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mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!

Did anyone see McCarthy's foreign policy speech? It was played on Maddow.. WOW is he dumb. He can't string 2 coherent sentences together...

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mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!

euphronius posted:

Obama has been forceful for a long time now he just is not covered by the msm and his new media game is only now getting going. He should be posting speeches straight to YouTube.

The bully pulpit doesn't exist.

# ¿ Oct 2, 2015 15:44

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Nonsense posted:

Glad you've come to realize that gun owners do not trust Democrats, nor ever will. That's just the way things are, and until the law changes the NRA runs the show on American gun culture.

The single issue gun owner isn't voting for Democrats anyway because of brown immigrants or because the president is a Muslim or some other batshit insane silliness. They don't need their trust.

# ¿ Oct 2, 2015 15:47

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Trabisnikof posted:

Alas, we have had multiple goons say they believe in climate change, immigration reform, gay marriage, etc. but they voted Republican because guns.

I know there are people like that on here but they are a special kind of complete moron and don't really make up any relevant portion of the electorate thankfully.

# ¿ Oct 2, 2015 15:58

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Fried Chicken posted:

Oh and Arne Duncan is stepping down from Education Secretary, John B King will be nominated as replacement

Worst Obama cabinet member?

# ¿ Oct 2, 2015 16:54

mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!

I hate to post a link to Tucker Carlson's lovely site here but Marco Rubio is very good. Could he possibly be the best bet to win the nomination as of now?

http://dailycaller.com/2015/10/01/here-is-marco-rubios-brilliant-response-to-black-lives-matter/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

# ¿ Oct 2, 2015 20:33

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Tatum Girlparts posted:

Marco is a dumb motherfucker in a lot of ways (he also said that women will sell their fetus to PP for money thanks to the baby harvesting they do, and so getting pregnant will be an income source somehow) but he's probably the least dumb motherfucker they have, and is young and very cute, so yea he's probably the smart one to rally around if they want a fight.

The only thing that gives me pause is that he was a member of the Gang of Eight for comprehensive immigration reform and the base HATES that...

# ¿ Oct 2, 2015 20:37

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Tatum Girlparts posted:

Yea he's been on record occasionally saying not insane things, but if anything that's probably best for him because that'll make him the establishment golden boy rather than the teabagger one.

Right but that isn't enough to win the nomination. Remember that batshit insane candidates Trump+Carson+Fiorina are over 55%

# ¿ Oct 2, 2015 20:40

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Tatsuta Age posted:

I dunno, on the other hand you have this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag8RgEVBsJ0

Which pretty much solidifies him as Huckabee 2.0 in a lot of ways.

Edit: Beaten like 5 posts up

LMAO this is insane. This plus his not believing in abortion being legal to save the mother's life are going to make for some awesome general election ads.

Tatum Girlparts posted:

So were guys like Cain and Bachmann in some places. The establishment has the money, the establishment picks the nominee, if they can be shown a promising, less insane, option in a cute young Cuban dude they'll probably rally for him and it won't matter of Trump has idiots on his side.

If this is true it will be Jeb!

# ¿ Oct 2, 2015 20:44

mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!

Good job putting these people in power America.

# ¿ Oct 8, 2015 17:53

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James Garfield posted:

Does the strict letter of the law prevent them from electing Reagan speaker?

Or Ted Cruz.

# ¿ Oct 8, 2015 17:59

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Three Olives posted:

center right Republicans

lol

# ¿ Oct 8, 2015 18:02

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QuoProQuid posted:

A vast majority of the Republican Conference knows that an impeachment proceeding would be political suicide. Short of a Pride's Purge, it isn't happening.

What do you mean by "political suicide"? Lose the house? The house GOP caucus could all run around naked on the mall throwing their feces at each other and still not lose the house.

# ¿ Oct 10, 2015 17:34

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Bob Ojeda posted:

Lose the presidential election.

