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Mr Hootington posted:I look forward to more pictures of candidates looking dumb at my states fair. It is our greatest contribution to the election cycle. I'm on my way back home from the fair now (I'm not currently an Iowa, but I was, and will be again decently soon), and got to see three candidate speeches today, as well as the George Washington impersonator in that picture above me. He was awesome, and then Huckabee came out and I shook my head a bunch. A few hours later Jim Webb managed to excite not a single person in the crowd with his boring military dem talk, and then O'Malley brought a bunch of Drake students/volunteers to cheer for him. He sounded better than Webb (low bar), but something struck me as off about him. Like a weird half-way between Bernie and an establishment Dem. I stood next to W Kamau Bell for half of the O'Malley speech, he was on the scene for CNN. This happened:  edit: Mike Huckabee won the crucial "Iowan" vote when the first thing he mentioned was eating pork chops on a stick for breakfast, lunch, snack, and dinner. Also, a Pizza Ranch shoutout. After that speech (wherein even I laughed a couple times, because he's got a pretty folksy charm), I understand why he does so well in Iowa. In a race where even republican Iowans are mad at Terry Branstad for loving with the education budget, he's about as close to an "Iowa Republican" as you get. Yoshifan823 fucked around with this message at 23:45 on Aug 13, 2015 |
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Rocks posted:Why is Martin o Malley even running , serious question What if everyone else takes a bullet? Martin O'Malley!
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GalacticAcid posted:This article is over five years old, but "Two More Massage Therapists Accuse Al Gore of Sexual Assault is trending on Twitter. Somehow I missed this when it occurred, but if it's reentering public consciousness it will absolutely be used a GOP talking point to disarm the "war on women" rhetoric and a way to taint the Clinton-Gore Administration. Interesting. He's a non-starter if there is validity here. Al Gore is also fat as of the most recent picture I've seen of him, not a good look. One tailwind is going to be the climate over the next 6-9 months, as a strong El Nino (which we've entered) raises temps and wreaks havoc worldwide. I'm assuming Al Gore would be running on two issues, climate and the fact that he isn't Hillary.
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Yoshifan823 posted:I'm on my way back home from the fair now (I'm not currently an Iowa, but I was, and will be again decently soon), and got to see three candidate speeches today, as well as the George Washington impersonator in that picture above me. He was awesome, and then Huckabee came out and I shook my head a bunch. A few hours later Jim Webb managed to excite not a single person in the crowd with his boring military dem talk, and then O'Malley brought a bunch of Drake students/volunteers to cheer for him. He sounded better than Webb (low bar), but something struck me as off about him. Like a weird half-way between Bernie and an establishment Dem. You were right next to joementum and didn't even say hi, rude.
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Thump! posted:Trump running a third party and taking away even 10% of the GOP vote nationwide means every state goes to the Dems, wouldn't it? The 1992 map might be a good indicator of what happens since Perot got almost 20% of the vote. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1992 Nessus posted:Clinton/Gore 2016. Put Bill on the billboards: "Remember me?" Hillary picking Gore as her VP would be just about the funniest thing ever. Is Dan Quayle still alive and kicking?
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Let's be real, Huckabee would be thrilled to sell this man
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echronorian posted:Let's be real, Huckabee would be thrilled to sell this man 
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echronorian posted:Let's be real, Huckabee would be thrilled to sell this man Amazing, amazing. 
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Nonsense posted:Amazing, amazing. What the hell is that. Is that Blitzer wearing a fake beard? Why is he doing that?
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echronorian posted:Let's be real, Huckabee would be thrilled to sell this man 
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Now Fiorina's talking about the Chinese islands. I think they're going to be this year's EMP.
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echronorian posted:Let's be real, Huckabee would be thrilled to sell this man That is a very funny post that highlights some excellent issues.
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Joementum posted:Now Fiorina's talking about the Chinese islands. I think they're going to be this year's EMP. Is that where she'll put the demon sheep?
