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Conservatives Is Weird: Failed(?) Armed Coup at Freedom Works Edition

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  • LawndartLawndart Registered User regular
    I'm hoping they change their name to "Freedom Works, But A Gun Works Better".

  • naengwennaengwen Registered User regular
    All this is telling me is that I need to start a republican super PAC for the next election run.

    Then show up with a few armed guards once it goes belly up and collect on all that dosh.

    Just need a name that'll catch on with the red-blooded among us. Something like "America Freedom", "Right to Liberty", "Forward for Justice"... "The Red Truth"?

  • webguy20webguy20 I spend too much time on the Internet Registered User regular
    Last one sounds communist.

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  • Harry DresdenHarry Dresden Registered User regular
    naengwen wrote: »
    All this is telling me is that I need to start a republican super PAC for the next election run.

    Then show up with a few armed guards once it goes belly up and collect on all that dosh.

    Just need a name that'll catch on with the red-blooded among us. Something like "America Freedom", "Right to Liberty", "Forward for Justice"... "The Red Truth"?

    FOXHOUND.

  • shrykeshryke Member of the Beast Registered User regular
    Quid wrote: »
    Like, for eight million, there is very, very little I wouldn't do at Freedom Works for six days.

    I think we'd all take a rather wide stance on what actions we'd be willing to do.

  • SynthesisSynthesis Honda Today! Registered User regular
    Harry Dresden wrote: »
    naengwen wrote: »
    All this is telling me is that I need to start a republican super PAC for the next election run.

    Then show up with a few armed guards once it goes belly up and collect on all that dosh.

    Just need a name that'll catch on with the red-blooded among us. Something like "America Freedom", "Right to Liberty", "Forward for Justice"... "The Red Truth"?

    FOXHOUND.

    I love how SCOTUS and the natural inertia of the election process have turned the Philosopher's Legacy from a typical example of Kojima's holy-shit craziness to something perfectly sensible and representative of our times. At least here.

  • TL DRTL DR Not at all confident in his reflexive opinions of thingsRegistered User regular
    "Americans For America"

    duh

  • TaramoorTaramoor Storyteller Registered User regular
    Americans 4 an American America.

    The first AAA SuperPac

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  • override367override367 ALL minions Registered User regular
    need to make a Wisconsin for Walker superpac and spend all the money on culvers until I lose my limbs from diabetes

  • Captain CarrotCaptain Carrot Alexandria, VARegistered User regular
    Americans for a greater tomorrow, tomorrow

    wait, shit

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  • DerrickDerrick Registered User regular
    It would be deliciously hilarious to raise money for a Republican cause and then spend it in opposition of their ideals.

    Americans for Conservative Thought - actually contributes to Bernie Sanders and such from the coffers of hoodwinked billionaires. Delicious.

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  • AngelHedgieAngelHedgie Registered User regular
    Synthesis wrote: »
    Harry Dresden wrote: »
    naengwen wrote: »
    All this is telling me is that I need to start a republican super PAC for the next election run.

    Then show up with a few armed guards once it goes belly up and collect on all that dosh.

    Just need a name that'll catch on with the red-blooded among us. Something like "America Freedom", "Right to Liberty", "Forward for Justice"... "The Red Truth"?

    FOXHOUND.

    I love how SCOTUS and the natural inertia of the election process have turned the Philosopher's Legacy from a typical example of Kojima's holy-shit craziness to something perfectly sensible and representative of our times. At least here.

    Ubisoft outright made Citizens United into part of a conspiracy theory.

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  • SquigieSquigie Registered User regular
    Quid wrote: »
    Man if that's the example of a fool then I am functionally retarded. The most I've ever gotten from that situation is yelled at.

    You are not a figure head with real leverage.
    Thanatos wrote: »
    Squigie wrote: »
    Thanatos wrote: »
    That being said, Armey was clearly not a silly goose, since he walked away with eight million dollars.
    Armey was a fool. He tried to assert control over what he assumed was his, necessitating the powers that be to inform him of who is really in charge. At least he got something for his trouble. And to keep quiet.
    He went from making $500,000 a year as chairperson, to making $400,000 a year as a consultant who has severed all ties to the organization, i.e. $400,000 a year for doing nothing.

