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teleskiguy  Feb 9, 2016 • 6:57:23pm
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Kragar  Feb 9, 2016 • 6:57:45pm
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Belafon  Feb 9, 2016 • 6:58:21pm

Is South Carolina next week?

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Feb 9, 2016 • 6:58:25pm

We blew up that last thread.

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b_sharp  Feb 9, 2016 • 6:58:49pm

I didn’t see Peter Florrick’s name in there. I’m confused.

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bratwurst  Feb 9, 2016 • 6:59:29pm
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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Feb 9, 2016 • 6:59:29pm

Ok didn’t expect Trump to be thanking people.

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Brian J.  Feb 9, 2016 • 6:59:46pm

re: #3 Belafon

Is South Carolina next week?

Republicans, yes. Democrats have Nevada next week and South Carolina a week after that.

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freetoken  Feb 9, 2016 • 6:59:56pm

Medal placements in NH:

Gold - Trump
Silver - Kasich
Bronze - Cruz
Iron - Jeb!
Stone - Rubio
Wood - Christie
Woven Reeds - Fiorina

… and last and not least…

A New Suit of Clothes - Carson

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Targetpractice  Feb 9, 2016 • 6:59:58pm

What sticks out to me is something I read over at 538, namely that 64% of NH Dems said they’d be happy with Hillary being the nominee and 78% said the same of Bernie. So even with her loss tonight, she still enjoys a strong level of support amongst Dem voters.

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Joe Bacon  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:00:05pm

AP just called 2nd place on the GOP side for Kasich.

Right now you know that L’il Marky Mark is throwing a fit…

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Belafon  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:00:22pm

re: #8 Brian J.

Republicans, yes. Democrats have Nevada next week and South Carolina a week after that.

Thanks.

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thedopefishlives  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:00:31pm
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Brian J.  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:00:56pm

re: #9 freetoken

Medal placements in NH:

Gold - Trump
Silver - Kasich
Bronze - Cruz
Iron - Jeb!
Stone - Rubio
Wood - Christie
Woven Reeds - Fiorina

… and last and not least…

A New Suit of Clothes - Carson

Depleted uranium for Gilmore.

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Targetpractice  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:01:07pm

re: #8 Brian J.

Republicans, yes. Democrats have Nevada next week and South Carolina a week after that.

Little over a week, really. Plenty of time to rip our hair out in frustration and anger.

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Snarknado!  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:01:20pm

re: #7 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Ok didn’t expect Trump to be thanking people.

Trump sounding conciliatory. Now THAT’s a first.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:01:47pm

re: #16 Snarknado!

Trump sounding conciliatory. Now THAT’s a first.

Easy to do when you win.

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Joe Bacon  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:01:47pm

Hey, Marky Mark is getting ready to give his speech!

The Mechanical Boy Song

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:02:04pm

We’re going to beat all the countries…..

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Snarknado!  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:02:30pm

re: #17 HappyWarrior

Easy to do when you win.

Not if you’re Trump, I feel.

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Reality Based Steve  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:02:31pm

re: #11 Joe Bacon

AP just called 2nd place on the GOP side for Kasich.

Right now you know that L’il Marky Mark is throwing a fit…

Looks like Bush is about 300 votes behind Cruz, I’d love to see Cruz get kicked to fourth place, even if it’s just by 1 stinking vote.

RBS

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Belafon  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:02:46pm

There’s a kids version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? and Clinton was one of the questions. Specifically that Jefferson and five other presidents were Secretaries of State before becoming president.

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Targetpractice  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:03:03pm

re: #11 Joe Bacon

AP just called 2nd place on the GOP side for Kasich.

Right now you know that L’il Marky Mark is throwing a fit…

Prius: “Marco, it’s just one race…”

Rubio: “YOU PROMISED ME! YOU PROMISED ME THE NOMINATION COULD BE MINE!”

P: “Marco, do you want to be sent to the time-out corner again?”

R: *sniffle* “No.”

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Charles Johnson  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:03:06pm
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Major Tom  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:03:18pm

Trump attempting to make as many vague comments as possible in one speech.

We’re gonna do great things. In very terrific ways. Amazing. I’m telling you. You’ll love it.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:04:07pm

re: #22 Belafon

There’s a kids version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? and Clinton was one of the questions. Specifically that Jefferson and five other presidents were Secretaries of State before becoming president.

Used to be the stepping stone much more then VO was. John Adams was never SoS but minister to France after the revolution.

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thedopefishlives  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:04:19pm

re: #25 Major Tom

Trump attempting to make as many vague comments as possible in one speech.

We’re gonna do great things. In very terrific ways. Amazing. I’m telling you. You’ll love it.

It’ll be yuuuuuge.

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:04:37pm

Trump is going to make our military best of all countries.
//

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Kragar  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:04:43pm
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Joe Bacon  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:04:53pm

re: #24 Charles Johnson

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Looks like Chuck C flushed $5,400 down the john!

Maybe he should have taken that cash and bought MegaMillions tickets! 😉

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HappyWarrior  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:04:53pm

re: #23 Targetpractice

Prius: “Marco, it’s just one race…”

Rubio: “YOU PROMISED ME! YOU PROMISED ME THE NOMINATION COULD BE MINE!”

P: “Marco, do you want to be sent to the time-out corner again?”

M: *sniffle* “No.”

I love it.

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Reality Based Steve  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:05:03pm

re: #24 Charles Johnson

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I posted downstairs. Didn’t Rage Furby brag about putting 3500 bucks down on Cruz at something like 20:1 odds. I always thought that being stupid should be expensive.

RBS

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bratwurst  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:07:29pm

I know by now that a Trump speech is going to be stupid, but this is especially inane.

What the fuck does that even mean when he says “I will be the greatest jobs president God ever created’?

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freetoken  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:07:40pm

“Sacred Second Amendment”… and now again with the good-guy-with-a-gun fantasy…

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freetoken  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:08:16pm

“… nobody had protection…” - tell that to Bristol.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:08:26pm

Weirdest election ever though.

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:08:42pm

Trump’s crowd seems…

Trump says we have 40% unemployment.

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Major Tom  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:08:45pm

Trump: “I will be the Greatest Jobs President that God ever created.”

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HappyWarrior  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:08:46pm

re: #34 freetoken

“Sacred Second Amendment”… and now again with the good-guy-with-a-gun fantasy…

Puke.

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Charles Johnson  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:08:53pm

Trump is now telling the loony right wing crowd that unemployment is at 42%. Freaking unreal.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:09:49pm

re: #37 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Trump’s crowd seems…

Trump says we have 40% unemployment.

We didn’t even have that in the Great Depression. And I’m sure none of Trump’s supporters care either about this lie.

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Belafon  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:10:06pm

re: #37 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Trump’s crowd seems…

Trump says we have 40% unemployment.

re: #38 Major Tom

Trump: “I will be the Greatest Jobs President that God ever created.”

Think of how many more people a company can hire if they only have to pay 50 cents for wages. Think of how the economy will grow.

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thedopefishlives  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:10:12pm

re: #40 Charles Johnson

Trump is now telling the loony right wing crowd that unemployment is at 42%. Freaking unreal.

That number didn’t even come out of his ass. What the fuck, Trump.

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freetoken  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:10:20pm

ABC doesn’t make me sign in :

abcnews.go.com

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Kragar  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:10:25pm
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HappyWarrior  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:10:26pm

re: #40 Charles Johnson

Trump is now telling the loony right wing crowd that unemployment is at 42%. Freaking unreal.

This is what wins GOP primaries. Lies and more damned lies.

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KGxvi  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:10:47pm

re: #40 Charles Johnson

Trump is now telling the loony right wing crowd that unemployment is at 42%. Freaking unreal.

Well, if you count anyone over the age of 12, that number might make sense

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nines09  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:10:48pm

I want to know what that lady in New York harbor is worth in scrap. Trump is doing his best to make a mockery of her. Maybe she could be the new “Flo” in Progressive Insurance or something suitable. Not Liberty. Trump has pissed all over that notion. Truth dies at the feet of Trump.

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Major Tom  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:10:58pm

Kasich: “First of all my daughters are at home.” Neither one thought I’d even come in 5th, He went on to say.

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:11:01pm

re: #34 freetoken

“Sacred Second Amendment”… and now again with the good-guy-with-a-gun fantasy…

He didn’t even throw a bone to the religious right.

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Kragar  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:11:38pm
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jaunte  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:11:44pm

re: #43 thedopefishlives

That number didn’t even come out of his ass. What the fuck, Trump.

“42, the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything. This Answer was first calculated by the supercomputer Deep Thought after seven and a half million years of thought. This shocking answer resulted in the construction of an even larger supercomputer, named Earth, which was tasked with determining what the question was in the first place.”
hitchhikers.wikia.com

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freetoken  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:11:51pm

Kasich being not insane… but he’s still boring.

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Charles Johnson  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:12:01pm
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bratwurst  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:12:17pm
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teleskiguy  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:12:26pm

re: #40 Charles Johnson

Trump is now telling the loony right wing crowd that unemployment is at 42%. Freaking unreal.

Goddamn that’s some fuckin’ stupid shit. The Donald™ is talking out of his ass.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:12:42pm

re: #54 Charles Johnson

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And they accuse liberals of believing in leprechauns and fairies.

