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SedanChair posted:Ted Cruz commits impiety by undermining faith in the government he was entrusted to sustain, so Poseidon (Obama) sends snakes to destroy him. A Laocoön coloring book. More like Ted Cruz realizes that Obama is secretly trying to infiltrate Socialism into the US in the guise of a "gift" and will desperately try and warn us. But our fate is sealed and the gods are trying to destroy (his career) in revenge.
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Ninjasaurus posted:Carson is clearly a joke candidate and I'm cynically assuming he's just trying to raise his profile by running and doesn't actually expect to get the nomination. In the same way that paper makes a worthy opponent to scissors, maybe.
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Nov 22, 2014 04:33
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Chamale posted:Why do you think that? The odds favour Hillary in a matchup against Bush, but he's one of the least bad candidates the Republicans have. His only problems are his poor governorship, ludicrous economic ideas, and brother, which are things the voters will learn to ignore. It being far too early to say for sure, but so far I don't think any of the Republican bench is going to be very competitive with Hillary/???. But Bush III and Rob "Rob who?" Portman don't seem like they'll get much traction. I realize that they both have the kooky economic ideas that enrich their friends and that the tea party loves, but there are plenty of guys who have those and don't have all the baggage associated with the Bush name. Scott Walker may be universally despised, but he's got big money behind him, got the union-busting street cred amongst the far right, while someone with a bit more involvement with the evangelicals would probably do better in the primaries than a Catholic convert.
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Nov 22, 2014 16:34
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joeburz posted:Wasn't Lincoln a lawyer? In those days the requirements for being a lawyer were a lot less strict. He read a couple of books, and was admitted to the bar before they had exams and stuff. Probably helped that he was a state rep at the time. He got a job with one of his wife's relatives, where he presumably learned how to do lawyering. Like being a vampire hunter or a doctor, it was just something you could decide to do and just pick up along the way.
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Nov 23, 2014 18:49
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The Warszawa posted:You can still "read law" via an apprenticeship in a bunch of states today and it substitutes for a law degree when you sit the bar exam in that state. Heck, in California you don't need either, you can just take the bar exam. But I think in Lincoln's day, there was no actual exam, just an "evaluation" by the bar.
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Nov 23, 2014 19:04
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The Warszawa posted:I'm sorry, less self-inflicted tragedy? Sure, you're still a lawyer, but without the crippling student loan debt.
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Nov 24, 2014 00:24
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DACK FAYDEN posted:I genuinely don't understand why leftists are always against trade policies that end up exporting jobs. Do people really want to work a poo poo job that someone in another country will do for a buck fifty an hour? Wouldn't it be better to leave the trade agreements intact and create good jobs instead, that people don't hate as much and that can have a salary that can be spent on the nice cheap goods from free trade? Also, manufacturing jobs were kind of the bedrock of unions and the middle class for several decades. Even though those jobs are probably gone forever, at least waxing rhapsodic about bringing them back makes for good talking points. Although I suppose the transition of support jobs (call centers, tech support, medical imaging, lab work, programming, etc) overseas is definitely something to be concerned about since those jobs are still around and are kind of important white-collar middle class jobs.
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Dec 3, 2014 03:52
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computer parts posted:Outsourcing lab work is one of those things where the market will correct itself because there's a reason why it's cheaper over there. You want the market to correct itself before or after the flood of malpractice suits? In terms of say, drug research, well, the big pharma wants specific results, so if it can get yes-research cheaper overseas than it can here, well, there's really no incentive to move back.
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Dec 3, 2014 03:55
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My Imaginary GF posted:1. Veep pick is about money. If enough folks are trying to goad Clinton into picking Warren, she may see the value in a symbolic, white-bread progressive pick. Veep pick was about money for Romney in 2012. Not really about money for any one else. Mostly about covering perceived deficiencies, whether it be experience, gravitas, regional, melanin, or chromosonal.
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Dec 6, 2014 20:14
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Joementum posted:The problem with this is that Gore was (or nearly was) elected and the only reason that you're excluding Johnson and Truman is that they assumed office after their President died. Oh, and HHH nearly won in '68 and most likely would have won if Nixon hadn't illegally sabotaged the peace talks. I thought he sabotaged the peace talks for the 72 election, how did he do it for the 68 election too? Chamale posted:I know that it happened, and it still astonishes me as the most blatant treason by a Presidential candidate in American history. Chennault urged a Communist group to continue shooting American soldiers in order to help Nixon win the election. Unless he was a lich or Nixon was a necromancer (not too much of stretch), it would be difficult since he had been dead for 10 years when Nixon was running in 68. sullat fucked around with this message at 01:40 on Dec 8, 2014 |
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GoutPatrol posted:His wife. Look farther than the first google result. Wife, eh? Guess my patriarchy must be showing, didn't think to check her bio.
