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What happened to the Kochs saying they were prepared to spend $900 million on their chosen candidate (assumed at the time to be Walker)? Could someone else end up with the prize?
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Slate Action posted:What happened to the Kochs saying they were prepared to spend $900 million on their chosen candidate (assumed at the time to be Walker)? Could someone else end up with the prize? They didn't get rich by backing losers.
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Aug 21, 2015 04:21
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Slate Action posted:What happened to the Kochs saying they were prepared to spend $900 million on their chosen candidate (assumed at the time to be Walker)? Could someone else end up with the prize? The reporting was that they were going to spend that during the 2016 election cycle. But keep in mind that they run a smorgasbord of conservative media and think tanks (Reason, CATO, AEI, Heartland, etc.) so they're not going to dump it all on one guy. They're going to fund any and all people who'll get the message out about the drastic need to cut taxes and government regulation on industry.
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Aug 21, 2015 04:21
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Willa Rogers posted:Your beloved strawman Lieberman didn't run as a Dem, nor did he vote as one. So much for Obama's vaunted supermajority
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Aug 21, 2015 04:34
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Nintendo Kid posted:Trump's money isn't just money, it's more than money. Hence, ultramoney. purestrain money
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Aug 21, 2015 04:40
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Guys, I did it. 
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Aug 21, 2015 04:52
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a helpful bear posted:Guys, I did it. what did you do
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Aug 21, 2015 04:53
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I gave Hillary my cellphone number so that I could see if the "INSULT" text would work. I don't think it was worth it.
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Aug 21, 2015 04:55
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I'm not sure which of these more accurately depicts Jeb!?'s campaign. Though in my mind I see a gif of a man running through a ragged, desert landscape, hitting landmines but rag-dolling his aerials so he lands on his feet, awkwardly runs forward/around until he hits another, repeat. And Jeb!?'s idiot head is pasted on the body.
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Aug 21, 2015 05:00
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Joementum posted:Could be a big deal. Right to Rise has over $100m in the bank. Like the rest of the field, they're hoping Trump flies a bit too close to the sun. There's no sign yet of that happening anytime soon. Yeah their plan is $10m on a positive ad buy for Jeb! While the Walker and Rubio's pacs spend ad money on taking down Trump. The crazy base is all over this and they are out for blood.
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Aug 21, 2015 05:01
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Joementum posted:Could be a big deal. Right to Rise has over $100m in the bank. Like the rest of the field, they're hoping Trump flies a bit too close to the sun. There's no sign yet of that happening anytime soon. quote:Though flummoxed by Trump’s staying power and aghast at the coarse tone he has brought to the race, party elites said they have no plan to take him down. Donors feel powerless. Republican officials have little leverage. Candidates are skittish. Super PAC operatives say attack ads against him could backfire. And everyone agrees that the Trump factor in this chaotic multi-candidate field is so unpredictable that any move carries dangerous risks. 
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Aug 21, 2015 05:07
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It's like a 19th century standoff where everyone is paralyzed by a pressing need to keep their powder dry.
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Aug 21, 2015 05:19
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It's like in the 60s Batman movie where Batman & Robin (Sanders & Hillary) are off dealing with the messes made by all the villains that live in this weird submarine together, bickering the whole time. Someone in the GOP is 60s Catwoman and we need to figure this out. 
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Aug 21, 2015 05:32
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SirPablo posted:I'm not sure which of these more accurately depicts Jeb!?'s campaign. Though in my mind I see a gif of a man running through a ragged, desert landscape, hitting landmines but rag-dolling his aerials so he lands on his feet, awkwardly runs forward/around until he hits another, repeat. And Jeb!?'s idiot head is pasted on the body. man that guy shouldn't have replaced his blood with nitroglycerin
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Aug 21, 2015 05:55
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Shinjobi posted:Someone in the GOP is 60s Catwoman and we need to figure this out. It's Christie. Sorry bro.
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Aug 21, 2015 05:57
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stoutfish posted:america is one great rescission away from becoming a third world country. this is inevitable, because such economic crunches benefit the wealthy in the short term. we are already close, when you look at our education/wealth gap/military spending/incarceration/militarized police. The Planets Dyin Cloud - Bernnet
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Aug 21, 2015 05:58
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Cephalocidal posted:It's Christie. Sorry bro. Christie trying to seduce anyone is a pretty fantastic and horrific mental image at the same time. I may cry, but I'll be laughing while I do it.
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Aug 21, 2015 06:34
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The Nastier Nate posted:Am I a terrible person for still liking Trump more than any other GOP candidate?  Trump is, at his heart, as repulsive and vomit-inducing as 'if I knew pretending to be trans would get me into the girls' locker room, I would have discovered my inner woman long ago' Huckabee. He's fine as long as he's insulting other politicians. No further than that, though.
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Aug 21, 2015 07:36
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meristem posted:If it helps, whenever you see him, try to remember him talking about female staffers giving blowjobs in the boardroom, or maybe rating their attractiveness with numbers, and telling them to twirl for their male colleagues. I haven't heard about any of this and I can't find any sources for it online. Are you sure you're not confusing him with Mark Ames?
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Aug 21, 2015 09:21
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A little service announcement from The Donald, just FYI.
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Aug 21, 2015 10:20
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richardfun posted:A little service announcement from The Donald, just FYI.
