Donald Trump Complains Voters Aren’t Giving Him Credit for Spending His Own Money

When loser billionaires cry
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In his stump speeches, one of Donald Trump’s repeated refrains is that if he can’t win, “it isn’t worth it.” Well, last night in Iowa he didn’t win; in fact, you might say he got schlonged by Ted Cruz.

This led to an uncharacteristic overnight silence on Twitter, broken this morning by a series of tweets. He tried to picture his second place position as a win, because of course he did, and excused it by saying he didn’t spend any money in Iowa because he was “told” he couldn’t do well.

Then the whining started. First, complaining about the media (because he knows this plays well with the right wing base). They didn’t cover his “long shot great finish” fairly.

Then, amazingly, he bashed “the voters,” complaining they don’t give him any credit for funding his own campaign, and saying he’ll keep doing it even though it’s not worth it. Aw, the poor persecuted multi-billionaire bigot.

Why, those ungrateful low-class wretches.

By the way, Trump’s claim that he’s “self-funding” his campaign? It’s just one more lie.

Donald Trump often says that he does not get enough credit for self-funding his presidential campaign. But as his recent financial disclosure reveals, he is not funding most of it.

Instead, the majority of his campaign funding comes from donors. This quarter, the campaign received 73,942 “unsolicited donations” totaling about $3.7 million, according to a release from the campaign. That accounts for most of the $5.8 million the campaign has taken in to date.

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392 comments
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HappyWarrior  Feb 2, 2016 • 10:32:53am

Run third party, Donald, the people clearly want a pompous gasbag in the WH. //

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b_sharp  Feb 2, 2016 • 10:38:39am

re: #1 HappyWarrior

Run third party, Donald, the people clearly want a pompous gasbag in the WH. //

My prediction:

Trump will get the GOP nod, and Bernie will run 3rd party.

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Dr. Matt  Feb 2, 2016 • 10:39:07am

Which Candidate’s Campaign Spends the Most Money on Pizza?

*It’s not who you think it might be!*

Which Candidate’s Campaign Spends the Most Money on Pizza?

Source: gawker.com

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HappyWarrior  Feb 2, 2016 • 10:39:48am

re: #2 b_sharp

My prediction:

Trump will get the GOP nod, and Bernie will run 3rd party.

I don’t think Bernie will run third party. I think he sees the big picture. For perspective, he’s supported the Democratic presidential nominee in the past.

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Not a Sparkly Vampire  Feb 2, 2016 • 10:40:00am

re: #3 Dr. Matt

Which Candidate’s Campaign Spends the Most Money on Pizza?

*It’s not who you think it might be!*

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Wow, really Carly?
/Lame.

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Belafon  Feb 2, 2016 • 10:40:01am

re: #3 Dr. Matt

Which Candidate’s Campaign Spends the Most Money on Pizza?

*It’s not who you think it might be!*

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That probably directly correlates with the size of the ground games.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 2, 2016 • 10:42:23am

I suspect Trump may drop out after Super Tuesday if he doesn’t make serious gains there.

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Mattand  Feb 2, 2016 • 10:42:25am

re: #2 b_sharp

My prediction:

Trump will get the GOP nod, and Bernie will run 3rd party.

Ugh. Never considered that, which is dumb since technically Bernie claims to be independent. I just don’t how much of a “If I can’t win, I’m taking you all out with me” guy he is.

I’m already starting to brace myself for a President Cruz or Trump.

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Not a Sparkly Vampire  Feb 2, 2016 • 10:43:34am

Funny how he wants a pat on the back for spending his own money.
Do I get one when I buy groceries???

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Feb 2, 2016 • 10:43:53am

LEAVE DONALD TRUMP ALOOOOONNNEEE!!!!

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Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 2, 2016 • 10:44:14am

re: #8 Mattand

That would be a bad scenario: Folks so happy Donald Trump DIDN’T get elected they fail to really care that Ted Cruz DID.

Trump might have been the best gift Cruz could have ever asked for.

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Kent Dorfman  Feb 2, 2016 • 10:44:35am

re: #4 HappyWarrior

I think Bernie did amazingly well in Iowa. A relative unknown outside of the Northeast, he competed against Hillary Clinton, who has been in the news for over 20 years. I look forward to New Hampshire!

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petesh  Feb 2, 2016 • 10:44:41am

re: #3 Dr. Matt

Yeah, but which candidates eats the most pizza?

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b_sharp  Feb 2, 2016 • 10:44:41am

re: #8 Mattand

Ugh. Never considered that, which is dumb since technically Bernie claims to be independent. I just don’t how much of a “If I can’t win, I’m taking you all out with me” guy he is.

I’m already starting to brace myself for a President Cruz or Trump.

Bernie is positive he can win, so if he isn’t the Dem candidate it will be because of Dem machinations and an independent run will be successful.

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Belafon  Feb 2, 2016 • 10:44:56am

re: #4 HappyWarrior

I don’t think Bernie will run third party. I think he sees the big picture. For perspective, he’s supported the Democratic presidential nominee in the past.

I doubt it. He’s campaigned before. He knows these aren’t easy and they’re not always nice, but I’m pretty sure he knows what happens if a Republican gets the White House.

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Kragar  Feb 2, 2016 • 10:44:58am

re: #11 Eclectic Cyborg

Related:

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HappyWarrior  Feb 2, 2016 • 10:44:59am

re: #8 Mattand

Ugh. Never considered that, which is dumb since technically Bernie claims to be independent. I just don’t how much of a “If I can’t win, I’m taking you all out with me” guy he is.

I’m already starting to brace myself for a President Cruz or Trump.

I really don’t think either will happen. The demographics are so against the GOP as is. I also don’t think Sanders will bolt for the reasons I said above.

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Kragar  Feb 2, 2016 • 10:45:09am

re: #13 petesh

Yeah, but which candidates eats the most pizza?

Christie

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lawhawk  Feb 2, 2016 • 10:46:15am
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HappyWarrior  Feb 2, 2016 • 10:46:44am

re: #18 Kragar

Christie

They showed how much he spends on concessions at sports games and wow.

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Not a Sparkly Vampire  Feb 2, 2016 • 10:46:48am

re: #12 Kent Dorfman

He’ll win NH easily.
It’s his backyard.
Wait till you get to states that aren’t 90ish%+ white.
That’s where his trouble lie.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 2, 2016 • 10:47:30am

re: #19 lawhawk

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Remember when people told us Scotty Brown was a moderate and had a future in the GOP. Hey Scott maybe if you hurry, you can run in Vermont against Bernie some time and you can cross Vermont off your list of NE states that don’t want you.

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petesh  Feb 2, 2016 • 10:48:34am

re: #12 Kent Dorfman

I think Bernie did amazingly well in Iowa. A relative unknown outside of the Northeast, he competed against Hillary Clinton, who has been in the news for over 20 years. I look forward to New Hampshire!

Dont get too excited until South Carolina (Feb 27) and the March 1st set, which I suspect will clarify matters considerably.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 2, 2016 • 10:48:41am

Well what candidate gets the best pizza? //

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Kragar  Feb 2, 2016 • 10:49:36am

re: #20 HappyWarrior

They showed how much he spends on concessions at sports games and wow.

“I’ll have the wings.”
“How many sir?”
“All of them.”

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Feb 2, 2016 • 10:49:51am

re: #18 Kragar

Christie

As a pizza-connoisseur I can’t really hold that against him.

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Not a Sparkly Vampire  Feb 2, 2016 • 10:49:54am

re: #24 HappyWarrior

Well what candidate gets the best pizza? //

I would say Trump, but he doesn’t know pizza at all!
What kind of New Yorker is that???

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Testy Toad T  Feb 2, 2016 • 10:50:08am

People freak out about disgruntled losers mounting third-party runs every goddamn cycle.

How many times has it actually happened? Not in my lifetime.

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De Kolta Chair  Feb 2, 2016 • 10:50:39am

[Scene: The White House, 2017]

“Excuse me, President Trump, but President Putin is on the hot line. He says if he doesn’t talk to you in the next thirty seconds he’ll launch his entire nuclear arsenal at us.”

“Jesus, what the hell is that thing?!!”

“That’s the hot line, sir.”

“You know that I hate the color red! Bring me a phone in a color I like!”

[Cut to end of the world]

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Kilroy01  Feb 2, 2016 • 10:50:58am

CANADA for President 2016
CANADA for President 2016

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petesh  Feb 2, 2016 • 10:51:37am

re: #24 HappyWarrior

Well what candidate gets the best pizza? //

Bernie’s is organic and probably veggie; Hillary gives hers away; Trump’s is super-oversized; and Christie’s has such a short life expectancy that no one knows.

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nines09  Feb 2, 2016 • 10:52:44am

re: #3 Dr. Matt

Carly. Classy as always. “Pizza? Who told you that?”

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Feb 2, 2016 • 10:53:33am

re: #28 Testy Toad T

People freak out about disgruntled losers mounting third-party runs every goddamn cycle.

How many times has it actually happened? Not in my lifetime.

re: #28 Testy Toad T

People freak out about disgruntled losers mounting third-party runs every goddamn cycle.

How many times has it actually happened? Not in my lifetime.

Yeah, of anyone I think The Donald is the most temperamentally inclined to pursue a third party run. But I doubt even he would do it this time.

Did John Anderson in 1980 run in the GOP primaries first that year or was he Independent from the start?

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HappyWarrior  Feb 2, 2016 • 10:55:04am

re: #27 Not a Sparkly Vampire

I would say Trump, but he doesn’t know pizza at all!
What kind of New Yorker is that???

Seriously. Honestly maybe Bernie knows. He’s from Brooklyn originally. However, both Santorum and Christie have Italian origins.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 2, 2016 • 10:55:59am

re: #33 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Yeah, of anyone I think The Donald is the most temperamentally inclined to pursue a third party run. But I doubt even he would do it this time.

Did John Anderson in 1980 run in the GOP primaries first that year or was he Independent from the start?

Anderson did run in the GOP primaries that year. An interesting thing to ponder but I wonder if he goes third party if HW Bush won the nomination.

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nkdee  Feb 2, 2016 • 10:58:35am

re: #3 Dr. Matt

To be fair, I suspect that all the other candidates spent money on pizza for others and Christie bought it for himself.

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De Kolta Chair  Feb 2, 2016 • 10:59:35am

re: #30 Kilroy01

“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning for 5-pin bowling.”

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Mattand  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:00:37am

re: #12 Kent Dorfman

I think Bernie did amazingly well in Iowa. A relative unknown outside of the Northeast, he competed against Hillary Clinton, who has been in the news for over 20 years. I look forward to New Hampshire!

Heh, Sanders will win in his own backyard. Quite a limb you’re climbing out on there.

It’s like wading into the ocean and proclaiming “I think my chances of getting wet look really good!”

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Not a Sparkly Vampire  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:00:59am

re: #26 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

As a pizza-connoisseur I can’t really hold that against him.

I always have pizza in the freezer.
Always.

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lizardofid  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:02:08am

re: #28 Testy Toad T

People freak out about disgruntled losers mounting third-party runs every goddamn cycle.

How many times has it actually happened? Not in my lifetime.

Not sure, but some might say Ross Perot put Bill Clinton over the top in 92.

But reconsidering, that might not have been the same situation. I’ll have to ponder.

Edit: As pointed out by FFotA and TT, Perot was 3rd party all the way.

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allegro  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:02:26am

re: #39 Not a Sparkly Vampire

I always have pizza in the freezer.
Always.

Oh yeah? Well I haz a meatloaf sandwich! (Damn well earned it too)

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:02:56am

re: #40 lizardofid

Not sure, but some might say Ross Perot put Bill Clinton over the top in 92.

Perot didn’t run in a party primary first.

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Testy Toad T  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:03:04am

re: #40 lizardofid

Not sure, but some might say Ross Perot put Bill Clinton over the top in 92.

He probably did, but he was never running as a Republican in 1992.

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sagehen  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:04:40am

re: #13 petesh

Yeah, but which candidates eats the most pizza?

Chris Christie. Duh.

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Targetpractice  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:05:05am

re: #21 Not a Sparkly Vampire

He’ll win NH easily.
It’s his backyard.
Wait till you get to states that aren’t 90ish%+ white.
That’s where his trouble lie.

Hillary remains the favorite in virtually every state past NH, even if her leads have narrowed. I keep looking not at the turnout, but at the voter breakdowns. The man has little to no crossover appeal, he is going to have enormous trouble bringing in all but the “very liberal.” It also means he’s going to have virtually no coattails, as candidates down the ticket in purple states/districts are gonna find themselves portrayed as supporting the “socialist” at the top of the ticket.