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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:13:03pm

I’m waiting for Rubio’s 5th place victory speech.

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nines09  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:13:04pm

re: #54 Charles Johnson

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He’s their cowboy. Hard guy. Winner. Open sore.

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The Vicious Babushka  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:13:41pm
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freetoken  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:13:43pm

Rubio going on and on about “2nd Amendment”… continually attacks Obama…

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Major Tom  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:14:20pm

re: #58 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Marco Rubio knows exactly what he’s doing.
Marco Rubio knows exactly what he’s doing.
Marco Rubio knows exactly what he’s doing.
Marco Rubio knows exactly what he’s doing.
Marco Rubio knows exactly what he’s doing.
Marco Rubio knows exactly what he’s doing.

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Snarknado!  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:14:33pm

I just ducked out and took a shower. Has Trump stopped talking yet?

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freetoken  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:14:49pm

Marco - “We will win this election”

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No Depression  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:14:58pm

re: #61 freetoken

Rubio going on and on about “2nd Amendment”… continually attacks Obama…

You would think his logic protocols would have been tweaked at least a little bit by now.

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Major Tom  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:15:12pm

re: #64 freetoken

Marco - “We will win this election”

No, he didn’t… Did he?

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De Kolta Chair  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:15:16pm

Stoopid TV, making an easy shot with nobody around for six feet is not “playing basketball.”

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Brian J.  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:15:38pm

re: #64 freetoken

Marco - “We will win this election”

He’s in the same position as Joe Lieberman at this point 12 years ago, in a three-way tie for third place.

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Big Beautiful Door  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:15:41pm

re: #58 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

I’m waiting for Rubio’s 5th place victory speech.

Don’t look now, but Rubio might have another victorious third place finish.

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Mattand  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:15:42pm

re: #24 Charles Johnson

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Just like Bill Kristoff, only more openly racist!

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Major Tom  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:15:51pm

re: #67 De Kolta Chair

This fools no one.

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Joe Bacon  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:16:38pm

Kasich said that “the light overcame the dark”.

Someone should remind Johnny that 34%> 16%…

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No Depression  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:17:22pm

re: #67 De Kolta Chair

Stoopid TV, making an easy shot with nobody around for six feet is not “playing basketball.”

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So hip!

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KGxvi  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:17:55pm

I’m seeing that Trump is at about 33% yet he’s apparently winning 9 or 10 out of 23 delegates. Isn’t this supposed to be proportional? Why is he getting extra delegates? Shouldn’t he be at 7 or 8?

Also, this result gives us the best opportunity for an open convention. There needs to be 3-5 viable candidates through Super Tuesday for it to happen. Of course, we also need someone other than Trump or Cruz to win the next two contests

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De Kolta Chair  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:18:04pm

re: #71 Major Tom

This fools no one.

And the donkey and elephant drawings are hideous. ;-)

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EPR-radar  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:18:40pm

re: #72 Joe Bacon

Kasich said that “the light overcame the dark”.

Someone should remind Johnny that 34%> 16%…

If you’re running for office as a GOPer, you don’t really get to talk about ‘light’ and ‘dark’ that way.

It’s like a Sith Lord burbling on about the light side of the force. I.e., No credibility. None. Zero. Nada. Zilch.

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ausador  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:19:06pm

Well, Trump said a year before the campaign started that he would play the media and get them to “keep the spotlight on” him. I’d say that so far his plan is working perfectly, and they still deny they’re doing it.

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Charles Johnson  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:19:09pm

Just a reminder that John Kasich is every bit as radical as any of the other GOP candidates, on the issues that really matter. He’s no moderate, and we need to fight against him just as much as we fight against Donald Trump.

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Major Tom  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:19:35pm

Kasich speech is very depressing. And Sanders talked about everything wrong. Everything!

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Brian J.  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:19:51pm

re: #74 KGxvi

I’m seeing that Trump is at about 33% yet he’s apparently winning 9 or 10 out of 23 delegates. Isn’t this supposed to be proportional? Why is he getting extra delegates? Shouldn’t he be at 7 or 8?

Also, this result gives us the best opportunity for an open convention. There needs to be 3-5 viable candidates through Super Tuesday for it to happen. Of course, we also need someone other than Trump or Cruz to win the next two contests

There’s a 10% threshold for delegates, and all delegates that don’t get awarded to other candidates go to the winner. So the 15% or so of voters who supported Christie, Fiorina, Carson, and the ballot mice effectively give Trump more delegates.

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KGxvi  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:19:54pm

re: #67 De Kolta Chair

First candidate that dunks on TV has my vote

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bratwurst  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:20:18pm

The wrongest pundit in all punditry is not slowing down:

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Major Tom  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:20:47pm

Jeb!/Kasich A slower America. No running.

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Big Beautiful Door  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:20:56pm

re: #74 KGxvi

I’m seeing that Trump is at about 33% yet he’s apparently winning 9 or 10 out of 23 delegates. Isn’t this supposed to be proportional? Why is he getting extra delegates? Shouldn’t he be at 7 or 8?

Also, this result gives us the best opportunity for an open convention. There needs to be 3-5 viable candidates through Super Tuesday for it to happen. Of course, we also need someone other than Trump or Cruz to win the next two contests

You have to get 10% of the vote to qualify for delegates, so the winners will get a higher percentage of the delegates than their vote percentage.

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freetoken  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:21:05pm

Kasich trying the “I’m human” approach in his speech… but I doubt that’ll even get him bronze in SC or NV.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:21:07pm

re: #30 Joe Bacon

No, Le Furby au Rage put that down for the general, not for NH.

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Brian J.  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:21:14pm

re: #79 Major Tom

Kasich speech is very depressing. And Sanders talked about everything wrong. Everything!

Yep, he’s reinforcing Trump’s message that everything is awful by overstating unemployment and rejecting the improvements resulting from what Obama’s managed to accomplish over the last 8 years. Expect much more vigorous pushback by, oh, every Democrat with his salt starting tomorrow morning, God willing.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:21:29pm
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Decatur Deb  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:21:31pm

re: #72 Joe Bacon

Kasich said that “the light overcame the dark”.

Someone should remind Johnny that 34%> 16%…

He’s referring to NH demographics.

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freetoken  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:21:41pm

K: “We’re all made to heal this world” - nice little sermon. Trump’s supporters are having none of it.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:22:06pm

re: #32 Reality Based Steve

I posted downstairs. Didn’t Rage Furby brag about putting 3500 bucks down on Cruz at something like 20:1 odds. I always thought that being stupid should be expensive.

RBS

He put down $5,400 and invited people to pool their bets with him.

For the record, this is the same guy who flies cross-country willy-nilly, yet still has two crowdfunding campaigns dead in the water (the “secret” Hillary oppo project and his “legal defense fund”).

I wonder whose money he’s betting with.

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bratwurst  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:22:21pm

re: #81 KGxvi

First candidate that dunks on TV has my vote

You know, the Democrats DID have a chance to nominate a no fooling basketball hall of famer and 2X NBA champion not so long ago!

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jaunte  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:22:25pm

re: #88 Backwoods_Sleuth

I would love to listen in on their editorial meetings.

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gocart mozart  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:22:47pm
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Major Tom  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:22:48pm

Kasich bragging while he can.

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freetoken  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:23:11pm

Christie on…

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EPR-radar  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:23:13pm

re: #78 Charles Johnson

Just a reminder that John Kasich is just as radical as any of the other GOP candidates, on the issues that really matter. He’s no moderate, and we need to fight against him just as much as we fight against Donald Trump.

100% agreed. After all, when was the last time anyone sensible thought hard about a public policy question and said: “Gee, we should really get some input from Republicans on this issue”.

When they aren’t being actively evil, GOPers are just totally useless.

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teleskiguy  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:23:18pm

re: #82 bratwurst

The wrongest pundit in all punditry is not slowing down:

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:23:27pm

re: #93 jaunte

I would love to listen in on their editorial meetings.

I can’t tell if it’s a real Daily News front page, or Beard just having some photoshop fun.

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Big Beautiful Door  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:23:41pm

re: #82 bratwurst

The wrongest pundit in all punditry is not slowing down:

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I think Rubio had his Ed Muskie/Rick Perry/Howard Dean moment. I may be wrong, but I don’t think he will be the nominee.

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freetoken  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:23:47pm

Christie sounding down

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jaunte  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:24:02pm

re: #91 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

I wonder whose money he’s betting with.

You can’t rely on him telling the truth about anything; there may be no bet at all.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:24:12pm

re: #92 bratwurst

You know, the Democrats DID have a chance to nominate a no fooling basketball hall of famer not so long ago!

Would have been the tallest president ever and the first hall of famer elected President. I remember thinking Bradley was a cool option because of that alone. I have no idea how he would have done against the Republicans though. Anyone with a better memory and more knowledge of Bill have more insight?

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Joe Bacon  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:24:13pm

Now BSNBC is slobbering all over Kasich…

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Brian J.  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:24:15pm

It’s real, or at least going out on their Twitter feed.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:24:36pm

re: #104 Joe Bacon

Now BSNBC is slobbering all over Kasich…

Poor Rubio. //

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Amory Blaine  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:24:37pm

re: #101 freetoken

Someone, get him a teacher to yell at!

