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Apr 10, 2017 14:07
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deadgoon posted:im part of the ctrl-alt-del left I'm in the [windows key] + left arrow Left. I'm multitasking online social justice war on one side of the screen while reading a thread on the internet on the other.
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Apr 10, 2017 14:11
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zegermans posted:How's the bad thread this fine morning why ask us, go to D&D and ask them yourself 
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Apr 10, 2017 14:35
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I'm like a UPS driver in England, I only turn left.
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Apr 10, 2017 15:15
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mugrim posted:That literally happened in her campaign. She was running a national presidential election worse than your average large city mayoral candidate runs. She's a nepotism case who would need to be blessed by god to ever ascend as high as the house if her charismatic husband wasn't there. If her husband wasn't a former president who she could use as a cudgel to bully people with by promising to not have one of the few democrat presidents alive help them, she'd be lucky to be in a state legislature. Hey this reminds me of my favorite thing from D&D election threads, Hilary being parachuted into the NY senate race is NOT nepotism because a wife and husband aren't actually family and furthermore FAARRRTTT
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Apr 10, 2017 15:16
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Yeah is "if Hillary Rodham had never married Bill Clinton she would have amounted to extremely little and would probably be a lanyard on some appointed committee somewhere" one of those opinions you Cannot Have for some reason Like, it's def a stone-cold thing to say about someone, but that's life as a public figure
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Apr 10, 2017 15:21
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Gene Hackman Fan posted:I'm like a UPS driver in England, I only turn left. Mind you, sometimes I do it because there are some really good ideas, other times 'cause I can be a rather spitefull cuss sometimes. Can't help it, it runs in the family.
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Apr 10, 2017 15:21
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Fun fact, Hillary had higher national prominence than Bill when they started their life in the public spotlight. But no she hasn't earned anything and really she should have just recused herself after winning the primary because a man who wasn't even a democrat the year before decided to join the race. A shame that this is the end of the Rodham dynasty, with her powerful father and his screen printing empire.
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Apr 10, 2017 15:22
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Gene Hackman Fan posted:I'm like a UPS driver in England, I only turn left. nice.
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Apr 10, 2017 15:28
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zegermans posted:Fun fact, Hillary had higher national prominence than Bill when they started their life in the public spotlight. But no she hasn't earned anything and really she should have just recused herself after winning the primary because a man who wasn't even a democrat the year before decided to join the race. what exactly does "higher national prominence" mean in the context of a U of A law professor running for governor of Arkansas in 1978 did u know that before Elizabeth Warren ran for Senate, more people on a national scale actually knew who Scott Brown was  better give him back his senate seat
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Apr 10, 2017 15:29
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Ace of Baes posted:Genocidal Tulsi Gabbard is less bloodthirsty than the Dems I'll toxx right now if Tulsi runs In 2020 and gets a Bernie endorsement, she will be our next president.
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Apr 10, 2017 15:49
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The Nastier Nate posted:I'll toxx right now if Tulsi runs In 2020 and gets a Bernie endorsement, she will be our next president. You think if her primary "brand" between the 2016 primary and 2020 is "that lady who's always talking about which muslims we should kill and how hard we should kill them" she'd still be able to get a Bernie endorsement? His rep is based around valuing principle and the good of the country over other more personal things like loyalty, and reputation is particularly important for someone in his position. hell, which party would she run under
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Apr 10, 2017 15:51
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loquacius posted:You think if her primary "brand" between the 2016 primary and 2020 is "that lady who's always talking about which muslims we should kill and how hard we should kill them" she'd still be able to get a Bernie endorsement? His rep is based around valuing principle and the good of the country over other more personal things like loyalty, and reputation is particularly important for someone in his position. If she makes a strong case for single payer and tax the rich, sure. At least Tulsi has more than a goldfish memory and realized the clusterfuck Trump is about to get us in compared to bad dems. Given that Bernie prides himself on voting against the Iraq war I think he could easily justify an endorsement. Has Tulsi made any public statements about accepting or not accepting Syrian refugees?
