The Republican Party

[Malcolm]

I now present a list of people Malcolm doesn't put on a pedestal and believes do something better than he would:

I'm very partial to Dock Ellis, William S. Burroughs, Aldous Huxley, George Orwell, Hunter S. Thompson, William Blake, William Gibson, David Cronenberg, David Hume, Socrates, Lisa Gerard, Brendan Perry, Stanley Kubrick, Sun Tzu, Machiavelli ... I could go on, but suffice it to say there are people I admire. Damned if I can think of any in major American political parties, though.

I now present a list of things Malcolm approves:
alcohol (but only brands he approves!)
drugs

So ... not to burst your bubble, but they're the same thing. You can add, "Fuck the pachyderms and jack-asses" to the list.

Voting for a third party, even with no chance to win can have an effect IF more people were willing to do it.

That qualifier at the end kills me. Let's talk to the tens of millions of morons voting red or blue. They already show enough energy to give a fuck and go vote, they just lack the brainpower to make an informed decision. They're the problem, not the people who feel too disgusted to give a fuck or punch a ballot. Y'all voters shat up the pool.

The only thing I'm sure of is as long as most people stay home and reason third parties don't have a chance, then they're right.

They don't because even the third party folk are reject substitute teachers this time around. Gary Johnson knows less about the world outside the US than most model UN participants. Jill Stein seems to have been abducted by aliens and lobotomized.

By the way, Trump, you're openly criticizing and insulting everyone here not named TPR because they're going to vote.

The same reason I laugh at and criticize people who play rigged carnival games. The freedom of choice you're exercising is the freedom to be cheated whatever double-talking, triple-faced, lying, shithead of a barker you want. Bravo, I'm glad some people have found this outlet for their passion because otherwise the crazy would come out in other, less stable ways. I can't help but laugh at people who seem to think that voting from a negative perspective ("I hate that lying fucker, so I'm voting for the other lying fucker") is going to make them happy for the next four years. In this case, since all the candidates are reprehensible pieces of sputum floating in a petri dish seeded with samples directly from Satan's own digestive tract, I also can't help but laugh at the people who genuinely believe Moe, Larry, Curly, or Shemp is the best person to represent their interests or indeed the interests of any private citizen. I call mulligan. Start over, try again.

Leisher, you keep forgetting that Malcolm knows everything, and is better at all things than everyone.

OMG, Malcolm is Trump!

No, because even I have more social awareness than that twat, and what I have barely fills a thimble. I also know people who build better walls than me.

I agree, but I don't think anyone needs to be "deplorable" because they'd prefer a moron over a liar.

I do. I'll gladly call the Hillary supporters deplorable as well. I was looking for an excuse to vote pachyderm this election. In fact, I had a very low threshold. First candidate during the Republican primary debates to say, "You know what? Fuck this, and fuck all of you for taking his bait and lowering the standard to a point never before fathomed. I'm leaving, if any of you supposed adults wants to go to the nearest bar, have an adult beverage, and some adult conversation, that's where I'll be." Mic drop. Walk off. Whoever did that first was getting my vote. All those supposed vertebrates and not one goddamned spine on the stage.

He's not constantly posting here because he's disinterested...

Who gets elected is less important to me than what brand of toilet paper I buy. I used to watch Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda, but for fuck's sake, I didn't invest myself in it or care about the outcome. Arguably some of the most unintentionally funny sci-fi ever, though. For reference, this election has less interesting content than that show.

The system doesn't support any other arrangement for long.

Yep. So fuck the system. The last time a third party made a realistic run, it had Teddy Roosevelt at its head. The last century (when both parties figured out they could steal third party platform ideas that were popular) has been stagnantly stable. It has, for the most part, produced larger and larger piles of shit as voters have gotten more and more gullible.

[Leisher]

I think that's exactly the reason he's constantly posting here.

Maybe I'm wrong, but spending a lot of time and effort on something doesn't equal being disinterested in it. I would never describe myself as being disinterested in sex.

I believe that a good chunk of the "crazy" that speak up in favor of BOTH sides are...

I'm not sure what the word is.... astroturfers? People purposely trying to make one or the other side look bad by pretending to be a rabid supporter.

But I believe that to be true.

I believe the majority of what we hear from the MSM falls in two groups:
1. Dumb fucks they purposely seek out for sound bites.
2. Plants who actually are voting for the opposition, but want to make X candidate's supporters look dumb.

