Just what I needed, a nominee who's on to me.
― pplains, Wednesday, 15 April 2015 00:00 (nine years ago) link
Having twelve years in a row of popular geezer presidents ...
This country will very likely never have a president born in the 1930s. Likewise, odds are getting slimmer we'll have one from the 1950s.
We'll see if Jeb, Huck, Ben Carson and Rick Perry mention that in their opening day speeches.
― pplains, Wednesday, 15 April 2015 00:08 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/CGoGwq2.gif
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 15 April 2015 00:10 (nine years ago) link
Excellent.
― schwantz, Wednesday, 15 April 2015 00:14 (nine years ago) link
It is weird to think about that generation thing. We had 16 years of Clinton (b. 1946) and Bush II (b. 1946). If say Romney (b. 1947) had been elected in 2008, and then Hillary (b. 1947) in 2016 we could have conceivably seen 32 straight years of presidents from the same mini-generation.
― Ari (whenuweremine), Wednesday, 15 April 2015 01:58 (nine years ago) link
lost opportunity, b 1949
http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.436738!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/article_970/alg-springsteen-obama-jpg.jpg
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 15 April 2015 02:08 (nine years ago) link
my fave candidate this time is a year too young (b '82), but I'm sure the Supreme Court would vote to seat him
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=460FZat2U6A
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 15 April 2015 02:27 (nine years ago) link
http://time.com/3823064/elizabeth-warren-2015-time-100
― lag∞n, Thursday, 16 April 2015 13:53 (nine years ago) link
Beautiful.
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 16 April 2015 14:06 (nine years ago) link
Ah, sorry - didn't spot that it's a writer's credit.
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 16 April 2015 14:07 (nine years ago) link
http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/04/20/koch-brothers-signal-support-for-scott-walker/
just expressin opinionz and stuff in teh political process
― j., Tuesday, 21 April 2015 01:13 (nine years ago) link
Great news. What a clusterfuck this is gonna be.
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 21 April 2015 01:18 (nine years ago) link
Tried to think of a fitting remark about Santorum and loss of traction, but nothing oozed out.
― Giant Purple Wakerobin (Aimless), Tuesday, 21 April 2015 01:29 (nine years ago) link
lol koch bros getting ready to line the pockets of scott walkers campaign consultants for no reason
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 21 April 2015 01:43 (nine years ago) link
for ppl so interested in politics they have really very little feel for it its quite something
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 21 April 2015 01:44 (nine years ago) link
rebranding/pig+lipstick etc: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/22/us/politics/hillary-clintons-quest-to-prove-her-populist-edge-is-as-strong-as-elizabeth-warrens.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=second-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 21 April 2015 16:02 (nine years ago) link
some clumsy stuff trying to co-opt/neutralize Warren cited there
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 21 April 2015 16:10 (nine years ago) link
imo its at least a good sign that she feels the need to acknowledge anyone to her left
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 21 April 2015 17:09 (nine years ago) link
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal-a/2015_04/a_loud_n_proud_christian_right055264.php
Republican proto-candidates for president trooped to the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s big 2015 cattle call and were loud ‘n’ proud as ever in their commitment to the culture wars.
same 'ol, same 'ol here
― curmudgeon, Monday, 27 April 2015 14:11 (nine years ago) link
meant to post this 2-week-old Taibbi piece on the reportorial/editorial predictability of reacting to the fakery of candidates like "populist" Grandma Fraud:
Hillary's first official week as a presidential candidate went exactly as her handlers must have hoped.
At launch she talked a streak of anti-elitist rhetoric that was taken seriously for a few days, until the punditry took the temperature of her populism and declared to it be the right kind: the fake kind, the purely strategic kind.
The congoscenti even seemed to applaud Clinton for sounding enough like Elizabeth Warren to preclude the necessity of the actual Elizabeth Warren running for president, Warren being the wrong kind of populist, the real kind....
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/campaign-2016-hillary-clintons-fake-populism-is-a-hit-20150416
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 28 April 2015 18:48 (nine years ago) link
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders will announce his plans to seek the Democratic nomination for president on Thursday, presenting a liberal challenge to Hillary Rodham Clinton.Sanders, an independent who describes himself as a "democratic socialist," will follow a formal statement with a major campaign kickoff in his home state in several weeks. Two people familiar with his announcement spoke to The Associated Press under condition of anonymity to describe internal planning.
Sanders, an independent who describes himself as a "democratic socialist," will follow a formal statement with a major campaign kickoff in his home state in several weeks. Two people familiar with his announcement spoke to The Associated Press under condition of anonymity to describe internal planning.
