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Gravel Gravy posted:On any issue not directly relating to Obama, anyway. He's petulant as hell about losing to Obama, but he was still, largely an adult about the whole thing.
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Nov 19, 2015 16:03
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BI NOW GAY LATER posted:That's not entirely true. He wanted Sarah Palin to be one heartbeat away from the Presidency. That disqualifies you from being called "reasonable" or "an adult".
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Nov 19, 2015 16:03
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I don't think Cruz realizes what debating idgaf Obama would be like.
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Nov 19, 2015 16:04
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Zanzibar Ham posted:I don't really understand the no-fly list. Does it mean LEOs are actively trying to find the person to arrest them, or can people live a completely normal life, then go to the airport and suddenly find they aren't allowed to go on the flight for no apparent reason? But Peter King and the NRA are bad. Also civil liberties aren't real, if gun.
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Nov 19, 2015 16:05
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BI NOW GAY LATER posted:He's petulant as hell about losing to Obama, but he was still, largely an adult about the whole thing. As I recall he would criticize the guy for either giving into terrorists during the first few years of the Syrian crisis or harp on his inexperience even after his reelection. I mean I guess it's kind of boilerplate talking points but it still seems like he has an ax to grind anytime he's given a camera.
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Nov 19, 2015 16:06
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Nov 19, 2015 16:06
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This is fun, here's the GOVERNOR of Texas tweeting out Breitbart links: I guess he doesn't have access to, you know, government agencies or personnel that are dealing with this because they'd tell him: 
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Nov 19, 2015 16:08
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computer parts posted:Ted Cruz is the new Uwe Boll I guess. Is this the part where we get to watch Cruz beat up Lowtax? Also: for some reason I don't think that picture accurately portrays Ted's physique.
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mcmagic posted:He wanted Sarah Palin to be one heartbeat away from the Presidency. That disqualifies you from being called "reasonable" or "an adult". Eh, he didn't want it. Though I do think it showed he was unfit to be president because he's too impulsive for his own good. zoux posted:I don't think Cruz realizes what debating idgaf Obama would be like. The Republicans, in general, have been telling the same lies about Obama so long they believe them. So, no, he does not know how much Obama would embarrass him.
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Nov 19, 2015 16:09
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computer parts posted:Ted Cruz is the new Uwe Boll I guess. Implying that Cruz would win the match, which is frankly unfair to Uwe Boll.
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Why Mr. Cruz I do declare your biceps are the size of bowling balls  Zanzibar Ham posted:I don't really understand the no-fly list. Does it mean LEOs are actively trying to find the person to arrest them, or can people live a completely normal life, then go to the airport and suddenly find they aren't allowed to go on the flight for no apparent reason? Yes to the latter. Today's fun fact: occasionally U.S. citizens end up on the no-fly list while they're outside the country! Hilarity ensues. 
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If he wants to connect with today's youth he should sponsor an Xtreme Debating anime where fiery Tedo Cruso-kun has to save his school's flaundering debate club, and the only way to do that is to win the World Debate Tournament and its champion; the evil two-faced King of Debates Baracku Obama-sama.
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Nov 19, 2015 16:10
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Zanzibar Ham posted:If he wants to connect with today's youth he should sponsor an Xtreme Debating anime where fiery Tedo Cruso-kun has to save his school's flaundering debate club, and the only way to do that is to win the World Debate Tournament and its champion; the evil two-faced King of Debates Baracku Obama-sama. Cruz is a policy debater, so he is, by definition a wimpy little rear end in a top hat who tries to score technical points with meaningless prater.
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There's just so many layers to the whole "refugees/Syrians/Muslims shouldn't have guns" thing If you're still afraid of them despite the fact that you already have your own guns, what does say about your confidence in your ability to defend yourself with your own guns? If "an armed society is a polite society" is taken to be true, shouldn't we let them have those guns in order to make sure the society isn't rendered impolite by the sudden influx of non-gun-owners? If the 2nd Amendment was created in order to allow people to resist government tyranny, shouldn't they be afforded access to guns in order to resist a (state) government that would want to throw them out? Aren't these refugees textbook examples of people who lacked guns and subsequently experienced tyranny as a result, therefore making them potentially really responsible gun owners for being cognizant of the need for the 2nd Amendment?
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What are we going to end up calling the Paris attacks? 11/13? 13/11? Anyway, post "Paris attacks" polling shows that Americans are predictably turning to Trump in the wake of this. quote:“We’re going to have to do things that we never did before. And some people are going to be upset about it, but I think that now everybody is feeling that security is going to rule,” Trump said. “And certain things will be done that we never thought would happen in this country in terms of information and learning about the enemy. And so we’re going to have to do certain things that were frankly unthinkable a year ago.”
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BI NOW GAY LATER posted:Cruz is a policy debater, so he is, by definition a wimpy little rear end in a top hat who tries to score technical points with meaningless prater. Would people that'd watch the anime know that though?
