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A confession on the beginning of the War On Drugs: - podrock - 3/23/2016 12:01:31 AM
- We had strong circumstantial evidence of a similar conspiracy about that time. - ER - 3/23/2016 12:30:20 AM
- Good Lord!!! Completely Nixonian, absolutely credible. - bowser - 3/23/2016 12:07:50 AM

We are the GOP and we are here to help... - RL - 3/19/2016 9:40:12 PM
- So when are the democrats going to answer for all the years of their states in the hole? - SteveS - 3/21/2016 6:44:14 PM
  - A bit dated - BuckGalaxy - 3/21/2016 11:34:44 PM
    - California - SteveS - 3/22/2016 3:54:36 PM
    - A more recent list... - RL - 3/22/2016 2:03:59 AM
      - Apples and oranges - SteveS - 3/22/2016 3:45:32 PM
        
        Sigh... - RL - 3/22/2016 9:01:00 PM
        
        Welfare is a government subsidy for employers who won't pay a living wage. - ER - 3/22/2016 10:47:38 PM
        
        regardez s'il vous plait le following graph. - ER - 3/22/2016 11:18:05 PM
        
        What happened in 1980... - RL - 3/22/2016 11:24:08 PM
        
        St. Ronnie tried to bring back he Gilded Age... - ER - 3/22/2016 11:55:51 PM
    - And WHO was California recovering from? - RL - 3/21/2016 11:58:49 PM
      - My Dad thinks I live in Detroit - Robert - 3/22/2016 5:25:22 AM
        
        Overlooking the bigger issue - SteveS - 3/22/2016 4:32:43 PM
  - What a shock! - RL - 3/21/2016 9:45:30 PM
- We are the GOP and we're here to help (ourselves). - bowser - 3/20/2016 2:41:47 AM
- A rising tide lifts all yachts. - ER - 3/20/2016 12:11:35 AM
- Compare & Contrast - podrock - 3/19/2016 10:37:22 PM
  - Re: Compare & Contrast - SteveS - 3/21/2016 7:00:31 PM
  - Yeah, but that is socialism... - RL - 3/19/2016 10:44:09 PM
    - Sustainable Capitalism - podrock - 3/20/2016 12:10:17 AM
      - Oh, I agree.. - RL - 3/20/2016 12:12:41 AM
        
        just preachin' at the choir - podrock - 3/20/2016 12:16:57 AM

Fear Facilitates Fascism - RL - 3/22/2016 9:36:05 PM

"I think you'd have riots. I think you'd have riots," - RL - 3/17/2016 1:36:19 AM
- “I Wouldn’t Lead It”: Understanding Trump’s Incitement to Violence - BuckGalaxy - 3/21/2016 7:33:47 PM
  - yes - SDG - 3/21/2016 8:08:12 PM
- I hope they have metal detectors at the doors. - ER - 3/17/2016 2:47:47 AM
  - No, the GOP wants you and your kids surrounded by guns... - RL - 3/17/2016 3:01:34 AM

The Trump Pledge - SDG - 3/18/2016 7:21:02 PM
- Night of the Long Knives - ER - 3/19/2016 12:36:25 AM
  - Point taken - mcfly - 3/20/2016 4:00:55 AM
    - "The sword hidden behind the red cape." - ER - 3/20/2016 2:23:04 PM
      - You honor me, sir! - mcfly - 3/20/2016 3:57:58 PM
- Still frames rarely tell the whole picture - Robert - 3/18/2016 10:45:58 PM
  - You guys are acting absolutely pathetically. - RobVG - 3/19/2016 2:06:19 AM
    - Connecting the dots - ER - 3/19/2016 2:04:56 PM
    - You are joking, right? - RL - 3/19/2016 2:37:25 AM
      - Trump's not a racist, plain and simple. - RobVG - 3/19/2016 2:50:32 AM
        
        On one side we have example after example after example.... - RL - 3/19/2016 3:09:45 AM
        
        Wow, you have totally turned off your damn brain... - RL - 3/19/2016 2:57:25 AM
  - Similar to evangelicals praising God, or a "yes" vote. - bowser - 3/19/2016 12:35:38 AM
- The Trump volunteer contract: - podrock - 3/18/2016 9:46:00 PM
- The 'pledge' was a sly wink and nod to these people... - RL - 3/18/2016 7:53:34 PM
  - It's hard to shake the feeling that Trump's testing the waters... - mcfly - 3/18/2016 11:12:17 PM
    - Testing the waters? - ER - 3/20/2016 3:44:51 AM