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lizardofid  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:05:30am

re: #42 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Perot didn’t run in a party primary first.

Thanks, I’ve already edited the post, and am presently wiping the spittle from my foot.

:)

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b_sharp  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:06:56am

re: #39 Not a Sparkly Vampire

I always have pizza in the freezer.
Always.

That’s what you put in the freezer?

Where do you put the bodies?

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sagehen  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:07:05am

re: #24 HappyWarrior

Well what candidate gets the best pizza? //

The one who put her campaign headquarters in Brooklyn.

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:07:39am

re: #47 b_sharp

That’s what you put in the freezer?

Where do you put the bodies?

Not anywhere near the house. C’mon.

///

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Dr. Matt  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:10:48am

re: #47 b_sharp

Where do you put the bodies?

In the oven, duuuuuh.

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Dave In Austin  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:11:12am
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allegro  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:12:07am

re: #47 b_sharp

That’s what you put in the freezer?

Where do you put the bodies?

My friend put her little dog in her freezer after he died because she wanted to take him to the family home in Dallas to bury him the following week. I still cringe at that whenever she takes food out of the freezer to feed us. :/

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Testy Toad T  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:15:18am

re: #45 Targetpractice

It also means he’s going to have virtually no coattails, as candidates down the ticket in purple states/districts are gonna find themselves portrayed as supporting the “socialist” at the top of the ticket.

There was a time when the Great Orange Satan proclaimed it was fighting for “more and better Democrats”. I remember several very long and thoughtful articles by the man himself explaining that sometimes the fight should be focused more on one or the other half of the objective, but that one always had to be mindful of both.

Times change, I guess.

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goddamnedfrank  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:17:49am

re: #12 Kent Dorfman

I think Bernie did amazingly well in Iowa. A relative unknown outside of the Northeast, he competed against Hillary Clinton, who has been in the news for over 20 years. I look forward to New Hampshire!

You’re a right winger though, so forgive me if I take your excitement over Sanders.with a grain of salt.

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Big Beautiful Door  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:17:54am

re: #2 b_sharp

My prediction:

Trump will get the GOP nod, and Bernie will run 3rd party.

I think Bernie knows better than to do that.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:20:12am

heh

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Kragar  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:20:55am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:20:57am
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Skip Intro  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:21:17am

So why should I give money to a loser?

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jaunte  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:21:30am

re: #56 Backwoods_Sleuth

Morning Joe, broadcasting from Trump’s shirt pocket.

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allegro  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:21:57am

re: #55 Big Beautiful Door

I think Bernie knows better than to do that.

I agree. I can’t see him doing that at all. I believe that when (probably) the time comes he will throw his support to Hillary completely and outright chastize any of his supporters who say they won’t. He knows damn well the cost.

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goddamnedfrank  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:21:59am

re: #55 Big Beautiful Door

I think Bernie knows better than to do that.

He’s repeatedly stated that he would not do that.

What I did not want to do is run as a third party candidate, take votes away from the Democratic candidate and help elect some right-wing Republican. I did not want responsibility for that. So what I said at the beginning of the campaign is that I was not going to run as an independent. And I say it now, that if I do not win this process I will not run as an independent.”

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Dr. Matt  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:22:36am

re: #55 Big Beautiful Door

I think Bernie knows better than to do that.

Exactly. See: Ralph Nader giving us dubyah.

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b_sharp  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:24:33am

re: #52 allegro

My friend put her little dog in her freezer after he died because she wanted to take him to the family home in Dallas to bury him the following week. I still cringe at that whenever she takes food out of the freezer to feed us. :/

Cross contamination from one dead animal to others in the freezer?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:25:13am
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allegro  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:25:25am

re: #64 b_sharp

Cross contamination from one dead animal to others in the freezer?

No, purely psychological.

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Kragar  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:25:35am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:26:02am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:27:01am
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The Vicious Babushka  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:27:03am

re: #67 Kragar

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My surprise, let me show you it.

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Kragar  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:27:33am
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Belafon  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:27:50am

re: #53 Testy Toad T

There was a time when the Great Orange Satan proclaimed it was fighting for “more and better Democrats”. I remember several very long and thoughtful articles by the man himself explaining that sometimes the fight should be focused more on one or the other half of the objective, but that one always had to be mindful of both.

Times change, I guess.

There’s always the issue of opening up a blog to allow anyone to post having it coopted.

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allegro  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:29:58am

re: #69 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Also love how suddenly the media is unfair to him when like 24 hours ago he was bragging that he didn’t have to spend any campaign money since the media gave him nonstop free publicity.

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De Kolta Chair  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:30:08am

Heh

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:30:09am

The general in charge of the campaign against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is rejecting Sen. Ted Cruz’s call to carpet bomb the terrorists group.

“We are bound by the laws of armed conflict,” Army Lt. Gen. Sean MacFarland said Monday, when asked about that strategy.

“Indiscriminate bombing, where we don’t care if we’re killing innocents or combatants, is just inconsistent with our values,” he continued.

“And it’s what the Russians have been accused of doing in parts of northwest Syria. Right now we have the moral high ground, and I think that’s where we need to stay.”

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sagehen  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:30:57am

re: #72 Belafon

There’s always the issue of opening up a blog to allow anyone to post having it coopted.

Anyone can post diaries, but the front-pagers are carefully selected to represent views Markos agrees with.

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Belafon  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:31:45am

re: #68 Backwoods_Sleuth

Sanders was so close, he’s starting out with only a few delegate deficit. Losing that close doesn’t mean much. He’ll jump ahead after NH.

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Big Beautiful Door  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:32:55am

New Hampshire gets very interesting with Rubio surging into a near tie with Trump in Iowa. Fortunately, Kasich, Christie and Jeb? are all fighting tooth and nail to tear Rubio down in the faint hope that they can become “the” establishment candidate. Jeb?’s heavily funded super-pac in particular has been spending vast amounts of money attacking Rubio, for all the good it did in Iowa. I’m strongly hoping that Rubio doesn’t develop momentum from his strong Iowa finish, and ends up finishing behind one of the other establishment candidates, who are all virtually tied with each other in the polls. Rubio is every bit as conservative as Cruz, he’s just prettier and better at sugar-coating it, making him a more dangerous nominee in the general.

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goddamnedfrank  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:33:27am
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allegro  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:34:06am

Question cuz I’m too lazy to google… what’s the difference between a delegate and a super delegate?

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Chez Ko Pe  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:34:40am

Aw, poor little rich kid. Whatcha gonna do, Donald? Take your schlong and go home?

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Big Beautiful Door  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:35:27am

re: #80 allegro

Question cuz I’m too lazy to google… what’s the difference between a delegate and a super deligate?

Super delegate is a party official who is a free agent at the convention.

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The Vicious Babushka  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:35:56am

re: #80 allegro

Question cuz I’m too lazy to google… what’s the difference between a delegate and a super deligate?

Regular delegates are committed to a specific candidate. Super delegates can change their minds.

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Kragar  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:36:59am

re: #80 allegro

Question cuz I’m too lazy to google… what’s the difference between a delegate and a super deligate?

A delegate’s vote is based on what the public elected in the primaries. A super delegate is selected by the party and can vote for whoever they choose.

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Kilroy01  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:37:00am

re: #80 allegro

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allegro  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:37:01am

Thanks! And how is it determined which delegates can be which?

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Charles Johnson  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:37:37am
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Dr. Matt  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:37:37am

re: #80 allegro

Question cuz I’m too lazy to google… what’s the difference between a delegate and a super delegate?

A super delegate was exposed to radiation which provided them “super” status. A regular delegate just puts on a costume.

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Skip Intro  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:37:55am

re: #75 Backwoods_Sleuth

True Fact: 35% of Iowa Republicans say Cruz “shares their values”, so 35% of Iowa Republicans are in favor of war crimes.

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The Vicious Babushka  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:38:21am

Trump is trying to spin this into a YOOGE victory for him. I was kind of expecting him to go all batshit on Cruz and the dummy, low energy, loser voters.

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BeenHereAwhile  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:38:32am

re: #52 allegro

My friend put her little dog in her freezer after he died because she wanted to take him to the family home in Dallas to bury him the following week. I still cringe at that whenever she takes food out of the freezer to feed us. :/

Hopefully the friend folded the legs before rigor mortis set in, and then froze the dog with the legs folded against the body.

Makes for a smaller hole to dig.

(have buried horses, cows, dogs and cats; while growing up in the country)

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Belafon  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:39:22am

re: #79 goddamnedfrank

Bernie and Hillary in a statistical tie with white voters. Black women voters will decide their fate.

I like that. It means the nominee will have to pay attention to more people.

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b_sharp  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:39:24am

re: #66 allegro

No, purely psychological.

That was kind of my point.

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allegro  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:40:12am

re: #91 BeenHereAwhile

Hopefully the friend folded the legs before rigor mortis set in, and then froze the dog with the legs folded against the body.

Makes for a smaller hole to dig.

(have buried horses, cows, dogs and cats; while growing up in the country)

Didn’t ask, but she fit him into her small RV freezer and then into a cooler for the roadtrip home.

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sagehen  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:41:06am

re: #80 allegro

Question cuz I’m too lazy to google… what’s the difference between a delegate and a super delegate?

Delegates get picked at caucuses and primaries. Super-delegates are automatic by virtue of their position (governors and lt govs, members of congress, high rank in the DNC, etc)

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:41:09am

re: #90 The Vicious Babushka

Trump is trying to spin this into a YOOGE victory for him. I was kind of expecting him to go all batshit on Cruz and the dummy, low energy, loser voters.

He still lost Iowa to a Canadian…

:D

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GlutenFreeJesus  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:41:28am

re: #58 Backwoods_Sleuth

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b_sharp  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:41:58am

re: #96 Backwoods_Sleuth

He still lost Iowa to a Canadian…

:D

It’s not a Canadian!!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:42:35am

re: #93 b_sharp

That was kind of my point.

The regular stuff that I find in the back of my freezer that has been there so long it’s unrecognizable scares me…

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Blind Frog Belly White  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:43:15am

re: #91 BeenHereAwhile

Hopefully the friend folded the legs before rigor mortis set in, and then froze the dog with the legs folded against the body.

Makes for a smaller hole to dig.

(have buried horses, cows, dogs and cats; while growing up in the country)

Mrs. FBW insisted on burying our Golden Retriever and our Eskie at home when their times came. With our cats, she was okay with them being cremated and the ashes not returned, but dogs are different.

Mind you, I’m the one who had to dig the graves….

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calochortus  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:44:00am

re: #100 Blind Frog Belly White

Mrs. FBW insisted on burying our Golden Retriever and our Eskie at home when their times came. With our cats, she was okay with them being cremated and the ashes not returned, but dogs are different.

Mind you, I’m the one who had to dig the graves….

That’s why we went with hamsters…

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Unabogie  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:44:27am

So I feel like I can’t say this on my Facebook feed, and dog knows I don’t want to say this at Daily Kos, but no matter how hard I try, I just can’t Feel the Bern.

I like Bernie Sanders, and have for a long time. I like his politics, which mirror my own more closely than Hillary’s. But there are many people whose politics I like but who I think would not be a good President. I feel this way because Bernie doesn’t seem to have really done his homework. He’s not prepared for a lot of policy debates. I don’t see him as a guy who’ll pick a shark negotiator like Jacob Lew. I don’t think he’s learned enough about issues other than economic inequality, and even then, it floors me that his signature program, Medicare for All, was so poorly thought out that allies at Vox tore it apart as unserious and underfunded by orders of magnitude. Do any of us see Obama making a mistake like that? That man works *hard*.

So do I love Hillary? No. But I respect her, and I see her as competent and far more liberal than the caricature that Bernie supporters have painted of her. Reading them is like reading the pablum from the ODS sufferers. I can’t help but wonder how they’re seeing a completely different reality than I do.

“Obama is a tyrant who takes away our liberties!!!”
“Hillary is a corporate owned right winger who is just like Republicans!!!”

Both of these are such hyperbolic nonsense it’s driving me crazy.

If Bernie wins, I’ll support him and donate and canvass my ass off. But I really think he’ll get creamed and it won’t be close. Hillary could lose as well, but she’s far more prepared for the battle and she will probably have my vote.

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Charles Johnson  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:45:03am
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The Vicious Babushka  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:46:56am

YOOOGE WIN!!!

