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BetterToRuleInHell
Jul 2, 2007

Touch my mask top
Get the chop chop

TheLoquid posted:

No, no, no. Dig up, stupid!

This needs to be the new USPol thread title

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Harold Fjord
Jan 3, 2004

zoux posted:

https://twitter.com/NBCNightlyNews/status/764216055011037185

Lol it's even worse than I thought. "When Hillary Clinton said she wiped her server, she was being sarcastic. The media didn't go out and ask Hillary where she got the cloths to wipe her server"

I think whats going on here is that the Trump campaign thinks that sarcastic means metaphorical.

My favorite part of this fiasco is the incredible variety of responses people have come up with to try to handwave it away.

Magres
Jul 14, 2011

Pander posted:

He's not going to vote this election for some reason.


This actually cheered me up a lot. Today has sucked. My jaw is killing me (yay wisdom teeth), I got like no sleep because my jaw is killing me, and I just want to go home and sleep. On the other hand, Scalia's still dead, so I guess today's not so bad. I'll get my nap and when I wake up, Scalia will still be dead.

Evil Fluffy
Jul 13, 2009

Scholars are some of the most pompous and pedantic people I've ever had the joy of meeting.

A shithead anti-choice activist in the article posted:

"The federal judge has no legal authority to tell a state how to spend its resources. I suggest he do us all a favor and step down from the bench and run for the legislature. Then he can legally craft policy in Ohio. Of course he won't though because he would never be elected."

Barrett was appointed to the federal bench about a decade ago by President George W. Bush. Previously, Barrett was chairman of the Hamilton County Republican Party.

:lol::lol::lol:

Bush appointee too which you know has to piss off anti-abortion activists that much more. I'm not sure how they think this is going to get reversed by the appeals courts, to say nothing of the SCOTUS which will likely have a liberal majority and Kennedy's still probably going to not be ok with blanket bans on abortion.

greatn posted:

Garland should withdraw in the lame duck because he gets offered a cushy position at the Clinton foundation and say "had your chance fuckers!"

If Garland was that easy to buy off he wouldn't have made it through the process to be Obama's pick. Also I' pretty sure he'd take a SCOTUS appointment over a cushy-as-gently caress private sector job at this point.

Luigi Thirty posted:

https://twitter.com/alivitali/status/764173187886223360

Is it possible for Trump's black support to go negative?

He could drive up turnout among people who want to vote against him and wouldn't have voted otherwise.

You know, like he's already done with Hispanic voters.


RuPaul is a national treasure. :nyd:

vyelkin
Jan 2, 2011

zoux posted:

https://twitter.com/NBCNightlyNews/status/764216055011037185

Lol it's even worse than I thought. "When Hillary Clinton said she wiped her server, she was being sarcastic. The media didn't go out and ask Hillary where she got the cloths to wipe her server"

I think whats going on here is that the Trump campaign thinks that sarcastic means metaphorical.

Obama didn't "fly to the Middle East and fill out the paperwork to incorporate ISIS"

:psyduck:

Do they even know what ISIS is?

MariusLecter
Sep 5, 2009

NI MUERTE NI MIEDO

vyelkin posted:

Obama didn't "fly to the Middle East and fill out the paperwork to incorporate ISIS"

:psyduck:

Do they even know what ISIS is?

Ice is cold, stupid.

Fuck You And Diebold
Sep 15, 2004

by Athanatos

vyelkin posted:

Obama didn't "fly to the Middle East and fill out the paperwork to incorporate ISIS"

:psyduck:

Do they even know what ISIS is?

It's Hillary's charity right? How else would she get and mvp award from them

Shimrra Jamaane
Aug 10, 2007

Obscure to all except those well-versed in Yuuzhan Vong lore.
When did that gorilla become a huge internet meme? And why?

berserker
Aug 17, 2003

My love for you
is ticking clock

MariusLecter posted:

Ice is cold, stupid.

