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Shippudentimes Since: Dec, 2012
#147276: Oct 30th 2016 at 12:52:25 PM

Apparently there's an "Op-Ed" piece on "How Hillary Met Satan" in the Sunday New York Times today.

The brief synopsis I could get (because I'm not subscribed to the digital service) said this. And no, I'm not shitting you.

She has been deranging conservatives since ’92, when wounded Republican invincibility merged with wounded male prerogative.

[up] EDIT: Jon Oliver had a great statement that I agreed with on choosing Hillary vs. Trump. (The relevant part starts at 20:19)

edited 30th Oct '16 12:54:56 PM by Shippudentimes

thatguythere47 Since: Jul, 2010
#147277: Oct 30th 2016 at 12:58:36 PM

I've heard someone mention previously that the right views clinton in much the same way the left views palin. While most people dislike politicians these two bring out a real hatred in the american public.

Is using "Julian Assange is a Hillary butt plug" an acceptable signature quote?
nervmeister Since: Oct, 2010
#147278: Oct 30th 2016 at 1:03:01 PM

[up][up]Not a bad way to illustrate it. But isn't John essentially admitting in his own way that Hillary is "the lesser of two evils" instead of the idol that some her more polarized supporters hold her up as?

edited 30th Oct '16 1:03:45 PM by nervmeister

Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
#147279: Oct 30th 2016 at 1:03:15 PM

But...Sarah Palin is an idiot who clearly had no idea what to say. There's a difference between a laughingstock and a villain. (Saying how each side views the other figure.) Although she actually seems smarter than Trump, if only because Palin appears to know what the President does.

edited 30th Oct '16 1:06:18 PM by Zendervai

Discar Since: Jun, 2009
#147280: Oct 30th 2016 at 1:16:36 PM

[up][up] There's a difference between "lesser of two evils" and "not the second coming of Christ." Losing a hundred dollars is bad, losing a million is worse. Meanwhile, while I would like to be given a million dollars, I'll accept being given a hundred. Trump is the "losing a million dollars" option. Hillary is the "gain a hundred dollars" option.

edited 30th Oct '16 1:17:50 PM by Discar

Writing a post-post apocalypse LitRPG on RR. Also fanfic stuff.
AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#147281: Oct 30th 2016 at 1:18:13 PM

I really wonder how exactly Clinton garnered this much hatred from them. Even when Bill was president and my mom would tell me about the Right's obsessive hateboner for her and how unusual it is. She's a big Hillary supporter and chalks it up to misogyny and fear of accomplished women but I don't think that's all there is to it.

Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#147282: Oct 30th 2016 at 1:20:53 PM

I asked that question a few weeks ago, and someone told me that it was because she broke the norm as a First Lady by having a more active role.

Still basically misogyny though lol

Gilphon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#147283: Oct 30th 2016 at 1:27:31 PM

[up][up]It started with misogyny 20 years ago, and then gradually morphed into a self-perpetuating 'where there's smoke there's fire' thing with misogynist undertones.

@Clinton vs. Palin: I'm reminded of this SNL skit from 2008:

edited 30th Oct '16 1:29:04 PM by Gilphon

TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#147284: Oct 30th 2016 at 3:16:32 PM

Have ya'll seen the full letter for Harry Reid to James Comey?

Part 1 Part 2

Because it's straight fire!!

New Survey coming this weekend!
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#147285: Oct 30th 2016 at 3:19:08 PM

Good. Science by press conference has been used for so much pseudo-science pandering that I am not at all impressed by the legal equivalent there.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
BestOf FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC! from Finland Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Falling within your bell curve
FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC!
#147286: Oct 30th 2016 at 3:19:21 PM

QUEEN OFFERS TO RESTORE BRITISH RULE OVER UNITED STATES

Secretly, you want this. You do. You know it, and I know it. (Wait, so is it a secret? Anyway...) You want it.

Quod gratis asseritur, gratis negatur.
Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#147288: Oct 30th 2016 at 3:23:43 PM

So wait Comey was holding out on everyone about Trump/Russia connections?

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOIIIIIIII

kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#147289: Oct 30th 2016 at 3:26:56 PM

[up]Wait, what? (Also, insert FBI&Russia joke here.)

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#147290: Oct 30th 2016 at 3:29:10 PM

So, the FBI had these emails for weeks, but they can't access the ones belonging to Abedin until they get a warrant. Some are linked to Clinton (because they belong to a close aide...) but there is no direct link to any foul play as of yet.

I'm starting to think that Comey released these for maximum effect on the race. He blatantly violated the Hatch Act.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/30/politics/clinton-emails-fbi-abedin/index.html

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
NativeJovian Jupiterian Local from Orlando, FL Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Jupiterian Local
#147291: Oct 30th 2016 at 3:29:30 PM

[up][up]It was in the letter Harry Reid sent to Comey, posted by Tactical Fox last page. In it, Reid says that Comey has information detailing a connection between Trump and Putin, but has refused to release the information publically despite private calls to do so. This is his main argument for why Comey is deliberately aiding the Republicans — because he refused to release conclusive information that would have damaged the Trump campaign, but immediately released unconfirmed information that would damage the Clinton campaign.

edited 30th Oct '16 3:29:47 PM by NativeJovian

Really from Jupiter, but not an alien.
Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#147292: Oct 30th 2016 at 3:30:03 PM

edit: nvm

edited 30th Oct '16 3:30:24 PM by Draghinazzo

BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#147293: Oct 30th 2016 at 3:37:47 PM

What, if anything, will become of Comey when all is said and done?

Could he actually have proof of a connection between Trump and Putin?

Do not obey in advance.
NativeJovian Jupiterian Local from Orlando, FL Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Jupiterian Local
#147294: Oct 30th 2016 at 3:44:16 PM

According to Reid, he does. Or at least a direct connection between Trump's top advisors and Putin's top advisors.

Like I said, Comey's looking at federal prosecution for this. The DOJ is pissed at him for violating their own rules, and the Hatch Act makes what he did illegal. The main question is whether he'll get a pass because the Democrats don't want to look like they're prosecuting him for purely political reasons.

Which would make an amusing contrast to the Benghazi / email witch hunts by the GOP, actually.

Really from Jupiter, but not an alien.
megarockman from The Sixth Borough (Experienced Trainee)
#147295: Oct 30th 2016 at 3:47:04 PM

You think there's a chance the DNC and Clinton's campaign may think taking the apparent high road would be worthwhile?

The damned queen and the relentless knight.
LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#147296: Oct 30th 2016 at 3:47:54 PM

Comey is sitting on evidence that Trump is collaborating directly with the Russians and he's trying to sabotage Hillary?

God I'm doing my best not to sound like some McCarthy era lunatic but this is fucking ridiculous. How deep does this go? He's the fucking head of the FBI.

Oh really when?
Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#147297: Oct 30th 2016 at 3:50:16 PM

I don't think he's actually supporting Russia so much as sabotaging Clinton.

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
#147298: Oct 30th 2016 at 3:59:21 PM

Is there any difference at this point?

Inter arma enim silent leges
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#147299: Oct 30th 2016 at 4:00:12 PM

Yes, there is. Or maybe he's just attention seeking.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#147300: Oct 30th 2016 at 4:01:37 PM

If Trump really is directly collaborating with the Russian government then I'd say no, there is no difference at this point.

Oh really when?

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