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De Kolta Chair  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:47:20am

Meanwhile, in New Hampshire…

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:49:05am
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Blind Frog Belly White  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:49:40am

re: #105 De Kolta Chair

Meanwhile, in New Hampshire…

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One almost feels sorry for him. Almost. At this point, I suspect he’s staying in to avoid the merciless ribbing from his brother.

I guess his Mother was right - we HAVE had enough Bushes.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:49:45am

re: #106 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Kragar  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:50:04am
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Blind Frog Belly White  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:51:06am

re: #108 Backwoods_Sleuth

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bratwurst  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:52:17am

Limbaugh today is 75% Trump apologia.

The other 25% is Hillary bashing…but that is true every single day.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:52:47am
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Shimshon  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:53:24am

re: #12 Kent Dorfman

I think Bernie did amazingly well in Iowa. A relative unknown outside of the Northeast, he competed against Hillary Clinton, who has been in the news for over 20 years. I look forward to New Hampshire!

Bernie did well thanks to the endless smear campaigning about Hillary and every scandal to date. All the low information voters genuinely think she’s guilty of something.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:53:36am

re: #112 Backwoods_Sleuth

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“Those grapes were probably sour, anyway.”

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b_sharp  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:53:44am

re: #99 Backwoods_Sleuth

The regular stuff that I find in the back of my freezer that has been there so long it’s unrecognizable scares me…

In Canada we feed that to the beavers.

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Shimshon  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:54:00am

re: #105 De Kolta Chair

Meanwhile, in New Hampshire…

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Mission accomplished!

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TedStriker  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:55:25am

re: #2 b_sharp

re: #55 Big Beautiful Door

I think Bernie knows better than to do that.

Hell, why does anything think that Sanders is running as a Dem this election, after being an independent pretty much his whole career? It’s because he’d have a snowball’s chance in Hell if he had decided to run for President as an independent/third-party, it would split the Democrats, and he fucking knows it.

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Charles Johnson  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:56:01am

re: #109 Kragar

Um, well… that article says Rubio’s speech was “plagiarized, almost verbatim,” and sorry — but that’s just not true. It’s similar but it’s not even close to being “verbatim.”

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:56:39am
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Kragar  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:57:17am

re: #118 Charles Johnson

Um, well… that article says Rubio’s speech was “plagiarized, almost verbatim,” and sorry — but that’s just not true. It’s similar but it’s not even close to being “verbatim.”

Literally verbatim.
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allegro  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:57:31am

re: #112 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Blind Frog Belly White  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:57:51am

re: #112 Backwoods_Sleuth

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It will be interesting to watch the polls between now and next Tuesday. So much of Trump’s allure is built around being a winner, and he’s really starting to sound petulant and whiny. It’s one thing to be able to point to all the polls that have him ahead. It’s quite another to have to explain a loss. And to TED CRUZ, fer chrissakes!

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Lidane  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:58:33am

*cough*

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2016 • 11:59:33am

I guess Palin thought she could make the blizzard wait until she left.

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mmmirele  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:00:18pm

re: #101 calochortus

That’s why we went with hamsters…

Some years ago my mother wanted to bury her little dog in my sister’s backyard. My sister said, “The yard is full of generations of gerbils. Tell her the cemetery is full.” The dog got cremated.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:00:35pm
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goddamnedfrank  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:01:28pm
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GlutenFreeJesus  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:02:22pm

re: #124 Backwoods_Sleuth

It was either that or “Where’s Track?” but I chose my reply because she doesn’t know or care where he is.

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KGxvi  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:02:56pm

Trump’s bitching leads me to believe they might have some overnight polls that show him losing support in New Hampshire, South Carolina, and/or Nevada because of his loss in Iowa. The narrative is that he’s no longer invincible, and that’s going to shift some of his soft support. Also, the support for the single digit candidates might start to coalesce now.

Curiouser and curiouser.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:03:42pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:04:43pm

it begins…

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goddamnedfrank  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:05:43pm

re: #129 KGxvi

Trump’s bitching leads me to believe they might have some overnight polls that show him losing support in New Hampshire, South Carolina, and/or Nevada because of his loss in Iowa. The narrative is that he’s no longer invincible, and that’s going to shift some of his soft support. Also, the support for the single digit candidates might start to coalesce now.

Curiouser and curiouser.

Also, Anne Frank’s step-sister straight up said he’s like Hitler.

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The Vicious Babushka  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:05:55pm

The butthurt is showing

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:06:49pm

heh

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:07:36pm
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bratwurst  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:08:20pm

I think people who are predicting Trump will take his ball and go home in the next month or so are deluding themselves.

First of all, Iowa has proven to be next to worthless for candidates going forward.

Second of all, Cruz had MULTIPLE SuperPACs working his ground game like a military operation. The fact he exceeded expectations there says more about bad polling than anything else.

Unless Trump melts down and alienates the state of New Hampshire in the next few days, he is going to be declared the winner there a week from tonight. I think he can also win South Carolina and Nevada soon after that. That would not make him the presumptive nominee with so many “winner take all” contests starting next month, but predictions of the demise of his campaign today are EXTREMELY premature.

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wrenchwench  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:08:46pm

re: #134 Backwoods_Sleuth

heh

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Blind Frog Belly White  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:08:54pm

re: #134 Backwoods_Sleuth

heh

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Equines are funny.

Hey, whatcha doing? Anything fun?
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WhatEVs  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:09:07pm
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Dr Lizardo  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:10:17pm

re: #136 bratwurst

I think people who are predicting Trump will take his ball and go home in the next month or so are deluding themselves.

First of all, Iowa has proven to be next to worthless for candidates going forward.

Second of all, Cruz had MULTIPLE SuperPACs working his ground game like a military operation. The fact he exceeded expectations there says more about bad polling than anything else.

Unless Trump melts down and alienates the state of New Hampshire in the next few days, he is going to be declared the winner there a week from tonight. I think he can also win South Carolina and Nevada soon after that. That would not make him the presumptive nominee with so many “winner take all” contests starting next month, but predictions of the demise of his campaign today are EXTREMELY premature.

TBH, I’m more interested to see how Trump does on Super Tuesday. That’s a pretty big-time contest. Conversely, I’m interested to see how Cruz’s Bible-thumper schtick plays outside of Iowa.

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FormerDirtDart  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:10:17pm

re: #135 Backwoods_Sleuth

Judge continues Pete Santilli’s appealed detention hearing until Thursday #Oregonstandoff

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:11:23pm
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Not a Sparkly Vampire  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:12:41pm

re: #142 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Kragar  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:12:41pm
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Belafon  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:14:32pm

re: #113 Shimshon

Bernie did well thanks to the endless smear campaigning about Hillary and every scandal to date. All the low information voters genuinely think she’s guilty of something.

Also, as is pointed out in #79, Clinton and Sanders are pretty much tied with whites. Super-white states are going to be close.

Obviously, except for NH.

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Patricia Kayden  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:15:48pm

re: #105 De Kolta Chair

Meanwhile, in New Hampshire…

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Go home, Jeb!! You’re just embarrassing yourself now.

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wrenchwench  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:15:58pm
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KGxvi  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:16:23pm

re: #136 bratwurst

I think people who are predicting Trump will take his ball and go home in the next month or so are deluding themselves.

First of all, Iowa has proven to be next to worthless for candidates going forward.

Second of all, Cruz had MULTIPLE SuperPACs working his ground game like a military operation. The fact he exceeded expectations there says more about bad polling than anything else.

Unless Trump melts down and alienates the state of New Hampshire in the next few days, he is going to be declared the winner there a week from tonight. I think he can also win South Carolina and Nevada soon after that. That would not make him the presumptive nominee with so many “winner take all” contests starting next month, but predictions of the demise of his campaign today are EXTREMELY premature.

I don’t think he’ll take his ball and go home just yet. But a big part of his appeal was his YOOOOGE POLL NUMBERS, now he’s been shown to be vulnerable, which means it’s actually a race and he’s going to have to show the ability to actually win somewhere. I’m curious what the NH/SC/NV polls will show post Iowa.

As for Iowa not having an effect, keep in mind that it’s only been first on the GOP side since 1976. This is the 7th competitive race for Republicans in that time, the winner of Iowa has won the nomination 3 of those seven times. They haven’t the last two times, but given the sample size, that’s not exactly a streak.

The early four states are important because they essentially establish the narrative going into Super Tuesday when the nomination will likely be decided. Right now the narrative is that Trump is damaged goods, that he under performed the polls that he was so fond of citing in speeches, and that his support may be softer than previously imagined. Basically, the bully got punched back, he’s in a fight and the question is how he handles that between now and Super Tuesday.

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Patricia Kayden  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:18:02pm

re: #106 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Dude has strong people’s skills.

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Testy Toad T  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:18:57pm

re: #148 KGxvi

I don’t think he’ll take his ball and go home just yet. But a big part of his appeal was his YOOOOGE POLL NUMBERS, now he’s been shown to be vulnerable, which means it’s actually a race and he’s going to have to show the ability to actually win somewhere. I’m curious what the NH/SC/NV polls will show post Iowa.

I think there’s also a baked-in assumption that he’s going to trip and go whacko now that he’s a luzer.

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unproven innocence  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:19:15pm

re: #132 goddamnedfrank

Also, Anne Frank’s step-sister straight up said he’s like Hitler.

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Truly, I think this was my first visit to newsweek this year; may also be my last.

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Big Beautiful Door  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:20:20pm

re: #146 Patricia Kayden

Go home, Jeb!! You’re just embarrassing yourself now.

Not yet, not while his Super Pac still has money in the bank to attack Rubio with.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:21:19pm

re: #152 The Vicious Babushka

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Between Donald’s landlord bastard father and Ted’s sounds like Jerry Falwell on battery acid father, it’s a lovely father’s day in the GOP. Jeb should take heart, his father is probably the most sane of the Dads in the GOP candidates.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:21:20pm
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Charles Johnson  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:21:22pm
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Blind Frog Belly White  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:22:01pm

re: #151 unproven innocence

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Truly, I think this was my first visit to newsweek this year; may also be my last.

Lo, how the mighty are fallen.

I remember when Newsweek was actually good, and popular, and between it and Time, dominant.

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Kragar  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:23:27pm

I don’t think banks work that way.

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calochortus  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:24:11pm

re: #156 Charles Johnson

Does anyone besides me look at that picture of Trump’s penthouse and think “He should really update that ’80s decor. He can probably afford it?”

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Patricia Kayden  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:24:20pm

re: #119 Backwoods_Sleuth

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It has ran away from him in shame and doesn’t want to be found.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:24:36pm

re: #158 Kragar

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I don’t think banks work that way.

I’m not a betting man but I bet that’s Starbucks sodomites jizz pastor. (Yep!)

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Blind Frog Belly White  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:25:05pm

re: #156 Charles Johnson

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Yeesh. De gustibus and all that, but just…Yeesh.

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bratwurst  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:25:14pm

re: #151 unproven innocence

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Truly, I think this was my first visit to newsweek this year; may also be my last.

Keep in mind Newsweek was purchased by the head of a secretive religious sect about 2 years ago.

I didn’t think the brand could be more soiled than when Tina Brown had TWO royal wedding covers followed by an Olsen twins cover several years ago, but it is.

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b_sharp  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:27:52pm

re: #156 Charles Johnson

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Damn that’s ugly.

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The Vicious Babushka  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:27:58pm

re: #159 calochortus

Does anyone besides me look at that picture of Trump’s penthouse and think “He should really update that ’80s decor. He can probably afford it?”

You mean faux 1780’s décor. He’s going for a petite Versailles. King Donald MMXVI.

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Joe Bacon  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:28:28pm

re: #119 Backwoods_Sleuth

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The closest he will come to picking a winner…

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wrenchwench  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:30:22pm
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unproven innocence  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:31:18pm

re: #163 bratwurst

Thanks for the info; newsweek now lives in my hosts file.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:31:21pm

Sorry pal. Trump is not a politician.

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Belafon  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:32:41pm

re: #169 GlutenFreeJesus

And no, no one would have been fined if they’d created an Obama version.

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Franklin  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:33:05pm

re: #118 Charles Johnson

Um, well… that article says Rubio’s speech was “plagiarized, almost verbatim,” and sorry — but that’s just not true. It’s similar but it’s not even close to being “verbatim.”

Yeah, huge stretch. It’s a boilerplate underdog/come from behind speech. Nothing special.

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calochortus  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:33:28pm

re: #165 The Vicious Babushka

You mean faux 1780’s décor. He’s going for a petite Versailles. King Donald MMXVI.

Yeah, I know, but that whole look is seriously dated. The 1980s version of the 1780s. An actual historical recreation I could accept. Not like, but accept. This? No.

