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TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#141051: Sep 30th 2016 at 10:14:11 AM

Yeah the faster this shit party dies at the national and state level the better

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LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#141052: Sep 30th 2016 at 10:15:24 AM

Man that's a scary thought though. The party that dominates local politics and our congress being controlled by the Russians.

Oh really when?
Greenmantle V from Greater Wessex, Britannia Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: Hiding
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#141053: Sep 30th 2016 at 10:18:29 AM

[up] I doubt the GOP is being directly controlled by the FSB.

Although, it is quite possible there some penetration amongst them and within Trump's campaign team.

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flameboy21th The would-be novelist from California Since: Jan, 2013 Relationship Status: I <3 love!
The would-be novelist
#141054: Sep 30th 2016 at 10:19:29 AM

[up]Oh... Putin-sempai... just a little deeper...

edited 30th Sep '16 10:19:44 AM by flameboy21th

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CrimsonZephyr Would that it were so simple. from Massachusetts Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
Would that it were so simple.
#141055: Sep 30th 2016 at 10:19:40 AM

And The Mole is in charge.

Someone needs to photoshop that Matryoshka doll intro from that old TV adaptation of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy to have Trump and Putin's faces on the dolls.

"For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die."
Clarste One Winged Egret Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
One Winged Egret
#141056: Sep 30th 2016 at 10:21:52 AM

No one controls the GoP. Not even themselves. That was made abundantly clear in the primaries. Even if Trump himself is actually a direct Russia puppet, that still wouldn't affect the lower level Republicans. I mean, they desperately want to show a united front at this point, but that doesn't mean they're all working in lock step.

edited 30th Sep '16 10:22:03 AM by Clarste

Hodor2 Since: Jan, 2015
#141057: Sep 30th 2016 at 10:27:41 AM

That reminded me of this great tweet I saw a while back. It was something like:

2008 Republican Party: "I can see Russia from my house."

2016 Republican Party: "Russia is calling from inside the house!"

edited 30th Sep '16 10:27:53 AM by Hodor2

Lennik (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#141058: Sep 30th 2016 at 10:34:20 AM

So ... anyone see what happened on Twitter last night?

That's right, boys. Mondo cool.
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#141060: Sep 30th 2016 at 10:37:35 AM

That's a horribly leading question. What happened on Twitter last night?

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Hodor2 Since: Jan, 2015
#141061: Sep 30th 2016 at 10:39:50 AM

I was assuming the post was referencing this.

smokeycut Since: Mar, 2013
#141062: Sep 30th 2016 at 10:45:04 AM

Hillary went on a tirade after he made those tweets, calling him out (again) on how much of a sexist pig he is.

LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#141063: Sep 30th 2016 at 10:47:11 AM

Fucking hell, that's low even for him.

Oh really when?
Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#141064: Sep 30th 2016 at 10:47:27 AM

Can you imagine if this guy became president? He'd have the FBI storming in any time someone dared to criticize him.

Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#141065: Sep 30th 2016 at 10:50:46 AM

Oh, those tweets. Yes, Trump resorted to his fallback position whenever challenged: unwarranted personal attacks.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
TobiasDrake (•̀⤙•́) (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
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#141066: Sep 30th 2016 at 10:53:25 AM

President Trump in negotiations with foreign nations: "There's nothing wrong with my policy. My policy's great. It's so good. I've had experts look at it, and they tell me it's great. The problem is with your wife. Has anyone seen this guy's wife? She has a face like a mule that got ran over by a tractor, except that would never happen because Mexicans don't have tractors, but the point is, that's why you don't like my policy. But it doesn't matter because I just launched the nukes."

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CrimsonZephyr Would that it were so simple. from Massachusetts Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
Would that it were so simple.
#141067: Sep 30th 2016 at 10:55:46 AM

[up]Trump supporters: "The missiles are flying! Hallelujah, Hallelujah!"

edited 30th Sep '16 10:56:11 AM by CrimsonZephyr

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Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#141068: Sep 30th 2016 at 10:57:19 AM

Can you imagine if this guy became president? He'd have the FBI storming in any time someone dared to criticize him.

Trump: Hello, I'd like to speak to the director of the FBI.

James Comey: This is him.

Trump: Um, yes, I'd like you to make this erm, man, disappear, if you catch my drift.

James Comey: I beg your pardon?

Trump: He's an enemy of the state.

James Comey: And what...has he done exactly?

Trump: I was passing by him in the grocery store, and he said my fly was undone. CAN YOU BELIEVE HIM?!?!?! OFF WITH HIS HEAD!!!!

TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#141069: Sep 30th 2016 at 10:59:13 AM

Trump with the power of the Three letter agencies at his neck and call, let alone the fucking nukes should scare the shit out of everyone!

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Greenmantle V from Greater Wessex, Britannia Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: Hiding
V
#141070: Sep 30th 2016 at 11:07:36 AM

[up] Especially those in the three-letter agencies and the military.

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MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
#141071: Sep 30th 2016 at 11:10:26 AM

That's why he's so convenient as an Our Presidents Are Different choice for the incumbent US president during the first few years following the Second Impact in the Neon Genesis Evangelion timeline. The ruin he'd bring upon an already devastated USA (plus possible exacerbation by the Ancient Conspiracy, which is led by a very elderly German dude) would neatly explain why it's no longer the preeminent superpower in the post-Second Impact world (the UN committee that officially acts as a supervising body for the N.G.O. Superpower Nerv is apparently led by a German representativenote ), and why the UN HQ was moved from New York to Japan.

edited 30th Sep '16 11:14:23 AM by MarqFJA

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Lost in Space
#141072: Sep 30th 2016 at 12:11:37 PM

The Commission on Presidential Debates revealed in a one-sentence statement Friday that "...there were issues with Donald Trump's audio that affected the sound level in the debate hall." There is no indication that the audio issues affected the television broadcast of the debate. So, like many of his other statements, there is a trivial grain of truth but no net significance.

A sworn deposition has been released showing Trump admitting that his comments about Mexican "rapists" cost him business.

I've been noticing that the tone of web and print journalism over the last few weeks has become much more starkly critical of Trump. The New York Times and the Washington Post recently published statements from their editorial boards that they would no longer play the game of "false centrism" that's helped him get so much traction.

If only this would carry over into television news...

edited 30th Sep '16 12:14:31 PM by Fighteer

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rmctagg09 The Wanderer from Brooklyn, NY (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
The Wanderer
#141073: Sep 30th 2016 at 12:26:59 PM

USA TODAY's Editorial Board: Trump is 'unfit for the presidency'

I'd heard about this earlier today.

Hugging a Vanillite will give you frostbite.
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#141074: Sep 30th 2016 at 12:34:04 PM

Yeah, the major papers are coming out in droves against Trump. You have 130-year old publications that have never endorsed a Democrat in their existence publishing articles endorsing Clinton and/or rejecting Trump. It's bizarre.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Greenmantle V from Greater Wessex, Britannia Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: Hiding
V
#141075: Sep 30th 2016 at 12:51:42 PM

[up] Thing is, Trump's supporters won't care. Because those newspapers are the MSM, the Mainstream Media they hate.

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