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1-800-DOCTORB posted:Disney World is going to have an animatronic Donald Trump https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIeB2Q2xmZQ 
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So something just occurred to me. Has any reporter ever done a sit-down interview with a major politician from either party and asked them to list their donors and explain why they won't become beholden to those donors? Because I can't think of a single time it's happened.
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Nov 14, 2016 06:21
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One thing about a high speed rail network which would be nice, is after the initial investment there would be an actual viable competition for Air Travel in the country. While dreams of say someone living in Portland OR, and commuting to Seattle, WA are not that realistic. Instead things like business travel, vacation etc. would all be able to benefit from these networks. I would much rather deal with an eight hour train ride than a 4 hour flight personally and I think others would as well. Plus high speed trains I believe wouldn't be dependant on aviation fuel which is expensive and is terrible for the environment.
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Nov 14, 2016 06:28
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Did anyone catch the 60 minutes interview? http://www.cbsnews.com/news/60-minutes-donald-trump-family-melania-ivanka-lesley-stahl/ " What we discovered was some of his promises during his campaign should not be seen as actual policy but opening bids for negotiation"
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Nov 14, 2016 06:30
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readingatwork posted:So something just occurred to me. Has any reporter ever done a sit-down interview with a major politician from either party and asked them to list their donors and explain why they won't become beholden to those donors? Because I can't think of a single time it's happened. They lift the hoods up more often than you'd think these days.
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Nov 14, 2016 06:31
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Hollismason posted:Did anyone catch the 60 minutes interview? Just like Obama
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Nov 14, 2016 06:32
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Wouldn't it be amazing if Trump liked Obama so much that he kept calling him for advice on everything for his entire term
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Nov 14, 2016 06:32
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It's kind of interesting that Obama is gonna stay in Washington D.C. has that ever happened before?
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Nov 14, 2016 06:33
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Hollismason posted:It's kind of interesting that Obama is gonna stay in Washington D.C. has that ever happened before? Has he said that again after the election? He said he was going to work on redistricting reform, back when we all thought Clinton was going to be president. Making any serious progress on that seems kinda unrealistic now.
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Nov 14, 2016 06:36
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Guy Goodbody posted:Has he said that again after the election? He said he was going to work on redistricting reform, back when we all thought Clinton was going to be president. Making any serious progress on that seems kinda unrealistic now. I thought they were specifically staying in Washington D.C. because of their children being in school?
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Nov 14, 2016 06:37
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Hollismason posted:It's kind of interesting that Obama is gonna stay in Washington D.C. has that ever happened before? yeah, it's not unprecedented or anything. generally presidents live somewhere else and don't really have any ties to DC but the obamas want to let their kids finish out school before moving back to chicago. as soon as that happens though michelle is packing up house which is why she's not going to run for potus in 2020
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Nov 14, 2016 06:37
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Fojar38 posted:Wouldn't it be amazing if Trump liked Obama so much that he kept calling him for advice on everything for his entire term "... Don... Don... It's 3 in the god drat morning."
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Nov 14, 2016 06:37
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Hollismason posted:Did anyone catch the 60 minutes interview? Heh. Donald Trump seated himself at the head of the long table. As he straightens his tie, three projectors along the back of the room turned on. Upon the first, a clipping of Newt Gingrich's promise to institute an Unamerican Activities organization. The second showed a chart showing a decrease in sea ice on Earth through October and November for the first time in recorded history, a bold red line drawing an outlier stating clear as day that climate change was real, and that it was Now. Upon the third, four words: "Roe, Obergfell, Equal Protection." "I have come to bargain" Trump began.
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Nov 14, 2016 06:38
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I.e. kill yourself if you find comfort in climate change, Roe, Obergfell, and any anti-sedition committee being bargaining chips. These should not be bargaining chips.
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Nov 14, 2016 06:41
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Grouchio posted:OH MY GOD WHO THE gently caress STILL USES CLUB PENGUIN? kids? kids with lame parents. Also the wikipedia page has some interesting bits about their moderation/child saftey policy and the take away is: Even kids find creative ways to bypass the mods, and the mods are sort of orwellian.