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blueraven  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:34:12pm

re: #118 Charles Johnson

Um, well… that article says Rubio’s speech was “plagiarized, almost verbatim,” and sorry — but that’s just not true. It’s similar but it’s not even close to being “verbatim.”

Yeah, that was my impression. The tone was somewhat similar, big difference being Obama actually won the Iowa caucus.

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The Vicious Babushka  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:34:35pm

re: #172 calochortus

Yeah, I know, but that whole look is seriously dated. The 1980s version of the 1780s. An actual historical recreation I could accept. Not like, but accept. This? No.

It looks like Ukrainian gangster décor.

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wrenchwench  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:35:15pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:35:18pm

sigh…

Ending years of stalemate on the abortion issue, Kentucky lawmakers on Monday gave final passage to legislation allowing real-time video consultations between doctors and women as an option to fulfill “informed consent” requirements before an abortion.

The state’s new Republican governor said he would sign the measure into law.

The Senate voted 33-5 to update the state’s informed consent law requiring that women seeking abortions first be told of the medical risks and benefits at least 24 hours before the procedure.

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There are only two abortion providers in Kentucky: one in Lexington and the other in Louisville. The way the bill was originally worded, this meant women would have to make two trips (for some women, that would mean traveling hundreds of miles).

Last month, the Republican-controlled state Senate voted overwhelmingly to require patients to meet with doctors in person at least 24 hours before an abortion. But on Monday, the Senate accepted compromise language passed last week by the Democratic-led House to give the option of in-person or video meetings.

yeah for Sen. Thomas and the other five Senate Dems, but spit on the rest of them.

Sen. Reginald Thomas of Lexington was among five Senate Democrats voting against the bill. Thomas said there was no purpose for the legislation and that unwanted pregnancies would continue to occur.

“It’s obvious that these women understand … what it means to be pregnant,” he said. “And to require them to have a conference … to explain the obvious is just ridiculous.”

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calochortus  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:36:26pm

BBL

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BeachDem  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:36:33pm

re: #136 bratwurst

I think people who are predicting Trump will take his ball and go home in the next month or so are deluding themselves.

First of all, Iowa has proven to be next to worthless for candidates going forward.

Second of all, Cruz had MULTIPLE SuperPACs working his ground game like a military operation. The fact he exceeded expectations there says more about bad polling than anything else.

Unless Trump melts down and alienates the state of New Hampshire in the next few days, he is going to be declared the winner there a week from tonight. I think he can also win South Carolina and Nevada soon after that. That would not make him the presumptive nominee with so many “winner take all” contests starting next month, but predictions of the demise of his campaign today are EXTREMELY premature.

In SC, Trump is up 16 points over Cruz and 24 points over Rubio. He’s led from the very beginning down here—the only one who ever came close was Carson, back in November. Whenever Trump has been in town, the yokels have lined up to touch his cape and get their pictures taken. He’s a STAR down here in South by dog Carolina.

Tim Scott endorsed Marco Rubio today—that should bump Marco’s number by, oh, probably .5%.

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KGxvi  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:37:40pm

re: #140 Dr Lizardo

TBH, I’m more interested to see how Trump does on Super Tuesday. That’s a pretty big-time contest. Conversely, I’m interested to see how Cruz’s Bible-thumper schtick plays outside of Iowa.

Polls from last week had Cruz in second place in South Carolina. His win in Iowa may help him there. And his schtick may help there.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:37:59pm

re: #169 GlutenFreeJesus

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Sorry pal. Trump is not a politician.

Yeah that explains why the people who have the cottage industry that mock Obama are in jail. Yet another example of why conservatives are whiny victims who complain about PC but want ti for themselves.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:39:42pm

re: #176 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:40:40pm
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allegro  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:40:41pm

re: #159 calochortus

Does anyone besides me look at that picture of Trump’s penthouse and think “He should really update that ’80s decor. He can probably afford it?”

Like 1780s France.

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wrenchwench  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:40:45pm

re: #176 Backwoods_Sleuth

sigh…

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There are only two abortion providers in Kentucky: one in Lexington and the other in Louisville. The way the bill was originally worded, this meant women would have to make two trips (for some women, that would mean traveling hundreds of miles).

yeah for Sen. Thomas and the other five Senate Dems, but spit on the rest of them.

We should require overnight meetings in which they are told plenty of stories of what it’s like to be a woman before they allow a vote on anything that only affects women. After each meeting, they are required to make breakfast and take out the trash for everyone before they can vote.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:41:19pm

re: #179 KGxvi

Polls from last week had Cruz in second place in South Carolina. His win in Iowa may help him there. And his schtick may help there.

Yeah I think Cruz will do well in SC. NH I expect he’ll lose since it’s not as socially conservative.

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plansbandc  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:42:06pm

re: #8 Mattand

No. No no NO NO NO!!!!!!!!

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:42:22pm

re: #185 HappyWarrior

Yeah I think Cruz will do well in SC. NH I expect he’ll lose since it’s not as socially conservative.

Too close to those New York values?

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HappyWarrior  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:43:06pm

re: #187 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

Too close to those New York values?

Ha, yeah something like that. NH is so odd though. Pat Buchanan once won a primary there and Paleo Pat’s to the right of the former Pope Benedict on social issues.

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KGxvi  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:43:31pm

re: #185 HappyWarrior

Yeah I think Cruz will do well in SC. NH I expect he’ll lose since it’s not as socially conservative.

Assuming Trump slips in NH, the question will be whether it benefits Rubio or Kaisch. I expect Cruz to focus on South Carolina. Should be an interesting couple of weeks.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:43:35pm

re: #171 Franklin

Yeah, huge stretch. It’s a boilerplate underdog/come from behind speech. Nothing special.

“Cinderella story. Outta nowhere. A former greenskeeper, now, about to become the Masters champion.”

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:44:17pm

It is currently 64F here in the backwoods. Those thunderstorms arrive tonight and tomorrow night it snows.

grrrrrrrrr

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sagehen  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:44:39pm

re: #124 Backwoods_Sleuth

I guess Palin thought she could make the blizzard wait until she left.

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Is she aware that The People’s Republic of Santa Monica is the leftist left-left of the left coast? This is the town that sent Tom Haydn to the state legislature….

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:45:34pm

re: #192 sagehen

Is she aware < snip >….

Nope, not about anything.

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Dr Lizardo  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:45:34pm

re: #179 KGxvi

Polls from last week had Cruz in second place in South Carolina. His win in Iowa may help him there. And his schtick may help there.

Yeah, I think his preacherman routine will be a plus in South Carolina. And of course, his home state of Texas….local boy and all that. I’d be genuinely surprised if Cruz lost Texas.

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Tigger2  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:46:01pm

re: #191 Backwoods_Sleuth

It is currently 64F here in the backwoods. Those thunderstorms arrive tonight and tomorrow night it snows.

grrrrrrrrr

We just had a thunderstorm a little over an hour ago.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:46:10pm

re: #189 KGxvi

Assuming Trump slips in NH, the question will be whether it benefits Rubio or Kaisch. I expect Cruz to focus on South Carolina. Should be an interesting couple of weeks.

Yeah. I wouldn’t be surprised honestly if we have three different winners for Iowa, NH, and SC. It’s going to be interesting to see what happens. I am not too surprised Trump ended up losing last night. It was apparent early that he couldn’t speak Evangelicalsese and Cruz and even Rubio are better at that.

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FormerDirtDart  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:46:59pm
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HappyWarrior  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:47:07pm

re: #194 Dr Lizardo

Yeah, I think his preacherman routine will be a plus in South Carolina. And of course, his home state of Texas….local boy and all that. I’d be genuinely surprised if Cruz lost Texas.

I think you’ll see Cruz emerge as the GOP candidate of the South.

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:47:23pm

re: #126 Backwoods_Sleuth

Trump is above your little events counter thing.

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Dr Lizardo  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:47:45pm

re: #198 HappyWarrior

I think you’ll see Cruz emerge as the GOP candidate of the South.

Oh, yeah - I’d think he’s got a lock on the Bible Belt South.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:47:51pm

Trump’s not dead by a long shot though.

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KGxvi  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:48:26pm

re: #188 HappyWarrior

Ha, yeah something like that. NH is so odd though. Pat Buchanan once won a primary there and Paleo Pat’s to the right of the former Pope Benedict on social issues.

Buchanan won New Hampshire in 1996, by 1% over Dole (27-26) with Lamar Alexander carrying 22% and Steve Forbes carrying 12%. It was a weird year for the GOP.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:49:04pm

re: #200 Dr Lizardo

Oh, yeah - I’d think he’s got a lock on the Bible Belt South.

My state senator sigh is his campaign co-chair here. I don’t have a clue who I expect to win here on the R side to be truthful. Clinton would be my pick to win the Democratic side though since it’s a diverse Democratic electorate here. Bernie will do well though in Albemarie County (where UVA is).

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De Kolta Chair  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:49:07pm

re: #45 Targetpractice

Hillary remains the favorite in virtually every state past NH, even if her leads have narrowed. I keep looking not at the turnout, but at the voter breakdowns. The man has little to no crossover appeal, he is going to have enormous trouble bringing in all but the “very liberal.” It also means he’s going to have virtually no coattails, as candidates down the ticket in purple states/districts are gonna find themselves portrayed as supporting the “socialist” at the top of the ticket.

The shirt tails thing has been on my mind lately too.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:49:47pm

re: #202 KGxvi

Buchanan won New Hampshire in 1996, by 1% over Dole (27-26) with Lamar Alexander carrying 22% and Steve Forbes carrying 12%. It was a weird year for the GOP.

Don’t blame me, I voted for Kodos. But yeah it was odd. I don’t remember the election itself that well though.

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allegro  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:50:29pm

re: #194 Dr Lizardo

Yeah, I think his preacherman routine will be a plus in South Carolina. And of course, his home state of Texas….local boy and all that. I’d be genuinely surprised if Cruz lost Texas.

I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see Cruz lose in Texas. As I posted last night the local NBC news had a poll (informal) that came out with Rubio at 42%, Trump at 28%, and Cruz at 12%. Thought that was kinda hilarious showing that in SE Texas, at least, Cruz is not a liked guy.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:52:06pm

re: #204 De Kolta Chair

The shirt tails thing has been on my mind lately too.

It’s a legitimate concern and it doesn’t help that Bernie doesn’t seem to value the downticket races. That just disappoints me. I think Obama even though he was a Senator from a staunchly Democratic state got that quite well. I remember him campaigning for Webb here in 2006 as a surrogate. He built up a lot of good will and that’s why even though the establishment did favor Clinton in 2008, Obama wasn’t without his endorsements from Senators and Governors. Tim Kaine was one of the first governors to endorse him in fact. He this time was one of the first to endorse Clinton.

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Big Beautiful Door  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:53:08pm

re: #188 HappyWarrior

Ha, yeah something like that. NH is so odd though. Pat Buchanan once won a primary there and Paleo Pat’s to the right of the former Pope Benedict on social issues.

Probably because of his white nationalism.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:53:38pm

I mean I think it’s a legitimate gripe that Bernie doesn’t have much crossover. I’m his demographic- under 30, very liberal white male but I admit I look at things differently too.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:54:31pm

re: #208 Big Beautiful Door

Probably because of his white nationalism.

Speaking of the old white nationalist, I wonder which one of these clowns he likes the most. Something tells me Trump though he’d probably prefer more Bible thumping from Donald.

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Shiplord Kirel  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:54:39pm

re: #165 The Vicious Babushka

You mean faux 1780’s décor. He’s going for a petite Versailles. King Donald MMXVI.

Looks like an up-market whorehouse in an oil boom-town, a time dishonored tradition in places like Dallas, Tulsa, and, latterly, Dubai. Bet they have them in Fargo now.

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KGxvi  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:54:46pm

re: #205 HappyWarrior

Don’t blame me, I voted for Kodos. But yeah it was odd. I don’t remember the election itself that well though.

It was the first election I could vote in. The GOP was facing a post-Reagan/post-Cold War civil war (that arguably is still being waged). The Buchanan-Dole dynamic was a proto-conservative/establishment dynamic that we’ve seen recently. Buchanan’s support came from people who felt like the GOP establishment were betraying the Reagan Revolution or people who were still feeling the recession of the early 90s.

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De Kolta Chair  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:55:35pm

re: #207 HappyWarrior

It’s a legitimate concern and it doesn’t help that Bernie doesn’t seem to value the downticket races. That just disappoints me. I think Obama even though he was a Senator from a staunchly Democratic state got that quite well. I remember him campaigning for Webb here in 2006 as a surrogate. He built up a lot of good will and that’s why even though the establishment did favor Clinton in 2008, Obama wasn’t without his endorsements from Senators and Governors. Tim Kaine was one of the first governors to endorse him in fact. He this time was one of the first to endorse Clinton.

