ trolling: https://www.change.org/p/quicken-loans-arena-allow-open-carry-of-firearms-at-the-quicken-loans-arena-during-the-rnc-convention-in-july-2

Yes, let's all make the area a few blocks from my office into a free-fire zone, ha ha ha ha ha, hilarious.

I think this is a real photo:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CeR8-IMWsAEV9Wm.jpg

LOL

xpost

reading trump's tweets just makes me think about my 95-year-old great-aunt who told me, in a phone call during the 2008 presidential election season, that "every time i see that palin woman on the TV, i want to slit her throat"

xpost I really don't think it's a serious call for guns there, just underscoring GOP hypocrisy by hosting their convention in a place that forbids guns.

I have a cartoon angel on one shoulder decrying gun-fetishism, and a cartoon devil on the other shoulder, slyly asking whether adding actual firearms into the "GOP civil war" might potentially be a good thing for the country and for humankind after all.

Not so much "lol they'll shoot each other and there will be fewer of them ha ha," but rather that of a bunch of faux-macho cowboys walking around ostentatiously open-carrying will look sublimely ridiculous. I mean, you're inside a heavily secured convention hall that is overwhelmingly full of like-minded old white guys. They pretty much all love them some sweet sweet firearms. There are TV cameras everywhere. What the actual fuck are you afraid of, if you think you need an assault rifle propped next to the chair in which you're eating bad catered food and talking about which candidate does a better job of loving guns and hating brown people?

Pierce on Ryan forked tongue

http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/news/a43297/paul-ryan-cynical/

By the time Ryan had entered Congress in 1999 at the age of 28 and filed his first disclosure statement, he reported assets between $167,000 and $1.3 million, owned a home and had three rental units.

hey when you're a maker it's hard to keep track

He hides money in his copy of The Fountainhead iirc.

https://i.imgur.com/JS7I5e6.png

Tay is TAYking over ILX

godwins law personified

well that was a totally gross post caek thx
xp

er wait that was meant for the NRO thread

no you should post that everywhere

let it be known

i didn't realize caek had such strong opinions about slovenia

http://ktar.com/story/979602/phoenix-mayor-requests-federal-investigation-into-long-voter-wait-times/

what a mess

Panic:

Even without a controversial presidential candidate to contend with, Senate Republicans face a challenging map. Fresh off reclaiming the majority for the first time in eight years, the GOP now faces the daunting prospect of defending 24 of the 34 Senate seats that are up for grabs this November, largely because the six-year terms for the many Republicans who swept into office in the 2010 elections have come due.

The party can afford to lose only three seats to stay in the majority, and at least two incumbents are already facing difficulties: Sens. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), whose state is seen as a prime pickup opportunity for Democrats, and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), who is struggling in the polls. Five more GOP seats are up for grabs in states that President Obama won twice, including some, like Pennsylvania, by comfortable margins.

Loud foot­steps up­stairs in the pres­id­en­tial race could eas­ily shake the Sen­ate races be­low,” veteran analyst Charlie Cook wrote this week, adding that if the GOP loses the White House by a larger margin than it did in 2008 or 2012, “hanging onto the Sen­ate would be a long shot at best.”

If Trump is the nominee, Democrats have already signaled that they plan to try to link him to every Republican running this fall. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has rolled out a “Party of Trump” campaign dubbing GOP candidates as “Retrumplicans.

if the Dems aren't outspent

lol @ Retrumplicans

It's catchy

also sounds kinda like Replicant

has there been any more reports on trumps fundraising?

I know PACs are a thing, but if you dont have establishment support how can you draw down the 1-2 billion its gonna take to run nationwide?

"Donald, you're a sniveling coward, and leave Heidi alone."

I hate these moments where you have to agree with someone you despise--although it's worth noting it took Cruz a couple of days to get there, and no doubt a few consultants whispering in his ear: "Get outraged! People love that stuff."

200 million of his own money plus 800 million in free coverage that he gets by tweeting dumb things that are then covered by most media outlets, plus every show begging him to be a guest?

i'm being sort of facetious but he gets exposure from the media in ways that other candidates can't

but that doesnt fund GOTV operations anywhere

200 million doesn't pay for GOTV? (honestly i have no idea what portion of campaign $ goes directly to GOTV as opposed to advertising and pizza)

isn't this basically what the convention's gonna be about, whether the GOP $$$ org is willing to get behind him (they will, imo)

was listening to a news story about donald trump's having repeatedly sued journalists who criticized him (all of the suits were tossed out of court). what a fucking baby. why are authoritarians always such whiners?

it's what makes them want to be authoritarians!

one day they'll show all those jerks, they'll all be begging for mercy...

you know, trump really combines every venal trait a human being can have, it's almost impressive.

http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2016/03/attacking-heidi-cruz-for-her-depression-is-a-disgraceful-move.html

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DiLMg7LwCNg/Vncjyx1i_BI/AAAAAAAAhDU/TjSnwCGJjOY/s640/When%2Bboth%2Bparties%2Bhate%2Byou%2B.%2B.%2B..jpg

Gotta ask once more: is this a tipping point for Trump? Almost a year of evidence says not a chance. But you never know.

at this point if he made obscene gestures when bringing up cruz's wife at a debate, i don't think it would harm his appeal to the 15% (?) of the electorate that has latched onto him.

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/01/donald-trump-is-shocking-vulgar-and-right-213572

About 15 years ago, I said something nasty on CNN about Donald Drumpf’s hair. I can’t now remember the context, assuming there was one. In any case, Drumpf saw it and left a message the next day.
“It’s true you have better hair than I do,” Drumpf said matter-of-factly. “But I get more pussy than you do.” Click.

so slate runs an article (rightly) talking about how trump's horrendous misogynist bullshit is the worst sort of poison

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2016/03/donald_trump_has_one_core_philosophy_misogyny.html

Drumpf wants us to know all about his sex life. He doesn’t regard sex as a private activity. It’s something he broadcasts to demonstrate his dominance, of both women and men. In his view, treating women like meat is a necessary precondition for winning, and winning is all that matters in his world. By winning, Drumpf means asserting superiority. And since life is a zero-sum game, superiority can only be achieved at someone else’s expense.

and then, slate being slate, they follow it up with reductionist "let's beat him with sex" pseudo lysistrata clickbait.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2016/03/23/vote_trump_get_dumped_campaign_asks_women_to_stage_a_sex_strike_against.html

Going after Cruz's wife seems some Nixon-attacking-Muskie shit

American presidential elections usually amount to a series of overcorrections: Clinton begat Bush, who produced Obama, whose lax border policies fueled the rise of Trump.

riiiight

is it too much to hope for an actual trump/cruz duel

With pistols or rapiers?

Or, given their level of decorum, matching pairs of BBQ tongs?

dude you are making me take the side of tucker carlson.

did you actually read the article? he's a horrible asshole who supports trump.