So Long, Ted Cruz. It's Been Real.

So Long, Ted Cruz. It’s Been Real.

Stick a fork in him, he’s done

PoliticsMay 2016 • Views: 49,028

As I write this, Ted Cruz has been gassing on and on at his concession speech in Indiana, but he’s toast. Donald Trump crushed him tonight, again. And this is the end of his campaign.

So the theocratic GOP candidate is done. Thank the flying spaghetti monster. The Trumpenstein is now the presumptive GOP nominee. And cyberstalker Chuck C. Johnson is out $5400.

Now we watch as #NeverTrump morphs slowly, reluctantly into #GoTrumpGo.

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482 comments

Testy Toad T May 3, 2016 • 5:42:03pm

It’s been fun. Don’t come back.

Great White Snark May 3, 2016 • 5:42:05pm

Nothing that helps Donald Trump is a good thing right now.

Jenner7 May 3, 2016 • 5:42:27pm

SOMEBODY CHECK ON @GLENNBECK

— Oliver Willis (@owillis) May 4, 2016

ipsos May 3, 2016 • 5:42:31pm

If you had told me a year ago that I’d be less than 110% thrilled about Cruz exiting the race, I’d have slapped you silly.

If you had told me a year ago that Cruz would be the next-to-last man standing (Kasich who?) in the GOP race, I’d have laughed in your face.

If you had told me a year ago that Trump would be in the lead with a clear path to the nomination, I’d have left for Canada right then and there…

ipsos May 3, 2016 • 5:43:04pm

Also, what’s the countdown until the inevitable Cruz endorsement of Trump?

TK-421 May 3, 2016 • 5:43:50pm

Kragar May 3, 2016 • 5:44:01pm

“We left it all on the field, Indiana.” Yes, that field. That beautiful, shiny basketball field. #Cruz2016

— Geoff LaTulippe (@DrGMLaTulippe) May 4, 2016

Targetpractice May 3, 2016 • 5:44:04pm

A year ago, the conventional wisdom was that Trump was a curiosity, a bloviating douchebag that had no real chance at the nomination and any talk from him about running was aimed at boosting his TV ratings. So many times over the past 12 months, the demise of his campaign was predicted, polling plateaus predicted, and confident assumptions made that he wouldn’t make it past Iowa.

I think we all should take a moment and realize that reality is far more warped and insane than any of us could have ever imagined.

jaunte May 3, 2016 • 5:44:29pm

We’ll always have that basketball ring.

teleskiguy May 3, 2016 • 5:45:11pm

re: #5 ipsos

Also, what’s the countdown until the inevitable Cruz endorsement of ~~Trump~~ himself, running as an independent constitutionalist?

FTFY

b.d. May 3, 2016 • 5:45:23pm

I was surprised that a serial killer got as far as he did.

Great White Snark May 3, 2016 • 5:45:29pm

Venomous mammal that survived the dinosaur extinction has been discovered to be a direct ancestor of Donald Trump. pic.twitter.com/NgGGJHS2ob

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 3, 2016

@albyselkie @Green_Footballs Oh not so sure, look at the eyes. definitely Trump DNA
— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) May 4, 2016

Robert O. May 3, 2016 • 5:45:45pm

As I have said before, I am far from a Trump fan. But if this year’s nomination portents the death of the religious right as well as GOP economic orthodoxy, then good riddance! Inasmuch as I think Trump is a buffoon, and his rhetoric on immigration, race, women, and other topics have no place at all, I do recognize that economic topics such as outsourcing, trade, and the plight of working class whites are all legitimate topics (though Trump’s handling of these will also be disastrous).

Testy Toad T May 3, 2016 • 5:45:46pm

re: #8 Targetpractice

I think we all should take a moment and realize that reality is far more warped and insane than any of us could have ever imagined.

In the words of a smart fellow,

Updated post-Trump priors:
1. Voters are more tribal than I thought.
2. GOP is weaker than I thought.
3. Media is worse than I thought.

Charles Johnson May 3, 2016 • 5:45:50pm

The Rage Furby is now out $5400, so it’s not all bad news.

b.d. May 3, 2016 • 5:45:56pm

Now

For real

Can Carly go away now?

blueraven May 3, 2016 • 5:46:03pm

Carly is such an idiot. She set herself up to lose twice in one campaign year.
Why do people think she is so smart?

Joe Bacon May 3, 2016 • 5:46:18pm

Bye Ted! May the door hit ya where the Good Lord spilt ya!

b.d. May 3, 2016 • 5:47:02pm

re: #15 Charles Johnson

The Rage Furby is now out $5400, so it’s not all bad news.

The guys with the baseball bats are knocking on Furby’s door right now looking for their cash.

Big Beautiful Door May 3, 2016 • 5:47:02pm

re: #10 teleskiguy

FTFY

Nope, He’s going to be a good soldier so he can run again in 2020.

Jenner7 May 3, 2016 • 5:47:05pm

re: #13 Robert O.

Except, he’s full of shit on economic topics.

TedStriker May 3, 2016 • 5:47:06pm

re: #9 jaunte

We’ll always have that basketball ring.

I’ll raise your basketball ring with Basketball Jones…

Cheech & Chong - Basketball Jones

bratwurst May 3, 2016 • 5:47:11pm

Now the countdown is on until Cruz endorses a man he called “a pathological liar” and “a serial philanderer” just a few hours ago.

freetoken May 3, 2016 • 5:47:26pm

Over at The Regurgitant, Son of Erick declares “Indiana Republicans Hand Hillary Clinton the White House.”

thedopefishlives May 3, 2016 • 5:47:28pm

re: #23 bratwurst

Now the countdown is on until Cruz endorses a man he called “a pathological liar” and “a serial philanderer” just a few hours ago.

The schadenfreude is exactly what the doctor ordered.

Skip Intro May 3, 2016 • 5:47:29pm

Gotta hand it to Trump. By dropping that bombshell about Cruz’s dad killing JFK he made Cruz drop out of the race and head back to Texas to run the coverup.

EPR-radar May 3, 2016 • 5:47:38pm

It will be interesting to see if RedState manages to walk themselves back to a position of supporting Trump as the GOP nominee.

One of the front pagers there went so far as to say if it comes to a choice between Hitler (i.e., Trump) and Hillary in the general election, he’d vote for Hillary.

Walking that back would be a challenge even for the super-amnesia powers all RWNJs have.

Joe Bacon May 3, 2016 • 5:47:51pm

re: #15 Charles Johnson

The Rage Furby is now out $5400, so it’s not all bad news.

Only a matter of time before Ginger Snapped winds up pushing a cart on Skid Row!

Reality Based Steve May 3, 2016 • 5:47:54pm

re: #15 Charles Johnson

The Rage Furby is now out $5400, so it’s not all bad news.

Please refresh my memory on that one.

RBS

freetoken May 3, 2016 • 5:48:09pm

re: #23 bratwurst

Yes, the real test will be to see how many Republicans end up lining up behind Drumpfskind.

Kragar May 3, 2016 • 5:48:19pm

The reality is that Cruz ran an excellent campaign. Trump had too many advantages: claimed outsider label, $2B in feee media, 100% name ID.

— Matt Mackowiak (@MattMackowiak) May 4, 2016

…not having America’s most punchable face and generally being despised by everyone who knows him…. https://t.co/EcFrYmFmgg

— Will McAvoy (@WillMcAvoyACN) May 4, 2016

Targetpractice May 3, 2016 • 5:48:33pm

If this primary season has done anything, between Trump reaping billions in unpaid media coverage and Bernie burning tens of millions for little gain, it has viciously wounded the conventional wisdom that you can easily buy elections. And considering the billions arrayed against Hillary between now and November, it looks like Election Day will be the stake through the heart of that wisdom.

Blind Frog Belly White May 3, 2016 • 5:48:54pm

re: #17 blueraven

Carly is such an idiot. She set herself up to lose twice in one campaign year.
Why do people think she is so smart?

Apparently, not all that many do. Although that person who crowed about how she’d demolished the ‘Woman Card’ sure looks stupid(er) now.

Shiplord Kirel May 3, 2016 • 5:49:19pm

This is good news since Cruz was the worst thing a Dominionist nutbag could possibly be: Sincere.

freetoken May 3, 2016 • 5:49:26pm

Son of Erick has a revelation:

The result will be Hillary Clinton winning in November. Trump cannot build a meaningful coalition outside of blue collar white voters, white supremacists, and internet conspiracy theorists. The rest of the voting public no more wants Trump than herpes.

Big Beautiful Door May 3, 2016 • 5:49:42pm

re: #30 freetoken

Yes, the real test will be to see how many Republicans end up lining up behind Drumpfskind.

There will be no organized resistance. Republicans fall in line.

Rocky-in-Connecticut May 3, 2016 • 5:49:52pm

When it’s all said and done, God is really lousy at picking political candidates. I wonder if Republicans/Tea Party wackos can even admit just this?

All of God’s Chosen™ theocratic wack jobs are now gone from the race except for Canada Cruz …and he is toast. All that’s left is a philandering, former Democrat-backing Science Denier.

I guess that last part is good enough.

Dr. Matt May 3, 2016 • 5:49:53pm

In other news, Chuck C Johnson lost his bet on Ted Cruz becoming president pic.twitter.com/2hMCzhydsx

— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) May 4, 2016

b.d. May 3, 2016 • 5:50:02pm

nEver Trump!

thedopefishlives May 3, 2016 • 5:50:15pm

re: #35 freetoken

Son of Erick has a revelation:

For once, Erick McErick is actually right about something.

Charles Johnson May 3, 2016 • 5:50:21pm

re: #29 Reality Based Steve

Please refresh my memory on that one.

RBS

See: littlegreenfootballs.com

lockjawcanbefun May 3, 2016 • 5:50:46pm

Fort McMurray from today’s MODIS. Large pyrocumulus visible #ymm #ymmfire #abstorm #abfire pic.twitter.com/rjJaNZH7ux

— Prairie StormChasers (@PrairieChasers) May 4, 2016

Testy Toad T May 3, 2016 • 5:50:57pm

re: #17 blueraven

Carly is such an idiot. She set herself up to lose twice in one campaign year.
Why do people think she is so smart?

I’m sure she’s very good with books, but there are lots of meanings of “smart”.

Blind Frog Belly White May 3, 2016 • 5:51:07pm

If you want to know why #NeverTrump failed, just look at the picture of Ted Cruz on CNN’s tweet announcing his dropping out. Such a weak vessel to carry hope in.

HappyWarrior May 3, 2016 • 5:51:10pm

re: #34 Shiplord Kirel

This is good news since Cruz was the worst thing a Dominionist nutbag could possibly be: Sincere.

Fucker made Huckabee and Santorum look moderate.

The Vicious Babushka May 3, 2016 • 5:51:33pm

Ted Cruz ends campaign by accidentally hitting, elbowing his wife in the face pic.twitter.com/epO1tzKgTT

— Jon Swaine (@jonswaine) May 4, 2016

TedStriker May 3, 2016 • 5:51:54pm

re: #41 Charles Johnson

See: littlegreenfootballs.com

I still think Chuck’s full of shit when he said that he put over 5 grand on Cruz winning out.

HappyWarrior May 3, 2016 • 5:51:55pm

re: #38 Dr. Matt

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Funny enough, he was right about Rubio but he’s still gonna be short haha.

EPR-radar May 3, 2016 • 5:52:10pm

re: #32 Targetpractice

If this primary season has done anything, between Trump reaping billions in unpaid media coverage and Bernie burning tens of millions for little gain, it has viciously wounded the conventional wisdom that you can easily buy elections. And considering the billions arrayed against Hillary between now and November, it looks like Election Day will be the stake through the heart of that wisdom.

Money can be decisive if the candidates are relatively close in terms of qualifications and/or ideology.

However, this general election will be between Hillary Clinton and Fuckface von Clownstick. Professional political ads aren’t going to do much to change this reality.

Jenner7 May 3, 2016 • 5:52:18pm

.@realDonaldTrump has essentially secured the nom a month before @HillaryClinton can. Remember all those “Clinton turns to gen elex” pieces?

— Cameron Joseph (@cam_joseph) May 4, 2016

This is the bullshit we are going to be seeing now….

freetoken May 3, 2016 • 5:52:21pm

re: #40 thedopefishlives

For once, Erick McErick is actually right about something.

Are we sure it’s not O’Erick?

freetoken May 3, 2016 • 5:53:11pm

re: #46 The Vicious Babushka

Didn’t Daddy Cruz say God wanted Teddy to be President?

lockjawcanbefun May 3, 2016 • 5:53:12pm

Explosion along the road in #YMM. Posted by @tburgs15.
LIVE #ymmfire @GlobalNews coverage: https://t.co/d6XSlj6RfS pic.twitter.com/ui206j9RNI

— Tiffany Lizée (@TiffanyGlobal) May 4, 2016

HappyWarrior May 3, 2016 • 5:53:36pm

re: #52 freetoken

Didn’t Daddy Cruz say God wanted Teddy to be President?

Yes.

freetoken May 3, 2016 • 5:53:39pm

Or did God punk yet another one?

Great White Snark May 3, 2016 • 5:54:00pm

Weather where I was standing whether you voted today or not…

Instagram

Icy clouds

Big Beautiful Door May 3, 2016 • 5:54:03pm

re: #55 freetoken

Or did God punk yet another one?

God is such a kidder.

TedStriker May 3, 2016 • 5:54:23pm

re: #52 freetoken

Didn’t Daddy Cruz say God wanted Teddy to be President?

Yeah…I guess this means that Papa Rafael’s gonna be disowning Ted for wussing out.

Schroedinger's Dog May 3, 2016 • 5:54:37pm

re: #50 Jenner7

Just because Bernie decides to be delusional doesn’t mean she has to humor him. She should act like she’s already got it and subtly kneecap him if he keeps that shit up.

Charles Johnson May 3, 2016 • 5:54:38pm

Here’s Rage Furby Chuck C. Johnson a few months ago, inviting readers to join him in betting on Ted Cruz. pic.twitter.com/ux1QZ3pBlm

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 4, 2016

Testy Toad T May 3, 2016 • 5:54:40pm

re: #50 Jenner7

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This is the bullshit we are going to be seeing now….

Honestly, the biggest part of this that pisses me off is the willful ignorance that political parties are private organizations and they may employ very different mechanisms for selecting their nominees.

Never mind that they’re also wrong: Clinton was in a stronger position a month ago than Trump is now. That wasn’t even a valuable or meaningful data point at the time.

HappyWarrior May 3, 2016 • 5:54:51pm

re: #55 freetoken

Or did God punk yet another one?

If I were God, I’d spend my days punking theocratic fascists like Raffy.

Skip Intro May 3, 2016 • 5:55:00pm

re: #20 Big Beautiful Door

Well, he’s going to have to run against this guy.

Schroedinger's Dog May 3, 2016 • 5:55:16pm

re: #52 freetoken

Didn’t Daddy Cruz say God wanted Teddy to be President?

Daddy Cruz is bug Fuck crazee.

TedStriker May 3, 2016 • 5:55:19pm

re: #57 Big Beautiful Door

God is such a kidder.

Well, God does play skee ball…

Ziggy_TARDIS May 3, 2016 • 5:55:21pm

re: #53 lockjawcanbefun

Out of curiosity, how is YYM associated with Fort McMurray?

freetoken May 3, 2016 • 5:55:46pm

All of Fort McMurray ordered to flee wildfire in the largest fire evacuation in Alberta’s history

Fort McMurray’s more than 80,000 residents have been ordered to flee the oilsands city because of a massive wildfire, fuelled by soaring temperatures and tinder-dry forest.

lockjawcanbefun May 3, 2016 • 5:55:47pm

re: #66 Ziggy_TARDIS

Airport code.

