2016 elections - because it's never too early

[The Minsky Moment]

The Founding Fathers were actually relatively young when the revolution went down.

[garbon]

The Founding Fathers were all old and white.

Not so old - in some cases, barely old enough to post on languish.

Really? I was 17.

[dps]

Umm Hillary has been video with most of the cast of Empire on it.

Are you OK?

[garbon]

Umm Hillary has been video with most of the cast of Empire on it.

Are you OK?

No, I was just getting up and on my phone. Should have been.

Umm Hillary has a video for campaign with most of the cast of Empire in it.

[garbon]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/gary-johnson-wont-or-cant-name-north-koreas-leader-kim-jong-un-153924294.html

Gary Johnson won't (or can't) name North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un

After several foreign affairs gaffes, Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson sidestepped an opportunity to somewhat redeem himself and demonstrate that he's knowledgeable about the world.

In an interview on Wednesday, the New York Times asked Johnson, a former governor of New Mexico, if he knew the name of North Korea's leader.

"I do," the third-party candidate replied.

"You want me to name" the person, he continued, before adding, "Really." Johnson ultimately declined to provide a name.

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/10/libertarian-vp-candidate-just-wants-to-stop-trump-presidency.html

Libertarian VP Candidate Bill Weld Will Focus on Preventing Trump Presidency

As some presumably small portion of Americans sat through a dull debate between the Republican and Democratic vice-presidential nominees on Tuesday night, a far more interesting drama was unfolding within the Libertarian ticket. VP candidate Bill Weld told the Boston Globe that he plans to focus on attacking Donald Trump for the remainder of the campaign — essentially admitting that running mate Gary Johnson can not become president.*

Trump has Weld's "full attention," he explained, because his agenda is so terrible it's "in a class by itself." "I think Mr. Trump's proposals in the foreign policy area, including nuclear proliferation, tariffs, and free trade, would be so hurtful, domestically and in the world, that he has my full attention," Weld said.

Apparently he avoided acknowledging that his new mission amounts to working to make Hillary Clinton president. He pointed out that he disagrees with Clinton on fiscal and military issues, though last week on MSNBC he said he's "not sure anybody is more qualified than Hillary Clinton to be president of the United States."

It's unusual for a candidate to admit defeat five weeks before the election, even though Johnson is at just 7.4 percent nationally in the Real Clear Politics polling average. However, Weld's move doesn't exactly constitute "going rogue," since earlier in the day Johnson admitted in a CNN interview, "I guess I wasn't meant to be president." The Libertarian nominee was trying to argue that his lack of foreign-policy knowledge is an asset five days after he was unable to name a world leader he admires. Johnson described that as another "Aleppo moment," referring to a previous gaffe in which he failed to recognize the name of the besieged Syrian city.

The gaffes led many to say Weld should be at the top of the ticket, and Weld strategists reportedly looked into the possibility of doing that, only to be shot down by Johnson.

Weld insists that he's not abandoning Johnson, and that his running mate is fully in support of his strategy shift. "I have had in mind all along trying to get the Donald into third place, and with some tugging and hauling, we might get there," he said.

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[DGuller]

The Founding Fathers were all old and white.

Not so old - in some cases, barely old enough to post on languish.

In 1776, Jefferson was 33, Adams was 41, Hancock 39, Washington 44.
During the debates on the Constitution, the authors of Federalist Papers were: 42 (Jay), 36 (Madison), and 30 (Hamilton)

Yeah, but back then life expectancy was 35 years, so they were all practically dead at that point.

[CountDeMoney]

Yeah...so can we please stop it with this third party, "libertarian" stoner bullshit already, people?

[jimmy olsen]

Pence 2020 confirmed

https://politicalwire.com/2016/10/06/pence-advises-trump-to-keep-same-debate-strategy/

Gov. Mike Pence said he is not pushing Donald Trump to follow his lead in this weekend's debate but instead wants the Manhattan billionaire to "be himself," Politico reports.

[11B4V]

Yeah...so can we please stop it with this third party, "libertarian" stoner bullshit already, people?

[11B4V]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/10/06/fox-fight-sean-hannity-calls-megyn-kelly-clinton-supporter/91649830/

Fox fight: Sean Hannity calls Megyn Kelly a Clinton supporter

Conservative pundit Sean Hannity leveled what he might consider the worst insult imaginable at anchor Megyn Kelly in a tweet Wednesday night, saying she "clearly" supports Hillary Clinton.
The tweet was apparently in response to Kelly's comments earlier in the evening on The Kelly File when she accused both presidential candidates of avoiding tough interviews.
"They're both in their own version of a presidential protection program," Kelly said. She said Clinton makes sure "she is not in a place where she feels uncomfortable or anything unexpected could come at her, which is why she sat for a half an hour with Mary J. Blige, the singer, which is why she did Entertainment Tonight this evening."

[CountDeMoney]

She's still hot as shit.  I'd bang her until she begged for socialized medicine.

[11B4V]

She's still hot as shit.  I'd bang her until she begged for socialized medicine.

[Ed Anger]

She's still hot as shit.  I'd bang her until she begged for socialized medicine.

I didn't like her new haircut.

[jimmy olsen]

Obama's approval rating hits 55%, highest since his first year in office.

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/obama-approval-229224

[Admiral Yi]

Early voting has started here in Iowa.