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zoux posted:If there's a politician at any level in the US that doesn't use alternative email accounts or private servers to dodge FOIA requests, I'd be shocked. Probably most of these politicians banging on about emails are also violating security and transparency statutes. And doing something anout it so people are accountable is a bitcoin crank idea that will never, ever happen.
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 #NeverTrump is loving doomed. Anyone notice how all of the high profile names like Ryan and company all qualify their non-support of Trump with weasel phrases like "I can't support Trump at this time"? They're all leaving themselves an opening to save face for when the Trump bandwagon starts to fill up and threatens to leave them behind. When it comes time to fall in line they'll just point out some Hillary quote from the last 6 months and go on about how they can't possibly support letting her become president and that the GOP must unite in spite of their differences. Bank on it.
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The lich is in the mood of watching the world burn. Also The La Li Lu Le Lo lied and nanomachine tech isn't advanced enough for Cheney to get super swole.
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zoux posted:Hmmm a Mon Mothma rebranding will synergize well with the Rogue One marketing blitz.. I never... I never made this connection.
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May 6, 2016 20:54
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Rhesus Pieces posted:
Let me explain why they're saying that poo poo: to provide cover for vulnerable republicans in districts that they could lose. This is all about Speaker Ryan keeping his Majority .
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May 6, 2016 20:56
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Rhesus Pieces posted:
On the bright side, it means more RedState people getting disgusted by spotlight-seeking hypocrisy  It's really my favorite new hobby https://twitter.com/benhowe/status/723205805365932032 Welcome to the mid-20th century, enjoy your stay as we try to make the country work despite your support of lovely racists and crypto-anarchists for decades buh bye now  EDIT: Also "Make America Great Again" was the 1980 Republican Convention slogan. No loving excuses for not seeing what was happening, and what would inevitably be coming as a result. Combed Thunderclap fucked around with this message at 20:59 on May 6, 2016 |
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May 6, 2016 20:57
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If we are prosecuting people for IT negligence in the US government, who is going to jail for the fact that they keep loving letting people steal pretty much every detail of my life history(yay for all the details they have on me from security clearance application) because the US government IT is pure poo poo and has 0 security because government IT contracts are 100% awarded from nepotism.
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May 6, 2016 21:05
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BI NOW GAY LATER posted:Let me explain why they're saying that poo poo: to provide cover for vulnerable republicans in districts that they could lose. This is all about Speaker Ryan keeping his Majority . A core group of Trump supporters are now boosting Ryan's primary opponent. I mean it won't happen but lol if it did
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May 6, 2016 21:05
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Don't worry about Russia guys, Trump's got a plan to keep us safe.quote:In a Wednesday interview with Fox News' Bill O'Reilly, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee said he would not tolerate Russian military fighters "buzzing" US warships and planes, incidents that are occurring with increasing frequency of late. I don't know about you guys, but I'd feel secure under a Trump presidency.
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May 6, 2016 21:10
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alpha_destroy posted:I'm more offended he named a living thing Veto. Not cause the politics or his vetoes. Just cause it is not a great name. The bad part is that since it ends with the strong "o" sound the dog may get constantly confused between it's name and "No."
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Khisanth Magus posted:If we are prosecuting people for IT negligence in the US government, who is going to jail for the fact that they keep loving letting people steal pretty much every detail of my life history(yay for all the details they have on me from security clearance application) because the US government IT is pure poo poo and has 0 security because government IT contracts are 100% awarded from nepotism. I don't disagree, but as someone at a lower level of government I believe we can fix it. However the first step is acknowledging the problem that people don't think government has purpose. I liken this to people insisting that the government use horse cavalry in warfare and then when told that motorized vehicles really would be better and more efficient, forcing the government to mount machine guns on horse carriages.
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May 6, 2016 21:11
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Daniel Bryan posted:A core group of Trump supporters are now boosting Ryan's primary opponent. Ryan is almost certainly going to get RINO'd after HIllary bathes in the blood of Republicans: https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/728676442523848704
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May 6, 2016 21:12
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Xanderkish posted:Don't worry about Russia guys, Trump's got a plan to keep us safe. God, Putin would run loving circles around Trump. Play him like a goddamn fiddle.
