Vox Populi, our weekly chat about the week’s events begins tonight at 7:00pm PDT. Hope to see you then!
AdLib 7 days ago
Hey Harleigh!
AdLib 7 days ago
Hi Beatlex!
AdLib 7 days ago
Hey guys!
Beatlex
7 days ago
How are things, Beatlex?
AdLib 7 days ago
Where is my avie?
Beatlex
7 days ago
You have to upload it to the chat app. Click the icons with 3 lines then your name to upload it.
AdLib 7 days ago
Adlib,wating on the results of my stomach x-rays.The crap they had me drink made me nauseus all day yesterday
Beatlex
7 days ago
That sounds like a pain in the…stomach. Hope the results are good news.
AdLib 7 days ago
It has been going on a while Adlib,test after test
Beatlex
7 days ago
Damn, they can’t figure it out?
AdLib 7 days ago
Adlib.this is about the last thing they can try(I hope)
Beatlex
7 days ago
Hope it works, got to be very frustrating.
AdLib 7 days ago
There you go!
AdLib 7 days ago
Hey slm!
AdLib 7 days ago
got my city fixed too!
Beatlex
7 days ago
Hi Guys. How was everyone’s week.
sillylittleme
7 days ago
Well done Beatlex!
AdLib 7 days ago
Sorry to hear B, hope they figure it out.
sillylittleme
7 days ago
B – Nice pic
sillylittleme
7 days ago
Busy week, slm, need to chill out and relax this weekend.
AdLib 7 days ago
Hear ya. Going to Foxboro to watch the boys practice tomorrow.
sillylittleme
7 days ago
That sounds fun, slm.
AdLib 7 days ago
Ya. We’re supposed to have good weather too.
sillylittleme
7 days ago
My daughter is now watching Sharknado 3.
AdLib 7 days ago
Hey Harleigh, Hey Glenn
sillylittleme
7 days ago
In this one, the sharks have combined DNA with Donald Trump and are eating up every media outlet.
AdLib 7 days ago
Hi guys!
Harleigh
7 days ago
Just kidding.
AdLib 7 days ago
Harls!!
Beatlex
7 days ago
Hey Harleigh!
AdLib 7 days ago
Ad – I was waiting for the punchline
sillylittleme
7 days ago
Hey SLM, hey Beatlex, hey Harleigh, hey AdLib (last but not least)!
glenn
7 days ago
Hey glenn!
AdLib 7 days ago
How goes it Glenn?
sillylittleme
7 days ago
She really is watching it now. It’s all about stunt casting, they cast Ann Coulter as the VP.
AdLib 7 days ago
Ad – Really?? Does she get eaten by a shark?
sillylittleme
7 days ago
No, they thought she was one of them.
AdLib 7 days ago
SLM–Got a new smartphone for my birthday! My granddaughter is still teaching me how to use it; but I have most of the smart features figured out. I used to have a flip phone, which I loved, but my daughter and granddaughter wouldn’t let me use it in public, so they bought me a smart phone for my birthday last week.
glenn
7 days ago
I say the US send that killer dentist to Zibabwe! let him rot in a hot prison there,the heartless bastard
Beatlex
7 days ago
Congrats glenn! How fun!
AdLib 7 days ago
Beatlex–what a “he-man”, hey? I read that Zimbabwe is wanting to extradite him.
glenn
7 days ago
Beatlex, I say they send the dentist to the front line war against ISIS. See how he likes getting hunted.
AdLib 7 days ago
Michele Bachmann in Sharknado 3 too. She looks awful.
AdLib 7 days ago
Hey peeps!
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
Hey KT!
AdLib 7 days ago
Adlib,really,what a coward
Beatlex
7 days ago
Ad–only if they bait the dentist first. What he did was not hunting; it was a set up.
glenn
7 days ago
Hey KT–how goes it?
glenn
7 days ago
Quick bite for dinner.BRB
Beatlex
7 days ago
Glenn – that sounds great, you’ll love it
sillylittleme
7 days ago
So, KY where are you tonight?
glenn
7 days ago
oops KT
glenn
7 days ago
I think that lion murdering dentist should be thrown, screaming, from a helicopter! But that’s just me!
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
glenn – They can lure the dentist to ISIS with a fake lion costume.
AdLib 7 days ago
Hey KT
sillylittleme
7 days ago
TOO kind KY
Harleigh
7 days ago
Hey glenn, Ad slm, B, Harleigh.
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
KT
Harleigh
7 days ago
SLM–I already do. Except for the fact that it’s so much bigger than my flip phone and I have difficulty fitting it into my pocket.
glenn
7 days ago
Did you just confuse me with a jelly?
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
Any truth to the rumor that the dentist is now polling above Trump in the GOP race?
AdLib 7 days ago
Come on now didn’t anyone see “Little Shop of Horrors”? We all know dentists are psychopaths
sillylittleme
7 days ago
Ad–sounds good to me. Or a fake Christian costume; cause he certainly isn’t one!
glenn
7 days ago
FEED ME Seymore!
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
“Feed me, Seymour!”
AdLib 7 days ago
Glenn – I don’t have that problem. You must have a small tush.
sillylittleme
7 days ago
KT – You beat me to it!
AdLib 7 days ago
Maybe we could take that human shitstain and drop in the lion pen of the San Diego zoo?
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
LOL!
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
Is shitstain one word, or two? Anybody?
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
sillylittleme
7 days ago
I have a parody on cecil… wait fit it…
Harleigh
7 days ago
KT–I would say one word–just doesn’t sound right as two.
glenn
7 days ago
slm – There it is! Perfect! Be a dentist!
AdLib 7 days ago
Why? The lion was no innocent here. What do you think your beloved ‘Cecil’ the lion was doing all day? He was mainly killing and eating zebras, wildebeest, and buffalo, raping the female lions, and killing off baby lion cubs. Hardly an innocent. As far as I’m concerned, it’s Karma. He got what was coming to him.
Harleigh
7 days ago
Thanks glenn, I agree.
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
Harleigh – passing to you, chill. LOL!!
sillylittleme
7 days ago
Yeah, where does he come off doing what lions do?
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
Harleigh–
glenn
7 days ago
toka toka thx slm!
Harleigh
7 days ago
Harleigh – And I have it on good authority that Cecil was using a semi-automatic to kill the wildebeast and zebra. And he killed the buffalo with a grenade launcher. Bastard!
AdLib 7 days ago
Oh, I’m still in Ohio, glenn. For the time being.
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
LOL adlib
Harleigh
7 days ago
Well Ad, those high tech bows are just unreliable.
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
KT–I agree. After all, it takes about 40 hours for the kill, and even then, you have to waste some bullets.
glenn
7 days ago
Hey Murph!
glenn
7 days ago
KT – No kidding! But grenade launchers are pretty reliable.
AdLib 7 days ago
Greetings, people of the Planet of Points of View.
MurphTheSurf3
7 days ago
Hey Murph!
AdLib 7 days ago
hey murpg
Harleigh
7 days ago
What’s new, Murph?
glenn
7 days ago
Hey Murph
sillylittleme
7 days ago
There was some doosh on Salon yesterday defending this prick, with all her might. She claimed that trophy hunting pays for the conservation of wildlife. Can anybody tell me how subtraction equals addition? Anybody?
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
Murph’s in the house!
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
KT – republican math
sillylittleme
7 days ago
KT–It’s the math republicans and douchebags use to make themselves feel better.
glenn
7 days ago
Ah, that must be it slm.
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
Did you see Hillary take down Bush at the National Urban League conference?
