You knew it was going to happen. Marco Rubio has explicitly blamed Obama for the hatred and violence coming out of the Republican party.
That seems to be a huge stretch, even for a party that wants to blame the foreign, Muslim, socialist, fascist black person for everything.
UPDATE: And now Rubio has suspended his campaign. Coincidence?
Important story about how a community organizer who has been protesting police killings of unarmed people (especially blacks), participated in a police training exercise to get a better understanding of the situation:
We have a bad tendency in this country that when a few people of a specific group do something really bad, that we hold it against the entire group. When Muslim terrorists kill people, we blame all Muslims. When blacks get angry and commit crimes, we blame all blacks.
And ironically, we do the same things against police officers. Yes, there is no excuse for some of the things that police officers have done, and officers who break the law should face justice. But it doesn’t make any sense for us to blame all police.
Police face dangerous and difficult situations all the time, and occasionally something will happen that shouldn’t. But that doesn’t necessarily mean the police are at fault. As the video so graphically points out, we should not blame the police for something unless we know how we would react in the same situation. When we blame police for something that we shouldn’t, then it makes it just that much harder to bring police to justice who have actually done something wrong.
We should honor our police for their service and for risking their lives for our safety. At the same time, illegal or racist actions by rogue police officers should be punished appropriately.
I admit that I don’t really know how this movie will turn out. Will it have a happy ending? Will it have any ending at all? Will it result in the destruction of the Republican party (as we know it), or the destruction of America (at least our dream of America)? Did our dream become a nightmare? Who is really to blame besides us? Stay tuned!
UPDATE: It could be worse:
How did the two most despicable GOP candidates end up as the only two possible nominees? What kind of choice is it between a racist, authoritarian huckster, and a complete whack-job evangelical who nobody who has ever worked with him can stand?
What’s even more bizarre is the Republicans are so afraid of a President Trump, they would rather nominate Cruz, who has absolutely no chance of winning the general election. The GOP would rather lose the presidential election than see it won by Trump (even though Trump is supposedly a Republican).
Sadly, Trump has a better chance of winning the presidency simply because he will absolutely say anything (including blatant lies) to get elected. Cruz is a complete ideologue who thinks he has god on his side. Trump has no ideology other than winning, so he will certainly pivot and say whatever he thinks the voters want to hear, including denying he ever said any of those racist or sexist things.
What does Pi Day have to do with politics? I have no idea!
I guess I just wanted to have a well-rounded website!
“Chris Christie stood right behind Trump at his victory speech last night and a lot of people noticed that Christie didn’t look too happy about it. Christie’s face is basically America’s face. It’s like: It’s really happening?” – Jimmy Fallon
“The biggest story yesterday wasn’t about Trump or Clinton victories. It was Chris Christie’s face during Donald Trump’s victory speech. He looks like he had amnesia for a week and just remembered who Donald Trump was.” – James Corden
“Following his endorsement of Donald Trump, Chris Christie’s approval numbers in his home state of New Jersey have hit their lowest point. But hitting their highest point: his pants.” – Seth Meyers
“Chris Christie flew all the way to Florida to stand behind Donald Trump supporting him. Throughout the speech, he looks genuinely miserable. He looks like he saw the bottom of a supposedly bottomless pasta bowl at Olive Garden. He looks as though someone just told him butterscotch causes cancer.” – Jimmy Kimmel
“Following his seven-state win in yesterday’s Super Tuesday primary elections, Donald Trump said during his victory speech that he is a ‘unifier’. Then he turned to Chris Christie and said, ‘Right, idiot?'” – Seth Meyers
“Yesterday Americans in 13 states voted in Super Tuesday. Making today ‘My God, what have we done?’ Wednesday.” – Stephen Colbert
“It was a critical Super Tuesday for the Republican Party. Donald Trump won seven states. Of course, the seven states that Donald Trump won were shock, denial, guilt, anger, bargaining, depression, and Alabama.” – James Corden
“You know how in high school sometimes the students will vote for the weirdest kid in class to be prom king as a joke, and then so many people get in on the joke, the kid actually becomes prom king? Well, anyway, Donald Trump won Super Tuesday.” – Jimmy Kimmel
“A top official in Saudi Arabia said today that a Trump presidency would ‘set the world back centuries.’ The Saudi added, ‘Which is why Trump has our full support.'” – Conan O’Brien
