Video: Donald Trump on Hillary: “If She Were a Man She Wouldn’t Get 5% of the Vote”

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Just the latest awfulness from the most awful human being ever to run for President of the United States:

“If Hillary Clinton were a man, I don’t think she’d get 5% of the vote. The only thing she’s got going is the woman’s card, and the beautiful thing is - women don’t like her, OK? And look how well I did with women tonight, OK.”

Check out the look on Mary Pat Christie’s face as he makes these ugly remarks. And check out how stubby his index finger is.

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432 comments
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Kragar  Apr 26, 2016 • 8:53:21pm

This is going to come back to bite him in the ass.

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Schroedinger's Dog  Apr 26, 2016 • 8:55:19pm

Stupid is as stupid does. It’s like he can’t help himself or doesn’t want to. I still think it’s a long con or a short one that went too far.

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Jenner7  Apr 26, 2016 • 8:56:17pm
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Brian J.  Apr 26, 2016 • 8:56:42pm

Hillary now stands at more than 12,150,000 votes for the primary season. That’s two million more than Mitt Romney’s total in 2012, 2.5 million more than John McCain’s in 2008, two million more than John Kerry’s in 2004, and 1.5 million more than Al Gore’s in 2000. She’s also passed GW Bush’s 2000 total, which likely gives her the third-highest vote total of any Presidential primary candidate in history behind President Obama and… herself.

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freetoken  Apr 26, 2016 • 8:58:54pm

re: #1 Kragar

This is going to come back to bite him in the ass.

Drumpfskind’s own experience with women is telling him that they will be supplicant to his demands.

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Charles Johnson  Apr 26, 2016 • 8:59:12pm
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HappyWarrior  Apr 26, 2016 • 8:59:35pm

Not only an ignorant man but a stupid man.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 26, 2016 • 9:00:43pm

re: #6 Charles Johnson

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This little man has no idea what he’s in for.

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teleskiguy  Apr 26, 2016 • 9:01:34pm

Someone mentioned downstairs that The Donald™ is going to try and make Hillary cry and walk off the stage at a debate.

Nope. Not gonna happen. Hillary is going to mop the floor with that fucking thing The Donald™ calls hair on his head.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 26, 2016 • 9:03:32pm

re: #9 teleskiguy

Someone mentioned downstairs that The Donald™ is going to try and make Hillary cry and walk off the stage at a debate.

Nope. Not gonna happen. Hillary is going to mop the floor with that fucking thing The Donald™ calls hair on his head.

I think we agree he’ll try but she’s going to expose him for the fraud he really is. I can’t wait for the DNC ads that show that this “genius” businessman is a fucking failure who has been coddled his whole life because of his connections.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Apr 26, 2016 • 9:04:50pm

Caught this on CNN, from Bernie:

“I think we have a shot in Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Rhode Island. Maybe Delaware. I think Maryland’s going to be tougher for us,” he said.

*snicker*

Oh, and Donald? Fuck you.

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Belafon  Apr 26, 2016 • 9:05:04pm

re: #6 Charles Johnson

Someone in the replies actually brought up travelgate.

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Belafon  Apr 26, 2016 • 9:05:27pm

And we have hail here in Rockwall.

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jaunte  Apr 26, 2016 • 9:06:21pm

re: #6 Charles Johnson

Wow, just looked at the responses to that tweet. The misogyny in this campaign is going to be off the charts.

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Charles Johnson  Apr 26, 2016 • 9:06:37pm

The first reply to that Hillary Clinton tweet is from a white supremacist Trump has retweeted multiple times.

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Lancelot Link  Apr 26, 2016 • 9:06:37pm
And check out how stubby his index finger is.

Stubby Index Finger pt 1

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Testy Toad T  Apr 26, 2016 • 9:06:44pm

re: #6 Charles Johnson

I think Clinton’s team has a pretty solid understanding of how to trash Trump (not that it’s hard), but I think they’re missing a strong undercurrent of humor.

You know, the Obama-should-have-patented-it: chuckle, sidegaze, headshake, FATALITY.

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retired cynic  Apr 26, 2016 • 9:07:20pm

Nice email from DeRay McKesson, showing lots of good instincts. I hope he has a bright future in front of him.

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Reality Based Steve  Apr 26, 2016 • 9:07:34pm

Has any candidate in the history of time ever done such a good job of doing his opponents Oppo Research for them as Trump has done? I swear that Trump is trying to throw this.

Think about it, 4 years of having to be President, deal with Congress, be ‘responsible’, or lose in a land slide, and spend the next 4 years sucking down YUUGE checks for speaking engagements and getting a seat at the ‘pundits’ table.

I swear it’s one of the most brilliant long cons ever pulled.

RBS

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De Kolta Chair  Apr 26, 2016 • 9:07:38pm

As Chris Christie would say: small finger, small helicopter to your kid’s football practice on the public’s dime.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Apr 26, 2016 • 9:08:43pm

Even Chris Christie looks gobsmacked at those remarks.

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freetoken  Apr 26, 2016 • 9:08:57pm

re: #19 Reality Based Steve

I swear it’s one of the most brilliant long cons ever pulled.

That summarizes Drumpfskind’s entire adult life.

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Testy Toad T  Apr 26, 2016 • 9:10:06pm

re: #19 Reality Based Steve

Has any candidate in the history of time ever done such a good job of doing his opponents Oppo Research for them as Trump has done? I swear that Trump is trying to throw this.

I’m not saying he is, but if he were, his behavior would be indistinguishable from what we’re seeing right now.

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majii  Apr 26, 2016 • 9:11:53pm

It appears that when Josh Marshall said that Trump’s behavior in the primary would follow him into the general election, he was right. Trump is who he is, and there’s no changing that. Recent polls have shown that republican, democratic, and independent women do not love Trump, so I guess the love he says he’s getting from the majority of women in America is all in his head. Women in the GOP/TP voting for him in primaries and caucuses do not represent a majority of women in the nation. Math is not Trump’s subject/field.

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Shimshon  Apr 26, 2016 • 9:14:01pm

Bill also won by playing the woman card and not getting 5% of the vote. Nice job mansplaining that to everyone, Drumpf.

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jaunte  Apr 26, 2016 • 9:17:42pm

“…Trump is a man who has called an entire group of people rapists, who wants to build walls and barriers between people, who supports nuclear weapons proliferation, who has threatened to commit war crimes if elected president. And it is Hillary Clinton, a woman who has dedicated her career to improving the lot of women and children and breaking down systems of oppression, who gets the most negative coverage.”
bluenationreview.com

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majii  Apr 26, 2016 • 9:18:23pm

re: #18 retired cynic

I think he probably does because he’s already avoided the sh*t stirring that Shaun King engages in in order to gain attention. He may be the turtle to King’s hare at this point, but I think slow and steady wins the race in the long-term game over authoritarian behavior, sh*t stirring, and attention seeking.

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jaunte  Apr 26, 2016 • 9:21:37pm
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Stanley Sea  Apr 26, 2016 • 9:22:11pm
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Belafon  Apr 26, 2016 • 9:22:50pm

We’re getting a lot of lightning right now. Because we use to lose power in these kinds of storms, every time the washing machine changes cycles or the air conditioner quits, I think the power is going out.

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majii  Apr 26, 2016 • 9:24:36pm

re: #29 Stanley Sea

This should be retweeted 1 million times, all of them to McCrory.

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Lidane  Apr 26, 2016 • 9:25:34pm

The look on Mary Pat Christie’s face says it all. She’s trying SO hard to not roll her eyes in disgust and failing miserably.

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retired cynic  Apr 26, 2016 • 9:27:36pm

re: #32 Lidane

The look on Mary Pat Christie’s face says it all. She’s trying SO hard to not roll her eyes in disgust.

I wonder if she knows why Christie is there kissing xxx, andOR is wondering what could be bad enough?

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teleskiguy  Apr 26, 2016 • 9:28:56pm
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Brian J.  Apr 26, 2016 • 9:30:49pm

According to CNN, Clinton now has 2,156 delegates, just 225 short of the nomination. Sanders now has 1,374 delegates, which is 1,009 short. Secretary Clinton now needs just over 18 percent of the remaining delegates.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Apr 26, 2016 • 9:30:55pm

re: #30 Belafon

We’re getting a lot of lightning right now. Because we use to lose power in these kinds of storms, every time the washing machine changes cycles or the air conditioner quits, I think the power is going out.

Oh, thanks. You reminded me i have to do laundry today. :-/

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Lidane  Apr 26, 2016 • 9:31:53pm

re: #33 retired cynic

I wonder if she knows why Christie is there kissing xxx, and is wondering what could be bad enough?

Chris Christie sold whatever was left of his soul for either the VP slot or AG. Either that or Trump has some serious blackmail on him. Nothing else makes any sense.

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majii  Apr 26, 2016 • 9:35:43pm

This guy gets on my very last nerve. McCrory is blaming the democratic city council in Charlotte, the Democratic Party, and the Human Rights Campaign for his signing NC HB2 into law. This sh*t pisses me off to no end. This ratf*cker did what he wanted to do— pass an anti—LGBTQ law. He’s now whining about the “lack of dialogue” on the law. Whine, f*cker, whine. I am so steamed at his blatant dishonesty that it’s affecting my ability to type this. He claims it’s a “coordinated attack” intended to make him lose his bid for reelection. The truth is that he f*cked himself over.

“”The backlash, he said, has allowed for no dialogue on ‘a very complex issue.’ Dissenters to the left-wing position, he said, were being intimidated. Mr. McCrory used the word ‘Orwellian’ twice.” “You’ve got to be politically naïve if you think this is not coordinated by a very effective — a very effective — group,” he said.
“The backlash, he said, has allowed for no dialogue on ‘a very complex issue.’ Dissenters to the left-wing position, he said, were being intimidated. Mr. McCrory used the word ‘Orwellian’ twice.”

“You’ve got to be politically naïve if you think this is not coordinated by a very effective — a very effective — group,” he said.
thenewcivilrightsmovement.com

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retired cynic  Apr 26, 2016 • 9:36:54pm

re: #38 majii

Like voters.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 26, 2016 • 9:36:56pm

re: #38 majii

This guy gets on my very last nerve. McCrory is blaming the democratic city council in Charlotte, the Democratic Party, and the Human Rights Campaign for his signing NC HB2 into law. This sh*t pisses me off to no end. This ratf*cker did what he wanted to do— pass an anti—LGBTQ law. He’s now whining about the “lack of dialogue” on the law. Whine, f*cker, whine. I am so steamed at his blatant dishonesty that it’s affecting my ability to type this. He claims it’s a “coordinated attack” intended to make him lose his bid for reelection. The truth is that he f*cked himself over.

“”The backlash, he said, has allowed for no dialogue on ‘a very complex issue.’ Dissenters to the left-wing position, he said, were being intimidated. Mr. McCrory used the word ‘Orwellian’ twice.” “You’ve got to be politically naïve if you think this is not coordinated by a very effective — a very effective — group,” he said.
“The backlash, he said, has allowed for no dialogue on ‘a very complex issue.’ Dissenters to the left-wing position, he said, were being intimidated. Mr. McCrory used the word ‘Orwellian’ twice.”

“You’ve got to be politically naïve if you think this is not coordinated by a very effective — a very effective — group,” he said.

Typical whiny right wing asshole.

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Stanley Sea  Apr 26, 2016 • 9:37:28pm

re: #38 majii

This guy gets on my very last nerve. McCrory is blaming the democratic city council in Charlotte, the Democratic Party, and the Human Rights Campaign for his signing NC HB2 into law. This sh*t pisses me off to no end. This ratf*cker did what he wanted to do— pass an anti—LGBTQ law. He’s now whining about the “lack of dialogue” on the law. Whine, f*cker, whine. I am so steamed at his blatant dishonesty that it’s affecting my ability to type this. He claims it’s a “coordinated attack” intended to make him lose his bid for reelection. The truth is that he f*cked himself over.

“”The backlash, he said, has allowed for no dialogue on ‘a very complex issue.’ Dissenters to the left-wing position, he said, were being intimidated. Mr. McCrory used the word ‘Orwellian’ twice.” “You’ve got to be politically naïve if you think this is not coordinated by a very effective — a very effective — group,” he said.
“The backlash, he said, has allowed for no dialogue on ‘a very complex issue.’ Dissenters to the left-wing position, he said, were being intimidated. Mr. McCrory used the word ‘Orwellian’ twice.”

“You’ve got to be politically naïve if you think this is not coordinated by a very effective — a very effective — group,” he said.

This is the one they pushed through in 23 hours, correct?

He’s a liar.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 26, 2016 • 9:41:30pm

re: #38 majii

This guy gets on my very last nerve. McCrory is blaming the democratic city council in Charlotte, the Democratic Party, and the Human Rights Campaign for his signing NC HB2 into law. This sh*t pisses me off to no end. This ratf*cker did what he wanted to do— pass an anti—LGBTQ law. He’s now whining about the “lack of dialogue” on the law. Whine, f*cker, whine. I am so steamed at his blatant dishonesty that it’s affecting my ability to type this. He claims it’s a “coordinated attack” intended to make him lose his bid for reelection. The truth is that he f*cked himself over.

“”The backlash, he said, has allowed for no dialogue on ‘a very complex issue.’ Dissenters to the left-wing position, he said, were being intimidated. Mr. McCrory used the word ‘Orwellian’ twice.” “You’ve got to be politically naïve if you think this is not coordinated by a very effective — a very effective — group,” he said.
“The backlash, he said, has allowed for no dialogue on ‘a very complex issue.’ Dissenters to the left-wing position, he said, were being intimidated. Mr. McCrory used the word ‘Orwellian’ twice.”

“You’ve got to be politically naïve if you think this is not coordinated by a very effective — a very effective — group,” he said.

The “lack of dialogue” would be the fact that the public didn’t get a chance to weigh in before this bill was rammed through into law in a special session, right McCrory?

Ohhhhhhhhhhh, but that’s not what you meant. Why don’t you whine some more?

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HappyWarrior  Apr 26, 2016 • 9:45:46pm

He’s mad because NC is losing business over this. Pure and simple IMO. Yet another big government conservative obsessed with other people’s private doings. Maybe next time focus on actual problems effecting your state rather than state sanctioned transphobia.

