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Message 37 of 1639 (754583)
03-28-2015 9:56 PM
Reply to: Message 35 by RAZD
03-28-2015 4:26 PM


Re: revamping the voting process - in line with the (current) Constitution
RAZD writes:
Much more like getting a consensus of who would satisfy the most people than our current system that not only ensconces the two party system, but also tends to pick extreme candidates in each of the parties.
We currently enjoy winner-take-all capitalism with ever-greater concentrations of wealth wielding their political clout to keep it that way.
I'm not sure you can change that by tweaking the ballot.

"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 47 of 1639 (754719)
03-30-2015 3:53 PM
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03-30-2015 2:04 PM


ramoss writes:
SHe is the one that said the economy is suffering because american workers are watching porn all day long
I can see her now in her sanctum--brow and upper lip dewy with sweat, a thin blue vein throbbing at her temple--picturing her employees watching porn...

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Message 49 of 1639 (754727)
03-30-2015 7:08 PM
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03-30-2015 5:58 PM


Re: Thanks to companies like HP ...
It's the Nookie Monster!

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Message 115 of 1639 (758823)
06-03-2015 5:03 PM
Reply to: Message 114 by NoNukes
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.

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Message 202 of 1639 (763431)
07-24-2015 5:21 PM
Reply to: Message 201 by ramoss
07-16-2015 9:37 PM


Re: Donald Trump is a Democratic plot to make GOP look stupid
If Trump is a plot, Cruz is a vast conspiracy.
Ted Cruz Accuses Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Lying
Given developments, anything less than concealed carry in the Senate would be uncivilized.
See who calls who a liar with some iron floating around the chamber: Kentucky 1, Texas 0!
Maybe they'd all learn some manners.

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Message 271 of 1639 (766223)
08-14-2015 7:36 PM
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08-14-2015 6:24 PM



"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 273 of 1639 (766227)
08-14-2015 8:02 PM
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08-14-2015 7:55 PM


#19 Apologizes for anything ever.

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Message 277 of 1639 (766249)
08-15-2015 4:12 PM
Reply to: Message 275 by Dr Adequate
08-15-2015 1:55 PM


Re: Things Rick Perry Doesn't Know
Dr A writes:
Asked about his exclusion from the main Republican debate, Rick Perry explained "this is not a one-shot pony".
Nor it is. I can't argue with that.
Give me a shot at that pony, and we'll see.

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Message 289 of 1639 (769310)
09-19-2015 8:26 AM
Reply to: Message 285 by Diomedes
09-18-2015 10:03 AM


Re: A view into a Donald Trump Voter
Diomedes writes:
A birther, a bigot and a moron all wrapped up in one package. And so is the guy asking the question.
Trump
We've long expected any fascist march in the U.S. to carry the Cross and the Flag.
Now we can add the Trademark.

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Message 299 of 1639 (769513)
09-21-2015 7:28 PM
Reply to: Message 296 by Asgara
09-21-2015 6:37 PM


Killer Klowns from Depraved Spaces
Asgara writes:
Unfortunately he will now be back looking for bigger and better ways to screw over my lovely Wisconsin.
But he did double-down on Wisconsin as the nation's leader in cheese.
I think Lindsey Graham might go next. The Red Staters are calling him a sissy, and he can't muster enough crazy to get taken seriously.
Cruz looks like Robert Mitchum with subtle chromosonal aberrations, so he'll probably survive a while due to the Southern base--I'd like to see him in a top hat and moustache: "If you don't give me the Constitution, I'm gonna blow y'all to bits!" Jindal hasn't looked into a mirror for 30 years, apparently, and denial always lasts longer than one thinks it possibly could.
I'd like to see more GOP women run, but watching Fiorina calmly describe the recent Planned Parent hoax video as containing true scenes of aborted fetuses squirming on the table while doctors discussed harvesting its living brain (uh, no) makes me wonder--the bar for women is always higher, and they're just aren't that many rich, intensely sociopathic women in the U.S. Her personal success story is like Trump's: "I got rich bankrupting other people. So sue me." She can't maintain prominence without Trump's insults...so maybe a shared ticket? Lots of abusive relationships are like that.
Graham has always interested me. Like John McCain, he has the look of a man desperately trying to figure out how to buy back his soul. But Graham is also a professional pol, and, like Walker, he'll be calculating the future cost of hanging there without support vs. "the good of the party".
By the way, I think we could buy Trump out with a Kickstarter campaign. They've recently recast themselves as a public benefit corporation, and he loves to deal, so that could work. Remember, you heard it here first
So, yeah, Lindsey, exit stage right: Nothing in his hat, and nothing up his sleeve.

"If you can keep your head while those around you are losing theirs, you can collect a lot of heads."
Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto.
-Terence

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Message 301 of 1639 (769516)
09-21-2015 7:58 PM
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09-21-2015 7:40 PM


Re: Killer Klowns from Depraved Spaces
Asgara writes:
Side note... I've always hated the California Happy Cow campaign... Everyone knows the best cheese is born from adversity.
Yes, you must strain the curds.

"If you can keep your head while those around you are losing theirs, you can collect a lot of heads."
Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto.
-Terence

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Message 303 of 1639 (769519)
09-21-2015 8:08 PM
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09-21-2015 8:01 PM


Re: Killer Klowns from Depraved Spaces
Tanypteryx writes:
Thanks a lot, you made ginger ale come out my nose and short out my keyboard.
There's a yoga term for that.
I think you are right, Lindsey is next. Christie and Huck are starting to look desperate to me also.
Agree on Christie, not so sure about Shuck: he's in it mostly to keep tv and paid speech currency, so his timing is slippery.
All a primary opponent has to do to Christie is run video of him hugging Obama for the prompt federal attention to NJ's storm disaster. Reality broke through for a moment, and he'll never live it down.

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Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto.
-Terence

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Message 308 of 1639 (769642)
09-23-2015 4:35 PM
Reply to: Message 307 by Dr Adequate
09-23-2015 3:19 PM


Re: Things Mike Huckabee Doesn't Know
If you want to know just how confused and hypocritical Shuck really is, global replace "the Pope" and "Catholic" with "the Whore of Babylon" throughout that screed.

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Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto.
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Message 313 of 1639 (770075)
09-29-2015 8:55 AM
Reply to: Message 312 by Coyote
09-28-2015 10:45 PM


RAZD writes:
So now the candidates can get down to discussing issues and policies ... oh wait they are republicans ... they don't do issues and policies ...
Coyote writes:
Is it true that Bill tried to cheer up Hillary by pointing out that Nelson Mandela spent 27 years in prison before he became president?

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Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto.
-Terence

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Message 323 of 1639 (770586)
10-08-2015 12:22 PM
Reply to: Message 322 by Diomedes
10-08-2015 9:50 AM


Re: Ben Carson could be 'real' black president
Diomedes writes:
Not exactly sure what he is claiming by using the word 'real'. Of course he backtracked and apologized in a later tweet.
It's a right wing dog whistle.
Read comment threads on Fox News stories, and you'll soon run into two tropes: Obama is stupid because he's black, and he really isn't black because he's mocha.
I think Murdoch meant the latter, whether he realized just how clearly he was saying it or not.

"If you can keep your head while those around you are losing theirs, you can collect a lot of heads."
Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto.
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