AdLib 7 days ago
hello Harleigh, Silly Little Me, Glenn, Ad Lib, Kilgore Trout and Beatlex!Are you all in mourning over the bloodbath at MSNBC?
MurphTheSurf3
7 days ago
Ad – No what did she say?
sillylittleme
7 days ago
Murph – Who’s left? And did we get KO back?
sillylittleme
7 days ago
Murph, I am deeply saddened by the fact that MSBULLSHIT is keeping Chuck Toad.
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
COMCAST owns MSNBC so it was expected
Harleigh
7 days ago
Murph–not sure I’d call it a bloodbath, but it certainly will change the “landscape” there. Any word on who will replace those who are leaving?
glenn
7 days ago
That explains a lot Harleigh!
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
KT…Keeping him? THEY ARE EXPANDING MCCAIN’S STEPSON’S ROLE!
MurphTheSurf3
7 days ago
McCain’s stepson! LOL!
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
KT – Only morons who work backwards from a wrong conclusion can do that. There is always some moron(s) out there ready to defend people who do the worst thing, they need the attenion even if it is negative.
AdLib 7 days ago
You mean Chuck Todd, whose job is not to ask tough questions?
glenn
7 days ago
Softball Toad?
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
toddis a not so stealthy bagger
Harleigh
7 days ago
SLM….the “Rev” (although I think he is next) Matthews, Maddow, Hayes, O’Donnell in the late afternoon and evening.
MurphTheSurf3
7 days ago
KT–the toadmaster?
glenn
7 days ago
I can see it now, Trump at bat, it’s the bottom of the 9th, and Toad lobs a soft one, right over the plate!
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
Glenn…I think that Todd, and Williams are going to play a big role.
MurphTheSurf3
7 days ago
KT–And Trump starts at third base, and claims he hit a home run.
glenn
7 days ago
Murph – Getting rid of Ed and The Cycle is just taking out the trash. I like Alex, she’ll stay around. But MSNBC is such garbage on the whole, except Rachel Maddow, not a huge deal. And more Chuck Todd? Those are not three words any viewer has said.
AdLib 7 days ago
Did they also keep Rush Scarborough?
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
Murph – well I can skip Matthews and watch Rachel through Larry
sillylittleme
7 days ago
I like Alex too, and Melissa-Harris Perry!
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
MSNBC started to really suck when Olbermann left. Griffen made sure of that.
Harleigh
7 days ago
Murph–I’m sorry to hear that about Todd. I don’t watch Williams’ show, so don’t know about her.
glenn
7 days ago
Msnbc had to do something,all day and night it was the same stories with different guests
Beatlex
7 days ago
Mathews is just another screecher asshole.
Harleigh
7 days ago
B – that part won’t change
sillylittleme
7 days ago
Ad….Bilart and Roberts are good…..Hayes is a first rate journalist, Maddow is just excellent, and I have warmed up to O’Donnell.
MurphTheSurf3
7 days ago
Harleigh–I loved Olberman’s “Worst Person in the World”. O’Reilly probably holds the record for being named the most!
glenn
7 days ago
Are they still keeping those dreary prison shows on weekends? Man, that is some shitty programming.
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
Bildo the klown!
Harleigh
7 days ago
Beatlex – Yep, that was a problem of their own making, they decided to just repeat programming with different hosts and I think they’ll continue to do so under the label of “news”. MSNBC is bound for a big decline in viewership when all the non-Chuck Todd fans don’t tune in.
AdLib 7 days ago
KT–Yup–those prison shows and caught on camera! Never watch MSNBC on weekends!
glenn
7 days ago
O’Donell used to writ for the hit TV show West Wing. Great show.
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
Oh man glenn, they are really bad. I think they’re meant to keep the populace scared straight.
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
step outta line and don’t follow the “program,” and this is where you’ll end up! Horrible shyte!
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
KT–didn’t know that about O’Donnell. I only catch his show once in a while; but as Beatlex says, his show was just a repeat of Hayes’ and Maddow’s. He had different guests, but same ol, same ol.
glenn
7 days ago
The Saturday and Sunday shows are very interesting because of their depth and guest line up. Both Kornacki and Perry are first rate moderators.
MurphTheSurf3
7 days ago
Murph – I don’t know, I’ve seen Hayes look like a totally out of touch nerd when dealing with people who throw him a curve in interviews he wants to go in a specific direction. Roberts is okay but a happy corporate flak at times on his show.
AdLib 7 days ago
glenn, he asks some pretty good questions. I think he’s more Hardball than Hardball Matthews.
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
Murph–I do like Perry. I read her columns on line, but don’t watch her show.
glenn
7 days ago
Murph – personally cn’t stomach Korny, but usually watch MHP. My man likes that show too.
sillylittleme
7 days ago
I dumped my cable a few years ago, and haven’t really regretted it.
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
KT–yes, once in a while, O’Donnell does get in a good question.
glenn
7 days ago
the format of picking a topic and have 5 shows in a row on it is awful. sharpton really really sucked.
Harleigh
7 days ago
Think about how many hosts MSNBC has plowed through, including the horrible Ronin Farrow and the usually good Martin Bashir.
AdLib 7 days ago
Ad–IMO, Martin Bashir should still have a show. HIs was a bullshit firing!
glenn
7 days ago
There just isn’t enough going on to justify 24/7 news programs. If you want to call them news.
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
The movie “Network,” anybody?
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
Lets face it,none of the networks can do much with the state of affairs in Washington,What a gong show
Beatlex
7 days ago
Bashir was first rate and driven out for a lack of good taste…imagine that. Does anyone know what he is doing now? I can find nothing.
MurphTheSurf3
7 days ago
i liked bashir
Harleigh
7 days ago
Harleigh – That’s what corporate thinking brings you. They list the few topics for the day that they think will get the most attention then hammer them in show after show. Boring.
AdLib 7 days ago
i liked Cenk Yugar, but he just wouldn’t tow the corporate line. That’s why I liked him
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
Beatlex–well, it ought to get interesting with the “debates” coming up. Those republicans just crack me up; they’re so crazy!
glenn
7 days ago
And compare that with Fox News where they just keep adding douches.
AdLib 7 days ago
Hey PPO
sillylittleme
7 days ago
Hey PPO, what’s new?
glenn
7 days ago
KT – You are absolutely right, Network is now reality.
AdLib 7 days ago
What’s funny about the FOX debates is that K-Sick is getting edged out, in his own state.
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
I don’t even get Fox since I moved,not that I care,but I liked to laugh at Billo and some of the other clowns!
Beatlex
7 days ago
we need a Palin – Bachmann 2016 ticket… but it would now be to the left of the current klown crop. how is that even fuckin possible. honestly.
Harleigh
7 days ago
KT – And he still won’t but TYT still gets seen
sillylittleme
7 days ago
hey everybody. Shivering today.
pinkpantheroz
7 days ago
Beatlex–I don’t ever watch fox, but I always read about their antics on line.
glenn
7 days ago
The MSNBC weekend programming was the result of NBC wanting to do MS on the cheap…and it showed.
MurphTheSurf3
7 days ago
KT – Now they’re saying that K-Sick will qualify for the debate. I can’t believe all the love MSNBC is throwing at K-Sick, it’s nauseating.
AdLib 7 days ago
PPO – wanna trade? 90s and 90 humidity
sillylittleme
7 days ago
Oh, for sure Ad. Paddy Chaevsky was very prescient.
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
Sure is.