“An analysis of Google shows that searches related to the phrase ‘How can I move to Canada’ spiked last night about 350 percent. Americans always threaten to move to Canada when a reality show host endorsed by the KKK becomes the Republican nominee.” – James Corden
“Dr. Ben Carson didn’t win any states last night, but don’t tell him. He slept through the whole thing. He released a statement today that he does not see a path forward to the presidency and will skip the debate tomorrow night. Was he at the last one?” – Jimmy Kimmel
“Sometimes we like to count how often a politician blinks while giving a speech. But with Ben Carson, it’s actually a lot more fun to count how many times he even opens his eyes.” – Jimmy Fallon
“Carson’s the first human to get 25 hours of sleep per day. I feel bad making fun of Carson, but it’s not like he’s gonna see it.” – Jimmy Fallon
“Today, Dr. Ben Carson dropped out of the presidential race after a dismal and ineffective campaign. He said, ‘The good news is, I’m ready to operate on your baby’s brain again!'” – Conan O’Brien
“Last night, Marco Rubio won his first state with a victory in the Minnesota primary. It was such a big night, Rubio’s parents let him stay up and watch the returns come in.” – Conan O’Brien
“On the Democratic side, the race is between front-runner Hillary Clinton and the senator from the great state of your liberal friends’ Facebook feed, Bernie Sanders. – Stephen Colbert
“Hillary Clinton had a big night, picking up victories in seven states. While speaking in Miami last night Hillary said, ‘I believe what we need in America today is more love and kindness.’ Then she added, ‘And I will crush anyone who won’t let me do it.'” – Jimmy Fallon
“During his speech on Super Tuesday, Bernie Sanders said, ‘I am so proud to bring Vermont values all across this country.’ Then Sanders said, ‘Now who wants to go antiquing?'” – Conan O’Brien
“During her victory rally last night, one of the things Hillary said was that she wants to build a ladder of opportunity. Then people in Mexico said, ‘Great, we’ll use it to climb over the other guy’s dumb wall.'” – Jimmy Fallon
Bernie won Vermont, Oklahoma, Minnesota and Colorado. But Secretary Clinton had a massive sweep of everything else. Low turnout meant a rough night for Sanders. ” – Stephen Colbert
“Evidently, a lot of people who were feeling the Bern got cooled down by some Preparation H.” – Stephen Colbert
“The Supreme Court had a power outage during one of its cases yesterday, and justices reportedly continued to ask questions in the dark. Questions like, ‘Whose hand is that?’ and ‘Well then whose hand is THAT?'” – Seth Meyers
http://isidewith.com has a short quiz on major issues facing our presidential candidates and voters trying to pick a candidate.
While is is not clear (especially in this election) whether people even care about where candidates stand on the issues, it is interesting to see which candidates hold views similar to your own.
“During the debate, people noticed there was a woman who kept screaming in the audience. Then Hillary was like, ‘I’m sorry – I just love how this is going! Perfect! Couldn’t be more perfect!'” – Jimmy Fallon
“Former President George H.W. Bush and his wife Barbara were in attendance for the debate. Or as Jeb put it, ‘The first debate I’m NOT in is the one you show up to?? Thanks a lot, DAD. This is just like Little League!'” – Jimmy Fallon
Every 52 years, the Republican Party implodes.
The GOP was formed in 1854 and elected Abraham Lincoln in 1860.
52 years later, on 1912, the GOP had a civil war and Teddy Roosevelt split off from the Republicans supporting William Howard Taft, into the Progressive (Bull Moose) party, allowing Democrat Woodrow Wilson to become president.
52 years later, in 1964, the Republicans nominated Barry Goldwater, splintering the party. Many Republicans refused to endorse him; some even backed Lyndon Johnson. The election was a rout, with the worst defeat in modern history.
And now, again 52 years later, it looks like the Republican party is about to implode for the third time. If it does, not only is the presidency in jeopardy, they will probably lose the Senate and maybe even the House.
Efforts by the Republican establishment to “stop Trump” are virtually guaranteed to fail. Why? For three main reasons:
1. Just what the heck are they going to use to scare people away from Trump that GOP voters don’t already know about him? That he has no government experience? That he isn’t a “true” conservative?
2. If Trump is elected president, what could he do that hasn’t already been done by other Republican presidents? There are things they could say that might stop people from voting for Trump, but those are also good reasons to not vote for any current Republican for president.
3. The things the establishment doesn’t like about Trump are the reasons people are supporting him. Like his lack of government experience. Or the fact that he isn’t politically correct. Or that he is racist.
I mean, what is the worst thing that Trump could do as president? Start stupid wars that cost trillions of dollars and half a million lives? Destroy the economy and millions of jobs, like their last president did? Siphon billions of dollars to his cronies, like their last VP did with Halliburton? Shut down the government, like Reagan, Bush Sr., Newt Gingrich, and Ted Cruz did? How about torture or other war crimes?
