Althouse: This is the convention post.

July 20, 2016

This is the convention post.

Watch along with me!

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chickelit said...: PBandJ_LeDouanier said...ignoring and belittling are two different things. Right?

Well, two different people were involved. Assign your own gerund. And it was two against one.; 7/21/16, 12:00 AM
Sprezzatura said...: T.C.U.,

If HRC is the architect of the slaughter at Benghazi, how isn't W the architect of 9-11 when he ignored a specific threat briefing? There was no such briefing for HRC. Likewise, W was, according to his Treasury Secretary, going to attack Iraq before 9-11, so it's hard to not blame him for the disastrous results from a war, unlike in Afghanistan, of choice.

Imagine if Obama or HRC had this paper trail of disastrous decisions. Cons would actually have something to hyperventilate about.; 7/21/16, 12:07 AM
Jon Ericson said...: Easy on the Peyote, you two.; 7/21/16, 12:08 AM
Jon Ericson said...: So where's Sugartits?; 7/21/16, 12:09 AM
Sprezzatura said...: Btw, I know it's sotra piling on, but has anyone noticed that the King of FNC is going down this week?; 7/21/16, 12:11 AM
shiloh said...: "Ya ever notice how lefties are addicted to snark like cheap whores are to crack?"

Irony alert notwithstanding, being generous Althouse 90/10 con majority uses snark at least 50/60% of the time. Drago alone is close to 100%.

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After quickly surfing this dreary boring thread and the ad nauseam comments on lib trolls another irony alert as Althouse has been totally overrun recently by conservative, dumber than dirt trolls.

"Is that where the A game (who used to be here) went?"

Indeed, 4 years ago the political discussion was at a much higher level although still dominated by a 95/5 con majority to be sure, if you were a lonely lib you at least were compelled to enter the fray. Nowadays, after skipping over several con fools on purpose, there really isn't a serious discussion re: any topic.

ie whenever Althouse reluctantly posts anything negative re: Trump all you read is ad nauseam sarcasm ...

But, but, but Hillary is worse!

But, but, but Bill is worse!

But, but, but the Dems are worse!

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Supposedly MK left because of lib trolls. I would posit he also left because the grade school level conservative rants/moaning/groaning just aren't/weren't that interesting/compelling.

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Again, to be sure political discussion on the net is a zero sum game where the back and forth is totally fruitless and serves no useful purpose, but if it ain't entertaining you got nothin'!

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Oh btw, how 'bout that Cruz guy going rogue and pissing in Trump's Wheaties. As always, didn't watch but this is easily the most disjointed/discombobulated convention in at least 30+ years. And who didn't see this coming up seventh avenue when cons nominated a megalomaniac/egotistical reality show host with no grasp of political policy whatsoever.

I yield back the balance of my time.; 7/21/16, 12:12 AM
chickelit said...: PB&Jelly responded: Sure. And the W and Reagan blunders of much greater impact. Those don't seem so important. Has it occurred to you that some folks, looking at how cons selectively try to use dead Americans as political fodder, might be more than a bit queasy?

But Reagan and W aren't running and Hillary is. In many ways, the Trump candidacy is a referendum on Obama. And since Hillary stresses that she is a third Obama term, it's a referendum on her too.

Which brings me to the point of why on earth did Hillary insist that she is merely a third Obama term? Except for possibly TPP (who has read it?), is there any other ray of light between her and Obama? Why?; 7/21/16, 12:12 AM
Jon Ericson said...: So Ritmo, been hangin' with the "A" team?
I think they need you back there Right Now.; 7/21/16, 12:13 AM
Sprezzatura said...: Why don't cons focus on the pardon-gate stuff? That was seriously smarmy.; 7/21/16, 12:13 AM
chickelit said...: Jon Ericson said...So where's Sugartits?

Drunk again, getting plumbed by a neighbor?; 7/21/16, 12:14 AM
Jon Ericson said...: Shiloh, you must have been hangin' with the "A" team too! Get back, Get back; 7/21/16, 12:14 AM
Sprezzatura said...: "But Reagan and W aren't running and Hillary is."

I get this. And, I know it's moronic to focus on intellectual honesty, because this has nothing to do with winning politically. But, in my own pea brain I like to try to use the same measuring stick no matter what's being measured.; 7/21/16, 12:15 AM
Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...: I have literally lost internet friends over this.

Let me guess. Did they include one of the Two Corinthians?; 7/21/16, 12:15 AM
Jon Ericson said...: So you're all drunk or high.
God bless you.; 7/21/16, 12:16 AM
Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...: Thank you Ritmo, for not stinking this place up, like you usually do (until now) P.U.