Shiplord Kirel May 3, 2016 • 5:55:56pm

“Why me, Lord?”—-Secret Service agent in charge at the Repug convention.

Big Beautiful Door May 3, 2016 • 5:56:05pm

re: #64 Schroedinger’s Dog

Daddy Cruz is bug Fuck crazee.

And a presidential assassin.

Kragar May 3, 2016 • 5:56:09pm

re: #50 Jenner7

So you’re saying the GOP field was so weak, it fell apart before the primaries were finished @cam_joseph @realDonaldTrump @HillaryClinton

— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 4, 2016

teleskiguy May 3, 2016 • 5:56:23pm

Ted Cruz ends campaign by accidentally hitting, elbowing his wife in the face pic.twitter.com/epO1tzKgTT

— Jon Swaine (@jonswaine) May 4, 2016

jaunte May 3, 2016 • 5:56:33pm

NBC still treating Kasich as a serious rival. Media faced a similar divide in 2012—to consider Gingrich viable or no https://t.co/S47LNKeaTd

— Nathaniel Rakich (@baseballot) May 4, 2016

Tune in now for exciting updates on the Trump-Kasich struggle.

Big Beautiful Door May 3, 2016 • 5:57:10pm

re: #44 Blind Frog Belly White

If you want to know why #NeverTrump failed, just look at the picture of Ted Cruz on CNN’s tweet announcing his dropping out. Such a weak vessel to carry hope in.

nevertrump didn’t have a candidate; a fatal error.

klys (maker of Silmarils) May 3, 2016 • 5:57:19pm

re: #53 lockjawcanbefun

Initial reports were that was a gas station, but I’ve seen that corrected to a power transformer. This was right before the road was closed, apparently.

Skip Intro May 3, 2016 • 5:57:31pm

re: #28 Joe Bacon

Only a matter of time before Ginger Snapped winds up pushing a cart on Skid Row!

I wonder if he’s ever considered getting a job?

Schroedinger's Dog May 3, 2016 • 5:57:36pm

re: #73 jaunte

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Tune in now for exciting updates on the Trump-Kasich struggle.

The horse race must continue!

jaunte May 3, 2016 • 5:57:49pm

re: #71 Kragar

Now Trump has four weeks to learn foreign policy.

Aunty Entity Dragon May 3, 2016 • 5:58:24pm

re: #78 jaunte

Now Trump has four weeks to learn foreign policy.

It’ll be YOOOOOGE!!!!

Schroedinger's Dog May 3, 2016 • 5:58:30pm

re: #78 jaunte

Now Trump has four weeks to learn foreign policy.

And how to pronounce uzbekibekibekistan.

Big Beautiful Door May 3, 2016 • 5:58:34pm

re: #78 jaunte

Now Trump has four weeks to learn foreign policy.

And pivot into “presidential” Trump.

Great White Snark May 3, 2016 • 5:58:48pm

re: #78 jaunte

Now Trump has four weeks to learn foreign policy.

No worries, HRC gonna school him thoroughly in the coming months.

Jenner7 May 3, 2016 • 5:58:59pm

Yep and just like clockwork, CNN brings up that Trump sealed the deal before Clinton.

lockjawcanbefun May 3, 2016 • 5:59:01pm

@NewsTalk770 25000 ft above Ft Mac pic.twitter.com/QWxSo5ZBQv

— wayne christie (@wspchris) May 4, 2016

jaunte May 3, 2016 • 5:59:08pm

re: #79 Aunty Entity Dragon

He’ll be so unpredictable our heads will spin!

b.d. May 3, 2016 • 5:59:24pm

[nevertrump] JEB PICK UP YOUR PHONE! [/nevertrump]

EPR-radar May 3, 2016 • 5:59:37pm

For those that care about this kind of thing, the wingnut angst over at RedState is better now that it was with Romney’s loss in Nov. 2012.

Aunty Entity Dragon May 3, 2016 • 5:59:38pm

re: #82 Great White Snark

No worries, HRC gonna school him thoroughly in the coming months.

He will try to draw her into Benghazi debates at every opportunity.

Jack Burton May 3, 2016 • 6:00:08pm

re: #71 Kragar

This is ignoring that fact that Bernie Sanders apparently can’t do simple math.

Blind Frog Belly White May 3, 2016 • 6:00:11pm

re: #74 Big Beautiful Door

nevertrump didn’t have a candidate; a fatal error.

Because nobody could stomach the only possible choice. They’d have hd to run the reanimated corpse of Ronald Reagan, and he’d have had to respond with a wink, a chuckle, and ‘There you go again!’ to Trump tweeting “Dead Reagan’s skin sloughing off. No stamina! Sad!”

Schroedinger's Dog May 3, 2016 • 6:00:29pm

Clinton should insist on no audience for the debates, just the moderators. Trump would fold.

b.d. May 3, 2016 • 6:00:52pm

re: #83 Jenner7

Yep and just like clockwork, CNN brings up that Trump sealed the deal before Clinton.

Trump has one opponent left and Hillary has one opponent left and both of those opponents have the same chance of knocking off the leader.

thedopefishlives May 3, 2016 • 6:01:02pm

re: #88 Aunty Entity Dragon

He will try to draw her into Benghazi debates at every opportunity.

Benghazi, email server, Clinton body count, blow jobs in the Oval Office. Have I covered everything?

Pawn of the Oppressor May 3, 2016 • 6:01:25pm

God saves us from his crappiest human creation by telling him to fail. Oh, the ironing.

That squealing you hear is all the NeverTrumpers doing 180-degree burnouts to get in line behind Trumpolini.

FOR SALE: ILLUSORY PRINCIPLES, NEVER USED, ONLY DROPPED ONCE

The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge May 3, 2016 • 6:01:34pm

re: #51 freetoken

Are we sure it’s not O’Erick?

I have “Yrch ap Yrch™” copyrighted. (No I don’t)

Testy Toad T May 3, 2016 • 6:01:41pm

re: #74 Big Beautiful Door

nevertrump didn’t have a candidate; a fatal error.

I really do think that there are a lot of alternate realities where Rubio could have done something fractionally different and emerged as the chief alternate to Trump and then the eventual nominee. The chaoticness of a primary seems to increase as something like the square of the number of serious viable candidates.

There will be lots of interesting books to read in three years.

Aunty Entity Dragon May 3, 2016 • 6:01:42pm

Every campaign day from now until the election:

Backwoods_Sleuth May 3, 2016 • 6:01:44pm

heh

Sen. @TedCruz should be proud of his strong and disciplined campaign. Texas is lucky to have you. Best wishes going forward. -John

— John Kasich (@JohnKasich) May 4, 2016

Skip Intro May 3, 2016 • 6:02:08pm

re: #93 thedopefishlives

Benghazi, email server, Clinton body count, blow jobs in the Oval Office. Have I covered everything?

Secret apartment in New York where she had Vince Foster killed.

h/t to Rush Limbaugh for that one.

100

Dr. Matt May 3, 2016 • 6:02:13pm

.@realDonaldTrump will be presumtive @GOP nominee, we all need to unite and focus on defeating @HillaryClinton #NeverClinton

— Reince Priebus (@Reince) May 4, 2016

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thedopefishlives May 3, 2016 • 6:02:16pm

re: #97 Aunty Entity Dragon

Tire fire, fine. Dumpster fire, expected. But that… What fresh hell is this.

102

retired cynic May 3, 2016 • 6:02:17pm

A comment just seen on 538 sez Sanders voters may not be pro-Sanders as much as anti-establishment.

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thedopefishlives May 3, 2016 • 6:02:48pm

re: #99 Skip Intro

Secret apartment in New York where she had Vince Foster killed.

h/t to Rush Limbaugh for that one.

I thought that’d fall under the “Clinton body count”, but I was really young when all that was going on, and didn’t follow it fully.

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Charles Johnson May 3, 2016 • 6:02:53pm

LOL Ben Howe. Waking up at last with his bed on fire. https://t.co/oaPNi76XnR

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 4, 2016

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HappyWarrior May 3, 2016 • 6:03:22pm

re: #102 retired cynic

A comment just seen on 538 sez Sanders voters may not be pro-Sanders as much as anti-establishment.

I’ve been suspecting that myself.

106

Skip Intro May 3, 2016 • 6:04:00pm

re: #103 thedopefishlives

I thought you youngsters might not be up to date on all the details.

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Dave In Austin May 3, 2016 • 6:05:17pm

Vodka, Gin, or are we going straight for the 151? .@Reince @realDonaldTrump @GOP @HillaryClinton

— DaveT62 (@DaveoutofAustin) May 4, 2016

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b.d. May 3, 2016 • 6:06:12pm

Your blind squirrel moment of the evening:

Republicans (right side of couch) and Democrats (left side) watching tonight’s #IndianaPrimary. pic.twitter.com/DhUh3fVLza

— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) May 4, 2016

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Shiplord Kirel May 3, 2016 • 6:06:56pm

Convention security will have to deal with rioting mobs of violent sociopaths. There will be protesters outside, too.

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Big Beautiful Door May 3, 2016 • 6:07:04pm

re: #93 thedopefishlives

Benghazi, email server, Clinton body count, blow jobs in the Oval Office. Have I covered everything?

Forgot Whitewater and Rose Law Firm.

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thedopefishlives May 3, 2016 • 6:07:27pm

re: #110 Big Beautiful Door

Forgot Whitewater and Rose Law Firm.

Damn! You got me. Well done.

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freetoken May 3, 2016 • 6:07:41pm

re: #104 Charles Johnson

They are in this for money and power and influence and they think Donald Trump is their ticket.

It’s amazing how long it takes some people to see the writing set before them.

Yet he still doesn’t take his revelation to the next step - to accept that Salem Communications, the owner of RedState, have at their center the very same essence as the list of right-wing pundits he now dismisses.

Fundamentally, the existential crisis Howe and others avoid is that their very “principles” are no more absolute than Drudge’s, Coulter’s, etc., quest for adoration and money and popularity.

113

withak May 3, 2016 • 6:07:50pm

Trying to get pictures of the beagle and New Puppy but they’re all coming out blurry…

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Dave In Austin May 3, 2016 • 6:07:50pm

Sorry Frank, It’s really the other way around. .@FrankLuntz

— DaveT62 (@DaveoutofAustin) May 4, 2016

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Dr. Matt May 3, 2016 • 6:07:53pm

@Reince right now pic.twitter.com/UXMB7jlIaC

— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) May 4, 2016

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Charles Johnson May 3, 2016 • 6:07:53pm

I’d like to take this opportunity to say I TOLD YOU SO YEARS AGO to any Republicans following me. And you called me a crazy traitor.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 4, 2016

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Aunty Entity Dragon May 3, 2016 • 6:08:36pm

re: #111 thedopefishlives

Damn! You got me. Well done.

Don’t forget she murdered Vince Foster.
/////

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Dr. Matt May 3, 2016 • 6:09:17pm

Bernie wins Indiana.

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Jenner7 May 3, 2016 • 6:09:18pm

MSNBC called Indiana for Sanders..

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Kragar May 3, 2016 • 6:09:33pm

Ted Cruz, ladies and gentlemen.

*Sigh*https://t.co/K1757BvEiG

— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) May 4, 2016

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FormerDirtDart May 3, 2016 • 6:09:49pm

Jeeez…
Heidi needs to look into getting an order of protection/restraining order.
when he isn’t trying to choke her out, he’s beating her

Ted Cruz accidentally punches, elbows his wife in the face after dropping out of the GOP race pic.twitter.com/l6uYiX4mKB

— GIF The News (@NowThisGIF) May 4, 2016

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Skip Intro May 3, 2016 • 6:09:56pm

re: #110 Big Beautiful Door

Hillary lesbian affairs, Bill’s black baby, Webb Hubbell is Chelsea Clinton’s real father, etc.

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Jenner7 May 3, 2016 • 6:10:11pm

And the optics for this, according to Rachel, is bad for Hillary. Because of Trump.

Sigh…

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Backwoods_Sleuth May 3, 2016 • 6:10:21pm

re: #120 Kragar

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Heidi can go back to work now!

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freetoken May 3, 2016 • 6:10:34pm

re: #104 Charles Johnson

One commenter over there:

These people are Obama voters with a different idea of what their godhead looks like.

They never learn… just never learn…

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Testy Toad T May 3, 2016 • 6:10:45pm

re: #119 Jenner7

MSNBC called Indiana for Sanders..

FEEL THE TWO-NET-DELEGATES BERN

God, our media is fucking godawful.

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Schroedinger's Dog May 3, 2016 • 6:10:47pm

My wife keeps saying she’s frightened. Gonna be gettin’ me some scary megalomaniac as leader of the free world lovin’ tonight!

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teleskiguy May 3, 2016 • 6:11:12pm

There’s a chance that the electoral map in 2016 will look much as it did in 1964 when Goldwater got curb-stomped by LBJ. Ullr I hope so.

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b.d. May 3, 2016 • 6:11:24pm

re: #108 b.d.

Your blind squirrel moment of the evening:

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Bart & Lisa are the dems, right? Obviously Luntz isn’t that complete of an idiot?

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Skip Intro May 3, 2016 • 6:11:45pm

re: #121 FormerDirtDart

So now she can finally divorce him. Seeing the way his daughters and wife act around him I don’t think it will take long.

131

Jenner7 May 3, 2016 • 6:11:54pm

Sanders will now come under increasing pressure from Democrats, justified or not, to bow out to allow Clinton to focus on the general.

— Nick Confessore (@nickconfessore) May 4, 2016

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Charles Johnson May 3, 2016 • 6:11:55pm

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makeitstop May 3, 2016 • 6:12:08pm

re: #46 The Vicious Babushka

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He elbowed his wife in the face!

Most awkward political family ever.

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withak May 3, 2016 • 6:12:13pm

#presumtive

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nines09 May 3, 2016 • 6:12:20pm

And they didn’t see this coming? Sounds like they started doing the dope they were peddling. Heavy. Now we get to count off all the proud GOP ass kissers who come forth and proclaim…”Well, I was never really against him. We just disagreed on some fine points.” Yes. Indeed.

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Ziggy_TARDIS May 3, 2016 • 6:12:31pm

re: #128 teleskiguy

I’m wondering if this might be the beginning of the Republican Party going the way of the Federalist Party.

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FormerDirtDart May 3, 2016 • 6:13:07pm

I have officially de-registered as a Republican. pic.twitter.com/DjRI21Oyvx

— Philip Klein (@philipaklein) May 4, 2016

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Backwoods_Sleuth May 3, 2016 • 6:13:23pm

I was gonna laugh at Ted Cruz but then I remembered he’s still one of my Senators, so the joke’s still on Texas. Sigh.

— Propane Jane (@docrocktex26) May 4, 2016

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Jenner7 May 3, 2016 • 6:13:32pm

Media wants me to freak out about Trump. Fuck that. There is no way on this earth that this man is winning the WH.

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Big Beautiful Door May 3, 2016 • 6:13:34pm

re: #128 teleskiguy

There’s a chance that the electoral map in 2016 will look much as it did in 1964 when Goldwater got curb-stomped by LBJ. Ullr I hope so.

The nation is a lot more polarized now. Trump will win most of the South and a lot of small western states.

