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I dunno guys; quibbling with an Obama speech in South Africa seems a little odd when ****bird is busy uncorking, "I meant the opposite of what I said except all of it."

Edit: "Sort of a double-negative."

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07-17-2018 , 04:14 PM

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MonsterJMcgee

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I have enough time in my day to complain about a wide range of things.

Obama after eight years of getting played by the GOP still thinks he lives in an Aaron Sorkin screenplay. Centrist empty suit Democrats need to either stfu or change course.

Not sure Obama even cares that much though since he's an influencer now and has fresh new content coming to Netflix

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07-17-2018 , 04:19 PM

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Well if you want to complain about Obama why not how he essentially let Mitch McConnel dictate not to go public with the Russian meddling intel, back when he had actual power?

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07-17-2018 , 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Holliday

Well if you want to complain about Obama why not how he essentially let Mitch McConnel dictate not to go public with the Russian meddling intel, back when he had actual power?

Yes, that is also bad. I am registering my complaint.

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07-17-2018 , 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Wooders0n

Yea every poli sci class youll ever take will teach you the way to win elections is to call Mexicans rapists, say youre going to literally ban all muslims from entering the country, and to call Rosie O'Donnell a fat pig.

It worked once

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07-17-2018 , 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by xnbomb

Not how you win elections

My idea is to troll Trump and bait him into worse and worse behavior. He craves respect and approval. I think it would be a good strategy for Democrats to openly disrespect him in uncivil fashion and dare him to "come at me, bro".

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07-17-2018 , 05:31 PM

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they kind of sort of did that in 2016 but they couldn't lay off of him when he said something stupid. I doubt they learned anything since then, and they'd attack him again for whatever happens, and they'll lose again because of it

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07-17-2018 , 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by BDHarrison

This.

The whole Putin meeting thing is such a gimme for the resistance, all they have to do is publicly hammer Trump for being Putin's gimp. Just relentlessly quote his pathetic cuckold press conference performance, call him PRESIDENT REEK and ask him how his boyfriend Vladimir is doing. It will drive him berzerk and he will make more mistakes.

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07-17-2018 , 05:47 PM

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He is seriously the worlds easiest person to troll into ever increasing self mutilation. Dems fail even at this.

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07-17-2018 , 06:07 PM

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Dems are too nice and reflexively diplomatic. They need someone who is willing to start a war.

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07-17-2018 , 06:38 PM

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im a dem who loves guns and war and P.O.T. and stuff.

sign me up

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07-17-2018 , 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by BDHarrison

Dems are too nice and reflexively diplomatic. They need someone who is willing to start a war.

dems lose a war every single time.

the path to victory for them is ignoring trump, winning elections by ignoring trump and putting up a generic old white dude vs him and not playing identity politics, and then changing laws.

It'll never happen

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07-17-2018 , 09:16 PM

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the path to victory is to support wildly popular policies and stop being little bitches

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07-17-2018 , 09:47 PM

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07-17-2018 , 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by TheQuietAnarchist

the path to victory is to support wildly popular policies and stop being little bitches

just because the left screams the loudest doesn't mean that they have wildly popular policy ideas, or even popular ideas

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07-17-2018 , 10:04 PM

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07-17-2018 , 10:12 PM

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07-17-2018 , 10:13 PM

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Lol at people saying it's not racist

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07-17-2018 , 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by xnbomb

just because the left screams the loudest doesn't mean that they have wildly popular policy ideas, or even popular ideas

Lol. Just lol. How do you people manage to live in your own alternate realities? Like, how did you form the thought in your mind that the left doesn't have popular ideas? As a stone cold rationalist who is only moved by evidence and logic, I just cannot ****ing fathom how this takes place. Truly.

Enjoy the evidence:

http://prospect.org/article/most-ame...80%99t-know-it

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07-17-2018 , 10:42 PM

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Those poles kinda suck

Example Question: “Should money/wealth be distributed more evenly?” 66% agree.

Uh, yeah, people want more money in their pockets and less in greedy billionaires’ like Oprah and LeBron.

Ask those same people if they support tax cuts and like 98% will agree.

Cognitive dissonance is a *****, polesters suck, and people suck.

ETA: xnbomb is right. Bradley effect and all.

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07-17-2018 , 10:43 PM

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the same way that you live in an alternate reality where you think polls like that actually reflect what 300 million americans think, particularly after those polls are debunked election after election. you'd think your logic would allow you to alter what you were brought up to think

it's the same logic that will allow trump to be reelected

plus what heroball said