Clown Car 2016

[Timsup2nothin]

Yeah, it's more than a little disturbing that the politics of an entire nation has been influenced so heavily by the repressed sexual aggression of one very sad little man.

Here's the bad news: one that we know of. Given the tremendous amount of narcissism required to drive the determination of a successful politician I have this nagging concern that the only thing uncommon about the source of Rove's driving force is that he admits it.

Remember the old adage "Behind every successful man is a woman"? Maybe somewhere in the course of history they dropped the "who gave him a black eye when they were kids" off the end of it.

 

[JollyRoger]

Lindsey Graham proposes a war:

And here's the first thing I would do if I were president of the United States. I wouldn't let Congress leave town until we fix this. I would literally use the military to keep them in if I had to. We're not leaving town until we restore these defense cuts. We are not leaving town until we restore the intel cuts.

http://www.vox.com/2015/3/11/8193751/lindsey-graham-military-coup

 

[Kaitzilla]

President Graham would order a military coup on Day 1?


It would be even funnier when the military told him no.
We've never had a military coup in the USA and we never will.

Well, except for the Civil War I'd suppose.
And the next Civil War.

 

[JollyRoger]

Luckily, I don't think Graham Cracker has a shot at the Presidency.

 

[Berzerker]

Lindsey Graham proposes a war:


http://www.vox.com/2015/3/11/8193751/lindsey-graham-military-coup

I'm largely neutral regarding Dems and Repubs and any allegiance I might temporarily share with either is based on issues, but I swear, the Repubs disgust me more.

And thats too bad because they advertize themselves as small government leave me alone types. Lindsey Graham would whine about the dictator Obama one minute and remove the separation of powers the next.

 

[Kyriakos]

Lindsey Graham proposes a war:


http://www.vox.com/2015/3/11/8193751/lindsey-graham-military-coup

Likely not his best pic:

Then again

 

[Traitorfish]

What's a "Sam Hill"? Is that Protestant for "#@$%ing hell"?

 

[Cutlass]

Back in the 19th century it became very common in American English to use words and phrases that were similar to profanity, but not the actual profanity itself. That phrase is one of them, referencing hell. Dunno exactly how that phrase came to be, but that's the circumstances of it.

 

[JollyRoger]

Carnival Cruz stays ahead of the curve:

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is known for waging political battles even if the odds of success are slim. He famously launched a 21-hour filibuster in a failed, last-ditch effort to repeal Obamacare. But his latest crusade may be his biggest challenge yet: repealing a federal law that does not exist.

On Twitter, Cruz blasted the federal government role in education and called for the repeal of Common Core:


Federal govt has no business sticking its nose in education. We need to repeal every word of Common Core! #nhpolitics #MakeDCListen

— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) March 15, 2015

Can Cruz “make DC listen”? It will be particularly hard since Common Core is not, in fact, a federal law.

The Common Core State Standards Initiative, known as Common Core, was developed by the states — with input from teachers, education experts and business leaders — and has been voluntarily adopted by 43 states and the District Of Columbia. Notably, “the federal government played no role in creating the standards, nor did it require that states adopt them.”

http://thinkprogress.org/education/2015/03/16/3633972/ted-cruz-makes-impassioned-plea-repeal-federal-legislation-not-exist/

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Well, that's a new height for the party of no.

Just say no to nothing!

 

[Commodore]

Well, that's a new height for the party of no.

Just say no to nothing!

The really sad part is all of his supporters out there who really do think Common Core is a federal law. I believe we had a thread here in OT a year or two ago that quoted a study that indicated less intelligent people are more likely to have conservative beliefs so....yeah.

 

[Wolfbeckett]

Carnival Cruz stays ahead of the curve:


http://thinkprogress.org/education/2015/03/16/3633972/ted-cruz-makes-impassioned-plea-repeal-federal-legislation-not-exist/

I'm not surprised that Ted Cruz continually sinks to new depths of stupidity, but I AM amused by it. May his career be long and continue to provide good comedy.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

The really sad part is all of his supporters out there who really do think Common Core is a federal law. I believe we had a thread here in OT a year or two ago that quoted a study that indicated less intelligent people are more likely to have conservative beliefs so....yeah.

They might not be less intelligent, but when the leadership lies to them constantly it is probably hard to be well informed. Fair bet FoxNews will carry the story of his heroic stand without ever mentioning that he is clearly clueless.

 

[Kyriakos]

Wouldn't this being the internet age, with supposed free(er) flow of info, sort of make such types of polemic less common than before?

At least tv stations look set to die, although their (at least american, not sure if it is common elsewhere) last attempt to fund good tv series may keep them afloat for a little longer.

 

[Cutlass]

Wouldn't this being the internet age, with supposed free(er) flow of info, sort of make such types of polemic less common than before?

At least tv stations look set to die, although their (at least american, not sure if it is common elsewhere) last attempt to fund good tv series may keep them afloat for a little longer.

No. The problem is that no matter how wingnut or batpoop an idea is, there is someplace on the net that defends it and makes a case for it. So what it comes down to is what sources the people in question trust. People who will trust Fox News and most of what the Republicans say are not people who would evaluate the issues openly giving all sources the same weight based on the reasoning of their arguments. So the net becomes a segregated echo chamber, where people gravitate to places which confirm what they want to believe.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

"How dare you say that FoxNews is lying! I checked on the internet and The Daily Caller says the same thing!"

-Anonymous Republican

 

[JollyRoger]

Rick Santorum gives us a bit of his patented frothy mix:

Former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) is giving every indication that he’s planning another presidential campaign, and over the weekend at a religious right rally, he gave a hint of the kind of national platform he’ll pursue.


“Why are Bibles no longer in public schools? Don’t give me the Supreme Court. The reason Bibles are no longer in the public schools is because we let them take them out of the public schools.”



He added a variation on President Obama’s campaign chant: “You say, ‘Well we can’t get them back in.’ Yes we can. Yes we can!”

“How much are you willing to sacrifice?” the Republican continued. “One person got the Bibles out of the schools. We have more than one person here! But you’ve got to have the same passion in preserving our country as they do to transform it.”

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/santorum-bibles-schools-yes-we-can

 

[Cutlass]

"I am the only one who can make America great again."
—

Reality TV star Donald Trump, announcing his presidential exploratory committee

 

[Sommerswerd]

They might not be less intelligent, but when the leadership lies to them constantly it is probably hard to be well informed.

I agree that it is not a lack of intelligence. This (admittedly left leaning) article lays out a pretty good case for Conservatives being the victims of a constant stream of misinformation.

So Republicans are intelligently and correctly interpreting the information provided to them by Fox News. Its just that the information is riddled with so much lies and propaganda, that Fox News viewers rated lowest in terms of being well informed.

 

[onejayhawk]

"I am the only one who can make America great again."
—

Reality TV star Donald Trump, announcing his presidential exploratory committee

The biggest clown has arrived. One radio personality referred to the Donald as a carnival barker.

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