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Nov 14, 2016 06:42
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boner confessor posted:yeah, it's not unprecedented or anything. generally presidents live somewhere else and don't really have any ties to DC but the obamas want to let their kids finish out school before moving back to chicago. as soon as that happens though michelle is packing up house which is why she's not going to run for potus in 2020 If she were to run she'd be sacrificing her own sanity for America. By the end of her term she'd probably nuke the whole drat city.
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Nov 14, 2016 06:43
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Potato Salad posted:Heh. Gingrich proposes we blackmail Elon Musk into building a moon colony for 13,000 pure of thought Americans to colonize as the 51st state, while we systematically loot the social safety net to build our space navy after we decide to pull out of the Outer Space Treaty. When WWIII begins the brave citizens of Luna begin the Neo-Liberal conquest of the stars.
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Nov 14, 2016 06:44
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Mustached Demon posted:If she were to run she'd be sacrificing her own sanity for America. By the end of her term she'd probably nuke the whole drat city. #draintheswamp?
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Nov 14, 2016 06:45
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Quorum posted:#draintheswamp? #ascension
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Nov 14, 2016 06:46
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Mustached Demon posted:If she were to run she'd be sacrificing her own sanity for America. By the end of her term she'd probably nuke the whole drat city. I'm waiting for the downside to this.
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Nov 14, 2016 06:48
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I've never been comfortable with family members obtaining the Presidency and I never will. I can't think of the word for it right now but I'm really uncomfortable with us having Sons of Presidents becoming president or daughters or wives or husbands or whoever even cousins. I really don't like it and it makes me super uncomfortable but when I bring it up that it makes me uncomfortable people yell at me.
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Nov 14, 2016 06:49
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Holy poo poo Obama charisma-ing Trump into keeping parts of his legacy would be the perfect cherry on this poo poo sundae Also, Donald Trump posted:What we are going to do is get the people that are criminal and have criminal records, gang members, drug dealers, we have a lot of these people, probably two million, it could be even three million, we are getting them out of our country or we are going to incarcerate. But we’re getting them out of our country, they’re here illegally. After the border is secured and after everything gets normalized, we’re going to make a determination on the people that you’re talking about who are terrific people, they’re terrific people but we are gonna make a determination at that-- But before we make that determination-- Lesley, it’s very important, we want to secure our border. Isn't this basically Obama's current policy? Pursue the violent criminals but leave the rest alone for the time being?
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Nov 14, 2016 06:51
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Hollismason posted:I've never been comfortable with family members obtaining the Presidency and I never will. I can't think of the word for it right now but I'm really uncomfortable with us having Sons of Presidents becoming president or daughters or wives or husbands or whoever even cousins. Are you okay with Dick Cheney and Obama being eighth cousins?
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Nov 14, 2016 06:51
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citybeatnik posted:I'm waiting for the downside to this. It would kill ~ 650,000 plus Americans who aren't in congress??? many of them beloved minorities who would have ostensibly voted for her. 1-800-DOCTORB posted:Are you okay with Dick Cheney and Obama being eighth cousins? I am pretty sure almost every American can find some distant connection to the Executive Office, Through my grandmother on my dad's side she was a third cousin of John Nance Garner. So that makes me like a 6th cousin to FDR's first traitor VP? Jack2142 fucked around with this message at 06:54 on Nov 14, 2016 |
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Nov 14, 2016 06:52
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Putting those extra 5 points into charisma so he could get Paragon interrupts looks like it's paying off for Obama
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Nov 14, 2016 06:52
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Everyone is a distant relative I'm sure somehow of everyone else. I really don't like families that go into politics. Like The Bush's or even The Kennedys I don't like that.
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Nov 14, 2016 06:52
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Hollismason posted:I've never been comfortable with family members obtaining the Presidency and I never will. I can't think of the word for it right now but I'm really uncomfortable with us having Sons of Presidents becoming president or daughters or wives or husbands or whoever even cousins. The word you're looking for is dynasty I think. Or hereditary rule (I do that right?). #ascension happens when Dick Cheney devours the souls of the damned scattered about by such a terrible blast.
