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RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#163751: Dec 21st 2016 at 6:27:36 PM

I've said it before, and I can see I'm going to be saying it many times again.

They have become the party of evil.

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."
TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#163752: Dec 21st 2016 at 6:32:17 PM

Become? lol.

It's been that way since Nixon.

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Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#163753: Dec 21st 2016 at 6:34:01 PM

That sort of reminds me of a question I'd been meaning to ask, as a bit of curiosity:

What was the last Republican president you'd say was more good than bad?

RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#163754: Dec 21st 2016 at 6:34:02 PM

[up][up] Fair enough, let me rephrase that: they're not bothering to pretend anymore.

They've become like Bill O'Reilly, complaining about libs wanting take power away from the white establishment. The dogwhistles have been essentially dropped.

edited 21st Dec '16 6:34:12 PM by RBluefish

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#163755: Dec 21st 2016 at 6:36:26 PM

[up][up]Easy one; Eisenhower.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Eschaton Since: Jul, 2010
#163756: Dec 21st 2016 at 6:43:03 PM

Hey, at least Nixon actually had policies, including some that would today be considered "liberal."

And it's not like he ran on repealing the landmark accomplishment of his predecessor. There was a third-party candidate for that.

Of course, Nixon decided by 1972 that if the racist vote was going to go somewhere, it might as well be him, and that's part of how the Republicans wound up where they are now.

edited 21st Dec '16 6:46:37 PM by Eschaton

TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#163757: Dec 21st 2016 at 7:13:17 PM

Fundamentally, until the Republican party goes the way of the Whigs, this country will never achieve significant progress.

New Survey coming this weekend!
Ominae Since: Jul, 2010
#163758: Dec 21st 2016 at 7:17:29 PM

The Uber driver we got in New York is an Albanian immigrant who talks with an Italian American accent mentions to my dad that he wants the Republicans to do like what Duterte is doing to make all the drug addicts and lords give themselves up like flies.

I can't help but think of the drug cartels in Mexico.

TobiasDrake (•̀⤙•́) (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
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#163759: Dec 21st 2016 at 8:53:13 PM

You know a year from now, I'm going to start production of those shirts saying "Don't blame me, I voted for Hillary!"

I'm partial to the slogan, "Still With Her".

Also, "Hindsight is 2020" is gold. Dems, make it happen.

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MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
Destroyer of Worlds
#163760: Dec 21st 2016 at 10:05:58 PM

Tom Arnold's saying that the N-word video and bad outtakes from the Apprentice is going to be released.

Also he says it's a preview for the video of Trump participating in a Russian orgy that'll also be released.

CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#163761: Dec 21st 2016 at 10:22:47 PM

I get the distinct impression he's blowing smoke. His excuse for not releasing it earlier during the election was quite suspect. I'll believe it when I see it.

pwiegle Cape Malleum Majorem from Nowhere Special Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
Cape Malleum Majorem
#163762: Dec 21st 2016 at 10:31:22 PM

...video of Trump participating in a Russian orgy...

Oh, for the love of all that's good and decent, I wish I had never heard/read that! Must... get... Brain Bleach!

This Space Intentionally Left Blank.
PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
#163763: Dec 21st 2016 at 10:41:34 PM

MY BRAIN!!! WHY, IMAGINATION, WHY DO YOU BETRAY ME SO?!?

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#163764: Dec 21st 2016 at 10:43:11 PM

...Why oh why is there no vomiting emoji here? sad

Disgusted, but not surprised
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#163765: Dec 21st 2016 at 11:17:27 PM

Fuck the brain bleach, if this shit does exist...why in the name of all things good and just in the cosmos was it not released in time to destroy the Republican party?

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#163766: Dec 21st 2016 at 11:19:34 PM

[up] On behalf of human civilization, can we all just concentrate our collective psychic energy and send a hearty "FUCK YOU" to Tom Arnold?

Almost as hearty as the one we send to that asshole Comey?

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."
Krieger22 Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018 from Malaysia Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: I'm in love with my car
Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018
#163767: Dec 22nd 2016 at 12:23:55 AM

It's probably not going to leave a mark on Trump's base.

Unhinged racism? He's been doing it all campaign, and people claim he's telling it as it is.

Orgy tape? See Soekarno. Asides from that there will be the inevitable flood of idiots calling him an "alpha" for it.

To be honest my desire to Glomp someone for some reason kind of means I don't need Brain Bleach here...

I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiot
MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
Destroyer of Worlds
#163768: Dec 22nd 2016 at 12:26:38 AM

I think a substantial portion of republican leaning independents would be turned off by Trump if that tape was released.

People need to be hit in the face by someone dropping N bombs to realize they're racist.

It's the smoking gun.

PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
#163769: Dec 22nd 2016 at 12:30:35 AM

[up][up]Unless the tape involves Putin, and Trump is actually the 'beta'.

RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#163770: Dec 22nd 2016 at 12:35:25 AM

The electoral victory margin was ridiculously slim in this election (thanks to the GOP cooking the books). A video of Trump being irrefutably racist might have tipped the scales. Although he survived a video of him bragging about his status as a sexual predator, so...eh.

The infamous pussy-grabbing video did still probably hurt him some, at least. And another one might have done him in. We'll never know. It certainly wouldn't have helped him, we can be pretty sure of that - all of the people who liked him because he was racist were going to vote for him anyway.

edited 22nd Dec '16 12:35:53 AM by RBluefish

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."
TerminusEst from the Land of Winter and Stars Since: Feb, 2010
#163771: Dec 22nd 2016 at 2:37:25 AM

Here's What Happens When A President And The CIA Fight

Donald Trump pissed off many in the intelligence community (and a lot of other people) earlier this week when he derided their analysis of political hacking during the election, which pinned the blame on Russia. There’s a lot that could play out in the public arena for sure, but what is less certain is what could happen behind closed doors between Trump and the United States’ spy services. But thanks to President Richard Nixon, of all people, we’ve seen this one play out before.

Si Vis Pacem, Para Perkele
CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
speedyboris Since: Feb, 2010
#163773: Dec 22nd 2016 at 5:50:06 AM

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it's too late at this point, isn't it? Even if Tom Arnold releases these allegedly damaging tapes, and even if his voters are disgusted enough that they want him removed as president (in itself a big "if"), the EC already gave their seal of approval. The earliest we could be rid of him would be well into his term via an impeachment, and even there, what are the odds of Congress, which is Republican-dominated, going against their fearless leader?

Basically, if what's on these tapes is as bad as Tom says, he should've released them earlier.

EDIT: [up] Oh great, now we have to see HER for four years too. Am I the only one who really can't stand her personality?

edited 22nd Dec '16 5:52:32 AM by speedyboris

CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#163774: Dec 22nd 2016 at 5:51:50 AM

[up] Quite, and, as I said, I'm skeptical that he actually has the tapes, or if he does, that he'll release them once the hush money starts coming in under the table.

blkwhtrbbt The Dragon of the Eastern Sea from Doesn't take orders from Vladimir Putin Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
The Dragon of the Eastern Sea
#163775: Dec 22nd 2016 at 6:33:34 AM

Tbh the prospect of being paid off is probably exactly why he's making this noise to begin with

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