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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#135976: Aug 23rd 2016 at 6:23:46 AM

So, I saw a bumper-sticker that, although I'm pretty sure is for Trump, is actually a bit ambiguous. That's a problem in itself but the words don't actually inspire confidence. "I don't know, Trump tho". Anyone else seen this just to confirm what I'm already like 95% certain of already?

LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#135978: Aug 23rd 2016 at 7:08:04 AM

Wait, those guys still exist?

Oh really when?
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#135979: Aug 23rd 2016 at 7:11:51 AM

"Lesser of two evils"? Communism as a dominant governing ideology has all but vanished except in the minds of a few die-hards, so it's not like anyone needs to take them seriously.

edited 23rd Aug '16 7:12:24 AM by Fighteer

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#135980: Aug 23rd 2016 at 7:14:45 AM

[up] Problem I'm seeing is people will see that the same as the KKK and Neo-Nazis supporting Trump. People don't take them all that seriously anymore, either, but their endorsement of a candidate is still considered telling about that candidate.

[down] But will that matter to public perception?

edited 23rd Aug '16 7:16:15 AM by sgamer82

Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#135981: Aug 23rd 2016 at 7:15:44 AM

[up]X3 And are sane and rational going by that statement.

edited 23rd Aug '16 7:16:25 AM by Silasw

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Deadbeatloser22 from Disappeared by Space Magic (Great Old One) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
#135982: Aug 23rd 2016 at 7:20:32 AM

If anyone claims that vote splitting isn't a thing, point them to last year's GE.

"Yup. That tasted purple."
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#135983: Aug 23rd 2016 at 7:23:59 AM

I would not be surprised if it's true. "Popular fronts" against fascism did become a theme among communists when accellerationism turned out to be a bad idea (free ticket to concentration camps).

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
unknowing from somewhere.. Since: Mar, 2014
#135984: Aug 23rd 2016 at 7:42:01 AM

" if right 'll keep it right, if wrong I'll make it right."

except a this point trump have all but take control of republican party so they can do is shit, ether you die with the party or you jump ship.

" Sure, she offers stability, but she doesn't satisfy the people's desire for change. Who would have thought a nation that is so vibrant and diverse like America can become somewhat stagnant."

consider the time we are running, people consider that stability to be artificial, between that and the whole "killary" thing going on many consider her bringer of ruin

"The GOP has come to embody the idea that straight, white, heterosexual, Christian men's way of life is under attack by women and minorities"

kind off, for what I see is more than "we have a specific way, why everyone isnt join it?" that is why trump focus A LOT in "law binding cititzen" in short Trump is standing for the "correct" type of citizen

"Whether he realizes it or not" he is not, as far he care democracy is good because he wins because he is the best, everything else is cheating

"My Name is Bolt, Bolt Crank and I dont care if you believe or not"
blkwhtrbbt The Dragon of the Eastern Sea from Doesn't take orders from Vladimir Putin Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
The Dragon of the Eastern Sea
#135985: Aug 23rd 2016 at 7:45:30 AM

I still hold my suspicion that Trump is some sort of mole. I'm on the wrong side of Poe's Law all the time though, so probably not.

Someone write that novel, pls

Say to the others who did not follow through You're still our brothers, and we will fight for you
carbon-mantis Collector Of Fine Oddities from Trumpland Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Married to my murderer
Collector Of Fine Oddities
#135986: Aug 23rd 2016 at 7:47:06 AM

Hawaii Republican congressional candidate disavowed by party after going on a racist tirade against the Japanese on social media.

The candidate previously ran campaign ads mocking the health of a representative who was dying of cancer. I think she's out-trumped Trump.

edited 23rd Aug '16 7:49:01 AM by carbon-mantis

blkwhtrbbt The Dragon of the Eastern Sea from Doesn't take orders from Vladimir Putin Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
The Dragon of the Eastern Sea
#135987: Aug 23rd 2016 at 7:47:47 AM

This keeps happening.

Say to the others who did not follow through You're still our brothers, and we will fight for you
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#135988: Aug 23rd 2016 at 7:49:23 AM

When seeing stories like that, I oscillate between horror and hilarity at the joke that the Republican Party has become. Of course, this is Hawaii, which couldn't be bluer if someone carpet bombed it with azure paint, but it partly goes to show how Trump continues to inspire those types of people to voice their beliefs publicly.

