The New American Politics thread

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan

Don't care if you're a Dem or Rep supporter, if someone made fun of your wife on twitter could you ever support them? I guess if you're Ted Cruz you can.

This is the most ridiculous thing:

Trump’s former primary foe has so far refused to back him, going so far as to tell Republicans to “vote your conscience” at the Republican National Convention. Since then, Cruz, who may face a primary challenge in 2018

Someone's going to come at Ted freakin' Cruz from the right?! Come on.

[Itse]

Originally Posted by Izzle

It only is a matter of time before Clinton comes out with an ad aimed towards African-Americans.

That demographic is already pretty much in the bag for her. It's probably enough for her to include those African-American actors in the other ads so it doesn't look like she's taking them for granted.

[Senator Clay Davis]

By the way this is a good time to post this since Ted is bowing down.

Former "Apprentice" contestant and top Donald Trump cheerleader Omarosa Manigault is warning his critics they will soon be bowing down before him.

“Every critic, every detractor, will have to bow down to President Trump,” she said. "It’s everyone who’s ever doubted Donald, who ever disagreed, who ever challenged him. It is the ultimate revenge to become the most powerful man in the universe.”

http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know...ow-down-to-him

[Flash Walken]

Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague

This is the most ridiculous thing:


Someone's going to come at Ted freakin' Cruz from the right?! Come on.

A true believer could unseat him.

This is the new Eric Cantor, the measured private-sector sage with long-term ideas and international reach. As vice chairman of Wall Street investment bank Moelis and Co., he circles the globe — Dubai, Beijing, New York — advising companies on how to position themselves in the global marketplace.

Two years ago, he was the rising star of the Republican Party, the presumptive heir to the speakership of the House, until he was humiliated in a primary election by a political novice. Cantor was the first sitting House majority leader in history to lose his congressional seat, a defeat so unexpected that it shocked the unshockable political establishment, which called it one of the greatest political upsets of modern times.

It was also, as it turns out, a cautionary tale.

In hindsight, that contest wasn’t just a GOP primary election, Cantor says. It was a referendum on establishment politics, broken promises and angry voters’ growing distrust of Washington. He was at the epicenter of a populist uprising, the target of every disenfranchised voter in America.

“It turned into an anyone-but-Cantor vote,” he says in an interview at his downtown office, during another rare touchdown between international trips. “But it was also a little bit of canary in the coal mine.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifes...f3f_story.html

[Itse]

To step away from the presidential election for a second, a friend of mine (US citizen currently living in Finland) got her ballots in mail this week. All the local elections only had one person running, and every one was the incumbent.

She said it felt very nostalgic, like things used to be when she was young. She was born in the Soviet Union.

[Senator Clay Davis]

I went back and necro-edited my post praising Cruz for standing up for himself. I also started it with "I shouldn't do this", as if I knew he'd ultimately do this. Also, this should effectively confirm Trump is indeed the establishment. Reince (the king of the establishment) tells GOPers a few days ago that there will be punishment for anyone who doesn't back Trump, two days later Ted comes back with his tail between his legs. Establishment is going to win again no matter what.

[Lanny_McDonald]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

By the way this is a good time to post this since Ted is bowing down.



http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know...ow-down-to-him

The most powerful man in the universe?

[Senator Clay Davis]

I'm not sure why Deadspin is commenting on this, but hey we get a 9/10 headline

Report: Ted Cruz Planning To #### Himself

http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/rep...elf-1787008316

[KootenayFlamesFan]

"After many months of careful consideration, of prayer and searching my own conscience, I have decided that on Election Day, I will vote for the Republican nominee, Donald Trump," Cruz wrote in a Facebook post.

"A year ago, I pledged to endorse the Republican nominee, and I am honoring that commitment. And if you don't want to see a Hillary Clinton presidency, I encourage you to vote for him."

"I am greatly honored by the endorsement of Senator Cruz," Trump said in a statement obtained by CNN. "We have fought the battle and he was a tough and brilliant opponent. I look forward to working with him for many years to come in order to make America great again."

The two men clashed repeatedly during the primaries, as Trump taunted the senator with the nickname "Lyin' Ted," suggested Cruz wasn't eligible to be president due to his Canadian birthplace, and even speculated that Cruz's father was involved in the JFK assassination. Trump also said Cruz should "be careful" or he would "spill the beans on your wife," and retweeted an unflattering picture of Heidi Cruz. Those tweets have not been deleted from Trump's account.