Speaking of Tim Kaine, I think he’d be excellent casting for the next V.P. Joe Biden. But srsly, I like the guy.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:55:39pm
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sagehen  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:56:18pm

re: #184 wrenchwench

We should require overnight meetings in which they are told plenty of stories of what it’s like to be a woman before they allow a vote on anything that only affects women. After each meeting, they are required to make breakfast and take out the trash for everyone before they can vote.

Backwards and in high heels.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:57:06pm

re: #212 KGxvi

It was the first election I could vote in. The GOP was facing a post-Reagan/post-Cold War civil war (that arguably is still being waged). The Buchanan-Dole dynamic was a proto-conservative/establishment dynamic that we’ve seen recently. Buchanan’s support came from people who felt like the GOP establishment were betraying the Reagan Revolution or people who were still feeling the recession of the early 90s.

You know, looking back on it, I don’t remember any of my family having a real problem with Bob. They just thought Bill was doing a good job as President and thought he deserved a second go at it. Dole’s really not a bad guy and as a person with a disability, I really appreciated him not only testifying in favor of the treaty but also slamming the GOPers in the Senate especially Ted Cruz who ruined its ratification.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:58:09pm

And here we go. Bernie supporters pushing this as proof of Clinton voter fraud in Polk County.

c-span.org

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HappyWarrior  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:58:24pm

re: #213 De Kolta Chair

Speaking of Tim Kaine, I think he’d be excellent casting for the next V.P. Joe Biden. But srsly, I like the guy.

I like him too but I think Clinton should go with Castro or Booker but I certainly wouldn’t complain if Kaine were the running mate. He’s probably my favorite Virginia elected official. Warner is too corporate for me. I like him but I prefer Kaine who I think is more of a man of the people type and more willing to stick his neck out on issues.

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allegro  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:59:37pm

re: #217 GlutenFreeJesus

And here we go. Bernie supporters pushing this as proof of Clinton voter fraud in Polk County.

c-span.org

They are so not doing their candidate any favors with this.

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BeachDem  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:59:46pm

re: #179 KGxvi

Polls from last week had Cruz in second place in South Carolina. His win in Iowa may help him there. And his schtick may help there.

re: #185 HappyWarrior

Yeah I think Cruz will do well in SC. NH I expect he’ll lose since it’s not as socially conservative.

From my perspective, SC is religious, but they seem more mainstream and not evangelical fanatics, which would be Cruz’s wheelhouse. Remember, NEWT won the Repub primary here in 2012.

Adults in South Carolina
Religious composition of adults in South Carolina

Christian 78%

Evangelical Protestant 35%
Mainline Protestant 16%
Historically Black Protestant 15%
Catholic 10%
Mormon 1%
Orthodox Christian 1%
Jehovah’s Witness 1%
Other Christian < 1%

pewforum.org

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Tigger2  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:59:46pm

re: #218 HappyWarrior

I like him too but I think Clinton should go with Castro or Booker but I certainly wouldn’t complain if Kaine were the running mate. He’s probably my favorite Virginia elected official. Warner is too corporate for me. I like him but I prefer Kaine who I think is more of a man of the people type and more willing to stick his neck out on issues.

Castro, I think Hispanics would come out in record numbers.

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wrenchwench  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:59:48pm

re: #215 sagehen

Backwards and in high heels.

I thought that was updinged by ‘Backwards_Sleuth’ for a sec.

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Dr Lizardo  Feb 2, 2016 • 12:59:52pm

re: #206 allegro

I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see Cruz lose in Texas. As I posted last night the local NBC news had a poll (informal) that came out with Rubio at 42%, Trump at 28%, and Cruz at 12%. Thought that was kinda hilarious showing that in SE Texas, at least, Cruz is not a liked guy.

That is a surprise.

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blueraven  Feb 2, 2016 • 1:00:15pm

I just don’t think Bernie can win a general election. This country is not that liberal. As much as I would like some of the things he proposes, they must come more naturally over time. Many Democrats would stay home or, even worse, vote R. And if by some miracle he did win, I fear it would be a one-term disaster that would affect the party for a very long time.

I prefer small steps forward to giant leaps backward.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2016 • 1:01:47pm

waiting for the ebola scaremongers to latch onto this:

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Big Beautiful Door  Feb 2, 2016 • 1:02:51pm

re: #220 BeachDem

From my perspective, SC is religious, but they seem more mainstream and not evangelical fanatics, which would be Cruz’s wheelhouse. Remember, NEWT won the Repub primary here in 2012.

Adults in South Carolina
Religious composition of adults in South Carolina

Christian 78%

Evangelical Protestant 35%
Mainline Protestant 16%
Historically Black Protestant 15%
Catholic 10%
Mormon 1%
Orthodox Christian 1%
Jehovah’s Witness 1%
Other Christian < 1%

pewforum.org

I wouldn’t be surprised if Trump comes out in favor of flying the Confederate Battle Flag to curry favor with the SC racist vote.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2016 • 1:03:40pm
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b_sharp  Feb 2, 2016 • 1:03:47pm

re: #225 Backwoods_Sleuth

waiting for the ebola scaremongers to latch onto this:

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2016 • 1:04:12pm

re: #225 Backwoods_Sleuth

waiting for the ebola scaremongers to latch onto this:

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Actually, I think the anti-immigration candidates will be all over this.

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allegro  Feb 2, 2016 • 1:04:38pm

re: #225 Backwoods_Sleuth

waiting for the ebola scaremongers to latch onto this:

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Rut roh.

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Shiplord Kirel  Feb 2, 2016 • 1:07:09pm

re: #211 Shiplord Kirel

Looks like an up-market whorehouse in an oil boom-town, a time dishonored tradition in places like Dallas, Tulsa, and, latterly, Dubai. Bet they have them in Fargo now.

Speaking of sex workers, I wonder if the Cleveland police will be running a big sweep ahead of the GOP convention this summer? The last one, in Tampa, brought in quite a group, one of whom was 61 years old. I suggested that GOPers could seize on this as a good example of an entrepreneurial alternative to social security. Oddly no customers were included in the roundup.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Feb 2, 2016 • 1:07:11pm

re: #219 allegro

Exactly. His supporters by and large just annoy me.

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Belafon  Feb 2, 2016 • 1:09:06pm

re: #217 GlutenFreeJesus

And here we go. Bernie supporters pushing this as proof of Clinton voter fraud in Polk County.

c-span.org

Not going to watch the video at work, but did they say she got a thousand votes there or what?

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nines09  Feb 2, 2016 • 1:09:06pm

re: #225 Backwoods_Sleuth

waiting for the ebola scaremongers to latch onto this:

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Trump can now use “Mexican rapists with Zika virus are now here because we don’t have a wall!”

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2016 • 1:09:58pm

gaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

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wrenchwench  Feb 2, 2016 • 1:11:39pm

<re: #235 Backwoods_Sleuth

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gaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

I think of forced birth as attempted murder, if not murder.

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Kragar  Feb 2, 2016 • 1:11:42pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2016 • 1:11:54pm

re: #235 Backwoods_Sleuth

jeebus…

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2016 • 1:12:32pm

re: #237 Kragar

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KGxvi  Feb 2, 2016 • 1:13:59pm

re: #224 blueraven

I just don’t think Bernie can win a general election. This country is not that liberal. As much as I would like some of the things he proposes, they must come more naturally over time. Many Democrats would stay home or, even worse, vote R. And if by some miracle he did win, I fear it would be a one-term disaster that would affect the party for a very long time.

I prefer small steps forward to giant leaps backward.

Sanders strikes me as what is normally a staple of open elections - a voice on the outskirts of what is politically viable, typically meant to keep the party establishment honest. That’s the role that people like Kucinich or Dean on the Democratic side and Alan Keyes or Ron Paul on the GOP side have traditionally played. Sanders has gotten overdue attention because once Clinton hinted that she’d run, the field cleared.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2016 • 1:14:21pm

what a freaking waste of time, passing a bill that changes nothing.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2016 • 1:15:18pm
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Shiplord Kirel  Feb 2, 2016 • 1:16:27pm

re: #228 b_sharp

[Embedded content]

Racism? Panic? Misinformed speculation? I know just where to look. Yes, Free Republic is already on the job:

Just awesome news. Keep lettin em in, then they go back and forth

Hmm. Dallas. Ebola, and now Zika. Wonder why the Obama administration might be targeting Texas?

Always been surprised mosquitos have not been shown to be a transmission vector for aids.

I’ve never heard of one and that makes the Zika virus very suspicious to me. I could be wrong.

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The Vicious Babushka  Feb 2, 2016 • 1:17:11pm

re: #240 KGxvi

Sanders strikes me as what is normally a staple of open elections - a voice on the outskirts of what is politically viable, typically meant to keep the party establishment honest. That’s the role that people like Kucinich or Dean on the Democratic side and Alan Keyes or Ron Paul on the GOP side have traditionally played. Sanders has gotten overdue attention because once Clinton hinted that she’d run, the field cleared.

I think Bernie is running, not because he ever expected to win, but just to keep Hillary on her toes. I’m surprised that O’Malley did so poorly compared to Bernie.

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Stanley Sea  Feb 2, 2016 • 1:17:29pm

Protect us from the little people!

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b_sharp  Feb 2, 2016 • 1:17:49pm

re: #243 Shiplord Kirel

Racism? Panic? Misinformed speculation? I know just where to look. Yes, Free Republic is already on the job:

JF some people are stupid.

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Big Beautiful Door  Feb 2, 2016 • 1:19:32pm

re: #241 Backwoods_Sleuth

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what a freaking waste of time, passing a bill that changes nothing.

Maintaining their street cred with anti-abortionists is no waste of time, my friend.//

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wrenchwench  Feb 2, 2016 • 1:19:33pm

re: #246 b_sharp

JF some people are stupid.

The worst ones are mean and stupid.

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Tigger2  Feb 2, 2016 • 1:19:54pm

re: #243 Shiplord Kirel

Racism? Panic? Misinformed speculation? I know just where to look. Yes, Free Republic is already on the job:

The mosquitos are trained to only infect Republicans in Texas. ///

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KGxvi  Feb 2, 2016 • 1:20:40pm

re: #244 The Vicious Babushka

I think Bernie is running, not because he ever expected to win, but just to keep Hillary on her toes. I’m surprised that O’Malley did so poorly compared to Bernie.

Exactly, that’s sort of what I meant about those types of candidates. They don’t expect to win, but they want to get ideas out there, possibly nudge the party in a direction. But for some reason “keep Hillary honest” vote (for lack of a better term) coalesced around Sanders instead of the (potentially) more viable O’Malley. Maybe there’s still hope out there that Biden will still jump in if Hillary can’t hold of Sanders.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2016 • 1:21:39pm

SATAN!!!!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2016 • 1:22:23pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2016 • 1:26:02pm
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EPR-radar  Feb 2, 2016 • 1:27:03pm

re: #248 wrenchwench

The worst ones are mean and stupid.

Especially when they organize a political party of, for and by the mean and the stupid.

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b_sharp  Feb 2, 2016 • 1:28:10pm

re: #248 wrenchwench

The worst ones are mean and stupid.

And ugly.

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goddamnedfrank  Feb 2, 2016 • 1:28:38pm
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b_sharp  Feb 2, 2016 • 1:28:54pm

re: #255 b_sharp

And ugly.

Bill the cat ugly.

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BeachDem  Feb 2, 2016 • 1:30:01pm

re: #226 Big Beautiful Door

I wouldn’t be surprised if Trump comes out in favor of flying the Confederate Battle Flag to curry favor with the SC racist vote.

I couldn’t remember, so looked back at what they all said last summer during the flag brouhaha.

Cruz and Rubio blathered about it being a state decision. (true profiles in courage.)
Christie came out against the flag (after Haley made her big speech.)
Rand and Jeb! thought it should go in a museum.
TRUMP said nothing initially. In another article, was quoted, in true Trump bombastically say nothing style, “”I would take it down, yes,” the billionaire real estate mogul said. “I think they should put it in a museum and respect whatever it is you have to respect.”
(He did have somebody carrying one thrown out of a rally in December.)

So, pretty much all hedged their bets. And as for the rest of them, who cares.

abcnews.go.com

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leftynyc  Feb 2, 2016 • 1:35:44pm

re: #2 b_sharp

My prediction:

Trump will get the GOP nod, and Bernie will run 3rd party.

