Even though Ben Carson just raised $23 million last quarter, his top campaign consultants understood that getting Carson's message out to an ever-increasing percentage of voters nationwide could only spell impending disaster. Getting out now retains their reputations.
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Monday, 4 January 2016 18:30 (eight years ago) link
love the Ole Miss polo, really reminds you how Mitty's such a great fan of sport.
― evol j, Monday, 4 January 2016 20:34 (eight years ago) link
In the SEC, I would've put Mitt as either an Ole Miss or Alabama fan.
Maybe since Alabama has actually won a championship before, he found more in common with the Rebs.
― pplains, Monday, 4 January 2016 21:00 (eight years ago) link
heh
― doctor.quiet.intelligible (WilliamC), Monday, 4 January 2016 21:31 (eight years ago) link
I can partially understand Kasich and Christie hanging around (even Bush if you multiply "partially" by another 10%) to the extent that their "moment"--a brief flurry of media interest, a good poll, something, anything--hasn't happened yet. (Christie's may be happening now, and maybe Bush's already happened before he announced.) But it's sad that Fiorina and Carson can't or won't recognize that theirs have come and gone.
― clemenza, Monday, 4 January 2016 21:37 (eight years ago) link
sad for...? you want them to hold on to the immeasurable dignity they've accumulated in this charade?
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Monday, 4 January 2016 21:45 (eight years ago) link
Wrong on Christie there I think - he was the first to crack 20% in the polls, his moment came 18 months ago and he's still chasing it.
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 5 January 2016 01:40 (eight years ago) link
Basically Bush / Christie (even Kasich to an extent) are betting that a) the party will swing for a reasonable candidate (because part of being on the reasonable end of the party is being willing to stand aside to avoid the crazies getting in) and b) Marco Rubio has a low ceiling because Hispanic but not popular with Hispanics. But then being aware of the flaws of every other candidate is a common flaw :)
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 5 January 2016 01:52 (eight years ago) link
Trump's first ad--he's going to cut the head off Mexico and Isis is going to pay for it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itsSDhgKwhw
You might be right about Christie--he might have even peaked just before he declared his undying love to the president three years ago. But promise you won't use Christie and crack in the same sentence again.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 5 January 2016 02:00 (eight years ago) link
Includes footage of morroccan border
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 5 January 2016 02:22 (eight years ago) link
lol yes and campaign person's response to that was (exact words) "No shit."
― timellison, Tuesday, 5 January 2016 02:37 (eight years ago) link
disappointed that the voiceover didn't match the text saying 'off of'
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 5 January 2016 02:40 (eight years ago) link
Great, Again
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 5 January 2016 02:53 (eight years ago) link
There's a great Nixon moment near the end of that Trump ad.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 5 January 2016 12:38 (eight years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CX-qagcUkAEP7bt.png
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 5 January 2016 19:35 (eight years ago) link
Is that the artwork for the album or just the single?
― Beef Wets (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 5 January 2016 19:38 (eight years ago) link
Looks like a Steam banner for DLC on a sub-Call of Duty series. Only $4.99 during this Mountain Dew(R) Double-XP(TM) Weekend!
― Professor Goodfeels (kingfish), Tuesday, 5 January 2016 20:40 (eight years ago) link
@realDonaldTrump"@Lucky5713 @NewDay What's wrong with showing Morocco? Nothing! It illustrates a Point! Duh! Love the video!"
@mtaibbi Trump would be tough to play poker with. He represents aces every time. Doesn't matter what he's holding.
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 5 January 2016 20:53 (eight years ago) link
I wish I understood the demographics well enough to understand why unlimited access to guns is a winning position for the gop. I guess lol geography?
― carthago delenda est (mayor jingleberries), Tuesday, 5 January 2016 22:18 (eight years ago) link
Lightly populated rural states are highly over-represented both in congress and in the electoral college.
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Tuesday, 5 January 2016 22:20 (eight years ago) link
you give up your guns then you're definitely giving up in the 'war'
― rap is dad (it's a boy!), Wednesday, 6 January 2016 00:48 (eight years ago) link
also how can you give up your weapons when so many bad guys also have them. like isis
― rap is dad (it's a boy!), Wednesday, 6 January 2016 00:50 (eight years ago) link
I think Trump is finally in over his head.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QGeMApnBQQ
― clemenza, Wednesday, 6 January 2016 02:16 (eight years ago) link
is there a thread where we're discussing Obama's executive decision yesterday?
