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Iran War. When.

2021
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2022-2025
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2026-2030
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2031-2040
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Never
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Re: Obama: A Real American President Guy

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Well good morning, everyone. My dog's refusing to play or eat his breakfast today, he knows something's up.
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I had a recurring joke throughout the Bush jr. years: "Remember when we were young and innocent and thought a blowjob was the ultimate threat to our national security?" Something tells me I'll have plenty of occasion to recycle that one with "Political Correctness" in place of blowjobs.

I hope Jimmy Dore and all the other people who were encouraging third party protest votes were right and this brings down the Republican party. Because I see the next four years for them as something akin to those shows on Nickelodeon where a kid in Toys 'R Us was given a shopping cart and 5 minutes to scramble through the store and stuff as much in their cart as possible and if they reach the checkout counter in time, they keep everything.

I hope they don't sell off the National Parks to developers. Cliff side condos built into the Grand Canyon? Don't rule it out, the beach from the movie "Local Hero" was eventually destroyed, and it was Trump who did it. To build a fucking golf course. Promised the community 6000 jobs if they lifted their environmental protections. Only produced 95 jobs, mostly low-pay and part-time.
Two working class dudes, one black one white, just baked a tray of ten cookies together.

An oligarch walks in and grabs nine cookies for himself.

Then he says to the white dude "Watch out for that black dude, he wants a piece of your cookie!"
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Now those SNL skits are funnier.
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Wow it was really hard to get to sleep last night. Too much to process. It is a brave new world.

And those of you who don't think Trump could be an two term president.... really? We said the same thing about W. And it needs repeating: don't underestimate Trump. No one thought he'd be president when this started (even I thought he'd lose to Hillary until the debates started and I paid more attention to Hillary's strategy of not trying to win). He may be an unstumpable monster.

The democrats keep selecting worse and worse candidates. Kerry did worse than Gore. Clinton did worse than Kerry. You think they can't do worse than Clinton? They can do worse than Clinton. The next guy they select will shine Trump's shoes for him, join in on his disparagement of the Mexicans and Muslims, and croon things like "Oh, Mister Trump, you're so strong!"

Because that's the "moderate" position, now.

The primaries for the representative of a party are the most important election. Participate in them. Trump didn't win just last night. Hillary lost March 15. It was a coin flip going in. Not so after the state is observed, with the smug benefit of hindsight.

This concession speech better be the most humiliating and apologetic one in human history.
Oh boy, crazy shit. How did Hillary drop the ball in the Midwest?
You're talking about Michigan and Wisconsin?

That's not too hard to explain. They're the area we dump all our Muslim immigrants and refugees. Hillary Clinton is not very popular with the Muslim immigrant population. For obvious reasons.

Bush in 2000 won Florida thanks to the muslim vote (and many other shenanigans). A pro-war Democrat is cutting off their own feet.

Pennsylvania is the most incredible fuck up. It's a swing state that never swings.
Shelcoof wrote:She should have at least given a speech to all her supporters. Pretty disrespectful to be honest.
Sort of proves Trumps point about her leaving the African community hanging once she gets their vote then comes back in 4 years.
Tell me about it. Those people believed in her, the very least she could do is show up, say "I'm sorry I let you down; this isn't the end for democrats we'll get'em next time" and wave them out. Even Mitt "Didn't Write a Concession Speech" Romney had the class to do that much for his people.

But it's not about them or us: it's all about her.

Teachout and Feingold lost thanks to her. I fucking knew this would happen. Thanks Obama! *spills cheetos*
I hope Jimmy Dore and all the other people who were encouraging third party protest votes were right and this brings down the Republican party. Because I see the next four years for them as something akin to those shows on Nickelodeon where a kid in Toys 'R Us was given a shopping cart and 5 minutes to scramble through the store and stuff as much in their cart as possible and if they reach the checkout counter in time, they keep everything.
Oh jesus, and "we" were given the same opportunity in 2008 and squandered it all.

If we can get our heads out of our asses and pick a human being instead of the corporate lizard they try to force down our throats, get another 2008 style landslide, hopefully get one chamber in two years (might be possible without the anchor of Hillary making those races kick into hardmode), then things can get far better than they ever would have under Clinton.

*If*.... I hope so too.
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BryanM wrote: The democrats keep selecting worse and worse candidates. Kerry did worse than Gore. Clinton did worse than Kerry. You think they can't do worse than Clinton? They can do worse than Clinton. The next guy they select will shine Trump's shoes for him, join in on his disparagement of the Mexicans and Muslims, and croon things like "Oh, Mister Trump, you're so strong!"
Again, nice crystal ball. From the same guy that said, "The Republican Party is done". That was before this shit show, of course.
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GaijinPunch wrote:Again, nice crystal ball.
Yes, I am able to plot a line and extrapolate a trend. Math is amazing, isn't it.
From the same guy that said, "The Republican Party is done". That was before this shit show, of course.
The republican party is done. The demographics don't support them on the national level. In 2020 it'll be even harder for them.