Thank you, Jon Ericson, for still having nothing to contribute and still obsessing over me.

Didn't they ever tell you that the stench of desperation reeks? People can smell it a mile away.

Just because you don't perceive your desperation doesn't mean that others don't.; 7/21/16, 12:17 AM
Jon Ericson said...: Words.; 7/21/16, 12:17 AM
Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...: God bless you.

god curse you and kill you.

And screw your flabby puckered buns till they can't hold anything in any more.

Have a good night, jon ;-); 7/21/16, 12:18 AM
The Cracker Emcee Refulgent said...: No briefing, they were just listening to what was happening in real time. And they made the politically expedient choice while those men died.

Well, we're in the 400+ fever swamps and the gangs have trudged on home. I'm a little disappointed in the professional trolls tonight. Each night they seem to lose a little more energy. It will be interesting to see what their tack is during the DNC.; 7/21/16, 12:19 AM
Jon Ericson said...: Kiss your ass, Pedro.; 7/21/16, 12:19 AM
Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...: Easy on the Peyote, you two.

Easy on the no brain cells, you.; 7/21/16, 12:19 AM
Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...: Get over yourself, Jon Ericson. It's not like everyone else in your life already hasn't.; 7/21/16, 12:20 AM
Jon Ericson said...: Losing it? or lost it?; 7/21/16, 12:20 AM
Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...: The election? No, it sounds like you already lost this one.

Defend your nominee, Jon Ericson. Say something positive about him.

I dare you.; 7/21/16, 12:21 AM
Jon Ericson said...: You are very amusing, Pedro.; 7/21/16, 12:21 AM
shiloh said...: Oh forgot, re: Reagan/speeches/Peggy ...

First Dutch would have never entered politics if not for Nancy and I'm sure she read each one of his speeches every which way but loose before he gave them.

Indeed, Nancy was Reagan's mastermind/svengali.; 7/21/16, 12:22 AM
Jon Ericson said...: He's not Hillary, you dumb shit.; 7/21/16, 12:22 AM
Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...: I still notice you not having anything to say about The National Republican Savior, Donald Trump.

Positive or negative. Just go with it.

Say anything about him.; 7/21/16, 12:22 AM
Jon Ericson said...: He's not Hillary, You dumb shit.; 7/21/16, 12:23 AM
Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...: He's not Hillary, you dumb shit.

Yes. And Hitler wasn't Stalin, you dumb shit. What's your point?

Oh, and the language. Mommy Althouse! He's swearing!

I'm telling!; 7/21/16, 12:23 AM
Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...: A paper bag isn't Hillary.

You dumb shit. Lol!; 7/21/16, 12:24 AM
Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...: A pair of socks... not Hillary!; 7/21/16, 12:24 AM
Jon Ericson said...: Did someone tell on you, peckerhead?; 7/21/16, 12:24 AM
Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...: A tapeworm is not Hillary.

Emperor Hirohito is not Hillary.; 7/21/16, 12:24 AM
Jon Ericson said...: Yes, logic is not your forte.; 7/21/16, 12:25 AM
Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...: Hate! Hate! It makes America great!

If we only hate Hillary enough maybe somehow that will trick people into thinking that we Republicans actually have a qualified candidate.; 7/21/16, 12:26 AM
Jon Ericson said...: Yes, go on...; 7/21/16, 12:26 AM
Jon Ericson said...: WE republicans?; 7/21/16, 12:27 AM
Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...: Yes, logic is not your forte.

Pray tell what your for-tay is, Jon Ericson.

Let's hear it.

What are you bringing to the table? Other than hate, resentment, exclusion, etc.... all those traditional Republican values.; 7/21/16, 12:27 AM
Jon Ericson said...: Fucking Anarchist; 7/21/16, 12:28 AM
Sprezzatura said...: "Hate! Hate! It makes America great!"

It makes America Great, Again. The cons think that America is not currently great. They only believe in Ireland Exceptionalism, because of the low tax rate for corporations.; 7/21/16, 12:28 AM
Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...: What are your priorities for America in 2017, Jon Ericson?

Let us know about those Jon Ericson Republican values.

Yes, we know that you hate the Democratic candidate. That's a given.

Tell us what you're offering America?

Give it to us, man. Lay it on. Be bold!; 7/21/16, 12:29 AM
Jon Ericson said...: Not total negativity, like some smart asses I've read.; 7/21/16, 12:29 AM
Jon Ericson said...: Typing a long one, smartass?; 7/21/16, 12:30 AM
Jon Ericson said...: This will be good.; 7/21/16, 12:30 AM
Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...: It makes America Great, Again. The cons think that America is not currently great.

