I AM THE TOILET posted:

AND THEN HE PEES ALL OVER THE BIRD AND THEN EATS IT AND REFUSES TO PAY FOR ANYTHING HE JUST DID PRESIDENT PISSBABY EVERYONE

Sandpuppy posted:

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loquacius posted:

One of the issues that keeps coming up in the C-SPAM Democrats thread is that thanks to the DNC's neglect of a proper fifty-state strategy the Democratic bench is kind of thin at the moment. We'll just have to see who manages to raise their profile enough for a 2020 run and choose wisely; that's all we can really do at this point.

I'd still love Warren to run, naturally -- the excuse everyone used to use is "she's getting set up for a Harry Reid type career where she can do more good in the long run", but here it is 2017, we have President Trump, and they gave Reid's job to Schumer anyway, so gently caress it, I say Warren 2020.

Apple Pie Hubbub posted:

SeANMcBAY posted:

Isn't Trump a guy that's never had a pet in his life? Another sign of a completely stable human being.

Iron Crowned posted:

Because unlike humans, which can suppress their repulsion, animals are highly unsettled around him

OldTennisCourt posted:

Why do Conservatives have the lamest burns possible? I don't want to be a smug "Heh, Liberals are much smarter!" guy, but every Conservative comedian/cartoon has the lamest insults ever. "LOL BLACK DONG CIGARS LOL "

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ThePeavstenator posted:

hmm yes maybe your lame internet liberal caricature resembling Sargon of Akkad was not a good idea when he agrees with many of your shithead opinions

Prokhor Zakharov posted:

The Democrats actually have a really solid bench for the presidency imo, the problem is that no one will ever live up to the lofty ideals of the far-left because they are literally impossible to please. Warren is poised to have a great run, Booker is obviously going to run at some point in the future (depending on how his political stock does in the next 4 years), Keith Ellison has been bucking for more national attention, the list goes on. The republican bench on the other hand is completely hosed, it's how Trump was able to totally usurp the party in the first place. Democrats aren't really in want of candidates, but are in need of solid well-targeted messaging, which has been their problem since basically forever so I'm not sure how they plan on fixing it.

Ularg posted:

Prokhor Zakharov posted:

The Democrats actually have a really solid bench for the presidency imo, the problem is that no one will ever live up to the lofty ideals of the far-left because they are literally impossible to please. Warren is poised to have a great run, Booker is obviously going to run at some point in the future (depending on how his political stock does in the next 4 years), Keith Ellison has been bucking for more national attention, the list goes on. The republican bench on the other hand is completely hosed, it's how Trump was able to totally usurp the party in the first place. Democrats aren't really in want of candidates, but are in need of solid well-targeted messaging, which has been their problem since basically forever so I'm not sure how they plan on fixing it.

Also Bors reposted an old doodle to facebook that I don't think has been posted:

Shangri-Law School posted:

I hope the Bernie dead-enders never find out that Liz Warren was a Republican in the '90s.

Joementum posted:

https://twitter.com/ClickHole/status/819240076513312777

ThePeavstenator posted:

hmm yes maybe your lame internet liberal caricature resembling Sargon of Akkad was not a good idea when he agrees with many of your shithead opinions

Jedit posted:

A serious question: assuming he isn't already gone and the world is still here, what are the odds of someone challenging Trump at the 2020 RNC?

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King Possum III posted:

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Angepain posted:

"Alien Draco" was a fun thing to google for a nice quick jump into a pit of crazy. Turns out it is not in fact a genre of scifi Harry Potter fanfic.

Prism posted:

Well don't leave us in suspense.

War Wizard posted:

They also like it when people they don't like get hurt. Nothing more funny then a man getting hit in the crotch with a football.

xthetenth posted:

Can we at least take back silent majority?

Hostile V posted:

Animals are innately able to sense the lack of souls.

Fulchrum posted:

How about silenced majority? Fits the situation better.

Angepain posted:

Oh, it's just the standard reptillian aliens trying to take over the world stuff.

Fulchrum posted:

Yeah, I'm not seeing it would be any different. The only people who would actually let it matter to them already were convinced Obama was a Muslim.

Pants Donkey posted:

Keith Ellison is Muslim, so just completely remove him as a potential candidate.

30% of this country thought Obama was Muslim. Can you imagine the freakout when there's a candidate who actually is one

Potato Salad posted:

Until I fund wherever USPol went, Jill Stein is doing Things still