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Aug 5, 2015 18:16
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Joementum posted:Jesse Benton, the grandson-in-law of Ron Paul and head of Rand Paul's Super PAC was just indicted by the DoJ for bribing an Iowa State Representative to switch his endorsement in 2012 from Michele Bachmann to Ron. This is truly the greatest election season.
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Aug 5, 2015 18:18
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Lansdowne posted:I figure I already know the answer given how toothless the FEC is, but that Jeb! guac bowl got me thinking about political contributions. Merchandise purchases are political donations. Not just the profit - the entire gross price, including shipping & handling. They are thus subject to the maximum donation cap. The money spend on the product itself is just a fundraising expense. Scott Walker selling his own land to the Koch Brothers at a very high markup and then funneling the money into the campaign would probably be considered an illegal 'straw donation.' Same with an athlete selling autographed materials could be illegal as well for the same reason, depending on the circumstances. Concerned Citizen fucked around with this message at 18:34 on Aug 5, 2015 |
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Aug 5, 2015 18:29
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Aug 5, 2015 18:31
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Joementum posted:Jesse Benton, the grandson-in-law of Ron Paul and head of Rand Paul's Super PAC was just indicted by the DoJ for bribing an Iowa State Representative to switch his endorsement in 2012 from Michele Bachmann to Ron. Is called capitalism guys, look up the first amendment.
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Aug 5, 2015 18:33
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Sorry, I shouldn't have said that the State Representative was supporting Michele Bachmann. According to the indictment, he was supporting the mysterious "Candidate A", which could be anyone. Which candidate was that? 
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Aug 5, 2015 18:35
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Joementum posted:Sorry, I shouldn't have said that the State Representative was supporting Michele Bachmann. According to the indictment, he was supporting the mysterious "Candidate A", which could be anyone. I like that they forgot the "his/her" and thus pretty much gave away the game.
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Aug 5, 2015 18:37
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Jeb Bush doesn't care about black questions
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Aug 5, 2015 18:39
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Alter Ego posted:I like that they forgot the "his/her" and thus pretty much gave away the game. Well, if it was "his" it would still be sufficiently vague. "Their" would probably be the preferred pronoun for anonymity, however. But it really could be any random Sky Marshal; we'll never know!
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Aug 5, 2015 18:40
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Rocks posted:Tim & Eric 2016 It's from a guy who does video editing for Neil Hamburger, actually. 
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Aug 5, 2015 18:45
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Teddybear posted:Man, everything Jindal does really does need to be read through the filter that he desperately, desperately wants to be white. Jindal is just doing a bit of ethnic cleansing, I don't see anything wrong with that I really don't care if he is or not, that is 100% his call. He can live however he wants as far as I care.
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Aug 5, 2015 18:56
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GalacticAcid posted:On what issues would you characterize his positions as something other than far-right? When I saw him in Iowa, he: Denied evolution and global warming Pushed for the Keystone XL and drilling in ANWR Was strongly against all labor unions Wanted to give more power to the military and intelligence agencies to fight terrorism Was against any minimum wage increase Was against illegal immigration Was for charter schools and vouchers Wanted to lower taxes on "job creators" Was strongly against gay marriage I don't think there's a single issue where you define him as center-right.
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Aug 5, 2015 19:09
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Just make a big bowl of popcorn and read through this wonderful chronology of the Trump campaign firing one of its racist staffers complete with Facebook screengrabs and audio of telephone conversations with the staffer. And the obligatory recording of the Trump campaign threatening to sue over this being published. 
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Aug 5, 2015 19:18
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Fantastic_Mr_Fox posted:Jindal is just doing a bit of ethnic cleansing, I don't see anything wrong with that If he identifies as White, then we all need to respect that.
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Aug 5, 2015 19:20
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Poor Bobby Jindal...he could shut down a million Planned Parenthoods but it won't help him crack 3%. https://www.yahoo.com/health/bobby-jindal-cuts-medicaid-funding-to-planned-125852338057.html
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Aug 5, 2015 19:22
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Federal Appeals court just struck down Texas' Voter ID law as a violation of the Voting Rights Act.
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Aug 5, 2015 19:23
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quote:The Trump campaign is hitting back at the Harvard students who pulled an elaborate prank on the Republican presidential candidate, convincing him that he had been endorsed by the school’s student paper. 
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Aug 5, 2015 19:24
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How have I never seen this before? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLa9YxV1Xps
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Aug 5, 2015 19:31
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Josh Lyman posted:How have I never seen this before?
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Aug 5, 2015 19:36
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Daniel Bryan posted:Federal Appeals court just struck down Texas' Voter ID law as a violation of the Voting Rights Act. I'm glad of it. I had imbecile Michael McCaul elected to my district in Austin in 2008 because it's gerrymandered running south into a bunch of rural counties. Too bad Texas doesn't give too many fucks about either issue, illegal voter provisions nor gerrymandering. The courts rule, the lege goes back to the drawing board and does another reprehensible district plan or passes another unconstitutional voting provision. Wash, rinse, repeat.