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The Vicious Babushka  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:24:56pm
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KGxvi  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:25:39pm

re: #80 Brian J.

re: #84 Big Beautiful Door

So then, we should be rooting for Christie to get to 10%? Entirely in the “rooting for injuries” sense.

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jaunte  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:25:40pm
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Ojoe  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:25:42pm

re: #54 Charles Johnson

It would be easy enough in an engineering sense.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:26:02pm
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HappyWarrior  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:26:22pm

re: #108 The Vicious Babushka

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Uh John you’re from the party that literally nominated the guy who probably had Alheimers in his presidency. What a douche. Thank you Charles for mentioning the above about Kasich. He’s no moderate.

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EPR-radar  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:26:26pm

re: #108 The Vicious Babushka

Kasich is a vicious piece of shit running to be the nominee of a truly shitty political party.

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bratwurst  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:26:37pm

re: #103 HappyWarrior

Would have been the tallest president ever and the first hall of famer elected President. I remember thinking Bradley was a cool option because of that alone. I have no idea how he would have done against the Republicans though. Anyone with a better memory and more knowledge of Bill have more insight?

Bottom line: didn’t have half of the charisma required.

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freetoken  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:26:47pm

So, I guess this is the standing-down speech by Christie…

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The Vicious Babushka  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:27:08pm

re: #111 Ojoe

It would be easy enough in an engineering sense.

Nope

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HappyWarrior  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:27:29pm

re: #115 bratwurst

Bottom line: didn’t have half of the charisma required.

Ah okay. Too bad, wasn’t he also a Rhodes Scholar like Bill Clinton was?

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Charles Johnson  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:27:45pm
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Major Tom  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:27:45pm

re: #116 freetoken

This certainly sounds like a bow out.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:28:04pm

re: #119 Charles Johnson

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Thank you Charles.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:28:05pm
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Decatur Deb  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:28:07pm

re: #111 Ojoe

It would be easy enough in an engineering sense.

Erecting the grain storage pyramids every 100 miles would bog it down.

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freetoken  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:28:25pm

Since Christie sounds like he is exiting… switched to Cruz…

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freetoken  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:28:43pm

Cruz bragging about coming in 3rd…

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Brian J.  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:29:16pm

re: #125 freetoken

Cruz bragging about coming in 3rd…

He has opened his lead to about 600 votes over Jeb~.

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KGxvi  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:29:30pm

re: #103 HappyWarrior

Bradley in 2000 was basically Bernie in this election. Gore was basically looking at a coronation and Bradley never really had a chance. He was way too liberal, even for the Democratoc Party in 2000.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:29:34pm

re: #38 Major Tom

Trump: “I will be the Greatest Jobs President that God ever created.”

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Big Beautiful Door  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:29:53pm

re: #125 freetoken

Cruz bragging about coming in 3rd…

3rd is the new first in the GOP

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teleskiguy  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:29:58pm

BELIEVE ME! IT’S GONNA BE TERRIFIC! I’M TELLING YOU! THERE WILL BE SO MANY JOBS THAT YOU WILL GET BORED WHEN YOU LEARN THAT THERE ARE SO MANY JOBS! I’LL HIRE THE BEST MEN TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, IT WILL BE WONDERFUL!

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Feline Fearless Leader  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:30:12pm

re: #91 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

He put down $5,400 and invited people to pool their bets with him.

For the record, this is the same guy who flies cross-country willy-nilly, yet still has two crowdfunding campaigns dead in the water (the “secret” Hillary oppo project and his “legal defense fund”).

I wonder whose money he’s betting with.

Probably the payoff he got for his as yet unrevealed clever plan to make LinkedIn stock value fall off a cliff.

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jaunte  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:30:16pm
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Reality Based Steve  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:31:15pm

An acquaintance of mine on FB just posted that “Trumps Victory is a Triumph of the Will”. I told him that he MAY want to rephrase that…. but in retrospect he may be on to something.

RBS

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Targetpractice  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:31:58pm

So I suppose it will be Carson, Fiorina, and Christie out the door. Bush and Kasich will trundle on for at least another go, hopeful they can somehow pull in enough delegates to have leverage at the convention.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:32:00pm
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goddamnedfrank  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:32:08pm
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freetoken  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:32:37pm

re: #129 Big Beautiful Door

3rd is the new first in the GOP

And this is the crowd that laments “political correctness” and given every sports participants ribbons…

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HappyWarrior  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:32:55pm

re: #127 KGxvi

Bradley in 2000 was basically Bernie in this election. Gore was basically looking at a coronation and Bradley never really had a chance. He was way too liberal, even for the Democratoc Party in 2000.

Ah okay. Thought Bradley had a little more mustard than Bradley would have. Knew Gore was a shoe in though since he was associated with a very popular Clinton administration.

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Reality Based Steve  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:33:00pm

re: #132 jaunte

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And when you factor in that 10 Y/Os aren’t allowed to work in coal mines any more, it’s no wonder our economy is in such poor shape. Small children are the most cost efficient way to get the coal out of the narrow places. ////

RBS

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goddamnedfrank  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:33:14pm

Fuckin’ double post and I haven’t even had a drink!

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HappyWarrior  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:33:45pm

re: #136 goddamnedfrank

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Heh exactly Frank.

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freetoken  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:33:51pm

“We must defend the Constitution… marriage… religious liberty… and always defend the 2nd Amendment…”

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HappyWarrior  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:34:15pm

re: #135 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Yeah no shit you didn’t do well, you fucking parroted Glenn Beck and looked like an even bigger hack than you are.

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Belafon  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:34:16pm

re: #139 Reality Based Steve

And when you factor in that 10 Y/Os aren’t allowed to work in coal mines any more, it’s now wonder our economy is in such poor shape. Small children are the most cost efficient way to get the coal out of the narrow places. ////

RBS

These days, they’d work on assembly lines, where their short stature means you could put two floors in a building for each one you’d need for adults.

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Barefoot Grin  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:34:33pm

The lesson of the Obama years for right wingers: don’t fuckin’ try to bring us together. That makes you a fuckin’ divider!

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EPR-radar  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:34:52pm

re: #133 Reality Based Steve

An acquaintance of mine on FB just posted that “Trumps Victory is a Triumph of the Will”. I told him that he MAY want to rephrase that…. but in retrospect he may be on to something.

RBS

Anyone who runs as fascist a campaign as Trump has done is going to end up echoing bits and pieces of earlier history.

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Joe Bacon  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:35:07pm

BSNBC now saying that Christie is going back to Jersey to “re-evaluate”. In other words, he’s out.

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Brian J.  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:35:08pm

re: #145 Barefoot Grin

The lesson of the Obama years for right wingers: don’t fuckin’ try to bring us together. That makes you a fuckin’ divider!

And the lesson on the left… sadly, may be just the same.

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Big Beautiful Door  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:35:18pm

re: #134 Targetpractice

So I suppose it will be Carson, Fiorina, and Christie out the door. Bush and Kasich will trundle on for at least another go, hopeful they can somehow pull in enough delegates to have leverage at the convention.

At this point its really hard to see how Trump or Cruz is not the GOP nominee. Rubio looks like toast, Bush spent a gazillion dollars to finish fourth, and can anyone really see Kasich winning?

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teleskiguy  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:36:16pm

Fuckin’ Donald Trump won the New Hampshire primary. Donald Trump is a candidate for president of the United States.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:36:41pm

re: #149 Big Beautiful Door

At this point its really hard to see how Trump or Cruz is not the GOP nominee. Rubio looks like toast, Bush spent a gazillion dollars to finish fourth, and can anyone really see Kasich winning?

I don’t see it. It’s going to be Trump or Cruz honestly at this point. Would have given Rubio a bigger shot had he finished better tonight but he really crapped the bed as I hoped he would.

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Decatur Deb  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:37:05pm

re: #149 Big Beautiful Door

At this point its really hard to see how Trump or Cruz is not the GOP nominee. Rubio looks like toast, Bush spent a gazillion dollars to finish fourth, and can anyone really see Kasich winning?

If he’s the last non-Trump/Cruz standing. The people at the heart of the GOP have a lot riding on this.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:37:11pm

If anyone is watching or has watched HBO’s Vinyl premiere, the guy playing Bo Diddley is Kareem Bunton, a NYC-based musician who just so happens to be a former student of mine.

Source: Instagram, Kareem Bunton

Bo Diddley is one of Kareem’s heroes.

About Vinyl vulture.com

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:37:17pm

re: #147 Joe Bacon

BSNBC now saying that Christie is going back to Jersey to “re-evaluate”. In other words, he’s out.

Christie needs to bring a mop with him.

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Targetpractice  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:37:29pm

re: #149 Big Beautiful Door

At this point its really hard to see how Trump or Cruz is not the GOP nominee. Rubio looks like toast, Bush spent a gazillion dollars to finish fourth, and can anyone really see Kasich winning?

Weirder shit has happened, but I think too many stars would have to align for Kasich to win the nomination. Rubio is still a threat, but certainly less of one than a week ago. It remains Trump’s nomination to lose.

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freetoken  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:37:30pm

“We put Washington on the run..” - I have no idea to what Cruz is alluding.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:37:33pm

San Antonio Spurs head coach was not a happy camper when he heard the NH results.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:37:39pm

re: #150 teleskiguy

Fuckin’ Donald Trump won the New Hampshire primary. Donald Trump is a candidate for president of the United States.

