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[Bam Bam Baklava]

Getting bashed for his word play today.

Also, states apparently can't refuse refugees. They can prevent funds from supporting them, but they can't refuse them.

Bashed by who?

 

[Coriolanus]

How very dare you're. They're very compassionate to the people who deserve it. Provided you're white, male, straight and Christian. They've got compassion oozing through their pores!

Edit: Actually, that's not compassion....

Forgot wealthy, mate.

 

[User 463088]

Forgot wealthy, mate.

Well spotted.

 

[Basileus777]

Massachusetts primary poll:

Trump 31
Carson 22
Cruz 13
Rubio 9
Fiorina 4
Kasich 4
Paul 4
Bush 3

So much for the establishment's blue state firewall.

The idea of a blue state firewall was dead the second Trump became the frontrunner. With even Carson and Cruz doing well there, it's just buried a bit deeper in the ground.

 

[Owzers]

gotta love fox news front page graphics. Obama does need to stop calling things bumps in the road or setbacks though. If a news network was nothing but facebook memes...

 

[RustyNails]

It's a setback in the effort against ISIS. But he called the incident an outrageous attack.

It's not Obama's fault the rest of the country and the media has the mind of a 3 year old and can't understand long sentences.

 

[BertramCooper]

Clinton ‘often confused’ says beloved Huma in email

“Have you been going over calls with her for tomorrow?” Abedin asked Hanley. “So she knows [Indian Prime Minister Manmohan] singh is at 8?”

“She was in bed for a nap by the time I heard that she had an 8am call,” Hanley responded. “Will go over with her.”

“Very imp to do that,” Abedin said in response.

“She’s often confused.”

Fit to lead? I don't even know if she's fit to play shuffleboard at the senior center!

 

[Aaron Strife]

Massachusetts primary poll:

Trump 31
Carson 22
Cruz 13
Rubio 9
Fiorina 4
Kasich 4
Paul 4
Bush 3

Clinton 63
Sanders 29
O'Malley 6

So much for the establishment's blue state firewall.

Republicans aren't any less stupid in blue states.

 

[B-Dubs]

Clinton ‘often confused’ says beloved Huma in email



Fit to lead? I don't even know if she's fit to play shuffleboard at the senior center!

My eyes couldn't roll further back in my head if they tried.

 

[Cerium]

Massachusetts primary poll:

Trump 31
Carson 22
Cruz 13
Rubio 9
Fiorina 4
Kasich 4
Paul 4
Bush 3

Clinton 63
Sanders 29
O'Malley 6

So much for the establishment's blue state firewall.

They're called MASSholes for a reason.

 

[User1608]

It's a setback in the effort against ISIS. But he called the incident an outrageous attack.

It's not Obama's fault the rest of the country and the media has the mind of a 3 year old and can't understand long sentences.

Always amusing how people try to play gotcha with anything Obama says.

Republicans aren't any less stupid in blue states.

I can vouch for this. One of my friends is a nice guy, but yeesh!

 

[Avon Barksdale]

I'm not sure why any Syrian refugee would want to settle in Alabama or Mississippi.

 

[Poodlestrike]

I'm not sure why any Syrian refugee would want to settle in Alabama or Mississippi.

.

Michigan could have done very well opening their arms, though. Wonder if the auto industry is going to start leaning on whatshisface.

 

[BertramCooper]

Republicans aren't any less stupid in blue states.

Yep.

Several of the dumbest Republicans I know are from New York.

 

[Retromelon]

Rick Santorum, Ted Cruz Make Robocalls In Support Of David Vitter
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/rick-santorum-ted-cruz-david-vitter_5649e593e4b060377349c9cf

Republican presidential candidates Sen. Ted Cruz (Texas) and former Sen. Rick Santorum (Pa.) are coming to the aid of their colleague Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) in the final week of his Louisi­ana gubernat­ori­al run­off cam­paign.

On Sunday, National Journal reported the two presidential hopefuls recorded robocalls voicing sup­port for Vitter, who is trailing Democratic Louisiana state Rep. John Bel Edwards in the heated race. The Vitter campaign told National Journal that Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) is expected to do the same.

