2016 USA Presidential election thread I: The warm-up

[6souls]

Day 2 speakers (times not yet released:

Dana White, president, Ultimate Fighting Championship

Gov. Asa Hutchison, governor of Arkansas

Leslie Rutledge, Arkansas attorney general

Michael B. Mukasey, former attorney general

Andy Wist, businessman (Who is Andy Wist, you ask?)

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis.

Chris Cox, executive director of NRA Institute for Legislative Action

Natalie Gulbis, professional golfer

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell

U.S. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis.

U.S. House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.

Gov. Chris Christie, governor of New Jersey

Tiffany Trump, daughter of Donald Trump

Kerry Woolard, general manager, Trump Winery

Donald Trump Jr., son of Donald Trump and EVP, The Trump Organization

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va.

Dr. Ben Carson, neurosurgeon

Kimberlin Brown, actor

[archibaldcrane]

Natalie Gulbis? Gonna be a lot of pissed off lesbians in the clubhouse at her next tour event.

[Byrthnoth]

Occam's Razor

Perhaps more precisely, Hanlon's Razor.

[kuronosan]

When can't you eat pizza with your hands?

Because they're busy holding things.

[Quicklet]

Jeff Sessions looks so happy to be up there on stage.

[dasva]

Because they're busy holding things.

Like the cutlery?

[AidenCarby]

Because they're busy holding things.

You're off team beaner, show yourself out and promptly go fuck yourself.

[kuronosan]

Wow so you guys take my jokes seriously and my sincerity jokingly.

Stay classy BG.

Seriously, who the hell eats pizza that way? It's like eating hot dogs without mustard.

[Jaybar]

I learned that BG never had deep dish pizza before.

[kuronosan]

I learned that BG never had deep dish pizza before.

Apparently you can only eat pizza with your hands, even if it's from Chicago.

Like 99% I'm a hand eater. I do eat with cutlery when I really don't feel like shoving a boulder-size slice in my mouth.

[Quicklet]

Apparently you can only eat pizza with your hands, even if it's from Chicago.

Like 99% I'm a hand eater. I do eat with cutlery when I really don't feel like shoving a boulder-size slice in my mouth.

I fully endorse eating pizza with a knife and fork when the conditions warrant it.

[Gredival]

How can we point to one guy and laugh at his conspiracy, but the other guy basically says "she's done everything up until now to leave a great legacy behind" and not laugh at that equally hard lol.

She's done what she's done up until now for herself and hers, changed positions when it suited her needs, and used the same power to get away with things others wouldn't be able to. To think you know what she wants to do, or is willing to concede to get what she wants to do, is ludicrous. She's not evil by any means, I just expect her to make policy decisions I don't agree with to maybe pass something I do, assuming the GOP doesn't renege on any promises. Her decisions when she actually had real power leave me wanting more, but not every one is perfect and I hope she learned from her mistakes.

I believe she's been playing politics a long time, doing what is necessary to get elected or collect chits and other forms of power. But the Presidency is basically the ultimate form of power. Once she gets that what do you think she wants?

I think that if we assume the worst of her it's still more rational to assume she's egoistic and wants a form of immortality, being remembered for decades to come, than to think she wants money or wants to use power for nefarious purposes. The latter, I would argue, is the conspiracy theory

Every egotistical leader who's in it for the legacy eventually believes they need to have been a "war" leader, regardless of peacetime achievements.
Can't be a great pm/pres without at least one!

So where we pickin for hilldog? Unfinished business in syria? or the big bogey men of iran or north korea?

I mean the war on terror basically means that every President will for sure be presiding over some form of military operation for years to come. While Hillary is hawkish, what are you concerned about - that we will commit ground troops?

[Aerin]

I'm not very familiar with how this process works. How can the speaker designate all 19 DC votes for Trump when the voters called out 10 for Cruz and 9 for Kasich?

[Quicklet]

Cruz didn't get a nominating speech on the floor, so some states can throw all their votes to Trump since he's the only "formal" nominee. Basically they're being punished for trying to get a roll call vote yesterday.

[Anoat]

Trump is now officially the Republican candidate for POTUS, God help us all.

[ringthree]

Apparently you can only eat pizza with your hands, even if it's from Chicago.

Like 99% I'm a hand eater. I do eat with cutlery when I really don't feel like shoving a boulder-size slice in my mouth.

That atrocity is not pizza.

[dasva]

Wow so you guys take my jokes seriously and my sincerity jokingly.

Stay classy BG.

Seriously, who the hell eats pizza that way? It's like eating hot dogs without mustard.

Mustard is gross and only tolerable because it's a zero calorie way to add flavor to otherwise bland food because you are cutting or as an emulsifier

Fite me

[Intrinsic]

Watching all these old white people dance is horrifying, only this camera guy creeping is saving this fiasco.

[Quicklet]

I feel really embarrassed for Republicans right now, having to see what their party has been reduced to.

[Ragnus]

I don't. They're literally having to reap what they sewn when they embraced the Tea Party fanatics. This is delicious as long as we can avoid Trump getting into office.