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I remember 7th grade me in central Georgia, still firmly indoctrinated in Rush Limbaugh and O'Reilly from my parents, talking politics with a friend of mine. He voted Democrat because his racist grandfather did, solely on "which party hates minorities more". I tried to convince him the Republicans hated minorities more and so he should vote for Bush. It's me. I'm the worst leftist. redneck nazgul fucked around with this message at 18:42 on Apr 3, 2017 |
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Senate very likely to go nuclear on Gorsuch, but at least Democrats rediscovered their spines in the process: https://twitter.com/edatpost/status/848948129542144000 Noted shitfuck governor Sam Brownback vetoed medicaid expansion in Kansas and the State Congress couldn't override the veto: https://twitter.com/AP/status/848942060677804035
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facialimpediment posted:Senate very likely to go nuclear on Gorsuch, but at least Democrats rediscovered their spines in the process: https://twitter.com/edatpost/status/848948129542144000 I'm unconvinced that losing the bad press for the nuclear option now is a good idea. Gorsuch is conservative, sure. But he's qualified, not a raving ideologue, and probably the best and most moderate pick you could expect from the Republicans. It makes more sense to filibuster a judge who's either unqualified or a judge who is simply far too conservative to accept. Gorsuch is neither. But, as always, saying "gently caress you" to the other team, even if accomplishes nothing and only hurts you down the line, is, as we've just seen, what's politically viable.
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The Iron Rose posted:I'm unconvinced that losing the bad press for the nuclear option now is a good idea. Gorsuch is conservative, sure. But he's qualified, not a raving ideologue, and probably the best and most moderate pick you could expect from the Republicans. It makes more sense to filibuster a judge who's either unqualified or a judge who is simply far too conservative to accept. Gorsuch is neither. Either they filibuster this one and the cloture rule gets changed, or they filibuster the next one and the cloture rule gets changed, either way the GOP gets both of their choices in. Meanwhile the more you can derail the trumpster in the early days the less he'll be able to get done in whatever amount of term he does have.
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M_Gargantua posted:Either they filibuster this one and the cloture rule gets changed, or they filibuster the next one and the cloture rule gets changed, either way the GOP gets both of their choices in. Meanwhile the more you can derail the trumpster in the early days the less he'll be able to get done in whatever amount of term he does have. Oh he'll absolutely get both of his picks. But the difference is that you can spin the end of the filibuster for a truly unacceptable and outrageous candidate far easier than you can spin the end of the filibuster for one who is merely kinda blandly unappealing. You make a fair point wrt derailing the Trump machine, but I'm not so sure it's worthwhile. I mean, it's unquestionably the case that it's probably the best electoral move, since the base is made up of a bunch of whiny babies. But I'm not sure it's the best tactic if you exclude the midterm angle.
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Perot chat- I voted for Perot in Middle School because he paid for a bunch of POW rescue attempts, and I thought Uncommon Valor was a documentary.
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bulletsponge13 posted:Perot chat- I voted for Perot in Middle School because he paid for a bunch of POW rescue attempts, and I thought Uncommon Valor was a documentary. chuck norris' missing in action series too
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Fun Fact: Bo Gritz never found any POWs because he's a loving con artist, also he's a white supremacist too.
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Acebuckeye13 posted:I voted for Bush in 2nd grade because his dad had been president when I was born, therefor he had to be good! Jesus gently caress you were in second grade when W became president? gently caress I'm old.
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Mike-o posted:Jesus gently caress you were in second grade when W became president? gently caress I'm old. Third grade for me
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My first election I voted for Perot because I didn't know a loving thing about politics and thought a tycoon would be a good thing for running the country. lmbo
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Fun Fact: Ross Perot's campaign pollster was Frank Luntz. Yes, that Frank Luntz.
