neurosisxeno
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Rob Ford will forever be my favorite politician to ever grace this planet. Followed closely by Sam Brownback.
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PoliGAF 2016 |OT12| The last days of the Republic
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Rob Ford will forever be my favorite politician to ever grace this planet. Followed closely by Sam Brownback.
Godzilla's Left Toe
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Good for Glenn?
titiklabingapat
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Well said. Some of the posts in the OT saying that 'we need two viable parties so the GOP need to exist instead of these new Nazis' are a little annoying.
He was a bright star, too bright for any to look upon for too long.
BigJonsson
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hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
There are so many similarities, I'm waiting for Trump to brag about having more than enough to eat at home
Was Rob Ford like Trump and just won because "fuck it, it's just Toronto" or what's the story there.
Aaronology
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he was denser than a dying star
Live fast, die young. Wouldn't have it any other way.
RastaMentality
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Trump supporter just quoted Beyoncé's Formation to says hillary is as bad as Donald'a sexual assault! "when he fuck me good, I take his ass to Red Lobster."
BigJonsson
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Not really....
The story is too long to post here
Wiki probably has a decent summary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Ford
And that's the problem. The song didn't shoot anyone. More importantly, most of what the song/flag supposedly represents already stands in complete opposition to innocent people getting shot. That's pretty fucking unamerican in my book, the opinions of disgusting bigots and certain craven police officers notwithstanding. He's attacking (well, dissing) something that is almost completely unrelated to the thing he's upset about: "America", as the (largely aspirational) concept that the song/flag is standing in for, doesn't want people getting shot, either.
I agree with the beginning of that, but the idea that one cannot show respect (even fake respect) for a country until and unless it a perfect utopia is just silly. Blacks getting shot is a real problem that needs to be addressed right away. So is the state of our mental health system. So is our unhealthy ground water, and our dependence of fossil fuels. Drunk drivers. Crazy Republicans. Plenty of shit is fucked up. It always has been and sadly, probably always will be. All the current stuff needs to be fixed ASAP. But saying (implying?) "fuck America" because one's personal pet issue "needs more attention" just doesn't seem like useful addition to the dialog. He's not wrong about the issue or its importance, he's just expressing himself in the most ham-handed way conceivable. (IMO)
Again, it's not his cause, it's the ridiculously broad brush he's wielding in "support" of that cause. (I believe he's likely hurting the cause by inducing overly patriotic diet racists to harden in their views.)
Perhaps he needs to bring a Confederate flag to all his games, and then disrespect that. I could certainly get behind that idea!
Anyway, these are my last words on the subject. I'm not trying to convert anyone. I just wanted to express how Kaep's antics have come across to me. I will go back to lurking and enjoying Adam's tales of domestic adventure. Others in this thread seem awfully hostile, so I'll just go back to eye-rolling silently when appropriate.
Go Hillary.
I mean, one is consensual and the other isn't...
It's the dumbest shit in the world either way, but it still doesn't make sense even at a base level.
NYCmetsfan
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Why does it have to be a con for Beck?
Maybe he just really feels this way
Maybe he just really feels this way
ItWasMeantToBe19
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I wish Democrats would point out how absurdly racist it is to block "Muslim" children in refugee programs.
They are fucking children, they have no idea what religion they are yet.
They are fucking children, they have no idea what religion they are yet.
I've always thought that Beck was just dumb, but not a purposefully malicious actor like Hannity or Limbaugh.
Officerrob
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A segment of Americans think of those kids as sleeper cells
But...They're kids.
So much good material to be found with this criteria.
Awful good, and legitimately good.
Turrist kids!!!
PantherLotus
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Beck is absolutely a purposefully malicious actor.
When in doubt as a Republican, quote something popular, ie. Sean Spicer with My Little Pony.
I've said this many times royalan, this is one thing we can agree on
The thing that worries me are these polls.
I mean collectively we should very well know what Republicans stand for and have stood for well beyond the last 30 decades. Problem is you have another political party that played along for around a decade till the Bush presidency brought all the ugly out of the woodwork but it was always hidden in plain sight.
