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American Presidency: It's a beautiful day - Obama & Biden together at last

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  • SpeakerSpeaker Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Bam!

    Bam!

    BAM BAM BAM!

    Speaker on
  • TalkaTalka Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Fuck yes. I'm thrilled with this.

    Talka on
  • Loren MichaelLoren Michael Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    moniker wrote: »
    Mosati wrote: »
    A democratic America top to bottom would be horrible. Balance please.

    Unless she wasn't speaking of the party, that is.

    No, a Democratic America top to bottom would be ideal. Republican ideology is almost completely abhorrent.

    This coming from the guy in a single party state right now. And if you think Democrats wouldn't be as bad or corrupt as those officials over there, come to Illinois.

    I'm not suggesting one-party rule. I'm talking about getting rid of Republicans. Dems and, I dunno, Greens or libertarians would be great. I'm reasonably confident that general unhappiness with government in general would spawn a second powerful party.

    I don't see how Republicans are at all good for the country though, and the "balance please" notion is... it's like saying you need to have Democrats balanced by corrupt and crazy.

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  • FencingsaxFencingsax It is difficult to get a man to understand, when his salary depends upon his not understanding GNU Terry PratchettRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    So, McCain got slammed

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  • korodullinkorodullin What. SCRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Jebu wrote: »
    Wow, the twin cities crack was awesome.

    I missed that one. Details?

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  • FencingsaxFencingsax It is difficult to get a man to understand, when his salary depends upon his not understanding GNU Terry PratchettRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    You know, it just might be that Hillary's behavior before was a strategy to breed complacency in the Pubs.

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  • GoslingGosling Looking Up Soccer In Mongolia Right Now, Probably Watertown, WIRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Thetheroo wrote: »
    Huh, Hillaryis44 has been overloaded.

    Interesting.
    Stay on it. I DEMAND A FULL REPORT

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  • WyndhamPriceWyndhamPrice Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    korodullin wrote: »
    Jebu wrote: »
    Wow, the twin cities crack was awesome.

    I missed that one. Details?

    "It's no surprise that George Bush and John McCain are meeting in the Twin Cities next week..."

    something like that.

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  • FencingsaxFencingsax It is difficult to get a man to understand, when his salary depends upon his not understanding GNU Terry PratchettRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    korodullin wrote: »
    Jebu wrote: »
    Wow, the twin cities crack was awesome.

    I missed that one. Details?
    "Next week, they'll be in the Twin Cities, which is appropriate, because they are awfully hard to tell apart!"

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  • OmeksOmeks Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    korodullin wrote: »
    Jebu wrote: »
    Wow, the twin cities crack was awesome.

    I missed that one. Details?

    The RNC is in the Twin Cities.

    Bush and McCain are twins.

    Coincidence?

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  • SenjutsuSenjutsu thot enthusiast Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    The VCR crowd is clearly eating this up

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  • JragghenJragghen Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Senjutsu wrote: »
    The VCR crowd is clearly eating this up

    VCR?

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  • SpeakerSpeaker Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Fuck Yeah!

    Fuck Yeah Hilary Clinton!

    Speaker on
  • HakkekageHakkekage Space Whore Academy summa cum laudeRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    korodullin wrote: »
    Jebu wrote: »
    Wow, the twin cities crack was awesome.

    I missed that one. Details?
    it went something along the lines of "soon the republicans will meet in the twin cities with bush to nominate john mccain, which is appropriate, because it seems like you can barely tell them apart"

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  • HounHoun Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    BWAH, HA HA HA!

    "We're Americans; we're not big on Quitting."

    :lol:

    Houn on
  • FencingsaxFencingsax It is difficult to get a man to understand, when his salary depends upon his not understanding GNU Terry PratchettRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Oh man, go Clintons! WOOOOOO!

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  • SpeakerSpeaker Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    YEEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHH

    Speaker on
  • korodullinkorodullin What. SCRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Ah. I didn't hear that line. Now I wish I did.

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  • ThetherooThetheroo Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Jragghen wrote: »
    Senjutsu wrote: »
    The VCR crowd is clearly eating this up

    VCR?

    It's one of the mod's sig, about how her demographic was people whose VCR's blinked "12:00."

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  • HakkekageHakkekage Space Whore Academy summa cum laudeRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    HILLARY CLINTON

    REDEEMED

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  • SenjutsuSenjutsu thot enthusiast Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Speech of her career.

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  • GoslingGosling Looking Up Soccer In Mongolia Right Now, Probably Watertown, WIRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Well, she did what she needed to do.

    But it's all for naught for her political career unless it works.

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  • monikermoniker Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Jragghen wrote: »
    Senjutsu wrote: »
    The VCR crowd is clearly eating this up

    VCR?

