Wasn't aware Trump took shots at Susana Martinez. I believe she had been calling him out, but all the same taking shots at her for snubbing his rally seems awfully petty. More and more it just looks like the Republican idea of unity is that of a nanny cleaning up after the temper tantrums of a petulant child. Ryan is endorsing today right? Fun times ahead for the Republicans.
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Barbara Boxer was just on CNN holding up the conclusion of the report showing that Hilldawg wasn't even mentioned in the conclusion. It was certainly critical of Clinton in the body, but the overarching finding was that the department had nebulous policies that made it easy for circumvention of the system to occur. Hillary will get hit hard over this for the next 24 hours or so and the issue will get dredged back up when the DoJ report comes out, but beyond that, I think most of the damage is fully baked into the cake at this point.
Add me to the "this was a giant finger wag with no legal consequences" train.
Add me to the "this was a giant finger wag with no legal consequences" train.
Ether_Snake
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Ryan as VP pick, I bet.
No need, they seem to be self lubricating.
luckily she has been building up a tolerance to finger wagging from debating Bernie.
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thepotatoman
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To which he publically declines, but gets voted to be the VP anyway at the convention, forcing him into yet another role he didn't want.
And Bernie is the worst of them all, they will get the bring out his skeletons anyway and get to use them to hit Hillary.
Lmao you got the best nickname for him.
nature boy
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Gingrich.
bodyofanamerican
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Joni Ernst. Take it to the bank.
As long as it comes with more John Lithgow readings of his press releases I'm all for it.
I think it is more likely than that!
It's probably worth remembering that DWS became the head of the DNC in exactly this deal -- it was part of the price of Clinton conceding to Obama. So it's not like there isn't precedent, and again, it's clear exactly how important everybody views the DNC head to be (important enough to be a concession, but not so important that it can't be a concession).
She has actually reversed her stance on all of her problematic positions.
Sure, maybe she did it for political reasons, but you know who else took homophobic and Islamophobic stances for political reasons and then reversed them later when it was expedient to do so? Because I bet you do!
Why not? Who cares? Hillary will control the convention anyway. Tulsi Gabbard was vice-chair of the DNC. It's not like the party doesn't trust her just because you guys don't trust her!
As to the "we don't negotiate with
Trying to crush Bernie and give him NOTHING to prove our power over him is just self-absorption. Always let your opponent lose gracefully, because you have to work with him again in the future.
nature boy
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Doubt it.
Only 2 years in the Senate, and Trump doesn't give a shit about picking a woman for VP.
Gingrich has the insider knowledge and connections and he clearly wants to be VP.
User 463088
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Tulsi is islamaphobic and her history on LGBT issues is meh at best. Concessions to Bernie are fine. Letting him handpick the DNC chair is not. I'm fine with getting rid of DWS, although I think it should be after the election for optics alone. If we have to get rid of her before, that's fine but we can do a hell of a lot better than Tulsi.
Jack Remington
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Repeal FOIA now, holy fuck it's nothing but trash.
Why? Essential tool for mitigating corruption.
Spoiled Milk
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You don't really believe that, Jack. Just wait till Vice President John Miller starts sending Mexicans to Gitmo and you'll be begging for documents.
nature boy
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Make them sweat for it.
One of the most effective tools for journalists and protecting against police abuse/racial profiling
Are you nuts?
Slow down there, FOIA has some uses it's not all trash.
Spoiled Milk
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FOIA is the reason we now know insurance companies didn't pay disaster victims after Sandy Hook and made $400mil. Story broke yesterday.
http://www.npr.org/2016/05/24/47886...urance-firms-profited-400-million-after-sandy
http://www.npr.org/2016/05/24/47886...urance-firms-profited-400-million-after-sandy
Adam I <3 you but you're just reiterating all the stuff I just responded to.
Tulsi recanted all those crazy views she had! She cut an ad for Bernie specifically saying that she supports him because he's dovish.
