A Special Video Clip: Carly Fiorina Makes Up Songs and Sings Them

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At today’s special Ted Cruz event where he announced Carly Fiorina as his pick for vice president (a pretty pointless choice since he’s not going to be the GOP nominee), Cruz shared an endearing anecdote about Fiorina:

Carly Fiorina then proceeded to demonstrate that she sings about as well as she CEOs.

UPDATE at 4/27/16 2:58:53 pm by Charles Johnson

LGF contributor Vicious Babushka points out that Fiorina didn’t actually make up the music to her little song — it’s from an Irving Berlin song first published in 1950. Here’s Perry Como’s version:

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233 comments
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Kragar  Apr 27, 2016 • 2:46:28pm
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The Vicious Babushka  Apr 27, 2016 • 2:47:48pm

She did not make up the music to that song, here is the original, it’s quite ancient==>

You’re Just In Love - Perry Como

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Targetpractice  Apr 27, 2016 • 2:49:29pm

Cruz ropes Fiorina into being his VP, Bernie floats Warren as his VP. The stench of desperation is betting overpowering.

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bratwurst  Apr 27, 2016 • 2:50:57pm

Bet this is not the last time we hear something like this in the next few weeks:

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Apr 27, 2016 • 2:52:52pm

Fargo graphics firm with rainbow logo refuses pro-LGBT church’s order for rainbow logo

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S'latch  Apr 27, 2016 • 2:53:53pm

It’s a great pick for Ted Cruz though. As creepy as Carly Fiorina is, she is ten times less creepy than Ted Cruz. She could actually help him lose less.

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Kragar  Apr 27, 2016 • 2:54:35pm

She’s still going

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Joe Bacon  Apr 27, 2016 • 2:56:51pm

Carly took singing lessons from this genius…

Beat It - Wing

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Danack  Apr 27, 2016 • 2:57:02pm

nytimes.com

Senator Bernie Sanders is planning to lay off “hundreds” of campaign staffers across the country and focus much of his remaining effort on winning California, he said in an interview Wednesday.

Other than to stop Hillary from being able to campaign against just the Republicans, and to waste money that could have gone to down-ticket races, what is he even trying to achieve?

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Testy Toad T  Apr 27, 2016 • 2:58:28pm

re: #9 Danack

nytimes.com

Other than to stop Hillary from being able to campaign against just the Republicans, and to waste money that could have gone to down-ticket races, what is he even trying to achieve?

You don’t just immediately terminate a campaign. That way lies intense anguish and rending of garments among supporters. This is simply how things are done.

This is Berniebro methadone. It’s clear he’s done, and he’s not really trying to hide it. Expect complete change in his tone and messaging.

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Timothy Watson  Apr 27, 2016 • 2:58:47pm

re: #9 Danack

nytimes.com

Other than to stop Hillary from being able to campaign against just the Republicans, and to waste money that could have gone to down-ticket races, what is he even trying to achieve?

He’s like arguing with a child and now he’s at the “going dead weight” stage of protest.

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Decatur Deb  Apr 27, 2016 • 2:59:35pm

re: #4 bratwurst

Bet this is not the last time we hear something like this in the next few weeks:

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In the comments Anne Rice is described as one of the emerging “Bern victims”.

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Kragar  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:01:51pm
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Kragar  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:03:30pm
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Decatur Deb  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:04:37pm

re: #13 Kragar

Bernie surrogate announce Sanders’ Campaign plans to lay off staffers and focus on CA

Bern-out

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majii  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:05:10pm

re: #4 bratwurst

Good for her acknowledging that the problem with her regretting ever supporting Sanders is not with him but with his obstructionist supporters whom she labels as being “worst than Republicans.” I believe Sanders could have influenced their behavior but decided not to because he loves their undying adoration of him. He could have informed them to check whether they could have voted for him by taking time to review their state’s laws/rules in regard to voting in Democratic primaries/caucuses, but he didn’t. Instead, he went the “these Democratic primaries/caucus rules are so unfair” route, which did nothing to help them be able to cast votes on his behalf. SMDH.

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The Vicious Babushka  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:05:43pm
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Testy Toad T  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:08:03pm

re: #14 Kragar

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What the fuck, apparently.

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Decatur Deb  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:08:29pm

re: #14 Kragar

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Let’s turn from its legality and spend a moment examining its pointlessness.

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Targetpractice  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:09:05pm

re: #10 Testy Toad T

You don’t just immediately terminate a campaign. That way lies intense anguish and rending of garments among supporters. This is simply how things are done.

This is Berniebro methadone. It’s clear he’s done, and he’s not really trying to hide it. Expect complete change in his tone and messaging.

Pretty much. Betting the last of his campaign on the hope for a Cali win, that he might be able to spin into a winning case at the convention. But odds are that won’t happen, he’ll lose Cali and that’ll be the end of it. Kobayashi Maru.

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lawhawk  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:11:47pm

This is so ripe for a bad lip reading.

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Kragar  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:12:06pm
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Bubblehead II  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:12:16pm

OOPS!

Buhl schools on ‘lock-in’ after old pipe bomb discovered

The “pipe bomb” turned out to be a geo cache that was hidden in a pipe. Names and signatures of individuals had been logged dating back to 2011. The most current name was posted on March 26, 2016.

Something tells me that this is one geocache that is now off the list.

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Decatur Deb  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:14:20pm

re: #23 Bubblehead II

OOPS!

Buhl schools on ‘lock-in’ after old pipe bomb discovered

The “pipe bomb” turned out to be a geo cache that was hidden in a pipe. Names and signatures of individuals had been logged dating back to 2011. The most current name was posted on March 26, 2016.

Something tells me that this is one geocache that is now off the list.

Suspected pipe bomb. “Lock-in”. Time for a policy review.

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lawhawk  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:14:34pm

re: #13 Kragar

Lay off staff and make your last stand in CA where you’re down 7 in polls, but need to now win by 20+?

He can’t just eke out a win in CA. He’d need a blowout loss, and that’s not happening. Shedding campaign workers in the next few states wont help him, since that’s a ripple effect of losses compounding on losses.

It’s pointless to argue thought. They think they can do something. Even though there’s no chance he could overtake Hillary in delegate count. Or get to 2,383.

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ObserverArt  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:15:20pm

re: #15 Decatur Deb

Bern-out

Hey…I beat you to the punch last night!

Face it Bernie…after the high wears off reality kicks in.
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Decatur Deb  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:16:00pm

re: #26 ObserverArt

Hey…I beat you to the punch last night!

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I just copped it from the hashtag.

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Skip Intro  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:16:42pm

re: #9 Danack

nytimes.com

Other than to stop Hillary from being able to campaign against just the Republicans, and to waste money that could have gone to down-ticket races, what is he even trying to achieve?

Proving that he’s a bigger asshole than even Trump.

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EPR-radar  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:16:56pm

re: #25 lawhawk

Lay off staff and make your last stand in CA where you’re down 7 in polls, but need to now win by 20+?

He can’t just eke out a win in CA. He’d need a blowout loss, and that’s not happening. Shedding campaign workers in the next few states wont help him, since that’s a ripple effect of losses compounding on losses.

It’s pointless to argue thought. They think they can do something. Even though there’s no chance he could overtake Hillary in delegate count. Or get to 2,383.

I plan to vote for Clinton in the CA Democratic party primary. Sanders and his campaign have ended up being a great disappointment.

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EPR-radar  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:17:59pm

re: #28 Skip Intro

Proving that he’s a bigger asshole than even Trump.

Nobody is a bigger asshole than Trump. It’s just not possible.

