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So all these Super PACs, what's to stop the people running them from using the money for new BMWs and house renovations? Seems like I should start a Super PAC and then I could retire.
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I can already picture the media going after JFK for his many, many infidelities.
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Nov 9, 2015 05:08
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Josh Lyman posted:So all these Super PACs, what's to stop the people running them from using the money for new BMWs and house renovations? Basically the people running the PACs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QuSuKcrAeU
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Nov 9, 2015 05:13
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And yes, Andrew Jackson did indeed shoot someone. Andrew Jackson was not a guy you wanted to gently caress with. He was notorious for being violent and cranky.
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Nov 9, 2015 05:14
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Josh Lyman posted:So all these Super PACs, what's to stop the people running them from using the money for new BMWs and house renovations? There was actually a story a month ago about a guy who set up a Make America Great Again SuperPAC with no actual Trump ties and got a ton of money. You could probably do the same for Sanders if it weren't that his slogan is some ridiculous 50+ word run on sentence or something.
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Nov 9, 2015 05:14
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Josh Lyman posted:So all these Super PACs, what's to stop the people running them from using the money for new BMWs and house renovations? The people running that particular PAC are the people that came up with the money. Someone who can drop $10 million into supporting Ted Cruz doesn't need to embezzle like Rove did in 2012. This seems like what we saw in 2012, the donors have their own ideas about how they should spend the money, even though they may be aligned with a the candidate, they often think they know better about how to use it.
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Nov 9, 2015 05:18
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Patter Song posted:There was actually a story a month ago about a guy who set up a Make America Great Again SuperPAC with no actual Trump ties and got a ton of money. You could probably do the same for Sanders if it weren't that his slogan is some ridiculous 50+ word run on sentence or something. Already happened. Guess who was their biggest fish?
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Nov 9, 2015 05:18
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Patter Song posted:There was actually a story a month ago about a guy who set up a Make America Great Again SuperPAC with no actual Trump ties and got a ton of money. You could probably do the same for Sanders if it weren't that his slogan is some ridiculous 50+ word run on sentence or something. No it isn't. It's literally just "Feel the Bern." 
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Nov 9, 2015 05:18
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Lol, that's another reason why the big donors prefer to control the PACS themselves.
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Nov 9, 2015 05:20
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Matthewtheman posted:I can already picture the media going after JFK for his many, many infidelities. Not to mention he's from Taxachussets, and he voted in support of Eisenhower's 50% tax rate on the top income bracket. And let's not forget PT Boaters for Truth.
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Nov 9, 2015 05:20
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Josh Lyman posted:So all these Super PACs, what's to stop the people running them from using the money for new BMWs and house renovations? They're probably led by a board of trustees comprised of the largest shareholders and not a single individual. They'd be spending a lot of their own money and ruining business relationships. Embezzlement and whatnot would also increase board and shareholder liability. But the funds could very well be set up similar to a hedge fund with trustees taking 2% assets under management as compensation.
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Nov 9, 2015 05:20
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I can't believe how excited I am about the Jeb campaign!
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Nov 9, 2015 05:25
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Carson's collapsing house of lies is exactly would have happened to Reagan if there was internet in the 60s.
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Nov 9, 2015 05:27
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There was.
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Nov 9, 2015 05:29
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Nov 9, 2015 05:33
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I'm sorry, but nothing can top Friend Bear.
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Nov 9, 2015 05:35
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H5N1 posted:I can't believe how excited I am about the Jeb campaign! Justifiably Exciting Everyone Bi-secondly ! (The 2 E's connote even more excitement)
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Nov 9, 2015 05:36
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Triglav posted:There was. 
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Nov 9, 2015 05:36
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Lol, that's another reason why the big donors prefer to control the PACS themselves.
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Nov 9, 2015 05:37
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Jeb! seems to think he can become president without actually getting more votes than his opponents. I have no idea where he could have got such an idea.
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Nov 9, 2015 05:38
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Joementum posted:Sounds like the Ted Cruz Super PAC Empire is holding off for one of ol' Baldrick's cunning plans. quote:This summer, Neugebauer stepped back from day-to-day operations and was replaced primarily by David Barton, a Texas operative with deep ties to the nation's pastors David Barton would be raising cash for ted Cruz.
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Nov 9, 2015 05:39
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oystertoadfish posted:honestly he barely beat nixon and his historical canonization is to a great degree based on getting killed at a convenient time plus im not sure modern media would allow him to get away with such rampant womanizing
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Nov 9, 2015 05:41
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Why did Trump suddenly do a 180 and stop being crazy and outspoken? I had assumed he would keep up the crazy and eventually say something too unacceptable. I wonder if that will prevent people from getting bored of his antics and sort of lock in his support or if I'm just reading too much into it.
