☭POLITICS☭: Election Season Hell

[squelchingTHUD]

"I hate the gooks. I will hate them as long as I live." - John McCain

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[Spice 1]

Fuck John McCain, but holy shit, Kelli Ward’s histrionics are insane. Can’t wait til the scum of AZ send her to the senate.

[Daytona 500]

Showing the tiniest bit of spine because you don't like the president for personal reasons doesn't erase a history of being a shit person. He also helped usher in this era where stupidity is accepted and considered how 'real people' act thanks to Palin.

[refill]

Aug 26, 2018 9:09:15 GMT -5 lobsterdog said:

Aug 26, 2018 0:04:43 GMT -5 refill said:

Can't say I liked him per se, but respected him and his life. I think the world would certainly be better if people in his party adopted his principles.

Principles like "not making MLK day a holiday", "supporting every American war" and "giving massive tax cuts to the rich" 

Yep, those are exactly the ones I was referring to. Thanks for unpacking that.

[lobsterdog]

Aug 26, 2018 14:13:28 GMT -5 refill said:

Aug 26, 2018 9:09:15 GMT -5 lobsterdog said:

Principles like "not making MLK day a holiday", "supporting every American war" and "giving massive tax cuts to the rich" 

Yep, those are exactly the ones I was referring to. Thanks for unpacking that.

So what principles WERE you referring to then?

The ones where he talked all kinds of shit about standing up to Trump and then voted with his shit 83% of the time even though he knew he was dying and would never have to face angry primary voters?

What principles about this man were actually good? Lets hear it. 

[refill]

Aug 26, 2018 14:27:46 GMT -5 lobsterdog said:

Aug 26, 2018 14:13:28 GMT -5 refill said:

Yep, those are exactly the ones I was referring to. Thanks for unpacking that.

So what principles WERE you referring to then?

The ones where he talked all kinds of shit about standing up to Trump and then voted with his shit 83% of the time even though he knew he was dying and would never have to face angry primary voters?

What principles about this man were actually good? Lets hear it. 

We're just going to be talking past each other because of this: you are viewing him in the context of your own values, and I am looking at him in relation to other Republicans.

So with that framing, his bipartisanship and decency compared to many of his fellow party members stands out. Ocasio Cortez is also getting roasted on Twitter for saying the same thing.

[mazzario]

"hey this asshole wasn't as much of an asshole as the other assholes."

[refill]

Aug 26, 2018 14:44:55 GMT -5 mazzario said:

"hey this asshole wasn't as much of an asshole as the other assholes."

Literally my inner monologue every time I vote.

[lobsterdog]

Aug 26, 2018 14:40:19 GMT -5 refill said:

Aug 26, 2018 14:27:46 GMT -5 lobsterdog said:

So what principles WERE you referring to then?

The ones where he talked all kinds of shit about standing up to Trump and then voted with his shit 83% of the time even though he knew he was dying and would never have to face angry primary voters?

What principles about this man were actually good? Lets hear it. 

We're just going to be talking past each other because of this: you are viewing him in the context of your own values, and I am looking at him in relation to other Republicans.

So with that framing, his bipartisanship and decency compared to many of his fellow party members stands out. Ocasio Cortez is also getting roasted on Twitter for saying the same thing.

What bipartisanship and what decency? He called his wife a cunt on the campaign trail. He sat on Ellen talking about how gays didn't deserve as many rights as straights. He still referred to the Vietnamese as "gooks". He called the president of Iran a monkey.

How is he different than other Republicans in your eyes?

[refill]

Plenty has been written about it in the past 24 hours from just about every news outlet. You can Google it if you're still interested, but I'm done debating it.

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[Aaron]

lmao

[lobsterdog]

Aug 26, 2018 16:13:42 GMT -5 refill said:

Plenty has been written about it in the past 24 hours from just about every news outlet. You can Google it if you're still interested, but I'm done debating it.

But I'm not asking about press sycophants.

[quit_everything]

postin

[refill]

That turd Milo is pretty much irrelevant a this point. Now he's trying to be edgy to generate some press.

[mazzario]

apparently the governor of Arizona is leaning towards giving McCain's senate seat to one of his family members.

[FEMA Sniper]

Aug 28, 2018 0:52:55 GMT -5 mazzario said:

apparently the governor of Arizona is leaning towards giving McCain's senate seat to one of his family members. [/quote9]


The media and "Centrists" will call that honorable.

[norrinradd]

Aug 28, 2018 1:21:28 GMT -5 FEMA Sniper said:

Aug 28, 2018 0:52:55 GMT -5 mazzario said:

apparently the governor of Arizona is leaning towards giving McCain's senate seat to one of his family members. [/quote9]


The media and "Centrists" will call that honorable.

That seems pretty unlikely. AZ Republicans have pretty much turned their backs on McCain. Even the relatively “moderate” republican candidate running for senate didn’t want anything to do with him. The governor probably isn’t going to risk his neck come November by giving the seat to another McCain.

[tomservo]

Senator Megan McCain would be enough to make me openly root for Iran in the coming war.

[Daytona 500]

Aug 28, 2018 9:28:45 GMT -5 tomservo said:

Senator Megan McCain would be enough to make me openly root for Iran in the coming war.

Finally a voice for the wives of every boring kid you grew up with who thinks having a beer playing golf on Saturday morning is the most wild thing ever. 

[tomservo]

Her only major policy push will be replacing the Senate cafeteria with a Panera.

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oh, good

US President Donald Trump has warned Google, Twitter and Facebook they are "treading on troubled territory" amid a row over perceived bias.



He said they had to be "very careful", after earlier accusing Google of rigging the search results for the phrase "Trump news".



An aide said the administration was "looking into" the issue of regulation.



Google said its search engine set no political agenda and was not biased towards any political ideology.



Speaking to reporters at the White House, Mr Trump said Google had "really taken a lot of advantage of a lot of people, it's a very serious thing".

www.bbc.com/news/technology-45331210
fucking douchbag

[SchlongConnery]

Trump also remembers Pearl Harbor starring: Ben Afflec, Josh Hartnett, and Kate Beckinsdale.

[lobsterdog]

Aug 28, 2018 16:31:41 GMT -5 @geneweenondrugs said:

oh, good

US President Donald Trump has warned Google, Twitter and Facebook they are "treading on troubled territory" amid a row over perceived bias.



He said they had to be "very careful", after earlier accusing Google of rigging the search results for the phrase "Trump news".



An aide said the administration was "looking into" the issue of regulation.



Google said its search engine set no political agenda and was not biased towards any political ideology.



Speaking to reporters at the White House, Mr Trump said Google had "really taken a lot of advantage of a lot of people, it's a very serious thing".

www.bbc.com/news/technology-45331210
fucking douchbag

it would be really funny if Trump ends up bringing all these horrible tech companies under actual regulations but for all the wrong reasons. 

[itii]

Aug 28, 2018 16:34:26 GMT -5 SchlongConnery said:

Trump also remembers Pearl Harbor starring: Ben Afflec, Josh Hartnett, and Kate Beckinsdale.

Him getting into a fight with vets about apocalypse now was a pretty good one.

[☭ Bob Loblaw ☭]

You FL posters, did you vote?

Andrew Gillum and Chardo are my dudes.

[Daytona 500]

600k more registered Democrats came out for Florida midterms than in 2014.

[☭ Bob Loblaw ☭]

That’s cuz we shook af

We all should be