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Am I crazy or did Rick Perry only start wearing glasses after he was made a fool during the last election cycle.
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Apr 9, 2015 02:47
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mooyashi posted:ugh gently caress the idea of "Double Taxation" is going to exist until I die isn't it Don't be so negative. "Double Taxation" will still be around long after you're dead.
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Apr 9, 2015 02:50
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Hollismason posted:Am I crazy or did Rick Perry only start wearing glasses after he was made a fool during the last election cycle. You're not crazy.
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Apr 9, 2015 02:51
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Gyges posted:Don't be so negative. "Double Taxation" will still be around long after you're dead. Actually when you die I think it's Triple Taxation.
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Apr 9, 2015 02:53
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Hollismason posted:Am I crazy or did Rick Perry only start wearing glasses after he was made a fool during the last election cycle. That is the reason why.
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Apr 9, 2015 02:55
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Fellatio del Toro posted:Actually when you die I think it's Triple Taxation. 
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Apr 9, 2015 02:55
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Also, in case you missed it earlier, Rick Perry is re-inventing himself as a kind of Republican Carl Sagan with Cosmos intros and outros. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCWxhpkICS4 I'm hoping for full turtleneck by October.
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Apr 9, 2015 02:56
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Joementum posted:Also, in case you missed it earlier, Rick Perry is re-inventing himself as a kind of Republican Carl Sagan with Cosmos intros and outros. He's so gosh-darned excited at 1:20 
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Apr 9, 2015 03:01
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Fellatio del Toro posted:Actually when you die I think it's Triple Taxation. M-M-M-MULTI TAX
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Apr 9, 2015 03:02
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Pinterest Mom posted:He's so gosh-darned excited at 1:20 
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Apr 9, 2015 03:03
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is that maple syrup?
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Apr 9, 2015 03:12
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wait he's in New Hampshire isn't he
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Apr 9, 2015 03:12
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Y'know, I just watched W. on Netflix and I swear, they could cast Josh Brolin for Rick Perry just as easily.
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Apr 9, 2015 03:19
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I genuinely like Rick Perry.
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Apr 9, 2015 03:22
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Gyges posted:If Cruz raises an amazingly stupid amount of money, is he deluded enough to run 3rd Party when he loses the Republican nomination? He'd need hundreds of millions of dollars to do so and nothing about Ted Cruz makes me think he'd prefer to burn that money as a 3rd party challenger instead of keeping it so he could be very, very rich. As soon as he knows he's lost he's probably going to double down harder to keep that money flowing in. Being able to sit on even tens of millions of dollars means he can buy his way through any potential reelection threat if/when a solid challenger comes after his seat.
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Apr 9, 2015 03:22
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SedanChair posted:I genuinely like Rick Perry. dude...
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Apr 9, 2015 03:23
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TARDISman posted:Y'know, I just watched W. on Netflix and I swear, they could cast Josh Brolin for Rick Perry just as easily. that being said, and after watching MIB 3, Tommy Lee Jones could play a post-apocalyptic Perry in a barely imagined future
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Apr 9, 2015 03:24
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He's likable, I don't know what to tell you. I like King Ecbert on Vikings too, that doesn't mean I want him to be president. Actually I take that back, I think Ecbert would be a pretty good president.
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Apr 9, 2015 03:35
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So, does his announcement being one real big rolling debacle actually do anything to Rand? I mean, I think most of us were already on the "he'd need some real serious poo poo to go wrong with Jeb and Walker to have a prayer" train.
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Apr 9, 2015 04:09
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mooyashi posted:so many people want this and they see zero of that, ever, in their entire lifetimes. gently caress. Says you - I just bought a Powerball ticket and once it hits I'm going to need to keep that money away from those goddamn
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Apr 9, 2015 04:38
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Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2011/07/horrible-bosses-the-worst-tech-ceos-of-all-time/carly-fiorina Reminder that HP's stock rebounded so much after she left that the stock market essentially valued her leadership at negative 2 billion dollars.
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Apr 9, 2015 04:54
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SedanChair posted:He's likable, I don't know what to tell you. I like King Ecbert on Vikings too, that doesn't mean I want him to be president. He was a little shorter than I expected. Also I met him shortly before he started wearing the glasses, and I wear similar glasses, so I have a suspicion that he stole my nerdy "style," if you can call it that...
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Apr 9, 2015 05:08
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Omi-Polari posted:I didn't get the sense that his persona was affected in any way. So he is literally a smug idiot? e: Being one I believe I can speak from authority here
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Apr 9, 2015 05:10
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Who have people got picked for Jeb Bush's VP ? Think he'll grab someone who appeals to the very right wingers? I see Walker mentioned, Do they mean Scott Walker? Cause uh.....
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Apr 9, 2015 05:13
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Bel Shazar posted:So he is literally a smug idiot? Eh. I just mean that Perry comes across as a normal dude. He's friendly, very polite, flashes you a wink, and man ... he's got great hair. He's not like a Ted Cruz, who I really cannot stand. That guy is like a preachy, vainglorious mega-church pastor. He looks like a frog that's been greased down with pomade. He makes my teeth hurt.
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Apr 9, 2015 05:18
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Omi-Polari posted:That guy is like a preachy, vainglorious mega-church pastor. Wow, nailed it. Yes, that is exactly right. I had not been able to conceptualize it before, but you are spot on.
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Apr 9, 2015 05:22
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Bel Shazar posted:Wow, nailed it. Yes, that is exactly right. I had not been able to conceptualize it before, but you are spot on. The Perry oops moment will live in infamy, but it's also kind of a normal-dude moment. Like Homer Simpson going "doh!"