The fact that Sanders should know better is what makes his nonsense so irritating.

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Kragar  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:18:04pm
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Charles Johnson  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:18:34pm

Retweeted this and immediately got hit by upset Bernie fans.

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Testy Toad T  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:18:38pm

re: #30 EPR-radar

Nobody is a bigger asshole than Trump. It’s just not possible.

The fact that Sanders should know better is what makes his nonsense so irritating.

Frankly, most of the true nonsense is issuing from Weaver and his wife. The former, in particular, can take a long walk off a short pier.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:19:34pm

Man Sucker-Punched On LES “Because You Look Like Shia LaBeouf”

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Kragar  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:20:14pm

re: #31 Kragar

Point 4 of the GOP autopsy

4. Epistemic Closure Is Real

There’s been a long running debate on the intellectual right about whether the GOP suffers from “epistemic closure,” a condition in which conservatives block out all dissenting voices until eventually their own arguments sound nonsensical to anyone who doesn’t already agree with them. The RNC report concludes this is a real and growing problem.

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Skip Intro  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:20:46pm

re: #30 EPR-radar

Nobody is a bigger asshole than Trump. It’s just not possible.

The fact that Sanders should know better is what makes his nonsense so irritating.

Well, Trump has had decades to develop his total assholeness, but Bernie’s showing he’s a fast learner.

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EPR-radar  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:21:13pm

re: #31 Kragar

All hope for GOP reform is doomed by one simple fact. The GOP is full of Republicans, and these Republicans mostly like the party as it is (i.e., a toxic dumpster fire).

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ObserverArt  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:21:31pm

re: #30 EPR-radar

Nobody is a bigger asshole than Trump. It’s just not possible.

The fact that Sanders should know better is what makes his nonsense so irritating.

As others have said…he was drunk on the fact people actually followed him and made him bigger than he really is.

I hope he is sleeping it off and coming to his senses. The Democratic party needs him to do some repair work and to tell Trump to fuck off with his taking to Bernie’s own words.

There is still space for him in the party if he gets it together.

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Kragar  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:23:43pm
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HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:24:10pm

re: #30 EPR-radar

Nobody is a bigger asshole than Trump. It’s just not possible.

The fact that Sanders should know better is what makes his nonsense so irritating.

That’s exactly it.

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Testy Toad T  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:25:37pm

re: #31 Kragar

6. Stop Being The Rich Guys

Less than year after nominating a millionaire investor who proclaimed that “corporations are people,” the RNC is concerned that the party has become too closely tied with wealthy interests.

hahahahaha

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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Targetpractice  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:26:21pm

From the sounds of Twitter, there’s the sense that the DNC is working behind the scenes to let Bernie retire from the race with the same dignity that Hillary did in ‘08. Get him to wind things down slowly with a more conciliatory tone, while the DNC agrees to include some of his campaign planks in the party’s platform. Bernie gets a symbolic “victory,” the rift begins to heal, and the focus goes back to the insanity of the GOP field.

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Bubblehead II  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:26:56pm

re: #24 Decatur Deb

Suspected pipe bomb. “Lock-in”. Time for a policy review.

Don’t see why. Wasn’t an active threat to the schools.

The schools were on a “soft lock-in or lockout,” no one could go in and out of the schools, but classes proceed as usual.

Since the perceived threat was external to the school(s), it makes sense to keep the kids indoors (and learning) until the threat was removed.

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Testy Toad T  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:27:02pm

re: #42 Targetpractice

Our party is run by adults, so this is no surprise. People forget how incredibly spiteful things still were at this stage in 2008.

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ObserverArt  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:27:38pm

re: #27 Decatur Deb

I just copped it from the hashtag.

I see that now. If I tweeted I’d offer the graphic up to the hashtag. If any LGF tweeter wants to do just that please do.

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jaunte  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:27:45pm

re: #5 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

That’s a pretty horrible logo. Maybe the church was lucky.

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The Vicious Babushka  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:29:08pm
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EPR-radar  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:29:38pm

re: #39 Kragar

Epistemic closure in the US right is a done deal. Their debate performances against Democrats tend to end up being Gish gallops (e.g., Romney’s 1st debate vs. Obama), where lies are spewed at a rate that makes debunking them in the allotted time impossible.

The Gish gallop is named after young earth creationist Duane Gish. This adoption by the US right and the GOP of creationists’ argument style is not a coincidence. Creationists are experts at pretending that total bullshit is plausible, and this is the single most valuable skill for a GOPer to have.

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Decatur Deb  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:30:35pm

re: #43 Bubblehead II

Don’t see why. Wasn’t an active threat to the schools.

The schools were on a “soft lock-in or lockout,” no one could go in and out of the schools, but classes proceed as usual.

Since the perceived threat was external to the school(s), it makes sense to keep the kids indoors (and learning) until the threat was removed.

“Edge of school property”. Army likes a minimum of 1200 ft from anything that can go bang, more depending on Net Explosive Weight.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:32:53pm

re: #32 Charles Johnson

The attitude of some Bernie supporters on Twitter has been a huge turn off.

Seeing people who I used to respect hit the “favorite” button on that behavior has made me sad.

I think that in general, a lot of the criticism directed towards Sanders’ campaign here has been grounded in reality and factual. Things like the lack of support downticket, missing policy details, his inability to reach out to the full coalition of Democratic voters, and the tone of some of his supporters. I’m sure that to those who favor Sanders, it might feel a bit differently. That’s fair. (I can only state what I’ve seen, taking into account my own biases.) At the same time, I feel that, as long as it is based in reality and not hyperbolic, people have listened to and responded to criticism of HRC’s campaign.

I guess I’m really looking forward to this whole election being done.

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Targetpractice  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:33:16pm

Keep this handy for the next Bernie Bro who insists to you that the #BernieorBust movement is enough to throw the election to Trump:

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Skip Intro  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:33:36pm

Carly during her failed 2010 CA Senate run.

Carly Fiorina Open Mic Gaffe

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Great White Snark  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:34:09pm

About downticket…

Did any of you see 60 Minutes Sunday night, about how congress has been reduced to call center behavior to fulfill funding needs for themselves and the party? To a man they blamed Citizens United.

APRIL 24, 2016, 6:25 PM|U.S. Rep. David Jolly says “call centers,” where members of Congress spend hours dialing for dollars, is “shameful” and “beneath the dignity of the office that our voters in our communities entrust us to serve”

cbsnews.com

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Jenner7  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:34:50pm

re: #42 Targetpractice

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:34:52pm

re: #51 Targetpractice

I wonder, considering the turnout, if that 15-17% would not vote for the Dems anyway?

Maybe they are the Naderites and Green Party loonies.

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:36:09pm

re: #54 Jenner7

Good for her!

Not all of them though.

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Skip Intro  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:38:27pm

How much bullshit can one man spread? Trump quote from today:

“It will have to do with some of the economics of foreign policy because we are getting killed on economics. You know I’m an economic person. It’s one of my strengths.”

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EPR-radar  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:40:00pm

re: #57 Skip Intro

How much bullshit can one man spread? Trump quote from today:

“It will have to do with some of the economics of foreign policy because we are getting killed on economics. You know I’m an economic person. It’s one of my strengths.”

So Trump wants to find a way for the US to go bankrupt leaving other nations to eat the losses? That is his expertise, after all.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:41:33pm

re: #58 EPR-radar

So Trump wants to find a way for the US to go bankrupt leaving other nations to eat the losses? That is his expertise, after all.

Aren’t Republicans big on eliminating the national debt?

