The Florida school shooting survivor who confronted Marco Rubio about taking NRA money has been forced off of Facebook by death threats.

Temporarily got off Facebook because there’s no character count so the death threats from the @NRA cultists are a bit more graphic than those on twitter. Will be back when I have the time for it. Busy getting my feelings hurt by fellow teenagers at Br**tb*rt

— Cameron Kasky (@cameron_kasky) February 21, 2018

Courtesy of The Hill: 

A survivor of the mass shooting at a Florida high school last week says he has left Facebook after receiving death threats for his gun control advocacy. 

"Temporarily got off Facebook because there’s no character count so the death threats from the @NRA cultists are a bit more graphic than those on twitter," Cameron Kasky tweeted. "Will be back when I have the time for it. Busy getting my feelings hurt by fellow teenagers at Br**tb*rt." 

Kasky, a junior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, has become an outspoken leader of the nationwide student-led movement for gun restrictions in the wake of the shooting, where 17 of his classmates and faculty members were killed. 

The high schooler challenged Florida Sen. Marco Rubio (R) during a CNN town hall discussion with lawmakers and fellow survivors on gun laws. 

“In the name of 17 people, you cannot ask the NRA to keep their money out of your campaign?” Kasky asked Rubio.

To threaten the life of a child is shitty enough, but to threaten the life of a kid who just survived a school shooting where over a dozen of his peers were murdered is extra shitty.

What the fuck is wrong with these people?

I think this young man and his schoolmates are inspiring, but I certainly understand why they scare the crap out of the NRA.

And they should be scared: 

The students who survived a mass shooting at their Florida high school last week have raised more than $3.5 million since the attack and say they plan to put the money toward a “long-term effort” to reform gun laws. 

More than 18,000 people have donated nearly $1.5 million to the “Never Again” campaign and the upcoming March For Our Lives, both of which were organized by survivors of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., according to the Miami Herald. 

Those donations were followed by a $500,000 donation from George and Amala Clooney, who also plan to participate in the pro-gun control march in Washington, D.C., next month. 

The Clooneys’ donation was followed by matching donations from Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg and Hollywood producer Jeffrey Katzenberg. 

A spokeswoman for March For Our Lives told the Herald that the $3.5 million raised will first be used to help fund the event in Washington and remaining funds will be put toward the “long-term” gun control effort.

I saw a tweet awhile back that simply said 'These kids will save all of us."

I thought that was a little much at the time, but perhaps that person had a point. 

I identified this as perhaps my favorite moment of last night's CNN town hall.

Watch little Marco Rubio get booed at when he says he’s going to take NRA money no matter what. He’s pathetic. #NeverAgain #BanAssaultWeapons https://t.co/TkvDRmn9IE

— Scott Dworkin (@funder) February 22, 2018

Watching this young man pin Rubio to the wall over taking NRA donations, was an amazing moment.

And even with that, Rubio REFUSED to say that he would reject those donations.

That tells you essentially all you need to know about the NRA's influence.

By the way let me just say that if you did not watch that CNN debate last night, you missed an important historic moment. 

You can find it on You Tube and I urge you to watch if you haven't already.

CNN is holding a town hall and inviting Donald Trump and other Republican politicians to meet and talk to the family and victims of the Florida school shooting.

Courtesy of CNN: 

The school shooting in Florida this week has sparked a renewed call for lawmakers to take action, and some of the loudest voices demanding change are not even old enough to vote. 

The tragic event, which occurred Wednesday at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, is one of the deadliest mass shootings in modern history. Seventeen people -- 14 students and three teachers -- were killed and many more injured. 

Now, led by the students, this South Florida community is demanding answers on how this could have occurred and are asking what steps will federal and state authorities take to prevent this from happening again.

To help facilitate the discussion, CNN has announced it will hold a nationally televised town hall with the victims' classmates, parents and community members. "Stand Up: The Students of Stoneman Douglas Demand Action" will air live at 9 p.m., ET, on Wednesday, February 21 at the BB&T Center. 

In addition, President Donald Trump, and Florida Gov. Rick Scott, along with the state's Sen. Bill Nelson, Sen. Marco Rubio and Rep. Ted Deutch have all been invited to participate in the town hall and hear directly from the grieving community.

Well first off Donald Trump will NEVER show.

