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#100626: Sep 13th 2015 at 8:21:24 AM

Clinton's primary obstacle in earning the nomination is the perception that she's out of touch with the ordinary American. Baby kissing, be it yours or others', is calculated to dispel that perception. It's bog standard political fare.

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#100627: Sep 13th 2015 at 8:21:44 AM

Of the two other major figures running right now, Trump certainly isn't going to bring up his multiple immigrant wives, not when he's busy bashing anyone and everyone not born in the US. And Sanders ... does he have a family? I'd gotten the impression from articles that he was single.

That’s the epitome of privilege right there, not considering armed nazis a threat to your life. - Silasw
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A procrastination in of itself
#100628: Sep 13th 2015 at 9:03:33 AM

Sanders has a son via a women he never married and three step-kids via his second wife (who is Catholic) he also has a brother who is a member of the UK Green Party.

edited 13th Sep '15 9:06:05 AM by Silasw

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RavenWilder Since: Apr, 2009
#100629: Sep 13th 2015 at 9:18:48 AM

[up][up] Presumably, Trump's wives immigrated legally, though.

Skycobra51 A suitable case for treatment from The US of A Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Only knew I loved her when I let her go
A suitable case for treatment
#100630: Sep 13th 2015 at 9:45:07 AM

[up][up] His opponents on the Right would have a field day with the information he had a kid out of wedlock, and a relative in the Green Party.

Especially Trump, who'd play it for all its worth.

On that note, its almost like Trump is treating the Republican party like a business, one he wants to take over by any means necessary.

edited 13th Sep '15 9:50:22 AM by Skycobra51

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Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#100631: Sep 13th 2015 at 9:55:42 AM

Most of the people that would hate that probably wouldn't vote for Sanders anyway.

BAFFU Since: Dec, 2012
#100632: Sep 13th 2015 at 10:32:34 AM

on the other hand kim davis married 4 times and she is a conservative hero.

Skycobra51 A suitable case for treatment from The US of A Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Only knew I loved her when I let her go
A suitable case for treatment
#100633: Sep 13th 2015 at 10:34:08 AM

Gotta love good ol' fashioned hypocrisy.

edited 13th Sep '15 10:48:21 AM by Skycobra51

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Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#100634: Sep 13th 2015 at 11:39:19 AM

Evidently John Kasich doesn't see a point in pandering to the far right, because he is against another shutdown over Planned Parenthood.

"When you shut the government down, people don't like it and you shouldn't shut it down unless you have a great chance of success," he said.

Trump blasts the high salaries of CEO's as a joke and disgraceful.

"It's disgraceful. Sometimes the boards rule but I would probably say it's less than 10 percent; and you see these guys making enormous amounts of money. It's a total and complete joke," he said.

...

"You'll take a company like, I could say Macy's or I could say many other companies, where they put in their friends as the head of the company and they get whatever they want," he said.

...

Trump also said his tax plan, to be unveiled in the coming weeks, would cut taxes for the middle class and corporations, "but for the hedge fund guys they are going to be paying up."

What's funny is that the otherwise reliably conservative comments are all agreeing with him on this.

In non-election news: The Iran deal made it through Congress thanks to the president's unusually aggressive wooing of wavering Democrats.

The outcome was especially notable for a White House with a history of bungling legislative initiatives on Capitol Hill, and a president known for a hands-off relationship with lawmakers, even his own Democrats.

...

Obama threw everything into uniting Democrats behind the accord, writing letters and flying lawmakers on Air Force One with him to Africa. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., gave the White House the names of 57 House Democrats to call in August; Obama called each one.

...

In the days after the agreement was finalized in July, the White House set up a command center in the West Wing basement to oversee outreach efforts to Congress. It became known as the "anti-war room" and housed staffers with whiteboard lists of lawmakers for and against.

Obama and senior officials were in frequent contact with Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and his No. 2, Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, along with Pelosi.

...

With lawmakers spread around the country, Energy Secretary Ernie Moniz emerged as one of the administration's most effective messengers. A floppy-haired nuclear physicist who spent most of his career outside of politics, Moniz was seen as a highly credible voice.

He popped up in surprising places.