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Pat Buchanan who won this same GOP and state’s primary 20 years ago but yeah the Dems are the real racists because of the racists they kicked out of their party 60 years ago whose ideological descendants have been voting Republican.

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Kragar  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:37:57pm

re: #82 bratwurst

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jaunte  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:38:20pm

re: #156 freetoken

“We put Washington on the run..” - I have no idea to what Cruz is alluding.

He keeps trying to make “Washington Cartel” happen. It’s not happening.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:38:24pm

re: #153 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

If anyone is watching or has watched HBO’s Vinyl premiere, the guy playing Bo Diddley is Kareem Bunton, a NYC-based musician who just so happens to be a former student of mine.

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Bo Diddley is one of Kareem’s heroes.

About Vinyl vulture.com

Oh? My Dad and I were wondering about when that started. Gotta catch that. Congrats to your former student. Quite a honor, I know you must be proud.

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EPR-radar  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:38:30pm

re: #149 Big Beautiful Door

At this point its really hard to see how Trump or Cruz is not the GOP nominee. Rubio looks like toast, Bush spent a gazillion dollars to finish fourth, and can anyone really see Kasich winning?

That’s how I see it as well. If so, we’ll have the bizarre spectacle of the GOP establishment playing kingmaker between two alternatives they despise: Trump and Cruz.

The odds for a GOP convention floor fight seem to be improving, although they are still low.

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Brian J.  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:38:56pm

re: #160 jaunte

He keeps trying to make “Washington Cartel” happen. It’s not happening.

That Cartel is so fetch.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:39:01pm

re: #160 jaunte

He keeps trying to make “Washington Cartel” happen. It’s not happening.

If he hates Washington so fucking much, he should refuse his salary and benefits out of principle but shockah he doesn’t.

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Belafon  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:39:03pm

re: #157 Eric The Fruit Bat

San Antonio Spurs head coach was not a happy camper when he heard the NH results.

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I’m in Mavs country, so I don’t know enough about Popovich’s political leanings.

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Big Beautiful Door  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:39:23pm

re: #152 Decatur Deb

If he’s the last non-Trump/Cruz standing. The people at the heart of the GOP have a lot riding on this.

Yes, but regardless of what those people want, they can’t perform miracles. If the GOP voters select Trump or Cruz, then the nominee will be Trump or Cruz.

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KGxvi  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:40:25pm

re: #149 Big Beautiful Door

I could see Bush, Kasich, or Rubio winning in a three man race against Trump and Cruz. Trump and Cruz together probably top out at a combined 45% in that scenario with the other 55% going to the remaining establishment guy.

But in a 4 or 5 man race? Fuck if I know what’ll happen. But I’ll throw this out there: if Trump or Cruz win the nomination without a majority (or close to a majority) in any state, there’s a real chance of a protest candidate gaining steam

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HappyWarrior  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:40:47pm

re: #165 Belafon

I’m in Mavs country, so I don’t know enough about Popovich’s political leanings.

I seem to recall Popovich supporting John Edwards in 2004. NBA coaches even NBA white ones are pretty liberal. Phil Jackson, George Karl come to mind. Pop is a great coach. I am not a Spurs fan but I don’t see how he’s not behind Red Auerbach as the best HC ever. Yeah I have him higher than Phil because of how he gets the most of what he’s got. He’s never had someone like Kobe or MJ to work with.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:41:44pm

re: #167 Amory Blaine

Fox Business Guest Compares Beyonce’s Super Bowl Performance To KKK
David Clarke: “Would That Be Acceptable If A Band, A White Band Came Out In Hoods And White Sheets?”

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OFFS grow up children already. And man that David Clarke is an asshole. The go to guy when RWers need a black man to put down other black people.

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Decatur Deb  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:42:03pm

re: #166 Big Beautiful Door

Yes, but regardless of what those people want, they can’t perform miracles. If the GOP voters select Trump or Cruz, then the nominee will be Trump or Cruz.

Trump or Cruz eliminates the other and the GOP will send someone out to stab the wounded.

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goddamnedfrank  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:42:32pm
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Barefoot Grin  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:42:46pm

re: #148 Brian J.

And the lesson on the left… sadly, may be just the same.

Maybe so. But I don’t see the Obama analogue on the Right. Now, if you’re saying that the leftist movements like BLM and OWS are divisive, then I definitely agree. If they aren’t they aren’t doing it right.

But I’m one of those who wish for more but understand the realities of our system. I’m hesitantly happy for what has been achieved and believe we build from there.

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Big Beautiful Door  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:42:55pm

re: #162 EPR-radar

That’s how I see it as well. If so, we’ll have the bizarre spectacle of the GOP establishment playing kingmaker between two alternatives they despise: Trump and Cruz.

The odds for a GOP convention floor fight seem to be improving, although they are still low.

Very; if no establishment candidate can win a major primary and its Trump v. Cruz, one of them will get a majority of the delegates.

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Brian J.  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:43:25pm

re: #172 goddamnedfrank

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And before him it was Ben Carson, whose campaign is currently on life support.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:43:53pm

sheridanhoops.com
Popovich has also given money to Obama.

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Big Beautiful Door  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:44:21pm

re: #168 KGxvi

I could see Bush, Kasich, or Rubio winning in a three man race against Trump and Cruz. Trump and Cruz together probably top out at a combined 45% in that scenario with the other 55% going to the remaining establishment guy.

But in a 4 or 5 man race? Fuck if I know what’ll happen. But I’ll throw this out there: if Trump or Cruz win the nomination without a majority (or close to a majority) in any state, there’s a real chance of a protest candidate gaining steam

Bloomberg? He is seriously talking about starting an independent bid soon.

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Reality Based Steve  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:44:27pm

Well, this sub-net of the “The Charles Collective” is going to go and get some sleep. It was starting to get slick outside when I came home this evening, morning may be a bit interesting, but since it’s main roads all the way to work, not going to be a problem.

I’m already looking forward to my morning Latte, there must be something wrong with me.

RBS

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EPR-radar  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:45:49pm

re: #174 Big Beautiful Door

Very; if no establishment candidate can win a major primary and its Trump v. Cruz, one of them will get a majority of the delegates.

If the delegate count from the primaries between Trump and Cruz is close, then the super delegates under the control of the GOP establishment could end up being decisive. That could provide many years worth of entertainment in just a few days.

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Charles Johnson  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:45:59pm
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HappyWarrior  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:46:38pm

re: #180 Charles Johnson

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Yeah because Trump winning totally invalidates the clownish crap Trump actually says and does. What a tool Kurtz is.

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Reality Based Steve  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:47:21pm

re: #179 EPR-radar

If the delegate count from the primaries between Trump and Cruz is close, then the super delegates under the control of the GOP establishment could end up being decisive. That could provide many years worth of entertainment in just a few days.

Oh, the cries from the RWNJs will be deafening. I’m not concerned, I have earplugs.

RBS

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:47:24pm

re: #161 HappyWarrior

Oh? My Dad and I were wondering about when that started. Gotta catch that. Congrats to your former student. Quite a honor, I know you must be proud.

You bet! Another former student, Wes Ramsey, is one of the leads in an upcoming movie, Last Seen in Idaho, and has a role in a new TV series, Sidetracked. He’s been doing lots of journeyman work in Hollywood, trying to make it big, including being on Guiding Light.

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jaunte  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:47:46pm
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KGxvi  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:48:11pm

re: #177 Big Beautiful Door

Bloomberg? He is seriously talking about starting an independent bid soon.

Maybe… Though I think Gary Johnson would be better situated as a former republican governor. Not sure who it would be, but I could definitely see a revolt brewing

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:48:13pm

No, Donald, those would be all the people stuck in a traffic jam trying to get to the polling place.

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Joe Bacon  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:48:14pm

Steve Schmidt now on BSNBC saying Rubio is effectively out. Politico says Crazy Carly isn’t dropping out.

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EPR-radar  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:48:29pm

re: #180 Charles Johnson

Kurtz is being an idiot. Trump is objectively a clown and a buffoon.

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jaunte  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:49:01pm

re: #188 EPR-radar

Fox Goggles.

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Big Beautiful Door  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:49:08pm

re: #185 KGxvi

Maybe… Though I think Gary Johnson would be better situated as a former republican governor. Not sure who it would be, but I could definitely see a revolt brewing

Gary Johnson is running as a Libertarian. He will not be a factor.

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Barefoot Grin  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:49:09pm

re: #184 jaunte

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What’s the German word for face you’d most like to shit on?

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HappyWarrior  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:50:12pm

re: #184 jaunte

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Bill please bet on the Patriots and Cowboys to win the next 10 Super Bowls.

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Aunty Entity Dragon  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:50:39pm

re: #51 Kragar

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HappyWarrior  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:51:27pm

re: #187 Joe Bacon

Steve Schmidt now on BSNBC saying Rubio is effectively out. Politico says Crazy Carly isn’t dropping out.

Rubio was really banking that his surprise third place finish would work. Me thinks as always he overestimated himself.Now what I hope hapepns is the Florida Dems find a great candidate to run against him and we can wave Mr. Roboto bye-bye.

