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Post caucus Iowa thread Feb.2, 2016

Dan Crawford | February 2, 2016 9:11 am

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12 Comments
  • JackD says:
    February 2, 2016 at 10:47 am

    I doubt that Ted Cruz will win the Super Bowl.

  • Denis Drew says:
    February 2, 2016 at 11:05 am

    http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/02/opinion/donald-trump-isnt-real.html

    David Brooks explains Donald Trump’s deep involvement in professional wrestling promotion — and that is where he got his hyper-aggressive carrying on from. Why didn’t he tell us this before?

    ” Donald Trump was inducted into the World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Fame in 2013. He’d been involved with professional wrestling for over a quarter century. ”

    ” The feud started when Trump interrupted McMahon on Fan Appreciation Night and upstaged him by raining thousands of dollars in cash down on the crowd in the arena. It continued with a verbal barrage and proxy match, and ended with a triumphant Trump shaving McMahon’s head in the middle of the ring. ”

    ” Trump brought this style onstage at the first Republican debate, and a thousand taboos were smashed all at once. He insulted people’s looks. He stereotyped vast groups of people — Mexicans and Muslims. He called members of the establishment morons, idiots and losers.

    ” Trump was unabashedly masculine, the lingua franca of pro wrestling. Every time he was challenged, he was compelled by his code to double down the confrontation and fire back. ”

    Repeat: Why didn’t Brooks tell us this before? Why didn’t somebody?

  • JackD says:
    February 2, 2016 at 11:22 am

    Dennis: like it would have made a difference?

  • Jerry Critter says:
    February 2, 2016 at 11:28 am

    Trumpies are WWF supporters and believe it is a real sport.

  • Daniel Becker says:
    February 2, 2016 at 11:42 am

    So, Clinton won all six coin tosses. Will her luck hold out? Are there God’s we don’t know about? : )

    Oh well, sure is a hell of an election this time around.

  • Denis Drew says:
    February 2, 2016 at 11:50 am

    Six out of six: any good Evangelical would know she sold her soul to the devil.

  • Bruce Webb says:
    February 2, 2016 at 1:12 pm

    Denis you got to up your game:

    Six precincts, six coin tosses, six wins.

    “six out of six” = Route 66 = iconic highway and TV show

    “six (p), six (ct), six (w) = checking under her doo for the Mark of the Beast

    90% of sales in knowing your audience triggers. And then going for the KILL, er sale.

  • Sandi says:
    February 2, 2016 at 1:16 pm

    Last night’s action in Iowa seems like the LEAST surreal this cycle has been so far.
    As in, psychedelically surreal………………….

  • Denis Drew says:
    February 2, 2016 at 2:04 pm

    666

    It’s real; ahhhh!

  • Tonu says:
    February 2, 2016 at 3:39 pm

    I imagine some here know the *magic* trick for ensuring the ‘correct’
    call of either heads or tails on a coin flip — useful in who picks
    up the bar tab.

  • Marko says:
    February 2, 2016 at 11:18 pm

    According to PK , I’m a “Bernie Bro”.

    According to me , PK is a “Hillary Ho”.

    And , BTW , screw PK.

  • amateur socialist says:
    February 3, 2016 at 10:10 am

    Clinton 2016: Keeping corruption pragmatic.

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