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MsJ  Apr 26, 2016 • 9:49:57pm

re: #43 HappyWarrior

He’s mad because NC is losing business over this. Pure and simple IMO. Yet another big government conservative obsessed with other people’s private doings. Maybe next time focus on actual problems effecting your state rather than state sanctioned transphobia.

He figured he’d have local support, maybe even does, until business suffers and job loss occurs. Then any support he had starts to evaporate. Investment in NC by large companies going away and reelection slips away.

Boo freaking hoo.

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Brian J.  Apr 26, 2016 • 9:51:59pm

re: #44 MsJ

He figured he’d have local support, maybe even does, until business suffers and job loss occurs. Then any support he had starts to evaporate. Investment in NC by large companies going away and reelection slips away.

Boo freaking hoo.

It probably depends on how much people in the small towns of North Carolina resent the cities like Charlotte, Raleigh-Durham, and Asheville. Those larger cities are the ones bearing most of the costs of HB2, after all. Springsteen wasn’t going to play High Point.

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freetoken  Apr 26, 2016 • 9:52:00pm

re: #37 Lidane

I expect that Drumpfskind will try to get Jeff Sessions as his running mate, not Christie. I assume the latter is hoping for an AG appointment.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 26, 2016 • 9:52:12pm

re: #44 MsJ

He figured he’d have local support, maybe even does, until business suffers and job loss occurs. Then any support he had starts to evaporate. Investment in NC by large companies going away and reelection slips away.

Boo freaking hoo.

Doesn’t your heart just ache for him? //

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HappyWarrior  Apr 26, 2016 • 9:53:24pm

re: #46 freetoken

I expect that Drumpfskind will try to get Jeff Sessions as his running mate, not Christie. I assume the latter is hoping for an AG appointment.

Sessions, yes please make the guy who “joked” he was okay with the Klan until he found out some of them smoked pot your running mate Donald!

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MsJ  Apr 26, 2016 • 9:58:46pm

re: #48 HappyWarrior

Sessions, yes please make the guy who “joked” he was okay with the Klan until he found out some of them smoked pot your running mate Donald!

Yeah. Trump already has the Klan vote locked up. Sessions wouldn’t help him much.

That said, who can trump turn to to increase voter turn out on his side? Minority? Nope. Carly? Maybe, but she’s so roundly loathed outside the base I don’t see it. Palin would lose votes. Christie hugged Obama so he’s got Dem cooties. Who helps trump?

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HappyWarrior  Apr 26, 2016 • 10:00:19pm

re: #49 MsJ

Yeah. Trump already has the Klan vote locked up. Sessions wouldn’t help him much.

That said, who can trump turn to to increase voter turn out on his side? Minority? Nope. Carly? Maybe, but she’s so roundly loathed outside the base I don’t see it. Palin would lose votes. Christie hugged Obama so he’s got Dem cooties. Who helps trump?

Hmm how about Allan West? Get a genuine war criminal to join him.

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Shimshon  Apr 26, 2016 • 10:01:11pm

re: #38 majii

This guy gets on my very last nerve. McCrory is blaming the democratic city council in Charlotte, the Democratic Party, and the Human Rights Campaign for his signing NC HB2 into law. This sh*t pisses me off to no end. This ratf*cker did what he wanted to do— pass an anti—LGBTQ law. He’s now whining about the “lack of dialogue” on the law. Whine, f*cker, whine. I am so steamed at his blatant dishonesty that it’s affecting my ability to type this. He claims it’s a “coordinated attack” intended to make him lose his bid for reelection. The truth is that he f*cked himself over.

“”The backlash, he said, has allowed for no dialogue on ‘a very complex issue.’ Dissenters to the left-wing position, he said, were being intimidated. Mr. McCrory used the word ‘Orwellian’ twice.” “You’ve got to be politically naïve if you think this is not coordinated by a very effective — a very effective — group,” he said.
“The backlash, he said, has allowed for no dialogue on ‘a very complex issue.’ Dissenters to the left-wing position, he said, were being intimidated. Mr. McCrory used the word ‘Orwellian’ twice.”

“You’ve got to be politically naïve if you think this is not coordinated by a very effective — a very effective — group,” he said.
thenewcivilrightsmovement.com

It’s the party of personal responsibility. Always find the highest ranking Democrat/Liberal to blame for anything you are responsible for.

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Ubiq  Apr 26, 2016 • 10:02:34pm

re: #49 MsJ

Yeah. Trump already has the Klan vote locked up. Sessions wouldn’t help him much.

That said, who can trump turn to to increase voter turn out on his side? Minority? Nope. Carly? Maybe, but she’s so roundly loathed outside the base I don’t see it. Palin would lose votes. Christie hugged Obama so he’s got Dem cooties. Who helps trump?

The question is ‘who helps Trump, and would be willing to attach themselves (and implicitly endorse that piece of shit’.

I keep seeing people suggest Nikki Haley. Not a chance in hell. She’s one of the few bright spots in the GOP bench, there’s no way she’d attach herself to his clown car, and there’s no way the establishment would let her.

Plus, she’s already pretty much insulted Trump and his followers before the SC debate by pointing out that he’s a racist clownstick.

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MsJ  Apr 26, 2016 • 10:04:14pm

re: #50 HappyWarrior

Hmm how about Allan West? Get a genuine war criminal to join him.

He’d lose the Klanners. Net loss.

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freetoken  Apr 26, 2016 • 10:04:54pm

re: #49 MsJ

Yeah. Trump already has the Klan vote locked up. Sessions wouldn’t help him much.

Drumpfskind does not need any help. His ego is all he needs.

He’d pick Sessions exactly because Sessions wouldn’t challenge Drumpfskind in what he believes.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 26, 2016 • 10:05:23pm

re: #53 MsJ

He’d lose the Klanners. Net loss.

You’re making this hard lol.

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MsJ  Apr 26, 2016 • 10:06:51pm

Honestly, Cruz is his best Veep pick but how do you rehabilitate Lyin’ Ted Cruz to trusted Veep?

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MsJ  Apr 26, 2016 • 10:08:18pm

re: #56 MsJ

Honestly, Cruz is his best Veep pick but how do you rehabilitate Lyin’ Ted Cruz to trusted Veep?

Of course, if he did pick Cruz and by some chance won, he’d better look over his shoulder every minute of every day.

And hire a food taster.

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Lidane  Apr 26, 2016 • 10:25:12pm

re: #56 MsJ

Honestly, Cruz is his best Veep pick but how do you rehabilitate Lyin’ Ted Cruz to trusted Veep?

Cruz would rather gargle with razor blades than be Trump’s VP. I suspect we’ll see a more expendable GOP nutcase as Veep. Trump’s ego wouldn’t allow him to pick a running mate with more potential influence than him.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Apr 26, 2016 • 10:37:34pm

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Kragar  Apr 26, 2016 • 10:44:57pm
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goddamnedfrank  Apr 26, 2016 • 10:45:40pm

re: #58 Lidane

Cruz would rather gargle with razor blades than be Trump’s VP. I suspect we’ll see a more expendable GOP nutcase as Veep. Trump’s ego wouldn’t allow him to pick a running mate with more potential influence than him.

I think Ted is such a fucking grotesque self serving twisted Gollum of a human being that he might actually consider taking it if offered. The reason he might be disinclined isn’t personal animus, it’s that Trump is a long shot at best and nobody wants to be associated with a campaign that loses in an epic rout. Trump won’t offer it to him though because how can you nominate someone you’ve called a liar for months to be one step away from the Presidency?

The things is though that these two problems, his personal attacks combined with the likelihood of his heading a monstrously ugly campaign that ends in a failure of historic proportions, don’t just rule out Cruz but will be an obstacle in finding anyone both qualified and willing to accept the role. Trump’s campaign may well end up approaching several candidates they want as VP only to be told to fuck off, in those exact words.

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goddamnedfrank  Apr 26, 2016 • 10:55:47pm

re: #53 MsJ

He’d lose the Klanners. Net loss.

Forgetting that for a second the real obstacle for West is that he’s just as unhinged and uncontrollable as Trump is, and what Trump desperately needs is someone who conveys a sense that there’s an actual fucking adult in the room that he respects and will listen to.

It’s basically an impossible criteria to meet, Trump’s psychopathy and ego simply won’t allow him to truly respect or value anybody else.

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goddamnedfrank  Apr 26, 2016 • 10:57:26pm
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John Vreeland  Apr 26, 2016 • 11:33:51pm

Nobody turns down the VP offer. The downside is very low as rarely take any blame for failure and can probably carry on as a senator, while the plus side is considerable power, if you know how to wield it. Even LBJ was willing to give up his position as majority leader in the Senate for it, it’s that important.

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Donnie With The Good Hair (AKA Sophist)  Apr 26, 2016 • 11:36:40pm

re: #53 MsJ

He’d lose the Klanners. Net loss.

Just tell ten e forgot to wash up after his last cross-burning.

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Donnie With The Good Hair (AKA Sophist)  Apr 26, 2016 • 11:40:56pm

re: #57 MsJ

Of course, if he did pick Cruz and by some chance won, he’d better look over his shoulder every minute of every day.

And hire a food taster.

Cruz really is great “scheming Grand Vizier” material, isn’t he?

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Dr Lizardo  Apr 26, 2016 • 11:50:43pm

re: #66 Sophist, Premature Anti-Trumpist

Cruz really is great “scheming Grand Vizier” material, isn’t he?

Straight out of central casting.

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goddamnedfrank  Apr 27, 2016 • 12:04:26am

re: #64 John Vreeland

Nobody turns down the VP offer.

Absolutely not true. McGovern had a hell of a time acquiring a running mate in ‘72.

When McGovern won the Democratic nomination for President, virtually all of the high-profile Democrats, including Senator Ted Kennedy, Senator Walter Mondale, former Vice-President Hubert Humphrey, Senator Edmund Muskie, Senator Abe Ribicoff.[31] and Senator Birch Bayh turned down offers to run on the ticket. McGovern had been convinced that Kennedy would join the ticket.

…

McGovern asked Senator Gaylord Nelson to be his running mate. Nelson declined but suggested (as had most of the others) Senator Tom Eagleton of Missouri, whom McGovern ultimately chose, with only a minimal background check.

In many other cases candidates for the job have preemptively made sure to take their names out of consideration.

Yet presidential candidates also receive rejections even when their prospects of success are more promising. Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller refused to run with Nixon in 1960 (and with Hubert H. Humphrey in 1968); Ford resisted Reagan’s entreaties in 1980; Bill Bradley, Bumpers, Sam Nunn and Tom Foley declined to be considered by Michael Dukakis in 1988; Mario Cuomo refused to be considered by Bill Clinton in 1992; and Richard Gephardt expressed credible disinterest in joining Al Gore’s ticket in 2000. Sen. Connie Mack, having been runner up in 1996, told Dick Cheney four years later that he would never speak to him again if placed on George W. Bush’s vetting list. Colin Powell declined to be considered three times, twice by ultimately successful candidates of each party, in 1992 (by Clinton), 1996 (by Dole) and 2000 (by Bush). Edward Kennedy declined twice (Humphrey in 1968, McGovern in 1972); McCain passed on the chance to run with John Kerry in 2004. To be sure, some of these refusals presented anomalous situations, like a cross-party ticket (Rockefeller, 1968; Powell, 1992; McCain, 2004) or Kennedy’s unique position. And in some cases, the decliner would not have been chosen. But on a number of occasions, the person who declined probably or surely would have been selected (Rockefeller, 1960; Kennedy, 1968, 1972; Ford, 1980; McCain, 2004).

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 27, 2016 • 12:33:07am

re: #10 HappyWarrior

I think we agree he’ll try but she’s going to expose him for the fraud he really is. I can’t wait for the DNC ads that show that this “genius” businessman is a fucking failure who has been coddled his whole life because of his connections.

In other words, if he had not inherited millions, he would not get 0.5% of the vote…

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Shimshon  Apr 27, 2016 • 12:44:24am

By the way everyone, the raiding of Bernie fan pages on Facebook in an attempt to get them banned using tactics that 4chan raiding parties use is just more proof Hillary and her supporters are behind this. Because as everyone knows, 4chan has been in the tank for Hillary since she announced!

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Anymouse  Apr 27, 2016 • 12:46:41am

re: #38 majii

This guy gets on my very last nerve. McCrory is blaming the democratic city council in Charlotte, the Democratic Party, and the Human Rights Campaign for his signing NC HB2 into law. This sh*t pisses me off to no end. This ratf*cker did what he wanted to do— pass an anti—LGBTQ law. He’s now whining about the “lack of dialogue” on the law. Whine, f*cker, whine. I am so steamed at his blatant dishonesty that it’s affecting my ability to type this. He claims it’s a “coordinated attack” intended to make him lose his bid for reelection. The truth is that he f*cked himself over.

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“You’ve got to be politically naïve if you think this is not coordinated by a very effective — a very effective — group,” he said.
thenewcivilrightsmovement.com

Actually, he passed a local power-stripping law disguised as a bathroom police law (and tried to bill Charlotte for the special session).

The bill strips power from city councils and county boards to pass minimum wage hikes or protections against discrimination (including the disabled or veterans - or even disabled veterans). It prevents people from suing for discriminatory practices in state court (though he says he will reverse that - though no special session has been called for that).

If the bathroom police portion is struck down by the courts, the rest remains.

As for “outside agitators,” I thought these guys were all into the capitalistic free market? Gee how does that work? Oh right, I don’t want to spend my money in states that pas bigot laws.

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Patricia Kayden  Apr 27, 2016 • 1:09:10am

re: #9 teleskiguy

Someone mentioned downstairs that The Donald™ is going to try and make Hillary cry and walk off the stage at a debate.

Nope. Not gonna happen. Hillary is going to mop the floor with that fucking thing The Donald™ calls hair on his head.

That would go horribly — for Trump. Secretary Clinton shined during 11 hours of hostile questioning over Benghazi!!!!!! She can handle Trump.

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goddamnedfrank  Apr 27, 2016 • 2:22:48am

The way so many leaders of the far left have willingly become co-opted by Putin’s Russia is just shameful.

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Ming5000  Apr 27, 2016 • 2:23:10am

The folks at Redstate are firmly #notTrump and not feeling good this morning.

http://www.redstate.com/
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 27, 2016 • 2:29:21am

re: #73 goddamnedfrank

The way so many leaders of the far left have willingly become co-opted by Putin’s Russia is just shameful.

