2016 General Election Thread

[Malcolm]

I fucking swear to god, Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker would poll at higher numbers than either.

[Leisher]

Politics are killing our economy.

[Malcolm]

Politics are killing our economy.

Legislation enacted by Congress has declined over the decades, with the number of laws unacted by the 112th and 113th Congresses at historic lows.

Considering that when they do make law, they fuck up, fewer laws => fewer fuck ups.

Meanwhile, trust for political leaders has declined significantly over the George W. Bush and Barack Obama administrations, according to the report.

You mean as more and more info is more and more accessible to more voters, they're using it to figure out their leaders are (and probably have been) corrupt douches? The hell you say.

I wonder how much grant money was pissed away on this earth-shattering paper. I could have reached the same conclusions after 2-3 pitchers.

[Malcolm]

Johnson-less debate.

According to standards released to the media this summer, the CPD based its polling threshold on five "reliable" surveys, all backed by major media outlets. All five had included Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson and Green nominee Jill Stein, and all found them falling far short of 15 percent. According to an average collected by RealClearPolitics, Johnson averaged 8.4 percent support in the basket of polls, while Stein averaged 3.2 percent. Johnson's strongest result — 13 percent support — came in a Quinnipiac poll that was not included in the average.

[Malcolm]

Marilyn Manson on the election.

Manson didn't express any problem with the candidates' positions but expressed a general dislike of their personalities. "It just comes down to two things," he said. "Who has more charisma, and who are they appealing to. And neither one of them appeal to me."

A complete hack whose show deserved to be cancelled by Fox on the same election.

The video, coming from a big-time Hollywood director micro-brained douchebag whose writing has less sophistication and creativity than your average Phil Swift informercial and some of Hollywood’s most famous performers, leans pro-Hillary Clinton.

Fixed.

[Malcolm]

First debate tonight. If there is a god, the ceiling will collapse and kill them both.

[GORDON]

Gennifer Flowers in the front row. Isn't that funny. Get Monica Lewinski there, too.

[Troy]

First debate tonight. If there is a god, the ceiling will collapse and kill them both.

If god has a sense of humor, he'd trap you in an elevator for the whole debate while it played on one of those in-elevator screens. If he's been drinking he'd throw in Tim Tebow and Lena Dunham for company.

e: Jon Stewart and Anne Coulter
or: Sean Penn and Ted Nugent

[Malcolm]

If he's been drinking he'd throw in Tim Tebow and Lena Dunham for company.

Tebow at least won me a FF game or two. Lena Dunham is just annoying and a hack. Still writes better than Joss Whedon, though.

Jon Stewart and Anne Coulter

Aside from the "trapped in an elevator" part, this wouldn't be completely unentertaining. I'm more and more convinced Anne puts on a major act to sell books and land speaking engagements. She'll spew whatever content needed to keep that engine going.

Sean Penn and Ted Nugent

Me and Ted would team up an kill Sean about 15 minutes in.

[Malcolm]

John Oliver's latest on the election.

Vid:

[Malcolm]

Remember Howard Dean? Still insane.

As the nominees debated at Hofstra University in New York on Monday night, Dean – a Democrat who is supporting Hillary Clinton in the race – tweeted: “Notice Trump sniffing all the time. Coke user?”

Someone from the jack-ass party needs to disappear his ass.

[Malcolm]

Are you on the "No Fly" list?

I will be meeting with the NRA, who has endorsed me, about not allowing people on the terrorist watch list, or the no fly list, to buy guns.

Both candidates say, "FUCK YOU," unequivocally.

[TPRJones]

It won't hold up in court. Not without some massive changes to add due process to the No Fly list. And none of the agencies involved want that can of worms opened, so ultimately this idea will quietly disappear after the election.

[Leisher]

[GORDON]

When almost half of those non-voters cancel out the other half, the difference is nowhere near as dramatic.

I was about all set to vote 3rd party......... but all the annoying shit I've been seeing from Hillary voters has me voting for trump, again.

[TheCatt]

When almost half of those non-voters cancel out the other half, the difference is nowhere near as dramatic.

I was about all set to vote 3rd party......... but all the annoying shit I've been seeing from Hillary voters has me voting for trump, again.

As annoying as the Hillary fans are... still... how could you?

[Troy]

When almost half of those non-voters cancel out the other half, the difference is nowhere near as dramatic.

I was about all set to vote 3rd party......... but all the annoying shit I've been seeing from Hillary voters has me voting for trump, again.

Deplorable Gordo

[Malcolm]

When almost half of those non-voters cancel out the other half, the difference is nowhere near as dramatic.

I was about all set to vote 3rd party......... but all the annoying shit I've been seeing from Hillary voters has me voting for trump, again.

Aye, if the non-voters suddenly threw 100% of their support behind a single third party, you'd have a point.

Secondly, come the fuck on. If you vote for someone, make it be because you at least genuinely support them. Otherwise you've drunk from the "every vote not cast for me is a vote for my opponent" kool-aid cauldron and you have officially been played like a cheap fiddle. You're claiming the flip side this this is valid.

“Remember it’s not about voting for the perfect candidate. There is no such person,” the hugely popular first lady said. “In this election it is about making a choice between two very different candidates with very different visions for our nation. So the question is do you want Hillary Clinton to be your president, or do you want her opponent to be your president?”
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Clinton's team is especially wary of young voters flocking to third-party candidates — or not voting — as a way of expressing their displeasure with both her and Trump. It's why Clinton has started more explicitly appealing to them — including in her Wednesday New Hampshire appearance with Bernie Sanders — and why she's pushed to offer a more affirmative message, as opposed to an anti-Trump one, in recent days.

You mean running an old, white, rich, politically connected, technologically illiterate, may as well be a guy candidate wasn't the best idea for appealing to people under the age of 35?

[GORDON]

I'm spite voting.

[TheCatt]

Michelle Obama, speaking at a rally in Philadelphia, also swiped at the idea that Clinton is viewed by many as a less-than-inspiring candidate, despite her hefty foreign and domestic policy credentials.
“Remember it’s not about voting for the perfect candidate. There is no such person,” the hugely popular first lady said.

The fuck?