The 2016 Presidential Election Trainwreck

[SCcoug]

So when does the new Federalist party start? There has never been a better time for a 3rd party to emerge and join or kill one of the big 2.

[falafel]

Great article.

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/20...-trump-rallies

This is a funny juxtaposition:

The shouter is Esperanza Matamoros, tiny, seventeen years old. The crowd now halts her forward progress, so she judiciously spins and, still shouting, heads toward the exit. As she passes a tall, white-haired, professorial-looking old man, he gives her a little shove. He towers over her, the top of her head falling below his armpit. She could be his daughter, his granddaughter, his favorite student. Another man steps in front of her to deliver an impromptu manners lesson; apparently, she bumped him on her way up. “Excuse me,” he says heatedly. “Around here, we say excuse me.”

[YOhio]

One of the more interesting dynamics over the past few days is to see leftists suddenly concerned about Kremlin trolls and Russian intelligence attempting to influence the U.S. First off, I want to welcome our newfound McCarthyites. Second, I have bad news. Wikileaks isn't an isolated incidence of foreign actors attempting to influence U.S. policy.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/23/us...tion.html?_r=0

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/23/us...tion.html?_r=0

http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/ar...eign-donations

[Topper]

One of the more interesting dynamics over the past few days is to see leftists suddenly concerned about Kremlin trolls and Russian intelligence attempting to influence the U.S. First off, I want to welcome our newfound McCarthyites. Second, I have bad news. Wikileaks isn't an isolated incidence of foreign actors attempting to influence U.S. policy.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/23/us...tion.html?_r=0

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/23/us...tion.html?_r=0

http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/ar...eign-donations

Don't worry they will ignore those as much ado about nothing. It only matters when their opponent has a conflict.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

I hope the FBI finds a reason to prosecute someone over the DNC emails.

[Moliere]

One of the more interesting dynamics over the past few days is to see leftists suddenly concerned about Kremlin trolls and Russian intelligence attempting to influence the U.S. First off, I want to welcome our newfound McCarthyites. Second, I have bad news. Wikileaks isn't an isolated incidence of foreign actors attempting to influence U.S. policy.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/23/us...tion.html?_r=0

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/23/us...tion.html?_r=0

http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/ar...eign-donations

“We’re not trying to hide anything.”

[Topper]

Transparency is Hillary's middle name.

[wuapinmon]

This could be really good if he actually answers.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Reddit represents the worst of people on the interwebs, the corner of idiocy and hate. He'll probably be made their king.

[PaloAltoCougar]

My nephew posted this article with the note: Trump, explained. (You only need to read the headline.) If only Rubio had had this information a few months ago.

[Bo Diddley]

Everybody is thinking in binary terms, this or that.

If we engineered a proper third party candidate, and there is still time, Jill Stein for Bernie's Group, and Gary Johnson for the more conservative ones, we would be able to force a true Convention of the Electoral College and free ourselves from the lunacy of Hillary or Donald.

Think outside the box. I like the write-in idea, but they won't count the votes. Pick one where they do count the votes so that the votes count.

And I want to vote for the candidate who most closely has the qualifications for the job who is on the ballot. Neither Hillary nor Donald are qualified as a person or in experience. If I were forced to have only those two options, I would not vote, as neither deserves to receive a vote and None of the Above would receive my vote.

I agree that Donald is unqualified and the only place where he would be demonstrably better is in the selection of the US Supreme Court justices. Anybody actually contemplating Hillary is blind. She is equally unworthy and incompetent.

It seems you're hoping for a third option. You probably need to come to terms that there won't be.

[frank ryan]

One of the more interesting dynamics over the past few days is to see leftists suddenly concerned about Kremlin trolls and Russian intelligence attempting to influence the U.S. First off, I want to welcome our newfound McCarthyites. Second, I have bad news. Wikileaks isn't an isolated incidence of foreign actors attempting to influence U.S. policy.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/23/us...tion.html?_r=0

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/23/us...tion.html?_r=0

http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/ar...eign-donations

I've never liked Putin. So don't call me a newfound mccarthyite. No one said it was the first time a foreign actor did so but it is one of the most-aggressive and alarming.

Don't forget topper would actually prefer Putin to Obama or Clinton, he's said so in the past.

[Topper]

It seems you're hoping for a third option. You probably need to come to terms that there won't be.

This is akin to asking the question: Do you want to be shot in the heart or the head by a .45 handgun?

Which do you select? Through the temple or through the heart?

[SCcoug]

Reddit represents the worst of people on the interwebs, the corner of idiocy and hate. He'll probably be made their king.

It looks to be held on /r/The_Donald so he's probably already been coronated on that subreddit.

[Bo Diddley]

This is akin to asking the question: Do you want to be shot in the heart or the head by a .45 handgun?

Which do you select? Through the temple or through the heart?

We have enough checks in place that I don't think it will be a fatal shot.