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happyhippy
Feb 21, 2005

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Pillbug


There are 9, I repeat 9, Republican debates to go still.

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happyhippy
Feb 21, 2005

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Magres posted:

All I'm hearing is that Bernie Sanders went to the USSR and it collapsed shortly after

:bernin:

I heard Romney went to France during Vietnam doing Mormon Missonary work instead of dying in a rice field. And this is why France is a major Mormon stronghold today.
oh wait

happyhippy
Feb 21, 2005

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Pillbug

zoux posted:

Yeah, the entire Republican party.

After all, being black is the only "qualification" Obama had, right?

As well as being Muslim 'As All Hell' level.

happyhippy
Feb 21, 2005

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Pillbug

Hulk Krogan posted:

I have to say, one of the scariest things about the last couple of election cycles has been watching campaigns realize that they can just straight up deny stuff like this and not pay a price for it with their constituents.

But as an outsider its going to be hilarious to see in 20 years times two candidates come out and just shout and point 'PEDOPHILE' and the loudest wins.

happyhippy
Feb 21, 2005

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Pillbug
Fachwit.

happyhippy
Feb 21, 2005

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Pillbug

Logikv9 posted:

I think Carson will have an "excellent" debate performance as long as he just denies everything. It's FOX Business so I'm not expecting in-depth hard-hitting questions here.

Your tax plan is amazing, why don't you tell how the small business owner will benefit from this.

happyhippy
Feb 21, 2005

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Pillbug
Also, remember GINGRICH was leader for 3 FULL MONTHS at one point.

It's looking like the same cycles this time around, they are not nominating the best candidate, just the least worst of their own.

happyhippy
Feb 21, 2005

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Pillbug

Ron Jeremy posted:

Now it's my adult stupidity (such as my posting).

And porn videos.

happyhippy
Feb 21, 2005

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Pillbug

PC LOAD LETTER posted:

Someone mentioned a ways back that one of the Republican candidates had a particularly insane plan for healthcare reform. Stuff like $2k a year HSA as a cure all, use your family's bank account to pay your medical bills, etc. I was looking for more information on that and I can't really seem to find it. At least not all of it. Plenty of stuff is easy to find on Carson promoting the $2k/yr HSA but can't find any of the rest, there was a bunch of stuff and I was telling a family member about it and they just couldn't believe it.

I could but I didn't have any good articles handy and I wanted to give them a good one on it.*

Anyone have any good links I can pass along?

*actually I hope its all some terrible misunderstanding on my part and I'm getting the details wrong but I'll take watching someone else's face react to reading about this crap as a consolation prize

This WAS Carson's plan, it was from the first or second debate.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/28/upshot/ben-carsons-health-care-plan-new-and-more-confusing.html?_r=0

quote:

How health savings accounts would be funded, and by how much: Before this weekend, Mr. Carson had long been saying that the federal government would give every American $2,000 every year from birth to death, money that could be spent only on health care, but could be shared among family members.

The article also ridicules it.

happyhippy
Feb 21, 2005

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Pillbug

Greatbacon posted:

It's specifically quoting Proverbs 22:4, which is "By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches, and honour, and life." -King James Version

When I decide to go full Politcal Supply Side Jesus Galt I'm going to hang up a pic that says: "Thou shalt...kill. - Exodus 20:13".

happyhippy
Feb 21, 2005

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Pillbug

icantfindaname posted:

so what happened in the debate? did trump come out ahead or at least not behind?

Let's just say that Fox News has to call in some extra fifteen dimensional logic experts to agree that everyone's wages are too high the next few days.
The 98% who have refrigerator graphic will be shown again.

happyhippy
Feb 21, 2005

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Pillbug

Fox Ironic posted:

In reality, Trump will win the nomination and the election and complete our transition to Fascism.

Nah, he won't last until Fascism.
Russia or China will just outright invade some place claiming soverign right and President Trump will declare that he will sort it out on live TV.
And then its completely ignored and hes a laughing stock for the rest of the four years.

happyhippy
Feb 21, 2005

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Pillbug

I can't spot the difference

happyhippy
Feb 21, 2005

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Pillbug
The US health system has a lot of 'fake' costs though.

For example you get charged $30-$50 dollars for use of some paper towels or whatever.
When the price of them is like 5 cents.

In a universal healthcare system this rip off inflation would stop as the governing agency can ask for justification for the prices.

happyhippy
Feb 21, 2005

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Pillbug

WampaLord posted:

But on the other hand, they commissioned a report after 2012 that basically told them "Hey, stop being so sexist and racist and you'll win more votes" and then did the complete opposite of that. So I'd say they are very much incapable of introspection.

Thats the fall back plan when things are looking dire for them.

They still have a few elections of the usual gerrymandering, voter ID blocking, and the other small poo poo like relocating DMVs and denying people the day off work to vote.

happyhippy
Feb 21, 2005

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Pillbug

Jerry Manderbilt posted:

are we bad people if we just get a turkey ice cream cake from baskin robbins because nobody in our house eats turkey anyway

ISIS cell detected.

Send in the drones.

happyhippy
Feb 21, 2005

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Pillbug

Epic High Five posted:

I don't think anybody here really, truly believes that America has a WEAK military. It's more accurately read as, "President Obama isn't being aggressive enough militarily." If you're going to be scared of something be scared that a bloc that's big enough to pander to in the US genuinely wants us to nuke Mecca and believes this would make the Musselmen cow-tow to our might.

Re,member when the US military would report they killed the 'third in command' every few months.
In between orange 'creditable threats' upping of the poo poo your pants citizen scale.

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happyhippy
Feb 21, 2005

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Oh, NOW they don't want to tell anyone why a nut shot up the place.
I wonder why.

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