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lawhawk  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:51:31pm

re: #132 jaunte

Wilford needs the kids to help keep the train going. Parts run out, but we can keep replacing the kids with new ones. /snowpiercer

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Danack  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:52:14pm

Two quick questions:

i) Are there any primaries coming soon where Bernie has any chance of winning or coming close? Most of the upcoming ones seem heavily favouring Hillary.

ii) Are there any primaries coming soonish that Trump is not leading in the polls?

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HappyWarrior  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:52:45pm

re: #183 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

You bet! Another former student, Wes Ramsey, is one of the leads in an upcoming movie, Last Seen in Idaho, and has a role in a new TV series, Sidetracked. He’s been doing lots of journeyman work in Hollywood, trying to make it big, including being on Guiding Light.

Cool. I remember one time on here that someone retweeted something by one of my former high school classmates who I think was working for one of the cable news networks.

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bratwurst  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:52:59pm

re: #196 Danack

Two quick questions:

i) Are there any primaries coming soon where Bernie has any chance of winning or coming close? Most of the upcoming ones seem heavily favouring Hillary.

ii) Are there any primaries coming soonish that Trump is not leading in the polls?

No and No.

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Charles Johnson  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:53:02pm
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lawhawk  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:54:06pm

re: #199 Charles Johnson

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KGxvi  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:54:07pm

re: #190 Big Beautiful Door

You’re probably right. But if it’s Trump or Cruz, I could see a very solid portion of the GOP voters looking to go somewhere else, and that somewhere else won’t be Clinton. Johnson would have some cred with his resume, more than Bloomberg with GOP voters

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Big Beautiful Door  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:54:18pm

re: #194 HappyWarrior

Rubio was really banking that his surprise third place finish would work. Me thinks as always he overestimated himself.Now what I hope hapepns is the Florida Dems find a great candidate to run against him and we can wave Mr. Roboto bye-bye.

He isn’t running for his Senate seat. He’s gone!

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Brian J.  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:55:05pm

re: #196 Danack

Two quick questions:

i) Are there any primaries coming soon where Bernie has any chance of winning or coming close? Most of the upcoming ones seem heavily favouring Hillary.

ii) Are there any primaries coming soonish that Trump is not leading in the polls?

Keep an eye on the margin in Nevada Saturday after next.

On March 1, Vermont votes and will almost certainly give him another win. Colorado and Minnesota hold caucuses where he just might have a chance. But other than that, he’s down by 25+ in South Carolina, Texas, Arkansas, Georgia…

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Aunty Entity Dragon  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:55:16pm

re: #194 HappyWarrior

Rubio was really banking that his surprise third place finish would work. Me thinks as always he overestimated himself.Now what I hope hapepns is the Florida Dems find a great candidate to run against him and we can wave Mr. Roboto bye-bye.

Alan Grayson is the Dem0crat running for senator from Florida. He has gone off the rails a couple of times, but he is also very smart (look at his legal career) and he is a tenacious fighter.

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gocart mozart  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:55:19pm

re: #199 Charles Johnson

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HappyWarrior  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:55:20pm

re: #201 KGxvi

You’re probably right. But if it’s Trump or Cruz, I could see a very solid portion of the GOP voters looking to go somewhere else, and that somewhere else won’t be Clinton. Johnson would have some cred with his resume, more than Bloomberg with GOP voters

Johnson? No way would the GOP accept him. GOP voters like to talk about how they like Libertarians but they always act shocked when Libertarians actually talk about their stances on gay rights, choice, and immigration. And yes I’m aware that Johnson is a bit of a fraud having supported Chuck Baldwin.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:56:13pm

re: #202 Big Beautiful Door

He isn’t running for his Senate seat. He’s gone!

Oh?
Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye

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Brian J.  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:56:22pm

re: #204 Aunty Entity Dragon

Alan Grayson is the Dem0crat running for senator from Florida. He has gone off the rails a couple of times, but he is also very smart (look at his legal career) and he is a tenacious fighter.

Patrick Murphy is also running for the Senate from Florida and will likely be the nominee.

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Big Beautiful Door  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:56:30pm

re: #201 KGxvi

You’re probably right. But if it’s Trump or Cruz, I could see a very solid portion of the GOP voters looking to go somewhere else, and that somewhere else won’t be Clinton. Johnson would have some cred with his resume, more than Bloomberg with GOP voters

I heard listening to the radio speculation that the GOPe would come up with their own candidate if Trump is the nominee to draw Republicans and save GOP Senators. Don’t know if there is anything to that, though.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:57:00pm

re: #204 Aunty Entity Dragon

Alan Grayson is the Dem0crat running for senator from Florida. He has gone off the rails a couple of times, but he is also very smart (look at his legal career) and he is a tenacious fighter.

Yeah a bit abrasive but someone you know will stand up for himself.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:57:08pm

re: #197 HappyWarrior

Cool. I remember one time on here that someone retweeted something by one of my former high school classmates who I think was working for one of the cable news networks.

I try to keep track of former students. The KY lizards may have heard of Danny Alvarez, who ran unsuccessfully for judge in Louisville. He’s another former student of mine.

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William Lewis  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:57:42pm

re: #177 Big Beautiful Door

Bloomberg? He is seriously talking about starting an independent bid soon.

All he’d do is such off Democrats voters and help a GOFascist candidate to victory. That may actually be what that rich old authoritarian freak wants since he’s certainly no friend of freedom or civil rights.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:57:45pm

re: #208 Brian J.

Patrick Murphy is also running for the Senate from Florida and will likely be the nominee.

I’ll be rooting for him. I mean come on guys, how many members of the Senate born in the 1980’s do we have and Murphy gets props for ending Allan West too.

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Aunty Entity Dragon  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:58:16pm

re: #202 Big Beautiful Door

He isn’t running for his Senate seat. He’s gone!

Rubio has openly spoken of his disdain for his role in the senate and he has one of the worst attendance records for vote counts. I’m surprised it hadn’t been used against him before last Saturday.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:59:14pm

re: #211 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

I try to keep track of former students. The KY lizards may have heard of Danny Alvarez, who ran unsuccessfully for judge in Louisville. He’s another former student of mine.

Got quite a list. You done good teach. We don’t have anyone really successful yet but I’m hoping one of my former classmates seeks office one day. Real smart young woman and to boot, she’s sort of family due to being my uncle’s first wife’s goddaughter. Only person I think in our class who got into William and Mary. Interned for Hillary too.

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jaunte  Feb 9, 2016 • 7:59:51pm

Looks like Howard is new to the Trump Experience.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:00:02pm

re: #214 Aunty Entity Dragon

Rubio has openly spoken of his disdain for his role in the senate and he has one of the worst attendance records for vote counts. I’m surprised it hadn’t been used against him before last Saturday.

Indeed, if I were one of Rubio’s opponents I would be attacking him on that left and right.

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Jenner7  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:01:29pm

Should have never turned on MSNBC. They played the “Hillary might be in trouble” narrative perfectly.

Then I go to twitter and read Chris Hayes say Sanders campaign has been the best so far.

And I’m like, “Whaaaaaa??”

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Aunty Entity Dragon  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:01:50pm

re: #212 William Lewis

All he’d do is such off Democrats voters and help a GOFascist candidate to victory. That may actually be what that rich old authoritarian freak wants since he’s certainly no friend of freedom or civil rights.

I don’t think he would pull many votes off of Hillary. Bernie Bros who refuse to turn out for her will not be likely to go for the living avatar of Wall Street millions. Disaffected Republicans who hate Trump or Cruz would probably be delighted to see Bloomberg, however.

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Danack  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:01:57pm

re: #177 Big Beautiful Door

Bloomberg? He is seriously talking about starting an independent bid soon.

Yeah…..that’s really unlikely to actually happen

Bloomberg threw a lavish party here Saturday night to reveal the results of the final Bloomberg Politics/Des Moines Register Iowa Poll, which included some disappointing results for the company’s founder, Michael Bloomberg.

As servers at the makeshift Bloomberg TV studio inside the Marriott hotel passed trays of canapes and flutes of champagne to journalists and political operatives, the results were revealed: The man footing the bill for the event had a higher unfavorability rating compared with every other candidate, Democrat and Republican, with two exceptions: Jeb Bush and Sarah Palin

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:02:49pm

re: #215 HappyWarrior

Got quite a list. You done good teach. We don’t have anyone really successful yet but I’m hoping one of my former classmates seeks office one day. Real smart young woman and to boot, she’s sort of family due to being my uncle’s first wife’s goddaughter. Only person I think in our class who got into William and Mary. Interned for Hillary too.

Well, if we’re speaking of former classmates, I should mention that Meg Whitman and I were in the same schools from kindergarten to 12th grade, AND attended the same university, though she entered a year earlier than I. We were not close friends at all, though. In fact, I’m pretty sure our social circles did not intersect.

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austin_blue  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:03:07pm

re: #203 Brian J.

Keep an eye on the margin in Nevada Saturday after next.

On March 1, Vermont votes and will almost certainly give him another win. Colorado and Minnesota hold caucuses where he just might have a chance. But other than that, he’s down by 25+ in South Carolina, Texas, Arkansas, Georgia…

On the other hand, he’s raising enough money to be viable in New York, Illinois, and California.

