Prelude to the Apocalypse

[Durandal]

Isn't she lovely? Even during her seizure attacks her charm is unrivaled.

[quash]

Hillary Clinton doesn't have seizures. That's a Republican funded lie to discredit her campaign.

[Bananamatic]

possessed by satan
gonna need an exorcist here

[EmperorIng]

I feel a mite bad because that is the shit I would do on purpose if I was running for public office just to fuck with people.

[Damocles]

These leaked DNC docs are delicious.

[quash]

I can only hope that this is what drives the stake through the heart of the reputation of the Democrats as being "the party of solutions". Republicans suck, but most people have acknowledged that since at least Bush's second term.

Good luck denying DNC ties to major media outlets, paid shilling on the internet, planting "protestors", conspiring against Bernie from the beginning, etc. It's all been laid bare for the world to see, with hopefully more coming down the pipeline.

[Mischief Maker]

I think this video perfectly sums up my feelings as we watch Debbie Wasserman Schultz go down in flames over these emails.

[Bitter Almonds]

Why can't they settle things with one big purge? erdo and hitler would approve

[Ed Oscuro]

Trump: A Real Russian Hero Dude

[EmperorIng]

Good luck denying DNC ties to major media outlets

Nothing like getting your vetted official statements from the DNC's unofficial Pravda publications. Let's see, I saw NBC and Politico connected: any other news sources I should add to the list of "never read/watch again"? inb4 Fox News. MSNBC is already there, too.

[quash]

Current Year Dude strikes again. At least he's still putting in a commendable effort, unlike his elderly, washed up counterpart.

Unfortunately for Oliver, this isn't 2006 and there isn't a wave of national dissent against Bush to ride. Not to mention that the viral nature of social media is very much a double edged sword, which is already coming back to bite him in a big way.

[BryanM]

DNC week.

Clinton's polling numbers have gone from "bad" to "absolutely miserable". It may be a temporary post-RNC nadir that'll fade over time. Possibly.

By next week, if she isn't leading by 5% in the poll averages.... her chances of winning will be close to nonexistent.

Eh, I'm sure a convention with half the crowd boo'ing her the entire time will give her a big bounce. All the faith.

[Mischief Maker]

Even in a contest over who can be the most unlikable candidate, Trump is still losing!

[Durandal]

Real-time footage and an in-depth explanation of the hack

[BryanM]

He's the best that's ever been.

Even in a contest over who can be the most unlikable candidate, Trump is still losing!

Nah he's still winning. Hill's at -17, he's at -20.

She does seem to be spiking however.

And I think she still has room to grow. Trump has reached maximum exposure and the animosity from the Cruz faction is dying down. I think she can approach -25.

[boagman]

Having read absolutely *none* of the posts in this topic, I just wanted to comment on my amusement that every word in the topic is capitalized except one, which is funny.

[antron]

I wonder if Bernie is interested at all in the DNC chair.

[Opus131]

Isn't she lovely? Even during her seizure attacks her charm is unrivaled.

Somebody tell her mind controlling masters not to send so many signals at once.

[Mischief Maker]

Real-time footage and an in-depth explanation of the hack

He's the best!

[BryanM]

I wonder if Bernie is interested at all in the DNC chair.

I imagine zero personal interest.

Having read absolutely *none* of the posts in this topic, I just wanted to comment on my amusement that every word in the topic is capitalized except one, which is funny.

Glad all my hard planning paid off~

Knew this would be a 2-year long thread so this was really important.

[BulletMagnet]

Uh oh, Skynet got to John Oliver too!

[Mischief Maker]

Man! Putin knew just when and where to stick that knife.

It was necessary for DWS to resign, but I think removing her from the convention entirely was a mistake. They should have had her go out and get booed and absorb all that pent up rage. Maybe even offer an apology. That would go a long way toward softening things up for Thursday. Instead as things stand, everything's getting directed at Hillary and even Bernie's getting booed for mentioning her name.

I must be getting punch drunk because goddamn is the fall of American Democracy entertaining!

