Countdown to Extinction: The 2016 Presidential Election

[Karl Henning]

Well, once Wiggy suspends himself, let's hope that the Evil Texan gets dumped.

He may get to see if Texan sand glows . . . .

[Gurn Blanston]

Well, once Wiggy suspends himself, let's hope that the Evil Texan gets dumped. We have nutters here, but none I think who will get power any time soon and want to do the likes of carpet bomb areas of the Middle East, (now known as the Near East). Would the military follow that kind of instruction? 'I was just following orders' did not wash for the Germans after WWII.

Mike

Actually, I read an article just this morning from an Lieutenant General going on at length about what a heedless concept it all is. That said, the refusal to obey direct orders is the stuff of courts-martial and Hollywood movies.

I hope they would refuse. 

[knight66]

My tone may have been light; but the question is serious. It would be a huge dilemma for the senior professionals to go along with it and the front line military may equally have qualms. Let's hope it never comes close.

Mike

[North Star]

They'd probably face a trial too, when the US loses a war and is invaded. . .

[Gurn Blanston]

My tone may have been light; but the question is serious. It would be a huge dilemma for the senior professionals to go along with it and the front line military may equally have qualms. Let's hope it never comes close.

Mike

They'd probably face a trial too, when the US loses a war and is invaded. . .

Hard to believe there is even reason to talk about this. I am dismayed that the subject was ever broached by someone aspiring to the highest level of authority. As I said earlier; the Politics of Hate.  Is a Christian Jihad still called a Crusade? 

[North Star]

Hard to believe there is even reason to talk about this. I am dismayed that the subject was ever broached by someone aspiring to the highest level of authority. As I said earlier; the Politics of Hate.  Is a Christian Jihad still called a Crusade? 

I believe it is spelled with a 'z' nowadays. 

[(poco) Sforzando]

On the BBC site it used the term 'suspending' his campaign. Is that like hanging it precariously over the South Rim of the Grand Canyon?

It is the difference between deleting your account and simply becoming a Missing Member.

[Gurn Blanston]

I believe it is spelled with a 'z' nowadays. 

That works for me. It will be called the Ted Cruzade. Hell, I'm surprised he hasn't already adopted that for his campaign bus signage... 

[Brian]

www.loser.com

[drogulus]

     

     Tail Gunner Ted

     

     Trump has already won the Big One.


     

[knight66]

It is the difference between deleting your account and simply becoming a Missing Member.

Mike

[knight66]

Hard to believe there is even reason to talk about this. I am dismayed that the subject was ever broached by someone aspiring to the highest level of authority. As I said earlier; the Politics of Hate.  Is a Christian Jihad still called a Crusade? 

Populism leads down strange paths, Charles Lindbergh, Henry Ford and Hearst all went down that road, and failed. Hearst latterly discovered his press influence probably exceeded the power he would have had as president. Murdoch certainly has a baleful grip on a lot of politicians.

Mike

[Pat B]

Cruz isn't from Mars, the really sad thing is he is from Texas. He ran for senator here when our only moderate representative retired

I would add that as an underdog in the primary, his main campaign strategy was to attack the favorite (Dewhurst) for being a "moderate" (complete with ominous background music in the TV ads). Dewhurst was actually quite conservative, but elections are won and lost on labelling.

I wonder if sane Republicans are starting to regret their success in turning "liberal" into a pejorative, now that the same playbook is being used against them.

[drogulus]

     

     

     Cruz persuades undecided voter to be "in here, with us".

   

[Gurn Blanston]

I would add that as an underdog in the primary, his main campaign strategy was to attack the favorite (Dewhurst) for being a "moderate" (complete with ominous background music in the TV ads). Dewhurst was actually quite conservative, but elections are won and lost on labelling.

I wonder if sane Republicans are starting to regret their success in turning "liberal" into a pejorative, now that the same playbook is being used against them.

Yes, and even Dewhurst was a tad too conservative for me. I voted in the Republican primary that time precisely to vote against Tailgunner Ted. Don't suppose it helped. He just hopped on the Jesus Train and got the votes from those deluded souls who couldn't see past that to the devil within. This isn't a knock on religion, it's a knock on the Bible Belt more than anything else. There are a lot of people here who can't see past it...

[Karl Henning]

Aye, US quadrennial politics does cast a lurid light on The American Church-Goer . . . .

[drogulus]

     I know SomeOne who is a Unitarian. She came home from church on Sunday and told me about the sermons. I really didn't need to know, it's all Save the Whales for all whale like beings, even tiny ones so long as they're not mosquito whales or microbe whales. There's a bias I detect towards cute animals like cow cats, less so for Gila Monsters.

     

     A not entirely cute animal grudgingly accorded theological protection.


     

[Todd]

Another one bites the dust.

[Karl Henning]

What do you think: Jeb! drops out after the Granite State?

[Brian]

What do you think: Jeb! drops out after the Granite State?

Jeb! has a totally disproportionate amount of cash lying around, and a very personal vendetta against Marco Rubio that's growing increasingly awkward. I think Jeb! stays in for a few more weeks.

Kasich said that if he does poorly in New Hampshire, he's "going home". Christie said he expects people to quit after NH, but did not name names.

Santorum is only a matter of time. He said he wanted to take a few days to pray first.

Ben Carson probably quits after South Carolina.