Interesting times…

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HappyWarrior  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:03:17pm

re: #219 Aunty Entity Dragon

I don’t think he would pull many votes off of Hillary. Bernie Bros who refuse to turn out for her will not be likely to go for the living avatar of Wall Street millions. Disaffected Republicans who hate Trum or Cruz would probably be delighted to see Bloomberg, however.

I dunno. Remember Bloomberg is pro-gun control, pro-gay rights, and pro-choice. They mate hate Cruz and Trump but I don’t think he’d get that much protest votes. Too socially liberal for the GOP electorate.

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Big Beautiful Door  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:03:25pm

Something I haven’t heard anyone mention tonight. A lot was made of the fact that Trump underperformed the polls in Iowa, and there was hopeful speculation that a lot of his apparent support would simply evaporate. Well tonight, Trump overperformed the polls; not a single recent poll had him as high as he is currently running, 35%. Very bad news for the GOPe.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:04:33pm

re: #221 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Well, if we’re speaking of former classmates, I should mention that Meg Whitman and I were in the same schools from kindergarten to 12th grade, AND attended the same university, though she entered a year earlier than I. We were not close friends at all, though. In fact, I’m pretty sure our social circles did not intersect.

Eww heh. That’s something though.

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Brian J.  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:04:38pm

re: #222 austin_blue

On the other hand, he’s raising enough money to be viable in New York, Texas, and California.

Interesting times…

New York doesn’t vote until April 19, and California until June 7. By the time they vote, God willing, Hillary’s lead will be insurmountable.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:06:16pm

re: #221 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Well, if we’re speaking of former classmates, I should mention that Meg Whitman and I were in the same schools from kindergarten to 12th grade, AND attended the same university, though she entered a year earlier than I. We were not close friends at all, though. In fact, I’m pretty sure our social circles did not intersect.

Good thing. Otherwise you’d still be trying to rid yourself of the cooties…

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HappyWarrior  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:06:28pm

re: #226 Brian J.

New York doesn’t vote until April 19, and California until June 7. By the time they vote, God willing, Hillary’s lead will be insurmountable.

I’m going to be interested to see how Bernie does in diverse states. Him doing well in Iowa and New Hampshire doesn’t tell me a lot yet.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:07:59pm

re: #225 HappyWarrior

Eww heh. That’s something though.

Not something I brag about, fer sure.

But I can brag that I was Justice Elana Kagan’s managing editor in college, and interviewed Justice Sonia Sotomayor on more than one occasion. I suppose if I had headed toward studying law, those connections might have been beneficial.

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Aunty Entity Dragon  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:08:22pm

re: #224 Big Beautiful Door

Something I haven’t heard anyone mention tonight. A lot was made of the fact that Trump underperformed the polls in Iowa, and there was hopeful speculation that a lot of his apparent support would simply evaporate. Well tonight, Trump overperformed the polls; not a single recent poll had him as high as he is currently running, 35%. Very bad news for the GOPe.

He is an establishment (and very very very rich) Republican who is beloved by Wall Street. Even if he goes solo, he will undermine support from the troo beleeverz candidate on the GOP side. The Democrats are veering well away from Wall Street insiders this year, which is why Hillary is having such a hard time with the Sanders insurrection. Bloomberg is exactly what Chamber of Commerce Republicans want (and they don’t give a shit about culture war stuff and are trending heavily pro gay rights as a matter of good business sense).

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HappyWarrior  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:09:31pm

re: #229 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Not something I brag about, fer sure.

But I can brag that I was Justice Elana Kagan’s managing editor in college, and interviewed Justice Sonia Sotomayor on more than one occasion. I suppose if I had headed toward studying law, those connections might have been beneficial.

Now that you certainly can. I was impressed with Elena when I found out she clerked for Thurgood Marshall, one of my favorite Supreme Court justices. I was beyond furious to see his name dragged through the mud during her confirmation hearings. And Sonia is awesome even if she is a Yankees fan.

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jaunte  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:10:09pm
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HappyWarrior  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:11:08pm

re: #232 jaunte

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Well at least he can take those out and trash them. Romney neck tattoo bro probably has had to go through laser removal which is much more painful. That’s why you make your tattoo something actually lasting rather than a piece of shit.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:11:57pm

re: #231 HappyWarrior

Now that you certainly can. I was impressed with Elena when I found out she clerked for Thurgood Marshall, one of my favorite Supreme Court justices. I was beyond furious to see his name dragged through the mud during her confirmation hearings. And Sonia is awesome even if she is a Yankees fan.

Haha! Yeah, Sonia’s a Yankees fan, but I forgive her. Both of them were excellent choices for SCOTUS, and I hope they can serve many, many years more.

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jaunte  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:12:29pm
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jaunte  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:13:44pm

How many houses in Flint could be re-plumbed with $35 million?

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HappyWarrior  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:14:12pm

re: #234 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Haha! Yeah, Sonia’s a Yankees fan, but I forgive her. Both of them were excellent choices for SCOTUS, and I hope they can serve many, many years more.

Obama gets solid A’s for both picks. But yeah she’s a big baseball fan. I think she even had something to do with the strike when she was a circuit judge. I’m a huge fan of the Warren Court era judges- Brennan, Marshall as I said, Douglas, and of course Earl himself.

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KGxvi  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:14:29pm

re: #223 HappyWarrior

I dunno. Remember Bloomberg is pro-gun control, pro-gay rights, and pro-choice. They mate hate Cruz and Trump but I don’t think he’d get that much protest votes. Too socially liberal for the GOP electorate.

According to the polling I can find, approximately 25% of republicans are pro choice, or pro gay marriage, or not reflexively against gun control (to the point that 70% support background checks for all purchases). There’s probably a lot of overlap in those groups. There’s also the question of how voters prioritize issues

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HappyWarrior  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:14:46pm

re: #235 jaunte

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I think they would have enjoyed that a lot more too especially if Jeb didn’t go on the cruise too. Rubio wasted a lot of money too.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:15:31pm

re: #238 KGxvi

According to the polling I can find, approximately 25% of republicans are pro choice, or pro gay marriage, or not reflexively against gun control (to the point that 70% support background checks for all purchases). There’s probably a lot of overlap in those groups. There’s also the question of how voters prioritize issues

I dunno, I always hear that they have these pro-choice, pro gay rights, and pro gun contorl blocs but I don’t see it reflective in their candidates.

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Testy Toad T  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:17:11pm

re: #238 KGxvi

According to the polling I can find, approximately 25% of republicans are pro choice, or pro gay marriage, or not reflexively against gun control (to the point that 70% support background checks for all purchases). There’s probably a lot of overlap in those groups. There’s also the question of how voters prioritize issues

Lots of people claim abstract wishy-washy support for something until it comes time to actually vote for it.

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KGxvi  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:17:40pm

re: #240 HappyWarrior

I dunno, I always hear that they have these pro-choice, pro gay rights, and pro gun contorl blocs but I don’t see it reflective in their candidates.

We did have Arnold here in California

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HappyWarrior  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:19:25pm

re: #242 KGxvi

We did have Arnold here in California

Your keyword here is did heh. I guess there are some left. Most of them though have been Democrats since the Clinton or Bush years though.

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Testy Toad T  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:20:07pm

re: #242 KGxvi

We did have Arnold here in California

In the sage words of Justice Scalia, (California does not count).

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austin_blue  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:21:08pm

re: #236 jaunte

How many houses in Flint could be re-plumbed with $35 million?

Flint isn’t running for President. If it was, it would be getting less than 1% of the vote.

The money in these races is obscene.

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Testy Toad T  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:22:11pm

So, I’m a white liberal man in my mid-30s. On a scale of one to ten, just how intolerably omgbernie!!!1 saccharine will I probably find Facebook right now?

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KGxvi  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:22:24pm

re: #243 HappyWarrior

I’m trying to remember who the last pro choice republican presidential candidate was. I want to say there was one in 2000, but I don’t remember who.

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freetoken  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:22:43pm

re: #242 KGxvi

We did have Arnold here in California

But we are weird here in California. Never part of the Old South, never really much of the old Yankee coalition either (though California was admitted as a free state.)

I think it has much to do with our Spanish/Mexican heritage, then with the fact that most of us English speakers here migrated in the 20th century from all over.

So in a sense the politics here today is very much about California, and California’s rapid growth to being so dominant of an economy, than it is about carrying water for political parties rooted in the old cultural battles back East.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:22:52pm

re: #244 Testy Toad T

In the sage words of Justice Scalia, (California does not count).

It’s interesting. When I was a kid. I had a GOP Congressman, Tom Davis. Anyone remember him? Actually a fairly reasonable guy even though he is a GOP loyalist through and through but he had a pretty pro-choice record, never bashed gays, or acted like an asshole about guns. Honestly the guy could have been a really smart candidate statewide if the GOP here wasn’t too busy with guys like McConnell, Cuccinnelli, and the other so-con whackjobs. John Warner was surprisingly socially liberal for a Virginia Republican too. Gets major brownie points from me for 1) opposing Bork’s nomination to the USSC and 2) opposing North’s run for the Senate in 1994. A real decent guy whose retirement I hope has gone well.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:24:14pm

re: #247 KGxvi

I’m trying to remember who the last pro choice republican presidential candidate was. I want to say there was one in 2000, but I don’t remember who.

