Reason Live from DNC: Nick Gillespie, Matt Welch, Matthew Dowd

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Join Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch as they talk #DemsInPhilly with political consultant and ABC News analyst Matthew Dowd about how the wheels are coming off the two-party system as we know it.

Live from the DNC floor at 7:30PM ET right here and on Facebook!

Comments

[Rufus The Monocled]

I saw Matthew Dowd and thought Maureen.

Does she still write her little nuggets of vapidity for the NYT?

[Pay up, Palin's Buttplug!]

Yes.

[Rufus The Monocled]

Ha!

Still banal in her predictability!

[FD]

Made a fortune and hell of a living (Maureen, that is) just by rigorous discipline. Anybody can succeed with enough dligence and work ethic. Pity she's another economic illiterate and collectivist apologist for the worst of humanity

[Libertarian]

All right, time to get serious. The question is: does Bill Clinton still have it? Will his speech help, or inadvertently hurt Hillary tonight?

[Dennis, Constitutional Peasant]

When Bill's on his game, he's a master.

i think the odds are he'll probably hit it out of the park; but who knows, he's such an ego maniac he might throw something in there trying to defend his (and hillary, by association) legacy of throwing drug-dealers in jail and say they have nothing to apologize for, so fuck BLM (he may be still pissed at how they're hijacking the narrative)

Or he may throw a few jabs at the bernie people and say, "get your heads out of the clouds, hippies". Who knows.

[Lee Genes]

I hope he's feeling ornery.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

You misspelled hornery.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

to Rufus's question above, when Maureen Dowd finds you oily, people may just be tired of the Clintons.

Back in the 90s, their slippery ways bemused their supporters. Now their normal constituency tends to roll their eyes and accept that they can't trust anything they say.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

(while voting for them anyway...)

[Rufus The Monocled]

I'd pay him five bucks to walk out in a blue dress.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVbr37_yPeY

[FD]

Whatcha been listening to, Dennis? The man says nothing, delivers lines like a superficial used car salesman, and lately been looking like death warmed over.
When he was called, like Reagan, a great communicator back in the 90's,, I realized the talking heads were lemmings or lobotomized.

[Rufus The Monocled]

It's because he played the...saxomophone!

[Dark Lord of the cis]

That depends on what the definition of "have" is.

[Fist of Etiquette]

OMG all this vertical video. I can't even.

[Libertarian]

Was just listening to Schumer give his speech. Exactly how would Congress ensure "equal pay for women?" Isn't it already illegal to discriminate based on sex?

[arbitrary wavefunction]

For one thing, new cars for attorneys.

Sue whenever you want. Oh, you've been working there for 10 years and just now decided you're not being paid fairly? Sue away.

[C. Anacreon]

In Socialist Paradise, all proletariat, man or woman, make same wage. No discrimination!

[Lee Genes]

Isn't it already illegal

Probably safe to stop right there and say "yes"

[Fist of Etiquette]

Socially liberal doesn't include legalization!!! Obviously.

[DEG]

I am not drunk enough to watch this shit. I will not get that drunk either as I must work.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Maybe we need affirmative action for disenfranchised parties in monopoly states.

[Dennis, Constitutional Peasant]

Ever notice how anyone always says, "I'm a huge believer in capitalism, so....." as though its an apology, like, "I was raised catholic, so"....

also, this is the third time they've done this thing and they keep saying they take questions, but its never clear where they're taking them from. facebook was a mess the first time, and some people just don't do the twitter thing on principle.

[Shit Pyrate]

People have been verbally beaten up, and made to feel guilty for being capitalists, though I'm starting to think that it's no longer starting to work anymore.

[Fist of Etiquette]

I remember the days when the newsman wore a suit and tie any time he was on camera. Also when he sat down to dinner or took a flight.

[Dennis, Constitutional Peasant]

I'm glad they don't. they're not that important, they shouldn't bother.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Then I don't know why I should even listen to them.

[Lee Genes]

Because they went to Columbia?

[Dennis, Constitutional Peasant]

is this the news? I thought we were a cult

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

Ironically, they only made $200 a week back then. Now their kids to go private schools.