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
Ad – who is K-sick
sillylittleme
7 days ago
PPO–is it still snowing there?
glenn
7 days ago
I’ll trade the heat, but not the humidity, thanks,SLM!
pinkpantheroz
7 days ago
Forget it Ad
sillylittleme
7 days ago
slm – John Kasich = K-Sick
AdLib 7 days ago
Ad – ya I figured it out. Just a wee bit stoned
sillylittleme
7 days ago
slm, he’s another fanatical RW religious bug a boo.
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
Yes glenn,, on the upper slopes of the mountains and in the Snow Country
pinkpantheroz
7 days ago
slm!!!!!!!!!
Harleigh
7 days ago
We will be hosting a live chat for the debate next Thursday. Hope you can all be there!
AdLib 7 days ago
During the debate.
AdLib 7 days ago
Ad–K-sick may be so. However, at least he implemented O’care in his state. You have to give him credit for that.
glenn
7 days ago
PPO – hope you don’t get the 100 feet of snow we got, obvious exaggeration but the piles made it seem that way
sillylittleme
7 days ago
Live chat on the circus. You bet.
MurphTheSurf3
7 days ago
Ad, can you remind us about Thurs? I’d love to be part of that
pinkpantheroz
7 days ago
Ad – sounds like fun, what time?
sillylittleme
7 days ago
K-Sick said he hasn’t read the Iran deal, then went on to tell everybody exactly what was wrong with it. You know, doom and gloom and nuclear proliferation, and all that. Oh Noooooes, mushroom clouds on the horizon.
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
PPO – Yep, I will post an article that morning to let everyone know.
AdLib 7 days ago
Ad–I’ll try to be there. What time do the debates start?
glenn
7 days ago
i think i told you all i’m becoming a multi millionaire next week with my popcorn futures right?? lol
Harleigh
7 days ago
slm, I think that boston still has more snow left than we have for our season so far!
pinkpantheroz
7 days ago
Hey PPO! Is Trump a real berk, or what?
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
KT – but deal with climate change, me
sillylittleme
7 days ago
meh
sillylittleme
7 days ago
Harleigh–you and every other Dem who has bought into Orville!
glenn
7 days ago
Hey, KT! Yup, especially about the lactating lady he called ‘disgusting”
pinkpantheroz
7 days ago
Have you all heard that Fox intends to organize the stage such that the persons with the highest ratings will be in the center and then rank them from there to the edge on both sides. Result. Bush and Trump side by side.
MurphTheSurf3
7 days ago
mmmmm popcorn!
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
got that one right glenn!
Harleigh
7 days ago
PPO – I think it was two weeks ago that they announced that the last snow field had melted, snow fields were where they trucked the city’s snow…
sillylittleme
7 days ago
Murph–that should be funny! Bush and Trump side by side.
glenn
7 days ago
Oh that was terrible. Apparently Trump never realized that’s where milk comes from.
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
glenn,me too! There is always something stupid going on there
Beatlex
7 days ago
Murph – but who will have the better hair?
sillylittleme
7 days ago
Kt, all his wives gave plastic!
pinkpantheroz
7 days ago
The debate is at 6pm PDT, 9pm EDT.
AdLib 7 days ago
PPO–LOL!
glenn
7 days ago
Mmmmm a silcone treat!
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
I have read that Bush’s people are VERY unhappy with the arrangement as that means Bush will not be able to take the high ground and ignore Trump.
MurphTheSurf3
7 days ago
SLM–I want to hear Trump speak Spanish!
glenn
7 days ago
glenn, all he has to do is put the letter “O’ after everything! EVEYBODY knows that!
pinkpantheroz
7 days ago
Murph–I think Bush’s people are delusional. No one can ignore Trump; he won’t let you!
glenn
7 days ago
He does glenn. “Mexis make chicas do the dirty.”
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
I have also read that one of the biggest concerns is how the moderators will be able to hold Trump to the rules. He makes his “nut” by flouting convention.
MurphTheSurf3
7 days ago
PPO–Oh–that’s right, I forgot my Spanish classes! LOL
glenn
7 days ago
KT–You are really bad!
glenn
7 days ago
Trump is really just a money machine for RNC. I don’t think he is really serious about being prez.
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
Glenn – Si
sillylittleme
7 days ago
Murph–who are the moderators?
glenn
7 days ago
Murph, they need an isolation booth with a kill switch on the microphone!
pinkpantheroz
7 days ago
How about Huckabuck threatening to use federal troops to stop abortions? Jade Helm 16?
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
glenn – True, K-Sick started out as a total jerk but after losing in popularity after trying to repeat Scott Walker’s attack on unions, he tacked towards the middle. But he’s insincere.
AdLib 7 days ago
kT – LOL
sillylittleme
7 days ago
KT,he is on the Bronc! and he is going to ride it to death
Beatlex
7 days ago
Yeah B, I’m sure he’s having the time of his life. He’s always been an attention whore. The male version of Sarah Palin.
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
Well – it will be interesting to say the least.
sillylittleme
7 days ago
Ad–K-sick is insincere; I agree. But even if you do the right thing for the wrong reasons, you’re still doing the right thing. I would never, ever vote for him or any other republican, but I believe in giving credit where credit is due.
glenn
7 days ago
The 5 p.m. “kids table” debate for the “also there’s”, which will last an hour, will be moderated by Bill Hemmer and Martha MacCallum. The 9 p.m. debate will run about 90 minutes (two hours with commercial breaks and introductions), and be moderated by Bret Baier, Megyn Kelly and Chris Wallace. Read more:
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/fox-republican-debate-lowers-threshold-120748.html#ixzz3hWlsI9sL
Fox lowers threshold for early debate
Fox News is opening its 5 p.m. debate to all the announced Republican candidates who fail to make the cut for the Aug. 6 prime-time event, removing a requirement that participants reach at least 1 percent in polling. The change amounts to an insurance policy for candidates who were in danger of being disqualified from the vital first debate based on…
Fox lowers threshold for early debate
Fox News is opening its 5 p.m. debate to all the announced Republican candidates who fail to make the cut for the Aug. 6 prime-time event, removing a requirement that participants reach at least 1 percent in polling. The change amounts to an insurance policy for candidates who were in danger of being disqualified from the vital first debate based on…
MurphTheSurf3
7 days ago
The loser candidates debate themselves at 5p. EST I think. Real 1%ers. LOL
Harleigh
7 days ago
Naw, K-Sick is a snake. Don’t eat that apple.
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
My post came out weird…..The 5 p.m. debate, which will last an hour, will be moderated by Bill Hemmer and Martha MacCallum. The 9 p.m. debate will run about 90 minutes (two hours with commercial breaks and introductions), and be moderated by Bret Baier, Megyn Kelly and Chris Wallace.
MurphTheSurf3
7 days ago
That’s better
MurphTheSurf3
7 days ago
I love that Christie can’t crack the top ten! Looks good on him
Beatlex
7 days ago
Murph – So who gets to eat at the adult table?
sillylittleme
7 days ago
Beatle, Christie is one Big Crack!
MurphTheSurf3
7 days ago
Megyn is beautiful…. but the crap she makes up sure gets her well paid at faux
Harleigh
7 days ago
Christie wants to destroy the pot movement. Down the drain you go fat ass.
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
KT–I’m still trying to figure out if that is a parody–sending in troops to stop abortion. What are they going to do? Kill the mothers? BTW, have you read about that poor woman in AL who may have her fetus taken away by the state because she wants an abortion? I think she’s an inmate at one of the prisons.
glenn
7 days ago
KT – Hear, hear!!
sillylittleme
7 days ago
No one’s going to watch the Kid’s Table debate. Those candidates have been de-selected by Fox News. How perverse and corrupted is our political system when a partisan cable news channel picks who can and can’t run?