Rudy in 2008 counts. Nominee wise you have to go back to Ford though both H.W and Reagan had somewhat pro-choice records as Congressman and Governor but by the time they were nominated, they ran away from it. Ford’s wife FFS was outspoken in her support of the ERA.

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Mattand  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:24:37pm

re: #147 Joe Bacon

BSNBC now saying that Christie is going back to Jersey to “re-evaluate”. In other words, he’s out.

Let me help my beloved governor in his own native tongue:

Quit, you effing jackass.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:24:57pm

re: #251 Mattand

Let me help my beloved governor in his own native tongue:

Quit, you effing jackass.

Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye

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teleskiguy  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:25:04pm

re: #246 Testy Toad T

So, I’m a white liberal man in my mid-30s. On a scale of one to ten, just how intolerably omgbernie!!!1 saccharine will I probably find Facebook right now?

All I’m seeing right now on my Facebook is the local sportsball squad being the champions of the world, and a million people showing up to Broadway and Colfax in Denver to celebrate.

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jaunte  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:25:34pm

re: #246 Testy Toad T

So, I’m a white liberal man in my mid-30s. On a scale of one to ten, just how intolerably omgbernie!!!1 saccharine will I probably find Facebook right now?

Have a little twitter to warm up:

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Testy Toad T  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:27:08pm

re: #254 jaunte

Great Caesar’s ghost.

I wonder if aforementioned dude just might happen to be white. No really I do /////////.

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Mattand  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:27:19pm

re: #246 Testy Toad T

So, I’m a white liberal man in my mid-30s. On a scale of one to ten, just how intolerably omgbernie!!!1 saccharine will I probably find Facebook right now?

On a scale of “FEEL THE BERN” to “Planned Parenthood is the reason we lost Iowa”, I’m going to say four pints of Ben and Jerry’s and a bong left over from the last time Phish played town.

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freetoken  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:27:40pm

The reactionary religious right really has brought to the Republican party the idea that fighting over dogma ought to be down to the death.

In my youth, the GOP was much more gregarious and less ideological. It was the party of successful people, and leftovers from the old pre-FDR Republican party of days gone by (Teddy R. and such.)

Now, if you listen to Trump or Cruz or Rubio - the GOP is about violent retribution and fierce purity.

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Jenner7  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:28:04pm

Just another in a long list of reasons we need a Democrat to stay in the WH.

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Not a Sparkly Vampire  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:28:43pm

re: #254 jaunte

Have a little twitter to warm up:

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Facepalm²

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KGxvi  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:29:38pm

re: #248 freetoken

Fair enough, we are different. And most of the republicans that run statewide run on a traditional social conservative platform (which I’ve always had a problem with, even when I voted republican in my youth).

There’s also the Oregon Senator that came out in support of gay marriage. Granted it was partly because his son came out, but it’s better than a public disowning…

My point, I guess, is that there are some still out there. But they are a distinct minority within the party. When it comes to presidential politics, I’m not sure the system would allow any of them to be viable. Maybe if they could win/do well in New Hampshire and Nevada?

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freetoken  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:29:53pm

re: #258 Jenner7

I linked (downstairs) to the story when it broke. It would be a bigger headline if New Hampshire hadn’t stolen the day.

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Testy Toad T  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:30:05pm

re: #257 freetoken

The reactionary religious right really has brought to the Republican party the idea that fighting over dogma ought to be down to the death.

I honestly do think that the ubiquity of high quality cameras and the rise of Twitter has almost as much to do with it.

It’s funny to say, but our democracy is probably creaking under the weight of our citizens actually knowing what their elected representatives are up to. The smokey rooms and late-night bar-negotiated deals are dead.

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teleskiguy  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:30:16pm

Facebook Post

#1 is Vail and Beaver Creek, where I ski on a regular basis, at $175 per day during peak season (it’s $165 now).

My season pass was $729.

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ObserverArt  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:30:39pm

re: #33 bratwurst

I know by now that a Trump speech is going to be stupid, but this is especially inane.

What the fuck does that even mean when he says “I will be the greatest jobs president God ever created’?

Did God pay very well with those jobs?

Anyway, it is a great sentence of conservative watchwords that he manages to utter very often. He has mastered stringing words together that when read for normal meaning in Americanized English have no meaning.

But when heard by a wingnut it is a spoken political red meat symphony.

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Aunty Entity Dragon  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:31:49pm
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Mattand  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:32:28pm

re: #254 jaunte

Bernie is the real inheritor of MLK’s legacy.

Is feeling the Bern similar to a splitting migraine?

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HappyWarrior  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:33:02pm

I don’t mind happy Bernie supporters. I just have a problem with Bernie supporters refusing to support Clinton, acting like there’s no difference between her and the Republicans, and being sexist and or condescending. If you really think Sanders is the best choice, that’s your choice. I just disagree.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:34:28pm

re: #254 jaunte

Have a little twitter to warm up:

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Okay what the fuck. Listen like Bernie all you want but Bernie isn’t from a group of people who were second class citizens in this country for a long time and slaves. That’s the kind of shit that really turns me off and it’s why Bernie isn’t exactly flavor of the month with African-Americans.

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freetoken  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:34:50pm

The more I think about it, the more I like the nickname for the GOP as “The Party of Violent Retribution”.

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Aunty Entity Dragon  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:35:15pm
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freetoken  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:35:25pm

It’s either that, or “Party of God”, but the latter is taken…

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Jenner7  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:36:08pm

Next Democratic debate is this Thursday on PBS at 9 pm est. The next Republican debate is Saturday on CBS.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:36:17pm

re: #271 freetoken

It’s either that, or “Party of God”, but the latter is taken…

It is but not in English form.

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ObserverArt  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:39:52pm

re: #78 Charles Johnson

Just a reminder that John Kasich is every bit as radical as any of the other GOP candidates, on the issues that really matter. He’s no moderate, and we need to fight against him just as much as we fight against Donald Trump.

As an Ohioan that has had to put with him for a long time…this is true.

But I will say, if misfortune occurs and there becomes a Cruz presidency, I will say we would have been better off with Kasich.

Trump…does anyone really now what he stands for yet. The other day he was going on about how no American should end up dying in the streets because of healthcare. I still do not know what a Trump presidency would be. Crazy for sure, but what way? He seems to be playing everyone.

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Jenner7  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:40:49pm

re: #274 Stanley Sea

Song has been in my head all day…

:)

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Aunty Entity Dragon  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:41:21pm

re: #275 ObserverArt

As an Ohioan that has had to put with him for a long time…this is true.

But I will say, if misfortune occurs and there becomes a Cruz presidency, I will say we would have been better off with Kasich.

Trump…does anyone really now what he stands for yet. The other day he was going on about how no American should end up dying in the streets because of healthcare. I still do not know what a Trump presidency would be. Crazy for sure, but what way? He seems to be playing everyone.

He stands for medieval torture and executions, apparently.

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freetoken  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:41:58pm

re: #277 Aunty Entity Dragon

He stands for medieval torture and executions, apparently.

But not in the street.

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jaunte  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:42:00pm
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FormerDirtDart  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:44:44pm

Ahhh…the memories…

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HappyWarrior  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:46:15pm

re: #280 FormerDirtDart

Ahhh…the memories…

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i am having Kristol bet on all my least favorite sports teams and to bet I’ll die a pauper.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:47:09pm

re: #280 FormerDirtDart

Ahhh…the memories…

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Pretty much a given that Kristol would get it wrong. It’s just a matter of how wrong.

Might as well ask one of those online fortune tellers who will win.

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Stanley Sea  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:47:22pm

re: #224 Big Beautiful Door

Something I haven’t heard anyone mention tonight. A lot was made of the fact that Trump underperformed the polls in Iowa, and there was hopeful speculation that a lot of his apparent support would simply evaporate. Well tonight, Trump overperformed the polls; not a single recent poll had him as high as he is currently running, 35%. Very bad news for the GOPe.

Extremely few people of color in these two events.

Next.

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Mattand  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:48:30pm

re: #280 FormerDirtDart

Ahhh…the memories…

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I truly am in awe that this guy manages to have a career despite being wrong on everything.

I’m convinced he’s a performance artist at this point.

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Not a Sparkly Vampire  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:48:56pm

re: #282 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Pretty much a given that Kristol would get it wrong. It’s just a matter of how wrong.

Might as well ask one of those online fortune tellers who will win.

Kristol’s different.
He is always wrong. How is that statistically possible? At least a fortune teller would be right sometimes.
/The World May Never Know

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Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:50:55pm

re: #280 FormerDirtDart

Ahhh…the memories…

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Isn’t Kristol the dumbass who said Romney wouldn’t give up his lead?

Or was that Dick Morris?

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HappyWarrior  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:51:28pm

re: #286 Eclectic Cyborg

Isn’t Kristol the dumbass who said Romney wouldn’t give up his lead?

Or was that Dick Morris?

I think that was Morris. Both are spectacularly good at being wrong though.

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Schroedinger's Dog  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:52:50pm

re: #266 Mattand

Is feeling the Bern similar to a splitting migraine?

More like a fungal infection you can’t get rid of.

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Mattand  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:53:06pm

re: #286 Eclectic Cyborg

Isn’t Kristol the dumbass who said Romney wouldn’t give up his lead?

Or was that Dick Morris?

