Saturday Jam: Snarky Puppy w/ the Metropole Orkest, “The Clearing”

As Donald Trump’s bigotry wins again
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Here’s some incredibly great music to listen to while we dish about the election results in Nevada and South Carolina; Hillary Clinton crushed Bernie Sanders in Nevada, and Donald Trump is projected to win South Carolina by 12 points, with Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio currently fighting for second place.

This Snarky Puppy album won a Grammy this year, by the way.

“The Clearing”
from Snarky Puppy + Metropole Orkest’s live DVD/CD - “Sylva”
available for purchase at http://snarkypuppy.lnk.to/8Yz_7

http://www.snarkypuppy.com / http://www.facebook.com/snarkypuppy
http://www.mo.nl / https://www.facebook.com/metropole.orkest
http://www.impulse-label.com / https://www.facebook.com/impulselabel

Written and produced by Michael League
Arranged by Michael League and Jules Buckley
Published by Gumuk Limited administered by Universal Music Publishing

SNARKY PUPPY
Michael League - electric bass and Moog keybass
Bob Lanzetti - electric guitar
Mark Lettieri - electric guitar
Chris McQueen - electric guitar
Bill Laurance - piano, Wurlitzer, and Moog
Cory Henry - organ, clavinet, Fender Rhodes, and Moog
Justin Stanton - Fender Rhodes, Moog, clavinet and trumpet
Jay Jennings - trumpet and flugelhorn
Mike “Maz” Maher - trumpet and flugelhorn
Chris Bullock - tenor sax, clarinet, and bass clarinet
Nate Werth – percussion
Robert “Sput” Searight – drums

METROPOLE ORKEST
Conductor - Jules Buckley
1st Violin - Arlia de Ruiter (concertmaster), Vera Laporeva, Denis Koenders, David Peijnenborgh, Pauline Terlouw, Casper Donker, Ruben Margarita,Tinka Regter, Seijia Teeuwen, Ewa Zbyszynska
2nd Violin - Merijn Rombout, Herman van Haaren, Wim Kok, Feyona van Iersel, Pauline Koning, Polina Cekov, Merel Jonker, Christina Knoll
Viola - Mieke Honingh, Norman Jansen, Julia Jowett, Isabella Petersen, Iris Schut, Lex Luijnenburg
Cello - Maarten Jansen, Emile Visser, Jascha Albracht, Annie Tangberg, Charles Watt
Double Bass - Erik Winkelmann, Arend Liefkes, Tjerk de Vos
Flute - Janine Abbas, Mari’l van den Bos, Nola Exel
Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Contrabass Clarinet, and Saxophone - Paul van der Feen, Leo van Oostrom, Leo Janssen, Werner Janssen, and Max Boeree
Horn - Pieter Hunfeld, Rob van de Laar, Fons Verspaandonk, Elizabeth Hunfeld
Trombone - Jan Oosting, Vincent Veneman, Jan Bastiani
Bass Trombone - Martin van den Berg
Tuba - Ries Schellekens
Percussion - Murk Jiskoot, Frank Warndenier

Recorded and filmed live in Dordrecht, Netherlands at Het Energiehuis on April 19 & 20, 2014
Mixed by Eric Hartman in Dallas, Texas
Mastered by Scott Hull at Masterdisk in New York, New York
Directed by Michael League and Andy LaViolette
Artwork by Miraphora Mina/Minalima

(P) 2015 Gumuk Limited & Stichting Metropole Orkest under exclusive license of impulse! A Division of Universal Music France
© impulse ! A Division of Universal Music France

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274 comments
1
Brian J.  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:38:31pm

Rubio’s lead for second place is down to 10 votes, out of over 325,000 cast.

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freetoken  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:40:12pm

re: #1 Brian J.

Cruz is back in 2nd.

Regardless, Rubio will claim 2.5th place a victory.

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Big Beautiful Door  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:40:36pm

re: #1 Brian J.

Rubio’s lead for second place is down to 10 votes, out of over 325,000 cast.

Basically a tie, which is bad news for Cruz. Where can he win?

4
Charles Johnson  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:40:46pm

Jeb Bush is bailing out.

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De Kolta Chair  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:41:06pm
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Kragar  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:41:13pm

If this is supposed to be Orkest, then where is all the dakka?

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Brian J.  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:41:36pm

Goodnight, sweet prince and may flights of angels…

Aw, screw it! Don’t let the door hit you where the good Lord split you.

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Kragar  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:41:39pm
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freetoken  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:41:49pm

Jeb! talking…

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:42:01pm
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Charles Johnson  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:42:05pm
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jaunte  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:42:13pm

I think this journalist (Texas Monthly) is indulging in a little wishful thinking.

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gocart mozart  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:42:50pm

Cruz up by 195 over Rubio with 48% reporting. nytimes.com

or,
Cruz up by 135 with 52% reporting theguardian.com

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freetoken  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:42:56pm

it’s a rambling preamble for a exit…

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b.d.  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:43:22pm

Jeb is done!

Wow

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:43:36pm

re: #4 Charles Johnson

Jeb Bush is bailing out.

Adios Jeb.

17
Brian J.  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:43:37pm

Four delegates for $100 million.

18
Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:43:58pm

*Please Clap*

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:44:10pm

re: #16 HappyWarrior

This might boost Rubio a bit.

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Kragar  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:44:16pm

Close enough for government work…

MST3K Tom Servo Jed!

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b.d.  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:44:17pm

re: #14 freetoken

it’s a rambling preamble for a exit…

Can Jeb do anything not awkwardly?

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De Kolta Chair  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:44:25pm

re: #3 Big Beautiful Door

Basically a tie, which is bad news for Cruz. Where can he win?

Yesterday I would’ve said in the Bible Belt.

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freetoken  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:44:26pm

… a little emotion… choking up…

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:44:34pm

re: #12 jaunte

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I think this journalist (Texas Monthly) is indulging in a little wishful thinking.

He’s very much the religious right guy especially with Huckabee and Santorum out. Yeah definitely wishful thinking.

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Reality Based Steve  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:44:41pm

re: #17 Brian J.

Four delegates for $100 million.

Maybe he can sell them on Craigslist, get a couple of hundred bucks back into his coffers?

RBS

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:44:51pm

re: #19 Ziggy_TARDIS

This might boost Rubio a bit.

Yeah I suspect so.

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jaunte  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:45:03pm

re: #24 HappyWarrior

She calls his views “nuanced.”

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FormerDirtDart  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:45:10pm
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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:45:40pm

re: #27 jaunte

She calls his views “nuanced.”

Nothing nuanced about calling for the structure of the Supreme Court to be dissolved because he didn’t like the gay marriage decision.

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:45:46pm

re: #26 HappyWarrior

Maybe enough to win.

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Skip Intro  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:46:01pm

re: #28 FormerDirtDart

After failing to win, place, show, or get honorable mention, to be accurate.

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jaunte  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:46:17pm

re: #17 Brian J.

Four delegates for $100 million.

I will drop out of the running for One Percent of that.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:46:46pm

re: #30 Ziggy_TARDIS

Maybe enough to win.

We’ll see what happens. I think even if Rubio does pull it out, that’s going to be one angry convention hall in Cleveland. Rubio’s going to be pushed even more to the right and will definitely need to pick a Palin/Ryan like pick to satisfy the loonies in the base.

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De Kolta Chair  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:46:54pm
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freetoken  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:47:15pm

I doubt Jeb!’s 6-8% of the GOP primary goers will all go to Rubio. Sure, conventional wisdom sez most of them will, but what is to keep some of them from just not voting? What if some go to Kasich just out of spite for the Rubio attacks?

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:47:24pm

re: #34 De Kolta Chair

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They really shouldn’t. Bush’s exit helps Rubio.

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De Kolta Chair  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:47:40pm
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Brian J.  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:47:42pm

re: #35 freetoken

I doubt Jeb!’s 6-8% of the GOP primary goers will all go to Rubio. Sure, conventional wisdom sez most of them will, but what is to keep some of them from just not voting? What if some go to Kasich just out of spite for the Rubio attacks?

That’s assuming Kasich’s campaign survives the night.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:47:46pm

re: #35 freetoken

I doubt Jeb!’s 6-8% of the GOP primary goers will all go to Rubio. Sure, conventional wisdom sez most of them will, but what is to keep some of them from just not voting? What if some go to Kasich just out of spite for the Rubio attacks?

That I can actually see.

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freetoken  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:47:50pm

re: #36 HappyWarrior

They really shouldn’t. Bush’s exit helps Rubio.

And even possibly Trump.

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freetoken  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:48:23pm

re: #38 Brian J.

That’s assuming Kasich’s campaign survives the night.

He doesn’t have to go. He can just keep putzing along until Michigan and Ohio.

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jaunte  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:48:28pm

re: #37 De Kolta Chair

¡Yeb

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Charles Johnson  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:48:57pm
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Nojay UK  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:49:00pm

This is good news for John McCain!

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Archangelus  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:49:36pm
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The Vicious Babushka  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:49:40pm

Did Hillary win SC?

