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gnarlyhotep posted:FYI all politicians serve the rich, so it really doesn't matter
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Intel&Sebastian posted:Who could've ever imagined handing the keys of your party over to octogenarian Revolutionary war cosplayers, AM radio fans and the grifters who fleece them would turn out like this!?! You mean like how they now have a 47% chance at controlling all 3 branches of government, removing the filibuster, and ramming through whatever they want for 2 years straight?
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katlington posted:He looks like grandpa munster. Grandpa Munster was a happy man. Ted is a sad soul.
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skaboomizzy posted:As always, pro-wrestling has the answer. The mental image of Luke Harper reacting to Ted Cruz has brought a smile to my morning, thank you goon sir.
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The article says that he received a "seven-figure deal" for the book, but aren't senators capped at the amount of money they can make in outside business ventures? I remember reading it was something like up to 15% of their salary.
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skaboomizzy posted:As always, pro-wrestling has the answer. I know this is Luke's titantron without even clicking. 
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Pohl posted:Grandpa Munster was a happy man. Ted is a sad soul. Since I've never heard Ted Cruz speaking, I always imagine that he sounds like HIM from The Powerpuff Girls or the leader of the Blue Meanies. Such maudlin, whiny hamminess seems appropriate coming out of his face, somehow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2uCNd1AVJo SatansOnion fucked around with this message at 14:28 on Mar 6, 2015 |
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AsInHowe posted:Uh, wasn't it also that he'd let the prostitutes listen in on confidential phone calls with the president and other high-level staffers? Potentially letting random escorts hear classified intelligence to impress them? Who doesn't trade information for sex in DC? Hell, even Petraeus does it. SatansOnion posted:Since I've never heard Ted Cruz speaking, I always imagine that he sounds like HIM from The Powerpuff Girls or the leader of the Blue Meanies. That maudlin whiny hamminess seems appropriate coming out of his face, somehow Cruz is more a MojoJojo-esque speaker
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SatansOnion posted:Since I've never heard Ted Cruz speaking, I always imagine that he sounds like HIM from The Powerpuff Girls or the leader of the Blue Meanies. That maudlin whiny hamminess seems appropriate coming out of his face, somehow Cruz does a great Churchill impression.
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See this article: http://m.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/03/a-hillary-clinton-email-the-state-department-couldnt-find/387022/ For a clear case why Clinton should be held in contempt of Congress and prosecuted for her email kerfluffle quote:This is exactly why Clinton's behavior was unacceptable: it enabled her to conceal at least some official correspondence that the press and the public had a right to see, or at least to have acknowledged with an explanation, challengeable in court, of why the correspondence was exempt from the Freedom of Information Act.
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Mar 6, 2015 14:36
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Supporters of Rick Perry have launched the Opportunity and Freedom PAC. OAF PAC.
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They would seem less desperate and maybe do more damage if they found an instance where she didn't tip compared to this email nonsense.
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The RNC is setting up its Star Chamber to determine which debate moderators are sufficiently conservative.quote:A potentially tricky situation for the RNC will be evaluating which news outlets and personalities qualify as "conservative." But in a twist nobody could have seen coming, the conservative outlets are worried that partnering with the RNC will make them seem un-conservative. quote:Breitbart News Executive Chairman Steve Bannon, however, said he is not interested in participating. "We'd like to keep our independence," he said. Perhaps O'Reilly can moderate all of them and talk about various historical events he has personally witnessed via photography.
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Mar 6, 2015 16:36
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The Party Un-Conservative Activities Committee.
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That's just fantastic. The RNC only wants conservative media to moderate their debates, but the conservative media doesn't want to lose the veneer of deniability that they're conservative.
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Mitt Romney posted:You mean like how they now have a 47% chance at controlling all 3 branches of government, removing the filibuster, and ramming through whatever they want for 2 years straight? Earning 47% of the vote probably means your odds of winning were way loving lower, TBH.
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I feel so sorry for the video editor who has to loop through Bush's stutters to stitch these together. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nY28BChrCQc
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Joementum posted:I feel so sorry for the video editor who has to loop through Bush's stutters to stitch these together. What does Jeb sound like unedited? Between that and the other Right to Rise video I'm getting the impression that he's a good speaker.
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Here's his unedited CPAC appearance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7edfSVLhA_8
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Joementum posted:Here's his unedited CPAC appearance. "economic driven immigrants" Well that's a new dogwhistle on me. Also thanks, I get what you mean now.
