2016 Election Thread (My God Kill Me Now)

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BW23 wrote:I hope Palin helps Trump to fall further in the polls. Both are such a disgrace to my party.
I honestly didn't know Palin was still relevant until yesterday. I was also surprised the media spun the Palin endorsement as a positive for Trump. I guess at this point the media figures Trump is Teflon and any news is good news.

Then again I'm completely out of touch with their constituency.

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That story and timing is incredible. I don't think any Hollywood production could come up with as bizarre cast of characters and backstory as this pres. election cycle -which hasn't even had a primary vote yet.


....The scandal-probe target of overambitious debate team winner wife of ex-president who had an affair on her.

The aged hippie liberal, long time Senator from the state of Granola -that has a cult following amongst young people.
xenophobic Neo-fascist sons of Cuban immigrants.

PT Barnum Reality TV show star. Endorsed by fubar fellow reality TV star that most would still hit it.

The black surgical genius that overcame humble beginnings, discrimination, separated conjoined twins - yet still feels compelled to create dozens of fake backstories and doesn't believe in evolution, and likes guns.

The smarter brother of another ex-president that can't get any traction.

Zero qualification CEO-faux Tigress that wants to be first woman president.

Dudes actually named Martin O'Malley and Rand Paul.

Obama's a character in it, not sure where to even begin...

Meanwhile, the thing is a charade anyway -with control over statehouses and municipalities uber wealthy and corporations run the whole damn thing anyway and a citizenry of sheeple that could care less( trying to lure Slide back - WTF is he banned?)

Who am I missing? Even though this story is real, at least a fake sort of real - it is a plot far too contrived for most anyone, even politicos, to maintain steady interest in.
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Freed Roger wrote:Martin O'Malley
The actual person that the character of Tommy Carcetti from The Wire is based on.

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Michael wrote:
BW23 wrote:I hope Palin helps Trump to fall further in the polls. Both are such a disgrace to my party.
I honestly didn't know Palin was still relevant until yesterday. I was also surprised the media spun the Palin endorsement as a positive for Trump. I guess at this point the media figures Trump is Teflon and any news is good news.

Then again I'm completely out of touch with their constituency.
I think the media mainly sees the Palin endorsement as a positive for the media. They're giddy because the Trump-Palin combo is a guaranteed goldmine of nightly ledes, headlines, and pageviews.

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Forgot Christie - the overused/unfair Hollywood caricature of the bumbling fat guy. Early dropout Scott Walker - Wisconsinite that has a bald spot on his head from being petted so much by his owner the Koch Brothers.

Koch Brothers - William and Randolph Duke from Trading Places.
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Palin blames Obama for her son's domestic violence problems. Seriously can't make this stuff up.
http://www.examiner.com/article/sarah-p ... t-a-female
"I guess it's kind of the elephant in the room because my own family going through what we're going through today, with my son," Palin said to the crowd. "A Combat vet, having served in the striker brigade fighting for you all America in the war zone," she continued in describing her son, 26-year-old Track Palin. The failed vice presidential candidate said that her son, like other soldiers, "come back hardened" and "a bit different." Palin then went on to blame President Obama and his policies for her son's actions, and for the PTSD of other soldiers.

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I'd love to know her plan for ISIS killin' that doesn't involve soldiers or PTSD.

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thrill wrote:
Freed Roger wrote:Martin O'Malley
The actual person that the character of Tommy Carcetti from The Wire is based on.
I figured that must be the case. I wonder who the campaign organizer that he and mcnulty banged was based on.

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Don't underestimate the power of Palin. She's hugely popular with the tea party types. Lot of people still like her around here.

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