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Dr. Matt May 3, 2016 • 6:14:45pm

re: #137 FormerDirtDart

.@philipaklein pic.twitter.com/7Pt0F9ozbE

— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) May 4, 2016

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Schroedinger's Dog May 3, 2016 • 6:15:04pm

re: #132 Charles Johnson

Translation: we need to finish the job we started of destroying the country by turning it into a real life version of Idiotocracy.

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Testy Toad T May 3, 2016 • 6:15:07pm

re: #140 Big Beautiful Door

The nation is a lot more polarized now. Trump will win most of the South and a lot of small western states.

Square miles don’t vote.

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Backwoods_Sleuth May 3, 2016 • 6:15:13pm

Cruz volunteer just told me “We just lost the constitution because of the media — because people like you.”

— Byron Tau (@ByronTau) May 4, 2016

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Big Beautiful Door May 3, 2016 • 6:15:20pm

re: #136 Ziggy_TARDIS

I’m wondering if this might be the beginning of the Republican Party going the way of the Federalist Party.

Not yet. They are now the Southern White man’s party, as the Democrats were from 1865-1932.

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bratwurst May 3, 2016 • 6:15:41pm

The insufferable Jeffrey Lord just suggested that now we are going to see the big names in conservative radio like Limbaugh and Hannity come out for Trump.

Right…they have both been so anti-Trump up until now.

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freetoken May 3, 2016 • 6:16:20pm

Would I sound crazy if I said I think Drumpfskind can win?

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Ziggy_TARDIS May 3, 2016 • 6:16:21pm

re: #145 Big Beautiful Door

But given the demographics, that would essentially make them a regional party that would be losing ground, election after election.

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b.d. May 3, 2016 • 6:16:28pm

That’s one way to avert a riot in Cleveland.

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FormerDirtDart May 3, 2016 • 6:16:33pm

Charlie Keating IV
Grandson of Charlie Keating Jr.

U.S. Navy SEAL killed in firefight against ISIS in Iraq was grandson of infamous financier https://t.co/e1a9vvGIww pic.twitter.com/kbqMCsaq90

— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) May 4, 2016

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Backwoods_Sleuth May 3, 2016 • 6:16:33pm

re: #137 FormerDirtDart

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The bloodletting is underway… https://t.co/WEZXuITKWE

— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) May 4, 2016

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bratwurst May 3, 2016 • 6:16:36pm

Luckily, Carly Fiorina’s latest failed business deal only resulted in two people losing their jobs. Not another 30,000.

— John Dingell (@JohnDingell) May 4, 2016

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thedopefishlives May 3, 2016 • 6:16:45pm

re: #146 bratwurst

The insufferable Jeffrey Lord just suggested that now we are going to see the big names in conservative radio like Limbaugh and Hannity come out for Trump.

Right…they have both been so anti-Trump up until now.

They would come out in favor of a wet paper bag if it had an (R) next to its name. Christ.

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Big Beautiful Door May 3, 2016 • 6:17:01pm

re: #143 Testy Toad T

Square miles don’t vote.

Yes, Trump will lose in a landslide. It just won’t be as big as Goldwater in ‘64.

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Jenner7 May 3, 2016 • 6:17:28pm

Everybody, read this. A Sanders supporter just emailed it to me. Will give you perspective. pic.twitter.com/swefYhFORK

— AlGiordano (@AlGiordano) May 4, 2016

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makeitstop May 3, 2016 • 6:17:36pm

re: #91 Schroedinger’s Dog

Clinton should insist on no audience for the debates, just the moderators. Drumpf would fold.

That is an excellent idea.

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thedopefishlives May 3, 2016 • 6:17:39pm

re: #147 freetoken

Would I sound crazy if I said I think Drumpfskind can win?

He can win, technically speaking. I don’t think he will win. I think it will be closer than many expect, but in the end, I believe the outcome is effectively decided already.

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Belafon May 3, 2016 • 6:17:43pm

If I remember correctly, in 2008, McCain secured the Republican nomination long before Obama did, in part because the race for the Democratic nomination was much tighter. That didn’t help Republicans.

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Big Beautiful Door May 3, 2016 • 6:18:00pm

re: #146 bratwurst

The insufferable Jeffrey Lord just suggested that now we are going to see the big names in conservative radio like Limbaugh and Hannity come out for Trump.

Right…they have both been so anti-Trump up until now.

I can hardly wait to listen to Mark Levin tomorrow. I was cracking up listening to his anti-Trump rant tonight.

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Big Beautiful Door May 3, 2016 • 6:18:34pm

re: #147 freetoken

Would I sound crazy if I said I think Drumpfskind can win?

I disagree with you, but that’s not crazy.

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Skip Intro May 3, 2016 • 6:18:59pm

re: #159 Big Beautiful Door

Dana Gunz should be on suicide watch.

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Big Beautiful Door May 3, 2016 • 6:19:12pm

re: #148 Ziggy_TARDIS

But given the demographics, that would essentially make them a regional party that would be losing ground, election after election.

Yes, until they reshape themselves from what they are now.

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Charles Johnson May 3, 2016 • 6:19:23pm

Reince deleted this because he was ashamed of a typo. Not ashamed the GOP picked a racist demagogue though. @Reince pic.twitter.com/4fLBxMAd4w

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 4, 2016

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Bill and Opus for 2016! May 3, 2016 • 6:19:42pm

re: #145 Big Beautiful Door

Not yet. They are now the Southern White man’s party, as the Democrats were from 1865-1932.

I would put it closer to the States’ Rights Democratic Party (ie Dixiecrats), and with Trump’s views toward the press and others who dare speak out against him, a definitive movement toward the American Freedom Party (aka Third Position).

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ObserverArt May 3, 2016 • 6:19:47pm

re: #73 jaunte

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Tune in now for exciting updates on the Trump-Kasich struggle.

Kasich has this right where he wants it.

Oh sure, you all think he doesn’t stand a chance.

That’s the beauty of this. You’ll see.

(heh…Oh’a Johnny…it’s all falling his way!)

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b_sharp May 3, 2016 • 6:20:03pm

re: #102 retired cynic

A comment just seen on 538 sez Sanders voters may not be pro-Sanders as much as anti-establishment.

Left wing Tea Party

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge May 3, 2016 • 6:20:07pm

re: #140 Big Beautiful Door

The nation is a lot more polarized now. Trump will win most of the South and a lot of small western states.

I think realistically the 2008 map is about the best we can do any more. It took them a while to call Missouri then, so maybe add that. OTOH, there may be some Electoral jiggery-pokery in states like Wisconsin, awarding EC votes by Congressional or Legislative district, so who knows?

Trump could go down like Landon on the Popular vote and still win. We’ll see if the American people sit still for that. They sat still in 2000, so I’m not hopeful.

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Belafon May 3, 2016 • 6:20:21pm

re: #162 Big Beautiful Door

Yes, until they reshape themselves from what they are now.

When generally takes a generation in the wilderness, or about 20 years now.

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Ziggy_TARDIS May 3, 2016 • 6:20:21pm

re: #162 Big Beautiful Door

I guess I can’t see how they can reinvent themselves, with everyone they alienated.

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EPR-radar May 3, 2016 • 6:20:41pm

re: #147 freetoken

Would I sound crazy if I said I think Drumpfskind can win?

There have been enough surprises in Trump’s campaign so far that I’m wary of overconfidence in the general election.

Trump is clearly a clown, and is manifestly unfit for high elected office of any kind, especially President of the US.

These facts have been mostly irrelevant for Trump thus far.

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jaunte May 3, 2016 • 6:20:57pm

re: #161 Skip Intro

Dana Gunz should be on suicide watch.

Not seeing many gracious winners. You need unity to win and you won’t get it with vulgarity.
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) May 3, 2016

She’s finally noticed some vulgarity on her side of the aisle.

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Charles Johnson May 3, 2016 • 6:22:00pm

Trump isn’t going to even try to be gracious about Ted Cruz conceding, I guess. Typical.

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Barefoot Grin May 3, 2016 • 6:22:04pm

re: #38 Dr. Matt

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Leicester City was a better bet.

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Kragar May 3, 2016 • 6:22:11pm

Trump Just Won The Nomination, Time For Hillary To Drop Out https://t.co/T11zPmECCW

— Oliver Willis (@owillis) May 4, 2016

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Shiplord Kirel May 3, 2016 • 6:23:27pm

re: #150 FormerDirtDart

Charlie Keating IV
Grandson of Charlie Keating Jr.

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Edward A. “Butch” O’Hare, the World War II fighter ace and Medal of Honor recipient for whom O’Hare Airport is named, was the son of Al Capone’s lawyer.

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darthstar May 3, 2016 • 6:23:30pm

Fuck Ted Cruz.

And fuck the GOP for not fielding a single decent candidate and leaving us with Trump as an option.

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Backwoods_Sleuth May 3, 2016 • 6:23:46pm

ooohhhh…….

@samanthadravis Supreme Court is gone. And nothing is worth supporting a monster.

— Tony Fratto (@TonyFratto) May 4, 2016

@FrankLuntz It’s not the same, and you know it.

— Tony Fratto (@TonyFratto) May 4, 2016

Also, not a dime from me for RNC or any candidate who has a kind word for Trump or talks of “unity”.

— Tony Fratto (@TonyFratto) May 4, 2016

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b_sharp May 3, 2016 • 6:23:52pm

re: #174 Kragar

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Isn’t that a satire site?

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jaunte May 3, 2016 • 6:24:12pm

CNN panel talking about how Trump will attack Clinton for Bill’s affairs WITHOUT EVER MENTIONING THAT TRUMP IS SERIAL CHEATER.
— Teresa (@TeresaKopec) May 4, 2016

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Jenner7 May 3, 2016 • 6:24:48pm

re: #179 jaunte

Jeebus.

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Belafon May 3, 2016 • 6:25:36pm

In regards to Sanders, I would like to challenge everyone here to basically ignore his supporters until June, unless they are on the sites you talk politics on. And by ignore, I really just mean the antics of those that are truly coming unhinged. There in one of the later stages of grief, and most of them will support Clinton, and those that don’t were never part of the calculation anyway.

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withak May 3, 2016 • 6:25:41pm

re: #178 b_sharp

Isn’t that a satire site?

Yes, operated by @owillis himself.

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nines09 May 3, 2016 • 6:25:54pm

So when do they start to drag the Potomac?

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Barefoot Grin May 3, 2016 • 6:26:17pm

re: #114 Dave In Austin

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Stage right; stage left.

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jaunte May 3, 2016 • 6:26:31pm

Want to think about something really scary?

Someone at the WH is now looking up Paul Manafort’s cell# to figure out a timetable to give Trump his CIA briefings. https://t.co/MLOK1s6B9s

— Aki Peritz (@AkiPeritz) May 4, 2016

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Belafon May 3, 2016 • 6:26:32pm

re: #178 b_sharp

Isn’t that a satire site?

Yes, Oliver’s.

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Charles Johnson May 3, 2016 • 6:26:43pm

Trump now spending a few seconds trying to sound gracious to his failed competitors. That must have been painful.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 4, 2016

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EPR-radar May 3, 2016 • 6:26:50pm

re: #167 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

I think realistically the 2008 map is about the best we can do any more. It took them a while to call Missouri then, so maybe add that. OTOH, there may be some Electoral jiggery-pokery in states like Wisconsin, awarding EC votes by Congressional or Legislative district, so who knows?

Trump could go down like Landon on the Popular vote and still win. We’ll see if the American people sit still for that. They sat still in 2000, so I’m not hopeful.

It might be too late for states like Michigan and Wisconsin to play games with their general election laws to give electoral votes to the Republicans in 2016, because there are probably deadlines in place to prevent changes sufficiently close to a general election.

Also, this kind of thing would really be playing with fire in terms of motivating Democrats and left-leaning independents.

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Skip Intro May 3, 2016 • 6:26:51pm

re: #171 jaunte

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She’s finally noticed some vulgarity on her side of the aisle.

Funny how well vulgarity has worked for the GOP nominee.

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freetoken May 3, 2016 • 6:26:54pm

I was just wonder that maybe… we’ve moved past democracy and elections, as we used to have them, and into a new societal mode.

Maybe as a collective we are deciding the elections shouldn’t matter, at least on an individual office basis, even an office as important as POTUS.

I’ve wondered why some Americans get so fascinated with Brit royalty.

Perhaps we deeply long for a national figurehead, as opposed to wonky civil mechanics.

Perhaps America wants Drumpfskind to be that figurehead. Not to have him really change anything, just to be there for show, for our national rituals to which we cling.

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FormerDirtDart May 3, 2016 • 6:27:22pm

Trump started today by linking Cruz’s father to JFK assassination. He is now praising Cruz, whose future he says is very bright. What a day.
— Jose A. DelReal (@jdelreal) May 4, 2016

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EPR-radar May 3, 2016 • 6:27:45pm

re: #176 darthstar

Fuck Ted Cruz.

And fuck the GOP for not fielding a single decent candidate and leaving us with Trump as an option.

No orthodox GOPer can be a decent candidate for POTUS. It is a contradiction in terms.

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Barefoot Grin May 3, 2016 • 6:27:52pm

re: #177 Backwoods_Sleuth

ooohhhh…….

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Didn’t Luntz hate Trump? That dude knows the smell of money.

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Testy Toad T May 3, 2016 • 6:28:01pm

re: #179 jaunte

I never held CNN in particularly high esteem, but it’s been amazing to watch how rapid and complete their collapse has been. At least I can trust Fox News to be intentionally pushing a narrative that supports their political position. CNN just flails aimlessly.

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jaunte May 3, 2016 • 6:28:15pm

Someone put an orange souffle of some sort on top of Trump’s head.

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freetoken May 3, 2016 • 6:28:54pm

re: #193 Barefoot Grin

Didn’t Luntz hate Trump? That dude knows the smell of money.

Luntz is just look for where his next meal will come.

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The Vicious Babushka May 3, 2016 • 6:29:03pm

re: #161 Skip Intro

Dana Gunz should be on suicide watch.

Also Baby Whiplash.

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Belafon May 3, 2016 • 6:29:26pm

re: #190 freetoken

You’re reading waaaaay too much into it. White people want white people to be back in power. Trump has promised that Mexicans will be deported. White people are hearing the call.

Luckily, it’s not 1968, no matter how much some states try.

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FormerDirtDart May 3, 2016 • 6:29:33pm

this is so sad https://t.co/V3vfWxMe4M

— chris hooks (@cd_hooks) May 4, 2016

Appreciate @Reince & his hard work for @GOP, but until someone has 1,237 bound delegates there is no presumptive nominee. CA here we come.
— John Weaver (@JWGOP) May 4, 2016

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retired cynic May 3, 2016 • 6:29:58pm

re: #185 jaunte

Want to think about something really scary?

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Terrifies me!

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Charles Johnson May 3, 2016 • 6:29:59pm

You realize this makes no difference in terms of delegates, right? Just checking. @ShaunKing

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 4, 2016

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freetoken May 3, 2016 • 6:30:17pm

Many Republicans will do that - jump on the Drumpfskindbahn - because that will be their meal ticket.

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jaunte May 3, 2016 • 6:30:23pm

Jesus. “The African-Americans want jobs.” - @realDonaldTrump

— Karoli (@Karoli) May 4, 2016

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bratwurst May 3, 2016 • 6:30:43pm

Conciliatory Trump is the worst Trump…phony as a degree from Trump University.