Might’ve been Morris. I’m pretty sure Morris was the one who predicted a Romney landslide on Election Night. That was the third most beautiful thing that night, following Obama’s re-election and Karl Rove’s breakdown on Fox News.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:54:07pm

re: #263 teleskiguy

My parents just buy season passes when they go to Breckenridge, even though they’re only there for like 2 weeks. It’s cheaper.

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Schroedinger's Dog  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:55:27pm

re: #286 Eclectic Cyborg

Isn’t Kristol the dumbass who said Romney wouldn’t give up his lead?

Or was that Dick Morris?

Isn’t Kristol some kind of legacy who owes his place in the great meritocracy due to winning the genetic lottery rather than through any actual merit?

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Aunty Entity Dragon  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:55:37pm
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HappyWarrior  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:57:11pm

re: #291 Schroedinger’s Dog

Isn’t Kristol some kind of legacy who owes his place in the great meritocracy due to winning the genetic lottery rather than through any actual merit?

Yeah Irving of I want to say the Weekly Standard’s fame. Daddy started out as a Trotskyist but moved to the right in the Nixon years.

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ObserverArt  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:57:33pm

re: #249 HappyWarrior

It’s interesting. When I was a kid. I had a GOP Congressman, Tom Davis. Anyone remember him? Actually a fairly reasonable guy even though he is a GOP loyalist through and through but he had a pretty pro-choice record, never bashed gays, or acted like an asshole about guns. Honestly the guy could have been a really smart candidate statewide if the GOP here wasn’t too busy with guys like McConnell, Cuccinnelli, and the other so-con whackjobs. John Warner was surprisingly socially liberal for a Virginia Republican too. Gets major brownie points from me for 1) opposing Bork’s nomination to the USSC and 2) opposing North’s run for the Senate in 1994. A real decent guy whose retirement I hope has gone well.

When guys like John Warner retired from politics it was the end of the reasonable GOP. He may have been the last of the true moderates.

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teleskiguy  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:58:10pm

Retweeted by the congressman who represents the eastern half of my county, Jared Polis (we were gerrymandered!).

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HappyWarrior  Feb 9, 2016 • 8:58:29pm

re: #294 ObserverArt

When guys like John Warner retired from politics it was the end of the reasonable GOP. He may have been the last of the true moderates.

Too true.

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Lidane  Feb 9, 2016 • 9:00:05pm

re: #286 Eclectic Cyborg

Isn’t Kristol the dumbass who said Romney wouldn’t give up his lead?

Or was that Dick Morris?

That was Dick Morris:

thehill.com

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Schroedinger's Dog  Feb 9, 2016 • 9:00:31pm

re: #294 ObserverArt

When guys like John Warner retired from politics it was the end of the reasonable GOP. He may have been the last of the true moderates.

I think the end came when the rush came to ID as conservative rather than as Republican.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 9, 2016 • 9:00:36pm

I feel happy to say that I’ve accomplished one of my lifelong dreams and that was to have a comprehensive family tree. This project will never be totally finished of course and will be something I’ll want to pass on to my descendants but I’m proud to say that I’ve gotten a lot of accomplished and have even gotten into contact with a European cousin. Next step is to learn more about the places where they came from and eventually to visit all of them.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 9, 2016 • 9:01:18pm

re: #298 Schroedinger’s Dog

I think the end came when the rush came to ID as conservative rather than as Republican.

Indeed, conservative purity tests. But I think what it was that being conservative meant being a complete dick.

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Mattand  Feb 9, 2016 • 9:02:02pm
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BeachDem  Feb 9, 2016 • 9:02:09pm

As a public service for the days ahead when the media morons are fawning over Kasich. plunderbund.com. They have kept tabs on rotten Johnny for years. I am sick of the whole electoral process and the media sucks canal water. Good night.

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Schroedinger's Dog  Feb 9, 2016 • 9:02:59pm

re: #300 HappyWarrior

Indeed, conservative purity tests. But I think what it was that being conservative meant being a complete dick.

Conservative used to mean being careful and contemplative, now it means being radical and reactionary.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 9, 2016 • 9:03:35pm

re: #299 HappyWarrior

That’s awesome. I have decently knowledge of two of my four main lines (I am 1/2 Irish, 1/4 English and 1/4 Swiss). The Swiss and English lines I have plenty of info on, the Irish not so much.

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ObserverArt  Feb 9, 2016 • 9:03:51pm

re: #281 HappyWarrior

i am having Kristol bet on all my least favorite sports teams and to bet I’ll die a pauper.

I’d like him to pick the Cleveland Browns for last place as a damn sure thing bet…which they many times come close to being.

They might actually win their division.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 9, 2016 • 9:05:06pm

re: #303 Schroedinger’s Dog

Conservative used to mean being careful and contemplative, now it means being radical and reactionary.

Right, conservative stopped being about that and started being more about that. When Dick Lugar got purged, you knew it was down hill from there.

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freetoken  Feb 9, 2016 • 9:05:26pm

From checking the website, I gather that National Racists Online haz a sad.

The Trumpiots have owned the comments over there, too.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 9, 2016 • 9:05:59pm

re: #305 ObserverArt

I’d like him to pick the Cleveland Browns for last place as a damn sure thing bet…which they many times come close to being.

They might actually win their division.

Now, now. Okay let’s compromise as AFC North fans, he can pick the Bengals and Ravens to finish in first for the next decade and the AFC North s true rivalry can return.

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ObserverArt  Feb 9, 2016 • 9:06:00pm

re: #284 Mattand

I truly am in awe that this guy manages to have a career despite being wrong on everything.

I’m convinced he’s a performance artist at this point.

Well, in a way it is reflective of many Republican politicians. I wonder about how they got into politics as a career and they are almost always wrong. But they are all still there doing nothing.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 9, 2016 • 9:06:28pm

re: #307 freetoken

From checking the website, I gather that National Racists Online haz a sad.

The Trumpiots have owned the comments over there, too.

I am glad. Fuck National Racists in Denial Online.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Feb 9, 2016 • 9:07:32pm

re: #292 Aunty Entity Dragon

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ObserverArt  Feb 9, 2016 • 9:08:51pm

re: #308 HappyWarrior

Now, now. Okay let’s compromise as AFC North fans, he can pick the Bengals and Ravens to finish in first for the next decade and the AFC North s true rivalry can return.

Gimme a break man. You have to share sometime dammit.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 9, 2016 • 9:11:04pm

re: #304 Eclectic Cyborg

That’s awesome. I have decently knowledge of two of my four main lines (I am 1/2 Irish, 1/4 English and 1/4 Swiss). The Swiss and English lines I have plenty of info on, the Irish not so much.

Yeah the Irish is one of my sides I’m limited on information from in part because Iris records are so limited and my Irish relations came pretty early by Irish standards. The last person I can document as being born in Ireland whom I’m directly descended from was born in the early 1850’s and came here as a kid. The German records holy shit. It does help though that a Swiss guy with my last name and a perhaps very distant cousin is doing alot of research on our name though. There’s a surprising amount of Slovak records from my great grandparents native village but teh catch there is some records record the names in Latin, some in Hungarian, and some in Slovak or Rusyn, and it’s even more crazy since we do a ton of renaming in that culture. The Slovene records are non-existent but I did contact their archives and they gave me a copy of my great grandparents’ records along with their siblings. I’m actually amazed how many youngest sons and daughters I’m descended from. I mean I’m only 28 but my youngest great grandparent was born in the late 1890;s. I mean I’m not quite President John Tyler’s grandsons whose grandpa was born in 1790 and those guys are still alive.

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freetoken  Feb 9, 2016 • 9:11:54pm

re: #313 HappyWarrior

So many Irish records were destroyed, in part thanks to the English.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 9, 2016 • 9:12:06pm

re: #312 ObserverArt

Gimme a break man. You have to share sometime dammit.

Heh I know. To be fair though, I really think hiring Jackson was a great move for you guys and despite the rivalry I hope he does well. Browns fans are some of the most loyal in teh league and they deserve better.

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WhatEVs  Feb 9, 2016 • 9:13:34pm

re: #247 KGxvi

I’m trying to remember who the last pro choice republican presidential candidate was. I want to say there was one in 2000, but I don’t remember who.

Nope. Gotta go back beyond GWB. That’s what made me despise him. I heard him say one thing to a group on Monday and the exact opposite to a different group the next day.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 9, 2016 • 9:13:34pm

re: #314 freetoken

So many Irish records were destroyed, in part thanks to the English.

Yeah there was one during the Irish Civil War too. It sucks because I really really want to find out exactly where in Ireland my family was from. I do know some of the counties though. A couple in Ulster and a couple in Connemara.

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WhatEVs  Feb 9, 2016 • 9:15:22pm

re: #256 Mattand

On a scale of “FEEL THE BERN” to “Planned Parenthood is the reason we lost Iowa”, I’m going to say four pints of Ben and Jerry’s and a bong left over from the last time Phish played town.

Or a 15 then? :-)

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HappyWarrior  Feb 9, 2016 • 9:15:47pm

The burning of the 1890 census records is a real drag too. I’ve been trying to figure out information on siblings of my great grandmother. It’s a sad story really. Only she and her two brothers lived past childhood and the two brothers were the only ones who made it past 50. I always felt so sad for my grandmother losing a mother that young but I also think that played a big role in why she was such a genuinely loving person to all of her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren.


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