Spoiled Milk
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I didn't know that about him. I thought he was just some optics pick floating around. Touché, and I take it back.
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I agree. Becerra or Perez as far as I'm concerned.
24 years in congress, #4 Democrat in the House Leadership. I can understand someone saying this about Perez but if you're claiming that about Becerra too then something seems off.
ItWasMeantToBe19
Banned
Trump was accused today of bribing the Florida AG to bury the Trump U case so I don't think it's going away. It will be brought back in between his racist tirades.
benjipwns
Banned
Exactly, completely unqualified. Zero applicable knowledge of how the world works.
What kind of journalist are you? Video game? Sports?
Sorry but lol @ people putting the third party candidates on the wiki page for the general as if they'll get any sort of meaningful result.
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benjipwns
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Wikipedia rules include any candidate that has a chance to win, aka, on the ballot in states worth 270+ EVs. When both get less than 5% of the popular vote, they'll be dropped from the box which will just feature President Trump and Corrupt Hillary.
aspiegamer
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The new thread title is awesome. Way to go, AP! Dicks. Speaking of a 6/7 release date, dammit Amazon, I paid for release day shipping, not shipping ON the release date. You're usually great about this!
However! "Establishment" Wikipedia is bureaucratic Wikipedia who spends more time talking about what shit they should waste their time talking about than actually doing anything constructive. In that regard an "insurgent" force can come in and make a big splash if they organize. Gamergate, for example, practically held the place hostage for months on any policy decisions until they got what they wanted (which was some feminist editors banned and mods bullied out, myself included).
No joke, there's a massive infrastructure of astroturfing and career scrubbing on Wikipedia from law makers wise enough to understand its power. It's corrupt as all holy fuck, mind you, and it's a battleground of public opinion that few people know there's a battle for and thus it goes entirely under the radar. Some of the shit you can get away with on Wikipedia procedure-wise is terrifyingly effective.
However! "Establishment" Wikipedia is bureaucratic Wikipedia who spends more time talking about what shit they should waste their time talking about than actually doing anything constructive. In that regard an "insurgent" force can come in and make a big splash if they organize. Gamergate, for example, practically held the place hostage for months on any policy decisions until they got what they wanted (which was some feminist editors banned and mods bullied out, myself included).
Now, these people aren't from the campaigns proper. They're just psycho fans convinced they know what's best for the country and want to try to stick their nose in.
Wikipedia is going to get rid of both third party candidates on the page currently by election night unless they get over 5% of the vote.
This was the book where he argued that Britain should not have given the war guarantee to Poland, right? I'm pretty sure he also argued that the Holocaust may not have happened either, as if the war is what caused Nazi antisemitism.
Yep, it's called Churchill, Hitler and the Unnecessary War.
I gave up the 1940 example there because I think that's the most egregious. It should be noted that he does make some arguments in that book that I agree with, like that Britain had no business getting involved in WWI (though I think he mischaracterize the reasons why they did).
Man, that whole book is a giant cognitive dissonance from me - on the one hand, I fucking Hate Churchill and I always love to see someone shit on him, but on the other hand, some of his arguments... ugh.
ItWasMeantToBe19
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http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trum...lls-students-inflate-income/story?id=39589076
It doesn't look good for Jeb's oppo research guy ever getting a job again.
Yeah, I'm not sure about that, Michael.
That quote is actually just a sad reminder of how far his Alzheimer's had progressed.
excelsiorlef
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Ouch
Retromelon
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Whoa what's that behind you!
Works every time
Literally cackled aloud at bliv's description of hannity. Perfect two words to sum up his entire career
He spent 20 years being a smug prick on national television. Before I knew anything about politics, the first time I watched a show of his I didn't like him. He is a conservative pandering and liberal smear machine
This clip of pat and hannity is making me like pat. He is telling this pander machine facts while the smug prick makes condescending faces at him and shouts him down. Fuck hannity
I want to say pat fucking rules in this interview because he keeps clowning Sean who I hate dearly, but they are both terrible
Yeah, I hadn't considered him much before, but I do think he would be a great pick if there's a concern about Tom Perez's lack of elected office experience. And on the superficial side of things, he's pretty photogenic, which couldn't hurt.
