Your 2016 Presidential Candidate Speculation Thread

I'm replacing POTUS with "most powerful head of the Five Families" if that's alright

uh no it's not alright 'US' is not an acronym for 'Five Families'

^

i'm fine with abandoning "war criminal" in favor of customizations like "Wall Street's executioner" or "Zionist terrorist."

i appreciated your creativity in this realm morbs, walk with blessings

This is apart from Hillary (which I'm just catching up with), sort of; one of the things that got me onto Obama in 2008 was an extreme antipathy for her handlers and explainers. Lanny Davis was, and is, the worst of all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eo8Yp7W2oE

well thank God Obama turned out so well

his optics are better

“Voters do not give a shit. They do not even give a fart,” said longtime Clinton ally and Democratic strategist Paul Begala, echoing the sentiments of most Clinton allies who believe the all-but-certain nominee is enough of a defined quantity in voters’ eyes that Republican attacks on her email policies cannot sway them — especially not over a year-and-a-half before she faces a competitive vote.

“Find me one persuadable voter who agrees with HRC on the issues but will vote against her because she has a non-archival-compliant email system and I’ll kiss your ass in Macy’s window and say it smells like roses,” he said.

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/03/hillary-clinton-2016-democrat-alarmed-by-emal-scandal-115814.html

well duh

just quoted for the total class embodied by pro Dem wizards

Close your eyes and pretend it's Dennis Perrin.

Begala is so worthless idk how his breed of sycophantic shills sleeps at night

on very expensive beds

I have to be honest Paul Begala is winning me over w/that style

its sycophancy but its not wrong

"The cheaper the hood, the gaudier the patter."

What about voters who would vote against HRC on the issues but vote for her because she has a non-archival-compliant email system?

to me her off books email use says "im a creative problem solver whos willing to bend a rule or two to get the job done vote hillary 2016"

i don't give a fart about it as it's diversionary, like her "issues," from the overall message "I am a Wall Street succubus." But Capone went down on tax evasion, so BAMN.

The International Association of Fire Fighters attracted 10 possible presidential candidates to the union’s conference in Washington this week, including Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren on the Democratic side and Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz for the Republicans.

But one prominent invitee, Hillary Clinton, sent regrets — and that’s regrettable, because she could use some help putting out fires these days.

The soft launch of Clinton’s not-yet-declared candidacy has been engulfed in twin conflagrations: the disclosure that the Clinton Foundation had accepted donations from dodgy countries and the discovery that she conducted her business as secretary of state using a personal e-mail account. Her advisers have managed to fan the flames by being clumsy first responders.

STOP IT DANA MILBANK

Oh lord jesus that's bad

lmao what an incendiary report

http://38.media.tumblr.com/998cdabe11e5de5f9606150f9b31d19d/tumblr_n1bziwlmuF1r2x0k1o2_400.gif

i didn't even include the headline, which was "Democrats are not so fired up about Hillary Clinton", or his last sentence, which was "It was a fiery message. If they don’t already, Democrats will come to regret that their nominating contest lacks such a spark."

lol

if it ends up being Jeb vs. Hillary I think this might be the first prez election cycle I can think of where neither party's base likes their party's candidate. finally the elites will get to just pick who they want.

(well in my lifetime, I should have specified)

I doubt it's going to be J. Bush.

republican class looking p rough maybe thisll be the year they finally nominate a wingnut

can't wait!

http://www.milwaukeemag.com/Media/Editorial/Staff%20Blogs/Web%20features/Walker%20GIFs/it-s-up-here-walker.gif

I honestly think the voting public would be more enthusiastic if we replaced human candidates with corporations (yeah yeah, corporations are people, etc). like, vote for Apple and let them make decisions for the country. Or vote for NASCAR.

it's a ridiculous idea and would probably trigger the apocalypse but i'm guessing a Doritos vs. Bass Pro Shop presidential election would see record voter turnout

why not get the middlemen out of the way and just go ahead and let corps make the decisions

that's pretty much what is happening

then we'll all be able to directly invest money into our favorite elected corporations, and finally the market will be free

Pitchfork vs Koch Bros

having a corporation be in charge of the country wld be genuinely fascinating im ready for this historic experiment

voting apple btw they have the best combination of empathy, vision, and efficiency while still understanding (tbf like all corporations and everyone) that rich ppl are better than poor

We did try corporation rule from the 1870s through 1932.

voting apple because their campaign would offer anyone who voted for them 20% off their next Apple purchase over $1000

oh man, the corporate synergies that would be possible...bipartisan corporate synergy

"Going forward, we will leverage the Constitution as we make a good faith effort to connect with targets!"

I doubt it's going to be J. Bush.

idk the one w the money tends to win

like who do you see out-spending Jeb?

McKinley.

Surely brownie meant:

"Going forward, we will leverage the Constitution as we make a good faith effort to connect with Target!"

Scott Walker is carefully positioning himself as the alternative to Jeb that the wingnuts will embrace, who the Big Money republicans can still work with. That strategy might possibly work, but it all depends on the wingnuts coming through for him and they prefer to scavenge shinier objects.

if Jeb Bush is the nominee he will eventually sound like Scott Walker.

there was no difference between Romney and Cain and Gingrich and the other morons last time around.

No real difference b/w Obama and HRC for that matter.

mmm I can think of a couple differences