— Clay C. (@ClayC1969) May 4, 2016

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Skip Intro May 3, 2016 • 6:30:53pm

At least now I know why Cruz brought Carly on board. Someone has to lay off the campaign staff.

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jaunte May 3, 2016 • 6:31:36pm

Whenever an racial group has a “the” in front of it you know who you’re dealing with.
— ProfB (@AntheaButler) May 4, 2016

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Testy Toad T May 3, 2016 • 6:31:57pm

Anyone who brays about the number of states a Democratic candidate wins in the primary is dumber than a sack of rusty doorknobs.

It’s so stupid and pathetic I cannot tell if they are serious. An odd manifestation of Poe’s Law.

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teleskiguy May 3, 2016 • 6:32:08pm

Blind squirrels finding nuts tonight.

All @BernieSanders is doing now is distracting @HillaryClinton and giving @realDonaldTrump all the ammo he needs. It is a hippie’s ego trip

— Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) May 4, 2016

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Jenner7 May 3, 2016 • 6:32:25pm

Ok can we see Trump’s tax returns now? Media do your effing job!!!

— Armando (@armandodkos) May 4, 2016

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Big Beautiful Door May 3, 2016 • 6:32:52pm

re: #167 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

I think realistically the 2008 map is about the best we can do any more. It took them a while to call Missouri then, so maybe add that. OTOH, there may be some Electoral jiggery-pokery in states like Wisconsin, awarding EC votes by Congressional or Legislative district, so who knows?

Trump could go down like Landon on the Popular vote and still win. We’ll see if the American people sit still for that. They sat still in 2000, so I’m not hopeful.

It won’t be that close.

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HappyWarrior May 3, 2016 • 6:33:14pm

re: #201 Charles Johnson

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Funny how that whole people thing is ignored when Clinton beats Bernie by a much bigger margin than he beat her tonight by.

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Charles Johnson May 3, 2016 • 6:33:18pm

Trump is now whining that people have been mean to him.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 4, 2016

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HappyWarrior May 3, 2016 • 6:34:12pm

re: #212 Charles Johnson

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Waah.

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Jenner7 May 3, 2016 • 6:34:47pm

Trump will be on Morning Trump..er. Morning Joe tomorrow. I’m sure he’ll be calling in too.

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jaunte May 3, 2016 • 6:34:59pm

Look that time I said you were an illegitimate Canadian sleeper agent with an ugly wife and traitor father was just politics
— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) May 4, 2016

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Belafon May 3, 2016 • 6:35:33pm

re: #208 teleskiguy

Blind squirrels finding nuts tonight.

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True, but I’m personally going to treat any comment coming from a right winger as being made to divide the Democrats. But I also don’t think we need to panic too much about Trump basically being done. He has one month, Clinton’s already started pivoting toward the general election, and the country does not favor Trump.

It’ll be interesting to see the Republican party choose between supporting Trump or not. McConnell said he’s going to try to come up with a strategy to allow Congress people to oppose Trump. That will cost them money and time.

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The Vicious Babushka May 3, 2016 • 6:35:42pm

And now anyone on Twitter with #entrepreneur in their profile gets an automatic block.

218

Backwoods_Sleuth May 3, 2016 • 6:36:06pm

Trump on Hillary: “She will not be a great president. She will not be a good president. She will be a poor president.”

— Rebecca Ballhaus (@rebeccaballhaus) May 4, 2016

But she’ll still be President…

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HappyWarrior May 3, 2016 • 6:36:13pm

re: #217 The Vicious Babushka

And now anyone on Twitter with #entrepreneur in their profile gets an automatic block.

#failedeentrepreneur

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Barefoot Grin May 3, 2016 • 6:36:15pm

re: #196 freetoken

Luntz is just look for where his next meal will come.

Or pair of nifty sneakers.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge May 3, 2016 • 6:36:30pm

re: #161 Skip Intro

Dana Gunz should be on suicide watch.

I’ll watch./

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Belafon May 3, 2016 • 6:36:44pm

re: #212 Charles Johnson

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I can’t wait for Bill, Obama, and Biden to go after him.

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The Vicious Babushka May 3, 2016 • 6:37:12pm

Pan-Am: Coming soon to an America near year. #NeverTrump #UniteBlue pic.twitter.com/t0h51PwnjZ

— Rimonima (@rimonima) May 4, 2016

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Big Beautiful Door May 3, 2016 • 6:37:34pm

re: #169 Ziggy_TARDIS

I guess I can’t see how they can reinvent themselves, with everyone they alienated.

Once the current GOP base is dead, which shouldn’t take too long because they are so old, young Republicans, who aren’t as racist as their parents, will reshape the party.

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The Vicious Babushka May 3, 2016 • 6:38:35pm

A Trump supporter just Tweeted this meme==>
They have no self awareness.

Why I’m Sick Of King Obama The Last https://t.co/peCxDRhdvo #GOP #CruzCrew #TrumpTrain #TCOT #BCOT pic.twitter.com/cobqdynY6e

— Andre Walker (@andrejpwalker) May 1, 2016

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EPR-radar May 3, 2016 • 6:38:41pm

re: #87 EPR-radar

For those that care about this kind of thing, the wingnut angst over at RedState is better now that it was with Romney’s loss in Nov. 2012.

The prayers and bible quotes in the comments there are the best part for this cynical spectator.

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Targetpractice May 3, 2016 • 6:39:02pm

re: #201 Charles Johnson

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Haven’t seen dedication to a losing cause like this outside of Cubs fans.

/*ducks and runs*

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Ziggy_TARDIS May 3, 2016 • 6:39:43pm

re: #224 Big Beautiful Door

But that will be 20-40 years.

I imagine by then, another party will have formed, and be able to take its place.

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Ziggy_TARDIS May 3, 2016 • 6:40:15pm

re: #227 Targetpractice

That’s legitimately hilarious.

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ObserverArt May 3, 2016 • 6:40:24pm

re: #190 freetoken

I was just wonder that maybe… we’ve moved past democracy and elections, as we used to have them, and into a new societal mode.

Maybe as a collective we are deciding the elections shouldn’t matter, at least on an individual office basis, even an office as important as POTUS.

I’ve wondered why some Americans get so fascinated with Brit royalty.

Perhaps we deeply long for a national figurehead, as opposed to wonky civil mechanics.

Perhaps America wants Drumpfskind to be that figurehead. Not to have him really change anything, just to be there for show, for our national rituals to which we cling.

No thanks.

I’m going to go with America isn’t dense enough to elect Trump.

Add in much of what we hear is all media driven through their amplification to make it all sound bigger than what it is. They don’t speak to the people that really hate Trump. Often they let the Trump mouthpieces spew.

That take can be a real problem if you hang on the ‘net too. It all sounds dramatically bad. Hillary doesn’t stand a chance.

I vote sanity wins this election. Not enough people have totally lost their minds. First though, a little of the Trump drama is going to make people look at him. There will need be a sobering up period though. But by June it is going to be war on and the media will be just as want to tear into Trump as they were to get him here.

Dump Trump in 2016.

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Backwoods_Sleuth May 3, 2016 • 6:40:43pm

I suppose we should discount Sen. Sanders’ win in Indiana because it’s a red state…..

— Jonathan Capehart (@CapehartJ) May 4, 2016

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lawhawk May 3, 2016 • 6:40:55pm

Hail Hydra.

The Never Trump pivot to Never Hillary/Stop Hillary is already underway. All that BS about being against Trump will go away. Just watch - especially the whole NRO cabal. They’ll be his strongest supporters to keep the presidency from Hillary.

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jaunte May 3, 2016 • 6:41:05pm

Trump says he won with Hispanics/African-Americans, but they weren’t in exit poll data because not enough POC in IN GOP primary.
— Asma Khalid (@asmamk) May 4, 2016

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Lidane May 3, 2016 • 6:42:40pm

re: #132 Charles Johnson

I wonder how wasted Reince is these days — John Boehner, Rob Ford, or Boris Yeltsin?

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HappyWarrior May 3, 2016 • 6:43:02pm

re: #234 Lidane

I wonder how wasted Reince is these days — John Boehner, Rob Ford, or Boris Yeltsin?

All of them Katie.

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Charles Johnson May 3, 2016 • 6:43:12pm

re: #227 Targetpractice

Haven’t seen dedication to a losing cause like this outside of Cubs fans.

/*ducks and runs*

The Cubs are actually within reach of a World Series in this year, believe it or not.

The apocalypse is upon us.

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jaunte May 3, 2016 • 6:44:35pm

Trump showing the magnanimous, general election persona tonight. Laugh if you want, but he could shift the numbers pretty easily.
— Matt Bai (@mattbai) May 4, 2016

blech.

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Backwoods_Sleuth May 3, 2016 • 6:45:31pm

Shouldn’t #TedCruz have been forced to carry his unviable campaign to term?

— Full Frontal (@FullFrontalSamB) May 4, 2016

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Targetpractice May 3, 2016 • 6:45:39pm

re: #236 Charles Johnson

The Cubs are actually within reach of a World Series in this year, believe it or not.

The apocalypse is upon us.

The Mayans were only off by four years.

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jaunte May 3, 2016 • 6:45:43pm

Media pivoting so fast they’re going to get whiplash. Trump’s speech is human! Unlike icky Cruz and Clinton who use big words’n stuff.
— digby (@digby56) May 4, 2016

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HappyWarrior May 3, 2016 • 6:46:00pm

re: #237 jaunte

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blech.

Yeah just ignore all the groups he’s alienated and then he’s good.

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Big Beautiful Door May 3, 2016 • 6:46:06pm

re: #228 Ziggy_TARDIS

But that will be 20-40 years.

I imagine by then, another party will have formed, and be able to take its place.

That is very difficult to do; local politicians shape their message for their electorate. Remember, right now the GOP holds more elective offices around the nation than they ever have before.

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The Vicious Babushka May 3, 2016 • 6:46:31pm

Samantha Bee wins The Internet

Shouldn’t #TedCruz have been forced to carry his unviable campaign to term?

— Full Frontal (@FullFrontalSamB) May 4, 2016

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HappyWarrior May 3, 2016 • 6:47:03pm

re: #243 The Vicious Babushka

Samantha Bee wins The Internet

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We’l played. To

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Eclectic Cyborg May 3, 2016 • 6:47:28pm

re: #172 Charles Johnson

Trump isn’t going to even try to be gracious about Ted Cruz conceding, I guess. Typical.

Ace Ventura - Losers

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FormerDirtDart May 3, 2016 • 6:47:36pm

There is a greater than 40% chance that Donald Trump will have access to nuclear codes pic.twitter.com/zW5Yy2GIvT

— Hayes Brown (@HayesBrown) May 4, 2016

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ipsos May 3, 2016 • 6:48:20pm

“To Chuck Todd in Washington… Chuck, just start talking.” - Brian Williams, just now

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Testy Toad T May 3, 2016 • 6:48:52pm

Too much doom and gloom around here for me. Donald Trump is literally the most unpopular national political figure in the history of US polling and no, he is not going to win a general election.

Later, lizards.

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Eclectic Cyborg May 3, 2016 • 6:48:59pm

re: #233 jaunte

POC equals People of Color?

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lockjawcanbefun May 3, 2016 • 6:49:29pm

#YMMfire: Super 8 & surrounding area gone. Photos by @GlobalCalgary’s Loren Andreae.https://t.co/uUz3Qgz1UZ #YMM pic.twitter.com/kM8Q8n5h4V

— Tiffany Lizée (@TiffanyGlobal) May 4, 2016

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Charles Johnson May 3, 2016 • 6:49:29pm

Anybody who promotes the “Trump’s new presidential tone” bullshit meme should turn in their journalism card right now.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 4, 2016

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Great White Snark May 3, 2016 • 6:49:34pm

re: #246 FormerDirtDart

@HayesBrown Oh shit now I’m going prepper
— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) May 4, 2016

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Big Beautiful Door May 3, 2016 • 6:50:09pm

re: #248 Testy Toad T

Too much doom and gloom around here for me. Donald Trump is literally the most unpopular national political figure in the history of US polling and no, he is not going to win a general election.

Later, lizards.

You are right. In fact, Hillary may bring a Democratic Congress into office with her. Reposted from below:
Anyway, its become obvious that Clinton is going to win big, and with Trump at the top of the ticket she might be fortunate enough to enter office with a Democratic Congress. That would give them two years to get some decent legislation passed before the GOP regains control in the 2018 midterms. So we should talk about her legislative agenda. It has to be probably just two or three big things which are must pass. I suggest sensible immigration reform and a big infrastructure bill with an emphasis on building a 21st century smart energy grid to zero out carbon emissions as rapidly as is politically feasible. As a bonus, student loan reform to ensure kids aren’t loaded with unmanageable debt for life. What say you?

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jaunte May 3, 2016 • 6:50:30pm

re: #251 Charles Johnson

We are witnessing the pivot. This is the most presidential we’ve seen @realDonaldTrump since he launched. Gracious. Thankful. #Trump2016

— Craig Melvin (@craigmelvin) May 4, 2016

Gracious sakes!

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Barefoot Grin May 3, 2016 • 6:50:34pm

re: #249 Eclectic Cyborg

POC equals People of Color?

Usually it refers to those who were born that way, not through spray tan.

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Great White Snark May 3, 2016 • 6:50:39pm

@Green_Footballs Nobody that says that was a journo to begin with
— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) May 4, 2016

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jaunte May 3, 2016 • 6:51:04pm

WITNESS THE PIVOT

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Targetpractice May 3, 2016 • 6:51:25pm

We now take you live to Rinsed Prius and his reaction to tonight’s events:

Archers “Bloody Mary prayer”

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withak May 3, 2016 • 6:51:48pm

If you experience a pivot that lasts more than 12 hours, please consult your physician.

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Targetpractice May 3, 2016 • 6:52:42pm

So that’s the narrative for the next month: “Trump is so presidential! Look at how gracious he is! He’s so dreamy compared to icky Hillary!”

Yegods.

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jaunte May 3, 2016 • 6:53:57pm

Countdown for the upcoming pro-Trump thinkpiece at NRO.

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KGxvi May 3, 2016 • 6:54:39pm

re: #258 Targetpractice

I just got around to watching Archer and managed to binge it in about a week and a half. That show is just fucking brilliant.

As to the matter at hand, I’m in the midst of a Facebook discussion kindly reminding horrified Republicans that this is their mess and their voters. Still a lot of blaming everyone who isn’t a Republican (the media, evil Democrats switching parties to vote for Trump, and a lot of other bullshit excuses). Should be interesting to see how this plays out…

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ipsos May 3, 2016 • 6:55:08pm

re: #234 Lidane

I wonder how wasted Reince is these days — John Boehner, Rob Ford, or Boris Yeltsin?

Approaching “Chuck C. Johnson in front of Twitter HQ” level at this point, I’d think.

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Charles Johnson May 3, 2016 • 6:55:20pm

We are witnessing the pivot. This is the most presidential we’ve seen @realDonaldTrump since he launched. Gracious. Thankful. #Trump2016

— Craig Melvin (@craigmelvin) May 4, 2016

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance May 3, 2016 • 6:55:30pm

And now Bernie is going on about how he is the only one who can beat Trump, sounds almost Cruzian.

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Charles Johnson May 3, 2016 • 6:55:35pm

Our media seems to be suffering from a serious memory disorder.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 4, 2016

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Lidane May 3, 2016 • 6:56:00pm

If the Democrats have any sense at all, they’ll run a presidential campaign that not only treats Trump like a serious candidate, but which treats him like an existential threat to the country. Massive GOTV and voter registration drives, etc.

