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FireCrawler2002 Since: Apr, 2017
#189726: May 18th 2017 at 4:12:13 PM

[up][up] Good thing I have Cox. They don't seem as bad as AT&T, Comcast or Verizon.

edited 18th May '17 4:13:56 PM by FireCrawler2002

DingoWalley1 Asgore Adopts Noelle Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
FireCrawler2002 Since: Apr, 2017
#189728: May 18th 2017 at 4:15:40 PM

[up] As if Erdogan's thugs attacking US citizens on American soil already didn't do that.

edited 18th May '17 4:30:08 PM by FireCrawler2002

MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
#189729: May 18th 2017 at 4:18:14 PM

Is it on-topic to discuss the recent incident involving Turkish embassy/security personnel physically assaulting Kurdish/Armenian American protesters in front of said embassy in DC, ahead of a visit by Erdogan, who has been receiving praise from Dunce-o El Trumpo, and the claims that it's likely the involved Turkish personnel will get away scot free?

edited 18th May '17 4:18:47 PM by MarqFJA

Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.
DingoWalley1 Asgore Adopts Noelle Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
carbon-mantis Collector Of Fine Oddities from Trumpland Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Married to my murderer
Collector Of Fine Oddities
#189732: May 18th 2017 at 4:49:56 PM

Well, Pence putting together a PAC may indicate he's planning a 2020 campaign, so that means he might be expecting Trump out of the picture by then, either with his departure pre-2020 or the Repubs turning on him in the reelection.

Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#189733: May 18th 2017 at 4:53:55 PM

Good luck with that. Pence is someone impossible to get excited about unless you're all about "sticking it to the gays".

DingoWalley1 Asgore Adopts Noelle Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
Asgore Adopts Noelle
#189734: May 18th 2017 at 4:59:22 PM

In a Contest between Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson and Mike Pence, the Republicans would be smart to put Johnson in instead. Hell, if it was Johnson vs. Trump, it'd still be for the best to put in Johnson.

Now the real question is; would you guys vote for Dwayne Johnson or Tulsi Gabbard? Considering with Trump's victory and terribleness, I've sworn off of ever voting Republicans ever again, I'd vote for the Libertarian (unless he's an out and out Anarchist, then I'd reluctantly vote for Gabbard).

ViperMagnum357 Since: Mar, 2012
#189735: May 18th 2017 at 5:00:33 PM

[up]Depends on the running mate, which would give you a good idea what policies would actually be pushed.

Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#189736: May 18th 2017 at 5:00:49 PM

The main thing is, while Johnson is by all accounts at least a decent, reasonable man, he doesn't have much political experience (about as much as Trump, really) and most everyone else in his party sucks.

kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#189737: May 18th 2017 at 5:12:23 PM

All I know is that getting Trump out of office would do wonders to my sanity, according to my Doctor. Trump and his shenanigans are apparently causing me to have actual panic attacks, (not that I can tell, seeing as I'm mostly calm and collected on a conscious level,) so the sooner we get our Cheeto in Chief out of office, the sooner my subconscious can rest easy.

BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#189738: May 18th 2017 at 5:13:18 PM

I have very mixed feelings about the idea of Dwayne Johnson running. I like him, but I don't want him to become corrupted, if that makes sense. Being President causes a lot of stress, too. Plus, he doesn't have any political experience, as it has been said previously.

Do not obey in advance.
LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#189739: May 18th 2017 at 5:15:22 PM

Without saying anything bad about Dwayne Johnson, it's sad that things have gotten to the point that we have to at least half-seriously talk about his chances of running/winning the presidency.

Hodor2 Since: Jan, 2015
#189740: May 18th 2017 at 5:19:47 PM

I was thinking of the Dwayne Johnson question the other night. I definitely would be tempted to vote for him over Gabbard in a general election, but if he was the Republican candidate that would mean "they got to him" and so I wouldn't expect him to actually be true to his formerly moderate and pro-civil rights agenda. In which case Gabbard would be a better choice, since she'd presumably be surrounded by good advisors and make good appointments.

