Presidential Race 2016

Mark_Asher · 2015-12-15T10:54:17.000Z

Las Vegas has about every art style imaginable. One big casino is the Venetian. Another is the Luxor (Luxus?) and is ancient Egyptian. There’s the Paris with a 50% scale Eiffel Tower. New York New York is New York. The Excalibur is medieval Europe castle. Etc. It’s not a joke, just coincidence.

TranquilityBase · 2015-12-15T11:22:27.000Z

Ever wanted to see a presidential contender eat dog food on camera? Of course you have!

Wearing all black while playing with a bunch of white furry dogs was also a bold move.

“Obama ate one of your cousins. Vote Republican!” dog immediately bolts from couch

LionelThompson · 2015-12-15T12:40:35.000Z

TranquilityBase:

Ever wanted to see a presidential contender eat dog food on camera? Of course you have!

Https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl_ke85HqII

Wearing all black while playing with a bunch of white furry dogs was also a bold move.

“Obama ate one of your cousins. Vote Republican!” dog immediately bolts from couch

Oh man, has anyone told her what medical labs do to dogs in the name of science? I mean they are harvested and experimented on and are probably given dog abortions.

Pyperkub · 2015-12-15T12:46:43.000Z

Timex:

As I said, the biggest problem that this is going to cause for the republicans isn’t simply that they’re going to lose the presidency.

If Trump is the nominee, they will almost certainly inspire a massive protest turn-out against him, and they will lose not only the presidency, but both houses of congress. But on some level, I almost hope for this to happen, so that the reasonable part of the GOP can say, “OK? ARE WE DONE WITH THIS EXPERIMENT NOW?”

Of course, you’ll likely have nutjob folks saying “We lost because he wasn’t crazy ENOUGH!”

Whatever. Just say Smith. It doesn’t matter. None of this matters.

Moderates I know, myself included, are likely to actually vote against Trump.

Indeed, if Trump is the nominee, my current plan is to pull the big “D” lever. I’ve never voted a party ticket, EVER, in my entire time as an adult. I’ve always, in every single election, split my vote between both parties, generally leaning towards the republicans.

But if Trump is the nominee, I am going to pull the D as a pure protest vote. If that is where the party decides to go, then I want them to lose as bad as possible. I want to shatter the party so we can start picking up the pieces.

For Cruz? Meh… I won’t vote for him, but he’s at least a rational human being. He’s a dick, and his statements about things like muslims are reprehensible as well… but he at least isn’t literally offering up messages identical to Hitler. I don’t think Cruz would actually lead to some global conflict with the US as the bad guys.

God help me, but I would vote for Trump over Cruz in a heartbeat. Cruz could and would likely do far more damage than the Donald would be able to. Cruz is a zealot, IMHO.

Timex · 2015-12-15T12:53:38.000Z

LionelThompson:

Oh man, has anyone told her what medical labs do to dogs in the name of science? I mean they are harvested and experimented on and are probably given dog abortions.

THEY HARVEST THEIR BRAINS

RichVR · 2015-12-15T12:54:06.000Z

Ted Koppel on Trump:

“The irony is that they think they are being tough on ISIS,” Ted Koppel said. “And Trump thinks he is being tough on ISIS. Senator Rubio in his interview with you touched on it very very lightly. Donald Trump is in effect the recruiter in chief for ISIS. ISIS wants nothing more right now than to have the world divided into Judaeo Christian on one side and the Muslim world on the other. That is exactly what Trump is doing for them. I think it’s time we started thinking about what ISIS wants and then not doing it.”

Derbain · 2015-12-15T12:57:49.000Z

I’ve never voted for the Democrat candidate in a presidential election, but I will most likely do so if Trump or Cruz wins the nomination. I suppose I could toss my vote to a third party candidate, but I would only do that if it already looked the Democrat’s candidate had the election locked up. I just cannot bear the thought of a Trump or Cruz presidency.

Timex · 2015-12-15T12:59:02.000Z

The interview with Rubio in that link is pretty good.

Scuzz · 2015-12-15T15:42:11.000Z

I do agree that Cruz would probably have the more “dangerous” presidency simply because he is an idealogue, at least that is the part he has played in getting to where he is today. I think Trump would never damage America’s business interests, whereas Cruz would shut the government down to get what he wants. Trump is egotistical, he has a big mouth that runs but I don’t think he would destroy the economy to prove a point.

LMN8R · 2015-12-15T15:51:02.000Z

Yup. Still true, three months later: http://www.salon.com/2015/09/03/the_shocking_truth_about_donald_trump_hes_actually_the_least_terrifying_gop_candidate/

Tman · 2015-12-15T16:07:45.000Z

interesting article on Trump. I love this quote:

According to a recent poll, 66 percent of Trump supporters believe that President Obama is a Muslim, while 61 percent are not convinced that he is American born. So the majority of his supporters are basically conspiracy theorists operating in the fantasy world of Trumpland. They don’t really know what he supports, but they know that he’s tough and doesn’t seem to like immigrants or Muslims — so he’s their man.

ShivaX · 2015-12-15T16:11:35.000Z

Timex:

Whatever. Just say Smith. It doesn’t matter. None of this matters.

This is the best interjection of a Carl quote I’ve seen in a long time. As a regular user of this quote, I award you 3 Meatwads.

Tim_N · 2015-12-15T17:03:56.000Z

Scuzz:

I do agree that Cruz would probably have the more “dangerous” presidency simply because he is an idealogue, at least that is the part he has played in getting to where he is today. I think Trump would never damage America’s business interests, whereas Cruz would shut the government down to get what he wants. Trump is egotistical, he has a big mouth that runs but I don’t think he would destroy the economy to prove a point.

Yup. Still true, three months later: http://www.salon.com/2015/09/03/the_...gop_candidate/

This may have been a valid point before the “ban all muslims” policy, which would cause significant damage to America’s business interests. His stance on Latino workers would be detrimental to economic interests as well.

Telefrog · 2015-12-15T17:55:39.000Z

This debate is already hilarious.

Timex · 2015-12-15T18:22:35.000Z

Carson just complained about not being able to talk, while waving his hands around in a hilarious way. It will be played a million times.

Wolf immediately then asks him which side of an argument between rand Paul and Rubio was correct, and he had no idea, and didn’t want to talk any more.

Menzo · 2015-12-15T18:25:28.000Z

Good lord, it appears that every Republican has decided that making Americans terrified is their only chance to win the presidency.

Timex · 2015-12-15T18:28:39.000Z

Trump is going to close the parts of the internet where we are at war with people.

Whatever that means.

Seriously he just said that.

Kasich just said encryption was a problem, but I have no idea how you solve encryption.

Cruz just said that we carpet bombed Iraq. Which we clearly didn’t.

Quaro · 2015-12-15T18:32:48.000Z

Cruz is basically saying he’s going to glass everyone. Holy Fuck. Then he blames terrorism on ‘political correctness’.

Telefrog · 2015-12-15T18:39:40.000Z

“Am I talking or are you talking, Jim?”

Holy crap.

Menzo · 2015-12-15T18:40:27.000Z

Bush: “Donald, you’re not going to be able to insult your way to the Presidency.”

Zing!

If only it were actually true.