quartermainefan

This was a pretty good episode. It's weird how they waited one whole episode to go from whatshername to Michonne, but I guess they have a reason. It was a good scene with them on the couch. Praise Jesus! This guy is hopefully a keeper because he seems to have super powers. I don't even know how he got untied and on the roof of the truck, and how he magically appeared in their bedroom, but he has had more than one opportunity to kill and he hasn't, so hopefully this means he is a goodguy. Some things on the show don't make sense, like how Dead Deanna managed to walk out of town and wander around for two months, but ok.

Unless they want to do a rape a week show, it's better to just ignore it I think. Realism for the sake of realism isn't always a virtue, and of course there would be roving rapists attacking every woman they find, but who wants to watch such a show? Rick's love life seems like the last concern the show has. I never thought whatshername was ever that significant, and her attraction or lack of one for Rick was non-essential information. He loves Carl, that's enough to flesh out this character emotionally I think. It seems like romance is the last thing on everyone's mind except for Glenn and Maggie, and their uniqueness I think is what makes them compelling or interesting to any degree. They have the love story dept covered, and there doesn't seem to be any need for assistance. I am a little skeptical of them having a baby since what can their baby do for the show that Judith can't?

I wish Carol came in at the last second and saved Sam. That was so sad that his last thoughts were of Carol's scaring him. And then when the mother got it I thought this had to be a momentary dream sequence and then someone snaps out if it. Didn't quite see how Carl got shot. Carol was right, she should have killed Morgan but hopefully she will get a chance to redeem herself soon.

This was the best debate ever! It was like if the WWE sponsored a debate this is what it would look like. The whole thing seemed like an organized effort to bring Trump down, fair enough for the candidates but it seemed like the moderator was setting it all up. Trump is right that the audience are supporters of the other candidates so their boos don't count. Most interesting was how they all cling to to their fantasy that everything about 9/11 was Clinton's fault, and everything in Iraq is Obama's fault. Trump was the only one speaking the truth about what actually happened and who was president, and Jeb wants to bring the very same people back for a sequel. The republicans want endless war and Trump, the guy with the bad temperament, is the only one who sees how nuts that is. Unfortunately republicans can't allow themselves to see that because it would call their entire world view into question. My favorite line was when Trump said Barbara Bush is the one who should be running.

That's the way I feel about the way Obama pronounces "Pakistan" or says "ISIL" instead of "ISIS." I'm always insanely grateful when politicians don't play dumb for political points. I hate when he calls it Isis is just catchier and uniformly accepted, so why try and push Isil? A google search of Isis shows CNN calls it than, the NY Times, The New Yorker, The Guardian...these aren't bumpkin news outlets. Not sure what you guys mean with the correct way to pronounce Muslim. I pronounce it like Does-Lim. I gather that is not correct from this discussion.

Clinton will need a better premise than "your silly naive dreams can't win. Vote for the depressing facts of life and vote for me." I imagine Hillary will still win, but all Bernie has to do is make inroads in minority communities, not win them outright. It would be a fascinating election if Sanders vs Trump, certainly one for the history books.

I don't see where Bill or Hillary are doing anything wrong. As in 2008, the media is ever out to get them and once again have anointed the latest savior. I like Bernie but has the media even asked him how much free tuition for all will cost or what the economic implications of his tax hike will be--or even how he intends on getting his programs passed through congress? No, they just like anyone who is opposed to the Clintons. SNL made fun of this back in 2008 and their dead on sendups of the Barack-Hillary debates. They are doing it again. Bill attacks Bernie? Why is that so terrible in a year when the very same media loves it when Trump attacks everyone or Rubio claims Obama is an agent of evil intentionally out to destroy America? They just want to find something to attack Bill or Hillary with. I am also not sure the Republican will be tougher than Bernie. Maybe Chris Christie because he is so coarse and mean, but other than that who is going to give Hillary a hard time in debates, Trump? And which issue is it that the majority of Americans will side with Ted Cruz on? Gun control? Gay Marriage? What do the republicans have to say that the country agrees with? That gas prices are at $2 a gallon and it sucks? That the stock market is double what it was in 2008 and it sucks?