This is why Colbert was so brilliant. He showcased how convoluted their illogic really is.; 7/21/16, 12:30 AM
Jon Ericson said...: Can't wait.; 7/21/16, 12:30 AM
Anonymous said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 7/21/16, 12:31 AM
Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...: Not total negativity, like some smart asses I've read.

Oh, ok. Partial negativity, then?

That implies there's some positivity in there, or at least neutrality.

Let's hear about those things then, O Not-so-hateful One.; 7/21/16, 12:32 AM
Jon Ericson said...: Oh Hi Anonymous, Finally got the Talking Points?; 7/21/16, 12:32 AM
Anonymous said...: Those awful, scary people at the convention were grabbing at me and ripped my hair. They were screaming and yelling at me, calling me sugartits and other vile awful things, just because my husband told them to vote their conscience!; 7/21/16, 12:33 AM
Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...: The cons think that America is not currently great.

They want to progress. But without being progressive.

They want to go back... to the FUTURE!; 7/21/16, 12:33 AM
Jon Ericson said...: Skreek engrish; 7/21/16, 12:33 AM
Jon Ericson said...: Better than balls in the ladies room.; 7/21/16, 12:34 AM
Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...: Jon Ericson - more posts, please. You're not posting enough comments.; 7/21/16, 12:35 AM
Jon Ericson said...: Oh Hi Sugartits, I've missed you, you witty vixen, you.; 7/21/16, 12:35 AM
Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...: I know you fear not getting your point across... whatever it is.

So maybe if you keep posting and posting and posting and posting then somebody will get the point of what you're saying.

That somebody might even be you.; 7/21/16, 12:36 AM
Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...: You do a good Mel Gibson impersonation. Especially for someone who accuses others of drinking (too much).

In what other ways are you like Mel Gibson?; 7/21/16, 12:37 AM
Jon Ericson said...: Sorry, can't keep up with you, you silver tongued devil.; 7/21/16, 12:37 AM
Jon Ericson said...: Well, I like Jews.; 7/21/16, 12:37 AM
Sprezzatura said...: "They want to go back... to the FUTURE!"

Rush made fun of Alex Keaton's illness (when it turned out he was only acting as a con). Some how this ties in w/ Trump making fun of Kovaleski and the love and positiveness that is the R party.; 7/21/16, 12:38 AM
Jon Ericson said...: Oh, Oh here comes another long one.; 7/21/16, 12:38 AM
Anonymous said...: One ugly man with a scraggly beard and a grease stained Trump t shirt and a Make America Great Again ball cap ran after me and tried to lift my skirt over my head. I couldn't see where I was going as I was being rescued from the angry crowd who surrounded me shaking their fists and screaming "Go home sugartits!"; 7/21/16, 12:38 AM
Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...: Well, I like Jews.

That's impressive - for someone who doesn't know any of them... and appears sympathetic to fascists.

But very unlike Mel Gibson, the guy who taught you how to talk and insult. What is it about Jews that you like?

Other than everything they did 3,000 years ago that's been written about already in a big book?; 7/21/16, 12:39 AM
Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...: Oh, Oh here comes another long one.

Something Jon Ericson never hears when he's with a woman.; 7/21/16, 12:40 AM
chickelit said...: R&B scolded: Not to detract from Palladian, but I know how it feels for a chemistry know-it-all to ignore and belittle his best chemistry-post commenter.

How is calling you brilliant ignoring you? link

I too am saddened by the loss of our rapport on that score (chemistry). But I'm saddened by a lot of other things.; 7/21/16, 12:41 AM
Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...: Well, I like Jews.

Awesome. Tell it to this guy.; 7/21/16, 12:41 AM
Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...: We can always talk chemistry, chickelit.

Anywhere, anytime. Name the place. Like WWF. ;-)

It's never too late to make things happy.; 7/21/16, 12:42 AM
Sprezzatura said...: I have a Chem E degree! Though I long ago moved on to other stuff.

Weird similarity among commenters.; 7/21/16, 12:43 AM
Jon Ericson said...: Chemistry, yeah, that's what gives you the power to bloviate .; 7/21/16, 12:44 AM
Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...: Sorry, can't keep up with you, you silver tongued devil.

Well, this is as good a transition to chemistry as any.

Would lead-tongued be the opposite of silver tongued?

Perhaps we can end the night talking about argyria. ;-); 7/21/16, 12:44 AM
Lewis Wetzel said...: I am spending the evening preparing software for release while I listen to IRA and UDA fight songs on Youtube. Many of the IRA and UDA songs have the same tunes, and the words are almost the same. Just swap "Ulsterman" for "Fenian."