No - Bernie has already said he wouldn’t risk a republican getting elected that way.

thehill.com

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Charles Johnson  Feb 2, 2016 • 1:35:57pm

They just can’t get me out of their minds.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2016 • 1:36:49pm
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The Vicious Babushka  Feb 2, 2016 • 1:37:18pm

re: #260 Charles Johnson

They just can’t get me out of their minds.

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Maybe he’s talking about CCJ ;)

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Great White Snark  Feb 2, 2016 • 1:38:28pm

re: #217 GlutenFreeJesus

And here we go. Bernie supporters pushing this as proof of Clinton voter fraud in Polk County.

c-span.org

And this…
washingtonpost.com

Sanders campaign reviewing Iowa caucus totals, says actual result may never be known
MANCHESTER, N.H. — The campaign of Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders has launched a review of the razor-thin margin of Monday night’s Iowa caucuses, Sanders’s campaign manager said Tuesday.

“As an empirical matter, we’re not likely to ever know what the actual result was,” said Jeff Weaver, Sanders’s campaign manager, who cited as complicating factors the narrow margin, the “arcane” rules of the caucuses, the delayed reporting of some precincts and the technology used to reports the results.

The Sanders review may not have any practical effect on how delegates are awarded, but “I think everybody has an interest in making it as accurate as possible,” Weaver said.

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ObserverArt  Feb 2, 2016 • 1:41:23pm

re: #2 b_sharp

My prediction:

Trump will get the GOP nod, and Bernie will run 3rd party.

Noooooooooooooo!

(Sorry…that would be a terrible thing to have happen…and yes I am late to this thread)

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Belafon  Feb 2, 2016 • 1:45:08pm

re: #263 Great White Snark

And this…
washingtonpost.com

My comment on the Washington post article at DK was that releasing the counts would just prove that a caucus is not the same as a primary.

I can’t watch the video at work, so I’m curious what the video is claiming to show.

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wrenchwench  Feb 2, 2016 • 1:45:20pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2016 • 1:45:21pm
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gocart mozart  Feb 2, 2016 • 1:46:58pm

re: #264 ObserverArt

Trump will get the GOP nod, and Bernie will run 3rd party.

There is zero chance of that happening. Bernie is a pragmatist and before he even announced, he pledged to endorse the winner of the primary. He said “I am not a spoiler, I’m no Ralph Nader.” If he loses he will endorse and perhaps campaign with Hillary because he knows electing a Republican would be a disaster.

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Charles Johnson  Feb 2, 2016 • 1:49:32pm

Speaking of Rage Furby…

Such bullshit.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Feb 2, 2016 • 1:49:45pm

re: #268 gocart mozart

Many of his supporters will turn on him when he endorses her.

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Belafon  Feb 2, 2016 • 1:50:40pm

re: #269 Charles Johnson

Speaking of Rage Furby…

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Such bullshit.

When everyone says yes, he’ll ask someone to provide it to him, for a fee of course.

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Usually refered to as anyways  Feb 2, 2016 • 1:55:08pm

re: #269 Charles Johnson

This could be even more impressive.

Link

facebook.com

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Bass Reeves  Feb 2, 2016 • 1:55:50pm

re: #269 Charles Johnson

Why would a gay tryst have a police report again?

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Usually refered to as anyways  Feb 2, 2016 • 1:56:17pm

Hmm, I need to learn how to embed a Facebook post…

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Dr. Matt  Feb 2, 2016 • 1:58:06pm

re: #269 Charles Johnson

Speaking of Rage Furby…

Embedded Image

Such bullshit.

Marco Rubio’s first year of college at a small school in Missouri ended badly. His grades were awful. A neck injury dashed any hopes of achieving greatness on the football field. He was hurting for money.

He resolved to go back to Florida and get his life on a path to success. Instead the 18-year-old added to his troubles after returning to Miami for summer break: He was arrested one night in May 1990 for being in a crime-plagued public park after closing time, according to police records and an interview with a friend who was cited with Rubio that night.

From: washingtonpost.com

Rage Furby is assuming that being in a park at night = Teh Gay Sex.

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BeachDem  Feb 2, 2016 • 1:58:10pm

re: #272 Usually refered to as anyways

This could be even more impressive.

Link

facebook.com

Remind me again, how did Rage Furby stop the Syria War again? (So hard to keep current with his massive accomplishments.)

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:01:50pm

re: #269 Charles Johnson

Speaking of Rage Furby…

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Such bullshit.

That must be the police report he wanted somebody to pick up for him the other day.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:04:05pm

re: #275 Dr. Matt

Rage Furby is assuming that being in a park at night = Teh Gay Sex.

Everything is with him. Rubio’s a little creep but Upchuck is a really sick piece of crap.

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Usually refered to as anyways  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:04:16pm

re: #276 BeachDem

It was when he whispered the state secrets of Assad that he got from his mole within Assad’s intelligence agency in Ted’s shell like ear.

I saw the photos of him doing it!

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HappyWarrior  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:04:23pm

re: #277 Backwoods_Sleuth

That must be the police report he wanted somebody to pick up for him the other day.

He has a guy who was in the park at the time Rubio was arrested. //

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thedopefishlives  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:05:22pm

re: #280 HappyWarrior

He has a guy who was in the park at the time Rubio was arrested. //

A friend of a friend of a cousin’s uncle’s son. You know the one I mean.

Afternoon Lizardim from the land of the snowpocalypse. How go things among the lizardfolk on this cold and snowy day?

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HappyWarrior  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:06:37pm

re: #281 thedopefishlives

A friend of a friend of a cousin’s uncle’s son. You know the one I mean.

Afternoon Lizardim from the land of the snowpocalypse. How go things among the lizardfolk on this cold and snowy day?

Ah yes my fifth cousin”s best friend’s business partner’s bartender. I’m doing well. Got creative writing class in a couple hours.

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Dr. Matt  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:09:44pm

re: #276 BeachDem

Remind me again, how did Rage Furby stop the Syria War again? (So hard to keep current with his massive accomplishments.)

Clearly Rage Furby has been playing waaaaay too much Call of Duty lately.

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Belafon  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:10:40pm

About the coin tosses last night:

The state party doesn’t track all of the coin flips, but following anecdotal reports of Clinton’s improbable luck on Monday night, Lau disclosed that it was Sanders who fared better in the games of chance that were reported through the party’s official mobile app. The Vermont senator won six of those seven coin flips—a fact that underlines how incomplete the available data remains, and the likelihood that a full accounting of all the coin flips on Monday night would yield a more even result than initial reports suggested.

theatlantic.com

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sagehen  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:10:51pm

re: #275 Dr. Matt

Rage Furby is assuming that being in a park at night = Teh Gay Sex.

When the rest of us know that “being in a crime-plagued public park after closing time” is code for trying-to-score-drugs.

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andres  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:11:50pm

re: #74 De Kolta Chair

Heh

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So… Scott Brown is the Craig Ehlo of politics?

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HappyWarrior  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:11:54pm

re: #285 sagehen

Rage Furby is assuming that being in a park at night = Teh Gay Sex.

When the rest of us know that “being in a crime-plagued public park after closing time” is code for trying-to-score-drugs.

That wouldn’t shock me. I won’t attack Rubio for that if that was the case given the attacks on Obama’s post use disgusted me. I still think Rubio’s a self righteous asshole though of course.

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gocart mozart  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:14:03pm

re: #270 GlutenFreeJesus

Many of his supporters will turn on him when he endorses her.

Bernie is a sellout to the cause.

The cause is being a noble and pure loser.

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Dr. Matt  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:15:02pm

re: #287 HappyWarrior

That wouldn’t shock me. I won’t attack Rubio for that if that was the case given the attacks on Obama’s post use disgusted me. I still think Rubio’s a self righteous asshole though of course.

More importantly, where is our librul MSM reporting of Rubio’s past arrest? They spend every waking moment obsessing about Clinton’s non-controversial emails.

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Not a Sparkly Vampire  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:15:04pm

Coin tosses.
SMH.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:15:37pm

I dunno. Many of the Sanders supporters I know are more pragmatic but I’d be lying if I said I haven’t seen “I’m not going to vote for her” if she’s the nominee. I’m fine with people voting their heart’s desire in the primary. I just wish they understood that some of us use a different calculus to come up with our votes. And I really resent the more progressive than thou crap.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:16:02pm

re: #289 Dr. Matt

More importantly, where is our librul MSM reporting of Rubio’s past arrest? They spend every waking moment obsessing about Clinton’s non-controversial emails.

That is true as well. I honestly never knew he had been arrested. As I said, I don’t care if he was trying to score some weed but i don’t like the double standards either.

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sagehen  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:16:28pm

re: #281 thedopefishlives

A friend of a friend of a cousin’s uncle’s son. You know the one I mean.

Afternoon Lizardim from the land of the snowpocalypse. How go things among the lizardfolk on this cold and snowy day?

In NYC it was sunny and almost 50º today. Tomorrow is supposed to be close to 60º.

Sometimes, I kind of like global warming. Happy February!

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Not a Sparkly Vampire  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:16:59pm

re: #291 HappyWarrior

I dunno. Many of the Sanders supporters I know are more pragmatic but I’d be lying if I said I haven’t seen “I’m not going to vote for her” if she’s the nominee. I’m fine with people voting their heart’s desire in the primary. I just wish they understood that some of us use a different calculus to come up with our votes. And I really resent the more progressive than thou crap.

What really grinds my gears is that they arrogantly proclaim themselves to be ‘the base’.

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Dr. Matt  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:18:25pm

re: #292 HappyWarrior

That is true as well. I honestly never knew he had been arrested. As I said, I don’t care if he was trying to score some weed but i don’t like the double standards either.

Yeah, in reality, it’s much ado about nothing.

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ObserverArt  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:19:11pm

re: #129 KGxvi

Trump’s bitching leads me to believe they might have some overnight polls that show him losing support in New Hampshire, South Carolina, and/or Nevada because of his loss in Iowa. The narrative is that he’s no longer invincible, and that’s going to shift some of his soft support. Also, the support for the single digit candidates might start to coalesce now.

Curiouser and curiouser.

Add in the idiot can’t shut up, take the loss in stride and act like a fucking human instead of the world’d oldest and richest 13 year old bully. I hope he loses in New Hampshire. He might be out of the running after that. Or, blow up in a twitter rage and die of a texting stroke.

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Belafon  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:19:37pm

re: #294 Not a Sparkly Vampire

What really grinds my gears is that they arrogantly proclaim themselves to be ‘the base’.

Maybe Clinton supporters can claim they are the drum beat.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:19:40pm

re: #284 Belafon

About the coin tosses last night:

theatlantic.com

So, reality is exactly the opposite of what was being touted as ‘improbable’, and yet I don’t see Sanders winning 6 out of 7 being called ‘improbable’.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:19:47pm

re: #295 Dr. Matt

Yeah, in reality, it’s much ado about nothing.

Yeah gotta be consistent. I mean don’t get me wrong. I did call Rubio a piece of shit last night but that’s because he’s opposed to any form of legalized choice for women, that he lies about about Obama’s FP, etc.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:21:04pm

re: #294 Not a Sparkly Vampire

What really grinds my gears is that they arrogantly proclaim themselves to be ‘the base’.

That is something considering she won big among registered Democrats. That one bothers me too though. I mean you’re part of the base but you are not the base, the Democratic party isn’t only white liberals and I think those people ignore that at their own peril.

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EPR-radar  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:22:21pm

re: #299 HappyWarrior

Yeah gotta be consistent. I mean don’t get me wrong. I did call Rubio a piece of shit last night but that’s because he’s opposed to any form of legalized choice for women, that he lies about about Obama’s FP, etc.

I agree that this is a nothing-burger on the merits. However, if it ends up causing trouble for Rubio among Republican primary voters, so much the better.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:23:21pm

re: #301 EPR-radar

I agree that this is a nothing-burger on the merits. However, if it ends up causing trouble for Rubio among Republican primary voters, so much the better.

Oh yeah no tears for him if Republican primary voters hold this against him. I just would not use it against him should he be the nominee or when he runs for e-election. There’s a lot that’s wrong wrong Rubio and this is the least of it.

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Not a Sparkly Vampire  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:23:39pm

I am referring mostly to progressives who tend to not vote at all except in rare occasions.
You can’t stay home for most elections that aren’t presidential and claim you’re the base.
Drives me bonkers.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:23:50pm

Cruz meanwhile has a spokesman who called Obama a crackhead so if Ted has that in his closet, go for it.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:24:29pm

re: #303 Not a Sparkly Vampire

I am referring mostly to progressives who tend to not vote at all except in rare occasions.
You can’t stay home for most elections that aren’t presidential and claim you’re the base.
Drives me bonkers.