However, if the two were somehow the only candidates in the Democratic Primary by time it came around to Illinois then yeah, I think I'd smell what the Rock was cooking.

edited 18th May '17 5:21:26 PM by Hodor2

TheRoguePenguin Since: Jul, 2009
#189741: May 18th 2017 at 5:22:54 PM

Unless his platform was in stark contrast to his party and he could actually pull them along, I couldn't vote for him. His policies don't matter if his party is going to continue being cartoonishly evil.

Elle Since: Jan, 2001
#189742: May 18th 2017 at 5:26:13 PM

@Dingo: Falling out with Turkey was likely to happen anyway since the failed coup. Edrogan literally just pushed through the constituational amendment removing term limits from the presidency, he's been pushing increasingly to align with Islamic fundamentalists, the Kurds are both his biggest political opposition/scapegoats and an oppressed racial minority who came very close to winning signifigant representation in parliment which his party stonewalled them out of to force a new election.

Clinton was also talking up "Kurdish allies" during the election cycle after the coup happened. Had things turned out differently it's possible we'd be talking sanctions on Turkey.

MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
Destroyer of Worlds
#189743: May 18th 2017 at 6:35:18 PM

Sigh.

See this is what I meant when I said that the media legitimizing celebrities running for presidency is damaging.

We're actually entertaining the possibility atm.

Besides if we're going to have a celebrity run for president then push Chris Evans.

Then the 2020 election would be MODOK versus Captain America for president.

And that would be insane but we elected Trump so might as well go all in

BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#189744: May 18th 2017 at 6:37:01 PM

[up]...TBH, the idea of Captain America versus MODOK has its appeal to me because I'm a giant nerd. tongue

Have we entered a demented fanfic version of reality?

edited 18th May '17 6:37:26 PM by BearyScary

Do not obey in advance.
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#189745: May 18th 2017 at 6:39:17 PM

[up] A really shitty fanfic at that.

Disgusted, but not surprised
Wryte Since: Jul, 2010
#189746: May 18th 2017 at 6:40:54 PM

Pretty sure this election was Peggy Carter vs Modok, and Modok won.

edited 18th May '17 6:41:14 PM by Wryte

DingoWalley1 Asgore Adopts Noelle Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
Asgore Adopts Noelle
#189747: May 18th 2017 at 6:43:25 PM

House may have to vote for the AHCA again because of a procedural quirk. Since the Bill did not get its CBO score before being voted on, it may not qualify for the Reconciliation Process. It also needs to save the Government at least $2 Billion, although it most likely will as the last draft of the AHCA saved $150 Billion.

Also, Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) has not even sent the thing to the Senate, because he's waiting for the CBO score.

This'd be one of the greatest comedies of all time if it weren't real life. I should write a Mel Brook's-esque film about this and pitch it in 10 years. It'd make a Billion Dollars.

Dep. Attorney General Rod Rosenstein's brief Briefing to the Senate suggests Russian Investigation has morphed into a Criminal Investigation.

Thank god someone in the Department of Justice actually cares about Justice!

edited 18th May '17 6:46:30 PM by DingoWalley1

fruitpork Since: Oct, 2010
#189748: May 18th 2017 at 6:58:50 PM

I heard once the timeline was gonna be president pence by this fall-at this rate, it might be accurate.

CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#189749: May 18th 2017 at 7:01:08 PM

Trump won't be impeached while the GOP is in control of congress. That means he's secure until at least 2018, if not 2020. Michael Flynn may very well be charged, but Trump himself will be left alone for the foreseeable future. Much of the GOP was prepared to stick with Nixon until the bitter end, and our modern political landscape is far, far more partisan than in the 1970s.

edited 18th May '17 7:02:41 PM by CaptainCapsase

speedyboris Since: Feb, 2010
#189750: May 18th 2017 at 7:04:52 PM

The only way I could see Trump resigning is if he does it like this: "All right, I have been treated VERY unfairly, more than anybody in history, and so go fuck yourself, America. I guess you don't want to get sick of winning. In a month, you'll be BEGGING me to come back."

And all the meanwhile he will tweet nonstop about how he was shafted, the news is fake, and make the occasional potshot at Hillary for no reason.

edited 18th May '17 7:05:50 PM by speedyboris


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