U.S. presidential election 2016 (official thread)

[Dukasaur]

Bernie Sanders supporters call for arrest of Bill Clinton -

Almost 100,000 people have signed a petition that calls on Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey to arrest and prosecute President Bill Clinton for allegedly committing a “3rd degree Voter Violation Felony” on election day.

The accusations began after Clinton and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh went inside a polling place in West Roxbury on Tuesday to shake hands, chat up voters, pose for photos, and thank election volunteers.

State law forbids some campaign activities, including the solicitation for or against a candidate and passing out campaign materials, within 150 feet of a polling place.

The maximum punishment for violators is a fine of $20.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massac ... story.html

"Bankers for Hillary"

Says it all.

[saxitoxin]

Ralph Torres, the Governor of the Northern Marianas Islands, has endorsed Trump!

... the endorsement all but guarantees the mogul will win the territory’s nine delegates next week.

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/03/d ... z42fOi9f8n

When I google Ralph Torres + Marianas, these are the two images I get; so the governor must be one of these two guys. Not sure which.

[ConfederateSS]

-----------When I went to vote in the Michigan Primary. My father told me,when I 1st voted a long time ago. Whether you vote or not. Go,sign in,so they can mark you in the book. That's just what I did. On the slip of paper,I clearly mark Rep.,so I would get a Rep. ballot. Not once but 3 times,they tried to give me a Dem. Ballot. I came so close in voting for Drumpf. I just took the ballot ,walked to the little stand. Waited a couple of minutes,never picking anyone. Put my ballot in the machine. Got my vote today sticker and walked out. Just to keep my voting record current. For the General Election in Nov.
-----------What's funny last year(Nov.). I went to vote at my voting place. It was closed,there was no voting last year on anything. I never had that happen before. They're always voting on something. But Detroit moved it's Mayoral race to the same year as the President. To save money...I knew that. But my district has changed locations 3 times. So I thought they moved and I missed the info. in the mail.
-----------As for America and the world. It's up to the Time Travelers now. I blew my chance last week. I would have had to have gotten within 75ft....I don't have Jack Ruby connections. ...Also,I'm Roman Catholic,it's frowned upon. I wouldn't want the Pope to publicly excommunicate me,like Henry VIII. ...Or would I have been forgiven by him and THE BIG BOSS. ......I'm searching through Nostradamus works for Drumpf....I have that WW3 feeling.....I also have that when I go feeling. Like Lou Costello ,when he played a revolution war ghost...When I get to the Pearly Gates...There will be a sign..."CLOSED,WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY." ConfederateSS.out!(The Blue and Silver Rebellion)...

[saxitoxin]

Trump frontrunner in New York - http://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/news ... inton.html

[mrswdk]

Trump's a good egg. I hope he slays it, and then (more unlikely but hopefully possible) slays Clinton and her message of political stagnation.

[Symmetry]

-----------When I went to vote in the Michigan Primary. My father told me,when I 1st voted a long time ago. Whether you vote or not. Go,sign in,so they can mark you in the book. That's just what I did. On the slip of paper,I clearly mark Rep.,so I would get a Rep. ballot. Not once but 3 times,they tried to give me a Dem. Ballot. I came so close in voting for Drumpf. I just took the ballot ,walked to the little stand. Waited a couple of minutes,never picking anyone. Put my ballot in the machine. Got my vote today sticker and walked out. Just to keep my voting record current. For the General Election in Nov.
-----------What's funny last year(Nov.). I went to vote at my voting place. It was closed,there was no voting last year on anything. I never had that happen before. They're always voting on something. But Detroit moved it's Mayoral race to the same year as the President. To save money...I knew that. But my district has changed locations 3 times. So I thought they moved and I missed the info. in the mail.
-----------As for America and the world. It's up to the Time Travelers now. I blew my chance last week. I would have had to have gotten within 75ft....I don't have Jack Ruby connections. ...Also,I'm Roman Catholic,it's frowned upon. I wouldn't want the Pope to publicly excommunicate me,like Henry VIII. ...Or would I have been forgiven by him and THE BIG BOSS. ......I'm searching through Nostradamus works for Drumpf....I have that WW3 feeling.....I also have that when I go feeling. Like Lou Costello ,when he played a revolution war ghost...When I get to the Pearly Gates...There will be a sign..."CLOSED,WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY." ConfederateSS.out!(The Blue and Silver Rebellion)...