Putin is constantly under attack from the “conservative” Western press and Western political leaders, sometimes justifiably but sometimes not. Nonetheless, it provokes an automatic knee-jerk sympathetic counter-reaction from some.

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Alyosha  Apr 27, 2016 • 2:55:51am

When I saw this back in 2008, I couldn’t understand how anyone could be so into Clinton when Obama was running. It kind of complemented the ridiculousness of the story that followed.
Now I know.

Hilldawg! Yeeargh!

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Decatur Deb  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:00:54am

re: #46 freetoken

I expect that Drumpfskind will try to get Jeff Sessions as his running mate, not Christie. I assume the latter is hoping for an AG appointment.

A Trump/Sessions ticket would be pure joy. That asshole is bulletproof here in Alabama, and the chance to work against him in a real contest makes Baby Moloch smile.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:17:44am

re: #77 Decatur Deb

A Trump/Sessions ticket would be pure joy. That asshole is bulletproof here in Alabama, and the chance to work against him in a real contest makes Baby Moloch smile.

Up to now, the Trump campaign has been the political version of movies like “Police Academy” or “Attack of the Killer Tomatoes”: when critics pan them for being pointless or juvenile, the critic-proof response has always been “That’s what they are supposed to be!”

But what works for the GOP nomination is going to backfire massively when they try to garner support from the rest of America.

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The French Rat  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:20:25am
And check out how stubby his index finger is.

Trump has small hands. And a small brain.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:34:14am

re: #65 Sophist, Premature Anti-Trumpist

Just tell ten e forgot to wash up after his last cross-burning.

“The color guard is colored!”

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Alyosha  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:26:30am

Just saw the carpark scene in Better Call Saul s1 featuring Mike which everyone here was raving about… last year.

Pretty damn good :)

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Dr. Matt  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:41:42am
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Alyosha  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:41:49am

By the way, thanks for all the updings, SteelPH.
I like your presence.

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Big Beautiful Door  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:49:17am

re: #82 Dr. Matt

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Except when he supported it.

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Big Beautiful Door  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:51:10am

re: #74 Ming5000

The folks at Redstate are firmly #notTrump and not feeling good this morning.

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You helped build this, redstate. Own it.

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Dr. Matt  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:51:38am

re: #84 Big Beautiful Door

Except when he supported it.

An actual “series” CNN pundit just claimed Trump’s opposition is part of his foreign policy experience…..seriously.

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Big Beautiful Door  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:06:21am

re: #86 Dr. Matt

An actual “series” CNN pundit just claimed Trump’s opposition is part of his foreign policy experience…..seriously.

Fox lite.

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Kent Dorfman  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:19:28am

Stevie Nicks surprised the audience at Broadway’s “School of Rock” with a riveting performance of “Rhiannon” after the cast took its curtain call.

pagesix.com

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:21:44am

re: #88 Kent Dorfman

Stevie Nicks surprised the audience at Broadway’s “School of Rock” with a riveting performance of “Rhiannon” after the cast took its curtain call.

pagesix.com

I loved the premise of the film but was generally disappointed by the way it turned out…hope the play is a bit better

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weave  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:24:49am

re: #74 Ming5000

The folks at Redstate are firmly #notTrump and not feeling good this morning.

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For some reason they think if the convention is contested, their boy Cruz will get it. I think if the GOP is going to go for the PR nightmare of not giving it to Trump, they are going to nominate Kasich who polls best against Clinton. Also Redstate hates Kasich almost as much as Trump.

However, there’s an encouraging comment in that story…

dawgfan4freedom: Only question I have is to vote or not vote in the general. I haven’t missed a vote since 96. I guess I could go in and vote LP for protest, but I’m not really feeling like voting GOP down ballot. They’re the ones who let this mess happen in the first place. If I lived in Ben Sasse’s district, I would for sure, but I don’t. I can’t help but feel they get what they deserve. Trump is going to burn down the house, might as well take as many as them out, so we can start fresh (if the country can wait that long).

Oh please please please stay home…

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weave  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:35:58am

I think Delaware is a bad news state for the #neverTrump crowd. Delaware is assumed to be deep blue but it has very red counties down south. It also has very wealthy counties up north. All over the state voted for Trump. Trump also advertised in Delaware. So if he’s going to do the same in Indiana he may just sweep that too.

Delaware map election results (typical Gannett paywall site)

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:40:33am

Remember this massive tool?

On April 17, 2016, Duterte was the subject of a controversy after he made a remark on a rape incident during a campaign event about a hostage-taking incident in Davao City which occurred years ago in 1989.[89] A group of 17 Australian missionaries where held captive by inmates in a jail where they were preaching at.[90] The incident ended in fatalities with 16 inmates dead and 5 missionaries including Jaqueline Hamill, 36, who was also raped.[91] According to Duterte’s remarks, when he saw Hamill’s corpse, he said:

“Was I mad because she was raped? Yes, that’s one of the reasons. But she really was beautiful. The mayor should have been first.”

I just looked, and his poll numbers went UP! World makes me sad.

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Dr. Matt  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:45:58am

Looks like Rage Furby couldn’t stick to his self-imposed facebook exodus.

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:51:25am

So, it looks like Republicans are going to try to kill Tricare.

Under the plan, current users of Tricare Standard and Tricare Extra would fall into the newly minted Tricare Preferred plan. Users would continue to be permitted to self-refer to providers, but doing so would come with an annual enrollment fee of $100 for individuals and $200 for families starting in 2020.

New Tricare users would pay even greater fees. Active-duty family members would pay $300 for an individual or $600 for families to enroll each year, while future retirees who joined the service after 2020 would pay $425 for an individual or $850 for families.

New beneficiaries who want to use Prime can do so, but also at a cost. Active-duty families would pay $180 for an individual or $360 for a family, while retirees would pay $325 for an individual or $650 for a family. Current users would not pay to use Prime.

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Franklin  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:51:33am
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:52:41am

re: #94 Ziggy_TARDIS

So, it looks like Republicans are going to try to kill Tricare.

Why don’t they just keep the current Tricare rates and cut military salaries instead?

Effect would be the same for most military…

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:57:20am

re: #96 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

Or, and this appears to be a innovative idea, we pay our military service members a much better wag, keep the Tricare, and instead start investigating the bloated budgets for procurement.

And then start slashing budgets for that.

No it is readily apparent that Republicans only care for war, not the troops. The troops, for all they care, can get killed. This is monstrous. In fact I can’t think of a word in any langage that can convey what I want to say to these people right now.

Worst part is, my Best Friend is married to a service member. So, she will be affected.

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lawhawk  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:58:26am

re: #21 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Even Chris Christie looks gobsmacked at those remarks.

As does Mary Pat Christie, the woman over Trump’s shoulder.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:59:37am

re: #93 Dr. Matt

Looks like Rage Furby couldn’t stick to his self-imposed facebook exodus.

No surprise there at all.

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lawhawk  Apr 27, 2016 • 6:00:09am

Seems that the GOP really doesn’t mind Trump’s baffling BS, racism, bigotry, or xenophobia after all. In fact, they’re going all in with him. And new polling suggests even stronger GOP support for banning Muslims entering the US.

But hey, it’s not like the GOP isn’t the party of irrational anger, hate, fear, and bigotry. That’s the party line for decades, and this is the culmination.

It’s up to us to stop the madness.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 27, 2016 • 6:01:56am

re: #97 Ziggy_TARDIS

Or, and this appears to be a innovative idea, we pay our military service members a much better wag, keep the Tricare, and instead start investigating the bloated budgets for procurement.

I assume that the GOP just looks on Tricare as “Obamacare for the military” and wants to treat it as such…

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Belafon  Apr 27, 2016 • 6:03:23am

re: #101 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

I assume that the GOP just looks on Tricare as “Obamacare for the military” and wants to treat it as such…

In their history, that’s when it started.

//

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Franklin  Apr 27, 2016 • 6:09:41am

re: #100 lawhawk

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Seems that the GOP really doesn’t mind Trump’s baffling BS, racism, bigotry, or xenophobia after all. In fact, they’re going all in with him. And new polling suggests even stronger GOP support for banning Muslims entering the US.

But hey, it’s not like the GOP isn’t the party of irrational anger, hate, fear, and bigotry. That’s the party line for decades, and this is the culmination.

It’s up to us to stop the madness.

In order to make any sense of that 55-64% number we have to know what the turnout was compared to previous elections. The Trump voters are going to turn out. But those fed up with the shit salad they are being served may stay home. So the margins may be inflated and that 40% may be the same people that make up the 64%.

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lawhawk  Apr 27, 2016 • 6:10:08am

re: #95 Franklin

Of course, none other than Jim Hoft saw Deray as an interloper and opportunist who was paid to protest.

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ObserverArt  Apr 27, 2016 • 6:10:08am

re: #19 Reality Based Steve

Has any candidate in the history of time ever done such a good job of doing his opponents Oppo Research for them as Trump has done? I swear that Trump is trying to throw this.

Think about it, 4 years of having to be President, deal with Congress, be ‘responsible’, or lose in a land slide, and spend the next 4 years sucking down YUUGE checks for speaking engagements and getting a seat at the ‘pundits’ table.

I swear it’s one of the most brilliant long cons ever pulled.

RBS

Morning!

RBS’s comment brings up something a friend and I have been discussing. We wonder if the Republicans really do not want the high office of president because then they would actually have to be totally responsible for getting stuff done.

By allowing the Democrats the position and them having control of congress they can lob bombs and bitch about the Democratic president and keep their base revved up and keep them in their seats in their drawn up districts.

This way they have power to get their way or block everything.

It sure does seem to be their tactic over the last few elections.

It is one big reason we have to kick their sorry butts out of congress to move to the real things that need to be done.

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darthstar  Apr 27, 2016 • 6:12:15am
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Franklin  Apr 27, 2016 • 6:12:32am

re: #104 lawhawk

Of course, none other than Jim Hoft saw Deray as an interloper and opportunist who was paid to protest.

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Regarding the interloper/opportunist/carpetbagger label, I wonder what his thoughts are on Scott Brown.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 27, 2016 • 6:13:08am

re: #105 ObserverArt

Morning!

RBS’s comment brings up something a friend and I have been discussing. We wonder if the Republicans really do not want the high office of president because then they would actually have to be totally responsible for getting stuff done.

They have really hit a dead end when it comes to the Presidency: a moderate candidate turns off their own base, a “base” candidate totally alienates the rest of the electorate.

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lawhawk  Apr 27, 2016 • 6:13:25am

re: #103 Franklin

That’s a good point.

Turnout makes a big difference.

And for both parties, it’s worth remembering that the percentage of people who have actually voted are a fraction of the total number of registered voters for those parties:

factcheck.org

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 27, 2016 • 6:13:46am

re: #106 darthstar

Ted Cruz said ‘basketball ring?’ Has he ever been on a basketball rink or watched a few innings of the sport?

that is the sporting equivalent of “Two Corinthians”.

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darthstar  Apr 27, 2016 • 6:14:44am

re: #110 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

that is the sporting equivalent of “Two Corinthians”.

Bingo.

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darthstar  Apr 27, 2016 • 6:21:00am

We white-washed the bricks on our fireplace the other day. It looks really good…I’m just trying to figure out how to take a before pic so I can show the difference.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 27, 2016 • 6:25:25am

re: #112 darthstar

We white-washed the bricks on our fireplace the other day. It looks really good…I’m just trying to figure out how to take a before pic so I can show the difference.

you will need a tachyon camera

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HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2016 • 6:26:35am

Basketball ring heh that is pretty damn bad.

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Great White Snark  Apr 27, 2016 • 6:30:07am

Conversation with a wingnut friend-“How could you possibly consider voting for Clinton?”

My reply “Turn around and ask your party why they put up not one, not two, but three completely unacceptable candidates making HRC the obvious better vote”.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 27, 2016 • 6:31:32am

re: #115 Great White Snark

Conversation with a wingnut friend-“How could you possibly consider voting for Clinton?”

My reply “Turn around and ask your party why they put up not one, not two, but three completely unacceptable candidates making HRC the obvious better vote”.

I would have gladly voted for someone other than HRC, but she is, in my opinion, the best and most qualified candidate.

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CuriousLurker  Apr 27, 2016 • 6:35:08am

re: #99 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

No surprise there at all.

So back on the plantation, voluntarily? I’m shocked I tell you, shocked! *snerk*

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ObserverArt  Apr 27, 2016 • 6:36:27am

re: #28 jaunte

Donald J. Trump ✔ ‎@realDonaldTrump

How amazing, the State Health Director who verified copies of Obama’s “birth certificate” died in plane crash today. All others lived

4:32 PM - 12 Dec 2013

Why don’t you come right out and say you massive prick?

God, this guy is such a bag of slime.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2016 • 6:37:47am

re: #118 ObserverArt

Why don’t you come right out and say you massive prick?

God, this guy is such a bag of slime.

It’s what he does. It’s why I laugh when people say Trump is a straight talker. No, he’s a pandering asshole who knows how to whistle so the right wing idiots voting for him can hear.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 27, 2016 • 6:38:03am

re: #118 ObserverArt

Why don’t you come right out and say you massive prick?

God, this guy is such a bag of slime.

trump didn’t say it

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Alyosha  Apr 27, 2016 • 6:46:39am
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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Apr 27, 2016 • 6:46:55am

re: #117 CuriousLurker

So back on the plantation, voluntarily? I’m shocked I tell you, shocked! *snerk*

Earlier, I suggested some Facebook person told Chuck to mind his manners, or he’d be banned entirely. Now I wonder if his twitchy selfie video resulted from some argument with the wife about his online activities.

BTW, his latest YouTube video about Twitter and Jack Dorsey is so disgusting I could not bear to watch more than a few seconds.

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Jay C  Apr 27, 2016 • 6:48:33am

re: #100 lawhawk

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Seems that the GOP really doesn’t mind Trump’s baffling BS, racism, bigotry, or xenophobia after all. In fact, they’re going all in with him. And new polling suggests even stronger GOP support for banning Muslims entering the US.

But hey, it’s not like the GOP isn’t the party of irrational anger, hate, fear, and bigotry. That’s the party line for decades, and this is the culmination.