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:49:45pm

re: #43 Charles Johnson

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From Lincoln to TR to Ike to even Nixon and now possibly Trump. No wonder why they don’t believe in evolution. Their political party is a walking example of devolution.

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Big Beautiful Door  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:49:55pm

re: #38 Brian J.

That’s assuming Kasich’s campaign survives the night.

It will, SC wasn’t critical to Kasich

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freetoken  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:49:55pm

re: #46 The Vicious Babushka

Did Hillary win SC?

Next week.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:50:09pm

re: #46 The Vicious Babushka

Did Hillary win SC?

SC Democrats is next Saturday. She did however win Nevada. Confusing i know.

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Brian J.  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:50:33pm

re: #41 freetoken

He doesn’t have to go. He can just keep putzing along until Michigan and Ohio.

Where does he even win delegates between now and then? And who’s going to pay for a campaign that even if it wins Ohio, probably goes to Cleveland with no more than 100-150 delegates out of 2,472?

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De Kolta Chair  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:50:35pm

Ooooh, so cold

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Not a Sparkly Vampire  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:51:06pm

JEB:(

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freetoken  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:51:19pm

re: #51 Brian J.

Many states are proportional delegate systems of some sort. Kasich will get some delegates. If he stays in to the end, he might even play spoiler on the last day.

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Kragar  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:51:34pm
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ObserverArt  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:51:39pm

You should have listened to Mom Jeb!

You should have listened to Mom!

And now that Jeb is out of the race, I am going to log off for the evening as a symbolic gesture of what he has meant to this county.

Later.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:51:45pm

re: #52 De Kolta Chair

Ooooh, cold

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That’s not fair to the 2011 Red Sox, they actually won more often than not. Jeb’s more like that trendy team that gets picked to win the World Series and then finishes in the cellar.

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freetoken  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:51:48pm

Rubio takes lead for silver again…

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:51:53pm

re: #22 De Kolta Chair

Youtube Video

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Not a Sparkly Vampire  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:52:05pm

re: #55 Kragar

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FeeltheBern!

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De Kolta Chair  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:52:38pm

Carson mimicking young Bernie supporters tonight…

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FormerDirtDart  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:53:02pm
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Targetpractice  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:53:18pm

re: #61 De Kolta Chair

Carson mimicking young Bernie supporters tonight…

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There really is nothing more sad to see than the onset of dementia.

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Brian J.  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:53:22pm

re: #54 freetoken

Many states are proportional delegate systems of some sort. Kasich will get some delegates. If he stays in to the end, he might even play spoiler on the last day.

Most of those states have thresholds of 10-20 percent to win delegates, and Kasich seems unlikely to get there in the Deep South where most of the next couple weeks’ primaries are.

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Kragar  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:53:24pm
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Big Beautiful Door  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:53:27pm

re: #51 Brian J.

Where does he even win delegates between now and then? And who’s going to pay for a campaign that even if it wins Ohio, probably goes to Cleveland with no more than 100-150 delegates out of 2,472?

I assume they have some notion that he can win a bunch of blue states.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:53:30pm

re: #61 De Kolta Chair

Carson mimicking young Bernie supporters tonight…

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What that a party that went after George Wallace’s base isn’t pure as driven snow?

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The Vicious Babushka  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:54:23pm
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TedStriker  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:54:24pm

re: #31 Skip Intro

After failing to win, place, show, or get honorable mention, to be accurate.

If this were a horse race, Jeb?!? would be headed to the glue factory.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:54:37pm

Jeb’s latest slogan
Jeb :(

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Big Beautiful Door  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:54:48pm

re: #64 Brian J.

Most of those states have thresholds of 10-20 percent to win delegates, and Kasich seems unlikely to get there in the Deep South where most of the next couple weeks’ primaries are.

Not if he gets all the Bush voters!

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jaunte  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:54:57pm
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freetoken  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:55:01pm

Exit polls are showing, pretty clearly, that Rubio won the share of the late deciders. Rubio might finish with a silver medal. He will take that to mean he won the nomination.

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CuriousLurker  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:55:36pm

re: #33 HappyWarrior

We’ll see what happens. I think even if Rubio does pull it out, that’s going to be one angry convention hall in Cleveland. Rubio’s going to be pushed even more to the right and will definitely need to pick a Palin/Ryan like pick to satisfy the loonies in the base.

Weird, but seeing Ryan’s name in that context made it dawn on me how much things have changed sine the last election—he’s considered a pro-establishment RINO now.

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freetoken  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:56:02pm

Mrs. Trump sounds like a foreigner. No wonder Trump has not let her speak before now.

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Brian J.  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:56:14pm

And The Green Papers now has Rubio winning the 1st and 4th CDs (the latter with only about 4,000 votes counted) and thus six delegates to break up the Trump sweep. If that holds, he’s actually got something to celebrate.

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De Kolta Chair  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:56:27pm

None dare call it conspiracy. Well, except for this Cruzer

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Brian J.  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:56:36pm

re: #74 CuriousLurker

Weird, but seeing Ryan’s name in that context made it dawn on me how much things have changed sine the last election—he’s considered a pro-establishment RINO now.

Speaker of the House. How much more Establishment can you get?

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Targetpractice  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:56:54pm

re: #73 freetoken

Exit polls are showing, pretty clearly, that Rubio won the share of the late deciders. Rubio might finish with a silver medal. He will take that to mean he won the nomination.

Finishing 3rd, 4th, and 2nd are not the things that nominations are made of. Even Romney, hated though he might have been by the base, won at least once and tied twice in the first three events. Rubio’s best showing so far is what the snarkier would term “first loser.”

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:57:16pm

re: #74 CuriousLurker

Weird, but seeing Ryan’s name in that context made it dawn on me how much things have changed sine the last election—he’s considered a pro-establishment RINO now.

I know. I remember when Ryan was picked, Nate and co on 538 did some research that indicated that Ryan was perhaps the most conservative ever running mate in the modern era and he still is a batshit insane Ayn Rand fanboy but yeah he’s become part of the same hated establishment. Perhaps Rubio chooses a popular wingnut governor or maybe even Trump himself as his running mate. Rubio unlike McCain and Romney will certainly go with an older running mate.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:58:15pm

re: #75 freetoken

Mrs. Trump sounds like a foreigner. No wonder Trump has not let her speak before now.

I am kind of embarrassed that she’s the most famous Slovene-American. I won’t pull a Ben Shapiro and say she’s not really Slovene but man.

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Kragar  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:58:28pm

re: #77 De Kolta Chair

Dems are too busy actually nominating a candidate to waste time on the GOP right now

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Charles Johnson  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:58:39pm

On another note, today I implemented some very cool code that gives us CSS-only tooltips, using CSS3 transitions and transforms to do nifty fade effects that look like Javascript, but aren’t. You can see these tooltips if you hover over the titles of the LGF Pages in the Featured and Recent lists.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 5:59:02pm

re: #79 Targetpractice

Finishing 3rd, 4th, and 2nd are not the things that nominations are made of. Even Romney, hated though he might have been by the base, won at least once and tied twice in the first three events. Rubio’s best showing so far is what the snarkier would term “first loser.”

I keep on thinking about how much conservatives hate “PC participation medals” and how Marco’s going to have a ton of them when this thing is through.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:00:02pm

re: #82 Kragar

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Dems are too busy actually nominating a candidate to waste time on the GOP right now

Well if there was any indication that more African-Americans were voting than usual in the GOP primary maybe I could see that but nope and this is pretty funny given the fact that UN-Reno College Republicans wanted to ratfuck the Dem cuacus in Nevada.

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freetoken  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:00:36pm

Kasich has pulled into 71 vote behind Jeb!

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Stanley Sea  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:00:48pm

I’m at friends, sketchy internet…

I thought I posted in last thread & don’t think it showed up. Worth it to try again.

My 85 year old Aunt Joan with my 88 year old Uncle Donald caucused for Hillary today in Las Vegas. Joan got in fight with 30 yr old Bernie supporter. “He was an asshole.”

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Archangelus  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:00:55pm

Gotta ask, since i’m seeing ridiculous inaccuracies lately in the Israeli coverage of the election campaigns back home.. In the current main article at Ynet (the Hebrew edition read by about 80% of the country), which is about the Dem and Rep races today (has been up since yesterday and is being updated now), there’s a line about alleged poll results that aren’t sourced and which I can’t seem to find anywhere.

The line states that “according to a poll in Nevada, Clinton ties nationally against Bush, while losing against all the other candidates (Trump, Rubio, Cruz and Kasich).”

Does anyone know where this is originally from?

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Targetpractice  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:01:33pm

re: #80 HappyWarrior

I know. I remember when Ryan was picked, Nate and co on 538 did some researched that indicated that Ryan was perhaps the most conservative ever running mate in the modern era and he still is a batshit insane Ayn Rand fanboy but yeah he’s become part of the same hated establishment. Perhaps Rubio chooses a popular wingnut governor or maybe even Trump himself as his running mate. Rubio unlike McCain and Romney will certainly go with an older running mate.