//

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Bubblehead II  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:42:36pm

re: #49 Decatur Deb

“Edge of school property”. Army likes a minimum of 1200 ft from anything that can go bang, more depending on Net Explosive Weight.

Ok, so instead of a lock down/in, you would have done an evacuation? Can see that. Nothing wrong with erring on the side of caution.

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Skip Intro  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:42:59pm

Chris Loesch is excited about the Fiorina pick.

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Brian J.  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:43:31pm

re: #9 Danack

nytimes.com

Other than to stop Hillary from being able to campaign against just the Republicans, and to waste money that could have gone to down-ticket races, what is he even trying to achieve?

I lived in California during the 1990s. I remember guys like Michael Huffington and Al Checchi trying to buy a Senate seat and the Governor’s mansion, respectively, with tens of millions of dollars in TV advertising and failing miserably. There are more recent examples at hand in Darrell Issa, Meg Whitman and soi-disant VP candidate Carly Fiorina. This isn’t just evidence of a lack of purpose; it’s evidence of a lack of knowledge of how campaigns work in various states, and with $200 million+ at his disposal this campaign season, Sanders should have had someone on his staff who knew this.

Hillary is now about 230 delegates short of the nomination, according to whoever’s delegate counter you follow. After Indiana, she should be close enough for the remaining superdelegates to endorse her and close the primaries out, and that’s really what needs to happen.

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Skip Intro  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:43:34pm

re: #59 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Aren’t Republicans big on eliminating the national debt?

//

Not when they’re in power, no.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:43:40pm

re: #61 Skip Intro

Isn’t that Dana’s idiot husband?

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Skip Intro  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:44:35pm

re: #64 Eclectic Cyborg

Yup.

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Skip Intro  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:46:28pm
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Targetpractice  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:47:27pm

re: #61 Skip Intro

Chris Loesch is excited about the Fiorina pick.

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We’d measure the size of your balls, Chris, but Dana’s got them in her purse.

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Skip Intro  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:48:44pm

Anybody know who Kasich has picked for his VP?

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:49:34pm

H/t to the invaluable Anne Laurie:

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:50:50pm

re: #68 Skip Intro

Anybody know who Kasich has picked for his VP?

Phyllis Schlafly.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:51:23pm

re: #69 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Who the heck are they?

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Skip Intro  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:51:52pm
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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:53:51pm

re: #71 Eclectic Cyborg

Who the heck are they?

Aren’t the two youngest ones Ted’s daughters?

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Targetpractice  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:54:42pm

AFK, puking.

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Decatur Deb  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:56:11pm

re: #60 Bubblehead II

Ok, so instead of a lock down/in, you would have done an evacuation? Can see that. Nothing wrong with erring on the side of caution.

Yeah. Gotta go with the guy on the ground, but wonder how much leeway the asst. principal should get in the SOP.

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:57:07pm

Things are getting shittier for Refugees.

This needs to be shown more.

Peter Capaldi a.k.a. Dr Who meets Syrian refugees in Jordan with UNHCR

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Timothy Watson  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:57:16pm

re: #74 Targetpractice

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AFK, puking.

Who is that guy’s editor? He’s been posting Bernie or Bust shit since July 2015.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:59:17pm

re: #61 Skip Intro

Chris Loesch is excited about the Fiorina pick.

What @tedcruz just did was to take away her woman card.

The GOP never seems to really understand Identity Politics.

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EPR-radar  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:59:36pm

re: #74 Targetpractice

That was a remarkably stupid open letter to the FBI. The only thing of value there was the Charlie Pierce quote:

The great Hillary email nothingburger is still on the grill, and it’s certainly overcooked.

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Shimshon  Apr 27, 2016 • 3:59:51pm

Trump supporters are calling Trump “God Emperor” on reddit and 4chan… but remember liberals think Obama is the messiah! WTF Is wrong with these little fascists?

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Blind Frog Belly White  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:00:03pm

re: #59 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Aren’t Republicans big on eliminating the national debt?

//

Depends on who controls the White House.

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Timothy Watson  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:01:25pm

re: #80 Shimshon

Trump supporters are calling Trump “God Emperor” on reddit and 4chan… but remember liberals think Obama is the messiah! WTF Is wrong with these little fascists?

You sure they aren’t mocking? “God Emperor” is a title in the Warhammer 40k universe.

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Der Flohgeisteffekt  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:01:29pm

re: #77 Timothy Watson

Who is that guy’s editor? He’s been posting Bernie or Bust shit since July 2015.

Salon seems to have changed its stylebook. It’s allowing much more ranting and applying less and less standards on what claims can be made.

I suspect it’s not even a partisan move, it’s just a business one. Strong emotions drive traffic better than dry reading that’s solidly-founded.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:02:26pm

re: #82 Timothy Watson

You sure they aren’t mocking? “God Emperor” is a title in the Warhammer 40k universe.

But first it was one of the Dune books.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:02:46pm

re: #84 Blind Frog Belly White

But first it was one of the Dune books.

And then there was Caligula.

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EPR-radar  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:03:05pm

re: #78 Blind Frog Belly White

The GOP never seems to really understand Identity Politics.

Of course they don’t understand it. In their view, straight, white, Protestant, wealthy man is the only real identity.

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Timothy Watson  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:03:27pm

re: #83 The Ghost of a Flea

Salon seems to have changed its stylebook. It’s allowing much more ranting and applying less and less standards on what claims can be made.

I suspect it’s not even a partisan move, it’s just a business one. Strong emotions drive traffic better than dry reading that’s solidly-founded.

NYDN seems to be taking the same route. That last Shaun King opinion piece was a bunch of non sequiturs sourced to 4chan.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:03:39pm

re: #74 Targetpractice

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AFK, puking.

Pretty sure that the piece that Joan Walsh is upset about enough to remove Salon from her resume.

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Der Flohgeisteffekt  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:06:06pm

re: #87 Timothy Watson

Strewth.

Not with a bang, not with a whimper, but with a slapping, wet fart.

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FormerDirtDart  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:06:47pm

Very reminiscent of both, Trump’s foreign policy speech, and Ted Cruz’ “big announcement” today…

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Blind Frog Belly White  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:09:15pm

re: #86 EPR-radar

Of course they don’t understand it. In their view, straight, white, Protestant, wealthy man is the only real identity.

I think in a way the opposite is true - straight, white, Protestant, and male is ‘normal’ and anything different from that constitutes an identity.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:09:16pm

re: #82 Timothy Watson

You sure they aren’t mocking? “God Emperor” is a title in the Warhammer 40k universe.

It’s also from the Dune series of novels: God Emperor of Dune.

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Decatur Deb  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:10:20pm

re: #74 Targetpractice

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AFK, puking.

The Salon headline reads like a snarky reference to the Princess Leia hologram in R2D2. It’s not a quote from the letter.

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FormerDirtDart  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:10:33pm

re: #87 Timothy Watson

NYDN seems to be taking the same route. That last Shaun King opinion piece was a bunch of non sequiturs sourced to 4chan.

I think the NYDN is retaining Shaun King only because the Sanders campaign hasn’t quit yet. They don’t want to have the raving masses accuse them of being in the tank for Hillary…

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The Vicious Babushka  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:13:11pm

LOLOLOL

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Bubblehead II  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:13:23pm

re: #75 Decatur Deb

Yeah. Gotta go with the guy on the ground, but wonder how much leeway the asst. principal should get in the SOP.

Well, given the limited info in the report, local LE didn’t think it was much of a threat and probably passed same assessment on to the school district. If they had felt it was a much higher threat, I am sure they would have ordered an evacuation.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:14:20pm

re: #14 Kragar

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So, according to Oklahoma, receiving a blowjob does not require the consent of the giver, provided they’re drunk enough not to object too strongly?

