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PoliGAF 2016 |OT11| Well this is exciting
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whyamihere
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I don't really find any of these that interesting except for the MO Senate race.
Ignatz Mouse
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Double-whammy for Gohmert and King. Two biggest sleezes in the House.
StopMakingSense
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2 recessions. lol
shinra-bansho
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Ted Cruz endorsed the Adjusted Leader?
Hooray! Now I get to not have respect for him again!
PeakPointMatrix
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Anybody?
User 85168
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Youtube will be streaming it. You can rewind on Youtube.
Manmademan
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Chi actually has a point. This is only actually true for white voters. Minorities no matter how religious they are vote strongly democratic- and black protestants go to church a LOT.
If you look at the religious blocs that actually vote strongly republican, they fall into two groups- Evangelicals and Mormons.
Evangelicals are highly concentrated in the south and rural midwest-
The reasons for southern white voters voting against the democratic party go much, MUCH deeper than "how often they go to church" and I'm sure everyone here knows this. In 2008 Obama got 10% of the white vote in Louisiana, and 11% in Alabama. These arent people who just go to church so much they can't stop themselves from voting republican- these are racists whose social lives just happen to revolve around the church- mostly because there's nothing else to do in the middle of nowhere. The rural midwest isn't much better- The only minorities those people have ever seen come on their televisions via Fox News.
Mormons aren't much better, and the mormon church has a long and detailed history of being completely awful to black people and LGBT americans- the democratic party has long catered to the interests of both. Bigotry is simply baked into the culture.
Every OTHER religious group either breaks more or less evenly between R and D (Lutherans, catholics, episcopalians, nondenominational), or trends heavily democratic (jews, UCC, muslims, black protestants).
I think "being more religious makes you vote stupid" is the wrong takeaway from that article. There are CERTAIN religious denominations that are heavily republican- but those groups would be voting against the interests of minorities, LGBT groups, and the politicians that represent their interests regardless.
Agent Icebeezy
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I don't know if there is a word in the dictionary that accurately describes Ted Cruz. Spineless is a disservice to the meaning of the word. Reading comments about his endorsement of Trump on conservative sites makes me wonder just how many pitiful people are out there like this. Republicans seemingly look at Democrats with contempt about everything and the the oath/pledge is a blood in/blood out initiation. Not a political faction but as a gang. Grown men and women, still clinging to guns and religion. I almost feel sorry for them. Almost.
Type of church is an important subcategory.I am the farthest thing from a libertarian
That's easy, he's a weasel.
banefirelord
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Weasels can be cute though. Cruz is the literal opposite of cute.
bigwinnerx
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Rabid weasel?
Spiritreaver
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I'm partying like I'm at the clubs in 2004. Alone. Good times. (I'm probably gonna go out tomorrow night)
It livens up once everybody's drunk.
User 463088
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I don't drink so I wouldn't know.
I'm late but yassssss. We rule!YASSSSSSS QUEEN
Box of Kittens
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Well, he's correctly predicted every election since 1984 in the sense that he retroactively decided that the keys give the popular vote winner after the 2000 election (when he picked Gore).
jack_package_200
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YASSSSSSS QUEEN
When was Adam Driver on RuPaul?
Captain Pants
Killed by a goddamned Dredgeling
Am I the only one who is too much of a wuss to watch the debates live?
jack_package_200
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Outstanding!
That would be perfect if the hands were smaller
banefirelord
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I'm going to be sitting, playing the Witcher and occasionally half covering my eyes and checking the OT thread.
I'm seriously considering it also. I won't be able to completely shut myself out of the world and pretend the debate isn't happening, only to come back and see who "won"; however, I might just watch all of your reactions and some on Twitter.
I'm going to start preparing for a possible Clinton loss, Trump win all weekend, just in case.
That's me as well. The minute to minute will make me too nervous. I will watch it later.
RustyNails
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I...uhh, you guys are already giving up on the debate? Bedwetters anonymous indeed.
Aaronology
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Oh c'mo~n.
Not because I think she will do poorly. I will just think too much about it and get wrapped up in my head. Also I have fluid mechanics homework.
Basileus777
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Who needs to watch the debates when you can live it through the live panic of this thread?
Then maybe he shouldn't make a prediction yet
User 463088
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Wild rabid horses spewing vomit from their whatevers couldn't keep me away from the debate.
These are sentences that will be posted in the debate thread, and what I'll probably think internally:
"Of course the debate starts with an email question. FUCK"
"Hillary still doesn't have a good answer to the email question. FUCK"
"Lester why aren't you fact checking? FUCK"
"Trump isn't shitting himself. FUCK"
"Frank Luntz called the debate a tie. F U C K"
"Of course the debate starts with an email question. FUCK"
"Hillary still doesn't have a good answer to the email question. FUCK"
"Lester why aren't you fact checking? FUCK"
"Trump isn't shitting himself. FUCK"
"Frank Luntz called the debate a tie. F U C K"
RustyNails
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Dont forget "who the fuck thought Lester Holt was a good idea for moderator"
Edit: dammit kingkitty
Excellent drinking game.
whyamihere
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hahahahaha YUP
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