Peter King seeks the R nomination in 2016

desert dude · Aug 11, 2013

The Republican party seems intent on self destruction.

Peter King is not qualified to be a moderator on RIU and he thinks he should be president. No offense to any mods, I send love and kisses to all the put-upon mods here, especially the the 32 DD types. :-)

http://news.yahoo.com/peter-king-serious-running-for-president-151734036.html

GOD HERE · Aug 11, 2013

Imagine how big his ego has to be for him to even think he has a chance.

desert dude · Aug 11, 2013

GOD HERE said:
Imagine how big his ego has to be for him to even think he has a chance.

Self delusion is a big part of most politician's psyches. I hope he does make a serious attempt, it will be amusing to see his record trotted out by the media for all to see.

GOD HERE · Aug 11, 2013

desert dude said:
Self delusion is a big part of most politician's psyches. I hope he does make a serious attempt, it will be amusing to see his record trotted out by the media for all to see.

It would definitely be a healthy hit to his ego. Seeing the 2016 lineup in general is going to be depressing. Hillary's neo-liberalism for the Democrats, and god only knows what kind of freak the republicans are going to pull out of the closet.

nontheist · Aug 11, 2013

Anyone with a name like Peter King should not be elected for obvious reasons. :mrgreen:

nontheist · Aug 11, 2013

GOD HERE said:
It would definitely be a healthy hit to his ego. Seeing the 2016 lineup in general is going to be depressing. Hillary's neo-liberalism for the Democrats, and god only knows what kind of freak the republicans are going to pull out of the closet.

I think the public will be taking a closer look at independents or the "other guy" this year. I don't think the media will be able to shut them out completely like 2012.

GOD HERE · Aug 11, 2013

nontheist said:
I think the public will be taking a closer look at independents or the "other guy" this year. I don't think the media will be able to shut them out completely like 2012.

I doubt it. They seem stuck at most 2% of the vote. I wish it would happen, but private money/media has our electoral process by the balls.

nontheist · Aug 11, 2013

GOD HERE said:
I doubt it. They seem stuck at most 2% of the vote. I wish it would happen, but private money/media has our electoral process by the balls.

Possible but the media isn't happy with the democrats and hate republicans and that's the growing consensus of the public so unless Obama starts farting rainbows and shitting skittles before 2016 it's open game.

abandonconflict · Aug 11, 2013

nontheist said:
I think the public will be taking a closer look at independents or the "other guy" this year. I don't think the media will be able to shut them out completely like 2012.

There will be two official republican parties in 2016.

Apparently the revolution WILL be televised.

GOD HERE · Aug 11, 2013

abandonconflict said:
Apparently the revolution WILL be televised.

And of course available at a new low price.

GOD HERE · Aug 11, 2013

nontheist said:
Possible but the media isn't happy with the democrats and hate republicans and that's the growing consensus of the public so unless Obama starts farting rainbows and shitting skittles before 2016 it's open game.

But think about it, could you ever realistically see an independent elected to the presidency? And I don't mean a potential Ron Paul psuedo-independent run, I mean a legitimately independent candidate.

Bombur · Aug 11, 2013

GOD HERE said:
But think about it, could you ever realistically see an independent elected to the presidency? And I don't mean a potential Ron Paul psuedo-independent run, I mean a legitimately independent candidate.

Only if the media gave equal coverage. So, no, not realistically..

burnedout1958 · Aug 11, 2013

nontheist said:
I think the public will be taking a closer look at independents or the "other guy" this year. I don't think the media will be able to shut them out completely like 2012.

I know I will be, Obama has let us down

desert dude · Aug 11, 2013

GOD HERE said:
But think about it, could you ever realistically see an independent elected to the presidency? And I don't mean a potential Ron Paul psuedo-independent run, I mean a legitimately independent candidate.

Ross Perot came close. I think it could happen, but it would depend on the circumstances at the time. There is no way to predict what 2016 will look like.

nontheist · Aug 12, 2013

GOD HERE said:
But think about it, could you ever realistically see an independent elected to the presidency? And I don't mean a potential Ron Paul psuedo-independent run, I mean a legitimately independent candidate.

Yes I do, Obama is scoring worse than Bush that is definitely saying something about the perception of the two bases. I think the voters will more skeptical in 2016 and not let rhetoric be as influential. I think people are ready for a centralist with more common sense approaches to our problems instead of over the top rhetoric about things that aren't even an issue. I also think the Democratic party will start to fragment like the republicans putting a bigger gap between them and the extremist of the party, which in my opinion is a good thing. This is all speculation of course but we're seeing hard core Democrats and Obama supported turner their backs on him, feeling disgusted and betrayed. All he is doing is running around campaigning and doing damage control. His veiled attacks on civil liberties he opposed so vigorously and now defending have damaged his credibility so much I don't think he can recover.

Canna Sylvan · Aug 12, 2013

I might actually vote if he wins the 2016 primary. That would be so awesome to say you voted for a dude named Peter King. Is this guy Steven's brother by any chance?

abandonconflict · Aug 12, 2013

GOD HERE said:
And of course available at a new low price.

Brought to you by Carl's Jr.

Fuck you, I'm eating.

abandonconflict · Aug 12, 2013

GOD HERE said:
But think about it, could you ever realistically see an independent elected to the presidency? And I don't mean a potential Ron Paul psuedo-independent run, I mean a legitimately independent candidate.

I predict the green party candidate to be arrested en-route to the debates again.

GOD HERE · Aug 12, 2013

nontheist said:
Yes I do, Obama is scoring worse than Bush that is definitely saying something about the perception of the two bases. I think the voters will more skeptical in 2016 and not let rhetoric be as influential. I think people are ready for a centralist with more common sense approaches to our problems instead of over the top rhetoric about things that aren't even an issue. I also think the Democratic party will start to fragment like the republicans putting a bigger gap between them and the extremist of the party, which in my opinion is a good thing. This is all speculation of course but we're seeing hard core Democrats and Obama supported turner their backs on him, feeling disgusted and betrayed. All he is doing is running around campaigning and doing damage control. His veiled attacks on civil liberties he opposed so vigorously and now defending have damaged his credibility so much I don't think he can recover.

Where exactly are the extremists in the Democratic Party? They don't even have social democrats for christ's sake. When Camila Vallejo runs for congress, let me know.

spandy · Aug 12, 2013

I cant believe anyone would want anything resembling a republican or democrat in office, ever again.

But then again, humans aren't necessarily the brightest group of living beings.

Peter King seeks the R nomination in 2016

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