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Halloween Jack: Sep 12, 2003; I WILL CUT OFF BOTH OF MY ARMS BEFORE I VOTE FOR ANYONE THAT IS MORE POPULAR THAN BERNIE!!!!!

What kind of websites would Douglas MacArthur like?

# ¿ Sep 27, 2016 02:27

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# ¿ May 15, 2024 10:53

Halloween Jack: Sep 12, 2003; I WILL CUT OFF BOTH OF MY ARMS BEFORE I VOTE FOR ANYONE THAT IS MORE POPULAR THAN BERNIE!!!!!

KiteAuraan posted:

Hillary is poised and measured.

I think she's making a mistake by suppressing the "Really?!" expressions that are crossing my face every ten seconds or so.

# ¿ Sep 27, 2016 02:29

Halloween Jack: Sep 12, 2003; I WILL CUT OFF BOTH OF MY ARMS BEFORE I VOTE FOR ANYONE THAT IS MORE POPULAR THAN BERNIE!!!!!

SavageBastard posted:

HILLARY! STOP TRYING TO ZING HIM!!

She missed a golden opportunity to answer "How much for my family?" with "Release your tax records and I'll tell you."

# ¿ Sep 27, 2016 02:32

Halloween Jack: Sep 12, 2003; I WILL CUT OFF BOTH OF MY ARMS BEFORE I VOTE FOR ANYONE THAT IS MORE POPULAR THAN BERNIE!!!!!

Trade Chat Troll posted:

Streaming this on NPR, none of the insanity is being lost in audio form

They each have as many stock expressions as a point-and-click adventure game, so I can't imagine you're missing much.

# ¿ Sep 27, 2016 02:33

Halloween Jack: Sep 12, 2003; I WILL CUT OFF BOTH OF MY ARMS BEFORE I VOTE FOR ANYONE THAT IS MORE POPULAR THAN BERNIE!!!!!

I can't believe he got baited into making his tax returns a several-minute topic in this debate. Earlier today I was talking about how it's not a big enough deal to matter and no one cares. He just set his own dick on fire.

# ¿ Sep 27, 2016 02:36

Halloween Jack: Sep 12, 2003; I WILL CUT OFF BOTH OF MY ARMS BEFORE I VOTE FOR ANYONE THAT IS MORE POPULAR THAN BERNIE!!!!!

Bragadocious, dudes.

# ¿ Sep 27, 2016 02:38

Halloween Jack: Sep 12, 2003; I WILL CUT OFF BOTH OF MY ARMS BEFORE I VOTE FOR ANYONE THAT IS MORE POPULAR THAN BERNIE!!!!!

"Law and Order."

Donald Trump just lost the election

# ¿ Sep 27, 2016 02:48

Halloween Jack: Sep 12, 2003; I WILL CUT OFF BOTH OF MY ARMS BEFORE I VOTE FOR ANYONE THAT IS MORE POPULAR THAN BERNIE!!!!!

I think 500 is a pretty good murdernumber.

# ¿ Sep 27, 2016 02:58

Halloween Jack: Sep 12, 2003; I WILL CUT OFF BOTH OF MY ARMS BEFORE I VOTE FOR ANYONE THAT IS MORE POPULAR THAN BERNIE!!!!!

PainterofCrap posted:

What's with the sniffing?

Coke drip?

# ¿ Sep 27, 2016 03:02

Halloween Jack: Sep 12, 2003; I WILL CUT OFF BOTH OF MY ARMS BEFORE I VOTE FOR ANYONE THAT IS MORE POPULAR THAN BERNIE!!!!!

Tough Community. Brilliant Community. Wealthy Community. SNIFFF.

# ¿ Sep 27, 2016 03:06

Halloween Jack: Sep 12, 2003; I WILL CUT OFF BOTH OF MY ARMS BEFORE I VOTE FOR ANYONE THAT IS MORE POPULAR THAN BERNIE!!!!!

Trump will outmaneuver China, Putin, and Harkonnen.

# ¿ Sep 27, 2016 03:12

Halloween Jack: Sep 12, 2003; I WILL CUT OFF BOTH OF MY ARMS BEFORE I VOTE FOR ANYONE THAT IS MORE POPULAR THAN BERNIE!!!!!

Well, he said that we're not doing anything about North Korea, which is basically true?

LOL at "Iran has power over North Korea"

# ¿ Sep 27, 2016 03:30

Halloween Jack: Sep 12, 2003; I WILL CUT OFF BOTH OF MY ARMS BEFORE I VOTE FOR ANYONE THAT IS MORE POPULAR THAN BERNIE!!!!!

Liar posted:

I never noticed it before, but his teeth are way too white. Are those even his real teeth?

They're real teeth.

# ¿ Sep 27, 2016 03:33

Halloween Jack: Sep 12, 2003; I WILL CUT OFF BOTH OF MY ARMS BEFORE I VOTE FOR ANYONE THAT IS MORE POPULAR THAN BERNIE!!!!!