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Apr 9, 2015 05:26
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Perry is weird on account of his very rare reasonable positions (mainly thinking of in-state tuition for immigrant kids, but also a couple other things). It's not something that lines up with the rest of his ideology either, like Paul and his faux-noninterventionism. I'm assuming some rich Latino paid him to say that, considering his HPV vaccine stuff.
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Apr 9, 2015 05:27
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Omi-Polari posted:Michael Brendan Dougherty, who is a conservative writer I like, used the word "oleaginous." Which means "resembling or having the properties of oil" and "marked by an offensively ingratiating manner or quality." Which also works. Cruz is embarrassing to watch. Ted Cruz is like the breaking of oleaginous wind. I like it.
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Apr 9, 2015 05:28
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Badger of Basra posted:Perry is weird on account of his very rare reasonable positions (mainly thinking of in-state tuition for immigrant kids, but also a couple other things). It's not something that lines up with the rest of his ideology either, like Paul and his faux-noninterventionism. I'm assuming some rich Latino paid him to say that, considering his HPV vaccine stuff. His policy positions probably change day in and day out as he forgets and remembers bits and pieces of where he stands on the issues.
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Apr 9, 2015 05:29
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GhostofJohnMuir posted:His policy positions probably change day in and day out as he forgets and remembers bits and pieces of where he stands on the issues. As I understand it, his policy positions only change once the check clears.
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Apr 9, 2015 05:31
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Badger of Basra posted:Perry is weird on account of his very rare reasonable positions (mainly thinking of in-state tuition for immigrant kids, but also a couple other things). It's not something that lines up with the rest of his ideology either, like Paul and his faux-noninterventionism. I'm assuming some rich Latino paid him to say that, considering his HPV vaccine stuff. Because it's bad for bidness. Which means it's bad for Texas.
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Apr 9, 2015 05:33
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Omi-Polari posted:Yeah, it's good-for-bidness Tex-ervatism. There's a bill to repeal it in-state tuition for immigrant kids floating around the Texas state senate at the moment, but the word is that it's going nowhere with the big bidnessmen in the Texas Association of Business and most of the serving Republicans in the legislature opposed to it. Actually I think you'll find it is being held up by secret democrat and notorious jew Joe Strauss.
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Apr 9, 2015 05:34
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Hollismason posted:Who have people got picked for Jeb Bush's VP ? Think he'll grab someone who appeals to the very right wingers? Walker is in the same position Chris Christie was a couple years ago, basically a human Rorschach test that brings out whatever the Republican id wants to see then you squint and realize he's a gelatinous blob with zero substance
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Apr 9, 2015 05:43
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I thought Chris Cristie was on the outs with the Republican party, but good for him for losing weight to make a run at the White House.
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Apr 9, 2015 05:49
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Hollismason posted:I thought Chris Cristie was on the outs with the Republican party, but good for him for losing weight to make a run at the White House. he is, I was pointing out that Scott Walker will likely suffer the same fate once it becomes apparent he isn't the savior of the Republican party which will probably happen a lot faster than it did for Christie
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Apr 9, 2015 05:51
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Hollismason posted:Who have people got picked for Jeb Bush's VP ? Think he'll grab someone who appeals to the very right wingers? Sandoval or Martinez would be good picks (not sure how that would jive with sandoval's presumed senate run) Moderate mexican-americans with penetration in hispanic communities (the ones that matter, not elderly cubans), proven track-records of popular governance and cross-demographic appeal. They've vilified the Democrats thoroughly enough over the past couple decades that they don't have to worry about far-right turnout regardless of how much that fringe yowls about Jeb's ultimately-marginal moderate streak. They're better off trying to accentuate Jeb's strengths than overcompensating for his perceived weaknesses among the base, who wouuld walk over burnign coals to vote against hillary anyway. PupsOfWar fucked around with this message at 05:54 on Apr 9, 2015 |
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Apr 9, 2015 05:52
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Hollismason posted:Who have people got picked for Jeb Bush's VP ? Think he'll grab someone who appeals to the very right wingers? Dick Cheney's brother or similar relative still alive.
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Apr 9, 2015 05:54
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PupsOfWar posted:Sandoval or Martinez would be good picks (not sure how that would jive with sandoval's presumed senate run) I'd give Martinez the edge. If they want a woman on the ticket to at least SORT of balance out Hillary at the top of the Democratic ticket, Martinez nets them not only the Hispanic vote, but the female vote, and a Republican governor in a blue state. The risk, of course, is that Martinez turns out to be another Palin, but if Fiorina is running to be veep, she must know that Martinez does a better job at doing what Fiorina does (token minority) without the baggage of having lost campaigns in blue states.
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Apr 9, 2015 06:20
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Nintendo Kid posted:Dick Cheney's brother or similar relative still alive. I believe Liz Cheney is carrying on the family tradition of heartlessness. ComradeCosmobot posted:I'd give Martinez the edge. If they want a woman on the ticket to at least SORT of balance out Hillary at the top of the Democratic ticket, Martinez nets them not only the Hispanic vote, but the female vote, and a Republican governor in a blue state. The risk, of course, is that Martinez turns out to be another Palin, but if Fiorina is running to be veep, she must know that Martinez does a better job at doing what Fiorina does (token minority) without the baggage of having lost campaigns in blue states. At this point Republicans are going to have to do a lot more than just put a Martinez on the ticket to net the Hispanic vote. poo poo, putting a Rubio on the ticket probably isn't even going to net the Cuban subsection. Gyges fucked around with this message at 06:23 on Apr 9, 2015 |
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