It’s up to us to stop the madness.

Those margins might seem “striking” to Mr Kristof, but shouldn’t some weight be given to the fact that Trump, in many/most earlier primaries, had more rivals on the ballot to split the opposition vote? That 40% was an adequate plurality to win a lot of the contests; now that he has only two other (unattractive) candidates to vie against, some boost in his margins could only be expected. Oh, and of course, a “bandwagon effect” ….

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Dr. Matt  Apr 27, 2016 • 6:49:50am

The happiest dog in the world invades a soccer pitch…or as Ted Cruz would say, a soccer court.

Perro se divierte jugando en la cancha Tachira vs Pumas Copa Libertadores 2016

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The Vicious Babushka  Apr 27, 2016 • 6:50:03am

STUPIDEST WINGNUT MEME OF THE DAY==>

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CuriousLurker  Apr 27, 2016 • 6:50:55am

re: #118 ObserverArt

Why don’t you come right out and say you massive prick?

God, this guy is such a bag of slime.

What’s amazing is how President Obama has the magical power to crash planes and only have specific people die. //

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GlutenFreeJesus  Apr 27, 2016 • 6:51:22am

On the local front. Slimeball Dennis Hastert, looking for sympathy, shows up to court this morning in a wheelchair. Fuck that guy.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 27, 2016 • 6:51:27am

re: #125 The Vicious Babushka

STUPIDEST WINGNUT MEME OF THE DAY==>

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and women without shame!

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HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2016 • 6:52:33am

re: #125 The Vicious Babushka

STUPIDEST WINGNUT MEME OF THE DAY==>

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Yeah because forcing religion on people works out so good but yeah it’s never the guns. Never the things that kill a bunch of innocent men, women, and children every year because some “responsible gun owner” doesn’t know how to use it properly. We’d be better off as a country with less guns and a culture that doesn’t fetishize guns.

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CuriousLurker  Apr 27, 2016 • 6:53:46am

re: #122 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Earlier, I suggested some Facebook person told Chuck to mind his manners, or he’d be banned entirely. Now I wonder if his twitchy selfie video resulted from some argument with the wife about his online activities.

BTW, his latest YouTube video about Twitter and Jack Dorsey is so disgusting I could not bear to watch more than a few seconds.

I can deal with him unfiltered. The only time I know what he says is when someone here posts about him, and even then half the time if there’s a video I cant bring myself to watch it. He’s just too disgusting.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2016 • 6:53:51am

re: #127 GlutenFreeJesus

On the local front. Slimeball Dennis Hastert, looking for sympathy, shows up to court this morning in a wheelchair. Fuck that guy.

I’m sure even there were Catholic priests that molested children that found themselves wheelchair bound at some point. Fuck Hastert. He covered up being sexually assaulting young men for years.

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lawhawk  Apr 27, 2016 • 6:55:17am

And again. 3 dead in a shootout in northern Mississippi.

Multiple crime scenes are involved in the shootings in Montgomery County, located about 100 miles north of Jackson, according to Mississippi Bureau of Investigation spokesman Warren Strain.

A person of interest was being interviewed and the Montgomery County sheriff is investigating, Strain said.

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cat-tikvah  Apr 27, 2016 • 6:56:08am

re: #129 HappyWarrior

Well we just had a fatal shooting inside a church during the service here in southeastern PA, which involved two congregants, one of whom brought his loaded gun to church with him. #FAIL

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HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2016 • 6:58:00am

re: #133 cat-tikvah

Well we just had a fatal shooting inside a church during the service here in southeastern PA, which involved two congregants, one of whom brought his loaded gun to church with him. #FAIL

I’m so utterly shocked. // Sigh, I hate guns. I’m not sorry to say that. Guns have ruined so many lives over the years.

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ObserverArt  Apr 27, 2016 • 6:58:14am

re: #79 thefrenchrat

Trump has small hands. And a small brain.

Trump hands. Quite the topic.

I wonder what is up with him always having his right hand index finger up all the time while he makes a point. He does it constantly. Sometimes he has a bit of a circular motion while he rambles on with some of his cockamamie BS.

I don’t think I have ever seen a public figure do that as much as The Donald.

And it really emphasizes his little stubby finger. Hmmmmm…

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Dr. Matt  Apr 27, 2016 • 6:58:22am

re: #133 cat-tikvah

Well we just had a fatal shooting inside a church during the service here in southeastern PA, which involved two congregants, one of whom brought his loaded gun to church with him. #FAIL

Argument leads to deadly shooting at Pennsylvania church

In world with no political correctness, murdering someone over an argument is a logical recourse.

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lawhawk  Apr 27, 2016 • 6:59:25am

re: #133 cat-tikvah

And there was that unfortunate business in Charleston. 9 church members, including the pastor, were murdered while in a church. The shooter was a Confederate loving racist white supremacist who targeted the church because they were black.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 27, 2016 • 7:00:54am

re: #137 lawhawk

And there was that unfortunate business in Charleston. 9 church members, including the pastor, were murdered while in a church. The shooter was a Confederate loving racist white supremacist who targeted the church because they were black.

Had they been properly armed, and sitting with their guns loaded, cocked and pointed at anyone behaving suspiciously, NONE OF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED!!!

/

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HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2016 • 7:01:09am

I don’t get this idea that you’re going to prevent violence by forcing the Bible on people. You know who had the Bible on their mind all the time? The Crusaders. The Bible frankly is one of the most violent books ever written. I’m not saying it’s evil or anything like that but the Bible is filled with far more acts of violence than many things conservative Christians want to ban.

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Dr. Matt  Apr 27, 2016 • 7:04:09am

re: #136 Dr. Matt

Argument leads to deadly shooting at Pennsylvania church

In world with no political correctness, murdering someone over an argument is a logical recourse.

Looks like it was a wingnut friendly church:

Keystone Fellowship announced a special guest pastor was scheduled to speak during its 11 a.m. service on Sunday about “serving in a country that is extremely hostile to the Christian faith.”

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ObserverArt  Apr 27, 2016 • 7:07:06am

re: #106 darthstar

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Teddy tries so very hard and it all comes up a failure.

He is the Wile E Coyote of the Republican Party. That stunt last night was ACME all the way!

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No Country For Old Haters  Apr 27, 2016 • 7:07:33am

re: #112 darthstar

We white-washed the bricks on our fireplace the other day. It looks really good…I’m just trying to figure out how to take a before pic so I can show the difference.

You’re going to need a hyperdrive and a very big lens. You simply fly 3 light-days out, and take the picture. Easy!

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No Country For Old Haters  Apr 27, 2016 • 7:08:55am

re: #125 The Vicious Babushka

STUPIDEST WINGNUT MEME OF THE DAY==>

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ObserverArt  Apr 27, 2016 • 7:10:24am

re: #120 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

trump didn’t say it

Yeah…watched that yesterday from another link here. Good stuff.

“I won’t say what I am going to say…so don’t hold me responsible because you know “they” made me do it and I never wanted to do it. Awwww shucks…here goes!”

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CuriousLurker  Apr 27, 2016 • 7:12:28am

re: #139 HappyWarrior

Last night as I was drifting off to sleep it occurred to me how odd it is how some Christian right-wingers will claim Islam isn’t a religion because of its political aspect, all while insisting that our Constitution is founded on the Bible.

It’s like wait—what? Doesn’t mixing politics with a religion invalidate said religion? Oh right, it only applies to certain religions, not ALL of them (and never ever the one the critic belongs to).

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FormerDirtDart  Apr 27, 2016 • 7:13:38am

re: #133 cat-tikvah

Well we just had a fatal shooting inside a church during the service here in southeastern PA, which involved two congregants, one of whom brought his loaded gun to church with him. #FAIL

The shooter is apparently “cooperating”, remains free and has not been charged…
Someone has to explain that shit to me.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2016 • 7:14:18am

re: #145 CuriousLurker

Last night as I was drifting off to sleep it occurred to me how odd it is how some Christian right-wingers will claim Islam isn’t a religion because of its political aspect, all while insisting that our Constitution is founded on the Bible.

It’s like wait—what? Doesn’t mixing politics with a religion invalidate said religion? Oh right, it only applies to certain religions, not ALL of them (and never ever the one the critic belongs to).

That’s a very good point. But yeah I love how they insist that Islam isn’t a real religion but a political ideology even though Muslims are very different throughout the world. And yeah these are the same people who insist not only our political system but our system of economics is directly inspired by the Bible.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2016 • 7:14:47am

re: #146 FormerDirtDart

The shooter is apparently “cooperating”, remains free and has not been charged…
Someone has to explain that shit to me.

Suspect is white, I repeat suspect is white.

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FormerDirtDart  Apr 27, 2016 • 7:16:00am
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HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2016 • 7:17:19am

re: #149 FormerDirtDart

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The world awaits with baited breath. I’m going to die laughing if it’s dropping out and endorsing Trump right after the Cruz-Kasich deal.

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Dr. Matt  Apr 27, 2016 • 7:18:44am

re: #148 HappyWarrior

Suspect is white, I repeat suspect is white.

And the victim is a Black….seriously, he is Black —> legacy.com

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Dave In Austin  Apr 27, 2016 • 7:22:24am
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ObserverArt  Apr 27, 2016 • 7:23:20am

re: #132 lawhawk

And again. 3 dead in a shootout in northern Mississippi.

Speaking of shootings. I heard on local Columbus news this morning the family of 8 killed in southern Ohio were shot a total of 32 times with one of the victims shot 9 times.

That is some mean hatred going on.

It also sounds like Ohio BCI has some evidence they are working with and the report said 8 items were of particular interest and were being worked on first.

They still have the road and crime scenes shut down to all but the folks that live on the road.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2016 • 7:23:54am

re: #151 Dr. Matt

And the victim is a Black….seriously, he is Black —> legacy.com

I actually don’t know if the guy was white or black or not. It just seems the cops go alot easy on white suspects including those who have committed homicide. Dylann Roof being taken for a burger for example.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 27, 2016 • 7:25:48am

re: #145 CuriousLurker

Last night as I was drifting off to sleep it occurred to me how odd it is how some Christian right-wingers will claim Islam isn’t a religion because of its political aspect, all while insisting that our Constitution is founded on the Bible.

It’s like wait—what? Doesn’t mixing politics with a religion invalidate said religion? Oh right, it only applies to certain religions, not ALL of them (and never ever the one the critic belongs to).

Islam is a religion, just not an acceptable religion in America, because our God is stronger than their Allah!

/

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Dr. Matt  Apr 27, 2016 • 7:26:03am

Butthurt sets in

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Dr. Matt  Apr 27, 2016 • 7:26:43am

re: #154 HappyWarrior

I actually don’t know if the guy was white or black or not. It just seems the cops go alot easy on white suspects including those who have committed homicide. Dylann Roof being taken for a burger for example.

It’s quite odd that they haven’t released his name yet.

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lawhawk  Apr 27, 2016 • 7:27:08am

re: #139 HappyWarrior

I don’t get this idea that you’re going to prevent violence by forcing the Bible on people. You know who had the Bible on their mind all the time? The Crusaders. The Bible frankly is one of the most violent books ever written. I’m not saying it’s evil or anything like that but the Bible is filled with far more acts of violence than many things conservative Christians want to ban.

The Inquisition. Because you can’t talk’em outta anything.

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ObserverArt  Apr 27, 2016 • 7:27:52am

re: #136 Dr. Matt

Argument leads to deadly shooting at Pennsylvania church

In world with no political correctness, murdering someone over an argument is a logical recourse.

Hey, they could have done it with a ball bat or a knife…or…drove over the guy on the way to church.

(Apologies to Great White Snark…but I still contest guns make it so easy)

And also on the Ohio murders. I saw a report that guns sales in the county are way up. Not good. I would wager there are already a lot of guns there. It is rural southern Ohio and guns are very popular. I hope that doesn’t bring about some other tragedy.

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Franklin  Apr 27, 2016 • 7:29:02am

re: #159 ObserverArt

Hey, they could have done it with a ball bat or a knife…or…drove over the gun swimming pool on the way to church.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2016 • 7:29:39am

re: #153 ObserverArt

Speaking of shootings. I heard on local Columbus news this morning the family of 8 killed in southern Ohio were shot a total of 32 times with one of the victims shot 9 times.

That is some mean hatred going on.

It also sounds like Ohio BCI has some evidence they are working with and the report said 8 items were of particular interest and were being worked on first.

They still have the road and crime scenes shut down to all but the folks that live on the road.

DeWine is there right now, touring the four scenes.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 27, 2016 • 7:30:00am

re: #159 ObserverArt

Hey, they could have done it with a ball bat or a knife…or…drove over the gun on the way to church.

(Apologies to Great White Snark…but I still contest guns make it so easy)

And also on the Ohio murders. I saw a report that guns sales in the county are way up. Not good. I would wager there are already a lot of guns there. It is rural southern Ohio and guns are very popular. I hope that doesn’t bring about some other tragedy.

2008: Obama is coming for your guns!

gun sales rise

2012: Just because he didn’t take them in his first term does not mean your guns are safe!!!

gun sales rise

2016: Hillary is coming for your guns!!!

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HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2016 • 7:31:23am

re: #159 ObserverArt

Hey, they could have done it with a ball bat or a knife…or…drove over the gun on the way to church.

(Apologies to Great White Snark…but I still contest guns make it so easy)

And also on the Ohio murders. I saw a report that guns sales in the county are way up. Not good. I would wager there are already a lot of guns there. It is rural southern Ohio and guns are very popular. I hope that doesn’t bring about some other tragedy.

Guns do make it easy. There’s no doubt about this at all. It’s why I have to laugh when I hear guns don’t kill people, people kill people, yeah and the gun makes it easier. Around the same time Lanza shot up Sandy Hook, there was a mass stabbing of students at a school in China and while that no doubt was tragic, none of the children there died. Can’t say the same about Sandy Hook.

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lawhawk  Apr 27, 2016 • 7:31:50am

re: #149 FormerDirtDart

Cruz says he’s Team Jacob, not Team Harry Potter.
He’s waiting to hit a home run in the next football game.

#ThingsTedCruzSays

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Jenner7  Apr 27, 2016 • 7:33:09am

So, what will Ted’s big announcement be??

