Curb Your Authoritarianism? The 2016 Conventional Wisdom Thread (Elections, Part 6)

Oh my god, that makes so much more sense. I couldn't figure out how such an apparent technophobe manages to use social media as frequently as he does.

Nabokov, Kael, all the great ones write by hand.

he actually types out his tweets on a vintage 1921 mechanical typewriter, then sends them by pneumatic tube to his intern downstairs

If she wants to, Clinton might still be able to run against Bush. Unless there's someone in closer proximity.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/193517/bush-leads-obama-blame-economic-troubles.aspx?g_source=Politics&g_medium=newsfeed&g_campaign=tiles

then sends them by pneumatic tube to his intern downstairs

― wizzz! (amateurist), Friday, July 8, 2016 2:03 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

gross!

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jul/10/donald-trump-likely-choose-indiana-gov-mike-pence-/

This would command the world's attention for about 90 minutes. I guess boring is part of the calculation...still hoping for rogue Newt--maybe his sane comments the other day dropped him from consideration.

FYI Mike Pence is batshit insane and far from boring

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/04/08/473518239/periods-as-protest-indiana-women-call-governor-to-talk-about-menstrual-cycles

Guys: Trump has added the director of communications for UFC to his staff. I don't even know what world this is anymore. I expect to hear news of the cabinet appointments of Hulk Hogan and several of Jeff Dunham's puppets any day now.

http://fusion.net/story/323539/how-bernie-sanders-lost-black-voters/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=partner&utm_campaign=fivethirtyeight

look, someone took a bunch of my ILX posts and supported the general unease with the Sanders campaign with a bunch of interviews

obvious headline grab from the GOP platformers, but i have to credit yahoo with a great photo choice here

https://www.yahoo.com/news/rnc-platform-draft-porn-000000329.html

ahahahahahaa

Thanks iStockPhoto

obv I'm stealing that

So THAT'S where they keep the porno.

i've been trying to connect to 127.0.0.1 for all the best porn ever since somebody on usenet in 1994 told me that's where all the best stuff was

We're not taking away your porno. We're replacing it with much, much better porno. The best porno. Porno that's better than any porno you've ever seen. We'll make porno great again!

Yeah as a bleached asshole there's no way Trump is going to be anti-porno

We're gonna be porning so much you're gonna get sick of porno.

shut down Miss Universe

This is not a good time to come up with new porno movie ideas crut

GOP platform: "porn is a public health crisis! porn is bad!"

GOP presidential nominee: http://hop.media/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/trump-playboy.jpg

trump rocking an early prototype of the dreamworks face there

http://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/11/118820/2792340-1237776994-tumbl.jpg

Koch not supporting Chump: https://www.yahoo.com/news/conservative-power-broker-no-trump-222735916.html

fuckin RINOs

Delegates to the convention, for example, will not be able to take their guns onto the convention floor.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/240462265680289792

very Presidential

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/bernie-sanders-endorses-hillary-clinton-president/story?id=40515378

twitter account clearly out of trump's tiny hands at the moment. they've got the syntax but not the batshit.

"Unattractive both inside and out"--looks at the whole woman, not hung up on physical beauty.

"He made a good decision"--very pro-LGBT.

He's reaching out, you just have to carefully parse what he says.

It is both sexist and homophobic to criticize that tweet. And also sad, of course.

that tweet is pre-Sad! afaict

it's also from 4 years ago

that's what i meant

anyway are people really so unenthused by Bernie Sanders finally endorsing Hillary that we're going to talk about this Trump tweet from the last election cycle

in fairness, I posted before the Sanders news broke

Is anyone legitimately surprised by the Bernie endorsement?

The American people are sick and tired of hearing about your damn endorsement!

Is anyone legitimately surprised by the Bernie endorsement?

― Night Jorts (Old Lunch), Tuesday, July 12, 2016 12:16 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

reddit/facebook culty berniebros

not surprised but relieved that it's finally happened

So sick of seeing paintings of Bernie smiling triumphantly with his fists in the air with an evil Hillary grimace in the background in every hippie leaning town around here.

My Berniebro friend just posted "Well, looks like Jill Stein" on FB, like he was really holding out for some Bernie surprise. xp

they're called Jilljocks now

fucking lames

why won't they get behind a "powerful woman" like HRC?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0bZQ3QLW4M

http://www.newyorker.com/news/john-cassidy/bernie-sanderss-philosophical-victory?mbid=social_twitter

cassidy on how bernie's delaying tactics appeared to have paid off

not surprised but relieved that it's finally happened

^ yeah, not much more to say

they're called Jilljocks now

...or Gary's Johnsons

@timkmak
Republicans debating whether to refer to "unborn" or "preborn" child -- one delegate says "unborn" is shorter for twitter purposes

u_u

"kid2b" is even shorter

nigel farage is attending the GOP convention