Buttload of Faith: the 2016 Presidential Primary Thread (Pt 2)

know exactly what you mean

totally

The clown car crew reflects on 2015

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/one-year-two-races/2016/01/03/28f65044-b15e-11e5-b820-eea4d64be2a1_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_amazingyear-main%3Ahomepage%2Fstory

xp:
We've all been there, right?

Buried in that WaPo article: Ben Carson staff getting the fuck out.

oh man:

Perry judged himself and Bush to be “two of the most successful Republican governors maybe in the history of the country.” Surely, he believed, “the American people would distill down which of these individuals had the best vision for America. . . . It was going to be me and Jeb.”

oh, the vision thing

so that's what the glasses were for

I also didn't remember Romney getting any kind of push in 2014? I thought it was only the complete car crash that the race has turned into that got people remembering him fondly.

never forget:

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/03/01/article-2286627-185E2E6C000005DC-574_634x780.jpg

Yeah fair point, the moral of the story is definitely "things look different from inside a campaign".

Even though Ben Carson just raised $23 million last quarter, his top campaign consultants understood that getting Carson's message out to an ever-increasing percentage of voters nationwide could only spell impending disaster. Getting out now retains their reputations.

love the Ole Miss polo, really reminds you how Mitty's such a great fan of sport.

In the SEC, I would've put Mitt as either an Ole Miss or Alabama fan.

Maybe since Alabama has actually won a championship before, he found more in common with the Rebs.

heh

I can partially understand Kasich and Christie hanging around (even Bush if you multiply "partially" by another 10%) to the extent that their "moment"--a brief flurry of media interest, a good poll, something, anything--hasn't happened yet. (Christie's may be happening now, and maybe Bush's already happened before he announced.) But it's sad that Fiorina and Carson can't or won't recognize that theirs have come and gone.

sad for...? you want them to hold on to the immeasurable dignity they've accumulated in this charade?

Wrong on Christie there I think - he was the first to crack 20% in the polls, his moment came 18 months ago and he's still chasing it.

Basically Bush / Christie (even Kasich to an extent) are betting that a) the party will swing for a reasonable candidate (because part of being on the reasonable end of the party is being willing to stand aside to avoid the crazies getting in) and b) Marco Rubio has a low ceiling because Hispanic but not popular with Hispanics. But then being aware of the flaws of every other candidate is a common flaw :)

Trump's first ad--he's going to cut the head off Mexico and Isis is going to pay for it.

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

You might be right about Christie--he might have even peaked just before he declared his undying love to the president three years ago. But promise you won't use Christie and crack in the same sentence again.

Includes footage of morroccan border

lol yes and campaign person's response to that was (exact words) "No shit."

disappointed that the voiceover didn't match the text saying 'off of'

Great, Again

There's a great Nixon moment near the end of that Trump ad.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CX-qagcUkAEP7bt.png

Is that the artwork for the album or just the single?

Looks like a Steam banner for DLC on a sub-Call of Duty series. Only $4.99 during this Mountain Dew(R) Double-XP(TM) Weekend!

Includes footage of morroccan border

@realDonaldTrump
"@Lucky5713 @NewDay What's wrong with showing Morocco? Nothing! It illustrates a Point! Duh! Love the video!"

@mtaibbi
Trump would be tough to play poker with. He represents aces every time. Doesn't matter what he's holding.

I wish I understood the demographics well enough to understand why unlimited access to guns is a winning position for the gop. I guess lol geography?

Lightly populated rural states are highly over-represented both in congress and in the electoral college.

you give up your guns then you're definitely giving up in the 'war'

also how can you give up your weapons when so many bad guys also have them. like isis

I think Trump is finally in over his head.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QGeMApnBQQ

is there a thread where we're discussing Obama's executive decision yesterday?

Don't see anything, but these would seem to be the most relevant threads:

The Great ILX Gun Control Debate
Gun Control

Thanks Clem

Coulter going after Cruz is lol

Funniest thing I saw on that yesterday was a Trump surrogate on CNN who said that Trump was actually looking out for Cruz, because once the citizenship issue was out there, some irresponsible Democrat will twist the truth and cravenly make a big issue out of it for political gain. If he was even dimly aware of any irony there, he kept it well hidden.

Gary Johnson (L) jumping in.

Juanita Broaddrick rape claims resurface

one of the reasons i supported obama over clinton was that shit

both the possiblity that it is true and, admittedly, not wanting to relive the 90s. here we go, i guess.

anyway, who is this man kidding

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CYIc-huWsAA0k_v.png:large

one of the reasons i supported obama over clinton was that shit
― goole, Thursday, January 7, 2016 11:40 AM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

also this:

http://harpers.org/blog/2015/11/shaky-foundations/

That's not how people do walking, Marco.

The Beatles called, they want their boots back.

Wardrobe by Starfleet

Boots of 100% Anti-Immigrant American Leather

Someone needs to photoshop some marionette strings into that photo.