Problem with picking a wingnut governor is that they’re all presently dealing with horrendous headaches back home. Brownback is trying to see how much blood he can squeeze from the stone, LePage is trying to run a dictatorship, Walker is in the process of turning Wisconsin into a wholly-owned subsidiary of Koch Industries, Snyder is up to his eyeballs in the Flint water scandal, Abbott would scare the shit out of all but the evangelicals, and so forth.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:02:07pm

re: #87 Stanley Sea

I’m at friends, sketchy internet…

I thought I posted in last thread & don’t think it showed up. Worth it to try again.

My 85 year old Aunt Joan with my 88 year old Uncle Donald caucused for Hillary today in Las Vegas. Joan got in fight with 30 yr old Bernie supporter. “He was an asshole.”

Sucks. Let her not of all of my generation is like that. I’m passionate about my views but I do got a load of respect for that generation.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:03:11pm

re: #89 Targetpractice

Problem with picking a wingnut governor is that they’re all presently dealing with horrendous headaches back home. Brownback is trying to see how much blood he can squeeze from the stone, LePage is trying to run a dictatorship, Walker is in the process of turning Wisconsin into a wholly-owned subsidiary of Koch Industries, Snyder is up to his eyeballs in the Flint water scandal, Abbott would scare the shit out of all but the evangelicals, and so forth.

I know, I just can’t see the GOP going with two people in Congress on the ticket. Why would Abbott scare the Evangelicals though? Is there something I don’t know about him? Hell as I said, I wouldn’t be shocked if Rubio were to choose Trump to force a “unity ticket.”

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De Kolta Chair  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:03:39pm

STUPIDEST RW MEME SINCE THE LAST ONE====>

Voluntary exchange of what???
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Aye Pod  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:04:59pm

‘Rubio is ahead in Charleston County - putting paid to Trumps plans for a wipeout in Nevada. This is great news for John McCain.’ - The Hill/

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:05:00pm

re: #92 De Kolta Chair

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This is pretty funny coming from a guy with a 19th century view on civil rights and labor rights. Fuck Ron Paul. i have my problems with Bernie but Bernie’s more in touch with reality than that racist bastard.

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De Kolta Chair  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:05:51pm

re: #46 The Vicious Babushka

Did Hillary win SC?

She sure did. ;-[)

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jaunte  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:06:34pm

Bold plan!

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jaunte  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:07:16pm
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jaunte  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:08:12pm
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CuriousLurker  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:08:17pm

re: #83 Charles Johnson

On another note, today I implemented some very cool code that gives us CSS-only tooltips, using CSS3 transitions and transforms to do nifty fade effects that look like Javascript, but aren’t. You can see these tooltips if you hover over the titles of the LGF Pages in the Featured and Recent lists.

Nice! BTW, did you see this from January?

Microsoft ends support for IE8, IE9, IE10, and Windows 8

Microsoft today ended support for old versions of Internet Explorer, including IE8, IE9, and IE10, as well as Windows 8. For the browsers, the company has also released a final patch (KB3123303) that includes the latest cumulative security updates and an “End of Life” upgrade notification.

End of support does not mean the software stops working. When a given deadline is reached for its software, Microsoft simply stops releasing security updates and offering technical support. […]

At the end of 2015, the combined market share for IE8 (8.95 percent), IE9 (6.67 percent), and IE10 (4.18 percent) was 19.80 percent, according to Net Applications. IE11, by comparison, held 25.57 percent of the pie.

Today’s move means Microsoft only supports the latest version of IE for any version of Windows. In most cases, that’s IE11, which ships with Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. […]

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:08:29pm

re: #97 jaunte

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These people are sorely deluded if they think Mexico will actually pay for Herr Trump’s fence.

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Archangelus  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:08:36pm

It won’t, Karl. Now go slither back to into the hole you crawled from.

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De Kolta Chair  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:08:45pm
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Targetpractice  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:08:56pm

re: #91 HappyWarrior

I know, I just can’t see the GOP going with two people in Congress on the ticket. Why would Abbott scare the Evangelicals though? Is there something I don’t know about him? Hell as I said, I wouldn’t be shocked if Rubio were to choose Trump to force a “unity ticket.”

Nah, I said Abbott would scare all but the evangelicals, and the reason being is the man is a next-level Bible thumper. Most of the current crop are the kind who make a lot of noise about their faith. Abbott seems to think his faith is all that matters.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:10:15pm

re: #103 Targetpractice

Nah, I said Abbott would scare all but the evangelicals, and the reason being is the man is a next-level Bible thumper. Most of the current crop are the kind who make a lot of noise about their faith. Abbott seems to think his faith is all that matters.

Oops sorry about that. You’re right. A lot of the governors wouldn’t fly. Uh, uh what about Larry Hogan or is that too out there.

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Stanley Sea  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:10:17pm

re: #90 HappyWarrior

Sucks. Let her not of all of my generation is like that. I’m passionate about my views but I do got a load of respect for that generation.

She’s tough as nails. No biggie.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:11:09pm

re: #105 Stanley Sea

She’s tough as nails. No biggie.

I’m sure she is. Just hate seeing that.

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Targetpractice  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:11:10pm

re: #101 Ghost of Jeb! Campaign’s Future

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It won’t, Karl. Now go slither back to into the hole you crawled from.

Translation: We should hope that whoever wins the nomination will be ready to bring Jeb? and other Bush cronies back into the White House, where they’ve resided during the last two Republican administrations.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:11:47pm

re: #107 Targetpractice

Translation: We should hope that whoever wins the nomination will be ready to bring Jeb? and other Bush cronies back into the White House, where they’ve resided during the last two Republican administrations.

Closer to three and four. Remember Rummy and Cheney were part of the Ford team.

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freetoken  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:12:40pm

It looks like Rubio will win two counties. Like in Iowa, Rubio picks up the counties that have the most educated or successful people. Too bad for him that most of the GOP voters don’t fall into those categories.

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Barefoot Grin  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:13:00pm

America is like a fucking fever dream right now.

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De Kolta Chair  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:13:21pm

lol

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:13:51pm

re: #109 freetoken

It looks like Rubio will win two counties. Like in Iowa, Rubio picks up the counties that have the most educated or successful people. Too bad for him that most of the GOP voters don’t fall into those categories.

That is part of his problem. And if he were to be nominated, he’d lose those voters in a GE.

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Barefoot Grin  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:13:53pm

re: #109 freetoken

It looks like Rubio will win two counties. Like in Iowa, Rubio picks up the counties that have the most educated or successful people. Too bad for him that most of the GOP voters don’t fall into those categories.

He’s the Adlai Stev…. I’m sorry, I just choked on bile.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:14:36pm

re: #113 Barefoot Grin

He’s the Adlai Stev…. I’m sorry, I just choked on bile.

Don’t you dare. Adlai Stevenson is someone known to me and Marco sir is no Adlai Stevenson.

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Charles Johnson  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:14:51pm
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BadgerB  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:14:56pm

re: #51 Brian J.

Where does he even win delegates between now and then? And who’s going to pay for a campaign that even if it wins Ohio, probably goes to Cleveland with no more than 100-150 delegates out of 2,472?

He could be a safe VP pick for any of the top three as long as it looks like he is still popular enough in Ohio to help carry it.

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Targetpractice  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:15:05pm

re: #104 HappyWarrior

Oops sorry about that. You’re right. A lot of the governors wouldn’t fly. Uh, uh what about Larry Hogan or is that too out there.

I think the answer is that GOP governors fall into three categories: Already ran, toxic, and “Who?”

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:15:13pm

Going to be a bad day for some poor New Zealand bartender who is going to have to hear Chuck bitching about how Cruz didn’t win.

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Big Beautiful Door  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:15:18pm

re: #104 HappyWarrior

Oops sorry about that. You’re right. A lot of the governors wouldn’t fly. Uh, uh what about Larry Hogan or is that too out there.

Mike Pence maybe?

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KingKenrod  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:15:32pm

re: #88 Ghost of Jeb! Campaign’s Future

Gotta ask, since i’m seeing ridiculous inaccuracies lately in the Israeli coverage of the election campaigns back home.. In the current main article at Ynet (the Hebrew edition read by about 80% of the country), which is about the Dem and Rep races today (has been up since yesterday and is being updated now), there’s a line about alleged poll results that aren’t sourced and which I can’t seem to find anywhere.

The line states that “according to a poll in Nevada, Clinton ties nationally against Bush, while losing against all the other candidates (Trump, Rubio, Cruz and Kasich).”

Does anyone know where this may have come from?

USA Today, 1000 LV.
usatoday.com

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freetoken  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:15:36pm

Rubio speaking…

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:15:43pm

re: #117 Targetpractice

I think the answer is that GOP governors fall into three categories: Already ran, toxic, and “Who?”

Yeah he falls under “Who?”. I really wouldn’t be surprised to see him pick someone like Trump or even Carson.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:16:00pm

re: #119 Big Beautiful Door

Mike Pence maybe?

That would actually make more sense.

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Targetpractice  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:16:01pm

re: #118 HappyWarrior

Going to be a bad day for some poor New Zealand bartender who is going to have to hear Chuck bitching about how Cruz didn’t win.

The sheep are scared.

