Donald Trump has a bit of a popularity problem with female voters. OK, more than a bit. A yooooge honking unprecedented popularity problem.
Women despise him. Well, lots of people despise him, yours truly included, but women especially.
And the reason is not a mystery.
There’s simply no way he can win in an general election. His negatives with key demographics are overwhelming.
There’s always this 20-30% of folks I just don’t get.
So I have to assume this is 20% of the (usually) 27% of GOP No Matter What! people.
‘I’m going to be so so good with women. You just watch.’
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re: #2 MsJ
There’s always this 20-30% of folks I just don’t get.
So I have to assume this is 20% of the (usually) 27% of GOP No Matter What! people.
Remember to reserve a few percent of the 27% for our side. The makeup is variable, only the magic number stays the same.
Trump is butthurt crybaby, as usual
Wow, sleepy eyes @chucktodd is at it again. He is do totally biased. The things I am saying are correct. - far better vision than the others
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 27, 2016
The press is going out of their way to convince people that I do not like or respect women, when they know that it is just the opposite!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 26, 2016
The media is so after me on women Wow, this is a tough business. Nobody has more respect for women than Donald Trump!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 26, 2016
“@pattiandsammi: @gullakhta99 @realDonaldTrump @Tytan01 @CNN WOMEN LOVE TRUMP. TRUMP’S EXECS PREDOMINANTLY FEMALE. #WOMEN4TRUMP”
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 26, 2016
I wasn’t watching MTP closely the whole program, but I think I heard Chuck Todd say something about the new angry white male voters Trump is attracting and getting out to vote for the first time could take up some of the votes Trump would lose to women.
Anyone catch that comment?
re: #7 The Vicious Babushka
Even when he’s talking about how great he is with women, he expresses it as a dick-measuring contest.
Trump’s Token Girl Architect Tells All https://t.co/dIBFRMz9n2 #tcot #UniteBlue pic.twitter.com/FRqrvcxcN9
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) March 27, 2016
The sad truth is that there are millions of Kim Davis types who will go to the polls and vote for Trump because their preachers tell them to!
Milo has retweeted prisonplanet:
7-year-old girl gang-raped by migrants in Germany. pic.twitter.com/wDDs5WkdnO
— Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) March 22, 2016
In the original source there is a question sign in the headline, there is no absolute claim that the rape had occurred or that the men are guilty of it, the chief prosecutor is quoted as saying that so far there has been no “urgent suspicion” [of a person having committed a crime]. (It’s legal jargon meaning that the third, highest level of “suspicion” against any person has not been reached.) No pending trial is mentioned in the Bild article. Another source quotes the chief prosecutor as saying that they could not verify the claim.
In rwnj sources an allegation under investigation becomes a fact (but only as long as the alleged perps are non-white migrants).
re: #3 SoundGuy 2016
‘I’m going to be so so good with women. You just watch.’
“I have a great relationship with the blacks chicks.”
re: #9 Charles Johnson
Even when he’s talking about how great he is with women, he expresses it as a dick-measuring contest.
I think it was John Oliver that remarked that Trump, even at his most emphatic moment, always comes up as a dick.
re: #14 The Engineer Lobuno
I think it was John Oliver that remarked that Trump, even at his most emphatic moment, always comes up as a dick.
I see what you did there.
re: #12 Nyet
Well yeah, rape claims are only false when they’re made against white males.
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re: #10 The Vicious Babushka
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Barbara Res…come on down! It’s your turn to get slammed on The Donald Trump Show.
“Hey, she hit me, so I had to hit back.”
Maybe Trump has one of those implied agreements linked at some of his websites, about never saying or doing anything disrespectful or hurtful about me, Donald J. Trump, or any company …yada yada … for the rest of your life, or I’ll sue own your ass. Your use of this website implies your agreement to these terms, which you remain legally bound to, even if I or any of my sychophants change them without notice, or the website hosting them gets sold to any 3rd, 4th, etc parties, or is otherwise lost from my control, or disappears from the internet.