I don't remember it too clearly to be honest. Churchill deserves a lot of shit though, I'll give you that.
On a different note, I just read that Trump is considering bringing Dick Morris into his campaign? Is this real life?
Uh oh. Looks like Morning Joe hurt Trump's feelings one too many times and now he says he's not going on the show anymore.
That and he obliterated that smug prick, Hannity:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RGgpwqFpPw
The part at the end where Hannity is speechless is just perfect.
That and he obliterated that smug prick, Hannity:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RGgpwqFpPw
The part at the end where Hannity is speechless is just perfect.
Republic of Ezo
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I'm fine with either or even Elizabeth Warren. As long as it's one of those three, I'm game.
excelsiorlef
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LOL Clinton Derangement syndrome hit peak infection in a comment I saw on one of the subreddits I'm on.
Person said Margaret Thatcher is a saint compared to Clinton :|
Person said Margaret Thatcher is a saint compared to Clinton :|
Republic of Ezo
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The one reason I'm very inclined to put a Latino on the ticket this year (even though the voting block will be solidly anti-trump no matter what) is that you KNOW Trump will not be able to resist making attacks like that. And that kind of outright racism against not just a Latino, but the first Latino nominee ever will put that voting block in Dem hands for a generation. Although that might happen anyway even without Becerra/Perez on the ticket.
Perez could be Attorney General material down the road, but I don't really like picking someone with no track record of winning elections as the Veep. And since Becerra is from a safe dem seat and is blocked in the leadership, it makes a whole lot of sense...
benjipwns
Banned
Well, she is the only one of the two that is dead.
That we know of.
I'll wait for the FBI Investigation to complete before I say for sure.
excelsiorlef
Member
LOL nice
I feel that Perez is also SCOTUS material, but his Labor appointment was contested. I imagine that it would be very difficult to get him on the court. He's my dream RBG replacement if he doesn't get the VP nod.
benjipwns
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This book has maybe been mentioned here:
It's framed around Dukakis in the Tank but covers every Presidential campaign since. Bush at the scanner, Dole falling off the stage, Dean's scream, Romney's bad singing, etc.
This has lots of Bobby Jindal (tons, seriously), Jeb!, Paul Ryan and Marco Rubio in it. Also not a single mention of HUELEN endorsed Ben Carson. And briefly mentions Trump at the end. It does have these endorsements though:
Also, Ted Cruz played Sonic The Hedgehog.
It's framed around Dukakis in the Tank but covers every Presidential campaign since. Bush at the scanner, Dole falling off the stage, Dean's scream, Romney's bad singing, etc.
This has lots of Bobby Jindal (tons, seriously), Jeb!, Paul Ryan and Marco Rubio in it. Also not a single mention of HUELEN endorsed Ben Carson. And briefly mentions Trump at the end. It does have these endorsements though:
Also, Ted Cruz played Sonic The Hedgehog.
Clinton has a huge early vote lead. Unless the news disproportional affects her voters than this will either end up helping her or have no effect.
benjipwns
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How will he stay in longer than the convention he intends to contest?
I mean, obviously, he should launch an independent campaign after Corrupt Hillary steals the Convention from the voters but even that will end come November.
I'm so so so hyped for this.
The Emperor is about to remind all these lesser politicians how it's done. 2008 and 2012 were magical, and I've no doubt that Obama's got at least one more master class performance left in him.
Retromelon
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Gonna have to cop that book. Love me some bobbeh. Ted Cruz playing sonic the hedgehog on its own is not a very interesting fact though. Why, did Jimmy Carter put a quarter into a donkey Kong machine once? Saucy!!
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http://www.theonion.com/blogpost/hillary-clinton-is-too-ambitious-to-be-the-first-f-11229
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Hahahaha
http://www.theonion.com/blogpost/hillary-clinton-is-too-ambitious-to-be-the-first-f-11229
That you
Hillary Clinton Is Too Ambitious To Be The First Female President
COMMENTARY
May 24, 2006
I think it's about time we had a female president of the United States. I don't care what anyone says: Women can be just as smart and qualified as menespecially the clowns we've had in Washington lately. But Hillary Clinton? She's just a little too ambitious to do what no woman before her has ever done.
