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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Preibus's political career is over is Trump loses, given the whole Trump debacle happened on his watch. I can only assume he's making these overtures so that, if Trump wins, he stands a decent chance of being forgiven for the RNC's rather obvious hostility towards Trump throughout the primaries.
Only if Trump loses badly.
edited 20th Sep '16 5:25:45 AM by CaptainCapsase
The US is one of the biggest polluters in the world and a Trump presidency would make things even worse so he really is a threat to humanity. Of course our slow suicide isn't nearly as headline grabby as it used to be.
Is using "Julian Assange is a Hillary butt plug" an acceptable signature quote?So, Hillary was on The Tonight Show last night, hot off the heels of Trump's appearance Thursday. It was just as much a softball interview (in fact, it was lampshaded quite brilliantly, with a bag that Trump supposedly left in the dressing room that contained literal softballs) but what I mostly took away from it was that when you compare the two interviews, Hillary came away looking far better than Trump did. Trump smiled and everything, but it's that kind of fake smile where you feel like he's trying to sell you something. Hillary felt like a genuinely more enjoyable person to be around.
Some might say it's not important that a candidate be "likable", but I think it's extremely important (in addition to having good policies, of course). People are more willing to work with you if you're likable, and even though this is our election, other countries around the world are watching, and who we elect will, like it or not, be the face of the U.S. for the next 4-8 years.
Likeability is important; I'm unconvinced that anyone really has any idea what the word means, though, if Trump's poisonous racism and boorishness is taken to be "likeable."
"For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die."People seem conditioned to view Hillary's air of reserve as "inauthentic", while Trump's con-man approach is seen as "authentic". Our world truly is doomed.
edited 20th Sep '16 7:01:34 AM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Trump Jr. compared refugees to Skittles.
Taste the hatebow.
edited 20th Sep '16 7:21:31 AM by speedyboris
The makers of skittles immediately distanced themselves from this. "Skittles are candy. Refugees are people," said Denise Young, VP of Corporate Affairs for Skittles' parent company, Wrigley America. "We don't feel it's an appropriate analogy. We will respectfully refrain from further commentary as anything we say could be misinterpreted as marketing."
edited 20th Sep '16 7:28:14 AM by Rationalinsanity
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.Trump's ego makes him very guarded on the comedy-talk circuit. You can see it in the one campaign commercial from Hillary where he's on with David Letterman talking about where his clothing line is manufactured. Letterman makes a quip and Trump has this very forced smile. He hates being the object of ridicule.
See also his stonefaced look at the 2012 White House Correspondants' Dinner, where Obama got the whole beltway media laughing at him.
x5 That was pretty sweet.
Basically: "Here's my birth certificate, Mr. Trump. As you can see, it's clearly from Hawaii." *wry smile, room erupts in laughter, camera switches to an apparently constipated Trump*
edited 20th Sep '16 8:43:01 AM by Artificius
"I have no fear, for fear is the little death that kills me over and over. Without fear, I die but once."

Hardly. Stand ups can say clearly things no politician would dare. Point out the absurdities in Washington for what they are. They're more akin to The Jester who speaks plainly and that's a large part of why things like The Daily Show are at least as reliable a news source as mainstream outlets.
edited 19th Sep '16 10:33:05 PM by sgamer82