    I'm hesitant to call someone getting paid that kind of cash for doing nothing a fool.

    To the powerful, power is more valuable than money. He now has a title and a paycheck, and likely nothing more. For one who was apparently a believer in the cause this would be an unpleasant awakening. In time he may gather the resources and influence to mount a more successful rebellion, or he may find some happiness in his retirement. For now, he has been put in his place.

    When you lie down with the dogs, you wake up to your face being licked. When you go to bed with these people, your morning is not so nice. However, you may be well paid.

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  • SpoitSpoit *twitch twitch* Registered User regular
    I'm sure he'll still be able to get on FOX or whatever whenever he feels like it

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  • KageraKagera Imitating the worst people. Since 2004Registered User regular
    Man if you are trying to tell me dick armey is anything but fine with this outcome you might as well be trying to sell me prime beachfront property in Oklahoma for all I will believe you.

    My neck, my back, my FUPA and my crack.
  • RichyRichy Registered User regular
    Derrick wrote: »
    It would be deliciously hilarious to raise money for a Republican cause and then spend it in opposition of their ideals.

    Americans for Conservative Thought - actually contributes to Bernie Sanders and such from the coffers of hoodwinked billionaires. Delicious.

    Nah, for full irony you should spend it in support of positions so conservative that they end up in opposition to their ideals. Resegregate baseball, base the South's economy on non-mechanized cotton plantations, and tell Sarah Palin and Ann Coultner to get back in the kitchen where they belong.

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  • Salvation122Salvation122 Registered User regular
    webguy20 wrote: »
    Last one sounds communist.
    It is a never-ending source of hilarity to me that states that vote Republican are referred to as "red states"

  • override367override367 ALL minions Registered User regular
    I saw a "jesus didn't ride an elephant" t-shirt at my mom's church when she strongarmed me into going

    found it amusing

  • ZephiranZephiran Registered User regular
    And he faces no charges, right?

    The perfect crime - nobody that was fucked over in this story seems to think what this guy did was wrong.

    Alright and in this next scene all the animals have AIDS.

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  • SquigieSquigie Registered User regular
    Kagera wrote: »
    Man if you are trying to tell me dick armey is anything but fine with this outcome you might as well be trying to sell me prime beachfront property in Oklahoma for all I will believe you.
    While to you or I $8 million would be enough to be set for life, to Dick Armey it's not "leave[ing] with empty pockets". Still, I could be wrong. Maybe this ploy was all just to get a better severance package. Maybe Dick Armey never really wanted to be in charge of a super PAC. And maybe Mitt Romney never really wanted to be president.

    Zephiran wrote: »
    And he faces no charges, right?

    The perfect crime - nobody that was fucked over in this story seems to think what this guy did was wrong.
    Shocking as it may be, bringing an armed guard to a firing is not something one usually faces charges for. Unless it's done by the one being fired.

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  • MuddypawsMuddypaws Lactodorum, UKRegistered User regular
    Squigie wrote: »
    Shocking as it may be, bringing an armed guard to a firing is not something one usually faces charges for. Unless it's done by the one being fired.

    Why would the hypothetical person being fired not be allowed a legally licensed and regulated armed bodyguard present? I thought it was not a threat,implied or actual?

    :P

  • Andy JoeAndy Joe We claim the land for the highlord! The AdirondacksRegistered User regular
    Salvation122 wrote: »
    webguy20 wrote: »
    Last one sounds communist.
    It is a never-ending source of hilarity to me that states that vote Republican are referred to as "red states"


    Blame Tim Russert.

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  • CaptainPeacockCaptainPeacock Board Game Hoarder Top o' the LakeRegistered User regular
    I wonder if his opening line was, "There's a new sheriff in town."

    Cluck cluck, gibber gibber, my old man's a mushroom, etc.
  • TaramoorTaramoor Storyteller Registered User regular
    CaptainPeacock wrote: »
    I wonder if his opening line was, "There's a new sheriff in town."

    I think it's more likely he waited behind a curtain until somebody shouted "I'm in charge here!" so he could dramatically fling back the drapery and shout "Not anymore you're not!"

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  • AngelHedgieAngelHedgie Registered User regular
    Kagera wrote: »
    Man if you are trying to tell me dick armey is anything but fine with this outcome you might as well be trying to sell me prime beachfront property in Oklahoma for all I will believe you.