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Aug 5, 2015 19:38
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Nonsense posted:I'm glad of it. I had imbecile Michael McCaul elected to my district in Austin in 2008 because it's gerrymandered running south into a bunch of rural counties. Too bad Texas doesn't give too many fucks about either issue, illegal voter provisions nor gerrymandering. The courts rule, the lege goes back to the drawing board and does another reprehensible district plan or passes another unconstitutional voting provision. Wash, rinse, repeat. Austin has the worst congressional boundaries of any major city in the country, and if anyone says otherwise we can step outside.
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Aug 5, 2015 19:55
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Lord of Pie posted:Hard to compete with real athletes like Personally this is by far the best of the set 
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Aug 5, 2015 20:00
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Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:Personally this is by far the best of the set
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Aug 5, 2015 20:06
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Bernie Sanders' speech here in Portland has been moved to a larger venue, the original one had seating for almost 13000.
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Aug 5, 2015 20:06
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Josh Lyman posted:What is he even supposed to be doing there? "Hold on, you fat gently caress, this is the muscle zone." I think it's sign language for "I'm a leg day skipping bitch boy."
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Aug 5, 2015 20:07
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Lord of Pie posted:I think it's sign language for "I'm a leg day skipping bitch boy."
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Aug 5, 2015 20:11
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Pustulio posted:Bernie Sanders' speech here in Portland has been moved to a larger venue, the original one had seating for almost 13000. Uh sorry this post is hard to understand. Please preface this with 'Unelectable candidate' when talking about Bernie Sanders.
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Aug 5, 2015 20:14
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Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:Personally this is by far the best of the set He's so tiny!
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Bread Set Jettison posted:Uh sorry this post is hard to understand. Please preface this with 'Unelectable candidate' when talking about Bernie Sanders.
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Aug 5, 2015 20:15
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Pustulio posted:Bernie Sanders' speech here in Portland has been moved to a larger venue, the original one had seating for almost 13000. Portland? Sounds like an enclave of educated whites to me, nothing to worry about heh 
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Aug 5, 2015 20:21
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Tempest_56 posted:Extremely doubtful. There will, however, be continuous investigations and calls for action about it for the next 14 months or so, constantly inferring that Something Is Wrong without actually releasing any findings. Actually finding some evidence this early in the cycle would be blowing the load too early, even if there IS something it isn't going to get released until next summer at the earliest. If they can spend the entire general election getting BenEmailFosterMonica-ghazigate topics brought up in the media it'll just be another avenue of attack for them against Clinton to try and win the election. It lets the GOP contender be free to go after her policy positions once her focus groups get back to her and tell her what she should say. Tesseraction posted:Well, one way of saying 'I'm sick of hyphenated Americans' could be taken as a call to the 14 words. I mean he's a right-wing dipshit who thinks Hillary's a socialist, but I don't think he's quite as racist as his buddies. If you put that bar any lower we're going to need shovels to reach it. Daniel Bryan posted:Federal Appeals court just struck down Texas' Voter ID law as a violation of the Voting Rights Act. Is there any chance of the law being put on hold long enough for the 2016 election to happen, or would it likely be allowed to take effect even if this decision is appealed all the way to the SCOTUS?
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True, we are the Vermont of the West Coast so it isn't surprising to find a large base of support. I work at the venue in concessions and just got the word about it from my boss and thought it was interesting, he has my vote but I am under no illusions about him winning the primary.
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Aug 5, 2015 20:24
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Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:Personally this is by far the best of the set What's the context for this? Was it for 2012 or another election? Was it supposed to make him look like The World's Biggest Tool? Senator Sprinkles posted:He's so tiny! He does P90X, which I understand gives women hot bodies and gives men the bodies of hot women.
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Aug 5, 2015 20:26
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Whiskey Sours posted:He does P90X, which I understand gives women hot bodies and gives men the bodies of hot women. This is true. And having the body of a hot woman is pretty awesome, actually. I want to see those photos with Bernie.
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Something Else posted:Portland? Sounds like an enclave of educated whites to me, nothing to worry about heh Pretty much. Although Hillary is also here, and she only got 140 people to show up for her 40,000 a plate campaign dinner. Because we're so small (7 EVs) and late in the primary season (June), politicians only show up once a campaign season to collect some money and accept the blessing of the mob on the waterfront park.
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Evil Fluffy posted:If they can spend the entire general election getting BenEmailFosterMonica-ghazigate topics brought up in the media it'll just be another avenue of attack for them against Clinton to try and win the election. Yes, that was kind of my point? I mean, there's a reason that Gowdy's committee has already declared they're releasing their report until 2016 and I don't think there's a sane person who thinks it's because they're still working. They're going to continue to Just Ask Questions for another year and change and then unleash some reports that say the results are 'inconclusive' or that matters are 'as yet unresolved' and table them to restart investigation in around 2020 to release reports in the summer of 2022. quote:It lets the GOP contender be free to go after her policy positions once her focus groups get back to her and tell her what she should say. Oh, right, her policy positions that haven't been announced and widely broadcast already that they oppose such as:
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Aug 5, 2015 20:37
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Costa with the scoopquote:Former president Bill Clinton had a private telephone conversation in late spring with Donald Trump at the same time that the billionaire investor and reality-television star was nearing a decision to run for the White House, according to associates of both men. 
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