RandolphCarter posted:

vyelkin posted:

It was literally the first question in the entire debate. Like hi, I'm your moderator, here's the format, first question goes to Governor Dukakis, how would you react if your wife was raped and murdered?

RandolphCarter posted:

Mr. Lobe posted:

Lmao whom did this

Mr. Lobe posted:

Lmao whom did this

Tiler Kiwi posted:

arf jason

V. Illych L. posted:

idgi

sleeptalker posted:

Jim Eagle

H.P. Hovercraft posted:

i feel like he would've been vindicated if he'd rushed that dude's table and slammed his head against it for such an offensive question, it was the 80s after all

Mokelumne Trekka posted:

The Starbucks CEO coming out of the woodwork to test the waters and run a sham centrist platform to implicitly threaten the left. I don't know if it was directly from this, but around that time there was an effort to coin the phrase "person of means" instead the more derogatory "wealthy person". Just a big campaign that the rich are Americans with feelings, too.

Spergin Morlock posted:

also when people would interrupt him while he was speaking and he seemed totally flabbergasted by it, as though it had been decades since anyone around him had done anything but kiss his rear end

COMPAGNIE TOMMY posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zKKVOwaDBY

Private Cumshoe posted:

It's always funny when a person of means is confused when people who have no connection to their means whatsoever have no interest in being polite to them, proof money rots your brain

Private Cumshoe posted:

It's always funny when a person of means is confused when people who have no connection to their means whatsoever have no interest in being polite to them, proof money rots your brain

Fortaleza posted:

Ah, reminded me of the Jesse Ventura v Chris Kyle saga

Dude just ripped kyle’s legacy to shreds, really fantastic work

Mokelumne Trekka posted:

The Starbucks CEO coming out of the woodwork to test the waters and run a sham centrist platform to implicitly threaten the left. I don't know if it was directly from this, but around that time there was an effort to coin the phrase "person of means" instead the more derogatory "wealthy person". Just a big campaign that the rich are Americans with feelings, too.

vyelkin posted:

It was literally the first question in the entire debate. Like hi, I'm your moderator, here's the format, first question goes to Governor Dukakis, how would you react if your wife was raped and murdered?

Bored Online posted:

palmer luckey meme financier

Eat This Glob posted:

this reminds me his sister is dating matt gaetz. lol what a family

Animal Friend posted:

"Compassionate Conservatism"

Gazpacho posted:

condoleezza rice telling literally the whole world to kiss america's foot or suffer the consequences

Gazpacho posted:

condoleezza rice telling literally the whole world to kiss america's foot or suffer the consequences

Private Cumshoe posted:

so that's where Gaddafi got it...

Milo and POTUS posted:

I could see this figuratively but I'd like to know the exact context so I can laugh harder

Gazpacho posted:

condoleezza rice telling literally the whole world to kiss america's foot or suffer the consequences

quote:

Chevron takes 'Condoleezza Rice' off the seas
Published: May 08, 2001 00:00 Reuters

Energy giant Chevron Corp has redubbed an oil tanker originally named after U.S. national security advisor Condoleezza Rice, a former board member, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Saturday.

Chevron renamed the tanker the "Altair Voyager" in April after public watchdog groups said its original name highlighted the close ties between the Bush administration and the energy industry, the newspaper said.

A Chevron spokesman told the paper the decision was made "to eliminate the unnecessary attention caused by the vessel's original name." The spokesman would not comment on whether the White House or Rice requested that the oil tanker be renamed.

Rice, a former Stanford University provost, was a Chevron board member from 1991 until January 15, when she resigned after President George W. Bush, a former Texas oilman himself, appointed her as national security advisor.

Chevron's operations in more than 20 countries on six continents also raised questions about possible conflicts of interest for Rice, despite assurances from the White House and Rice that she would recuse herself from any decisions related to the company.

Chevron officials said in April the company has a history of naming vessels after members of Chevron's board, including former Secretary of State George Shultz and the late David Packard, co-founder of Hewlett-Packard, the computing and imaging solutions company.

A Chevron spokeswoman said the tanker had been named the "Condoleezza Rice" in 1993.

Fortaleza posted:

Ah, reminded me of the Jesse Ventura v Chris Kyle saga

Dude just ripped kyle’s legacy to shreds, really fantastic work

quote:

Following the allegations, Ventura denied the incident had happened or having ever met Kyle. Ventura filed a lawsuit in January 2012 against Kyle for charges of defamation, appropriation, and unjust enrichment.[36][37] After Kyle was killed the following year, the lawsuit was transferred to Kyle's estate.[38] On July 29, 2014, the jury returned a recommendation of 8 to 2 that Kyle was liable to Ventura for defamation and unjust enrichment, but not appropriation. The jury concluded that the Kyle estate owed Ventura $500,000 for defamation, and $1.34 million for unjust enrichment. The district judge, who rendered the final judgment, said that there was "substantial evidence" that supported the jury verdict.[39][40][41]

Kyle's widow appealed the verdict on behalf of Kyle's estate.[42] Attorneys for Kyle's estate asked the appeals court to throw out the verdict or at least order a new trial because a lawyer for Ventura told jurors that the $1.8 million judgment would be paid for by Kyle's book publisher's insurance policy, not his estate.[43] In June 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit threw out the $1.8 million in part due to the revelation of the insurance policy by Ventura's attorneys to the jury. The $1.35 million in "unjust enrichment" was overturned and dismissed as being inconsistent with Minnesota law. The $500k defamation suit was remanded back to trial.[44][45] In December 2017, the case was settled out of court for an undisclosed amount.[46]

pentyne posted:

Ventura was going to absolutely make sure any time it ever came up everyone knew that Chris Kyle was a lying piece of poo poo.