I blame Bill Gates for starting that kind of shit
re: #16 klys (maker of Silmarils)
It’s ironic that the crime claims the rwnjs propagate are either fake (the Berlin incident), have not been established to be credible at the moment (this case) or are wildly out of context (the Swedish case I posted about).
While I was playing cards yesterday, for some strange reason they had a couple TV’s set to news channels instead of sports. While I was waiting for my seat, I caught a bit of one of the cable news shows talking about Trump in the general election. Supposedly there are polls showing Trump losing college educated white voters to both Hillary and Sanders. Playing around with 538’s election toy, if turnout stayed the same and college educated whites broke just 51-49 for the Dems, that moves North Carolina and Georgia into the blue. It also puts a few other states in play. Assuming turnout for Latinos stays the same and the Dem nominee picks up 5%, that swings Arizona as well.
So basically, my question is: do we actually have polls showing Trump losing college educated white voters? Because that has to have the GOP establishment types shitting themselves.
I keep coming back to the conspiracy theory that Trump is intentionally helping Hillary.
Q. What’s the solution to a candidate having the biggest “likeability” problem in the last two generations (This is Hillary, whether people admit it or not)?
A. Run them against somebody so loathsome and vile that your candidate comes across as a saint by comparison.
Trump is a Perfect Storm of idiocy, we know this. But what if he turns out to be a perfect con? What if Hillary wins and the next day Trump says “Hey folks, it was all a joke. Thanks for playing, suckers!”
Would I weep for what’s become of our Democratic process? Or would I laugh my ass off? Probably both, but in which order, I can’t say.
re: #21 Pawn of the Oppressor
He would have no excuse whatsoever. He’s not the one reap the consequences of the hate wave he has helped to unleash.
re: #21 Pawn of the Oppressor
I keep coming back to the conspiracy theory that Trump is intentionally helping Hillary.
Q. What’s the solution to a candidate having the biggest “likeability” problem in the last two generations (This is Hillary, whether people admit it or not)?
A. Run them against somebody so loathsome and vile that your candidate comes across as a saint by comparison.
Trump is a Perfect Storm of idiocy, we know this. But what if he turns out to be a perfect con? What if Hillary wins and the next day Trump says “Hey folks, it was all a joke. Thanks for playing, suckers!”
Would I weep for what’s become of our Democratic process? Or would I laugh my ass off? Probably both, but in which order, I can’t say.
And then Bill Clinton hands him a dollar.
re: #16 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Well yeah, rape claims are only false when they’re made against white males.
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Rape Claim Validator:
Rape+White Male = she asked for it, probably made it up, Men’s Rights
Rape+Non-White Male = totally true
re: #26 Dr Lizardo
“Let me tell you… I’m really proud that we’ve got a woman President. I’m great with women. I helped elect one. It was a fantastic deal, an amazing deal. The best of my life. God bless America and all the people that love me! Visit TrumpWorld Beijing in 2018!”
*I don’t know what TrumpWorld Beijing would be, but it would be yuuuuge and amazing and family-friendly and possibly also bankrupt
re: #25 SoundGuy 2016
Rape Claim Validator:
Rape+White Male = she asked for it, probably made it up, Men’s Rights
Rape+Non-White Male = totally true
Rape+Bill Clinton = totally true & it’s Hillary’s fault!
It is also notable that the exact same claims are mirrored by the Daily Stormer. Which is only slightly distinguishable from Breitbart nowadays.
Sanders wants a debate in New York prior to the primary. pic.twitter.com/3UjjxRMYfl
— Gideon Resnick (@GideonResnick) March 27, 2016
So this is happening in New York City right now pic.twitter.com/GRAwQMhhtg
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) March 27, 2016
re: #32 Jenner7
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Sure.
Not sure why though. These debates haven’t been going well for him.
re: #35 Not a Sparkly Vampire
Sure.