Impressive post- I don't think you managed to use a comma correctly even once.

[AndyDufresne]

--Andy

[riskllama]

-----------When I went to vote in the Michigan Primary. My father told me,when I 1st voted a long time ago. Whether you vote or not. Go,sign in,so they can mark you in the book. That's just what I did. On the slip of paper,I clearly mark Rep.,so I would get a Rep. ballot. Not once but 3 times,they tried to give me a Dem. Ballot. I came so close in voting for Drumpf. I just took the ballot ,walked to the little stand. Waited a couple of minutes,never picking anyone. Put my ballot in the machine. Got my vote today sticker and walked out. Just to keep my voting record current. For the General Election in Nov.
-----------What's funny last year(Nov.). I went to vote at my voting place. It was closed,there was no voting last year on anything. I never had that happen before. They're always voting on something. But Detroit moved it's Mayoral race to the same year as the President. To save money...I knew that. But my district has changed locations 3 times. So I thought they moved and I missed the info. in the mail.
-----------As for America and the world. It's up to the Time Travelers now. I blew my chance last week. I would have had to have gotten within 75ft....I don't have Jack Ruby connections. ...Also,I'm Roman Catholic,it's frowned upon. I wouldn't want the Pope to publicly excommunicate me,like Henry VIII. ...Or would I have been forgiven by him and THE BIG BOSS. ......I'm searching through Nostradamus works for Drumpf....I have that WW3 feeling.....I also have that when I go feeling. Like Lou Costello ,when he played a revolution war ghost...When I get to the Pearly Gates...There will be a sign..."CLOSED,WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY." ConfederateSS.out!(The Blue and Silver Rebellion)...

Impressive post- I don't think you managed to use a comma correctly even once.

impressive = painful, yes?

[Symmetry]

-----------When I went to vote in the Michigan Primary. My father told me,when I 1st voted a long time ago. Whether you vote or not. Go,sign in,so they can mark you in the book. That's just what I did. On the slip of paper,I clearly mark Rep.,so I would get a Rep. ballot. Not once but 3 times,they tried to give me a Dem. Ballot. I came so close in voting for Drumpf. I just took the ballot ,walked to the little stand. Waited a couple of minutes,never picking anyone. Put my ballot in the machine. Got my vote today sticker and walked out. Just to keep my voting record current. For the General Election in Nov.
-----------What's funny last year(Nov.). I went to vote at my voting place. It was closed,there was no voting last year on anything. I never had that happen before. They're always voting on something. But Detroit moved it's Mayoral race to the same year as the President. To save money...I knew that. But my district has changed locations 3 times. So I thought they moved and I missed the info. in the mail.
-----------As for America and the world. It's up to the Time Travelers now. I blew my chance last week. I would have had to have gotten within 75ft....I don't have Jack Ruby connections. ...Also,I'm Roman Catholic,it's frowned upon. I wouldn't want the Pope to publicly excommunicate me,like Henry VIII. ...Or would I have been forgiven by him and THE BIG BOSS. ......I'm searching through Nostradamus works for Drumpf....I have that WW3 feeling.....I also have that when I go feeling. Like Lou Costello ,when he played a revolution war ghost...When I get to the Pearly Gates...There will be a sign..."CLOSED,WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY." ConfederateSS.out!(The Blue and Silver Rebellion)...

Impressive post- I don't think you managed to use a comma correctly even once.

impressive = painful, yes?

It's like a masterpiece. He's making two different mistakes repeatedly, so he's breaking his own rule if he has one. If he has no rule, you'd think he'd have got it right at least once.

[saxitoxin]

Psychology Today has run an excellent article by a neurologist studying why people become ill when they see Ted Cruz's face.

Humans learn to read faces from the day they are born. Infants readily respond to smiles. They imitate others’ facial expressions and gestures. During the first months of life, brain activity readings trace the development of their body maps. These brain maps allow an infant to recognized similarities between self and other—the foundation on which all social cognition rests, especially trust.

