2016 USA Presidential election thread I: The warm-up

[Buffy]

People are dumb.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/14/politi...oll/index.html

I don't advocate in favor of assassination as a political tool, but someone can Tonya Harding his mouth, right? Anyone? Tonya can't be busy right now, can she?

Also, I'm trying to picture the secret service guarding this guy. Does his hair get it's own detail? Does the barber go with him on all flights? Does Ivana get an escort even though they divorced?

[Eurell]

http://conservativetribune.com/trump..._campaign=ESSB

“The Christians are being treated horribly because we have nobody to represent the Christians. Believe me, if I run and I win, I will be the greatest representative of the Christians they’ve had in a long time,” Trump said in an interview over the weekend.

lol

[Aksannyi]

I mean I'm not Christian and haven't been in at least fifteen years but if I were Christian I'd be terribly worried by that statement. He's a terrible example of a "good" Christian.

[Tyrath]

Aren't all the GOP candidates terrible examples of "good" christians?

[Aksannyi]

I'd say yes, but Trump trying to call himself that or sound like he's above the others is really laughable.

[Tyrath]

I'd say yes, but Trump trying to call himself that or sound like he's above the others is really laughable.

It makes sense though. Those are the constituents he has to get to win. Obviously hes not going to win, but A for effort.

[TsingTao]

Trump puts soldiers in Nazi uniforms in one of his campaign ads. Make America great again!

http://www.cbc.ca/news/trending/dona...dent-1.3152065

[Ksandra]

Hahaha oh man. I actually can see that as an honest mistake, but it is great it happened to Trump.

[Ragnus]

I'm honestly really interested in seeing how far Trump can go with this. He's making headway by just parroting every retarded conservative / neocon talking point without regard for public appearance or how the RNC feels about it. He's pretty much nega-Sanders at this point.

[Byrthnoth]

I don't see any reason for him to stop. Recent polls indicate that there is a substantial portion of the RNC base that enjoys those neocon talking points.

The man is also almost un-scandal-able. Compared to the shit he has done that's common knowledge, what could possibly show up? He'd need either a Bill Cosby-esque rape scandal or a video of him talking about how he hates Republicans.

[Tyrath]

The Mexican drug cartel that's threatening to kill him could certainly stop his campaign.

[Qalbert]

we're not that lucky

[archibaldcrane]

Chaos to my enemies.

Keep it up Trump.

[TsingTao]

we're not that lucky

Sadly I agree.

[Andalusian girls]

Appearing on Saturday at the Family Leadership Summit in Ames, Iowa, the real estate mogul took his running feud with Arizona Sen. John McCain to a new level.

“He’s not a war hero,” said Trump. “He was a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren’t captured.”

Trump received four student deferments from military service between 1964 and 1968. In Ames, he told reporters another medical deferment he received after graduating was for a bone spur in his foot.

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/0...ed-120317.html

never change, Don

[Anoat]

I mean, we here at BG can laugh at the absurdity at the amount of nonsense that Trump spews, but it fucking terrifies me how many friends of mine on FB who are otherwise reasonable people will post the shit he says and go full retard in agreement with him.

[Galkaeater]

trump is good

[notorious bum]

This shit should frighten everyone, not just the fringe-level of radical bigotry, but the overwhelming anti-Muslim sentiment that is propagated by both parties.

Meanwhile, Bernie Sanders is being protested against at Netroots for not reciprocating the "Black Lives Matter" shout, meanwhile he attempts to convey his policy/proposals about every damb thing that effects PoC, including prison/police reform. Black Twitter has seen better days, too, the comments are just plain ugly/ignorant.

[Blubbartron]

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/0...ed-120317.html

never change, Don

He's not wrong, on this account. John McCain's military "career" is laughable, and referring to him as a hero is an insult to people who actually did shit. Getting tortured doesn't automatically make you a hero. It makes you pitiable, but that's about it.

[kuronosan]

Like everything Trump says, he tells the truth while remaining a total fucking hypocrite and hoping no one notices.