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jar
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Message 106 of 1639 (758552)
05-28-2015 11:06 AM
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05-28-2015 10:59 AM


Gov of NY
Weren't Martin Van Buren, Grover Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt governors of New York?

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Message 107 of 1639 (758581)
05-28-2015 3:34 PM
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05-28-2015 11:06 AM


Re: Gov of NY
Martin Van Buren was a Senator , but the rest at one point or other were governors.
Pataki, looking at it, is probably the most sane of any of the Republican candidates out there.

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Message 108 of 1639 (758583)
05-28-2015 3:46 PM
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05-28-2015 3:34 PM


Re: Gov of NY
Pataki, looking at it, is probably the most sane of any of the Republican candidates out there.
Then he probably has no chance of being nominated.

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Message 109 of 1639 (758783)
06-02-2015 1:32 PM


Lindsey Graham is in it now
This is going to be one entertaining election season.
It is so fun to watch these guys back peddle and squirm when they have to reverse themselves on past issues.
I can't wait for the debates!

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Message 110 of 1639 (758788)
06-02-2015 3:02 PM
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06-02-2015 1:32 PM


Re: Lindsey Graham is in it now
It is so fun to watch these guys back peddle and squirm when they have to reverse themselves on past issues.
Back peddling is unnecessary when the electorate has an attention span and memory as short as a

Love your enemies!

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Message 111 of 1639 (758792)
06-02-2015 3:55 PM
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06-02-2015 3:02 PM


Re: Lindsey Graham is in it now
Back peddling is unnecessary when the electorate has an attention span and memory as short as a
What was that? oh never mind.

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Message 112 of 1639 (758799)
06-03-2015 2:57 AM


I want Bernie Sanders to pick Willie Nelson as a running mate.

- xongsmith, 5.7d

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Message 113 of 1639 (758800)
06-03-2015 2:58 AM
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06-03-2015 2:57 AM


we need the redneck vote.

- xongsmith, 5.7d

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Message 114 of 1639 (758815)
06-03-2015 2:50 PM
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05-28-2015 10:59 AM


Santorum , the less said the better
I cannot agree with this sentiment. Isn't this supposed to be a something of a comedy thread? Are there any easier jokes to be made than those that result simply quoting something Sanctorum says?

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History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people. Martin Luther King
If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions? Scott Adams

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Message 115 of 1639 (758823)
06-03-2015 5:03 PM
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06-03-2015 2:50 PM


God has tetched them all
NoNukes writes:
I cannot agree with this sentiment. Isn't this supposed to be a something of a comedy thread? Are there any easier jokes to be made than those that result simply quoting something Sanctorum says?
Well, this particular clown car of Grand Old Party piety already has Chaplain Huck, who wishes now he'd showered with the girls.
Sanctorum will have to be Choirboy Rick--whose regrets for missed sensual opportunities may best go unpondered.
Ew.

"If you can keep your head while those around you are losing theirs, you can collect a lot of heads."

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Message 116 of 1639 (758853)
06-04-2015 9:41 AM
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06-03-2015 2:50 PM


I cannot agree with this sentiment. Isn't this supposed to be a something of a comedy thread? Are there any easier jokes to be made than those that result simply quoting something Sanctorum says?
you mean like ...

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Message 117 of 1639 (758857)
06-04-2015 10:38 AM
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06-04-2015 9:41 AM


Rick Perry has made if official
Rick Perry Enters Presidential Race
I hope this time he has the foresight to write down the three federal agencies he wants to cut. Even Palin was smart enough to do that:

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Message 118 of 1639 (758859)
06-04-2015 11:09 AM
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06-04-2015 10:38 AM


Re: Rick Perry has made if official
Ooooh! We Texans are so excited!!

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Message 119 of 1639 (758864)
06-04-2015 1:35 PM
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06-03-2015 2:50 PM


Are there any easier jokes to be made than those that result simply quoting something Sanctorum says?
You mean other than doing a google search for "Santorum"?

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Message 120 of 1639 (758867)
06-04-2015 2:24 PM
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06-03-2015 5:03 PM


incompetence and the inability to see incompetence
Curiously I find the current plethora of GOP candidates to be prime examples of the The Dunning—Kruger effect
quote:
The Dunning—Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which an unskilled person makes poor decisions and arrives at erroneous conclusions, but their incompetence denies them the metacognitive ability to realize their mistakes. The unskilled therefore suffer from illusory superiority, rating their own ability as above average, much higher than it actually is, while the highly skilled underrate their abilities, suffering from illusory inferiority. This leads to the perverse situation in which less competent people rate their own ability higher than more competent people. It also explains why actual competence may weaken self-confidence: because competent individuals falsely assume that others have an equivalent understanding. Thus, the miscalibration of the incompetent stems from an error about the self, whereas the miscalibration of the highly competent stems from an error about others.
Of course that can be said for all politicians to some degree. It just seems to me that the GOP candidates are more incompetent in judging their own judgment than the average cow.
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