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CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#245901: Jun 16th 2018 at 12:17:48 PM

I don't need them to all convert.

Just enough to push my state blue.

Which is a tall order in Kentucky but not impossible.

Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.
DeathorCake Since: Mar, 2016
#245902: Jun 16th 2018 at 12:18:17 PM

[up][up]

[up]

Might be able to lever a few round with the right pitch of rhetoric, like when the Soviet Union fell over and half the US and UK-based Marxists turned into neocons so they could be extremely zealous about spreading democracy rather than communism. Then again, look how that turned out, so maybe not a good idea.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#245903: Jun 16th 2018 at 12:19:24 PM

I mean, depending on which states we're talking about, you wouldn't even need most of them to follow through with this to have major implications.

I wouldn't get my hopes up, but I suppose it's not impossible.

Kakuzan Let memes die. Kill them, if you have to. from Knock knock, open up the door, it's real. Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Let memes die. Kill them, if you have to.
#245904: Jun 16th 2018 at 12:49:05 PM

We must not forget that people can and have put up a big show of defiance only to end up doing absolutely nothing different (in this case, still supporting the Republican Party). I will believe it when I see it.

Don't catch you slippin' now.
CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#245905: Jun 16th 2018 at 1:20:09 PM

Mind you, independent of Trump, firing their current leadership is a big deal in itself.

Especially when one is a child molester.

Great job with that guy. It doesn't even surprise me.

Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.
fruitpork Since: Oct, 2010
#245906: Jun 16th 2018 at 1:46:10 PM

Man, even with all this I’m sincerely curious as to what will happen with its followers. It could be sincere but it’s equally likely there will be mass defections to other churches. I’m fascinated.

MorningStar1337 The Encounter that ended the Dogma from 🤔 Since: Nov, 2012
The Encounter that ended the Dogma
#245907: Jun 16th 2018 at 1:48:07 PM

watch as Westboro gets a membership surge.

What a lovely pagetopper.

edited 16th Jun '18 1:48:52 PM by MorningStar1337

Steven (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#245909: Jun 16th 2018 at 2:16:44 PM

tl;dr of the link?

Remember, these idiots drive, fuck, and vote. Not always in that order.
Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#245910: Jun 16th 2018 at 2:24:59 PM

Blocked in my country of merry old England

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
DrunkenNordmann from Exile Since: May, 2015
#245911: Jun 16th 2018 at 2:29:36 PM

[up] Same. I guess they haven't updated their privacy policies yet.

edited 16th Jun '18 2:29:55 PM by DrunkenNordmann

We learn from history that we do not learn from history
Wariolander Since: Nov, 2017
#245912: Jun 16th 2018 at 2:35:08 PM

Speaking of ambassadors, the US ambassador to Canada got death threats and a package of white powder after Trump's tariffs: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/392626-us-envoy-to-canada-got-death-threats-after-trump-tariffs

edited 16th Jun '18 2:36:01 PM by Wariolander

Wyldchyld (Old as dirt)
#245913: Jun 16th 2018 at 2:59:33 PM

I did the math for Trump's grandfather while being generous in some areas (English proficiency and age/education level, due to 18 being the minimum age you can apply and his having completed an apprenticeship) - he still only managed to gain 17 points out of the required 30.

Out of curiosity, I did the maths on Trump's mother, given that she was also an immigrant.

Under the RAISE Act, her first attempt to apply would be rejected out of hand, as she still had three months to go before her 18th birthday when she received her immigration visa. She arrived in the US the day after her 18th birthday.

So, bumping her age up to 18 just so we can get her onto the system at all, she comes out at approximately 17 points if I'm generous and assume she's the top percentile for English language proficiency (which is actually unlikely as English was her second-language; she only learned it and spoke it in school, which she left at the age of 13 — she wouldn't have used English in as an every day language until she arrived in the US).

