Octopus Overlords

Defiant wrote: Tue Mar 12, 2019 9:37 am Buttmentum? Feel the.. err.. butt?

Jaymann wrote: Sat Mar 16, 2019 8:36 pm Hey Trump speaks three languages fluently:
New Yawk
Jersey
Pidgin

GreenGoo wrote: Sun Mar 17, 2019 7:16 pm So you can make the president dance like a puppet just by publicly accusing him of things? Sounds like a confident leader of men if ever I've heard of one.

Apollo wrote: Sun Mar 17, 2019 8:52 pm I think I can already see how the 2020 Presidential election will turn out. A moderate white man, like Biden or Beto, wins the nomination, the liberal activists are appalled (egged on by GOP and Russian trolls) that they didn't get a female or minority candidate as they did in the last three Presidential elections, and don't turn out. Moderate White Guy still manages to squeak out a victory over Trump, but without long enough coattails to turn the Senate blue, and thus is powerless to make any real change. Then, in 2024, the GOP puts up a candidate who superficially resembles Trump, but is much more savvy and intelligent. Democrats, disgusted that their guy can't get anything done, stay home and a Red Wave sweeps the nation Queen Alexandria I is coronated.

We're all doomed. saved

Holman wrote: Sun Mar 17, 2019 7:31 pm

GreenGoo wrote: Sun Mar 17, 2019 7:16 pm So you can make the president dance like a puppet just by publicly accusing him of things? Sounds like a confident leader of men if ever I've heard of one.

The real point is that Trump hasn't done *anything* to prove he's not Putin's puppet.

Tulsi G is either a straight-up Kremlin puppet or a reactionary arch-Leftist anti-American fellow-traveler, which amounts to the same thing.

Think Jill Stein, but with a (D) after her name.

Holman wrote: Sat Mar 16, 2019 7:41 pm I had assumed from the first that Pete Buttigieg had no chance.

The more I hear, though, the more I think he might be very very real, or at least very very smart.

El Guapo wrote: Mon Mar 18, 2019 12:02 am

Holman wrote: Sun Mar 17, 2019 7:31 pm

GreenGoo wrote: Sun Mar 17, 2019 7:16 pm So you can make the president dance like a puppet just by publicly accusing him of things? Sounds like a confident leader of men if ever I've heard of one.

The real point is that Trump hasn't done *anything* to prove he's not Putin's puppet.

Tulsi G is either a straight-up Kremlin puppet or a reactionary arch-Leftist anti-American fellow-traveler, which amounts to the same thing.

Think Jill Stein, but with a (D) after her name.

It's the latter. First, Gabbard is a straight up nut. Second, she's on the far left part of the spectrum that's been suspicious of / hostile to the Russia scandal from the beginning, because: (1) they are committed to the narrative that the DNC leaks were the work of some bold truth teller disgusted with institutional corruption, and not an act of foreign intelligence; (2) they are committed to a view of the U.S. as prime evil, and *especially* to the view of U.S. intelligence as the head of that prime evil, and the Russia scandal generally casts the U.S. as the victim and U.S. intelligence agencies as relative good guys; and (3) they are the heir to the anti-anti-communist tradition, which is not *for* communism so much as it was perpetually siding with the enemies of the U.S. no matter who they are and no matter how despicable they are.

$iljanus wrote: Sun Mar 31, 2019 2:58 pm his stance on desegregation.

Defiant wrote: Sun Mar 31, 2019 3:32 pm

$iljanus wrote: Sun Mar 31, 2019 2:58 pm his stance on desegregation.

He supported desegregation, what he didn't support was forced busing to achieve it. And back then, busing wasn't popular. Even among African Americans there was only 50/50 support.
https://twitter.com/ForecasterEnten/sta ... 8914486274

Regardless, I don't think this will get much traction, given his track record in the four decades since then.

I'm more bothered by the Anita Hill hearings, but I could still see myself voting for him in the primary.

Jaymann wrote: Sun Mar 31, 2019 3:35 pm What was his problem on the Anita Hill hearings?

“In my many years on the campaign trail and in public life, I have offered countless handshakes, hugs, expressions of affection, support and comfort," Biden said. "And not once — never — did I believe I acted inappropriately. If it is suggested I did so, I will listen respectfully. But it was never my intention. I may not recall these moments the same way, and I may be surprised at what I hear."

"But we have arrived at an important time when women feel they can and should relate their experiences, and men should pay attention," he said. "And I will. I will also remain the strongest advocate I can be for the rights of women. I will fight to build on the work I’ve done in my career to end violence against women and ensure women are treated with the equality they deserve. I will continue to surround myself with trusted women advisers who challenge me to see different perspectives than my own. And I will continue to speak out on these vitally-important issues where there is much more progress to be made and crucial fights that must be waged and won."

Kraken wrote: Mon Apr 01, 2019 10:34 am Too likely to have a steady parade of similar bimbo eruptions. Remember when we called them that?

Kraken wrote:I don't think Biden will survive campaigning in the MeToo era. Too likely to have a steady parade of similar bimbo eruptions. Remember when we called them that?

You'd think that no amount of sleaze, actual or alleged, would disqualify someone from running against Trump, the sultan of sleaze. But Democrats will be looking for purity, and they won't find it in Joe.

Pyperkub wrote:

Kraken wrote:I don't think Biden will survive campaigning in the MeToo era. Too likely to have a steady parade of similar bimbo eruptions. Remember when we called them that?

You'd think that no amount of sleaze, actual or alleged, would disqualify someone from running against Trump, the sultan of sleaze. But Democrats will be looking for purity, and they won't find it in Joe.

It depends. The twitterverse magnifies these things so that the things in question are much less important to voters than they appear. As best I can tell thus far, these are all non sexual weirdness, even quirky (rubbing noses? Uh, OK).

Nowhere near even Franken's level, to say far less of our current President's precedent.

If this is the best the oppo research can come up with...

Holman wrote: Sat Mar 16, 2019 7:41 pm (According to Politico, he speaks seven languages conversationally.)

Unagi wrote:

Holman wrote: Sat Mar 16, 2019 7:41 pm (According to Politico, he speaks seven languages conversationally.)

Could you imagine our next president speaking seven languages conversationally. The 'make-up sex' could be incredible regarding foreign relations.