Trump is the biggest coward to ever sit behind that desk in the Oval Office and the possibility that he might sit and listen to what these kids had to say in person is absolutely zero.

I mean can you even imagine how Trump would deal with the likes of Emma Gonzalez, or this young man?

Cameron Kasky, a junior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School: “My message for the people in office is: you’re either with us or against us. We are losing our lives while the adults are playing around.” (via CNN) https://t.co/ShcPmXgXJR

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 18, 2018

I bet he is wetting his plus size Depends at the very thought.

And I would imagine that the same holds true for Marco Rubio, Rick Scott, and the rest of the Republican politicians.

I hope that Bill Nelson and some of the other Democrats prioritize this however as it would provide a very powerful message to the voters come the 2018 and 2020 elections.

I know I'm going to be watching.

Okay seriously, what is it with Donald Trump and water?

Can someone please explain to me why President (COUGHbabyhandsCOUGH) Trump needs two hands to drink a glass of water?pic.twitter.com/zsBhcv9fsv#MondayMotivation
via @atrupar

— Holly O'Reilly (@AynRandPaulRyan) December 18, 2017

Weird right?

And this woman is by no means the only one to have noticed this.

Had Trump drank water from a glass before he became President? pic.twitter.com/mLreSQ3U1D

— Barstool News Network (@BarstoolNewsN) December 18, 2017

Get you a man (or a woman) who holds you as delicately as Trump holds his water. pic.twitter.com/7aqxyHo02N

— April Michelle (@aprilmichelle00) December 18, 2017

And keep in mind that he actually mocked Marco Rubio for drinking water during a speech.

Trump actually drinking water is almost more awkward than Trump mocking Marco Rubio for drinking water. pic.twitter.com/eMxoEYoHFF

— Bobby Lewis (@revrrlewis) December 18, 2017

Look I know that when it comes to Donald Trump there are much bigger things to be concerned about, but this is still really, really odd.

H/T to the Huffington Post.

I'll just leave this here.

"They don't have water? That's OK.": Trump gets parched during his televised remarks on his Asia trip pic.twitter.com/ybNOHm6iLJ

— POLITICO (@politico) November 15, 2017

And this too.

More than a tweet, there's also a video of Trump mocking Rubio's SOTU water moment. pic.twitter.com/dkKyrOIUGO

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 15, 2017

I think yesterday was one of Marco Rubio's favorite days.

It appears likely that Russian oligarchs helped to fund Donald Trump's presidential campaign, as well as the campaigns of some other prominent Republicans.

Courtesy of Dallas News:  

Donald Trump and the political action committees for Mitch McConnell, Marco Rubio, Scott Walker, Lindsey Graham, John Kasich and John McCain accepted $7.35 million in contributions from a Ukrainian-born oligarch who is the business partner of two of Russian president Vladimir Putin's favorite oligarchs and a Russian government bank. 

During the 2015-2016 election season, Ukrainian-born billionaire Leonid "Len" Blavatnik contributed $6.35 million to leading Republican candidates and incumbent senators. Mitch McConnell was the top recipient of Blavatnik's donations, collecting $2.5 million for his GOP Senate Leadership Fund under the names of two of Blavatnik's holding companies, Access Industries and AI Altep Holdings, according to Federal Election Commission documents and OpenSecrets.org.

Marco Rubio's Conservative Solutions PAC and his Florida First Project received $1.5 million through Blavatnik's two holding companies. Other high dollar recipients of funding from Blavatnik were PACS representing Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker at $1.1 million, South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham at $800,000, Ohio Governor John Kasich at $250,000 and Arizona Senator John McCain at $200,000. 

In January, Quartz reported that Blavatnik donated another $1 million to Trump's Inaugural Committee. Ironically, the shared address of Blavatnik's companies is directly across the street from Trump Tower on 5th Avenue in New York.

Right across the street huh? Well that's certainly handy.

The Dallas News also makes this rather astute point:

Blavatnik's relationships with Russian oligarchs close to Putin, particularly Oleg Deripaska, should be worrisome for Trump and the six GOP leaders who took Blavatnik's money during the 2016 presidential campaign. Lucky for them no one has noticed. Yet.

Well guess what? We've noticed. 