Not sure why though. These debates haven’t been going well for him.
Free airtime and exposure, if nothing else.
re: #35 Not a Sparkly Vampire
Sure.
Not sure why though. These debates haven’t been going well for him.
As I was hinting in the past thread…Bernie has changed. He is feeling his oats now and I think he thinks he is well on his way to winning the nomination.
And like a good politician he is going to hang on to that hope until there is no way he can go on. He may also be a bit drunk on the accolades of his supporters.
re: #37 ObserverArt
As I was hinting in the past thread…Bernie has changed. He is feeling his oats now and I think he thinks he is well on his way to winning the nomination.
And like a good politician he is going to hang on to that hope until there is no way he can go on. He may also be a bit drunk on the accolades of his supporters.
Makes sense.
re: #35 Not a Sparkly Vampire
Sure.
Not sure why though. These debates haven’t been going well for him.
Gotta go high-variance at this point. Even if the average debate is fought to a draw, he might get one from the positive tail of the distribution. Clinton dropping a terrible soundbite or something.
I dunno. It seems like one of those least-bad sorts of strategies.
re: #4 Charles Johnson
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What an amazing image! It reminds me of the cover of Renaissance’s 1978 album “A Song for all Seasons”:
(BTW The actual album is excellent- the best way I can think of describing it is that it sounds like ABBA if they were an English prog-folk group. The lead single “Northern Lights” totally sounds like ABBA giving it an English medieval folk twist to their usual pop songs.)
re: #32 Jenner7
Yeah, there’s no way they respond positively to a letter that dickish. That letter’s all about public consumption, not a genuine request for a debate.
Also, Happy Easter from the Pacific Northwest, lizardfolk:
re: #7 The Vicious Babushka
Trump is butthurt crybaby, as usual
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“Sleepy eyes”? Oh, for goodness sake.
Just checked RealClear Politics for their latest average on the Democrat New York Primary race. Hillary up 34.5 points. Bernie must think he can close that down with a debate and his recent success out West.
RealClear Politics - New York Democratic Presidential Primary
re: #44 ObserverArt
Hillary didn’t even campaign in HI or AK. The Northeast is next and she’s leading in delegate rich states.
re: #44 ObserverArt
Just checked RealClear Politics for their latest average on the Democrat New York Primary race. Hillary up 34.5 points. Bernie must think he can close that down with a debate and his recent success out West.
Who cares? We all know New York is always blood red come November. Let the blue states decide!
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Milo Yiannopoulos is one of the most disgusting, fucked up people on the Internet. That is all.
re: #44 ObserverArt
Just checked RealClear Politics for their latest average on the Democrat New York Primary race. Hillary up 34.5 points. Bernie must think he can close that down with a debate and his recent success out West.
RealClear Politics - New York Democratic Presidential Primary
NY has more people per county than voted in all three states Bernie won total. Hillary’s up 34 points? That’ll not only stop Bernie’s “momentum” but it puts a cherry on top of her closing in on the nomination.
NY has 291 delegates (compared to the 129 delegates in the past 6 states Bernie won).
So, if Hillary is up 65-35 (30 points), that gives her…. 189 delegates out of the 291. Which vastly surpasses the 98 Bernie claimed in the past six states.
Doing the math? Yeah, Bernie’s momentum stops dead in its tracks.
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re: #47 Charles Johnson
Milo Yiannopoulos is one of the most disgusting, fucked up people on the Internet. That is all.
Milo Y’s starting point for being the most fucked up person on the internet is “gay RWNJ”. That’s a hell of a starting point.
Most other people need to provide weapon-grade RWNJ derp 24/7 just to get to that level.
Tommy Tucker, the most celebrated squirrel of the 1940’s looking dapper in gingham. (Nina Leen—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images) #wildLIFEwednesday
re: #32 Jenner7
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On MTP today, Bernie refused to say if he would ultimately support Hillary if she is the nominee. He has, in the past, made it conditional on supporting medicare for all and other items on his agenda. His supporters at his rallies “boo” at the mention of her name.
