Fire Up the Toaster -- Political Version

[silverscreenselect]

Bobby Jindal has thrown in the towel and suspended his Presidential campaign. He had not made the main stage at any of the Republican debates, and his departure reduces the field to 14. According to Real Clear Politics polling average, he came in 0.3% in the most recent compilation. Ironically, he was doing best in Iowa, where a couple of recent polls had him in the 4-6% range, but his support was virtually non-existent in many other states.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/poli ... /75958074/

[Pastor Fireball]

Get ready to feel the Gilmore-mentum!

[SpacemanSpiff]

Get ready to feel the Gilmore-mentum!

As I mentioned in an earlier post -- what the @#@#( is Gilmore doing? I don't hear of him campaigning anywhere, or even fundraising.

(This isn't just my observation; this is also from the local Clear Channel talk/news radio station.)

I mean, if you're going to run for President, then do something to actually run for President. I don't know if it's an ego thing, or if he's waiting for a campaign sugar daddy (re: PAC with a wealthy donor), but it's like he wants to be President without doing anything to get there.

[silverscreenselect]

This time, Lindsey Graham has called it quits. In a poll over the weekend, Graham only received 2% of the vote in the South Carolina primary and had been registering at 1% or less in most national polls. This brings the Republican major candidate total down to 13.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/poli ... /77690620/

Saying that you're willing to compromise and work with Democrats is not something Republicans want to hear.

[Pastor Fireball]

Gilmore-mentum, I tells ya!

[flockofseagulls104]

This time, Lindsey Graham has called it quits. In a poll over the weekend, Graham only received 2% of the vote in the South Carolina primary and had been registering at 1% or less in most national polls. This brings the Republican major candidate total down to 13.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/poli ... /77690620/

Saying that you're willing to compromise and work with Democrats is not something Republicans want to hear.

That's when the definition of 'compromise' is doing everything the democrats want. That's what Lindsay's all about. Maybe he could do better in the democrat primaries.

[BackInTex]

This time, Lindsey Graham has called it quits. In a poll over the weekend, Graham only received 2% of the vote in the South Carolina primary and had been registering at 1% or less in most national polls. This brings the Republican major candidate total down to 13.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/poli ... /77690620/

Saying that you're willing to compromise and work with Democrats is not something Republicans want to hear.

Yep. The problem is he wouldn't compromise with the conservatives.

[Bob Juch]

What do you call Lindsey Graham's redneck supporters?

Spoiler

Graham Crackers

[SpacemanSpiff]

What do you call Lindsey Graham's redneck supporters?

Spoiler

Graham Crackers

Ya gotta admit that's funny!!

I understand the timing was crucial. It was the last day (or almost the last day) he could have his name withdrawn from the state primary ballot. It would have been most embarrassing for a native son to do so poorly in his own state.

[flockofseagulls104]

What do you call Lindsey Graham's redneck supporters?

Spoiler

Graham Crackers

Ya gotta admit that's funny!!

I think it's racist, bigotted and offensive. Let's suspend the First Amendment. BJ needs to be fired from whatever job he has, if he has one. <edited>

[Bob Juch]

What do you call Lindsey Graham's redneck supporters?

Spoiler

Graham Crackers

Ya gotta admit that's funny!!

I think it's racist, bigotted and offensive. Let's riot and loot and suspend the First Amendment.

If the shoe fits...

[silverscreenselect]

What do you call Lindsey Graham's redneck supporters?

Spoiler

Graham Crackers

Ya gotta admit that's funny!!

I think it's racist, bigotted and offensive. Let's suspend the First Amendment. BJ needs to be fired from whatever job he has, if he has one. <edited>

Flock obviously gets his sense of humor from Donald Trump.

[Pastor Fireball]

What do you call Lindsey Graham's redneck supporters?

Spoiler

Graham Crackers

A more accurate punchline to that joke would be "John McCain".

[flockofseagulls104]

What do you call Lindsey Graham's redneck supporters?

Spoiler

Graham Crackers

A more accurate punchline to that joke would be "John McCain".

Oh, was that a joke? Couldn't tell. I thought jokes were supposed to be funny. My mistake.....

[silverscreenselect]

And now we are 12.

George Pataki is exiting the race. No word yet on what will happen to his two supporters.

http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-d ... race/?_r=0

[Bob Juch]

And now we are 12.

George Pataki is exiting the race. No word yet on what will happen to his two supporters.

http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-d ... race/?_r=0

Pataki was running?

[silverscreenselect]

Mike Huckabee has become the sixth Republican to drop out of the Presidential race following his ninth place showing in the Iowa caucuses with 2% of the vote last night. He finished ninth in last night's Iowa caucus, with only 2% of the vote. The move at this point was somewhat unexpected. This reduces the Republican field to 11.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/01/politics/ ... tial-race/

[silverscreenselect]

Martin O'Malley has dropped out of the Democratic presidential race, meaning that future debates will be one-on-one between Hillary and Bernie. O'Malley did extremely poorly in the Iowa caucuses, in part because of the rules which locked him out in many precincts because he didn't meet the threshold standard of viability.

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/p ... 40333.html

[Pastor Fireball]

Mike Huckabee has become the sixth Republican to drop out of the Presidential race following his ninth place showing in the Iowa caucuses with 2% of the vote last night. He finished ninth in last night's Iowa caucus, with only 2% of the vote. The move at this point was somewhat unexpected. This reduces the Republican field to 11.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/01/politics/ ... tial-race/

This definitely shows how much oxygen has been sucked out of the room by people like toupeed Trojan condom inflated with hydrochloric acid Donald Trump, anthropomorphic internet meme Ted Cruz, and S.B.D. koala queef Ben Carson. Huckabee was the perfect fit for Iowa's mold, as he won the 2008 Republican caucus with 34%.

Ah, the good old days of politics...

[BackInTex]

toupeed Trojan condom inflated with hydrochloric acid
anthropomorphic internet meme
S.B.D. koala queef

I'm sorry none of those candidates committed treasonous acts (that we know of) or wants to model our country after Venezuela. Its the best we could do on short notice.

[tlynn78]

And now we are 12.

This would actually explain so, so much.

[silverscreenselect]

I'm sorry none of those candidates committed treasonous acts (that we know of)

From the U.S. Criminal Code, 18 U.S.C. 2381:

Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason ...

Exactly which Democrat do you believe has committed treasonous acts, and what acts are they?

[Bob78164]

I'm sorry none of those candidates committed treasonous acts (that we know of)

From the U.S. Criminal Code, 18 U.S.C. 2381:

Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason ...

Exactly which Democrat do you believe has committed treasonous acts, and what acts are they?

Why rely on the Criminal Code? Treason is defined in the Constitution itself. --Bob

[ten96lt]

Rand Paul has now announced he is suspending his campaign.

Anyone wanna set the over/under to when the rest will?

Personally, I think only Cruz, Trump, Rubio, and even Carson have a reason to still be in the race.

[earendel]

The Onion says it all.

http://www.theonion.com/article/advisor ... -end-52282

http://www.theonion.com/article/i-think ... es-c-52281