1) They are going to lose it anyway.

2) The house GOP caucus couldn't possibly care if they win the presidency or not. In fact they probably PREFER to lose it.

# ¿ Oct 10, 2015 17:54

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Brigadier Sockface posted:

Really?

They don't have any good general election candidates and Democrats have a huge structural advantage, so yeah.

# ¿ Oct 10, 2015 18:38

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gradenko_2000 posted:

Lessig isn't making it to the Dem debates, is he?

Good. There is no reason for him to be in the race.

# ¿ Oct 13, 2015 15:16

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Tesseraction posted:

Now this is a race-ism I'm down with.

Then his campaign can be as spectacular a waste of time as his PAC was during the 2014 elections.

# ¿ Oct 13, 2015 15:26

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ComradeCosmobot posted:

Sheldon Adelson has made his decision.

I don't know how the GOP is going to nominate someone who has Rubio's immigration history...

# ¿ Oct 13, 2015 19:22

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Fried Chicken posted:

This is what I was most disappointed in by the debate, outside of the one vague statement from Bernie, nothing on how they would deal with the complete gridlock of a divided government. There was a great pattern of Bernie saying "This is a problem!", Clinton saying "here is a centrist technocratic attempt to solve that problem" and then quibbling on whether that proposal was sufficient to deal with the problem, but nothing on how to enact that proposal

The only 2 ways to deal with it. Use executive orders (a terrible campaign issue) and to win elections against republicans.

# ¿ Oct 14, 2015 18:46

mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!

Can democrats stop with the "we have the work together to end partisan gridlock" talking points? Is there ANYONE who is won over by that line of thinking?

# ¿ Oct 21, 2015 21:15

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Antti posted:

I listened to it today and can't recommend it enough.

I'm almost embarrassed by how shocked I was when I heard what the conspiracy theory was. I thought it would be that right-wing elements in the government killed Rabin and framed a stooge. Oh, no, actually, Rabin tried to fake an assassination attempt on himself and then hosed it up and died. And the resulting wave of sympathy for Rabin resulted in... twenty years of right-wing rule and the literal and figurative demolition of the Oslo process.

At least with Trutherism, the cui bono principle leads to the theory down a path resembling logic. Rabin trutherism is just pure

Isreali politics is just super depressing on every level.

# ¿ Oct 21, 2015 22:36

mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!

I hope Hillary Clinton nominates Sydney Blumenthal to Sec Def or some other cabinet position when she wins.

# ¿ Oct 22, 2015 21:15

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Joementum posted:

That's a really, really bad idea.

But Press Secretary Blumenthal would be loving hilarious.

It's no worse than any of the other pretty awful people the Clintons pal around with. In fact it's probably better.

# ¿ Oct 22, 2015 21:17

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Zeroisanumber posted:

Blumenthal is a mediocrity who's managed to hang on in Washington by virtue of his association with the Clintons. If Hillary takes the presidency, he's a prime candidate for what Dr. Dre calls "Posse Contraction".

This is true of SO MANY people and will probably be true of the pool of candidates for jobs in the Hillary Clinton administration.... At least his son is a good guy and he drives republicans nuts.

# ¿ Oct 22, 2015 21:28

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Spite posted:

The most hilarious thing about all this is it shows how huge the egos involved are. The obvious move is to just ignore Trump and try to appear above the fray. But absolutely no one can let even the slightest brush to their ego go. It's incredible.

They can't ignore Trump and try to act superior. That isn't what GOP primary voters want at all. They want someone who appears tough and isn't scared to poo poo on people in public because that matters to them MUCH more than policy which they don't care at all about.

# ¿ Oct 22, 2015 21:49

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euphronius posted:

There is a lot of spin on the deal to make it politically palatable but the main takeaway afaict is we just are going back to a pre tea party insanity status quo.

I don't even think this positive a spin is accurate.. Some of the sequester cuts are going to stay in place.

