Pakled posted:

Yeah, the snap election reset the counter to 2022. They could call another early election before then, though.

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the_steve posted:

When people try to make the "Blacks Criminals shoot more black people!", I ask them why they don't expect the police to be held to a higher moral standard than the criminals they're supposed to stop.

I have yet to get an answer that isn't just them trying to change the subject.

Kulkasha posted:

Can somebody familiar with UK politics tell me why Boris hasn't just Trumped his way into control of the Tories?

loquacius posted:

That actually kinda sucks. Labour has momentum right now, but there's no telling whether they'll still have it by 2022, and after what happened this year the Tories probably won't have the hubris to hold another one while that's still the case.

Murderion posted:

Because leading the country through Brexit is a poison pill. BoJo wants to take over after everything gets hosed, not before.

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Garrison posted:

Today I read a column written by Lena Dunham that appeared in The New York Times. In it she expressed some trepidation about performing at a benefit for Hillary Clinton that was organized by Harvey Weinstein.

“I’m sorry I shook the hand of someone I knew was not a friend to women in my industry,” she wrote. “I wanted so desperately to support my candidate that I made a calculation.”

Harvey Weinstein contributed to and is a friend of Hillary.

There is now some pressure on Hillary to denounce Weinstein. The cup of irony runneth over. Hillary is married to a rapist and a serial abuser of women. Bill probably considers Weinstein’s transgressions to be the work of an amateur, because he got away with far worse. He even took advantage of a young intern in the Oval Office itself, but his leftist supporters still supported him. Hillary was instrumental in covering up her husband’s sexual misconduct and she even harassed many of Bill’s victims, yet Dunham enthusiastically supported her for president. That reeks with hypocrisy.

Hollywood has long been filled with powerful men who don’t hesitate to take advantage of young, beautiful women. Woody Allen is an old pervert who surrounds himself with very young women in his movies. Roman Polanski can’t return to the U.S. due to rape charges. Bill Cosby drugged young starlets. The casting couch has been in use for a long time.

Weinstein’s career of sexual harassment is reprehensible, but many liberals in Hollywood went along to get along in order to gain employment and connections. It’s now too late for them to go into full virtue signaling mode.

—Ben Garrison

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Neo-Nazi moron posted:

The cup of irony runneth over.

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Phuzzy posted:

Oh hello there "Virtue Signalling", lemme just mark that on my bingo card for today.

Post 9-11 User posted:

What's the difference between Clinton and those other two people? People wanted to fool around with Clinton. He didn't drug anyone. He told interesting stories. He was charming. It doesn't make it okay that he cheated on his wife but he never raped anyone.

Flip Yr Wig posted:

You're in the Politoons Thread, my man. We've all already maxed out our cards.


Eeeeehhhhhhh let's kid ourselves about Bill and rape. If we're going to be serious about believing sexual assault allegations, I don't see why Juanita Broaddrick doesn't pass the same scrutiny.

skeleton warrior posted:

Because Ken "I will pass any possible charges against Clinton to the Republican Congress even if it kills me" Starr didn't see it as worth his time

Trogdos! posted:

Flip Yr Wig posted:

You're in the Politoons Thread, my man. We've all already maxed out our cards.


Eeeeehhhhhhh let's kid ourselves about Bill and rape. If we're going to be serious about believing sexual assault allegations, I don't see why Juanita Broaddrick doesn't pass the same scrutiny.

Erenthal posted:

but... Trump... women... pussygrabbing

AVeryLargeRadish posted:

What I've read of the Broaddrick accusation does not seem like enough to make a decision either way. Should we treat every accusation against a powerful person as true without scrutiny?

Trogdos! posted:

Fathis Munk posted:

drat, who are these people next to Weinstein? There don't seem to be labels anywhere on their bodies.

Help!

Iron Crowned posted:

I think one of them is Debt

Flip Yr Wig posted:

All I'm saying is that we shouldn't leap to Bill's defense. He is known for using his powerful position to leverage sexual favors, which is bad enough, and it lends credibility to even worse allegations.

Post 9-11 User posted:

Bill Clinton was in a very powerful position, he did know better than to get involved with one of his subordinates.

Comparing him to those two predators is dishonest and muddles the issue. Ben needs help, he really does. Maybe he doesn't believe what he publishes, if he knows it's crap but still puts it out there to make money it indicates even worse problems with him.

Cat Mattress posted:

That's the point. Look at Ben's closing statement: his entire rant is basically "gotcha! you can't complain about Trump anymore!"

Faustian Bargain posted:

Someone replace them to be James Woods, Trump, and Garrison.

How can you not have any level of self awareness?

albany academy posted:

The bill / Epstein connection isn't total republican hooey is it? I thought that was pretty well documented by a number of accounts, not just Fox and Friends.

Crabtree posted:

Wait, what did James Woods do?

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Amber Tamblyn has responded to James Woods’ denial of her claim that he attempted to pick her up when she was 16, in an open letter addressed to the actor and published in Teen Vogue.

In the letter, the actress tells the full story of her meeting with the now-70-year-old actor.

“My friend Billy and I were at the Roxy on Sunset Boulevard seeing a band we loved. We decided to go to Mel’s diner on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood to get burgers after,” Tamblyn wrote. “Upon leaving the restaurant we were stopped by you and your friend, who both seemed very nice. At one point you suggested we should all go to Las Vegas together. ‘It’s such a great place, have you ever been?’ You tried to make it sound innocent. This is something predatory men like to do, I’ve noticed.”

She continued, “I told you my age, kindly and with no judgment or aggression. I told you my age because I thought you would be immediately horrified and take back your offer. You laughed and said, ‘Even better. We’ll have so much fun, I promise.'”

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I knew Pope would come through on the goat/volcano god thing.

Flip Yr Wig posted:

All I'm saying is that we shouldn't leap to Bill's defense. He is known for using his powerful position to leverage sexual favors, which is bad enough, and it lends credibility to even worse allegations.

Ramos posted:

So is Pence going to start doing the Trump thing in Branco comics of being around looking vaguely annoyed at other people?

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I knew Pope would come through on the goat/volcano god thing.

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Panty Saluter posted:

Secret CIA Deep State gum that temporarily paralyzes the chewer?

duz posted:

Pence is so stupid, he can't manage to walk and chew gum at the same time.