Board 8 > Politics Containment Topic 148.2: Still, Don't Sexually Assault People

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http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/362264-trump-still-privately-questions-obamas-birth-certificate-report

what the fuck
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Trump is literally senile, news at 11
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CelesMyUserName posted...

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/362264-trump-still-privately-questions-obamas-birth-certificate-report

what the fuck

For the record:

9/16/2016
?Hillary Clinton and her campaign of 2008 started the birther controversy. I finished it,? Trump said. ?President Barack Obama was born in the United States, period.?

Nothing's good enough for a liar who wants to attack. But yeah, Warren just needs to do a DNA test and prove herself.....

What a goddamn clown.
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There's a long, rich history in the American south of lying about native American ancestry.

It's not unreasonable at all to ask Warren for proof
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like what the hell is with this week and Trump revising his past admissions

Last year: alright I accept Obama was born in America, and I did say those bad things on the tape

This year: Obama's certificate is a fake and that tape might not be authentic!!!!
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DeepsPraw posted...

There's a long, rich history in the American south of lying about native American ancestry.

It's not unreasonable at all to ask Warren for proof

It probably wasn't unreasonable before Republicans refused to believe Barack Obama's birth certificate is real. No real sense in pandering to their spiteful delusions nowadays though. How about Warren takes a blood test when Trump releases his taxes?
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ChaosTonyV4 posted...

Obama was undeniably the classiest, most well put-together, Presidential President in my lifetime.

Just because the Fox News / Right-Wing machine spewed all this anti-American rhetoric doesnt make it otherwise.

No.

Only more Presidential than Trump (cause duh) and Clinton.
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There was nothing classy about Dubya. Bush Sr. I'll give you had a pretense of respectability, even if he was a bastard
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Yeah, Dubya was far less classy than Obama.
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SSJBKK20Vegito posted...

literal criminals running [the White House]

Thats my issue with Coolidge
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CelesMyUserName posted...

like what the hell is with this week and Trump revising his past admissions

Last year: alright I accept Obama was born in America, and I did say those bad things on the tape

This year: Obama's certificate is a fake and that tape might not be authentic!!!!

He's a sociopath and words don't actually have meaning to him
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Trump is now retweeting a string of anti-Muslim videos

What the fucking fuck
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they're not just anti-muslim. They're from a group that the British government has defined as a hate group, whose leaders have been charged with crimes such as inciting violence.
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Peace___Frog posted...

they're not just anti-muslim. They're from a group that the British government has defined as a hate group, whose leaders have been charged with crimes such as inciting violence.

To be fair, Britain has also charged people with similar crimes for singing Kung Fu Fighting
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I doubt that individuals charged due to that are rearrested for breaking the conditions of their bail.
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https://twitter.com/MajorCBS/status/935901299085926403

In re @realDonaldTrump retweets of @JaydaBF videos this morning @PressSec "Whether it's a real video, the threat is real. His goal is to promote strong border security and strong national security."

so the official position of the White House on Fake News is....... doesn't matter if it's true or not
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Is it true that a Trump is tweeting indirect accusations of murder towards Joe Scarborough?
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CelesMyUserName posted...

so the official position of the White House on Fake News is....... doesn't matter if it's true or not

This is not a new position, unless you've forgotten about "alternative facts."
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yes

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/935874566701842434

So now that Matt Lauer is gone when will the Fake News practitioners at NBC be terminating the contract of Phil Griffin? And will they terminate low ratings Joe Scarborough based on the unsolved mystery that took place in Florida years ago? Investigate!

FFDragon posted...

CelesMyUserName posted...

so the official position of the White House on Fake News is....... doesn't matter if it's true or not

This is not a new position, unless you've forgotten about "alternative facts."

well yeah but now it's literally called fake facts!
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apparently Trump deleted the Scarborough tweet...... and then tweeted it again for a typo correction

https://twitter.com/jaketapper/status/935875175853297664
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CelesMyUserName posted...

https://twitter.com/MajorCBS/status/935901299085926403

In re @realDonaldTrump retweets of @JaydaBF videos this morning @PressSec "Whether it's a real video, the threat is real. His goal is to promote strong border security and strong national security."

so the official position of the White House on Fake News is....... doesn't matter if it's true or not

Border and national security from the threat of Muslims, apparently
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CelesMyUserName posted...

https://twitter.com/jenanmoussa/status/935507511242784768

Libyan media is questioning authenticity of CNN's slavery report after tweet by President Trump calling CNN international "a major source of (Fake) news"

I just want to add another consequence of the Trump Presidency: four out of seven people running for Tennessee Governor won't release their tax returns.

http://kuaf.com/post/4-tennessee-governor-candidates-wont-release-tax-returns#stream/0

What an awful trend to allow. Is this happening in other people's states?
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Roy Moore back up to a five point lead in Alabama. Shocker.
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Roy Moore is obviously going to be a senator. Which is disturbing even if he isn't a sexual abuser. That he almost certainly is one, makes it all the worse.
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So it'll be Moore election --> Senate ethics investigation --> definitive proof that he's a creepy asshole --> bipartisan expulsion vote

Basing this on the fact that McConnell hates Moore more than anyone else in politics right now
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Maybe I am being too optimistic, I dunno
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Nelson_Mandela posted...

