Let him go back to Vermont already
So, basically you want President Camacho?
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The 2016 election is about to get even more entertaining ā if 20th Century Fox allows it, at least.
āIdiocracyā screenwriter Etan Cohen told BuzzFeed heās teaming up with co-writer and director Mike Judge to make anti-Donald Trump ads starring Terry Crews.
Providing they get permission from the studio that released the 2006 comedy, Crews will be reprising his role as wrestling champ-turned-president Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho.
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Thatā¦that sounds just too good to be true. fingers crossed
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Your claim that weāre not engaged in resources wars was irrational, the gif was a rational response.
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Agreed. Iowa and New Hampshire are are poor representatives of the nation as a whole. But without some earlier contests the would have been able to dismiss Bernie entirely and then snap, heās lost without any media coverage. Granted he still came just short, but early success forced media organizations that Iām sure had written him off as a kook to give him some coverage.
Now that weāre on the back end it feels like an exhausting slog. Bernie might have done better if heād been granted some better media exposure early on. But a handful of smaller states allowed him to focus early on and get to know the people of the state. Turns out that a bunch of them liked what they saw when they got to know him. If heād had to cover 10-15 states in the first go? He wouldnāt have been able to put together enough sizable wins and heād have been written off as a purely regional candidate.
The trick is, can we find a balance where an insurgent candidate with low initial recognition can build momentum that forces media recognition and doesnāt leave us all feeling like weāre bleeding out for two months at the end of primary season?
Burt Reynolds seemed to like the '70sā¦
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This just means that youāve fallen for the fallacy of the independent voter. The vast majority of people who call themselves āindependentsā, in fact usually vote a straight party ticket, and itās the same party every time. The lie to themselves that theyāre ākeeping their options openā, but continue to vote the same way.
And before anyone replies with meaningless anecdotal stories of how they pick and choose candidates without regard to party, do a little research first.
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This could get highly circular. Given the pattern of āleast worstā voting that most Americans seem to do come crunch time, wouldnāt a lot of people who wanted to go independent align with the parties when the choice is narrowed down to something moderately palatable or the ābogeymanā? Whereās the tipping point where people get fed up and stop voting against their interest, simply because the āother optionā is strictly intolerable? How many years of statistics do we have regarding that first behavioral pattern?
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That suggests the impeachment for the Lewinski scandal was not a political fabrication of the right, but an actually impeachable offense. I mean, a blowjob is not an impeachable offense. And yes, he lied about it, but only because it got dragged into an already ongoing investigation that was itself a bunch of bullshit. Sure, Billās kind of a sleazebag, but at the time, he was not the biggest sleazebag in the room, not by a long shot.
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I just donāt see how that could possibly do anything but energize Trump voters. They know heās terrible, thatās what they love. A dipshit authoritarian.
No, no, Iām the being comprised of pure logic and everyone else is poopypants!
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Exactly. He seemed to. He was crying on the inside, though.
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Thatās the thing, if Sanders wants to push progressive change at a federal level he has to get his provisions in and endorse Hillary Clinton. Backdoor agreements or not, I would much rather see Bernie get a voice in the Hillary white house or put progressive members into important regulatory positions using the chips he has in play instead of missing the peak opportunity for executive political change he has had in his career.
Would it piss a lot of people off? Absolutely, but if change is what you truly are fighting for, then Sanders needs to be a politician - something he has struggled with because his admirable passion and resolve.
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Yesterday. Today. Tomorrow.
All just a big blur these days. Itās all playing out to what now seems a logical conclusion. That said, there are increased rumblings from the dark recesses of the GOP inner vault that indicate a cohesive initiative to get T-Rump entirely off the rails in time to put forth a much more palatable candidate.
Orā¦those rumblings could just be aggravated dyspepsia at the certain prospect of rebuilding a saner conservative coalition in time for 2020. This election is looking to be a complete washout for the GOP, and most of them seem to know that itās richly deserved.
Failng the emergence of a mystery savior candidate for Republicans, Hillary can still count on a better than average chance, allegations and inuendos notwithstanding. Bernie knows this, Iām sureā¦and heās probably going to take his cause right to the wall at the convention. Many of its components will likely land on the Dem platform for the election.
I think. It IS just a big blur right now.
Trump troll.
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ETA: Awesomely!
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As an exhausted campaign team returned to its Vermont headquarters to recuperate on Wednesday, the official message was already pivoting from its recent focus on a narrowing path to victory in the nomination race and back to the long-term policy objectives that first electrified so many supporters.
āSanders will discuss a wide range of issues, including getting big money out of politics, his plan to make public colleges and universities tuition-free, combating climate change and ensuring universal healthcare,ā said a confirmation of Thursdayās rally in DC that made no mention of the coming primary or the now mathematically impossible race to catch Clintonās pledged delegate lead.
Close allies have also begun to say in public what many have been saying in private for weeks now: that this is about winning hearts and minds to a cause, not winning delegates. The official rhetoric about maintaining a āpath to victoryā was largely a pretext for keeping the media spotlight on these policy messages for as long as possible.
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