I should point out that this is not definitive proof that Russian oligarchs directed Blavatnik to donate any of this money, but of course they probably did.

And there is no proof that the donations have impacted the way that certain Republicans react to the news of Russian interference in our elections, but of course it certainly might.

And finally on its own this would probably not even seem like such a big deal, but when you add it to the pile of what we already know about the 2016 elections, well then it certainly does.

Asked why he is not holding town halls Senator Marco Rubio replies Because "people get rude and stupid."

We finally caught up with Senator Marco Rubio at @FIU. He told us that he won't host a townhall because people act "rude and stupid." pic.twitter.com/DrefDkvrFD

— Tomas Kennedy (@Tomaskenn) February 23, 2017

Courtesy of HuffPo:When a constituent confronted Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) Thursday about why he wasn’t holding a town hall event during this week’s congressional recess, Rubio gave what seemed an honest answer. 

“I don’t know man, because town halls, people get rude and stupid ― on both sides,” the senator told the man. 

A community organizer for the Florida chapter of the Service Employees International Union tweeted a video of the encounter, which happened in a lecture hall at Florida International University, where Rubio teaches a class. The questioner appears to be Rafael Velasquez, a member of the Florida Democratic party’s board of trustees.

Not to give Rubio too much credit, but at least that sounds more honest that Louie Gohmert stating that he is afraid of getting shot like Gabby Giffords. 

However I would be willing to bet that the will live to regret this statement.

Marco Rubio does not care if the Zika virus might give your baby birth defects, no abortions. You know, cause God.

Courtesy of Politico:

Sen. Marco Rubio said Saturday that he doesn’t believe a pregnant woman infected with the Zika virus should have the right to an abortion — even if she had reason to believe the child would be born with severe microcephaly. 

"I understand a lot of people disagree with my view – but I believe that all human life is worthy of protection of our laws. And when you present it in the context of Zika or any prenatal condition, it’s a difficult question and a hard one," Rubio told POLITICO. 

"But if I’m going to err, I’m going to err on the side of life."

For those who don't know people with microcephaly are often referred to as "pinheads" and they have a whole slew of challenges related to the condition such as developmental delays, hearing loss, vision problems, difficulty feeding, and seizures, to name a few.

That is of course if they survive, which those with a severe form of microcephany often do not.

The costs of caring for a child with these problems can be astronomical and typically parents require support from the state and federal governments. (Programs by the way that Rubio and his party are constantly trying to strip of their funding.)

No woman should be asked to carry a child to term if they are diagnosed with this birth defect, nor should any family be burdened with raising such a child unless they have chosen to do so.

Once again I work in the system and deal with children with similar challenges, and I would say that there are really only a very small population of the people out there who are equipped to deal with the problems and obstacles that present themselves when raising a child with such severe special needs.

Perhaps Marco Rubio and his wife would be willing to adopt few of the children born with mircocephany and he can show everybody how it is done.

But we know that will never happen. Don't we?

New poll shows that if Donald Trump REALLY wants to lose the presidential election, he simply needs to add Sarah Palin.

Courtesy of USA Today: 

Presidential nominees weigh a variety of factors when selecting their running mates, not the least of which is the ability to boost the ticket's chances of winning in November. So among the plausible vice presidential choices this year, who would help Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump the most? 

In a Monmouth University Poll out Thursday, six potential running mate choices from each party were gauged to see how much they would help — or hurt — their party's prospects. While a lack of name recognition is a significant factor for many, a couple of notable findings emerged. 

Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor and 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee, would seem to be a drag on Trump's chances should he pick her to once again be on the Republican ticket. 

Among the 803 registered voters polled, 42% said they would be less likely to vote for the real estate mogul with Palin as his running mate, compared to only 13% who said they'd be more likely to.

I checked the poll myself and found the following about possible VP choices:

Newt Gingrich-

More likely to vote for Trump: 24%
Less likely: 26%

Chris Christie-

More likely: 20%
Less likely: 28%

Marco Rubio-

More likely: 27%
Less likely: 20%

Joni Ernst-

More likely: 7%
Less likely: 15%

As you can see only Marco Rubio actually helps Trump more than he hurts Trump.

But if he really wants to lose this thing, and there are a number of people saying that he does not actually want to be the President, then adding Sarah Palin to the ticket will certainly help Trump to do just that.