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Aug 21, 2015 10:26
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Watching JEB!? utterly fail to deal with the anchor baby thing is great. He looks so drat petulant.
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Aug 21, 2015 10:37
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FAUXTON posted:It's like a 19th century standoff where everyone is paralyzed by a pressing need to keep their powder dry. Boy is that a nice metaphor.
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Aug 21, 2015 12:03
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Excelzior posted:we do need to end this illegal occupation of New Amsterdam In the words of president Josiah Bartlett: can we have it back please?
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Aug 21, 2015 12:22
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Yeah there's a lot of great things in that article. quote:If Bush was using a butter knife against Trump, Rand Paul has taken out a machete. The senator from Kentucky, who tangled with Trump at the Aug. 6 debate, labeled him a “chameleon” and accused him of exploiting the tea party. His campaign released a video mashing up old TV clips of Trump sounding like a liberal. quote:Doug Gross, a top Republican in Iowa, said, “It’s the ones who won’t win anyway, I suppose, who can take the gloves off. Those who have a chance of winning don’t want to engage with a megalomaniac with a billion dollars.”
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Aug 21, 2015 12:57
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Civilized Fishbot posted:I haven't heard about any of this and I can't find any sources for it online. Are you sure you're not confusing him with Mark Ames? Its all over the internet. quote:Mahsa Saeidi-Azcuy, a former Brooklyn assistant district attorney who was “fired” from NBC’s business game show last Thursday — after first being forced out of her day job for not disclosing her stint on the NBC program — charged that Trump lavishes attention on the women contestants he finds attractive, makes sexist remarks, and asks the male contestants to rate the women. http://nypost.com/2010/11/02/fired-losers-lash-sexist-trump/
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Aug 21, 2015 13:02
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Shageletic posted:Yeah there's a lot of great things in that article. The fact that Donald Trump has made Rand Paul go on full tilt brings much joy to me I bet more Ron Paul supporters are currently Trump supporters than Rand fans
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Aug 21, 2015 13:08
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Shageletic posted:Its all over the internet. Oh. Well, that's deeply unsurprising 
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Aug 21, 2015 13:12
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my bony fealty posted:The fact that Donald Trump has made Rand Paul go on full tilt brings much joy to me Well yeah, I imagine most of them are voting age now.
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Aug 21, 2015 13:26
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Civilized Fishbot posted:Oh. Well, that's deeply unsurprising This is like article #3,412 that tells a truth about Trump, yet will have absolutely no impact on his popularity. He is chumping the hell out of every other candidate and the media because they all think there's a rulebook and a set of standards and a level of dignity that American presidential candidates must meet and maintain, but there obviously isn't. All you really need is a fuckton of cash. That's it. Trump is not exagerating when he calls these people losers. They're a bunch of loving babies who are used to swimming in a kiddie pool of horserace insider baseball bullshit, and he has filled that pool with gasoline and weird hair products and lit it up. They were and still are utterly unprepared to deal with him. The American electoral process has been a sham for so long, I'm at least grateful for his candidacy for exposing it this effectively.
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Aug 21, 2015 13:51
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Civilized Fishbot posted:Oh. Well, that's deeply unsurprising This is a guy that literally bought a beauty pageant, why anyone is surprised that Trump objectifies women is beyond me.
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Aug 21, 2015 13:53
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Why won't Huckabee outright say he wants a one state solution? As an American I say that's fine - just make sure it is a secular state and everyone has full citizenship. But Huckabee wants the worst of America - theocratic enclaves fighting off savages - gently caress that.
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Aug 21, 2015 13:57
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I'm glad someone is saying it, even if it's blindingly obvious. You also can't go negative on Trump. It's impossible.
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Aug 21, 2015 14:17
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Man, what a glorious mess. The Republicans have created a monster - if they unleash the attack ads against Trump it will just feed into the persecuted underdog/anti-government mentality they have spent so much time fostering. Donald Trump will be the nominee, because he has them by the balls. If they don't nominate him, he'll just run 3rd party out of pettiness. They're screwed either way.  Trump has opened the floodgates: from now on the presidential elections will be contested by reality TV stars. Who needs qualifications when you got name recognition? USA! USA!
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Aug 21, 2015 14:21
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In lighter news, Conan seeks to raise the support of erstwhile lover of all things metric Lincoln Chafee. The goal? To go from 0%, to 1% Can America make it happen?
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Aug 21, 2015 14:34
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Shageletic posted:Its all over the internet. So someone who just got fired, claims that Trump likes pretty girls. Insightful
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Aug 21, 2015 14:36
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Trump on stage looks like Casanova flirting with the nth girl that night and he could take it or leave it. The other candidates look like virgins trying to remember the correct words to say to a girl in the hopes that she'll smile at them.
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Aug 21, 2015 14:37
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is there a dedicated predictit thread?
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Aug 21, 2015 14:40
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What are the words? Please god tell me. I just want Megyn to look at me, just once.
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Dahn posted:So someone who just got fired, claims that Trump likes pretty girls. Yeah dude noted beauty pagent owner and guy who got cheers for defending calling women disgusting slobs deffo gets the benefit of the doubt on this one. greatn posted:What are the words? Please god tell me. I just want Megyn to look at me, just once. well I guess in Megans case its "I will support one of these men on stage"
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