Ah I see what oyu mean. That’s true, yes.

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Not a Sparkly Vampire  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:24:38pm

re: #299 HappyWarrior

Yeah gotta be consistent. I mean don’t get me wrong. I did call Rubio a piece of shit last night but that’s because he’s opposed to any form of legalized choice for women, that he lies about about Obama’s FP, etc.

Yeah, but, did he inhale?
XD

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Reality Based Steve  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:25:17pm

re: #284 Belafon

About the coin tosses last night:

theatlantic.com

It’s obvious that the Sanders team had special rigged coins issued to all the Caucus heads in order to get these results. Just shows how much he’s planned ahead /////

RBS

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HappyWarrior  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:25:19pm

re: #306 Not a Sparkly Vampire

Yeah, but, did he inhale?
XD

Ha.

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bratwurst  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:25:22pm

The shock isn’t that Trump lost, it’s that he almost won on hats.

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Dr. Matt  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:25:37pm

re: #294 Not a Sparkly Vampire

What really grinds my gears is that they arrogantly proclaim themselves to be ‘the base’.

Many Clinton supporters of 2008 were taking the same “all or nothing” stance that Bernie supporters are taking today. Luckily most of them realized having a “D” in the White House was more important than a bruised ego. If she gets the nod, hopefully Bernie supports come to the same realization.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:25:52pm

re: #309 bratwurst

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The shock isn’t that Trump lost, it’s that he almost won on hats.

Free hat, free hat.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:26:29pm

re: #310 Dr. Matt

Many Clinton supporters of 2008 were taking the same “all or nothing” stance that Bernie supporters are taking today. Luckily most of them realized having a “D” in the White House was more important than a bruised ego. If she gets the nod, hopefully Bernie supports come to the same realization.

Yeah ironically they remind me a lot of the PUMAs.

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calochortus  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:32:11pm

re: #253 Backwoods_Sleuth

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No one has a right to look that good after giving birth. We should investigate whose baby that really is.
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andres  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:32:33pm

I’m not exactly sure what to feel about yesterday’s caucuses.

On the Democratic side, I think that a close race will have a better impact. Hillary will take some of the issues that Sanders is promoting, especially in economic inequality. The trickier part is the hard core Bernie supporters, who might want to sabotage Hillary if and when she becomes the nominee.

On the Republican side, no matter how you toss it, it’s a loss to everyone. That Rubio closed the gap with Trump makes him the establishment option against both Trump and Cruz. I’m doubtful of Rubio, and scared of Trump and Cruz. That this race has no saner candidate is very depressing.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:33:27pm

re: #313 calochortus

No one has a right to look that good after giving birth. We should investigate whose baby that really is.
///

I can’t see her face that well but I think Joaquin’s older daughter looks a little like my niece. Cute family. Congrats to the Castros.

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thedopefishlives  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:33:47pm

re: #293 sagehen

In NYC it was sunny and almost 50º today. Tomorrow is supposed to be close to 60º.

Sometimes, I kind of like global warming. Happy February!

I got the major part of the driveway shoveled off just as Mrs. Fish’s prospective employers rolled up, so that was good. Cleared for landing, runway 18. So much for Punxatawney Phil.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:34:13pm
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Belafon  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:35:21pm

re: #307 Reality Based Steve

It’s obvious that the Sanders team had special rigged coins issued to all the Caucus heads in order to get these results. Just shows how much he’s planned ahead /////

RBS

It sounds like Sanders and Clinton probably got pretty close to the same amount of coin tosses. If that’s the case, someone should investigate. There’s only a 16.7% chance of 20 coin tosses splitting evenly. (Note, I don’t know how many coins were actually tossed.)

//

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Charles Johnson  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:35:40pm
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Dr. Matt  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:36:03pm

re: #318 HappyWarrior

God I forgot about her crazy ass.

On January 20, 2017, all her hard work of trying to get Obama out of the White House will FINALLY pay off.

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Reality Based Steve  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:36:16pm

re: #317 thedopefishlives

I got the major part of the driveway shoveled off just as Mrs. Fish’s prospective employers rolled up, so that was good. Cleared for landing, runway 18. So much for Punxatawney Phil.

Upper 60’s here on the Tenn-Tucky border. We had a Tornado Warning (sirens and everything) but nothing happened. Now its just windy, with more rain coming in a bit later. Worst of it looks like it’s going to slip West and North of us.

RBS

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thedopefishlives  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:37:15pm

re: #322 Reality Based Steve

Upper 60’s here on the Tenn-Tucky border. We had a Tornado Warning (sirens and everything) but nothing happened. Now its just windy, with more rain coming in a bit later. Worst of it looks like it’s going to slip West and North of us.

RBS

Yeah, I called fishfolk yesterday and they said it was supposed to be rainy, windy, and a chance of tornadoes. Up here, it’s 3-5” of snow, and we’re missing the worst of it; parts of the state are in the 10+ range, supposedly.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:38:03pm

re: #320 Charles Johnson

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I can’t wait to see his reaction when Clinton becomes President, ti will make that sexist little creep go crazy.

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thedopefishlives  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:38:21pm

re: #324 HappyWarrior

I can’t wait to see his reaction when Clinton becomes President, ti will make that sexist little creep go crazy.

Go crazy? You mean he’s not already there?

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HappyWarrior  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:38:58pm

re: #325 thedopefishlives

Go crazy? You mean he’s not already there?

I mean full out. Because if anything can be learned these past seven years it is that peak wingnut is impossible.

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thedopefishlives  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:39:57pm

re: #326 HappyWarrior

I mean full out. Because if anything can be learned these past seven years it is that peak wingnut is impossible.

They have somehow managed to dig a hole all the way to China, but that still hasn’t stopped them. They’re inventing new methods of digging into outer space on the other side.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:41:05pm

re: #327 thedopefishlives

They have somehow managed to dig a hole all the way to China, but that still hasn’t stopped them. They’re inventing new methods of digging into outer space on the other side.

Exactly and man CCJ’s jealously of Deray is precious. He really can’t stand someone who has actually accomplished something in his life when he’s stuck in his in law’s basement begging strangers for money and thinking Ted Cruz will actually want his help.

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Skip Intro  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:41:28pm

re: #315 Dr. Matt

Dentist, Lawyer, and Real Estate Extraordinaire Orly Taitz:

Iowa results smell like massive rigging, Trump needs to spend money on checking the results and he needs his people doing exit polling in every precinct in NH and all other states (embedded with donotlink)

Taitz is branching out, marketing her beauty secrets.

You, too, can look like Orly Taitz.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:42:31pm

Good TP article on why Rubio is anything but a moderate.
thinkprogress.org
And this is exactly why I called him a piece of shit last night.

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Not a Sparkly Vampire  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:46:01pm

Forget coin tosses.
Let’s go with thumb wrestling!

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HappyWarrior  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:46:38pm

re: #331 Not a Sparkly Vampire

Forget coin tosses.
Let’s go with thumb wrestling!

Drinking contests.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:47:12pm

Whoever can do the most shots gets all the delegates. Winner take all bruh.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:47:28pm

Just had an interesting conversation about the Iowa caucus results with MrBWS on Skype. Went something like this:
Him: Hillary won? Not that old guy?
Me: It was very close, but yes.
Him: Not good. She wants take all the guns.
Me: (WTF???)
Me: Who is telling you that nonsense?
Him: You know, the guys.
Me: The eejits you work with?
Him: Well, yeah…
Me: Tell them they are all too stupid to own a gun if they believe shit like that. Hillary will take away as many guns as Obama has.
Him: But Obama hasn’t taken any guns.
Me: Exactly.
Him: Oh. OK then.

good grief…

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thedopefishlives  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:49:42pm

re: #334 Backwoods_Sleuth

MrBWS sounds like he had himself a Gibbs-slap moment.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:49:45pm

re: #334 Backwoods_Sleuth

Just had an interesting conversation about the Iowa caucus results with MrBWS on Skype. Went something like this:
Him: Hillary won? Not that old guy?
Me: It was very close, but yes.
Him: Not good. She wants take all the guns.
Me: (WTF???)
Me: Who is telling you that nonsense?
Him: You know, the guys.
Me: The eejits you work with?
Him: Well, yeah…
Me: Tell them they are all too stupid to own a gun if they believe shit like that. Hillary will take away as many guns as Obama has.
Him: But Obama hasn’t taken any guns.
Me: Exactly.
Him: Oh. OK then.

good grief…

Well if Wayne LaPierre actually had to tell the truth to gun owners about gun politics, he wouldn’t be able to make the arms industry millions of dollars because gun owners wouldn’t rush to buy guns whenever a Democrat was elected to office.

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EmmaAnne  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:52:12pm

re: #329 Skip Intro

Taitz is branching out, marketing her beauty secrets.

You, too, can look like Orly Taitz.

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I always squirm a little when women are criticized based on their looks or grooming.

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Charles Johnson  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:52:45pm

Tweeted Images

(Don’t open in a new window or tab!)

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unproven innocence  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:52:57pm

re: #336 HappyWarrior

Well if Wayne LaPierre actually had to tell the truth to gun owners about gun politics, he wouldn’t be able to make the arms industry millions of dollars because gun owners wouldn’t rush to buy guns whenever a Democrat was elected to office.

Nice conspiracy theory, there. May it spread far and wide. /

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:53:11pm

re: #335 thedopefishlives

re: #336 HappyWarrior

MrBWS was also shocked when I informed him that non-gunowners vastly outnumber gunowners in this country.
He truly believed that most Americans own guns.
I told him to tell all of his little penis friends that I, a gunowner for my entire adult life, said to tell them that.

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Skip Intro  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:54:03pm

re: #337 EmmaAnne

Just women?

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Pawn of the Oppressor  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:54:27pm

re: #275 Dr. Matt

That boy sees penises everywhere. He needs counseling.

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thedopefishlives  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:55:02pm

re: #341 Skip Intro

Just women?

To be fair, it doesn’t really happen all that often to men, except for the occasional accusations of a particularly ripped male specimen “juicing”.

Edit: I should clarify. Relatively speaking, it doesn’t really happen all that often.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:55:32pm
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EPR-radar  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:55:36pm

re: #329 Skip Intro

(deleted)

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Skip Intro  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:55:51pm

re: #343 thedopefishlives

Do Trump or Cruz count?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:56:12pm
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HappyWarrior  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:57:17pm

re: #340 Backwoods_Sleuth

MrBWS was also shocked when I informed him that non-gunowners vastly outnumber gunowners in this country.
He truly believed that most Americans own guns.
I told him to tell all of his little penis friends that I, a gunowner for my entire adult life, said to tell them that.

I can honestly say I’ve never wanted to own a gun in my life. What bothers me honestly is gun hoarding and how right wing politicians and lobbyists encourage it.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:57:43pm

re: #347 Backwoods_Sleuth

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I always hated when my Dad forgot to pick me up from school too.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:57:57pm
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Skip Intro  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:58:15pm

re: #347 Backwoods_Sleuth

So it’s the FBI and OSP who are the ones responsible for the armed occupation of Harney County and Burns.

Good to know.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:58:33pm

re: #343 thedopefishlives

To be fair, it doesn’t really happen all that often to men, except for the occasional accusations of a particularly ripped male specimen “juicing”.

I think it does happen with men but not as much from strangers.

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Decatur Deb  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:58:41pm

re: #347 Backwoods_Sleuth

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The land does belong to the people. that’s his problem, he wants to give it at firesale prices to the billionaire corps.

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EPR-radar  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:59:13pm

re: #348 HappyWarrior

I can honestly say I’ve never wanted to own a gun in my life. What bothers me honestly is gun hoarding and how right wing politicians and lobbyists encourage it.

I still can’t believe that nonsense here the other day about how office workers and shop owners should accept open carry as somehow being ‘normal’.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:59:50pm

re: #347 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Interesting that Ammon says FBI and OSP presence is an “armed occupation”, but his group were just peaceful protesters whose actions are just civil disobedience.

What a loon.

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Decatur Deb  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:59:54pm

re: #344 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Excellent Groundhog Day riff.

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Skip Intro  Feb 2, 2016 • 2:59:57pm

re: #353 Decatur Deb

Ammon needs a couple of more months in solitary to clear out the horseshit his dad has been teaching him for decades.

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Pawn of the Oppressor  Feb 2, 2016 • 3:01:00pm

re: #328 HappyWarrior

INT TED CRUZ CAMPAIGN OFFICE
Chucksie is being interviewed for a real jerb.