Hopefully this is the end of Marco Rubio. No one even brings up his talking point is paranoid and deranged. Even if you think he is right on every issue, how does no one ask him why he thinks Obama intentionally is out to destroy America. At least The Donald says Obama just doesn't know what he is doing, Rubio has turned Obama into Dr Evil. Christie did a good job and I am sure he was a very good prosecutor, but he can't win. I thought the Donald had a very good night with the way he was explaining to these people eminent domain. He is completely right, although Bush was right about the old lady in Atlantic City. Also, Trump missed an opportunity early on when the discussion was temperament and nukes to remind everyone he is the only one who was against the war, and meanwhile Cruz has discussed about nuking the mideast to see if sand glows. Trump dismissed Jeb there at the end and Jeb just doesn't know how to stand up for himself. He tries, but what adult man accepts another shushing him on live TV--and then shutting up?

I feel a little sorry for him, his politics aside he is probably under great personal pressure to win.

Maybe Bob Dole campaigned on behalf of Libby, but there aren't too many husband and wife teams. It does give Hillary an advantage because with them it is always two against one. I think though that makes up for the media obsession in trying to bring down the Clintons. Bill should just go all out, although his voice is a little weak these days. He makes up for her weaknesses and they've never denied it is by one Clinton get one free.

I actually play a board game about the cuban revolution. I do remember when Castro let all his prisons and asylums out and they flooded Miami Beach with people nobody would want. That was bad and Miami went downhill before South Beach was created. In any case, Rubio just comes across to me as this complete fake who is incapable of discussing policy honestly because he is always angling for how it will appeal to his tea party followers. And it is downright bizarre that suddenly Rubio is considered part of the establishment. He is too far on the fringe to be mainstream. Mainstream republican yes, but that is because the nutcases have moved that party so far from reason. It isn't even a left/right thing anymore when it comes to republicans: they're just nuts.

He sucks. Why is he against opening relations with Cuba? No one knows other than Obama is the one who opened them. We can talk to the soviet union for 70 years, we can negotiate with North Korea, but we can't talk to powerless little Cuba who can't hurt a fly? Isn't this guy Cuban? Doesn't he want to see Starbucks and McDonalds slowly insinuate themselves into Havana and corrupt their hermetically sealed communist environment? What did 50 years of sanctions accomplish? Then there is his immigration flip floppery. Then there is his abortion zealotry. Then there is his naive warmongering. He looks 12, who is he going to impress on the world stage? He is also an awkward speaker with his desperate water gulping. Yes, I'd sooner this guy than Cruz, but I would take psycho Trump before either. At least he doesn't believe that Jesus BS these two spout nonstop. I love this is the year of the New Yorker, and between Trump, Hillary and Bernie it is time for some New York values and these fundies and gun toting hicks can hit the road on their way to their next abortion clinic bombing or gun massacre.

I am not sure I would vote muslim. I don't think I would want to vote for anyone who doesn't think those burkas are ridiculous and should be outlawed. People need to show their face, plain and simple. The person with the most responsibility for my own welfare is me, and if I am walking through the street at 2 am I want to be able to read your face and make a judgment whether you are out for trouble or not. That may just be an NYC thing, where back in the good old 80s and 90s you got your street sense finely tuned to know what was going on all around you, but I want to see your face if you are on the same street with me. If you are pro Burka, I am anti you as a politician.

The media has always loved to attack the Clintons. I guess there is just something so interesting about them that the media can't stay away. Trumps views on immigration are unamerican. We will not accept immigrants now based on religion? The federal gov't is supposed to be blind to religion, and while it is their religion today it might be your religion tomorrow. Rubio has no chance of winning, I don't think he ever did. I'd vote for Bernie but I honestly don't see the country voting someone jewish into the white house. Hillary is the best bet even with her cushy Wall St pals, it is just a shame she is a terrible candidate with little charisma.

Bummer about no Trump/Kelly rematch.

It's not that she is paid it is who is paying her. These same firms that pay her are the very same people who get picked to be Treasury Secretaries and write self serving policies that only make their firms larger. The consolidation of wealth is a troubling thing and Bernie is the only one addressing it. What's sad is the very people who need Bernie most, the poor southerners who need free medicine, education and everything else, would never vote for him. They always vote against their own interests.

