2016 USA Presidential election thread I: The warm-up

[kuronosan]

Bill is a liar but liars are still usually gifted speakers.

[Byrthnoth]

At least his lie was about an inquisition into his personal life, unlike many of the other well documented presidential lies:

http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/24/politics/presidents-lie/

[Day]

Yeah least his lie wasn't as bad as the others, and it was probably the only lie he ever told in his life amirite.

[Krandor]

Well, there was that whole impeachment thing and him not being allowed to practice law anymore.

[Byrthnoth]

Bill Clinton was elected more than 20 years ago. He's doing pretty well if denying he got a blowjob is still the only one that makes lists of presidential lies.

Don't get me wrong, it was a lie. It just wasn't... well, pick any of Nixon's famous lies, or Iran-Contra, or even FDR bluffing his way into WWII.

[Mertron]

y'all forgetting "i did not inhale"

[Ragnus]

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/0...walkout-226247

If this isn't drummed up to look worse than it is, then I can already hear the contracts being written to renovate the soon to be Gold House.

[BerenTebogo]

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/0...walkout-226247

If this isn't drummed up to look worse than it is, then I can already hear the contracts being written to renovate the soon to be Gold House.

More than a hundred Bernie Sanders supporters walked out of the Wells Fargo Center after Hillary Clinton won the roll call vote making her the Democratic nominee for president.

Oh no.

[Ragnus]

I know what the article said, but there seems to be more than "a hundred" that walked out based on some pictures other news sites have posted. This might be like the MA gun protest outside the state house where local media tried to seriously play down the number of people that actually showed up.

Hell, the article even calls it "Hundreds" in the title.

[BerenTebogo]

I know what the article said, but there seems to be more than "a hundred" that walked out based on some pictures other news sites have posted. This might be like the MA gun protest outside the state house where local media tried to seriously play down the number of people that actually showed up.

Hell, the article even calls it "Hundreds" in the title.

Later in the article it says almost 1000 but it is in reference to BLM protest and stuff and for all we know the article is just mishmashing numbers willy nilly since the BLM protest has nothing to do with what the article is about.

[Mertron]

you know what i haven't seen in a while, a good old Bernie math article. i wonder if any Bernie supporters in the hall had their abacus out during roll call

[Dotsudoku]

I'm just.. What did they think was going to happen?

[Ragnus]

A last minute revolution, apparently. Now all they have left is a protest unenrolling from the Democratic party, and white privilege protest third party vote / stay home in November before they start complaining about President Trump and how it's all Hillary's fault that this happened.

[Minions]

Bill O'Reilly defends the use of slave labor because the slaves were well fed and had a decent place to sleep.

[Zealot]

I like to imagine that after every broadcast Bill O'Reilly stays alone in his dressing room and cries for thirty minutes, knowing that only Rupert Murdoch has the drug that lets him keep living another week.

[Olo401]

A last minute revolution, apparently. Now all they have left is a protest unenrolling from the Democratic party, and white privilege protest third party vote / stay home in November before they start complaining about President Trump and how it's all Hillary's fault that this happened.

They're also ignoring the changes made to the party platform and nominating process - superdelegates will be mostly distributed by the state's popular vote for each candidate going forward. There will need to be additional changes in each state's party to make primaries & caucuses more inclusive of those outside the party do take care of the rest. This change, along with all the other changes & new policies that pulled the entire platform to the left, are Bernie's legacy in this election.

[Viq]

Jesus christ Bill is such a good public speaker.

I saw him speak at my friend's Harvard graduation about 10 years ago. Easily the most impressive, memorable speech I have ever heard in person.

[Zealot]

Is this story about Trump encouraging Russia to hack Hillary's emails true?

[Indalecia]

They're also ignoring the changes made to the party platform and nominating process - superdelegates will be mostly distributed by the state's popular vote for each candidate going forward. There will need to be additional changes in each state's party to make primaries & caucuses more inclusive of those outside the party do take care of the rest. This change, along with all the other changes & new policies that pulled the entire platform to the left, are Bernie's legacy in this election.

I think they are more worried that until something actually definitive happens, Hillary will immediately do an about-face to her "real objectives" as soon as the votes are in.

Example: No one with more than 2 neurons to rub together thinks she will stand by her "anti-TPP" shtick that cropped up in the last few days.

[tyven]

Is this story about Trump encouraging Russia to hack Hillary's emails true?

“Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing.” is a direct quote from today's presser