I love the notion that Obama created the "celebrity presidency," from people who still worship the actual movie star they elected president.
― something totally new, it’s the AOR of the twenty first century (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 16:13 (eight years ago) link
cannot abide listening to the lout, but apparently speech included "some of my best friends are Muslims"
but Reagan actually did stuff they like as governor, like allowing open-carry via 'inspiration' from the Black Panthers xp
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 16:16 (eight years ago) link
tispy otm
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 16:36 (eight years ago) link
fiorina in iowa last night:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CVqZ2B7UsAI19IR.jpg
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 16:41 (eight years ago) link
Many of the more extreme conservatives are nothing if not cognitively dissonant to an extent that the presence of actual cognition is way arguable.
― Some Pizza Grudge From Twenty Years Ago (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 16:42 (eight years ago) link
Feel the Fury-orina
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 16:42 (eight years ago) link
That photo is just a notch or two below Jeb!'s "whoop 'er!" clip on the schadenfreude scale.
― Some Pizza Grudge From Twenty Years Ago (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 16:43 (eight years ago) link
Jeb!'s numbers are now almost down to Fiorina levels btw - under 4% in the latest RCP polling average (usual caveats apply). Maybe he should change his name to ''Jeb.''.
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 16:44 (eight years ago) link
'Jeb...?'
― Some Pizza Grudge From Twenty Years Ago (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 16:45 (eight years ago) link
Jeb.
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 16:46 (eight years ago) link
J3b
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 16:49 (eight years ago) link
aw I like the cut of his jeb
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 16:50 (eight years ago) link
Job!
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 16:52 (eight years ago) link
https://img.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_1248x832/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2015/12/07/National-Politics/Images/APTOPIX_GOP_2016_Bush-0ea26-3239.jpg
I like to say his slogan to the tune of Paul McCartney's "Jet."
"Jeb! Oooooooooooooh...Jeb! Ooooooooooo."
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 16:54 (eight years ago) link
Zhlub!
― Eugene Goostman (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 16:57 (eight years ago) link
lol JiC
the ongoing humiliation of the Bush clan is this holiday season's one true gift
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 17:02 (eight years ago) link
“Who has the leadership skills to actually make the tough decisions to fix the things that aren’t working right now that are holding people back?”
I mean can we just lol @ the terrible construction of this sentence
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 17:03 (eight years ago) link
...jeb
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 17:04 (eight years ago) link
http://mic.com/articles/129907/this-guy-is-swapping-guns-with-dildos-in-pictures-of-republicans-holding-automatic-weapons#.M3ybsyEzM
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 17:04 (eight years ago) link
I have the leadership skills to actually make some tough decisions, maybe in order to fix the things that aren’t working right now but probably not things that won't be working later and definitely not not the things that are holding people back.
― Some Pizza Grudge From Twenty Years Ago (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 17:08 (eight years ago) link
http://images.dailykos.com/images/183138/large/RTX1X2B1.jpg?1449247296
http://www.kotatv.com/image/view/-/36781962/highRes/2/-/maxh/360/maxw/640/-/9y1ix1/-/GettyImages-499791380-jpg.jpg
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 17:16 (eight years ago) link
I though the first photo was of a Klansman.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 17:23 (eight years ago) link
how accessible is this statute and how soon can I deface it
― carthago delenda est (mayor jingleberries), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 17:27 (eight years ago) link
can't lie: Paul Ryan looks hotter w/a beard
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 17:28 (eight years ago) link
goin for that right wing Jake Gyllenhaal steez
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 17:28 (eight years ago) link
p sure they still let tourists in the rotunda; you may be tased instantly, tho
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 17:29 (eight years ago) link
― Οὖτις,
THIS
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 17:30 (eight years ago) link
no comparison, see the ophthalmologist
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 17:32 (eight years ago) link
only if he looks like Jake.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 17:33 (eight years ago) link
Singing this in my head to the tune of "Theme from Shaft."
Jeb! Can you dig it?
― Retro novelty punk (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 17:38 (eight years ago) link
good one
i see that R Maddow leads the speculation that Trump is trying to sabotage his campaign.