Even the GOP rivals, for the most part, say they would support Trump if he is the nominee.
This is not good. Get a grip Senator Sanders!
The problem for Sanders is that ~94% of the remaining delegates will be awarded in primaries. https://t.co/7RpH8XFPyZ
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) March 27, 2016
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re: #54 blueraven
On MTP today, Bernie refused to say if he would ultimately support Hillary if she is the nominee. He has, in the past, made it conditional on supporting medicare for all and other items on his agenda. His supporters at his rallies “boo” at the mention of her name
Even the GOP rivals, for the most part, say they would support Trump if he is the nominee.
This is not good. Get a grip Senator Sanders!
That really pisses me off, because it adds fuel to the “bernie or bust” bullshit.
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re: #53 Charles Johnson
Tommy Tucker, the most celebrated squirrel of the 1940’s looking dapper in gingham. (Nina Leen—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images) #wildLIFEwednesday
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Cross-Dressing Squirrels are one of the very very early warning signs of the coming Apocalypse.
RBS
I have a confession….
I like M. Night’s movies.
There, I said it.
re: #57 BeachDem
That really pisses me off, because it adds fuel to the “bernie or bust” bullshit.
Bernie said nothing to disappoint his most fervent supporters on MTP Today. As blueraven said, Chuck Todd asked him about his supporters booing Hillary at the mention of her name. Todd pointed out that Bernie used to stop his crowds from doing that and now lets it go. Bernie said something along the lines of “things have changed.”
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This is a 25,000 member megachurch in Memphis, TN:
Man with guns arrested at Bellevue Baptist Church
MEMPHIS, TN (WMC) -
Memphis police are investigating a person with several guns at Bellevue Baptist Church.
Police said security told them they saw a man in the sanctuary who was carrying multiple guns.
Officers arrived on the scene and took the suspect into custody without incident.
Just exercising his Constitutional rights, you liberal meanies.
Reading the page about the PEZ Easter Egg Hunt being canceled because adults are assholes.
As someone who does not have children and who has never really felt the maternal instinct, what is it about having kids that turns some adults into completely selfish dicks? I don’t get it.
re: #65 Nyet
But math is haaaaaard…
Haven’t you heard? Momentum overcomes math!
It also changes super delegates minds.
Been watching season 2 of Daredevil, and I had no idea there were so many ninjas hanging out in New York.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 27, 2016
re: #66 ObserverArt
Haven’t you heard? Momentum overcomes math!
It also changes super delegates minds.
Plus the number of states won is much more math worthy than number of delegates won, well except in Washington.
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re: #67 Charles Johnson
I’m limiting myself to just one episode an evening and no more than 2 episodes a week. Really trying to make it last.
RBS
re: #63 Shiplord Kirel
This is a 25,000 member megachurch in Memphis, TN:
Man with guns arrested at Bellevue Baptist ChurchJust exercising his Constitutional rights, you liberal meanies.
Sure enough, freepers question the arrest of the Easter service gun carrier:
too much info missing.
does he have a carry permit ?
a church is not off limits except if posted as such.wonder if there will be any follow-up on this.
Yes, younger and perhaps more confrontational people win in caucuses. There’s a surprise. It does not say anything about the actual level of support.
WTF:
Could Trump turn New York red? https://t.co/hV8fXiTvee pic.twitter.com/aD6SQlZnv7
— The Hill (@thehill) March 27, 2016
re: #54 blueraven
On MTP today, Bernie refused to say if he would ultimately support Hillary if she is the nominee. He has, in the past, made it conditional on supporting medicare for all and other items on his agenda. His supporters at his rallies “boo” at the mention of her name.
Even the GOP rivals, for the most part, say they would support Trump if he is the nominee.
This is not good. Get a grip Senator Sanders!
