Post Primary Open Thread

Donald and Hillary up! And apparently The Donald is going to serious-up:

The two hometown winners beamed throughout their victory speeches, but it was Mr. Trump who particularly seemed like a different candidate. As he spoke in the lobby of Trump Tower, there were no freewheeling presentations of steaks and bottled water, as in the past. There was no reference to “Lyin’ Ted” or “Crooked Hillary”; he called his opponent “Senator Cruz” instead, and made no mention of Mrs. Clinton. He also took no questions from the news media.

And his speech sounded more presidential than any other he has given on an election night — a focused, tightened message about trade and the economy as he prepares to campaign in states hit hard by manufacturing industry losses. The speech reflected the growing influence of Paul Manafort, whom Mr. Trump empowered to help him win the nomination and who has taken on a greater purview, including messaging.

Donald goes all boring and establishment.

 

Comments

[RIF]

Manafort 2016

[-peter]

But still there's lots of reason for doom

[James D]

Insty posted this link earlier today:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/food-and-drink/drinks/the-day-i-tried-to-match-churchill-drink-for-drink/

I hadn't realized quite how fond of drink Churchill was.

42,000 bottles of champagne in his lifetime? That's 1.5 bottles, every single day, from age 12 until his death. And that's not even counting everything ELSE he drank on apparently a daily basis.

How on earth did the man survive to 90 years old?

[NK]

Trump has dumped the Toady and is no longer acting punk ass? TK won't like this turn of events.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Michael Barone; Trump can’t break the Republican Party.

[centralcal]

Donald goes all boring and establishment.

I am sure it is only temporary, until he can be his "own boss" again one day.

[henry]

Doom-- yuuuuuge dooooom.

[Dave (in MA)]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/russia-warns-u-over-baltic-maneuvers-ready-necessary-140704706.html

Opology in 3... 2...

[Porchlight]

How on earth did the man survive to 90 years old?

Fox Butterfield alert! :)

[Dave (in MA)]

Saw on Insty that Jackson's getting booted off the double sawbuck in favor of Harriet Tubman.

I'll be happy to take custody of as many of the out-of-favor notes as they want to send me.

[lyle]

from age 12 until his death

How do we know he waited until age 12 to start in on the imbibing? :)

[Porchlight]

I love Barone but I don't think I agree with him. So many people took the red pill this cycle. We will see.

[lyle]

From the embers of the last dying thread:

http://www.dailywire.com/news/4380/michelle-obama-ive-been-victimized-sexism-%E2%80%93-men-amanda-prestigiacomo

Wherein I ask: can a former first lady be prosecuted for an over all lack of grace, gratefulness, and a surfeit of whining?

[lyle]

For our CA JOMers:

http://twitchy.com/2016/04/18/ha-good-one-newsweeks-meet-jerry-brown-tweet-is-unintentionally-hilarious/

Yer welcome.

[buccaneer morgan]

And there's another book that takes a look of churchill's finances going around.

Appalled is thorough naive about what the democrats have done just in last half dozen years

[buccaneer morgan]

Yes they seem to have been possessed by hive or myriad.

[lyle]

As to that 1:25 link, Insty's Sarah Hoyt reports that Moochelle made these remarks while in Argentina. Hoyt makes a reference to a black hole in her post and proclaims the term as NOT racist. I say: not yet, anyway...

[lyle]

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2016/04/20/fired-for-preaching-georgia-dumps-doctor-over-church-sermons.html?intcmp=hpbt4

Dr. Eric Walsh, a renowned public health expert who also serves as a lay minister, has filed a federal lawsuit against the Georgia Department of Public Health alleging he was terminated for delivering sermons on issues ranging from homosexuality to evolution.

Sorry, pal. Your kind of religion isn't as sacrosanct as a certain other kind of religion...

[centralcal]

Porch: So many people took the red pill this cycle.