So it'll be Moore election --> Senate ethics investigation --> definitive proof that he's a creepy asshole --> bipartisan expulsion vote

Basing this on the fact that McConnell hates Moore more than anyone else in politics right now

McConnell hates a lot of things. Hes not gonna vote to expel Moore and make the party look even MORE divided. Itll be just like with Trump. Allegations come out, vocal condemnation, quiet reendorsement because its politically beneficial.
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I would expect a lot of, "The people of Alabama have spoken and we must respect their decision." in the (increasingly likely) event of a Moore win.
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Moore if elected would be a thorn in Mitchs side though. And he would never have to face the backlash from Alabama voters personally.

If he could personally remove Trump and replace him with Pence and not face any voter backlash, hed do it in a heartbeat, even though it divides the party.
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I feel some of the bounce-back Moore is getting is due to people thinking he will be expelled and then it'll be a simple re-re-election victory for the Republicans.
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xp1337 posted...

I would expect a lot of, "The people of Alabama have spoken and we must respect their decision." in the (increasingly likely) event of a Moore win.

Exactly. Republicans dont care about governing for the WHOLE country. They only care about governing for their base and their donors, who might primary them out of office otherwise. If their base wants a pedophile over a Democrat, then I guess Republicans will just have to be the pedophile party from now on.
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Jakyl25 posted...

Moore if elected would be a thorn in Mitchs side though. And he would never have to face the backlash from Alabama voters personally.

If he could personally remove Trump and replace him with Pence and not face any voter backlash, hed do it in a heartbeat, even though it divides the party.

If he could remove Trump without any voter backlash it wouldn't divide the party.
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Espeon posted...

Exactly. Republicans dont care about governing for the WHOLE country. They only care about governing for their base and their donors, who might primary them out of office otherwise. If their base wants a pedophile over a Democrat, then I guess Republicans will just have to be the pedophile party from now on.

Can't wait to see all those Republicans quietly accepting donations from NAMBLA!
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https://twitter.com/katherinemiller/status/935717842900717568

I kinda wish I saw this
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Espeon posted...

xp1337 posted...

I would expect a lot of, "The people of Alabama have spoken and we must respect their decision." in the (increasingly likely) event of a Moore win.

Exactly. Republicans dont care about governing for the WHOLE country. They only care about governing for their base and their donors, who might primary them out of office otherwise. If their base wants a pedophile over a Democrat, then I guess Republicans will just have to be the pedophile party from now on.

My dream is that one day, the word "republican" in the US is half as tainted as the word "Nazi" is in Germany, and no one in their right mind wants to be associated with them.
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Does anyone keep up with Alabama news? Is their a lot of chatter about the implications of the senate if the Democrats win (they won't be able to pass anything by themselves, even more so/it would give the Dems a good chance at winning the senate in 2018)?
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That would be pretty hard to do considering the history of the word and the party

Nazi had no such positive baggage
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Jakyl25 posted...

Nazi had no such positive baggage

It did (and I guess technically still does) for some people. People who associate it with economic growth, becoming a superpower, redemption for WWI, Germany First, etc.
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Garrison Keillor the latest to fall from allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior
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Jakyl25 posted...

Garrison Keillor the latest to fall from allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior

Literally who
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Talk radio dude.
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Read that as Ben Garrison at first, and wasn't surprised.
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Roy Moore is absolutely going to be re-elected. I don't think that was ever in doubt - he's running in Alabama. It's all about whether or not he'll be expelled afterwards. Normally I would say there's no way that a party (especially the GOP) turns on one of their own to that degree, but a lot of GOP people seem disgusted by him.
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KamikazePotato posted...

Roy Moore is absolutely going to be re-elected. I don't think that was ever in doubt - he's running in Alabama. It's all about whether or not he'll be expelled afterwards. Normally I would say there's no way that a party (especially the GOP) turns on one of their own to that degree, but a lot of GOP people seem disgusted by him.

Honestly, what have Republicans in this country done in the past two decades that make you think theyll turn against Moore when the chips are down? Id LOVE to be proven wrong, but it seems too often that at least hes not a Democrat excuses any and all vile behavior from that side.
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Did anyone hear about the West Virginia dad who got 5 years probation, and 50 years supervision for raping his 11 year old daughter?

http://time.com/5038746/man-convicted-of-impregnating-11-year-old-girl-gets-probation/

This is just depressing.
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Dancedreamer posted...

Did anyone hear about the West Virginia dad who got 5 years probation, and 50 years supervision for raping his 11 year old daughter?

http://time.com/5038746/man-convicted-of-impregnating-11-year-old-girl-gets-probation/

This is just depressing.

There's a hillbilly joke here that I will refrain from making because holy shit this situation is fucking horrifying.
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Not_an_Owl posted...

Dancedreamer posted...

Did anyone hear about the West Virginia dad who got 5 years probation, and 50 years supervision for raping his 11 year old daughter?

http://time.com/5038746/man-convicted-of-impregnating-11-year-old-girl-gets-probation/

This is just depressing.

There's a hillbilly joke here that I will refrain from making because holy shit this situation is fucking horrifying.

Jesus I need to get a hold of this lawyer.
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You need strong defense in a similar area?
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Jakyl25 posted...

You need strong defense in a similar area?

Lol not a similar area. A much easier case to defend than that one I would think! Lol
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Jakyl25 posted...

https://twitter.com/katherinemiller/status/935717842900717568

I kinda wish I saw this

I'm guessing Bernie wasn't wrong?
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