I LOVE it that the GOP voters picked this idiot, how the hell do they not realize their mistake???

[Logical]

It seems the party and voters and their leaders would take this as a wake up call.

But something tells me they will learn nothing.

Face it, if we had a Palin or Trump or Bachman in our party running for president we would be embarrassed and try to shut them down.

Amazing what the GOP has created.

[drray23]

1. Consider that in wisconsin

they voted Walker several times. Same thing for Brownback in Arkansas even thought he destroyed the state economy and decimated their school system.

[csziggy]

3. They even re-elected Scott in Florida

The GOP has no standards unless you count the ability to dismantle our country and to get as many cents into their own pockets as possible.

[think]

7. "Rick Scott 'oversaw the largest Medicare fraud' in U.S. history, Florida Democratic Party says"

http://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2014/mar/03/florida-democratic-party/rick-scott-rick-scott-oversaw-largest-medicare-fra/

[csziggy]

11. Yes - but that did not influence most Florida voters

It might have helped if the Florida Democratic party had not run a DINO. But then they haven't run a good solid Democrat for over a decade. I'd take a conservative Democrat but I am tired of seeing the freshly converted former Republicans being promoted by the FDP.

[think]

20. Ya. It sucked they ran former GOP governor Crist as a new Dem. Nan Rich, a long time Dem

wasn't even given the opportunity to debate Crist in the primary.

But still to elect Rick Scott is just insane. I made sure to vote against Scott. Thought maybe Crist had a chance. Ugh....

[csziggy]

22. Yeah, I held my nose and voted for Crist

Something I have to do more often than I'd like here in Florida. I keep hoping it will inch us slightly more left.

On a brighter note, Gwen Graham is rumored to be considering running for governor next time around. While she is still more conservative than I'd like, if she is anywhere near as good as her father Bob Graham, she'd be a vast improvement over anything we've seen since Jeb! got into office.

[Logical]

9. Brownback in kansas I think you meant. I live in the hell hole. He is an idiot and you are right....

they keep electing them.

[drray23]

14. yes in kansas. sorry for the confusion.nt.

[Logical]

16. No problem. You are 100% correct about him. nt

[TDale313]

27. We voted in Arnold here in California.

Very similar dynamics IMO. Don't underestimate this guy. He's dangerous.

[Barack_America]

2. Do you think...

...they're saying the same about us?

Given the historic negatives of both candidates?

[Logical]

10. But do you really think they think Hillary is clueless and an idiot? nt

[Barack_America]

15. No. Definitely not that.

[Logical]

17. When trump says shit like he has a good brain it makes me wonder WTH they are hearing. nt

[jberryhill]

19. They are hearing that Trump has a good brain

They don't realize that actually intelligent people don't run around telling everyone "I'm really smart!"

[Logical]

25. Lol, so true! Nt

[AgadorSparticus]

4. Karma is a beautiful thing. Nt

[think]

5. "TV airtime that ABC World News Tonight has devoted to Donald Trump's campaign (81 minutes)"

ABC World News Tonight Has Devoted Less Than One Minute To Bernie Sanders' Campaign This Year

December 11, 2015 9:40 AM EST ››› ERIC BOEHLERT

Does that ratio seem out of whack? That's the ratio of TV airtime thatABC World News Tonight has devoted to Donald Trump's campaign (81 minutes) versus the amount of TV time World News Tonight has devoted to Bernie Sanders' campaign this year. And even that one minute for Sanders is misleading because the actual number is closer to 20 seconds.


~Snip~

*Trump has received more network coverage than all the Democratic candidates combined.

*Trump has accounted for 27 percent of all campaign coverage his year.

*Republican Jeb Bush received 56 minutes of coverage, followed by Ben Carson's 54 minutes and Marco Rubio's 22.

Read more:
http://mediamatters.org/blog/2015/12/11/abc-world-news-tonight-has-devoted-less-than-on/207428

[Logical]

12. Good point. And it is true that this country is influenced so easy by TV. nt

[think]

23. MSNBC also gave Trump insane amounts of air time for live rallies as well. It's pathetic...

Why the Hell Is MSNBC Airing Live Donald Trump Rallies?

by Tommy Christopher | 11:44 am, December 8th, 2015

You could write a Harry Potter-sized book series on how the media has been screwing the pooch lately, and devote several volumes just to the handling of the Donald Trump campaign, but for the sake of space, please just answer me this: why would a news network devote almost an hour of weeknight prime time to airing a live Donald Trump campaign event?

That network is MSNBC, and they’ve actually been doing this for quite some time, but Monday night was a last straw of sorts. For the past few months, they’ve put Trump rallies on the air sporadically, usually on a Friday night, and usually consisting of standard Trump fare: readings of his poll numbers, insults of his rivals, and the occasional heckler. These were also all screwings of the pooch, but mostly because it was lazy and of poor news value.

What the network did Monday night, though, was both lazy and of harmful news value, and motivated by a desperate greed to compete. This wasn’t killing time on a Friday night. On the heels of Trump’s declaration that we should ban all Muslims from coming into the United States, the only reason to carry that rally live was in hopes that when Trump eventually said something awful, it would happen on MSNBC first.

Read more:
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/why-the-hell-is-msnbc-airing-live-donald-trump-rallies/

[niyad]

6. makes one wonder what they are really up to

[HooptieWagon]

8. At least they didn't pick a candidate under FBI criminal investigation.

Republicans don't have a monopoly on stupid.

[Logical]

13. Drop the Hillary = Trump shit. Hillary does not make idiotic statements. nt

[HooptieWagon]

21. I never said Hillary = Trump.

only Clinton is currently being investigated by the FBI, not Trump. Trump has his own legal problems, but for now the FBI aren't involved.

[That Guy 888]

24. Sure she does. Just not as many as drumpf

I've suffered from insomnia, but I never repeatedly told stories about being under sniper fire when I wasn't.

[lindysalsagal]

18. Idiots feel comfortable with idiot leaders.

Very simple. As predictable as rain, mosquitos and taxes.

[Logical]

26. Hmmmm, that makes some sense. Nt

[Liberal_in_LA]

28. The leaders and radio hosts realize he is terrible candidate. Rank and file love him