I didn't care about Senator Cruz one way or the other until I watched the first Republican debate. I noticed that his countenance doesn’t move the way I typically expect faces to move. (Neurologists scrutinize thousands of faces as part of the standard exam, so doing it becomes automatic.) Human

No matter what the emotional coloring of Senator Cruz’s outward rhetoric is, his mouth typically tightens into the same straight line. If it deviates from this, then the corners of his mouth bend down, not upwards. The outside of his eyebrows bend down, too, when he emotes, something so atypical that it disturbs me. Typically a person’s eyebrows arch up, as does the corrugator muscle that furrow the forehead. What is such a downturned face signaling?

Downturned expressions usually signal disagreeableness or disgust. But I honestly don’t know because such an expression is rare in the context of public presentations meant to win people over. Cruz may well be unaware that the message of his body language is incongruent with his words.

And then there is that open “O” of the Senator’s mouth that photos capture over and over. I don’t know what to make of it. But he makes it when he overtly emotes—he shows us as well as tells us that he is determined, irritated, or above it all—whereas speakers who are angry, indignant, or rhetorically displeased push their mouth forward in a pout. He doesn’t.



https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/th ... -me-uneasy

[Bernie Sanders]

Psychology Today has run an excellent article by a neurologist studying why people become ill when they see Ted Cruz's face.

Humans learn to read faces from the day they are born. Infants readily respond to smiles. They imitate others’ facial expressions and gestures. During the first months of life, brain activity readings trace the development of their body maps. These brain maps allow an infant to recognized similarities between self and other—the foundation on which all social cognition rests, especially trust.

I didn't care about Senator Cruz one way or the other until I watched the first Republican debate. I noticed that his countenance doesn’t move the way I typically expect faces to move. (Neurologists scrutinize thousands of faces as part of the standard exam, so doing it becomes automatic.) Human

No matter what the emotional coloring of Senator Cruz’s outward rhetoric is, his mouth typically tightens into the same straight line. If it deviates from this, then the corners of his mouth bend down, not upwards. The outside of his eyebrows bend down, too, when he emotes, something so atypical that it disturbs me. Typically a person’s eyebrows arch up, as does the corrugator muscle that furrow the forehead. What is such a downturned face signaling?

Downturned expressions usually signal disagreeableness or disgust. But I honestly don’t know because such an expression is rare in the context of public presentations meant to win people over. Cruz may well be unaware that the message of his body language is incongruent with his words.

And then there is that open “O” of the Senator’s mouth that photos capture over and over. I don’t know what to make of it. But he makes it when he overtly emotes—he shows us as well as tells us that he is determined, irritated, or above it all—whereas speakers who are angry, indignant, or rhetorically displeased push their mouth forward in a pout. He doesn’t.



https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/th ... -me-uneasy

Unfortunately, Ted Cruz has the blended looks of Senator Joseph McCarthy and President Nixon. His speeches are coming off as mechanical.

If ever there's an anti-Christ, it's Ted Cruz!

[jgordon1111]

Not sure why the article didn't mention this, but his facial expression or rather lack of has all the ear marks of classic sociopath, the was a reason I said awhile back you better hope Rafael doesn't get the job he wants

[notyou2]

He scares me more than Trump.

[jgordon1111]

He scares me more than Trump.

Agreed, but I still think that gop should quietly back kasich, and build a campaign of ads linking trump and Clinton together on stupid shit they have done in last 15 yrs, take both of them down at same time

Example trump and wall,eminent domain, show the great wall of China and tinamen square, flash the picture of Bill and billary with trump at his wedding saying they support this, then show bengazi the people who died there , show prisons with over population of blacks and Hispanics ( voice of billary saying superpredatorts)remind everyone of nafta and eminent domain again flash picture of wedding again, they support this.
And play it 25 to 50 times a day every broadcast station done deal.

Easy peasy

[patches70]

Dude, Kasich, like Bernie Sanders, is unelectable in a Presidential race.

Love or hate Trump, he has brought out the largest primary vote in the history of the United States. Shenanigans trying to subvert the voting will of the largest bloc of primary voters in history is idiotic. Sure, it can be done but then the party alienates all those voters.