I could go on, but suffice it to say there are people I admire

I honestly would have wagered you don't admire anyone because nobody is as knowledgeable as you.

So ... not to burst your bubble, but they're the same thing.

Tomato. Tomatoe.

That qualifier at the end kills me. Let's talk to the tens of millions of morons voting red or blue. They already show enough energy to give a fuck and go vote, they just lack the brainpower to make an informed decision. They're the problem, not the people who feel too disgusted to give a fuck or punch a ballot. Y'all voters shat up the pool.

That's what we call misdirection.

They don't because even the third party folk are reject substitute teachers this time around. Gary Johnson knows less about the world outside the US than most model UN participants. Jill Stein seems to have been abducted by aliens and lobotomized.

And both are more qualified and ethical than Clinton and Trump.

The same reason I laugh at and criticize people who play rigged carnival games.

Oh snap Gordon. He got you!

No, because even I have more social awareness than that twat, and what I have barely fills a thimble. I also know people who build better walls than me.

While I do think you're smarter than him, a contest of your social awareness would be an interesting race. I actually think I'd put money on him winning that. No offense. I truly think he'd be better at not offending as many people.

Who gets elected is less important to me than what brand of toilet paper I buy. I used to watch Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda, but for fuck's sake, I didn't invest myself in it or care about the outcome. Arguably some of the most unintentionally funny sci-fi ever, though. For reference, this election has less interesting content than that show.

Dozens upon dozens are pages of posts and discussions about the candidates and this election = disinterested. I can't argue with that logic!

[Alhazad]

I think that's exactly the reason he's constantly posting here.

Maybe I'm wrong, but spending a lot of time and effort on something doesn't equal being disinterested in it.

I dispute your contention that posting on a webforum requires a lot of time or effort. Especially for someone who's probably in the 99th percentile of computer- and internet-literacy.

[Malcolm]

I actually think I'd put money on him winning that. No offense. I truly think he'd be better at not offending as many people.

Aside from practical considerations of not being legally old enough to take office and having no capital, I still like my odds. To paraphrase code name Duchess, most of the time I cruise around at half- or quarter-ass effort because I simply don't give a shit because there is precious little about which to giveth a shiteth. My quadruple-ass overdrive setting is reserved for special occasions, and those times aren't even up to me. A legit chance to publicly destroy that egomaniac on an international stage would be too sweet to pass up. Or, as the revered philosopher Homer Simpson put it:

Alright brain. You don't like me and I don't like you. But let's just do this and I can get back to killing you with beer

I honestly would have wagered you don't admire anyone because nobody is as knowledgeable as you

Since I'm on a Simpsons binge...

That's what we call misdirection.

Yes, misdirection is how those 90-something percent get duped and brainwashed.

And both are more qualified and ethical than Clinton and Trump.

And both have less money and zero chance to win. Two real dolls with speakers duct-taped to themselves literally have the same statistical probability of winning. Since everyone seems to be into hate-voting, fuck all the other third parties. We need a new one called "Not the Other Pricks." We don't have any platform, we're just not the other pricks. If you can't find anyone you want to vote for, throw it in our basket -- it's as close to "FUCK YOU" as a vote will ever get.

Dozens upon dozens are pages of posts and discussions about the candidates and this election = disinterested. I can't argue with that logic!

You assume that because I'm writing a modest number of words about something that I really care? Your cause-and-effect model for me is way off.

[Malcolm]

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the Howard Dean of the Reality TV Party.

Pressed by the hosts about the Trump tape, LePage stood by the Republican nominee.

“Is he a slimeball?” the governor asked. “I’d be the first one to say, not my ideal of a guy I’d want my daughter going after.”

But, he continued, “Is he going to protect our nation and fight the debt, or is he going to go after interns? That’s the bottom line.”

What in the fuck makes you think he's going to do either of those two? Someone could jangle some shiny keys in front of his face and distract him. Based on his behaviour, do I think he's more likely to balance the budget or engage in a twitter war with the members of Congress blocking his budget bill? This is another mentally deranged fuckwit voted into office by slightly less mentally deranged fuckwits. Fuck you, Maine.

[Leisher]

Aside from practical considerations of not being legally old enough to take office and having no capital, I still like my odds. To paraphrase code name Duchess, most of the time I cruise around at half- or quarter-ass effort because I simply don't give a shit because there is precious little about which to giveth a shiteth. My quadruple-ass overdrive setting is reserved for special occasions, and those times aren't even up to me. A legit chance to publicly destroy that egomaniac on an international stage would be too sweet to pass up. Or, as the revered philosopher Homer Simpson put it:

I don't think you should be as proud of that as you are...