Ice is back.

boner confessor
Apr 25, 2013

by R. Guyovich

Shimrra Jamaane posted:

When did that gorilla become a huge internet meme? And why?

over the last few months, because it is funny

a lot of the heavy lifting is weird twitter and hangers on

https://twitter.com/mikefossey/status/747929048811180032

FuzzySlippers
Feb 6, 2009

Even Trump can't figure out his backpedal
"“So I said the founder of ISIS,” Trump recalled to the crowd, after accusing the president of being “so weak and so bad” that he allowed the Islamic State to grow. “Obviously I’m being sarcastic. Then — but not that sarcastic, to be honest with you."

Trevor Hale
Dec 8, 2008

What have I become, my Swedish friend?

I want to marry her Twitter person. https://twitter.com/hillaryclinton/status/764219041020055552

Trilas
Sep 16, 2004

vyelkin posted:

Obama didn't "fly to the Middle East and fill out the paperwork to incorporate ISIS"

:psyduck:

Do they even know what ISIS is?

That depends on what your definition of IS is.

TheLoquid
Nov 5, 2008

The sad thing is that the only one that would hurt him politically was if we was overstating his wealth

boner confessor
Apr 25, 2013

by R. Guyovich

donald trump doesn't know what sarcasm is

MariusLecter
Sep 5, 2009

NI MUERTE NI MIEDO

Trilas posted:

That depends on what your definition of ISIS is.

Liberal_L33t
Apr 9, 2005

by WE B Boo-ourgeois

Trilas posted:

That depends on what your definition of IS is.

New thread title it has to be.

vyelkin
Jan 2, 2011

No All of the above option though.

AdmiralViscen
Nov 2, 2011


I struggled with my answer, then saw that they are all in a dead heat haha

Trazz
Jun 11, 2008

As we get closer to the debates, Hillary seems like she's starting to apply pressure to Trump's biggest pressure point: His wealth. Maybe she's provoking him into insulting her during the debates?

A Winner is Jew
Feb 14, 2008

by exmarx

Trazz posted:

As we get closer to the debates, Hillary seems like she's starting to apply pressure to Trump's biggest pressure point: His wealth. Maybe she's provoking him into insulting her during the debates?

Just "accidentally" call him a millionaire the whole time.

Mahoning
Feb 3, 2007

Evil Fluffy posted:

:lol::lol::lol:

Bush appointee too which you know has to piss off anti-abortion activists that much more. I'm not sure how they think this is going to get reversed by the appeals courts, to say nothing of the SCOTUS which will likely have a liberal majority and Kennedy's still probably going to not be ok with blanket bans on abortion.

Being chairman of the Hamilton County Republican Party is like being chairman of the Berlin chapter of the Nazi Party.

FuzzySlippers
Feb 6, 2009

A Winner is Jew posted:

Just "accidentally" call him a millionaire the whole time.

Thousandaire.

Ciaphas
Nov 20, 2005

> BEWARE, COWARD :ovr:


FuzzySlippers posted:

Thousandaire.

At least a hundredaire.



Dear Twitter please add support for checkbox polls

Fuck You And Diebold
Sep 15, 2004

by Athanatos

FuzzySlippers posted:

Thousandaire.

King of debt

Wayne Knight
May 11, 2006

A Winner is Jew posted:

Just "accidentally" call him a millionaire the whole time.

Ugh could you imagine how lovely it would be for the democratic nominee to make fun of someone for "only being a millionaire"?

zonohedron
Aug 14, 2006


RZA Encryption posted:

Ugh could you imagine how lovely it would be for the democratic nominee to make fun of someone for "only being a millionaire"?

"I'm not making fun of him; many Americans aspire to become millionaires"?

Doctor Butts
May 21, 2002

vyelkin posted:

Obama didn't "fly to the Middle East and fill out the paperwork to incorporate ISIS"

:psyduck:

Do they even know what ISIS is?

Technically, Bill Clinton is the founder of IS IS.

Gorilla Desperado
Oct 9, 2012

TheLoquid posted:

No, no, no. Dig up, stupid!