I would be very disappointed if Sanders ultimately doesn’t do the right thing and endorse Clinton. He strikes me as a nice guy. Not sure if he could actually win the Presidency but I’m glad that he’s running as he has pulled Clinton to the left on many important issues. However, this is not about him or even about Clinton. He needs to do the right thing and endorse Clinton since she needs to beat Trump.
re: #72 Lidane
Maybe with blood, if he’s ever elected.
How is he going to solve this “all alone”?
Another radical Islamic attack, this time in Pakistan, targeting Christian women & children. At least 67 dead,400 injured. I alone can solve
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 27, 2016
re: #66 ObserverArt
Haven’t you heard? Momentum overcomes math!
It also changes super delegates minds.
And the bird. Don’t forget the bird!!!
SUPERDELEGATES ARE UNDEMOCRATC
HEY WE WON ANOTHER CAUCUS
MOMENTUM
re: #45 SoundGuy 2016
Hillary didn’t even campaign in HI or AK. The Northeast is next and she’s leading in delegate rich states.
I think I have divined Hillary’s covertly insidious strategy: She is concentrating on places that have lots of people.
re: #75 The Vicious Babushka
How is he going to solve this “all alone”?
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re: #60 Jenner7
I have a confession….
I like M. Night’s movies.
There, I said it.
Even The Last Airbender? Because that turkey stank.
Another radical Islamic attack, this time in Pakistan, targeting Christian women & children. At least 67 dead,400 injured. I alone can solve
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 27, 2016
re: #73 Patricia Kayden
I would be very disappointed if Sanders ultimately doesn’t do the right thing and endorse Clinton. He strikes me as a nice guy. Not sure if he could actually win the Presidency but I’m glad that he’s running as he has pulled Clinton to the left on many important issues. However, this is not about him or even about Clinton. He needs to do the right thing and endorse Clinton since she needs to beat Trump.
I would expect Bernie and Hillary, both, to say something like…I expect to be the nominee but of course I will support the Democratic candidate. That is fucking easy. WTF?
Another radical Islamist attack, followed by another narcissistic hubris attack.
re: #87 Charles Johnson
Another radical Islamic attack, this time in Pakistan, targeting Christian women & children. At least 67 dead,400 injured. I alone can solve
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 27, 2016
Better delete your account so you can get started “solving” terrorism. https://t.co/pxlVPfPgHs @realDonaldTrump
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 27, 2016
re: #85 Big Beautiful Door
I haven’t seen that one.
re: #87 Charles Johnson
Oh, now that it appears Christians were targeted they will speak out. Before that, not so much. The attack is horrible. These animals care about nothing. But it is just as bad when Muslim children are killed.
Hey, everyone, in an Easter missive, Sharron Angle compares herself to Gideon and George Washington. I kid you not. pic.twitter.com/F4tqCVsESN
— Jon Ralston (@RalstonReports) March 27, 2016
re: #87 Charles Johnson
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So what’s he waiting for? He has a private jet—hop on it and go solve the problem, asshole. Talk is cheap.
re: #1 Dr Lizardo
There’s simply no way he can win in an general election. His negatives with key demographics are overwhelming.
He can if enough voters are too disgusted to go to the polls to vote for the other candidate.
The best response to Sanders’ NY debate challenge would be: “I accept. Let’s finally have the foreign policy debate & do it at Ground Zero.”
— AlGiordano (@AlGiordano) March 27, 2016
Heh.
re: #88 blueraven
I would expect Bernie and Hillary, both, to say something like…I expect to be the nominee but of course I will support the Democratic candidate. That is fucking easy. WTF?
I believe Clinton has said exactly that.
Go solve it right now with your MAGICAL BILLIONAIRE DEAL POWERS! why wait for more people to die? https://t.co/iqoEGoX5NA
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) March 27, 2016
re: #98 Fortitudine
He can if enough voters are too disgusted to go to the polls to vote for the other candidate.
