Political Randomness

[Alefroth]

Apparently he also called himself a Nazi and made jokes about rape. And the online chats were on discussion boards dedicated to porn, where he posted between 2008 and 2012.

Which is odd, because one of the groups he referenced in his 'some folks need killing' speech were the Nazis.

[LawBeefaroni]

Apparently he also called himself a Nazi and made jokes about rape. And the online chats were on discussion boards dedicated to porn, where he posted between 2008 and 2012.

Which is odd, because one of the groups he referenced in his 'some folks need killing' speech were the Nazis.

It's like Spy vs. Spy, but with Nazis!

[Max Peck]

Apparently he also called himself a Nazi and made jokes about rape. And the online chats were on discussion boards dedicated to porn, where he posted between 2008 and 2012.

Which is odd, because one of the groups he referenced in his 'some folks need killing' speech were the Nazis.

I need more context. Was he pro killing Nazis, or pro Nazis killing?

[Alefroth]

Apparently he also called himself a Nazi and made jokes about rape. And the online chats were on discussion boards dedicated to porn, where he posted between 2008 and 2012.

Which is odd, because one of the groups he referenced in his 'some folks need killing' speech were the Nazis.

I need more context. Was he pro killing Nazis, or pro Nazis killing?

He lumps Nazis and people who have done him wrong into those that need killing.

“We now find ourselves struggling with people who have evil intent.

You know, there was a time in which we used to meet evil on the battlefield. Guess what we did to it: we killed it! We didn’t quibble about it. We didn’t argue about it. We didn’t fight about it. We killed it!

When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, what’d we do? We flew to Japan and we killed the Japanese army and navy. We didn’t even quibble about it. I didn’t start this fight. You did.

You wanted to be left alone. you should have left me alone. We didn’t argue and capitulate and talk about well, maybe we shouldn’t fight the Nazis that hard. No, they’re bad. Kill them!

Some liberal somewhere is gonna say that sounds awful. Too bad. Get mad at me if you want to.

Some folks need killing! It’s time for somebody to say it. It’s not a matter of vengeance. It’s not a matter of being mean or spiteful. It’s a matter of necessity!”

[Holman]

People reveal their character more clearly in their porn-forum horniness than in their stump-speech bravado.

[Isgrimnur]

Perceived anonymity is a hell of a drug.

[Grifman]

At least one Republican gets it. NC Senator Thom Tillis because told Robinson to put up or shut up. He said that if CNN's reporting is fabricated, then Robinson needs to sue. But if he doesn't, then he needs to come clean and take responsibility for his actions.



Anyone think Robinson's going to sue? I've read how CNN tracked this down (and it wasn't all that hard) and it's pretty clear that Robinson posted everything they said he did. He's toast and will be thrown under the bus, and Republican's will try and focus on the other races.

[hepcat]

People reveal their character more clearly in their porn-forum horniness than in their stump-speech bravado.

I know my lengthy posting history as StudlyDooRight69 on latexmilfs.com is something I try to keep out of the public eye.

[Punisher]

People reveal their character more clearly in their porn-forum horniness than in their stump-speech bravado.

I know my lengthy posting history as StudlyDooRight69 on latexmilfs.com is something I try to keep out of the public eye.

I found your discourse on latex clothing vs liquid latex truly enlightening.

[hepcat]

No one considers that liquid latex goes EVERYWHERE.

[Smoove_B]

This is one of those times when I have a story to share, but I will opt for silence instead.

[hepcat]

What username do you post under on the site and I’ll look for it there.

[YellowKing]

Thom Tillis can go burn in hell. "If the reporting is a total media fabrication." Go fuck yourself you twat.

[LawBeefaroni]

....Republican's will try and focus on the other races.

I'm sure I know what you mean but in the current climate, that statement can be interpreted in a few ways.

[msteelers]

My wife and I registered to vote in NC today. Looking forward to doing our part to kick this guy out of office and flipping the state blue.

[hepcat]

How many different districts did you register in?

