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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Looks look Project Veritas has filled a complaint against Clinton & DNC, buy it's not an actual lawsuit if I'm understanding right.
James is notorious for two things: having to pay a 100,000 fine for blatantly false editing that bordered on criminal and attempting to bug a democrats office so colour me surprised if the raw footage isn't nearly as bad as claimed.
Literally anyone can file a claim for any reason with zero merit. We could file an FEC complaint that O'keef is a pigfucker who fucks pigs with the exact same amount of authority. He's just mad that Trump's never gon' be president now.
Is using "Julian Assange is a Hillary butt plug" an acceptable signature quote?The quotes of what's apparently on the video footage could almost have been cut and pasted from Trump and his campaign's various speeches on claiming election rigging. That alone smells like a False Flag Operation.
edited 21st Oct '16 5:43:32 PM by Wyldchyld
If my post doesn't mention a giant flying sperm whale with oversized teeth and lionfish fins for flippers, it just isn't worth reading.Regarding the Khan ad, now was the perfect time to release it. Back when the Khan scandal was fresh, everyone knew about it, but remember that Viewers Are Goldfish. This reminds everyone of the Khan issue, as well as bringing it up to people who've been hiding from political coverage and are just now tuning in.
Perfectly timed and just as poignant.
Oh, to those who asked...I call Dolan a lying snake because the worthless SOB denigrated the survivors of abuse by priests, he authorized pay-offs to child-rapist priests while insisting the charges were untrue and unjust. He has lied relentlessly about all this.
Dolan is scum. And the fact that he holds so much sway in politics is a disgrace.
Huh. And to think, I just finished watching Spotlight.
Anyway, Clinton camp preparing for possibility Trump won't concede
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Being seated between candidates at a charity dinner doesn't exactly strike me as having all that much influence in politics. I mean, really, what else has he done regarding politics besides that? (I've never even heard of this guy before now. )
Plus, legal separation of Church and States means any influence he had would have to be indirect anyway.
Question: What do you think will happen to the third party candidates after the election? Will Johnson, Stein and McMullin just fade back into obscurity or do you think they and the parties they represent might be able to make something of their showings?
edited 22nd Oct '16 6:56:23 AM by tricksterson
Trump delenda est
The Libertarian Party should vanish and never return and Johnson should quit politics forever. Mc Mullin might have a future. The Green Party might have a future too — perhaps restructure themselves to be more like their European counterparts — but Jill Stein needs to go.
If they want to actually do something constructive in the future, they need to prove themselves by winning Congressional seats first.
edited 22nd Oct '16 7:21:48 AM by M84
Disgusted, but not surprisedThe Melania joke was actually pretty funny. He said that it's proof of liberal media bias when Michelle Obama gives a speech and everyone loves it, but then Melania gives the exact same speech and suddenly everybody gets on her case!
Not surprised it's plagiarized from a political cartoon, though. It would be uncharacteristic of Trump to come up with a funny joke at his own campaign's expense all on his own. He's too thin-skinned to start making fun of himself now.
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.Johnson might stick around, he's gotvthe best resume in the movement.
Stein is a quack and if the Greens have any sense they'll marginalize her and people like her even nuttier running mate. Alas, from what we've seen she might be moderate by Green standards.
Mc Mullin could have a future if the GOP moves towards the center. But his best chances might be in the Utah party.
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.

While we're on the subject of referencing Hamilton, I saw this earlier today:
edited 21st Oct '16 6:02:29 PM by FalconX5