The very fact that Bush was elected to begin with should have given you a hint - majority of this voter base doesn't care. They were always going to vote Romney/McCain/Trump. Than you have a small amount of vocal shitbrains voting Trump for the lolz, and than you have the final frontier a bunch who have convinced themselves he is actually the most honest person running for president. It's a waste to even try to get these people to change their mind. They will forget all about whatever scandal was going around Trump last week - these people will forget all that and rationalize their hate in the booth.
Focus that effort towards those who are too young to vote, those coming of age, those who will eventually become citizens - get those people as part of the process, because it's their future at stake.
I guess we will see the famous GOTV team in action.
This is why people need to stop using the circus known collectedly as Republicans as a barometer of what an actual working democracy looks like. Hopefully Hillary's campaign is on top of things because this an opportunity that would never otherwise present itself. Problem is I always though their effort to win back these voters was misguided, simply put that is the past. Focus on where Dems need to go instead of wasting your time commenting on the latest thing the clown the other side decided to present as your opponent has farted out of his mouth.
Looking at those replies... sheesh. What is it with all the 50 Shades of Grey references I've been seeing around? Are these morons actually implying women that read a work of fiction have no right to get upset about actual sexual harassment? How dense can you be?
TheLaughingStock
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It's a piece of work written by a racist that became the official anthem of the US less than a century ago in a country that's hundreds of years old. People of color and the small minority of white people who stood on the right side of history know that the rhetoric and backlash coming predominately from whites is cowardly and intellectually dishonest racism. It's almost the same exact rhetorical diarrhea about methods, progress, disrespect, and ungratefulness that we heard decades ago when various athletes gambled by taking a stand.
Probably need a clinical term for Alex Jones.
StopMakingSense
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He's Mormon. I keep telling you guys mormons have been looking for the slightest excuse to jump ship from Trump.
Nah, hair is too well groomed.
I don't believe this for a second. Dude's bread and butter is right-wing neanderthals. Why would he go against them?
Are you kidding me? The dude has been peddling the same hateful, racist, paranoid bullshit that all those other fucks have been doing all these years. There is nothing to suggest the douche has any sense of morality.
A segment? Probably a large group of them. A significant segment.
Muslim kids dying or in need of help don't get any sympathy. Republicans only care about those who look , talk, and behave like them like the white women Trump talked about on the tape.
It's sad that his Islamophobia answer debacle is getting lost in this but it's not like Democrats are any better at this.
Beck is an actor, period, who ended up buying a little too much into his own bullshit during the Tea Party wave until he had his own personal woke moment during this campaign.
Rush is a purposefully malicious actor. Hannity is actually stupid.
Women like to read about rape/assault fantasies so therefore they secretly want to be raped/assaulted.
AKA she wanted it.
I hope that guy is doing okay.
Beck is a nutcase but he's also a true believer, and therefore has to be #nevertrump. Trump is not a conservative and he's not a republican. Anyone who really believes in those principles could never support Trump. Beck is the guy who quoted Thomas Paine (selectively, of course). Trump has probably never heard of Thomas Paine.
It wasn't dan senor was it?
Roland_Gunner
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Not sure what turned the lights on for him but Beck has seen from nearly the beginning that Trump has no conservative values and is only offering muscular authoritarianism. That says a lot for all the right wingers who will take that as long as their guy has the power.
Basileus777
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Beck hating Trump isn't anything new either.
Officerrob
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How did they link it to him?
Yeah he's the one they're going after. They're going after him for sabotaging their movement. Deplorable.
https://twitter.com/ericinsd1/status/785693267564175360
I hope he gets police protection.
Apparently his wife used to work at NBC per deplorable Mike Cernovich.
Aaronology
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Lawd, Corey Lewandowski is back on CNN with Anderson Cooper. I have a feeling he'll behave himself better tonight, though.
Edit:
"I think Donald tried to talk about the issues..."
He's off to a good start at rewriting history.
Edit:
"I think Donald tried to talk about the issues..."
He's off to a good start at rewriting history.
Poked him. Couldn't help it. RIP.
Reading a trashy book somehow equals being physically assaulted. Somehow.
You know what? Fuck it. I can't even figure out how their minds work anymore.
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