[Max Peck]

....Republican's will try and focus on the other races.

I'm sure I know what you mean but in the current climate, that statement can be interpreted in a few ways.

[Unagi]

My wife and I registered to vote in NC today. Looking forward to doing our part to kick this guy out of office and flipping the state blue.

most excellent!

[Carpet_pissr]

My wife and I registered to vote in NC today. Looking forward to doing our part to kick this guy out of office and flipping the state blue.

My daughter did this as well and got a lot of her high school friends to do the same. She currently attends UNC in Chapel Hill but her voting reg was here in SC (which is sadly, a wasted vote). Smart kid, I would not have thought of that!

[Carpet_pissr]

....Republican's will try and focus on the other races.

I'm sure I know what you mean but in the current climate, that statement can be interpreted in a few ways.

I was definitely thinking that, just didn’t post it. Lol

[Holman]

Ballots have already begun to go out (as of Friday), so there's no meaningful way to quit the race, and certainly no way to run a new candidate.

Robinson will now be a ghost candidate, with no party funding and no one campaigning with him.

It'll be interesting to see whether he takes it meekly or goes scorched Earth.

[Kraken]

"People should be making their contingency plans, like, right away." The Guardian interviews Nate Silver, about whom I only knew the broadest strokes and who is now shilling a new book. It's not so much about timely forecasts as about the outlook that guides him.

the River is free-flowing, disparate, full of exciting rapids and cataracts. It encompasses poker tournaments, Vegas, venture capital and Silicon Valley, and its inhabitants (he calls them “Riverians”) range from anonymous blackjack players to Elon Musk and cryptocurrency fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried – at least until the latter took up residence in a California correctional facility. Its mindset is highly analytical, somewhat contrarian and frequently thrill-seeking. But it’s more than a curious outgrowth of advanced capitalism, Silver says; in an era of breakneck technological change, it will play an outsize role in determining the shape of society, and our collective futures.

“The Village” is easier to grasp: stolid, slow moving, it’s home to norms and orthodoxies, legacy media, universities, government departments. Villagers read the Guardian and the New York Times. Silver, who studied economics before becoming a professional poker player, then a political forecaster, sees himself as having a foot in both camps, though he’s upfront about being a Riverian at heart. On the Edge is his guide to this landscape, and his attempt to bridge the divide. He tells me: “I want the Village and the River to understand one another better.”

[Skinypupy]

BREAKING: Senior adviser, campaign manager, finance director and deputy campaign manager have all resigned from
@markrobinsonNC campaign #ncpol

“Staff changes”

I wonder which disgusting thing he said was the final straw?

[Smoove_B]

Probably more the realization that nothing they do or say matters. Even after all that's happened and everything Robinson has said, voters are still vocally supporting him.

[gilraen]

I guess all it would take is afew thousand voters that were just going to turn out because they wanted to vote for Robinson as governor (and coincidentally vote R down the ballot) and now they won't bother voting at all... that's a win.

[LordMortis]

So "NRSC" (not any candidate, blah blah blah) is just spewing huge obvious lies all over the radio. I go to look up this organization, so I can figure out where their money is coming from so I can make sure whoever it is, they see none of mine, ever ever ever. Turns out the is the "National Republican Senatorial Committee" run by elected officials and they don't reveal who is funding their bullshit and their adds are bottom feeder lying scum you would throw your shoes away over, rather than scraping this shit off of them. The GOP needs to just go away.

Which has me thinking, WTF ever happened to conservationist conservatives? They were a huge factor in my state through the 90s. They are all gone. All of them, and yet the GOP still has outsized power here. The die hard demonstrable environmental preservationist attitude was one thing I used to respect and remind people of our local Republican representation. There is literally nothing left for me to give kudos to. Stopping government waste? Not demonstrable anywhere? Better security? Nope.

/rant for the day.

[pr0ner]

Apparently Jack Burkman (of Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl fame) claims to be running Robinson's campaign, but Robinson's team denies it.

You can't make this shit up.