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Spiritus Nox posted:God, Putin would run loving circles around Trump. Play him like a goddamn fiddle. Until Trump is a moron and actually orders an attack on some Russian jet or something, and then we have WW3. Then Trump is commander in chief of the largest military in the world in WW3. Hail Emperor Putin, leader of the Imperium of Russia!
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Spiritus Nox posted:God, Putin would run loving circles around Trump. Play him like a goddamn fiddle. I was going to finish that sentence but it doesn't have an ending, really, or coherence.
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Khisanth Magus posted:If we are prosecuting people for IT negligence in the US government, who is going to jail for the fact that they keep loving letting people steal pretty much every detail of my life history(yay for all the details they have on me from security clearance application) because the US government IT is pure poo poo and has 0 security because government IT contracts are 100% awarded from nepotism. Basically my take on the whole thing.
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Khisanth Magus posted:Until Trump is a moron and actually orders an attack on some Russian jet or something, and then we have WW3. Then Trump is commander in chief of the largest military in the world in WW3. I might start rooting for Russia to wipe us all out.
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https://twitter.com/NBCNightlyNews/status/728680549620043776 *HONK*
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Zeroisanumber posted:I might start rooting for Russia to wipe us all out. Watching Putin clown Trump would be fun. Watching Putin win at things would be less so.
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May 6, 2016 21:27
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BI NOW GAY LATER posted:Ryan is almost certainly going to get RINO'd after HIllary bathes in the blood of Republicans: Hillary's video ad campaign against Trump continues to own.
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BI NOW GAY LATER posted:Ryan is almost certainly going to get RINO'd after HIllary bathes in the blood of Republicans: He was already RINO'd when he lost in 2012 and again when he became Speaker. Reminder about Paul Ryan. 1) Never trust a person with a last name that is a first name. 2) When he had a beard the shitbase thought he was a new Muslim convert. 3) He has scheduled the a record amount of least amount of days Congress meets. This was way before Scalia died. So from the very start he was going to make 1 of the 3 branch of the gov. just not do its job.
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May 6, 2016 21:31
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Predictably, Hillary and co. are being mocked for trying to get 'Dangerous Donald' passed around. I can totally see Trump walk on a rally stage wearing some shades and totally pimp out that nickname. If you're gonna use alliteration, why not Disaster Donald? Or why even a nickname at all, it's dumb as poo poo.
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May 6, 2016 21:32
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BetterToRuleInHell posted:Predictably, Hillary and co. are being mocked for trying to get 'Dangerous Donald' passed around. I can totally see Trump walk on a rally stage wearing some shades and totally pimp out that nickname. It's not really mocking so much as democrat arzying, which is the worst OMG WHAT IF HE LEANS INTO IT AND THEN WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT HOW DANGEROUS HE IS ANYMORE OH NOO OH NOOO~ democratic leaning press person
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they're mocking it because its dumb as hell to try to assign a derogatory nickname to the opposing candidate. why not just call him Big Booger Man Donald
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They're inspired by the crushing success of the LYIN' TED epithet. "Dangerous Donald" has Mark Penn all over it.
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Evil Fluffy posted:How is this legal? I'm guessing there's exceptions for meeting with your legal counsel otherwise it's definitely prime for being struck down since bilking the poo poo out of people or flat out making them unable to meet due to insufficient means seems like a no go pretty easily. You might be surprised but there are very few laws regarding prisoner visitation!
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GalacticAcid posted:They're inspired by the crushing success of the LYIN' TED epithet. Mark Penn isn't part of the campaign team.
