Your 2016 Presidential Candidate Speculation Thread

surprised that no one has mentioned that perry's announcement included a remix of a country-rap song

video here: http://www.buzzfeed.com/rosiegray/rick-perry-has-a-rapcountry-song-about-rick-perry

more pulitzer-worthy coverage here: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/rick-perry-launches-presidential-campaign-with-rap-country-song-20150604

“Rick Perry supporter, let’s protect our border,” the rap part says. “To hell with anyone who don’t believe in the USA / Rick Perry all the way.”
“I won’t back up / I don’t back down / I been raised up / To stand my ground / Take my job / But not my gun / Tax my check till I ain’t got none / ‘Cept for the good lord up above / I answer to no one,” the country part says.
“Give me my right to vote / My right to tote / The weapon of my choice, don’t censor my voice,” goes the second rap verse.
A spokesperson for Perry didn’t immediately return a request for comment about the song.

Give me my right to vote / Texas' voter ID laws, signed by Rick Perry, are among the most restrictive to minorities and the poor in the nation

sorry not sure that scans or rhymes

wasn't John Rich available?

sorry not sure that scans or rhymes

did you miss the "MY right" there

what if a countryrap remix was so good that it took off on the charts, and people across the country couldn't stop listening to it and talking about it, and the performer got invited on all the talk shows and did a SNL double-performance where they both hosted and performed the song, leading to a dramatic rise in the popularity of the candidate in rural areas and cities alike, and the election was a landslide, and the candidate named both the rapper and country singer co-vice presidents, and then they came up with a sequel to the song that took off internationally and led to world peace?

I been raised up / To stand my ground

Taking a leaf from the Zimmerman songbook, I see (and I ain't talking Bob).

So basically their entire identity is based on owning a firearm and little else, got it.

I was like that for a week or two w some G.I. Joe toys when I was 6.

the world will be fine u guys dont worry too much about the world

― lag∞n, Thursday, June 4, 2015 12:06 PM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Environmentalism is an insane utilitarian philosophy based on the idea that human existence is important somehow

well it is important to me

Right, exactly.

http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2015/06/what-do-so-many-obvious-losers-think-they-can-be-president

I'm....impressed HRC's Texas speech on voting rights was as angry and specific as possible:

http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/04/politics/hillary-clinton-voting-rights-texas/

http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2015/06/what-do-so-many-obvious-losers-think-they-can-be-president

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/02/TheSecretLogo.jpg/220px-TheSecretLogo.jpg

digging that botched URL as "What? Do so many obvious losers think they can be President?"

I'm....impressed HRC's Texas speech on voting rights was as angry and specific as possible:

it's a good campaign move - costs her nothing/obliges her not to do anything in particular and makes her opponents look bad and burnishes her image w key voting groups

unusually blunt WashPo front page right now

http://i.imgur.com/zgTONAO.jpg

lol

Don't be in a car with the Rubio family.

how do you fail a remedial driving course

lack of positive role models

are politicians uniquely awful people, or are most people like this and it just doesn't become a matter of public curiosity?

Hillary's all "What are there, eight of 'em? 16 of 'em? Fuck it, I'll take them all on and Bernie O'Malley too!"

are politicians uniquely awful people?

With rare exceptions, I truly think so, yes. They combine the worst of car-salesman hucksterism with delusional megalomania.

lmao i don't really care about the rubios shitty driving; only considerable if 17 violations in as many years is worse than the FL average, which i'm sure it isn't

yeah as Martin Sheen said in Saigon, traffic violations in Florida are like handing out traffic violations in Florida

Politicians "are lower than whaleshit." - Grandpa Morbius, WWI vet

Failing a remedial driving course is two-digit IQ bullshit even for Florida.

yeah i was gonna say

lol bait... TAKEN

would be less sanguine about Hildog's prospects if the GOP goons were less clownish in their stupidity

i've been in such despair lately. we have folks running this state (wisconsin), and many folks running for congress, who are know-nothing ignorant fascists. their most robust opposition are themselves highly compromised corporatists. there's no coherent opposition that offers a critique of the neoliberal premises of the ruling parties.

i think i'll jump out the window, see ya.

running for /president/, i mean. but i'm sure plenty such folks will be running for congress soon enough.

all this against a background of impending civilizational collapse.

come to California! (bring water)

nah, i think i'll move to the upper peninsula and join a militia

(j/k FBI!)

yeah, he's moving to central PA

i think i'll move to the upper peninsula and join a militia

wait, I thought you were opposed to know-nothing ignorant fascists

are politicians uniquely awful people, or are most people like this and it just doesn't become a matter of public curiosity?

― he quipped with heat (amateurist), Friday, June 5, 2015 1:39 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

feel like the truth lies somewhere in between

the truth is most people are uniquely awful

a lot of ppl are awful in the same way tho

it's a rich tapestry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3mL93A6Vj8

nobody announcing today? feels weird

I am, I'm running. Not old enough but fuck it, I plan on breaking a few laws when I'm elected anyway

we got a souped up jitneyperry

bison will grant tim duncan a medal of freedom, cant really oppose that tbh

http://i57.tinypic.com/os4ly1.png

is anybody remotely surprised by Hillary pandering to the base during a primary season

As well she should.

it's the correct strategy, even if people like me are not remotely convinced

remotely