# ¿ Oct 27, 2015 14:58

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BI NOW GAY LATER posted:

Ryan's not likely to be speaker after the election. I think he only did it this time because no one else wanted it.

Ryan's likely to be speaker for probably the next 10+ years actually.

# ¿ Oct 27, 2015 16:21

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Electric Bugaloo posted:

So instead of trying to follow his executive branch dreams he'll become Hillary's Boehner and his career will henceforth become a never-ending exercise in extreme frustration until he ignominiously quits?

I'll take it.

He has no jumping off point from Speaker to President and the GOP isn't losing the house any time soon. He's going to be the most powerful republican in the country for as long as he wants to be.

# ¿ Oct 27, 2015 16:33

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greatn posted:

Well then I've got good news for Koch, Carson just took the lead in a new national poll.

Republicans are insane.

# ¿ Oct 27, 2015 17:22

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Rynn posted:

I disagree, remember this will be a non incumbent Presidential election season. Whether it's Hillary or Bernie, you're going to see higher turnout especially among Democratic voters and there is a pretty good chance the Dems could sweep the house. With the weak lineup of Republican candidates, you're not going to have quite the same energy (even if there's the "Vote against that drat woman/Libby Lib!" reaction that is doubtful to get a rise out of the base).

Of course, the Dems holding onto the House in 2018 may be difficult but who knows

The chances of the D's winning the house are pretty much zilch unless the GOP nominates like Ted Cruz and loses 42 states...

# ¿ Oct 27, 2015 17:24

mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!

I'd like to know what party John Kasich thinks he's a member of...

# ¿ Oct 27, 2015 20:11

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Mr. Nice! posted:

this but unironically

This is what we have special forces for.

# ¿ Oct 27, 2015 20:43

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Rygar201 posted:

No? He's currently plowing all his campaigns money into consultant groups to raise more money, which has better grift returns than paying for staff or voter rolls. He's not actually campaigning, and thus won't win.

I think the escaped mental patient who has kidnapped Dr Ben Carson and is keeping him tied up in a basement while he's using Dr Carson's remarkable career to make steal cash from 73 year old conservatives, might actually believe he has a chance to win...

# ¿ Oct 27, 2015 20:55

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CommieGIR posted:

Let's be honest, they are just upset they can't impeach Obama.

Why can't they?

# ¿ Oct 27, 2015 21:13

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fknlo posted:

Well, all the negroes voted for Obama just because he's black, so if we put one of ours up there they'll do the same thing!

It's more about cover for their racist policies.

# ¿ Oct 27, 2015 22:03

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mdemone posted:

He basically can't stop himself from this kind of behavior. It'll be what sinks him eventually, he'll see a bit of a decline and freak out, which will really turn people off.

He was clearly saying that in a joking manor. You're reading much too much into that statement.

# ¿ Oct 28, 2015 15:39

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seiferguy posted:

That's not a Trump issue. That's a Republican issue flat out failing to understand the Hispanic vote. Trump is forcing the issue with his rhetoric and causing all the other candidates to up their craziness to match the Trump.

They understand it. They just can't talk to both their base and Hispanic voters.

# ¿ Oct 28, 2015 16:08

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Joementum posted:

David Vitter didn't just go Willie Horton, he's gone double Horton.

He really is a lovely guy that David Vitter, isn't he?

# ¿ Oct 28, 2015 16:59

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I wonder what Hillary's excuse for supporting the death penalty will be in 10 years and if it was be as absurd as her excuses for DOMA, DADT or any of Bill's horrific crime policies...

# ¿ Oct 28, 2015 20:15

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Trabisnikof posted:

Ah yes the absurd excuse of "if I didn't I wouldn't have been elected." Seriously, the Republicans cheered the death penalty, you can't see why not dying on this cross might not have been worth it?

Thats profound moral courage for ya.

# ¿ Oct 28, 2015 20:19

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