Carl Paladino is like the personification digging so deep you hit bedrock... and then taking that as a sign to break out the jackhammer.

pacerhimself
Dec 30, 2008

by Fluffdaddy
It seems there's been a whole lot of military buildup by the Russian military along the border of Ukraine and in Russian controlled areas of Ukraine. Perhaps the Trumpster fire is a distraction to keep media attention away from Putin's misdeeds.

(I know this is dumb, just fueling the Trump as a Putin toady theory)

pacerhimself fucked around with this message at 23:48 on Aug 12, 2016

Dr. Arbitrary
Mar 15, 2006

Bleak Gremlin
I have a different theory:

Did Singer Montell Jordan Predict The Rise Of The Islamic State Back In 1995?

karthun
Nov 16, 2006

I forgot to post my food for USPOL Thanksgiving but that's okay too!

RZA Encryption posted:

Ugh could you imagine how lovely it would be for the democratic nominee to make fun of someone for "only being a millionaire"?

You don't make fun of him for only being a millionaire, you call him out for wanting to give millionaire's like himself a tax cut.

edrith
Apr 10, 2013

Le Saboteur posted:

Trump surrogates still fighting the good fight. https://twitter.com/SopanDeb/status/764188155171991552

carl paladino sent his constituents hardcore horse porn and is also a walking cadaver bloated from rot so idk where he's getting off complaining about the khans' moral rectitude or hillary's health

berserker
Aug 17, 2003

My love for you
is ticking clock
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...81a1_story.html

quote:

He has refused to release many of the same documents that he demanded from Obama, including college transcripts and passport records. He has shirked the decades-old tradition of major nominees releasing their tax returns and other documentation to prove their readiness and fitness for office. And he has yet to release records showing why he received a medical deferment during the Vietnam War and whether he has actually donated the millions of dollars he claims to have given to charity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCaCIBeaJRE

Trevor Hale
Dec 8, 2008

What have I become, my Swedish friend?

It's the subtle "many people" dig that makes it even better. 😘👌

On Terra Firma
Feb 12, 2008

edrith posted:

carl paladino sent his constituents hardcore horse porn

I'm trying to think of a way of googling "paladino horse porn" and not scarring myself with the results.

Ragaduffin
Nov 28, 2007
Far out dude

Doctor Butts posted:

Technically, Bill Clinton is the founder of IS IS.

Winner winner

edrith
Apr 10, 2013

pacerhimself posted:

It seems there's been a whole lot of military buildup by the Russian military along the border of Ukraine and in Russian controlled areas of Ukraine. Perhaps the Trumpster fire is a distraction to keep media attention away from Putin's misdeeds.

(I know this is dumb, just fueling the Trump as a Putin toady theory)

One of my friends is completely convinced that Putin is going to invade Estonia within the next three years. Specifically Estonia, because they have a large and apparently disliked Russian minority. How stupid is she being? I'm assuming very.

On Terra Firma posted:

I'm trying to think of a way of googling "paladino horse porn" and not scarring myself with the results.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/tea-party-ny-gov-candidate-s-e-mails-exposed-racism-porn-bestiality

quote:

A September 2009 email entitled, "Easy Steady Big Fella....XXXX," with a photograph that graphically depicts a horse having sex with a woman.

he's still stupid influential in Western New York :sigh:

OddObserver
Apr 3, 2009

edrith posted:

One of my friends is completely convinced that Putin is going to invade Estonia within the next three years. Specifically Estonia, because they have a large and apparently disliked Russian minority. How stupid is she being? I'm assuming very.

Depends directly on whether we have President Trump or President Clinton.

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Jan 4, 2011



edrith posted:

One of my friends is completely convinced that Putin is going to invade Estonia within the next three years. Specifically Estonia, because they have a large and apparently disliked Russian minority. How stupid is she being? I'm assuming very.

Estonia is a full fledged NATO member. Serious poo poo would go down if it was invaded.

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