2016 US Presidential Election Thread

[shaft.ed]

Jeb's problem in the primaries is not his last name
It's his brown wife

[zoraster]

as much as that would play into notions of what the republican primary voter is, i don't think that is even remotely true except perhaps tangentially.

[Telo]

If the candidates wives are a liability why is no one mentioning that Trump has had at least 3 of them and 2 weren't even American.

Also Kanye West... dude I don't think you can be the president if your wife released a sex tape and it wasn't even with you.

Kim K is not first lady material.
No idea who Trumps 3(?)rd wife is but neither is she just by (non) virtue of being his 3rd wife.
If I was Rebublican I'd vote for a dude with a Brown wife before I voted for one with 3 babymammas.

[shaft.ed]

as much as that would play into notions of what the republican primary voter is, i don't think that is even remotely true except perhaps tangentially.

its not exactly his wife, but his brother was already too good to the Mexicans. This one even speaks Spanish

[Kublai Khan]

If the candidates wives are a liability why is no one mentioning that Trump has had at least 3 of them and 2 weren't even American.

If I was Rebublican I'd vote for a dude with a Brown wife before I voted for one with 3 babymammas.

No, no. Republicans love heterosexual marriages. They really don't care how many someone has had.

[Psyche]

guys guys
i just contradicted a leader of the BLM movement here at school in internet-public about something she feels passionately about!
i think i'm gonna be alienated

[sthar8]

Bureau of Land Management?

[Untrod Tripod]

Uncle Psyche

[Albert B. Rampage]

My impressions so far...

Fiorina is completely untrustworthy with power. She would bring America to ruin and create instability in the world. I actually liked her before she got into politics.

Christie is a complete joke. A career politician who doesn't believe in anything he's arguing anymore.

[Majiffy]

Jeb's problem in the primaries is not his last name
It's his brown wife

So sad but true.

I'd hate to admit it, but Jeb is probably the best of all possible Bushes. It's a shame we had to go through two of them before him.

[Albert B. Rampage]

Gotta respect how charismatic and powerful Fiorina is but damn, she's terrible.

[WildAnime]

Gotta respect how charismatic and powerful Fiorina is but damn, she's terrible.

Well, the bad news is you're going to hear more about her since her numbers will get a big bounce after the debate, but the good news is she's not going to be the GOP presidential candidate.

[Kublai Khan]

I turned over to the GOP debates for a second after work. I heard Jeb deliver the line of "My brother kept us safe when he was in office" to thunderous applause and I just turned that right off.

[shaft.ed]

that line is such bullshit

[zoraster]

It is, but it's probably the response he needs to make. He needed to decide whether to totally distance himself from his brother or embrace him, but he doesn't have much room to have nuance.

[shaft.ed]

its not about nuance, thats been the obvious lie perpetrated by the R's since 2002 or so

if it werent the big lie, he'd have been called out on it by any of the other 9 people that want to beat him in the primary

[Aeronaut]

My impressions so far...

Fiorina is completely untrustworthy with power. She would bring America to ruin and create instability in the world. I actually liked her before she got into politics.

Christie is a complete joke. A career politician who doesn't believe in anything he's arguing anymore.

[Antihero]

i'm surprised and disappointed cnn didn't give them a question about the environment or energy policy or anything outside the usual issues that the candidates themselves already hammered to death

[Albert B. Rampage]

i'm surprised and disappointed cnn didn't give them a question about the environment or energy policy or anything outside the usual issues that the candidates themselves already hammered to death

oh thats a shame

[inte]

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/20 ... trump.html

[Kublai Khan]

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/20 ... trump.html

"Page not found"

Though I thought your link said "rich-people-in-praise-of-Donald-Trump" and thought that was the joke.

[gamsimbre]

Sorry if this is off-topic, but I went and saw Bill Maher last night and had a couple good laughs about how Trump is related to an orangutan, Fiorina wants to start WW 3, and that Russia doesn't have enough poison to kill Christie because he's too busy eating Bobby Jindal. I've never seen his show before, but maybe I'll start watching. Can't wait for the primaries!

[Aeronaut]

“Black guys counting my money! I hate it. The only kind of people I want counting my money are little short guys that wear yarmulkes every day.”

- The man leading the republican polls by double digets.

[Ythan]

I always knew republicans were a fun bunch, this year is really confirming it hard.

[MonkeyMan576]

Rubio is being picked as the favorite to ultimately win the GOP nomination now for the first time, overtaking Bush.