AdLib 7 days ago
i guess he wants the troops to into abortion clinics with guns blazing. ?
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
life IS sacred, don’t ya know!
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
KT – they’re just pissed that god didn’t give them wombs…
sillylittleme
7 days ago
Ad…and the impotence of the RNC…..Priebus is pissing in his pity pants.
MurphTheSurf3
7 days ago
It will be funny to see Bush and Walker on either side of Trump as he holds court. Like the court jesters.
AdLib 7 days ago
All the GOP candidates are trying to out-Trumpet Trump, and showing themselves for the fools they are.
pinkpantheroz
7 days ago
Ad–so Walker made the “cut”?
glenn
7 days ago
Ad, you know the Trump will engage in constant elbow jabs and digs in both directions.
MurphTheSurf3
7 days ago
Pussy envy?
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
glenn, that a***hole should be GIVEN the Cut!
pinkpantheroz
7 days ago
I can’t decide who’s more dangerous–Walker or Trump.
glenn
7 days ago
Glenn not sure which pole they used for the rankings. They are all scum.
Harleigh
7 days ago
Murph – Yep, isn’t it clear who controls the party? Fox News, not the RNC. How terrible is that for the RNC? They don’t even control their own party anymore (the others in control include The Kochs and other billionaires).
AdLib 7 days ago
PPO–I agree, but I don’t run foxnews, which, lately, is running the republican party.
glenn
7 days ago
Murph – The way Trump gestures, he’ll elbow Bush and Walker every time he talks.
AdLib 7 days ago
I guess, in a way, we should thank Trump. He’s got the rest of the GOPers toosing their dog whistles and showing their asses.
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
adlib… adelson
Harleigh
7 days ago
And Fox is owned by Murdoch who belongs to Koch Klub
MurphTheSurf3
7 days ago
Here’s a wager, who here thinks Trump will try to throw everyone a curve and act friendly and thoughtful. That would be the smart play for him, disarming the media and his critics and proposing actual policies. The others would be gobsmacked.
AdLib 7 days ago
I think the debate title and promo is ‘Kochsuckers In Action’.
Harleigh
7 days ago
It has been revealed, through White House records that the real reason Stewart is leaving the Daily Show is because IN FACT, he’s a top CIA official and has a clandestine mission in Uzbeckibeckistan!
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
KT or back to BENGHAZI!!!
Harleigh
7 days ago
Ad….that is not what has attracted his following….he would be smacked down as a sell out….if the media and his critics do not detest every minute of his time on stage, then he will lose steam….HE WILL GO FULL BORE!
MurphTheSurf3
7 days ago
I won’t take that bet, Ad! He’s canny and cunning enough
pinkpantheroz
7 days ago
Jon and Herman Cain! I Spy, 21st century version!
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
Ad – since I think its all an art school project, it wouldn’t surprise me.
sillylittleme
7 days ago
Harleigh, is that like Back to Bataan?
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
brb
pinkpantheroz
7 days ago
They couldn’t get Cosby, he’s preoccupied.
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
brb 2
sillylittleme
7 days ago
I blew my prediction on tRump here a couple weeks ago. He DID report financials and stayed in the race. Says Palin will be in his cabinet. LOLOLOL
Harleigh
7 days ago
Maybe the GOP could go at the nominating process more pragmatically in 2020. Like the Academy Award nominations, the Kochs should just go on tv first thing in the morning and open an envelope to announce who they have chosen as the nominee?
AdLib 7 days ago
What’s the attraction with the RWers love of fat ass bullies and billionaires?
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
Harleigh but his financials are way overblown so you were not totally wrong…..
MurphTheSurf3
7 days ago
Murph – I think if any of them attack Trump, and those wanting attention and better poll numbers will, he will slap back. But he’s not an idiot at negotiating, I think he’ll try to let someone attack him first before he attacks them.
AdLib 7 days ago
A nearionaire Murph?
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
The WSJ says he may be worth $2.5 billion, far less than the billions he claims.
AdLib 7 days ago
Ad–trump has already said he’ll be polite.
glenn
7 days ago
If Warren audits his financials he would be royally fucked. I would pay to see any of the baggers talk econ with her.
Harleigh
7 days ago
They’re afraid of her Harleigh.
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
glenn – Yes, I believe he will start out that way and wait to counterpunch.
AdLib 7 days ago
Very interesting article reporting on a focus group: what attracts Trump backers.
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-07-30/new-hampshire-voters-explain-the-appeal-of-donald-trump
New Hampshire Voters Explain the Appeal of Donald Trump
A Bloomberg Politics focus group of Donald Trump supporters in the Granite State helps illuminate the billionaire’s rise in the polls.
New Hampshire Voters Explain the Appeal of Donald Trump
A Bloomberg Politics focus group of Donald Trump supporters in the Granite State helps illuminate the billionaire’s rise in the polls.
MurphTheSurf3
7 days ago
If I were them I would be too KT. She’s AWESOME.
Harleigh
7 days ago
Thanks Murph, I’ll read it later. My guess is, they love billionaire bullies. Hey, if I works reeeeel hard, I can be one toooo.
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
Yea, I voted for her in the midterms. I was registered in Mass.
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
Murph – I saw video of that focus group and they sure seem like the ignorant white people that make up the Tea Party core of the GOP.
AdLib 7 days ago
Trump has to attack…..he has to turn the”debate” into a “roast” or he will look uninformed and silly (which he is).
MurphTheSurf3
7 days ago
Murph–I read on other sites that the participants in that focus group were “guided” to those answers. They were told to say something positive about the candidates. One of them even said she supports Carson, not Trump. Shows the “focus” of that group!
glenn
7 days ago
Trump is the Tea Party Candidate, for sure, Ad.
MurphTheSurf3
7 days ago
how was this “focus,” taken? Land line to the elderly?
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
KT – billionaires stroke their ahem egos with money
sillylittleme
7 days ago
Murph – I think Trump will attack but he’ll counterpunch those who attack him and start off trying to look like a nice guy. It’s all a game and when you’re playing poker, you don’t bet everything on the first card.
AdLib 7 days ago
Liz Warren rocks
sillylittleme
7 days ago
slm, they hate to lose, at anything.
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
Trump picked ALL the dog whistes and has been blowin them hard…. so to speak.
Harleigh
7 days ago
Glenn….the company that put together the group is a respected one….so…..
MurphTheSurf3
7 days ago
Hmmm, Murph. respected by?
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
KT – two cans and a string
sillylittleme
7 days ago
slm, LOL!
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
LWarren would get my full support if she runs for Prez in a future election…but she ain’t running this time around.
AdLib 7 days ago
Ad…maybe…..but I think he cannot help but come off as insulting….it is the principle fuel of his popularity engine.
MurphTheSurf3
7 days ago
That’s good Ad, she’s not quite ready yet. She needs some foreign policy experience.
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
Daily Beast is saying Herself might run! Sarah is attention seeking again!
pinkpantheroz
7 days ago
Murph – Do you think the Tea Party will finally get the candidate they want this time or that another establishment GOP candidate like Bush or Kasich will get it.
AdLib 7 days ago
Ad – I think if Bernie wins (and he will), she’ll run in 2020. I think he is paving the way for her. But first she has some work to do in the Senate.
sillylittleme
7 days ago
Ad–probably if Warren ran for prez, the rw would be more afraid of her than they are of Hillary. The shit-slinging would be worse, if that’s possible. But, I”m with you, I’d vote for her in a heartbeat!
glenn
7 days ago
PPO – If The Daily Beast says it, don’t believe it. Palin’s not running.
