US Presidential Contenders

[Buster's Uncle]

-Just paste the url with the 's' out of https - and edit the post once it's up to remove the no longer available crap and let the title display on the vid itself.  It only works with the long addresses, though, not the short phone ones like you just posted.

[Rusty Edge]

Thanks. Got it.

[Buster's Uncle]

It's okay - but you know I think they ought to go short - Weld is taller and a lot better-looking, which is sort of a problem when he's the underside of the ticket.  They also can't say third option with him there.

Note that the mark in the middle of their bumper sticker symbol is flattened out, but is a swoosh, of sorts.  Be sure to point out in the right places how much more paying someone gets you.

I think it was positive, it was about they are awesome, not much about the others are suck, and they made their case that they're qualified, sane, and not extremist when they're not taking away school lunches from children.  It isn't the commercial I would have made, but little wrong with it that separating the two and cutting down Weld's part -screw 'im; he's just the running mate, not equal partner, not best bud- wouldn't fix.

You could cut a number of 10-15 second spots out of that, especially if photos of Johnson managing to look noble and leadery exist. to superimpose over American freedom imagery.

[Kirov]

I'm wondering, guys - how do you see [Sleezebag]'s chances now? Recently I've looked up the Remain-Leave polls in the UK and the Clinton-[Sleezebag] polls over at your place and they look kinda identical, 55%-45% respectively. That is, right until the very end in the UK, with a sharp sudden turn for "Leave". Tell me it's not gonna happen with [Sleezebag] in the US, because something I don't know. It won't, will it? I still remember some expert saying many months ago that [Sleezebag] has more chances to get into the NBA that be appointed the Rep nominee...

[Buster's Uncle]

I still think it's no contest.  It started out Mrs. Clinton's race to lose -alas- and it still is.  The pig's not a real candidate, and people aren't as stupid as the mass media group mind has ginned the thing up into, to sell papers.  More people will turn out to vote against the dirty clown than turn out to vote against the harpy.  A LOT more.

[Kirov]

Thanks, that's exactly what I needed to here. There's a string of bad news from all over the world and [Sleezebag]'s victory would, well, [Sleezebag] them all. Kinda like reverse singularity, nobody actually knows what would really happen (not even the pig himself), but it'd sure as hell spell a complete disaster.

BTW, what's the deal with this thingy that looks like a space in the pig's name posted here?

[Buster's Uncle]

Swear filter.

I won't say his name -what he wants more than anything, and the reason he's a problem, that people won't. stop. talking. about him- and I can't see my way to forbidding others to do so, but at least we're generating no search engine hits when he IS named.

[Rusty Edge]

538, who correctly predicted every state in 2008 and 49/50 in 2012,
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-election-forecast/?ex_cid=2016-election

Rates Clinton as a 79.2% chance of winning, [Sleezebag] as 20.7%

Yeah. Johnson is at less than 0.1% .   

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But stuff will happen. Like yesterday it came out that Bill Clinton met privately with the US Attorney general for half an hour.  Now most people would consider that a conflict of interest, considering that his wife is under investigation by the FBI, which reports to the Attorney General.

No, the AG, didn't report the "chance" encounter, or recuse herself, although when questioned, she said they spoke of "grandchildren, primarily".

Oh, that's reassuring.


Well, maybe it's the serenity on the fishing trip, but instead of being outraged, I just shook my head and laughed. Those rascally Clintons are always surpising me with how brazen they are, and how guilty they act.

What do I mean by that? Famous  lawyer/scholar Alan Dershowitz once said that the difference between a guilty client and an innocent one is this- the guilty always try to hide everything, and the innocent think that full disclosure will prove the truth.

[Rusty Edge]

It's okay - but you know I think they ought to go short - Weld is taller and a lot better-looking, which is sort of a problem when he's the underside of the ticket.  They also can't say third option with him there.

Note that the mark in the middle of their bumper sticker symbol is flattened out, but is a swoosh, of sorts.  Be sure to point out in the right places how much more paying someone gets you.

I think it was positive, it was about they are awesome, not much about the others are suck, and they made their case that they're qualified, sane, and not extremist when they're not taking away school lunches from children.  It isn't the commercial I would have made, but little wrong with it that separating the two and cutting down Weld's part -screw 'im; he's just the running mate, not equal partner, not best bud- wouldn't fix.

You could cut a number of 10-15 second spots out of that, especially if photos of Johnson managing to look noble and leadery exist. to superimpose over American freedom imagery.

