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Joementum posted:True, but he did conspicuously propose this a month before the party convention where there's going to be a fight over the platform. Good way to influence the future direction of his party, and its candidates. Obama is basically going to play the role of unifer for the party.
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Nice to see that Obama decided that Candidate Obama was a pretty cool dude and that he should let that guy run things for his last year in office.
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People that make $50k or less over the cap are going to freak the gently caress out when they raise/remove it even though it absolutely needs to be done.
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fknlo posted:People that make $50k or less over the cap are going to freak the gently caress out when they raise/remove it even though it absolutely needs to be done. Wait, what?
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Jun 1, 2016 21:49
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BI NOW GAY LATER posted:Obama is basically going to play the role of unifer for the party. Him and Jimmy, if Jimmy's still up for it. No Butt Stuff posted:Wait, what? Once you make over $118,500 you no longer pay SS tax on income. Removing the cap makes SS solvent basically forever. Zeroisanumber fucked around with this message at 21:52 on Jun 1, 2016 |
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Luigi Thirty posted:Obama has finally figured out Republicans will reflexively oppose everything he says, 7 years and 6 months into his presidency, proposes increasing social security. He's known this for a while. He's going to tell people not to stay up for three days straight before the election and to make sure they drink plenty of water.
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FAUXTON posted:The outcome being that the GOP is now going to be railing against social security during an election year. I mean, obviously it couldn't have happened this way because it was the Obama presidency that laid the ground for the Trump candidacy, but imagine if Hillary had won in 2008 and 2016 was Trump vs full-on Campaign Obama.
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Jun 1, 2016 21:51
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DACK FAYDEN posted:There's that story about President Garfield and Alexander Graham Bell, does that count? Yup. It is believed that, had the doctors not seen him at all, he probably would have survived.
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Dr. Arbitrary posted:Do not doubt him on that, dammit. He didn't say that for the heck of it. Trump does it as well. It's a pretty classic tell that the person doing it is being less than truthful. zoux posted:I mean, obviously it couldn't have happened this way because it was the Obama presidency that laid the ground for the Trump candidacy, but imagine if Hillary had won in 2008 and 2016 was Trump vs full-on Campaign Obama. Romney would have won in 2012.
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Peztopiary posted:Romney would have won in 2012. Romney family account spotted.
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No Butt Stuff posted:Wait, what? People that don't earn a ton of money over the cap legit look forward to hitting it because it makes a noticeable difference on your paycheck. My last few paychecks are generally over and it's really nice but I think that the cap needs to be removed. A large number of people in a similar situation are not going to be cool with that at all.
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gently caress You And Diebold posted:It was a random number of people posting in the USPOL May thread. There was never any actual response about it from mods/admins or anything that I know of though. Specifically, immediately after it kicked off. I think we can probably safely assume a goon was drunk.
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zoux posted:Not nearly enough. Given the simplicity of his reasoning, he's about to have an existential crisis once he hears of Ambam.
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I'm not good with reading polls, what's wrong with this one's methods? (Besides the ANY DAY NOW factor about the indictment). http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/may_2016/50_say_clinton_should_keep_running_even_if_indicted 71% of Democratic voters say she should keep running if indicted.
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The Mandingo posted:I'm not good with reading polls, what's wrong with this one's methods? (Besides the ANY DAY NOW factor about the indictment). Ras is just bad because they have a baked in heavy R house effect.
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Some of their questions seem to be sorta useless. 40% of people say they're less likely to vote for Hillary because of the emails. Does that include people who were never ever going to vote for her in a million years? Would you be less likely to vote for Adolf Hitler if you heard he kicked a dog in 1944?
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There's a full demographic breakdown for any Rasmussen platinum members. I'm wondering how many Democratic voters were included in that 1000 person poll.
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BI NOW GAY LATER posted:Ras is just bad because they have a baked in heavy R house effect. I seem to remember them having some outdated methodological issues as well, although I can't remember specifically what it was.
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Sword of Chomsky posted:Mitch McConnell said a thing.
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zoux posted:I mean, obviously it couldn't have happened this way because it was the Obama presidency that laid the ground for the Drumpf candidacy, but imagine if Hillary had won in 2008 and 2016 was Drumpf vs full-on Campaign Obama. You'd have the first presidential candidate in 50 years letting an N-bomb slip in full (lovely Dick's "government nig" doesn't count) on nationally broadcast live television.
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Jun 1, 2016 23:13
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MariusLecter posted:He means boning older women. Actually he means 
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Sword of Chomsky posted:Mitch McConnell said a thing. This is almost textbook gas-lighting, just completely flipping reality on its head.
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Rhesus Pieces posted:This is almost textbook gas-lighting, just completely flipping reality on its head. In order to gaslight someone, they must first actually believe it happened. Now this supposed Trump candidate on the other hand...
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Some lady on the subway the other day told me she thinks Trump is scary but illegal immigrants get paid more in welfare than social security pays out so coming out in favor of increasing social security is a good move by Obama.
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FAUXTON posted:You'd have the first presidential candidate in 50 years letting an N-bomb slip in full (lovely Dick's "government nig" doesn't count) on nationally broadcast live television. Don't forget Santorum
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Gravel Gravy posted:Don't forget Santorum Some of his friends are blah people.
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Jun 2, 2016 00:33
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Rubber Tucky posted:Some lady on the subway the other day told me she thinks Trump is scary but illegal immigrants get paid more in welfare than social security pays out so coming out in favor of increasing social security is a good move by Obama. I can't wait until I'm old and it becomes socially acceptable to be wrong at everything.
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zoux posted:Not nearly enough. 
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DemeaninDemon posted:I can't wait until I'm old and it becomes socially acceptable to be wrong at everything. The internet generations won't have as much of a problem staying in basic touch with reality. Won't solve the problem, but it will be a lot better than it is now. I don't even know how old people formed their opinions, but I assume it was a series of racist campfire stories. That's how people used to learn stuff before the internet, right?
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Taima posted:The internet generations won't have as much of a problem staying in basic touch with reality. AHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA
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DemeaninDemon posted:I can't wait until I'm old and it becomes socially acceptable to be wrong at everything. Are you a white male? If so I have good news for you!
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Taima posted:The internet generations won't have as much of a problem staying in basic touch with reality. Won't solve the problem, but it will be a lot better than it is now. The internet makes it even easier to find people who agree with you, about anything.
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DemeaninDemon posted:I can't wait until I'm old and it becomes socially acceptable to be wrong at everything. Eh, She's right but came to the correct solution through wrong reasons.
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Taima posted:The internet generations won't have as much of a problem staying in basic touch with reality. Won't solve the problem, but it will be a lot better than it is now. Two Thousand and loving Six and you think this?
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Reality will soon be meaningless as we leave this putrid flesh behind and enter the digital realm.
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Grondoth posted:Two Thousand and loving Six and you think this? 
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That stupid post is correct in one (1) regard: the age of the internet has made the canonization of any politician impossible.
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