Oh fuck, some talking head said California's primary might actually matter this year. I'm looking forward to the commercials already…and by "looking forward to," I mean "gagging at the thought of" FFS…
After no one gets the majority on the first ballot, there is chaos. Cruz' operatives slither across the convention floor making promises and threats to wavering delegates. "We'll primary your ass every year from now to Kingdom Come, because Ted knows the exact date!" "Deputy Attorney General is definitely do-able. No, really, there will still be a Civil Rights Division, but we're going to re-name it Religious Freedom."
Outside the hall, Drumpf's brown-shirts chant their leader's name.
And in his 35,000-SF Manhattan apartment, one short man watches the events on three windows of his Bloomberg terminal, waiting for the call from Cleveland. Meanwhile another, taller, less-ethnic but religiously-goofy man sits by the phone in his 12,000-SF La Jolla beachfront McMansion, waiting for the same call.
Ryan allegedly goes home to Janesville every weekend, or did until becoming speaker. BTW, Mitt's daddy George destroyed Janesville by moving Rambler (it was a car once, dear) production from there to Detroit.
Just got back, and Kansas Democrats still haven't announced a winner? FFS, I didn't think there were enough Dems in that state for the count to take this long.
We'll take it. Obviously I'm biased, but in my circle of friends, family (less so) and co-workers, Bernie has huge support. So many have said they align with his political views. The media has been very effective in keeping his campaign suppressed. And, I have yet to hear a good explanation why black voters won't vote for him.
Radio's little rant: The funny thing about the Canadian Anchor Baby is that he is getting a pass by Trump being around. The shit he says is just as insulting, unrealistic and pandering. Bomb people until the sand turns to glass? Dismantle the IRS? Strip out healthcare for women (PP) and everybody (Obamacare)? No compunction to shut down the govt? Believe the PP videos? Gays and immigrants?
Mrs. Radio has worried about this fomenter for quite some time now. He could eek out the nomination and then all he has to do is win OH and FL.
Good News: I won't have to file taxes for 2015
Bad News: L'Internet au Québec est lent.
You oughta try l'Internet in Italia. Molto troppo lento! At la signora Quarantanova's family's place near Brescia, they lose the Web every time the rats chew though the line from the dial central office in town. Only 25 percent of Italians have ever bought anything over the Web.
I had someone try to tell me — insist! — that Ted Cruz is anti-war, to the left of Clinton. I was baffled until they "explained" it was because Cruz hadn't voted for the Iraq War. Yes, because Cruz did not cast a vote in the Senate 9 years before he was elected to the Senate, that apparently means he's anti-war, despite publicly saying over and over and over that he wants to bomb the fuck out of a quarter of the earth.
They were super, super sure of it. Told me I had to judge him by what he did, not what he said, and he didn't vote for the Iraq war so QED, he is a big old dove.
Most of the discussion about Trump focuses on domestic policy. But checks and balances mean that there are limits to what a president can achieve domestically, while the Constitution gives a commander in chief a much freer hand abroad.
That’s what horrifies America-watchers overseas. Der Spiegel, the German magazine, has called Trump the most dangerous man in the world. Even the leader of a Swedish nationalist party that started as a neo-Nazi white supremacist group has disavowed Trump. J. K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter books, reflected the views of many Britons when she tweeted that Trump is worse than Voldemort.
Donald J. Trump flouted a rule set by Fox News during Thursday night’s debate by conversing with his campaign manager during a commercial break, according to two rival campaign officials.
The conversation was first reported by CNN.
Mr. Trump apparently met with his campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, during the first commercial break on the debate stage, violating the network’s rule about candidates speaking with their staff members in the middle of the debate. Seeing the violation, Fox News let Mr. Trump’s opponents meet with one of their staff members during subsequent breaks.
OT: They are trying to do NE WI accents on SNL (which for some reason they called Southeast Wisconsin, which, no), and they are really, really not good at it. Clearly one of the writers went to school in WI, and they watched Making a Murderer, so they are getting some of the idioms right, but the vowels and pronunciation are so not even remotely close that it's painful.
I THOUGHT I HAD LIKE 3 MORE HOURS AND THIS IS A FILLER PICTURE I'M SO LOST RIGHT NOW
edit: no longer a filler picture I'm sticking with this
edit 2: I have to leave in like half an hour but should be back by 7 eastern anyway, if anyone wants to fill a couple of hours in here feel free
Love the picture!
12% in for Kansas Republicans:
Cruz 50, Trump 25, Rubio 14, Kasich 10.
26% in and the numbers are almost exactly the same. Nothing reporting from the KC area yet so this could still change a bit.