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More Carson/Abortion stuff is popping up today. Freepers are passing this link around: http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/251078-carson-abortion-pill-should-be-available-in-cases-of-rape-or-incest "Carson: 'Abortion pill' should be available in cases of rape or incest" And this is what Freep thinks of his stance... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3324443/posts#comment quote:So murder the child because his dad was a monster? quote:Goodbye Carson, it was nice knowing you. Thanks for accepting the leftist premise that rape and incest makes up a significant portion of abortions, when in fact it's less than one-tenth of 1%. quote:
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2016 Presidential Primary: War on Wimminz!
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And so Carson will leave the stage, as inexplicably and suddenly as he arrived....
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Montasque posted:More Carson/Abortion stuff is popping up today. Freepers are passing this link around: From the article, it looks like Carson might have mixed up RU-486 and the morning-after pill. Personally, I thought this bit was pretty interesting: quote:Carson’s response provoked Cavuto to ask him whether he believes life begins at conception. The heart doesn't start beating until 5-6 weeks into the pregnancy.
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Montasque posted:More Carson/Abortion stuff is popping up today. Freepers are passing this link around: "If abortion is okay in “certain cases” like rape and incest, then, quite frankly it’s okay anytime." they're right but for the wrong reasons
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The unforeseen liability of being a brilliant doctor who has done research, helped people with medical care. Ben Carson: the man who knew too much.
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So is this just 'by chance' that all this Carson/Abortion stuff is popping up a few days after it comes out he's doing well in post debate polls? Hmm....
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Montasque posted:So is this just 'by chance' that all this Carson/Abortion stuff is popping up a few days after it comes out he's doing well in post debate polls?
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JT Jag posted:At this high of a level in politics almost nothing happens by chance. Absolutely this is not by chance. On the same day they bring up Carson's stance on Abortion they hit Trump on the same subject. Difference is Trump supporters care more about illegals and general fascism than abortion. The same cannot be said for Carson supporters.
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Montasque posted:So is this just 'by chance' that all this Carson/Abortion stuff is popping up a few days after it comes out he's doing well in post debate polls? You could get lost in some kind of Illuminati conspiracy if you want, or you could think logically about it and realize that yes, he's being taken just seriously enough to incur some opposition research and this came up.
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GalacticAcid posted:You could get lost in some kind of Illuminati conspiracy if you want, or you could think logically about it and realize that yes, he's being taken just seriously enough to incur some opposition research and this came up. No conspiracy theory, just well planned political movements against an opponent is all I'm saying.
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Yoshifan823 posted:I'm on my way back home from the fair now (I'm not currently an Iowa, but I was, and will be again decently soon), and got to see three candidate speeches today, as well as the George Washington impersonator in that picture above me. He was awesome, and then Huckabee came out and I shook my head a bunch. A few hours later Jim Webb managed to excite not a single person in the crowd with his boring military dem talk, and then O'Malley brought a bunch of Drake students/volunteers to cheer for him. He sounded better than Webb (low bar), but something struck me as off about him. Like a weird half-way between Bernie and an establishment Dem. Yeah he always goes over well. I've seen him twice and that folksy, dad, pastor act in his speech swoons conservative hearts in Iowa. Amazes me he isn't higher in here. Was Jim Webb awful? I imagine he is awful. Any good pictures or things seen or overheard? Those are usually the best times to hear or see something dumb.
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Mr Hootington posted:Yeah he always goes over well. I've seen him twice and that folksy, dad, pastor act in his speech swoons conservative hearts in Iowa. Amazes me he isn't higher in here. Webbmentum! 
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GalacticAcid posted:Webbmentum! I wish there was a way to trigger horns.aiff whenever someone finishes reading this
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GalacticAcid posted:Webbmentum! Holy poo poo tomorrow can't come soon enough. 
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GalacticAcid posted:Webbmentum! Not everything is more clever with -mentum at the end. Some things. But not everything.
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When referring to campaign volunteers, he should talk about having "Webbed feet" on the ground in Iowa.
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AssassinPrincess posted:Not everything is more clever with -mentum at the end. Some things. But not everything. Hence, Kasicceleration (which is real)
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blue squares posted:would there be any real negative consequences to the liberal states seceding peacefully? The red states would collapse because they all lose money ie they are supported by blue state welfare
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Reminder: the -mentum suffix was first used by a candidate who had just tied for third place and dropped out shortly thereafter.
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He missed the most obvious one, #Web4Webb
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