Since I'm on a Simpsons binge...

So you believe yourself to be intellectually superior to everyone? I think we knew that.

Yes, misdirection is how those 90-something percent get duped and brainwashed.

Agreed, but I was pointing out where you were doing it.

You assume that because I'm writing a modest number of words about something that I really care? Your cause-and-effect model for me is way off.

Whatever Malcolm. You keep posting non-stop about things you don't care about you rebel.

[Malcolm]

I don't think you should be as proud of that as you are...

I don't recall bringing pride into the matter. Again, Miss Gore, your mind is projecting.

So you believe yourself to be intellectually superior to everyone? I think we knew that.

You're turning it upside down and inside out. I find myself intellectually inferior to no one.

Really, fucking with my avatar?

[Leisher]

I don't recall bringing pride into the matter. Again, Miss Gore, your mind is projecting.

You're all pride Donald.

You're turning it upside down and inside out.

So I'm being you on every topic? Cool.

I find myself intellectually inferior to no one.

We know.

Really, fucking with my avatar?

Eh, I'm having fun. It could be worse. I could have made it a picture of Donald.

[Troy]

It should absolutely be a picture of the Donald.

[Leisher]

Republican office in NC gets firebombed.

How long before folks start murdering each other over this shit?

Nice to see local Dems raising money to repair damage. That's the American spirit in action.

[TheCatt]

FB:
1) It's a false flag operation run by Republicans.
2) No one associated with the Party would do this.
3) Democrats once again trying to silence us!

[Malcolm]

That dude Trump thinks isn't a war hero is already talking about how much nothing he plans to get done next session.

“I promise you that we will be united against any Supreme Court nominee that Hillary Clinton, if she were president, would put up. I promise you,” McCain said Monday, according to CNN.

So ... you're going to attempt a douchebag cockblock for four years, provided the dead weight lodestone you've got attached to your party now doesn't cost you both the House and Senate?

About that election fraud...

In Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio and Utah, the chief elections officer of the state is a Republican, elected by voters of the state. Most are secretary of state; Utah’s lieutenant governor oversees elections there.

In Florida, the secretary of state is appointed by the state’s Republican governor, Rick Scott — a Trump supporter.

In North Carolina, the state board of elections has five members, appointed by the governor — currently a Republican. Its current chairman and three out of five members are Republicans.

Where the jack-asses roam:

In Minnesota and Missouri, the chief elections officer is a Democrat elected by the voters of the state.

Pennsylvania’s secretary of state was appointed by the state’s Democratic governor.

New Hampshire’s longtime secretary of state was once a Democrat, but was reelected to his post by the Republican-led state legislature.

Virginia’s Democratic governor, Terry McAuliffe — a longtime Clinton ally — appointed each member of that state’s three-person elections board.

Minnesota isn't going red, he pulled out of Virginia, New Hampshire is New England and not going red, he's tanking in Pennsylvania. Have fun contesting Misery.

[Leisher]

NC Republicans trying to screw the new Dem governor.

[TPRJones]

Meh. As long as it applies to all governors of the state regardless of party then I don't see a problem with it. Reducing executive power is rarely a bad thing.

If it is just a partisan politics thing they're going to regret it next time there's a Republican governor with a Democrat state legislature.

[TheCatt]

Meh. As long as it applies to all governors of the state regardless of party then I don't see a problem with it. Reducing executive power is rarely a bad thing.

If it is just a partisan politics thing they're going to regret it next time there's a Republican governor with a Democrat state legislature.

They've gerrymandered NC to the point where that's prettttttty unlikely. But they lost, and are shitty losers apparently.

[Leisher]

GOP wants to eliminate the independent ethics committee.

[GORDON]

Assuming the "ethics" committee isn't corrupt as fuck, which is probably a safe bet.

[Leisher]

I didn't comment yet because I wanted to hear some other viewpoints.

It feels like the headline is damning, but there are some legit concerns they're addressing.

My hesitation about it is that instead of fixing the issues, they're scorching the Earth.

[Leisher]

Never mind, they're backing down.

[Malcolm]

House Republicans on Tuesday abruptly dropped a proposal seeking controversial changes to the Office of Congressional Ethics after President-elect Donald Trump criticized the plan, as the 115th Congress opened on a contentious note.

Fucking drones.