Kansas is like the poor man's Iowa. They've gone for Santorum and Huckabee in the past.
Kansas, perhaps the nuttiest state in the union (Fla and TX and most other red stat libel!) leaning Cruz-side? Interesting.
Really interesting when you consider Trump was leading in polls coming in.
ZOMG, no one ever tell Drumpf about optics: https://twitter.com/wpjenna/status/70622745877799…
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I didn't catch the details, but I heard on MSNBC that TehRump got some boos in Kansas. Hee hee hee….
I'm heading out now, should be back in like 2 hours. I'll miss early KY results but that might be about it.
LOL, wingnut talking head on MSNBC says the Republican party leaders are afraid of their base. Why should they be any different from the rest of us?
All the upfists for that comment.
If Cruz wins a coupla states, or even "exceeds expectations," he'll become even more unbearable.
But if he gets the nom the GOPers are in worse shape than they would be with Trump, so there's that.
All right, which drunken yokels are voting today?
In Louisiana? Definitely all of them, Katie.
MSNBC projects Canadian Anchor Baby in Kansas.
Oh fuck, some talking head said California's primary might actually matter this year. I'm looking forward to the commercials already…and by "looking forward to," I mean "gagging at the thought of" FFS…
It was unbearable when I lived in Colorado, a swing state even then. Used to listen to a classical music station and even they were swamped with ads.
Christie looks like Trump put a treat on his nose but has trained him not to grab it until told.
Brokered convention. Cruz declared nominee. Drumpf runs as independent. Please, oh, please let this happen.
After no one gets the majority on the first ballot, there is chaos. Cruz' operatives slither across the convention floor making promises and threats to wavering delegates. "We'll primary your ass every year from now to Kingdom Come, because Ted knows the exact date!" "Deputy Attorney General is definitely do-able. No, really, there will still be a Civil Rights Division, but we're going to re-name it Religious Freedom."
Outside the hall, Drumpf's brown-shirts chant their leader's name.
And in his 35,000-SF Manhattan apartment, one short man watches the events on three windows of his Bloomberg terminal, waiting for the call from Cleveland. Meanwhile another, taller, less-ethnic but religiously-goofy man sits by the phone in his 12,000-SF La Jolla beachfront McMansion, waiting for the same call.
Paul Ryan has an apartment in Manhattan?
…oh, wait, I just realized you meant Bloomberg. I'd love to see how the GOP base would react to THAT!
Ryan allegedly goes home to Janesville every weekend, or did until becoming speaker. BTW, Mitt's daddy George destroyed Janesville by moving Rambler (it was a car once, dear) production from there to Detroit.
Strictly speaking, Ryan is not short (6'1", I believe), but it's funny that he seems short.
A scrappy little guy.
Do pols cheat on their height the way actors and athletes do?
Trump as GOP Nominee 62 %
Trump as Presidency19 %
Trump Run as Independent 25 %
rofl 1/4 chance on PredictWise of this being a thing, this is incredible
BTW, here are some presidential posters: http://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/presi…
Love the Hillary one. IDGAF if the artist intended to mock her: she looks powerful as fuck. Bernie's is sweet.
Carson's is funny. Kasich is too boring to rate a poster, I guess. The Cruz and Rubio ones will haunt my nightmares.
And I hope the artist plans to post the Trump on along freeway overpasses, stat…
Kasich being such a nothing that he doesn't rate a poster is my very favorite thing.
Cruz wins the NAFTA/I-35 Primary (TX, OK, KS, IA, MN)!
Cruz will build a great wall to keep Trump from moving west!
I mailed mine in . Don't hate me 'cause I wrote-in for
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I received my mail-in ballot the other day. I'm torn between Roque "Rocky" de la Fuente and Henry Hewes.
I survived my trip out and it looks like… I missed even less than I expected?
They're taking all day to count the KS Dem votes, apparently.
Did they take a break to watch the Kansas-Iowa State game?
OK, since the results are slow to come in and it's supposed to rain here later today, I'm off to take my babies to the dog park. BBL…
Cruz seems to be cruz-ing to another win in the State of Maine. Don't they listen to their goobernor downeast?
Well I wouldn't either, since he's a racist asshole, But they elected him.
The Guardian has an animated live blog: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive…
Hilarious, thanks!
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Kasichmentum!! He's got to be mathematically eliminated at this point, but he clings to this primary like a booger to Ted Cruz's lip.
We're #3. We're #3.
Just got back, and Kansas Democrats still haven't announced a winner? FFS, I didn't think there were enough Dems in that state for the count to take this long.
Kansas seems to be a mythical place that may or may not exist in reality.