As the administration courted Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., Moniz called into a radio show her brother hosted. When Moniz learned that a top Israeli official was in Montana to step up pressure on Democratic Sen. Jon Tester, the secretary contacted a local newspaper for an interview.

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#100635: Sep 13th 2015 at 11:40:58 AM

Good on the Iran deal. Lets hope that none of the Republicans get into the White House and fuck it all up next year.

Oh really when?
PotatoesRock Since: Oct, 2012
#100636: Sep 13th 2015 at 11:42:49 AM

Of the two other major figures running right now, Trump certainly isn't going to bring up his multiple immigrant wives, not when he's busy bashing anyone and everyone not born in the US.
A website I follow argues that there's a reason why Trump seems to be criticism proof.

He might be running for office, but he has years of immunity to reality/Refuge in Audacity due to being a Reality TV star. Basically he's untouchable due to sheer perpetual Tyson Zone effect.

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#100637: Sep 13th 2015 at 11:52:55 AM

[up][up][up] At least Kaisch has some common sense.

edited 13th Sep '15 11:58:01 AM by Skycobra51

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nightwyrm_zero Since: Apr, 2010
#100638: Sep 13th 2015 at 11:58:57 AM

[up]Which is why he won't get nominated...

DrunkenNordmann from Exile Since: May, 2015
#100639: Sep 13th 2015 at 12:09:20 PM

[up][up][up][up] A Republican president messing up the Iran deal would probably be the point at which the EU just goes: "You know what, screw you guys." There isn't much to gain from co-operation when your partner's acting like a twat.tongue

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Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers
#100640: Sep 13th 2015 at 12:23:31 PM

The only reason Kasich isn't getting savaged for his positions is because he is so far back in the pack. If he gained more credibility, you'd see the vitriol flow.

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Shameful Display
#100641: Sep 13th 2015 at 1:18:14 PM

[up][up] Well if Coybrun becomes PM the alliance with Great Briton is almost certainly in for a though time. And if it was Trump and Coyburn we'd probably have an all out war.

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A procrastination in of itself
#100642: Sep 13th 2015 at 1:19:20 PM

Yeah but imagine Sanders and Corbyn. That'd be quite a friendship.

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#100643: Sep 13th 2015 at 1:26:48 PM

Sanders and Corbyn would basically be the Anti-Bush and Blair.

Fuck Yeah doesn't seem to quite adequately describe it.

Greenmantle V from Greater Wessex, Britannia Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: Hiding
V
#100644: Sep 13th 2015 at 1:32:33 PM

Then again, Corbyn probably isn't a pro-American type (quite the opposite, in fact).

edited 13th Sep '15 1:33:02 PM by Greenmantle

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A procrastination in of itself
#100645: Sep 13th 2015 at 1:37:12 PM

Yes but if we see a Sanders presidency he'd be in before Corbyn, and four years of Sanders would likly change Corbyn's view of the U.S. Also Corbyn is going to end up changing his foreign policy over time, the more crazy popularist elements are going to have to go.

edited 13th Sep '15 1:37:59 PM by Silasw

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#100646: Sep 13th 2015 at 2:50:42 PM

Four years of Sanders won't actually accomplish much since congress isn't going to swing.

Artificius from about a foot and a half away from a monitor. Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Norwegian Wood
#100647: Sep 13th 2015 at 3:49:58 PM

I'd be interested in the justices he'd appoint to the supreme court if given a chance.

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#100648: Sep 13th 2015 at 4:00:08 PM

[up][up][up]

...and four years of Sanders would likly change Corbyn's view of the U.S...

What about four years of Trump?

Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#100649: Sep 13th 2015 at 4:05:55 PM

[up] Seeing as that happening would require not just the US electorate to have gone collectively insane but also the House and Senate to have gone even crazier then they are currently, I'm gonna go ahead and sane that the U.S. would have been placed under international quarantine by that point to prevent the spread of whatever new disease had sprung into existence.

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#100650: Sep 13th 2015 at 4:15:06 PM

Pelolitis naranja, or the discord of the orange hair.

edited 13th Sep '15 4:17:00 PM by Artificius

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