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Dr. Matt  Apr 27, 2016 • 7:34:56am

re: #165 Jenner7

So, what will Ted’s big announcement be??

He’s going to release details of his carpet bombing strategy of ISIS.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2016 • 7:36:33am

Posted a page guys.

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Dave In Austin  Apr 27, 2016 • 7:36:47am

re: #165 Jenner7

So, what will Ted’s big announcement be??

Failed HP CEO for a running mate. (But woman.) #Fail

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FormerDirtDart  Apr 27, 2016 • 7:39:36am
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GlutenFreeJesus  Apr 27, 2016 • 7:41:45am

Cruz either dropping out or announcing Fiore as his VP.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2016 • 7:42:28am

re: #170 GlutenFreeJesus

Cruz either dropping out or announcing Fiore as his VP.

Dropping out would be hilarious.

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ObserverArt  Apr 27, 2016 • 7:42:34am

re: #168 Dave In Austin

Failed HP CEO for a running mate. #Fail

Nah.

He has some dollar bills laid out on a road in Indiana and a big ol’ ACME anvil suspended on a rope above it.

Later today Trump will be on that road and well…Trump will never be able to not stop and pick up the bucks and then WHAM! We have an opening for a GOP candidate!

The TV crews are just behind a billboard on the road and are waiting for this big show.

Oh…the wind from the storms just blew the bills away. Ted is running out there to hold down some new bills with a rock and…

WHAM!

Ladies and gentlemen…Ted Cruz is now out of the race.

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Alyosha  Apr 27, 2016 • 7:42:45am
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CuriousLurker  Apr 27, 2016 • 7:42:52am

re: #140 Dr. Matt

The Keystone Fellowship was having a service about “serving in a country that is extremely hostile to the Christian faith.” Srsly? I live in the godless, liberal northeast and you can’t drive more then a couple of blocks without seeing a church.

A quick Google search tells me there are a bit over 300K Christian churches in the U.S. and as of 2014, 70.6% of the population was Christian. So let’s count the U.S. population as a flat 300 million (it was actually closer to 319 million in 2014). Let’s see, a flat 70% of 300,000,000 is… 210,000,000 Christians… divided by 300,000 churches… so one church for every 700 American Christians.

Gosh, I don’t know how they manage to endure all the hostility & persecution. //

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2016 • 7:43:14am

Interesting effect when the ONE guy wearing a white shirt is seated behind Bernie at just the right angle.

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Alyosha  Apr 27, 2016 • 7:44:02am

re: #175 Backwoods_Sleuth

Steam coming out of his ears?

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b.d.  Apr 27, 2016 • 7:44:12am

re: #165 Jenner7

So, what will Ted’s big announcement be??

Cruz has to be running out of cash? Surely their can’t be that many rich, clueless morons?

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HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2016 • 7:44:35am

re: #175 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Interesting effect when the ONE guy wearing a white shirt is seated behind Bernie at just the right angle.

Did they remember to vote?

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withak  Apr 27, 2016 • 7:44:53am

re: #175 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Interesting effect when the ONE guy wearing a white shirt is seated behind Bernie at just the right angle.

“Great Scott!”

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b.d.  Apr 27, 2016 • 7:46:42am

re: #175 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Interesting effect when the ONE guy wearing a white shirt is seated behind Bernie at just the right angle.

Dr. Brown from Back to the Future has taken over the Bernie campaign.

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ObserverArt  Apr 27, 2016 • 7:47:40am

re: #175 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Interesting effect when the ONE guy wearing a white shirt is seated behind Bernie at just the right angle.

Heh…

What To Do with Those Bernie Sanders Tattoos

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FormerDirtDart  Apr 27, 2016 • 7:48:21am

re: #165 Jenner7

So, what will Ted’s big announcement be??

Mike Pence, Governor of Indiana is endorsing Cruz, or they’re getting married.
One or the other…

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Jenner7  Apr 27, 2016 • 7:48:31am
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b.d.  Apr 27, 2016 • 7:48:58am

re: #182 FormerDirtDart

Mike Pence, Governor of Indiana is endorsing Cruz, or they’re getting married.
One or the other…

Put a hoop on it Ted.

//

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HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2016 • 7:49:39am

re: #181 ObserverArt

Heh…

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Things you’ll regret in 5 years. I ain’t knocking tattoos. I have three myself and plan to get more but tattoos for a political candidate are dumb. The kids getting these will look as dumb as the guy who got the Romney campaign logo one.

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Dr. Matt  Apr 27, 2016 • 7:51:15am

re: #181 ObserverArt

Heh…

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Video

Anyone that gets a tattoo of a politician should be evaluated for mental health problems.

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ObserverArt  Apr 27, 2016 • 7:51:35am

re: #184 b.d.

Put a hoop on it Ted.

//

His and his wedding rims.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2016 • 7:53:34am

re: #186 Dr. Matt

Anyone that gets a tattoo of a politician should be evaluated for mental health problems.

It’s silly as hell.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2016 • 7:54:01am

re: #178 HappyWarrior

Did they remember to vote?

WV primary (I’m pretty sure it’s an open primary) is May 10.
New voter registration deadline was April 19.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 27, 2016 • 7:55:15am

re: #185 HappyWarrior

Things you’ll regret in 5 years. I ain’t knocking tattoos. I have three myself and plan to get more but tattoos for a political candidate are dumb. The kids getting these will look as dumb as the guy who got the Romney campaign logo one.

I missed the whole tattoo and piercing generation thing. Never considered even getting one.

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Great White Snark  Apr 27, 2016 • 7:57:04am

Thanos has a Page up that got me thinking. The prospect of my car someday driving for me.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2016 • 7:59:44am

re: #190 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

I missed the whole tattoo and piercing generation thing. Never considered even getting one.

Yeah I think it starts around Gen X. I look at this way. I don’t judge either way. If you don’t have em, more power to ya, if you do, the same. Just don’t judge me for having them. That said, when I go for interviews, mine aren’t visible on me.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2016 • 8:00:06am

re: #189 Backwoods_Sleuth

WV primary (I’m pretty sure it’s an open primary) is May 10.
New voter registration deadline was April 19.

Ah ha, thanks didn’t realize this was about WV.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2016 • 8:00:19am
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HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2016 • 8:01:11am

re: #194 Backwoods_Sleuth

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What a loser. Can you believe him? //

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2016 • 8:01:51am

re: #193 HappyWarrior

Ah ha, thanks didn’t realize this was about WV.

yeah, Bernie had a rally in Huntington WV last night.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2016 • 8:02:36am

re: #196 Backwoods_Sleuth

yeah, Bernie had a rally in Huntington WV last night.

I think he may win WV. Not sure though.

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ObserverArt  Apr 27, 2016 • 8:02:52am

re: #190 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

I missed the whole tattoo and piercing generation thing. Never considered even getting one.

I don’t want to knock tattoos but I admire Steph Curry for seemingly not having any and being a huge NBA star.

It is a completely different thinking from when I was a kid. If you had a tattoo in the late 50s/early 60s you were looked at as punk/criminal/lowlife/etc.

So, I’ll leave and get to work on that note with a little WHO song and lyrics about tattoos. One of my all time favorite fun songs…love the lyrics.

The Who - Tattoo video

“Tattoo”

Me and my brother were talking to each other
‘Bout what makes a man a man
Was it brain or brawn, or the month you were born
We just couldn’t understand

Our old man didn’t like our appearance
He said that only women wear long hair

So me and my brother borrowed money from Mother
We knew what we had to do
We went downstairs, past the barber and gymnasium
And got our arms tattooed

Welcome to my life, tattoo
I’m a man now, thanks to you
I expect I’ll regret you
But the skin graft man won’t get you
You’l be there when I die
Tattoo

My dad beat me ‘cause mine said “Mother”
But my mother naturally liked it and beat my brother
‘Cause his tattoo was of a lady in the nude
And my mother thought that was extremely rude

Welcome to my life, tattoo
We’ve a long time together, me and you
I expect I’ll regret you
But the skin graft man won’t get you
You’ll be there when I die
Tattoo

Now I’m older, I’m tattooed all over
My wife is tattooed too
A rooty-toot-toot, rooty-tooty-toot-toot
Rooty-toot-toot tattoo too
To you

Thanks to Link

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 27, 2016 • 8:04:11am

re: #195 HappyWarrior

What a looser. Can you believe him? //

TTFY

(Trumpetized that for ya)

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sagehen  Apr 27, 2016 • 8:04:34am

re: #112 darthstar

We white-washed the bricks on our fireplace the other day. It looks really good…I’m just trying to figure out how to take a before pic so I can show the difference.

How many fires will it take for those white bricks to unwhiten themselves?

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HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2016 • 8:05:02am

re: #198 ObserverArt

I don’t want to knock tattoos but I admire Steph Curry for seemingly not having any and being a huge NBA star.

It is a completely different thinking from when I was a kid. If you had a tattoo in the late 50s/early 60s you were looked at as punk/criminal/lowlife/etc.

So, I’ll leave and get to work on that note with a little WHO song and lyrics about tattoos. One of my all time favorite fun songs…love the lyrics.

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He’s got one.
jpost.com

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HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2016 • 8:05:53am

re: #199 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

TTFY

(Trumpetized that for ya)

Ha, good job.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 27, 2016 • 8:06:45am

re: #198 ObserverArt

I don’t want to knock tattoos but I admire Steph Curry for seemingly not having any and being a huge NBA star.

It is a completely different thinking from when I was a kid. If you had a tattoo in the late 50s/early 60s you were looked at as punk/criminal/lowlife/etc.

So, I’ll leave and get to work on that note with a little WHO song and lyrics about tattoos. One of my all time favorite fun songs…love the lyrics.

They played that the one and only time I saw them on Halloween 1982 (unfortunately already post-Keith Moon). What a great concert: it was like I was allowed to present them a list of all my favorite Who songs, some of them obscure (Naked Eye, Boris the Spider) and they played them all!!!

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Belafon  Apr 27, 2016 • 8:10:23am

re: #197 HappyWarrior

I think he may win WV. Not sure though.

It’s population is only 3.4% black. This would tend to favor him.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2016 • 8:11:26am
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HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2016 • 8:12:00am

re: #204 Belafon

It’s population is only 3.4% black. This would tend to favor him.

Right. And despite what he says, he actually does get a lot of support from conservative Democrats who dislike anything with a positive association with the Obama administration.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2016 • 8:12:58am
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HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2016 • 8:14:15am

re: #207 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Bernie, now would be a good time to tell Trump that your messages couldn’t be any more different.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2016 • 8:15:10am
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CuriousLurker  Apr 27, 2016 • 8:17:11am

re: #191 Great White Snark

Thanos has a Page up that got me thinking. The prospect of my car someday driving for me.

Criminals are no doubt salivating over all the potential ways to exploit them, should they ever become a viable option.

Forgive me if I sound cynical, but after installing the WP security plugins I mentioned yesterday, it’s crystal clear1 that there are non-stop attempts to hack websites, especially those using popular software. I’m 100% convinced that self-driving cars would be attacked with similar gusto.

1. I’m currently looking at the audit logs for a site right now—mind you, its not an especially high traffic one either. Since midnight there have been 36 failed attempts to access the admin area, so on average roughly one attempt every 20 minutes or so.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2016 • 8:17:12am

I’ve learned to mistrust populist campaigns. I don’t love corporations having tons of power. I really don’t but I don’t believe in simplifying reality either. Even if it’s only financial in motivation, I do appreciate that a large number of corporations have condemned Republican supported anti-LGBT legislation. I also know these companies employ a lot of people too and there are some genuinely good people who work for them. Honestly, the same is true for Wall Street and the banks even. That doesn’t mean they don’t require regulation. On the contrary, however, painting them as comic book style villains is something I don’t like either. Let’s treat people as people. .

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sagehen  Apr 27, 2016 • 8:18:51am

re: #185 HappyWarrior

Things you’ll regret in 5 years. I ain’t knocking tattoos. I have three myself and plan to get more but tattoos for a political candidate are dumb. The kids getting these will look as dumb as the guy who got the Romney campaign logo one.

I dunno, anybody who got tattooed with one of these might still be proud of it in 50 years.

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Jenner7  Apr 27, 2016 • 8:19:40am

re: #205 Backwoods_Sleuth

Hoooly shit.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 27, 2016 • 8:19:45am

re: #211 HappyWarrior

I’ve learned to mistrust populist campaigns.

Trump can be seen as a “populist” campaign, but it is one orchestrated by a rich media personality individual with the full and willing collusion of the industry that made him…

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The Vicious Babushka  Apr 27, 2016 • 8:20:17am
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 27, 2016 • 8:20:36am

re: #213 Jenner7

Hoooly shit.

Yeah, really. “Capable”?

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Belafon  Apr 27, 2016 • 8:20:45am

re: #210 CuriousLurker

Criminals are no doubt salivating over all the potential ways to exploit them, should they ever become a viable option.

Forgive me if I sound cynical, but after installing the WP security plugins I mentioned yesterday, it’s crystal clear1 that there are non-stop attempts to hack websites, especially those using popular software. I’m 100% convinced that self-driving cars would be attacked with similar gusto.

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1. I’m currently looking at the audit logs for a site right now—mind you, its not an especially high traffic one either. Since midnight there have been 36 failed attempts to access the admin area, so on average roughly one attempt every 20 minutes or so.

You might want to look into how many things on your car are actually computer based. The transmission on my Fiesta is constantly being tuned by one.

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Stanley Sea  Apr 27, 2016 • 8:21:15am

I’m working some angles to get free tickets to this festival. Check the link to see all the freaking bands that are playing.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2016 • 8:22:01am

re: #212 sagehen

I dunno, anybody who got tattooed with one of these might still be proud of it in 50 years. Embedded Image

True, Obama’s election did have historical implications. Honestly what I love that Obama and hopefully now Clinton will do in November is to tell large segments of the population that they too could be President. When Barack Obama was born in the early 60’s, Jim Crow was still very much a thing and Hillary Clinton came of age in a country that saw women’s place to be in the kitchen. These two like them or not are positive inspirations to millions of people who never were represented in the WH before.

