Buttload of Faith: the 2016 Presidential Primary Thread (Pt 2)

I think this whole notion that we can just say no more Muslims, and just ban a whole religion goes against everything we stand for and believe in. Religious freedom has been a very important part of our history and where we came from. ... It's a mistaken notion.

— Dick Cheney, former vice president, speaking with radio host Hugh Hewitt.

watch for this meme: rise of trump is all liberals' fault

https://twitter.com/instapundit/status/670993442290315265
https://twitter.com/instapundit/status/670995704186277888

http://thefederalist.com/2015/12/08/welcome-to-barack-obamas-america/

convenient

dick out here doing damage control for his party talking about "everything we stand for and believe in"

The GOP seems to have decided that enough is enough at this point. Though of course, gopers are also talking in my tm about how Trump is actually Southern Dem mk II. Which is kinda true (it's at least mk iii after Nixon silent majority or Reaganistas or whatever) but still just dodges the point of why on earth he can be the GOP frontrunner. Also in states not in the south.

trump really missed a laugh line by not mentioning al gore, inventor of the internet

a "frontrunner" whose share is around 30% is a LOSER, amirite?

not in a field with like 40 people

man this argument is everywhere! lol this isn't going to work fellas

http://www.dailywire.com/news/1683/7-ways-barack-obama-created-donald-trump-ben-shapiro

i've heard the 'Obama created Trump' talking point for at least a couple months now irl, never bothered to try and figure out what they were talking about

L/R: Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YMS2GYVMiiU/VYYZVXDw-gI/AAAAAAAAMFw/E9lNA8zJH28/s1600/the-manchurian-candidate.png

They mean "Thanks, Obama".

If he hadn't already been around for decades previously, I could totally buy Trump as some janky, malfunctioning robot someone built in their garage.

I love the notion that Obama created the "celebrity presidency," from people who still worship the actual movie star they elected president.

cannot abide listening to the lout, but apparently speech included "some of my best friends are Muslims"

but Reagan actually did stuff they like as governor, like allowing open-carry via 'inspiration' from the Black Panthers
xp

tispy otm

fiorina in iowa last night:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CVqZ2B7UsAI19IR.jpg

Many of the more extreme conservatives are nothing if not cognitively dissonant to an extent that the presence of actual cognition is way arguable.

Feel the Fury-orina

That photo is just a notch or two below Jeb!'s "whoop 'er!" clip on the schadenfreude scale.

Jeb!'s numbers are now almost down to Fiorina levels btw - under 4% in the latest RCP polling average (usual caveats apply). Maybe he should change his name to ''Jeb.''.

'Jeb...?'

Jeb.

J3b

aw I like the cut of his jeb

Job!

https://img.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_1248x832/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2015/12/07/National-Politics/Images/APTOPIX_GOP_2016_Bush-0ea26-3239.jpg

I like to say his slogan to the tune of Paul McCartney's "Jet."

"Jeb! Oooooooooooooh...Jeb! Ooooooooooo."

Zhlub!

lol JiC

the ongoing humiliation of the Bush clan is this holiday season's one true gift

“Who has the leadership skills to actually make the tough decisions to fix the things that aren’t working right now that are holding people back?”

I mean can we just lol @ the terrible construction of this sentence

...jeb

http://mic.com/articles/129907/this-guy-is-swapping-guns-with-dildos-in-pictures-of-republicans-holding-automatic-weapons#.M3ybsyEzM

I have the leadership skills to actually make some tough decisions, maybe in order to fix the things that aren’t working right now but probably not things that won't be working later and definitely not not the things that are holding people back.

the ongoing humiliation of the Bush clan is this holiday season's one true gift

http://images.dailykos.com/images/183138/large/RTX1X2B1.jpg?1449247296

http://www.kotatv.com/image/view/-/36781962/highRes/2/-/maxh/360/maxw/640/-/9y1ix1/-/GettyImages-499791380-jpg.jpg

I though the first photo was of a Klansman.

how accessible is this statute and how soon can I deface it

can't lie: Paul Ryan looks hotter w/a beard

goin for that right wing Jake Gyllenhaal steez

p sure they still let tourists in the rotunda; you may be tased instantly, tho

goin for that right wing Jake Gyllenhaal steez

― Οὖτις,

THIS

no comparison, see the ophthalmologist

only if he looks like Jake.

“Who has the leadership skills to actually make the tough decisions to fix the things that aren’t working right now that are holding people back?”

Singing this in my head to the tune of "Theme from Shaft."

Jeb! Can you dig it?

good one

i see that R Maddow leads the speculation that Trump is trying to sabotage his campaign.

lol Dan

My gut says that the list of republican presidential candidates who actually do want to be president boils down to, like, Cruz and Rubio. Everyone else seems like they have ulterior motives for going through the charade. It used to be easier to believe that of Trump before he got scary but I do ultimately think that it's likely he'll 'inadvertently' sabotage his own chances because a) he doesn't really want to be president and b) he can't be seen voluntarily stepping down like a pussy loser.

i have to admit i don't understand the idea that trump doesn't really want to be president. what's in it for him? more influence? to what end? he's already rich and powerful. also, for a guy who doesn't want to be president he sure is putting a lot of time across iowa and new hampshire.

i see his escalating bigotry as inevitable and in line with his persona, not as attempts to sabotage his own campaign. he's slowly revealing more and more of his core, and, big shocker, lots of people are also terrible people and support him.

xpost And I'm half convinced that he doesn't even believe most of the shit he says or positions that he takes. He's a troll who bought his way into the world's most prominent comments section.

it isn't even clear that this is hurting his campaign at all

"trump is trying to sabotage his campaign" is such a lazy stance from a news anchor. is that what maddow is? i saw her show once and the snark was dialed up so high it literally felt like i was watching a daily show segment