They almost lost to Hillary Fucking Clinton for christ's sake. Don't you find that incredible? Run any candidate 0.75% better than her, and they lose.

That's a really low bar to clear.

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Lyv wrote:B..but I thought Hillary was an evil mastermind who controlled everything, bought the media, owned the electronic voting system, put Trump as republican candidate to ensure an easy win and signed a deal with her overlords to get a free ticket to the White House.

What happened ?
What happened is that Hillary was an evil mastermind who controlled everything, bought the media, owned the electronic voting system, and so on so forth, but Trump's candidacy was actually real.
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EmperorIng wrote:If things go right, it turns out that no one ever cared about the modern GOP message to begin with.
No one ever did, except for the cuckservatives.
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BryanM wrote:We're strong. Corporate lizardpeople are weak.
Dude, you are the corporate lizardpeople.
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Thomas Frank, author of What's the Matter With Kansas and Listen Liberal, has a post mortem article up.
Clinton’s supporters among the media didn’t help much, either. It always struck me as strange that such an unpopular candidate enjoyed such robust and unanimous endorsements from the editorial and opinion pages of the nation’s papers, but it was the quality of the media’s enthusiasm that really harmed her. With the same arguments repeated over and over, two or three times a day, with nuance and contrary views all deleted, the act of opening the newspaper started to feel like tuning in to a Cold War propaganda station. Here’s what it consisted of:

* Hillary was virtually without flaws. She was a peerless leader clad in saintly white, a super-lawyer, a caring benefactor of women and children, a warrior for social justice.
* Her scandals weren’t real.
* The economy was doing well / America was already great.
* Working-class people weren’t supporting Trump.
* And if they were, it was only because they were botched humans. Racism was the only conceivable reason for lining up with the Republican candidate.

How did the journalists’ crusade fail? The fourth estate came together in an unprecedented professional consensus. They chose insulting the other side over trying to understand what motivated them. They transformed opinion writing into a vehicle for high moral boasting. What could possibly have gone wrong with such an approach?
Opus131 wrote:Dude, you are the corporate lizardpeople.
No, I'm the one trying to sever the connection between corporations and politicians. Black is not white Opus. Your hero winning by 0.3% of the vote isn't a celebration of white power, it's a condemnation upon corruption and war.
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BryanM wrote:it's a condemnation upon corruption and war.
Indeed it is, but not in the way you think.

BTW, anybody actually moving to Canada yet? Strange how it is Canada everybody wants to move to. Not, say, Mexico. Wonder why that is.
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It's already being theorized how Trump will enact his vengeance on the MSM, either through (?some kind of government-approved?) censorship or fucking with people's jobs, though I like to think his mere presence would instill fear and doubt because of how unpredictable he is, sort of like that guy you used to shit on during high school now being your boss. It's what I'd do anyways. Not like there's any need for Trump to interfere when the public lost an additional bit of trust in the media they didn't even know they had.
I'm curious to see how these politically incorrect right-wing safe spaces will look like, considering I've yet to see one. There's been no celebratory racial spree killings by Moonman-mask wearing neo-nazis either, this election is already becoming more of a disappointment.
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So at the time of writing (and not knowing if there's any more votes still to count), Clinton actually has the popular vote, but has lost the electoral vote.

At the risk of discussing an insane, stupid fantasy, think this might kickstart some corporate overlords to work on getting rid of the electoral college system?
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Nah Trump winning isn't a disaster for them like a Sanders winning would be. It's another Gilded Age.

They are however probably regretting installing the 22nd amendment. That was supposed to stop the next FDR from doing too much good. It wasn't... it wasn't supposed to lead to this.
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Opus131 wrote: BTW, anybody actually moving to Canada yet?
I've toyed with the idea of getting a medieval history PhD from Montreal (edit: Toronto), but that's still just a daydream right now. Supposed to be one of the best in the world!
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Durandal wrote:There's been no celebratory racial spree killings by Moonman-mask wearing neo-nazis either, this election is already becoming more of a disappointment.
I'm expecting a new Moonman mixtape this week
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For the record: Jill Stein didn't get her 5%.
Two working class dudes, one black one white, just baked a tray of ten cookies together.

An oligarch walks in and grabs nine cookies for himself.

Then he says to the white dude "Watch out for that black dude, he wants a piece of your cookie!"
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Rad. We need there to be as little good news as possible in order for maximum divine whatever to take place.
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Opus131 wrote:What happened is that Hillary was an evil mastermind who controlled everything, bought the media, owned the electronic voting system, and so on so forth, but Trump's candidacy was actually real.
Pretty bad conspiracy if all it takes to bring it down is one guy basically shitposting during the entire campaign.

