2016 USA Presidential election thread I: The warm-up

[Sho]

I've said this before, but Kasich is the GOP's best hope. I would Independents (and a lot of Dems) would easily vote him in over Clinton. He could take in Rubio as his VP and be even more powerful too.

However, the GOP seems to be in such a disarray, they'll never get beyond Trump, lol.

[Serra]

This could well be why Chris Christie is still running.

I was going to say Gilmore, but his numbers are climbing, so the strategy would be backfiring for Trump if so.

[Fiye]

On a random point, I love how the republicans keep calling their economic plan 'Creating a Free Market' rather than the historical term laissez faire.

[zoobernut]

On a random point, I love how the republicans keep calling their economic plan 'Creating a Free Market' rather than the historical term laissez faire.

Because if they called it laissez faire it sounds foreign and scary and it allows people to look up the history of that style of governing and see its successes and failures in the past creating a more well informed populace.

[Andalusian girls]

given the two terms are more or less synonymous why on earth would a politician use the unintuitive foreign phrase that defies comprehension unless the listener speaks French or has a previous understanding of it

moreover from the standpoint of facilitating the communication of concepts from one individual to another (also known as the purpose of language) 'free market' much more accurately details the underlying idea than 'leave it' or 'let act'

it's not all a sinister elephantine cabal gentlemen

[thetruepandagod]

I think you need a more laissez faire attitude towards this.

[BerenTebogo]

Did someone say lez faire?

http://xhamster.com/movies/3577111/r...r_fucking.html

[notorious bum]

Yasss, get that money, gurl.





also, wtf @ xhamster

[Andalusian girls]

not the worst use of Greensleeves

[Byrthnoth]

[Zealot]

Just saw this gem on Al Jazeera: http://america.aljazeera.com/article...tem-cells.html

Fiorina sat on a board and made almost $100k while her company harvested stem cells from aborted fetuses. Will claim she didn't know what the company was doing.

[Byrthnoth]

tbqh I get somewhat ruffled when I think of a silly wanker that probably can't even science making 83k/yr and an additional 1.2k on every occasion she shows up at work.

Shit, give me a job like that. I'll give you vague advice and disavow responsibility. If you don't like that approach, I'll make decisions authoritatively and then pretend it was everyone else's fault or for the good of the company somehow when things go tits up. Between those two things, I think I'm pretty much qualified to be a CEO anywhere.

[Aksannyi]

Same, honestly. Where's my paycheck?

[Waraji]

Trump debate withdrawal is backfiring big-time on Fox News

Mission Accomplished

[archibaldcrane]

At this point, if Trump wins the nomination, will Fox News even care to propogandize for him? Will they wall-to-wall slam Hillary to help him?

Ok they'll probably still do the latter, but I kinda want him to win the nom to see how it plays out.

[ronin sparthos]

Everyone wants to see a Trump Presidency. For the entertainment. A reality show escapes into reality. Apocalypse nigh.

Air Force One would be sprayed over with TRUMP naturally.
Hail to the Chief would be replaced with Money, Money, Money.
Trump in the same room with Putin.
Knee jerk ego-driven decisions.
Insulting foreign leaders to their faces.
Cabinet positions picked from Apprentice results.

It just might get some bipartisanship for the sake of ending the nightmare. Or we'll all be heading to the vaults. China v. Trump and all.

[Kyreth]

At this point, if Trump wins the nomination, will Fox News even care to propogandize for him? Will they wall-to-wall slam Hillary to help him?

Ok they'll probably still do the latter, but I kinda want him to win the nom to see how it plays out.

You honestly wonder how far the Murdoch<->GOP relationship goes, honestly.

[Sho]

Trump single-handedly wrecked the ever-loving shit out of FOX News. You know shit is fucked up when you have Bill O'Reilly begging like a bitch for hims to show at the debate:



You have to respect Trump for being the master manipulator and master brander. Never has there been a bigger spectacle in the US since P. T. Barnum, almost 180 years ago. What a time to be alive and American.

[Inshiya]

Fox news creates fear based extremist political movement to further the political causes of their founder.

Fear based extremist political movement gels into uncontrollable monster that shuts down the government and elects some of the most unqualified individuals to our nation's leadership in the history of our nation.

Fear exploiting billionaire with communication skills of a 4th grader jumps on the crazy train and continues to destroy the control Fox news sought to achieve.

God damn this is exciting to watch, after nearly a decade of lies, bullshit, propaganda, and total media control by one of the most corrupt and effective political machines ever created.

[Sho]

Obligatory:

"Every crowd has a silver lining."

"Money is in some respects life's fire: it is a very excellent servant, but a terrible master."

"Clowns are the pegs on which the circus is hung."

"As a general thing, I have not 'duped the world' nor attempted to do so... I have generally given people the worth of their money twice told."

"The bigger the humbug, the better people will like it."

Trump is P.T. Barnum made manifest.