[BryanM]

Oi, I'd resigned myself to looking at this thing filtered through a welding mask (since all I possibly could gain from looking at it directly is useless, impotent rage), but listened to the dnc a bit and got a very important lesson from Sarah Silverman: "You Bernie or bust people are being ridiculous."

Impotent rage swells from deepest pit of my soul. "Fuck you" I chant at the screen.

Not an ounce of remorse do I feel for the fact we're now ruled by Trump (or more accurately, his Vice President whom he'll delegate all decisions to.). Not a single one.

They made me feel good about republicans having the power of the veto and supreme court. Goddamn, that's some skilled prowess.

[Bitter Almonds]

I hate sarah loserman and al cranken.

[quash]

Uh oh, Skynet got to John Oliver too!

Hopefully he can apply the same level of scrutiny to the wage gap, disproportionate police brutality against blacks, and other lynchpins of modern liberalism that are only rooted in the hardest of facts and purest of reason.

I hope Oliver is being paid handsomely for his blatant shilling. I'd respect him more than if he's actually every bit as dense as he presents himself.

[Domino]

I hate sarah loserman and al cranken.

Hate the Al but when it comes to his Senate work, he actually works and don't BS. That's why MN loves him IMO. Don't agree on his positions but I wish I had a Senator like that in FL (Bill Nelson is really meh and don't do much and Rubio, lol).


Can't stand the political party with the Donkey as the animal. That's what the DNC leadership is acting like a lot. Sanders got screwed and woooo moar white people running in the White House. Jesus....

[Mischief Maker]

Damn good speech from Elizabeth Warren tonight! By the end of it she was able to say "Hillary Clinton" without getting booed and for tonight that was an accomplishment. So much better than the conga line of "don't I remind you of Obama in '04?" wannabes.

Fuck me, if Clinton just chose her as VP she'd have this whole campaign sewn up. And if it was a Sanders/Warren ticket, Donald who?

I hope that video about the army widow getting robbed by Trump University is on a constant TV loop 24/7 for the next three months.

[BulletMagnet]

Hopefully he can apply the same level of scrutiny to the wage gap, disproportionate police brutality against blacks, and other lynchpins of modern liberalism that are only rooted in the hardest of facts and purest of reason.

Uh, picking a topic and attempting to present factual information about it (and yes, there are jokes too, I noticed) is pretty much the entire premise of his show. Not that it matters, because whatever the stat sheets say (the ones that don't conform to my preconceived notions must all be doctored by the establishment anyway, amirite?) it doesn't even remotely count if your feelings tell you otherwise.

Trump/Tinkerbell '16. Who's "shilling" here, again?

[quash]

Uh, picking a topic and attempting to present factual information about it (and yes, there are jokes too, I noticed) is pretty much the entire premise of his show.

I seriously hope for your sake that you don't take anything that clown presents as "fact" at face value. If for no other reason, you should do your absolute best to avoid getting your information from those who frame it to fit their narrative (even, and especially, if it's disguised as "comedy").

Not that it matters, because whatever the stat sheets say (the ones that don't conform to my preconceived notions must all be doctored by the establishment anyway, amirite?) it doesn't even remotely count if your feelings tell you otherwise.

What are you grasping at here? It's already been proven by the DNC leaks that plenty of media outlets have been corroborating with them (some going as far as submitting articles to the DNC for approval before release). There has been a concerted effort to subvert and control the news cycle, and that's just based off of the evidence that's now out in the open.

As for the "feelings" argument, I only see one side calling for "hate speech" laws to tighten down while simultaneously claiming to be advocates for free speech.

Trump/Tinkerbell '16. Who's "shilling" here, again?

If there's a shill on this forum, it's you. You've shown all of the signature marks of a shill and don't bother defending any position past claiming that nobody else "makes sense", conveniently ignoring that the vast majority of your stated positions are also rooted at least partially in emotional appeal.

I can at least A) understand where opposing views come from and B) acknowledge that there is room for emotional appeal in politics. Funnily enough, Dilbert guy wrote a short piece on this recently.

[antron]

Unless worse emails get released, and they may be going up as write this, but...

I see no real negatives for Clinton.

Hardcore bernie supporters get Debbie's head to take home, because that's all they were ever going.

And the Trump Putin narrative is propelled.