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:14:26pm

re: #95 The Vicious Babushka

What Sarah Palin accomplished, for me, was convincing me to actually donate to Obama the candidate.

Fiorina can’t even accomplish that much right now. >.>

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:14:30pm

re: #95 The Vicious Babushka

She’s as successful a CEO as Walker is a governor.

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Skip Intro  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:14:31pm

Why Canadian Ted chose Fiorina.

He went on to praise Fiorina for her principles, her business record and her Texas upbringing.

huffingtonpost.com

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makeitstop  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:15:54pm

re: #74 Targetpractice

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AFK, puking.

Wow, that dude is beyond desperate.

And not a very good writer, either.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:15:57pm
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Skip Intro  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:17:57pm

re: #95 The Vicious Babushka

LOLOLOL

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Loser says what about another loser?

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FormerDirtDart  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:20:07pm

If you recall, the 74 year old volunteer deputy was a contributor to the sheriffs campaigns, and had received little to no training…
He faces up to four years, but I really doubt he’ll do anywhere near that much.
Oh, and that’s the victim pictured below. They probably didn’t want to show the old white man that shot someone to death as he lay on the ground getting handcuffed

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Skip Intro  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:20:12pm

re: #97 Blind Frog Belly White

So, according to Oklahoma, receiving a blowjob does not require the consent of the giver, provided they’re drunk enough not to object too strongly?

That’s what they said all right.

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Jay C  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:20:53pm

re: #47 The Vicious Babushka

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Any particular reason that Mlle. la journaliste is wearing a duck badge on her hat?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:20:57pm

ICYMI downstairs much earlier today:

I’m still laughing about the perfect placement of the guy in the white shirt seated behind Bernie at the Huntington WV rally last night.

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The Vicious Babushka  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:22:52pm

re: #106 Jay C

Any particular reason that Mlle. la journaliste is wearing a duck badge on her hat?

That must have been some pop culture reference from 114 years ago, now lost in the sands of time.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:23:25pm

re: #61 Skip Intro

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Skip Intro  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:26:12pm

Two protestors with signs scare away tough guy Maine Governor Paul Lepage.

Paul Lepage walks out of speech at University of Maine at Farmington

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Jay C  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:28:59pm

re: #108 The Vicious Babushka

That must have been some pop culture reference from 114 years ago, now lost in the sands of time.

I thought it was just a canard….

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Targetpractice  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:29:00pm

re: #107 Backwoods_Sleuth

ICYMI downstairs much earlier today:

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I’m still laughing about the perfect placement of the guy in the white shirt seated behind Bernie at the Huntington WV rally last night.

He keeps bringing out these “energized” crowds, but keeps losing the primaries. Perhaps if he spent less time giving speeches and more time getting them to register and vote, he’d be ahead in the vote…

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:30:25pm

Since we’re sort of talking about Cuba (Havana Ted), here’s some Cuba news.

A group of students from Anacostia High School in SE DC will visit Cuba this summer. It’s an inner city school and the trip is being sponsored by a new organization called FLYTE. It’s the brainchild of “Nomadic Matt” (Matt Kepnes ), a travel blogger and book author.

It seems a worthy cause. If anyone wants to donate, here is their Crowdrise page. They have about $4,500 toward a $35,000 goal so far. crowdrise.com

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Blind Frog Belly White  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:31:18pm

re: #102 klys (maker of Silmarils)

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How does the itsy bitsy spider go up THAT?
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Shimshon  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:31:34pm

re: #82 Timothy Watson

You sure they aren’t mocking? “God Emperor” is a title in the Warhammer 40k universe.

If you are able to take a shower right after, go look at reddit.com they use GOD EMPEROR in a positive fashion.

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Skip Intro  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:32:18pm
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Shimshon  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:35:25pm

re: #95 The Vicious Babushka

LOLOLOL

I just had a shower after going to /r/thedonald now after reading some of those comments I need another one. There is a small but vocal group of people that just get dumber and dumber with each year.

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The Vicious Babushka  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:35:35pm
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majii  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:39:06pm

re: #109 GlutenFreeJesus

Yankee Diva’s tweet shows me that she probably doesn’t have much contact with black persons. If she did, she’d realize that most of us don’t vote for politicians on the basis of race but on the basis of whether their vision for the nation more closely matches our own than that of his/her opponent. This is the point many Americans on the right, from the top down, keep getting wrong when they conclude, without evidence, that our votes are race-based. Why would they need a “minority outreach” program if they had planks in their platform that appealed to us? They wouldn’t. The “minority outreach” program is a means to attempt to fool us into voting for them when they’re offering nothing but Jim Crow dressed in a new suit, to us and others in the country they consider “undesirables.” How would they explain my votes for Carter and Clinton for POTUS, neither of whom is anywhere near being a POC? I really would like to hear their attempt to explain my votes to me. How would they explain to me why I did not vote for Sharpton and/or Jackson? If Carson had won the GOP/TP nomination this year and had run Condi Rice as his VP, he would have still had a huge problem getting most blacks to vote for him because of the policies he/they support(s.) I’m completely fed up with the right-wing using simple answers to explain very complex issues.

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Donnie With The Good Hair (AKA Sophist)  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:39:49pm

re: #55 Ziggy_TARDIS

I wonder, considering the turnout, if that 15-17% would not vote for the Dems anyway?

Maybe they are the Naderites and Green Party loonies.

Keep in mind, that’s right now, when feelings are still very much hurt. Give them time to lick their wounds and the numbers might be even better for Hillary.

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Shimshon  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:40:00pm

re: #57 Skip Intro

How much bullshit can one man spread? Trump quote from today:

“It will have to do with some of the economics of foreign policy because we are getting killed on economics. You know I’m an economic person. It’s one of my strengths.”

“Our country is getting killed on economics thanks to capitalists like me avoiding taxes and shipping jobs offshore and breaking up unions.”

But Trump really cares about the average worker, that he has helped break to make more money for himself!

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EPR-radar  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:40:58pm

re: #91 Blind Frog Belly White

I think in a way the opposite is true - straight, white, Protestant, and male is ‘normal’ and anything different from that constitutes an identity.

I think we may be going after the same idea using different words. If wealthy SWPM is the only identity it is effectively normal. Any deviation from that norm causes trouble for the small-minded.

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Timothy Watson  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:42:08pm

re: #115 Shimshon

If you are able to take a shower right after, go look at reddit.com they use GOD EMPEROR in a positive fashion.

Okay, they’re definitely the special people.

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Shimshon  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:42:30pm

re: #119 majii

Yankee Diva’s tweet shows me that she probably doesn’t have much contact with black persons. If she did, she’d realize that most of us don’t vote for politicians on the basis of race but on the basis of whether their vision for the nation more closely matches our own than that of his/her opponent. This is the point many Americans on the right, from the top down, keep getting wrong when they conclude, without evidence, that our votes are race-based. Why would they need a “minority outreach” program if they had planks in their platform that appealed to us? They wouldn’t. The “minority outreach” program is a means to attempt to fool us into voting for them when they’re offering nothing but Jim Crow dressed in a new suit, to us and others in the country they consider “undesirables.” How would they explain my votes for Carter and Clinton for POTUS, neither of whom is anywhere near being a POC? I really would like to hear their attempt to explain my votes to me. How would they explain to me why I did not vote for Sharpton and/or Jackson? If Carson had won the GOP/TP nomination this year and had run Condi Rice as his VP, he would have still had a huge problem getting most blacks to vote for him because of the policies he/they support(s.) I’m completely fed up with the right-wing using simple answers to explain very complex issues.