Trump is so polarizing that I expect higher than normal turnout.
re: #67 Charles Johnson
And if there aren’t ninjas, then there are high profile contract assasins like John Wick picking off Russian mobsters and no one bats an eye. The NYPD crime stats, however, take some extra special work…
Trump: What’s going on in the GOP is a “disgrace” https://t.co/pGkQAgbgo5 pic.twitter.com/DrKk9COx9D
— The Hill (@thehill) March 27, 2016
no shit…
re: #92 Charles Johnson
Sure, Donald, go ahead. Go to Pakistan on your own and teach those heathens about ‘Murica!
I’ll hold your coat.
re: #72 Lidane
WTF:
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Meanwhile, back in FACTLAND, Trump has not gathered more than 25% of total primary voters in any state outside of the deep South.
Well, and Arizona, but they’re sort of honorary members.
re: #101 The Vicious Babushka
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Wait- there are still 21% or women, meaning about 40% of white women who still will vote for this misogynistic fraud?
Wow…. Never underestimate the power of Stockholm Syndrome and sympathetic feelings for an abuser.
I alone can solve. Cyber.
Seriously? If you’re Jeb, Rick Perry, or even Scott Walker, you have got to be thinking to yourself how the hell did you ever get so completely screwed up that Trump walked all over you. You were that bad before, but now?
The GOP is done as a national party. Stick a fork in it.
Sure, they can still screw things up plenty at the state and local level, but Trump reveals the whole rotten core of the party.
re: #96 Backwoods_Sleuth
(Shakes head in pity)
How sad that she has no real identity of her own and has to replace it with the identities of people she in no way resembles.
Sad.
BUTTHURT CRYBABY, SOUNDS LIKE A BERNIEBRO
Just to show you how unfair Republican primary politics can be, I won the State of Louisiana and get less delegates than Cruz-Lawsuit coming
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 27, 2016
re: #103 lawhawk
And if there aren’t ninjas, then there are high profile contract assasins like John Wick picking off Russian mobsters and no one bats an eye. The NYPD crime stats, however, take some extra special work…
re: #107 CuriousLurker
While he’s over there he should solve the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict too. After all, he’s Donald Trump so it should be a piece of cake, right? //
He’s such a phenomenal deal maker, really the greatest. It should be child’s play.
re: #96 Backwoods_Sleuth
$125 for a BOOK? Good lord she is out of her mind.
re: #114 Eclectic Cyborg
$125 for a BOOK? Good lord she is out of her mind.
There has never been any question about that.
Donald Trump tombstone mysteriously appears in Central Park https://t.co/Yr6DRfZyGG (Photo @sachinrb) pic.twitter.com/zbIfhTwFud
— Eyewitness News (@ABC7NY) March 27, 2016
re: #111 The Vicious Babushka
BUTTHURT CRYBABY, SOUNDS LIKE A BERNIEBRO
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People, believe me, I’m a winner, I make deals, I’m so good at making deals I can win a state and lose the delegate count.
Sad!
re: #118 Testy Toad T
Someone should tweet that he should admire Cruz for that, since he obviously made a better deal!
re: #114 Eclectic Cyborg
$125 for a BOOK? Good lord she is out of her mind.
That’s a good price for a copy of the DSM-5.
(That is the book she’s featured in, right?)
New in Pages:
This is a sorry turn of events. Note that the English Defence League reared its brainless head on foreign soil.
Nazi Salutes, Anti-Immigrant Chants Disrupt Brussels Memorial
I ALONE CAN SOLVE is an anagram of ALIEN VOLCANOES.
Holy shit, it’s a dog whistle to Scientologists.
re: #111 The Vicious Babushka
BUTTHURT CRYBABY, SOUNDS LIKE A BERNIEBRO
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IIRC, it’s basically because Cruz was better organized and managed to get his people into the uncommitted delegate slots.
