Do you recognize the presidential candidate in this photo? I'd never seen this. Answer here: http://t.co/qaRgeF2YCm pic.twitter.com/LXqcH809rF — sree sreenivasan (@sree) July 21, 2015 I’ve long wondered if the defining tragedy of Hillary Rodham Clinton’s public life is that she was born in the last generation of women raised to believe that their highest political …
Election 2016
Open Thread: Trumpenfreude!
(Mike Luckovich via GoComics.com) . Okay, yeah, Trump’s the political equivalent of HFCS-frosted doritos with a side of low-fat ranch dressing, but for us Dems and devout cynics, he’s also the gift that will not stop giving. Like the herpes your cheating college ex just picked up during his late-night bar crawls, the more grief …
Open Thread: The “Smarter Bush Brother” Strikes Again!
It would help organize their vast numbers if the GOP primary candidates were arranged along a spectrum from calculated stupid to real stupid — Bob Schooley (@Rschooley) July 23, 2015 Jeb! on O’Malley: “If he believes that white lives matter, which I hope he does, then he shouldn't have apologized.” http://t.co/9I0UZCyZ20 — daveweigel (@daveweigel) July …
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Late Night Horrorshow Open Thread: Mating Rituals Among the Expeditiously “Faith Based”
Mostly overlooked in the “Trump dissed war hero McCain!!!” fooferaw was the venue for The Donald’s remarks: the FAMiLY Leadership Summit, one of James Dobson’s (Family Research Council/Focus on the Family) more recent inventions to grift aspiring political candidates, in conjunction with the rentseekers of the Iowa GOP. You can judge the spiritual veracity of …
Open Thread: Seems to Be Working As Intended (So Far)
HRC made sure @deray was at her campaign launch. And other activists expect more outreach soon from the Clinton camp http://t.co/sAtpBiBuIw — Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) July 22, 2015 From Lowery’s and Weigel’s article: … The rise of Black Lives Matter has presented opportunities for Clinton and her opponents, who are seeking to energize black voters …
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Wednesday Morning Open Thread: Infotainment, Edutainment
(Tom Toles via GoComics.com) . Jonathan Capehart, in the Washington Post, interviews Al Sharpton on Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. The result is… multifaceted: … I asked Sharpton for his view of what’s going on with The Donald and why he’s doing what he’s doing at a meeting with editors and reporters at The Post this …
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Trumpeting Cleek’s Law
Just an idle thought about the Donald as he is approaching base crazification factor numbers. When will Democratic aligned Super-Pacs get involved in a monumental application of Cleek’s Law in key Republican primary states? Democratic candidates have had some success of playing the Republican primary nomination process to either pick the weakest candidate as their opponent …