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Nov 19, 2015 16:13
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Rules of the Never Going To Happen Debate: the instant Cruz stares directly into the camera, cut his mic for 5 minutes.
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Nov 19, 2015 16:13
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BI NOW GAY LATER posted:A good read this morning in the Atlantic on Republican's prescriptive nonsense on "radical Islam" This is really good, because where other articles just try to explain why GWB and Democrats didn't want to use the term 'radical islam' this article goes one step further and shows that it is because of how Republicans respond to things that justifies the logic.
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zoux posted:What are we going to end up calling the Paris attacks? 11/13? 13/11? Anyway, post "Paris attacks" polling shows that Americans are predictably turning to Trump in the wake of this. quote:Yahoo News asked Trump whether this level of tracking might require registering Muslims in a database or giving them a form of special identification that noted their religion. He wouldn’t rule it out. Perhaps some kind of badge? Hulk Krogan fucked around with this message at 16:21 on Nov 19, 2015 |
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I hope that Obama accepts Cruz's challenge to a duel, then word for word re-enacts the Lincoln duel. Even if not, the president is pretty fit and has almost half a foot in height on Cruz. Ted "Baby with a face like a wet fart" Cruz wouldn't stand a chance.
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SedanChair posted:But Peter King and the NRA are bad. Also civil liberties aren't real, if gun. To be fair the NRA actually is bad.
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Nov 19, 2015 16:19
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Nov 19, 2015 16:21
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Cruz so desperately wishes that he were handsome and charismatic, it's embarrassing
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mcmagic posted:Cruz is so good at talking to people inside the bubble... Well, when the GOP/Tea Party is one giant hate bukkake fest...
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Nov 19, 2015 16:25
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Hmmery.
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Zanzibar Ham posted:To be fair the NRA actually is bad. It is interesting that there is a point at which conservatives will say "wait a minute, if there is just a list of people to deprive of rights without due process...what happens if *I* get put on that list?"
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Nov 19, 2015 16:26
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I thought if 9/11 didn't enact the poo poo from the movie "The Siege", then nothing would, but I guess I'm wrong!
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Joementum posted:Hmmery. UM, ACTUALLY THE REAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS THE SUPER SECRET U3 NUMBER AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE 60% UNEMPLOYMENT RIGHT NOW. I UNSKEWED THE NUMBERS.
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Joementum posted:Hmmery. Well, I guess we'll never know.
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Phone posted:UM, ACTUALLY THE REAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS THE SUPER SECRET U3 NUMBER AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE 60% UNEMPLOYMENT RIGHT NOW. I UNSKEWED THE NUMBERS. It doesn't FEEL like unemployment is lower.
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Trump straight up calling for them to have to carry a religious ID No dog whistle, straight saying it. gently caress. It is 10:30 and I need a god damned drink
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Wabbit posted:It doesn't FEEL like unemployment is lower. I saw like half a dozen schoolchildren walking around the mall. Why aren't they working? Don't they have jobs? Where are the jobs, Obama?
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mcmagic posted:He wanted Sarah Palin to be one heartbeat away from the Presidency. That disqualifies you from being called "reasonable" or "an adult". I thought he wanted Lieberman, but his advisers convinced him that the Republican brand was toast in 2008 and another old white man on the ticket wasn't going to save it, so they picked a young attractive woman as a hail mary without vetting her properly. Although I take your point that for the good of the country he should have dropped her when he found out she was a complete idiot, even if that would have tanked his support among the Republican base.
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Fried Chicken posted:Trump straight up calling for them to have to carry a religious ID Hitler would be proud.
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Phone posted:One of the biggest proponents of curbing Islamophobia is loving Grover Norquist. That's because the Quran lays out a fairly conservative tax code as long as you're a Muslim.
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Fried Chicken posted:Trump straight up calling for them to have to carry a religious ID Y'know Godwin's Law LOL and all but dang. Pump the brakes a little Trump; you've gotta have someplace to escalate to when people get bored. VitalSigns posted:I thought he wanted Lieberman, but his advisers convinced him that the Republican brand was toast in 2008 and another old white man on the ticket wasn't going to save it, so they picked a young attractive woman as a hail mary without vetting her properly. I'm still flabbergasted at how ineptly that was handled. Like they couldn't have spent a few hours figuring out she was insane and hilariously unsuitable?
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The problem is that the economy really isn't doing as good as it could be but that would require the GOP to not want neo liberal policies or be trying to avoid engaging reality for political reasons. That poll pretty much tells you all you need to know about the electorate.
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Phone posted:UM, ACTUALLY THE REAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS THE SUPER SECRET U3 NUMBER AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE 60% UNEMPLOYMENT RIGHT NOW. I UNSKEWED THE NUMBERS. It's higher for the GOP because social media activity is a liability for outspoken bigots and their employers.
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