Come out, ye Black and Tans;
Come out and fight me like a man;
Show your wife how you won medals out in Flanders
Tell her how the I.R.A. made you run like hell away
From the green and lovely lanes in Killeshandra.

versus

Hullo! Hullo!
We are the Billy Boys
Hullo! Hullo!
We are the Billy Boys!
We're up to our knees in Fenian blood.
Surrender or you'll die!
For we are the Bridgeton Billy Boys!; 7/21/16, 12:45 AM
Jon Ericson said...: Guess you're at the end of your new book, "Insults for Imbeciles"; 7/21/16, 12:46 AM
Anonymous said...: It was awful, I'll never forget the faces of the convention goers, ugly, twisted and enraged. Some spit, some cursed, some scratched and one even tried to bite me.; 7/21/16, 12:46 AM
Sprezzatura said...: Terry,

I'm a certified Java programmer (or was, I think those things expire).

What other things do people do? Maybe I did those too. I've had a lot of work experiences.; 7/21/16, 12:47 AM
Jon Ericson said...: Talk to the wookie about that.; 7/21/16, 12:47 AM
Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...: Do you need some love, Jon Ericson?

Don't feel left out. This is a night for coming together.

I'm sorry that the insults were imbecilic and hurt your feelings.

You can remedy that problem by saying interesting, intelligent things and being nice.

Oh wait, I forgot who I was talking to.

Ok you go and have a good night now, then.; 7/21/16, 12:47 AM
Jon Ericson said...: Did you say "Bite Me"?; 7/21/16, 12:48 AM
Jon Ericson said...: God bless.; 7/21/16, 12:49 AM
Jon Ericson said...: PB&J
Certified maybe.; 7/21/16, 12:50 AM
chickelit said...: @HeidieCruise: Some cursed, some prayed, some prayed then cursed
Then prayed and bled some more...; 7/21/16, 12:52 AM
Jon Ericson said...: I'm glad you found a place to swing your big brain around. Glad it wasn't here tonight.; 7/21/16, 12:52 AM
Lewis Wetzel said...: HeideCruise, if there were red sullen faces sneering and snarling from doors of mud-cracked houses, I think you were probably not at the GOP convention, but in T.S. Eliot's "The Wasteland." Did you hear voices singing out of empty cisterns and exhausted wells?; 7/21/16, 12:53 AM
Jon Ericson said...: Cocaine is a helluva drug, but you can always do some more, right?; 7/21/16, 12:53 AM
Jon Ericson said...: Please do.; 7/21/16, 12:55 AM
Jon Ericson said...: Lots more.; 7/21/16, 12:55 AM
Jon Ericson said...: No, No, More!; 7/21/16, 12:55 AM
Jon Ericson said...: Do it until you can't do any more.; 7/21/16, 12:56 AM
Jon Ericson said...: Then buy some more.; 7/21/16, 12:57 AM
Lewis Wetzel said...: Blogger PBandJ_LeDouanier said...
Terry,

I'm a certified Java programmer (or was, I think those things expire).

Coincidentally, the software I am preparing for release is a java program used to simulate an astronomical spectrometer. This is the last java release, java applets have become unusable. The next version will be javascript.
I am not a professional programmer, but they give me legacy software to maintain because no one else will do it :); 7/21/16, 12:57 AM
Anonymous said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 7/21/16, 12:58 AM
Jon Ericson said...: If you can't afford it I understand bath salts work just as good.; 7/21/16, 12:59 AM
Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 7/21/16, 12:59 AM
Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...: I'm glad you found a place to swing your big brain around. Glad it wasn't here tonight.

Hi! My name is Jon Ericson. Look at the size of my head!; 7/21/16, 1:00 AM
Jon Ericson said...: So, you did another line! God bless you!; 7/21/16, 1:01 AM
Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...: So, you did another line! God bless you!

Nah, I just used my brain.

But what would you know about something like that!; 7/21/16, 1:02 AM
Jon Ericson said...: Encephalitis is not good, but it beats zika.; 7/21/16, 1:02 AM
Jon Ericson said...: Man, you are a piece of work.; 7/21/16, 1:03 AM
Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...: Keep it up, Jon. I think you could easily get in like a third of the total comments here tonight.

And without even saying anything! Just think of what an accomplishment that would be!

You do know the meaning of the word "accomplishment," don't you?

It's when you do things that other people actually find noteworthy or impressive.; 7/21/16, 1:03 AM
Jon Ericson said...: Checking that book, Pedro?; 7/21/16, 1:03 AM
Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...: Man, you are a piece of work.

And you are a piece of idleness.

