07-30-2020, 11:50 AM
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#1701
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Maryland State House, Annapolis
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The Bush revisionism is another reminder what an evil genius Dick Cheney really is. He has been able to basically fade into the background, despite being the brains of the operation. McConnell is kind of the same with Trump, but on a far less destructive scale. Even now with the "Bush wasn't so bad" takes, you basically never hear Cheney's name.
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07-30-2020, 11:57 AM
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#1702
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Originally Posted by Wastedyouth
Lol, so true.
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Because it really does seem like every Republican president is worse than the previous one.
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07-30-2020, 12:17 PM
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#1703
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Not Taylor
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Calgary SW
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Someone on another message board I visit linked to r/Conservative to show how Trump's delaying the election tweet went over like a lead balloon with the right - https://www.reddit.com/r/Conservativ...0_us_election/
I don't know what they're like normally, but it's somewhat... heartening, I guess, to see some well-reasoned responses to this kind of dictatorial overreach.
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07-30-2020, 12:17 PM
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#1704
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Maryland State House, Annapolis
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Here's the Republican nominee who is trying to win John Lewis's seat. She seems nice...
https://twitter.com/user/status/1288847468533350402
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07-30-2020, 12:26 PM
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#1705
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Franchise Player
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Trumps tweet was timed to minimize impact of:
-the Lewis service (because he’s racist and Obama is going to get good press)
-a member of his campaign dying from the Hoax virus
-the increase in unemployment filings
-the historical contraction of the economy...a number that is likely to look really bad vs countries that did a proper lockdown. Those countries won’t have worse numbers and they don’t have the out of control virus right now.
That’s the intent but it’s such a bat #### crazy thing to say that it might actually do more harm than those other things.
Last edited by ernie; 07-30-2020 at 12:30 PM.
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07-30-2020, 12:29 PM
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#1706
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Apartment 5A
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
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I read some of her other tweets. Now I hate life.
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07-30-2020, 12:50 PM
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#1707
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Franchise Player
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So basically, Pompeo is saying it's Barr's call whether or not the election should be delayed in the name of having a fair election.
https://twitter.com/user/status/1288847087950495749
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07-30-2020, 01:01 PM
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#1708
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Marseilles Of The Prairies
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President Chuck Grassley on Jan 20th
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07-30-2020, 01:11 PM
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#1709
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Victoria
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07-30-2020, 01:29 PM
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#1710
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Vancouver
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Regarding Bush vs. Trump
I think Bush was just an idiot, but he legitimately thought he was was doing right. That didn't make him less dangerous necessarily.
Trump is also an idiot, but he is also full of ill intent.
The Bush doctrine really caused a lot of suffering upfront, but Trumpism may be worse in the long run. We likely won't know the full extent of how his presidency will affect the world for a few generations. I also wouldn't put it past him to start a war before the election to give him a boost.
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07-30-2020, 02:39 PM
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#1711
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Helsinki, Finland
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rubecube
People revere Reagan too. Apparently being a complete lying psychopath and a war criminal is fine as long as you're folksy and don't say the quiet parts loud.
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Bush was no lying psychopath.
He gave billions to help stop AIDS in Africa, helping save a lot of lives, and there's IMO no question his No Child Left Behind project, his one big personal domestic agenda, was created with the best intentions.
Bush might not have been a good president overall, but there's no comparison between him and Trump.
The only reason Trump hasn't created as much destruction is because he's too incompetent, plus his puppet master in Moscow probably doesn't want the US flexing its might.
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07-30-2020, 02:48 PM
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#1712
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Barnet - North London
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GirlySports
This is true. Bush ran on 2000 being the non-washington guy, draining the swamp. Then he got really caught up in 9/11 and terrorism and went too far. I mean his popularity when he threw that ball at Yankee Stadium was 90% and he threw it all away by warmongering around the middle east.
People are just fascinated by Trump and I'm not sure why. Trump's been in Washington 3 years, while other politicians (cough Biden) have been there 45 years.
I would have like to have seen how Trump would have reacted to 9/11 as President. It's intriguing and scary at the same time.
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One thing we know for sure.
Donald wouldn’t have been reading a book when it happened.
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07-30-2020, 03:45 PM
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#1713
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Maryland State House, Annapolis
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I would say Trump actually, finally went too far for some conservatives today, and they'll say things like this, but we all know who they are voting for in November, despite the "outcry"
https://twitter.com/user/status/1288939208669671424
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07-30-2020, 03:50 PM
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#1714
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
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Trumps response to that tweet:
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07-30-2020, 03:53 PM
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#1715
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Lifetime In Suspension
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Every pearl clutching this is a bridge too far Republican enabler can SMDFTB. They’re useless cowards and their hollow words mean less than nothing.
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07-30-2020, 04:22 PM
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#1716
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Pickle Jar Lake
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ResAlien
Every pearl clutching this is a bridge too far Republican enabler can SMDFTB. They’re useless cowards and their hollow words mean less than nothing.
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I am unfamiliar with that acronym. Is it Suck My Dig Fat Thick Bick?
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07-30-2020, 04:29 PM
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#1717
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fuzz
I am unfamiliar with that acronym. Is it Suck My Dig Fat Thick Bick?
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I had to look it up myself, and now I have an afterimage.
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07-30-2020, 04:43 PM
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#1718
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Pent-up
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Plutanamo Bay.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fuzz
I am unfamiliar with that acronym. Is it Suck My Dig Fat Thick Bick?
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I have no idea, but whatever it is I agree.
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07-30-2020, 04:50 PM
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#1719
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Participant 
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You guys don't know SMDFTB? You gotta expand your horizons.
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07-30-2020, 04:53 PM
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#1720
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Uncle Chester
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I just looked it up, paused and then laughed out loud. What a visual.
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