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freetoken  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:16:01pm

Rubio sez he luvs Jeb! and his family…

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freetoken  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:16:44pm

… so all you big time donors, come to Rubio.

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Targetpractice  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:17:03pm

re: #125 freetoken

Rubio sez he luvs Jeb! and his family…

He loves them…but he loves their voters more.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:17:06pm

re: #125 freetoken

Rubio sez he luvs Jeb! and his family…

Jeb is probably laughing his ass off at that and probably blames Marco for why he didn’t do better.

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Archangelus  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:17:16pm

Every time I see or hear something by Rove, I can’t help but be reminded of his depiction on the animated show American Dad (Family Guy universe)… and then think it isn’t near bad enough…

Karl Rove on American Dad

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ausador  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:17:21pm

So here is what things look like for Bernie in the upcoming primaies. Without any momentum from a Nevada win there isn’t as much chance for dramatic change from current polling.

Feb 27th
South Carolina Hillary

March 1-8
Americans Abroad ???

March 1st
American Somoa ???
Arkansas Hillary
Georgia Hillary
Massachusetts Bernie
Oklahoma Hillary
Tennessee Hillary
Texas Hillary
Virginia Hillary

March 8th
Michigan Hillary

March 15th
Florida Hillary
North Carolina Hillary
Ohio Hillary

Races further out are too distant to call but after that string of losses (except Mass.) I don’t see Bernie’s campaign making a comeback.

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Charles Johnson  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:17:38pm

I can’t listen to these Republican candidates right now. My bullshit container is full. I need to call the bullshit disposal service.

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freetoken  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:18:17pm

re: #130 ausador

That’s why I wrote earlier that I think Bernie has peaked.

Peak Bernie has happened.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:18:28pm

re: #130 ausador

So here is what things look like for Bernie in the upcoming primaies. Without any momentum from a Nevada win there isn’t as much chance for dramatic change from current polling.

Feb 27th
South Carolina Hillary

March 1-8
Americans Abroad ???

March 1st
American Somoa ???
Arkansas Hillary
Georgia Hillary
Massachusetts Bernie
Oklahoma Hillary
Tennessee Hillary
Texas Hillary
Virginia Hillary

March 8th
Michigan Hillary

March 15th
Florida Hillary
North Carolina Hillary
Ohio Hillary

Races further out are too distant to call but after that string of losses I don’t see Bernie’s campaign making a comeback.

Sounds about right.

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CuriousLurker  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:18:52pm

Welp, season 3 of “The Americans” is available on Amazon Video now, so I’m gonna go get started binge-watching it.

Later, lizards.

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Barefoot Grin  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:19:15pm

re: #131 Charles Johnson

I can’t listen to these Republican candidates right now. My bullshit container is full. I need to call the bullshit disposal service.

Warn your neighbors so they can close their windows when the honey wagon passes.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:19:16pm

re: #134 CuriousLurker

Welp, season 3 of “The Americans” is available on Amazon Video now, so I’m gonna go get started binge-watching it.

Later, lizards.

I need to start watching that but I watch so many shows as is.

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freetoken  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:20:03pm

Every time I watch Rubio his ears seem bigger.

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Brian J.  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:22:00pm

re: #130 ausador

So here is what things look like for Bernie in the upcoming primaies. Without any momentum from a Nevada win there isn’t as much chance for dramatic change from current polling.

Feb 27th
South Carolina Hillary

March 1-8
Americans Abroad ???

March 1st
American Somoa ???
Arkansas Hillary
Georgia Hillary
Massachusetts Bernie
Oklahoma Hillary
Tennessee Hillary
Texas Hillary
Virginia Hillary

March 8th
Michigan Hillary

March 15th
Florida Hillary
North Carolina Hillary
Ohio Hillary

Races further out are too distant to call but after that string of losses I don’t see Bernie’s campaign making a comeback.

Democrats Abroad are mostly business types, I think. Not likely to vote for a socialist. Hillary wins them comfortably.

Massachusetts only has Bernie up by seven in the PPP poll. TCTC.

Colorado and Minnesota caucuses on March 1st could be tricky, especially the latter.

Louisiana is on March 5th. Easy peasy Hillary squeezy. Kansas and Nebraska caucuses on the same day… Bernie’s counting on caucuses to keep him in the game, but there aren’t a lot of prairie socialists left.

Maine’s on March 6th. Bernie, sadly.

Mississippi’s also on March 8th. Hillary blowout.

Illinois and Missouri also on March 15th. Hillary takes them both.

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MsJ  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:22:17pm

Any possibility Cruz does a 3rd party run for God…because God told him to?

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Barefoot Grin  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:22:28pm

re: #137 freetoken

Every time I watch Rubio his ears seem bigger.

It’s like those site advertisements of “plastic surgery gone wrong” or “15 celebrities who aren’t what you think”: every couple of weeks the click-bait image gets bigger and more perverse. Sheldon wants you to click on Rubio.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:22:49pm

re: #139 WhatEVs

Any possibility Cruz does a 3rd party run for God…because God told him to?

Haven’t heard any threats from him.

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freetoken  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:23:45pm

Sure enough, Rubio is sounding like he won this thing. But he is barely ahead of Cruz, and the bottom three candidates combined total more votes than his.

Dear Marco: Getting 22% of a vote is not such a ringing endorsement.

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Big Beautiful Door  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:23:56pm

re: #139 WhatEVs

Any possibility Cruz does a 3rd party run for God…because God told him to?

As I mentioned earlier, a late decision to run as an independent isn’t feasible because it will be too late to get on the ballot in many states.

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Reality Based Steve  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:24:03pm

I have no doubt that the next 10 days are going to be very amusing, as the GOP Scorched Earth Tour comes of it’s club gig stage and is ready to go full time to the big arenas. All I can say is “Not my circus, not my monkey”. (and yes, there will be poo-flinging a-plenty)

RBS

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freetoken  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:25:08pm

“New American Century” - just had to get that plug in for his sponsors.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:25:20pm

538 has some interviews with today’s voters. The most interesting to me were a couple of Kosovar(or is Kosovanian) immigrants who expressed support for Clinton. One of the two was blunt and said “I’m a refugee, I owe my being here in America to her husband.”

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451_Montag  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:25:38pm

re: #137 freetoken

I think you’ll find it is the rest of his head shrinking.

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Big Beautiful Door  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:26:23pm

re: #142 freetoken

Sure enough, Rubio is sounding like he won this thing. But he is barely ahead of Cruz, and the bottom three candidates combined total more votes than his.

Dear Marco: Getting 22% of a vote is not such a ringing endorsement.

Even though he will probably get 0 delegates while Trump gets 50, he will probably get a raft of endorsements and a whole lot of money, so he did definitely improve his chances of winning the nomination. I just don’t see how anyone other than Trump wins many delegates as long as both Cruz and Rubio are still in the race.

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jaunte  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:27:21pm

Always dragging God into their little contests.

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freetoken  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:27:52pm

re: #144 Reality Based Steve

Next “debate” is on the 25th, just 5 days away.

On CNN and Telemundo.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:28:13pm

re: #149 jaunte

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Always dragging God into their little contests.

I just wish they would let God do this thing and they can do their thing. Leave the poor guy out of it. He doesn’t want to be seen with a jerk like Rubio.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:28:29pm

re: #150 freetoken

Next “debate” is on the 25th, just 5 days away.

On CNN and Telemundo.

Telemundo. Oh that will be fun.

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BeachDem  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:28:51pm

re: #4 Charles Johnson

Jeb Bush is bailing out.

I don’t know why Kasich isn’t. He’s 3rd in two counties ans 4th in 7 (out of 88) and dead last in most of the others.

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De Kolta Chair  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:29:05pm
Peak!
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Ziggy_TARDIS  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:29:13pm

re: #146 HappyWarrior

The Albanians are incredibly pro-American. The socialist Mayor of Tirana some years ago said his nation was more patriotic than Michigan.

Approval ratings there for the US start in the mid-80s, and go up into the 90s regularly. The government, with one exception (They refused to allow Chemical Weapons from Syria in), has been known to go the extra 2 miles to make us happy.

They are also 80-90% Muslim.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:29:42pm

re: #153 BeachDem

I don’t know why Kasich isn’t. He’s 3rd in two counties ans 4th in 7 (out of 88) and dead last in most of the others.

He’s got his silver medal in NH to fall back on. Nate and co are arguing that Marco really fucked up by not getting 2nd in NH.

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Targetpractice  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:30:10pm

re: #153 BeachDem

I don’t know why Kasich isn’t. He’s 3rd in two counties ans 4th in 7 (out of 88) and dead last in most of the others.

He’s bet the farm on OH, just as Jeb? had it bet on SC. Probably safe to bet he’s angling for a VP nod now.

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BeachDem  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:30:27pm

Heh—the only county other than Richland that water boy is winning is Charleston county—Mark Sanford’s home base—and Markie Mark endorsed Cruz.

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PhillyPretzel  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:30:34pm

re: #154 De Kolta Chair

Aww. That is so cute.

