I will keep doing, but not worth it! The 2016 Presidential Primary Voting Thread

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been thinking about this https://twitter.com/adrian_gray/status/702466567058104320

maybe the reason for his popularity is the coverage and publicity. what he's saying is the reason he's getting publicity, but not why people are voting for him. a lot of people are voting him because he's on tv, and they're barely hearing from anyone else.

while he has 5 or 10 opponents, publicity only benefits him. once it gets down to a two horse race, any coverage of him is implicitly coverage of his opponent too, so the power of publicity evaporates.

𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Saturday, 27 February 2016 23:44 (eight years ago) link

Apologies in advance for size. Saw this on Twitter:

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

the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Saturday, 27 February 2016 23:45 (eight years ago) link

i mean, barring catastrophe between now and november, the supreme court is going to lean liberal for the next 25 years. that's reason for optimism

k3vin k., Saturday, 27 February 2016 23:51 (eight years ago) link

(assuming ginsburg and breyer retire during hillary's term, which they almost certainly would)

k3vin k., Saturday, 27 February 2016 23:52 (eight years ago) link

xp I hope so caek.

I really hope we are seeing the implosion of the GOP rather than its transformation into something even uglier. I am 80% certain hill or bern (probably hillary) will trounce trump in the general, but i am concerned about his ability to get his supporters to the polls, especially white independents in swing states

spirited ai weiwei (Treeship), Saturday, 27 February 2016 23:52 (eight years ago) link

Either way, I am disgusted that trump's brand of blatant racism has infiltrated the mainstream.

spirited ai weiwei (Treeship), Saturday, 27 February 2016 23:54 (eight years ago) link

right. there's a 80–90% chance this will work out for the better (note that i did not say "best"), but the 10–20% chance that it won't is terrifying.

wizzz! (amateurist), Saturday, 27 February 2016 23:54 (eight years ago) link

xpost

wizzz! (amateurist), Saturday, 27 February 2016 23:54 (eight years ago) link

I am thinking a lot about the number of global warming related refugees we will see in the next few decades. I really don't want our country to get used to a "build a wall, they're rapists" way of thinking.

spirited ai weiwei (Treeship), Saturday, 27 February 2016 23:56 (eight years ago) link

get ready for a lot of 'progressive' white ppl chastising black ppl for not voting 'in their own interests'

• (sleepingbag), Sunday, 28 February 2016 00:15 (eight years ago) link

according to Chuck Todd, Sanders' piss poor SC performance means he's vying for prime time speaking space at the convention.

The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 28 February 2016 00:15 (eight years ago) link

Wow Hillary crushed it

Οὖτις, Sunday, 28 February 2016 00:24 (eight years ago) link

It's a shame but I can live with her as a candidate.

spirited ai weiwei (Treeship), Sunday, 28 February 2016 00:29 (eight years ago) link

wow uh i thought it'd be a little closer than this. some of those whose predictions i trust from the previous cycles have been saying the nomination is pretty much over since nevada. also that maybe warren will endorse hillary soon?

arts and crafts THIS GUY (daria-g), Sunday, 28 February 2016 00:32 (eight years ago) link

I'll vote for Hillary.

I would've also picked the wrench because fuck 'em that's why.

pplains, Sunday, 28 February 2016 00:34 (eight years ago) link

So grossed out by Human Rights Campaign shirts and paraphernalia at Clinton rally. Do they think it's cute that their abbreviations match?

The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 28 February 2016 00:39 (eight years ago) link

Shhhh! Don't tell them she voiced support for Hosni Mubarak!

Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 28 February 2016 00:44 (eight years ago) link

hillary has certainly done some very fucked up things in the past but ultimately i'm happy to vote for her, more and more i find myself in agreement with daria g's and mordy's earlier positive posts about her (now hidden in this massive thread). there is a lot i don't like about her and i know there would be a lot of shit i would hate about her presidency but there is also a lot that i do like about her, i think she's a pretty fascinating person and i am super excited about voting for a woman.

marcos, Sunday, 28 February 2016 00:48 (eight years ago) link

yes we know

k3vin k., Sunday, 28 February 2016 00:50 (eight years ago) link

I can see them undermining democracy. Trump's lies are so brazen and blatant, they could make a case that he is simply unqualified to represent them. Shady, yeah, but the alternative is the Party is heretofore totally beholden to this Rush Limbaugh-like motherfucker, it's like a dog walks man situation

― spirited ai weiwei (Treeship), Saturday, February 27, 2016 5:44 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Some shit he says would probably be considered hate speech in some parts of Europe. "Obama is only letting in Muslim refugees, purposely excluding Christians." "The refugees are all young men, not families." "Muslims in America celebrated on 9/11 in mass numbers." It's not even dogwhistling. He's implying that Muslims are a clear and present danger, and lying blatantly to give this impression. It's so many bridges too far.

― spirited ai weiwei (Treeship), Saturday, February 27, 2016 5:47 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

it possible, i guess, that they would fight trump in the convention to avoid nominating him but CERTAINLY NOT because he is a racist shitbag and "rush-limbaugh-like"

marcos, Sunday, 28 February 2016 00:50 (eight years ago) link

Inevitability means I feel nothing at all (it's really her husband I despise). But she's likely the next president after the grotesqueries on the GOP side this week.