What you are talking about is actual disenfrachisement. WTF? That's what Anon is attempting, that's what Moveon.org and the Soros funded protesters are trying to do. That is what the stop Trump at all costs is trying to do. None of you no longer have the right to complain about the supposed disenfrachisement of minority voters when you all advocate disenfranchising Trump primary voters.

This shows the hypocrisy of the people who swear on the alter of democracy so long as the "right" choice is made. Pffttt.

[jgordon1111]

Dude, Kasich, like Bernie Sanders, is unelectable in a Presidential race.

Love or hate Trump, he has brought out the largest primary vote in the history of the United States. Shenanigans trying to subvert the voting will of the largest bloc of primary voters in history is idiotic. Sure, it can be done but then the party alienates all those voters.

What you are talking about is actual disenfrachisement. WTF? That's what Anon is attempting, that's what Moveon.org and the Soros funded protesters are trying to do. That is what the stop Trump at all costs is trying to do. None of you no longer have the right to complain about the supposed disenfrachisement of minority voters when you all advocate disenfranchising Trump primary voters.

This shows the hypocrisy of the people who swear on the alter of democracy so long as the "right" choice is made. Pffttt.

Patches look at the big picture. Pm please

[Symmetry]

Dude, Kasich, like Bernie Sanders, is unelectable in a Presidential race.

Love or hate Trump, he has brought out the largest primary vote in the history of the United States. Shenanigans trying to subvert the voting will of the largest bloc of primary voters in history is idiotic. Sure, it can be done but then the party alienates all those voters.

What you are talking about is actual disenfrachisement. WTF? That's what Anon is attempting, that's what Moveon.org and the Soros funded protesters are trying to do. That is what the stop Trump at all costs is trying to do. None of you no longer have the right to complain about the supposed disenfrachisement of minority voters when you all advocate disenfranchising Trump primary voters.

This shows the hypocrisy of the people who swear on the alter of democracy so long as the "right" choice is made. Pffttt.

Actual disenfranchisement would require actual disenfranchised voters. As this is clearly not the case, and I don't see you complaining about actual measures to disenfranchise voters- say ID laws, for example, I'm gonna have to call BS.

When a demagogue like Trump is threatening people that his disciples will start riots if he's not chosen, people will protest.

[jgordon1111]

Update way to go gop, Lindsey Graham just chose to endorse Ted Cruz, lol they are dumber than I thought . effectively ending his chance, because if this year is any kind of forecast every time the establishment endorses someone they are finished.

When will politicians get it through their heads the people are tired of their good ol boy club and want change top to bottom.
They are going to push the people to the point of demanding it. Then shit hits the fan and they win anyway, maybe that's what they want?

Bueller Bueller anyone?

[saxitoxin]

Ted Cruz Skyrockets In Polls After Head Permanently Sealed Within Iron Mask


HOUSTON—Bouncing back from a disappointing third-place finish in the Nevada caucuses, Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz reportedly surged in the polls this week after having his head permanently sealed inside a 2-inch-thick iron mask. “Cruz has found new life with voters and is currently riding a wave of popularity into Super Tuesday’s primaries after his team made the shrewd strategic move to enclose the candidate’s head inside a 60-pound cylinder of wrought iron,” said political commentator Leslie Morrison, noting that voters have responded extremely favorably to the Texas senator’s face being completely concealed from view.

http://www.theonion.com/article/ted-cru ... ly-s-52455

[Symmetry]

Update way to go gop, Lindsey Graham just chose to endorse Ted Cruz, lol they are dumber than I thought . effectively ending his chance, because if this year is any kind of forecast every time the establishment endorses someone they are finished.

When will politicians get it through their heads the people are tired of their good ol boy club and want change top to bottom.
They are going to push the people to the point of demanding it. Then shit hits the fan and they win anyway, maybe that's what they want?

Bueller Bueller anyone?

Lindsey is a girl's name, idiot.

[patches70]

Let's take a journey into Symland shall we?

I live in a typical neighborhood and my neighbor, Sym, is a real prick. I can't stand the asshole. I don't bother telling him how I really feel about him because he'll get all butthurt and go complaining to the homeowner's association who then makes trouble with me. So I tolerate the prick Sym.