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Nov 14, 2016 06:53
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Jack2142 posted:It would kill ~ 650,000 plus Americans who aren't in congress??? many of them beloved minorities who would have ostensibly voted for her. ... alright, valid.
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Nov 14, 2016 06:54
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Hollismason posted:I've never been comfortable with family members obtaining the Presidency and I never will. I can't think of the word for it right now but I'm really uncomfortable with us having Sons of Presidents becoming president or daughters or wives or husbands or whoever even cousins. I'm related to Woodrow Wilson and Harry Truman so you're gonna be real pissed when I'm elected 
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Nov 14, 2016 06:54
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That's the word. I don't like Dynastic Politics. Like yeah I can understand spouses going into politics but I really don't like it and if it came up where I had the choice of two politicians where one was the son of another politician I would vote against them all things being equal. I actually feel it's a attack on our political system and our democracy. Hollismason fucked around with this message at 06:56 on Nov 14, 2016 |
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Nov 14, 2016 06:54
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The Maroon Hawk posted:I'm related to Woodrow Wilson and Harry Truman so you're gonna be real pissed when I'm elected Do you hate black people, love the mafia and like winning world wars?
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Nov 14, 2016 06:57
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A thought I keep coming back to regarding Bannon's appointment is "Remember when Obama got scared out of giving Van Jones a job?"
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Nov 14, 2016 06:58
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Jack2142 posted:Do you hate black people, love the mafia and like winning world wars? And flying around in shipping crates?
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Nov 14, 2016 06:59
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Mustached Demon posted:And flying around in shipping crates? That too
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Nov 14, 2016 07:00
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Ha! in the CBS interview Trump managed to lump praise on former Bush Presidents then threw some shade on Jeb by saying he's a oathbreaker.
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Nov 14, 2016 07:02
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Hollismason posted:I've never been comfortable with family members obtaining the Presidency and I never will. I can't think of the word for it right now but I'm really uncomfortable with us having Sons of Presidents becoming president or daughters or wives or husbands or whoever even cousins. I've felt this way for years. One of the reasons I absolutely didn't care for Clinton and it took me months to come around after Bernie lost was that there'd already been a Clinton in the white house. That was her husband. Millions of other women out there and they picked her. I had the same problem with GWB. Again there was that brand recognition. Serious problems with him. I don't like the precedent it sets. To put it in perspective if Clinton had won it'd be four of the five last presidencies being handed around by powerful political families. We came close to that, and while I appreciate what HRC had to bring to the table (sometimes) I would've preferred a different candidate. Bernie would've been cool, but surely there could've been better and newer blood in the dems to run for the presidency.
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Nov 14, 2016 07:06
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I wonder if Chris Christie has realized that he's literally Trump's court jester yet
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Nov 14, 2016 07:12
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Bill and Hillary Clinton pushed the same policies, but he's the one who you know, actually enacted them, and it's kind of funny/sad that he left office relatively popular and remains that way while she became the second-most hated politician in America.
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Nov 14, 2016 07:12
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Jack2142 posted:It would kill ~ 650,000 plus Americans who aren't in congress??? many of them beloved minorities who would have ostensibly voted for her. If it weren't for William Henry Harrison and Henry Clay I would be the descendant of the soon to be  At least Harrison got what he deserved for his perfidy.
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Ice Phisherman posted:I've felt this way for years. One of the reasons I absolutely didn't care for Clinton and it took me months to come around after Bernie lost was that there'd already been a Clinton in the white house. That was her husband. Millions of other women out there and they picked her. I had the same problem with GWB. Again there was that brand recognition. Serious problems with him. I don't like the precedent it sets. To put it in perspective if Clinton had won it'd be four of the five last presidencies being handed around by powerful political families. We came close to that, and while I appreciate what HRC had to bring to the table (sometimes) I would've preferred a different candidate. Bernie would've been cool, but surely there could've been better and newer blood in the dems to run for the presidency. I have yet to see a poll that asked the question whether people were comfortable with the spouse of a president becoming president. However, there is also a gender issue with regard to Hillary Clinton. If the situation was reversed and it was Bill Clinton instead would I feel the same way. I wouldn't be surprised if this was one of the reasons people didn't like Hillary Clinton.
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