The Republicans treated him like a joke and now here we are. I pray that the Dems don’t do the same in the general.

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Reality Based Steve May 3, 2016 • 6:56:12pm

6 months ago, if you wanted me to make a bet that Trump would be the nominee for President, I wouldn’t have put money down at less than 50-1 odds.

I’m going to watch what happens next with a sense of morbid fascination. This is going to be ugly any way you cut it.

RBS

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TedStriker May 3, 2016 • 6:56:13pm

re: #261 jaunte

Countdown for the upcoming pro-Tump thinkpiece at NRO.

It’s probably already mostly ready to go in their CMS now, just waiting to plug current info into.

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jaunte May 3, 2016 • 6:56:13pm

Craig Melvin gushing over Trump is seriously creepy

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Barefoot Grin May 3, 2016 • 6:56:37pm

A cartoonist recently showed Reince and Donald together as mutually loathing, but attached “Preibus and Butthead.”

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Targetpractice May 3, 2016 • 6:57:01pm

BREAKING: Bernie Sanders to AP: ‘Clinton campaign thinks this campaign is over. They’re wrong.’

— The Associated Press (@AP) May 4, 2016

Your moment of “Old Man Yelling at Cloud.”

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Belafon May 3, 2016 • 6:57:45pm

re: #246 FormerDirtDart

Yep, and there’s nowhere you can move to get away from those.

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HappyWarrior May 3, 2016 • 6:58:06pm

re: #272 Targetpractice

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Your moment of “Old Man Yelling at Cloud.”

He’s going to be pissed when she eats his lunch I’m Cali.

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freetoken May 3, 2016 • 6:58:48pm

re: #261 jaunte

Countdown for the upcoming pro-Trump thinkpiece at NRO.

They’re mostly still in lament mode.

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Dr. Matt May 3, 2016 • 6:58:51pm

Facebook Post

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Eric The Fruit Bat May 3, 2016 • 6:58:53pm

Now we’ll see how quickly National Review repuroposes their “Against Trump” cover to “Against Hillary”.

Say, like, next week?

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HappyWarrior May 3, 2016 • 6:59:29pm

re: #277 Eric The Fruit Bat

Now we’ll see how quickly National Review repuroposes their “Against Trump” cover to “Against Hillary”.

Say, like, next week?

I expect it. NRvhas no scruples at all.

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Belafon May 3, 2016 • 6:59:36pm

Here’s a good and sad video:

Missing Halloween

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Targetpractice May 3, 2016 • 7:00:00pm

re: #267 Lidane

If the Democrats have any sense at all, they’ll run a presidential campaign that not only treats Trump like a serious candidate, but which treats him like an existential threat to the country. Massive GOTV and voter registration drives, etc.

The Republicans treated him like a joke and now here we are. I pray that the Dems don’t do the same in the general.

Hillary made the mistake in ‘08 of treating Obama as something less than a serious threat, then got showed up in the primaries. She reversed her error this year and focused totally on GOTV, phone-banking, and personal visits. End result: Sanders squashed like a bug.

I think she’s the best-prepared of the two to treat Trump like a real challenge, rather than as a stepping stone to the White House.

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Shiplord Kirel May 3, 2016 • 7:00:11pm

On a historical note I, for one, will be glad to see Trump replace the highly respected Alf Landon as the biggest GOP loser in presidential history. Among other things, Governor Landon lived longer after his defeat than any other major party candidate in history———51 years. He died on October 12, 1987 aged 100 years.

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Eric The Fruit Bat May 3, 2016 • 7:01:02pm

Reince already deleted his presumptive tweet.

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HappyWarrior May 3, 2016 • 7:01:24pm

re: #281 Shiplord Kirel

On a historical note I, for one, will be glad to see Trump replace the highly respected Alf Landon as the biggest GOP loser in presidential history. Among other things, Governor Landon lived longer after his defeat than any other major party candidate in history———51 years. He died on October 12, 1987 aged 100 years.

I’d love to see it but it’s not gonna happen. I’ll settle for a Obama over McCain win.

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jaunte May 3, 2016 • 7:01:28pm

Hard to overstate what a challenge the next six months will be to the national media’s excruciatingly even-handed approach to campaigns.
— Alec MacGillis (@AlecMacGillis) May 4, 2016

“Challenge?” They’re already showing it’s easy.

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Targetpractice May 3, 2016 • 7:01:28pm

re: #276 Dr. Matt

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That will definitely change. There will be those in the #NeverTrump crowd who will stay true, but most will decide in a month’s time that they don’t want Hillary in the White House and so will find some reason to wrap their arms around The Donald and ignore the smell.

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HappyWarrior May 3, 2016 • 7:02:02pm

re: #282 Eric The Fruit Bat

Reince already deleted his presumptive tweet.

Hahaha internet is forevah Reincy.

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Ziggy_TARDIS May 3, 2016 • 7:02:22pm

re: #281 Shiplord Kirel

Alf Landon also shifted his political positions significantly, becoming an internationalist who pushed for the US to join the European Common Market, now known as the EU.

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Anymouse May 3, 2016 • 7:02:42pm

One of my senators (Ben Sasse-Nebr.) made a Facebook post saying he would not support nor vote for Mr. Trump. His post was repeated as a column in a number of the state’s newspapers.

Senator Sasse was pilloried at the time on his Facebook page by people from all over the country calling him a traitor (and worse).

I wouldn’t expect Senator Sasse to vote for either Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders, but let’s see in the next couple days in the local paper if he suddenly has an epiphany and lines up behind Mr. Trump.

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FormerDirtDart May 3, 2016 • 7:03:16pm

.@JohnKasich chief strategist: “As long as it remains possible, Governor Kasich will fight for the higher path.” pic.twitter.com/h0CRxPGY6W

— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) May 4, 2016

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HappyWarrior May 3, 2016 • 7:03:26pm

re: #287 Ziggy_TARDIS

Alf Landon also shifted his political positions significantly, becoming an internationalist who pushed for the US to join the European Common Market, now known as the EU.

Supported a lot of the Great Society too. Landon was s good man.

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Barefoot Grin May 3, 2016 • 7:03:47pm

All these guys who have turned “appeasement” into a dirty word because of Chamberlain, now think, like Hindenburg, they can use Trump.

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HappyWarrior May 3, 2016 • 7:04:13pm

re: #289 FormerDirtDart

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Try winning a state that isn’t yours first, John.

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Ziggy_TARDIS May 3, 2016 • 7:04:14pm

re: #290 HappyWarrior

Will agree there.

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Targetpractice May 3, 2016 • 7:04:36pm

Hell, I’ve already seen it happen in real time for the past six months. Before Iowa, a “serious” conservative asserted to me that a Walker or Bush would be the nominee because the voters would want somebody with “executive experience.”

Then both got knocked off, so he became a Rubio fan because “voters want somebody who’s young and charismatic.”

Then Marco got knocked off, so it became “Well, I think Cruz will be the nominee because he’s got experience.”

And yet, in recent days, he’s suddenly found himself talking up the “outsider” bit, the idea that this is an election that’s “anti-establishment,” and thinks Trump will win because he “tells it like it is.”

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HappyWarrior May 3, 2016 • 7:05:03pm

re: #291 Barefoot Grin

All these guys who have turned “appeasement” into a dirty word because of Chamberlain, now think, like Hindenburg, they can use Trump.

Because they care more about precious conservatism than what’s best for the country.

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Backwoods_Sleuth May 3, 2016 • 7:05:25pm

.@JohnKasich not going anywhere. pic.twitter.com/cT4uxRhl5x

— Joe Sonka (@joesonka) May 4, 2016

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b_sharp May 3, 2016 • 7:05:31pm

re: #250 lockjawcanbefun

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In 2011 Slave Lake AB (population 7000) was partially destroyed by a forest fire. A third of the town was burnt.

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Targetpractice May 3, 2016 • 7:05:49pm

re: #296 Backwoods_Sleuth

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“Not going anywhere.” Truer words have never been written.

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ObserverArt May 3, 2016 • 7:06:04pm

re: #280 Targetpractice

Hillary made the mistake in ‘08 of treating Obama as something less than a serious threat, then got showed up in the primaries. She reversed her error this year and focused totally on GOTV, phone-banking, and personal visits. End result: Sanders squashed like a bug.

I think she’s the best-prepared of the two to treat Trump like a real challenge, rather than as a stepping stone to the White House.

She will be serious as all get out. You can already get a sense of that when she is asked about Trump now. She goes right into talking about all we don’t know about what he will do, and that we do know should concern every thinking American.

I don’t think taking anything lightly is in her game plan this time around. This is her one real big shot and she seems prepared to take it.

I can almost hear the gears turning in her head right now…tonight. Trump. Trump. Trump. Sanders. (Damn you Bernie) Trump. Trump.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge May 3, 2016 • 7:06:24pm

re: #290 HappyWarrior

Supported a lot of the Great Society too. Landon was s good man.

If there were any Alf Landons or Wendell Willkies among Republicans today, I wouldn’t be so afraid about the future. Unfortunately….

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lawhawk May 3, 2016 • 7:06:42pm

re: #276 Dr. Matt

Assume no such thing. Assume the GOP will go all in on Trump.

That’ll be the GOP that wants to prevent Hillary from winning White House.

StopHillary > Never Trump.

That’s always been the calculus and it hasn’t changed one bit since last year.

Trump’s not going to act any more presidential now that the primary is nearly done. He can’t change his spots.

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HappyWarrior May 3, 2016 • 7:07:24pm

re: #300 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

If there were any Alf Landons or Wendell Willkies among Republicans today, I wouldn’t be so afraid about the future. Unfortunately….

If there were any Nixons among Republicans but yes.

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freetoken May 3, 2016 • 7:07:32pm

re: #294 Targetpractice

Never underestimate the ability of us humans to work ourselves.

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De Kolta Chair May 3, 2016 • 7:09:28pm

re: #84 lockjawcanbefun

The Edmonton Journal has an incredible video under the bylines.

edmontonjournal.com

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Eric The Fruit Bat May 3, 2016 • 7:09:53pm

Well, there goes my time as a Republican. We’ll be changing our party affiliations tomorrow. Frankly, I feel relieved to do it. Free even.

— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) May 4, 2016

Don’t let the door hit ya where the Good Lord split ya, Steve….

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Kragar May 3, 2016 • 7:10:18pm

Tomorrow’s front page:
Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to mourn the @GOP https://t.co/ywZB1bH1na pic.twitter.com/7RsKFIrSYk

— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) May 4, 2016

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Belafon May 3, 2016 • 7:10:32pm

Here’s something I don’t get to say very often because I am in Texas, but liberal whites are going to be the deciding factor in this election. Minorities will turn out because Trump rightfully scares them. Republicans will vote for Trump. So the deciding factor will be how many white Democrats show up to vote.

And I will haunt every Democrat who does not vote after I die if Trump wins. I’ll even try to haunt a few before I die.

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Backwoods_Sleuth May 3, 2016 • 7:10:46pm

Trump’s speech was “presidential” but only because he didn’t mention his penis

— Taegan Goddard (@politicalwire) May 4, 2016

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Shiplord Kirel May 3, 2016 • 7:10:48pm

re: #287 Ziggy_TARDIS

Alf Landon also shifted his political positions significantly, becoming an internationalist who pushed for the US to join the European Common Market, now known as the EU.

He was also a very early advocate of opening relations with communist China. Today, it is hard to grasp that guys like Landon and (especially) the Internationalist visionary Wendell Wilkie, were Republicans at all.

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Anymouse May 3, 2016 • 7:11:15pm

re: #301 lawhawk

Assume no such thing. Assume the GOP will go all in on Trump.

That’ll be the GOP that wants to prevent Hillary from winning White House.

StopHillary > Never Trump.

That’s always been the calculus and it hasn’t changed one bit since last year.

Trump’s not going to act any more presidential now that the primary is nearly done. He can’t change his spots.

It’s Mr. Trump’s over-the-top campaigning that got him where he is now. Why would he give up what has been so far a winning strategy? Ignoring the GOP so far has worked for him.

I wonder if Bobby Jindal still thinks the GOP should stop being the stupid party?

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klys (maker of Silmarils) May 3, 2016 • 7:11:18pm

currently pic.twitter.com/fwT8j7YOqM

— al (@andyhurleys) May 4, 2016

#ymmfire Us getting out of Beacon Hill! My childhood home and everything I’ve ever known is burnt to the ground. :( pic.twitter.com/eY1KmCVIvi

— Holly Ayearst (@hollerslyfe) May 4, 2016

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teleskiguy May 3, 2016 • 7:11:30pm

Blast from the past!

An ‘extremely credible source’ has called my office and told me that @BarackObama’s birth certificate is a fraud.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 6, 2012

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge May 3, 2016 • 7:11:33pm

Orac changed his post’s title:

The Republican Party is ~~on the verge of nominating~~ has made an antivaccine loon named Donald Trump its presumptive nominee

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freetoken May 3, 2016 • 7:12:12pm

So now we can get back to the discussion about where to place the new ballroom.

I think the SW corner of White House property can be reconfigured, and provide for a ballroom with at least twice the floorspace that the current large room on the first floor of the WH currently provides.

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Backwoods_Sleuth May 3, 2016 • 7:12:14pm

PIVOT!!!!

Facebook Post

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lawhawk May 3, 2016 • 7:12:40pm

The nonsense about how Trump’s killed the GOP are overblown. He is the GOP. He’s tapped into everything that the GOP stands for. He’s just a whole lot more overt about it.

The party rot to the core is now out in the open for all to see. The hate, bigotry, misogyny, xenophobia, and Islamophobia was on parade since Trump entered the race. Each utterance didn’t force him out - it increased his polling among Republicans.

That’s the problem. Trump wasn’t the problem. He was the symptom.

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jaunte May 3, 2016 • 7:13:42pm

re: #315 Backwoods_Sleuth

Typical. And his bet was probably bs all along.

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stpaulbear May 3, 2016 • 7:13:58pm

re: #308 Backwoods_Sleuth

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He cleened up reel guud.

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Belafon May 3, 2016 • 7:14:01pm

re: #315 Backwoods_Sleuth

PIVOT!!!!

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He couldn’t stay away from a White Supremacist slogan for too long.

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FormerDirtDart May 3, 2016 • 7:14:06pm

.@milbank you’ve got a promise to keep, bub pic.twitter.com/UdrqhNmeuH

— Blupman (@blippoblappo) May 4, 2016

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De Kolta Chair May 3, 2016 • 7:14:35pm

re: #312 teleskiguy

Blast from the past!

Joe Arapaio, amirite?

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lawhawk May 3, 2016 • 7:14:46pm

Obama to approve Stonewall national monument: https://t.co/2tu0F9BtdV read my earlier piece on the proposal: https://t.co/3RnGXLpRaE

— Ben Adler (@badler) May 3, 2016

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Lidane May 3, 2016 • 7:14:49pm

One of my most conservative coworkers just posted this on FB, saying that he hopes this is a preview of what Hillary will do to Trump:

Stone Cold Steve Austin Stuns Donald Trump

This from a guy who thinks Mark Levin is worth reading. He’s NOT happy tonight.

