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sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#128401: Jul 1st 2016 at 12:10:59 PM

Vanessa Williams was an actress, iirc. I might be mixing her up with Holly Robinson, though.

edited 1st Jul '16 12:14:08 PM by sgamer82

TobiasDrake (•̀⤙•́) (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
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#128402: Jul 1st 2016 at 12:19:41 PM

It's gonna be huge, this wall! So huge! It's gonna reach space its so huge! It's gonna be a really good, really big wall.

Meanwhile, in one possible future, Trump somehow managed to build a wall all the way up to the moon. Somehow, this completely failed to stem the tide of immigration. We go live to an interview with Bob, an illegal immigrant from Mexico in the year 2020. Bob, how have people managed to get past the wall? It's so big.

Bob: See, the trick is that Mexico isn't landlocked. So what we do is, we follow the desert until we hit the point where wall and gulf meet. Then we swim around it. You get to the other side, you are in Texas.

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IFwanderer use political terms to describe, not insult from Earth Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
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#128403: Jul 1st 2016 at 12:22:12 PM

From an article posted last page:

Last week, its leaders announced they were kicking out moderator Cis White Maelstrom, widely credited with popularizing the subreddit, over allegations he planned to join forces with prominent white nationalists like Jared Taylor and Richard Spencer to coordinate support for Trump.

"They are people that Trump would want nothing to do with," r/the_donald's founder, JCM 267, said in a post announcing the decision. "Just as Trump would, we disavow them."

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1 2 We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. -KV
nightwyrm_zero Since: Apr, 2010
#128404: Jul 1st 2016 at 12:24:46 PM

[up][up]Obvious, just a wall on the US-Mexico border is not enough. You'll need a giant wall around the entire US. [lol]

Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
#128405: Jul 1st 2016 at 12:25:39 PM

[up] Good luck with the Canadian border. We'll take all of the Great Lakes if you want. It's only fair.

edited 1st Jul '16 12:25:53 PM by Zendervai

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#128406: Jul 1st 2016 at 12:29:38 PM

Meanwhile, in a different parallel universe, Trump's plan to build a wall has been a triumphant success at stemming the tide of immigration. We go live to Bob's parallel duplicate in 2020 to find out what happened. Bob, is it true that immigrants have no way to get through this wall and are forced to remain in Mexico?

Bob: No, we could do the "swim around it" trick from your last joke, but to be honest, why bother. The construction of the wall has done so much damage to the American economy that it is basically a third-world country now. The land of opportunity is no more, and with the roving gangs of murderers looking for minorities to shoot, we honestly feel safer with the cartels now.

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Mario1995 The Dishonorable from Atlanta Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
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#128407: Jul 1st 2016 at 1:04:01 PM

Ronald McDonald was more than just a clown that brainwashed kids.

It was the most horrifying pairing of our lifetimes.

edited 1st Jul '16 1:04:34 PM by Mario1995

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TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
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#128408: Jul 1st 2016 at 1:06:17 PM

Has Trump always looked disgusting? And why didn't he just stay in The '80s where he belongs?

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
TerminusEst from the Land of Winter and Stars Since: Feb, 2010
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#128410: Jul 1st 2016 at 1:27:28 PM

He looks a lot like this guy who bullied me in middle school.

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Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#128411: Jul 1st 2016 at 1:32:29 PM

"It was the most horrifying pairing of our lifetimes."

Ironically, I first saw that picture in an article noting that Trump's claims that he was close with Reagan were lies, and that every time Trump tried to get the president to one of his hotels or events, Reagan said no or ignored him.

Protagonist506 from Oregon Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#128412: Jul 1st 2016 at 1:46:41 PM

Yeah, I don't think Trump and Reagan would get along.

edited 1st Jul '16 1:46:48 PM by Protagonist506

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DrDougsh Since: Jan, 2001
#128413: Jul 1st 2016 at 1:56:34 PM

I think Clinton alleged that Trump was making the same criticisms of Reagan in the 80s that he's made of every president since then. Just goes to show how meaningless his vague nostalgic appeal to some mythical "back in the day" greatness to return to is.