For the supporters/defenders of Trump - RL - 3/14/2016 12:02:15 AM
- I don't think anyone here is actually defending Trump. - ER - 3/14/2016 1:18:40 AM
  - "when the skies of November turn gloomy" - podrock - 3/14/2016 11:38:49 PM
    - So said Attila. A dispatch from the (far-right) field - Robert - 3/15/2016 4:21:00 AM
    - They have there own interests to defend and promote. - ER - 3/15/2016 2:43:37 AM
- Just the latest cases in point.... - RL - 3/14/2016 12:14:54 AM
  - No bigotry here... - RL - 3/14/2016 11:15:44 PM

Chicago was unfortunate in every way - mcfly - 3/13/2016 3:58:56 AM
- Precipitating chaos and confusion is the best way to disable a superior opponent. - ER - 3/13/2016 1:52:17 PM
  - So sad--Trump couldn't find the High Road with a map - mcfly - 3/13/2016 6:13:05 PM

Do nukes still work? - ER - 3/13/2016 4:29:55 AM

3.6 million idots have voted for trump so far... (n/t) - RobVG - 3/11/2016 1:02:22 AM
- "Now we know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall." - ER - 3/12/2016 2:13:14 PM
- Jim Webb: I won't vote for Clinton, but I may for Trump - SteveS - 3/11/2016 2:28:05 PM
  - Again, none of this changes what he is and what his supporters are... - RL - 3/11/2016 5:30:53 PM
    - I wasn't questioning who you think he is or what is supporters are - SteveS - 3/11/2016 6:21:22 PM
  - Conservative fibs - mcfly - 3/11/2016 4:27:16 PM
    - Oh wait, I see where the confusion is coming from - mcfly - 3/11/2016 5:05:15 PM
    - That's not what I said or implied - SteveS - 3/11/2016 4:53:14 PM
      - No, you said "a lot of Democrats..." - mcfly - 3/11/2016 5:11:30 PM
        
        A lot of them are - SteveS - 3/11/2016 6:23:10 PM
        
        Hey, I'm not the one playing with words - mcfly - 3/11/2016 11:40:45 PM
        
        Sure you are - SteveS - 3/12/2016 12:56:50 AM
        
        Keep on bouncing, bro - mcfly - 3/12/2016 6:34:43 PM
        
        You are the one calling 0.22% "a lot" - RL - 3/12/2016 2:19:49 AM
        
        I gave you two examples of two states - SteveS - 3/12/2016 1:33:18 PM
        
        You gave an example of a state and a county - RL - 3/12/2016 4:00:03 PM
        
        LOL, and Trump himself has shifted a bit... - RL - 3/12/2016 6:08:55 PM
        
        Ok, then by the same token we can say 'a lot' of Republicans will vote for clinton - RL - 3/11/2016 6:48:26 PM
        
        No body is denying that a lot of republicans will would vote for Clinton - SteveS - 3/11/2016 7:03:08 PM
        
        Of course there are idiots in both parties... - RL - 3/11/2016 7:09:32 PM
        
        Don't bother him with facts! - RL - 3/11/2016 5:33:22 PM
        
        20,000 Massachusetts Democrats switch parties before Super Tuesday - SteveS - 3/11/2016 6:40:34 PM
        
        From your article... - RL - 3/11/2016 6:55:48 PM
        
        When was the last time democrats switched like this? - SteveS - 3/11/2016 7:07:47 PM
        
        17% of 1.3%???? Do you have a calculator handy? - RL - 3/11/2016 7:14:10 PM
        
        I really wonder how many conservatives *are* terrified... - mcfly - 3/12/2016 12:14:37 AM
        
        Spoiler, its 2.2 out of 1000 - RL - 3/11/2016 7:18:07 PM
- No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people - ER - 3/11/2016 2:01:44 AM
- yes, and there is no shortage of idiots... - RL - 3/11/2016 1:24:28 AM
  - "idiots". beware of flying fingers - RobVG - 3/11/2016 1:40:37 AM