They can complain he’s not a social conservative, but what kind of success have the Republicans had on social issues like abortion and gay rights?
Or they can complain he’s not a fiscal conservative, but the last three GOP presidents all increased the deficit and two of them raised taxes more than Obama did with the ACA.
It doesn’t even matter that he isn’t actually a successful businessman. He plays one on TV, and (unfortunately) that’s close enough.
“Tonight in Houston, Texas, there was yet another Republican debate. Even the people on ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ were like, ‘How long does this go on?'” – Jimmy Fallon
You can tell the candidates are getting bored up there ’cause at one point they took turns prank calling Jeb Bush.” – Jimmy Fallon
U.S. astronaut Scott Kelly is about to return to Earth after spending an entire year in space. Then he saw Donald Trump’s poll numbers and said, ‘You know, I’m good up here.'” – Conan O’Brien
“The Oscars are this Sunday, which marks the official end of Black History Month.
CNN and Telemundo both carried tonight’s debate. So questions were addressed either ‘for Mr. Trump’ or ‘para El Diablo’.” – Seth Meyers
“It’s been reported that Donald Trump, despite his anti-immigration stance, hired over 500 foreign workers at his Florida resort. In fairness, the resort is called ‘Hypocrisy Cove’.” – Conan O’Brien
“The latest polls show Donald Trump beating Marco Rubio in Rubio’s home state of Florida by 16 points. To win back Florida voters, Rubio has started doing meth.” – Conan O’Brien
“Last night, John Kasich said his favorite president was George Washington because he could have been president forever but stepped down after two terms. While Trump said his favorite president was George Washington ’cause he also wore a fantastic wig.” – Jimmy Fallon
“In a new interview, Donald Trump’s wife, Melania, said that she speaks English, Italian, French, and German. Which is good ’cause if she ever becomes first lady she’ll need to apologize for her husband in at least those four languages.” – Jimmy Fallon
“Donald Trump has a powerful new enemy and his name is Mitt Romney. You remember Mitt Romney, the JC Penny mannequin who came to life and ran for president four years ago? He’s back.” – Jimmy Kimmel
“Romney said there will be a bombshell in Donald Trump’s tax returns once they are released, and added that he’s either not as rich as he says he is or he didn’t give money to the veterans or disabled people like he’s been saying he does. How is that a bombshell? Of course he’s not as rich as he says he is. He’s not as anything as he says he is.” – Jimmy Kimmel
“Mitt Romney recently accused Trump of having a bombshell in his tax returns, then Trump responded by tweeting that Romney blew an election. Yeah, Donald Trump is fighting with Mitt Romney. Even the Oscars were like, ‘That’s just too white.'” – Jimmy Fallon
“It’s been announced that Vice President Joe Biden will be a presenter at Sunday night’s Oscars. So, diversity problem — solved!” – Conan O’Brien
“President Obama posted on LinkedIn today about his first job scooping ice cream. He’s the first president to post on LinkedIn — other than, of course, Abraham LinkedIn.” – Seth Meyers
“President Obama said that his very first job was scooping ice cream. After hearing this, Chris Christie said, ‘I thought he looked familiar.'” – Conan O’Brien
“There is a new website for Bernie supporters who are looking for love. It’s called Berniesingles.com. In fairness, it makes sense that Bernie would have a dating website because he looks just like the eHarmony guy.” – James Corden
“On Bernie’s website you have two choices. You can swipe left or swipe far left.
The Clintons also have their own dating website. It’s called Ashley Madison.” – James Corden
“A woman in Oregon has opened a business selling homemade weed pipes with Bernie’s campaign logo on them. Weed pipes are the perfect gift for Bernie supporters. It’s like getting a nice bottle of wine for a Hillary supporter, or getting somebody who wants to vote for Ted Cruz a machine gun made out of Bibles.” – James Corden
A whole bunch of people I know are probably going straight to hell for laughing at this story, but it is just too ironic.
Jamie Gilt is a gun activist on social media. Her Facebook page is full of pro-gun messages. Earlier this week Gilt had an online discussion where she claimed that having a gun was the best defense against burglars because criminals might change their plans if they knew they were going to get killed. She even bragged about how her children all like guns, saying “All of ours know how to shoot too. Even my 4-year-old gets jacked up to target shoot the .22.”
