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SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#115751: Mar 14th 2016 at 2:02:06 PM

Seems like rhetorical battlelines are being drawn, though.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#115752: Mar 14th 2016 at 2:03:42 PM

Is there a video? Because I would love to hear Sarah Palin say the words "punk-ass"

TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#115753: Mar 14th 2016 at 2:17:40 PM

Should we add Trump in the Pantheon as God of Blatant Lies?

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Demonic_Braeburn Yankee Doodle Dandy from Defective California Since: Jan, 2016
Yankee Doodle Dandy
#115754: Mar 14th 2016 at 2:22:02 PM

Oregon became the first state to eradicate coal from its power supply through legislation and now boasts some of the most stringent demands for renewable energy among its state peers.

Any group who acts like morons ironically will eventually find itself swamped by morons who think themselves to be in good company.
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#115755: Mar 14th 2016 at 2:22:14 PM

[up][up]No, but only because we don't dabble in troping RL politics.

[up] Good for you, Oregon.

edited 14th Mar '16 2:22:27 PM by Fighteer

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Ekuran Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
#115756: Mar 14th 2016 at 2:23:30 PM

Probably don't want to add non-meme versions of people to trope stuff.

ironballs16 Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Owner of a lonely heart
#115757: Mar 14th 2016 at 2:40:39 PM

[up]

At the same time, though, he's been caught lying so often that it'd be comical in any other situation.

"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"
TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#115758: Mar 14th 2016 at 2:45:26 PM

But he is a living meme. A larger-than-life caricature. A corporate mascot. A lie, and, therefore, a fiction.

He's totally tropable.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Demonic_Braeburn Yankee Doodle Dandy from Defective California Since: Jan, 2016
Yankee Doodle Dandy
#115759: Mar 14th 2016 at 2:52:15 PM

YOU CAN'T TROPE THE TRUMP!

Any group who acts like morons ironically will eventually find itself swamped by morons who think themselves to be in good company.
pwiegle Cape Malleum Majorem from Nowhere Special Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
Cape Malleum Majorem
#115760: Mar 14th 2016 at 2:58:59 PM

"I'm not even convinced that Trump is a real person. He's a pop-culture reference from the 1980s, like J.R. Ewing." — said Bill Mahr, three or four years ago.

And it only illustrates the bizarre state of affairs when Sarah Palin becomes the Voice of Reason.

Scaramouch was right; the world is insane.

This Space Intentionally Left Blank.
Bat178 Since: May, 2011
#115761: Mar 14th 2016 at 3:04:27 PM

Both North America and Europe (So the West in general) are having trouble with racist, lying, hateful, xenophobic bigots in Politics nowadays.

edited 14th Mar '16 3:04:58 PM by Bat178

Protagonist506 from Oregon Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#115762: Mar 14th 2016 at 3:13:48 PM

[up]I'm not sure I'd say it's a uniquely western problem; non-western civilizations are just as xenophobic (and sometimes more).

edited 14th Mar '16 3:14:14 PM by Protagonist506

Leviticus 19:34
Bat178 Since: May, 2011
#115763: Mar 14th 2016 at 3:14:55 PM

[up] I know, but this has been popping up more and more in the West in the last few years due to the Refugee Crisis.

Greenmantle V from Greater Wessex, Britannia Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: Hiding
V
#115764: Mar 14th 2016 at 3:16:01 PM

[up] Not just that, ever since the Financial Crisis of 2008.

Keep Rolling On
Ogodei Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers from The front lines Since: Jan, 2011
Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers
#115765: Mar 14th 2016 at 3:28:37 PM

We already have The Tyson Zone for people who became living memes.

Ironically, Tyson himself endorsed Trump.

TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#115766: Mar 14th 2016 at 3:29:05 PM

As a brown guy, I must protest that this has been going on since 2001. Man, those were some terror years. Everyone was cowering, wondering if they'd be the next "collateral damage".

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Demonic_Braeburn Yankee Doodle Dandy from Defective California Since: Jan, 2016
Yankee Doodle Dandy
#115767: Mar 14th 2016 at 3:58:02 PM

The Senate approved John King's nomination to lead the Department of Education on Monday.

Tom Vilsack is now the only original cabinet member left.

Any group who acts like morons ironically will eventually find itself swamped by morons who think themselves to be in good company.
TotemicHero No longer a forum herald from the next level Since: Dec, 2009
No longer a forum herald
#115768: Mar 14th 2016 at 4:06:10 PM

Is it wrong for me to think that Tom Vilsack sounds like what somebody would name their Dungeons & Dragons character?

Meanwhile, Jeb Bush & co. are trying hard to paint Trump as misogynistic.

Expergiscēre cras, medior quam hodie. (Awaken tomorrow, better than today.)
smokeycut Since: Mar, 2013
#115769: Mar 14th 2016 at 4:10:08 PM

So they're painting a white fence white?

Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#115770: Mar 14th 2016 at 4:11:41 PM

Wow, next thing you know, they'll notice he's racist.

[up] Better yet, they are a black kettle calling a black pot black.

edited 14th Mar '16 4:12:00 PM by Fighteer

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#115771: Mar 14th 2016 at 4:17:08 PM

Yeah no. Jeb Bush isn't racist.

Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#115772: Mar 14th 2016 at 4:32:21 PM

Yeah, he is. He's just good about pretending he isn't, like most some of the Republican establishment.

edited 14th Mar '16 4:35:39 PM by Fighteer

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
ILoveDogs Since: May, 2010
#115773: Mar 14th 2016 at 4:35:40 PM

So (and don't you two start), apparently the Grand Dragon of the KKK supports Hillary now.

Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#115774: Mar 14th 2016 at 4:39:57 PM

They have a Grand Dragon, now? What happened to the Grand Wizard?

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Krieger22 Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018 from Malaysia Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: I'm in love with my car
Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018
#115775: Mar 14th 2016 at 4:40:39 PM

[up][up]Do you have a link to that news story?

edited 14th Mar '16 4:40:57 PM by Krieger22

I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiot

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