TheWanted Since: Oct, 2013
#128414: Jul 1st 2016 at 2:21:43 PM

So what is up with Bill Clinton and lorreta lynch meeting? I've been seeing a whole bunch of talk about it. Is it something being blown out of proportion?

CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#128415: Jul 1st 2016 at 2:28:29 PM

Most likely, but Lynch had agreed to go along with the opinion of the FBI no matter what it is.

The current director is a a Republican. I'm betting Trump and friends are lining up to offer him positions and prestige under the table if he recommends indiction right before the election in spite of the lack of evidence.

edited 1st Jul '16 2:34:28 PM by CaptainCapsase

AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#128416: Jul 1st 2016 at 2:38:04 PM

Yeah, it seems to have been blown out of proportion. Clinton went over to say hi, apparently not thinking about how this could reflect badly. On Lynch's part, you can't exactly say no to a visit from an ex-president.

FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#128417: Jul 1st 2016 at 2:40:05 PM

[up][up]Doubt it will work. Being Republican alone doesn't suddenly mean dude is a shady Trumpite. Probably cares more about being a LEO.

edited 1st Jul '16 2:40:29 PM by FFShinra

CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#128418: Jul 1st 2016 at 2:45:55 PM

[up] If he thinks it would change the outcome of the election, there's cause to be worried; the prospect of (more) power is something that can change people, and whereas previously Lynch would've shot down anything absurd, that doesn't seem to be the case any more.

edited 1st Jul '16 2:46:28 PM by CaptainCapsase

FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#128419: Jul 1st 2016 at 10:31:02 PM

My comment still stands. It's not like all republicans like Trump or even want him to win.

Protagonist506 from Oregon Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
940131 Since: Feb, 2014
#128421: Jul 1st 2016 at 10:51:33 PM

From what I've read, many GOP leaders are against Trump because he's hurting the brand with his open Islamaphobia and attacks on immigrants. But I think the bigger reason that they're against him is that he can't be controlled. Who knows. If he picks an experienced and respectable running mate, maybe they can contain him. But Trumps alienated a lot of Americas.

FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#128422: Jul 1st 2016 at 11:27:33 PM

No, you also have actual decent guys in the GOP who truely do not like what Trump represents. Sure, there are those who simply prefer dogwhistles to open hatred, but those are usually the ones known for said dogwhistles.

940131 Since: Feb, 2014
#128423: Jul 2nd 2016 at 1:31:51 AM

[up]Which is more or less what I meant, but let's not pretend that aside from Trump the GOP is all sunshine and roses. Trumps stance against immigration and Islamaphobia are par for the course. Trump talks about banning all Muslims, but Cruz has already introduced anti-Muslim legislation. Then there's the general problem of businessmen buying up politicians. Things have been moving to the right for a long time now in many Western countries.

edited 2nd Jul '16 1:45:12 AM by 940131

ironballs16 Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Owner of a lonely heart
#128424: Jul 2nd 2016 at 6:59:07 AM

Sadly, the Republican party of today has pretty much entered The Tyson Zone - while trying to look up Michele Bachmann's controversial comments about bringing back HUAC (which was most recently echoed by fucking Newt Gingrich, who even I'd have thought above that sort of thing), I stumbled across an article saying that she had recently blamed the "myth" of Global Warming on Muslims who were trying to use it to weaken America's economy before attacking. It took me a few seconds to realize it was from "The Daily Currant", which is in the same vein as The Onion, but the fact that I wouldn't have been too shocked by it is telling.

"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"
CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#128425: Jul 2nd 2016 at 7:10:21 AM

@Shirna: I's say the concern is less about what Trump represents and more

A. Whether or not he'll do what the party leaders tell him to do.

B. What he's doing to the party in the long term.

C. Most importantly whether or not he can win.


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