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fredhot16 Don't want to leave but cannot pretend from Baton Rogue, Louisiana. Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Too sexy for my shirt
Don't want to leave but cannot pretend
#143352: Oct 11th 2016 at 5:32:12 PM

[up][up]...And for all people who don't know who Chris Hayes, could you please explain? Yeah, and which congressman?

edited 11th Oct '16 5:32:37 PM by fredhot16

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TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#143353: Oct 11th 2016 at 5:35:59 PM

Chris Hayes is an MSNBC host for the Prime-Time show "All-In with Chris Hayes."

https://twitter.com/TweTro/status/785995957431308288 here's the video

Congressman is Blake Farenthold

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Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#143354: Oct 11th 2016 at 5:39:09 PM

Wow, that's just repulsive to even watch.

Pence lukewarmly chided a woman at a rally today. After she called for a revolution in case of a Clinton victory, because the "crooked" Democratic party cheating is the only way that could happen.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/11/politics/mike-pence-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-election-2016/index.html

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
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#143355: Oct 11th 2016 at 5:39:57 PM

[up][up] O_O

I think I'd like to get the full context of that interview, though - I don't doubt he said that, obviously, but I'd like to know all the details just the same.

[up] He's still pushing for the poll watcher BS, though.

edited 11th Oct '16 5:42:41 PM by KarkatTheDalek

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Elle Since: Jan, 2001
#143356: Oct 11th 2016 at 5:40:31 PM

Based on public statements, it's possible Assange actually believes Trump is less dangerous than Clinton and that Wikileaks would be doing what it is even without Russia helping. The possability of him actively working with Russia is there but harder to prove.

Basically he takes the far-left "Clinton is a war hawk" view (with the Lybia intervention to take out Gadaffi, not her Iraq record, as the main one) and all the anti-imperialist America stuff that goes with it.

edited 11th Oct '16 5:41:40 PM by Elle

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#143357: Oct 11th 2016 at 5:41:38 PM

[up][up][up][up]That little 13 second snippet doesn't have him actually say "I'll support Trump even if he's a rapist", though he does hem and haw over the question.

edited 11th Oct '16 5:42:22 PM by sgamer82

fredhot16 Don't want to leave but cannot pretend from Baton Rogue, Louisiana. Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Too sexy for my shirt
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#143358: Oct 11th 2016 at 5:45:11 PM

That scumbag's made another ad attacking Clinton's health. I find those complaints hilarious coming from him. After all, does he really think HE looks hale and healthy? Being orange all over with hair that has baffled people for decades is not what people think "strong" looks like.

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Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#143359: Oct 11th 2016 at 5:45:39 PM

@Karkat, I believe he encouraged her to register as a poll watcher, which is a legal and longstanding practice. Each campaign gets one or two volunteers at each polling station I believe.

[up]Don't forget the obesity and high cholesterol that requires medication to control.

edited 11th Oct '16 5:46:31 PM by Rationalinsanity

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Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#143360: Oct 11th 2016 at 5:48:16 PM

@The election is rigged: If these people didn't spend so much time calling the polls skewed and biased they'd realize that Clinton winning is the expected result.

KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
#143361: Oct 11th 2016 at 5:49:16 PM

[up][up] You sure? Because Trump's been talking a lot about how his supporters have to watch the polls to make sure "certain people" don't do anything.

I mean, I suppose I could be mistaken, but still...

edited 11th Oct '16 5:49:32 PM by KarkatTheDalek

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Elle Since: Jan, 2001
#143362: Oct 11th 2016 at 5:49:26 PM

[up]Yeah, Pence means the sort of thing I mentioned last week I was considering volunteering for (but don't know if I will this late). Anyone can sign up for it with their local board of elections. It is not the thing Trump means when he says it though.

edited 11th Oct '16 5:51:03 PM by Elle

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#143363: Oct 11th 2016 at 5:51:26 PM

Pence was talking about normal poll watchers. I could see Trump calling for vigilante "watchers", and I think he might have at least dog whistled for it at some point.

edited 11th Oct '16 5:51:51 PM by Rationalinsanity

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KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
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#143364: Oct 11th 2016 at 5:51:55 PM

Ah, okay.

Just to be clear, what's the difference between what Trump is talking about and what Pence is talking about (mechanically speaking, I suppose)?

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sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#143365: Oct 11th 2016 at 5:53:55 PM

[up]The difference between a security guard watching a camera and a club bouncer is my understanding.

One is an extra set of eyes making sure no funny business is going on. The other is there to look intimidating to keep people who might start funny business from trying in the first place.

edited 11th Oct '16 5:56:31 PM by sgamer82

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#143367: Oct 11th 2016 at 5:58:30 PM

[up][up]The latter has an addeum or two of course; namely that said bouncer isn't supposed to be there and has been fed a steady diet of Info Wars conspiracies.

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#143368: Oct 11th 2016 at 5:59:32 PM

[up][up][up]And this being Trump, the second type of funny business is "vote for someone who's not the glorious god-emperor Donald J Trump" or "vote while not white".

edited 11th Oct '16 6:00:19 PM by IFwanderer

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#143369: Oct 11th 2016 at 5:59:34 PM

Trump's "poll watchers" will be there to make sure no funny looking blacks or Hispanics vote twice... or at all, if they can be intimidating enough.

edited 11th Oct '16 5:59:55 PM by Fighteer

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#143370: Oct 11th 2016 at 6:01:04 PM

Is Elizabeth Warren still generally viewed favorably?

Elle Since: Jan, 2001
#143371: Oct 11th 2016 at 6:01:54 PM

[up]If you're a Democrat, very.

edited 11th Oct '16 6:02:18 PM by Elle

KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
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#143372: Oct 11th 2016 at 6:02:25 PM

[up][up] Why wouldn't she be?

Aside for not being a Republican, of course.

edited 11th Oct '16 6:02:50 PM by KarkatTheDalek

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#143373: Oct 11th 2016 at 6:05:28 PM

Just wondering if her not running for president or supporting Hilary has hurt her popularity at all. Considering the election and some of the more unreasonable elements, it wouldn't surprise me, and I've heard a few people basically say as much.

edited 11th Oct '16 6:06:19 PM by LSBK

IFwanderer use political terms to describe, not insult from Earth Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
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#143374: Oct 11th 2016 at 6:06:43 PM

Only amongst the Bernie or Busters AFAIK.

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#143375: Oct 11th 2016 at 6:09:55 PM

Warren would have been an extraordinarily popular choice for President, but she chose not to run, and we have to respect that, no matter our feelings about Clinton. It's her choice. Not everybody wants the pressure, and some feel they are doing just as important a job where they are. Warren, for example, would have vacated a powerful seat and possibly risked a potential Democratic majority in the Senate.

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