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#144826: Oct 18th 2016 at 2:23:26 PM

Hehehehe...

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SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#144827: Oct 18th 2016 at 2:36:40 PM

Wonder if Obama would seek office again after his presidency expires. Uncommon career choice but worth considering.

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AngelusNox Warder of the damned from The guard of the gates of oblivion Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Married to the job
Warder of the damned
#144828: Oct 18th 2016 at 2:42:06 PM

I think he probably will go the Jimmy Carter route and spend a lot of time doing speeches, aiding Hillary and the Democrats, writing more books and engaging in humanitarian campaigns.

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#144829: Oct 18th 2016 at 2:43:35 PM

And one year golfing on the Pro Tour, just to f*ck with everyone's heads.

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A procrastination in of itself
#144830: Oct 18th 2016 at 2:48:48 PM

What I want to see is Obama after the election but before he leave the spotlight. After November 8th he will not even have an election to fight for his party, that's gonna be a sight to see when it comes to giving no shits.

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Bat178 Since: May, 2011
#144831: Oct 18th 2016 at 2:51:44 PM

By the way, does Taboola bypass Adblock? Because no matter what I do, I still get popups from them at the top of pages in Wikias.

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#144832: Oct 18th 2016 at 2:55:53 PM

[up][up] Candid Obama is best Obama.

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AngelusNox Warder of the damned from The guard of the gates of oblivion Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Married to the job
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#144833: Oct 18th 2016 at 2:55:58 PM

Adblock → Filter preferences → Uncheck the "Allow some non intrusive advertising" option.

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TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#144834: Oct 18th 2016 at 3:39:35 PM

https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/788502804860112896

Trump bringing Obama's half brother to the debate.

LMFAO

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AngelusNox Warder of the damned from The guard of the gates of oblivion Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Married to the job
Warder of the damned
#144835: Oct 18th 2016 at 3:49:15 PM

[up]For what purpose?

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#144836: Oct 18th 2016 at 3:52:07 PM

One interesting thing that came out of WikiLeaks.

Both Bill Gates and his wife Melinda were considered for Hillary's VP.

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FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#144838: Oct 18th 2016 at 3:56:25 PM

By the power of what, Greyskull?

BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#144839: Oct 18th 2016 at 4:00:13 PM

Oh, so now Trump can claim that he has another Black friend.

Honestly, term limits don't sound so bad to me if it got some of these do-nothing obstructionists out of office. Don't Shoot the Message.

edited 18th Oct '16 4:00:31 PM by BearyScary

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#144840: Oct 18th 2016 at 4:03:32 PM

[up][up][up]Trump doesn't know anything about how the government works. He seems to be under the impression that being POTUS is like being President of some company, where the CEO has dictatorial authority over everything. FYI, Donald, checks and balances have nothing to do with the accounting and finance department...

edited 18th Oct '16 4:03:55 PM by pwiegle

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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
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
#144841: Oct 18th 2016 at 4:25:30 PM

I'm not opposed to the general idea either. And to be fair, I think he said that he would push for it, not that he would just make it happen.

Of course, that begs the question "With what support?".

edited 18th Oct '16 4:25:42 PM by KarkatTheDalek

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#144842: Oct 18th 2016 at 4:27:52 PM

Congressional term limits are a windmill. Experienced legislators are necessary to keep the wheels of government turning, even as slowly and haltingly as they often do. For every long-term Senator or Congressman whom you don't like, remember that your law would also affect the ones you do, like Bernie Sanders. "Term limits" are just a handy dog whistle that's blown every time someone wants to rile up populist anger against the system.

Which is not to say that politicians should feel so secure in their jobs that they can ignore their constituents. It's not an either-or proposition.

edited 18th Oct '16 4:28:35 PM by Fighteer

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Wryte Since: Jul, 2010
#144843: Oct 18th 2016 at 5:23:18 PM

I would imagine gerrymandering is a bigger enabler of that than the lack of term limits, anyway, especially since congressmen getting to comfortably sit in their job forever is frequently due to gerrymandering in the first place.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#144844: Oct 18th 2016 at 5:24:03 PM

Another comparison, this time on healthcare policy.

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Lost in Space
#144845: Oct 18th 2016 at 5:36:08 PM

That video is extremely fair. I'll bet its comments are populated by Trumpets calling him a traitor to America.

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AngelusNox Warder of the damned from The guard of the gates of oblivion Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Married to the job
Warder of the damned
#144846: Oct 18th 2016 at 5:39:34 PM

I looked the comments, not this time...yet.

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Ramidel Since: Jan, 2001
#144847: Oct 18th 2016 at 5:40:03 PM

Well, a lot of us tropers have been floating the idea of Obama for Supreme Court.

But yeah, I imagine he'll go into freelance speaking like Jimmy Carter, unless he decides to become a talking head for a network.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#144848: Oct 18th 2016 at 5:41:50 PM

Usually when I browse comment section on videos like this are usually full of people going "Vote for Hilary even though she still sucks" and various arguments about how much she sucks and if it's worth it.

You know, even if you accept that she's evil, I'll never accept "Why should I vote for the lesser of two evils?" as profound or intelligent. The answer to the question is blatantly obvious. Like, I get not like either, but that's not an excuse.

edited 18th Oct '16 5:42:56 PM by LSBK

DrunkenNordmann from Exile Since: May, 2015
#144849: Oct 18th 2016 at 5:46:23 PM

[up][up][up][up] Always assume that the comments section is filled with Trumpets - even if the video has nothing to do with American politics.

Which brings me to a question I had in my head for a while now: When the election is over - and, hopefully, Trump loses - will he stop showing up everywhere? He's in the You Tube comments, he regularly shows up in random topics on both Reddit and this very forum not related to politics at all.

There's always at least one person bringing up Trump and or how x can be compared to Hillary being evil / whatever else.

At this point I'm almost surprised I'm not seeing Trump in my coffee, considering he shows up everywhere else. -.-

So, will that stop post-election? Or are we stuck with the guy showing up everywhere for years regardless of the election result?

edited 18th Oct '16 5:46:41 PM by DrunkenNordmann

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Wryte Since: Jul, 2010
#144850: Oct 18th 2016 at 5:51:34 PM

Well, if Sarah Palin is any indication...


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