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freetoken  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:30:40pm

re: #153 BeachDem

I don’t know why Kasich isn’t. He’s 3rd in two counties ans 4th in 7 (out of 88) and dead last in most of the others.

Again, because he doesn’t have to, and staying in gives him leverage for a future after being governor. It is possible that Kasich will be the “unifying” candidate in the VP slot.

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Reality Based Steve  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:30:45pm

Well, I just finished my homemade pizza.

It had Pepperoni.
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and some Jalapenos
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and some Pineapple.
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and it was AWESOME!!!!

RBS

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:31:09pm

re: #155 Ziggy_TARDIS

The Albanians are incredibly pro-American. The socialist Mayor of Tirana some years ago said his nation was more patriotic than Michigan.

Approval ratings there for the US start in the mid-80s, and go up into the 90s regularly. The government, with one exception (They refused to allow Chemical Weapons from Syria in), has been known to go the extra 2 miles to make us happy.

They are also 80-90% Muslim.

Yeah it’s one of the most pro-American countries in Europe I believe. The people there are very grateful to what we did in teh 1990’s. Is Albania that overwhelmingly Muslim? I knew it was predominately so but not that overwhelming.

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Brian J.  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:31:16pm

re: #155 Ziggy_TARDIS

The Albanians are incredibly pro-American. The socialist Mayor of Tirana some years ago said his nation was more patriotic than Michigan.

Approval ratings there for the US start in the mid-80s, and go up into the 90s regularly. The government, with one exception (They refused to allow Chemical Weapons from Syria in), has been known to go the extra 2 miles to make us happy.

They are also 80-90% Muslim.

I remember that Albanians were really pro-Bush during his first term, but I could be wrong. Anyway, the systematic anti-Muslim ranting by the Republicans has put an end to that. That also buttresses the Democrats’ position in Michigan and helps a bit in Florida.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:31:46pm

re: #158 BeachDem

Heh—the only county other than Richland that water boy is winning is Charleston county—Mark Sanford’s home base—and Markie Mark endorsed Cruz.

Maybe he’ll hike the Appalachian trail with Cruz in shame.

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Big Beautiful Door  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:33:05pm

re: #153 BeachDem

I don’t know why Kasich isn’t. He’s 3rd in two counties ans 4th in 7 (out of 88) and dead last in most of the others.

He’s aiming at Michigan March 8 and Ohio March 15

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:33:28pm

re: #163 Brian J.

I remember that Albanians were really pro-Bush during his first term, but I could be wrong. Anyway, the systematic anti-Muslim ranting by the Republicans has put an end to that. That also buttresses the Democrats’ position in Michigan and helps a bit in Florida.

I think a lot of former Warsaw Pact countries were sympathetic to the Bush doctrine on FP since they liked the idea of getting tyrants out and Eastern Europe is much more conservative than Western Europe is. Not a whole lot of center left ruling parties there that I know of. I do remember that Slovenia was against the Iraq invasion which made my Grandpa happy. Albania wasn’t Warsaw pact I know.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:34:01pm

re: #165 Big Beautiful Door

He’s aiming at Michigan March 8 and Ohio March 15

Those on paper will be good states for him but they could also be great for Trump too since I think Trump will do well with the angry blue collar male demo.

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Romantic Heretic  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:34:39pm

re: #154 De Kolta Chair

Which reminds me, there’s a new ‘Dear Kitten’ video out.

Dear Kitten: The Vertical Carpet

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:35:36pm

re: #162 HappyWarrior

Yep.

Islam is recovering from Hoxha’s weird rule.

It should be noted that the Pro-Americanism is far older.

In the 1910’s Greece and Serbia invaded, and were planning to split the nation. Woodrow Wilson, during the negotiations, heavily supported the Albanians, and made sure they got an independent state, albeit with the loss of Southern Epirus, Kosovo, and the Presevo Valley.

This is also where a lot of the Albanian hatred of Serbs came from. The Serbians killed thousands upon thousands of Albanians.

When America intervenes positively, we gain friends. We should remember that.

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Big Beautiful Door  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:35:48pm

re: #167 HappyWarrior

Those on paper will be good states for him but they could also be great for Trump too since I think Trump will do well with the angry blue collar male demo.

You are right, Kasich will not be the nominee.

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De Kolta Chair  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:35:55pm
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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:37:33pm

re: #169 Ziggy_TARDIS

Yep.

Islam is recovering from Hoxha’s weird rule.

It should be noted that the Pro-Americanism is far older.

In the 1910’s Greece and Serbia invaded, and were planning to split the nation. Woodrow Wilson, during the negotiations, heavily supported the Albanians, and made sure they got an independent state, albeit with the loss of Southern Epirus, Kosovo, and the Presevo Valley.

This is also where a lot of the Albanian hatred of Serbs came from. The Serbians killed thousands upon thousands of Albanians.

When America intervenes positively, we gain friends. We should remember that.

Didn’t know it went back that far. But yes that is something that we should consider in our role.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:38:05pm

re: #170 Big Beautiful Door

You are right, Kasich will not be the nominee.

Not a chance at this point.

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Targetpractice  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:38:11pm

re: #171 De Kolta Chair

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Yeah, I think we’ve reached Peak Bern. He needed a breakout win tonight to convince folks that he could win the minority votes to carry the day and he couldn’t manage it. He took the Hispanic vote, but it’s not key to a lot of the states coming up. But the black vote is, and Hillary dominated there. When she blows his ass out of the water in SC, it’s gonna be the start of the end.

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Belafon  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:39:12pm

I saw this:

As someone said, the thing to remember is that the internet is not the Democratic party.

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freetoken  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:40:10pm

Cruz speaks…

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:40:32pm

re: #174 Targetpractice

Yeah, I think we’ve reached Peak Bern. He needed a breakout win tonight to convince folks that he could win the minority votes to carry the day and he couldn’t manage it. He took the Hispanic vote, but it’s not key to a lot of the states coming up. But the black vote is, and Hillary dominated there. When she blows his ass out of the water in SC, it’s gonna be the start of the end.

The win on the Hispanic vote was the silver lining my friends who support him were trying to find. Not surprisingly, not a mention of the 54% differential between the two in the African-American community. A lot of griping about millionaires in Clark County but really how many are there are compared to the 6% of African-Americans in Nevada and likely higher in Nevada’s Democratic caucus that overwhelmingly prefered Clinton. He got a big problem with this and I have not seen anything that shows that will change.

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freetoken  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:40:41pm

… bad audio makes his voice sound more grating than ever…

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freetoken  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:40:55pm

“extraordinary results”

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:41:19pm

re: #179 freetoken

“extraordinary results”

Just like Marco, this is another guy that shouldn’t be bragging too much.

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freetoken  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:41:30pm

… praises Jeb!… we assume he want’s some of that big time money too…

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freetoken  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:41:44pm

Dear Ted: finishing 3rd is not winning.

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:41:49pm

re: #172 HappyWarrior

I still don’t think we are done in the Balkans though. At some point Republika Srpska, which has denied right of return to Croatians and Bosnians who previously lived there, will try to break from Bosnia and join Serbia. At the same time, Serbia is trying to break off pieces of Kosovo.

I think there will be another Balkan War in my lifetime.

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Brian J.  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:41:49pm

re: #179 freetoken

“extraordinary results”

He’ll get as many delegates as you or me despite running in a state where 3/4 of the voters are Evangelicals. That’s pretty extraordinary, but not in the way he means.

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Big Beautiful Door  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:42:08pm

re: #181 freetoken

… praises Jeb!… we assume he want’s some of that big time money too…

I assume he doesn’t want Jeb to endorse Marco

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Kragar  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:43:21pm

“I’m leading in every poll with Hispanics,” Trump said.

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freetoken  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:43:29pm

re: #185 Big Beautiful Door

I assume he doesn’t want Jeb to endorse Marco

Well, Jeb didn’t really say anything to indicate who he is going to push. I assume Jeb will have try to see if he can get something in return for an endorsement.

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De Kolta Chair  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:43:32pm

re: #168 Romantic Heretic

Which reminds me, there’s a new ‘Dear Kitten’ video out.

Aaaaawwwww ;-)

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Big Beautiful Door  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:43:52pm

re: #184 Brian J.

He’ll get as many delegates as you or me despite running in a state where 3/4 of the voters are Evangelicals. That’s pretty extraordinary, but not in the way he means.

If Cruz can’t win here, its really hard to see where he can win, other than Texas. He has to win some states March 1 in order to justify continuing his campaign.

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Targetpractice  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:43:59pm

re: #177 HappyWarrior

The win on the Hispanic vote was the silver lining my friends who support him were trying to find. Not surprisingly, not a mention of the 54% differential between the two in the African-American community. A lot of griping about millionaires in Clark County but really how many are there are compared to the 6% of African-Americans in Nevada and likely higher in Nevada’s Democratic caucus that overwhelmingly prefered Clinton. He got a big problem with this and I have not seen anything that shows that will change.

The win among Hispanics seems a bit like looking for the consolation prize at this point. I expect much of the same after he gets torpedoed in SC.