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Franklin  Apr 27, 2016 • 8:22:13am

I’m sure there will be regret for those getting the official RNC2016 logo tattoo.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2016 • 8:22:31am

re: #214 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

Trump can be seen as a “populist” campaign, but it is one orchestrated by a rich media personality individual with the full and willing collusion of the industry that made him…

You’re right. It’s not real populism.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2016 • 8:23:02am
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Franklin  Apr 27, 2016 • 8:25:10am

re: #222 Backwoods_Sleuth

Holy hell the man is a moron.

“How do you call someone on being a woman?” Cuomo wondered.

“You just tell them they’re playing the woman’s card,” the front-runner stated.

It was a rhetorical fucking question you jackass!

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HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2016 • 8:25:11am

re: #222 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Did you see the stupid comment made that he has a point? Uh no he doesn’t. Anyone with her resume male or female would be a very credible candidate for President. If the media actually reported on Donald’s failures as a businessman and all around human being, he would be lucky to get five percent. Well that’s assuming that Republican voters aren’t abject morons I guess.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2016 • 8:25:16am

in court for Hastert’s sentencing:

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HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2016 • 8:25:42am

re: #223 Franklin

Holy hell the man is a moron.

It was a rhetorical fucking question you jackass!

Trump is painfully stupid.

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sagehen  Apr 27, 2016 • 8:26:14am

re: #219 HappyWarrior

True, Obama’s election did have historical implications. Honestly what I love that Obama and hopefully now Clinton will do in November is to tell large segments of the population that they too could be President. When Barack Obama was born in the early 60’s, Jim Crow was still very much a thing and Hillary Clinton came of age in a country that saw women’s place to be in the kitchen. These two like them or not are positive inspirations to millions of people who never were represented in the WH before.

When Barack Obama was born, his existence was evidence of a crime his parents would have been arrested for in 11 states.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2016 • 8:27:03am

re: #225 Backwoods_Sleuth

in court for Hastert’s sentencing:

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Didn’t one man commit suicide? I believe when the story broke, one victim’s sister talked about how the man had a hard time living with what happened and had confronted Hastert but Hastert refused to talk to him. All the Republicans testifying on this bastard’s behalf should be ashamed of themselves.

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lawhawk  Apr 27, 2016 • 8:27:33am

re: #173 Alyosha

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Would that mean his popularity goes up? /

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HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2016 • 8:28:03am

re: #227 sagehen

When Barack Obama was born, his existence was evidence of a crime his parents would have been arrested for in 11 states.

Yes, yes indeed. And on that note, I’m proud to say my own grandfather employed Richard Loving for a time while the Lovings awaited the decision from the USSC in ‘67. This was something I did not know until after my grandfather died. Richard Loving was a bricklayer like my grandpa.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 27, 2016 • 8:30:12am

re: #226 HappyWarrior

Trump is painfully stupid.

a good brain is a terrible thing to waste…

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Shiplord Kirel  Apr 27, 2016 • 8:30:13am

re: #174 CuriousLurker

The Keystone Fellowship was having a service about “serving in a country that is extremely hostile to the Christian faith.” Srsly? I live in the godless, liberal northeast and you can’t drive more then a couple of blocks without seeing a church.

A quick Google search tells me there are a bit over 300K Christian churches in the U.S. and as of 2014, 70.6% of the population was Christian. So let’s count the U.S. population as a flat 300 million (it was actually closer to 319 million in 2014). Let’s see, a flat 70% of 300,000,000 is… 210,000,000 Christians… divided by 300,000 churches… so one church for every 700 American Christians.

I don’t know how they manage to endure the hostility & persecution. //

My understanding is that this referred to a country other than the US.
Followup story:

The church earlier posted a notice on its Facebook page that appearing as a special guest speaker would be an unnamed “pastor serving in a country that is extremely hostile to the Christian faith.” The post said photos or videotaping would be forbidden “for our guest’s safety,” but Steele said the shooting appeared unrelated to any such speaker.

Maybe, maybe not. Given this buildup the shooter could well be someone who brought his gun because he thought the speaker might be in danger from the many unChristian assassins the fundies believe are lurking behind every rock these days.

Elsewhere, a Yelp reviewer denounces the Keystone staff for gay bashing, while another praises them for “Bible based scriptural teaching” so it is definitely a wingnut church.
As I mentioned yesterday, there is a huge, informal network of these churches all over the country. The thing that ties them together is their constant theme of an immediate existential threat to Christianity. They do not have a formal organization of course, many of them have no formal affiliation at all with other bodies. They do share media resources and, especially, guest speakers. Some of the craziest and most dishonest Islamophobes and gay bashers I have heard of seem to make a handsome living on this fundy speaker circuit.
The person I have mentioned (and mocked) several times for predicting that Muslims would institute “shahara law” once they were 3 % of the population got her “information” from a guest speaker at her fundy church.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2016 • 8:30:48am
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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Apr 27, 2016 • 8:31:40am

re: #232 Shiplord Kirel

The person I have mentioned (and mocked) several times for predicting that Muslims would institute “shahara law” once they were 3 % of the population got her “information” from a guest speaker at her fundy church.

I await shakira law. We get to dance and sing.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2016 • 8:31:55am

re: #233 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Yeah, she had the mistake of once saying nice things about Muslims on her record. That dumb bitch. //

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HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2016 • 8:32:14am

re: #234 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

I await shakira law. We get to dance and sing.

As I’ve often said, I still remain a friend of Hummus.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2016 • 8:32:37am
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HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2016 • 8:34:50am

re: #237 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Hmmm wonder what Tom thinks about all these elected officials in his party testifying on behalf of the man who assaulted his brother.

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CuriousLurker  Apr 27, 2016 • 8:34:51am

re: #217 Belafon

You might want to look into how many things on your car are actually computer based. The transmission on my Fiesta is constantly being tuned by one.

Oh yeah, I don’t own a car and haven’t driven in years, but I’m well aware that pretty much anything with electronic parts has some sort of computer (or computer-based gadget) component. To me, the scary part is criminals potentially being able to take control and remotely drive the car—I’m thinking of hacked websites being defaced and/or infected with malware, the recent spate of ransomeware, etc. *shudder*

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 27, 2016 • 8:35:16am

re: #237 Backwoods_Sleuth

For first time, one of Hastert’s victims is identified in court. Scott Cross, bro of former state GOP rep Tom Cross

Haster’s ass is grass. Son of another Republican? There are limits to human decency!!!

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HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2016 • 8:36:10am

re: #240 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

Haster’s ass is grass. Son of another Republican? There are limits to human decency!!!

Brother.

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sagehen  Apr 27, 2016 • 8:36:19am

re: #234 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

I await shakira law. We get to dance and sing.

Hips don’t lie.

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FormerDirtDart  Apr 27, 2016 • 8:37:41am

re: #205 Backwoods_Sleuth

Trump on CNN today: “When I came out I was competing with 17 very capable people, and a woman.” Yup, he said that.

To be fair, the woman he was referring to is Rubio…
//

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Belafon  Apr 27, 2016 • 8:41:06am

re: #239 CuriousLurker

Oh yeah, I don’t own a car and haven’t driven in years, but I’m well aware that pretty much anything with electronic parts has some sort of computer (or computer-based gadget) component. To me, the scary part is criminals potentially being able to take control and remotely drive the car—I’m thinking of hacked websites being defaced and/or infected with malware, the recent spate of ransomeware, etc. *shudder*

Car makers have been putting stuff in for years, and I don’t think we’ve ever had a car do something the equivalent of blue-screening. Car companies require much better hardening than most consumers.

I think the simplest way to keep cars from being hacked is to make it so that software changes can only be done through a physical connection. Steering could also only required to be done locally: no outside system can tell the car to turn. To get it to turn, a hacker would have to get into all of the necessary sensors and have them feed false information to the central computer.

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Belafon  Apr 27, 2016 • 8:44:24am

re: #205 Backwoods_Sleuth

“When I came out I was competing with 17 very capable people, and a woman.”

Carly couldn’t even bankrupt HP. No skills!

//

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2016 • 8:44:30am

looks like they found Boehner…

(runs away laughing…)

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FormerDirtDart  Apr 27, 2016 • 8:47:16am

re: #246 Backwoods_Sleuth

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looks like they found Boehner…

(runs away laughing…)

I thought Hastert was in court today. Maybe an escape attempt?

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CuriousLurker  Apr 27, 2016 • 8:47:53am

re: #232 Shiplord Kirel

My understanding is that this referred to a country other than the US.
Followup story:

Ah, I missed that part. Regardless, the constant whining from the Christian wingnuts about being persecuted is bullshit. As for the rest, I wouldn’t be at all surprised to discover that the unnamed guest speaker is a former Muslim cashing in on fears.

That’s not to say that there aren’t countries that are “extremely hostile to the Christian faith” or that persecute Christians—there definitely are (and some of the are Muslim majority countries), I just don’t trust any stories that come out of wingnutistan.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2016 • 8:49:01am

re: #247 FormerDirtDart

I thought Hastert was in court today. Maybe an escape attempt?

the suspicious package was in Cincinnati.

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CuriousLurker  Apr 27, 2016 • 8:50:20am

re: #244 Belafon

That might work, provided people don’t find it too inconvenient and it doesn’t get too expensive.

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Ace-o-aces  Apr 27, 2016 • 8:51:29am

This tweet alone should cost him the election:

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Ace-o-aces  Apr 27, 2016 • 8:52:34am
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FormerDirtDart  Apr 27, 2016 • 8:53:21am

Capt. Kristen Griest, one of the first women to earn the coveted Ranger tab, will once again make history by becoming the Army’s first female infantry officer.

Griest is expected to graduate from the Maneuver Captain’s Career Course on Thursday and earn the right to wear the distinctive blue infantry cord, officials confirmed to Army Times.

IMO as an officer from the Military Police Corps she should be well equipped to make the transfer to Infantry.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2016 • 8:55:30am

re: #253 FormerDirtDart

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IMO as an officer from the Military Police Corps she should be well equipped to make the transfer to Infantry.

She’ll do well. Congratulations Captain Griest.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:07:08am

good grief…

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The Vicious Babushka  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:07:42am
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:08:29am

re: #255 Backwoods_Sleuth

BREAKING: Dennis Hastert tells court he’s “deeply ashamed,” says he “mistreated” some athletes he coached.

This coming from a guy who would most likely have you tossed in jail for looking at dirty pictures on the Internet in your own home…

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The Vicious Babushka  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:09:01am

Trump’s “Foreign Policy”==>

BUILD A WALL!! MAKE MEXICO PAY FOR IT!! MAKE OUR ALLIES PAY FOR ALL THE PROTECTION WE GIVE THEM!!!

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Bass Reeves  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:09:34am

re: #253 FormerDirtDart

My first trip to Afghanistan, I was seated on the plane next to a 1LT who had failed Ranger school 3 times (still had no tab). When I ran into him in the Korengal a couple of months later, he was looking pretty dejected. When I asked him what was the matter, he told me that his BN CDR had basically told him he’d never make it as an Infantry officer, because the sole thing that made Infantry officers special was that Ranger tab, and the shared experience it bestowed upon the individual. This LT was a USMA grad who majored in Arabic, and spoke passable Pashto…in Afghanistan. But a broken leg and lack of necessary recovery (so he could keep his slot in the school) apparently made him a ‘bad’ Infantry officer.

Having no personal wish to go to Ranger or Airborne school (I don’t need to lose weight or height THAT bad), I applaud CPT Griest and wish her well. But I don’t hold out hope, because the Maneuver community is incredibly myopic. Which is sad, because it’s apparently impossible to have significant impact on the direction of the Army without being a Maneuver branch officer, which until recently you couldn’t be if you had a vagina.

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KGxvi  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:09:51am

re: #256 The Vicious Babushka

Iframe

(mainly because I’ve been binging this series recently on Netflix)

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:10:26am

re: #258 The Vicious Babushka

Trump’s “Foreign Policy”

DT does not understand what Policy means in terms of implementation. These are just promises that he does not care about keeping.

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KGxvi  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:11:40am

re: #258 The Vicious Babushka

Trump’s “Foreign Policy”==>

MAKE OUR ALLIES PAY FOR ALL THE PROTECTION WE GIVE THEM!!!

So, basically the old protection racket?

Nice continent you got that, be a shame if something were to happen to it…

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The Vicious Babushka  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:14:08am

I don’t want to listen to Trump speak, not about foreign policy, not about anything. Every “speech” is the same old con man patter.

TRUST ME. TRUST ME.
BELIEVE ME. BELIEVE ME.
I GOTTA TELL YA, I GOTTA TELL YA
BELIEVE YOU ME, BELIEVE YOU ME
TO BE HONEST WITH YA, TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST WITH YA

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The Vicious Babushka  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:22:12am
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GlutenFreeJesus  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:23:52am

re: #255 Backwoods_Sleuth

MFer got 2 years supervised release.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:24:00am

re: #264 The Vicious Babushka

Trump adviser: “There will be no details” in foreign policy speech

See my #261 above.

When Trump is elected, he will send a memo to all foreign heads of state telling them not to expect any details in his dealings with them. He will just wing it and say whatever he thinks people need to hear at the time.

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Dave In Austin  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:24:47am

re: #259 Bass Reeves

And he was in the Korengal. That meatgrinder in itself is plenty of qualification in my book. Thx for your service.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:25:10am

re: #265 GlutenFreeJesus

MFer got 2 years supervised release.

yep, just saw that.

jeebus.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:25:52am
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HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:26:20am

re: #265 GlutenFreeJesus

MFer got 2 years supervised release.

Wealthy white male privilege.

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Dr. Matt  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:26:41am

This morning Dead Intern Joe admitted that Donald Trump is so popular among the low-information GOP base because they have been watching him on reality TV for 11 years. And he actually meant this as way to disparage the political “elites” who didn’t take Donald seriously.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:26:49am

re: #270 HappyWarrior

Wealthy white male privilege.

That is racist!

/

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HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:27:04am

re: #269 Backwoods_Sleuth

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HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:27:42am

re: #271 Dr. Matt

This morning Dead Intern Joe admitted that Donald Trump is so popular among the low-information GOP base because they have been watching him on reality TV for 11 years. And he actually meant this as way to disparage the political “elites” who didn’t take Donald seriously.

The salt of the earth, you know morons.

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Franklin  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:28:44am

re: #274 HappyWarrior

The salt of the earth, you know morons.