In his call on behalf of Vitter, Santorum said he was "appalled" by Edwards' decision to attend the event:

“I must ad­mit I am ap­palled. Just last week, a group of Chris­ti­an churches, the Fam­ily For­um, hos­ted a gubernat­ori­al for­um and in­vited both can­did­ates. Only Dav­id Vit­ter at­ten­ded. Demo­crat John Bel Ed­wards can­celled an ap­pear­ance at the state’s pro-life de­bate in fa­vor of at­tend­ing a voter drive held at a risqué adult hip-hop nightclub in New Or­leans. You just can’t make this stuff up. Please vis­it Hayride.com to see the video foot­age.”

Why does Bel Edwards prioritize risque hip hop over unborn lives

 

[The Albatross]

So I'm definitely not voting for Trump, but Trump is coming to my city and having a rally... and I got tickets (they were free) just for the spectacle of it. Probably going to go the bar for a few beers and head in.

 

[B-Dubs]

Yep.

Several of the dumbest Republicans I know are from New York.

I can echo this. We've got some real dumbfucks over here, its like they feel the need to compensate for the lack of dumbfuck compatriots.

 

[QuiteWhittle]

Both Nikki Haley and Terry Branstad are keeping their states open to Syrian refugees.

 

[Metaphoreus]

gotta love fox news front page graphics. Obama does need to stop calling things bumps in the road or setbacks though. If a news network was nothing but facebook memes...

To be fair to Fox, their spin is more defensible than the left's spin on Jeb's "stuff happens" comment a month or so back.

It's long past time for Obama to be over such rhetorical missteps, though. I'm sure plenty of hay will be made with the following:

What I’m not interested in doing is posing or pursuing some notion of American leadership or America winning

(Naturally, I've stripped the above of context, because that's how it will be repackaged--a fact he should have known and prepared for.)

 

[Wilsongt]

To be fair to Fox, their spin is more defensible than the left's spin on Jeb's "stuff happens" comment a month or so back.

It's long past time for Obama to be over such rhetorical missteps, though. I'm sure plenty of hay will be made with the following:



(Naturally, I've stripped the above of context, because that's how it will be repackaged--a fact he should have known and prepared for.)

Oh, you're back.

*puts on his reading glasses and grabs his coffee*

 

[dabig2]

Both Nikki Haley and Terry Branstad are keeping their states open to Syrian refugees.

Props to them for a rare sign of empathy.

 

[Coriolanus]

It's long past time for Obama to be over such rhetorical missteps, though. I'm sure plenty of hay will be made with the following:

(Naturally, I've stripped the above of context, because that's how it will be repackaged--a fact he should have known and prepared for.)

As Romney exemplified so well, such repackaging can very easily backfire.

 

[Wilsongt]

Props to them for a rare sign of empathy.

Considering her parents are immigrants, and Sikhs and perhaps even get mistaken for Muslim at times, she would be a giant hypocrite for not allowing refugees into the state.

 

[Ignatz Mouse]

To be fair to Fox, their spin is more defensible than the left's spin on Jeb's "stuff happens" comment a month or so back.

I don't see how. Obama's is a poor choice of words, Jeb's is a callous disregard for tragedy.

 

[shinra-bansho]

Evil bankers explain their plan to buy off known criminal and murderess, $hillary Clinton.

...maybe just maybe, the financial-services industry contributes to a candidate based on many other things than his or her profession and may look at many other issues as well,” he said, citing immigration, foreign policy and education. “I know I do.”

Nah.

 

[Wilsongt]

Shep Smith stays winning.

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/foxs-she...mists-refusing-refugees-this-isnt-who-we-are/

Without specifically mentioning the governors, Smith said the U.S. has a responsibility to protect the values on which the nation was founded, warning that “political extremists” could lead the country to “self-destruction.”

“In the face of terror, will we panic, or be calm and deliberative in approach?” Smith said. “Confronted with those who want to change our way of life, will we abandon our freedoms and the rights granted to us by the Creator?”

In his commentary, Smith suggested that the U.S. must “welcome huddled masses yearning to breathe free,” referring to refugees attempting to escape their war-torn countries of origin. He also warned against taking “extreme measures to fundamentally alter who and what we are.”