RBS
About Trump’s negative numbers with women, from an objective point of view I will be fascinated watching how that level ebbs and flows as the campaign season moves along.
From a subjective point of view, I hope it grows much more negative for him.
I’ve been visiting my family in Washington state for the last two weeks, my first time back in the United States in two full years. Among the people I’ve chatted with, they’ve all said they’d be happy with either Mrs. Clinton or Mr. Sanders, and to a person they’ve been appalled by everyone on the Republican side. Based on this unscientific observation, I’m ready to declare that the Evergreen State will stay blue.
Prior to the caucuses here yesterday, I was interested to see that Sanders had advertised a lot on radio and some on TV, but I don’t think I saw a single ad by Clinton. They both came here in person, and Chelsea Clinton also headlined an event.
I ALONE CAN SOLVE pic.twitter.com/WcJkLRTq44
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 27, 2016
re: #117 lawhawk
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I’m imagining the monolith scene from 2001, only instead of learning how to use a femur as a club, the primates learn how to grunt about “must build wall” and to craft a crude “Make Gondwanaland Great Again” hat from antelope skin.
re: #111 The Vicious Babushka
BUTTHURT CRYBABY, SOUNDS LIKE A BERNIEBRO
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Is “lawsuit coming” anything like:
I alone can solve?
We are five tweets from All Your Base Are Belong To Us.
re: #128 The Ghost of a Cunning Plan
I alone can solve?
We are five tweets from All Your Base Are Belong To Us.
He’s still stuck on “Amaze the natives.”
He really believes he can sue his way to the nomination…
re: #130 Eclectic Cyborg
He really believes he can sue his way to the nomination…
Look how far it has gotten him!
re: #129 Decatur Deb
He’s more of a kill the chief and be done with it type.
re: #130 Eclectic Cyborg
He really believes he can sue his way to the nomination…
We are a land of laws!!!
There is a chance, with Trump as the GOP nominee, that the Democrats can both retain the White House, regain the Senate and possibly the House as well. That would give them two years to make some progress on key issues like immigration reform, the minimum wage, and investment in infrastructure and education before the GOP regains control of Congress in the midterms. But in order to do that, the Democrats must abolish the filibuster. I don’t want to hear any more crap about how the Democrats need the filibuster to stop the GOP when they regain control of the Senate. If the only reason to be a Senator is to make sure that nothing happens then they ought to abolish the damn institution. The President can veto anything that a GOP Congress passes, and if the voters decide to elect a Republican President then they ought to have the opportunity to govern as well.
Did Obama’s trip to Cuba come too soon?
(Don’t judge before you read.)
I read this op-ed & it’s really lame.
Melania Trump and Heidi Cruz have been “flattened into human baseball cards, to be rated and traded” https://t.co/THf1zdbsD7 via @nytopinion
— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 27, 2016
There’s a rec. list diary over at DailyKos that features a bunch of Gus’ tweets.
Uh, about that meme going around that “ISIS is winning?”
Syrian troops said to recapture historic Palmyra from Islamic State https://t.co/CwcTcJgALw pic.twitter.com/93AWi4irq2
— The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) March 27, 2016
re: #137 The Vicious Babushka
Naked lady politics…wow. Clickbait much?
re: #137 The Vicious Babushka
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If there is any element of the accusations against Cruz turn out to be true, (and I suspect that it’s going to be shown to be at least significantly accurate), then it’s proof that old Henry K. was right when he said that “Power is the Ultimate Aphrodisiac”.
RBS
re: #141 Reality Based Steve
If there is any element of the accusations against Cruz turn out to be true, (and I suspect that it’s going to be shown to be at least significantly accurate), then it’s proof that old Henry K. was right when he said that “Power is the Ultimate Aphrodisiac”.
RBS
A more accurate translation from the German is “Office is the ultimate paper bag.”
re: #142 Decatur Deb
A more accurate translation from the German is “Office is the ultimate paper bag.”
Are there eye holes in the bag?
