Omnibus Politics Thread: Campaign 2016 EditionFollow

Also, used car lots! You don't want your convention to not look like a used car lot, do you?

/shrug

The point is that so many other people do decide to fly the flag just because they feel like it and think it's something you should just do as Americans (and one would assume that used car lots wouldn't have flags flapping if they thought it would offend potential buyers, right?). But the Democrats don't think this way? That's... strange. It indicates a disconnect between that party and the people.

Is this a big enough disconnect to matter politically? Maybe not. But it's just another thing that you look at and go "hmmm....".

Still pretending not to support Trump, Gbaji?

Normal trolling. He doesn't believe half the stuff he says.

Not supporting at all. But pointing out that Clinton is handling him wrong. Dead wrong. He was baiting her, and she took the freaking bait. Of course he's going to keep handing her more rope if she's willing to wrap more and more of it around her neck. He's learning how to push her buttons. And frankly, it didn't take much.

This speech makes me proud to have volunteered for Obama's campaign and attended his election night event when he won. I'm going to miss him.

It occurs to me that the last time we had a sitting president who could fully advocate for the nominee on the campaign trail was 1988 with Reagan passing the baton to Bush Sr. GW Bush was toxic in 2008 and McCain spent the race trying to distance himself. Gore wanted nothing to do with Clinton in 2000 (probably a mistake but history now). Having Obama able to put his weight into the race is a hell of an arrow in Clinton's quiver.

Oh, I know, I know!



Every single election in Mexico, right?

No, I'm pretty sure he does. It's a funny little bit of psychology.

It's a great running gag, since he's only been joking about praising and liking Putin since like 2008.

I used to believe that also, but then I realized his tactic. When you trap him in a corner, he says something outrageous that is slightly related to the topic at hand to get you to respond to it and then he backs away from the previous point. He rinses and repeats to avoid ever having to actually address a point. If you stay on him and ignore his bait, he'll eventually just ignore it all together, only to use it as an outrageous segue in another discussion. That's all intentional. That's part of the reason why I use the "See post xx", to point that out.


Edited, Jul 28th 2016 6:04pm by Almalieque

Doesn't make it any less dumb of a thing to say.

I dunno, John Wilkes Booth gets a couple of sentences while Hitler gets like two whole chapters about him.

History books encourage mass killings!

Edited, Jul 28th 2016 10:09am by someproteinguy