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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
The people in that Reddit are not exactly geniuses, alas. The former Sanders' supporter talking about how he's here because he's realized "Bernie's a cuck" and he must fight "$hillary" is particularly special.
In one sense I'm grateful for the "$hillary" meme. If only because anybody dumb enough to use it instantly proves that there is no point in ever speaking to them again.
edited 29th Jul '16 7:08:05 PM by AmbarSonofDeshar
@God-Emperor Trump: "We need to build a wall and make the Orks pay for it!"
But let's be serious: Hawkings is the big E. Confined to a chair, thinks humans shouldn't play around with xenos and abominable intelligence. Sound familiar?
Leviticus 19:34@lightysnake: So trying to hold the democrats accountable to their platform and maintain the sense of community the Sanders campaign built is a bad thing? That's by far the most common sentiment among protestors that I know of.
@Ambar: 10+/- 5% or so of voters for a particular candidate are generally voting for them for utterly moronic sounding reasons. There's probably at least one voter whose first choice was Martin O'Malley and whose second choice was Ted Cruz, as illogical as that sounds.
edited 29th Jul '16 7:43:15 PM by CaptainCapsase
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They might be able to do that with this one, as there used to be an official base in Saudi Arabia in 2003 and earlier (which might actually be what he was talking about), but if he leaks something really bad, that won't work.
Although Trump on trial for leaking classified information might be funny to see, if only because he would have absolutely no idea how much trouble he's in.
edited 29th Jul '16 7:41:58 PM by Zendervai
No, screaming "No TPP" at Elijah Cummings when he talks about BLM and his father? That is not admirable. It is not trying to hold someone accountable. It's being spoiled, selfish brats and there's no other way I'm going to say it. Howling "we trusted you" at Elizabeth Warren like she had a goddamn obligation to endorse Sanders and work against Clinton? People like Ashley Andrea, who is running for office being so unbelievably ignorant as to not even know what Clinton's positions even are, let alone whining about Bernie 'going last' on night one (which is, y'know, an honor).?
Is this representative of all Bernie fans? No, not remotely at all. But don't sit there and tell me that all of these people are operating in good faith, with the constant heckling and screaming from the same few people. Yeah, those are exactly the type of people I referred to.
Ugh, and while we're on the topic of the Dick Dastardly Stops to Cheat controversy, some of the leaked emails confirmed earlier suspicions that yes, the Clinton campaign was taking a LOT of money from what were earlier promised to be general campaign funds
, to the point that only 0.5% of $82 million went to the States involved, while the remainder (40 States involved x 0.5 = 2, so 98%) went to Clinton's campaign coffers or the DNC itself.
The emails, naturally, blame Sanders for putting them "between a Rock and a Hard Place" for forcing "“a fight in the media with the party bosses over big money fundraising.” This is not exactly making me feel better about voting for Hillary this fall, even if I know that it's because the other options are various shades of insane.
edited 29th Jul '16 9:49:12 PM by ironballs16
"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"Agreed, we already knew that the DNC under the now former chairwoman's (whose name I can't remember at the moment) "leadership," intended to focus the money on Clinton's campaign and leave local, state, and Congressional elections out in the cold.
"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."
It's also something that is monumentally stupid, especially in the environment where the Republican Congress refuse to work with a Democratic President like we had under Barack Obama. And especially now that Donald Trump has redefined what exactly the Republican Party will be forced to aim for in the future.
edited 29th Jul '16 11:15:46 PM by GameGuruGG
Wizard Needs Food Badly@ Trump and The Vietnam War — I was just reading about Trump when I noted this:
Hmm...I wonder if this could be used against him (as him being a "Draft Dodger"), as has been used against other Candidates (and Presidents) in the past?
edited 30th Jul '16 12:58:08 AM by Greenmantle
Keep Rolling On

The only thing that imbecilic madman is a "God-Emperor" of is Too Dumb to Live-type Douchebaggery.
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.