Sometimes I get Bai-curious, because he’s less obnoxious than the other keepers of the flame of conventional wisdom, but I have to wonder now if he’s on the Christie payroll: BAI: — [H]e’s the best pure retail candidate in the field. And that’s why I think “The Union Leader” endorsement does matter at this point, …
Election 2016
A Noun, a Verb and 9/11
Hillary Clinton took some flak for invoking 9/11 to explain her chumminess with Wall Street during the last Democratic primary debate. Oops, she did it again in this newly released CBS interview teaser: View More: Politics News|Live News|More News Videos Here’s the pertinent part of the interview, in case you can’t watch the video: “I …
Skip The Middle, Go Straight To The Top
The grift is on and in glorious prime-time, kids. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump threatened Monday that he may not attend CNN’s next debate unless the network forks over $5 million, which the real estate mogul said would go to charity. Trump pulled the stunt once before, demanding that CNN donate the proceeds from its …
Open Thread: God-King Candidate Ted Cruz Is A Creepy Lying Liar
.@tedcruz: I have been a conservative all my life. I have never met a conservative who wants to ban contraceptives. — Patrick Svitek (@PatrickSvitek) November 30, 2015 Ted Cruz calls himself a Southern Baptist, so either he’s flat-out lying, or Southern Baptist tenets include that “it’s okay to lie to infidels” escape clause they’re always …
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Open Thread: “Whisper Campaigns and Zipper Problems”
Interesting story from McKay Coppins, at Buzzfeed, on Jeb Bush’s (so far futile) attempts to crush Marco Rubio in advance of the 2016 campaign. TL; DR (IMO) — First, if thoroughly middle-of-the-road journos like Coppins are willing to attach names to narratives like this, then JEB! is TOAST! (at least in 2016). And second, the …
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Monday Evening Open Thread: Thank the Gods for Mockery
And maybe Ted Cruz is cleverly disguised man sized weasel. pic.twitter.com/JDef59eNvZ — Bob Schooley (@Rschooley) November 30, 2015 It’s not a cure, but at least it’s a palliative. Mr. Charles P. Pierce: … Fabulism has become something of a conspicuous feature in this campaign. From Donald Trump’s dancing Muslims on a rooftop in Jersey City …
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Sunday Evening Open Thread: Key Endorsement
NH Union Leader: "Gov. Christie is right for these dangerous times." https://t.co/BD9un8Nm0Z — Rachel Smolkin (@RachelSmolkin) November 29, 2015 Cynical Masshole that I am, I think this can best be interpreted as the Union Leader‘s FVCK ALL YOU FVCKING IOWA BIBLE-BANGERS – #FITN!!! Because New Hampshire, and more specifically the UL ‘kingmakers’, totally owns its …
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