The very next day, she found out just how much her 4-year-old likes to shoot. While she was driving and her young son was in the back seat, he somehow managed to get his hands on a loose .45 caliber handgun and shoot her, with the bullet going through the seat and through her torso. Luckily, she is expected to survive.
It is against the law to leave a gun unsecured so that children can get access to it.
I promise, I will never say that this presidential race can’t go any lower. Stephen Colbert shows us what’s below rock bottom:
I know, less than half the primary delegates have been allocated, but it is starting to look like the primary season is wrapping up.
On the Democratic side, The Daily Kos has announced that unless Sanders can narrow Clinton’s delegate lead by March 15 (less than a week away), then the entire site will declare the primary over and transition to General Election mode. Not just in the presidential race, but also the Senate, House, and state-level races. The time for intra-party fighting is over.
The bottom line for them is that the Supreme Court is just that important. Bill Clinton put both Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer on the court. No matter what you think of Hillary Clinton, the nominees that would come from any of the GOP frontrunners would be a disaster for a generation to come. We need a court that will overturn Citizens United, protect voting rights, and end partisan gerrymandering.
However, the Republican side seems to still be in denial. RedState is trying to get Republicans to unite behind Ted Cruz, but their appeal is only half-hearted. They don’t like Ted Cruz, but he is the only person who has any chance (however slim) of stopping Trump.
Another sign that the primaries are almost over is Michael Bloomberg has announced that he will not run for president. His main reason is that he feels that running could help Trump or Cruz get elected, and that would be a disaster. How? “Bloomberg was afraid that Bernie Sanders might get the Democratic nomination and then be subjected to a hate campaign the likes of which the country has never seen before, with the result of Trump or Cruz becoming President. Now Bloomberg is convinced that Clinton will be the Democratic nominee and is the country’s best hope for averting a Trump or Cruz presidency.”
“Last night was the Republican caucus in Nevada, and Donald Trump scored a big victory, bringing him one step closer to the Republican nomination. A Trump presidency is getting so real, Mexico is starting to think a wall is a pretty great idea.” – Jimmy Fallon
“Trump even won the Latino vote. Which is amazing. It makes me wonder if people really come here from Mexico for a better life or if they come to get away from their relatives. Maybe they want the wall to keep their in-laws out.” – Jimmy Kimmel
“Although she herself is an immigrant, Donald Trump’s wife Melania says she is fine with her husband’s tough anti-immigration stance. When asked why, Mrs. Trump said she had about 4.5 billion reasons.” – Conan O’Brien
“Donald Trump said yesterday that his supporters are so loyal that they would kill for him. In fact, that’s who killed that thing he wears on his head.” – Seth Meyers
“Trump won the Nevada caucuses in every demographic last night. He won white men, white women, white rich people, and white poor people. Rural whites, urban whites. He got one vote from a Chinese guy, which was nice.” – Jimmy Kimmel
“NASA said this week it has received a record high number of 18,000 applications for their astronaut training program. NASA said it shows a growing interest in space exploration. Then people said, “Nah, we just wanna get off the planet before this election.'” – Jimmy Fallon
“After he won yesterday’s Nevada caucus, Donald Trump said, ‘I love the poorly educated.’ Trump then said, ‘And when I’m president there’ll be more of them than ever.'” – Conan O’Brien
“Following his win at last night’s Nevada caucus, Donald Trump told supporters that he won in almost every voter demographic, and said, quote, ‘I love the poorly educated.’ To which they replied, ‘Us love you more, Mr. Trunks!'” – Seth Meyers
“Dr. Ben Carson finished a distant fourth in Nevada. He only got 5 percent of the vote. But for some reason he’s still not dropping out. He’s promised to continue on. He said, ‘I believe that things are starting to happen here.’ You know it’s time to drop out when it has been weeks since Donald Trump even bothered to call you a moron.” – Jimmy Kimmel
“I was thinking about why Ben Carson is still running today and my first guess is he’s retired and he’s bored. He has $10 million in the bank. Why not run? But there’s another possibility. Maybe he’s sleepwalking.” – Jimmy Kimmel
“Wealthy GOP donors are now lining up behind Marco Rubio. Not because the donors think he can stop Trump, but because they think Rubio is the valet.” – Conan O’Brien
“Despite Jeb Bush’s poor campaign, some analysts are already talking about the political rise of his son, George P. Bush. George P. Bush has already got his campaign slogan: ‘Don’t Worry I Was Adopted.'” – Conan O’Brien
“Hillary came to Los Angeles and she visited the set of the political drama ‘Scandal’. There was an awkward moment when Hillary told the writers, ‘Man, have I got some ideas for you.'” – Conan O’Brien
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