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Fried Chicken posted:Huh, so that's where GRRM got the idea Yeah, there's a naval battle with the Kievan Rus that's pretty much just like the battle of blackwater, right down to the sacrificial hulk filled with Greek fire.
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Dec 21, 2014 01:32
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William Bear posted:Given the lifespan of horses, is Rafalca likely still in good shape four years later? Probably just wants a book tour at this point. Going to join in the grifting circuit.
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Jan 10, 2015 16:33
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Good Citizen posted:Huckabee is already a veteran of the grifting circuit. I doubt he quit his job for a simple book tour vanity campaign. Dude wants to be prez Campaign/book tour is a stop on the circuit. It's not like he's permanently banned from his sinecure at Fox if he runs.
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Jan 10, 2015 17:22
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shadow puppet of a posted:Wasn't there a theory going around that Mitt would clean up his lone 2011 tax return and then file to amend the poo poo out of it after he lost? Can he re-amend that return now that he has decided to run again or will he delightfully refuse to release it and trot out a solitary, sparkling 2015 return instead? Yeah, he initially claimed that he paid "about 15%" in taxes, but the actual amount was closer to 10%. So his 2011 tax return showed 14% or so by not claiming a lot of charitable deductions and other deductions that he was probably eligible for, so the theory was that he would amend it after he lost. Also, the prevailing theory is that the real skeletons in the closet were from the financial crisis (2007-2010) so he probably doesn't need to conceal the later tax years.
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Jan 13, 2015 13:21
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Has Kerry given up on his presidential ambitions? Seems like he could have another run in him.
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ComradeCosmobot posted:On the other hand, James Buchanan. He had a life partner. And a niece, as I recall.
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Jan 14, 2015 01:20
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shadow puppet of a posted:Can Mitt legally run with one of his sons on the ticket? As long as they're over 35, sure. They'd just need to take up residence in the San Diego manse before the election, to get around the "different states" rule.
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Jan 15, 2015 14:55
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Jackson Taus posted:Nikki Haley. Romney endorsed her in 2009, she's apparently conservative enough, and she's a minority woman. She's also currently in office (where Romney's been out for a while). Also in 2012 not only were the candidates weak, but they bad mouthed Romney. Hard to say which was the bigger reason none were picked. Unfortunately the sample size for "Romney VP picks" is rather small. Hopefully we'll get more data in 2016 and by the 2024 or 2028 run we'll be able to model Romney's behavior more accurately.
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Jan 15, 2015 21:57
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My Imaginary GF posted:He's running, only question is when. You don't lay down $30 mil of your own cash for improving the IL Governor's Mansion and lobbying the state lege for northing. Just because someone "wants" the White House doesn't mean they're a credible candidate. See Huntsman, Pawlenty, Kaisch, etc.
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Jan 17, 2015 02:10
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Tao Jones posted:Christie's an interesting choice, but I don't think Republican voters have forgiven him for turning to Obama during Hurricane Sandy yet. It might happen, maybe, but I think people outside of NJ would need more time to get to know him. Actually, probably better that they don't get to know him? The more I hear about him, the less likable he seems. If he can craft a persona and sell it to the nation, that might be something, but it's too hard to bury all the petty, bad, embarrassing stuff. Although supposedly Ailes was courting Christie heavily in 12, maybe he's still got that support?
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Jan 20, 2015 15:45
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Joementum posted:Remember that Bill Clinton and Gary Hart ran for President while having active extramarital affairs. Also, apparently Nixon ran for president after taking bribes, committing treason, and spying on his opponents. And he was elected, twice! I guess if the (future) president does it, it wasn't illegal.
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Jan 21, 2015 01:34
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Nativity In Black posted:Biden has a lot of natural charisma too. He didn't do much in the 2008 primaries. Even Edwards had more traction than he did.
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A3th3r posted:John Edwards' '08 campaign imploded because he was caught in an affair with a female staffer. And yet he still did better than Biden, is the issue. Someone else thought Biden was running for VP, I'm not convinced. He just got lucky Obama wanted someone pre-vetted. Edwards was running for VP by the time he conceded, but then, he was also going a little nuts according to Game Change.
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Jan 22, 2015 02:05
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ToxicSlurpee posted:There was no way either side was going to play the religion card last election. It was unspoken but if you watch there was basically a big non-aggression pact on every side when it came to religion. Partially because no other candidate was strong on it (to the evangelical Protestants). If Romney goes nuclear on Huckabee, I'd expect to see something in response denigrating Mormons as not understanding "true" Christian values or whatever.