Letting the losing candidate handpick the DNC chair is literally exactly what the loser got in the last Presidential primary.
I am not trying to say I love Tulsi, although you know she's a kama'aina, but I think that it's a pretty neat solution that resolves everyone's problems and probably doesn't change anything. What, exactly, are you thinking the DNC chair does that you don't trust Tulsi Gabbard to do? Why didn't anybody raise these concerns like four months ago when she was pretty obviously next in line to be the DNC chair but hadn't endorsed Bernie Sanders?
Remington literally makes the same post about FOIA, and I mean word for word the same post, every time anything happens about Hillary's emails. I already tried talking to him about how, like, having visibility into government actions is a good thing and I can't recommend the effort, unless you really enjoy reading the phrase "it's nothing but trash."
You didn't post the best part:
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box...ss-in-statistical-dead-heat-in-nc-senate-race
Burr - 39
Ross - 36
Awwww yeah, this shit is gonna be tight .
Aaron Strife
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That Burr can't even hit 40 against an unknown opponent should be troubling for him. Hagan was in a similar position last election.
Hurricane Sandy I think.
nature boy
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Didn't see that on Twitter.
I just want to see a Trump meltdown. If he loses NC or Georgia I don't see how he can reach 270.
balladofwindfishes
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I would imagine so. Probably going to get a lot of folks who don't want to vote Trump.
AntraxSuicide
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I would rather Sanders himself be chair than Gabbard. At least his flip-flops aren't nearly as awkward, and he can just shout his stump speech (which does turn out the rallies).
nature boy
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Too bad he needs to hit 15% in the national polls to be at the debates.
RastaMentality
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He'd be swinging so wildly at a debate, he'd end up making Trump look fine.
TheLostBigBoss
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rofl, yea I saw him do a basic interview and the guy was laughing and talking reminded me of someone on crack
nature boy
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fine by me, steal the thunder from Trump.
She'd be the sane one of the three.
She already practiced her "can you believe this shit?" facial expressions during the October Benghazi hearing. The gifs and pics were everywhere. Her numbers actually ticked up.
With or without Johnson present, I'll bet her debate coaches are going to instruct her to have her reaction faces ready for September & October's debates. Not going overboard, but juuuuust enough for it to be a Thing on the Twitters again.
AntraxSuicide
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It's hilarious how well that worked for her. A taxpayer-funded, 11 hour ad for why Hillary has the poise and stamina to be President. Trump wouldn't last 30 minutes.
RustyNails
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Where did she recant her views? She's a total stickler for using the term ISLAMIC TERRORISM, and has chastised Obama repeatedly over it by going over to Fox News of all the places. Really we want this clown to be part of platform?
hammysaurusrex
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I know we're not suppose to dredge stuff up from OT and bring it here so I won't mention any specific posters or threads, but I have to admit I thought the "social issues aren't a big deal and just fix themselves, SCOTUS isn't a big deal this election and is just a talking point" was just PoliGAF hyperbole. Nope, there really are people that advocate this view.
Roland_Gunner
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Where is this coming from? I don't remember anyone suggesting that Gabbard was the heir apparent for the DNC chair when she endorsed Sanders. Its not like there's any history of a vice chair being promoted. Its not a succession.
Metaphoreus
This is semantics, and nothing more
I thought it looked familiar. Here are the past examples returned by Google:
To this he quickly added:
I think it's a desperate coded plea for help.
Doc Holliday
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I wish it was the RNC doing arm twisting, that would mean guys like Ryan had some sort of intergrity, but alas its just basic opportunism. They were saying all this crap about Trump when he was polling way behind Hilary, now the polls show him having a chance, they are all aboard. Remember these are the same guys who thought Romney was gonna trounce Obama.
RastaMentality
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Warren's probably the only person who could make an all-female Hillary ticket work but it'd be craaazy. People thought we wouldn't see this for another decade at least.
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