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haveblue: Aug 15, 2005; Toilet Rascal

mdemone posted:

Exactly right. It's true that Yoda fighting may be best left to the imagination -- so why didn't they try to imagine some new awesome stuff he could do?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqVcZ1GeBIc&t=69s

# ? Oct 30, 2015 18:15

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# ? May 25, 2024 23:07

mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!

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Mr. Andrew Lack
Chairman, NBC News
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, New York 10112

Dear Mr. Lack,

I write to inform you that pending further discussion between the Republican National Committee (RNC) and our presidential campaigns, we are suspending the partnership with NBC News for the Republican primary debate at the University of Houston on February 26, 2016. The RNC�s sole role in the primary debate process is to ensure that our candidates are given a full and fair opportunity to lay out their vision for America�s future. We simply cannot continue with NBC without full consultation with our campaigns.

The CNBC network is one of your media properties, and its handling of the debate was conducted in bad faith. We understand that NBC does not exercise full editorial control over CNBC�s journalistic approach. However, the network is an arm of your organization, and we need to ensure there is not a repeat performance.

CNBC billed the debate as one that would focus on �the key issues that matter to all voters�job growth, taxes, technology, retirement and the health of our national economy.� That was not the case. Before the debate, the candidates were promised an opening question on economic or financial matters. That was not the case. Candidates were promised that speaking time would be carefully monitored to ensure fairness. That was not the case. Questions were inaccurate or downright offensive. The first question directed to one of our candidates asked if he was running a comic book version of a presidential campaign, hardly in the spirit of how the debate was billed.

While debates are meant to include tough questions and contrast candidates� visions and policies for the future of America, CNBC�s moderators engaged in a series of �gotcha� questions, petty and mean-spirited in tone, and designed to embarrass our candidates. What took place Wednesday night was not an attempt to give the American people a greater understanding of our candidates� policies and ideas.

I have tremendous respect for the First Amendment and freedom of the press. However, I also expect the media to host a substantive debate on consequential issues important to Americans. CNBC did not.

While we are suspending our partnership with NBC News and its properties, we still fully intend to have a debate on that day, and will ensure that National Review remains part of it.

I will be working with our candidates to discuss how to move forward and will be in touch.

Sincerely,

Reince Priebus
Chairman, Republican National Committee

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW poor baby.

# ? Oct 30, 2015 18:19

FAUXTON: Jun 2, 2005; spero che tu stia bene

greatn posted:

It was embarrassing and the worst thing in the prequels

You forgot the part about Anakin talking about how Padme isn't anything like sand.

# ? Oct 30, 2015 18:23

Dr. Arbitrary: Mar 15, 2006; Bleak Gremlin

This is how the thread dies: with a Star Wars derail

# ? Oct 30, 2015 18:25

Eggplant Squire: Aug 14, 2003

If there was a cult of super soldiers that could use their psychic powers to single handedly blow up space ships and also abuse it to mind control people I would want to wipe them the gently caress out too.

# ? Oct 30, 2015 18:25

CommieGIR: Aug 22, 2006; The blue glow is a feature, not a bug; Pillbug

Dr. Arbitrary posted:

This is how the thread dies: with a Star Wars derail

USPOL Nov is right around the corner.

# ? Oct 30, 2015 18:27

Tobermory: Mar 31, 2011

mcmagic posted:

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW poor baby.

It's even better than that. While Priebus and the RNC are discussing cutting NBC out of the debates, the Republican frontrunners are discussing cutting out the RNC:

quote:

On Thursday, many of the campaigns told POLITICO that the RNC, which has taken a greater role in the 2016 debate process than in previous election cycles, had failed to take their concerns into account. It was time, top aides to at least half a dozen of the candidates agreed, to begin discussing among themselves how the next debates should be structured and not leave it up to the RNC and television networks.

The gathering is being organized by advisers to the campaigns of Donald Trump, Ben Carson, Bobby Jindal and Lindsey Graham, according to multiple sources involved in the planning. Others who are expected to attend, organizers say, are representatives for Carly Fiorina, Mike Huckabee, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio and Rick Santorum. The planners are also reaching out to other Republican candidates.

# ? Oct 30, 2015 18:30

Quorum: Sep 24, 2014; REMIND ME AGAIN HOW THE LITTLE HORSE-SHAPED ONES MOVE?

CommieGIR posted:

USPOL Nov is right around the corner.

Just as soon as we survive...

:spooky:

spooky star wars derails :spooky:

# ? Oct 30, 2015 18:31

Luigi Thirty: Apr 30, 2006; Emergency confection port.

It seems that the world the candidates live in is incompatible with both the RNC and the real world.

# ? Oct 30, 2015 18:34

pathetic little tramp: Dec 12, 2005; by Hillary Clinton's assassins; Fallen Rib

mcmagic posted:

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW poor baby.

This is incredible and the loving dumbest possible thing they could have done.