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.
TroperOnAStickV2 Call me Stick from Redneck country Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
Call me Stick
#245914: Jun 16th 2018 at 4:20:02 PM

Joe Machin isn't ruling out endorsing Trump in 2020.

Hopefully I'll feel confident to change my avatar off this scumbag soon. Apologies to any scumbags I insulted.
AmbarSonofDeshar Since: Jan, 2010
#245915: Jun 16th 2018 at 4:27:27 PM

Of course not. He's in West Virginia.

TroperOnAStickV2 Call me Stick from Redneck country Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
Call me Stick
#245916: Jun 16th 2018 at 4:32:34 PM

I'm aware. It may be smart politically, but refer to M84's sig.

Hopefully I'll feel confident to change my avatar off this scumbag soon. Apologies to any scumbags I insulted.
AmbarSonofDeshar Since: Jan, 2010
#245917: Jun 16th 2018 at 4:40:12 PM

It's hardly that. If Manchin ''actually' endorses Trump, yeah, that would be a bridge too far, but I'm prepared to bet this is a ploy. He says he hasn't ruled it out, keeps some of his Trump loving base, then turns around and endorses the Democrat or keeps his mouth shut.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#245918: Jun 16th 2018 at 4:44:18 PM

That's an election two years away, while he's facing a potentially tight race this year. It sounds pretty tactical, and not something he'd actually be tied to.

edited 16th Jun '18 4:44:38 PM by LSBK

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#245919: Jun 16th 2018 at 4:46:16 PM

If Manchin wins this fall, he doesn't answer to to voters until 2024, when Trump will hopefully be out of the political picture.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
LordYAM Since: Jan, 2015
#245920: Jun 16th 2018 at 4:52:34 PM

Who’s running against manchin? I mean the Justice Dem candidate lost the primary and as far as I know manchins pretty popular. Who’s the most likely candidate

AmbarSonofDeshar Since: Jan, 2010
#245921: Jun 16th 2018 at 4:57:07 PM

He's facing a 50/50 toss up give or take against his Republican opponent, or was before the right-wing vote threatened to split.

edited 16th Jun '18 4:59:38 PM by AmbarSonofDeshar

DingoWalley1 Asgore Adopts Noelle Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
Asgore Adopts Noelle
#245922: Jun 16th 2018 at 4:58:19 PM

[up]x2 Patrick Morrisey won the Republican Primary. Don Blankenship, the former Coal Baron and Convict who came in 3rd in the Republican Primary, is running a 3rd Party Campaign against them both (and since he's on the Conservative end, he's going to steal votes from Morrisey).

edited 16th Jun '18 4:59:01 PM by DingoWalley1

TroperOnAStickV2 Call me Stick from Redneck country Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
Call me Stick
#245923: Jun 16th 2018 at 5:05:34 PM

[up]x6 Do we have any proof he intends to do that? That said, we have no proof he doesn't, but I don't trust him to do the right thing.

edited 16th Jun '18 5:06:34 PM by TroperOnAStickV2

Hopefully I'll feel confident to change my avatar off this scumbag soon. Apologies to any scumbags I insulted.
CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#245924: Jun 16th 2018 at 5:10:05 PM

I hope Blankenship shows up as a spoiler for the Republicans even if every vote he takes away from the Republican is more or less an identified Nazi lunatic.

Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.
Ramidel Since: Jan, 2001
#245925: Jun 16th 2018 at 5:48:52 PM

Regarding the Southern Baptists, I think that the split-off will be smaller than y'all are predicting. Remember that there was a 70% vote to clean house and engage with the moderates, and part of that article discusses how the old-guard culture warriors are increasingly retiring and dying off, while the Gen X and Millenial Baptists want to focus less on hating the gays and more on getting children fed, and aren't willing to support Trump's totally unchristian behavior simply because he's a hateful son of a bitch (with apologies to all female dogs, who are usually very nice and shouldn't be associated with Trump).

I choose to be optimistic here.

edited 16th Jun '18 5:49:21 PM by Ramidel


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