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DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Wandering Jew
#49876: Feb 17th 2013 at 5:23:14 PM

Speaking of Rape & Republicans

Richard Mourdock not ruling out another run for office

Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016
Midgetsnowman Since: Jan, 2010
#49877: Feb 17th 2013 at 5:29:00 PM

Todd Akin. A fine example of why I hate my home state. Because his sort of insane hatred and tripe is rather common in rural parts of the state.

Lascoden ... from Missouri, USA Since: Nov, 2012
...
#49878: Feb 17th 2013 at 5:35:40 PM

[up]Yeah, I remember still seeing tons of Todd Akin signs even after that whole (perfectly valid) shitstorm.

[down]O_o Well, I know what tonight's nightmares will involve...

edited 17th Feb '13 5:45:53 PM by Lascoden

boop
DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Wandering Jew
#49879: Feb 17th 2013 at 5:41:16 PM

Chief of Staff McDonough: Pressure is on Congress to craft deal on immigration reform

Is anyone else creeped out by Mc Donough's face?

Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016
Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
I see the Awesomeness.
#49880: Feb 17th 2013 at 6:07:07 PM

Reminds me of a veiny Leader.

Fight smart, not fair.
DevilTakeMe Coin Operator from Wild Wasteland Since: Jan, 2010
Coin Operator
#49881: Feb 17th 2013 at 6:14:17 PM

It's the eyes. One is looking towards the camera, the other is... looking elsewhere. That's what makes it unsettling. It almost looks like a bad photoshop.

Glove and Boots is good for Blog!
DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Wandering Jew
#49882: Feb 17th 2013 at 6:26:11 PM

[up]

The dark eye circles, large forehead, and crooked smile aren't exactly helping either.

Senator McCain (R-AZ): Hagel confirmation imminent

edited 17th Feb '13 10:30:13 PM by DeviantBraeburn

Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016
DrunkGirlfriend from Castle Geekhaven Since: Jan, 2011
#49883: Feb 18th 2013 at 5:20:38 AM

A bit old but, Obama commemorates International Holocaust Remembrance Day, and the National Review responds by defending Nazi violence as "not senseless".

edited 18th Feb '13 5:20:51 AM by DrunkGirlfriend

"I don't know how I do it. I'm like the Mr. Bean of sex." -Drunkscriblerian
Midgetsnowman Since: Jan, 2010
#49884: Feb 18th 2013 at 5:24:27 AM

[up]

..man...William F Buckley must be not only spinning in his grave, but screaming.

DrunkGirlfriend from Castle Geekhaven Since: Jan, 2011
#49885: Feb 18th 2013 at 5:27:02 AM

[up] Yeah, I remember when the National Review wasn't full of nutters.

"I don't know how I do it. I'm like the Mr. Bean of sex." -Drunkscriblerian
Midgetsnowman Since: Jan, 2010
#49886: Feb 18th 2013 at 5:30:32 AM

[up]

I remember when Buckley's son quit the magazine in disgust because one of his coworkers suggested that republicans needed to stop being insane (specifically, that Sarah Palin was an awful excuse for a republican that was damaging the party) in the magazine and the response was she got mailed hundreds of death threats, including someone wishing she had been aborted and thrown in a dumpster.

Unsurprisingly,. he resigned soon after as a deluge of death threats for him came in as well after he authored a piece where he proclaimed he was voting for Obama that election cycle.

edited 18th Feb '13 5:42:19 AM by Midgetsnowman

3of4 Just a harmless giant from a foreign land. from Five Seconds in the Future. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
Just a harmless giant from a foreign land.
#49887: Feb 18th 2013 at 5:33:41 AM

[up][up][up][up] Yeah. because the "No-Jew can be a member of the race" was a more sensible point to the people who voted the NSDAP like equal rights for all citizens, better support in old age and so on. *dislikes the implication*

I'm not trying to defend anything, I'm just a bit miffed that if they try to defend the NSDAP voters and quote out of the 25-Points program they should maybe read more than the first 4 points...