― Less surprised by the total lack of surprises (stevie), Wednesday, 6 January 2016 08:13 (eight years ago) link
Don't see anything, but these would seem to be the most relevant threads:
The Great ILX Gun Control DebateGun Control
― clemenza, Wednesday, 6 January 2016 13:14 (eight years ago) link
Thanks Clem
― Less surprised by the total lack of surprises (stevie), Wednesday, 6 January 2016 13:54 (eight years ago) link
Coulter going after Cruz is lol
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 6 January 2016 23:24 (eight years ago) link
Funniest thing I saw on that yesterday was a Trump surrogate on CNN who said that Trump was actually looking out for Cruz, because once the citizenship issue was out there, some irresponsible Democrat will twist the truth and cravenly make a big issue out of it for political gain. If he was even dimly aware of any irony there, he kept it well hidden.
― clemenza, Thursday, 7 January 2016 00:25 (eight years ago) link
Gary Johnson (L) jumping in.
― ineluctable modality of the chewable (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 7 January 2016 14:16 (eight years ago) link
Juanita Broaddrick rape claims resurface
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 7 January 2016 16:31 (eight years ago) link
one of the reasons i supported obama over clinton was that shit
― goole, Thursday, 7 January 2016 17:40 (eight years ago) link
both the possiblity that it is true and, admittedly, not wanting to relive the 90s. here we go, i guess.
anyway, who is this man kidding
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CYIc-huWsAA0k_v.png:large
― goole, Thursday, 7 January 2016 17:41 (eight years ago) link
one of the reasons i supported obama over clinton was that shit― goole, Thursday, January 7, 2016 11:40 AM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
also this:
http://harpers.org/blog/2015/11/shaky-foundations/
― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 7 January 2016 17:44 (eight years ago) link
That's not how people do walking, Marco.
― Beef Wets (Old Lunch), Thursday, 7 January 2016 17:44 (eight years ago) link
The Beatles called, they want their boots back.
― nickn, Thursday, 7 January 2016 17:51 (eight years ago) link
Wardrobe by Starfleet
― it takes the village people (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 7 January 2016 17:51 (eight years ago) link
Boots of 100% Anti-Immigrant American Leather
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 7 January 2016 17:52 (eight years ago) link
Someone needs to photoshop some marionette strings into that photo.
― Beef Wets (Old Lunch), Thursday, 7 January 2016 17:52 (eight years ago) link
so-called charitable enterprise has served as a vehicle to launder money and to enrich family friends
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 7 January 2016 18:19 (eight years ago) link
I mean not to defend the countless NGOs and "charities" which exist for exactly those two reasons, but really, that is pretty much all of Rich N' Famous Philanthropy in a nutshell. Those two reasons and pure vanity.
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 7 January 2016 18:22 (eight years ago) link
thank you for your insightful feedback
― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 7 January 2016 18:32 (eight years ago) link
thank you for being thankful
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 7 January 2016 18:34 (eight years ago) link
http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/grlmonday/13674576/770749/770749_original.jpg
― big Mahats (mattresslessness), Thursday, 7 January 2016 18:35 (eight years ago) link
there it is
― you're breaking the NAP (DJP), Thursday, 7 January 2016 18:35 (eight years ago) link
thank the gods
speaking of golden girls, i was on the ground in SE iowa this week, hanging out with a bunch of my grandma's friends at her nursing home. they are all crazy for trump. he did some sort of campaign event recently that none of them could stop talking about. they speak of him like he is jesus. no joke. like their hands start clapping together at the memory of when he finally showed up and they saw him. one of them even got to ask a question/statement, which was something like "i think what we're going through now is just as bad as the depression. it's the same as the depression, only with inflation." trump reportedly nodded and said "you have a point there". as the man retold the story the other residents gasped and smiled at the memory.
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 7 January 2016 18:38 (eight years ago) link
They know election day is on a Wednesday this year, right?
― schwantz, Thursday, 7 January 2016 18:41 (eight years ago) link
dorothy: hillaryblanche: trumprose: cruzsophia: bernie
― big Mahats (mattresslessness), Thursday, 7 January 2016 18:45 (eight years ago) link
"i think what we're going through now is just as bad as the depression. it's the same as the depression, only with inflation."
Even if the person who said that were 90 years old today, he would have been 15 years old in 1940. So, obviously, his memories of how bad the Great Depression were would be, at best, the memories of a child who never had to deal with the adult reality of that time.
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Thursday, 7 January 2016 18:46 (eight years ago) link
looool matt
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 7 January 2016 18:46 (eight years ago) link