This will never not be funny.

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Jenner7  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:28:46am

What the fuck.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:29:42am

re: #276 Jenner7

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What the fuck.

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MsJ  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:30:13am

re: #143 No Country For Old Haters

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Franklin  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:30:46am

re: #276 Jenner7

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What the fuck.

“I am very good in arithmetic. But I am even bettah at wishcasting!”

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Jenner7  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:31:29am

I guess they are just waiting for the indictments….

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HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:31:37am

re: #276 Jenner7

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What the fuck.

I thought my favorite baseball team could comeback twenty games out of first place after a five game losing streak. It was a fun time to be 12!

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HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:32:07am

re: #280 Jenner7

I guess they are just waiting for the indictments….

Wishing and hoping. All you gotta do.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:33:00am

re: #275 Franklin

This will never not be funny.

It works so well still even nearly 40 years after the film’s release.

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MsJ  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:33:07am

re: #156 Dr. Matt

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GlutenFreeJesus  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:33:30am

Guess who advocated for life sentences for repeat child molesters?

chicagotribune.com

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Decatur Deb  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:33:59am

re: #277 Backwoods_Sleuth

Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver says they “absolutely” still see a path to the nomination.

Does it involve an asteroid strike?

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HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:34:07am

re: #285 GlutenFreeJesus

Guess who advocated for life sentences for repeat child molesters?

chicagotribune.com

I’m shocked.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:35:05am

re: #286 Decatur Deb

Does it involve an asteroid strike?

It’s after my moonlit dinner with Kate Upton.

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Jenner7  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:35:36am

Trump is so low energy using a teleprompter.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:35:46am
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b.d.  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:35:50am

re: #276 Jenner7

re: #277 Backwoods_Sleuth

I hope that the Clinton campaign is putting the screws to Camp Bernie, enough of this BS. Every minute that goes by Bernie is needed less.

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b.d.  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:36:04am

re: #289 Jenner7

Trump is so low energy using a teleprompter.

Sad!

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Jenner7  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:37:08am

lol He couldn’t say totalitarianism.

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TedStriker  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:37:31am

re: #285 GlutenFreeJesus

Guess who advocated for life sentences for repeat child molesters?

chicagotribune.com

Unless you’re Dennis Hastert.

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Dr. Matt  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:38:08am

*snicker*

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:38:18am

re: #294 TedStriker

Unless you’re Dennis Hastert.

God has forgiven him, why can’t we?

/

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Franklin  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:38:31am

re: #293 Jenner7

lol He couldn’t say totalitarianism.

Was this during his presser? So it’s not that he couldn’t say it, he couldn’t read it. Or it got lost on the way from eyes to lips. #teleprompter #sad

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:38:35am

re: #293 Jenner7

lol He couldn’t say totalitarianism.

He has a hard time reading the teleprompter.
bwahahaaaa!

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MsJ  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:39:31am

re: #226 HappyWarrior

Trump is painfully stupid.

Which Clinton will be able to fully exploit in a live debate.

I can pretty much guarantee Trump won’t do a live debate with Clinton. I’d be willing to put some cash on that one.

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Decatur Deb  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:39:53am

re: #294 TedStriker

Unless you’re Dennis Hastert.

A well-ordered society demands a certain number of shotgun accidents.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:40:07am

re: #299 MsJ

He will. His ego just can’t help it.

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Dr. Matt  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:40:34am

RWNJ Texans never disappoint.

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withak  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:40:44am
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:41:12am

re: #300 Decatur Deb

A well-ordered society demands a certain number of shotgun accidents.

The tree of decency must occasionally be watered with the blood of perverts…

/

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bratwurst  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:41:13am

This is really how it sounds for those who are not listening.

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Testy Toad T  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:41:17am

re: #299 MsJ

Which Clinton will be able to fully exploit in a live debate.

I can pretty much guarantee Trump won’t do a live debate with Clinton. I’d be willing to put some cash on that one.

I don’t see any way around one. I would be absolutely shocked if he weren’t crucified by the media for such a hypothetical action.

…I mean, they’ve got ad time to sell, right?

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GlutenFreeJesus  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:41:19am

re: #303 withak

LMAO

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Jenner7  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:41:28am

re: #303 withak

Wah wah.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:42:04am
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:42:07am

re: #302 Dr. Matt

RWNJ Texans never disappoint.

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I pointed out yesterday that these two statements are completely compatible in the truck owner’s mind: they are both expressions of the simple sentiment: WE HATEZ US SOME OBAHMUZ!!!

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Dr. Matt  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:42:24am

re: #303 withak

BREAKING: Ted Cruz to announce former Hewlett Packard CEO Fiorina as running mate - local media
— Reuters Politics (@ReutersPolitics) April 27, 2016

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FormerDirtDart  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:42:32am
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Jenner7  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:43:48am

“impatient peace area”

??

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FormerDirtDart  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:44:12am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:45:06am
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Testy Toad T  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:47:00am

Is is a new thing for sad loser candidates announcing/hinting at VP picks to try to get a coverage bump? Sanders is sort of floating the same. I don’t remember this ever happening before.

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b.d.  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:47:01am

Fiorina as a running mate? Just when I thought I couldn’t like Ted Cruz any less.

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bratwurst  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:47:10am

Is there any precedent for someone with absolutely no chance of securing a major party nomination naming a running mate?

We learned 4 years ago that Newt Gingrich naming people for his cabinet ahead of a single vote being cast was possibly illegal…how is what Cruz is going to do today significantly different?

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HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:48:05am

re: #303 withak

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Lol okay.

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makeitstop  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:48:12am

re: #299 MsJ

Which Clinton will be able to fully exploit in a live debate.

I can pretty much guarantee Trump won’t do a live debate with Clinton. I’d be willing to put some cash on that one.

I predict one, where he’ll get his ass kicked. From then on, it’ll be ‘scheduling conflicts’ all the way down.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:48:35am

After today, the “Hastert Rule” in Congress has an entirely different implication…

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No Depression  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:49:05am

re: #276 Jenner7

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What the fuck.

But his best subjects in school were Alchemy, Phrenology and Defense Against the Dark Arts.

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Big Beautiful Door  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:49:13am

re: #316 Testy Toad T

Is is a new thing for sad loser candidates announcing/hinting at VP picks to try to get a coverage bump? Sanders is sort of floating the same. I don’t remember this ever happening before.

Reagan tried it in ‘76.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:50:24am

Cruz is desperate. What a shock.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:50:25am
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Jenner7  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:50:48am

What a horrible speech. Just awful. Amateurish. Low Energy. Just sad!

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:50:57am

re: #320 makeitstop

I predict one, where he’ll get his ass kicked. From then on, it’ll be ‘scheduling conflicts’ all the way down.

media bias

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KGxvi  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:51:59am

re: #306 Testy Toad T

I don’t see any way around one. I would be absolutely shocked if he weren’t crucified by the media for such a hypothetical action.

…I mean, they’ve got ad time to sell, right?

There’s no way it wouldn’t be portrayed as anything other than him ducking Clinton. That’s not going to fly with his manly man supporters that are convinced Trump is the ur-manly man - if he’s ducking a girl. On top of that, there will be plenty of hay made of the fact there’s been at least one televised debate in every election since 1960, and radio debates before that.

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No Depression  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:52:15am

re: #303 withak

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BABBY PARTS!!!1!1!1!!!!!!

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KGxvi  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:53:37am

re: #320 makeitstop

I predict one, where he’ll get his ass kicked. From then on, it’ll be ‘scheduling conflicts’ all the way down.

If he gets his ass kicked in a debate and then cancels or otherwise tries to get out of the other debates, the only question left will be whether Hillary will win Texas.

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FormerDirtDart  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:55:25am

I’m betting the worse he actually serves is 30 day in a halfway house…

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:55:30am

re: #330 KGxvi

If he gets his ass kicked in a debate and then cancels or otherwise tries to get out of the other debates, the only question left will be whether Hillary will win Texas.

which is why he will have to create some “media bias” scenario that precludes any sort of debate

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FormerDirtDart  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:56:04am
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blueraven  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:56:08am

ISIS’ days are numbered, but I will not say how that will happen - Trump

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KGxvi  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:57:19am

re: #334 blueraven

ISIS’ days are numbered, but I will not say how that will happen - Trump

…because it’ll probably be Obama who ends them before Hillary I am sworn in. And let me tell you, I’m a great swearer, a fucking amazing swearer.

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Dave In Austin  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:57:36am

I need to open my tweetdeck and see if it’ s going off the wall… My god this fucker it stupid.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:57:54am

re: #331 FormerDirtDart

Reports are he’ll do the time at a Level 4 prison hospital due to health issues.

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Dave In Austin  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:58:57am

LOLOL!!

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Jenner7  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:59:07am

Just shut up. SHUT UP.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:59:13am

re: #331 FormerDirtDart

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Belafon  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:59:30am

re: #334 blueraven

ISIS’ days are numbered, but I will not say how that will happen - Trump

Probably with a calendar, like the rest of us.

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blueraven  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:59:44am

Tan- Zay- Nia

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weave  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:59:58am

You gotta be kidding me. Wasn’t there a poll that said if it was Trump vs Clinton, Utah would overwhelmingly vote for Clinton? I suspect the rest of the map is bullshit too but my Bernie friends are currently pushing this….

More Bernie Math
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Dave In Austin  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:00:42am
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HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:00:58am

re: #343 weave

You gotta be kidding me. Wasn’t there a poll that said if it was Trump vs Clinton, Utah would overwhelmingly vote for Clinton? I suspect the rest of the map is bullshit too but my Bernie friends are currently pushing this….

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Delusion is a hell of a drug.

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blueraven  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:01:45am

We can make a deal with Russia.

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lawhawk  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:01:59am

re: #343 weave

Considering that Bernie lost most of the states in yellow by large margins (see NY, PA, MD, etc.), there’s no reason to expect anything else about that map is something other than a Bernie bro’s fever dream unsupported by facts or reality.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:02:04am

I think they literally did that map to give Bernie exactly 270 without any critical thinking how he’d win.

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KGxvi  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:02:10am

re: #343 weave

You gotta be kidding me. Wasn’t there a poll that said if it was Trump vs Clinton, Utah would overwhelmingly vote for Clinton? I suspect the rest of the map is bullshit too but my Bernie friends are currently pushing this….

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I think the Trump v Clinton Utah poll had them tied or within the margin of error. But considering Utah typically goes by 20+ to the GOP nominee, that should give anyone pause.

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stpaulbear  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:02:32am

Breaking: NYT just posted a story that Dennis Hastert is only getting 15 months in jail.

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Jenner7  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:03:00am

re: #348 HappyWarrior

It works because they like him and want him to win.

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Belafon  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:03:10am

re: #343 weave

You gotta be kidding me. Wasn’t there a poll that said if it was Trump vs Clinton, Utah would overwhelmingly vote for Clinton? I suspect the rest of the map is bullshit too but my Bernie friends are currently pushing this….

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Bull-and-shit. California and New York and Pennsylvania are not going to go independent. Bernie’s not going to lose NY by 15 points and yet somehow win it in the general election.

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Belafon  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:03:59am

re: #350 stpaulbear

Breaking: NYT just posted a story that Dennis Hastert (sp?) is only getting 15 months in jail.

scroll up.

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blueraven  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:04:11am
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withak  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:04:25am

re: #343 weave

You gotta be kidding me. Wasn’t there a poll that said if it was Trump vs Clinton, Utah would overwhelmingly vote for Clinton? I suspect the rest of the map is bullshit too but my Bernie friends are currently pushing this….

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I like that it conveniently adds up to exactly 270. Cute.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:04:33am

re: #350 stpaulbear

No lie: he’s getting prison time, when Fed Prosecutors were looking for six months suspended sentence.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:04:56am

re: #351 Jenner7

It works because they like him and want him to win.

I’d like some of that snake oil they sell Sanders supporters.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:04:57am
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blueraven  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:05:39am

re: #358 Backwoods_Sleuth

[Embedded content]

When you have lost Max Boot…

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Decatur Deb  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:05:49am

re: #304 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

The tree of decency must occasionally be watered with the blood of perverts hypocrites…

/

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b.d.  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:06:10am

re: #343 weave

You gotta be kidding me. Wasn’t there a poll that said if it was Trump vs Clinton, Utah would overwhelmingly vote for Clinton? I suspect the rest of the map is bullshit too but my Bernie friends are currently pushing this….

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Trump did get his ass kicked in Utah but that map was drawn by someone on bath salts.

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Belafon  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:06:57am

re: #351 Jenner7

It works because they like him and want him to win.

See the “Bernie Math” video.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:07:26am
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Stanley Sea  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:09:14am
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b.d.  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:10:35am

Blago’s crimes seem somewhat minor compared to the guy he is standing next to.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:12:36am

re: #365 b.d.

And he was my rep…..(spit)

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Eventual Carrion  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:12:58am

re: #231 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

a good brain is a terrible thing to waste…

A waste is a terrible thing to mind

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ObserverArt  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:13:13am

So…this is Zombie Trump???

But they did appear to allow him some ‘space’ for him to get in his patented “Believe Me” and “This I can tell you” phrases.

His head goes back and forth side to side to read off the teleprompter. It is obvious he never prepared by reading this a few times or reading ahead to get a feel for spots he could look off and act naturally.

And those fucking marionette hand movements.

Oh…he just said if China doesn’t cooperate with The Trump we can go our separate ways. Yeah, how does that work with the US debts they help carry?

This guy is a fucking clod. And Mark Halperin is probably hoping he can be The Donald’s Press Secretary or pants presser. Are the people in the room his friends and family? I joined in late.

He’ll probably still get 45% of the vote because this country has too many idiots that have no clue how dangerous this fool really is.

I can hear the laughter from the offices of international leaders all across the world.

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KGxvi  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:14:37am

re: #361 b.d.

Trump did get his ass kicked in Utah but that map was drawn by someone on bath salts.

The more likely result in a three person race involving Clinton-Trump-Sanders is that several blue states would go red because Sanders would pull many more votes from Clinton than he would from Trump. This isn’t Perot in ‘92 where he managed to pull votes fairly evenly from both parties, this is Nader in Florida circa 2000 writ large.