Hillary seems to think she knows what our country needs better than anyone else, and believes that she, among the hundreds or thousands of qualified politicians, is the only one who can do it. Is that really the sort of person we want at the helm of our federal government?
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What's more, nobody asked her to run. In fact, a lot of people on both sides of the aisle don't even want her to run, and many other politicians are planning on running against her. Yet she's stayed in the race, blatantly ignoring the wishes of some people. Shouldn't the first woman to break the gender barrier of the American presidency be the type of woman who listens to those who doubt her and bows to public opinion more often?
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Of course he did.
Fucking Sonic fans, ya'll gonna act like him being the Zodiac killer is a joke?
Replace Scalia with Srinivasan to make that go down easier.
When it comes to RGB, replace her with Goodwin Liu. RGB should be replaced by a true liberal champion and Liu is the best we have.
Yes to all three
Christina was coming off a cold sucking on cough drops(as she said during an intermission). She didnt sing nearly as often as even my girlfriend could admit but she was super impressive for someone who apparently had 'no voice' as she put it.
Oh my phone was dying and this was on my quote list. Shot that was a while back...
Spoiled Milk
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Retromelon and benjipwns posting at the same time is probably our version of Adult Swim.
andthebeatgoeson
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We all know the Zodiac Killer wouldn't have been a Mario or Crash player. When Dahmer was arrested, his Genesis was turned on with Sonic in the system. Released a month earlier, he was a huge fan of the game.
User 463088
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Sonic is a mistake.
That onion article is awesome. I do hope the FBI comes out with their verdict soon so people banking on Hilary getting indicted will stop talking about it for once. I hope Bernie supports her and tries to campaign for her to just piss of some of these people.
User 463088
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It looks like the approved talking point is Hillary, maybe through the clever use of McDonalds, forced the AP, CNN, BBC, NBC, ABC and CBS to illegally declare her the winner, so that when she loses California and New Mexico tomorrow no one will notice. And also fraud. Etc.
Also, this somehow means that whoever voted today didn't matter and blah blah blah.
Also, this somehow means that whoever voted today didn't matter and blah blah blah.
whyamihere
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Let's talk about something that's been perplexing me for a bit.
We've sort of had a collective shrug that Hillary is the first woman to ever be on a major party's ballot as the presidential candidate. This could be for a few reasons -- she came so close in 2008, she was considered sort of a shoe-in this time, Clinton fatigue.
But I started wondering -- what if this were Elizabeth Warren? Amy Klobuchar? Jeanne Shaheen? Would there be this huge excitement about a first female nominee? And I don't think there would've been, and I'm trying to figure out exactly what that is. Is it because this has been a long time coming we've assumed it to be a "well, duh" moment? Is it because it didn't seem improbable? I don't know. I can't quite figure out why I feel like no one would be seen as a uniquely historic candidate outside of the fact that, "oh yeah, they are I guess". A collective shrug.
We've sort of had a collective shrug that Hillary is the first woman to ever be on a major party's ballot as the presidential candidate. This could be for a few reasons -- she came so close in 2008, she was considered sort of a shoe-in this time, Clinton fatigue.
But I started wondering -- what if this were Elizabeth Warren? Amy Klobuchar? Jeanne Shaheen? Would there be this huge excitement about a first female nominee? And I don't think there would've been, and I'm trying to figure out exactly what that is. Is it because this has been a long time coming we've assumed it to be a "well, duh" moment? Is it because it didn't seem improbable? I don't know. I can't quite figure out why I feel like no one would be seen as a uniquely historic candidate outside of the fact that, "oh yeah, they are I guess". A collective shrug.
There's also the talking point where people are saying that Hilary won;t get the nomination because she will be indicted by the FBI and as a result the democratic convention will become contested and Bernie will win.
I'm having so much fun with this.
I think your premise is wrong. I'm excited, my mom's excited, plenty of people are excited, just not the sort of people who are regulars on the internet.
I'm sure there were a lot of middle aged white women who weren't excited when Obama got the nomination, they were just drowned out by the more plentiful young internet denizens who were excited.
whyamihere
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Maybe. I guess you're right.
RustyNails
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I wonder what kind of spoiler effect Hillary's clinching of nomination will have in tonight's primaries.
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