AdLib 7 days ago
PPO – Daily Breast is a rag
sillylittleme
7 days ago
That’s just what we need, a reality show queen as POTUS! That’ll scare the shyte out of the rest of the world….snicker snicker.
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
PPO–Palin is probably running out of money, so needs another superPAC to raise more; just like she did the last time around.
glenn
7 days ago
Yeah glenn, those drunken brawls can get expensive!
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
Glenn – well she is expecting another grandchild…
sillylittleme
7 days ago
trump palin!
Harleigh
7 days ago
KT–Actually, palin as president would scare the shit out of the rest of the world, as she does any sane person!
glenn
7 days ago
slm – That would work for me but if Hillary wins in 2016, Warren wouldn’t run until 2024…how old would she be then?
AdLib 7 days ago
I know, guys! But it is fun to think of such a schemozzle of smoke and mirrors that might ensue!
pinkpantheroz
7 days ago
Ad…..the Tea Party could get the principal challenger but I don’t think the party will let Trump win….they will fix it if they must.
MurphTheSurf3
7 days ago
Good point glenn. It’s absolutely frightening to think that someone having a bad hair day also has the nuclear football! YIKES!
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
Murph – But at this point, with such rebellion in the GOP, if the establishment stole the nom for someone like Bush, don’t you think they’d revolt or at least not show up at the polls?
AdLib 7 days ago
KT, SLM–true, dat! You know, if the rubes keep sending her money, why shouldn’t she rake it in? After all, it’s the amurican way!
glenn
7 days ago
Ad – 74, but she is aging much better than Hill
sillylittleme
7 days ago
the grifter from Wasilla.
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
Ad…they might but the damage done by Trump would be so great that a sacrificial McCain like candidate would be a better option.
MurphTheSurf3
7 days ago
Ad – and I want to add if Hill wins, then we should all bend over and kiss our asses goodbye.
sillylittleme
7 days ago
Ad–good deal. Lots of repubes need to stop showing up at the polls.
glenn
7 days ago
KT….Palin can’t even get a guest spot on Fox right now….desperate times…..
MurphTheSurf3
7 days ago
i don’t think so slm. She’s not crazy, like those on the GOP tickets. She is Reagan lite.
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
Okay, folks, much as I love bashing trump and palin, it’s time to call it a night. I hope everyone has a good weekend. Take care, all.
glenn
7 days ago
g’night, glenn!
pinkpantheroz
7 days ago
nite glenn
Harleigh
7 days ago
Murph, Palin and Coulter are neck and neck in the race to the bottom.
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
Have a great weekend glenn.
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
KT – we have serious structural issues that if addressed in the manner that we have been accustomed to, nothing will get better and it will get a lot worse and fast.
sillylittleme
7 days ago
Murph – I don’t know…Trumps damage will be lasting no matter who the nom is, the GOP will still be seen by Latinos as the anti[Latino party no matter how much a Bush claims otherwise (he still opposes a path to citizenship). And if he also loses many core Repub voters, he’s in bigger trouble.
AdLib 7 days ago
Nite – Glenn
sillylittleme
7 days ago
I don’t think so.
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
KT – Coulter’s running?
sillylittleme
7 days ago
Ad, true, but those fools can still make a dent in the race unless Dems get together and GOTV big Time!
pinkpantheroz
7 days ago
No slm. Only in the book selling race.
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
Ah, glenn, leaving us? Take good care.
MurphTheSurf3
7 days ago
i have never fathomed why anyone with a vagina would ever even consider voting for the proponents of their war on women.
Harleigh
7 days ago
KT…..Coulter….repugnant and loathsome….Palin….same thing.
MurphTheSurf3
7 days ago
Well Harleigh their bybull tells them to be submissive to their hubbies. Or is that tubbies?
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
Harleigh – haven’t you noticed? they don’t want anyone to have freedom, just a select few
sillylittleme
7 days ago
PPO – No question, the Dems still need to GOTV and work hard but the Repub candidate can’t win without winning around 40% of the Latino vote and that ain’t gonna happen with an anti-Latino party.
AdLib 7 days ago
KT – The irony of that is that it doesn’t say that at all.
sillylittleme
7 days ago
No doubt Murph. Coulter said, and defended saying that we should kill all theaders of Muslim countries and convert the people to Christianity. She stands by that. Fricken psycho skank.
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
KT – that’s not a very xtian thing to do or say
sillylittleme
7 days ago
slm, it doesn’t? Are you sure? Which book, the Dad’s or the kid’s?
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
Kt, just as fundamentalist an idealogy as ISIS
pinkpantheroz
7 days ago
Not at all.
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
I think we can all agree the Donald is a dirt bag,I do love seeing him screw over rhe R’s though!LOL
Beatlex
7 days ago
Murph – That is pretty funny!
AdLib 7 days ago
no doubt PPO.
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
KT – I only read the Dad’s
sillylittleme
7 days ago
take over 3 billion muslims and convert them to buy-bull taliban. that has worked so well for murikkka the last 35 years.
Harleigh
7 days ago
Badges? We don’t need no stinkin badges!
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
back soon.
pinkpantheroz
7 days ago
MurphTheSurf3
7 days ago
Trump loses the women’s vote for the GOP by attacking a mom for wanting to pump milk, the Latino vote by calling them all rapists and the vote of anyone not mentally ill by being Donald Trump. A trifecta!
AdLib 7 days ago
The dad had some anger issues, for sure. The kid was a bit more chill. Not by much though.
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
LOL Adlib!
Beatlex
7 days ago
PPO – the problem is that we created ISIS, before that Al Queda, before that the Taliban, I probably skipped some in between. You get my point. The CIA trains militants. Arms them with money they’ve laundered through the drug trade. Then turns on them and starts a war. And the taxpayers get to pay for it. What fun.
sillylittleme
7 days ago
Ad – so that leaves him 20% of the pop?
sillylittleme
7 days ago
My name Jose Trumpmenez!
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
LOL KT
Harleigh
7 days ago
KT – no people have anger issues. attributing atrocities to the flying spaghetti monster rather than themselves is the devious way man justifies cruelty.
sillylittleme
7 days ago
KT !!!!!!!!!!!!!
sillylittleme
7 days ago
RAMEN slm
Harleigh
7 days ago
KT….Jose Trumpmenez…hah
MurphTheSurf3
7 days ago
So if it won’t be Trump, will it be Bush, Walker or MSNBC’s political boyfriend, Kasich?
AdLib 7 days ago
Over and over again slm. I’m pretty sure that scriptures have something to do with it. At least for the fundies.
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
Kasich can be made to look like a moderate???
sillylittleme
7 days ago
slm – Nope, Trump only has 20% of the GOP vote, that’s only like 6% of all voters.
AdLib 7 days ago
KT – they ignore allegory and make it factual
sillylittleme
7 days ago
Ad….Bush has the best shot. Walker is number two. Walker, like Christie, is less and less popular in WI and for more and more reasons.
MurphTheSurf3
7 days ago
For sure. They have no understanding of metaphor or parable.
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
true murph
Harleigh
7 days ago
Ad – so are you saying he won’t pick up any independents?
sillylittleme
7 days ago
I love that phot of the Huckster with Donalds hair! LOL
Beatlex
7 days ago
Yeah me too B. Kudos to Ad.
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
Yes excellent photoshop job
sillylittleme
7 days ago
Murph – That’s very possible but running a Bush would be a total slap in the face to everything the core Repubs believe in right now. Even if it is to fight Hillary, I think many Repubs will bail out of voting if that happens.
