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TrashJack Confirmed Doomer from beyond the Despair Event Horizon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Confirmed Doomer
#184351: Apr 23rd 2017 at 5:53:34 AM

@Luigisan 98: Yeah. When it comes to the subject of politics, I've learned that if I just assume the worst, I tend to be right more often than not. Granted, my depression and other neuroses probably helped speed my downward spiral into cynicism.

edited 23rd Apr '17 5:58:51 AM by TrashJack

"Cynic, n. — A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be." - The Devil's Dictionary
Luigisan98 A wandering user from Venezuelan Muscat Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: I <3 love!
A wandering user
#184353: Apr 23rd 2017 at 6:04:15 AM

[up][up] Maybe it would be necessary to give that mentality a rest. I won't help you as much as being depressed. I'm saying this because I don't want someone like you becoming a nihilist.

[up] Suck on that, Sean Spicer!

The only good fanboy, is a redeemed fanboy.
tricksterson Never Trust from Behind you with an icepick Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Never Trust
#184354: Apr 23rd 2017 at 6:19:12 AM

[up][up] So five people?

edited 23rd Apr '17 6:20:28 AM by tricksterson

Trump delenda est
Luigisan98 A wandering user from Venezuelan Muscat Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: I <3 love!
A wandering user
#184355: Apr 23rd 2017 at 6:29:26 AM

[up] That's way even too many to describe you know.

The only good fanboy, is a redeemed fanboy.
DeMarquis (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#184356: Apr 23rd 2017 at 6:41:29 AM

McCain: Trump budget cant pass Senate

As it happens, the bill cant pass the Senate without support from Democrats.

edited 23rd Apr '17 6:43:40 AM by DeMarquis

I'm done trying to sound smart. "Clear" is the new smart.
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#184357: Apr 23rd 2017 at 6:53:18 AM

Which ain't happening because budgets (—>guidelines for the finance committees and policy manifestos) are never bipartisan, unlike appropriations (—>the actual spending laws).

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#184358: Apr 23rd 2017 at 6:53:44 AM

Vox: The GOP's efforts to kill Obamacare have made Obamacare more popular than they are, by a wide margin.

I’m not sure Republicans realize how deep a hole they’re in on this issue. But here’s a way to make it clear. Obamacare is now significantly more popular than Donald Trump, Mike Pence, Paul Ryan, the Republican Party, or the American Health Care Act.

Oh, irony.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
#184359: Apr 23rd 2017 at 7:07:48 AM

Because by trying to repeal it, they've made people realize that The ACA is the same thing as Obamacare.

Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#184360: Apr 23rd 2017 at 7:10:24 AM

How the hell is Mike Pence so popular?

TrashJack Confirmed Doomer from beyond the Despair Event Horizon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Confirmed Doomer
#184361: Apr 23rd 2017 at 7:11:47 AM

[up][up] Some people, sure. Others drank way too much of the Republicans' Kool-Aid and either don't know or don't care that they voted for their own suicides.

Still, I'm happy to see that I was wrong about the GOP's chances of repealing the ACA. I can only hope that Trump and the GOP's utter incompetence will prove me to be even more wrong in the future.

[up] Pence hit the rather low bar of appearing to be more sane than Trump. In reality, he's wearing the Mask of Sanity, and they're both absolutely gibbering mad.

Also, he's a religious fundamentalist, which scored him some points with other religious fundamentalists.

edited 23rd Apr '17 7:14:55 AM by TrashJack

"Cynic, n. — A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be." - The Devil's Dictionary
IFwanderer use political terms to describe, not insult from Earth Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
use political terms to describe, not insult
#184362: Apr 23rd 2017 at 7:21:01 AM

[up][up]Contrasting with Trump.

1 2 We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. -KV
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#184363: Apr 23rd 2017 at 7:24:14 AM

[up][up][up] He clears the low bar of "not as bad as Trump", or appears to clear it at least.

Disgusted, but not surprised
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.
#184364: Apr 23rd 2017 at 7:28:35 AM

I've seen people describing Pence as a "Great Man", with that exact wording, a little too often for it not to be suspicious.

megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
#184365: Apr 23rd 2017 at 7:30:59 AM

Where do you see it? Do they look like bots?

Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#184366: Apr 23rd 2017 at 7:31:33 AM

Republican voters are constantly chasing the unicorn of a "sensible politician who espouses their core values". Every time someone comes along who wears the costume, they have crazed orgasmic enthusiasm until the shine wears off.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
#184367: Apr 23rd 2017 at 7:34:15 AM

How desperate must you be to think that Pence is oh so much better than Trump?

edited 23rd Apr '17 7:34:55 AM by megaeliz

ironballs16 Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Owner of a lonely heart
#184368: Apr 23rd 2017 at 7:37:38 AM

When I read that comment by Michael Reagan, this comic popped into my head, so hopefully that gives a laugh for those that need it.

"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"
Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
#184369: Apr 23rd 2017 at 7:40:05 AM

Wasn't Pence the guy who when his gay discrimination bill failed in Indiana had a press release about the failure and stood there like a deer in headlights for at least a minute because he couldn't understand why his bill wasn't popular?

Because that's the thing about Pence. He appears to be in the category of people who think that everyone thinks just like him, but society is holding them back. When he's confronted with evidence that he's wrong about that, he freezes up and has no idea what to do.

TrashJack Confirmed Doomer from beyond the Despair Event Horizon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Confirmed Doomer
#184370: Apr 23rd 2017 at 7:41:40 AM

[up][up][up] Pretty desperate, and probably a little crazy, too. But you'd have to be, if you had a flabby, orange "God-Emperor" who was publicly strutting about in the nude while insisting he's wearing the best clothes and that anyone who says otherwise is FAKE NEWS.

Feel free to imagine that horrible sight, by the way. You're not allowed any Brain Bleach.

edited 23rd Apr '17 7:41:55 AM by TrashJack

"Cynic, n. — A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be." - The Devil's Dictionary
JBC31187 Since: Jan, 2015
#184371: Apr 23rd 2017 at 8:12:06 AM

Pence's positives:

-He's not going to send out 3 AM tweets badmouthing other countries, or change his foreign policy on a whim.

-He's able to pay moderate attention to meetings and intelligence briefings.

-He's a reactionary governor from a deep red state, and he was still so unpopular that his former lieutenant governor had to reverse some of Pence's policies.

While all of Trump's policies are a mess, he's still very much aligned with the current Republican establishment in screwing over abortion rights, LGBTQ folk, non-white people, the environment, and so on. It's just that Trump's a willfully stupid man who has no comprehension of how little he knows and is unwilling to take anything but himself seriously. Pence could at least manage not to completely alienate all of our allies and trading partners. Not to mention that Trump has excited all the white supremacists and various scum- the nazis aren't marching for Pence.

AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#184372: Apr 23rd 2017 at 9:16:55 AM

@Beary Scary; It's not immediately obvious which case you're referring to in this post. I'm assuming the whole Bill O'Reilly thing because that's what's been discussed recently, but it's still unclear since the last two pages weren't talking about any sexual harassment lawsuits at all.

edited 23rd Apr '17 9:20:35 AM by AceofSpades

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#184373: Apr 23rd 2017 at 9:21:24 AM

[up] I think Beary was commenting on Michael Reagan's recent statement in which he claimed men should be allowed to sue women who make them horny.

edited 23rd Apr '17 9:22:03 AM by M84

Disgusted, but not surprised
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#184375: Apr 23rd 2017 at 10:42:18 AM

That was a really non-obvious joke. Sorry, but I think the "pathetic excuse making" explanation is more fitting.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman

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