Juliajms

Ben Carson is going to endorse Donald Trump? BC was not my cup of tea, but he seemed like a nice enough guy. I just don't get it. I know his tiny group of supporters don't really matter, but it's just frustrating to see so many people falling in line with the insanity. I'm glad we have a two term limit on the presidency. I'm pretty ambivalent on President Obama. I'm glad he got the ACA through and I agree it's fun to watch him troll the Republicans, but I'm almost always ready for a fresh start after someone has been in power for 8 years. That's even true for Bill Clinton who I pretty much adored. I supposed HRC isn't really a fresh start, but I'll take it.

^ Yeah, we just have to hope that the majority of voters are too smart for fall for Trump's shtick. With any luck the media will turn on him when it's a one on one race and start reporting more on his dirty dealings and start fact checking his claims more rigorously. I do worry that HRC's camp thinks they are just going to wipe the floor with Trump instead of taking him seriously.

I'm started to get really excited about the new season. It looks like the Khal who found Dani is taking her back to the Dosh Khaleen. Pretty sure I saw a glimpse of the horse statue from Vaes Dothrak. Also looked like Jorah found something of Dani's, so he's probably tracking her. The voice over that says "He is dead" must be in reference to Stannis. Interesting to see the Red Woman losing faith. Like Skin, I'm assuming that Jon will come back to life. I figured it would be Melisandre who would bring him back, but now I wonder if it happens another way.

I thought that was a strange song to use for the promo, but I'm happy to have a long promo. Looks like some good things are coming up.

I thought she felt guilty about Sam too, but my point is it's too little too late now that he's dead. She should have relented on the coldness while he was alive. I've never seen Carol as a killing machine or as a cold blooded killer, but last night she felt OOC to me. Let's just say I wasn't surprised when she was taken captive.

The change in Carol is annoying because it feels like a 180. I've been in the minority on this board because I do feel like w need the Dale, Hershel, Ty characters. There isn't a whole lot of point in surviving, if you are going to be a heartless killing machine. It's just that the guilt of doing what clearly needed to be done didn't feel organic coming from Carol. Not after she spent part of season 4 (?) lecturing little kids on how they would have to kill people. If Carol is going to feel guilty it should be about how cold she was with Sam, but hey, she left a cookie on his grave. The smoking was just a clunky, tired, trope. I do feel bad that Glenn had to kill after avoiding it for so long. Especially, since it wasn't in traditional self defense. Yes, it was preventative self defense, but killing those people in their sleep was pretty hard core for our group. Maggie was an idiot for going on this trip. She had plenty of reason to stay behind. Sending most of your best fighters on one mission makes the town way too vulnerable.

Where did you move to that its Sunday already? Yikes. Wishful thinking on my part.

So is tonight the night someone dies? If so, I'm putting my money down on Daryl. I hope it doesn't happen though, since I like him.

Bill Clinton is about a mile from me. That wouldn't be a big deal if I lived in a big city, but it seems so odd to me that he's come to this tiny Omaha neighborhood near me, instead of downtown. Gotta love that this video showing people waiting in line features one of those "free help clinics" that try to scam women who want an abortion. https://twitter.com/LaurenScottTV

Why for the love of all that's holy did she set up that private server? So frustrating.

I don't think Romney owes any loyalty to a man who has disparaged women and Mexicans and "played footsie" with the Klan. Trump knew exactly what he was doing when he failed to completely denounce that terrorist organization. It was a little wink and a nod. He might as well have said "Sure, I'm going to have to give the press lip service at some point, but I'm your guy". Does he mean it? It doesn't matter. He is egging these people on and helping to normalizing all kinds of hatred. I will agree it's a slap in the face to democracy if he clearly wins the delegates and Romney (or anyone) somehow takes the nomination. Still, if those are the rules, it will only make it easier for HRC to win. I'd rather see a third party run by Romney which would have the same result.

^ I'm sort of enjoying it as well, although I don't think I'll like what rises from the ashes much better.

^ OMG!! That is just spot on. I wonder if Rubio will fade from the public eye after this. It seems like Florida is on the verge of repudiating him and he didn't seem to want to be a Senator anyway.

I think that we have to hope HRC's "firewall" saves us all, but I agree that being complacent would be a mistake. Maybe the press will really come down on him once he's the nominee, instead of glorying in the drama and ratings. And hey, I'll admit it's been the kind of election cycle that I can't look away from, but back in he fall I never thought it would get this ugly.

Did you see his interview with Jake Tapper? At the end Jake said he is(referring to Rubio) either determined or in denial…..LOLOLOLOLOL I saw it. I'm in the anyone but Trump side of this fence, but it was funny. Q- My husband agrees with you that Cruz is worse than Trump. I actually agree that Trump doesn't believe some of what he's saying. He fell into this authoritarian movement, but I don't think that makes him any less dangerous.