Boy.; 7/21/16, 1:03 AM
Sprezzatura said...: Don't despair cons, Trump could possibly get her at the debates. Drudge polls said he's a master debater.; 7/21/16, 1:04 AM
chickelit said...: I think Jon Ericson has been a breath of fresh air in the Althouse comment section -- a much need retort to the "Unknown" barrage.; 7/21/16, 1:04 AM
Anonymous said...: They kept screaming "Goldman Sachs!" at me! I'm still shaking.; 7/21/16, 1:04 AM
Jon Ericson said...: You are very impressive, What would you say your accomplishments tonight would be?; 7/21/16, 1:04 AM
chickelit said...: Rhythm and Balls said...Keep it up, Jon. I think you could easily get in like a third of the total comments here tonight.

Could he break your record?; 7/21/16, 1:05 AM
Jon Ericson said...: What point have you made, other than "I can type bullshit and insults faster than Jon Ericson"?; 7/21/16, 1:06 AM
Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...: I think Jon Ericson has been a breath of fresh air in the Althouse comment section...

What have you got against oxygen? Or to personify it, what did oxygen ever do to you?!

Ericson says he hates brains and thinking - things that consume 20% of a person's oxygen.

Are you trying to transform us into sulfur-metabolising organisms?; 7/21/16, 1:07 AM
Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...: Could he break your record?

Easily.; 7/21/16, 1:08 AM
Achilles said...: Rhythm and Balls said...
"I still notice you not having anything to say about The National Republican Savior, Donald Trump"

I will be your Huckleberry.

My favorite: https://www.donaldjtrump.com/positions/second-amendment-rights

This is the best second amendment plank a major party nominee has ever had. CC reciprocity and an end to the gun control that is leaving law abiding citizens helpless in crime ridden democrat controlled cities.

https://www.donaldjtrump.com/positions/healthcare-reform

Repeal obamacare and force the fed's to block grant medicare. Allow insurance sales across state lines and strengthen HSAs. This is an excellent health care platform.

https://www.donaldjtrump.com/positions/tax-reform

Not as simple as I would make it but good enough. You should even appreciate a progressive corporate tax that has lower taxes on small businesses.

https://www.donaldjtrump.com/positions/veterans-administration-reforms

Being served by the VA myself I have to say all you people that want single payer are just stupid. My experience has been awful. I have to drive for 3 hours and wait over a month to get an appointment. Veterans are somewhat popular nationally. Just think what they will do to not so popular minorities.

I am going to cut it off there. This post is already too long for the format.; 7/21/16, 1:08 AM
Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...: You are very impressive, What would you say your accomplishments tonight would be?

Not saying anything as stupid and pointless as any of the things you've said.; 7/21/16, 1:08 AM
Jon Ericson said...: Uh, Oh, I feel another long slithery B.M. is coming from your pie hole.; 7/21/16, 1:09 AM
Jon Ericson said...: Ooh, Burn. LOL; 7/21/16, 1:09 AM
Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...: What point have you made, other than "I can type bullshit and insults faster than Jon Ericson"?

What point have you made, other than, "I can type bullshit and insults better than R&B?"; 7/21/16, 1:10 AM
Jon Ericson said...: It was short, sort of a floater, I was expecting something longer from you.; 7/21/16, 1:11 AM
Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...: Feeling scatological, are you Jon?

It's ok to exercise other organs than just your bum, my good man.

Start with the brain. Start with ABCs and numbers first.

Where you go from there is up to you, stud.; 7/21/16, 1:11 AM
Jon Ericson said...: Gee Thanks!; 7/21/16, 1:11 AM
Achilles said...: PBandJ_LeDouanier said...
"Don't despair cons, Trump could possibly get her at the debates. Drudge polls said he's a master debater."

I am not worried in the slightest. There has never been a candidate that has inspired as much apathy in their base as Hillary Clinton. In one poll 20% of the people that supported her thought she should have been indicted. She got fewer votes in the 2016 primary than she got in the 2008 primary when she lost.

And don't gloss over the fact that it is the democrat party that is truly split. I know a lot of Bernie supporters and they are not voting for Hillary. Nobody with a soul would vote for Hillary.; 7/21/16, 1:13 AM
Jon Ericson said...: Did you get beat up a lot when you were a kid?
This kind of explains your rage.; 7/21/16, 1:13 AM
Jon Ericson said...: So, Yes?; 7/21/16, 1:14 AM
Captain Drano said...: Something to consider, pinched from another blog's comment section:

"Do you think your integrity will prevent Hillary from nominating justices for SCOTUS that will overturn Citizens United? Remember the film at the heart of that case? It was about *Hillary* and it was not complimentary. She wants to ban criticism of our politicians. But what's free speech compared to the importance of your integrity?