What's even more convenient is that he can simply turn around and blame his loss on her.

And true or not pretty much everybody in the country would be happy to agree with him. 

Ben Carson walks back his statement that Sarah Palin was on Trump's short list for VP. Well sorta.

So this weekend, as we all know, the Washington Post wrote an article in which Ben Carson said the following:

Carson told The Washington Post that Ohio Gov. John Kasich, Sen. Marco Rubio (Fla.), Sen. Ted Cruz (Texas), Sarah Palin and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie “are all people on our list.”

Since then literally EVERY new outlet has been having a hay day with the news.

Well put the hay down, because the fun is over.

Courtesy of the Daily Mail: 

On Monday morning, Carson said on CNN that he's not interested in the job himself, and dismissed the Post story as so much rubbish.

 'Any name you’re going to throw out, I’ll say, "Yeah, sure",' he said on the 'New Day' program. 

'That doesn’t mean they’re under consideration or that they’re on the short list.' 

Sooo, does this mean that nobody can trust anything that comes out of Ben Carson's mouth.

Okay scratch that, I forgot who I was talking about.

Still the question remains is Ben Carson just the worst campaign spokesman of all time, or did Trump decide to have him walk it back after attracting all of that ridicule?

Personally I don't really think that Trump would make Palin his VP, I mean that would be insane right?

After all that would be right up there with pretending you were somebody else in order to heap praise on yourself to journa.......Oh.

By the way I would like to point out that Trump himself only publicly denied that one name was on his list.

 And guess whose name it was not.

More Republicans are slowly accepting the inevitability of Donald Trump's nomination, but he may have some difficulty finding a running mate.

So it appears that just the other day Marco Rubio, who bitterly exchanged barbs with Trump during the debates, had a slight change of heart:

Rubio reiterated that he’s not making an endorsement but will support the Republican nominee in the general election. He said Trump’s “performance has improved significantly” in recent weeks.

Talk about "damned with faint praise."

Rubio is not the only one who has caved to pressure to accept Trump's inevitable nomination:  

“We've had enough intraparty fighting. Now's the time to stitch together a winning coalition,” said Jon Huntsman, the former governor of Utah. “And it's been clear almost from the beginning that Donald Trump has the ability to assemble a nontraditional bloc of supporters. … The ability to cut across traditional party boundaries — like '80, '92 and 2008 — will be key, and Trump is much better positioned to achieve that.” 

And to think I used to kind of respect John Huntsman's integrity.

However acceptance of his nomination is not enough to convince a number of Republicans to share the ticket with Donald Trump.

Courtesy of the New York Times:

It’s a time-honored tradition for politicians to deny any interest in the vice presidency. But this year, with the possibility of Donald J. Trump as the Republican nominee, they really mean it. 

“Never,” said Chris Schrimpf, a spokesman for Gov. John Kasich of Ohio, who is still running against Mr. Trump. “No chance.” 

“Hahahahahahahahaha,” wrote Sally Bradshaw, a senior adviser to Jeb Bush, when asked if he would consider it. 

“Scott Walker has a visceral negative reaction to Trump’s character,” said Ed Goeas, a longtime adviser to the Wisconsin governor. 

Or, as Senator Lindsey Graham put it, “That’s like buying a ticket on the Titanic.” 

A remarkable range of leading Republicans, including Gov. Nikki Haley of South Carolina and Senator Jeff Flake of Arizona, have been emphatic publicly or with their advisers and allies that they do not want to be considered as Mr. Trump’s running mate.

No worries, I'm sure that Meatloaf or Dennis Rodman would be more than happy to join the ticket. 

Personally I am not sure that there is really any way for the Republican party to coalesce around a clown like Donald Trump.

I think we are seeing the beginning of the end of the Republican party as we know it.

That could be a good thing, or a very very bad thing. 

That's right kids it's primary day again! And this one could be for all the marbles. Update!

Image courtesy of Esquire.

Today there are five states up for grabs, North Carolina, Ohio, Florida, Illinois, and Missouri.

As of this post polls are closed in both Ohio and North Carolina.

Ohio is a winner take all state with 143 delegates up for grabs for the Democrats, and North Carolina splitting its 107 delegates between Sanders and Clinton.

In half an hour the polls close in Florida, Illinois, and Missouri.