    Check out Than's sig.

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  • ZimmydoomZimmydoom Accept no substitutes Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Well, if nothing else, somebody just earned herself a term as majority leader.

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  • The Green Eyed MonsterThe Green Eyed Monster i blame hip hop Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    For the first time in my life, I'm entirely, 100% happy with Hillary Clinton.

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  • SpeakerSpeaker Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Hakkekage wrote: »
    HILLARY CLINTON

    REDEEMED

    Speaker on
  • HedgethornHedgethorn Associate Professor of Historical Hobby Horses In the Lions' DenRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    The Hillary clap still infuriates me for some irrational reason. But I'm glad she said what she did.

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  • HakkekageHakkekage Space Whore Academy summa cum laudeRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Keith Olbermann describing it as a grand slam and a sock to the jaw of disunity

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  • oldmankenoldmanken Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Whether it works or not will largely depend on what the media narrative will be after this...

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  • CornerEagleCornerEagle A fashion yes-man is no good to me. Copenhagen, DenmarkRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Odds on Pat Buchanan claiming the speech was scripted beforehand?

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  • Bionic MonkeyBionic Monkey Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2008
    Eh, I don't hate her quite as much, but I still don't want her within 100 feet of the Oval Office.

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  • galenbladegalenblade Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Thank you, Hillary. Thank you.

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  • MKRMKR Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    So McCain is screwed.

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  • Smug DucklingSmug Duckling Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    This thread is beautiful.

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  • ZimmydoomZimmydoom Accept no substitutes Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    oldmanken wrote: »
    Whether it works or not will largely depend on what the media narrative will be after this...

    KO is certainly doing his part.

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    Gim wrote: »
    Zimmydoom, Zimmydoom
    Flew away in a balloon
    Had sex with polar bears
    While sitting in a reclining chair
    Now there are Zim-Bear hybrids
    Running around and clawing eyelids
    Watch out, a Zim-Bear is about to have sex with yooooooou!
  • SenjutsuSenjutsu thot enthusiast Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    David_T wrote: »
    Odds on Pat Buchanan claiming the speech was scripted beforehand?

    No odds.

    Bet he didn't like it though

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  • valiancevaliance Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Houn wrote: »
    valiance wrote: »
    I think "were you in it just for me" was a bit of a misstep. Undoubtedly, many of her supporters were! Indeed the very people she needs to convince are those who believe in Hillary and have serious problems with Barack Obama. They don't need to be convinced Democrats are awesome, they need to be convinced Barack is awesome. That said, she'd doing the damn thing! It's a very minor, minor criticism.

    It's called tough love. They'll pout and cry, but in the end, they'll check the box with the D.

    Eh, I genuinely feel a lot of them won't. I think many of the rank and file PUMAs are just damn ignorant; and the smarter ones--the feminist bloggers and such--have genuine ideological problems with Barack. They'll vote for Cynthia McKinney, or stay home, or write in Hillary, or whatever. I think very few of that class will vote McCain, but very few will also vote Barack.

    My one criticism of Hillary at the moment: she doesn't leave the crowd enough time to cheer, and jeer, and boo, and laugh, and respond to her rhetoric. Maybe it's just me, but I feel like she was a tad rushed; plunging through the audience reaction to get the damn thing over with. She was enthusiastic as fuck, she owned the hell out of the speech, but oratorically, she's no Barack.

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  • JragghenJragghen Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Next thread title: It's a beautiful day - Obama & Clinton together at last

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  • ThetherooThetheroo Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Man, I was going to watch the Daily Show but this is pretty good.

    No way am I missing Barr on Colbert though.

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  • monikermoniker Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    moniker wrote: »
    Mosati wrote: »
    A democratic America top to bottom would be horrible. Balance please.

    Unless she wasn't speaking of the party, that is.

    No, a Democratic America top to bottom would be ideal. Republican ideology is almost completely abhorrent.

    This coming from the guy in a single party state right now. And if you think Democrats wouldn't be as bad or corrupt as those officials over there, come to Illinois.

    I'm not suggesting one-party rule. I'm talking about getting rid of Republicans. Dems and, I dunno, Greens or libertarians would be great. I'm reasonably confident that general unhappiness with government in general would spawn a second powerful party.

    I guess it depends on the Republican. They don't have to be Pat Robertson's ilk, and we'll see how they come out of this ideological crucible in the next decade.
    I don't see how Republicans are at all good for the country though, and the "balance please" notion is... it's like saying you need to have Democrats balanced by corrupt and crazy.

    You're saying this as if Democrats aren't corruptable as well. Come to Illinois, come to Chicago.

    moniker on
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