 

[Metaphoreus]

I don't see how. Obama's is a poor choice of words, Jeb's is a callous disregard for tragedy.

No, it wasn't.

And I say Fox's spin is more defensible because Obama explicitly referred to the Paris attacks as a "setback" (though he hung some adjectives on there); Bush never referred explicitly to the Oregon shooting as "stuff."

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

Why are you intentionally withholding the adjective used before the word setback? Because it screws up the solidity of your semantic argument as usual? Makes it a little less extreme?

 

[Aaron Strife]

Rick Santorum, Ted Cruz Make Robocalls In Support Of David Vitter
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/rick-santorum-ted-cruz-david-vitter_5649e593e4b060377349c9cf



Why does Bel Edwards prioritize risque hip hop over unborn lives

He won't win if he's running away from our Republican savior Jindal.

 

[Metaphoreus]

Why are you intentionally withholding the adjective used before the word setback? Because it screws up the solidity of your semantic argument as usual? Makes it a little less extreme?

Because the noun is what matters in assessing Fox's spin. But keep in mind I think Fox is wrong on this--which I why I refer to their spin as such. I only bring this up in the interest of fairness to an otherwise-maligned news source:

You, too.

It's hypocritical to berate Fox for doing nothing different than liberal media sources were doing a month ago (unless you berated them, too, of course).

 

[Wilsongt]

No, it wasn't.

And I say Fox's spin is more defensible because Obama explicitly referred to the Paris attacks as a "setback" (though he hung some adjectives on there); Bush never referred explicitly to the Oregon shooting as "stuff."

If I were banned due to some stuff I said in a thread, I definitely wouldn't be talking about it again as soon as I was unbanned.

Just saying.

 

[cartoon_soldier]

Refusing refugees, religious tests wow.

Talk about proving ISIS propaganda right.

 

[shinra-bansho]

Even in the surrounding context of Jub!'s flub... he still comes across as either dumb or callous. So I don't really see how it's comparable to an entire news network that's avowed mission is essentially to distort perception favourably towards society's friend Rupert Murdoch's political leanings.

 

[Metaphoreus]

If I were banned due to some stuff I said in a thread, I definitely wouldn't be talking about it again as soon as I was unbanned.

Just saying.

Wasn't banned for that, bro (brah? breh? bruh? which one is hip these days?).

Even in the surrounding context of Jub!'s flub... he still comes across as either dumb or callous. So I don't really see how it's comparable to an entire news network that's avowed mission is essentially to distort perception favourably towards society's friend Rupert Murdoch's political leanings.

No, I think Jeb comes off as having used an unfortunate word--same as Obama. And I think certain media sources--beginning with Ryan Lizza's contextless tweets--distorted his statement just as Fox is distorting Obama's. I don't think Fox's similarity (or dissimilarity) to other media outlets affects the analogy.

You're making an argument hinged on intent opposed to text?

You?

Yes, yes.... join the dark side, my child.

And welcome back!

Interpreting the off-the-cuff commentary of a single person is a different sort of task than interpreting the formal proclamations of a body of hundreds of individuals.

It's nice to be back. You all have no idea how much you've gotten wrong in my absence

 

[AndyD]

Refusing refugees, religious tests wow.

Talk about proving ISIS propaganda right.

It really means that next year's election stakes just went up several notches. Anything like these extreme things coming to fruition would play right into their game.

 

[East Lake]

In Jeb's defense has there ever been a time when stuff hasn't happened?

 

[Owzers]

guys....The Five doesn't like Obama's comments today. He has no balls, doesn't react like Frances president, etc etc. It's time to get a real leader that will make America great again.

 

[Poodlestrike]

No, it wasn't.

And I say Fox's spin is more defensible because Obama explicitly referred to the Paris attacks as a "setback" (though he hung some adjectives on there); Bush never referred explicitly to the Oregon shooting as "stuff."

You're making an argument hinged on intent opposed to text?

You?

Yes, yes.... join the dark side, my child.

And welcome back!

 

[Coriolanus]

It's hypocritical to berate Fox for doing nothing different than liberal media sources were doing a month ago (unless you berated them, too, of course).

Whataboutism? Yeesh.

 

[User 463088]

Trump can pack it up, ya'll. Omarosa endorsed Hillary.

