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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Anyone wanna take bets on how many times during those banking speeches that Hillary talks about groping pussies?
Scottie Nell Hughes was just interviewed about the Billy Bush tape on CNN, and her defense of Trump was to bring up Benghazi.
edited 7th Oct '16 4:40:48 PM by Lennik
That's right, boys. Mondo cool.
At least once per speech, though in the same manner as Al Bundy from Married... with Children (as in her own groin).
edited 7th Oct '16 4:49:03 PM by ironballs16
"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"Trump entered the Tyson Zone a long time ago, but this is just...disgusting.
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." -Thomas EdisonSeriously. That makes me feel sick. A classic example of women being blamed and men getting off scott free for their indiscretions.
The Crystal Caverns A bird's gotta sing.Frankly, we've seen so much crap barely move the polls that I'm not prepared to believe this will change anything unless it does.
...for that matter, "47 percent" refers to...?
Ninja-addendum: Paul Ryan's scrapped his scheduled appearance with Trump on Sunday
Part 2: The RNC chair's also turned on him.
edited 7th Oct '16 7:19:40 PM by Elle
Is wikileaks even pretending to be balanced anymore or are they officially on the trump train?
Is using "Julian Assange is a Hillary butt plug" an acceptable signature quote?Wikileaks are nothing more than Russian assets. Fallen Hero would apply if they had been heroic in the first place.
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.Yeah, dude. 'Military strategy' is not applicable to immigration issues right now. We are not fighting a war with Mexico.
You'll also have to excuse my eyes rolling ever so slightly at the repetition of debunked right-wing memes like "Benghazi! Hillary's a Crook! It's her fault she was cheated on because she...praised her husband! even though...look, just attack her, ok!?"
edited 7th Oct '16 7:31:04 PM by Lightysnake
The Great Wall was built to defend against nomadic raiders on horseback thousands of years ago when a wall with military garrisons was an actual deterrent.
Also, probably built mostly with conscripted labor meaning yes, some people do rag on it.
Also, insert "not sure if serious..." image macro here. (Edit: Never mind, saw the posts that got in ahead of mine and I'm done here.)
More on where the video came from
. It came from an Access Hollywood shoot and the "Nancy" was then-host Nancy O'Dell.
AH dug it up from their archives and were planing to break it but the Post scooped them.
edited 7th Oct '16 7:32:56 PM by Elle
Well, since you're here, might as well tell us - what do you think of the recently released 2005 recordings of Trump's...shall we say, questionable views of how to interact with women?
edited 7th Oct '16 7:32:07 PM by KarkatTheDalek
Oh God! Natural light!Oof, yeah, the timing for that Wikileaks dump couldn't have been "worse" in terms of deflating the impact of Trump's comments, as apparently this was part of it.
This coalition, a collection of generally under-represented, low social capital individuals has become increasingly networked and increasingly motivated. This group that our analysts are calling the ((Makes air quotes)) bucket of losers could not only be a significant force in the next election but could, on an outside percentile, even win.
Yeah, I gotta admit that this one really rankles me, if it's true. I'll still hold my nose and vote for her over Trump, but god fucking damn it's infuriating.
"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"

edited 7th Oct '16 4:35:13 PM by NeoTerraKnight