Pattern of violence at Trump rallies even scares Breitbart - RL - 3/12/2016 12:16:00 AM
- An idle musing... - ER - 3/12/2016 2:23:49 PM
- I think Breitbart s working for the Cruz campaign. - ER - 3/12/2016 1:44:23 AM
  - Nope, Breitbart is abandoning their own reporter... - RL - 3/12/2016 1:51:14 AM
- And the blood keeps flowing... - RL - 3/12/2016 12:58:17 AM
  - Communists and Fascists clash at Chicago Rally! Rally cancelled due to violence... - ER - 3/12/2016 1:40:03 AM
    - Trump Volunteers Now Required to Sign Non-Disclosure Agreements - RL - 3/12/2016 1:46:47 AM
    - He is already deploying plainclothes security into his crowds... - RL - 3/12/2016 1:44:41 AM

These are the Mexicans Trump was talking about - RobVG - 3/11/2016 1:36:16 AM
- And these are the sort of people supporting Trump that I was talking about - RL - 3/11/2016 2:19:16 AM
- The illegals wouldn't be here at all... - ER - 3/11/2016 1:55:52 AM
  - We're in agreement there. N/t - RobVG - 3/11/2016 2:26:15 AM
    - And the Democrats are not blameless either. - ER - 3/11/2016 3:44:24 AM
      - Amazing the high road you take - SteveS - 3/11/2016 2:20:37 PM
        
        The Spaniards destroyed several great Indian civilizations. - ER - 3/11/2016 7:32:04 PM

The Company You Keep... - RL - 3/10/2016 4:11:10 PM
- "The next time we see him, we might have to kill him." - RL - 3/11/2016 1:22:47 AM
- What's next. uniforms? - ER - 3/10/2016 9:29:51 PM
  - They're already here: Red baseball caps - Robert - 3/10/2016 11:08:33 PM
    - I'm surprised the Stones haven't objected. - ER - 3/11/2016 1:36:29 AM
    - Surely he can get Girth Brooks on board. - SDG - 3/11/2016 12:56:32 AM
      - The World According to Girth. - ER - 3/11/2016 1:37:15 AM
- Part 2, Sandy Hook truthers - RL - 3/10/2016 7:46:57 PM
  - Part 3, Leader of the KKK - RL - 3/10/2016 10:15:00 PM
    - Part 4, beating up reporters - RL - 3/11/2016 3:11:02 AM
  - I guess we shouldn't be surprised by the lunacy of the King Birther - mcfly - 3/10/2016 8:24:27 PM

Physician, heal thyself. - ER - 3/11/2016 2:08:35 AM

Trumpblocking - SDG - 3/9/2016 3:45:29 PM
- I'm not sure what strikes me as worse - mcfly - 3/9/2016 6:13:47 PM
  - Nailed it... - RL - 3/10/2016 6:47:51 PM
  - Mixed emotions - RL - 3/10/2016 6:40:46 PM
  - Trump is the Mule, as in Asimov's Foundation and Empire wrecker. - ER - 3/10/2016 5:33:08 AM
    - pshychohistory - SDG - 3/10/2016 3:35:34 PM
      - Interesting point. - ER - 3/10/2016 4:11:59 PM
  - agreed - SDG - 3/9/2016 6:35:14 PM
- Strategic voting in the primaries. - ER - 3/9/2016 5:24:00 PM
  - Cruz and Trump - SDG - 3/9/2016 5:28:48 PM

In The Interest Of Transparency, Bill Maher Would Like Donald Trump's 'Dick Certificate' - RL - 3/6/2016 6:34:47 PM
- You should make a Girthers meme lol - BuckGalaxy - 3/8/2016 5:22:18 AM
  - You mean like this? - RL - 3/8/2016 11:57:53 PM
    - ...Or This? - RL - 3/9/2016 1:01:29 AM
      - Yes but with the "Girther" spin - BuckGalaxy - 3/9/2016 8:50:35 AM
        
        You really should get it... - RL - 3/9/2016 2:25:29 PM
        
        Go for it if you want it - BuckGalaxy - 3/9/2016 5:50:58 PM
        
        Someone took it.... - RL - 3/9/2016 6:32:40 PM
  - The possibilities are infinite. Ever heard of the Flat Girthers? - ER - 3/8/2016 5:19:58 PM
    - As was prophesied in DW Griffith's "Girth of a Nation" 100 years ago - Robert - 3/9/2016 9:13:31 PM
      - This Island Girth - ER - 3/10/2016 3:40:57 PM
        
