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ILoveDogs Since: May, 2010
#131351: Jul 21st 2016 at 12:34:32 PM

[up][up] Bah, they'll be fine. I know I am.

Elle Since: Jan, 2001
#131352: Jul 21st 2016 at 12:34:58 PM

[up][up][up][up]It'll be flipped next week for the DNC I'm sure.

edited 21st Jul '16 12:35:11 PM by Elle

Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#131353: Jul 21st 2016 at 12:43:49 PM

Incidentally, Paul Ryan, Ron Paul, Rand Paul, and Ayn Rand are names that are terribly confusing to keep track of. Every time I write a post about them, I have to mentally double-check myself.

[up] I don't know; if the way the comedy talk shows have been handling things is any clue, they'll treat the DNC like a snooze-fest and/or take every opportunity to rag on Clinton for her "robotic personality", completely missing the point that the Democrats are about weird concepts like "policy" and "governance".

edited 21st Jul '16 12:44:58 PM by Fighteer

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#131354: Jul 21st 2016 at 12:57:41 PM

Honestly I prefer to get political information in transcript form so I've never really noticed Hillary's lack of charisma. She seems to communicate intelligently and eloquently enough on paper, and with the nuance and technical know-how of governing that one should require in a potential world leader, something that often gets brushed under the rug in favor of lofty ideals when it comes to public debates.

edited 21st Jul '16 1:02:47 PM by AlleyOop

Ogodei Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers from The front lines Since: Jan, 2011
Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers
#131355: Jul 21st 2016 at 1:02:39 PM

We need Perez. Kaine would be so boring.

FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#131356: Jul 21st 2016 at 1:23:15 PM

Forget boring or exciting, get someone who is a good executive who doesn't also threaten the Senate.

Should be Vilsack in my opinion, nothing against Kaine.

Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#131357: Jul 21st 2016 at 1:25:22 PM

My problem is that I have exactly zero investment in any of those people. It's not like I see them on the news enough to have any clue who they are or why I should care. All the big national names in Democratic politics have either declined or are not under consideration.

edited 21st Jul '16 1:25:29 PM by Fighteer

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#131358: Jul 21st 2016 at 1:26:17 PM

CNN and BBC are reporting that Fox News CEO Ailes is resigning.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#131359: Jul 21st 2016 at 1:26:54 PM

And Murdoch is taking his place again, which is sort of like Darth Vader being fired so that Palpatine can have a direct go at it.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#131360: Jul 21st 2016 at 1:27:05 PM

Been known for a few days now. He has til end of the month.

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#131361: Jul 21st 2016 at 1:53:59 PM

See, my impression is that Ailes is the key reason for Fox's pro-GOP bias. Apparently he was for a while a Republican strategist. Rupert Murdoch is just a standard greedy power-hungry plutocrat.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#131362: Jul 21st 2016 at 1:59:24 PM

"NBA pulls All-Star Game from Charlotte over transgender law-report" - http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL2N17H22D

Greenmantle V from Greater Wessex, Britannia Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: Hiding
V
#131363: Jul 21st 2016 at 1:59:47 PM

[up] Certainly, outside the US, Murdoch (and News International) likes to back whoever he thinks will win...

Keep Rolling On
Demonic_Braeburn Yankee Doodle Dandy from Defective California Since: Jan, 2016
Yankee Doodle Dandy
#131364: Jul 21st 2016 at 2:12:58 PM

Perez's biggest issue is that people who aren't deeply tuned into the political scene don't know who he is.

People in Virginia know who Kaine is, and people in Iowa know who Vilsack is.

Donald Trump: 'US can't lecture Turkey on rule of law'.

edited 21st Jul '16 2:13:34 PM by Demonic_Braeburn

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Ramidel Since: Jan, 2001
#131365: Jul 21st 2016 at 2:13:41 PM

@Fighteer: Enough libertarians are grumpy that David Brin expressly called the Libertarian Party on it. It's been a problem for a while.

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#131366: Jul 21st 2016 at 2:16:36 PM

So NC, is losing millions in revenue worth it?

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#131367: Jul 21st 2016 at 2:17:46 PM

How long til he starts throwing his support behind Kim, Maduro, and the Ayatollah?

edited 21st Jul '16 2:18:51 PM by AlleyOop

Hodor2 Since: Jan, 2015
#131368: Jul 21st 2016 at 2:18:11 PM

[up][up]Well, they've had no transgender bathroom attacks since the law was passed, so in that sense it is a success. Someone should sell them a rock to keep away bears.

[up] Yeah, at first, from the article, I was getting the impression that Trump was saying that America's own record on civil liberties are bad, so we don't have the moral high ground, but he actually seems to be sympathizing with Erdogan and his methods.

edited 21st Jul '16 2:23:51 PM by Hodor2

DrDougsh Since: Jan, 2001
#131369: Jul 21st 2016 at 2:20:26 PM

[up][up] He's already praised Kim in the past. The Ayatollah would be a big no-no, since alleging that the Democrats are buddies with Iran is one of the GOP's stock insults. Don't know about Maduro.

majoraoftime (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#131370: Jul 21st 2016 at 2:41:07 PM

alleging that the Democrats are buddies with Iran is one of the GOP's stock insults

I mean, the US probably should be 'buddies' with Iran. Unlike Saudi Arabia, they're actually a functioning country and not a banana republic oil feudalists. Iran at least has a chance of turning into not-a-theocracy at some point in the next century.

Iranian citizens also aren't funding Wahhabist madrassas around the world.

edited 21st Jul '16 2:42:32 PM by majoraoftime

Deadbeatloser22 from Disappeared by Space Magic (Great Old One) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
#131371: Jul 21st 2016 at 2:45:56 PM

Someone should sell them a rock to keep away bears.

The rock keeps away tigers. The Bear Patrol keeps away bears.

edited 21st Jul '16 2:47:37 PM by Deadbeatloser22

"Yup. That tasted purple."
Discar Since: Jun, 2009
#131372: Jul 21st 2016 at 3:29:21 PM

And Murdoch is taking his place again, which is sort of like Darth Vader being fired so that Palpatine can have a direct go at it.

Isn't Rupert Murdoch like 90? I thought that was why he retired in the first place.

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A procrastination in of itself
#131373: Jul 21st 2016 at 3:30:48 PM

Could it be one of the Murdoch kids taking over?

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PhiSat Planeswalker from Everywhere and Nowhere Since: Jan, 2011
Planeswalker
#131374: Jul 21st 2016 at 3:43:59 PM

[up][up][up][up]Iran was a non-theocracy until a puppet ruler decided to throw a massive anniversary party for foreigners while the people were starving in the streets. Perhaps they can be so again.

Oissu!
Blueeyedrat Since: Oct, 2010
#131375: Jul 21st 2016 at 3:56:14 PM

I just cast my first ballot as a registered voter. (It was just for a state primary, but still, gotta start somewhere.)


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