Florida is also a winner take all state, and the biggest prize of the night, with 214 delegates available for the winning Democrat, and 156 from  Illinois and 71 from Missouri to be split between the two.

If Hillary takes both Florida and Ohio, like she did in 2008, she will gobble up 357 delegates, and, assuming she wins or does well in the remaining states, stands to increase her lead over Bernie by quite a significant margin.

On the Republican side polls show Kasich either slightly ahead or tied with Donald Trump for that state's 66 delegates, but Trump is far ahead in every other contest.

If both Kasich and Rubio fail to win in their states it is a good bet that one, if not both, will drop out, leaving Ted Cruz to continue battling the Donald for the nomination.

So the GOP nominee is going to be wither Trump or Cruz huh?

Good job Republican party, good job.

I will keep updating this post as the results come in.

Stay tuned.

Update: Trump and Hillary are projected to win Florida tonight according to MSNBC. That is a huge win for Clinton, and essentially the end of the trial for Rubio.

Update 2: Hillary is also now projected to win North Carolina. That's two for two so far.

Update 3: As predicted Marco Rubio just suspended his campaign.

Update 4: Hillary has now won Ohio, another winner take all state. This makes Sanders path to the nomination all but an impossibility at this point.

Update 5: Okay so John Kasich just won his home state of Ohio, and he is the only one who will likely beat Donald Trump tonight. But considering how few delegates he has earned so far does that really matter at this point?

Update 6: Trump wins Illinois. Still too close to call for the Democrats, though Hillary has a comfortable lead.

 Update 7: Hillary wins Illinois.

Update 8: Now Hillary has won Missouri so that is five for five tonight.

I think it is clearly time for Bernie to pack up his campaign and make way for the our Democratic nominee to finish the primary process and prepare to do battle against Donald Trump.

Trump may be the most aggressively vicious presidential candidate that we have ever seen, and Hillary is going to need everybody's support to get through the rest of 2016.

Update 9: The story of this night.

They’ll tell the story of tonight 🎶 pic.twitter.com/HP9X0yRb1L

— Jenna Lowenstein (@just_jenna) March 16, 2016

GOP Debate Open Thread. Update!

Courtesy of Politico

Debate hosts: Fox News.

Candidates: Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, and John Kasich. (No Ben Carson tonight as he is about to drop out.)

Time: Hell I don't know, I live in Alaska. But it starts about a half an hour after this gets posted.

What to watch for: Everybody, and I mean EVERYBODY is going to be hitting Trump from every conceivable angle. Think of that Donald Trump roast, but this time nobody is joking.

Also watch for Marco Rubio to be a little irritable because it was recently revealed that Fox News will no longer be carrying water for him in this campaign cycle.

As usual I will be tweeting my drunken responses to the "action" here.

So let's have a safe evening and remember no matter how angry you get, do not take out your feelings on your poor long suffering family members.

Do what I do, take out your frustrations on some poor sap's blog. 

Update: The moment this debate, and the GOP front runner, lost their very last shred of credibility.

.@realDonaldTrump: "Look at these hands. Are they small hands?" #GOPDebate https://t.co/pIZy39j3Ah pic.twitter.com/BRvD19ezr9

— The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) March 4, 2016

Super Tuesday Open Thread. Update!

Okay folks this the the big one.

As of this post the first polls are closing in Vermont, Virginia, and Georgia.

With Alabama, Massachusetts, Oklahoma, and Tennessee following in about an hour.

Those will be followed by Arkansas, Colorado, Minnesota, Texas within the hour following, and of course Alaska at the very end of the night.

Here is what the polls are predicting: 

While the polling varies by state, Trump and Clinton both look to be leading in a number of states across the map. For Republicans, Trump looks to be leading in Virginia, Georgia, Oklahoma and Vermont, among others. As for Texas, Cruz leads in some polls while Trump leads in others, so it could be a very close race. 

On the Democratic side, Clinton leads in most states that will vote on Super Tuesday: she is up by double digits in Texas, Virginia, Georgia, Arkansas and Alabama, according to recent polling. Sanders leads big in his home state of Vermont; he's close or slightly ahead of Clinton in Massachusetts and Oklahoma. 

It is going to be a long evening for the political junkies among us.  So get your popcorn and the beverage of your choice ready and let's see where the night takes us.

