Thanks for the info; maybe it’s just being referred to as new because it’s a new addition to his stump speeches, as opposed to a new sentiment in general? Regardless, I wholeheartedly agree with your comment: the Iranian Hostage Scandal 2.0 was absurd and Ted Cruz will always be a fucking dipshit.

Due to the large number of active military and veterans in SC, Cruz has apparently been using a new line in his stump speech. Referencing the recent Iranian detention of a few American soldiers, he says: “Starting next year, our sailors won’t be on their knees with their hands on their heads.” According to those…

The citizens of this nation will have the chance to vote...It is my hope that they will choose the builder...

I don’t want to sound harsh, but the part of your uterus that supported slavery got what was coming to it.

No, they are not. They are determined by a nexus of insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies, medical device makers, doctors, hospitals, sick people, healthy people, and more.

The data analysis is, at best, a dystopian, unsettling violation of privacy with the ultimate goal of cutting healthcare costs.

We are the team that drinks before noon, right?

Yea, they are all terrified of a primary campaign. Every member of the GOP learned the 2014 Lesson of Eric Cantor. In GOP land, it really makes little sense for them to compromise.* Compromising now gets you a moderate on the court. Okay, but even if stalling blows up and the Dems retain the WH the GOP will still…

Bill Clinton would lay an Arkansas ass whipping on Dubya.*

There are times when I almost feel bad for Jeb!: he designed this whole “Shock and Awe” primary strategy specifically to clear the field early and avoid having to bring in Bush II and his bewildering 70-80% GOP approval rating. That would have set him up nicely to further distance himself from Bush II in the general…

The part about Republican party officials stacking the audience against Trump? Yes, it’s true.

I’m pretty certain he is referencing the pledge that he and the RNC made last year: Trump won’t consider a 3rd party run provided that the RNC does not actively work against him.

When combined with the Rand Paul obituary, the last bit of this piece demonstrates that Burneko can troll a certain internet demographic better than just about anyone. If he doesn’t put that skill to use in the next few days with a piece on Scalia, he is just pissing away talent.

It’s also worth noting that many of those very elite men knew that “enslaving”—their words, I know, I know—future generations to their words was both morally wrong and politically unjust.

Why on earth would we want to run a surplus? Federal surpluses are contractionary by definition. Besides, the federal deficit is designed to be counter cyclical; it widens during recessions and shrinks during expansions. So if you want a budget surplus, implement policies that promote widespread employment and rising…

I still can’t believe Clinton’s campaign thought that embracing the legacy of Henry “Carpet Bomb” Kissinger was going to over well in this fucking primary.

oh an the O’Malley fan

I had to go afk for a few hours after this went live, and am only now getting to return to the comments. This is absolutely glorious. People are writing 500+ word rants to counter the arguments put forward in a piece that purposefully makes no damn argument at all. None, whatsoever. My only issue right now is that I…

I couldn’t not say it.

Jim Gilmore hasn’t stopped running because when he quits he’ll have to stop expensing his Applebees.