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 17:39 (eight years ago) link
lol Dan
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 17:42 (eight years ago) link
My gut says that the list of republican presidential candidates who actually do want to be president boils down to, like, Cruz and Rubio. Everyone else seems like they have ulterior motives for going through the charade. It used to be easier to believe that of Trump before he got scary but I do ultimately think that it's likely he'll 'inadvertently' sabotage his own chances because a) he doesn't really want to be president and b) he can't be seen voluntarily stepping down like a pussy loser.
― Some Pizza Grudge From Twenty Years Ago (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 17:47 (eight years ago) link
i have to admit i don't understand the idea that trump doesn't really want to be president. what's in it for him? more influence? to what end? he's already rich and powerful. also, for a guy who doesn't want to be president he sure is putting a lot of time across iowa and new hampshire.
i see his escalating bigotry as inevitable and in line with his persona, not as attempts to sabotage his own campaign. he's slowly revealing more and more of his core, and, big shocker, lots of people are also terrible people and support him.
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 17:48 (eight years ago) link
xpost And I'm half convinced that he doesn't even believe most of the shit he says or positions that he takes. He's a troll who bought his way into the world's most prominent comments section.
― Some Pizza Grudge From Twenty Years Ago (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 17:50 (eight years ago) link
it isn't even clear that this is hurting his campaign at all
― Check Yr Scrobbles (Moodles), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 17:51 (eight years ago) link
"trump is trying to sabotage his campaign" is such a lazy stance from a news anchor. is that what maddow is? i saw her show once and the snark was dialed up so high it literally felt like i was watching a daily show segment
― rap is dad (it's a boy!), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 17:53 (eight years ago) link
if you entertain the notion that he needs more than a third of the GOP rank-and-file to win the nomination, it could be hurting it w/out it registering now. xp
(and that the party Establishment will likely do whatever it takes to block him)
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 17:54 (eight years ago) link
i see his escalating bigotry as inevitable and in line with his persona, not as attempts to sabotage his own campaign.
otm, although I assume half the things he said are lifted from things he overhears from his supporters, a la the oxycontin thing. like what he said about taking control of the internet.
― welltris (crüt), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 17:55 (eight years ago) link
Maddow's not worth listening to
the list of republican presidential candidates who actually do want to be president boils down to, like, Cruz and Rubio.
Christie too imo
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 17:55 (eight years ago) link
If we assume (correctly) that Trump's base is mostly aggrieved white people who have an incoherent grasp on the aspects of Otherness they're aggrieved about, naturally his continued incoherent appeals to their grief (and the increasing legitimacy he grants said grief by dint of his highly-visible platform) would only cement his popularity among that base. But he's starting to really marginalize (and, perhaps...radicalize?) himself at this point, so his overall support is going to dwindle for sure.
― Some Pizza Grudge From Twenty Years Ago (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 17:57 (eight years ago) link
many xps
Jeborina!
Also, the Shaft line should be "Jeb, can you fix it?"
― nickn, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 17:57 (eight years ago) link
It wouldn't surprise me if this all ends up marginalizing Trump, but it also wouldn't surprise me if the base comes around to his point of view and agrees that they are a-ok with outright fascism in the US
― Check Yr Scrobbles (Moodles), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 18:00 (eight years ago) link
yeah christie wants it, no way that dude does any running unless it's for something he really really wants
― balls, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 18:00 (eight years ago) link
if the base comes around to his point of view and agrees that they are a-ok with outright fascism in the US
they're already there and have been there since the Dubya administration
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 18:03 (eight years ago) link
granted Dubya's fascist moves were more along the lines of state power/police state + crony oligarchy and didn't cop the racist populism angle but this trend didn't come out of nowhere.
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 18:04 (eight years ago) link
My going baseless theory re: Trump's bait-and-switch presidential run is that he's secretly building an enormous underground prepper complex somewhere in the mountains where he's gonna try to get his followers to move after the completely debased US government forces him to concede the nomination. He has some plan to monetize this hate movement he's amassed, surely on as large a scale as possible.
― Some Pizza Grudge From Twenty Years Ago (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 18:04 (eight years ago) link
lol because fat.
― :wq (Leee), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 18:05 (eight years ago) link
quality tabloid work herehttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/CVuIZGrUsAAyScy.png
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 18:06 (eight years ago) link