Have fun with your new hero, fellow americans.
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Disenfranchising people and saying they "deserve to lose at life" probably isn't the best policy plan (and slogan) for a supposedly populist party.

Oops.

Rigging the primaries might have been a bad idea.
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Lyv wrote:
Opus131 wrote:What happened is that Hillary was an evil mastermind who controlled everything, bought the media, owned the electronic voting system, and so on so forth, but Trump's candidacy was actually real.
Pretty bad conspiracy if all it takes to bring it down is one guy basically shitposting during the entire campaign.

Have fun with your new hero, fellow americans.
It just shows that despite everything, democracy is still working.
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Giest118 wrote:So at the time of writing (and not knowing if there's any more votes still to count), Clinton actually has the popular vote, but has lost the electoral vote.
Well that will at least be a weak chink in Trump's armor of legitimacy.

Then in 2020 the Democratic favorite will be Judas Iscariot but a populist outsider Jesus Christ will run against him. The DNC will collude with the media to hide and discredit Jesus while asking in the debates, "can you name any action by Judas that was definitely influenced by the 30 pieces of silver speaking fees Judas receives from wall street?" Judas will smear Jesus by saying, "You once said 'you came to bring a sword,' clearly you're a reliable vote for the swordsmith lobby!" Jesus will lose in a narrow victory to Judas, then forgive him. Judas will pick Pontius Pilate as his VP and expect Jesus' flock to still rally to his banner. Jesus will campaign on Judas' behalf and routinely draw larger crowds than any of Judas' events.

In the end Trump will win by a landslide and get his full legitimacy while the Pharisees put all the blame on Jesus.
Two working class dudes, one black one white, just baked a tray of ten cookies together.

An oligarch walks in and grabs nine cookies for himself.

Then he says to the white dude "Watch out for that black dude, he wants a piece of your cookie!"
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They're seriously already talking about Tim Kaine.

They actually can do worse than Hillary Clinton. Never underestimate their ability to exceed our expectations of failure.

That concession speech was pretty typical as well. Would have been amazing if they were able to feel remorse for their actions. Would have made me feel like a colossal asshole. Oh well.
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What a night. 8)

Congratulations America, you voted against a modern day Hitler (Clinton). I hope she is brought to justice for the "Arab spring" she instigated alongside Obama.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZNtYmdZ-4c
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BryanM wrote:
GaijinPunch wrote:Again, nice crystal ball.
Yes, I am able to plot a line and extrapolate a trend. Math is amazing, isn't it.
If consistent.
At the risk of discussing an insane, stupid fantasy, think this might kickstart some corporate overlords to work on getting rid of the electoral college system?
Pretty doubtful... not unless there is a viable 3rd party, which makes getting 270 almost impossible.
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Considering that most of you live outside of the US, I thought it would be relevant to mention what reactions at my school were like:

As I was walking in, I heard people talking about how much it sucked that Trump won, and in a couple classes kids were saying they couldn't believe they chose Trump over "the first female president!" (and they got pissed at me when I butted in to mention the other stuff :roll: ).

At one point in the hallway, however, I heard some girl say it didn't matter who won because the whole thing was a "shitshow". Looks like there's some hope for humanity.

In English class, the teacher actually devoted the whole class to talking about the government, what we want to change, the future of our country, and other stuff. She didn't actually say "Trump" at any point in class, but that didn't really hide the fact that we would've been going over the book as usual had Hillary won, especially considering that her tone was like what I imagine people were like the day after 9/11. Then she grouped us into pairs and had us ask each other what we wanted to do for the future, because we are the future, and I got paired with the "retro gamer" kid because fuck my life. That was awkward.
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atheistgod1999 wrote:Considering that most of you live outside of the US, I thought it would be relevant to mention what reactions at my school were like:
For many of us over in european countries it is quality comedy in that sort of 'just found out you have a terminal illness and there's nothing you can do unless you amputate everything - starting with your dick' kind of way.

All you need is money to make it as that corporate, bag of wind has demonstrated - what a trump :D
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You got paired with the retro gamer kid? And what are you, exactly?
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MintyTheCat wrote:For many of us over in european countries it is quality comedy
It's actually fucking hilarious for me as well.
Xyga wrote:It's really awesome how quash never gets tired of hammering the same stupid shit over and over and you guys don't suspect for second that he's actually paid for this.
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atheistgod1999 wrote:
MintyTheCat wrote:For many of us over in european countries it is quality comedy
It's actually fucking hilarious for me as well.
Yes, I simply could not take the man seriously but then, not reading too much into The Book of Revelations - the Anti-Christ is said to be good at getting the job done :lol:

Mind you, poor old Hilary, her BJs were crap, she has that face on her and she gets beaten by that guy - quality! :D :D
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atheistgod1999 wrote: and I got paired with the "retro gamer" kid because fuck my life. That was awkward.
Umm... what does that make you?
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