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freetoken  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:44:02pm

“effectively tied for 2nd place” - that’s right, for zero delegates.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:44:04pm

re: #183 Ziggy_TARDIS

I still don’t think we are done in the Balkans though. At some point Republika Srpska, which has denied right of return to Croatians and Bosnians who previously lived there, will try to break from Bosnia and join Serbia. At the same time, Serbia is trying to break off pieces of Kosovo.

I think there will be another Balkan War in my lifetime.

Agh I hope not. Bad things always happen in the Balkans that have huge consequences. And thanks for not singling out the Serbs like you have in the past. I understand why you have no love for their past actions and that’s understandable but having ties to the region and knowing that it’s full of a lot of terrilbe misdeeds by all parties just gets me uncomfortable. On that note, I know for a fact I still have family there for sure. Even got some addresses. Just need to figure out what to say.

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Brian J.  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:44:13pm

re: #186 Kragar

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He may be leading among Republicans, but the general election will be a different story.

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ausador  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:44:39pm

Truth…

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:44:55pm

re: #190 Targetpractice

The win among Hispanics seems a bit like looking for the consolation prize at this point. I expect much of the same after he gets torpedoed in SC.

Yeah I expect that.. I like these people I know but they’re in love and not being rational. Oh well.

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freetoken  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:44:58pm

Scalia death exploitation…

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Reality Based Steve  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:45:03pm

re: #168 Romantic Heretic

Which reminds me, there’s a new ‘Dear Kitten’ video out.

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Video

Automatic Upding for anything from ZeFrank.

RBS

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Brian J.  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:46:09pm

Republican turnout now totals 718,237 according to CNN, up about 19% from 2012, with one percent of precincts still shown as out.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:46:42pm

re: #193 Brian J.

He may be leading among Republicans, but the general election will be a different story.

I have Hispanic in laws as you guys know. The name that disturbs them the most by far is Trump. My brother’s sister in law’s husband even said while he hates Cruz that it was noteworthy about Ted being the first Hispanic to win the Iowa Caucuses. Wasn’t support obviously but they hate Trump because Trump by far has been the nasitest and most hateful to the Hispanic community.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:47:57pm

Does Cruz have a billionaire backer like Rubio does with Brannan?

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BeachDem  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:47:59pm

re: #146 HappyWarrior

538 has some interviews with today’s voters. The most interesting to me were a couple of Kosovar(or is Kosovanian) immigrants who expressed support for Clinton. One of the two was blunt and said “I’m a refugee, I owe my being here in America to her husband.”

Wait, they were Dems right? So they didn’t vote today. Was one a young guy?
There is a young guy from Kosovo who volunteers at our phone banks and LOVES Hillary.

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FormerDirtDart  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:48:08pm

Time for a sanity break…
Autonomous fuzzy slippers

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:48:31pm

re: #199 HappyWarrior

Man, there are so many opportunities for a Muslim-Hispanic alliance on social issues in the US.

Particularly since we share a large number of them, especially on immigration.

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freetoken  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:48:41pm

“conservatives continue to unite behind our campaign…” sez the guy in 3rd place.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:50:56pm

re: #201 BeachDem

Wait, they were Dems right? So they didn’t vote today. Was one a young guy?
There is a young guy from Kosovo who volunteers at our phone banks and LOVES Hillary.

Yeah Nevada Dems. The person quoted was 36. Unfortunately, I can’t tell by the name if it is’s a man or woman. Tardis, is Fatos a man or woman’s name? This is someone who definitely came here as a young adult during the Kosovo crisis. Kind of reminds me of my Afghan friend in 12th grade government who was just so eager to learn more about our government. He really humbled me because he was my age and had experience the Taliban. It really showed me how sheltered I really was at that point in my life.
“I’ll be honest, because I’m from Kosovo, I’m going to vote because of Bill Clinton,” he said. “I came here as a war refugee, so this is a kind of thanks for what they did for us.”

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Reality Based Steve  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:51:38pm

Sad Cat Diary

Sad Cat Diary

RBS

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:52:11pm

re: #201 BeachDem

I know it wasn’t as obvious, but Clinton did help out with Bosnia too.

I wonder how that would influence Missouri. There is a large Bosnian population in the city. If they act like the Kosovars/Albanians, that could help Hillary in Missouri.

List of Bosnian Heavy Communities in the US.

The largest Bosnian American communities in the US are found in St. Louis (Bevo Mill’s “Little Bosnia”); followed by Chicago, Detroit, New York City, Jacksonville, and Houston.

Atlanta has Georgia’s largest Bosnian American community with approximately 10,000 in the metro area, mainly in Gwinnett County and DeKalb County[4] Approximately 10,000 Bosnians live in Phoenix, Arizona.[5]

Other large Bosnian American communities can be found in San Francisco Bay Area, Chattanooga, Hackettstown, Seattle, Grand Rapids, Bowling Green, Erie, Nashville, Hartford, Salt Lake City, Portland, Utica and Syracuse.

Of course, I somehow doubt, given her history, Serbian Americans will vote for her.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:52:11pm

re: #203 Ziggy_TARDIS

Man, there are so many opportunities for a Muslim-Hispanic alliance on social issues in the US.

Particularly since we share a large number of them, especially on immigration.

I think all people should work together. A Euro mutt like me has a half Peruvian niece. I think we all benefit when we elarn from each other.

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:53:20pm

re: #205 HappyWarrior

Male if Albanian, Female if Turkish.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:54:54pm

re: #207 Ziggy_TARDIS

I know it wasn’t as obvious, but Clinton did help out with Bosnia too.

I wonder how that would influence Missouri. There is a large Bosnian population in the city. If they act like the Kosovars/Albanians, that could help Hillary in Missouri.

List of Bosnian Heavy Communities in the US.

Of course, I somehow doubt, given her history, Serbian Americans will vote for her.

Serbian-Americans aren’t spiteful people. My grandfather’s best friend was Serbian-American. One of the nicest guys I’ve ever known and a staunch Democrat at that. Don’t forget that a lot of the old hatreds die once people get over here. If we still hung on to old hates, no way in hell do any of my cousins marry the Brits they do and as Celtophilic I am in culture, I love those guys.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:55:42pm

re: #209 Ziggy_TARDIS

Male if Albanian, Female if Turkish.

Danke. Confusing as hell.Then again in the Slavic languages, we have Jan.

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De Kolta Chair  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:56:15pm
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freetoken  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:56:20pm

It looks like Rubio beat Cruz by about a thousand votes. Close. Doesn’t matter though, zero delegates for both.

Trump ruled them.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:57:02pm

re: #213 freetoken

It looks like Rubio beat Cruz by about a thousand votes. Close. Doesn’t matter though, zero delegates for both.

Trump ruled them.

Marco’s still going to brag.

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Brian J.  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:57:10pm

re: #213 freetoken

It looks like Rubio beat Cruz by about a thousand votes. Close. Doesn’t matter though, zero delegates for both.

Trump ruled them.

Rubio might win the Charleston-based 1st CD and its three delegates.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:58:06pm

re: #215 Brian J.

Rubio might win the Charleston-based 1st CD and its three delegates.

3 out of 50. Woohooo! // Honestly I thought this was going to be closer.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:58:29pm

re: #206 Reality Based Steve

Teddy Has An Operation

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Charles Johnson  Feb 20, 2016 • 6:58:57pm
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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 7:00:03pm

re: #218 Charles Johnson

[Embedded content]

or marrying other daughters who they love. or if the daughter is something other than an Evangelical.

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Targetpractice  Feb 20, 2016 • 7:00:15pm

re: #212 De Kolta Chair

[Embedded content]

Now that I think about it, this might just be a book tour for him.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 7:01:09pm

re: #220 Targetpractice

Now that I think about it, this might just be a book tour for him.

We’re going to be like “Oh yeah him” in four years. I remember when he was being used as proof that the GOP was an inclusive party.

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retired cynic  Feb 20, 2016 • 7:01:19pm

re: #96 jaunte

I am going to make a sexist remark. Sorry!

Why does the Trump daughter second from the left in that photo wear her, umm, breasts at her waistline?

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Big Beautiful Door  Feb 20, 2016 • 7:01:44pm

re: #216 HappyWarrior

3 out of 50. Woohooo! // Honestly I thought this was going to be closer.

I think its been established that Trump has a solid base of support who are going to turn out and vote for their candidate. Ironically if Trump sweeps all in the SEC primary, that could help Rubio by forcing Cruz out of the race and coalescing all the anti-Trump vote. But winning Texas would probably keep Cruz in the race.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 7:02:53pm

re: #223 Big Beautiful Door

I think its been established that Trump has a solid base of support who are going to turn out and vote for their candidate. Ironically if Trump sweeps all in the SEC primary, that could help Rubio by forcing Cruz out of the race and coalescing all the anti-Trump vote. But winning Texas would probably keep Cruz in the race.

This truly has been a primary like no other. Marco hasn’t won a single primary yet and still could win. I really think there’s going to be a lot of unhappy people in Cleveland this summer.

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Targetpractice  Feb 20, 2016 • 7:03:10pm

re: #221 HappyWarrior

We’re going to be like “Oh yeah him” in four years. I remember when he was being used as proof that the GOP was an inclusive party.