Axel Serenity posted:

This man has absolutely no knowledge of how foreign policies work

Woah woah woah, chief, let's get to "can find the Korean peninsula on a map" first

# ¿ Sep 27, 2016 03:35

Halloween Jack: Sep 12, 2003; I WILL CUT OFF BOTH OF MY ARMS BEFORE I VOTE FOR ANYONE THAT IS MORE POPULAR THAN BERNIE!!!!!

spoon0042 posted:

whose teeth

THEY'RE REAL TEETH OKAY.

# ¿ Sep 27, 2016 03:36

Halloween Jack: Sep 12, 2003; I WILL CUT OFF BOTH OF MY ARMS BEFORE I VOTE FOR ANYONE THAT IS MORE POPULAR THAN BERNIE!!!!!

"Not a knockout?" Are you loving kidding me? I mean yes, his campaign wasn't literally suspended two minutes after it ended.

# ¿ Sep 27, 2016 03:42

Halloween Jack: Sep 12, 2003; I WILL CUT OFF BOTH OF MY ARMS BEFORE I VOTE FOR ANYONE THAT IS MORE POPULAR THAN BERNIE!!!!!

Ytlaya posted:

While Trump is obviously a dumb and bad person and Clinton did much better, I have to wonder whether anyone who is still undecided would actually be persuaded by anything remotely resembling facts or reason. The most optimistic view I can take is that maybe a certain portion of undecided voters literally have never seen the candidates speak before this debate and that some of them may have just now realized that Trump is a dumb rear end in a top hat, but I can't imagine this is true for many voters.

Remember the years when being an independent who waited a long time to decide between candidates carried the implication that you were smart and informed?

# ¿ Sep 27, 2016 03:43

Halloween Jack: Sep 12, 2003; I WILL CUT OFF BOTH OF MY ARMS BEFORE I VOTE FOR ANYONE THAT IS MORE POPULAR THAN BERNIE!!!!!

Riosan posted:

He absolutely buried himself tonight with women. I mean, my loving god. Interruptions, talking over her, yelling "WRONG!" at her,

Superman will

# ¿ Sep 27, 2016 03:47

Halloween Jack: Sep 12, 2003; I WILL CUT OFF BOTH OF MY ARMS BEFORE I VOTE FOR ANYONE THAT IS MORE POPULAR THAN BERNIE!!!!!

The thing is, Trump is by no means completely dropping the dog whistles. "Taking the guns away from those people" is a very thin veneer, yes, but it's still a veneer. And there are others he probably still couldn't get away with outside his base, like "welfare queen."

# ¿ Sep 27, 2016 16:35

Halloween Jack: Sep 12, 2003; I WILL CUT OFF BOTH OF MY ARMS BEFORE I VOTE FOR ANYONE THAT IS MORE POPULAR THAN BERNIE!!!!!

Reason posted:

He said law and order eight times while also ranting about gangs and illegal immigrants.

I think this election has taught me that dog-whistling is not just either-or, or even a euphemism treadmill, but a whole spectrum. Trump slides up and down depending on who he thinks is listening, but I've noticed him back away from outright declarations that all Muslims should go on a national registry and Mexico is deliberately exporting hardened criminals to the U.S.

If Trump told his base what they want to hear with 0% dog-whistling, he would simply say "It's okay for government to help people, but only Real Americans. You know, white Christians. And we'll crush anyone who gets in our way."

Halloween Jack fucked around with this message at 17:50 on Sep 27, 2016

# ¿ Sep 27, 2016 17:46

Halloween Jack: Sep 12, 2003; I WILL CUT OFF BOTH OF MY ARMS BEFORE I VOTE FOR ANYONE THAT IS MORE POPULAR THAN BERNIE!!!!!

There is also the theory that they went soft on immigration not so much to court the Latino vote, but because the "donor class" personally has a lot to gain from changing those policies.

# ¿ Sep 27, 2016 17:52

Halloween Jack: Sep 12, 2003; I WILL CUT OFF BOTH OF MY ARMS BEFORE I VOTE FOR ANYONE THAT IS MORE POPULAR THAN BERNIE!!!!!

Mange Mite posted:

I'm saying she won the debate but only by playing her opponent and bullshitting and not on the strengths of her platform or whatever

Yeah, Trump stupidly let himself get baited into minutes-long conversations about conspiracy theories and his tax returns that sure made him look like an idiot, but didn't inform anyone about anything.

# ¿ Sep 27, 2016 18:26

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# ¿ May 15, 2024 10:53

Halloween Jack: Sep 12, 2003; I WILL CUT OFF BOTH OF MY ARMS BEFORE I VOTE FOR ANYONE THAT IS MORE POPULAR THAN BERNIE!!!!!

He decided he'd rather be associated with Hitler's speaking style than Orval Faubus which, now that I think about it, kind of makes sense.

# ¿ Sep 27, 2016 20:25

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