AdLib 7 days ago
Huckabee has turned into a horrid little toad….from the rather balanced governor of Arkansas who worked well with both sides of the aisle.
MurphTheSurf3
7 days ago
Ad – I agree I don’t think this is the time for another Bush. And I think a lot of R voters know it.
sillylittleme
7 days ago
Huck is off the rails with hate… he won’t be back. it was stupid for him to run.
Harleigh
7 days ago
slm – Idies can’t vote in the GOP primary so Trump is stuck at 20%. When the field thins, Bush and the other estab Repubs will gain, Trump probably won’t.
AdLib 7 days ago
One thing that Jeb and Hillary have in common: neither feels particularly sincere (real) to me….everything about them has the feeling of being a front.
MurphTheSurf3
7 days ago
Neil DG Tyson made an excellent observation a while back. A man of color would win the White House before a woman could. you think the GOPers don’t like black people, they absolutely do not want a female president. In their tiny minds, that’s more of an abomination than a man…of any color.
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
Thanks Beatlex and KT! The Huckster wears it just as well as Trump!
AdLib 7 days ago
Murph – I think he’s not getting the money love that others are getting and he’s trying to court someone for more money. Which of the billionaires would that have appealed to.
sillylittleme
7 days ago
And thanks slm!
AdLib 7 days ago
What’s the title of Huck’s new book? God, Guns and Grits? I’m serious.
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
Ad – not true in all states, and you never know who may change their registration to vote in the primary
sillylittleme
7 days ago
SLM…who are you speaking of?
MurphTheSurf3
7 days ago
KT….that’s the book…
MurphTheSurf3
7 days ago
Murph – So true, Huckabee has revealed what a slimeball and hypocrite this phony Christian is. Not surprising from an extremist though, to them, religion is just about using the faith of others to benefit themselves and their greed.
AdLib 7 days ago
Talk about advertising one’s hickishness! I guess that was the idea though.
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
Murph – Huckafuck
sillylittleme
7 days ago
huck will get a big bene out of this…. he goes back on faux asa former gubner and presidential candidate. lol
Harleigh
7 days ago
slm, I like to call him the Huckster. It’s so fitting.
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
SLM…I can’t imagine that Huck will attract any of the billionaire class.
MurphTheSurf3
7 days ago
KT – yes it is
sillylittleme
7 days ago
2buck huck
Harleigh
7 days ago
Murph – that is why he made the outrageous statement that he made. he was putting out feelers…
sillylittleme
7 days ago
Harleigh – It’s 3 buck chuck, I prefer Black Box
sillylittleme
7 days ago
I like that one Harleigh!
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
Ad- ever since Huckabee left the governorship, 10 rather strong years, in Arkansas he has been drifting further and further right. As governor he made it clear that separation of church and state as essential was illustration by his own time in the executive office.
MurphTheSurf3
7 days ago
Murph – Yep, my daughter was watching the clip of Hillary speaking today and said, “She sounds like a teacher.” And she didn’t mean it as a compliment. And Jebby tried a lame joke today that he delivered so terribly, it was so contrived, he came off as a total phony. Hence, the success of Bernie and Trump.
AdLib 7 days ago
SLM….I just don’t think he has a natural constituency any longer and thus sponsorship is unlikely.
MurphTheSurf3
7 days ago
true dat murph
Harleigh
7 days ago
Teachers are great, preacher, not so much.
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
Murph – well it was worth a try, he certainly got some votes out of it
sillylittleme
7 days ago
Ad – she’s not a fan of Hill?
sillylittleme
7 days ago
I am already missing Obama…..even when he is being phony (which every pol has to be at times) he still feels real.
MurphTheSurf3
7 days ago
The huchster loves to try to covince people there is no separation of church and state, and that “murika is a Christian nation. Never mind what the founders actually said about it.
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
Murph – what do you mean?
sillylittleme
7 days ago
What if the R’s were actually a viable party? We would have to work hard to beat them.No worries though,they can’t help themselves!
Beatlex
7 days ago
Murph – Huckabee is a human illustration of what corruption looks like. His post political life is reliant on his popularity with exrtremist Christians so he has to pander more and more to them to support his greed. No surprise that he has become more and more hateful, that’s what his core audience is.
AdLib 7 days ago
Hey funk man! How goes it?
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
Howdy KT!
funksands
7 days ago
B – who knows what will happen, I kinda feel bad for the R voters
sillylittleme
7 days ago
SLM….that was in reference to the phoniness that I feel when watching either Jeb or Hillary.
MurphTheSurf3
7 days ago
Okee doke
funksands
7 days ago
Hey Funk
sillylittleme
7 days ago
How are things going in “the bunker?”
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
quiet….
funksands
7 days ago
….too quiet
funksands
7 days ago
Hey there, Funk!
AdLib 7 days ago
Hi Ad, Murph, SLM
funksands
7 days ago
Ad….people who knew him in Arkansas say that his move to Florida and his embracing of the high life has lead him to sell his faith to the highest bidder.
MurphTheSurf3
7 days ago
hey funk
Harleigh
7 days ago
So I still don’t get the Jade Helm thing. Someone ‘splain
sillylittleme
7 days ago
Funk – KT made a good joke about Huckabee’s threatened use of stopping abortion using the military as Jade Helm 16.
AdLib 7 days ago
Hi Harleigh, did you moving to Florida cause you to sell your faith to the highest bidder?
funksands
7 days ago
Nice 🙂
funksands
7 days ago
LOL it was already long gone by choice!
Harleigh
7 days ago
Hi there Funk!
MurphTheSurf3
7 days ago
Murph – Exactly, it’s an old story. The greed of a weak man corrupting him into becoming a monster. Or as we know him, Mike Huckabee.
AdLib 7 days ago
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
There were 195 Bernie organizing events last night within 10 miles of my house. Unreal
funksands
7 days ago
KT, that particular clip is the video that keeps on giving.
funksands
7 days ago
KT – I swear I saw Karl Rove in that video denying Obama won OH!
AdLib 7 days ago
Hey funk! I saw on Al Jazeera English that Bernie had a great ‘rally’ online. the future of electioneering, maybe?
pinkpantheroz
7 days ago
LOL! Pure genius!
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
Thanks for the laughs KT and Murph
sillylittleme
7 days ago
Pink, it’s an interesting approach for sure. Talk about using minimal resources for maximum gain.
funksands
7 days ago
My pleasure!
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
Funk – As some have said here, Bernie may not win but his candidacy is building a coalition and validity for a true liberal to run in a future Dem primary…and win!
AdLib 7 days ago
It’s exciting. Hillary will become a much better candidate with him in the race if she handles it right. So far she has
funksands
7 days ago
good point, funk.
pinkpantheroz
7 days ago
Just a note that many of the American terorrists are conspiracy theory fans too, like the theater shooter in Lafayette.
