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Constant Hamprince posted:If I were Clinton I wouldn't be worried about debates; Trump's debate performance was a low-fat nothingburger in matchups against such rhetorical titans as Jeb Bush and Marco "Ctrl-Alt-Del" Rubio I fear that it'll be Biden vs. Palin all over again. Clinton will have to hold back and be largely patient, polite and dignified. Alter Ego posted:Engaging him in a Twitter war is stupid. Trying to out-nickname him is dumb as hell. But they seem to have learned the first lesson--Elizabeth Warren is taking over needling him on Twitter--and so far I haven't really seen the campaign officially try to brand him with a nickname. Just a couple of trial balloons. And I actually think "Poor Donald" works, as long as they're not talking about money, but rather in the "Poor Donald, he's really in over his head. He's got no idea what he's doing" sense. I think that they should refrain from trying to find a name to call him. They suck at it anyway, but my feeling is that they're not going to get to characterise Trump in the public's mind. This would normally be a problem, but given that Trump is Trump already he's done all the work that needs to be done. The only thing that the Clinton campaign really has to worry about is coming across as snobby and elitist and turning Trump into an underdog. This is precisely the sort of thing that Clinton would do, so I hope her campaign figures out that it's mostly a question of giving Trump enough rope. So far, as you point out, they've figured some stuff out. Warren's twitter-fu is pretty good.
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Mirthless posted:Glenn Beck is no longer conservative enough for the GOP I'm almost positive that this is what'll happen once trump realizes being president sucks if he gets elected. That's why whatever turbo-conservative heritage foundation approved ubermensch he picks as a VP is what I'm looking out for.
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May 31, 2016 21:55
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nah, trump is all about feeding that ego and being president would be the ultimate ego booster
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May 31, 2016 21:56
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babypolis posted:Good King Boosted was fair and just, and rewarded his subjects with magnificent gilded powers One hand gives, one hand takes. It's necessary to maintain balance. Also Fischmech does reward his followers with sweet meltdowns from Trump supporters crying about 6 hour probs lmao
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May 31, 2016 21:57
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Donald Trump's most notable debate moment was publicly denying that he has a tiny penis.
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Now I want more than anything an 11 hour congressional hearing on Trump U starring TrumpPerfectly Safe posted:I fear that it'll be Biden vs. Palin all over again. Clinton will have to hold back and be largely patient, polite and dignified. If it's any consolation, Biden emphatically won those debates whereas dunking all over her probably would've been a mixed bag
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May 31, 2016 21:59
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i fear the debates are gonna be really boring and stupid
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May 31, 2016 22:00
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paranoid randroid posted:MIGF is many things but i do not think he is a Trump supporter Donald Trump has an inappropriate, isolationist foreign policy. While Trump has some good ideas, such as how to handle ISIS, I cannot trust him to follow through on his campaign promises.
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logikv9 posted:nah, trump is all about feeding that ego and being president would be the ultimate ego booster he'll have pet projects like the wall, everything else will be the domain of VP and GOP
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Spatula City posted:Which is bizarre, given their respective political ideologies. Just goes to show you, you shouldn't take political ideology as a surefire indicator of someone's personality. There are probably nearly as many irredeemable fuckers among Sanders and Clinton supports as among Trump supporters. Heroes and monsters on all sides, really. But, regardless of his ideology, Boosted has proved a good and true king, a real Ned Stark. fischmech is Ramsay Bolton. I prefer to view myself as the Lavrenty Beria of YCS
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May 31, 2016 22:02
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fishmech is a vendetta ik. nothing wrong with that.
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May 31, 2016 22:02
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Who else is fuckin pumped for the David French administration
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May 31, 2016 22:05
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Alter Ego posted:Hillary, for everything else that she is, doesn't have that problem. I've never once seen her lose her cool in a debate, nor have I ever really seen her even stumble over her words in an answer the way Obama did. If she gets on the same stage as Trump, she will goad him into doing something stupid--and because he's Trump, he will take the bait and say something hideously offensive. Hillary devastated Rick Lazio in just that way. http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/03/hillary-clinton-rick-lazio-2000-senate-sexism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMJZo4UeTYQ There will be a lot of non-crazy people paying attention to her historic candidacy in the general, and I don't see this sort of thing playing out any better for Trump than it did for Lazio.