“Crowd mistakes small bird for 800 delegates.” #BirdieSanders #Clinton pic.twitter.com/Lqz3VbZxG1
— Kaivan Shroff (@KaivanShroff) March 27, 2016
re: #142 Decatur Deb
A more accurate translation from the German is “Office is the ultimate paper bag.”
If you don’t have a paper bag, can you use a plastic one?
RBS
re: #146 Reality Based Steve
If you don’t have a paper bag, can you use a plastic one?
RBS
Four out of five coroners vote “No”.
Oh man. Another massive face plant by Breitbart today. I’ll have a post up soon.
re: #142 Decatur Deb
A more accurate translation from the German is “Office is the ultimate paper bag.”
That took me a minute. At first, I was thinking MS Office, and that made no sense.
JUST IN: Explosive device found on street detonated by bomb squad in Anaheim, Calif., police say https://t.co/JQtzMoaQ7s
— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 27, 2016
re: #151 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Anaheim Police Department wrote on its Facebook page that a suspect left behind a possible pipe bomb after an alleged bank robbery. The Anaheim Fire and Rescue, and the Orange County Sheriff’s Department Bomb Squad also assisted.
According to the APD the device was determined to be a “realistic hoax.”
re: #124 Scout
My three sisters live in Spokane (where we grew up) and are in their 50’s. All three of them are voting Hillary, without hesitation. Years ago my youngest sis ‘carefully’ asked my political orientation (we don’t talk much about politics) and was happy to hear that we were on the same page. She’s an Obama supporter and wanted to know if I had voted for him (I did, twice), which made her (and my other sisters) very happy.
Spokane is about as red as it gets in WA so it’s good to know that there are a few sane people left there. :)
First time throwing a leg over the saddle since Valentines Day. First, there was the 3 weeks spent coming down with, having, and then recovering from The Creeping Crud. Then 2 rainy Sundays. Then a partly rainy Sunday.
Felt surprisingly good. Maybe I’m overthinking the whole “Take It Easy, Old Timer” thing.
re: #154 Blind Frog Belly White
First time throwing a leg over the saddle since Valentines Day. First, there was the 3 weeks spent coming down with, having, and then recovering from The Creeping Crud. Then 2 rainy Sundays. Then a partly rainy Sunday.
Felt surprisingly good. Maybe I’m overthinking the whole “Take It Easy, Old Timer” thing.
Horseback riding is good for the soul!
re: #124 Scout
Prior to the caucuses here yesterday, I was interested to see that Sanders had advertised a lot on radio and some on TV, but I don’t think I saw a single ad by Clinton. They both came here in person, and Chelsea Clinton also headlined an event.
My spouse had gotten two direct mail adverts for Sanders, but neither one of us got anything for Clinton. We don’t have a television set, nor do we listen much to the radio, so if we don’t see anything in either the newspapers or by mail, we don’t see advertising.
re: #154 Blind Frog Belly White
First time throwing a leg over the saddle since Valentines Day. First, there was the 3 weeks spent coming down with, having, and then recovering from The Creeping Crud. Then 2 rainy Sundays. Then a partly rainy Sunday.
Felt surprisingly good. Maybe I’m overthinking the whole “Take It Easy, Old Timer” thing.
We’ll revisit that tomorrow morning, when the thigh-ache takes effect…
re: #160 Blind Frog Belly White
Even better for the butt.
I’m reduced to short rides, and trying to get enough of them in to establish a base is pretty difficult when I have to carry teaching materials around.
re: #41 Alephnaught
What an amazing image! It reminds me of the cover of Renaissance’s 1978 album “A Song for all Seasons”:
(BTW The actual album is excellent- the best way I can think of describing it is that it sounds like ABBA if they were an English prog-folk group. The lead single “Northern Lights” totally sounds like ABBA giving it an English medieval folk twist to their usual pop songs.)
Opening Out is one of my favorite songs of all time.
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