The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 28 February 2016 00:51 (eight years ago) link

a guy was wearing a "KKK supports trump" shirt at one of his rallies today. he got thrown out, and then without any irony trump, lamenting the slow response of the security team, goes "you know, this is how political correctness is ruining our country"

k3vin k., Sunday, 28 February 2016 00:52 (eight years ago) link

obama was asked the other day by the press about his thoughts on trump and the other cast of characters, he was pretty otm in saying that trump isn't really saying things that are that different from the rest of the GOP candidates, they all say xenophobic shit about muslims, none of them believe in climate change, they are all pretty much on board with shitting on illegal immigrants

marcos, Sunday, 28 February 2016 00:53 (eight years ago) link

which is why he has never sounded like a betrayal of National Review conservatism to me

The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 28 February 2016 00:53 (eight years ago) link

like trump is bad and scary sure and definitely legitimizes many people's desires to say racist bullshit but he is really just doing it in a more colorful way that the typical GOP racist bullshit

marcos, Sunday, 28 February 2016 00:55 (eight years ago) link

i suspect they hate Trump the person (and Trump the "didn't pay his dues" guy) way more than they hate his politics (except for his liberal issues)

you are no man. take the balls. (Neanderthal), Sunday, 28 February 2016 00:55 (eight years ago) link

Her speech is pretty good. When she tones it down, I don't mind listening to her--maybe that goes to stuff daria wrote a couple of week ago, and I'm applying a different standard to her, I don't know. Barring something really unexpected happening, she should trounce Trump. I do like her husband better.

clemenza, Sunday, 28 February 2016 00:56 (eight years ago) link

rubio is cracking me up

marcos, Sunday, 28 February 2016 00:57 (eight years ago) link

his tough-guy fighting back thing is so fuckin hilarious and pathetic

marcos, Sunday, 28 February 2016 00:58 (eight years ago) link

early returns have clinton with over 75% of the vote, this is a landslide

k3vin k., Sunday, 28 February 2016 00:59 (eight years ago) link

I like his con-man line--he's pretty good at the insults. But I don't know why he thinks he's going to out-insult Trump.

clemenza, Sunday, 28 February 2016 00:59 (eight years ago) link

I'm having an argument with one of those self-righteous fellow progressives on Facebook.

The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 28 February 2016 01:02 (eight years ago) link

when clinton raises the volume too much on her speaking voice it's not too easy on the ears and i definitely notice this, although in general the fiery parts of political speeches stress me out even if i agree with the candidate. but with hillary it seems like a combination of 1) women get criticized for being shrill or w/e unfortunately and 2) midwestern accent. if she had a southern accent or even west coast or something i bet it'd sound better, oh well

arts and crafts THIS GUY (daria-g), Sunday, 28 February 2016 01:27 (eight years ago) link

tbf i find basically every politician awful to listen to, with the occasional exception of obama

mookieproof, Sunday, 28 February 2016 01:31 (eight years ago) link

yea, even obama speaks in platitudes that are v annoying, like i was excited to watch his final SOTU address but I barely made it halfway

marcos, Sunday, 28 February 2016 01:37 (eight years ago) link

SOTU are not places for inspired rhetoric, people.

The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 28 February 2016 01:40 (eight years ago) link

They all sound overly focus-grouped and calculated, including Obama. I think that's part of the impact of both Trump and Sanders, though from totally different directions and for totally different reasons -- neither of them have that quality of having been bullshitting so long that they don't even know they're bullshitting anymore.

on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Sunday, 28 February 2016 01:41 (eight years ago) link

Obama to me often sounds like he's giving the commencement speech at a university graduation;

on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Sunday, 28 February 2016 01:43 (eight years ago) link

CNN's John King, Buzzkiller-in-Chief

never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Sunday, 28 February 2016 02:10 (eight years ago) link

Her dad will never get my vote, but she's off to a fast start in getting my vote in 2048.

http://i.imgur.com/5uKNb8V.jpg

pplains, Sunday, 28 February 2016 02:36 (eight years ago) link

Sanders' speech sounds like an epitaph.

The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 28 February 2016 02:39 (eight years ago) link

Bernie, you fought the good fight, man

Crazy Eddie & Jesus the Kid (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 28 February 2016 02:39 (eight years ago) link

Aiming his words at Republicans instead of Clinton.

The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 28 February 2016 02:40 (eight years ago) link

He sounds drained and spiritless.

The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 28 February 2016 02:42 (eight years ago) link

he's 74!

k3vin k., Sunday, 28 February 2016 02:44 (eight years ago) link

Wasn't a problem a few days ago!

The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 28 February 2016 02:45 (eight years ago) link

If nothing else, he did HRC a solid by offering a challenge.

Crazy Eddie & Jesus the Kid (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 28 February 2016 02:49 (eight years ago) link

Then again maybe we're just being morbid, maybe it isn't over

Crazy Eddie & Jesus the Kid (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 28 February 2016 02:51 (eight years ago) link

it's very over. i'd like for him to stay in as long as possible to keep hillary honest, though

k3vin k., Sunday, 28 February 2016 02:52 (eight years ago) link

Clinton overperforming Barack Obama in 2008.

The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 28 February 2016 03:11 (eight years ago) link


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