Random Politics & Religion #05

Maybe he'll play the sax and chase skirts

Like I said, I for one can't wait for an invitation to the first gentleman's social club. Wink wink nudge nudge

Idk..you do make strange deals with people in the balkans, can we really trust you on that?

Has the past decades taught you nothing?

Obviously not, if Jeb Bush was actually allowed to run for so long.

Obviously not, if Jeb Bush was actually allowed to run for so long.

I wonder if that is what allowed the rise of Trump and Sanders.

(CNN)Sen. Barbara Boxer, a veteran of Democratic politics, says she never saw anything quite like this before.

Loud cursing, shouting, obscene gestures and vile insults, including crude comments about the female anatomy. It was all on display over the weekend as supporters of Bernie Sanders turned the Nevada State Democratic Convention into chaos.
"I was not able to stop these people for doing what they did," Boxer, a Hillary Clinton supporter, told CNN. "Apparently they've done it before. .... This group of about 100 were very vocal, and I can't describe it -- disrespectful doesn't even explain it, it was worse than that."
READ: Changing super delegate rules would still leave Sanders behind
Boxer is hardly the lone Clinton supporter to experience such harassment on the campaign trail. Several top Democrats told CNN publicly and privately that the energy and enthusiasm of Sanders supporters has at times descended into incendiary attacks that threaten to tear apart efforts to unite Democrats against Donald Trump. Several female senators told CNN the attacks have been misogynistic.
What's more, many Democrats fear that if Sanders does not rein in his supporters, the same ugly scene that occurred in Las Vegas last weekend could replicate itself in the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
"He should get things under control," Boxer said of Sanders, saying it was worse than the vitriol during the Bush-Gore 2000 recount. "We're in a race that is very critical. We have to be united. He knows that. I have in fact, called him a couple times, left a couple messages. I'm hopeful he can get control of this."
Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California said "I do" when asked if Sanders should drop out of the race after voting concludes on June 7, giving Clinton a chance to "pivot" to the general election ahead of the July convention.
"I think it would be most regretful if there becomes a schism," Feinstein said. "That's what Donald Trump should want: a schism in our party. ... It's the responsibility particularly of Sen. Sanders to see that that doesn't happen."
On Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid said he had a "long conversation" with Sanders to lay out what happened in Nevada.
"He said that he condemns that. I'm confident he does," Reid told reporters. "This is a test of leadership."
Reid declined to comment when asked if he was worried that Sanders' backers could upend the national convention this summer.
But Sanders' statement Tuesday was defiant, saying that the Democratic Party "has a choice: It can open its doors and welcome into the party" his backers or "maintain its status quo."

Also, first Gentleman. You know, ladies and gentlemen and all.

You're right though. Cabinet is probably too overt. But I can't see him just being a fly on the wall. Even if he isn't doing anything in an "official" capacity.

Bill Clinton has been fighting against the War on Women for years, with his penis.

26 flights on the private jet of a convicted sex offender filled with underage female sex slaves while ditching secret service.

I am sure he was just going on these flights to talk his friend out of raping more girls. They were interventions. Bill was just there to do the right thing.

New York Times getting desperate, tries to tied Donald Trump with conspiracy theories

I mean, come on now. NYT is now starting to sound like HuffPost, but without all of the blatant sexism.

Trump blew up on the scene riding on birtherism, dabbled in 9/11 truthing, has high favorability with mostly white, unemployed, HS graduate men and has risen to the top on racist, nativist sentiments that play well with that group and allowed him to roll the primaries where being loud, brash and 'saying it like it is' is what energizes the base.

ewww that post is life with errors.

It's a bit misleading to characterize his supporters that way. In the primaries, Trump has been killing it in demographics across the board. Does he have less support among women than men? Sure, but not by nearly as much as you'd think. It's the same story for education levels and a number of other factors.

What I like about Spart is that he doesn't come off as elitist or condescending. He doesn't describe everyone that he disagrees with as uneducated, white trash. Definitely not.

I think a lot of it has to do with people getting tired of the greenback ruling american politics. People believe trump won't be beholden to lobbyists since he has 10b dollars. It the same reason bernie is doing so well it what was supposed to be a smashing victory for hillary, he keeps talking up gutting the cash from the equation. The low class is sick of seeing opulence while they eat their mac'n'cheese. This is only the beginning.

Gentlemen don't sexually assault women.

Bill Clinton has been accused of sexual assault 2-3 times over the years. The only one that seemed credible to me was while he was governor of arkansas, but I'm a nobody and that was 20+ years ago.

It's a bit misleading to characterize his supporters that way. In the primaries, Trump has been killing it in demographics across the board. Does he have less support among women than men? Sure, but not by nearly as much as you'd think. It's the same story for education levels and a number of other factors.