The right has convinced themselves that minorities only vote for Democrats because they get promised free stuff and are hooked on welfare programs that keep them in modern slavery. Not that the Democratic party wants them to have social safety nets and the freedom and ability to succeed in the face of obstacles most other people do not face. This way the conservatives think their beliefs are not at fault, it’s just the evil left and their sly tactics.

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Bubblehead II  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:42:34pm

Night Lizards, The lurk mode is now in effect.

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majii  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:42:49pm

re: #118 The Vicious Babushka

Has she talked to Jindal and Brownback yet? If not, she needs to do it fast.

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Shimshon  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:42:55pm

re: #123 Timothy Watson

Okay, they’re definitely the special people.

*HIGH ENERGY*

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:45:18pm
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Targetpractice  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:46:11pm

re: #128 klys (maker of Silmarils)

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Iraq has become our Vietnam, that war that will continue to influence politics long after most of us have stopped remembering what the whole point to opposition/support was.

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majii  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:46:31pm

re: #121 Shimshon

Well, he did say that he could gun someone down in the street and not lose one supporter. I think his supporters really believe in fairy-tales and think he’s going to kiss their boo boos and make them disappear. Keep in mind that the economic plan he released benefits the wealthiest among us the most. This alone should tell them that Trump is not looking out for their best interest economically. Guy is a salesman who can package BS, get top dollar for it and have his patrons swear it tastes like the finest Belgian chocolate.

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Targetpractice  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:47:42pm

re: #120 Sophist, Premature Anti-Trumpist

Keep in mind, that’s right now, when feelings are still very much hurt. Give them time to lick their wounds and the numbers might be even better for Hillary.

And most of those who won’t get over their hurt feelings were never really Democrats to begin with.

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EPR-radar  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:47:46pm

re: #126 majii

Has she talked to Jindal and Brownback yet? If not, she needs to do it fast.

Fiorina is a Republican. Therefore she is completely uninterested in the reality of tax cuts as applied in Louisiana and Kansas.

Tax cuts are the one ring of Republican politics that brings all other parts of the GOP platform together to be bound in darkness.

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stpaulbear  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:47:47pm

re: #128 klys (maker of Silmarils)

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Salon is really turning into the zero-stop shop for political commentary.

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Skip Intro  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:47:55pm

re: #130 majii

The difference between Bernie and Trump: Bernie promises lots of free stuff while Trump promises miracles.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:48:07pm

re: #129 Targetpractice

Apparently some Bernie Bros in Minnesota have decided Al Franken is not progressive enough and want him out.

I really can’t wait for this election to end so I can stop seeing retweets of solidly anti-Clinton stuff from supposed Democrats.

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Donnie With The Good Hair (AKA Sophist)  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:48:20pm

re: #106 Jay C

Any particular reason that Mlle. la journaliste is wearing a duck badge on her hat?

“I was wearing a duck on my hat, which was the style at the time…”

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:50:32pm
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stpaulbear  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:50:47pm

re: #135 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Apparently some Bernie Bros in Minnesota have decided Al Franken is not progressive enough and want him out.

I really can’t wait for this election to end so I can stop seeing retweets of solidly anti-Clinton stuff from supposed Democrats.

That will make them super popular with MN democrats. They’re going to get told off pretty quickly.

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majii  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:50:47pm

re: #135 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Based on what I’ve read about Sen.Franken since he entered the Senate, they’re going to have to work hard, very hard. He kept his head down, stayed off national news programs, appeared most on MN TV stations and did his job. The last approval rating I read for him indicated that most Minnesotans give him good marks.

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No Depression  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:51:40pm

lol Gawker is trying to imply that Hillary is bad or something for not getting involved in the Maryland Senate race, even though Saint Bernie didn’t either. It’s pathetic.

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Shimshon  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:51:48pm

re: #137 klys (maker of Silmarils)

The ACLU? They’re a Commie front. /I miss the 50’s era propaganda

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Blind Frog Belly White  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:52:00pm

re: #122 EPR-radar

I think we may be going after the same idea using different words. If wealthy SWPM is the only identity it is effectively normal. Any deviation from that norm causes trouble for the small-minded.

You’re right, we’re almost aligned, but I wanted to highlight the extent to which they don’t see their own identity as an Identity. They see themselves as the ‘default’, if you will. They see anything different from that as an Identity.

I’m ashamed to admit it, but as a white, straight, (originally)-Protestant, male, this is something I’m prone to.

So, when The Notorious RBG responds to “How many women on the Supreme Court is enough?” with “Nine.” it takes a moment before I say, “Oh, yeah! For a long, long time, nobody thought nine MEN was too many!”

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Blind Frog Belly White  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:52:46pm

re: #128 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Wha-a-a…?

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:52:46pm

re: #141 Shimshon

The ACLU? They’re a Commie front. /I miss the 50’s era propaganda

I won’t donate to them, but mostly because I gave them $20 once and am convinced they spent the entire amount on mailings trying to get me to give them more money. It was six years ago, STOP WITH THE DAMN MAILINGS ALREADY.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:54:24pm

re: #135 klys (maker of Silmarils)

These dudes are full of batshit i’m surprised they haven’t exploded yet…..

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Blind Frog Belly White  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:56:05pm

re: #130 majii

Well, he did say that he could gun someone down in the street and not lose one supporter. I think his supporters really believe in fairy-tales and think he’s going to kiss their boo boos and make them disappear. Keep in mind that the economic plan he released benefits the wealthiest among us the most. This alone should tell them that Trump is not looking out for their best interest economically. Guy is a salesman who can package BS, get top dollar for it and have his patrons swear it tastes like the finest Belgian chocolate.

Like Palin before him, he appeals directly to the core of resentment that IS the modern Right.

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Schroedinger's Dog  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:57:25pm

re: #139 majii

Based on what I’ve read about Sen.Franken since he entered the Senate, they’re going to have to work hard, very hard. He kept his head down, stayed off national news programs, appeared most on MN TV stations and did his job. The last approval rating I read for him indicated that most Minnesotans give him good marks.

I watched Al Franken face down a rather hostile crowd and explain Obamacare with no notes and turn around most of the people there to where they were at least willing to listen to him . I think if the Bernie Bros are going to try to play more progressive than thou they’re in for a nasty surprise

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Schroedinger's Dog  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:58:25pm

re: #145 Eric The Fruit Bat

These dudes are full of batshit i’m surprised they haven’t exploded yet…..

The term is guanomanic

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Timothy Watson  Apr 27, 2016 • 4:59:27pm

re: #148 Schroedinger’s Dog

The term is guanomanic

Colonel Bat Guano, if that is your real name…

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The Vicious Babushka  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:00:05pm

I just can’t even. Trumpsters are completely separated from reality.

My son brought his laptop playing Bobby Knight’s introduction to Trump to the dinner table. I told him to turn that shit off or take his plate to the other room.

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EPR-radar  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:00:17pm

re: #142 Blind Frog Belly White

You’re right, we’re almost aligned, but I wanted to highlight the extent to which they don’t see their own identity as an Identity. They see themselves as the ‘default’, if you will. They see anything different from that as an Identity.

I’m ashamed to admit it, but as a white, straight, (originally)-Protestant, male, this is something I’m prone to.

So, when The Notorious RBG responds to “How many women on the Supreme Court is enough?” with “Nine.” it takes a moment before I say, “Oh, yeah! For a long, long time, nobody thought nine MEN was too many!”

It might go further than that, into denial that ‘identity’ exists at all. Certainly for the so-cons it is clear that for them there is ‘normal’ (people just like them) and ‘abnormal’ (everything else).

