The Genuinely Historic Opportunity Sanders is abt 2 Squander

[JackRiddler]

Who was supposed to be the GOP nominee, or was it all a bunch of losers on purpose to set the stage for Hillary coronation?

Nah, it was Jeb! And he was also going to Lose! but would have had all the Koch and Adelson swag raining for him.

Enjoy the ruling class out of touch, at least that far. But what the fuck do I know? In Greece last summer I was telling some French guy who's probably doing the Nuits today that the Republican primary would come down to Jeb! vs. the Randster as the "anti-establishment" guy. Which is funny, since I actually know WWF and Trump's running a WWF campaign. (Sorry, it's still WWF to me.)

[Wombaticus Rex]

Enjoy the ruling class out of touch, at least that far.

That's not how I see it. I'm not saying you're wrong but I want to share what I see.

What I watched was a bunch of new money get washed while the actual "ruling class" chuckled about it. This was a pretty unprecedented campaign fitness landscape, we watched a billion dollars get ported directly into the pockets of NYC media, DC consultants, Silicon Valley, and, of course, lawyers. It was a Dumb Money Massacre.

It's WWE for sure, but it's more like a bunch of rich marks making actual bets on Wrestlemania. What you're really betting on is the writing room, and money doesn't buy you access to that.

There's a lot of new money in America right now, and they're not being welcomed as members of the ruling elite: they're being treated like the food source they are. There's no fucking room in the clubhouse until someone dies.



Who took over the Saudi account?

[seemslikeadream]

she has stepped in right where she wanted to be.....and there are countless republicans tearing up their republican club card to vote for her....if she is nominated that's who will end up electing her

but that won't stop the crazies from holding hearings..maybe impeach her...unless she can hold out until 2018 when they can be voted out

[JackRiddler]

Wombat very perceptive comment as... usual!

[seemslikeadream]

Republicans who vow to never back Trump

Rep. Justin Amash (Mich.)

Gov. Charlie Baker (Mass.)

Brian Bartlett, former Mitt Romney aide and GOP communications strategist

Glenn Beck, radio host

Michael Berry, radio host

Max Boot, former foreign policy adviser to Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.)

Brent Bozell, conservative activist

Bruce Carroll, creator GayPatriot.org

Jay Caruso, RedState

Mona Charen, senior fellow at Ethics and Public Policy Center

Linda Chavez, columnist

Dean Clancy, former FreedomWorks vice president

Eliot Cohen, former George W. Bush official

Former Sen. Norm Coleman (Minn.)

Charles C. W. Cooke, writer for National Review

Rory Cooper, GOP strategist, managing director Purple Strategies

Jim Cunneen, former Calif. assemblyman

Rep. Carlos Curbelo (Fla.)

Steve Deace, radio host

Rep. Bob Dold (Ill.)

Erick Erickson, writer

Mindy Finn, president, Empowered Women

David French, writer at National Review

Jon Gabriel, editor-in-chief, Ricochet.com

Michael Graham, radio host

Jonah Goldberg, writer

Stephen Gutowski, writer Washington Free Beacon

Rep. Richard Hanna (N.Y.)

Jamie Brown Hantman, former special assistant for legislative affairs for President George W. Bush

Stephen Hayes, senior writer at The Weekly Standard

Doug Heye, former RNC communications director

Quin Hillyer, contributing editor at National Review Online; senior editor at the American Spectator

Ben Howe, RedState writer

Former Rep. Bob Inglis (S.C.)

Cheri Jacobus, GOP consultant and former Hill columnist

Robert Kagan, former Reagan official

Randy Kendrick, GOP mega-donor

Matt Kibbe, former FreedomWorks CEO

Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.)

Philip Klein, managing editor at the Washington Examiner

Bill Kristol, The Weekly Standard editor

Mark Levin, radio host

Justin LoFranco, former Scott Walker aide

Kevin Madden, former Mitt Romney aide

Bethany Mandel, senior contributor at The Federalist

Tucker Martin, former Gov. Bob McDonnell's (R-Va.) communications director

Former RNC Chairman Mel Martínez (Fla.)

Liz Mair, GOP strategist

Lachlan Markey, writer for the Free Beacon

David McIntosh, Club for Growth president

Dan McLaughlin, editor at RedState.com

Ken Mehlman, former RNC chairman

Tim Miller, Our Principles PAC

Ted Newton, political consultant & former Mitt Romney aide

James Nuzzo, former White House aide

Katie Packer, chairwoman of Our Principles PAC

Former Gov. George Pataki (N.Y.)

Former Rep. Ron Paul (Texas)

Katie Pavlich, Townhall editor and Hill columnist

Brittany Pounders, conservative writer

Rep. Reid Ribble (Wis.)

The Ricketts family, GOP mega-donors

Former Gov. Tom Ridge (Pa.)

Rep. Scott Rigell (Va.)

Mitt Romney, 2012 GOP presidential nominee

Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post conservative blogger

Patrick Ruffini, partner, Echelon Insights

Sarah Rumpf, former BreitBart contributor

Mark Salter, writer and former aide to John McCain

Rep. Mark Sanford (S.C.)

Sen. Ben Sasse (Neb.)