Also, the jump from "The NSDAP hat some good points" to "The Holocaust violence was not senseless"....??

edited 18th Feb '13 5:41:58 AM by 3of4

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Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#49888: Feb 18th 2013 at 5:42:43 AM

Did...did someone finally stoop so low as to defend the fucking Nazis just to attack Obama? Wow, I thought they'd be smarter than that. Granted there are some similarities between the GOP and the Nazis but they're still not someone they'd want to be seen as sympathetic towards.

Midgetsnowman Since: Jan, 2010
#49889: Feb 18th 2013 at 5:43:47 AM

[up]

either that or theyre trying to somehow reach for "Obama is wrong because nazi violence was systematic and planned, not senseless, therefore Obama is wrong HA-HA!"

Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#49890: Feb 18th 2013 at 5:45:54 AM

In that light they're right but who cares? It was still a tragedy and you do not want to be seen as being at all sympathetic to them.

edit: I am just waiting for the GOP to go so extreme they actually nominate a Nazi like person for president without realizing what they just did.

edited 18th Feb '13 5:47:25 AM by Kostya

Midgetsnowman Since: Jan, 2010
#49891: Feb 18th 2013 at 5:47:23 AM

I dont think the national Review cares about anything except proving Obama wrong even when they have to reach for a bare technicality.

Its what their readers want, after all.

Achaemenid HGW XX/7 from Ruschestraße 103, Haus 1 Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: Giving love a bad name
3of4 Just a harmless giant from a foreign land. from Five Seconds in the Future. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
Just a harmless giant from a foreign land.
#49893: Feb 18th 2013 at 5:51:03 AM

[up] What if it isn't sarcasm?

"You can reply to this Message!"
Midgetsnowman Since: Jan, 2010
#49894: Feb 18th 2013 at 5:56:20 AM

In unrelated news. I'm so sick of idiots in my part of the country getting uppity and ranting on facebook about wealth redistrubution when they seem quite happy to use public roads or have a police force.

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#49895: Feb 18th 2013 at 6:02:06 AM

[up][up]Then Obama has to give a speech firmly opposed to being set on fire.tongue

edited 18th Feb '13 6:02:17 AM by Rationalinsanity

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Achaemenid HGW XX/7 from Ruschestraße 103, Haus 1 Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: Giving love a bad name
HGW XX/7
#49896: Feb 18th 2013 at 6:03:16 AM

[up][up][up]

The comment makes it very obvious that it is.

Schild und Schwert der Partei
DrunkGirlfriend from Castle Geekhaven Since: Jan, 2011
#49897: Feb 18th 2013 at 6:04:36 AM

[up] Does it?

"I don't know how I do it. I'm like the Mr. Bean of sex." -Drunkscriblerian
Belian In honor of my 50lb pup from 42 Since: Jan, 2001
In honor of my 50lb pup
#49898: Feb 18th 2013 at 6:29:49 AM

@ Midgetsnowman: I completely agree.

Kansas is going to be "fun" to watch: Last year the Governor introduced a bill to take away the income tax on small businesses and was balanced with an increase in the sales tax. Only the first part got passed and now he is basically begging the other politicians to pass the other half. The local news story I heard stated that Kansas has enough "in the bank" to survive with current spending levels this year, but not future years.

Kansas Struggles Discover New Red State Model

Yu hav nat sein bod speeling unntil know. (cacke four undersandig tis)the cake is a lie!
Midgetsnowman Since: Jan, 2010
#49899: Feb 18th 2013 at 6:30:53 AM

which is hilarious in that sales Taxes are far more damaging to consumers than income taxes on a business.

Not to mention I've never met a poorer person who dislikes the income tax given it usually comes out to them getting a large sum of refund cash.

so the whole "everyone would love to get rid of the income tax" thing only rings true for middle class and up.

edited 18th Feb '13 6:33:23 AM by Midgetsnowman

Wicked223 from Death Star in the forest Since: Apr, 2009
#49900: Feb 18th 2013 at 7:15:10 AM

Yeah, I remember when the National Review wasn't full of nutters.

the National Review was founded white supremacists and anti-integrationists, it's never not been full of nutters.

You can't even write racist abuse in excrement on somebody's car without the politically correct brigade jumping down your throat!

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