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Enkufka Wandering Student ಠ_ಠ from Bay of White fish Since: Dec, 2009
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#32676: Oct 15th 2012 at 11:55:09 AM

Rudi Giulliani says Romney SHOULD be exploiting Libya for political gain.

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#32677: Oct 15th 2012 at 11:57:44 AM

Like he exploited 9/11?

vanthebaron Mystical Monkey Master from Carlyle, Il Since: Sep, 2010
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#32678: Oct 15th 2012 at 11:58:56 AM

@the epic rap battles of history video: oh yes

edited 15th Oct '12 12:02:47 PM by vanthebaron

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#32679: Oct 15th 2012 at 11:59:57 AM

So it's okay when Republicans exploit terrorist attacks for political gain, but not when Democrats do? Or don't, in this case?

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#32680: Oct 15th 2012 at 12:04:18 PM

Like he exploited 9/11?

Oh, snap. Want some ointment for that BURN?

I'm a skeptical squirrel
Trivialis Since: Oct, 2011
#32681: Oct 15th 2012 at 12:05:44 PM

That news site is bugging me. It takes too many sound bites and tries to flanderize them.

Though in this case, Giuliani himself did say "We’re also entitled to interpret what the president is saying without this, like, massive defense of everything he says."

Balmung Since: Oct, 2011
#32682: Oct 15th 2012 at 12:11:17 PM

RE: ERB: So, Abe Lincoln 2012?

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#32683: Oct 15th 2012 at 12:17:04 PM

Libertarians and most Republicans loathe Lincoln.

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Trivialis Since: Oct, 2011
#32684: Oct 15th 2012 at 12:20:38 PM

[up]If you mean states' rights libertarians, perhaps.

edited 15th Oct '12 12:21:03 PM by Trivialis

Balmung Since: Oct, 2011
#32685: Oct 15th 2012 at 12:23:33 PM

[up][up]I'm not seeing how that's a bad thing in the context of my Lincoln 2012 statement.

edited 15th Oct '12 12:24:03 PM by Balmung

HilarityEnsues Since: Sep, 2009
#32686: Oct 15th 2012 at 12:25:16 PM

Though in this case, Giuliani himself did say "We’re also entitled to interpret what the president is saying without this, like, massive defense of everything he says."

Of course you have the right to spout your conspiracy theory about how there's a cover up going on. Other people, in turn, have the right to call you out. Freedom of speech works both ways.

I still don't understand how Giuliani and Republicans in general managed to somehow exploit 9/11 in the first place. When terrorists kill people in the country on your watch, how do you still get to brag about how you're the ones who can keep America safe? What the fuck is wrong with these people?

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#32687: Oct 15th 2012 at 12:55:07 PM

As a New Yoker, I am sorry for Giuliani. It is wrong to use the death of others for political gains.

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#32688: Oct 15th 2012 at 1:02:51 PM

People wanted a hero to rise out of the ashes. Also, I for one was eager for Giuliani to prove himself to not be a total asshat.

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vanthebaron Mystical Monkey Master from Carlyle, Il Since: Sep, 2010
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#32690: Oct 15th 2012 at 1:15:36 PM

He's just another Tammany crook. They all are. The Italians and Hispanics vote their own people into office, receive nothing and get ripped off by said representatives.

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#32691: Oct 15th 2012 at 3:00:30 PM

By the way, could British Newspapers affect the US Election?

Remember the most-read newspaper sites worldwide are the Daily Mail and The Guardian. Even the Daily Telegraph gets plenty of American readers.

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Euodiachloris Since: Oct, 2010
#32692: Oct 15th 2012 at 3:05:00 PM

<shudders> I still find it amazing that The Fail gets such a following...

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#32693: Oct 15th 2012 at 3:08:07 PM

[up][up]It's very unlikely. It's fair to say that the only people undecided at this point are those who are undecided because they're unknowledgeable and disengaged, and those aren't the types likely to go through the effort of looking at British papers, let alone papers in general. This is very much a base-oriented election, so energizing your own voters is extremely important, and although the bases are more politically active and therefore more likely to look at papers, they are unlikely to be persuaded, especially not by anything printed by another country.

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#32694: Oct 15th 2012 at 3:10:25 PM

^^

Americans of all colours*

can't trust their own media*, so they look abroad to get their News. I guess the average Yank is (accidentally) in the Mail's target audience.

edited 15th Oct '12 3:10:46 PM by Greenmantle

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#32695: Oct 15th 2012 at 3:12:33 PM

Lincoln did what he had to do to keep the Union intact. He also micro-managed the war effort, by way of telegraph.

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#32696: Oct 15th 2012 at 3:14:46 PM

Oh, that wasn't even addressed to me, whoops.

edited 15th Oct '12 3:15:23 PM by darksidevoid

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#32697: Oct 15th 2012 at 3:52:26 PM

^^ Now I'm imagining Abe Lincoln sending mouse-clicks to the battlefield via telegraph.

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#32698: Oct 15th 2012 at 3:57:31 PM

We all know he was the world's first RTS player.

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#32699: Oct 15th 2012 at 4:12:26 PM

He also was the first president to introduce the draft.

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#32700: Oct 15th 2012 at 4:15:23 PM

[up] For obvious reasons.

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