    He's been windowseated. He no longer will have any influence on the conservative movement. That's a bitter pill to swallow.

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  • CaptainPeacockCaptainPeacock Board Game Hoarder Top o' the LakeRegistered User regular
    Actually, I'm thinking that conceal csrry permits should come with a required set of jangly spurs which must be worn at all times.

    Because if you're going to bust some heads with a gunslinger at your side, you need to set the atmosphere just right.

    Cluck cluck, gibber gibber, my old man's a mushroom, etc.
  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    CaptainPeacock wrote: »
    Actually, I'm thinking that conceal csrry permits should come with a required set of jangly spurs which must be worn at all times.

    Because if you're going to bust some heads with a gunslinger at your side, you need to set the atmosphere just right.

    Also you have to start every sentence with "I reckon"

  • CaptainPeacockCaptainPeacock Board Game Hoarder Top o' the LakeRegistered User regular
    Fire-ee: "I don't deserve this!"

    Dick: "Deserve's got nuthin to do with it."

    Fire-ee: "I'll see you in Hell, Dick Armey!"

    Dick: "Yeah."

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  • SpoitSpoit *twitch twitch* Registered User regular
    AngelHedgie wrote: »
    Kagera wrote: »
    Man if you are trying to tell me dick armey is anything but fine with this outcome you might as well be trying to sell me prime beachfront property in Oklahoma for all I will believe you.

    He's been windowseated. He no longer will have any influence on the conservative movement. That's a bitter pill to swallow.
    I'm not convinced. What's to stop him from starting his own superPAC? With blackjack and hookers

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  • DevoutlyApatheticDevoutlyApathetic Registered User regular
    Spoit wrote: »
    AngelHedgie wrote: »
    Kagera wrote: »
    Man if you are trying to tell me dick armey is anything but fine with this outcome you might as well be trying to sell me prime beachfront property in Oklahoma for all I will believe you.

    He's been windowseated. He no longer will have any influence on the conservative movement. That's a bitter pill to swallow.
    I'm not convinced. What's to stop him from starting his own superPAC? With blackjack and hookers

    He doesn't have enough bags of other peoples cash free speech to do that.

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  • Harry DresdenHarry Dresden Registered User regular
    Spoit wrote: »
    AngelHedgie wrote: »
    Kagera wrote: »
    Man if you are trying to tell me dick armey is anything but fine with this outcome you might as well be trying to sell me prime beachfront property in Oklahoma for all I will believe you.

    He's been windowseated. He no longer will have any influence on the conservative movement. That's a bitter pill to swallow.
    I'm not convinced. What's to stop him from starting his own superPAC? With blackjack and hookers

    The Tea Party PAC didn't have blackjack and hookers? The Republicans are losing their mojo.

  • AtomikaAtomika Live fast and get fucked or whatever Registered User regular
    Harry Dresden wrote: »
    Spoit wrote: »
    AngelHedgie wrote: »
    Kagera wrote: »
    Man if you are trying to tell me dick armey is anything but fine with this outcome you might as well be trying to sell me prime beachfront property in Oklahoma for all I will believe you.

    He's been windowseated. He no longer will have any influence on the conservative movement. That's a bitter pill to swallow.
    I'm not convinced. What's to stop him from starting his own superPAC? With blackjack and hookers

    The Tea Party PAC didn't have blackjack and hookers? The Republicans are losing their mojo.

    Not officially. They tend to keep those things on the DL. Not that they don't partake, mind you. They just like being in a position to pass judgment.

  • SchrodingerSchrodinger Registered User regular
    So what's going on with Ron Paul?

    http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-12-31/ron-paul-congress-stop-legislating-your-ideas-fairness-protect-property-rights-prote
    Understand that economic freedom is freedom. Resolve not to get in the way of voluntary contracts between consenting adults. Stop bailing out failed yet politically connected companies and industries. Stop forcing people to engage in commerce when they don’t want to, and stop prohibiting them from buying and selling when they want to. Stop trying to legislate your ideas of fairness. Protect property rights. Protect the individual. That is enough.

    Yes, legislating the idea of fairness is a bad thing. Why in the world would we desire fairness from the people who write our laws?