Unfortunately, that part of his legacy will probably continue long after his candidacy has come to its deserved, ignominious end.

edited 23rd Aug '16 7:52:52 AM by Fighteer

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
TerminusEst from the Land of Winter and Stars Since: Feb, 2010
#135989: Aug 23rd 2016 at 7:49:24 AM

Perhaps ironically, Akie Abe (the Japanese prime minister's wife), just went to pay her respects to Pearl Harbor.

edited 23rd Aug '16 7:50:00 AM by TerminusEst

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blkwhtrbbt The Dragon of the Eastern Sea from Doesn't take orders from Vladimir Putin Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
The Dragon of the Eastern Sea
#135990: Aug 23rd 2016 at 7:54:33 AM

[up][up]That paints Azure City and The Sapphire Guard in a really bizarre light

Say to the others who did not follow through You're still our brothers, and we will fight for you
kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#135991: Aug 23rd 2016 at 8:00:10 AM

[up]x6 'Donald Trump slammed the door to Trump Tower behind him, laying back against it and breathing heavily for a few moments before regaining his composure. He must have thrown them off the trail, he must have. He wasn't sure who was following him, but with any luck, they had given up the hunt and were on their merry way. Was it Biden perhaps? Maybe Obama? Perhaps even Cruz was trying to find some sort of dirt on Trump so as to consolidate his own bid on the White House and fulfill his own little holy crusade. Or perhaps, just perhaps, it was his greatest enemy of all; his conscience. Not that it mattered. They were gone now. In fact, he was sure the last of them had left ages ago. All that mattered was making a certain phone call before hauling himself off to bed with a bottle of his own specially made Trump Cola waiting for him at his bedstand. Gathering himself, he then marched up the steps and over to the telephone, pressed a button on said phone, and raised the receiver straight to his crusty ear. "Hey there Putin, I think I've got something you'll wanna' hear..." '

edited 23rd Aug '16 1:14:36 PM by kkhohoho

blkwhtrbbt The Dragon of the Eastern Sea from Doesn't take orders from Vladimir Putin Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
The Dragon of the Eastern Sea
#135992: Aug 23rd 2016 at 8:09:56 AM

[up]I meant a mole meant to sabotage the Republican Party, but that works too

Say to the others who did not follow through You're still our brothers, and we will fight for you
ironballs16 Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Owner of a lonely heart
#135993: Aug 23rd 2016 at 8:29:13 AM

So, reading that tirade I couldn't help but think of the news report about the C.L.I.T. in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.

"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"
Greenmantle V from Greater Wessex, Britannia Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: Hiding
V
#135994: Aug 23rd 2016 at 8:32:57 AM

@ Fighteer:

When seeing stories like that, I oscillate between horror and hilarity at the joke that the Republican Party has become. Of course, this is Hawaii, which couldn't be bluer if someone carpet bombed it with azure paint, but it partly goes to show how Trump continues to inspire those types of people to voice their beliefs publicly.

Hawaii also has a fairly substantial Japanese-American populationnote .

Keep Rolling On
ironballs16 Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Owner of a lonely heart
#135995: Aug 23rd 2016 at 8:39:54 AM

Incidentally, that racist tirade wasn't actually the one the GOP denounced her for. It was religion-based last week.

Last week, Kaaihue took aim at the two Hawaii Democrats over their religion; Gabbard is Hindu and Hanabusa is a Buddhist. Hanabusa is running for her old House seat that is now open after the death of Rep. Mark Takai (D). Gabbard has represented her safe Democratic district since 2013 and is running for a third term.

“Then Hawaii, YOU can have YOUR so-called ‘perfect’ pathetic Hindu 1000 GODS leader along with YOUR pathetic ‘career politician’ Buddhist Hanabusa, and your pathetic American Traitor, And my family and I will go our merrily way,” Kaaihue wrote in a press release, offering to drop out of the race if Gov. David Ige (D) “and his Japanese constituents” would settle a land dispute she is involved in.

According to the Honolulu Civil Beat, Kaaihue knocked Rohlfing over the weekend, saying that he is heading a “disenfranchised party.”

“I am talking about God, preaching about God, restoring his kingdom back into Hawaii,” Kaaihue said. “This is God’s country, America is God’s country. I am trying to educate people about that.”

"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"
Superdark33 The dark Mage of the playground from Playgrounds and Adventures Since: Jan, 2013 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
The dark Mage of the playground
#135996: Aug 23rd 2016 at 8:52:12 AM

Ill have to do some reading about the polynesian religion brb

TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#135997: Aug 23rd 2016 at 9:15:31 AM

"Your gods are puny and small!" said every asshole ever. At least in Pergamon they made something beautiful out of it.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
unknowing from somewhere.. Since: Mar, 2014
#135998: Aug 23rd 2016 at 9:26:27 AM

[up]well some religion are better at trash taking, I mean the old testament make dissing any mother fucker they encounter and art, not sure about islam

"My Name is Bolt, Bolt Crank and I dont care if you believe or not"
TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#135999: Aug 23rd 2016 at 9:48:35 AM

[up]A few pages back, I made a selection of quotes on how you, yes, you, are going to hell for not believing.

The Quran shits on polytheism and polytheists like Kanye West drops names.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#136000: Aug 23rd 2016 at 9:58:07 AM

To hell with that guy. I'll keep my 'thousand' gods and be merry.


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