Watch Matt Welch Talk 2016 Race at 4:30 PM on MSNBC's NOW With Alex Wagner

Christie vs. Snowden, Rubio vs. Iraq, Loretta Sanchez vs. her own mouth, etc.

For a half-hour beginning at 4:30 p.m. ET, I'll be on MSNBC's NOW With Alex Wagner talking about stuff like:

* Chris Christie's rhetorical war vs. "civil liberties extremists."

* Marco Rubio's weird wrestling with the Iraq War question.

* Hillary Clinton's endless silence.

* Politicians being all greedy.

* The GOP trying to figure out how many candidates should debate.

* Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Calif.) getting in trouble with a dot-feather situation.

Comments

[Fist of Etiquette]

Prediction: Half-knotted tie

[GILMORE]

good call.

MSNBC rates a tie, but not a serious one.

[Florida Man]

Double Windsor or kill yourself.
/DWOKY

[GILMORE]

I'm a half-windsor dude. double windsor looks pretentious, especially on young people who are fairly trim.

british footballers, sportscasters wear them and look like idiots.

[Whahappan?]

Not if you know hot to tie one.

[Whahappan?]

How. Fuck.

[Pro Libertate]

Fucking civil liberties extremists. Splitters!

[robc]

How many candidates for debates? All except the civili liberties extremists!

[Pro Libertate]

Exactly.

[Loki]

Something about making sure the "adults" have plenty of time to speak...

[Pro Libertate]

Now that "retards" is considered offensive in reference to people with mental disabilities, I say we repurpose it to mean "politicians."

[robc]

Serious answer to the debate question:

Make it like the America's Cup. On the challenger side (GOP), everyone debates everyone else round robin. So 2 people per debate but # of debates = N(N-1)/2

[robc]

And after the round of head to heads, go to 3 person debates.

N(N-1)(N-2)/6.

And then to 4 and etc.

[Dark Lord of the Cis]

I prefer a single elimination, one on one, tournament. Then we can make bets on our brackets.

[Florida Man]

Thunder dome. X number of politicians enter, one leaves. Then we kill that one.

[Spartacus]

I agree. These debates have become pointless in an era when everyone can see all the candidates, all the time. They should all get on stage--including the "moderators"--and then a pair of tigers should be released. It would be far more entertaining, and everyone would lose, which is the appropriate outcome anyway.

[Xeones]

2 Americas, 1 Cup?

[Entropy Void]

I do not want to see what you did there.

[Notorious G.K.C.]

From the Sanchez article:

""I was shocked and appalled that she would make the disparaging comments about Native Americans that way," [some dude] said. "It's just very undemocratic.""

Now insensitive noises, jokes, etc. are undemocratic?

[Pro Libertate]

Yes. Not entirely submitting to the volont? g?n?rale is undemocratic.

[Dark Lord of the Cis]

Maybe unDemocratic?

[Loki]

They keep using that word, I do not think it means what they think it means.

[entropy_factor]

Alex Wagner? Why? Why even entertain that disingenuous prog mouthpiece?

[Entropy Void]

Most bangable mouthpiece on MSNBC?

[Loki]

Not exactly a high bar.

[RBS]

Alex Wagner @alexwagner ? May 13
There are 184 congressional districts in which not one person got on or off a train in 2014. 116 are currently represented by Republicans.

Republicans hate trains? Love trains? Not enough trains?

[This Machine]

To me, that says, "Why the fuck do we need more trains?"

[Loki]

Slightly OT: I gor my first political phone call ad for the 2016 cluster fuck the other day. Yay!

[robc]

Ky governor primary is tomorrow and GOP primary is a 3-way tie right now. Last poll I saw had them at 27-26-25 percents.

Fourth guy was at 8.

I guess I should figure out who Im gonna vote for soon.

[Robert]

Is it streamed from the page at the link?

[Robert]

Apparently I'd need a cable TV acc't. Anyone care to share theirs?

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