Are you certain it wasn't you taking strange pills? LOL

[buccaneer morgan]

Lewandiwski has bark, but manafort has bite, with his long-time conncection to unita, a brief time working with isi, and most recently volodya's friends and family club, caveat emptor.

[James D]

How do we know he waited until age 12 to start in on the imbibing? :)

I actually gave that some thought when I did the math on bottles/day.

[NK]

Blue Hell OPM Famine continues apace:

http://abc7ny.com/politics/nj-town-rejects-tax-increase;-police-department-disbands/1300633/

[Jack is Back! (As An Officially Declared Islamaphobe)]

Don't forget that while doing all that drinking, he was playing his own version of Solitaire, smoking cigars and setting the table for winning the war against the Hun:)

Oh, in between all that he was writing the history of the english speaking people.

[NK]

RIP-- Dwayne the Pearl Washington: http://abc7ny.com/sports/nyc-native-ex-syracuse-star-pearl-washington-dies-at-52/1300787/

[buccaneer morgan]

He was a force of mature, every generation or two, there is one like him or the iron lady, most of the time it's dross.

[Appalled]

Appalled is thorough naive about what the democrats have done just in last half dozen years

Not naive at all. Ordinarily, you would not find someone with my policy preferences supporting folks like Walker and Cruz.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

It's about time we removed all racist Democrats from our money...and elective offices...and society in general.

[Miss Marple]

Harriet Tubman was a Republican..

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

I was referring to Jackson.

I do consider it appropriate that, given the state of the country, a woman born into slavery is on our currency.

[Miss Marple]

Ignatz,

I knew what you're u meant. I should have explained that I found it ironic when they wanted a black and a woman, they chose someone who considered herself a Republican. Don't know if she ever got to vote, though.

[Porchlight]

Gun-toting Republican, even.

[matt]

So now with the Tubman twenty they can nail you for racism and sexism if you decide to use 10's instead.

Never was a Jackson fan, but I think MLK or maybe Frederick Douglas would have been better choices.

[Porchlight]

I think it was always going to be a woman. Part of the "pave the way for Hillary" 2016 action plan.

[Porchlight]

And since Hillary needs to shore up AA votes...

[jimmyk on iPhone]

"42,000 bottles of champagne in his lifetime? That's 1.5 bottles, every single day, from age 12 until his death. "

For some reason the name "Wilt Chamberlain" popped into my head.

[Captain Hate]

Wherein I ask: can a former first lady be prosecuted for an over all lack of grace, gratefulness, and a surfeit of whining?

You lack empathy for Mooch's schtruggles?

Tammy Bruce on Private Munster going on all the gab shows to announce he won't accept a Presidential nomination: "Would you just shut the eff up, liar!"

[lyle]

http://patterico.com/2016/04/20/prediction-ted-cruz-will-be-president/

Not if the WSJ has anthing to say about it:

http://www.wsj.com/articles/clintons-negative-majority-1461106609

All of which means Republicans should be poised to retake the White House in November if they nominate someone remotely tolerable. Yet they may not. Donald Trump reinforced his GOP front-runner status Tuesday with a blowout victory in his home state of New York, but his negative rating in the WSJ/NBC survey is an astounding 65%. Ted Cruz is disliked by 49%, though he’s less well known, with 21% having a neutral view. The Texan finished a distant third in New York to John Kasich.

Hard to believe, but Messrs. Trump and Cruz may be the only two Republicans who could lose to Hillary Clinton.

Come back, Jeb! All is forgiven! Or maybe you, Marco! Sob! :)

[lyle]

In lieu of The Daily Wretchard, he's your Daily Sultan Knish:

http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/2016/04/the-fallacy-of-focusing-on-islamic.html

Radicalization comes packaged with a set of local grievances and explanations. It contends that all Muslim terrorism is a response to local conditions and that we are responsible for those conditions. Even though the “radicalization” is Islamic, it denies that Islam plays a positive role as a Jihadist goal. Instead, like Halal liquor or hashish, it’s what Muslims turn to when they have been disappointed in the West or in their own governments. Islam is just what happens when a Belgian Muslim can’t get a job.

