I thirst for 18', electoral blood, I want more.
American Politics thread: No Nazis Allowed
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@Monkey:
I thirst for 18', electoral blood, I want more.
I demand the head of Scott Walker.
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I'm looking forward to seeing how Republicans in purple to light red districts react to this; how many of them will just go "Nope" and retire on their own terms to get cushy lobbyist jobs rather than risk losing an expensive, draining election? Especially since a fair amount of them are probably going to draw whackjob primary opponents anyway.
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And in the "small victories" column, Montana just elected the first black mayor in its history.
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@Cyan:
And in the "small victories" column, Montana just elected the first black mayor in its history.
Makes sense, Montana only has one city. Right, sgamer12?
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@Monkey:
He's from Idaho.
Close enough. Idaho and Montana totally hate each other in my headcanon anyway.
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For my part, I went out and voted today and, well, I'm just so proud of my home state right now
Aw, I'm jealous. You got the good governor race. Even we aren't crazy about Phil Murphy over here. It's another election of whoever sucks less, and in this case Kim Guar-whaever really sucked. Happy for you though.
Good thing is, even if Phil turns out to be a dud we'll still have all that legal weed to calm us down, I assume. Word is that it would happen within the first 100 days when Phil takes office.
Also, apparently we're getting a state bank? I've never heard of it but apparently North Dakota has one.
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Another big city gets a Democratic mayor as Atlantic City Mayor, and, judging by that suit and tie, freelance mortician, Don Guardian lost to City Councilman Frank Gilliam, Jr.
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Final pre-provisional vote tallies appear to be in: Dems picked up 14 seats with 5 left undecided. Those five districts average a difference of about 120 votes between the two party candidates, so we probably won't know who really won the Virginia House for a couple days.
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The call for
a Constitutional Conventionthe rich being allowed to rewrite the founding principles of our nation is going down in flames in New York.And it only took months of union heads misinforming voters that they'd somehow lose all their pensions and see their taxes skyrocket should they be given the opportunity to vote for their own delegates to vote against their interest.
Was there a small segment looking to do these things? Of course. But the idea that the entire "Yes for CC" was based around rich guys looking to "rewrite the founding principles of our nation" is absolutely ridiculous.
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Makes sense, Montana only has one city. Right, sgamer12?
@Monkey:
He's from Idaho.
Close enough. Idaho and Montana totally hate each other in my headcanon anyway.
yeah, it's Idaho, not Montana. And if my commute is any indication we have at least three cities.
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Fearless Leader has apparently expressed an interest in bipartisan amendments to his tax reform plan. Senate Democrats would like to participate in the formation of the legislation for it. But the bill is getting put together so hastily any confidence changes could be made that they would want are pretty low.
^The only acceptable bipartisanship on this issue.
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So come 2018, what will they do.
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So come 2018, what will they do.
What emoji did they run a story about to distract from this story? I hope it was Eggplant
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What emoji did they run a story about to distract from this story? I hope it was Eggplant
Hannity focused on Trump's speech in South Korea, which admittedly other networks aired in full too. The main offender in the second half of the time, where Laura Ingraham (especially hate her, no relation) spent most of her hour praising the civilian who wounded the Texas church shooter. By the time she covered the election at the end, conservatives had their talking points and rebuttals in order to minimize the significance.
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If you guys can stomach it another cringe piece on Trump Supporters in Johnstown Pennsylvania
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If you guys can stomach it another cringe piece on Trump Supporters in Johnstown Pennsylvania
The "Trump Voter Safari" genre has evolved to the point where the subjects just outright use honest-to-god n-word.
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@Cyan:
The "Trump Voter Safari" genre has evolved to the point where the subjects just outright use honest-to-god n-word.
While likely insisting that despite such acts they're not actually racist.
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@Cyan:
The "Trump Voter Safari" genre has evolved to the point where the subjects just outright use honest-to-god n-word.
Maybe they were just fans of the second NWA album??