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freetoken May 3, 2016 • 7:15:44pm

TheBlaze is ablaze with angst:

Naurya -May. 3, 2016 at 9:39pm
I despise Americans. They have forsaken God, forsaken the Constitution, so called Republicans have voted for Judas Iscariot and I am a stranger in a strange land. Lying media, lying candidates, manipulative media and Americans, AMERICANS FOR GOD’S SAKE, EVEN FOX NEWS IN COLLUSION! I’ll have to pray hard to see if God will let me vote for Herod versus Delilah.

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SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN May 3, 2016 • 7:15:49pm

re: #143 Testy Toad T

Square miles don’t vote.

Neither do Democrats.

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Shiplord Kirel May 3, 2016 • 7:16:40pm

re: #320 FormerDirtDart

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May not be too bad with guacamole dip.

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lawhawk May 3, 2016 • 7:16:58pm

re: #323 Lidane

Where the Clinton-Trump matchup starts in our Crystal Ball Electoral College ratings pic.twitter.com/IpIryVRJFZ

— Larry Sabato (@LarrySabato) May 4, 2016

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The Vicious Babushka May 3, 2016 • 7:17:08pm

Where the Clinton-Trump matchup starts in our Crystal Ball Electoral College ratings pic.twitter.com/IpIryVRJFZ

— Larry Sabato (@LarrySabato) May 4, 2016

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KGxvi May 3, 2016 • 7:18:17pm

Just for fun, a look at the most recent statewide polls for the general election:

Clinton wins Arizona.
Clinton wins Florida by double digits.
Clinton wins Georgia by double digits.
Clinton wins Missouri.
Clinton wins Utah (okay, one poll has a tie, another has her up by 3%).

Trump leads by only 3% in Mississippi.

Tied in North Carolina (but trend is a Clinton win).

Assuming everything else stayed the same, that would put Clinton just short of 400 electoral votes.

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lawhawk May 3, 2016 • 7:19:29pm

re: #324 freetoken

No True Republican™
No True Conservative™

We’ll see a bunch of those, before the pivot to Stop Hillary. Because they’ll avoid uttering Trump while doing all they can to stop Hillary - knowing full well they’re supporting Trump and all he stands for, which is really what the GOP and conservatives stand for.

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Stanley Sea May 3, 2016 • 7:19:44pm

re: #317 jaunte

Typical. And his bet was probably bs all along.

his bet was a grift. I missed the part where he asked people join him.

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Archangelus May 3, 2016 • 7:19:51pm

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ObserverArt May 3, 2016 • 7:20:27pm

I feel bad for the Secret Service agents that will have to carry Trump’s Golden Lectica.

Going to need four real strong agents. From here on out…wow. The Great Weight of Trump even with such small hands and teeny fingers.

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freetoken May 3, 2016 • 7:22:17pm

re: #329 KGxvi

re: #328 The Vicious Babushka

I suspect the second one is closer to where we are today.

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De Kolta Chair May 3, 2016 • 7:22:52pm

re: #320 FormerDirtDart

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HappyWarrior May 3, 2016 • 7:23:51pm

re: #324 freetoken

TheBlaze is ablaze with angst:

Because Cruz was nothing but honest. I have a lot of contempt for Trump believe me but Cruz was even worse since he included Trump’s xenophobia and sexism but with the disgusting idea from his equally disgusting father he was divinely chosen.

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance May 3, 2016 • 7:24:08pm

Nothing is over until after election day. While I don’t think Trump will win we can’t get complacent.

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Charles Johnson May 3, 2016 • 7:24:09pm

re: #305 Eric The Fruit Bat

Steve Deace ‎@SteveDeaceShow

Well, there goes my time as a Republican. We’ll be changing our party affiliations tomorrow. Frankly, I feel relieved to do it. Free even.

The thing about right wing drones like Steve Deace is that they lie all the time, with no hesitation or shame, if they think it will benefit them. He’s not going to change his party affiliation.

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Shiplord Kirel May 3, 2016 • 7:25:54pm

Die-hard Cruz freepers are jumping ship.

Then there is this guy, who hasn’t posted in some time but came back to pose a question: What the hell happened to this place???
It is well worth preserving before it gets the ZOT.

I haven’t posted on FR since the 2012 election. For years prior, I feared that FR was turning away from what I once loved. That most of the sensible people here left, leaving us with nothing but conspiracy theorists, wannabe Stormfronters, finger-waggers, and wackos.

My fears have been confirmed. This post is addressed to the people of FR who support Donald Trump, or are going to “come around” to Trump, too. If you’re one of the few remaining non-Trump supporters, this isn’t aimed at you.

Before I continue, I, too once found Trump to be entertaining and possibly worth being a candidate. Back in 2010-2011 or so.

Then, I got my head out of my ass.

I can’t believe this place. Donald Trump is a disaster. A completely unmitigated disaster, and you people are lining up to fellate his not-as-yuge-as-he-claims member like it’s a Goddamned lollipop. Because Mexicans and China, or something, I don’t know.

I am NEVER VOTING FOR TRUMP. NEVER. This man represents everything wrong with the GOP, all the bad, none of the good.

If liberals wanted to create a cartoon character to represent the bogeyman conservative they want everyone to fear, they couldn’t have done a better job than this orange-skinned, fascist joke of a man. I for one think we need to communicate the positives of conservatism to win in the future, since the natural conservative base is shrinking (relative to the overall electorate) every year. Instead, Trump drives them away.

Trump will irreparably damage the Republican Party and the conservative movement. Even if he’s not a racist or a bigot, he is perceived as one, and does absolutely nothing to counteract it. In fact, he even refused to denounce the KKK and David Duke. The ONLY ACCEPTABLE RESPONSE to that was complete, immediate, and undeniable disavowment of his endorsement. I don’t for a MOMENT believe his bullshit explanation that he wasn’t sure who he was. Really?

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KGxvi May 3, 2016 • 7:26:22pm

re: #334 freetoken

I suspect the second one is closer to where we are today.

If those states really are in play, there’s no way Trump can win - he’d have too much ground to defend. Also, if the numbers are to be believed, I’d have to think that Louisiana and possibly Texas would also be in play. But we don’t have any recent numbers on that.

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lawhawk May 3, 2016 • 7:27:51pm

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ pic.twitter.com/HyAMYAF9nO

— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) May 4, 2016

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withak May 3, 2016 • 7:27:52pm

Brain bleach.

New puppy will be coming to live with us on Friday. Her name is Paisley.

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KGxvi May 3, 2016 • 7:27:54pm

re: #338 Charles Johnson

The thing about right wing drones like Steve Deace is that they lie all the time, with no hesitation or shame, if they think it will benefit them. He’s not going to change his party affiliation.

Even if he changes his party affiliation, it’s not like he’s going to suddenly start voting for Democrats. He’ll still vote Republican but “only hesitantly as an independent because after looking at everything, they really are the lesser of two evils.”

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freetoken May 3, 2016 • 7:28:10pm

re: #340 KGxvi

So much can happen between now and November. It’s hard to tell.

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Charles Johnson May 3, 2016 • 7:28:18pm

Choking back his gorge, @GroverNorquist joins the burgeoning #NeverHillary movement. https://t.co/K9tg7gs3Js

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 4, 2016

The complete collapse of #NeverTrump may happen even sooner than I thought.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 4, 2016

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Belafon May 3, 2016 • 7:28:45pm

re: #340 KGxvi

If those states really are in play, there’s no way Trump can win - he’d have too much ground to defend. Also, if the numbers are to be believed, I’d have to think that Louisiana and possibly Texas would also be in play. But we don’t have any recent numbers on that.

If Latinos in Texas are acting the way they seem to be in other places, Texas becomes in play. We’ll just have to see.

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HappyWarrior May 3, 2016 • 7:29:01pm

Conservatives and Republicans deserve Donald Trump. End of story. Ronald Reagan who they all love did a lot of the same racist shit Trump does but did it in a more subtle way. Cruz is equally as bigoted. You know why they hate Trump? It’s because they’re afraid that he’ll ruin the conservative name brand. It’s not that he’s a disgusting bigot. It’s that they’re afraid that conservatism’s image will be in shambles because of this guy. Trump is not conservatism’s illness, he is their symptom but so was Reagan, W Bush, McCain’s campaign in 2008, and Romney in 2012 too.

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majii May 3, 2016 • 7:29:11pm

re: #342 withak

A real beauty!

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HappyWarrior May 3, 2016 • 7:29:47pm

re: #341 lawhawk

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A good little Republican to the end. Great job Ari, you’re supporting a man who actively retweets the tweets of legitimate white supremacists and Neo-Nazis.

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ipsos May 3, 2016 • 7:30:34pm

re: #345 Charles Johnson

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“A serial arsonist whom married into the job…”?

Oh, Grover…

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b_sharp May 3, 2016 • 7:30:42pm

re: #345 Charles Johnson

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His grammar sucks too.

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Charles Johnson May 3, 2016 • 7:30:47pm

And now @AriFleischer joins the burgeoning #NeverHillary movement. https://t.co/0h48Bnj0xz

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 4, 2016

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge May 3, 2016 • 7:31:39pm

re: #315 Backwoods_Sleuth

PIVOT!!!!

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So if a post shows completely blank that means it links to Facebook? Now I know.

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jaunte May 3, 2016 • 7:31:40pm

One of the prevalent arguments from Trump supporters is that if we keep voting for the same thing we’ll just get the same problems.
— Katty Kay (@KattyKayBBC) May 4, 2016

America deserves *new* problems, like how to jar preserves in nuclear winter & which side to wear the yellow star on https://t.co/EsrTa9lub8

— Adam Weinstein (@AdamWeinstein) May 4, 2016

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freetoken May 3, 2016 • 7:32:05pm

re: #352 Charles Johnson

I expect most of them to be full on Drumpfskindanhängers before long.

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withak May 3, 2016 • 7:33:44pm

re: #351 b_sharp

His grammar sucks too.

Nothing exposes a not-smart person trying to be smart more than misusing whom.

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jaunte May 3, 2016 • 7:34:21pm

Feb 28:

I’m not ok with Donald Trump’s refusal to denounce David Duke and the KKK. Of course he’s heard of David Duke. Trump has jumped the shark.
— Ari Fleischer (@AriFleischer) February 28, 2016

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The Vicious Babushka May 3, 2016 • 7:34:38pm

The Triumph of the Trump #tcot #UniteBlue #ImWithHer pic.twitter.com/2Jox4cfpfv

— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) May 4, 2016

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KGxvi May 3, 2016 • 7:34:52pm

I’m debating whether to troll my Republican friends on Facebook who are freaking out by posting a link to Gary Johnson’s campaign website. On the one hand, I’m honestly curious what the responses would be. On the other, I have more important things to do, like watch Monday Night Raw on Hulu.

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Reality Based Steve May 3, 2016 • 7:35:15pm

Night Gang. I’m going to go to bed and probably have nightmares of orange skinned orangutans with little tiny hands chasing me all night.

RBS

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bratwurst May 3, 2016 • 7:35:50pm

4 hours of Twitter silence from Glenn Beck. Somebody might have to do a “welfare check” on him down at his Texas compound.

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The French Rat May 3, 2016 • 7:36:46pm

We’re dead.

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Mattand May 3, 2016 • 7:37:11pm

re: #205 Skip Intro

At least now I know why Cruz brought Carly on board. Someone has to lay off the campaign staff.

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Skip Intro May 3, 2016 • 7:37:20pm

re: #306 Kragar

Should have shown Trump’s kid holding the bloody cut off elephant’s trunk.

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Charles Johnson May 3, 2016 • 7:37:44pm

tfw your husband just dropped out of the presidential campaign pic.twitter.com/7qfYAA98nG

— Laura J. Nelson (@laura_nelson) May 4, 2016

Rushing to hug an old bald guy, Ted Cruz elbows his wife in the face. https://t.co/8bX6vfBhJi @laura_nelson @mattdpearce

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 4, 2016

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lawhawk May 3, 2016 • 7:37:53pm

re: #359 KGxvi

I’m debating whether to troll my Republican friends on Facebook who are freaking out by posting a link to Gary Johnson’s campaign website. On the one hand, I’m honestly curious what the responses would be. On the other, I have more important things to do, like watch Monday Night Raw on Hulu.

Well, if you’re watching Monday Night Raw, there’s always a chance you could catch Trump on re-runs…. where he’s operating in his natural habitat.

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Kragar May 3, 2016 • 7:38:10pm

re: #361 bratwurst

.@owillis @glennbeck pic.twitter.com/2zklaY1bLt

— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 4, 2016

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William Lewis May 3, 2016 • 7:38:54pm

re: #352 Charles Johnson

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An (R) next to the name is the only thing that matters.

Joseph Stalin could come back and if he put an (R) after his name they’d line up to support him.

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Charles Johnson May 3, 2016 • 7:39:01pm

This is a metaphor for the Republican campaign if there ever was one. @laura_nelson @mattdpearce

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 4, 2016

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lockjawcanbefun May 3, 2016 • 7:39:07pm

People turning around and now heading south down highway 63. They had been pushing people north but fire jumped #ymm pic.twitter.com/hdRIAKEQI9

— BreannaKarstensSmith (@BreannaCTV) May 4, 2016

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Jenner7 May 3, 2016 • 7:39:31pm

~~Reince deleted his tweet……~~

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withak May 3, 2016 • 7:40:29pm

re: #371 Jenner7

You mean this one?

.@realDonaldTrump will be presumptive @GOP nominee, we all need to unite and focus on defeating @HillaryClinton #NeverClinton

— Reince Priebus (@Reince) May 4, 2016

First one spelled “presumptive” without the second P.

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Jenner7 May 3, 2016 • 7:40:37pm

Never mind, I was wrong. Sorry.

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lawhawk May 3, 2016 • 7:41:01pm

re: #371 Jenner7

Reince deleted his tweet……

Deleting his Twitter would be a start.

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withak May 3, 2016 • 7:41:14pm

re: #373 Jenner7

Reason number eleventy billion that Twitter needs an Edit Tweet feature.

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance May 3, 2016 • 7:41:15pm

re: #371 Jenner7

Reince deleted his tweet……

~~yup and he will regret even tweeting it, trump will be holding it up tomorrow and even MSNBC is saying Reince called him the presumptive nominee.~~

I take that back.

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Targetpractice May 3, 2016 • 7:41:36pm

re: #354 jaunte

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Trump supporters say if they keep voting for the same thing, we’ll get the same problems, see absolutely no irony in voting Republican despite Trump being basically being everything the GOP has run on for the past 20 years on steroids.

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jaunte May 3, 2016 • 7:42:09pm

:-O pic.twitter.com/mX9CUyRFrp

— Xeni Jardin (@xeni) May 4, 2016

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ObserverArt May 3, 2016 • 7:42:41pm

re: #368 William Lewis

An (R) next to the name is the only thing that matters.

Joseph Stalin could come back and if he put an (R) after his name they’d line up to support him.

Reince Priebus: He has name recognition. Hmmm. This could work. Quick get him on the phone we need to talk.

RNC Flunky: He’s dead.

Reince Priebus: Call him anyway. He’d still be better than Trump and the stiffs he already defeated.

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freetoken May 3, 2016 • 7:43:29pm

Mullah Mohler is doing his Jeremiah routine:

The soul of this nation is being revealed before our eyes. We are witnessing an unfolding self-inflicted tragedy. God help us. Only He can.
— Albert Mohler (@albertmohler) May 4, 2016

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Belafon May 3, 2016 • 7:43:36pm

re: #375 withak

Reason number eleventy billion that Twitter needs an Edit Tweet feature.

Yep. They should keep the original tweet and a way to see the it before the edit.

