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Julep Since: Jul, 2010
#109051: Jan 18th 2016 at 6:38:53 AM

If he was a brilliant bully, I don't know, but that's not exactly the case here.

TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#109052: Jan 18th 2016 at 6:49:43 AM

He isn't stupid: he's Refuge in Audacity incarnate.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
carbon-mantis Collector Of Fine Oddities from Trumpland Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Married to my murderer
Collector Of Fine Oddities
#109053: Jan 18th 2016 at 6:50:59 AM

Though, part of me would like to see Bush snap and pull an Ole Hickorynote  on Trump's ass. [lol]

edited 18th Jan '16 6:51:24 AM by carbon-mantis

Julep Since: Jul, 2010
#109054: Jan 18th 2016 at 7:08:10 AM

[up][up] He is not stupid, but he is not brilliant either. He is effective because he does things his rivals thought would never happen, but I honestly don't know how they still can't be prepared after almost a year of Trumpisms. Maybe they are banking on him also dying at 69 and clearing the way for the presidency, I don't know.

vandro Shop Owner from The little shop that wasn't Since: Jul, 2009
Shop Owner
#109055: Jan 18th 2016 at 7:10:21 AM

Conventional Wisdom has left them incapable of dealing with him.

DrDougsh Since: Jan, 2001
#109056: Jan 18th 2016 at 7:22:15 AM

Huh. I wouldn't actually have thought Trump was that old. Though I guess that might have more to do with how he acts like a thirteen-year old boy.

carbon-mantis Collector Of Fine Oddities from Trumpland Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Married to my murderer
Collector Of Fine Oddities
#109057: Jan 18th 2016 at 7:22:45 AM

Ach, my grandmother today. "I'd vote for Trump over Hillary, she'd destroy our country." After me asking how she'd be somehow worse for every organism possessing more that one cell, she says "Because she's a woman. A woman can't be in charge of America. Everyone else would just be laughing at us," says the woman who has successfully run the finances of my grandfather's company for over 40 years. . .

TrashJack Confirmed Doomer from beyond the Despair Event Horizon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Confirmed Doomer
#109058: Jan 18th 2016 at 7:29:30 AM

[up] What.

"Cynic, n. — A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be." - The Devil's Dictionary
DrDougsh Since: Jan, 2001
#109059: Jan 18th 2016 at 7:36:15 AM

It's not that surprising. Many old socially conservative women tend to be biased against their own sex.

Tell her nobody's laughing at Germany, though.

Julep Since: Jul, 2010
#109060: Jan 18th 2016 at 7:37:49 AM

Margaret Thatcher was one of those too. Despite running the UK.

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Lost in Space
#109061: Jan 18th 2016 at 7:38:59 AM

Thatcher and Merkel were/are also fairly conservative, especially economically.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#109062: Jan 18th 2016 at 7:39:53 AM

Ahem.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
JackOLantern1337 Shameful Display from The Most Miserable Province in the Russian Empir Since: Aug, 2014 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Shameful Display
#109063: Jan 18th 2016 at 9:07:23 AM

Hillary goes on SNL to interview for the job of President. Those dislikes yikes.

I Bring Doom,and a bit of gloom, but mostly gloom.
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#109064: Jan 18th 2016 at 10:44:32 AM

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/democratic-debate-schedule_569bf741e4b0b4eb759ec2c0

DNC Chair Claims Weekend Debates Are Meant To 'Maximize' Attention For Candidates Yes, really.

There's something about that photo of her. I can't quite place what the expression is meant to be. Almost looks like she's thinking "Well, duh."

edited 18th Jan '16 10:46:19 AM by sgamer82

Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#109065: Jan 18th 2016 at 11:17:14 AM

DWC is a sleazebag. I don't know who she thinks she's fooling with that blatant lie.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#109066: Jan 18th 2016 at 11:19:46 AM

Probably written by some PR assistant/spin doctor whose job is to make everything as sweet sounding as possible, credibility be damned?

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
NativeJovian Jupiterian Local from Orlando, FL Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Jupiterian Local
#109067: Jan 18th 2016 at 12:01:29 PM

I watched the debate last night, which is the first one I've managed to catch (Democrat or Republican). Got to say, I actually liked what I saw, from all three candidates. Hilary is basically promising to be Obama's third term, while Sanders is saying that he'll go for more progressive policies (replacing Obamacare with a universal single-payer system, for example). Martin O'Malley seemed like a reasonable guy; he didn't get as much focus (to no one's surprise), but on a purely personal level I liked him. He was insistent without being rude, especially when he was trying to get a word in edgewise. That said, I don't really know anything about his policies, so he could be a reasonable-sounding dingbat.

Really from Jupiter, but not an alien.
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#109068: Jan 18th 2016 at 12:27:25 PM

O'Malley is something of a zero politically. His main claim to fame is as the governor of Maryland, under which the Baltimore police department saw a large amount of reform aimed at cleaning up systemic bias and racism, and had a few nasty incidents.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#109069: Jan 18th 2016 at 12:28:18 PM

At this point, he's only still in it to play percentage kingmaker. Probably wants a position in the administration.

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#109070: Jan 18th 2016 at 12:28:34 PM

Huh ... I remember him actually giving free reign to these problems. Did I miss something?

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Xopher001 Since: Jul, 2012
#109071: Jan 18th 2016 at 12:34:44 PM

I recall the same thing Septimus

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#109072: Jan 18th 2016 at 12:37:44 PM

Not related to the current discussion, but was checking on any recent Y'all Qeada news and found an amusing hashtag for them I hadn't seen mentioned yet: #WalMartyrs

edited 18th Jan '16 12:37:56 PM by sgamer82

Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#109073: Jan 18th 2016 at 1:32:14 PM

The Yeehawdists posted videos asking people to stop sending them dildos and other sex toys. I think they lost their sense of irony somewhere during the Yeehawd.

edited 18th Jan '16 1:32:39 PM by Fighteer

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Aszur A nice butterfly from Pagliacci's Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
A nice butterfly
#109074: Jan 18th 2016 at 1:35:56 PM

I saw that video too. It is ooooooold. But funny, cuz' the guy is all like "I CAN'T BELIEVE PEOPLE WOULD HAVE SO MUCH HATRED! JUST HATRED AND HATRED AND HATRED!"

Sometimes when I am reminded of them, I feel pity for them. But then I flush, and promptly forget about that line of business.

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes
Hodor2 Since: Jan, 2015
#109075: Jan 18th 2016 at 2:50:29 PM

"#Wall Martyrs" [lol]

I saw most of the debate and caught up with the rest afterward. Thought a good job by all three for the most part and yeah, O'Malley has this gift for coming off as a nice and quite insightful guy. Makes me feel bad about forgetting him. At the very least he'd make a good VP.

Thought Clinton was the best of the three.

I'm not really a fan of Sanders though. His big business/banks/etc. thing is a glaring Single-Issue Wonk that he kept bringing up even in circumstances where it's not the most relevant. Particularly in answering questions about racial inequality.


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