Gary shattered a vertebrae in a paragliding accident- I think he fell 50 feet after hitting a tree and lost
an inch and a half. IIRC.

I still love Weld for being the Republican that stood up to Ed Meese and Jesse Helms.

[Dale]

Swear filter.

T rump.

*snicker*

[Kirov]

I'm strangely comfortable with referring to him as the pig and the pig only. Nevertheless, you need to bear in mind that when people are tired enough of the establishment, they can do the most idiotic, imbecilic and suicidal thing to themselves, just out of spite. Isn't the entire harpy-pig clash mainly an 'establishment v. anti-establishment' story? If so, you may want to start mobilizing anti-pig voters now.

[Buster's Uncle]

It's mostly a "nobody likes Mrs. Clinton much and nearly half the people harbor such an irrational hatred they'd consider a dangerous circus clown or staying home rather than admit she's barely even evil on a lesser-of-two-evils choice" story.

I don't want her  -and to hear her &^%$#@! haterz whine at full volume non-stop for four years incessantly- either, and she'll be a terrible leader, like Bakrama is now - but she's a capable administrator, who'll make a relatively competent president, leaving aside all the Clinton-hater badmouthing, lies and nonsense that will make the news so unbearable that the US will only be marginally habitable the whole time.

I've said all this before several times in this thread for a year now, including that MR. Clinton -a vile douchebag I wish would hurry up and go away for good, finally- will make the Best. First Lady. EVAH...

[Dale]

I still think you should vote for T rump as a protest vote.  Can guarantee after that politics will fix itself up once and for all.  Might be worth sacrificing the next 4 years to shake the system up to get the Pollies you need and want.

[Buster's Uncle]

‘We’re going to the convention’: Bernie Sanders continues fundraising as campaign fades
Yahoo
Caitlin Dickson  Breaking News Reporter  July 01, 2016



Bernie Sanders delivers his “Where We Go From Here” speech on June 24 in Albany, N.Y. (Photo: Mike Groll/AP)



Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign is still raising funds from supporters despite the fact that presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton essentially locked up the nomination weeks ago.

Sanders’ campaign fired off multiple fundraising requests to supporters on Thursday, ahead of the Federal Election Committee’s final fundraising deadline. “We’re going to the convention,” one email declared, referring to the Democratic National Convention later this month.

“When our delegates gather in Philadelphia, they’ll have the chance to put the Democratic Party on the record about stopping votes against the TPP, fighting for a $15 federal minimum wage, opposing fracking, and so many more progressive priorities,” Sanders’ campaign manager wrote to supporters on Thursday night

“Our campaign has earned the right to send almost 1,900 delegates to vote on these important issues, but many of them are working folks and the costs of attending the convention are too high,” read another email. “So I want to help them get there, because this campaign isn’t about Bernie Sanders, it’s about all of us.”

Sanders mounted a stronger-than-expected campaign in the Democratic primary. The last contest was on June 12, and a week before that contest, Clinton obtained the necessary delegates to become the nominee.



Screenshot via BernieSanders.com


Sanders, who has steadfastly refused to concede the race, has started signaling that he’s moving toward endorsing Clinton. Last week, Sanders said “yes” when asked if he will end up voting for her.

“I’m going to do everything I can to defeat Donald [Sleezebag],” he said.

Still, Sanders seems determined to hang onto his candidacy for as long as possible. While he told MSNBC’s Chris Hayes Thursday evening that — contrary to what [Sleezebag] has been saying — “I do not hate Secretary Clinton,” Sanders also pushed back against comments made earlier in the day by Vice President Joe Biden, who told NPR he’s confident “Bernie’s going to endorse her.”

“Right now, my hope is that we can reach an agreement on some very important issues and I can go forward to the millions of people who supported me and say, ‘Look, this is the progress that you’ve made. This is where we’re going to go as a country,‘” Sanders said. “So, I hope it happens. As of this moment, we’re not there quite yet.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/sanders-campaign-still-fundraising-ahead-000000923.html


Seems consistent with what I've predicted all along: get what delegates he can for leverage, go to the convention and fight like a wolverine for some good progressive platform planks, endorse Mrs. Clinton hard, and possibly actively campaign on her behalf before he goes home, a job done well beyond all reasonable expectations of success...  He certainly strikes me as the sort who'd do exactly that.

[BU Admin]

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