# ? Oct 30, 2015 18:34

greatn: Nov 15, 2006; by Lowtax

Someone list the questions

# ? Oct 30, 2015 18:37

Islam is the Lite Rock FM: Jul 27, 2007; by exmarx

Poor RNC can't control the animals in their own zoo. Aaaaaaaaaaaaa blooooo blooooo blooooo. :qq:

# ? Oct 30, 2015 18:37

bird food bathtub: Aug 9, 2003; College Slice

pathetic little tramp posted:

This is incredible and the loving dumbest possible thing they could have done.

Is there any hope that, having now used the nuclear option of "You lose all your precious access", media outlets will respond with "Oh yeah? Well get hosed, the truth isn't in the middle anymore"

# ? Oct 30, 2015 18:38

mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!

pathetic little tramp posted:

This is incredible and the loving dumbest possible thing they could have done.

There is so much gold in that email. It's amazing.

# ? Oct 30, 2015 18:39

Chelb: Oct 24, 2010; I'm gonna show SA-kun my shitposting!

SumYungGui posted:

Is there any hope that, having now used the nuclear option of "You lose all your precious access", media outlets will respond with "Oh yeah? Well get hosed, the truth isn't in the middle anymore"

No.

# ? Oct 30, 2015 18:39

JeffersonClay: Jun 17, 2003; by R. Guyovich

NBC should contact the Carson/Trump campaigns and accept all their demands for a debate just to undercut Reince.

# ? Oct 30, 2015 18:39

mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!

They should let Limbaugh Hannity and Levin moderate the debate.

# ? Oct 30, 2015 18:40

RuanGacho: Jun 20, 2002; "You're gunna break it!"

pathetic little tramp posted:

This is incredible and the loving dumbest possible thing they could have done.

Yeah the whole sham has been going on for so long what happens when everyone but fox news is cut out because of ideological purity?

Suddenly you have an entire political party that won't come out of its tree house.

# ? Oct 30, 2015 18:42

Yawgmoft: Nov 15, 2004

I always thought they should have made it so Yoda never even took out his Saber against dooku because he could just trounce him with the force with things like a shield wall, same for Palpatine against the randos and Mace, but then when Yoda and Palpatine fought suddenly they both needed their sabers because their force use was so close that they were creating a black hole of death between them.

# ? Oct 30, 2015 18:42

Islam is the Lite Rock FM: Jul 27, 2007; by exmarx

RuanGacho posted:

Yeah the whole sham has been going on for so long what happens when everyone but fox news is cut out because of ideological purity?

Suddenly you have an entire political party that won't come out of its tree house.

This is how Freep operates by the way. Own little world where reality doesnt exist and facts don't matter.

# ? Oct 30, 2015 18:44

seiferguy: Jun 9, 2005; FLAWED
INTUITION; Toilet Rascal

Man, Obama really splintered the Republican party into "moderate" conservatives and the lunacy.

If this doesn't qualify him as a top 5 president, I'm not sure what will. Historians will probably all agree he did this, but some will argue that simply "being black" means he didn't make any logical choice splintered the party, but his blackness did.

# ? Oct 30, 2015 18:48

Aerox: Jan 8, 2012

greatn posted:

Someone list the questions

Wonkette went back through the transcript and pulled out all of the 36 questions:

http://wonkette.com/595430/dear-rnc-stop-bitching-about-last-nights-debate-questions-you-sound-like-a-idiot

# ? Oct 30, 2015 18:48

CommieGIR: Aug 22, 2006; The blue glow is a feature, not a bug; Pillbug

seiferguy posted:

Man, Obama really splintered the Republican party into "moderate" conservatives and the lunacy.

If this doesn't qualify him as a top 5 president, I'm not sure what will. Historians will probably all agree he did this, but some will argue that simply "being black" means he didn't make any logical choice splintered the party, but his blackness did.

If anything, he'll be among the tops of 'Biggest Troll Presidents'

# ? Oct 30, 2015 18:49

zoux: Apr 28, 2006

Apparently "why does your tax plan blow a 1.1 trillion dollar hole in the budget " is a gotcha question. The appropriate response from the media community would be to tell the RNC to lick balls and they can enjoy streaming their next debate on the Internet but I'm sure an starkly underlit Reince Priebus is currently holding as steak labeled "guaranteed ratings" above a snapping pit of desperate news producers from rival networks.

# ? Oct 30, 2015 18:52

Fojar38: Sep 2, 2011; Sorry I meant to say I hope that the police use maximum force and kill or maim a bunch of innocent people, thus paving a way for a proletarian uprising and socialist utopia

also here's a stupid take
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I would really really like to see the GOP debates hosted by Twitch.

# ? Oct 30, 2015 18:52

MariusLecter: Sep 5, 2009; NI MUERTE NI MIEDO

I'd like to watch a full hour of Ben Carson talking with no questions or moderators for that matter. Would be a great sleep aid.