Do you think your integrity will survive in a world with the Middle East dominated by ISIS or al Quaeda or whatever the radical nutjobs are calling themselves this season? What about eastern Europe and Turkey (yes, an original NATO member) dominated by Russia? Or Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and the Phillipines dominated by China? Or all of the above. It's *Hillary's* foreign policy that is playing out now.

And do you think that, given your intact integrity, you and the rest of the Never Trump people will be able to defeat the "Campaign to Re-Elect the First Woman President"? Remember, you'll be doing it without the people you are so anxious to distance yourself from today.

I am not a fan of Trump. I don't like him at all. Of the original gaggle running for the nomination, I probably preferred seven or eight to Trump. Despite my preferences, Trump won. It's time to put on our big boy pants, recognize that fact and deal with it.

To my mind, taking your bat and ball and going home to watch the Hillary coronation on the tube is the worst possible response to disappointment in the primaries."; 7/21/16, 1:14 AM
Jon Ericson said...: I see.; 7/21/16, 1:14 AM
Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...: I don't have rage.

I laugh at you.

A lot.; 7/21/16, 1:14 AM
Jon Ericson said...: Here comes another four liner.; 7/21/16, 1:14 AM
Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...: I see.

No. You don't.

You're as blind as a bat.; 7/21/16, 1:15 AM
Lewis Wetzel said...: HeideCruz wrote:
One fat lady knocked me down and sat on me until Mr.Cuccinelli rescued me.

Huh. Usually pressing is reserved for prisoners who refuse to plead. You see, if you plead guilty your estate is confiscated by the crown, and if you plead innocent and are found guilty, you also forfeit your estate. So lots of people refuse to plead until they are pressed.
SOP in Canada, I hear, except for the Maritimes where waterboarding is more popular.; 7/21/16, 1:15 AM
Jon Ericson said...: Only three.; 7/21/16, 1:15 AM
Achilles said...: R&B and Jon:

You are wasting your time and energy in the comments section on Althouse. Is she paying you or something?; 7/21/16, 1:15 AM
Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...: Here comes another four liner.

Here comes nothing. (It's from Jon Ericson, obviously).; 7/21/16, 1:15 AM
Jon Ericson said...: Do another line, you're getting shorter.; 7/21/16, 1:16 AM
Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...: Obsessed with counting and measuring things, Jon? (And feeling intimidated by length?)

Just how short are you?; 7/21/16, 1:16 AM
chickelit said...: Are you trying to transform us into sulfur-metabolising organisms?

Sulfur-dependent metabolic pathways kick in the absence of air: e.g., S-andenosylmethionine as a B12 mimic. This harkens back in evolution and in, metaphorically, a biblical sense: think brimstone; 7/21/16, 1:17 AM
Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...: Do another line, you're getting shorter.

Oh, I could never get as short as you, Stumpy McMicropenis.; 7/21/16, 1:17 AM
Jon Ericson said...: 5" 11"; 7/21/16, 1:17 AM
Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...: 5" 11"

You stuff that all in your shorts?

Do you have to roll it up?; 7/21/16, 1:18 AM
Jon Ericson said...: Woah, sixth-grade humor, is that the unexpurgated Weekly Reader?; 7/21/16, 1:19 AM
Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...: 5" 11"

I didn't know they piled shit that high.

Congrats.; 7/21/16, 1:19 AM
Jon Ericson said...: Fifth-grade. Comin' down!; 7/21/16, 1:20 AM
Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...: And what grade level is appropriate for you, Mr. "Brains are bad!"?; 7/21/16, 1:21 AM
Jon Ericson said...: Nice trajectory.; 7/21/16, 1:21 AM
chickelit said...: Nobody with a soul would vote for Hillary.

R&B is for nobody. He's not for Trump and he's not for Hillary. But in fact he's a natural Hillary voter who's just a little overly repulsed by her. So he would never vote for Trump anyway.

All of the Trump/Hillary candidates are bigger draws from Hillary and so we should all encourage defection if not defecationin that direction.; 7/21/16, 1:21 AM
shiloh said...: 5" 11"

5 inches + 11 inches = 16 inches!

carry on; 7/21/16, 1:22 AM
Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...: But in fact he's a natural Hillary voter who's just a little overly repulsed by her.

I don't understand why you would say that or even what it means. There is nothing i find natural about her and never liked her.

Not when she was a Goldwater girl and not now.

