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tricksterson Never Trust from Behind you with an icepick Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Never Trust
#141776: Oct 4th 2016 at 9:28:58 PM

I heard that Trump was tweeting commentary during the debate.

Trump delenda est
TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#141777: Oct 4th 2016 at 9:33:36 PM

[1]

Projection. Projection alert.

edited 4th Oct '16 9:33:53 PM by TacticalFox88

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LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#141778: Oct 4th 2016 at 9:40:57 PM

Really?

Oh really when?
Euodiachloris Since: Oct, 2010
#141779: Oct 4th 2016 at 9:49:00 PM

That's not even the pot calling the kettle black. That's the pot calling the wooden spoon out for being a silver serving fork.

edited 4th Oct '16 9:49:46 PM by Euodiachloris

FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#141780: Oct 4th 2016 at 11:05:43 PM

How'd it go? Kaine seemed awful the few seconds I managed to catch.

Bat178 Since: May, 2011
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#141782: Oct 5th 2016 at 1:03:26 AM

[up]x5 Seems like every time Trump insults someone, he's projecting something about himself.

Disgusted, but not surprised
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#141783: Oct 5th 2016 at 1:04:45 AM

I kind of agree that Pence did better in this debate than Kaine. Well, if he was debating as a potential POTUS nominee for 2020. But as the running mate for 2016's GOP POTUS nominee? Not so much.

Disgusted, but not surprised
Krieger22 Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018 from Malaysia Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: I'm in love with my car
Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018
#141785: Oct 5th 2016 at 4:45:26 AM

[up]Oh, that 860 MB RAR?

An analysis by Real Clear Politics suggests that the Trump Foundation used donations to get conservative groups to rally behind Trump. Actual pay for play. Including Citizens United, because why not?

edited 5th Oct '16 4:46:50 AM by Krieger22

I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiot
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#141786: Oct 5th 2016 at 5:12:52 AM

[up] At this point we can just assume every single bad thing he says about others is projection.

Disgusted, but not surprised
Elle Since: Jan, 2001
#141787: Oct 5th 2016 at 5:15:27 AM

[up][up]Yeah, sounds like it's just a copy of the same files put up yesterday.

edited 5th Oct '16 5:15:47 AM by Elle

CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#141788: Oct 5th 2016 at 5:30:56 AM

[up] They say its not, and Guccifer 2.0 himself claimed that what he released personally was only the tip of the iceberg, with the rest being passed on to wikileaks. We'll see whether that turns out to be true with time.

Euodiachloris Since: Oct, 2010
#141789: Oct 5th 2016 at 5:44:46 AM

Vander Plaats (who calls their kid "Bob Of-The Place/ Plain"?) and Bossie (either "Little Bush", "Brush" or a derivative of "Boss-man")? What is this... the AWB does America in the second or third generation?

edited 5th Oct '16 5:50:25 AM by Euodiachloris

Ogodei Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers from The front lines Since: Jan, 2011
Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers
#141791: Oct 5th 2016 at 6:48:41 AM
Thumped: This post was thumped by moderation to preserve the dignity of the author.
IndirectActiveTransport plays capoeira from Chicago (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Every rose has its thorn
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#141792: Oct 5th 2016 at 7:03:47 AM

There was an email in my spam folder from Kaine, or most likely a Kaine robot asking for something because his debate was coming up. So for once the thing is working.

Get NBC, CNN, get them out of the process! Discontinue the debates. Moon take a dump in the yard of every television company who asks, get a camera and go back to the league of women voters, have them sponsor discourse between candidates. Put it on Facebook, put it on you tube(yes, I realize the latter is own by Google now and full of advertisements but it couldn't be any worse than what we have). You don't even need a camera, use an I-pod and make it internet radio. Go to the league of conservation voters, to Democracy For America, to someone who takes moderating the candidates more seriously than their ratings, someone who will ask more important questions...or don't do presidential debates anymore. After eight years I have heard the debates and debates about debates and concluded that as they are now is worthless.

Edit:Worthless to the voter when deciding who is the best choice. I'm sure it's serving someone's interest.

edited 5th Oct '16 7:05:50 AM by IndirectActiveTransport

Buldogue's lawyer
CrimsonZephyr Would that it were so simple. from Massachusetts Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
Would that it were so simple.
#141793: Oct 5th 2016 at 7:09:10 AM

I think Pence was securing his spot as a 2020 candidate, but his inability to defend any specific aspect of Trump's record or character means even he's given up on this dumpster fire. The loads of articles factchecking the debate basically cast him as some variety of liar, and Tim Kaine's long-game approach is, at least, allowing Hillary to maintain that 3:1 probability of winning the election, as of this hour.

edited 5th Oct '16 7:09:20 AM by CrimsonZephyr

"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."
CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#141794: Oct 5th 2016 at 7:15:18 AM

Let's just hope we don't Roll 1 on election day. As far as Pence goes, perhaps he's given up, or perhaps he's taken a page out of Trump's book and is trying to gaslight the American public into thinking they're actually living in the alternate universe Pence described last night where Trump is a normal Republican.

edited 5th Oct '16 7:16:26 AM by CaptainCapsase

IndirectActiveTransport plays capoeira from Chicago (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Every rose has its thorn
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#141795: Oct 5th 2016 at 7:15:51 AM

There shouldn't be a wait for fact checking after a debate. It should be done while it is taking place and the candidate should be shamed right then and there for it and turned into a greasy stain by a bailiff or something along those lines if they get belligerent. Running for office, the highest office, shouldn't be a game.

Buldogue's lawyer
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#141796: Oct 5th 2016 at 7:18:53 AM

[up] Ideally every politician would be hooked up to a device that shocks them whenever they lie during debates.

edited 5th Oct '16 7:19:18 AM by M84

Disgusted, but not surprised
Elle Since: Jan, 2001
#141797: Oct 5th 2016 at 7:20:20 AM

What you're describing is an inquisition, not a debate.

As it happens, we do have real time fact checking, it's just done by the press, not the moderator.

IndirectActiveTransport plays capoeira from Chicago (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Every rose has its thorn
plays capoeira
#141798: Oct 5th 2016 at 7:30:18 AM

It's useless if the speaker isn't taken to task and shamed and facing the prospect of broken bones. More useless if allowed to keep on lying. No, an inquisition is for testing suspected traitors, criminals or traitorous criminals. I'm thinking something more along Aztec, or Mazdeans lines. A public display that dishonesty from the next leader will not be tolerated, without the bloodletting from the genitals, of course, we're a sissified puritan society after all.

Buldogue's lawyer
Krieger22 Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018 from Malaysia Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: I'm in love with my car
Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018
#141799: Oct 5th 2016 at 7:34:03 AM

At the very least, Kaine's attacks on Trump (even if he really should have been focusing fire on Pence) got us this.

I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiot
Xopher001 Since: Jul, 2012
#141800: Oct 5th 2016 at 8:15:52 AM

Well, I mailed in my ballot this morning. smile


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