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PoliGAF 2016 |OT8| No, Donald. You don't.

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Dan

No longer boycotting the Wolfenstein franchise
royalan said:
LOL

Sorry if it's already been mentioned here, but people on my FB have been posting about a time when Hillary respectfully dragged Pence from sea to shining sea during a testimony in front of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

"I appreciate your strong feelings."

LOL

She must be tickled pink at him being chosen.
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"I appreciate your strong feelings [but they're stupid and go fuck yourself]."

pigeon said:
Trump's rapid response team wasn't ready for his own vice presidential pick.
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It only took the campaign what, 24 hours to update his website showing the full ticket. They're already scrambling to come up with a new logo. These guys aren't ready for anything.
 
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ItWasMeantToBe19

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Goofy Elizabeth Warren, who may be the least productive Senator in the U.S. Senate, must prove she is not a fraud. Without the con it's over
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This is barely even English and it looks like a Google Translation.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/754530019200884737

1. How can someone believe in white supremacy or get mad when people don't speak English well when they support this man for president.

2. Trump is somehow dumber when around Warren so Hillary should pick Warren as VP.
 
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jack_package_200

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Join Jill Stein in Philly during the DNC to keep the revolution going!

http://www.jill2016.com/phillyrevolution

People across America are standing up against a rigged political system. Millions are angry and disgusted with the corruption on full display during the Democratic primary, with the Democratic National Committee blatantly paving the way for Hillary Clinton’s selection.

So at this year’s Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, the streets will be filled with fed-up Americans demanding their voices be heard.

And whenever Americans rise up to demand real democracy, you can bet Greens will be there.

Will you join me and campaign supporters in the streets of Philly on July 25 during the DNC as we march and rally for an America that works for all of us?

During the primaries, millions of Americans said they were ready for a political revolution. They signed up to take our democracy back from big money, win our right to free healthcare and higher education, fight for workers’ rights and tackle the climate crisis head on.

Our campaign is all that and more. And I’m running to build a truly democratic party that supports this revolution 100%.

But we need to get the word out that there’s still a choice for every voter who wants to keep the revolution going. That’s why it’s so crucial that we bring as many supporters to Philly on July 25 as possible.

Whether you just want to march with me and the Greens, or you want to help us reach out to disenfranchised voters who are desperate for a real progressive choice, we need you in Philly!

Find out more about our plans for the DNC - and how you can help us make history.
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Lol
 
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itschris

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Looks like Trump found a replacement for Tim Tebow!

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DataStream

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If you told me a year ago that Scott Baio was going to replace Tim Tebow in a primetime speech at the RNC I would have asked you for some drugs.
 
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Emarv

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Officerrob said:
Scott Baio isn't even a D list celebrity in 2016, having him speak just makes you look pathetic
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It's honestly the perfect, surreal speaker choice we hoped for from this convention. Just pure idiosyncratic insanity that Trump can only provide.

I now expect anyone who's every had a reality show or like been on Celebrity Rehab to be open to speak at a major political event.
 
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B-Dubs

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Dubbedinenglish said:
Barney Frank would steal so many souls as VP he would be arrested for war crimes.
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Barney Frank would set fire to Pence in the VP debates just to watch him burn. Like he'd beat the man to death, rend the flesh from his bones, then salt and burn what remains--before nuking the spot from orbit just to be sure he finished the job.
 
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royalan

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B-Dubs said:
Barney Frank would set fire to Pence in the VP debates just to watch him burn. Like he'd beat the man to death, rend the flesh from his bones, then salt and burn what remains--before nuking the spot from orbit just to be sure he finished the job.
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I would love this just to see Frank have to call Pence out for interrupting him. Seriously, I scream every time Frank does that.
 
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Paskil

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That Pence video is incredible. I can't wait until the RNC ends and Hillary's campaign and the Super PACs supporting her just start serving up a non-stop, softservesque stream of political attack ad diarrhea on the Trump campaign through November.
 