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May 31, 2016 22:06
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I hang out a whole loving lot here and read a lot of politics Twitter and I have never heard of this guy. A triumph for the Renegade Party: they may have found a sub-Lessig candidate!
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Annual Prophet posted:Hillary devastated Rick Lazio in just that way. The doublethink over the next 6 months of Trump supporters simultaneously praising Trump for sucking the dick of the GOPe because it's the smart thing to do to win and doesn't compromise him because uhhhhh, while simultaneously getting outraged at Hillary pandering to women because it's the smart thing to do to win is going to be great. also lol what the gently caress was Lazio thinking with that poo poo
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May 31, 2016 22:10
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fishmech posted:I prefer to view myself as the Lavrenty Beria of YCS A serial rapist?
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May 31, 2016 22:11
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People can complain all they want about Fishmech's YCS dictatorship, but the fact is that he makes the trains run exactly on time
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skaboomizzy posted:I hang out a whole loving lot here and read a lot of politics Twitter and I have never heard of this guy. Trump has 100% name recognition, so they're going with someone who has 0%! Attack his strengths!
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Constant Hamprince posted:People can complain all they want about Fishmech's YCS dictatorship, but the fact is that he makes the trains run exactly on time Well done
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May 31, 2016 22:17
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Fishmech adopts Trump's policies re: the 1st amendment and all of a sudden it's a problem for the Trumpublicans 
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May 31, 2016 22:19
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uh the guy doesnt even have a wikipedia article lol
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May 31, 2016 22:24
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Epic High Five posted:Fishmech adopts Trump's policies re: the 1st amendment and all of a sudden it's a problem for the Trumpublicans He's just opening up the laws. All the laws, great laws. In the good old days these guys woulda been perma'd, it woulda been so much fun.
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May 31, 2016 22:24
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i was just making a king of dragon pass joke im mostly fine with the mechreich, unfair as it may be
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May 31, 2016 22:24
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David French is already here, America. he is in your homes, watching you. vote for David French, because you cannot disprove the previous sentences, and you wouldnt want to provoke him.
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May 31, 2016 22:25
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May 31, 2016 22:26
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lol who the gently caress is David French?
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May 31, 2016 22:28
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Thanks for the update, Huffington Post! Trump Weighs In On Cincinnati Gorilla, Silent On Baby Hitler
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May 31, 2016 22:28
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have you heard? yes, yes! David French, they say! or so goes the chatter in the cafes and the shops of a spring afternoon. yes, Bill Kristol's boy is David French, by god. telegraph wires hum with the news, casting the name upon the waters of heaven - David French!, chants the invisible electric choir. all the world is abuzz, waiting on tenterhooks for the man they never knew they so achingly needed before today.
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WAR DOGS OF SOCHI posted:lol who the gently caress is David French?
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Oooh, C-SPAN getting sassy. https://twitter.com/cspan/status/737756983793582080 May I suggest 2016 GOP Collapse: The French Revolution?
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paranoid randroid posted:i fear the debates are gonna be really boring and stupid This is my secret greatest fear.
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May 31, 2016 22:32
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if you listen carefully you can hear H5N1 busily editing all his posts itt even as we speak
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May 31, 2016 22:32
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William Bear posted:May I suggest 2016 GOP Collapse: The French Revolution?
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May 31, 2016 22:32
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Is that the fat guy that stripped down at the libertarian convention?
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May 31, 2016 22:33
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May 31, 2016 22:33
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ah yes, one of Bandit Keith's most prized cards
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paranoid randroid posted:if you listen carefully you can hear H5N1 busily editing all his posts itt even as we speak "Sacre bleu! I'm losing my head for the French Revolution!"
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Woah, it's shocking that Kristol hyped a candidate who turned out to be a flop. This has never happened before.
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I know i shouldn't be surprised, but i am surprised how far he has fallen. he used to have people eating out of his hands while he spewed bullshit, now he is probably legit nuts and is seeing everything he wants come true, but because trump isn't a zealot its bad. It wouldnt surprise me if he tried something drastic.
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