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 28 April 2015 21:37 (nine years ago) link
anyone why know why Sanders is doing this at this particular moment? seems kinda random.
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 28 April 2015 21:38 (nine years ago) link
this is really gonna force clinton to tack left and answer some difficult questions
lol
god, this country
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 28 April 2015 21:39 (nine years ago) link
do you mean this week, or in this campaign? The crown is practically on HRC's head already, if the former.
xp
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 28 April 2015 21:40 (nine years ago) link
if he lasts to the NY primary, i suppose i'll vote for him, tho he's not a socialist and he has the same shot at the office that i do.
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 28 April 2015 21:41 (nine years ago) link
our votes are meaningless anyway, might as well vote for him
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 28 April 2015 21:45 (nine years ago) link
haha I will totally vote for him in a CA primary if it comes to that
I meant this cycle
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 28 April 2015 22:04 (nine years ago) link
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, April 28, 2015 5:38 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lol i love bernie he is such an awesome grumpy loon
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 29 April 2015 00:43 (nine years ago) link
total institution in vermont he is beloved shows up for every little fn event, ive seen him at tiny a local parade and a hippie music festival and an art opening just to mention a few
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 29 April 2015 00:45 (nine years ago) link
Its pretty legit that at age 73 he's like 'fuck it lets waste a shitload of time in iowa, I got a point to prove'
― panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Wednesday, 29 April 2015 00:46 (nine years ago) link
"fuck it ive got a point to prove" is m/l his whole reason for being
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 29 April 2015 00:47 (nine years ago) link
i mean he calls himself a socialist and is in the us senate lol
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 29 April 2015 00:49 (nine years ago) link
its funny cause is is so not vermont hes all grumpy and has a heavy old school new york accent but they love him anyway
― lag∞n, Tuesday, April 28, 2015 5:45 PM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this is a thing i've never thought about, where east coast national reps are prob more visible and expected to be part of the community, whereas the idea of seeing jeff merkley at the rose festival is just bizarre to me
but then i guess ron wyden literally bumped me with his shopping cart at the grocery store a couple years back so whatever
― Clay, Wednesday, 29 April 2015 01:05 (nine years ago) link
yeah obvs its somewhat a function of the size of the state and distance from DC but also some politicians are just much more into retail politics than others, its a great approach to getting reelected tbh, in this particular case vermont is just very tiny and has no citizens
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 29 April 2015 01:12 (nine years ago) link
generally its house reps who are more the retail politics types
vermont has more senators than reps tho lol
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 29 April 2015 01:13 (nine years ago) link
defazio is pretty active in PDX yeah
― Clay, Wednesday, 29 April 2015 01:14 (nine years ago) link
Hillary once shouted down a primary challenger to Bill in the middle of the Park Plaza food court. Both of them becoming presidents of the United States was the last thing I could've fathomed.
― pplains, Wednesday, 29 April 2015 01:44 (nine years ago) link
bills rise to power is a pretty unrealistic journey
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 29 April 2015 01:46 (nine years ago) link
#bilderberg
― brimstead, Wednesday, 29 April 2015 01:49 (nine years ago) link
wait, she did that at the state capitol. still a funny story
― pplains, Wednesday, 29 April 2015 01:58 (nine years ago) link
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ted-cruz-dont-think-ive-202843704.html
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 29 April 2015 22:15 (nine years ago) link
at least he used the right article
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 29 April 2015 22:29 (nine years ago) link
Sanders running is the only reason I would have to vote next year. If they even let him on the ballot in GA.
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 29 April 2015 22:30 (nine years ago) link
was not expecting that to be the Cruz lol.
http://i.imgur.com/aJlf66n.gif
― pplains, Thursday, 30 April 2015 01:03 (nine years ago) link
Bobby Jindal "a dark horse."
...if he keeps performing like he has been performing you are going to see him be the Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum of 2008 and 2012
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/apr/28/bobby-jindal-dark-horse-for-2016-gop-presidential-/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS
― The job killing and likely illegal (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 30 April 2015 17:31 (nine years ago) link
governor bedtime story v governor drinks the water
― lag∞n, Thursday, 30 April 2015 17:34 (nine years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media-preview/snf:593112593818132480/3jcQm2q-.png
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 30 April 2015 22:08 (nine years ago) link
i've already seen that logo with like five different color schemes
it certainly is adaptable
― j., Thursday, 30 April 2015 22:13 (nine years ago) link