Update: So early returns show Hillary winning Georgia and Virginia, with Bernie taking Vermont.

Update 2: Okay so Trump has won in Georgia, but Virginia and Vermont remain too close to call.

Update 3:  MSNBC is now projecting that Donald Trump has won Massachusetts, Tennessee, and Alabama. Hillary has also won Massachusetts, Tennessee, and Alabama.

Oklahoma is too close to call for both parties.

Update 4: In no surprise to anyone, Hillary is projected to win Arkansas. But it is too close to call between Donald Trump and ted Cruz.

Update 5: So it looks like Hillary takes Texas for the Democrats, and Ted Cruz captures it (His home state.) for his side of the aisle.

Also it looks like Cruz also won Oklahoma, as did Sanders. 

Ted Cruz fires spokesman for distributing video that falsely depicted Marco Rubio criticizing the Bible. Tsk, tsk, tsk.

Courtesy of CNN: 

Ted Cruz asked his national spokesman Rick Tyler to resign Monday, after he distributed a video that falsely depicted Marco Rubio dismissing the Bible. 

Cruz says he spent the morning investigating what happened before making his decision. 

"I have made clear in this campaign we will conduct this campaign with the very highest standards and integrity," Cruz said, adding that Tyler is a "good man."

"The highest standards and integrity?"

The Ted Cruz campaign?

I'm sorry but I thought having no moral rudder was a prerequisite for working with Ted Cruz.

The story mentioned by Tyler was about a video that shows Rubio walking into a hotel lobby past Cruz's father Rafael and a staffer reading the Bible, and subtitles in the video misquote Rubio as saying, "Got a good book there, not many answers in it." 

I think the ONLY reason that Cruz fired this guy, is because they were caught red handed falsifying the transcript, and he had to make a show of firing SOMEBODY to cover their tracks.

This video has correct transcript; any other is another dirty trick by Cruz camp. How do I know? I'm in the video!! https://t.co/llZGimU5Jp

— Alex Conant (@AlexConant) February 21, 2016

I have every confidence in the world that once this blows over Cruz will go right back to his same dirty tricks. 

Marco Rubio dismisses Breitbart news as "not a credible source." That's what I've been saying for years.

Courtesy of Raw Story: 

Asked by Fox host Neil Cavuto about a Breitbart exclusive on South Carolina primary eve that claimed Rubio had “betrayed” Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials during the 2013 Gang of Eight immigration fight, Rubio swatted away the mention of the report. 

“It’s not true, he’s not an ICE official and it’s being reported on a website that’s not credible source,” Rubio responded. “It’s the same website that reported that you guys gave me the questions to the debate.” 

After Cavuto noted that they were talking specifically about a Breitbart piece, he asked the Florida senator if he gave it “any credence.” 

“We don’t even credential them for our events,” Rubio replied, before adding, “I literally don’t even talk about the things they report because they’re conspiracy theories and often times manipulated.”

Gotta say that I really love this.

And it's even more satisfying because this is just about the ONLY place, besides Facebook of course, where Sarah Palin can get a ghostwritten article posted these days.

You know after a few more GOP politicians recognize the reality of what Rubio is saying, perhaps Breitbart will soon become the defunct website that they once accused us of being.

Donald Trump wins South Carolina primary. Update: Jeb Bush suspends campaign!

So Trump wins again, even after essentially blaming 9-11 on George W. Bush and getting into a pissing match with the Pope.

So apparently everything we have been told about Republicans and family values is pure BS.

It looks like second place is currently a knock down drag out between Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, with Jeb Bush coming in at a very distant fourth.

So once again this essentially illustrates why Democrats need a powerhouse to go up against the GOP nominee.

Right now it is almost impossible to argue against the fact that Trump is going to win the GOP nomination. And if he does he will run an incredibly negative campaign.

Like it or not in order to fight back we need a candidate who, first of all has been under attack from the Republicans for most of her adult life, and secondly knows how to land a solid punch.

If one looks back at Trump's history you quickly learn that he has an incredibly thin skin, and that he has an especially strong reaction to criticism from women. (Remember his disgusting attacks against Rosie O'Donnell.)

Hillary will know how to use that to her advantage, as will Bill.

In fact I believe that this is the fight that Bill Clinton is itching to have.