[snip]

Radicalization favors local explanations. But those local explanations don’t add up nationally or globally. Europe spends a fortune on social services and yet Muslim terrorism has only grown worse. Other immigrant minorities in Europe have lower unemployment rates and aren’t blowing things up.

Removing Muslim dictators in the Arab Spring didn’t lower terrorism; it vastly increased the power and influence of Islamic terror groups. Nor have changes in American foreign policy and greater outreach lowered Islamic terrorism. If anything the scale of the problem seems to have only become more severe.

Whatchoolookinat, Islamophobe?

[lyle]

http://hotair.com/archives/2016/04/20/team-clinton-on-bernie-f-him-we-kicked-his-ass/

But that Trump fella sure is a vulgarian, huh?

[lyle]

Well, it appears I have this place to myself:

https://pjmedia.com/ronradosh/2016/04/19/how-the-republican-party-is-on-the-road-to-guaranteeing-its-defeat-in-the-general-election/

You'll never guess who can save the GOP now. Think: the scion of the bearer of volumes of bulk mail delivered to you whether you want it or not.

[The Wolf Who Cried Boy]

It's not "going Presidential".

It's called "hiding the candidate before he opens his big blowhole again."

[NK]

Gays? Abortion? the voters who will decide 2016 give a rats ass about those things. Radosh is so wrong: this is a winning issue for Cruz and any repub other than trump, along with the debt and spending, and ObummerCare and jobs: https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/2016/04/19/mothers-of-murders-victims-make-emotional-pleas-to-congress-about-illegal-immigrant-crime/2/

[Threadkiller]

TK won't like this turn of events.

With a Birther in first place? I'll get over it. (whatever it is)

[Jack is Back! (As An Officially Declared Islamaphobe)]

So London is going to go from Red Ken to right-wing intellectual Boris Johson to Sadiq Khan, whom Cameron has accused of being sympathetic to ISIS. Just to give you and idea of how London has changed and it wouldn't surprise me to see a Muslim mayor of NYC in the next 10 years.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/20/david-cameron-called-racist-after-accusing-sadiq-khan-over-links/

[Miss Marple]

National Enquirer has a new scandal.

Cruz gave a press conference about how he is really winning.

Trump in Indy is back to calling him Lyin' Ted.

Mississippi is threatening both Cruz and Trump supporters to accept establishment delegates or they will have police throw them out of the convention.

No links. Am on iPad. Last one is on Laura Ingraham's site.

[Jack is Back! (As An Officially Declared Islamaphobe)]

MM,

I await MarkO's shocked expression.

[glasater]

Think it was George Will who said 'watch out when Trump goes conventional'..

Larry Kudlow this AM reiterated Giuliani's thinking in that the Hill knows how to destroy Cruz but hasn't figured out how to deal with Trump.

[Captain Hate]

Just another day in the life of an Iggle fan

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NR9wpOjzp2U

[lyle]

http://spectator.org/articles/66079/crazy-bernie%E2%80%99s-curious-pursuit-presidency

As I say, this year there was really no one else to challenge Hillary, The Inevitable. Oh, there was Martin O’Malley, the former governor of Maryland. Yet he had no natural constituency even in today’s Democratic Party that was large enough to give him a chance. For a while it looked like he would run as a nudist, but there are simply not enough nudists in the Democratic Party at this point. Possibly he would have been a stronger candidate if he run as a vegetarian or a vegetarian nudist, but Martin had been photographed too often eating meat. My guess is he ate raw meat. He is that kind of he-man guy.

[Jack is Back! (As An Officially Declared Islamaphobe)]

And everyone are shocked at the Flyer fans throwing wristbands onto the ice during the Cap's blowout. Tonight lets get it over with and move on finally!

