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As I've said before, if Reagan had seen what his Party would become because of him, he would have never gotten into Politics in the first place.
I'm almost certain that, if he were with us today, he'd be condemning Trump, condemning the Alt-Right, condemning the Tea Party and condemning almost all of the Republican Party. I wouldn't be surprised if he rejoined the Democrats at this rate.
Tell Me, Have You Seen the Yellow Sign?
If anyone's spinning in his grave, its either Khrushchev or Brezhnev. The Soviets must of dreamed of this political climate. If they had just reached their first centennial...
Look with century eyes... With our backs to the arch And the wreck of our kind We will stare straight ahead For the rest of our lives
A procrastination in of itself
So despite having no idea if the central DNC even spends any money on Manchin (he may well do his fundraising himself or get it from the state party) or if that money could be better spent elsewhere at all, you're certain that he could be swapped for four seat gains elsewhere?
You've admitted to having no facts on the subject but don't care about that at all. All you care about is being angry, even if your anger would cost the Democrats any chance at a majority in the senate come 2018.
I doubt it, Reagan was a racist who hated gay people and worshiped at the alter of supply side economics. I'm sure he'd be rather proud of almost everything the Republican Party has become, hell he himself was fine with ally with authoritarian regimes as long as they weren't communists (which the Russians now aren't).
edited 8th Feb '17 8:12:23 PM by Silasw
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
X-post from French Politics:
Hear that, France? [1] This is what it sounds like when you are about to get shaken down for your lunch money by a moldy orange. Apparently NATO is only a good idea when it is a foreign policy arm for 'Murrica, with other nations footing the bill.
Going to leave this one here, since it may not be much but stuff like this is all we have right now....
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
To be honest I'm real hesitant to put my name and information on any petition that the White House gets to read.
Oh really when?
That guy
Petitions are worthless anyway: I know at least five 'throwaway email' sites, that can be used to skew numbers really damn fast.
Your momma's so dumb she thinks oral sex means talking dirty.
I have to agree. I've never seen an online petition change anything.
I liked it better when Questionable Casting was called WTH Casting Agency
The whitehouse.gov petitions are supposed to be responded to but that was under Obama.
I did sign a couple of them though. If I can admire the Founders for putting their names on a paper that might have gotten them hanged and believe it was worth it, I can risk a little of my personal info.
That guy
My point was really that not all of the signatures might be from real people.
edited 8th Feb '17 10:10:23 PM by HextarVigar
Your momma's so dumb she thinks oral sex means talking dirty.
A real bad hombre
I swear if I hear "DNC rigged the primaries!" one more time...
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." -Thomas Edison
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DNC— {is shot}
edited 9th Feb '17 7:03:19 AM by kkhohoho
Professional Forum Ninja
You know the Senate rule which was used to censure Warren? It has roots in a decision to censure John Quincy Adams when he tried to read a petition from slaves when he was a Representative of Massachusetts back in the late 1830s.
And then, as now, not allowing someone to speak about the subject brings bigger attention to the subject than it otherwise would have gotten. Let's hope Warren and others can use this incident to drive home their points.
Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018
Just wait for that one idiot to return. I have no idea how you move the goalposts on the same topic, in the exact same manner, twice in the same thread and not get banned.
Sean Spicer has lied thrice to this day on a terror attack in Atlanta that never happened.
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
edited 9th Feb '17 3:20:22 AM by MarqFJA
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.
A wandering user
Yeah...but mine is one that can be fixed by itself.
United Earth
You might be better off describing it as a tree.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Never Trust
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@Luigisan 98: So, like Promethium from DC Comics, which is basically their Adamantium, except the former also has a Healing Factor?
edited 9th Feb '17 7:48:36 AM by TrashJack
Would that it were so simple.
"So despite having no idea if the central DNC even spends any money on Manchin (he may well do his fundraising himself or get it from the state party) or if that money could be better spent elsewhere at all, you're certain that he could be swapped for four seat gains elsewhere?
You've admitted to having no facts on the subject but don't care about that at all. All you care about is being angry, even if your anger would cost the Democrats any chance at a majority in the senate come 2018."
A Democrat in West Virginia is useless. What's the point if he never votes with the rest of the party? In fact, even having a state party in West Virginia is useless; there aren't any Democrats there who aren't just DINOs, and by that I mean real Republicans-masquerading-as-Democrats, not the center-left types that only Bernie Bros mistake for conservatives. Better that we not sully the party with that vermin.
"For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die."
Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018
Are you familiar with his voting record? Are you familiar with the sort of Democrat that stands a chance of getting elected there?
The point isn't to suppress that half of the country who feel the Republicans better represent their interets. That's what they've been doing to us for 30 years. The point is to push the entire nation in a more progressive direction. Don't compare West Virginia to California today. Compare them to what they were like ten years ago. If they only way to get democrates elected in places like WV is to present themselves as gun-totin', law and order, let's open a factory here style conservative democrat, that still leaves open the opportunity to lead them toward a more constructive vision of America. It's an incremental process.
Overlording the Underworld
Our shale deposits will only last us 100 years and the coal mines are automating the miners out of existence. My state's fucked if we don't accept that and embrace alternative energy sources NOW rather than later. Oh, yeah, I'm from WV. 
I voted independent because I bought into the whole "There's no way Trump can win" propaganda and couldn't stomach either candidate. Not that it mattered. There was no way in Hell we were going to vote for Hilary no matter what I did.
But, if there's ever a protest in my area, you can bet I'll go on a day I'm not working.
Also, FYI, the military has nonlethal riot deterrence gear. Even IF they get called out to deal with protests, they have a lot of wiggle room to do what they're told while not actually doing permanent damage to those they shoot. So, you know, take hope. Even if the semi-worst happens and the military gets called on you and actually goes, you will probably choke, cough, and tear up for a while, or feel reaaaaallllly hot for a second so that you can't do anything but hop like a frog on a griddle, but there's no reason to assume you're going to die.
How's that for a mixed bag of optimism?
GOP Congressman is OK if Alaska wants to join Russia
With all the spinning Reagan is doing in his grave he could power NYC for weeks!
EDIT: Should be noted that this is an old tweet, but it's still pretty relevant considering all the fuckery.
edited 8th Feb '17 7:42:20 PM by TacticalFox88
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