Il Douché and His Discontents: The 2016 Primary Voting Thread, Part 4

http://www.salon.com/2016/03/05/stop_laughing_democrats_as_the_gop_goes_down_in_flames_your_post_bernie_civil_war_is_almost_here/

I feel like there really is hope for an actually charismatic democratic socialist.

had dinner with my parents tonight. it was weird being able to say 'socialism' without looking over our shoulders

if only my grandpas were around ha

I really wish someone had snuck a bucket of piss into UCF Arena today and doused the ole windbag w/ it, Carrie-style.

his fans seem to be the type that would view that as a 'weak moment'

wow Cruz did way better in Louisiana than I expected (just catching up now, was out).

has to be a good sign for possible Cruz Interruptus

Trump sounds a little shaken and subdued.

good thing his GI tract is solid

back in things that actually happened, Sanders wins Kansas and Nebraska, Clinton Louisiana

Cruz closer than expected in La., won Maine as well as KS xp

thx morbz

also currently up 60-46 over Trump for delegates won for the day. Trump sucks at caucusing

Sanders pretty respectable day! my absentee ballot on the way, guessing he is who I will cast mine for.

regretting being a registered repulbican

lol

Donald J. Trump says Ted Cruz "should do well in Maine because it's very close to Canada, let's face it."

the thing about these trump press conferences is just how much goddamn complaining he does the whole time. he's had to answer soooo many questions, why won't rubio just drop out, everything is so terrible, so horrible, such a disaster, blah blah blah. there's the fascism and all, but also he's such a drag

the trump cadence is truly a thing

that whole exchange just now was truly revolting

In a normal world, this press conference would be considered rambling, desperate, and incoherent enough to be damaging. This year, probably not.

the only time i've seen it not be funny is jimmy fallon, worst impression yet

that salon piece's pretty otm

trump's stem-winding complaining is part of his whole schtick though. like he's a regular common-sense guy who built a great company, facing down the bad-faith wheelers and dealers of politics. he speaks for exasperated americans, common-sense people. fantastic people. terrific people. you get into politics - lemme tell you. it's a disaster. it's a disaster. you've never seen such dishonest people. they are outta control. these people - he could straighten them right out. politicians, the press... we're gonna get rid of that, we're gonna make america great again.

he's struggled

like lemme tell you, who WOULDN'T be complaining dealing with these jokers? you wouldn't believe it. it's a mess. and anybody with any sense could just clean that right up, and trump, he can do it. he sees through them because he built a great company. he's come back to report on what pushovers all these fat-cats and media parasites really are.

yeah but why again

x-post

Doctor Cashon xpost

xxxxxpost he's not as teflon these days though. people didn't notice as much at first that people were starting to get sick of him because it only moved the needle a small amount and not enough to knock him out of victory lane, but the last two sets of primaries showed him losing a few states he had previously lead in, and thinning the gap in states he was previously supposed to win in blowout fashion.

Stuff still impacts him less negatively than other candidates, as I think Silver's theory of a 30% floor seems pretty accurate, but I think he's past the point of being able to say anything, and is going to have to be a little more careful now, something I dunno that he's very good at.

think this is the beginning of the wheels starting to come off, even though he's still obv the frontrunner. I am not sure I think the multi-headed dragon approach to beating him is the right one anymore, either. Perhaps it's too soon for Cruz to beat him one on one, but I think at least one more candidate needs to drop.

Not sure which one it needs to be though - Kasich maybe? I'm just not convinced all of Rubio's votes would go to Cruz if he was the one to leave.

the oppressed and aggrieved billionaire

too many words

he's not actually a billionaire

also another interesting piece of info going around twitteronia is that he definitely can't afford to self fund a general election campaign and has not raised hardly any money

I think he's past the point of being able to say anything, and is going to have to be a little more careful now, something I dunno that he's very good at.

my impression was that he'd already started The Pivot, cf what daria posted (way) earlier about sandersish rhetoric and the evaporation of any remaining gop loyalty

i guess that doesn't necessarily mean he's gonna stop saying, like, he's gonna dismantle the first amendment, or whatever

god knows it's a disillusioned era but i had thought the first amendment remained popular

if reality is an illusion then money is an illusion. i can't think of any way around it

sorry it was collardio not daria xxp.

yeah, the salon article hit a stride halfway through, thanks for posting

Trump calling for Rubio to drop out means either a) he sincerely despises Rubio, or b) he's actually not a very good strategist (surely Rubio splitting the vote helps him). Or both.

i like the thing louie ck write

― flopson, Saturday, March 5, 2016 9:54 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

wanting a republican president "for balance" because we just had 8 years of obama is probably the dumbest mom-take I can imagine, so i stopped reading after that

that post wasn't rly pitched at ilx

Fuck that Louis CK thing, vote for Kaisch "he seems alright" what a fucking idiot

Yeah I love Louie but sheesh STFU.

i haven't heard or read the thing but if it involves any sort of nice opinion of Kasich come the fuck on

The First Amendment thing should have had more traction, since he was basically trying to appeal to average Janes'n'Joes by implying things would be better for them if famous people were able to get the "Media" to stop saying bad stuff about famous people by making it easier for famous people to sue and get money out of the "Media", which apparently is only slightly behind ISIS as a threat to the American Way of Life.

LCK p much admits he doesnt know anything

comedians dont have to

I am getting a little tired of the "Trump = Hitler" comparisons from the left, but then you get these moments like the raising the right arm at the rally today and you're like "dude, are you courting the comparison?"

he was basically trying to appeal to average Janes'n'Joes by implying things would be better for them if famous people were able to get the "Media" to stop saying bad stuff about famous people

it's the rare trump position that has the ring of political passion

i haven't considered myself a Democrat since the moment Mondale crowed that he wouldnt share anti-missile weaponry with the Soviets, but i'll have my bayonet ready for the civil war.

the moment Mondale crowed that he wouldnt share anti-missile weaponry with the Soviets

haha i never heard this, was he trying to score off reagan?

always found reagan's batshit beatitude on that front really likable

yes, Mondale's last tactic was TO MOVE TO REAGAN'S RIGHT on the Cold War. Genius.

suggest that caek

a) stop with the markets already
b) have 8 beers with me

Markets moved from 56% mookieproof getting drunk this morning to 72% at poll close

i've been cleaning up lately shorting will i get high derivatives