And a fulsome bwahahahaha to you too, sir.
Richard Parker: and a fulsome bwahahahaha to you too, sir.
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As they could, and a most precious lesson indeed, as you know very well. Not perfect, perhaps not even admirable, but precious nevertheless.
What does that even mean?
It means that it’s especially stupid to flaunt one’s privilege by using one’s fancy, internet connected, capitalist byproduct gadget to laugh off Sander’s preference for forms of government who’s unfortunate citizen’s are often unable to provide themselves with basic foodstuffs or toilet paper.
Yes. Don’t feed the countries that sponsor them.
Running for President to challenge Cruz’s right to do so: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/law-professor-candidate-challenges-cruz-citizenship-n554046
I have no doubt myself that Cruz is a natural born citizen within the meaning of the Constitution, but I love the idea of running just to gain standing to argue otherwise in court.
If Lyin’ Ted was faithful to his originalist views, he’s not eligible.
Not that I subscribe to such an idiotic interpretation of the Constitution.
And I also believe him to be eligible.
But Bernie has been saying this stuff for years. He’s been consistent – still under-qualified, in my view, but a consistent critic of Wall St and a proponent of $15+ / hour minimum wages nevertheless. Some of his ideas are actually becoming somewhat mainstream among the core of the democratic party. I don’t really see Bernie shifting too much to the right because he probably believes the country will shift to him instead. And with wages flat-lining the way they are now, he might be partially right.
About the only thing Cruz can truly walk back are the republican party’s positions on minorities. As a member of a minority group himself, he is in that rare position for republicans, which is being able to identify with someone other than crusty rich or opioid-addicted whites. But we’re still beginning to see a ceiling to Ted Cruz’s appeal. He will not do well in states that are less devout and more educated.
Trump has no ideology. That has been both a blessing and a curse. Had he not been such a complete and utter douchebag, and had he exerted more control and run a somewhat more disciplined campaign from the start, he might have actually had a chance to pull off one of the greatest the political heists of all-time. But as with Cruz, there is a ceiling to Trump’s appeal.
If Trump runs as a third party candidate, Bernie would probably be able to pull it off. I think he’d have a puncher’s chance against Trump one-on-one. The most dangerous opponent would be either Cruz or an as yet to be named tandem. Cruz could probably squeak one out against Sanders for the reasons you allude to, though I wouldn’t call him a communist - he’s not. That won’t keep ordinary folk from thinking that, though.
Hillary does probably have the best chance at winning, though she’s got vulnerabilities of her own. I think both Sanders and Clinton would be vulnerable if national security became a more serious issue between now and November, or if the economy suddenly went into a dive.
Did anyone see the CNN ‘town halls’ they did with each of the GOP candidates this week? They had the candidates’ families participate. Cruz actually came across as somewhat likable with the help of his wife and daughters. I still think he’s a slimeball, but for anyone on the fence about him–he might have swayed them a little. Heidi Cruz is confident and relaxed and congenial in front of an audience. Their daughters were cute. The older one is 8 years old and kind of stole the show for a bit. I have a feeling she’ll be a handful for her mom and dad in another 8 years.
Trump and Kasich and their families did well, too. With Trump’s kids, though, I sometimes feel like they’re a cult and Donald is their god. Their constant, fawning praise of the Donald feels a little disingenuous at times.
Considering W’s utterly disastrous track record in both fields and Obama’s not-quite-so-bad record, why in the world should voters at this point trust the GOP brand more than the Dem brand on national security or economics?!
Yeah, I saw them. Kasich trying to sell the small-town thing, Trump trying to sell that he’s not an idiot (both fails to some degree). Not overly surprising on the Trump kids, really. I’m sure they wouldn’t mind Dad being Prez, but you also have to remember that their livelihoods pretty much depend on him.
I think Cruz actually improved his standing the most of the three, once the family came on stage. It’s still an infinitesimal amount, but he ‘won.’
Also, as we all know, “Donald Trump Wants to B*ng His Daughter.”
He is just not as uptight talking about sex as you are. He’s a New Yorker.
Sorry, not even New Yorkers justify incest.
Ultimately, though, I don’t think it’s really about that, but about Trump preening himself for having a beautiful daughter (not overly surprising on either count, but more self-aggrandizement). Not sure whether she’d find that discomfort-making or not.
That would be OK if he kept his locker-room attitudes in the locker room. Adults don’t even *think *what he says.
And New York ain’t West Virginia. 
Republicans have regained their advantage on the issue in polling. My theory is that it’s because the voters figured out that Democratic tough talk during the Bush years about Afghanistan was a political stance they didn’t really even mean. I don’t think Democrats would support an invasion of a country that harbored terrorists that attacked us if it happened again.