Such diversity…that got axed within the first couple months of the primaries.

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BeachDem  Feb 20, 2016 • 7:03:51pm

re: #205 HappyWarrior

Yeah Nevada Dems. The person quoted was 36. Unfortunately, I can’t tell by the name if it is’s a man or woman. Tardis, is Fatos a man or woman’s name? This is someone who definitely came here as a young adult during the Kosovo crisis. Kind of reminds me of my Afghan friend in 12th grade government who was just so eager to learn more about our government. He really humbled me because he was my age and had experience the Taliban. It really showed me how sheltered I really was at that point in my life.
“I’ll be honest, because I’m from Kosovo, I’m going to vote because of Bill Clinton,” he said. “I came here as a war refugee, so this is a kind of thanks for what they did for us.”

Ah, I thought you were talking about South Carolina. Ours is early 20s—don’t really know his whole story—just that he was getting frustrated on the phone bank because he has a strong accent and people couldn’t understand him, and he would get really excited talking about Hillary and it would be worse. I think they moved him to canvassing, so people could see him and share his excitement.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 7:04:18pm

re: #225 Targetpractice

Such diversity…that got axed within the first couple months of the primaries.

You gotta love how they’re suddenly not racist because of Ben Carson’s existence in a GOP primary but somehow the Dems are racist even though they’ve elected adn re-elected a black guy twice.

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Feb 20, 2016 • 7:04:37pm

re: #211 HappyWarrior

While Kosovo has a small number of Turks, it is 80%+ Albanian.

More than likely male.

Remember, before the war in the 1910’s, it was part of Albania. And personally, I wouldn’t mind if Albania and Kosovo merged. It would be putting history right.

And yes, I do favor the Albanians and Bosnians in the region.

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De Kolta Chair  Feb 20, 2016 • 7:05:33pm

Update:

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Brian J.  Feb 20, 2016 • 7:06:11pm

re: #229 De Kolta Chair

Update:

[Embedded content]

Why do I suspect they were Trumpers celebrating their glorious victory?

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 7:06:23pm

re: #226 BeachDem

Ah, I thought you were talking about South Carolina. Ours is early 20s—don’t really know his whole story—just that he was getting frustrated on the phone bank because he has a strong accent and people couldn’t understand him, and he would get really excited talking about Hillary and it would be worse. I think they moved him to canvassing, so people could see him and share his excitement.

Nah sorry. He sounds like an interesting guy. I’ve never met anyone from there. I always do like meeting people from new places. It was pretty funny actually. I have a favorite German restaurant. I have a regular cashier. I was making small talk with him one day and asked where in Germany he was from and he politely explains he’s from Slovakia- where my mom’s mom’s parents were from. Felt bad about not noticing that because I got a free shot of Jager in Vienna from a Slovak bartender there who loved meeting an American of Slovak background.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 7:08:41pm

re: #228 Ziggy_TARDIS

While Kosovo has a small number of Turks, it is 80%+ Albanian.

More than likely male.

Remember, before the war in the 1910’s, it was part of Albania. And personally, I wouldn’t mind if Albania and Kosovo merged. It would be putting history right.

And yes, I do favor the Albanians and Bosnians in the region.

I was more confused about how two regions close together could have the same forename and different genders. I don’t begrudge you for having preferences in the region because God knows I have my opinions about certain foreign things but I just hope you’ve learned to avoid broadbrushing entire groups. As I said, my grandfather’s best friend was of Serbian descent. Good and bad people of all backgrounds.

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De Kolta Chair  Feb 20, 2016 • 7:08:53pm

re: #217 Eric The Fruit Bat

[Embedded content]

Video

“Teddy loved a bad boy.” LOL

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freetoken  Feb 20, 2016 • 7:09:11pm

Trump got 49% in Horry county, which is one of the more populated counties and home of Myrtle Beach:

en.wikipedia.org

I can only assume it is because Trump held a rally there just days before the voting.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 7:10:18pm

re: #234 freetoken

Trump got 49% in Horry county, which is one of the more populated counties and home of Myrtle Beach:

en.wikipedia.org

I can only assume it is because Trump held a rally there just days before the voting.

I think BeachDem can explain the culture there a little better. I don’t know. I seem to recall hearing that area has its uh fair share of racial problems over the years.

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ausador  Feb 20, 2016 • 7:10:23pm

Hmm…

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 7:11:00pm

re: #236 ausador

Hmm…

[Embedded content]

So she actually did win the Hispanic vote??

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Brian J.  Feb 20, 2016 • 7:11:17pm

All the remaining precincts still out are in York County in the Charlotte suburbs (23) and Sumter County east of Columbia (4).

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 7:12:11pm

Any early takes on who’d be favored in Nevada for the R’s? Smells like Trump or Cruz country to me.

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Brian J.  Feb 20, 2016 • 7:13:00pm

re: #240 HappyWarrior

Any early takes on who’d be favored in Nevada for the R’s? Smells like Trump or Cruz country to me.

I find it hard to believe anyone but Trumpy Dumpy could win the gambling state where he hasn’t had a casino go bankrupt.

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freetoken  Feb 20, 2016 • 7:13:07pm

re: #240 HappyWarrior

The few polls show Trump by a wide margin.

He has many employees there.

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BeachDem  Feb 20, 2016 • 7:13:26pm

re: #215 Brian J.

Rubio might win the Charleston-based 1st CD and its three delegates.

Which is particularly funny, as that’s Sanford’s district and he endorsed Cruz.

Also, strange that in 2012, with more morons in the race and about 20% fewer voters, NEWT got about 8,000 more votes and a higher percentage of votes than Trump did this time, and we all know how that worked out.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 7:13:29pm

re: #241 Brian J.

I find it hard to believe anyone but Trumpy Dumpy could win the gambling state where he hasn’t had a casino go bankrupt.

Oh man I forgot about Trump’s connections with gambling. Yeah that’s Trump.

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ausador  Feb 20, 2016 • 7:14:14pm

re: #237 HappyWarrior

So she actually did win the Hispanic vote??

Sure looking likely based on actual make up of the precinct voters. But I wonder how entrance polling could have ended up so far off if that’s true?

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Reality Based Steve  Feb 20, 2016 • 7:14:34pm

Rubio and Cruz are going to continue to split the “Anti-Trump” vote for the foreseeable future I suspect. Combined they are going to continually beat him, but neither one is going to be able to break away enough to push the other out. Meanwhile Trump is going to keep on leaving a trail of “WTF” behind him.

Meanwhile the GOP Hierarchy has put the scotch bottle away and is now mainlining speedballs to dull the pain.

This is awesome.

RBS

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 7:14:42pm

re: #243 BeachDem

Which is particularly funny, as that’s Sanford’s district and he endorsed Cruz.

Also, strange that in 2012, with more morons in the race and about 20% fewer voters, NEWT got about 8,000 more votes and a higher percentage of votes than Trump did this time, and we all know how that worked out.

Voters are strange. I’d like have to met the Alf Landon voter who voted for McGovern and Mondale or perhaps a George Wallace voter that ended up voting for Obama.

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Feb 20, 2016 • 7:15:08pm

re: #237 HappyWarrior

Possibly?

Votes are anonymous, so figuring it out would be difficult. But I have a theory.

At least one of the polls was as people were going in.

So, people who were Hispanic walked in, and were planning to vote Sanders. However, a number of his fans caused issues, and many of them switched sides. Would that be plausible?

I admit, I am confused with how caucuses work. I have always been in Primary states, not Caucus states.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 7:15:22pm

re: #245 ausador

Sure looking likely based on actual make up of the precinct voters. But I wonder how entrance polling could have ended up so far off if that’s true?

I have no idea. Was really genuinely upset reading about how some of Sanders’ Caucus goers treated Dolores Huerta.

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Brian J.  Feb 20, 2016 • 7:15:35pm

re: #245 ausador

Sure looking likely based on actual make up of the precinct voters. But I wonder how entrance polling could have ended up so far off if that’s true?

Small sample size, using precincts that don’t represent the actual mix of Hispanic voters in the state (which has changed dramatically in recent years), poor adjusting to Hillary’s overall strong performance, and did I mention small sample size?

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Belafon  Feb 20, 2016 • 7:16:03pm

re: #222 retired cynic

I am going to make a sexist remark. Sorry!

Why does the Trump daughter second from the left in that photo wear her, umm, breasts at her waistline?

Because women have lots of different shapes, including the location of their breasts. For another example, the woman in the Liberty Mutual commercial where (I’m assuming they’re married) her husband is the one who ruins their perfect record.

And I find all the variations fascinating and awesome. Another interesting variation in bodies is when two people are the same height, but one person’s torso is longer than another persons.

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Brian J.  Feb 20, 2016 • 7:16:22pm

re: #248 Ziggy_TARDIS

Possibly?

Votes are anonymous, so figuring it out would be difficult. But I have a theory.

At least one of the polls was as people were going in.

So, people who were Hispanic walked in, and were planning to vote Sanders. However, a number of his fans caused issues, and many of them switched sides. Would that be plausible?