Elliott Schwartz, Our Principles PAC

Gabriel Schoenfeld, senior fellow, Hudson Institute

Tara Setmayer, CNN analyst and former GOP staffer

Ben Shapiro, editor-in-chief The Daily Wire

Evan Siegfried, GOP strategist and commentator

Ben Stein, actor and political commentator

Brendan Steinhauser, GOP consultant

Stuart Stevens, former Romney strategist

Paul Singer, GOP mega-donor

Erik Soderstrom, former field director for Carly Fiorina

Charlie Sykes, radio host

Brad Thor, writer

Michael R. Treiser, former Mitt Romney aide

Daniel P. Vajdich, former national security adviser to Ted Cruz

Connor Walsh, former digital director for former Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.), founder Build Digital

Former Rep. J.C. Watts (Okla.)

Peter Wehner, New York Times contributor

Former Gov. Christine Todd Whitman (N.J.)

George Will, writer

Rick Wilson, Republican strategist

Nathan Wurtzel, Make America Awesome super-PAC

Bill Yarbrough, chairman of the Republican Liberty Caucus of Ohio

Dave Yost, Ohio auditor of state

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/278141-republicans-who-vow-to-never-back-trump

[justdrew]

so, you know what a republican's "vow" is worth right? not a damn thing.

[Nordic]

so, you know what a republican's "vow" is worth right? not a damn thing.

But Hillary is a Repub they can all back without shame.

[mentalgongfu2]

They also made every republican candidate vow on stage, on tv, in the first debate, to support the Republican nominee regardless of who it would be. Trump was the only one who refused. He later took the pledge, sort of, but every other contender in the field swore then to support the party nominee, effectively (it seems) swearing to support Trump.

[mentalgongfu2]

In hindsight, plays like a great piece of theater.

http://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2015/08/07/donald-trump-fox-news-gop-debate-republican-party-pledge-raises-hand.fox-news

[82_28]

I am actually upset that Sanders is being ignored. You'll see that refrain elsewhere obviously. But Clinton VS Trump is now a shoe in for the media. Sanders is just an aside. He will win OR and CA and then break off. But Jesus, trump is treating this as a downgrade. He cannot be allowed anywhere near the presidency if we are to take this fucking country seriously any more.

[Harvey]

I am actually upset that Sanders is being ignored. You'll see that refrain elsewhere obviously. But Clinton VS Trump is now a shoe in for the media. Sanders is just an aside. He will win OR and CA and then break off. But Jesus, trump is treating this as a downgrade. He cannot be allowed anywhere near the presidency if we are to take this fucking country seriously any more.

Indeed. Marketing experts called it social proof in. Because we learn by what others are doing we often appropriate trends fashioned for a given purpose by someone else as our own. We receive validation, we feel accepted by the group, we even feel entitled. Very often it doesn't occur to us to think a thing is possible until someone else says it or does it.

Isn't that how Bush won the Florida count in the 2000 election? Fox News said he had, and so he did. Enough noise, enough reaction, simply, enough preparedness for what Fox did and they couldn't have gotten away with it. Then came 9/11 and on it went.

Those who forget their history...

[Iamwhomiam]

Those who forget their history...

Benghazi!

Right on the money, Mr. WRex. Succinct!

Not sure I would have used the WWF, but it's apt. I know Jack had earlier, and prompted the analogue, but I agree with you both.

Kinda like the Hillary pic.

[Nordic]

I am actually upset that Sanders is being ignored. You'll see that refrain elsewhere obviously. But Clinton VS Trump is now a shoe in for the media. Sanders is just an aside. He will win OR and CA and then break off. But Jesus, trump is treating this as a downgrade. He cannot be allowed anywhere near the presidency if we are to take this fucking country seriously any more.

Indeed. Marketing experts called it social proof in. Because we learn by what others are doing we often appropriate trends fashioned for a given purpose by someone else as our own. We receive validation, we feel accepted by the group, we even feel entitled. Very often it doesn't occur to us to think a thing is possible until someone else says it or does it.

Isn't that how Bush won the Florida count in the 2000 election? Fox News said he had, and so he did. Enough noise, enough reaction, simply, enough preparedness for what Fox did and they couldn't have gotten away with it. Then came 9/11 and on it went.

Those who forget their history...

Exactly. One of the most insidious things that the media does is they "tell us what we think". And most people, even savvy people, believe it.

But even that is a lie. A big one.

[JackRiddler]

But getting back to this.

Enjoy the ruling class out of touch, at least that far.

That's not how I see it. I'm not saying you're wrong but I want to share what I see.

What I watched was a bunch of new money get washed while the actual "ruling class" chuckled about it. This was a pretty unprecedented campaign fitness landscape, we watched a billion dollars get ported directly into the pockets of NYC media, DC consultants, Silicon Valley, and, of course, lawyers. It was a Dumb Money Massacre.

It's WWE for sure, but it's more like a bunch of rich marks making actual bets on Wrestlemania. What you're really betting on is the writing room, and money doesn't buy you access to that.

There's a lot of new money in America right now, and they're not being welcomed as members of the ruling elite: they're being treated like the food source they are. There's no fucking room in the clubhouse until someone dies.



Who took over the Saudi account?

All this can still be true and yet it is about factional games for minor gains. It is still also true that the Clubhouse -- the management of the Empire, the Power Elite, the Global Lizard Society, or whatever you want to call them -- have suffered serious losses over the last 20 years in terms of their social coherence as a class, their understanding of how to run the show, their level of general education and culture, their consensus ethos, their group self-awareness; and thus, in short, their ability to stay on top of chaotic developments of which a con-man capturing the Republican Party itself for a season is a strong indicator but minor among their problems. It's a long decline from Augustus to Caligula, if you will. And you know what's funny? Barack Hussein Obama may go down as the last mandarin with any big-picture horse-sense.