"I'm not in the habit of supporting people who attack my wife and attack my father," Cruz told members of the Texas delegation. "That pledge was not a blanket commitment that if you go and slander and attack Heidi that I'm going to nonetheless come as a servile puppy dog and say, 'Thank you very much for maligning my wife and maligning my father.'"

After the convention, Trump said that he would not accept Cruz's endorsement if he offered it.

"I don't want his endorsement. If he gives it, I will not accept it, just so you understand. If he gives it I will -- I will not accept. It won't matter. Honestly he should've done it because nobody cares and he would've been in better shape for four years from now," Trump said.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/23/politi...ump/index.html

[flylock shox]

Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan

http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/23/politi...ump/index.html

Good to see this from Cruz, finally.

Now I can go back to fully loathing him.

[Drak]

LOL Ted Cruz. What a spineless wackjob creep.

[nik-]

It's probably unfair to expect a lot of backbone from someone who is melting.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Oh Nate....

Nate Silver ‏@NateSilver538 22m22 minutes ago
CRUZ DOOMS A PRESIDENT
is an anagram for
ZODIAC ENDORSES TRUMP

https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/st...16700789858305

[Fuzz]

It's amazing how, one by one, they are all handing Trump their balls. Shows their integrity. I mean, it would be one thing if they were endorsing some other Republican they had sworn never to, but this is Donald Trump. When all these doofuses write their memoirs, without a doubt, the one line that will be in all of them is "I wish I hadn't endorsed Donald Trump". You don't need hindsight to see this is dumb.

[Jacks]

There was talk (from the RNC) that any of the contenders who don't live up to their pledge to back the nominee could be denied being able to run next time. That's probably the only reason Cruz has flip flopped, he's just looking towards 2020.

[GirlySports]

Game. Set. Match.


http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know...ting-for-trump

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Originally Posted by Jacks

There was talk (from the RNC) that any of the contenders who don't live up to their pledge to back the nominee could be denied being able to run next time. That's probably the only reason Cruz has flip flopped, he's just looking towards 2020.

Well, that seals it then, because as we know the RNC has been very successful in preventing people they don't want getting the GOP nomination from getting it.

[Senator Clay Davis]

^^Of course she's gonna vote for Trump. We need the apocalypse inducing Kanye/Trump 2020 matchup, and that ain't happening if Hillary wins.

[Jacks]

Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague

Well, that seals it then, because as we know the RNC has been very successful in preventing people they don't want getting the GOP nomination from getting it.

Can't win if you can't run in the first place.

[KootenayFlamesFan]

U.S. intelligence officials are seeking to determine whether an American businessman identified by Donald Trump as one of his foreign policy advisers has opened up private communications with senior Russian officials — including talks about the possible lifting of economic sanctions if the Republican nominee becomes president, according to multiple sources who have been briefed on the issue.

The activities of Trump adviser Carter Page, who has extensive business interests in Russia, have been discussed with senior members of Congress during recent briefings about suspected efforts by Moscow to influence the presidential election, the sources said. After one of those briefings, Senate minority leader Harry Reid wrote FBI Director James Comey, citing reports of meetings between a Trump adviser (a reference to Page) and “high ranking sanctioned individuals” in Moscow over the summer as evidence of “significant and disturbing ties” between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin that needed to be investigated by the bureau.

Page is a former Merrill Lynch investment banker in Moscow who now runs a New York consulting firm, Global Energy Capital, located around the corner from Trump Tower, that specializes in oil and gas deals in Russia and other Central Asian countries. He declined repeated requests to comment for this story.

Trump first mentioned Page’s name when asked to identify his “foreign policy team” during an interview with the Washington Post editorial team last March. Describing him then only as a “PhD,” Trump named Page as among five advisers “that we are dealing with.” But his precise role in the campaign remains unclear; Trump spokeswoman Hope Hicks last month called him an “informal foreign adviser” who “does not speak for Mr. Trump or the campaign.” Asked this week by Yahoo News, Trump campaign spokesman Jason Miller said Page “has no role” and added: “We are not aware of any of his activities, past or present.” Miller did not respond when asked why Trump had previously described Page as one of his advisers.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-s-intel...175046002.html