AdLib 7 days ago
So no one took the time to attend a meetup to hear why people are supporting Bernie? We had one woman who hadn’t made up her mind.
sillylittleme
7 days ago
All the poor old baggers with no short term memories forget how often they get trolled by faux! Remember last November just before the election how you simpleton baggers believed that highly contagious Ebola was coming across the Mexican border with infected illegal immigrant children drug mules sponsored by ISIS from their compound just outside of Waco and 95% of texass was going to die unless they stocked up on food and ammo and wrapped their trailers in plastic!!?? BWAHAHAHA And then ISIS was attacking from their secret texass compound and all because of Obama who was sending the US military to invade texass, take everybody’s guns and send all 20 some million baggers to FEMA camps!! LOLOLOL Jebus crisco you baggers are sssoooo stupid. Now I bet you want blue state money for your floods that were caused by the gays and indian rain dancers!!! LMAO
Harleigh
7 days ago
SLM, unfortunately, I had other issues last night. I would have loved to attend. I’ve already offered labor and sent a little money.
funksands
7 days ago
SLM….I was at a Organize for Bernie House Party last week when Sanders did a podcast to his followers. It felt Obama 08 Like
MurphTheSurf3
7 days ago
Harleigh, you make it sound like they’re unbalanced…
funksands
7 days ago
Funk – even if you’re voting for Hill in the primary, it’s really quite amazing how many different issues and combination of issues are attracting people.
sillylittleme
7 days ago
Funk – Hillary is very polished and rehearsed, she looks slick but she avoids tv interviews and big forums. There’s a big reason for that, when she can’t perform in a controlled environment, she’s on thin ice. For that reason the Dem debates will be very interesting. Though, I don’t expect Bernie to attack her, other Dem candidates may and she could get in trouble.
AdLib 7 days ago
Harleigh the thing is that as crazy as you narrative sounds I have acquaintances here who would “make sense”of it readily.
MurphTheSurf3
7 days ago
Top comments I hear from undecideds or Hillary supporters? 1. “Oh free stuff for everyone? How you going to pay for it?” 2. Bernie bad on immigration
funksands
7 days ago
Harleigh – you so funny
sillylittleme
7 days ago
Ad, no way. Neither one of them gains a damn thing by attacking one another. Especially this early
funksands
7 days ago
Beatlex
7 days ago
murph their fuckin gunernator was in on some ofth ese1! WTF??? LOL i’d like to sat I made it all up but it’s realityba sed.
Harleigh
7 days ago
SLM, no doubt. For the first time in a long time it really feels like an actual in-depth discussion around issues is happening. Really fun
funksands
7 days ago
Funk – that’s why they should at least allow themselves to hear their fellow progressives.
sillylittleme
7 days ago
ou just can’t out absurd the republicans. It’s not possible. Very good try though, Hareigh.
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
on another topic, does anyone think that Palmer should be extradited to Zimbabwe for killing Cecil?
pinkpantheroz
7 days ago
Harleigh – Well done! If we could compile all the BS from the GOP in the last several campaigns, from death panels and the destruction of the medical system that Obamacare would cause to ebola and ISIS invasions. And now this Iran deal hysteria ! How dumb are Repubs? DOn’t they ever get tired of being lied to?
AdLib 7 days ago
PPO – yes a million times
sillylittleme
7 days ago
Pink, I think that would be just desserts. I don’t feel that we need to hound this guy to the ends of earth, ruin his life or cost him his career, buy a few months in a Zimbabwe pokey might give him some perspective.
funksands
7 days ago
Funk – Right, Repubs think only corporations and the wealthy should get free stuff. And any Repub criticizing any Dem on immigration is too funny.
AdLib 7 days ago
Ad – you’d be surprised how many are changing affiliation to vote for Bernie. hearing a couple of people on Wed, it gave me goosepimples. The good kind.
sillylittleme
7 days ago
HUck has Obama leading jews to the oven door, the tag on the door said ‘GE self cleaning’.
Harleigh
7 days ago
Ad, this is from Hillary supporters, not conservatives. I don’t really listen to most conservatives and their opinion anyway
funksands
7 days ago
Harleigh, one NC Congressman said the Iranian deal makes Hitler look like a small-timer
funksands
7 days ago
I agree, funk. Anyone who hunts the right way would never leave an animal to suffer for 40 hours before killing it. I hate hunting, btw.
pinkpantheroz
7 days ago
slm – That is cool to hear! I bet many indies are attracted to Bernie’s populist stands. He could absolutely grow the Dem Party and if they stay, they can help pull the party farther over to the Progressive side.
AdLib 7 days ago
I don’t think there are many conservatives left in this country any longer. They are fricke RW fanatics and religious delusionaries. Is delusionairies a real word?
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
Ad – well that is the plan
sillylittleme
7 days ago
KT, works for me!
pinkpantheroz
7 days ago
brb
pinkpantheroz
7 days ago
i vote a straight dem ticket and look up the party affiliation for judges and positions you don’t have to declare on theb allot.
Harleigh
7 days ago
I’m assuming that everyone here is comfortable voting for Hillary if she gets the nomination?
funksands
7 days ago
PPO, think he should be dropped by helicopter (not at a too high altitude) into the lion exhibit at the San Diego zoo.
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
Well folks off to Patriot Place in the am with the man and his two 20ish cousins. Should be fun. Have a good night.
sillylittleme
7 days ago
Night SLM
funksands
7 days ago
later slm
Harleigh
7 days ago
Have fun slm!
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
SLM….Patriot’s Place?
MurphTheSurf3
7 days ago
Sounds like a pub, Murph!
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
Funk – Sorry, I missed that. As we discussed here, I hear some Hillary supporters going PUMA against Sanders, really viciously attacking him. He has had some less Progressive votes on gun control and a couple of issues but it’s more like reverse engineering, those who want Hillary find whatever reason they can to dump on Bernie. Meanwhile, did you know that Hillary had a Wall Street exec as her deputy at SoS when she started?
AdLib 7 days ago
Funk – I don’t know that I would use the word comfortable. I’m uncomfortable voting for Hillary but I would still do so if it was her vs. any Repub.
AdLib 7 days ago
Well, good peeps, I too must bid you adieu! See yas later.
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
THE LION HUNTER….I have such conflicted feelings about the whole thing. I hate the idea of the hunt and it does seem as if there was skullduggery at work. I also hate the idea of virtual lynch mobs on line.
MurphTheSurf3
7 days ago
I’m comfortable voting for her in the general against any Republican. I
funksands
7 days ago
Night KT! Take er easy
funksands
7 days ago
Night KT! Thanks for the Music Thread!
AdLib 7 days ago
Murph, I think you and I are on the same page.
funksands
7 days ago
i have issues with our dem candidates but not voting for any repube puke. they are truly murikkkas worst enemy.
Harleigh
7 days ago
Murph, I thought you were pretty much in the Hillary camp a few weeks ago.
funksands
7 days ago
Nite…KT….
MurphTheSurf3
7 days ago
nite KT
Harleigh
7 days ago
Well murph, lynch mobs react without all the info. This lion killing turd admitted what he did. That lion was far better than the shitheel that murdered him. Just my thoughts.
KillgoreTrout
7 days ago
Murph – Agreed, no lynch mob but all for deporting the dentist for prosecution and letting him become a caged animal.
AdLib 7 days ago
Ad, I think you are on to something. Let’s collar him and have him roam the Serengeti for a few months.
funksands
7 days ago
Funk and Ad….I will vote for whoever the Dems have as their nominee….and frankly everyone running for that honor right now, and I do mean everyone, is a better option than anyone running for the GOP.
MurphTheSurf3
7 days ago
G’Nite SLM!
Beatlex
7 days ago
Funk – I’m not comfortable because I know she’s bullshitting in the campaign and is a DLCer who will support Wall Street over the 99%. But she will be good on many social issues and would nominate at least a moderate SCOTUS judge. So, she is better than what a Repub would be but not going to be great for Progressives.
AdLib 7 days ago
X are you guys going to get rid of Harper soon?
funksands
7 days ago
Ad, how would she be different than Obama? On the issues?
funksands
7 days ago
Ad….I would accept extradition IF he a case can be made by the government in Africa that would justify it. The man is going to suffer in any case.
