U.S. Electile Dysfunction 2016

[Xyzzy]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...peoples-fears/

Donald Trump is "uninformed" — but would be a better president than Hillary Clinton, according to GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush.

[Xyzzy]

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politic...arry-Goldwater

He promises to eliminate five government agencies, including the Internal Revenue Service, Department of Energy, and Department of Education.

[Xyzzy]

http://time.com/4137173/bernie-sande...year-poll-win/

“A lot of people have given up on the political process, and I want to get them involved in it,” Sanders told TIME in a September cover story.

[ewmayer]

Some links on the hypocrisy of the GOP establishment calling Trump's anti-Muslim demagoguery "un-American" and "unconstitutional":

Trump’s Anti-Muslim Plan Is Awful. And Constitutional. | New York Times

Actually, Conservatives Have Been Praising Internment for a Long Time | Mother Jones

Cheney Calls Trump "Un-American"; Republican Establishment in Chaos; Congressman Asks Trump to Step Down; Reflections on Un-Americanism | Mish

[kladner]

Cheney Calls Trump "Un-American"

Cheney?!?

[chappy]

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...campaign-debt/

Walker spent $90k a day to try to get people to like him.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...lker/77315990/

Cruz wants to help his buddy out!


Spending money on a failed campaign and then not being able to pay for it? Walker would have been the perfect Republican Commander in Chief.

[chappy]

Make your web browsing experience more brain-cell friendly:


http://brooklynhacker.com/post/13585...trump-from-the

[only_human]

George Pataki dropped out of the race yesterday.
The campaign for the Presidency: Who's in, who's out
Republicans out:

OUT
Lindsey Graham: Graham was elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives in 1992 before he ran successfully at the national level for the U.S. House of Representatives in 1994 and for the U.S. Senate in 2002. He ended his campaign earlier this month.

Bobby Jindal: Jindal was elected governor of Louisiana in 2007, becoming the first Indian-American governor in U.S. history. He easily won re-election in 2011 but has declined to run for a third term. He announced his candidacy in the 2016 presidential election in June, and bowed out in November.

George Pataki: Pataki served three terms as New York's governor, including during the September 11, 2001, attacks. After speculation that he would run for President in 2008 and 2012, Pataki entered as a 2016 candidate in May. He exited Tuesday.

Rick Perry: Perry left office as Texas governor in January 2015 and declared his presidential run in June. He announced he was dropping out in September.

Scott Walker: In 2012, Walker became the only U.S. governor in history to win a recall election, following his effort to limit collective bargaining power for public sector employees. He won re-election in 2014, and in July, he declared his run for president. In September, he quit the race.

NOTE:

Jim Gilmore: Gilmore was elected governor in 1997 and served until 2002. Gilmore was a contender during the 2008 presidential election, and in July, he filed paperwork to run for president in 2016. While he has not dropped out of the race, he has not qualified for a debate or campaigned often in key states to be included in the list.

Democrats out:

OUT
Lincoln Chafee: Chafee became an independent after losing re-election to the Senate in 2006 and was elected governor of Rhode Island in 2010. Partway through his term, Chafee switched to the Democratic Party. Chafee declared he would run for president on the Democratic ticket in June. He ended his long-shot bid in October.

Lawrence Lessig: Lessig has headed efforts to change the role of money in politics, organize a national constitutional convention and march against political corruption. Lessig launched a presidential campaign for the Democratic nomination on September 9, 2015. He dropped out in November.

Jim Webb: Webb, a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and a Marine, was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2006 and served one term. In July, he announced his Presidential run. In October, he announced his departure.

[ewmayer]

Originally Posted by only_human

George Pataki dropped out of the race yesterday.

Who is George Pataki, and out of which race did he drop? (The human race? If so, consider cc'ing to the Lounge RIP thread.)

[only_human]

Originally Posted by ewmayer

Who is George Pataki, and out of which race did he drop? (The human race? If so, consider cc'ing to the Lounge RIP thread.)

George Pataki’s Hopeless Campaign, In One Chart

In the 221 polls that asked about Pataki, he registered 0 percent (support) 149 times. He earned more than 1 percent just 10 times and more than 2 percent only once.

[ewmayer]

Truthdig - The Great Forgetting: Note discussion of Trump and Hillary