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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Disgusting filth, NAMBLA. No one but Brando looks like brando.
Is using "Julian Assange is a Hillary butt plug" an acceptable signature quote?Trump Urges Military To Remove Obama If He Refuses to Leave in 2017
*eyeroll*
"Yup. That tasted purple."And some random conservative has launched an independent run
. That might last a week or two.
This "Obama secretly wants to suspend the elections" conspiracy theory is really gettin' old. Obama has made it clear numerous times that he wants to leave the White House when his second term is up. Given what he's had to put up with the last eight years, can anyone blame him?
edited 8th Aug '16 9:29:41 AM by speedyboris
X5 Thing is he doesn't even step down, he just stops being president. Any orders he tried to give after the inauguration would simply be the rambling of a private citizen and would be treated as such. Short of him trying to do a sit in at the Oval Office there's nothing he could do.
The presidency isn't something you step down from, it's a full of pumpkin carriage, at the stroke of midnight (well not midnight, but you know) Obama will turn back into a private citizen.
edited 8th Aug '16 9:32:36 AM by Silasw
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranRubio: no abortions for Zika infected mothers.
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I know, I just think it's so insane. These people are apparently totally unaware about how they sound. "All life is sacred and must be protected...until it's born, then who cares." The baby could die at 2 years old because the parents couldn't afford the hospital, but "it's their fault for being poor."
But it's their fault for being poor - and that's why the most loathsome practice of Modern-day Christianity has to be the Prosperity Doctrine
. "Oh, you're poor? Well then that's God's way of punishing you for not being devout enough."
RE: Obama "extended Presidency", keep in mind that those on the left were a little paranoid about Bush pulling that because of a bust he was given that had "2001 - 20xx" on it, as "200x" would have been the more appropriate one for his term in office.
RE: "Ransom" to Iran - honestly, it's kind of true, but not in the way the Republicans are making it out to be. The $400 million was scheduled to be paid, but I'm sure that it was also meant as a "Hey, see, we're cooperating with you - so how about you do us a favor and cooperate too?"
edited 8th Aug '16 9:51:14 AM by ironballs16
"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"People are claiming assassinations because several associates have turned up dead in "mysterious" circumstances, the most recent one a drowning victim.
(How do these conspiracy nuts sleep at night?)
edited 8th Aug '16 10:45:23 AM by Shippudentimes
It's been a recurring joke for a while that pro-lifers don't give a shit what happens to the kid once it's been born. Just so long as the mother isn't allowed to get an abortion.
"Yup. That tasted purple."Every time Jill Stein opens her mouth, all I can think about is the fact that she's polling 3% behind Harambe, a dead gorilla.
Still Hillary. Clinton and Trump both might go through people's metadata, phone records, etc. but I trust Hillary to do it while wearing pants.
I like the part where his statement is based on a conspiracy theory that Obama plans to steal a third term in office; a theory stolen from an extreme-right activist who once accused Obama of misappropriating federal funds to build a Death Star.
Also this. I don't think Trump's ever been in a position to be manhandled by security or to know anyone who has been in that position, so I think he's legitimately so entitled that he doesn't even understand the fact that people can make you leave.
He lives in a world where nobody's allowed to touch you without invitation.
EDIT: Also, this might just be because of how racist his campaign has been thus far, but am I the only one who thinks Trump is expecting "the military to make him leave" as something like the police shootings that have been going around? I think he just really likes the idea of ringing in his first night in the White House by having someone shoot the black guy that used to live there.
edited 8th Aug '16 10:24:20 AM by TobiasDrake
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It's not really hypocritical. If they were proposing allowing parents to euthanize their born children (but not get abortions), that'd be hypocritical.

The North American Marlon Brando Look-alike Association ?
edited 8th Aug '16 7:23:19 AM by CobraPrime