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lawhawk  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:16:28am

Stop importing extremists. We’ve got enough here (and they’re in the GOP). /

I’ll be here all week. Be sure to tip your server.

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KGxvi  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:17:23am

re: #368 ObserverArt

Oh…he just said if China doesn’t cooperate with The Trump we can go our separate ways. Yeah, how does that work with the US debts they help carry?

China owns about 8% of our national debt, mostly in treasury bills because the US dollar has become the world wide reserve currency. They won’t be selling our debt off any time soon (or attempting to collect on it). But a trade war where they decide to stop selling goods in the US or make it harder for US companies to make things in China to later be sold here? Goodbye iPhone 7 and Galaxy whatever…

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:18:16am

re: #360 Decatur Deb

The tree of decency must occasionally be watered with the blood of perverts hypocrites…

hypocritical perverts

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lawhawk  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:18:45am

re: #369 KGxvi

And that’s what’s keeping Sanders in the race? To force concessions from Hillary so as to avoid that possible scenario.

Duplicitous and self-serving, but not unheard of. IOW - typical politics. But it’s politics that puts a dangerous demagogue in a position to have a chance at winning the White House when he should never be allowed anywhere near it - even on a tour.

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ObserverArt  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:19:23am

My gawd…has MSNBC passed out the Valium for their panel on Andrea Mitchell’s stupid show. They are actually faint praising this crap.

Is this how the media is going to treat TRUMP®? Kid glove bullshit?

I have a bad feeling about this.

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SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:21:17am

Did I hear Trump say the only way to peace was for everybody to adopt Western values?

376
SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:21:59am

…and exactly how does Trump think he’s going to get a “better deal” with Iran?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:22:35am
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Franklin  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:22:49am

re: #376 SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN

…and exactly how does Trump think he’s going to get a “better deal” with Iran?

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ObserverArt  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:23:21am

re: #354 blueraven

Jeffrey Goldberg ✔ ‎@JeffreyGoldberg

Noting with some alarm that this is a written, planned speech.

12:58 PM - 27 Apr 2016

This is the same Jeffrey Goldberg that just soft balled TRUMP on MSNBC as a guest on Andrea Mitchell’s panel???

Something really smells here.

Yep…COMCAST in control. Gag!

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No Depression  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:23:31am

re: #343 weave

You gotta be kidding me. Wasn’t there a poll that said if it was Trump vs Clinton, Utah would overwhelmingly vote for Clinton? I suspect the rest of the map is bullshit too but my Bernie friends are currently pushing this….

[Embedded content]

Don’t read the comments on that “article”. Peak moonbat.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:24:51am
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TedStriker  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:24:56am

re: #375 SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN

Did I hear Trump say the only way to peace was for everybody to adopt Western values?

Sounds suspiciously like, “Submit or die!”, right?

///

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Kragar  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:25:08am
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Dave In Austin  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:25:20am

re: #374 ObserverArt

My gawd…has MSNBC passed out the Valium for their panel on Andrea Mitchell’s stupid show. They are actually faint praising this crap.

Is this how the media is going to treat TRUMP®? Kid glove bullshit?

I have a bad feeling about this.

Remember, Trump is their golden goose. They will milk it for all its worth. Truth doesn’t mean ratings…. Or is it ratings doesn’t mean truth. Damn it! I’m so confused!!

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KGxvi  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:25:53am

re: #373 lawhawk

And that’s what’s keeping Sanders in the race? To force concessions from Hillary so as to avoid that possible scenario.

Duplicitous and self-serving, but not unheard of. IOW - typical politics. But it’s politics that puts a dangerous demagogue in a position to have a chance at winning the White House when he should never be allowed anywhere near it - even on a tour.

I don’t think Sanders is dumb enough to think he’s got a chance in a three person race, so I don’t think he runs as an independent (realistically speaking, if you’re planning to run as an independent or third party candidate, you have to start that process almost as early as those running for the major party endorsements). But, if you’re a liberal/progressive/termdujour, then Sanders running and then staying in the race can move Hillary to the left and thereby likely move American politics to the left (I think her instincts are to be as centrist and risk adverse as possible, and given her experiences in the 90s that justifiable). Plus, non-incumbent nominees who face no real primary challenge tend to do less than good in the general election.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:26:02am

heh. (I’m still trying to find a known RW person to tweet something positive)

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:27:18am

re: #386 Backwoods_Sleuth

heh. (I’m still trying to find a known RW person to tweet something positive)

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ah…I see Kragar found good old reliable Ann…

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withak  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:27:27am

re: #386 Backwoods_Sleuth

See #383. Although “person” isn’t the right word for her.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:27:50am

re: #383 Kragar

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Hahaha drugs are bad Ann.

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KGxvi  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:27:58am

re: #383 Kragar

based on what has been relayed here, it sounds like Trump’s speech was pretty much the opposite of Washington’s farewell address.

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ObserverArt  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:28:05am

re: #371 KGxvi

China owns about 8% of our national debt, mostly in treasury bills because the US dollar has become the world wide reserve currency. They won’t be selling our debt off any time soon (or attempting to collect on it). But a trade war where they decide to stop selling goods in the US or make it harder for US companies to make things in China to later be sold here? Goodbye iPhone 7 and Galaxy whatever…

Good points. I guess I was just trying to express the fact that China might not be the hornets nest you want to poke.

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lawhawk  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:28:25am

OFFS.

Shaun King’s last shred of respectability goes up in smoke because he thinks in a Trump v. Hillary (or Cruz v. Hillary) he can’t see the consequences of voting for the GOP?

Your core beliefs? You believe that the CRA and VRA should be enforced and voting rights secured for minorities? Which party is for them? Which party refuses to reauthorize the VRA? That’d be the GOP.

Easy decision Shaun. You’ve decided to side with the GOP over Hillary because your chosen candidate lost to Hillary in the Democratic primaries (and the DNC gets to set their own rules, so it isn’t disenfranchising or voter suppression when they hold closed primaries, but I digress).

Democrats are terribly uncool?! Really? They’ve been on the vanguard of expanding health care access to Americans, protecting civil rights, and fought for equal protection under the law for LBGT.

By ignoring all that, you’re casting your lot with the GOP. And you put your own rights in jeopardy as a result Shaun.

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Dave In Austin  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:28:26am

re: #383 Kragar

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KGxvi  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:29:36am

re: #391 ObserverArt

Good points. I guess I was just trying to express the fact that China might not be the hornets nest you want to poke.

Oh, China’s not a hornets’ nest you want to poke, I agree with that - it’s just the reason behind not wanting to poke it.

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Jenner7  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:29:56am
396
Jenner7  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:31:15am

Um, what?

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:31:25am

re: #389 HappyWarrior

Hahaha drugs are bad Ann.

Not if you have a job…

398
Stanley Sea  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:31:28am

re: #395 Jenner7

[Embedded content]

HA

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No Depression  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:32:11am

re: #392 lawhawk

OFFS.

[Embedded content]

Shaun King’s last shred of respectability goes up in smoke because he thinks in a Trump v. Hillary (or Cruz v. Hillary) he can’t see the consequences of voting for the GOP?

Your core beliefs? You believe that the CRA and VRA should be enforced and voting rights secured for minorities? Which party is for them? Which party refuses to reauthorize the VRA? That’d be the GOP.

Easy decision Shaun. You’ve decided to side with the GOP over Hillary because your chosen candidate lost to Hillary in the Democratic primaries (and the DNC gets to set their own rules, so it isn’t disenfranchising or voter suppression when they hold closed primaries, but I digress).

Democrats are terribly uncool?! Really? They’ve been on the vanguard of expanding health care access to Americans, protecting civil rights, and fought for equal protection under the law for LBGT.

By ignoring all that, you’re casting your lot with the GOP. And you put your own rights in jeopardy as a result Shaun.

There are too many Goddamned idiots in this country.

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Kragar  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:33:24am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:34:41am

more GOP family values, this time from SC:

“After much deliberation, I submitted my resignation to the S.C. House of Representatives today,” Southard said through a written statement. “Although it was an extremely difficult decision, I felt this decision was necessary to protect my family, my honor, and the integrity of the esteemed South Carolina House of Representatives.”

Southard’s resignation comes after he was informed Thursday a page had filed a sexual harassment complaint against him. He had represented Moncks Corner since 2011.

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ObserverArt  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:34:42am

re: #396 Jenner7

[Embedded content]

Um, what?

That is what I was commenting on in my #374.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:34:48am

re: #395 Jenner7

DonaldTrump’s pronunciation of Tanzania

What a zany place…is it anywhere near Ubeki-beki-bekistan?

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Belafon  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:36:51am

For those worried about younger people, this TPM article should help:

— Among 18 to 29 year olds, Clinton beats Trump 61% to 25% to 14% undecided

— In spring of 2015, this age group wanted the Democratic Party to win the next presidential election by 15 points (55% to 40%); a year later, that spread has increased to 28 points (61% to 32%)

— For the first time in five years, the number of self-identified Democrats is higher than self-identified independents (Dem 40%-Indy 36%-GOP 22%)

In Spring of 2015, this age group wanted the Democratic party to win the next presidential election by 15 points (55% to 40%). Now, a year later, that spread has increased to 28 points (61% to 32%). Notably, this is irrespective of candidates. It’s Democrat versus Republican. Also for the first time in 5 years the number of self-identified Democrats is higher than self-identified independents. Dem 40%; Indy 36%, GOP 22%.

h/t to Betty Cracker at Balloon Juice.

405
Kragar  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:37:11am
406
Blind Frog Belly White  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:37:19am

I guess he really IS your crazy Uncle at Thanksgiving, running to be President.

407
Jenner7  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:38:27am

BBL

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SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:40:22am

re: #404 Belafon

For those worried about younger people, this TPM article should help:

h/t to Betty Cracker at Balloon Juice.

That should be a net of about 500 votes given the way they sit on their asses.

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The Engineer Lobuno  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:45:22am

re: #17 Testy Toad T

I think Clinton’s team has a pretty solid understanding of how to trash Trump (not that it’s hard), but I think they’re missing a strong undercurrent of humor.

You know, the Obama-should-have-patented-it: chuckle, sidegaze, headshake, FATALITY.

Better yet, Hillary can get Obama to stump for her.

410
FormerDirtDart  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:46:21am

I think senility is catching up with McCaffrey…
full disclosure, I served with his son Sean in Italy

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EmmaAnne  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:47:09am

re: #368 ObserverArt

His head goes back and forth side to side to read off the teleprompter. It is obvious he never prepared by reading this a few times or reading ahead to get a feel for spots he could look off and act naturally.

I am marveling at his laziness. He never bothered to practice his major foreign policy speech so someone could point out how to pronounce totalitarian and Tanzania. WTF??

412
Skip Intro  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:48:18am

re: #410 FormerDirtDart

I think senility is catching up with McCaffrey…
full disclosure, I served with his son Sean in Italy

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He’s got to be at the head of the list of Trump VP picks.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:48:47am
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Dave In Austin  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:48:48am
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ObserverArt  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:49:42am

re: #387 Backwoods_Sleuth

ah…I see Kragar found good old reliable Ann…

She’s just like a stopped clock…wrong all the time because the two times a day she would be right no one is watching or listening to her shitty takes.

416
MsJ  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:50:26am

re: #306 Testy Toad T

I don’t see any way around one. I would be absolutely shocked if he weren’t crucified by the media for such a hypothetical action.

…I mean, they’ve got ad time to sell, right?

True, but losing access to Trump could hit their bottom line more.

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withak  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:51:01am

re: #414 Dave In Austin

[Embedded content]

Do I want to suffer possible brain damage to see what these morons are raving about?

Decisions, decisions.

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Kragar  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:51:08am

This is good news for John McCain

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MsJ  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:52:07am

re: #326 Jenner7

What a horrible speech. Just awful. Amateurish. Low Energy. Just sad!

NEEDS MOAR LUZER! AND MOAR STUPID!

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Dave In Austin  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:52:12am

re: #417 withak

Do I want to suffer possible brain damage to see what these morons are raving about?

Decisions, decisions.

Pure comedy gold…….

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Kragar  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:52:14am
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ObserverArt  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:53:56am

re: #411 EmmaAnne

I am marveling at his laziness. He never bothered to practice his major foreign policy speech so someone could point out how to pronounce totalitarian and Tanzania. WTF??

I did better in my speech for student council president in high school…and I was sweating bullets the whole time.

Also, I lost!

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MsJ  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:56:41am

re: #363 Backwoods_Sleuth

Lindsey Graham
✔ ‎@LindseyGrahamSC

Question #1 for Trump: Are we sure the guy running the teleprompter has the pages in the right order? #notmakinganysense

To RT or not to RT…that is the question.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:56:42am

re: #411 EmmaAnne

I am marveling at his laziness. He never bothered to practice his major foreign policy speech so someone could point out how to pronounce totalitarian and Tanzania. WTF??

Pronounciation Nazis are worse than grammer Nazis.

/

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:56:44am
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MsJ  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:57:21am

re: #364 Stanley Sea

Has a candidate ever run saying “Military action will by my first resort and I can’t wait to do it “

No way. He didn’t really say that…did he?

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Kragar  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:57:43am
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Testy Toad T  Apr 27, 2016 • 10:58:35am

re: #427 Kragar

Not pictured: LOUD, ANGRY SIGH

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Belafon  Apr 27, 2016 • 11:00:06am

re: #426 MsJ

No way. He didn’t really say that…did he?

I suspect what the comment is responding to is what would be a standard statement for a presidential candidate on the use of force: “I will only use force as a last resort.” Would you expect the opposite?

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Rocky-in-Connecticut  Apr 27, 2016 • 11:00:13am

All you have to do is be a woman at all in order to be “Playing the Woman Card” according to Trump.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Apr 27, 2016 • 11:00:44am

re: #411 EmmaAnne

I am marveling at his laziness. He never bothered to practice his major foreign policy speech so someone could point out how to pronounce totalitarian and Tanzania. WTF??

I’ll still say “Tanganyika” half the time, but at least I can pronounce it….

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Stanley Sea  Apr 27, 2016 • 11:05:34am

re: #429 Belafon

I suspect what the comment is responding to is what would be a standard statement for a presidential candidate on the use of force: “I will only use force as a last resort.” Would you expect the opposite?

Yeah, sorry I just posted quickly.


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