MurphTheSurf3
7 days ago
Funk – All indications are that Hillary would support the Keystone XL pipeline, would not be strong on supporting financial oversight lawas or pollution laws, she is a hawk on military issues, she is far more secretive, many issues that would come back to make many unhappy.
AdLib 7 days ago
Sorry, folks, gotta go. Sorry I couldn’t contribute as much as I’d have liked. see you all next week.
pinkpantheroz
7 days ago
35 years in a african prison is not enough.
Harleigh
7 days ago
Murph – Yep, as long as the law provides for it, and from what I’ve read it should, he should be sent back there to stand trial for poaching illegally. He saw the collar with the tracker and tried to hide it, proof of his knowledge of the crime he committed.
AdLib 7 days ago
Seeya PPO!
AdLib 7 days ago
well i gotta go. see y’all next week, same bat time….
Harleigh
7 days ago
Ad, her foreign policy stances are far more interesting to me than her domestic policies. Because that’s where she has actual power. I don’t see her diverging from the standard schtick much domestically
funksands
7 days ago
Night Haleigh!
funksands
7 days ago
I am going to toddle off to bed….see you all on Thursday for the masterdebaters fest….sidenote….I agree with your take on the hunter.
MurphTheSurf3
7 days ago
Night Murph!
funksands
7 days ago
Dropping like flies….
funksands
7 days ago
I am more a hummingbird!
MurphTheSurf3
7 days ago
Hillary refused to state a position on Keystone pipeline. Why would she do that if she flatly opposed it? The Pres has power to approve that.
AdLib 7 days ago
Night Murph!
AdLib 7 days ago
Funk – Which foreign policy stands of Hillary’s are you referring to?
AdLib 7 days ago
I think she may just be trying to have it both ways. Not uncommon when it comes to politicians.
funksands
7 days ago
Oh, any of them! My first question would be: “Do you support regime change as an official tool of your administration”? What will she do re: Syria? Will she continue the never-ending drone war? Will she toe the line on the Iran deal? etc etc
funksands
7 days ago
Funk – Why would she need to have it both ways if she opposed it and was trying to appeal to Progressives? She doesn’t oppose it, that seems pretty clear. She’s taking lots of contributions from the oil industry and Wall Street firms deeply into energy, those interests mean more to her so she won’t step on their toes. And she’s a corporate supporter, so, not surprising.
AdLib 7 days ago
They don’t call it the silly season for nothing my American friends.They just keep going into sillier places
Beatlex
7 days ago
Because she isn’t just trying to appeal to progressives?
funksands
7 days ago
Funk – Those are great questions. But considering how far from forthright she is, I wouldn’t expect a straight answer from her on that. She is a hawk though and in 2008, talked about how she was ready to bomb Iran.
AdLib 7 days ago
Funk – Exactly! Because she isn’t the “Progressive” she’s pretending to be right now. Just the standard pandering that precedes the shift to the middle after the primaries. Cynical and dishonest IMO.
AdLib 7 days ago
Keystone is almost 100% dead anyway. Alberta’s premier is adamantly opposed to it, which is a kiss of death.
funksands
7 days ago
Ad, you are likely correct, but the Democratic party is made of up of a lot of different voters. Progressives simply make up a portion of it. Obama voters that are self-described moderates (by some counts) may actually outnumber those that self-identify as liberals or progressives.
funksands
7 days ago
Funk – Hope you’re right. Even so, the Repubs will be campaigning on that once the Obama Admin refuses to approve it and if asked, I think Hillary will support it. Will it make a difference? I don’t know. But trustworthiness is Hillary’s biggest weakness and there’s a reason for that.
AdLib 7 days ago
Ad, your last sentence is the most important one I think. Every time she tries to have it both ways I think it adds to the “rep” that the Clintons have.
funksands
7 days ago
Funk – I don’t know how it breaks down but the polls seem to bear out that a majority of Dems support Progressive values…which are really mainstream values. Gay marriage, taxing the wealthy and ending loopholes, gun control, ets., these are popular among all Americans, not just Dems.
AdLib 7 days ago
I’d just suggest that of Hillary does the standard tack to the middle after the primaries, with her trustworthiness so questionable, she could really hurt herself with core Dem voters.
AdLib 7 days ago
And a lot of them support Keystone too. I think its just an example of Hillary trying to have it both ways without having to commit on an issue. This early in the campaign it doesn’t surprise me. Her challenge will be that her opponent is the antithesis of that. She’ll either need to step it up or she’ll look poorly in comparison
funksands
7 days ago
I agree
funksands
7 days ago
Her path to the nomination is pretty simple IMO. Co-op as much of Bernie’s message that she’s comfortable with, don’t do anything stupid and she’ll probably win.
funksands
7 days ago
Mind you I am talking about a campaign strategy rather than actual policy or governing.
funksands
7 days ago
I think though that the cynical aspect of winning mattering more than standing on core principles may not work as well in this current era. Thoough they may not be well informed on the actual issues, I wonder whether the elecotrate has become aware enough of how pols will say anything to pander and win primaries then betray those promises, to not buy into it as much. The success of Bernie and Trump seems to point to voters being fed up with the usual game pols play.
AdLib 7 days ago
And Hillary is as classic a pandering pol as Bush.
AdLib 7 days ago
Ad, I hope you are right. I’m pretty cynical about the electorate.
funksands
7 days ago
I am almost looking forward to the process
funksands
7 days ago
But wouldn’t you agree that the support of a crusty, socialist, unattractive old man instead of Hillary, speaks to that evolution?
AdLib 7 days ago
Bernie shouldn’t be as popular as he is if Hillary’s classic approach to winning an election was so effective in her party.
AdLib 7 days ago
Maybe. This early in the process I don’t believe much of anything. I’m encouraged though.
funksands
7 days ago
I have the advantage I guess of listening to him take questions on almost any topic for an hour a week for the last 5 years. I feel like I know where he stands. That’s a comfort that I don’t feel about almost any other politician.
funksands
7 days ago
I’d say it’s very different with regards to Bernie because the turnouts to his speeches are the biggest of all candidates. You may get a Herman Cain to be at the top of his party’s polls but he never had the commitment and turnout Bernie gets. Bernie has a true constituency loyal and energized by him. I think that’s different than the early leaders in polls.
AdLib 7 days ago
Good point.
funksands
7 days ago
Well I have got to go. I’m really looking forward to the Opium Feces Circus of Death coming up on Fox next week.
funksands
7 days ago
Are you running a live chat?
funksands
7 days ago
100,000 supporters turned out to rally at the same time across the nation, And as far as I know, he doesn’t have the money and organization to make that happen himself.
AdLib 7 days ago
BTW, I’m not committed to supporting Bernie at this point but I am very impressed with how energized his supportes are, compared with the supporters of Hillary and the Repubs.
AdLib 7 days ago
Ad, I get it. 15 months out, all we really have right now is impression and observations.
funksands
7 days ago
Yes, we’ll have a live chat during the debate on Thursday night. We’ll open a half hour early, the debate begins at 6:00pm PDT.
AdLib 7 days ago
X, take care of yourself!
funksands
7 days ago
Night Ad, thanks for manning the controls tonight.
funksands
7 days ago
Yep, and I’m trying to quantify the depth of support for different candidates this far out. The support for Bernie only grows and his supporters are passionate. Hard to find passionate supporters for most of the Repubs.
AdLib 7 days ago
Night pal! Have a great weekend!
AdLib 7 days ago
Thx Funk! goonight folks
Beatlex
7 days ago
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