[lyle]

http://hotair.com/archives/2016/04/20/saudi-arabia-snubs-president-obama-at-the-airport/

Thus obviating the chance for another deep, subservient bow to Saudi King by King Putt.

[NK]

First Obummer sided with Iran and MB to accelerate overthrowing the House of Saud, now when he is halfway out of the door, he is embarrassing them by releasing the 9/11 info about Saudi Salafists aiding the hijackers, despite the Saudis assisting with the GWOT from 2001-2009. Not greeting Obummer is the least worst thing the Saudis will do to him.

[narciso]

ironically according to robert lacey's account, the sauds felt disrespected by W, now they know better,

so the dog that doesn't bark is how after all the hrumfing over the san bernardino iphone, it turns out it's 'sound and fury' signifying nothing' or words to that effect,

[narciso]

hohum, nothing to see hear:

http://dailycaller.com/2016/04/20/feds-blow-off-house-subpoena-for-obamacare-co-op-docs/#ixzz46O9uuOOM

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Ron Radosh = Theo?

How the GOP Is On the Road Towards Certain Defeat.

No. Theo makes much better arguments.

[narciso]

yes, but will they be able to collect,

http://www.thetower.org/3265-supreme-court-allows-victims-of-iranian-terror-to-collect-2-billion-in-frozen-assets/

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Not if Barry has any say in it.

[narciso]

like charlis theron, is african american?

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/04/05/agents-of-shield-s-chloe-bennet-why-movies-and-marvel-need-to-diversify.html

[narciso]

plausible situation?

http://www.christianpost.com/news/atheist-christopher-hitchens-conversion-christianity-author-larry-taunton-161972/

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Prepare your shocked face;
Collusion between the commie AG's and self interested climate crusaders.

[henry]

They'll get the same third degree immunity plus warm milk and a cookie as Chisolm et al.

[narciso]

an interesting angle on the subject,

http://legalinsurrection.com/2016/04/andrew-jackson-booted-off-20-bill-replaced-with-harriet-tubman/

[narciso]

they grub money, like nobody's business,

http://www.dailywire.com/news/5127/hillary-bundler-paid-saudis-who-dont-want-hank-berrien

[maryrose]

Manacort counting his chickens before they are hatched.

[narciso]

he was the jailhouse negotiator at gitmo,

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/20/saudi-governments-possible-links-to-911-plot-revealed-in-new-evi/

[maryrose]

Repubs will not be winning Maryland Connecticut or New York in November.
Wins here do not predict the future because they are not swing states
Trump was beaten in Ohio,Colorado,Wisconsin,Iowa and Minnesota and Rubio came close in Virginia.
All are swing states
Trump did win Florida.

[Free James D!]

And everyone are shocked at the Flyer fans throwing wristbands onto the ice during the Cap's blowout.

Nothing Philadelphia sports fans do is a surprise. These are the people who booed Santa Claus. They're loathsome, subhuman mutants, one and all.

[narciso]

kind of an altered state, devolutionary crowd,

http://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2016/04/20/obamas-former-middle-east-advisor-we-should-have-bombed-assad/

every thing is a hammer to them, with which they strike themselves,

[lyle]

Quit mincing your words, James. :)

[narciso]

now casa de carta gets interests,

http://faustasblog.com/2016/04/brazil-states-to-default-next/

[narciso]

and there's another link about one of the contributing factors to the puerto rican default,

[narciso]

how about that, the nerve of them,

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/scarlett-johansson-ghost-shell-japanese-885462

[hrtshpdbox]

The Republican party is in shambles, pretty much no matter what happens. Who's to blame?
a) Trump
b) Bush (any or all)
c) Obama
d) they shouted out who killed the GOP, when after all it was you and me

I had really kind of hoped, after eight years of bleakness, that this could at least be an election to look forward to.