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Donnie With The Good Hair (AKA Sophist)  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:01:43pm

re: #142 Blind Frog Belly White

You’re right, we’re almost aligned, but I wanted to highlight the extent to which they don’t see their own identity as an Identity. They see themselves as the ‘default’, if you will. They see anything different from that as an Identity.

Similarly, women, Latinos, gays and all similar demos are “special interest groups”, but straight white men are just the voting public.

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No Depression  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:02:23pm

re: #135 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Apparently some Bernie Bros in Minnesota have decided Al Franken is not progressive enough and want him out.

I really can’t wait for this election to end so I can stop seeing retweets of solidly anti-Clinton stuff from supposed Democrats.

This is why you don’t let ideologues run your party. Nobody is ever “pure” enough and must be purged.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:02:29pm

re: #128 klys (maker of Silmarils)

To expand on my ‘Wha-a-a…?” above, I kind of feel like I’m the kid in “The Emperor’s New Clothes”, or maybe one of the Not-Pod-People in “Invasion of the Body Snatchers”. It’s as if more and more people are falling under some kind of spell, and taking an obvious con man selling complete horseshit seriously, as if what he’s saying ISN’T the most ridiculous nonsense ever peddled in a Presidential campaign.

Honestly, it’s getting really creepy.

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Ace-o-aces  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:02:32pm
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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:03:16pm

re: #154 Blind Frog Belly White

To expand on my ‘Wha-a-a…?” above, I kind of feel like I’m the kid in “The Emperor’s New Clothes”, or maybe one of the Not-Pod-People in “Invasion of the Body Snatchers”. It’s as if more and more people are falling under some kind of spell, and taking an obvious con man selling complete horseshit seriously, as if what he’s saying ISN’T the most ridiculous nonsense ever peddled in a Presidential campaign.

Honestly, it’s getting really creepy.

There is more than a small amount of Clinton Derangement Syndrome going on over there.

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Skip Intro  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:03:36pm

re: #150 The Vicious Babushka

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Timothy Watson  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:03:39pm

I’ve got these two songs stuck in my head and it’s going to drive me nuts as I try to go to sleep:

Night Moves - Carl Sagan (Official Audio)

Beck - Dreams (Official Audio)

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Blind Frog Belly White  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:04:38pm

re: #151 EPR-radar

It might go further than that, into denial that ‘identity’ exists at all. Certainly for the so-cons it is clear that for them there is ‘normal’ (people just like them) and ‘abnormal’ (everything else).

That’s exactly it. This is the kind of thinking that justifies tokenism.

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Scout  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:05:03pm

re: #128 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Apart from the headline, that story does not contain the word “Iraq.” To be honest, I don’t know whether Trump “opposed Iraq” or not. He says so much both one way and the other you could probably find quotes from him on both sides of just about any issue.

In any event, that particular article is incredibly stupid, whether you like Trump or not.

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A Cranky One  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:06:09pm

re: #106 Jay C

Any particular reason that Mlle. la journaliste is wearing a duck badge on her hat?

Paraphrasing: What the duck?

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Donnie With The Good Hair (AKA Sophist)  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:06:31pm

re: #155 Ace-o-aces

With Bobby Knight endorsement of @realDonaldTrump, @tedcruz only hope to win Indiana is to snag Larry Bird.

Or pass a law extending the franchise to corn.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:08:12pm

re: #148 Schroedinger’s Dog

The term is guanomanic

Not to be confused with the patented Guanomatic…

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Decatur Deb  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:11:29pm

#108 The Vicious Babushka

That must have been some pop culture reference from 114 years ago, now lost in the sands of time.

Fowl canard.

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lawhawk  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:11:31pm

re: #144 klys (maker of Silmarils)

I’ve donated to SPLC a few times, but they’ve gotten downright militant in their calls. Enough with the calls. No quicker turnoff for future donations is badgering someone who willingly donates on a regular schedule than saying you need to donate, or have to run through your script without letting the person you’re asking money from a word edgewise.

Some other charities just send endless amounts of paper hoping for me to donate to them again and again. Such a waste of resources. At least my alma maters haven’t gone this route (yet).

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lawhawk  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:13:21pm

re: #150 The Vicious Babushka

What makes Bobby Knight a judge of character? Has he decided that Trump can toss chairs as well as he used to do? Bully underlings into doing his bidding with foul-mouthed tirades, up to and including choking?

He’s a retired basketball coach. He was good at that (with questionable people skills).

I don’t trust him as far as I can throw him.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:13:45pm

re: #162 Donnie With The Good Hair (AKA Sophist)

Or pass a law extending the franchise to corn.

The GOP’s love of those red/blue county maps shows that’s just what they want to do.

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teleskiguy  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:13:50pm

Still a lot of hand wringing on the “establishment” side of the Republican fun house in re: The Donald™, at least what I’m seeing with my Twitter.

It’s kabuki theater. Even Jonah “doughy pantload” Goldberg will fall in line this fall.

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teleskiguy  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:15:10pm
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Blind Frog Belly White  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:15:44pm

re: #164 Decatur Deb

#108 The Vicious Babushka

Fowl canard.

(insert eyerolling GIF here)

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Decatur Deb  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:16:37pm

re: #165 lawhawk

I’ve donated to SPLC a few times, but they’ve gotten downright militant in their calls. Enough with the calls. No quicker turnoff for future donations is badgering someone who willingly donates on a regular schedule than saying you need to donate, or have to run through your script without letting the person you’re asking money from a word edgewise.

Some other charities just send endless amounts of paper hoping for me to donate to them again and again. Such a waste of resources. At least my alma maters haven’t gone this route (yet).

SPLC’s fundraiser tells us our subscription has expired a couple of times a year. Still, they’re critical to survival around here.

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The Vicious Babushka  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:17:01pm

Before I told my son to take his laptop away from the dinner table before I vomit all over it, I heard Trump boasting
I WILL BE THE BEST PRESIDENT FOR THE MILITARY! TRUST ME, BELIEVE ME I WILL MAKE OUR MILITARY SO STRONG!! NOBODY LOVES THE MILITARY AS MUCH AS I DO!! WHEN I AM PRESIDENT THERE WILL BE NO ATTACKS LIKE AT BENGHAZI!!!!!

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stpaulbear  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:17:37pm

re: #165 lawhawk

I’ve donated to SPLC a few times, but they’ve gotten downright militant in their calls. Enough with the calls. No quicker turnoff for future donations is badgering someone who willingly donates on a regular schedule than saying you need to donate, or have to run through your script without letting the person you’re asking money from a word edgewise.

Some other charities just send endless amounts of paper hoping for me to donate to them again and again. Such a waste of resources. At least my alma maters haven’t gone this route (yet).

The Nature Conservancy is horrid with the excessive mailing, although I liked that they kept me on their calendar list for the 5-6 years between my memberships.

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Charles Johnson  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:17:58pm
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MsJ  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:18:33pm

re: #83 The Ghost of a Flea

Salon seems to have changed its stylebook. It’s allowing much more ranting and applying less and less standards on what claims can be made.

I suspect it’s not even a partisan move, it’s just a business one. Strong emotions drive traffic better than dry reading that’s solidly-founded.

I had to unfollow them. They’re…uninteresting these days.

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stpaulbear  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:20:54pm

re: #168 teleskiguy

Still a lot of hand wringing on the “establishment” side of the Republican fun house in re: The Donald™, at least what I’m seeing with my Twitter.

It’s kabuki theater. Even Jonah “doughy pantload” Goldberg will fall in line this fall.