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SedanChair posted:
he's thinking that this is the 5th or 6th picture the cameraperson has taken and he's bored out of his mind
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Mar 6, 2015 18:14
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 Al Gore in Iowa! http://m.weeklystandard.com/blogs/al-gore-iowa-amid-clinton-scandal_877441.html I don't know if this actually means anything, but I like to dream. He deserves it.
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Rygar201 posted:
Bush vs Gore 2: Gore Harder
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Rygar201 posted:
I think that Al Gore minus his 2000 handlers could win an election easily. Just have him act like he did when he was guest-voicing for Futurama 
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Agents are GO! posted:Bush vs Gore 2: Gore Harder That would be a great comparison race to 2000.
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Ted Cruz looks and talks like that scene in The Birdcage where Nathan Lane is doing a John Wayne impression.
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I gave Gore so much poo poo in 2000 and really regret it. I blame the clutch cargo version of him on Conan O'Brien. I don't know how we'll he'd do in a primary with any female candidate after his sexual harassment accusations.
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Agents are GO! posted:Bush vs Gore 2: Gore Harder Gore wakes up next to Suzanne Pleshette. 2001-present was all just a dream.
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skaboomizzy posted:Supporters of Rick Perry have launched the Opportunity and Freedom PAC.
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Mar 6, 2015 18:57
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I almost feel sorry for Gore, he's a walking joke at this point.
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Sharkie posted:I almost feel sorry for Gore, he's a walking joke at this point. I can't imagine waking up every day and knowing that the Presidency was stolen from me
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I simply love the idea that Ted Cruz wants people to know the "crazy" and "stupid" tags on the GOP aren't true. This is the man who shut down the entire gov't because the president won't shutter his own signature achievement and then in the midst of the shutdown "forgot" what it was about without having a back up reason to talk about.
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Sharkie posted:I almost feel sorry for Gore, he's a walking joke at this point. He doesn't take himself too seriously and the right wing paints his climate change awareness campaign as a joke but I think he deserves a lot of respect.
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Gore is honest to god a better choice than Hillary in my opinion. But then again anyone could beat the current Republican line up so while we are dreaming I would vastly enjoy the presidency of Bernie Sanders 
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Possibility of a Gore run is the best news I've heard in a while. He won before, he can do it again.
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Mitt Romney posted:You mean like how they now have a 47% chance at controlling all 3 branches of government, removing the filibuster, and ramming through whatever they want for 2 years straight? They're still doing pretty great electorally, but you can draw a direct line from the House's troubles right now to the Tea Party. Can't get much ramming done when a significant part of your party doesn't know how legislating works and lives in pretend land where their majority is compromise proof (on top of compromise being a new word for "DEATHBLOW" among that set). Perfect is the enemy of good and deep red districts are the enemies of anything resembling good. I very much doubt they'll sniff the presidency barring some major weirdness, but this is America where major weirdness goes down weekly so who knows.
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:Possibility of a Gore run is the best news I've heard in a while. He won before, he can do it again. Anyone could beat the GOP's current clown car of a line up. Mitt Romney was the last hurrah of moderation before the plunge, and Jeb Bush is going to have murder Scott Walker is he want's the nomination. But Bush came out as pro-life at CPAC so he doesn't have a chance of winning either.
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:Possibility of a Gore run is the best news I've heard in a while. He won before, he can do it again. Trivia question of the 2130s: who was elected president three times after the passage of the 22nd amendment?
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Venom Snake posted:Anyone could beat the GOP's current clown car of a line up. Mitt Romney was the last hurrah of moderation before the plunge, and Jeb Bush is going to have murder Scott Walker is he want's the nomination. Anyone *could* but Hillary is still a fairly bad candidate and I honestly think Gore would be a better (and more left-wing) president.
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I don't see any reason to cheerlead _additional_ dynastic crooks. Ok, yeah, Hillary, her turn, lets have a coronation. Everybody hold their noses, won't right wing radio hate it etc. etc. She has stayed in politics has a record to run on/from, etc. But Gore? Dude is out of the game, and been very profitably trading on his name and connections ever since. He has no accomplishments to point to in the last decade that don't boil down to "I made my family a whole lot of money selling carbon indulgences, and remember 2000? 2000 was some bullshit" 2000 was a long drat time ago. I think that Obama's considerably scandal and money-scumbaggery free tenure is going to provide a hard thing to compare to when the next batch of DLC business democrats come nuzzling back up to the trough.
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