Personally Bernie's behavior toward Planned Parenthood just proves to me that they made a good decision in not endorsing him. I'm getting very tired of people throwing around the word "establishment" like a slur. In the context of Bernie it is. The establishment hasn't treated the middle class all that well these past 30 years and Bernie is the first one really to say it as a candidate. The stats on CEO pay is insane, and yet those CEOs are exactly who every President turns to the write up economic policy. The press hasn't been doing its job for 30 years, and the politicians would sell anyone out for a cjheck. Bernie asks a pretty simple question in "why are they giving Hillary $200,000 a speech and what do they want in return?" Hillary pathetically answers they want nothing, but that is ridiculous because nobody wants nothing. Nobody pays for nothing, plain and simple. She will make sure they get the best possible outcome when it comes to tax codes and reform. She'll ding them a little, but only what she has to to stay in office, and compared to what Bernie wants they'll accept that. Meanwhile the press are incompetent and report nothing.

Watching his rallys reminds me of clips you see of Germany in the 1930s when Hitler was able to whip his followers up into a frenzy too. Still, I would rather have him than Ted Cruz, who there is literally no way I would vote for him. I feel the Bern but its hard to see people voting him into office. I like his ideas but he needs to explain how his taxing and spending will pay for itself. Even though the country was in better shape back in the midcentury, people are not going to want to go back to those tax brackets. I don't think Cruz can win, never thought so. The guy is just extremely unlikable and it comes across on screen. Trump has a Barnum quality to him and you can fool all of the people some of the time. Hillary is choking again but she can recover. I will say her troubles only reinforce my opinion that her being a woman is her greatest obstacle. Here we are and the news is discussing whether she should be held responsible for the Monica Lewinski business. Bill doesn't get held responsible and he is liked by 2/3 of the country, but Hillary will be judged. If that's not enough to illustrate how tough women have it in politics then I don't know what is. Even if she went along with it, claiming everyone was lying, so did Bill. With Bill it is "good ol' horndog Bill, everyone's whacky lech uncle. We'll get some laughs out of him on SNL" and with Hillary it is "how dare she do such a thing!"

This is a part of an ongoing video series where the different comic book characters get together to discuss why their movies are better than each other. So they all have this bar where they sit around and talk, and now they decided to let TV people in, and that is how this is on topic for both walking dead and talking dead....

I could see how someone could like both. I actually know a gun toting arch-republican who loves Bernie and can't stop posting on facebook about both. His message is always pick Trump or pick Bernie, but pick someone not in the system. Their economic speeches do occasionally overlap.

Pataki wasn't a horrible governor, nor was he spectacular. NY is a pretty corrupt state where the legislature makes sure nothing gets done. He would have made a better president than the rest of the bunch. He's pro choice (or was anyway) pro gay rights (or was anyway) was for expanding medical coverage to the poor. He was a tax cutter, but NY is a high tax state that has lost a lot of its allure. When Wall St is booming NY is healthy, but when the bust comes, NY gets his especially hard because all the employees are no longer working and paying taxes. NY is a tough state to govern and he didn't destroy it. He stayed too long in office and eventually wore out his welcome, but so did Ed Koch and Bloomberg, and Cuomo, and Rudy, and three terms is a long time. Better him than Bush, Cruz, Rubio or Trump if you ask me.

Trump unfortunately is a legitimate contender. Assuming six months of polling is legit, he is a big factor indeed. I don't think he can win but I do think if he were the republican nominee he would lose a lot of republican votes but pick up a lot of disaffected yahoo voters who wouldn't vote otherwise. I can see the theoretical appeal of a candidate who says all politicians are bought and paid for BS artists and no one in washington is capable of fixing things, but Trump is not the guy. He might have made a decent Secretary of something and they could have put him in charge of modernizing airports, bridges and highways. He'd probably be good at that. I do find his blunt ways very refreshing. No other politician would say something like "Hillary would like to run against me? Ask Lyndsay Graham how much he liked running against me, ask Bobby Jindal", and his comment to Bush about if he gets any further to the periphery of the debate stage he'll be off the air was so funny, honest and real. Trump is insane but his insanity is very understandable and he at least acts and thinks like a human. Other than he and Bernie Sanders, everyone else is prepackaged and fake.

That debate was funny, I love when Trump goes into Trump mode with the faces and wisecracks. I loved when he said "Yeah Jeb, you're a real tough guy" while rolling his eyes.