Who gave Goldberg that name. I remember when it was new but can’t remember where it came from. Was it TBogg?

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Blind Frog Belly White  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:21:11pm

re: #174 Charles Johnson

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Apparently it’s not important to understand international diplomacy, as long as you can assert that you opposed the Iraq War. It’s the only thing that matters.

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teleskiguy  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:21:12pm

re: #172 The Vicious Babushka

Between your son, Zedushka and all the shit you see on your Twitter, I have to hand it to you and your cast iron constitution. You got balls, woman.

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Donnie With The Good Hair (AKA Sophist)  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:21:24pm

re: #168 teleskiguy

It’s kabuki theater. Even Jonah “doughy pantload” Goldberg will fall in line this fall.

I don’t think the inevitability of their falling in line behind Trump means their current agita isn’t genuine.

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Stanley Sea  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:21:39pm

This list is pretty funny haha

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teleskiguy  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:24:05pm

re: #176 stpaulbear

Who gave Goldberg that name. I remember when it was new but can’t remember where it came from. Was it TBogg?

I can’t remember tbh. I just look at the dude’s face and I’m reminded of pants shitting.

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Donnie With The Good Hair (AKA Sophist)  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:25:45pm

re: #172 The Vicious Babushka

WHEN I AM PRESIDENT THERE WILL BE NO ATTACKS LIKE AT BENGHAZI!!!!!

A campaign promise he can actually keep!

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Targetpractice  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:25:47pm

re: #174 Charles Johnson

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The deeper the depression sets in, the more the Bernie Bros work to demonstrate why we were right to think they were two-faced shitstains.

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Der Flohgeisteffekt  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:26:09pm

re: #175 MsJ

There might be one or two Salon contributors worth reading. But it’s reached the “more than half” standard of their stuff just being substanceless opinion pieces. And the titles are all designed for clickbait curb appeal.

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lawhawk  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:26:27pm

re: #176 stpaulbear

Clearly it was given out before Chucky dropped a deuce online.

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Donnie With The Good Hair (AKA Sophist)  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:30:44pm

re: #174 Charles Johnson

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Hey, remember when everyone was like “liberals opposed the Iraq war, let’s all listen to them now”?

Me neither.

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Charles Johnson  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:36:14pm

re: #99 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Did you see Chuck’s already back ranting like a loon on Facebook? I predicted he’d break his vow to leave within two weeks - I was way off. More like a few days.

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Targetpractice  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:37:20pm

re: #186 Donnie With The Good Hair (AKA Sophist)

Hey, remember when everyone was like “liberals opposed the Iraq war, let’s all listen to them now”?

Me neither.

It’s like does anyone remember how much was made about Obama’s opposition to the Iraq War in contrast to her support of it? And how the same people who made those arguments are now the ones who slag him as a “warmonger”?

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HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:39:35pm

re: #187 Charles Johnson

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Yeah let’s just elect people because they’re anti establishment and ignore their actual governing skills.

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stpaulbear  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:39:56pm

re: #187 Charles Johnson

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I really want to post that tweet on my facebook page with a note about how nuts it is, but I don’t feel like changing all of my privacy settings to do it. Holy fricking hell.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:40:39pm

re: #190 HappyWarrior

Yeah let’s just elect people because they’re anti establishment and ignore their actual governing skills.

You know who else was anti-establishment….?

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Blind Frog Belly White  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:40:41pm

re: #187 Charles Johnson

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If you want to make the Democratic Party more progressive, you’ll need to elect more progressive Democrats. But you need to start at the rightmost edge of the spectrum, and Franken and Klobuchar aren’t that.

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teleskiguy  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:41:40pm
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HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:42:18pm

re: #193 Blind Frog Belly White

If you want to make the Democratic Party more progressive, you’ll need to elect more progressive Democrats. But you need to start at the rightmost edge of the spectrum, and Franken and Klobuchar aren’t that.

Right but “progressives” will feel better at defeating someone who had the nerve to support a lifelong Democrat over a Johnny come lately.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:42:46pm

re: #190 HappyWarrior

Yeah let’s just elect people because they’re anti establishment and ignore their actual governing skills.

There are those who actually think like that. And it’s not IGNORING their governing skills. It’s SEEKING those with no governing skills. I mean, Ben Carson? Donald Trump? The angry Right likes them because they DON’T have any idea how shit works.

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William Lewis  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:43:03pm

re: #112 Targetpractice

He keeps bringing out these “energized” crowds, but keeps losing the primaries. Perhaps if he spent less time giving speeches and more time getting them to register and vote, he’d be ahead in the vote…

He has these huge crowds but none of them get to vote because conspiracy…

Pointing out that no such conspiracy exists means you are a Rockefeller Republican.

A Bernie bro told me so today.

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Donnie With The Good Hair (AKA Sophist)  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:43:18pm

re: #189 Targetpractice

It’s like does anyone remember how much was made about Obama’s opposition to the Iraq War in contrast to her support of it? And how the same people who made those arguments are now the ones who slag him as a “warmonger”?

But Bernie would never let them down like that, because this time, this time, they have found a candidate whose purity and incorruptibility they can depend on completely.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:43:41pm

re: #196 Blind Frog Belly White

There are those who actually think like that. And it’s not IGNORING their governing skills. It’s SEEKING those with no governing skills. I mean, Ben Carson? Donald Trump? The angry Right likes them because they DON’T have any idea how shit works.

Very true, it’s a virtue. Sad to see the left act like tea partiers.

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Charles Johnson  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:44:30pm
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HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:44:54pm

re: #197 William Lewis

He has these huge crowds but none of them get to vote because conspiracy…

Pointing out that no such conspiracy exists means you are a Rockefeller Republican.

A Bernie bro told me so today.

You of all people being called a Rockefeller Republican? Man that’s messed up.

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TK-421  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:44:55pm

Duran Duran - “Perfect Day” (Official Music Video)

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Targetpractice  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:45:20pm

re: #187 Charles Johnson

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Here’s a hell of an idea: If you want a “true” progressive party, then get your asses out there and build one from the ground up. Stop trying to hijack a party that you have absolutely no loyalty to because it’s easier than the hard work of making a difference.

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TK-421  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:47:44pm

A progressive party is built by need.

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A Cranky One  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:47:57pm

re: #151 EPR-radar

It might go further than that, into denial that ‘identity’ exists at all. Certainly for the so-cons it is clear that for them there is ‘normal’ (people just like them) and ‘abnormal’ (everything else).

My ex-FIL’s defined himself by who he wasn’t. He hated everyone unlike him. Heard him say “At least I’m not one of these [select expletive and group]” many times.

It grew progressively worse after he retired. I often wondered if a factor was a loss of identity after retiring. Like many folks, his career and profession defined who he was. In his case, much more strongly than being a husband, father, hobbyist. So who was the person that wasn’t really any of those without a defining job? Well, at least he wasn’t one of those …

He was the kind of asshole that would complain about identify politics while never voting for anyone unlike himself.

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Decatur Deb  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:49:38pm

re: #203 Targetpractice

Here’s a hell of an idea: If you want a “true” progressive party, then get your asses out there and build one from the ground up. Stop trying to hijack a party that you have absolutely no loyalty to because it’s easier than the hard work of making a difference.

“What did you do in the revolution, daddy?”
“A hundred and twenty-eight thousand retweets, and unfriendings by the platoon.”

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FormerDirtDart  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:49:38pm
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TK-421  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:51:34pm
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Blind Frog Belly White  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:54:19pm

re: #195 HappyWarrior

Right but “progressives” will feel better at defeating someone who had the nerve to support a lifelong Democrat over a Johnny come lately.