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BetterToRuleInHell posted:Predictably, Hillary and co. are being mocked for trying to get 'Dangerous Donald' passed around. I can totally see Trump walk on a rally stage wearing some shades and totally pimp out that nickname. Out of curiosity what evidence do we have that Hillary is behind that? I haven't seen anything associated with the official Hillary campaign take that up. Hillary's called him a loose cannon, which isn't that great either. But the "Dangerous Donald" stuff seems to be coming from the DNC. theblackw0lf fucked around with this message at 21:46 on May 6, 2016 |
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BetterToRuleInHell posted:Predictably, Hillary and co. are being mocked for trying to get 'Dangerous Donald' passed around. I can totally see Trump walk on a rally stage wearing some shades and totally pimp out that nickname. Because good political messaging uses easily remembered sound bites to take root in the popular consciousness. See death panels, death tax, etc. The goal is to have an idea that can be easily parsed in just a few words and then keep repeating it until it becomes common knowledge. Republicans are vastly better at this than democrats could ever hope to be. Someone at the DNC needs to find out how much it would cost to buy off Frank Luntz, because history has proven that that's pretty much the only chance they'd ever have to pull off this sort of messaging without immediately screwing it up.
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BI NOW GAY LATER posted:Mark Penn isn't part of the campaign team. I'm aware. It still sounds like something his dumb loving rear end would say and it's not like he's no longer in the Clinton orbit.
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theblackw0lf posted:Out of curiosity what evidence do we have that Hillary is behind that? The Hillary campaign is focused on the stuff like the ads on their Twitter. This other stuff is the DNC doing the whacky poo poo they do.
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So this is fun:quote:Since 2008, the Texas Politics Project has also engaged in three to four statewide public opinion polls each year to assess the opinions of registered voters on upcoming elections, public policy, and attitudes towards politics, politicians, and government. Beginning in 2009, we partnered with the Texas Tribune, and continue to regularly measure public opinion in Texas, making the data freely available to students, researchers, and the general public in our data archive. DONALD TRUMP FAVORABILITY (FEBRUARY 2016) - 44% 'very unfavorable', 15% 'somewhat unfavorable' FUTURE PERFORMANCE AS PRESIDENT - DONALD TRUMP (FEBRUARY 2016) - 11% 'great president, 45% 'terrible president' HILLARY CLINTON FAVORABILITY (FEBRUARY 2016) - 46% 'very unfavorable', 7% 'somewhat unfavorable' FUTURE PERFORMANCE AS PRESIDENT - HILLARY CLINTON (FEBRUARY 2016) - 13% 'great president, 42% 'terrible president' Compare this to the February 2012 data (before they asked the 'future performance' question): Mitt Romney was only at 25% 'very unfavorable', 23% 'somewhat unfavorable' to Obama's 49% 'very unfavorable', 6% 'somewhat unfavorable'. Then, back in July 2008 (when they only asked 'positive/negative/neutral'): McCain was 37.1% 'negative' to Obama's 45.6% 'negative'. Obviously none of this means "omg Texas is purple now" but still, christ almighty.
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Xanderkish posted:Don't worry about Russia guys, Trump's got a plan to keep us safe. This kind of thing is why I've never agreed that Cruz was the worse candidate. Worse PERSON, sure - but the type of things that were awful about Cruz are the type of things that are bad for a legislator, not a president. Trump would have control of the strongest military in the world. That's terrifying.
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showbiz_liz posted:So this is fun: It means what everyone has known for months. A lot of people dislike Hillary. Even more dislike Trump.
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I think we are witnessing the end of the Republican party. Losing relevancy wasn't doing it very quickly, but having their own messaging blow up in their face might be the thing. It's hilarious to watch establishment torn between supporting Trump for the sake of saving downticket races, and fleeing for the hills. We might even see legislative seats flip D this fall that would have been near-impossible otherwise, just because Trump keeps enough conservatives from wanting to bother voting. Even if the GOP as an entity survives, I bet the party map in 2020 is going to look very different.
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alpha_destroy posted:I'm more offended he named a living thing Veto. Not cause the politics or his vetoes. Just cause it is not a great name.
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The whole Hillary email controversy seems to hinge on certain emails "containing classified information" while being very coy about the nature of said information. Take any newspaper article on the Benghazi attacks and odds are it contains information classified by the CIA. It doesn't matter if it's common knowledge, it's classified. However unless Clinton received it from the CIA she'd have no reason to believe that it's classified and there's no way she'd be prosecuted for mishandling classified information. It's especially egregious if she just received the data because it's the sender's responsibility but it lets the Republicans keep the controversy going, so here we are.
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