Republican National Convention

[Ass Invader]

What kind of porn star names him- or herself Sparky?

[nick_]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hzaBHnNI_I

Vic Berger is the exact hero descendant of the first socialist in the US house that we need in these trying times. I can't stop laughing at this one

[AggravationOverdose]

What kind of porn star names him- or herself Sparky?

Listen Ass Invader, find out for yourself.

[Virgin Killer]

http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0YN35S major endorsement

[nuggetsvolume1]

Uncle Bill gave quite a speech at the DNC tonight. That same old shit about how they met across from each other in the library at Yale. What a pussy hound! He did a good job though.

[cerealrecords]

Also love how the whole premise of that story is that he was a huge pussy hound but this one was different. She came up to him!

[nick_]

Uncle Bill gave quite a speech at the DNC tonight. That same old shit about how they met across from each other in the library at Yale. What a pussy hound! He did a good job though.

his "you muslims that love america and hate terror have to join us" bit was incredibly retarded

[Virgin Killer]

Okay, both Real Clear Politics (boxplot of polls) and FiveThirtyEight are now reporting Florida, Pennsylvania and Ohio in contention. If you live in any of these states and are considering voting third party to satisfy your own conscience without regard for the structural/constitutional reality of the binary two-party system, cool. Enjoy it. Trump plans to use executive powers to impose over 20% tariffs on China, potentially causing a trade war and bringing us down some notches on Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Start stockpiling seeds. Beyond that, the dysfunctional gridlock that could ensue, the threat of jeopardizing NATO relations, a GOP controlled congress and White House, and more, is something you can look forward to.

I hold both parties in contempt. As a dem apologist who volunteered for Sanders and thinks Hillary is a neoliberal fraud, I still feel it morally incumbent on me to not only vote blue in Florida, but to whip and corral my local coalition. Because if this is real and not some Orwellian/Brechtian theater, Trump is a singular threat to civic institutions we take for granted. He's also riding a very real wave of racist/anti-immigrant sentiment. Redeploy circular firing squad of the left in February when everything's back to normal. In less than 100 days, election will be determined by turnout. Polling stations should make it easier by printing ballots that say "Trump" and "Not Trump."

Thoughts?

[nuggetsvolume1]

Most of the millennials I talk to are in the "I wanted Bernie, but I will take Hillary" camp. Thank god. But the other night I saw a table full of kids going full-on Trump. The reasoning? "Trump has made way more money than Hillary, bro!". They stopped to look up his rating on Forbes.com. I thought it was the old folks falling for this shit, but even the kids are doing it. This is going to be a crazy election and it's coming up quick. The consequences could be dire.

[Mort Subite]

He's also riding a very real wave of racist/anti-immigrant sentiment.

Make Murica White Again!!

[mosescarryout]

Okay, both Real Clear Politics (boxplot of polls) and FiveThirtyEight are now reporting Florida, Pennsylvania and Ohio in contention. If you live in any of these states and are considering voting third party to satisfy your own conscience without regard for the structural/constitutional reality of the binary two-party system, cool. Enjoy it. Trump plans to use executive powers to impose over 20% tariffs on China, potentially causing a trade war and bringing us down some notches on Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Start stockpiling seeds. Beyond that, the dysfunctional gridlock that could ensue, the threat of jeopardizing NATO relations, a GOP controlled congress and White House, and more, is something you can look forward to.

I hold both parties in contempt. As a dem apologist who volunteered for Sanders and thinks Hillary is a neoliberal fraud, I still feel it morally incumbent on me to not only vote blue in Florida, but to whip and corral my local coalition. Because if this is real and not some Orwellian/Brechtian theater, Trump is a singular threat to civic institutions we take for granted. He's also riding a very real wave of racist/anti-immigrant sentiment. Redeploy circular firing squad of the left in February when everything's back to normal. In less than 100 days, election will be determined by turnout. Polling stations should make it easier by printing ballots that say "Trump" and "Not Trump."

Thoughts?

Agreed. I voted for John Anderson in 1980 and still feel personal responsible for Reagan

[I Am Not Marty Feldman]

Three months ago, I would've voted Hillary just to thwart Trump.  At this point, I can at least see some utility in a Trump presidency, as I think a bottoming out will finally motivate people to change this country for the better instead of celebrating "at leasts."  Shit's not getting any better here before it gets much worse.  Or you can to wait for the gradual climb to totally humane politics, which won't come to the fore in our lifetime, or our kids' lifetime, or their kids' lifetime. 

I don't know that I'm voting at all now.  This country makes me fucking sick.  Have a nice day. 

[I Am Not Marty Feldman]

If we elect Hillary Clinton, best case scenario: The country spends months patting itself on the back for making history (again).  She passes or attempts to pass some token lifestyle bills -- gay marriage, abortion, gun control, maybe some college debt relief, so on -- and if those efforts aren't shut down in an even more partisan congress than the previous eight years (unlikely), we'll keep tying yellow ribbons 'round oak trees while she (likely) increases or maintains the intensity of drone strikes in already war-torn areas and pulls some backroom corporate deals that'll fuck over American trade and what's left of bluecollar USA while she pays lip service to the workin' man.  Also: She loves Israel, so we continue to alienate Palestine and then there's the other MidEast trauma and we basically nurture more terrorist cells.  But we got our first female president, and at least it's not Trump!  On the other hand, if Trump gets elected, National Lampoon GOP fucking rubberroom barroom brawl politics and everyone hates us and we hate ourselves and there are demonstrations in city streets, House & Senate suddenly become alive with anger & righteousness, people begin voting in elections other than the presidential, shit starts hitting the fan, democracy suddenly becomes a democracy again.  Maybe poor people in the Midwest & South finally realize that Republicans loathe them and are using them?  I dunno, probably not.  Have you guys seen the new season of Kimmy Schmidt? 

[I Am Not Marty Feldman]

I voted in one presidential election.  It was '00.  I was 18. I voted Nader, because he was as close as the mess got to me.  That was "voting my conscience," which is a funny phrase.  In 2016, voting my conscience means I'm not fucking voting.  None of these people could give a rip.  And neither can I.  My conscience tells me that this country gets what it deserves and none of it matters very much.  My girlfriend and best friend is Muslim.  Trump wants to ban Muslims from America. That measure would easily sink in Congress after it was introduced, and it'd invoke some worthwhile ire in the public sphere.  Clinton will continue to fuck Palestine, however indirectly.  That will pass in Congress with little oblique hits in the papers and most people won't notice.  Clinton will be another four (probably eight) years of status quo.  I'll still be broke.  I still won't be able to afford healthcare.  I'll still be angry, and I'll still hate rich people.  It doesn't matter!  None of this does. 

[I Am Not Marty Feldman]

That Eric Andre video I posted previously in the thread really pissed me off, too.  This is how we fight dirty?  Some candid dumbass coming at young GOP guys with a "gonzo" idiot stance?  The Daily Show tripe has been done to death ten times over and if you're just filming this shit and editing it to suit your comedic, hackneyed political need, then you're just as much an asshole as the other side.  I don't want any piece of this.