He can't even get the people's he fired to vote for him. And he's fired, hundreds, no thousands of people with his 'uge companies. 'Cause they're 'uge. 'UGE!

 

[Wilsongt]

guys....The Five doesn't like Obama's comments today. He has no balls, doesn't react like Frances president, etc etc. It's time to get a real leader that will make America great again.

So, what you're saying is... It's Monday on The Five?

 

[WayneMorse]

He won't win if he's running away from our Republican savior Jindal.

https://twitter.com/DavidVitter/status/666369451416092672

Well Vitter has a pretty new powerful attack ad against Edwards out.

The Syrian refugee issue just might give the governorship to Vitter.

 

[QuiteWhittle]

Massachusetts primary poll:

Trump 31
Carson 22
Cruz 13
Rubio 9
Fiorina 4
Kasich 4
Paul 4
Bush 3

Clinton 63
Sanders 29
O'Malley 6

So much for the establishment's blue state firewall.

This is a national poll, I believe.

 

[Wilsongt]

Never change, Facebook.

 

[User 463088]

Never change, Facebook.

I'm shocked. No barely concealed racism or hints that "Obummer's" a "Muslin".

 

[Mrs. Manky]

Kasich is now against settling refugees in Ohio as well.

The hypocrisy, considering his public stances on immigration, is pretty fucking rich.

Shame on my governor. As well as the rest of the xenophobes.

Please remember, Steve Jobs was the son of Syrian refugees. These assholes might be turning away the parents of the next Apple/NeXt/Pixar.

So I'm definitely not voting for Trump, but Trump is coming to my city and having a rally... and I got tickets (they were free) just for the spectacle of it. Probably going to go the bar for a few beers and head in.

Bring a book.

 

[Black Mamba]

Refusing refugees, religious tests wow.

Talk about proving ISIS propaganda right.

This is the weirdest part about it. I mean, from my perspective, I'd imagine ISIS wants us to not take in the refugees. Show the refugees that we're pieces of shit so that they in turn support ISIS...or at least something of that nature.

I mean, the way for ISIS to win here is for us and the world to fuck the refugees over. This is their goal! Why aid them!?

 

[Daniel B·]

In other news...

Nina Turner drops support for Hillary and feels the Bern

Excellent; another African American leader (former Ohio state senator) feeling Bernie's message .

P.S. I was speaking to my very friendly and talkative Walmart automated checkout supervisor, and I asked if she's feeling my guy (see my novel use of a bumper sticker, below - legs are my transport), and she said "But, isn't he a socialist?"; obviously been watching too much Fox News...

Much to the possible chagrin of the Superstore Manager, who happened to be ringing up a sandwich, I of course enlightened her on a few issues (mentioned that Social Security and the Post Office are "social" programs), and she asked what I thought of Thatcher and Trump... But, she (not in my generation) seemed genuinely receptive (would welcome some bumph on Bernie etc), and as she could talk the ears of donkey, she could potentially be an influential ally (sorry Adam, she ain't a Hillary fan ). I just hope I didn't or won't get her fired ("just don't mention unions, the living wage, corporate welfare, ..."), with the "big boss" being in earshot of my spiel.

 

[benjipwns]

Surprised Randy took this long tbh. He's a hardcore isolationist and protectionist.

heh

 

[benjipwns]

P.S. I was speaking to my very friendly and talkative Walmart automated checkout supervisor, and I asked if she's feeling my guy (see my novel use of a bumper sticker, below - legs are my transport), and she said "But, isn't he a socialist?"; obviously been watching too much Fox News...

Much to the possible chagrin of the Superstore Manager, who happened to be ringing up a sandwich, I of course enlightened her on a few issues (mentioned that Social Security and the Post Office are "social" programs), and she asked what I thought of Thatcher and Trump... But, she (not in my generation) seemed genuinely receptive (would welcome some bumph on Bernie etc), and as she could talk the ears of donkey, she could potentially be an influential ally (sorry Adam, she ain't a Hillary fan ). I just hope I didn't or won't get her fired ("just don't mention unions, the living wage, corporate welfare, ..."), with the "big boss" being in earshot of my spiel.

Oh, you're that guy.