I was discussing Third Parties with my brother (the obnoxious one), who accused me of ‘Still buying into the Diad’, because he likes turns of phrase in place of actual argument.

He said Progressives had to stop voting for Democrats out of fear of Republicans. I pointed out that the Tea Party is an excellent counterexample. The Right always votes, and they always vote for the Republican candidate. So the Tea Party made sure that as many Republican candidates as possible were THEIR candidates, by primarying anyone they found insufficiently stupid and crazy. They managed to take over the GOP and purge anyone who isn’t either stupid and crazy, or willing to pretend they’re stupid and crazy. They put up slates of candidates for as many races as they could manage, and a fair number of them got nominated, and a number of those got elected, because come what may, the Right Always Votes, And Always For The Republican.

But, I said, I didn’t think Progressives are willing to work that hard. They want the Democrats to give them the candidates they want, and they don’t even want to fucking REGISTER as Democrats.

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Targetpractice  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:54:47pm

So did other folks see the “open letter” from Jill Stein today, begging Bernie to join forces with her on a “unity ticket”?

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William Lewis  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:55:05pm

re: #201 HappyWarrior

You of all people being called a Rockefeller Republican? Man that’s messed up.

I gave him a golf clap and said to try a better insult “old chap”.

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lawhawk  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:56:22pm

Heh.

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teleskiguy  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:57:44pm

re: #211 William Lewis

YOU’RE A SHILL FOR THE CORPOROCRACY says the BernOut to an honest-to-God card-carrying Socialist.

Yeah, that’s some rich shit!

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Blind Frog Belly White  Apr 27, 2016 • 5:59:32pm

re: #213 teleskiguy

YOU’RE A SHILL FOR THE CORPOROCRACY says the BernOut to an honest-to-God card-carrying Socialist.

Yeah, that’s some rich shit!

Sarcasm-dripping condescension was made for moments like that. The more overt and demeaning, the better.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Apr 27, 2016 • 6:00:18pm

re: #211 William Lewis

I gave him a golf clap and said to try a better insult “old chap”.

“Eisenhower Democrat”?

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Skip Intro  Apr 27, 2016 • 6:00:43pm

re: #207 FormerDirtDart

How’d the GOP miss this guy? He and President Trump will have a lot to talk about.

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lawhawk  Apr 27, 2016 • 6:01:25pm

re: #215 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Scoop Jackson Democrat.

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teleskiguy  Apr 27, 2016 • 6:01:42pm

OMG I WANT

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Skip Intro  Apr 27, 2016 • 6:02:07pm

re: #212 lawhawk

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2016 • 6:02:09pm
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Patricia Kayden  Apr 27, 2016 • 6:02:52pm

re: #61 Skip Intro

Chris Loesch is excited about the Fiorina pick.

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Cruz isn’t going to be the Republican nominee so what difference does picking the odious Fiorina make? Secretary Clinton is not playing the “woman” card any more than Trump or Cruz is playing the “man” card.

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Patricia Kayden  Apr 27, 2016 • 6:03:50pm

re: #172 The Vicious Babushka

Before I told my son to take his laptop away from the dinner table before I vomit all over it, I heard Trump boasting
I WILL BE THE BEST PRESIDENT FOR THE MILITARY! TRUST ME, BELIEVE ME I WILL MAKE OUR MILITARY SO STRONG!! NOBODY LOVES THE MILITARY AS MUCH AS I DO!! WHEN I AM PRESIDENT THERE WILL BE NO ATTACKS LIKE AT BENGHAZI!!!!!

It’s amazing how Trump is the best at every dang thing. Such humility.

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Eventual Carrion  Apr 27, 2016 • 6:04:49pm

re: #106 Jay C

Any particular reason that Mlle. la journaliste is wearing a duck badge on her hat?

Press credentials?

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Apr 27, 2016 • 6:05:24pm

re: #217 lawhawk

Scoop Jackson Democrat.

Well, I only got to vote for him three times….

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Blind Frog Belly White  Apr 27, 2016 • 6:11:35pm

re: #221 Patricia Kayden

Cruz isn’t going to be the Republican nominee so what difference does picking the odious Fiorina make? Secretary Clinton is not playing the “woman” card any more than Trump or Cruz is playing the “man” card.

You know what this last-minute, desperate cry for attention from Cruz reminds me of? Reagan’s Hail Mary announcement in 1976 that he’d name Richard Schweiker as his running mate.

Schweiker was about as far from Reagan as you could get in the GOP and still be IN the GOP. He was the sort of Republican that those who idolize Reagan spent the last 40 years purging from the party.

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Skip Intro  Apr 27, 2016 • 6:12:07pm

re: #207 FormerDirtDart

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There’s more.

Philippine presidential frontrunner Rodrigo Duterte has joked about his penis and vowed to pardon himself for mass murder, as he took his profanity-laced campaign to the nation’s business elite.

Mr Duterte also hit out again at key Philippine allies the United States and Australia, after warning last week he would be prepared to sever diplomatic ties because their ambassadors spoke out against a joke he made about raping a missionary who was later murdered.

Mr Duterte has shocked the political establishment in recent weeks, surging to a clear lead in opinion surveys before the May 9 election with a campaign full of swear words and promises to end crime by killing tens of thousands of criminals.

Trump is going to have to really up his game to keep up with this psycho.

abc.net.au

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Apr 27, 2016 • 6:15:25pm

re: #223 Eventual Carrion

Press credentials?

Yeah, I thought maybe she was a reporter for Le Canard enchaîné, but it wasn’t founded till 1915. “Canard” (duck) is slang for “newspaper”, though.

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makeitstop  Apr 27, 2016 • 6:18:50pm

re: #221 Patricia Kayden

Cruz isn’t going to be the Republican nominee so what difference does picking the odious Fiorina make? Secretary Clinton is not playing the “woman” card any more than Trump or Cruz is playing the “man” card.

Well, Trump is kinda playing the ‘man’ card. Wasn’t there a quote from this morning where he said he faced ‘competent opponents and a woman?’

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No Depression  Apr 27, 2016 • 6:33:25pm

LOL Curt Schilling got replaced by a Latino with an accented u and a tilde in his name. I wonder if he has a racist meme cooked up to complain.

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The globulosus alpuzzzzz from Wisconsin  Apr 27, 2016 • 7:30:25pm

re: #180 Stanley Sea

uh, I’m definitaly number 9.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Apr 27, 2016 • 9:48:05pm

re: #188 Charles Johnson

Did you see Chuck’s already back ranting like a loon on Facebook? I predicted he’d break his vow to leave within two weeks - I was way off. More like a few days.

Yup. Dr. Matt shared that yesterday. Something about soliciting people with information about famous people plagiarizing stuff, with a “bounty” offered.

I mentioned to CL that I may have been wrong about his sudden (all too brief)departure from Facebook. I had assumed his video rant was in response to a Facebook person telling him to clean up his act, or else perma-ban. Now I wonder if he and HAW had a tiff about how much time he spends on FB, and the internet in general. Remember he was in his echo-ey home office when he made his anti-FB rant.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 28, 2016 • 6:12:44am

re: #229 No Depression

LOL Curt Schilling got replaced by a Latino with an accented u and a tilde in his name. I wonder if he has a racist meme cooked up to complain.

I’ll always dislike Raul for the 2012 ALDS (I’m an Orioles fan after all) but I hear he’s a really nice guy too unlike Schilling who is a hateful prick.

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gocart mozart  Apr 28, 2016 • 7:38:56am

re: #181 teleskiguy

Not certain, but I think it was Atrios


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