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@Monkey:
Maybe they were just fans of the second NWA album??
""Efil4zaggin," Schilling said.
"4zaggin," McCabe added.
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Okay this is just outright scary. This is another example of a dictator getting back at the press in order to weaken it. Thankfully, the company seems willing to fight back, but…
https://www.ft.com/content/149b22dc-c494-11e7-a1d2-6786f39ef675
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If you guys can stomach it another cringe piece on Trump Supporters in Johnstown Pennsylvania
The cognitive dissonance is strong with these people.
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When was the last time you had a republican who wasn't for protecting the big companies or gave them tax cuts?
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When was the last time you had a republican who wasn't for protecting the big companies or gave them tax cuts?
William Howard Taft?
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The last Republican I would vote for would either be Eisenhower or Charles Curtis.
And Eisenhower only ran as a Republican because they asked him to.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockefeller_Republican
There's the last good Republicans.
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Oh hey, speaking of taxes. Trump apparently stands to get an annual tax cut worth $23 million. While Jared Kushner could see a cut of up to $17 million. Assuming the proposal ever gets passed.
Fearless Leader will be going to the Philippines Sunday. When he gets there he's going to hang out with his buddy President Rodrigo Duterte. Trump is reportedly giddy with excitement about the play date.
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Christian sharia terrorist Roy Moore is a pedophile**:** https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/woman-says-roy-moore-initiated-sexual-encounter-when-she-was-14-he-was-32/2017/11/09/1f495878-c293-11e7-afe9-4f60b5a6c4a0_story.html?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.71de2408f409
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Jimmy Kimmel is duping Trumpanzees into supporting signup for ACA:
https://www.avclub.com/jimmy-kimmel-admits-he-was-wrong-urges-everyone-to-sig-1820280869(the extra thick sarcasm in the accompanying article is a thing of beauty)
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Christian sharia terrorist Roy Moore is a pedophile**:** https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/woman-says-roy-moore-initiated-sexual-encounter-when-she-was-14-he-was-32/2017/11/09/1f495878-c293-11e7-afe9-4f60b5a6c4a0_story.html?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.71de2408f409
AHhahahahaha
Many of these things coming to light are depressing, seeing people you might of thought highly of be revealed to be total scumbags creeps. It's heartbreaking, and you almost feel manipulated and dirty by having admired their careers. Many of these things are miserable.
Some of these things however are not lollllllllll
THROW THEM STONES NOW BITCHEDIT:
Oh god the story about how he approached the girl is the creepiest fucking thing.Moore approached Leigh Corfman while she was sitting outside a wooden bench with her mother, and offered to watch Corfman while her mother went inside for a child custody hearing, the Post reported. He was an assistant district attorney at the time.
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@Monkey:
Oh god the story about how he approached the girl is the creepiest fucking thing.
Yeah, that's clearly a predator using his position to scout out potential victims.
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Like on one end there's the "OMG I MET HER AT A PARTY AND SHE LOOKED COLLEGE AGED".
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Alabama state auditor Jim Zeigler:
"Even if you accept the Washington Post’s report as being completely true, it’s much ado about very little."
"Roy Moore married a woman 14 years younger and they have a blessed marriage 33 years later."
"Take Joseph and Mary. Mary was a teenager and Joseph was an adult carpenter. They became parents of Jesus."
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Ziegler seemed unconcerned about that allegation and told the Washington Examiner that any political concern would be mitigated by three things. Moore never had “sexual intercourse” with the girl. Their relationship “happened almost 40 years ago.” And finally, “Roy Moore fell in love with one of the younger women.”
Moore began dating his wife Kayla around this time, according to Ziegler. “He dated her. He married her, and they’ve been married about 35 years. They’re blessed with a wonderful marriage and his wife Kayla is 14 years younger than Moore.”
“He’s clean as a hound’s tooth,” Ziegler claimed, before relying on Scripture to defend Moore.
