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Election 2016
Pre-Debate Open Thread
I'm old enough to remember when Clinton supporters were so angry that they'd never support Obama in 2008. People get over shit. — Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) December 19, 2015 Coming to you tonight, from St. Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire, courtesy ABC, which will be livestreaming beginning at 8pm ET. Debate proper starts at …
DemenTED (Open Thread)
Gotta admit, this is a pretty effective approach, considering the intended audience: His appalling politics aside, the biggest knock on Cruz is that he’s such an unlikable sumbitch, even to fellow wingnuts. Sounds like someone on his communications staff gets that and has a strategy to counter it. Leaving the vile subject of the clown …
Open Thread: Trust Fox News to Ask, and the Trump Campaign to Answer…
I know she's trolling, but this is still shocking to see. https://t.co/1u5yJTNSgX — Andrew Lebovich (@tweetsintheME) December 19, 2015 .@KatrinaPierson: "What good does it do to have a good nuclear triad if you're afraid to use it?" #OReillyFactor pic.twitter.com/KWe9fNTu0R — Fox News (@FoxNews) December 19, 2015 Hand-picked-by-Fox-News correspondent Hugh Hewitt cunningly asked The Donald about …
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DataGate Whodunit
Uh-oh — a firewall on a shared Democratic database that was supposed to separate data from the Democratic campaigns was down for a time on Wednesday, and everyone rushed to poach Martin O’Malley’s voters — all three of them. Not really. Here’s what happened, via Buzzfeed: The Democratic National Committee has suspended Bernie Sanders’ access …
Late Night Scary Read: “The Election and the Death Throes of White Male Power”
I think I'd feel better if half the GOP field wasn't jonesing for the same end times battle of civilizations as ISIS. — Bob Schooley (@Rschooley) December 16, 2015 Rebecca Traister, at NYMag: … It has been a violent, sad year marked by mass shootings and police violence and acts of terror and a seemingly …
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Thursday Morning Open Thread: Both Sides!… Is A Big Lie
(via: Paul Krugman’s blog) . This chart is from a NYTimes piece by Angie Drobnic Holan, of Politicfact, published under the cheerful title “All Politicians Lie. Some Lie More Than Others.” Which is… well, difficult to rebut. I would argue that the whole premise behind the chart is Pants on Fire, because it seems like …
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