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DorkLord54

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RastaMentality said:
Everyone in this thread should be spending their weekend watching Stranger Things.
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Can't yet, rewatching The Wire (about to start S3), then Show Me A Hero, still need to see the first (and second and possibly third since it might take me another week to binge The Wire) episode of The Night Of, and then BoJack Horseman returns. That said, it is on my list along with season one of Mr. Robot.
 
Metaphoreus

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This is semantics, and nothing more
Grief.exe said:
Is this just pandering?
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Probably, but it could also be just a personal grievance. Remember that Citizens United involved an anti-Hillary movie that a nonprofit corporation wanted to air and advertise within 30 days of the 2008 primaries.

ampere said:
Someone made an interesting comment on twitter, even if Citizen's United is overturned could a billionaire theoretically self fund their own campaign with billions of dollars?
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Yes. Citizens United had nothing to do with how a candidate finances his or her campaign. It dealt with independent expenditures by corporations--i.e., expenditures on political speech relating to a candidate that are not coordinated with a candidate. (Of course, my answer assumes that whatever is done merely overturns Citizens United, and doesn't go further by, for example, authorizing Congress to make any and all campaign-finance laws it wants to, notwithstanding other provisions of the Constitution.)

ampere said:
I looked it up, and this is what I found: Davis v. FEC SC case seems to state that it's 1st amendment infringement to limit self financing rules. I'm thinking that this is so similar to Citizen's United's ruling that it might also be affected by a CU change, but maybe not?
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NYCmetsfan is right that what matters here is Buckley v. Valeo, not Davis. In Davis, the Court considered whether it was constitutional for the government to increase the contribution limits for contributions to a candidate running against a self-funded candidate who spent above $350,000 of his own funds on his campaign. If you read Davis, you'll note that the Court even cites Buckley for the proposition that a "candidate … has a First Amendment right to engage in the discussion of public issues and vigorously and tirelessly to advocate his own election." In Davis, the Court simply recognized that the one-sided contribution-limits increase imposed an (unjustified) substantial burden on the right recognized in Buckley, and was therefore invalid.

In summary, overturning Citizens United would not, on its own, affect whether a candidate can self-finance his or her campaign. Those are two completely separate issues.

ItWasMeantToBe19 said:
Dear God, Jesus created whataboutism:

"Jesus, eating food without washing your hands isn't healthy, dude."

"Well... you're shitty parents!"
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Not that this is politics, but you're misreading that. The Pharisees weren't concerned with health, but with ceremonial purity as dictated by "the tradition of the elders." And Jesus didn't say they were shitty parents, but that their ceremonial standards for purity were not God's law, and that, in fact, that "tradition of the elders" was contrary to God's law in some instances. He then elaborated to the crowd, teaching that "it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth." A more accurate paraphrase of the exchange (maintaining your own vulgar style) would look something like this:

"Jesus, duder, why don't your disciples follow our rules and regulations about how they wash their hands?"

"Because, Brosephs, your rules are bullshit through and through. Let me tell you what really matters."
 
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ItWasMeantToBe19

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So Jesus (or Matthew, writing fanfiction about Jesus) was the libertarian who gets mad at raw milk not being sold in stores instead of actually harmful regulations?
 
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Voysa Reezun

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ItWasMeantToBe19 said:
So Jesus (or Matthew, writing fanfiction about Jesus) was the libertarian who gets mad at raw milk not being sold in stores instead of actually harmful regulations? Jesus makes no attempt to defend "your disciples don't wash their hands" with "they do, just with a different way."
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I think you're taking the story too literally. Jesus's point is that ceremony isn't as important as one's actual works in following God. The Pharisees' criticism isn't health-based - it's religious-based. The Pharisees believe that following God's word is wrapped up in traditional, ceremonial acts. Jesus is arguing that such acts aren't as important as actually being a good person.
 
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