“Take the Bible. Zachariah and Elizabeth for instance. Zachariah was extremely old to marry Elizabeth and they became the parents of John the Baptist,” Ziegler said choosing his words carefully before invoking Christ. “Also take Joseph and Mary. Mary was a teenager and Joseph was an adult carpenter. They became parents of Jesus.”
“There’s just nothing immoral or illegal here,” Ziegler concluded. “Maybe just a little bit unusual.”
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Alabama state auditor Jim Zeigler:
"Even if you accept the Washington Post’s report as being completely true, it’s much ado about very little."
"Roy Moore married a woman 14 years younger and they have a blessed marriage 33 years later."
"Take Joseph and Mary. Mary was a teenager and Joseph was an adult carpenter. They became parents of Jesus."
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This is giving me a the same sick feeling when, near Trump's election, people were calling him a good Christian. I don't think people know what that means anymore, since it seems that today a good Christian is somehow a really shitty person who is friends with a bunch of other Christians.
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This is giving me a the same sick feeling when, near Trump's election, people were calling him a good Christian. I don't think people know what that means anymore, since it seems that today a good Christian is somehow a really shitty person who is friends with a bunch of other Christians.
Being a good Christian is not knowing that the Jesus origin story involved a virgin mother apparantly.
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Moore began dating his wife Kayla around this time, according to Ziegler. “He dated her. He married her, and they’ve been married about 35 years. They’re blessed with a wonderful marriage and his wife Kayla is 14 years younger than Moore.”
Okay, so Moore is 70 now. They've been married for 35 years so they were married when he was 35 and she was… 21?
The age gap betwen you and your wife was 14 years. That is NOT the same as hitting on a 14 year old!
Just eww.
I think they're counting on no one doing the math on a 70 year old man. Or digging any deeper to see how many other young girls he's skeeved on in the last 40 years.
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Alabama state auditor Jim Zeigler:
"Even if you accept the Washington Post’s report as being completely true, it’s much ado about very little."
"Roy Moore married a woman 14 years younger and they have a blessed marriage 33 years later."
"Take Joseph and Mary. Mary was a teenager and Joseph was an adult carpenter. They became parents of Jesus."
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I'm pretty sure Joesph was not the father.
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The Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) is currently in jeopardy.
The most mean-spirited and petty of these approaches continues the GOP’s attack on Obamacare by shortening the grace period for paying premiums from the current 90 days to 30 days. The left-leaning Center on Budget and Policy Priorities estimates that up to nearly 700,000 people could lose their health care insurance under those stricter terms.
“It’s a horrible idea, incredibly mean-spirited,” says Matt Bennett with Third Way, a moderate Democratic group. “It shows you just how soulless the Republican Party has become. They could take almost any element of their tax cut to benefit the rich and pay for CHIP 40 times over. It’s not a terribly expensive program, and it benefits poor, sick children. What is wrong with these people?”
Happy Thanksgiving and merry Christmas kids.
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Okay, so Moore is 70 now. They've been married for 35 years so they were married when he was 35 and she was… 21?
The age gap betwen you and your wife was 14 years. That is NOT the same as hitting on a 14 year old!
The whole thing just begs the question "How long did they date before the marriage?"
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Happy Thanksgiving and merry Christmas kids.
As always, children are only relevant until they're born.
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One thing I've been hearing and may be worth noting is the Moore accuser with whom things went furthest is a Republican who voted Trump. That can create some interesting interactions.
I also wonder if McConnell's and others' statements they Moore must step aside if the allegations are true will make Moore do the opposite because stepping aside now becomes an admission of guilt.
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Okay, so Moore is 70 now. They've been married for 35 years so they were married when he was 35 and she was… 21?
The age gap betwen you and your wife was 14 years. That is NOT the same as hitting on a 14 year old!
Just eww.
If it makes you feel better the current president of my country is married to a woman 40 years younger than him.
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It's always amusing to me how the conservatives who are so anti-LGBT usually are the truly perverted ones, after all.