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

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Wow, that footage of New York in the early '70s--should have snuck in a shot of Joe Buck and Ratso Rizzo.

clemenza, Friday, 22 July 2016 01:55 (seven years ago) link

there were rumors going around that a bunch of cruz delegates etc were going to have a staged walkout during trump speech, i wonder if that will happen

arts and crafts THIS GUY (daria-g), Friday, 22 July 2016 01:57 (seven years ago) link

xpost Joe Buck's narrating!

8 Whisps (Myonga Vön Bontee), Friday, 22 July 2016 02:00 (seven years ago) link

oh good Larry Kudlow

The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 22 July 2016 02:01 (seven years ago) link

"Playing on the floor by my father's desk"--right from The Godfather! They're doing it again.

clemenza, Friday, 22 July 2016 02:06 (seven years ago) link

(MVB--hence the reference...)

clemenza, Friday, 22 July 2016 02:07 (seven years ago) link

does she have a fan in her face?

k3vin k., Friday, 22 July 2016 02:07 (seven years ago) link

(she looks p good tbh)

k3vin k., Friday, 22 July 2016 02:07 (seven years ago) link

MICHAEL: This used to be my father's old study -- it's changed. I remember there used to be a big desk, right here. I remember when I was a kid, Frankie, we had to be very quiet when we played near here.

clemenza, Friday, 22 July 2016 02:09 (seven years ago) link

a gender neutral canddiate

The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 22 July 2016 02:11 (seven years ago) link

master builder, man of the fuckin people, donald j. wollstonecraft

j., Friday, 22 July 2016 02:12 (seven years ago) link

xpost yeah, I should've known...

8 Whisps (Myonga Vön Bontee), Friday, 22 July 2016 02:13 (seven years ago) link

Sullivan channels k3vin: "Does Ivanka have a wind-blower keeping her blonde tresses lightly waving in the breeze? The content is so vacuous I keep looking at the hair."

clemenza, Friday, 22 July 2016 02:14 (seven years ago) link

these policy things she says he's going to do - re making childcare affordable, equal pay - this is the first anyone has heard of them coming from the trump campaign, ever

arts and crafts THIS GUY (daria-g), Friday, 22 July 2016 02:16 (seven years ago) link

I had to google "Peter Thiel." I'm a low info voter.

― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn)

read about his involvement in GOProud. seriously, i know there are a lot of crazy tech entrepeneurs, but this guy wins.

big rave warrior (rushomancy), Friday, 22 July 2016 02:16 (seven years ago) link

she's talking real positive and isn't he about to come out and deliver a pat buchanan speech now

arts and crafts THIS GUY (daria-g), Friday, 22 July 2016 02:17 (seven years ago) link

ALL THINGS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN

j., Friday, 22 July 2016 02:17 (seven years ago) link

Is it me or is this kind of a low key way to introduce the candidate?

Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Friday, 22 July 2016 02:18 (seven years ago) link

surprised he wasn't greeted by "Deutschland Uber Alles."

The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 22 July 2016 02:18 (seven years ago) link

it still doesn't sound very loud in there

The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 22 July 2016 02:18 (seven years ago) link

I may have missed earlier bells and whistles

Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Friday, 22 July 2016 02:19 (seven years ago) link

Praying for rambling incoherence

Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Friday, 22 July 2016 02:19 (seven years ago) link

it was a nice speech tbh, she's a good speaker. better than her dad

k3vin k., Friday, 22 July 2016 02:20 (seven years ago) link

it was a nice speech tbh, she's a good speaker. better than her dad

― k3vin k.,

same thought except "nice speech"

The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 22 July 2016 02:20 (seven years ago) link

So Trump's on? Streaming?

we're gonna live in spatula city (Doctor Casino), Friday, 22 July 2016 02:21 (seven years ago) link

i think she just winked at me

nomar, Friday, 22 July 2016 02:21 (seven years ago) link

stayed on script for one sentence

𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 22 July 2016 02:21 (seven years ago) link

oh man he's already doing unity by reminding Democrats of how they lost

The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 22 July 2016 02:21 (seven years ago) link

Yay! Put us in jail!

Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Friday, 22 July 2016 02:22 (seven years ago) link

it was a nice speech tbh, she's a good speaker. better than her dad

― k3vin k.,

same thought except "nice speech"

― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, July 21, 2016 10:20 PM (1 minute ago)

i mean if you judge it on its own bizarro world terms

k3vin k., Friday, 22 July 2016 02:22 (seven years ago) link

Ivanka was great, though lol at her pushing a message that literally no other speaker had

frogbs, Friday, 22 July 2016 02:23 (seven years ago) link

No political correctness! Fuckups everyone!

Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Friday, 22 July 2016 02:25 (seven years ago) link

Errr, android is weird...

Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Friday, 22 July 2016 02:25 (seven years ago) link

this is going to be a loooong angry speech

arts and crafts THIS GUY (daria-g), Friday, 22 July 2016 02:25 (seven years ago) link

Just what everyone wants to hear

Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Friday, 22 July 2016 02:26 (seven years ago) link

Ha I just turned this on
White people really hate political correctness

Blowout Coombes (President Keyes), Friday, 22 July 2016 02:27 (seven years ago) link

the oooooos from the crowd, sounds like the scenes where people tell stories to the children in mad max 3

𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 22 July 2016 02:28 (seven years ago) link

I was not aware that immigrants are all superpredators

carthago delenda est (mayor jingleberries), Friday, 22 July 2016 02:28 (seven years ago) link

on the order and on the altar

Blowout Coombes (President Keyes), Friday, 22 July 2016 02:29 (seven years ago) link

These are absurd stats

Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Friday, 22 July 2016 02:30 (seven years ago) link

edited out of your nightly news

j., Friday, 22 July 2016 02:30 (seven years ago) link

I don't believe a fucking thing this guy says

carthago delenda est (mayor jingleberries), Friday, 22 July 2016 02:30 (seven years ago) link

Lots of ad libs

Blowout Coombes (President Keyes), Friday, 22 July 2016 02:30 (seven years ago) link

too bad the US doesn't run a trade surplus like japan, that economic powerhouse of the last 25 years

𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 22 July 2016 02:31 (seven years ago) link

Roads falling apart? Gee, if only someone could imagine an infrastructure bill.

Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Friday, 22 July 2016 02:31 (seven years ago) link

Worst deal EVER

Blowout Coombes (President Keyes), Friday, 22 July 2016 02:32 (seven years ago) link

Somebody whooted when Sarah Root was mentioned.

Kenneth Without Anger (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 22 July 2016 02:32 (seven years ago) link

i'm not watching the TV -- have the gates of hell opened yet?

wizzz! (amateurist), Friday, 22 July 2016 02:33 (seven years ago) link

"Our airports and roads are falling apart" -- your party won't pay for the repairs.

The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 22 July 2016 02:34 (seven years ago) link


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