# ? Oct 30, 2015 18:54

zoux: Apr 28, 2006

Also since Ted Cruz got such an amazing response from his little tantrum about the big ole unfair media that you can bet that being up on the cross about liberal bias will be a featured campaign strategy from here on out.

# ? Oct 30, 2015 18:56

mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!

zoux posted:

Also since Ted Cruz got such an amazing response from his little tantrum about the big ole unfair media that you can bet that being up on the cross about liberal bias will be a featured campaign strategy from here on out.

It's funny that the question he chose to throw his little baby tantrum on was this:

quote:

Senator Cruz. Congressional Republicans, Democrats and the White House are about to strike a compromise that would raise the debt limit, prevent a government shutdown and calm financial markets that fear of � another Washington-created crisis is on the way. Does your opposition to it show that you�re not the kind of problem-solver American voters want?

An utter reasonable and substantive question.

# ? Oct 30, 2015 18:59

NoEyedSquareGuy: Mar 16, 2009; Just because Liquor's dead, doesn't mean you can just roll this bitch all over town with "The Freedoms."

mcmagic posted:

They should let Limbaugh Hannity and Levin moderate the debate.

The debate should be moderated by Mark Levin and Dana Snyder.

# ? Oct 30, 2015 19:00

MariusLecter: Sep 5, 2009; NI MUERTE NI MIEDO

LOL at this attack ad I saw with a scary voice over asking how much Hillary is responsible for while BAD STUFF gets listed and then playing Hillary from the Benghazi hearing "I was responsible for quite a bit."

# ? Oct 30, 2015 19:05

seiferguy: Jun 9, 2005; FLAWED
INTUITION; Toilet Rascal

mcmagic posted:

It's funny that the question he chose to throw his little baby tantrum on was this:

An utter reasonable and substantive question.

Normally I think a question like this is a little unfairly pointed, but Ted Cruz is one of the main people that orchestrated the last government shutdown, so it's 100% fair in this case.

# ? Oct 30, 2015 19:06

zoux: Apr 28, 2006

The irony is that basically the only decent thing CNBC did was the questions, minus a few like that abysmal first one.

# ? Oct 30, 2015 19:07

atelier morgan: Mar 11, 2003; super-scientific, ultra-gay; Lipstick Apathy

mcmagic posted:

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW poor baby.

yes, but this sort of thing is exactly why journalism in this country is poo poo and the only lasting consequence will be journalists being even greater licksplittles to preserve their precious access

# ? Oct 30, 2015 19:09

zoux: Apr 28, 2006

No poo poo, I can't imagine how softball the next debate questioning is gonna be.

# ? Oct 30, 2015 19:10

Coheed and Camembert: Feb 11, 2012

zoux posted:

The irony is that basically the only decent thing CNBC did was the questions, minus a few like that abysmal first one.

There was a fairly ridiculous question in the kiddie table debate, what apps do they use the most.

NoEyedSquareGuy posted:

The debate should be moderated by Mark Levin and Dana Snyder.

Bring in hologram Reagan!

# ? Oct 30, 2015 19:11

Islam is the Lite Rock FM: Jul 27, 2007; by exmarx

Riosan posted:

There was a fairly ridiculous question in the kiddie table debate, what apps do they use the most.

Kiddie table should have kiddie questions though.

Waaaaah waaaaahhh says the wet fart about a 'tough' question. Wasn't he a master debater 5000? Or was that masturbater 5000?

# ? Oct 30, 2015 19:12

LeeMajors: Jan 20, 2005; I've gotta stop fantasizing about Lee Majors...
Ah, one more!

zoux posted:

The irony is that basically the only decent thing CNBC did was the questions, minus a few like that abysmal first one.

The perception is that CNBC provoked the little Jeb/Rubio scrum, which led Ted Cruz to fly off the handle and create a narrative with his obstinance.

The questions were incredibly responsible and fair. No one up there wants to defend their records.

My mother was whining about this the other day, but she couldn't answer a single unfair or 'gotcha' question when I probed. I doubt anyone else can either.

# ? Oct 30, 2015 19:13

Eggplant Squire: Aug 14, 2003

zoux posted:

No poo poo, I can't imagine how softball the next debate questioning is gonna be.

I can't wait for that and then them still bitching since there's no way to make those guys look professional.

# ? Oct 30, 2015 19:13

Combed Thunderclap: Jan 4, 2011

mcmagic posted:

It's funny that the question he chose to throw his little baby tantrum on was this:
An utter reasonable and substantive question.

The baby tantrum got him serious attention to a degree unlike any he's received in the race so far. The question could have been harmless and he would have twisted it around to "Why are you picking on us" :qq:

to get those points.

It really does suck that we're about to suffer through at least another couple months of Discussing Media Bias and bland but energetic meta-reporting.

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zoux: Apr 28, 2006

The app question is actually a really good example of a gotcha question. Unsubstantial and intended to make the candidates look old and out of touch. Asking Ted Cruz to talk about monetary policy and the Fed is not a gotcha question.

# ? Oct 30, 2015 19:15

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