        But remember that Girth Abides - Robert - 3/10/2016 5:26:51 PM
        
        Ah yes, "The Good Girth". - ER - 3/10/2016 6:32:52 PM
- Trump sez... - mcfly - 3/7/2016 6:33:55 AM

I'm sorry, but this is just effing crooked - Robert - 3/9/2016 3:45:21 AM
- SDG makes a good point. - BuckGalaxy - 3/9/2016 5:48:57 PM
  - Bookending electoral jiggery-pokery - Robert - 3/9/2016 9:29:30 PM
- the irony - SDG - 3/9/2016 3:51:27 PM
  - oops - SDG - 3/9/2016 5:37:01 PM
    - absolutely - Robert - 3/9/2016 9:38:41 PM
      - "Lack of faith in the institutions" is no accident. - ER - 3/10/2016 5:43:30 AM
      - face it Robert, your a libertarian at heart. :) - SDG - 3/10/2016 12:10:22 AM
- That’s the progressive way - SteveS - 3/9/2016 2:44:35 PM

Obama's job approval - BuckGalaxy - 3/9/2016 5:57:51 PM
- What's not to like? - ER - 3/9/2016 8:27:08 PM
  - Stopping Global Warming - BuckGalaxy - 3/9/2016 10:09:40 PM

It is unfair and untrue to call Trump and his supporters “bigots” - RL - 2/26/2016 2:26:07 AM
- LOL. This bullshit's going to backfire. n/t - RobVG - 2/26/2016 5:13:35 AM
  - No, it's been working for him quite well so far... - RL - 2/26/2016 5:26:31 AM
    - Educational attainment of supporters of various GOP candidates - RL - 2/26/2016 11:53:37 PM
      - Trump supporters are the bottom of the barrel - RL - 2/27/2016 6:32:25 PM
      - And it hardly needs to be pointed out... - RL - 2/27/2016 12:33:29 AM
        
        7 out of 10 felons are Democrats - SteveS - 2/27/2016 4:21:51 PM
        
        And you really don't want to address the points I made do you? - RL - 2/27/2016 6:03:48 PM
        
        I see you are still getting your education from right wing radio... - RL - 2/27/2016 4:38:00 PM
        
        Wrong, try again - SteveS - 2/27/2016 5:03:32 PM
        
        Had you read the links you would see they address the study - RL - 2/27/2016 5:21:20 PM
        
        Yes it is. - SteveS - 2/27/2016 10:39:43 PM
        
        Again, you don't dare address the facts - RL - 2/27/2016 11:16:52 PM
        
        And had you read your OWN link - RL - 2/27/2016 9:53:03 PM
        
        So, what's your major? - RobVG - 2/27/2016 1:58:05 AM
        
        Did you have something of substance to say? - RL - 2/27/2016 1:59:59 AM
        
        Well... I did have a point. - RobVG - 2/28/2016 3:50:56 AM
        
        Well, I have noticed... - ER - 2/28/2016 5:47:03 PM
        
        Pretty reasonable generalizations. - RobVG - 3/1/2016 2:50:27 AM
        
        "...and aren’t adverse to risk." - mcfly - 3/1/2016 6:07:55 AM
        
        "Swimmingly" ;) - RobVG - 3/8/2016 3:11:12 PM
        
        Rob, you magnificent, ignorant slut. - ER - 3/1/2016 4:07:55 AM
        
        PS. - ER - 3/1/2016 4:11:18 AM
        
        Don't worry ER, I'm old enough to remember. - RobVG - 3/8/2016 3:09:41 PM
        
        I Bet Obama sings that to himself every day. - ER - 3/8/2016 5:16:16 PM
        
        No, not really... - RL - 2/28/2016 5:32:28 PM
    - Amok time. - ER - 2/26/2016 1:05:58 PM
- I wouldn't vote for a Cuban either. - ER - 2/26/2016 3:13:54 AM

