2016 USA Presidential election thread I: The warm-up

[thetruepandagod]

Bernie just flipped me like a fuckin switch. I'm all in on the Bern train now.

Spoiler: show

Good thing they cut the song early, I can't imagine how many trigger warnings would have had to have been put out for those lyrics.

[Minions]

Primaries are run by the DNC/RNC, not the state....one would think at least.

http://www.npr.org/2016/05/24/479346...nt-in-kentucky

Why would Sanders not request a recount then?

Because his campaign would have to pay for it. The state pays for the recanvass.

[Andalusian girls]

Bernie just flipped me like a fuckin switch. I'm all in on the Bern train now.

Spoiler: show

Good thing they cut the song early, I can't imagine how many trigger warnings would have had to have been put out for those lyrics.

i show no love, to homo thugs

[Galkaeater]

http://www.thedailybeast.com/article...ht-symbol.html

I love Pepe

[Gredival]

Primaries are run by the DNC/RNC, not the state....one would think at least.

I believe the state has to officially administer and oversee it, though the party may get to dictate rules about who gets to vote (open/closed) and who gets to be on the ballot.

[Gredival]

Some false corporate shill analysis from 538 regarding "independents" and Sanders.

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/...-independents/

Basically when you isolate out leftists who identify as independents rather than with Democrats (41%), and the conservatives who identify with independents rather than the GOP (36%) the remaining true independents don't prefer Sanders any more than than Hillary Clinton (though they both trump Trump). Most of Sanders' "independents" are so left of center they are really closeted Democrats or to the left of the Democrats.

[Waraji]

http://www.thedailybeast.com/article...ht-symbol.html

I love Pepe

Some damn good new age reporting. I award 1 rare pepe.

Favorite Line:

“What/who is this character and why do I see it associated with Trumpsters/Alt-Right types all the time?”

[Bregor]

That dudes haircut is a shining example of the douchebag style talked about in the random fail thread.

It's the half-Bryce. The full-Bryce is a little douchier but honestly I'm fine with it.

Also having hair rules. Sorry all you balds and olds out there.

[Krandor]

One of my coworkers went Full Bryce recently. How no one who matters has called him out (since it's way out of military regs) I have no idea.

[dasva]

One of my coworkers went Full Bryce recently. How no one who matters has called him out (since it's way out of military regs) I have no idea.

Think it depends on the branch. Navy mostly is concerned with if it touches the ear/collar and the max length and obviously weird colors/styles. So we had a guy whose hair was so big and wild he was nicknamed the badger. But if you pulled the hair and measured it it was under 4 inches and he kept it off his ears and collar. Then we had another guy growing a big poofy fro but made sure to keep it barely in regs while looking way out of regs

[Krandor]

Nah that shit is well over 4 inches

[archibaldcrane]

Trumps really going in hard. Pretty much his energy policy is no restrictions. A vote for Trump is a vote of support to expedite global warming.

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016...speech-n581236

"Trump called for reducing restrictions on energy exploration, opening up more federal lands to drilling, and reducing dependence on foreign oil. He said he would try to reopen negotiations to build the Keystone XL pipeline, which President Obama rejected.

Trump railed against the "totalitarian tactics" of the Environmental Protection Agency. He pledged to dismantle the EPA entirely in an April town hall, although he referred to it at the time as the "Department of Environmental" and "DEP." He assailed Hillary Clinton for saying in March that fracking projects would be unlikely to pass muster under her environmental regime.

He railed against "draconian climate rules" and said he would "cancel" the Paris climate agreement and withdraw any funding for United Nations programs related to global warming. Trump has repeatedly called climate change a "hoax" in the past, bucking the overwhelming international scientific consensus that man-made emissions are spurring a dangerous increase in global temperature. "

An awesome companion piece to Trump's energy speech.

http://www.vox.com/2016/5/27/1179497...gy-gullibility

Trump was encountering his own speech, if not for the first time, then something close to it. The difference in tone and affect between the parts he read and the parts he freestyled was almost comical. He would squint at the teleprompter for a moment, read a fully formed English sentence with correct grammar and multisyllabic words ... and then grin, look out at the audience, and fire off a few hortatory exclamations.

[archibaldcrane]

Good article about Hillary's VP-naming troubles - so many good candidates for her to pick are senators in states with Republican governors, so choosing them would mean losing a Senate seat since the Governor would appoint the interim senator.

http://www.vox.com/2016/5/27/1176762...n-vp-shortlist

[archibaldcrane]

Trump has backed out of the Bernie debate.

[Blubbartron]

Trump has backed out of the Bernie debate.

That's a shame. Would've been an interesting, or at least entertaining watch. Any word on why?

[Marootsoobutsu]

That's a shame. Would've been an interesting, or at least entertaining watch. Any word on why?

Along the lines of "I'm the winner. It's not right for me to debate 2nd place, but I'll take on the 1st place Dem."

[notorious bum]

I wonder what Luis Guitierrez (Hillary's DNC platform member pick) has to say? That is assuming she even gives a fuck.

Juan González discusses a proposed bill backed by the Obama administration and congressional leaders that would create a new bankruptcy-type process specifically tailored for Puerto Rico. A House committee voted in favor of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Act earlier this week. On the presidential trail, Hillary Clinton has backed the measure, while Bernie Sanders has opposed it.

[Fiye]

https://www.donaldjtrump.com/press-r...bernie-sanders

Oh look at that. Who saw this coming?

[archibaldcrane]

You hear that Bernie supporters? That's Trump, calling out to you. See? He thinks the Democratic primary process is rigged, just like Bernie! He's such an outsider, that guy.

[Byrthnoth]

Petty, but I found it funny that women's health issues are a charitable cause.

Spoiler: show

Solving women's health issues would obviously be a charitable cause, but that's not what they wrote.

I swear Trump is running this campaign only assisted by eye candy and John Miller.