    Legislating Christian morality is still okay, however.

  • QuidQuid Definitely not a banana Registered User regular
    To be fair he's against our ideas of fairness.

    He prefers the ones that result in homeless people starving because they weren't born to the right parents.

  • AtomikaAtomika Live fast and get fucked or whatever Registered User regular
    Ron Paul arguably does not believe in the social contract. He is a deluded old fool, complete with the hallmark small cult of idiots.


    I have an increasingly short tolerance for people who are too beholden to their own idealism to even consider the effects of their ideals once implemented. We can no longer treat gently people who would insist upon their worldview without taking responsibility for it.

  • GaddezGaddez Registered User regular
    Schrodinger wrote: »
    So what's going on with Ron Paul?

    http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-12-31/ron-paul-congress-stop-legislating-your-ideas-fairness-protect-property-rights-prote
    Understand that economic freedom is freedom. Resolve not to get in the way of voluntary contracts between consenting adults. Stop bailing out failed yet politically connected companies and industries. Stop forcing people to engage in commerce when they don’t want to, and stop prohibiting them from buying and selling when they want to. Stop trying to legislate your ideas of fairness. Protect property rights. Protect the individual. That is enough.

    Yes, legislating the idea of fairness is a bad thing. Why in the world would we desire fairness from the people who write our laws?

    Legislating Christian morality is still okay, however.

    Oh god the comments

  • HacksawHacksaw J. Duggan Esq. Wrestler at LawRegistered User regular
    Gaddez wrote: »
    Schrodinger wrote: »
    So what's going on with Ron Paul?

    http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-12-31/ron-paul-congress-stop-legislating-your-ideas-fairness-protect-property-rights-prote
    Understand that economic freedom is freedom. Resolve not to get in the way of voluntary contracts between consenting adults. Stop bailing out failed yet politically connected companies and industries. Stop forcing people to engage in commerce when they don’t want to, and stop prohibiting them from buying and selling when they want to. Stop trying to legislate your ideas of fairness. Protect property rights. Protect the individual. That is enough.

    Yes, legislating the idea of fairness is a bad thing. Why in the world would we desire fairness from the people who write our laws?

    Legislating Christian morality is still okay, however.

    Oh god the comments

    The amount of good porn on the internet barely edges out all the heinous comments posted upon it by Paultards. It is a perilous balance, like a ballet upon the edge of a knife.

  • V1mV1m Registered User regular
    Hacksaw wrote: »
    Gaddez wrote: »
    Schrodinger wrote: »
    So what's going on with Ron Paul?

    http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-12-31/ron-paul-congress-stop-legislating-your-ideas-fairness-protect-property-rights-prote
    Understand that economic freedom is freedom. Resolve not to get in the way of voluntary contracts between consenting adults. Stop bailing out failed yet politically connected companies and industries. Stop forcing people to engage in commerce when they don’t want to, and stop prohibiting them from buying and selling when they want to. Stop trying to legislate your ideas of fairness. Protect property rights. Protect the individual. That is enough.

    Yes, legislating the idea of fairness is a bad thing. Why in the world would we desire fairness from the people who write our laws?

    Legislating Christian morality is still okay, however.

    Oh god the comments

    The amount of good porn on the internet barely edges out all the heinous comments posted upon it by Paultards. It is a perilous balance, like a ballet upon the edge of a knife.

    Oh god why did I immediately think of Rule 34 :(

  • Mild ConfusionMild Confusion Smash All Things Registered User regular
    I find most comments on sites like these more offensive than the worst of (legal) porn.

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  • V1mV1m Registered User regular
    Schrodinger wrote: »
    So what's going on with Ron Paul?

    http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-12-31/ron-paul-congress-stop-legislating-your-ideas-fairness-protect-property-rights-prote
    Understand that economic freedom is freedom. Resolve not to get in the way of voluntary contracts between consenting adults. Stop bailing out failed yet politically connected companies and industries. Stop forcing people to engage in commerce when they don’t want to, and stop prohibiting them from buying and selling when they want to. Stop trying to legislate your ideas of fairness. Protect property rights. Protect the individual. That is enough.

    Yes, legislating the idea of fairness is a bad thing. Why in the world would we desire fairness from the people who write our laws?

    Legislating Christian morality is still okay, however.



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