White Supremacists Neglect Their Own Presidential Candidate To Back Donald Trump - RL - 3/5/2016 10:23:42 PM
- I don't think Trump is a racist or a bigot. - ER - 3/6/2016 2:22:33 AM
  - Milestones in Right Wing Authoritarianism - Robert - 3/6/2016 8:14:33 PM
  - We agree in all but semantics - RL - 3/6/2016 6:26:09 AM
    - Its the first step in establishing a cult of personality. - ER - 3/6/2016 2:15:28 PM
- Try as you might... - RobVG - 3/6/2016 12:25:22 AM
  - Yeah, republicans in the 80's... - RL - 3/6/2016 1:34:51 AM
    - I see, through in one Atwater and the republicans are screwed for all time. - RobVG - 3/6/2016 7:13:44 PM
      - Can't you see it, ROB? - ER - 3/6/2016 9:18:33 PM
      - Who's next? - RL - 3/6/2016 8:45:47 PM
        
        Who's Next - ER - 3/8/2016 2:33:20 PM
    - Great minds think alike. - ER - 3/6/2016 2:42:00 AM
  - So saying bigoted things doesn't count... - RL - 3/6/2016 1:32:26 AM

PLEASE tell me how Trump isn't appealing to the bigot vote... - RL - 2/29/2016 10:55:54 PM
- Funny, Duke never "endorsed" Trump - RobVG - 3/1/2016 3:18:00 AM
  - You aren't THAT stupid... - RL - 3/1/2016 3:25:24 AM
    - No but I'm starting to wonder about you. - RobVG - 3/1/2016 3:56:59 AM
      - Amazing - RL - 3/1/2016 4:10:00 AM
        
        Watched CNN this morning. - RobVG - 3/3/2016 2:40:36 AM
        
        People on the left AND the right keep saying it... - RL - 3/3/2016 3:07:39 AM
        
        More name calling. - RobVG - 3/3/2016 4:05:23 AM
        
        Name calling can't bother you- you support Trump, after all.... - RL - 3/4/2016 12:00:13 AM
        
        Truly, thanks for that. - RobVG - 3/4/2016 2:47:10 AM
        
        You could try and answer ANY of the points... - RL - 3/6/2016 8:49:37 PM
        
        Watch him getting confronted with video of his lies in the debate first... - RL - 3/4/2016 3:03:07 AM
        
        Hillary Clinton Praised Former KKK Member Sen. Robert Byrd - SteveS - 3/1/2016 3:52:01 PM
        
        Riiiight... - RL - 3/3/2016 1:21:13 AM
- And quote of the day goes to... - RL - 3/1/2016 2:57:30 AM
- This should all shake out before the nomination. Popcorn anyone? n/t - RobVG - 3/1/2016 2:10:57 AM
- Sanders & Clinton backers twice as racist as Rubio supporters - SteveS - 3/1/2016 12:29:38 AM
  - Wow... - RL - 3/1/2016 2:28:41 AM

And yet again, the republican debate resembles a WWF event... (n/t) - RL - 3/4/2016 2:12:33 AM
- How presidential... - RL - 3/4/2016 2:14:00 AM
  - 'Little Marco'.... WTF - RL - 3/4/2016 2:21:57 AM
    - Chris Wallace grew a pair - RL - 3/4/2016 2:26:50 AM
      - And first tweet is BS - RL - 3/4/2016 4:40:14 AM
      - Trump has blood coming out of his... - RL - 3/4/2016 3:06:22 AM
        
        Trump exploits a lie about 9/11 - RL - 3/4/2016 3:14:38 AM
        
        Remember how indignant republicans got when Bill Clinton answered the 'boxers vs Briefs' question? - RL - 3/4/2016 3:20:40 AM
        
        He's a 'Leader' - RL - 3/5/2016 6:23:18 AM
        
        He's a thug. - ER - 3/5/2016 1:31:50 PM

Don't let it bring you down. - ER - 3/5/2016 1:30:11 AM

Fox news tried to kill the monster it created... - RL - 3/4/2016 3:41:53 AM

Monsters from the Id - ER - 3/3/2016 2:25:54 PM

Terrorists are flowing into Europe among migrants, U.S. general says - SteveS - 3/2/2016 7:30:52 PM
- 60 Minutes’ Australia crew attacked by masked men while reporting on refugee crisis - SteveS - 3/2/2016 7:39:51 PM
  - Those attackers were probably right wing thugs trying to discredit the refugees. - ER - 3/3/2016 12:10:50 AM
    - The Swedish Swastika - mcfly - 3/3/2016 2:03:19 AM
      - None of the Scandinavians care much for the Swedes. - ER - 3/3/2016 3:36:32 AM

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