FINALLY Kansas came in. As I expected, it went to Bernie.
We'll take it. Obviously I'm biased, but in my circle of friends, family (less so) and co-workers, Bernie has huge support. So many have said they align with his political views. The media has been very effective in keeping his campaign suppressed. And, I have yet to hear a good explanation why black voters won't vote for him.
Recap of tonight's action so far
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Maine's wingnuts went for Canadian Anchor Baby.
Radio's little rant: The funny thing about the Canadian Anchor Baby is that he is getting a pass by Trump being around. The shit he says is just as insulting, unrealistic and pandering. Bomb people until the sand turns to glass? Dismantle the IRS? Strip out healthcare for women (PP) and everybody (Obamacare)? No compunction to shut down the govt? Believe the PP videos? Gays and immigrants?
Mrs. Radio has worried about this fomenter for quite some time now. He could eek out the nomination and then all he has to do is win OH and FL.
Good News: I won't have to file taxes for 2015
Bad News: L'Internet au Québec est lent.
You oughta try l'Internet in Italia. Molto troppo lento! At la signora Quarantanova's family's place near Brescia, they lose the Web every time the rats chew though the line from the dial central office in town. Only 25 percent of Italians have ever bought anything over the Web.
You'd think the country that produced Marconi | and Sophia Loren | could be masters of wireless internet….ay!
They had great telecommunications until they made the mistake of privatizing everything. Thanks, Silvio!
I had someone try to tell me — insist! — that Ted Cruz is anti-war, to the left of Clinton. I was baffled until they "explained" it was because Cruz hadn't voted for the Iraq War. Yes, because Cruz did not cast a vote in the Senate 9 years before he was elected to the Senate, that apparently means he's anti-war, despite publicly saying over and over and over that he wants to bomb the fuck out of a quarter of the earth.
Mr [I don’t know if sand can glow in the dark, but we’re going to find out] is anti-war?
/FFS
They were super, super sure of it. Told me I had to judge him by what he did, not what he said, and he didn't vote for the Iraq war so QED, he is a big old dove.
That. Is. Terrifying.
Maybe introduce this person to the concept of a [Speech act]?
Maine GOP = ME GOP = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFq4E9XTueY
MSNBC project: Bernie got Nebraska.
NYT, which had been really fast before tonight, seems to be going at a snail's pace tonight. I'm not quite sure why.
And the moment I complain about NYT being slow they give a huge update.
Nebraska D (75% reporting, Sanders called winner): Sanders 55, Clinton 45
And they just projected Clinton to win LA.
GOP: Cruz (ME/KS)
Dem: Sanders (KS/NE), Clinton (LA)
Hillz is on MSNBC now.
@PFTCommenter
Trump just loves the poorly educated so much that his Unversity didn't teach anything. Heart was in the right place.
MSNBC is waiting for TehRump's presser…
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MSNBC: TehRump won Louisiana.
What would be the downside of just having a national/nation-wide primary?
And why do these MSNBC talking heads have to keep dissing caucuses?
There is the argument that the early primaries/caucuses help winnow out the field, getting lesser candidates out of the race before–
–oh, wait, I see your point…
Hilarious–from [Nick Kristof's NYT column]:
Too true…
As to my points above: Cruz would be just as bad, if not worse.
Every candidate in that party is equally awful in his own way.
Don't fuck this up, Hillz (or Bernie, if you pull it off), FFS…
Apparently Sanders won Kansas 68-32. Wow.
From [the NYT's FIrst Draft update] (scroll down for the story):
Trump broke the rules? Heavens to Betsy!!!
/FFS
All right, I'm out. Had fun as always.
Good night!
See ya, Cally. Gonna watch Episode 5 of "Better Call Saul" instead of endless Tweetie pitching the virtues of his BFF Kasich.
TehRump is speaking on MSNBC.
Kentucky just got called for The Donald. Ick.
Oh well, it's not as if there are any good choices on that side…
OT: They are trying to do NE WI accents on SNL (which for some reason they called Southeast Wisconsin, which, no), and they are really, really not good at it. Clearly one of the writers went to school in WI, and they watched Making a Murderer, so they are getting some of the idioms right, but the vowels and pronunciation are so not even remotely close that it's painful.
No fucking way a washed-up B-movie actor and host of "Death Valley Days" could get elected president.
You responded before I could put "erstwhile" in front of "host of 'Death Valley Days'."
Please, Hillary, no more self-inflicted wounds…
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There's a pill that helps with that.
On the internet, with two people I hope are only 14 but are probably 25.
I can confirm that there are a lot of 25-year-olds that think like this. I still haven't figured out why.