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teleskiguy May 3, 2016 • 7:43:49pm

Charles, I believe you know all about this.

There needs to be a word for when you write a tweet and it does well even though it has a typo that kills you.

— daveweigel (@daveweigel) May 4, 2016

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HappyWarrior May 3, 2016 • 7:44:16pm

I’m old enough when the GOP was going to rebrand after 2012. I guess they did. Mitt wasn’t overtly sexist and bigoted enough so the GOP felt it really needed an all out bigot for 2016. Cannot wait to see who Trump chooses as a running mate.

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Charles Johnson May 3, 2016 • 7:45:12pm

LOL! Good luck with that. https://t.co/rU2BAf2NW1 @Patrovist

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 4, 2016

I have no idea what you’re ranting about, but don’t let me stop you. @Patrovist

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 4, 2016

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goddamnedfrank May 3, 2016 • 7:45:17pm

Dear #NeverTrump. Your party abandoned you & became a last gasp claque of racist white nationalist klukkers. Just quit the @GOP & walk away.

— Putain Démocratique (@goddamnedfrank) May 4, 2016

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jaunte May 3, 2016 • 7:45:34pm

Important reminder: Senate Republicans are currently blocking Barack Obama’s Supreme Court pick so that Donald Trump can have it.
— NickBaumann (@NickBaumann) May 4, 2016

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HappyWarrior May 3, 2016 • 7:45:36pm

re: #380 freetoken

Mullah Mohler is doing his Jeremiah routine:

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God loves us except when we don’t nominate a Canadian who thinks basketball courts are called rings and most people who actually know him think he’s a world class asshole.

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HappyWarrior May 3, 2016 • 7:46:07pm

re: #386 jaunte

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This needs to be on TV now.

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Belafon May 3, 2016 • 7:46:43pm

re: #380 freetoken

Mullah Mohler is doing his Jeremiah routine:

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@albertmohler God decided 2000 years ago that we were adults and should handle it ourselves. It’s not His job, it’s ours.
— Lonnie Mask (@LonnieMask) May 4, 2016

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Anymouse May 3, 2016 • 7:47:14pm

My wife and I will be in northern Manitoba during the Republican Convention (she planned our trip that way on purpose).

Depending on how it goes, we might just stay there.

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teleskiguy May 3, 2016 • 7:47:14pm

Berniestans on my Facebook *ARE SO FRIGGIN EXCITED BERNIE WON INDIANA* they are just ecstatic.

I want to tell all of them that Bernie has no way of winning the nomination. No, I get enough weird shit to deal with on my Twitter as it is with total strangers. I will ask all of them if they are voting for Hillary the day Bernie drops out.

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goddamnedfrank May 3, 2016 • 7:47:25pm

I love the Berners who claim we’d better be nice to them or they’ll stay home and let Trump win. Do what the fuck you want, but YOU own it.

— Putain Démocratique (@goddamnedfrank) May 4, 2016

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Belafon May 3, 2016 • 7:49:10pm

re: #390 Anymouse

My wife and I will be in northern Manitoba during the Republican Convention (she planned our trip that way on purpose).

Depending on how it goes, we might just stay there.

ICBMs can reach anywhere.

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jaunte May 3, 2016 • 7:49:12pm

re: #391 teleskiguy

Just read this on Twitter:

Bernie Sanders spent $1+M for 42 delegates. Hillary Clinton spent $0 for 36 delegates.

Share it with them.

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Charles Johnson May 3, 2016 • 7:49:19pm

“Your guy?” Maybe you need to have your vision checked. https://t.co/skMeVtRPtd @Patrovist

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 4, 2016

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Belafon May 3, 2016 • 7:49:40pm

re: #391 teleskiguy

Berniestans on my Facebook *ARE SO FRIGGIN EXCITED BERNIE WON INDIANA* they are just ecstatic.

I want to tell all of them that Bernie has no way of winning the nomination. No, I get enough weird shit to deal with on my Twitter as it is with total strangers. I will ask all of them if they are voting for Hillary the day Bernie drops out.

One more month + 2 days.

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teleskiguy May 3, 2016 • 7:50:01pm

re: #390 Anymouse

My wife and I will be in northern Manitoba during the Republican Convention (she planned our trip that way on purpose).

Depending on how it goes, we might just stay there.

I talked politics with some skiers on the last day Vail Mountain was open. Whenever someone told me they were moving to Canada if Trump is elected I told them “Not me, I’m staying to fight this madness.”

And I say that here, too. I’m not leaving my home, President Trump be damned.

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teleskiguy May 3, 2016 • 7:52:21pm

Folks are finding all kinds of old tweets tonight.

Spoiler: Trump is not going to be the Republican nominee for president.

— Ross Douthat (@DouthatNYT) December 16, 2015

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Decatur Deb May 3, 2016 • 7:52:43pm

re: #190 freetoken

I was just wonder that maybe… we’ve moved past democracy and elections, as we used to have them, and into a new societal mode.

Maybe as a collective we are deciding the elections shouldn’t matter, at least on an individual office basis, even an office as important as POTUS.

I’ve wondered why some Americans get so fascinated with Brit royalty.

Perhaps we deeply long for a national figurehead, as opposed to wonky civil mechanics.

Perhaps America wants Drumpfskind to be that figurehead. Not to have him really change anything, just to be there for show, for our national rituals to which we cling.

We’ve hardly yet had democracy and elections. We’re getting closer.

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teleskiguy May 3, 2016 • 7:52:47pm

That face when you think about the state of American politics pic.twitter.com/cPDs8RLnR6

— Asia Murphy (@am_anatiala) May 4, 2016

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HappyWarrior May 3, 2016 • 7:52:55pm

re: #394 jaunte

Just read this on Twitter:

Share it with them.

Feel the Bern…………..through Bernie’s wallet.

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Decatur Deb May 3, 2016 • 7:53:36pm

re: #249 Eclectic Cyborg

POC equals People of Color?

Not in my world—Point of Contact.

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Anymouse May 3, 2016 • 7:54:24pm

re: #393 Belafon

ICBMs can reach anywhere.

Well, I wouldn’t think Churchill would be first on anyone’s list, but who know.

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jaunte May 3, 2016 • 7:54:28pm

@Rschooley You can’t attack a guy for spouting what you have trained your most loyal voters to believe.
— Bob Schooley (@Rschooley) May 4, 2016

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge May 3, 2016 • 7:55:17pm

re: #380 freetoken

Mullah Mohler is doing his Jeremiah routine:

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VP Prospect?

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HappyWarrior May 3, 2016 • 7:55:32pm

re: #391 teleskiguy

Berniestans on my Facebook *ARE SO FRIGGIN EXCITED BERNIE WON INDIANA* they are just ecstatic.

I want to tell all of them that Bernie has no way of winning the nomination. No, I get enough weird shit to deal with on my Twitter as it is with total strangers. I will ask all of them if they are voting for Hillary the day Bernie drops out.

I don’t know when I find them more annoying. When they win and think it’s the greatest thing ever of when they lose and it can only because of fraud. Okay so Bernie won Indiana tonight. Kudos Bernie but it was much more close than any of Clinton’s wins last Tuesday. Bernie’s whole campaign is all about the small victories without a single convincing victory. He’s been treading water frankly since he got his ass handed to him in South Carolina. To use a basketball analogy, Bernie’s been down by ten points since the first quarter but sometimes he makes a three to make it a seven point game but then Hillary goes on 6-0 run to make it over ten points again. Bernie’s chance to gain any momentum was South Carolina and he blew it.

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HappyWarrior May 3, 2016 • 7:56:10pm

re: #404 jaunte

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The so called GOP moderates need to admit this too.

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goddamnedfrank May 3, 2016 • 7:57:08pm

@akacharleswade Never, Kasich is like that kid in Better Off Dead who REALLY wants his two dollars. pic.twitter.com/aRLlMMzVWQ

— Putain Démocratique (@goddamnedfrank) May 4, 2016

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Anymouse May 3, 2016 • 7:57:29pm

re: #397 teleskiguy

I talked politics with some skiers on the last day Vail Mountain was open. Whenever someone told me they were moving to Canada if Trump is elected I told them “Not me, I’m staying to fight this madness.”

And I say that here, too. I’m not leaving my home, President Trump be damned.

Yeah, I won’t leave my home either. I have too much invested in being an American.

Still, Canada looks like a safe place to be from the GOP convention madness.

I was on the phone with my neighbour (a former Trump supporter, but now sitting out the election). He is absolutely flabbergasted at what happened to his party. (I did not think that would be an appropriate time to rub in the idea that the GOP invited all the kooks into their party.) I simply offered him sympathy.

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Targetpractice May 3, 2016 • 7:57:48pm

re: #404 jaunte

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And now we get to watch seven months of the GOP leadership and the media try to act like Trump isn’t giving voice to the party’s unfiltered id and we have to look past the mountain of shit to see his “presidential” qualities.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge May 3, 2016 • 7:57:58pm

re: #397 teleskiguy

I talked politics with some skiers on the last day Vail Mountain was open. Whenever someone told me they were moving to Canada if Trump is elected I told them “Not me, I’m staying to fight this madness.”

And I say that here, too. I’m not leaving my home, President Trump be damned.

I don’t think Washington will go gently into that bad night.

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Jenner7 May 3, 2016 • 7:58:05pm

.@cenkuygur just reported Washington insider told him if Hillary is indicted, Party will give her delegates to Biden to stop Bernie.

— Michael Salamone (@MichaelSalamone) May 4, 2016

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HappyWarrior May 3, 2016 • 7:58:30pm

re: #410 Targetpractice

And now we get to watch seven months of the GOP leadership and the media try to act like Trump isn’t giving voice to the party’s unfiltered id and we have to look past the mountain of shit to see his “presidential” qualities.

I expect like Romney, we’re going to hear the virtues of Trump’s businessman background.

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gocart mozart May 3, 2016 • 7:58:35pm

re: #345 Charles Johnson

I wrote this just to be a dick and because he deserves it;)

@GroverNorquist
Can’t wait until President Trump sends you and your wife’s sorry Muslim terrorist asses to GITMO!
— gocart mozart (@gocartmozart1) May 4, 2016

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Targetpractice May 3, 2016 • 7:58:50pm

re: #412 Jenner7

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Haven’t seen conspiracies this unhinged since I saw all the 9/11 Truthers insist that fire couldn’t melt steel.

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HappyWarrior May 3, 2016 • 7:59:47pm

re: #412 Jenner7

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Biden actually understands international relations beyond I voted against the Iraq War Resolution. I really hope it doesn’t have to come to that though. I want Clinton to beat Bernie and there no to be any doubt about it all.

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freetoken May 3, 2016 • 7:59:49pm

re: #415 Targetpractice

Lots of unhinging going around these days.

Worldview collapse - we’re now dealing with fallout.

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Ziggy_TARDIS May 3, 2016 • 8:00:08pm

re: #412 Jenner7

Cenk Uygur named his show after a group during the death of the Ottoman Empire that committed one of the greatest atrocities of the 20th Century.

He can be safely told to go fuck himself.

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Belafon May 3, 2016 • 8:00:15pm

re: #412 Jenner7

@MichaelSalamone @cenkuygur I stopped having imaginary friends when I was in elementary school.
— Lonnie Mask (@LonnieMask) May 4, 2016

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teleskiguy May 3, 2016 • 8:00:23pm

re: #409 Anymouse

I was on the phone with my neighbour (a former Trump supporter, but now sitting out the election). He is absolutely flabbergasted at what happened to his party. (I did not think that would be an appropriate time to rub in the idea that the GOP invited all the kooks into their party.) I simply offered him sympathy.

Completely understandable given your position. Dude’s a constituent.

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HappyWarrior May 3, 2016 • 8:00:51pm

re: #414 gocart mozart

I wrote this just to be a dick and because he deserves it;)

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Sometimes someone deserves it. Grover who has literally invested millions in campaigns and candidates that would fuck the rest of us over just so Grover and his buddies could get some more tax breaks and deregulation. This is your party Grover. Tough shit.

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Mattand May 3, 2016 • 8:01:46pm

re: #185 jaunte

Want to think about something really scary?

Someone at the WH is now looking up Paul Manafort’s cell# to figure out a timetable to give Trump his CIA briefings.

If I were POTUS, assuming there’s no actual law that compelled me, I’d be “Fuck that.” It’s patently obvious to anyone with a minimum eighth of a brain* this guy is a nuclear war waiting to happen. No need to get a jump on it early.

*Or as Republicans would call someone like that: Einstein.

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jaunte May 3, 2016 • 8:01:57pm

Washington A. Insider, Esq.

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HappyWarrior May 3, 2016 • 8:02:35pm

re: #423 jaunte

Washington A. Insider, Esq.

I liked Rip Van Winkle and Sleepy Hollow, oh Washington Insider, I thought oyu said Washington Irving.

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teleskiguy May 3, 2016 • 8:02:43pm

What the fuck is this supposed to mean?!?

Soon.

— Justin Amash (@justinamash) May 4, 2016

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lockjawcanbefun May 3, 2016 • 8:03:22pm

LIVE BLOG: Up-to-the-minute news on Fort McMurray’s wildfires https://t.co/wiH1QCee0W pic.twitter.com/7j8S1Xhkck

— CBC News (@CBCNews) May 4, 2016

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HappyWarrior May 3, 2016 • 8:03:23pm

re: #425 teleskiguy

What the fuck is this supposed to mean?!?

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Last call at the bar he’s at drowning his sorrows?

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TK-421 May 3, 2016 • 8:03:42pm

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jaunte May 3, 2016 • 8:03:59pm

re: #422 Mattand

I think Trump would last a day or two max with security secrets before he would spill them out to make himself look good.

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calochortus May 3, 2016 • 8:04:25pm

re: #412 Jenner7

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Ah, nothing like an anonymous insider. And I’d vote for Biden looong before I’d vote for Bernie.

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jaunte May 3, 2016 • 8:04:38pm

re: #425 teleskiguy

The Rapture?

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Decatur Deb May 3, 2016 • 8:05:20pm

re: #326 Shiplord Kirel

May not be too bad with guacamole dip.

That’s called “Freedom Paste” around here.

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goddamnedfrank May 3, 2016 • 8:05:26pm

What possesses people to issue cocksure prophesies on Twitter? Whatever happened to simply stating what you “think” will happen?

— Putain Démocratique (@goddamnedfrank) May 4, 2016

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Eventual Carrion May 3, 2016 • 8:05:29pm

re: #311 klys (maker of Silmarils)

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Damn

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MsJ May 3, 2016 • 8:06:11pm

re: #329 KGxvi

Just for fun, a look at the most recent statewide polls for the general election:

Clinton wins Arizona.
Clinton wins Florida by double digits.
Clinton wins Georgia by double digits.
Clinton wins Missouri.
Clinton wins Utah (okay, one poll has a tie, another has her up by 3%).

Trump leads by only 3% in Mississippi.

Tied in North Carolina (but trend is a Clinton win).

Assuming everything else stayed the same, that would put Clinton just short of 400 electoral votes.

Now that’s what I call a mandate.

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Eric The Fruit Bat May 3, 2016 • 8:06:12pm

Micahel Shedlock:

News Flash: Indiana NOT Like Wisconsin, Trump Wins and Will Beat Hillary in November

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Anymouse May 3, 2016 • 8:06:23pm

re: #420 teleskiguy

Yup, he supported me for my reëlection to my village board, too.