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Apr 10, 2017 16:09
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Condiv posted:why would it stop being valid? sure, there are things they can work overtime on, but building name recognition takes time and bernie didn't really have it before 2016. obama didn't jump in late by comparison and was much more prepared to get his message out there cause his campaign was always an actual campaign, not a protest one. i don't see how this isn't Bernie's fault, though he entered Congress the same year Obama graduated law school. he's had a much longer political career and plenty of time to try and get his name out there if he wanted to i respect the guy but i think it's pretty fair to say he never really wanted to be president, and therefore he never really laid the groundwork for a campaign
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Apr 10, 2017 16:08
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The Nastier Nate posted:If she makes a strong case for single payer and tax the rich, sure. At least Tulsi has more than a goldfish memory and realized the clusterfuck Trump is about to get us in compared to bad dems. Given that Bernie prides himself on voting against the Iraq war I think he could easily justify an endorsement. Well, for one thing, Tulsi's objection to this bombing isn't that it happened, it's that we bombed the wrong people. Building an anti-war camapaign around her is a huge stretch. For another thing if she wants to start talking about domestic policy she should probably get on that soon because her war-hawk persona is rapidly becoming the most prominent thing about her. Main Paineframe posted:i don't see how this isn't Bernie's fault, though I agree except for the part where not wanting to be President is a negative of some kind. He only ran when it became clear no one else from the liberal wing was going to run, and only as a protest candidacy that at some point became bigger than him.
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Apr 10, 2017 16:13
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The Nastier Nate posted:If she makes a strong case for single payer and tax the rich, sure. At least Tulsi has more than a goldfish memory and realized the clusterfuck Trump is about to get us in compared to bad dems. Given that Bernie prides himself on voting against the Iraq war I think he could easily justify an endorsement. she typically supported GOP anti-refugee and anti-Muslim-immigration bills up until Donald Trump became president, at which point she suddenly started to publicly speak out against Trump's refugee bans and immigration restrictions
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Apr 10, 2017 16:14
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Main Paineframe posted:she typically supported GOP anti-refugee and anti-Muslim-immigration bills up until Donald Trump became president, at which point she suddenly started to publicly speak out against Trump's refugee bans and immigration restrictions Sounds like presidential matieral to me, but I agree with above where she needs to get into domestic policy. Still, attractive young surfer lady, veteran, anti Trumps war and progressive economic views is at least some great groundwork for a candidate.
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Apr 10, 2017 16:17
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I'm the pearls being clutched anytime Rep. Tulsi Gabbard says something.
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Apr 10, 2017 16:20
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If I had never heard her name before the election I'd be assuming she's a blue dog who hates The Establishment because they're not as obsessed with ISIS as she is. Very few people who weren't berniebros before the election have ever heard of her in any other context. The Muslim-death bloodlust would be an albatross for her w/r/t leftist support if she stopped talking about it right now, today, and never started up again. If she continues to make it as high a priority as she has I don't see a future for her.
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Apr 10, 2017 16:23
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The Nastier Nate posted:Sounds like presidential matieral to me, but I agree with above where she needs to get into domestic policy. It'll be like a modern day LBJ - lots of great domestic progressive policies, and horror overseas to dark skinned people that we try not to think about
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Apr 10, 2017 16:23
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looks to me like gabbard is in the right party for her
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Apr 10, 2017 16:24
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Serf posted:looks to me like gabbard is in the right party for her nah she's too progressive domestically. she needs to be in a party that has a strong nationalistic theme, but is also big into socialism. Some type of national socialist party.
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Apr 10, 2017 16:26
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When was the last time she talked about domestic policy, anyway? I admit I'm not up to date on my Gabbard News. If I were on her staff I'd tell her to start trying to get in on those joint progressive love-in rallies like the one Sanders and Warren did in Boston last week and be recorded standing on a stage being as socialist as possible, get some photo-ops with Keith or whatever, and then privately accept that trying to exert influence on Trump's foreign policy is a boondoggle that can only make her look bad and commit to never talking about it again. Hire me Tulsi, I will accept rates lower than Robby Mook Money.