I admit, I am confused with how caucuses work. I have always been in Primary states, not Caucus states.

Also a good point. These were entrance polls, remember, not exit polls.

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KingKenrod  Feb 20, 2016 • 7:16:39pm

If the Rage Furby had dirt on Rubio, right now would be the time to strike. Rubio is gaining momentum and directly threatens Cruz for second banana in a three banana bunch…but I think we know Chuck got nuthin’.

BTW, re: a Cruz win in SC:

Facebook Post

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 7:17:39pm

re: #248 Ziggy_TARDIS

Possibly?

Votes are anonymous, so figuring it out would be difficult. But I have a theory.

At least one of the polls was as people were going in.

So, people who were Hispanic walked in, and were planning to vote Sanders. However, a number of his fans caused issues, and many of them switched sides. Would that be plausible?

I admit, I am confused with how caucuses work. I have always been in Primary states, not Caucus states.

It’s possible. We did have that Huerta story come out. It’s possible that a Spanish accented Clinton surrogate got shat on but I really hope that what we saw with Ms. Huerta was an isolated incident and not something that happened to Spanish speaking Clinton supporters today. I have my problems with Bernie and lord knows I’ve been critical but I want to believe that this would be an isolated isolated. I’ve never done a caucus before either. I so much prefer a primary. In and out.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 7:18:07pm

re: #253 KingKenrod

If the Rage Furby had dirt on Rubio, right now would be the time to strike. Rubio is gaining momentum and directly threatens Cruz for second banana in a three banana bunch…but I think we know Chuck got nuthin’.

BTW, re: a Cruz win in SC:

[Embedded content]

Tis okay Rage Furby, I have beer but none for you.

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Reality Based Steve  Feb 20, 2016 • 7:18:33pm

re: #243 BeachDem

Which is particularly funny, as that’s Sanford’s district and he endorsed Cruz.

Also, strange that in 2012, with more morons in the race and about 20% fewer voters, NEWT got about 8,000 more votes and a higher percentage of votes than Trump did this time, and we all know how that worked out.

Funny, I was just looking at the 2012 results. Newt got 40% of the vote, but there were really only 4 candidates competing, Gingridge (40%), Romney(28%), Santorum (17%) and Paul, Ron (13%). Cain, Perry Huntsman and Bachmann all combined for less than 2%.

RBS

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TedStriker  Feb 20, 2016 • 7:18:55pm

re: #246 Reality Based Steve

Rubio and Cruz are going to continue to split the “Anti-Trump” vote for the foreseeable future I suspect. Combined they are going to continually beat him, but neither one is going to be able to break away enough to push the other out. Meanwhile Trump is going to keep on leaving a trail of “WTF” behind him.

Meanwhile the GOP Hierarchy has put the scotch bottle away and is now mainlining speedballs to dull the pain.

This is awesome.

RBS

By this time next month, they’ll be doing bathtub gin and bags of trailer park meth.

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Belafon  Feb 20, 2016 • 7:19:01pm

re: #254 HappyWarrior

It’s possible. We did have that Huerta story come out. It’s possible that a Spanish accented Clinton surrogate got shat on but I really hope that what we saw with Ms. Huerta was an isolated incident and not something that happened to Spanish speaking Clinton supporters today. I have my problems with Bernie and lord knows I’ve been critical but I want to believe that this would be an isolated isolated. I’ve never done a caucus before either. I so much prefer a primary. In and out.

I would probably go with the small sample size idea.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 7:19:08pm

re: #256 Reality Based Steve

Funny, I was just looking at the 2012 results. Newt got 40% of the vote, but there were really only 4 candidates competing, Gingridge (40%), Romney(28%), Santorum (17%) and Paul, Ron (13%). Cain, Perry Huntsman and Bachmann all combined for less than 2%.

RBS

I recall being surprised how badly Santorum did in SC.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 7:19:53pm

re: #258 Belafon

I would probably go with the small sample size idea.

I’m going to go with that (Small sample) unless other stories surface.

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BeachDem  Feb 20, 2016 • 7:21:31pm

re: #234 freetoken

Trump got 49% in Horry county, which is one of the more populated counties and home of Myrtle Beach:

en.wikipedia.org

I can only assume it is because Trump held a rally there just days before the voting.

Nah, I’ve known all along that he would win Horry big. He’s drawn huge crowds here since last year. When the county Repubs had their convention last year, they were lined up like lemmings to get their pictures taken with him. He’s been strong here all along.

Interestingly (or not), on the Dem side, in 2008, Horry was the only county Hillary carried.

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Feb 20, 2016 • 7:22:30pm

re: #254 HappyWarrior

The whole thing with the Albanians here has made me curious how Bosnians might behave in regard to the Primaries. While Clinton was unable to show full support until the end of the Bosnian War, he did bend international laws to get them weapons (with help of Turkey and Pakistan, among others), and we did favor them in the negotiations.

If the Bosnians act like the Albanians electorally, Bernie will have issues in Missouri, and a number of other states too.

Edit: Fixed a word

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 7:22:41pm

Regardless of who won the Hispanic vote in Nevada though. We had high Hispanic turnout. This is only good news regardless of who is nominated.
huffingtonpost.com

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BeachDem  Feb 20, 2016 • 7:24:14pm

re: #238 Brian J.

All the remaining precincts still out are in York County in the Charlotte suburbs (23) and Sumter County east of Columbia (4).

Well, everybody on both side spent an extraordinary amount of time in York County (that’s where Winthrop U, which hosted debates/forums for both Dems and Repubs is). Sumter—don’t remember who hung out there most.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 7:26:13pm

I’m telling hte Democratic Party. Please seriously look at Julian Castro for VP. He’s not only progressive, qualified for the job, charismatic, but he’d also be an inspiration to Hispanic-Americans who have been on the outside looking in for so long.

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Feb 20, 2016 • 7:27:37pm

re: #265 HappyWarrior

I think he would be a very good choice.

If we do need to have an brokering at the convention, let it be the Debbie Schultz is replaced as DNC head. She has been very bad at it.

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Big Beautiful Door  Feb 20, 2016 • 7:27:46pm

re: #263 HappyWarrior

Regardless of who won the Hispanic vote in Nevada though. We had high Hispanic turnout. This is only good news regardless of who is nominated.
huffingtonpost.com

I agree, a big Hispanic turnout will make it very hard for the GOP to win Florida, Colorado and Nevada in the general.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 7:28:35pm

re: #266 Ziggy_TARDIS

I think he would be a very good choice.

If we do need to have an brokering at the convention, let it be the Debbie Schultz is replaced as DNC head. She has been very bad at it.

I think she’s on her way out anyhow. No clue who should replace. I’d prefer a chair who isn’t an elected official though.

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calochortus  Feb 20, 2016 • 7:28:46pm

re: #251 Belafon

Because women have lots of different shapes, including the location of their breasts. For another example, the woman in the Liberty Mutual commercial where (I’m assuming they’re married) her husband is the one who ruins their perfect record.

And I find all the variations fascinating and awesome. Another interesting variation in bodies is when two people are the same height, but one person’s torso is longer than another persons.

Also, the natural position of the average breast is slightly below the midpoint between the top of the shoulder and the waist. When you emphasize the length of your torso by wearing a very high turtleneck it will make your breasts look really low from certain angles. Her head and neck being tilted a bit to the side increases the illusion.

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 7:30:53pm

re: #267 Big Beautiful Door

I agree, a big Hispanic turnout will make it very hard for the GOP to win Florida, Colorado and Nevada in the general.

It’s not discussed often here in Va but in NoVa, we have a sizable Hispanic community. It’s a good part of why Virginia has become purple. I really think even if Rubio is the nominee, he’s going to have a hard time explaining his past actions and rhetoric on immigration. McCain had a much more pro-immigration record than him and Obama still won big. I expect the same thing to happen is nominated. What I want Rubio to be forced to do is explain why Cubans get special preferences on immigration like the Wet Foot policy while other groups do not. I am not against that policy by the way but I am against the double standards held by Rubio.

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Feb 20, 2016 • 7:31:30pm

re: #268 HappyWarrior

It would need to be a moderate Progressive, and one who is slightly ruthless.

Anyone like that?

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 7:32:40pm

re: #271 Ziggy_TARDIS

It would need to be a moderate Progressive, and one who is slightly ruthless.

Anyone like that?

I don’t care about the person’s ideology. I just want a smart strategist. Howard Dean did nothing for me as a candidate in 2004 but I think he was one of the better party chairs the party’s had.

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Feb 20, 2016 • 7:35:51pm

re: #272 HappyWarrior

I do want to see a continued push to the left over time, though slow at first.

Strategist does matter more though.

I got no one on either count. Axelrod?

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HappyWarrior  Feb 20, 2016 • 7:37:36pm

re: #273 Ziggy_TARDIS

I do want to see a continued push to the left over time, though slow at first.

Strategist does matter more though.

I got no one on either count. Axelrod?

Oh I have no clue. Yeah I’d prefer to go more left. I just don’t think the chair’s personal ideology matters much in the grand scheme of things. We need to find out what candidates work best in what areas.


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