The day before the big election Sym tells me that he's going to vote right after work for the candidate that isn't Trump because Sym thinks the world is going to end if Trump gets elected. I'm just "whatever dude". Since we live in Symland where unicorns fart rainbows a diabolical plan forms in my mind.

The next morning I wake up and I ignore the shower. Still in my pajamas I head over to the voting station. There is an old woman sitting at the table checking off all the voters. I stagger up to her (she's quite nice BTW, though blind as a bat, her glasses are like Coke bottles) and I say- "Hello! I'm Sym and I'd like to vote!" She goes down her list, finds Sym's name and then directs me to a voting booth as she checks off my name (Sym's name). "Happy voting!" she smiles as I grin back at her. I of course cast my vote (Sym's vote) for Trump, get my "I voted" sticker and I head home.

Once home I take a shower, neatly comb my hair and put on my nicest suit. I eat a hearty breakfast and feel reinvigorated and I head back to the voting station. "Hi" I say to the nice old, half blind woman, "I'm Patches70 and I'd like to vote!" The nice lady looks down her list, finds my name and checks it off. She directs me to a voting booth and says "Happy voting!" I grin widely and thank her. I cast my vote for Trump. Not because I like Trump, I just want to see the look on Sym's face, his distress if/when Trump wins the election and I would know that Sym helped make it possible. I head back home laughing all the way.

Sym gets off work, stops by the voting station and talks to the nice woman at the table (a different one than I saw that morning but nice all the same) and says "Hi, I'm Sym, I'd like to vote now". The nice woman goes down her list and says "Oh, but you've already voted!"
Sym can't believe his ears. It's not possible he protests. At that point Sym is happy to show his ID just to prove that he is who he says he is, but the lady's hands are tied. The person named Sym has already voted. Sym protests some more until he's made a huge scene and is escorted forcefully from the voting station by the local police who just shake their heads at his protests. "Someone's stolen my vote! he screams. "Those dirty Republicans have stolen my vote!"

Sym complains to me the next day as he is in great distress. Trump has won the district Sym lives in and won the election. He contemplates leaving the country. I of course encourage him to do so. "My vote was stolen by some scallywag!" he complains. I nod thoughtfully, "It's a shame, isn't it? Who would stoop that low?" I ask, laughing to myself. "Too bad no one was checking to make sure everyone who was voting was really who they said they were" I offer "but that would just be wrong to do such a thing." I give my most serious look to Sym, "I mean, who could have ever thought someone would do that to another, steal someone's vote like that. What a crazy world we live in."
Sym's distress and anguish are like sweet candy to my tastebuds as I laugh at his naivety. I hope that goes to show Sym that unicorns aren't real and protecting against voter fraud isn't disenfrachisement. In this trip into Symland, Sym did experience disenfrachisement, at the hands of someone who really didn't give two shits about his "rights" and simply took Sym's belief's to their logical conclusion.

[mrswdk]

It's definitely ironic that people are branding Trump a 'fascist' while at the same time seeking to squash a presidential candidate who at present is proving extremely popular with the electorate.

[Bernie Sanders]

It's definitely ironic that people are branding Trump a 'fascist' while at the same time seeking to squash a presidential candidate who at present is proving extremely popular with the electorate.

Stop interfering in our internal affairs you tyrant loving troll! That's why Trump is so popular with the right wing, Foreigners trying to stick their [small] noses [yes it correlates to the size of your penis] into our personal business!

[waauw]

It's definitely ironic that people are branding Trump a 'fascist' while at the same time seeking to squash a presidential candidate who at present is proving extremely popular with the electorate.

Hitler was elected as state chancellor. Doesn't mean he wasn't a fascist.

[GoranZ]

It's definitely ironic that people are branding Trump a 'fascist' while at the same time seeking to squash a presidential candidate who at present is proving extremely popular with the electorate.

Stop interfering in our internal affairs you tyrant loving troll! That's why Trump is so popular with the right wing, Foreigners trying to stick their [small] noses [yes it correlates to the size of your penis] into our personal business!

You really should blame mrswdk for your inability...

You are a LOSER and nobody likes LOSERS

Now, Bernie Sanders when will you QUIT?