[Dennis, Constitutional Peasant]

guys like this talk great game being "moderate" and very "pro capitalist' and blah blah blah about their personal opinions and their generous attitudes towards third parties, and yet...

....what do they really do for a living? Chief Water Carrier for some of the most compromised political media on earth, whose entire purpose is to reinforce the power of the establishment?

[Fist of Etiquette]

Hear that, Welch and Gillespie? Someone with public exposure like an editor of a middling libertarian print or online magazine could run for office just like a billionaire and make a difference!

[Dennis, Constitutional Peasant]

""Hillary is such a real human being when no one's looking!!""

[lap83]

Kind of like the Red Woman?

[Lee Genes]

They're dragging that gnome Mikulski out for Hillary's nomination. Maybe they'll use Reich's old stepstool.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

Robert Reich or The Reich?

[Lee Genes]

I was thinking of the Pygmy from Pennsylvania, Roberto "Chavez" Reich

[True Scottsman]

Bobby, Rob, Robert? I like the 3rd one. I will call him the 3rd Reich.

[Crusty Juggler]

Never forget her emails to Hillary.

Warning: the site is terrible as well as supportive of them. These people know what's best for you. Give them power!!!

[Dennis, Constitutional Peasant]

If ever there were a friendship more epic than that between Hillary Clinton and Maryland Sen. Barbara Mikulski, you'd be hard-pressed to find it.

...
...
...
does it end just like Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid? I hope so. Epic.

The adorable exchange didn't stop there. "What a terrific time," Mikulski wrote, remarking on the farewell dinner itself. "... Most of all [loved] seeing you ? so fit n sparkly ? as well as Prez Bill, Chelsea n Uma." ..... go ahead and "aww" with me for a minute.

....her emails to Clinton are truly inspiring ? in the same way that your mom's emails to you in college gave you a much-needed boost before a particularly rough exam, at least. "Dear. Friend. U. R. Doing such a terrific job," wrote the senator in one email dated September 20, 2012, just days after the attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya. "Even Bfore recent tumult n tragedies. U. R just the best. Count on me - as always ur friend."

Jesus Christ, you'd think Bustle was some parody site a la "Clickhole" where alt-righties mock some stereotype of bubble-headed females who can't uhm, like omg even deal, with anything that more serious than daytime soaps and thinking about what shoes to wear.

[Crusty Juggler]

U. R just the best.

[Hyperion]

What's with the audio, I can barely hear this?

[Hyperion]

So, Matt must be like 3x smarter than the dude being interviewed, cause his head is 3x bigger.

[Hyperion]

OT:

Do I look like Vladimir, bitches?

[Dennis, Constitutional Peasant]

, Assange refused to confirm or deny a Russian origin for the mass email leak, saying Wikileaks tries to create ambiguity to protect all its sources.
"Perhaps one day the source or sources will step forward and that might be an interesting moment some people may have egg on their faces. But to exclude certain actors is to make it easier to find out who our sources are," Assange told CNN.

He's basically saying in so many words that it was actually a Bernie supporter inside the DNC, and that everyone blaming the Russians is a dumb cunt.

[SIV]

Video of Hillary Clinton huggin' and prayin' with the Thug's Moms Movement.

[SIV]

Awkward moment: Sandra Bland's mother is talking God at the Democrat convention.

[Hyperion]

Nope, Democrats aren't afraid to pull out a gawd anytime they can use it to their advantage. 5 minutes later they'll deny said gawd exists and that they said it.

[SIV]

The Super Predator Mom's think Hillary is their savior.

[FD]

Whoa... no "savior" characterizations! Clownie candidate for the Repubs was taking it on the cheek last week from the merciless cosmos and leftoids who seemed to think the savior complex was his most horrifying trait. Well, beyond speech-gate.

[Stormy Dragon]

Stephen Colbert vs. DNC Security:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH4iSF96tFY

[Hyperion]

This is just more proof that people want/need crazy. I gotta choose my crazy. McAffee/Weiss 2020, because I want the crazy that I want, who don't want to enslave me and rob from me. Stormy, otoh, wants it good and hard.