USPOL Nov: I would've preferred Huckabee have said nothing at all

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QuoProQuid: Jan 12, 2012; Tr*ckin' and F*ckin' all the way to tha
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Joementum posted:

Paul Ryan went as Mitt Romney for Halloween.

That's actually really cute. Paul Ryan really seems to care about his family.

Flobbster posted:

How did nobody notice the name at the bottom of that KKK list yet?

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Joe Wilson, 31 Jul 1947
Congressman [url]http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2009/09/11/joe-wilsons-rebel-yell.html[/url]
Current Address: 2229 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington DC 20515, 2825 Wilton Rd West Columbia, SC
Phone: 202-225-2452, 803-794-1116
Email: [email]joe.wilson@mail.house.gov[/email]
Facebook: [url]https://www.facebook.com/JoeWilson[/url]
Twitter: @RepJoeWilson @CongJoeWilson
Relatives: Roxanne Wilson, Allan Wilson, Addison Graves Wilson JR. Julian Dusenbury Wilson, Hunter Taylor Wilson

Why am I not surprised that the congressman who screamed "You lie!" at a black president during the SotU is actually a racist :allears:

Uhhh... having a sitting member of Congress in the KKK seems like a pretty big deal. Has any news outlet picked up on this alleged leak and has Wilson himself responded?

I don't see any news articles about this.

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QuoProQuid: Jan 12, 2012; Tr*ckin' and F*ckin' all the way to tha
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Geoff Peterson posted:

Yes. Please. Let's go down this path.

"Hillary, anonymously leaked records from a planned parenthood hack indicate that you have had three dozen abortions in your life. Can you verify if the number of abortions you've had in your life is indeed this high? Or is the number somewhat lower?"

"Bernie Sanders, the intelligence records leaked to pastebin indicate that you spent much of your congressional career under investigation for giving confidential government documents to the KGB, FSK and PRC. Can you comment on those investigations, and if your socialist beliefs made you more eager to share those documents with our enemies for free?"

I wasn't demanding Wilson resign. I was asking if any further details had come out regarding the allegations.

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QuoProQuid: Jan 12, 2012; Tr*ckin' and F*ckin' all the way to tha
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Ohio Update:

http://www.cleveland.com/election-results/index.ssf/2015/11/statewide_results_for_ohio_iss.html

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Here are the unofficial results for statewide issues from the Ohio Secretary of State's website. Latest update: 10:17 p.m.

State Issue 1

Issue 1 creates a process for drawing legislative districts to discourage dominant parties from setting boundaries that strongly favor themselves by requiring that the other major party agree to the map. (read more)

YES 1,549,786
NO 629,702
State Issue 2

Issue 2 raises a barrier for issues, including Issue 3, that create monopolies or grant special tax conditions by requiring that voters agree to waive the rules before voting on the issue itself. (read more)

YES 1,203,485
NO 1,096,323
State Issue 3

Issue 3 permits commercial production and sale of marijuana by what amounts to a monopoly in 10 locations around the state, It allows individuals to grow limited amounts for personal use. (read more)

YES 819,949
NO 1,515,981

Looks like bittersweet defeat for Issue 3. Though Ohio has not legalized marijuana, the state avoided being subject to the whims of the Taft family, who would have had a monopoly on the sale of recreational marijuana.

Issue 1 sets up a bipartisan commission to draw legislative boundaries. It isn't ideal, but it is better than the extremely shady and secretive redistricting process that took place in 2011 in which state Republican leaders met in a hotel room and redrew borders according to Boehner's demands.

QuoProQuid fucked around with this message at 04:32 on Nov 4, 2015

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QuoProQuid: Jan 12, 2012; Tr*ckin' and F*ckin' all the way to tha
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Rollofthedice posted:

When was the longest time a presidential candidate for either party led in the polls despite not being nominated?

~~Theodore Roosevelt in 1912, though popular support didn't really mean anything in the nominating process at that point in history.~~

My mistake! The latest is actually Robert Taft in the 1952 Republican Primary. Earl Warren also achieved more popular support than Thomas Dewey in 1948.

QuoProQuid fucked around with this message at 02:14 on Nov 8, 2015

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QuoProQuid: Jan 12, 2012; Tr*ckin' and F*ckin' all the way to tha
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McDowell posted:

Back when those Congressman made their letter to the Ayatollah telling him the USA cannot negotiate in good faith I wrote a brief letter to Senator Booker supporting the Nuclear Deal and recommending that the US should re-evaluate its relaionship with the Israeli nuclear program. A couple days ago I get a very long form response talking about technical details of the deal and why Cory is reluctantly supporting it. Then he starts talking about the Holocaust and how we must 'stand against evil'

Your congressman never saw your letter. The response was almost certainly a template assembled weeks in advance, using the Congressman's public statements, and sent out by an unpaid intern, who made sure that there were no obvious copy issues.

EDIT: Googling that quote brings up an op-ed by Brooker from September. They probably sent you a copy of it.

QuoProQuid fucked around with this message at 19:40 on Nov 20, 2015

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