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my bony fealty posted:He can make some legitimately funny posts at times (not just in a "laugh at this GOP talking point" way), though! Forget that, Trump is killing it amongst the 65+ age group (with a +/-8% margin of error).
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Obdicut posted:Okay, you really are either deeply deeply dumb or actually a leftist. You mean the statement he was pretty much forced to make after Biden said it first? I hate TDD as much as the next guy, but Obama never cared about it until it became politically expedient.
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Jul 1, 2015 16:26
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Mister Macys posted:You mean the statement he was pretty much forced to make after Biden said it first? ...and? TDD's claim was that Obama didn't run on it in 2012. He did. Why he did so is an entirely different question.
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Jul 1, 2015 16:29
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Jul 1, 2015 16:32
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Holy poo poo he dropped the 3rd person narration that he had going on in his other announcements
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He finally just writes in the way he speaks 
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Faustian Bargain posted:So with companies like Macy's being petitioned to drop Trump, have there been cases where the opposite has happened? Such as, some company/spokesperson coming out in support of something conservatives hate and pressure put on the company to either change stances or drop the spokesperson? The Smothers Brothers show was cancelled when they started to criticize the Vietnam War. Phil Donahue had his show cancelled when he mentioned that maybe it wasn't such a good idea to invade Iraq. That's all I've got off the top of my head.
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Jul 1, 2015 16:34
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BanjoFish posted:
Ah yes, the great America of the past, the one with completely closed borders.
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Jul 1, 2015 16:35
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Whiskey Sours posted:On that note, how is Rick Perry doing so poorly? He looks presidential, he's experienced, and he's far-right. On paper he seems like he'd be the top candidate. I can't imagine Republican primary voters care much about "oops" or his indictment.
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Whiskey Sours posted:
His niche is filled by like four different candidates. His support will improve when some of the field is cleared (and I don't think he'll drop out early).
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Jul 1, 2015 16:37
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Whiskey Sours posted:How is Santorum not a joke candidate this time? He's Huckabee without the charm, and worst of all he's a Papist. It'll come back if he does well in debates, but the portion of the electorate that was his is pretty chopped up. It doesn't help that he does dumb things that even the people who would like to support him have to acknowledge as dumb. Being embarrassed is anathema to the Republican mindset, and his oops thing was genuinely stupid. The glasses ploy is also pretty transparent, and rubs people who like to believe they vote on substance over style the wrong way. Basically he's an also-ran because at this point he hasn't done anything to make himself not one. Santorum isn't any less of a joke candidate this time, it's just that his party is full of joke candidates. Trump is going to make a deep run, and he will release his financials. He can't be embarrassed, (maybe if someone said his dick was tiny, but I think he's teflon politically) his ego doesn't work that way, that's going to keep him in, and he's going to continue to poll in the top five until the actual nominee bribes him out of the race.
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BanjoFish posted:
Hahahaha, you didn't fire me! I QUIT! What does "impenetrable borders" even mean? Is he planning on physically erecting an iron wall (with gold/bronze leaf) all across the continental U.S.? Agrajag fucked around with this message at 16:42 on Jul 1, 2015 |
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Jul 1, 2015 16:39
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Franco Potente posted:Literally the first hit on Google 100% my bad, so the Kasich summary accurately describes Obama 2008-2012. Sorry guys.
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Jul 1, 2015 16:42
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Agrajag posted:Hahahaha, you didn't fire me! I QUIT! He's going to build a huge fence and place a sign every 10 feet which says "Private golf course," then tell people they're banned from it one at a time.
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Jul 1, 2015 16:45
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There have been rumors for a long time that Trump's inflow/outflow was incredibly precarious and that he basically begged NBC to keep The Apprentice because he needed the cash coming in. How funny would it be if he starts having major financial problems after the losses of the NBC and Macy's contracts.
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Jul 1, 2015 16:47
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TheDisreputableDog posted:100% my bad, so the Kasich summary accurately describes Obama 2008-2012. Probably from before 2008, too. Now maybe move on to apologizing for all the other bullshit you said? Maybe start a thread for it, though, that'd be a lengthy derail. In local primary mews, Pataki kicked a dead guy: http://observer.com/2015/07/america-reminds-george-pataki-of-new-york-under-mario-cuomo/ quote:“You turn on the TV, go on the internet, it seems the news in this country and around the world gets worse every day. You know, things are so bad, they’re starting to remind me of New York when I ran against Mario Cuomo,” he said, to a mixture of laughter and “oohs.”
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Three Olives posted:There have been rumors for a long time that Trump's inflow/outflow was incredibly precarious and that he basically begged NBC to keep The Apprentice because he needed the cash coming in. He has plenty of holdings in property, so not likely. Agrajag fucked around with this message at 16:52 on Jul 1, 2015 |
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Jul 1, 2015 16:49
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Agrajag posted:What does "impenetrable borders" even mean? Is he planning on physically erecting an iron wall (with gold/bronze leaf) all across the continental U.S.? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner_German_border Three Olives posted:There have been rumors for a long time that Trump's inflow/outflow was incredibly precarious and that he basically begged NBC to keep The Apprentice because he needed the cash coming in.