Yes. I swear he is a wanna be televangelist with the way he talks. It's maddening. This Chris Christie stuff is mind blowing. I can hardly believe my eyes. I guess it's not surprising, he's always been a mean spirited person. @Soapsuds I agree with you that Rubio is cooked. As S.E Cupp said awhile ago on CNN, if nothing else this is democracy at work. No one can claim that the party establishment controlled this outcome as hard as they tried.

I don't really blame him. I don't really want to believe that so many of my fellow American's are falling for this Authoritarian insanity either. Has anyone seen Trump's number's among Hispanics? I'm just curious about how things shook out among that demographic.

I've been worried for months. This isn't just about Trump. He's a buffoon who stumbled into being a demagogue. Now we see that there is a huge pool of authoritarian voters out there. The next demagogue is bound to be smarter and more strategic. He won't make it white nationalists against "the other". It'll just be all of "us" against some vulnerable smaller group like Muslims. I can only imagine what would have happened if Trump had done that. Even now, he's only behind HRC about 10 points in national polls.

Gonna be brutally honest, but I feel that Trump got far in this race b/c he plays of the fears of many white people, who fear and realize that they are quickly becoming the new minority in America. That'll also lead to an unwanted power shift in the corrupt structure here where whites typically prosper and the rest of us don't. There is a bright light being shined on inequality a lot in this country and recent years and many don't wanna talk about it or change it for that matter. Donald is the perfect candidate for those who favor white privilege. I don't think those American expats can quickly come back and vote in the elections now if I am mistaken. Especially, if they have citizenship and votes in the countries that they live in. I think you are only restricted to vote in the country you live in, so they'd have to up and move back here, which I doubt they'd wanna do anyways. Regan is a bit before my time (as I was born in one of the last years of his 2nd term), but from what I collected, Regan is renowned because he was so called fiscally conservative, but what I see is that he was another power figure that was driven by greed. I see people say this a lot and I agree it's one of the fears Trump is playing on. It's not exactly true though. It relies on the idea that all non white people are some monolith, which is so far from true. I spent 8 years living in Daly City California (supposedly one of the most liberal areas in the country), which has very few whites and I have never seen more open racial hatred in my life. Plus, whites are set to be a plurality for a good long time, but maybe perception is all that really matters here, which is why the Trumps of the world can manipulate people. Still, I always find it weird when people see Mexican's as the scary "other". People of European descent, who speak a romance language and follow a Christian religion. If that's the "other" people are going to be in for one hell of a shock in about 20 years, since demographics predict a huge rise in the number of Asians coming to the US.

I think Maggie will die. I can't see the group having two babies. Plus there would be a ton of shock value in it.

I love seeing people stand up to Trump and the nuts at his rallies. Those black lives matters protesters were very brave. Thank God there was no mob violence. Trump has some of his people so riled up I was really fearing the worst. I wish people like Mitt Romney would stop talking about a third party candidate. Just get some integrity and say you would sooner vote for HRC than someone who won't even disavow the KKK.

Nothin'ButAttitude- That's why I'm horrified when so many Republicans are saying they'll get behind Trump if (when) he wins. They would really rather see someone with Trump's dangerous ideas in there than HRC. Was it Jeb who said HRC would be better? If so, I can at least respect him for that. I think some in the media just love the drama and the ratings right now. I mostly watch CNN and I think Wolf Blitzer is especially guilty of this. Some of the online bloggers like Ezra Klein see the danger.

Plus is there any advantage to giving Donald the word "socialist" to throw around? I think Bernie is a rational, decent guy and he will campaign for Hillary and bring many of his supporters around without being the VP. It's interesting to see Trump and Rubio trying to emasculate each other. I think someone in the Rubio campaign is actively advising him that they need to bring Trump down in that way and that's where the whole "pants wetting" thing is coming from. It's like the whole Republican nomination process has come down to who has the biggest d*ck.

I agree that HRC will probably win against anyone of the Republicans, but I'm not going to get overconfident about it. The Republicans were pretty confident (in some cases haughtily so) that Trump was just a circus clown and here we stand. I hope to hell HRC isn't getting overconfident either. And yes, she's been investigated for 20 years because she and her husband keep acting like the rules (and in some cases the laws) don't apply to them. It's an ongoing problem. I can support them and still recognize that self evident truth. Like I've said before, no drama Obama has been a breath of fresh air after the endless Clinton scandals. If there's any good news it's that people probably don't care about Bill's sex life since leaving office or maybe that's just my wishful thinking. *fingers crossed*

I think Trump will win and that Kasich is still the least of the evils, followed by Carson. It's like talking about which soap is the worst, a race to the bottom. Except in this case the consequences are real. Picking someone as the least evil doesn't mean they are in any way good. It just means that Kasich isn't trying to ban an entire religion and (probably) won't nuke anyone. The real problem here is that HRC is vulnerable. Who knows what this FBI investigation will turn up? It's always something with the Clintons. Sure, some of it is BS, but there is often enough something real in the mix. I love them, but it's true. Meanwhile, Bernie is 74 years old and I just don't think he can handle what Trump will throw at him. I dread the pure misogyny that's going to come crawling out the woodwork when it's Trump vs. HRC though.