I don't know what she's in favor of or would do but I have a good hunch that it's nothing that I want.; 7/21/16, 1:23 AM
Jon Ericson said...: Bad brains, not brains are bad, Too bad when they go bad. Did you use to have a good brain?; 7/21/16, 1:23 AM
Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...: So Jon's pro-maturity but against using one's brain "too much."

Sounds about as incoherent as the rest of what comes out of the GOP these days.; 7/21/16, 1:24 AM
Jon Ericson said...: So you're an anarchist?; 7/21/16, 1:25 AM
Jon Ericson said...: Thought so.; 7/21/16, 1:26 AM
Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...: Jon, I have no idea what your problem is. But it sounds like your parents didn't love you very much.

I think you need love, Jon. I don't know from whom or how but there's definitely something lacking in you.

I can't fix it for you. No matter how much you follow me around.; 7/21/16, 1:27 AM
Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...: Jon, I can practically hear you moving your lips when reading what I've written - from all the way across the internet.

Would you say that you breathe through your mouth?; 7/21/16, 1:28 AM
Jon Ericson said...: Ad hominem is so unlike a big brain like you.; 7/21/16, 1:28 AM
chickelit said...: Jon Ericson said...So you're an anarchist?

As best I can tell, R&B wants a third Obama term. Except that he doesn't want the DNC's version of third Obama term. Hence the permanent frustration on his part.; 7/21/16, 1:29 AM
Jon Ericson said...: Ah! Frustration! Now I see.; 7/21/16, 1:30 AM
Jon Ericson said...: Do another line, and another, and just one more for luck.; 7/21/16, 1:32 AM
chickelit said...: BTW, I thought Mike Pence calling Hillary "Secretary of Status Quo" was a pretty good quip. I also liked the "We like Mike" chants by the crowd.; 7/21/16, 1:32 AM
Jon Ericson said...: How about a fistful of Ativan. That'll put you right.; 7/21/16, 1:33 AM
chickelit said...: Good night, all. If tonight brought over 500 comments, just imagine what Trump -- the man himself -- and Ivanka -- the woman every feminist loves to hate will bring out tomorrow!

ciao!; 7/21/16, 1:35 AM
Jon Ericson said...: Are the veins on your sloping forehead throbbing yet?; 7/21/16, 1:35 AM
Captain Drano said...: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Aa3HXdqNWIM; 7/21/16, 1:36 AM
Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...: Jon, you're very easy to fuck with.

Do these masochistic experiences make you feel that a sadistic future is closer at hand for you?; 7/21/16, 1:36 AM
Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...: Good night, Jon. Try not to miss me too much.; 7/21/16, 1:37 AM
Jon Ericson said...: Yeah, my fingers are getting tired of all this typing. arrivederci!; 7/21/16, 1:37 AM
Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...: Ciao, chickelit.; 7/21/16, 1:37 AM
Lewis Wetzel said...: If Trump wins, he will shack up at the White House with 'chief wife' Melania and a hareem of supermodels. It's good to be the king.; 7/21/16, 1:41 AM
Brando said...: First, it was pretty rich of Chris Christie to call Ted Cruz "selfish" for not endorsing Trump. Some of us actually remember Christie's 2012 convention speech, which was all Christie and nothing else, not to mention him practically endorsing Obama in the final week of the campaign in order to improve his own standing in time for his reelection in 2013. Trump World rules, I guess.

Second, Team Trump obviously is pissed by Cruz not endorsing their guy, but then, why give him a prime time slot with no commitment to endorse? Were you just hoping the guy who was "branded" "Lyin' Ted" by Mr. Hits Ten Times As Hard would just randomly decide to endorse? Good gravy.

Third, this is what you get when your hero decides to unnecessarily and stupidly "hit back ten times as hard" with a nasty tweet about Cruz's wife, and then (when the nomination was locked up anyway!) try to smear Cruz's father with conspiracy theory BS. No one would respect Cruz if he forgave all that (especially with no apology from Trump) and endorsed. Everyone who adores Trump for "crushing his enemies" shouldn't be surprised when an "enemy" doesn't come around after that.

Finally, what a circus. Booing and fighting on the floor in prime time, the major primary rival speaking not to endorse but to tell us to vote our conscience (practically a call to vote third party as I read it) and yet a third day of no argument as to why Trump would be a good president (though admittedly, bashing Clinton may be all they can do--people this fall are voting against someone, not for). Team Trump says they're defying all the rules, and they certainly are testing the rule that you need a good convention to win in the fall.; 7/21/16, 5:07 AM
Darrell said...: Cruzers are losers.
Even Cruz himself.; 7/21/16, 5:11 AM
Rusty said...: I see ritmo found a playmate.; 7/21/16, 5:20 AM
Lewis Wetzel said...: One of the Powerline boys posted this quote. I can't find a link, I am going to post it here anyways. I think that it is hilarious. Not sure why.