“So, what are your accomplishments?”
“I singlehandedly destroyed several internet websites!”
“What’s your position on women’s rights?”
“They have the right to remain silent! EL OH EL! Up top!”
*awkward pause*
“What about things like abortion, and rape?”
“I raped a couch once!”
“How about dirty politics?”
“I shit on my enemies! Sometimes they don’t even know it until the janitor makes his rounds.”

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HappyWarrior  Feb 2, 2016 • 3:01:29pm

re: #354 EPR-radar

I still can’t believe that nonsense here the other day about how office workers and shop owners should accept open carry as somehow being ‘normal’.

I think I missed that. That just sounds stupid and unsafe. I’ll tell you what really infuriates me are seeing photos of men carrying small children with an open concealed weapon. That just pisses me off so much. I also get tired of their constant whining at businesses who want to keep their customers safe by forbidding it. They’re free to boycott as is their right but it’s also my right to tell them that they’re a bunch of assholes who have no regard for other people’s well being when they bring their dick surrogates to eat a sandwich.

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EPR-radar  Feb 2, 2016 • 3:01:53pm

re: #355 Backwoods_Sleuth

Interesting that Ammon says FBI and OSP presence is an “armed occupation”, but his group were just peaceful protesters whose actions are just civil disobedience.

What a loon.

I must have missed the history lecture that covered the armed occupations carried out by Martin Luther King et al. back in the day.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2016 • 3:02:11pm

re: #359 HappyWarrior

You get one guess who said that.

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thedopefishlives  Feb 2, 2016 • 3:02:18pm

re: #352 HappyWarrior

I think it does happen with men but not as much from strangers.

Indeed, and I went back and edited to that effect. When you look at it as an aggregate, men are not as often targeted negatively based on their looks - aside from generic derogatory statements such as picking on someone’s weight.

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Lidane  Feb 2, 2016 • 3:02:24pm

re: #353 Decatur Deb

The land does belong to the people. that’s his problem, he wants to give it at firesale prices to the billionaire corps.

These dumbshits expect the feds to cede control of the land and immediately give everyone 40 acres and a mule their very own personal fiefdom where they can build their own Petoria.

It never dawns on them that if the feds give the land back to the states, the states will immediately sell it off to large corporations that will be far less forgiving about people trespassing on their land.

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EmmaAnne  Feb 2, 2016 • 3:02:29pm

re: #341 Skip Intro

Just women?

More so, because women are judged more based on their looks, and they are always in the wrong. Too fat or too old or too sexy or too much makeup or not enough.

People making fun of Bernie’s hair doesn’t affect his image the way people making fun of Hillary’s would.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 2, 2016 • 3:03:23pm

re: #361 Backwoods_Sleuth

You get one guess who said that.

Gosh does his name rhyme with Lark Halcon? I like the guy but man he just has no regard at all for why some of us don’t want guns in our homes or businesses we’re patronizing.

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Skip Intro  Feb 2, 2016 • 3:03:52pm

re: #363 Lidane

Actually they expect the Feds to cede control and give the land to them.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 2, 2016 • 3:04:09pm

re: #364 EmmaAnne

More so, because women are judged more based on their looks, and they are always in the wrong. Too fat or too old or too sexy or too much makeup or not enough.

People making fun of Bernie’s hair doesn’t affect his image the way people making fun of Hillary’s would.

Yeah with guys, it’s more making fun of it. Lot more pressure on women for their looks than men.

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Decatur Deb  Feb 2, 2016 • 3:04:48pm

re: #364 EmmaAnne

More so, because women are judged more based on their looks, and they are always in the wrong. Too fat or too old or too sexy or too much makeup or not enough.

People making fun of Bernie’s hair doesn’t affect his image the way people making fun of Hillary’s would.

TBF, Trump will live or die on comb-over jokes.

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Lidane  Feb 2, 2016 • 3:05:07pm

re: #366 Skip Intro

Actually they expect the Feds to cede control and give the land to them.

Sure. Their own personal fiefdom.

They’re too stupid and delusional to understand that the feds giving the land back to the states would mean a fire sale on land by the states to large corporate interests.

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Whack-A-Mole  Feb 2, 2016 • 3:05:18pm

re: #351 Skip Intro

Saying that the militants leaving will permit the FBI to end their armed occupation takes a world-record shattering level of chutzpah.

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EPR-radar  Feb 2, 2016 • 3:05:47pm

re: #365 HappyWarrior

Gosh does his name rhyme with Lark Halcon? I like the guy but man he just has no regard at all for why some of us don’t want guns in our homes or businesses we’re patronizing.

I’m convinced that this guns everywhere business really is a form of insanity.

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Lidane  Feb 2, 2016 • 3:06:00pm

re: #370 Whack-A-Mole

Saying that the militants leaving will permit the FBI to end their armed occupation takes a world-record shattering level of chutzpah.

Or decades of brainwashing in sovereign citizen bullshit.

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Decatur Deb  Feb 2, 2016 • 3:07:15pm

re: #370 Whack-A-Mole

Saying that the militants leaving will permit the FBI to end their armed occupation takes a world-record shattering level of chutzpah.

Other than simple overwhelming firepower, the LE guys can enter any time they want. There were no chemical agent masks in any of the Fort Tarp images.

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danarchy  Feb 2, 2016 • 3:08:28pm

re: #343 thedopefishlives

To be fair, it doesn’t really happen all that often to men, except for the occasional accusations of a particularly ripped male specimen “juicing”.

Edit: I should clarify. Relatively speaking, it doesn’t really happen all that often.

Unless people are criticizing Christie or Huckabee for being fat, or Bernie for looking like your crazy uncle, or Trumps hair, or Rubio’s boots, or Ted Cruz for looking like Grandpa Munster or Joseph McCarthy or a greasy used car salesman etc etc.

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lawhawk  Feb 2, 2016 • 3:09:11pm

re: #347 Backwoods_Sleuth

Go home so their lives aren’t taken? Seriously? First, Bundy and his cabal called on all manner of extremist to show up. They did. A bunch were wishing/hoping for a violent confrontation. A few even hoped for a shootout with law enforcement to go out in a blaze of glory.

All of it over a patch of land that none of them had any connection to. All of them were squatting on land that belongs to all of us - a national wildlife refuge. They then proceeded to engage in any number of documented crimes (grand theft auto, vandalism, improper access of federal computer systems, etc.)

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HappyWarrior  Feb 2, 2016 • 3:09:56pm

re: #371 EPR-radar

I’m convinced that this guns everywhere business really is a form of insanity.

It really is. Want one at home? Fine but you don’t need one everywhere. It’s not safe nor is it reasonable.

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Pawn of the Oppressor  Feb 2, 2016 • 3:10:11pm

re: #370 Whack-A-Mole

The whole family is fcking sick in the head. They get it from their father. They’re an interesting case study in the Nature vs. Nurture argument vis-a-vis mental illness and personality disorders.

Somehow being a completely un-self-aware King of All Assholes has been passed down from father to son. Is it learned behavior, or a trait like curly hair or eye color? It’s really amazing. I wonder if growing up isolated in an educational vacuum is a contributing factor.

If your father is at war with imaginary forces, and you have no outside references to compare to, does that mean you mimic your father’s behavior exactly? Do you come to believe in those same forces? Is delusion transmittable?

Amazing how one family of utter shitheads can cause so much trouble. I said before… No More Bundys, problem solved. And within the confines of the law, I don’t care how it happens. If you can’t live within your society, you need to leave it - on an airplane, on a bus, feet-first, I don’t care.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 2, 2016 • 3:10:25pm

Anyhow guys gotta get ready for class tonight. Later.

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Decatur Deb  Feb 2, 2016 • 3:12:07pm

re: #377 Pawn of the Oppressor

The whole family is fcking sick in the head. They get it from their father. They’re an interesting case study in the Nature vs. Nurture argument vis-a-vis mental illness and personality disorders.

Somehow being a completely un-self-aware King of All Assholes has been passed down from father to son. Is it learned behavior, or a trait like curly hair or eye color? It’s really amazing. I wonder if growing up isolated in an educational vacuum is a contributing factor.

If your father is at war with imaginary forces, and you have no outside references to compare to, does that mean you mimic your father’s behavior exactly? Do you come to believe in those same forces? Is delusion transmittable?

Amazing how one family of utter shitheads can cause so much trouble. I said before… No More Bundys, problem solved. And within the confines of the law, I don’t care how it happens. If you can’t live within your society, you need to leave it - on an airplane, on a bus, feet-first, I don’t care.

Of course delusion is transmittable. Our thinly-populated county has 160 institutions and their buildings dedicated to transmitting it.

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EPR-radar  Feb 2, 2016 • 3:12:13pm

Oh look, the Log Cabin Republicans are being useless jackasses, as usual.

dailykos.com

These quislings are targeting Hillary Clinton for leading from behind on LGBT rights.

That may be true, but it is also completely irrelevant. The Log Cabin Republicans are providing cover for a party that would prefer to see them dead, unless they’re rich enough to donate GOP.

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ipsos  Feb 2, 2016 • 3:14:40pm

re: #211 Shiplord Kirel

Looks like an up-market whorehouse in an oil boom-town, a time dishonored tradition in places like Dallas, Tulsa, and, latterly, Dubai. Bet they have them in Fargo now.

Wrong end of a very big state. No fracking in Fargo. Go 300 miles west to Minot or Williston and I’m sure you’ll find what you’re looking for there.

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EPR-radar  Feb 2, 2016 • 3:15:21pm

re: #379 Decatur Deb

Of course delusion is transmittable. Our thinly-populated county has 160 buildings dedicated to transmitting it.

Another example of this is the Republican party, which runs entirely on delusions these days.

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ObserverArt  Feb 2, 2016 • 3:17:49pm

No offense to Backwoods Sleuth or MrBWS, but I am so sick of hearing about Democrats taking your someones guns. This crap has been going on since Bill Clinton and it has been driven by the NRA (LaPierre started there in 1991) along with talk radio boobs like Rush Limbaugh.

25 years. That is plenty of time for the Democrats that have been in office in those years to have some pretty good gun taking. yet not one gun has been taken and millions more have been sold.

I love our forefathers and the US Constitution …they really screwed up on the language of Amendment 2.

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Jebediah, RBG  Feb 2, 2016 • 3:17:52pm

re: #39 Not a Sparkly Vampire

I always have pizza in the freezer.
Always.

Not me. Way too cramped and cold in there. I prefer having it in the kitchen or living room.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2016 • 3:18:22pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2016 • 3:18:55pm

re: #383 ObserverArt

I’m sick of hearing it, too.

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Whack-A-Mole  Feb 2, 2016 • 3:19:10pm

re: #377 Pawn of the Oppressor

Out of curiosity, anyone know if the Bundy kids were home-schooled? I’m betting they were; kept in the same stream of parental crazy from birth to adulthood without ever learning critical thinking skills needed to overcome the crazy sounds likely.

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calochortus  Feb 2, 2016 • 3:24:56pm

re: #387 Whack-A-Mole

Out of curiosity, anyone know if the Bundy kids were home-schooled? I’m betting they were; kept in the same stream of parental crazy from birth to adulthood without ever learning critical thinking skills needed to overcome the crazy sounds likely.

I don’t know, but I would suspect sending your kids to public school in a conservative Mormon enclave wouldn’t expose them to too much liberal propaganda. I did see an article from 2014 where Ryan Bundy pulled his kids (including a 15 year old) out of public school because they couldn’t carry knives (which they needed to do their chores at home or something-didn’t explain why they need to take them to school.) So apparently his kids were in public schools for years.

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BeachDem  Feb 2, 2016 • 3:50:19pm

re: #309 bratwurst

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The shock isn’t that Trump lost, it’s that he almost won on hats.

The “Ready for Hillary” pac had THE best swag—and they gave it away at every event. Shirts, lanyards, buttons, all kinds of stuff. They were the most popular people at every political event I attended in 2014 and early 2015.

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Great White Snark  Feb 2, 2016 • 3:56:18pm

re: #383 ObserverArt

Gotta point out the California legislature managed to pull off a handgun ban that takes complete effect over the course of years. No new handgun can pass the “safety” test, which requires non existent serial number technology. . In the end it’s a handgun sales ban.

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Lancelot Link  Feb 2, 2016 • 6:17:22pm

re: #390 Great White Snark

I consider that a good thing, having had one too many handguns pointed in my direction.

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WCBadger  Feb 3, 2016 • 9:57:04am

A hauntingly beautiful song.


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