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The Iron Rose posted:Oh he'll absolutely get both of his picks. But the difference is that you can spin the end of the filibuster for a truly unacceptable and outrageous candidate far easier than you can spin the end of the filibuster for one who is merely kinda blandly unappealing. I do wish they'd drop the arguments about whether he's qualified or not and center more on Garland, it's a much stronger argument to me to say "I don't give a poo poo about your candidate. You never got a chance to filibuster Garland because you flat out refused to even do your constitutional duty. Get hosed"
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I remember going to see Twelfth Night on 9/11 for grade 7. Wasn't that funny imo (the play)
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bird food bathtub posted:I do wish they'd drop the arguments about whether he's qualified or not and center more on Garland, it's a much stronger argument to me to say "I don't give a poo poo about your candidate. You never got a chance to filibuster Garland because you flat out refused to even do your constitutional duty. Get hosed" This. You can make an argument surrounding Garland and make the Republicans look pretty bad and hypocritical around nuking the filibuster (not that looking hypocritical matters to the turtle from kentucky). It's harder to make it stick/look worse at a later appointment. Gorsuch may be "qualified" but he's also way out there on the right. He's about as close to crazy right conservative as you can get without actually being one. So nuke it now.
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facialimpediment posted:Noted shitfuck governor Sam Brownback vetoed medicaid expansion in Kansas and the State Congress couldn't override the veto: https://twitter.com/AP/status/848942060677804035 Good. gently caress Kansas and all who live in it.
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Apparently the Democrats are "going insane" re: filibuster. Edit: Holy poo poo, Spicer's hanging everything on Trump donating money to the govt. Godholio fucked around with this message at 20:05 on Apr 3, 2017 |
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It's ok, Guys. He gave the Dept. of the Interior his 78k in pay. They'll be fine!
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MA-Horus posted:How in the sweet fancy gently caress are the Norks producing that much Li6? Getting it from the Russians/Chinese? I wonder if the Norks would do this to make intel think they had excess lithium
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Godholio posted:Apparently the Democrats are "going insane" re: filibuster. Good, maybe the resulting rage fit will cause McConnell to stroke out.
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Handsome Ralph posted:It's ok, Guys. He gave the Dept. of the Interior his 78k in pay. They'll be fine! It gets better. Donnie can't even donate without loving up. https://twitter.com/anamariecox/status/848974669629849600
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facialimpediment posted:It gets better. Donnie can't even donate without loving up. What a philanderer!
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Sorry, I meant philanthropist. I get those mixed up all the time.
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Goddamn how did I miss this a year ago  https://www.thenation.com/article/hillary-clinton-does-not-deserve-black-peoples-votes/
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And now they're covering how much that donation is compared to the costs of protecting Donnie at his resorts. Basically, that donation covers about 1-2 hours of security costs. https://twitter.com/Fahrenthold/status/848979628438024192
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Mike-o posted:Jesus gently caress you were in second grade when W became president? gently caress I'm old. I feel ya man. When I was in Kindergarten, Reagan was president, and the USSR still existed.
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Shaddak posted:I feel ya man. When I was in Kindergarten, Reagan was president, and the USSR still existed.
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Shaddak posted:I feel ya man. When I was in Kindergarten, Reagan was president, and the USSR still existed.
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Shaddak posted:I feel ya man. When I was in Kindergarten, <s>Reagan</s> Bush was president, and the USSR still existed.
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Shaddak posted:I feel ya man. When I was in college, Reagan was president, and the USSR still existed. 
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Shaddak posted:I feel ya man. When I was in Kindergarten, Reagan was president, and the USSR still existed. And yet we're still counted as millenials it aint fair I tells ya
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When I was in kinder my mom just came back from desert Storm and we got stationed at kingsville Nas and the pilots were cool and let me play in the simulator while my mom was on duty, and I got lots of stickers and patches.
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Don't forget that kids born after the year 2000 can vote next year, and are probably posting on this forum right now! the relentless march of time haunts us all
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I was scared of the Gulf War because I didn't know there was more than one Gulf and thought people were fighting on the beaches of the Gulf of Mexico. So my mom got out a globe and schooled me. Then the next day I saw a convoy of military vehicles and some oil refinery blew up and we had to stay inside with the windows closed. That's when I knew my mom was lying and that SCUDs were being fired 45 minutes down the road  Kids are dumb.
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Reverand maynard posted:some of my first memories are watching bombs dropping on TV during the first iraq war They preempted the Fresh Prince for that > : (
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