2016 General Election Thread
Malcolm wrote:Obama, Trump, and Bernie.
It may feel wrong to even utter the names “Obama” and “Trump” in the same sentence, but: there would be no ascending candidate Trump without President Obama. Trump is the anti-Obama.
I've been saying for years we couldn't have had a Reagan without a Carter, first.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
Nor Carter without a Nixon + Ford.GORDON wrote:Malcolm wrote:Obama, Trump, and Bernie.I've been saying for years we couldn't have had a Reagan without a Carter, first.It may feel wrong to even utter the names “Obama” and “Trump” in the same sentence, but: there would be no ascending candidate Trump without President Obama. Trump is the anti-Obama.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Sure, as the decades roll on, Obama will be remembered for helping usher through historic healthcare reform, salvaging the US auto industry, rewriting the rules that govern Wall Street and overseeing economic growth that hasn’t been witnessed since the Great Depression ended.
Here, let me fix that for you:
Sure, as the decades roll on, Obama will be remembered for causing the collapse of the healthcare system, buying off the US auto labor unions, ignoring the problems plaguing Wall Street and overseeing economic growth that hasn’t been witnessed since the the Dotcom bubble.
"ATTENTION: Customers browsing porn must hold magazines with both hands at all times!"
And when the bill comes due they'll STILL be blaming Bush.TPRJones wrote:Here, let me fix that for you:Sure, as the decades roll on, Obama will be remembered for causing the collapse of the healthcare system, buying off the US auto labor unions, ignoring the problems plaguing Wall Street and overseeing economic growth that hasn’t been witnessed since the the Dotcom bubble.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
Raven Symone is moving to Canada "if a Republican gets nominated".
I think that speaks for itself.
I think that speaks for itself.
“Activism is a way for useless people to feel important, even if the consequences of their activism are counterproductive for those they claim to be helping and damaging to the fabric of society as a whole.” - Dr Thomas Sowell
Leisher wrote:Raven Symone is moving to Canada "if a Republican gets nominated".
I think that speaks for itself.
I find this worse:
While insisting that she didn’t agree with that opinion, Candace Cameron Bure suggested that the poll was “tricky,” as the Emancipation Proclamation question was buried in a line of queries about presidents taking executive actions. However, Behar would have none of it.
“We fought a war over that. The North won the war. So what is this executive action?” Behar offered. “It was also a war to eliminate slavery. So these people don’t know what they’re talking about.”
The war was not initially fought over slavery. The EP freed exactly 0 slaves, nor said anything about their postwar status. The 13th amendment didn't get by Congress until halfway through '64 and it wasn't ratified until after the war was over, and even that was at the barrel of a gun.
Finally, first black Congressman in the south...
House: December 12, 1870, South Carolina
Senate: February 23, 1870, Mississippi
First black Congressman anywhere close to the north...
House: March 4, 1929, Illinois
Senate: January 3, 196-motherfucking-7, Massachusetts
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
1. I don't think slavery should be a thing.
That being said...
2. I know exactly what the EP was, and its intention, and its immediate lack of impact on slavery, and the fact that it did absolutely nothing, and depending on how the question was asked I am a literalist and even I may have stated "I didn't agree with it," or whatever.
3. And I am reminded of The Man Show when they got a bunch of women to sign a petition to "End Womens Suffrage," because the women didn't know what it was and wanted to seem intelligent.
So this is just another bullshit propaganda piece to show the opposing side are just a bunch of subhuman monsters, and it wouldn't really be wrong to kill them, would it, before they can reinstitute slavery. That shit is what is wrong with this country.
That being said...
2. I know exactly what the EP was, and its intention, and its immediate lack of impact on slavery, and the fact that it did absolutely nothing, and depending on how the question was asked I am a literalist and even I may have stated "I didn't agree with it," or whatever.
3. And I am reminded of The Man Show when they got a bunch of women to sign a petition to "End Womens Suffrage," because the women didn't know what it was and wanted to seem intelligent.
So this is just another bullshit propaganda piece to show the opposing side are just a bunch of subhuman monsters, and it wouldn't really be wrong to kill them, would it, before they can reinstitute slavery. That shit is what is wrong with this country.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
Ladies and gentlemen, the top 3 pachyderm candidates:
Donald Trump on Marco Rubio: "I go back and I see him with makeup. And it's like he's putting it on with a trowel."
Rubio on Trump: "The guy with the worst spray tan in America is attacking me for putting on makeup. Donald Trump likes to sue people. He should sue whoever did that to his face."
Trump on Rubio: "He has really large ears, the biggest ears I've ever seen."
Rubio on Trump: "And you know what they say about guys with small hands."
Ted Cruz on Trump: "Multiple news reports have reported about his dealings with, for example, S&A Construction, which was owned by "Fat Tony" Salerno, who is a mobster who is in jail. It is owned by two of the major New York crime families."
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Did I wake up in bizarro world?
Are you shitting me? On what planet is Michael "Fuck You and Your Sugary Drinks" Bloomberg a centrist?
...Bloomberg could have potentially appealed to centrist voters in a year when candidates from the far left and right of the political spectrum have gained traction.
Are you shitting me? On what planet is Michael "Fuck You and Your Sugary Drinks" Bloomberg a centrist?
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Malcolm wrote:Did I wake up in bizarro world?...Bloomberg could have potentially appealed to centrist voters in a year when candidates from the far left and right of the political spectrum have gained traction.
Are you shitting me? On what planet is Michael "Fuck You and Your Sugary Drinks" Bloomberg a centrist?
This one.
I mean, what other planet would Reuters be writing about?
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It's not me, it's someone else.
Sounds a bit low.
Twitter user @srayyyyy wrote: “I’m part of the 18.2% of American adults with mental health problems. Bigotry is not a mental illness.”
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Some other time I linked a site that said 25% of the population had some diagnosable mental illness.Malcolm wrote:Sounds a bit low.Twitter user @srayyyyy wrote: “I’m part of the 18.2% of American adults with mental health problems. Bigotry is not a mental illness.”
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."