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Apr 10, 2017 16:31
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hillary really hosed up if trump gets another supreme court nomination y'all can kiss any hopes of single health payer goodbye because it's gonna be ruled unconstitutional
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Apr 10, 2017 16:33
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The Nastier Nate posted:I'll toxx right now if Tulsi runs In 2020 and gets a Bernie endorsement, she will be our next president. I'll toxx for Tulsi and she supports single payer/universal healthcare or free college.
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Apr 10, 2017 16:33
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zegermans posted:Fun fact, Hillary had higher national prominence than Bill when they started their life in the public spotlight. But no she hasn't earned anything and really she should have just recused herself after winning the primary because a man who wasn't even a democrat the year before decided to join the race. It's true, she should have taken one for the team.
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Apr 10, 2017 16:35
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WhiskeyJuvenile posted:hillary really hosed up volunteering to donate some of my vital youthful blood to RBG, really Thiel her up Can we get her on the Tom Brady avocado-ice-cream diet, really try to extend her active playing career as long as possible
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Apr 10, 2017 16:35
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WhiskeyJuvenile posted:hillary really hosed up it'd probably be ruled unconstitutional now
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Apr 10, 2017 16:35
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WhiskeyJuvenile posted:hillary really hosed up Turns out she was prophesying when she said single payer will never happen
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Apr 10, 2017 16:37
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I also find myself in the extremely odd position of hoping Clarence Thomas does not die anytime soon  The oldest justices left on the SC right now are all Dem appointees, it's very worrying
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Apr 10, 2017 16:40
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loquacius posted:I also find myself in the extremely odd position of hoping Clarence Thomas does not die anytime soon I'd rather Thomas get replaced than any of the dem justices. His occasional "regulating drugs is bad because the federal government probably shouldn't exist" opinions are few and far between.
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Apr 10, 2017 16:41
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beef supreme court!
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Apr 10, 2017 16:41
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deluxe court!
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Apr 10, 2017 16:42
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zegermans posted:I'd rather Thomas get replaced than any of the dem justices. His occasional "regulating drugs is bad because the federal government probably shouldn't exist" opinions are few and far between. Thomas is far worse than another Gorsuch, as far as I can tell on this the 10th day of April in the Year of our Lord 2017.
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Apr 10, 2017 16:44
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RBG should have had the good goddamn sense to retire a couple years ago.
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Apr 10, 2017 16:45
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zegermans posted:I'd rather Thomas get replaced than any of the dem justices. His occasional "regulating drugs is bad because the federal government probably shouldn't exist" opinions are few and far between. Yeah, the thing is I don't want him to die during a Republican presidency. I want him to keep kicking around at least until we manage to get someone into office who won't replace him with Clarence Thomas Again But Born In 1970 This Time. Obviously RBG, Kennedy, and Breyer need to eat their goddamn Wheaties too because they are all very old and it vexes me greatly
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Apr 10, 2017 16:45
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hot take incoming: the supreme court is an undemocratic institution and is bad
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Apr 10, 2017 16:47
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if the conservative justices were smart, they'd ride this out for a while and then retire at various points during the trump presidency to be replaced by younger, stronger justices who will ensure 1000 years of conservative darkness. if a liberal justice dies, then lol eternal
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Apr 10, 2017 16:48
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Shear Modulus posted:hot take incoming: the supreme court is an undemocratic institution and is bad The Supreme Court is good in theory as a non-partisan body who only cares about The Law and The Constitution and nothing else In practice, they're basically a way for past presidents to exert influence on future presidents, which is a mixed bag as it's heavily dependent on what the political situation in the country is when a justice dies or retires. That's without even getting into the possibilities of a rogue legislative body loving with everything like the GOP did when Scalia died.
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Apr 10, 2017 16:53
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Shear Modulus posted:hot take incoming: the supreme court is an undemocratic institution and is bad so are most socialist governments, but the ends justify the means.
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