I like to think I represent everyone in my town, not just those who voted for me.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge May 3, 2016 • 8:06:27pm

re: #431 jaunte

The Rapture?

The Rupture?

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jaunte May 3, 2016 • 8:06:38pm

Anyway gonna be putting grease across my face and readying the war rig if anyone needs me
— Ingrid Burrington (@lifewinning) May 4, 2016

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teleskiguy May 3, 2016 • 8:07:47pm

re: #437 Anymouse

Being an elected Democrat government official in the panhandle of Nebraska, I salute you!

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Targetpractice May 3, 2016 • 8:08:31pm

re: #435 MsJ

Now that’s what I call a mandate.

Come now, you know better. The President won both elections by better than 50% of the popular vote and trounced his opponents in the electoral college, and still the media insisted that he had no mandate.

Only Republicans winning by the skin of their teeth have “mandates.”

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HappyWarrior May 3, 2016 • 8:08:33pm

re: #436 Eric The Fruit Bat

Micahel Shedlock:

News Flash: Indiana NOT Like Wisconsin, Trump Wins and Will Beat Hillary in November

Indiana not like rest of country is more like it. The demographics are against Trump big time. Believe me, I expect the Hispanic community to come out to vote against this fucker in record numbers and it doesn’t hurt that Clinton’s done a nice job with the Latino community too.

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klys (maker of Silmarils) May 3, 2016 • 8:08:43pm

Now I get it. Cruz hired Fiorina to lay off his campaign staff.

— Dick Polman (@DickPolman1) May 4, 2016

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HappyWarrior May 3, 2016 • 8:09:39pm

re: #439 jaunte

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We’re say this now but I promise you in 2020 when the GOP’s presumptive nominee is someone even worse than Trump, we’ll be having this conversation again.

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Ziggy_TARDIS May 3, 2016 • 8:09:54pm

re: #426 lockjawcanbefun

What is happening to Fort McMurray will likely also be the fate of Colorado Springs.

The state Forest Service and Colorado State University completed a study in 2013 that found that about 20% of Colorado’s population and 25% of Colorado homes are within in a “red zone”, or a place with high likelihood of fires. El Paso County is one of the top three counties for fire danger with 45% of its residents within a red zone.[g] Colorado has seen a 300 percent increase in wildfires between 2003 and 2013.

Approximately 45 percent of the population of El Paso County, or about 278,000 people, live in a fire danger zone. About 20,000 people and about 7,000 homes are located in the Black Forest Fire evacuation zone. Census data shows that half of those homes were built in the last decade. The Colorado Springs Briargate subdivision, just south of Black Forest, is certain to be exposed to fire in the future. Houses built in the forests are particularly in danger of fires.[69]

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jaunte May 3, 2016 • 8:10:38pm

re: #444 HappyWarrior

Uday/Qusay Trump 2020

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gocart mozart May 3, 2016 • 8:10:48pm

@GroverNorquist
FYI: It’s “who married into the job” not “whom” you pretentious twat!
— gocart mozart (@gocartmozart1) May 4, 2016

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GlutenFreeJesus May 3, 2016 • 8:12:43pm

re: #391 teleskiguy

He won a red state that doesn’t matter in November. Or something.

And IN is an open primary. I’m sure a good portion of Trump supporters dropped tickets for Bernie just because.

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HappyWarrior May 3, 2016 • 8:12:43pm

re: #447 gocart mozart

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In a way I want to feel for Grover. All own his own allies think he’s a terrorist sympathizer because he has a beard and a Muslim wife but then as I said above he’s involved himself in to some very rotten causes. He deserves to be part of a party and movement that’s about ot make Trump its standard bearer.

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Targetpractice May 3, 2016 • 8:12:48pm

“I’ll never vote for Trump! He’ll spell the doom of the party and the nation!”

“Ted Cruz has just announced he’s suspending his campaign.”

“TRUMP ‘16! DOWN WITH HILLARY!!!!”

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SoundGuy 2016 May 3, 2016 • 8:12:58pm

After going through the Zapruder film once again I’ve laid out Trumps theory! pic.twitter.com/qrI4nqSnGh

— philip harris (@pharris830) May 3, 2016

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HappyWarrior May 3, 2016 • 8:13:17pm

re: #450 Targetpractice

“I’ll never vote for Trump! He’ll spell the doom of the party and the nation!”

“Ted Cruz has just announced he’s suspending his campaign.”

“TRUMP ‘16! DOWN WITH HILLARY!!!!”

We’re going to see alot of that as we get closer to Cleveland.

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Belafon May 3, 2016 • 8:13:54pm

Question for grammar folks: who vs whom. Is there an easy rule for determining when, like the fact that you use “it’s” to mean “it is” and its for possession?

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GlutenFreeJesus May 3, 2016 • 8:14:09pm

re: #394 jaunte

Just read this on Twitter:

Share it with them.

So much for the evils of big money in politics.

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No Depression May 3, 2016 • 8:14:15pm

re: #412 Jenner7

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Fuck Cenk. I don’t know how I ever respected this guy’s opinion; he’s so obviously full of shit.

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Belafon May 3, 2016 • 8:14:41pm

re: #448 GlutenFreeJesus

Indiana is also less than 10% black. Which is a pretty good indicator that Sanders is going to win.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge May 3, 2016 • 8:14:50pm

Ted Cruz Drops Out Of Campaign To Spend More Time Being Hated By Own Family

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HappyWarrior May 3, 2016 • 8:16:43pm

re: #456 Belafon

Indiana is also less than 10% black. Which is a pretty good indicator that Sanders is going to win.

Has Bernie won any states that are even close to resembling the Democratic party’s demographics and the nation’s as a whole? Seems to me that he relies on lily white states to win. That doesn’t mean I think Bernie’s a racist but he sure as hell does benefit from the absence of a diverse population. That’s not what a party that prides itself on diversity should nominate.

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Eric The Fruit Bat May 3, 2016 • 8:18:16pm

re: #449 HappyWarrior

All own his own allies think he’s a terrorist sympathizer because he has a beard and a Muslim wife but then as I said above he’s involved himself in to some very rotten causes.

Actually, every bit of venom should be brought on Grover because he’s a true anarchist-after all, anyone who says he wants to shrink government small enough so it can fit in a bathtub so he can drown it deserves that label. He’s one who if I ever saw in a life-or-death situation I’d triage his ass last.

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TK-421 May 3, 2016 • 8:19:35pm

I don’t think Cruz will recover enough to shut down the government again. I hope he shuts up and stays in Texas.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge May 3, 2016 • 8:19:35pm

re: #453 Belafon

Question for grammar folks: who vs whom. Is there an easy rule for determining when, like the fact that you use “it’s” to mean “it is” and its for possession?

Would you say “She married into the job”? Then it’s “who”. If you’d say “Her married into the job”, then it’s “whom”. IOW, replace the demonstrative with what it’s standing in for.

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Ziggy_TARDIS May 3, 2016 • 8:20:03pm

re: #445 Ziggy_TARDIS

Having lived in the Briargate Area, I know why the Forest Service singled it out. Most home owners there have put huge numbers of trees in their yards, in doing so, creating an artificial forests of sorts.

In addition, there are a series of ridges across the city, all north of downtown, going SW to NE, with forests of varying sizes on them, that would enable a fire to leap frog from Ridge to ridge, and spread the fire into the neighborhoods around them.

Waldo Canyon, in fact, came within no more than 2000-3000 feet of one of these ridges. We came very close to a really, really bad incident on June 26, 2012.

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Belafon May 3, 2016 • 8:20:35pm

re: #458 HappyWarrior

Has Bernie won any states that are even close to resembling the Democratic party’s demographics and the nation’s as a whole? Seems to me that he relies on lily white states to win. That doesn’t mean I think Bernie’s a racist but he sure as hell does benefit from the absence of a diverse population. That’s not what a party that prides itself on diversity should nominate.

Sanders hasn’t won a state whose demographics are similar to the Democratic party’s. It’s a big weakness of his. He thought he could run an economic focused campaign, but really got blindsided by the ~~emotions~~ expectations of the minority groups.

Edit: After reading, I didn’t like emotions. Not the right expression. Replaced it with expectations.

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Belafon May 3, 2016 • 8:23:19pm

re: #461 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Would you say “She married into the job”? Then it’s “who”. If you’d say “Her married into the job”, then it’s “whom”. IOW, replace the demonstrative with what it’s standing in for.

Cool, thanks. So, because I would say “This is for her?” I would say “This is for whom?”
but for “She said that?” I would say “Who said that?”

Got it.

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HappyWarrior May 3, 2016 • 8:23:31pm

re: #463 Belafon

Sanders hasn’t won a state whose demographics are similar to the Democratic party’s. It’s a big weakness of his. He thought he could run an economic focused campaign, but really got blindsided by the emotions of the minority groups.

Agreed.

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Ziggy_TARDIS May 3, 2016 • 8:24:06pm

We are leaving the city for the first time. It’s at a point where we were too unsafe #ymmfire #ymm pic.twitter.com/Y94VLtfJMw

— BreannaKarstensSmith (@BreannaCTV) May 4, 2016

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Ziggy_TARDIS May 3, 2016 • 8:25:34pm

re: #462 Ziggy_TARDIS

The best thing Colorado Springs could do for self-preservation, is telling residents to get rid of most of the trees. It would blunt the spread of any fire.

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Anymouse May 3, 2016 • 8:32:12pm

re: #440 teleskiguy

Thanks. Someone’s gotta do it (I am the only Democrat holding office in my county … I don’t know about the counties surrounding mine but I’ll bet I am the only one in those too).

We have a special reorganisation meeting of our village board on May 13, because of vacancies on the board. I am the second-most senior person on the board. Question before the board will be: Do we put the atheist hippie liberal in as chairman pro tempore (vice-mayor)? Stay tuned… .

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gwangung May 3, 2016 • 8:34:25pm

re: #463 Belafon

Sanders hasn’t won a state whose demographics are similar to the Democratic party’s. It’s a big weakness of his. He thought he could run an economic focused campaign, but really got blindsided by the ~~emotions~~ expectations of the minority groups.

Edit: After reading, I didn’t like emotions. Not the right expression. Replaced it with expectations.

Totally didn’t understand the black community and was too set in his ways to change when it became obvious that his approach was a miss. Anybody who had a black friend or had two brain cells to rub together knew that having Cornel West as a spokesman would kill your outreach to the black community.

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MsJ May 3, 2016 • 8:37:31pm

re: #397 teleskiguy

I talked politics with some skiers on the last day Vail Mountain was open. Whenever someone told me they were moving to Canada if Trump is elected I told them “Not me, I’m staying to fight this madness.”

And I say that here, too. I’m not leaving my home, President Trump be damned.

As someone who’s moved to Canada cannot begin to tell you how difficult it is to move here. And I married a Canadian. Its reams upon reams of paperwork and months upon months of waiting. Its not an easy task.

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Ziggy_TARDIS May 3, 2016 • 8:38:33pm

Sorry for the fire tangent.

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Eric The Fruit Bat May 3, 2016 • 8:40:45pm

re: #470 MsJ

One of my HS friends did the same thing - he called it a “landed immigrant” process, he lives in ON but commutes across the border to work in the US.

As for me, I have the ability to claim Dutch citizenship through what is called an Option process (Dutch mother who did not obtain US citizenship at time of birth, non-Dutch father.)

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MsJ May 3, 2016 • 8:43:51pm

re: #420 teleskiguy

Completely understandable given your position. Dude’s a constituent.

Yeah but being a dick sometimes just feels so freakin good. :-D

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goddamnedfrank May 3, 2016 • 8:44:58pm

re: #469 gwangung

Totally didn’t understand the black community and was too set in his ways to change when it became obvious that his approach was a miss. Anybody who had a black friend or had two brain cells to rub together knew that having Cornel West as a spokesman would kill your outreach to the black community.

Sanders didn’t really give a fuck about black voters, his entire campaign was modeled as a mirror image of Trump’s, constructed around white working class angst, aka “Reagan Democrats.” It was insultingly dismissive of the importance of minority voters within the Democratic Party in 2016. West and Killer Mike were just there to provide a thin patina of color, a semblance of Black outreach aimed at assuaging the sensitivities of Bernie’s younger white supporters who would have bristled in the complete absence of African American campaign surrogates. Nina Turner had a better reputation and might have had a stronger impact if she’d been brought on earlier, and if they’d encouraged her to talk up Sanders instead of tearing down Clinton.

The best thing about the current Democratic Party is that it looks like emergent America, not what we are now but what we are steadily becoming. It looks almost exactly like what we will be in 30 years. Bernie tried to build his campaign around the Democratic primary electorate of the past, and it cost him dearly. Let’s hope it’s the last time anybody tries to pull that shit.

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Ziggy_TARDIS May 3, 2016 • 8:52:26pm

re: #472 Eric The Fruit Bat

Dad I think has said he might be able to get Norwegian Citizenship that way, but don’t quote me on it.

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MsJ May 3, 2016 • 8:54:40pm

re: #441 Targetpractice

Come now, you know better. The President won both elections by better than 50% of the popular vote and trounced his opponents in the electoral college, and still the media insisted that he had no mandate.

Only Republicans winning by the skin of their teeth have “mandates.”

Yeah. I know. :-(

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gwangung May 3, 2016 • 8:54:45pm

re: #474 goddamnedfrank

I’m being charitable, but you’re right. And it damn well better be the last time a Dem tries to run for president without courting the black and brown communities….

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teleskiguy May 3, 2016 • 8:59:12pm

re: #468 Anymouse

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Anymouse May 3, 2016 • 9:01:59pm

re: #478 teleskiguy

I’ll have to get my wife to take a video like that while I am driving our Smart.

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teleskiguy May 3, 2016 • 9:05:18pm

re: #467 Ziggy_TARDIS

The best thing Colorado Springs could do for self-preservation, is telling residents to get rid of most of the trees. It would blunt the spread of any fire.

You don’t need to get rid of *all* of the trees. The biggest thing with homes in forested areas up in the Colorado foothills is to create defensible space between your property and the forest, which means culling timber and large fauna at least 30 feet from any structure. This has been the recommended protocol for a couple of decades now in the foothills of Colorado. It’s not a law, and many many property owners in the foothills do not have defensible space between their property and the forest. A lot of times the forest is right next to their kitchen window.

I’ve seen it over and over. Even at Waldo Canyon. Houses that had defensible space were spared while every house around them for a mile or two were completely destroyed.

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teleskiguy May 3, 2016 • 9:10:26pm

re: #471 Ziggy_TARDIS

Sorry for the fire tangent.

Dude, I put sick skiing pictures and stupid tweets in between very serious discussions about whatever here all the time. It’s all good brother.

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majii May 3, 2016 • 9:14:18pm

re: #469 gwangung

“Anybody who had a black friend or had two brain cells to rub together knew that having Cornel West as a spokesman would kill your outreach to the black community.”
EXACTLY. When a politician chooses campaign surrogates, s/he should choose them on the basis of his campaign’s major planks, not as an attack dog or for the reason of having a person of a certain race to offer as an example of, “Those people really like me!” I’m black, and I’ve just never warmed to Cornel West because although he talks a good game, I’ve seen very little he’s done to actually help Americans living in poverty. I view him as begin as big of a grifter as Sarah Palin, and he is also very opinionated, arrogant, thinks he’s always right, and appears to be very selfish. If Trump thinks that trotting out those two black YouTube women is going to get most of us to vote for him, he’s mistaken. I don’t listen to them any more than I listen to Cornel West.

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