[narciso]

well 200 million spent between the medici and rubio, you might as well just burn the cash,

[Miss Marple]

Events of this election were set in motion by many people and many events between 2010 and 2014.

I don't think one can blame any one person.

[Jim Eagle]

Test

[lyle]

I haven't a clue as to what might have led you to believe that, hrt.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--I don't think one can blame any one person.--

Since it's April how bout we wait and see if there is anything to blame anyone for first.
Eeyore is a donkey not an elephant after all.

[Captain Hate]

Who's to blame?

People who kept sending the party money after it became obvious they really didn't care about representing their vision of the country.

[henry]

Doesn't W receive all blame this millennium?

[Captain Hate]

The ewok still has the huntress living rent free in his dome.

[maryrose]

Pointing the finger of blame doesn't help us.
We can move forward with the most electable candidate.
Reince on Greta said it took 7 ballots for him to get the chairmanship.
A majority plus 1.
He. Said and I agree if you don't have that some other people have the majority of the delegates.
This nonsense about getting the nomination with less is just bafflegab.

[henry]

Wait until the ewok figures out he is tribune for a tribe that fits comfortable in a VW Microbus -- since he keeps kicking people out of his tribe.

[maryrose]

Heartshapedbox
That was my hope as well and now it has turned into a three ring circus.

[maryrose]

3 guesses who OReilly has on his show tonight?

[narciso]

seven ballots, that's conforting, how many would it have taken for dennis miller,

[narciso]

just a brief survey in my infospace, savage, is strongly for trump, ingraham is maybe a little less so, kilmeade's fill in, (didn't catch her name) but beck, medved, probably prager, certainly aren't

[narciso]

so you know when they have a special guest star on ncis, it's 60/40 they are a goner, last night was alan dale's turn, the original director from the first season,

[narciso]

some wannabe viking warrior,

[At trial, Breivik] complained about his microwave dinners and cold coffee. He gave a Nazi-style salute and said he had renounced his faith in Christ in favor of the Norse god Odin. He demanded the right to publish a political tract every third year, in print or online, and said he had written two books already, “The Breivik Diaries” and “The Nordic State,” but was not allowed to seek publication of them....

[narciso]

well less dain bramage then most,

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/scott-whitlock/2016/04/19/abc-names-michael-strahan-new-gma-host-heres-his-political

[BB Key]

maryrose
I am watching Triple D on the food chanell .

Refuse to watch O"Rielly .

Who is on ? Hillary ?

[narciso]

some of these names are new,

https://28pages.org/tag/ghassan-al-sharbi/

[narciso]

some names that come to mind,

https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/powerpost/wp/2016/04/20/saudi-government-has-vast-network-of-pr-lobby-firms-in-u-s/

[narciso]

what could go wrong with these rocket surgeons,

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/senate-passes-energy-bill-with-huge-bipartisan-support/article/2589035?utm_

[henry]

narciso, I see the Elon Musk super villain funding was included (battery storage improvements)... so all is well.

[narciso]

someone forgot to tell them, the arc reactor is not a real thing, you know twain had it right, hundred and forty years ago,

[narciso]

they might need vin diesel showing sooner rather than later,

http://dailysignal.com/2016/04/20/wanted-street-activists-to-change-the-world-and-get-paid/

[Theo]

Ignatz @6:16 --

Thanks. I do hope that I am wrong but I see nothing but dismal alternatives for the Republicans.

Heart shaped --

I blame the voters, but I guess that is the basic problem with democracy. Half the people ar of below average intelligence.

[henry]

If the Amazon.com of baby parts gets investigated by congress and the MSM ignores it, do they owe taxes on the profits?

[Threadkiller]

I had really kind of hoped, after eight years of bleakness, that this could at least be an election to look forward to.

This has been a fantastic election. I have noticed that this election cycle has also created less tension at JOM.

Not so many comments that only serve to dress down other people's thoughts, or personally attack for no reason.

#ThanksTrump