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Jan 23, 2015 05:47
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My Imaginary GF posted:Which are, what? The centrists positions that Romney is staking out for himself rhetorically? Running for office from the left allows Romney to play up mormonism as more compasionate than Huckabee's religion, selling it as a more benign catholicism. No idea, not a theologian. But the flavor of the religion matters a lot more than you'd think while sittinv on your liberal ivory tower. Many evangelicals are going to jump at a chance to vote for own of their own, especially if he starts pushing that difference. Whike nobody did in 2012 because it was a catholic and a mormon competing for those vites, if Romney takes the gloves of wrt Huckabee, I wouldn't be surprised to see a religious themed retaliation. Those "values" don't need to be defined precisely.
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FlamingLiberal posted:It will never cease to crack me up with how Trump and Palin continue to troll their own party and bilk them for cash. Honestly, it's more the little guy getting fleeced by Palin. The party is getting fleeced by a higher class of grifter, like Karl Rove. How much did he walk away with in 2012?
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Jan 24, 2015 02:02
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I think the basically Cruz insisted that the Senate remain open an extra day so that everyone could stay and hear his musings on the latest Obamatrocity, and Reid took the opportunity to activate voting mode when all the Senators were still in town. Otherwise they would have just gone home, because the Senate has a weird schedule. Like 4 10s, except 3 4s.
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Jan 24, 2015 14:18
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Three Olives posted:Rand Paul would have to give up his senate seat to run for president, even Rand Paul is not stupid enough to do that. Like Senator McCain did? Or Senators Obama and Biden?
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Jan 27, 2015 02:12
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ErIog posted:Kentucky state law won't allow you to be on the ballot twice in that situation. Rand needs a state law passed in order to allow him to keep his senate seat while running, and the GOP-controlled state legislature hates his guts. They already told him to get bent about a year ago when he asked nicely if they'd pass the law for him. Haha! Did not know that. Fair play, Kentucky. So he's got to wait until the Senate race and the presidential race are not aligned.
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Jan 27, 2015 04:28
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Captain_Maclaine posted:I imagine he did it the same way other creationists with advanced degrees manage it: compartmentalized memorization that they do their best to forget as soon as they've got the degree. Biology and anatomy don't require buying into evolution, all you need is to say the good lord connected the foot bone to the leg bone and proceed from there.
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Gyges posted:But who's best all time? VPs bumped up to Pres can not count Presidential performance for or against their VP rating. John C. Calhoun. Such a good VP, he got chosen a second time!
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The Bunk posted:I see two bald men with white mustaches and bushy eyebrows kissing. You're just seeing what you want to see.
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Jan 29, 2015 21:53
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Hopefully we'll at least get Trollmney on twitter feuding with Trollbama now.
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radical meme posted:If they spend that much and still lose in 2016, my bet is that will be the last election cycle where that kind of money is thrown around by one group. How can they possibly justify that kind of money in a loss? Plus, Adelson and the Kochs are not getting any younger; I doubt that their kids/legatees have the same appetite for politics. The Kochs, at least, are beholden to nobody. That's the beauty of private wealth, no shareholders or trustees to answer to.
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Feb 1, 2015 17:09
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FlamingLiberal posted:They've achieved most of their legislative success by buying seats in state legislatures or lower-level Congressional races. It's been a bottom up thing, which does not bode well for the future. At least state legislatures are cheaper to buy. Although they seem to be the highest bidders these days.
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The optomolagy board thing is amusing, but not damning. I would be annoyed if, say, the state board exempted older tax preparers from their CEs. But I'm lazy and not a self-starter and wouldn't form my own board.
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My Imaginary GF posted:You know who else doesn't vaccinate their kids? Counterpoint: you know who did vaccinate his kids? And suffered adverse health effects from doing so? Osama Bin Laden. Why exactly does Obama want to vaccinate your children?
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shadow puppet of a posted:http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/03/nyregion/in-christies-career-a-fondness-forluxe-benefits-when-others-pay-the-bills.html New York Times posted:An executive order Mr. Christie signed in 2010 allows New Jersey governors to have travel and related expenses paid by foreign governments Apparently it's not illegal!
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FAUXTON posted:I can't understand why conservatives would be anti-vaccine. If anything they should be pro-vaccine with extra boosters for everyone since autism is how mises.org keeps their lights on. IIRC, Rick Perry changed positions to pro-vaccines once the check from big Pharma cleared. So they can be persuaded.
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