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Nov 9, 2015 06:04
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Mitt Romney posted:Why did Trump suddenly do a 180 and stop being crazy and outspoken? I had assumed he would keep up the crazy and eventually say something too unacceptable. I'm sure he'll get some  's on Kasich & Jeb! at the debate this week bro.
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Nov 9, 2015 06:07
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agent_wildflower posted:
This is actually perfect. Thanks! What I meant was, "I was standing there with thousands of other players when the servers crashed. So I COULD HAVE opened the gates if Blizzard hadn't poo poo the bed.
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Nov 9, 2015 06:21
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Mitt Romney posted:Why did Trump suddenly do a 180 and stop being crazy and outspoken? I had assumed he would keep up the crazy and eventually say something too unacceptable. hes settling into becoming a more serious candidate now that he has seen that his lead is actually sustainable
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Nov 9, 2015 06:24
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Mitt Romney posted:Why did Trump suddenly do a 180 and stop being crazy and outspoken? I had assumed he would keep up the crazy and eventually say something too unacceptable. For some reason I think Trump is going to go completely ape poo poo this debate and fire all guns on everyone with exception of Cruz.
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Nov 9, 2015 06:25
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Mitt Romney posted:Why did Trump suddenly do a 180 and stop being crazy and outspoken? I had assumed he would keep up the crazy and eventually say something too unacceptable. Carson's and Bush's implosions are dominating the news cycles: never interrupt your enemy while they're making a mistake.
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Nov 9, 2015 06:28
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babypolis posted:hes settling into becoming a more serious candidate now that he has seen that his lead is actually sustainable kill me now
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Nov 9, 2015 06:29
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hobbesmaster posted:Carson's and Bush's implosions are dominating the news cycles: never interrupt your enemy while they're making a mistake. I'm not so sure Carson's imploding right now; let's see how his poll numbers shake out over the next couple of weeks.
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DaveWoo posted:I'm not so sure Carson's imploding right now; let's see how his poll numbers shake out over the next couple of weeks. Yeah, the entire right wing media from FOXNEWS to talk radio, to Breitbart, are closing ranks and protecting Carson. Right now he could use fetal tissue from an aborted baby and get away with it!
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Nov 9, 2015 06:39
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DaveWoo posted:I'm not so sure Carson's imploding right now; let's see how his poll numbers shake out over the next couple of weeks. He's now got a wound Trump can stick his finger in
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Nov 9, 2015 06:41
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im pretty sure trump was planning this whole thing to be a quick cash grab and as amazing as it sounds he was surprised at his own success. seeing that hes now switched to a much subltler long con
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Nov 9, 2015 06:49
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zen death robot posted:Carson's strength seems to be making himself out to be a victim of the mainstream media attacking unfairly whenever anything is brought up from his past and the people that like him hate the media for the most part. I think he'll be fine up until the primaries actually start. his mild mannered demeanor and impressive life story make him almost impervious to attacks, which is why getting all angry and whiny during that press conference could have been a huge misstep
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Nov 9, 2015 06:52
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Patter Song posted:Hi there, polling fans! So, working under the assumption that the RNC is able to get their poo poo together and throw their weight behind a candidate the can get the base to vote for (like Rubio or Cruz), Reince and them don't actually have to worry about not getting their boy in the general?
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oystertoadfish posted:this debate is similar to the one about whether the republicans are the party of lincoln. no label can retain unchanged a specific set of implications united through a specific set of interrelations across generations, and the fact that we tend to impose these things in reverse chronology should help highlight how self-serving and antihistorical the effort is This is pretty much what I wanted to say, except I'd only have eked out about 3 sentences and then called someone an rear end in a top hat and given up. Trying to view politicians or historical figures from any previous generation--especially multiple generations ago--entirely through the lens of current political sensibilities is dumb as hell and there's no point in doing it except to score tumblr points. All of us right now have opinions that, in 100 years, will have been deemed barbaric. oystertoadfish posted:honestly he barely beat nixon and his historical canonization is to a great degree based on getting killed at a convenient time He really did have some remarkable speechwriters though. also an incredible amount of sex
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anime tupac posted:He really did have some remarkable speechwriters though. also an incredible amount of sex Well obviously. Thank God Cecil Stoughton was there to capture it all!
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Cabinet posted:Tomorrow's headlines: Presidential frontrunner Ben Carson claims to have been on SNL. He wasn't just on it, he created it! In fact, his idea for SNL was what motivated him to invent television in the first place! Yeah, that's the ticket! agent_wildflower posted:
  Here's an imgur album containing some blanks. If someone wants to make a meme generator with them or something, the typeface used in the captions is Helvetica Narrow Bold. It's not an exact match to the original source images, but it's close enough.
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Nov 9, 2015 07:09
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I haven't followed the thread very much lately, but has this been posted yet? 
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I'm not the best at image manipulation, but this one with something like "Carson claims he's never lost a Mario" or something to that effect would be excellent.
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