[Holman]

Which has me thinking, WTF ever happened to conservationist conservatives? They were a huge factor in my state through the 90s. They are all gone. All of them, and yet the GOP still has outsized power here. The die hard demonstrable environmental preservationist attitude was one thing I used to respect and remind people of our local Republican representation. There is literally nothing left for me to give kudos to. Stopping government waste? Not demonstrable anywhere? Better security? Nope.

Republicans have been anti-environmentalist for a couple of generations now, principally because they associate environmentalism with hippies and regulations. And it's really not a long stretch to get from anti-environmentalism to straight-up anti-environment.

I remember when Reagan appointed an anti-regulation/anti-environmentalist to be Secretary of the Interior. It was a genuine shock because that role was supposed to be about (e.g.) protecting the National Parks rather than selling them out. Now, of course, it's standard GOP policy.

[Isgrimnur]

James G. Watt -> William P. Clark Jr. -> Donald P. Hodel

[Holman]

James G. Watt -> William P. Clark Jr. -> Donald P. Hodel

Yeah, I was thinking of James Watt.

[Kraken]

Nixon was the last environmentalist Republican.

[Blackhawk]

I just realized that if Trump loses, then when the next election rolls around, it will have been 16 years since we've seen a non-Trump R candidate on the trail. People will be voting who have zero memory of a candidate who wasn't Trump.

[Unagi]

I just realized that if Trump loses, then when the next election rolls around, it will have been 16 years since we've seen a non-Trump R candidate on the trail. People will be voting who have zero memory of a candidate who wasn't Trump.

Sure, but you are stating it the way that has the most years. (accurately, though)

We only just saw Trump as a candidate for the first time, 8 years ago, in 2016 and there were non-Trump R candidates that we all saw in that (they failed to win the nomination, to your point), etc...

But yeah. 2028 Non-Trump-GOP-Presidential Nominee -minus- a 2012 Non-Trump-GOP-Presidential Nominee (Hi, Mitt) = 16 years.

So, some young well-meaning conservative 18-year-old who first voted, and it was for Mitt in 2012, has been waiting for someone else to back ever since.
They will be 34 years old before they actually get a chance to do that. I can't imagine anyone who fits that bill is still 'waiting'.

But. yeah - the younger adults who've all grown up with Trump representing one of our 2 parties, it's a nightmare.

[Jaymann]

I kind of hope DonOld runs again in 2028. He will have NO CHANCE, but his base will prevent any other (R) from winning.

[Unagi]

It will be interesting to see how the party parts ways with Trump at some distant point. Or will something else need to form.

[YellowKing]

I don't think Trump's mental deterioration is going to make him anywhere close to a viable candidate in 4 years.

[LordMortis]

After the better of the two choices excuse was no longer the case when Biden dropped out, angry senility with the inability to have continuity in thought became a positive for the lunatic fringe. Just ask Haley and her ilk. Electrocutions from battery powered boats leading to shark attacks mean nothing. Harris hasn't shown a plan more detailed than she wants to take money from me to give free sex changes to illegal immigrant prisoners.

[Kraken]

It will be interesting to see how the party parts ways with Trump at some distant point. Or will something else need to form.

A lot of politicians will compete to lead the MAGA base, creating a rush to the bottom. Meanwhile, the old “RINO” GOP will regroup and try to assert dominance. It will take a few years for all of that to play out and the GOP won’t be a competitive national party until it’s over. The MAGAts might very well split off into their own Deplorable Party.

I don’t foresee a scenario where the GOP simply shakes off trump fever and normalizes. That would be the best case, but it’s hard to imagine.

[hepcat]

He’s a blithering idiot now and his cult loves him. He could run again in 2028 if he loses (or he decides two terms isn’t enough for his ego) and those same fools would still support him. The best we can hope for is that their ranks diminish over time as they fall victim to their own idiocy.

[LordMortis]

And time. I think his personality is educating the younger vote generally for the better while the older some people you just can't reach vote is aging out.