As much as I admire Bernie Sanders, this is like nothing he has ever seen before.

On the other hand it is like Hillary Clinton has been training for this her entire life.

Update: Jeb Bush just announced that he was suspending his campaign. 

If I had been told that this was a possible outcome at the beginning of this election cycle I would have never believed it.

All bets are off now folks.

President Obama plans to visit Cuba, but since that won't freak out the Right Wing enough will also skip Justice Scalia's funeral.

Courtesy of Yahoo: 

Pres. Barack Obama will make a historic visit to Cuba “in the coming weeks,” the culmination of his efforts to end a half-century of tensions between Havana and Washington, a senior administration official said late Wednesday. 

“We can confirm that tomorrow‎ the administration will announce the president’s travel to Latin America, including Cuba, in the coming weeks,” the official said on condition of anonymity. ABC had first reported the news, saying that the trip would take place in late March.

The trip, the first one by a sitting President since 1928, immediately drew fire from the conservatives.

Would @tedcruz visit #Cuba? No, “as long as the Castros are in power.” https://t.co/tZiz7EBNZC #GOPTownHall https://t.co/lv5v2fTiyg

— CNN (@CNN) February 18, 2016

.@marcorubio responds to @POTUS’ plan to visit to #Cuba. #GOPTownHall https://t.co/5Nlsme7EA8 https://t.co/Iz2L2lkEb9

— CNN Tonight (@CNNTonight) February 18, 2016

But apparently the President did not think that was enough to sufficiently get the conservative riled up enough, so his White House Press Secretary also made this announcement: 

President Barack Obama is preparing for a fierce battle with the Senate over the Supreme Court vacancy, but he’s not planning to attend Justice Antonin Scalia’s funeral — a decision that puzzled even some of his allies and incensed conservative media. 

White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest revealed the president’s plans during the daily briefing, saying Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will go to the Supreme Court on Friday “to pay their respects to Justice Scalia” while the justice lies in repose in the Great Hall. Vice President Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden, who share Scalia’s Catholic faith, will be at the services instead.

I don't blame the President for not going to the funeral.

I mean could you imagine trying to make small talk about a guy who you disagreed with on almost EVERY topic?

The moment when last night's GOP debate went off the rails.

Courtesy of Think Progress: 

During the second hour of the GOP debate in South Carolina on Saturday, the conversation went beyond anything ever seen in a Republican debate. 

After the six men hurled insults back and forth, the debate took a steep dive into chaos around when Cruz hit Trump for previously supporting liberal policies. 

“The next president is going appoint one, two, three, four Supreme Court Justices,” Cruz said. “If Donald Trump is president, he will appoint liberals. If Donald Trump is president… your Second Amendment will go away. You know how I know that?” 


CBS moderator John Dickerson cut him off. 

“Hold on gentlemen. I’m going to turn this car around,” Dickerson said.

"I'm going to turn this car around." Seriously?

These are supposed to be grown men, and they are acting like children fighting over a Gameboy in the backseat of their parent's car.

The above exchange, and when Marco Rubio accused Ted Cruz of not speaking Spanish, were my two favorite moments of the debate.

And by favorite, I mean moments when I hoped that those watching turned to each other and said "Well we certainly cannot let any of THESE idiots near the White House."

Republican Debate Open Thread. Because, why not?

Personally I can hardly wait until November when ALL of these assholes are covered by a black mark.

So yes tonight we have yet ANOTHER GOP debate.

I have to admit that I am pretty over the whole GOP race, especially since it looks like Trump is going to emerge victorious. Which by the way COMPLETELY undermines every single thing the Republican party has said about the importance of morality, family values, experience, pro-life credibility, and just about everything else that they have been attacking Democrats over for the last thirty plus years or so.

The one possible thing about tonight's debate that might make it worth putting off my Netflix and chill plans for tonight, is that the friction between "the Donald" and Ted "so creepy I can;t look him in the face" Cruz is at an all time high.

Which means that Trump is going to make Cruz his butt boy tonight.

Don't think I want to miss that.

I also imagine that there will be quite a number of kisses blown toward the memory of Antonin Scalia, so for those brave souls sitting through this tonight remember to have your barf bags at the ready.

As always you can follow me on Twitter, and I will be updating the post as events dictate.