[Kris Hermes, a veteran political activist who is serving as spokesman for Ohio’s chapter of the National Lawyers Guild] says even if police aren’t arresting people, their presence can be objectionable.

“If you are in downtown Cleveland you can literally throw a rock and hit a police [officer]. It’s very intimidating,” he says. “It certainly is chilling for First Amendment rights.”; 7/21/16, 6:04 AM
Beloved Commenter AReasonableMan said...: No wrestling match is complete without a heel. Cruz played his part to perfection.; 7/21/16, 6:36 AM
Bob Ellison said...: So close to 600. Drill, ye tarriers, drill.; 7/21/16, 6:38 AM
Brando said...: "Cruzers are losers.
Even Cruz himself."

I don't know--I have to give him credit for not kowtowing to a guy who insulted his wife and father and never apologized for it. Compare that to John McCain and other "establishment" types who sucked up on queue. Maybe Cruz is the one who "hits back twice as hard".; 7/21/16, 6:58 AM
Brando said...: And another thing--who was gushing about Scott Walker's presidential prospects? His speech was off key, and full of that "call and response" crap that is the bane of political conventions. If the speakers were auditioning for the next GOP primary, I'd say so far it looks like a standoff between Paul Ryan (as unifier, backing Trump for the party's sake) vs. Ted Cruz (as idealist, rejecting unity for purity). Walker didn't seem ready for prime time, and I don't think we're going to be hearing from Chris Christie or Newt again. Their best hope is Trump winning and him deciding not to screw them over.; 7/21/16, 7:01 AM
Bob Ellison said...: If I were programming a 'bot to spam blogs and other web sites in favor of someone paying me to support a cause or a candidate...

...I would program the 'bot to stop spamming at some point in the wee hours, just as a sign of legitimacy. Gotta go to bed if you're not a 'bot.

Maybe it would be good if the 'bot starts again at about 6:30AM and stops around 7:30, as if the 'bot has to go to work. Then starts up again at around 7:00PM. Maybe an occasional lunchtime spam around 1:00PM.

The running rules for this would be fascinating. It's kind of an online Turing Test.; 7/21/16, 7:39 AM
shiloh said...: "I think Jon Ericson has been a breath of fresh air in the Althouse comment section -- a much need retort to the "Unknown" barrage."

So a witless/clueless/robotic brain dead con troll is a breath of fresh air to chicky. And as far as I can tell, 3 of the four unknowns are cons ie only 75%, highly disappointing.

In the final analysis, paraphrasing my 12:12 PM post ~ What difference does it make!

>

Sadly, even R&B was more interesting/entertaining in his previous incarnations:

Ritmo/O Ritmo Segundo, etc.; 7/21/16, 7:45 AM
Bob Ellison said...: See, now, that post just now from shiloh has only a few of the marks of a 'bot. The desperate insults, yes, the reference to a previous post, yes, but that's it.

Not a 'bot. Just a person.; 7/21/16, 7:49 AM
Ann Althouse said...: That's a lot of comments!

Thanks for keeping the conversation going.; 7/21/16, 8:13 AM
Karen of Texas said...: Conversation? I'm not sure how much conversing was going on as opposed to straight up $hit slinging, Professor.

The degeneration in this thread to outright ridiculous idiocy is exactly a reflection of what passes, or attempts to pass, for political discourse these days. People have joined their tribe and no amount of "talk", whether it be rational, logical, factual, conciliatory or anything in between, is going to be allowed.

Bring your bats and chains and knives and brass knuckles - no guns, too easy - line up on either side of the great divide, then charge! Beat the crap out of "the other". He/she/it isn't on your team. How dare they have a different opinion or opposing view. And who cares what it is or why or how they arrived at it.

Politics isn't about conversing. It's about destroying "the other" and who cares if the whole country burns to the ground in the process. Alas, Babylon.; 7/21/16, 9:15 AM
shiloh said...: Political discussion is a contact sport w/keyboard commandos at the ready w/disjointed, non sequitur, red herring return fire.

Conversing yes. Debating, rarely. Mostly majority cons agreeing w/each other 24/7.; 7/21/16, 9:30 AM
Nichevo said...: Karen, it has been said that Althouse likes what is bad. The worse her threads become the better she likes it. Therefore, being censored by her is a badge of honor.; 7/21/16, 10:34 AM
Rusty said...: Ann Althouse said...
That's a lot of comments!

Thanks for keeping the conversation going.

Maybe you should put ritmo and jon on the payroll.; 7/21/16, 12:51 PM