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Jul 1, 2015 16:52
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Man we never had immigrants in America
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Mister Macys posted:You mean the statement he was pretty much forced to make after Biden said it first? This is pretty much backwards. Biden was in the doghouse for stealing Obama's thunder by announcing his support of gay marriage first. He only forced Obama in the sense of timing - it was supposed to be a bigger deal - not the change of position or it coming before the election. mdemone posted:Lawyer, senator, president. You don't get to be any of those three unless you are a bullshit artist of the freshest caliber, and becoming all three means you are a Jedi Master of bullshit. You've apparently been meeting much more interesting patent and tax attorneys than me.
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BanjoFish posted:
"hey, frankly I don't give a poo poo that my product was made in China or that Macys 'supported illegal immigration' because I was making money" God drat it it's going to be a fun few months.
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Jul 1, 2015 16:53
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Three Olives posted:There have been rumors for a long time that Trump's inflow/outflow was incredibly precarious and that he basically begged NBC to keep The Apprentice because he needed the cash coming in. This is why I honestly have to ask whether he'll pull out before being required to release any tax returns.
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Jul 1, 2015 16:55
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Evidently 65+ crowd sees Trump as a successful and principled businessman so this letter will affirm that view.
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Jul 1, 2015 16:56
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Agrajag posted:He has plenty of holdings in property, so not likely. By all accounts his property holdings are all highly leveraged and in that BS financial disclosure he claimed buildings that he didn't actually own or had minor stakes in.
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Jul 1, 2015 16:58
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TheDisreputableDog posted:100% my bad, so the Kasich summary accurately describes Obama 2008-2012. Basically the only slight on Obama's LGBT record is his lying about opposing gay marriage from 2004-2012, he always supported pretty much every other aspect of LGBT rights. Kasich's record on the other hand has ranged from terrible to mediocre, there's no comparison at all unless you consider gay marriage to be the only LGBT issue. http://ohiodems.org/topical-reminder-john-kasich-has-a-terrible-record-on-lgbt-issues/
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Agrajag posted:He has plenty of holdings in property, so not likely. Fire selling land and buildings to pay off short term liabilities is not sound financial planning. Trump is super hosed if he needs to do that.
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http://blog.chron.com/bookish/2015/07/ted-cruz-signing-memoir-at-sams-club-in-houston-today/ Oh man, Cruz is back in town and signing his book today! Too bad I've got a meeting this afternoon.
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TDD is a really boring troll. I honestly don't think Jeb has the political chops to win the nomination. His pack of clowns can't win today's electorate. He's going to fail somewhere past Iowa, I think. But hey, I've been wrong before. I was sure Trump wouldn't run, for example.
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VanSandman posted:TDD is a really boring troll. I'm pretty sure at this point Trump still has the option to not run. It's just the primaries right now.
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Obdicut posted:Okay, you really are either deeply deeply dumb or actually a leftist. 
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Might have already been linked upthread, but the Daily Show is streaming every episode ever back to back and they are currently in their live coverage of the 2000 election night. This is crazy (and a lot less funny than the show would be a few years later). http://www.cc.com/events/month-of-zen/live.html
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Great White Hope posted:Forget that, Trump is killing it amongst the 65+ age group (with a +/-8% margin of error). With this many candidates, don't the polling companies have to start using bigger samples? A margin of 6% when there are 16 candidates is ridiculous (1/16 = 6.667%).
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Aliquid posted:Might have already been linked upthread, but the Daily Show is streaming every episode ever back to back and they are currently in their live coverage of the 2000 election night. This is crazy (and a lot less funny than the show would be a few years later). Oh God they're tallying electoral votes, this is depressing.
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MaxxBot posted:Basically the only slight on Obama's LGBT record is his lying about opposing gay marriage from 2004-2012 Wow. I mean, I've been known to obfuscate and spin my party's positions form time to time, but this is pure hilarity. Maybe for next time... terrorists hid a bomb on a school bus in 2008 that would explode if he ever publically supported gay marriage, he bravely lied to protect "the children" despite it killing him inside - they finally found the right bus in 2012 and he could come clean. Maybe Biden disarmed the bomb too? While the bus was moving...
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TheDisreputableDog posted:Wow. I'm sorry all the GOP candidates suck and that the OGP is a complete mess of racists and randites. It makes it hard out there for an actual GOP supporter, or a troll, to pretend any sort of equivalency at all.
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Obdicut posted:I'm sorry all the GOP candidates suck and that the OGP is a complete mess of racists and randites. It makes it hard out there for an actual GOP supporter, or a troll, to pretend any sort of equivalency at all. Sorry friend, if someone lays out a republican candidate for not supporting gay people, empty rhetoric, bombing brown people, being generally blasé about the wealth gap - yes I'm going to draw parallels every time.
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D1Sergo posted:Oh God they're tallying electoral votes, this is depressing. It's better to watch the old clips of election night 1984, where the hilarious drama was seeing whether Mondale would win a state. It's on YT in its entirety (the ABC feed). I think that's the one where they interview Jesse Jackson and he's trying to spin like he would have done better and David Brinkley can't hide his "bitch, please" face.
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TheDisreputableDog posted:Sorry friend, if someone lays out a republican candidate for not supporting gay people, empty rhetoric, bombing brown people, being generally blasé about the wealth gap - yes I'm going to draw parallels every time. Sorry, I can't hear you over Obama raising the overtime exemption to a reasonably sane level.
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