lol @ joestork, i've been thinking exactly the same thing
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, 4 March 2015 23:36 (nine years ago) link
it's getting to be kind of weird how every presidential election cycle the GOP gets yet another token crazy black man in the running
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 5 March 2015 23:57 (nine years ago) link
a perfect projection of how they see obama
― lag∞n, Thursday, 5 March 2015 23:59 (nine years ago) link
or Chisholm or Jackson or Sharpton
― Οὖτις, Friday, 6 March 2015 00:00 (nine years ago) link
http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110922045435/marvel_dc/images/d/d4/Crime_Syndicate_of_America_001.jpg
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 6 March 2015 00:00 (nine years ago) link
i think its just obama because part of it is imitating his success they think you can just throw any black guy out there and he will win because of affirmative action and reverse racism, whereas they have no reason to aspire toward sharptonhood
― lag∞n, Friday, 6 March 2015 00:03 (nine years ago) link
it started before Obama though
and oddly all of these guys have been totally unqualified nobodies who have never held elected office, which was not the case with Obama (Sharpton and Jackson obviously way less qualified than Obama, tbf)
― Οὖτις, Friday, 6 March 2015 00:04 (nine years ago) link
I mean, never forget:http://www.suck.com/daily/2000/05/05/a.gif
― Οὖτις, Friday, 6 March 2015 00:05 (nine years ago) link
tru keyes was ahead of his time lol
― lag∞n, Friday, 6 March 2015 00:34 (nine years ago) link
not a politician per se but this guy has bee NRO's token black intellectual for thirty years:
http://www.worldmag.com/media/images/content/sowell_1.jpg
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 6 March 2015 00:38 (nine years ago) link
remember there was an episode of michael moores tv show where a mosh pit breaks out at a keyes campaign event and he goes in it and has fun
― lag∞n, Friday, 6 March 2015 00:40 (nine years ago) link
Edward Brooke was supposedly touted as a Republican VP possibility in '72 and '76--I'm sure not very seriously.
― clemenza, Friday, 6 March 2015 00:42 (nine years ago) link
I don't think they pick crazy black guys to mock them, I think they pick crazy black guys because they desperately want to appear like the republican party can appeal to non-white people but you basically can't find a non-crazy black republican in 2015
― iatee, Friday, 6 March 2015 00:55 (nine years ago) link
Edward Brooke died recently. Complicated guy. Ask Barbara Walters.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/04/us/edward-brooke-pioneering-us-senator-in-massachusetts-dies-at-95.html?action=click&contentCollection=Politics®ion=Footer&module=MoreInSection&pgtype=article&_r=0
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 6 March 2015 01:06 (nine years ago) link
Wow--had no idea was still alive. (Until he was dead, that is.) I knew about the affair with Walters...was it discussed in one of the Perlstein books? Anyway, when I said not very seriously, I meant in terms of the party; Brooke himself was a serious person, and not at all like Cain and the rest. (I mean, Cain is a serious business person, he just wasn't a serious candidate.)
― clemenza, Friday, 6 March 2015 01:17 (nine years ago) link
Weird how Alan Keyes is likely the only guy who's ever debated Bush, McCain and Obama.
― pplains, Friday, 6 March 2015 01:41 (nine years ago) link
nah pretty sure Osama bin Laden tested him before sending him to destroy America
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 6 March 2015 01:44 (nine years ago) link
"qualified" presidents can go straight to prison btw
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Friday, 6 March 2015 02:02 (nine years ago) link
rilly
― lag∞n, Friday, 6 March 2015 02:02 (nine years ago) link
the last five would be a start
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Friday, 6 March 2015 02:05 (nine years ago) link
Going to need a shovel there..
― Andrew Farrell, Friday, 6 March 2015 09:14 (nine years ago) link
we're in Fantasyland anyway, our shit doesn't stink and international law does not exist.
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Friday, 6 March 2015 11:41 (nine years ago) link
You need to get better fantasies.
― pplains, Friday, 6 March 2015 15:32 (nine years ago) link
its true that international laws dont exist, i mean laws generally are not real existent things, they havent built a prison yet that can hold me
― lag∞n, Friday, 6 March 2015 15:38 (nine years ago) link
^^^ always blows my mind that ppl who recognize the inherent politics in all areas of life somehow think international law is some kind of platonic ideal that is immune
― Mordy, Friday, 6 March 2015 15:52 (nine years ago) link
the employment of /war criminal/ is a particular fav of mine, like i understand that it sounds cool, but its kinda iffy imo to consider breaking the rules of war the bad thing when war itself involves the purposeful killing of people and is bad
― lag∞n, Friday, 6 March 2015 15:57 (nine years ago) link
/war monger/ is much more damning imho i wld go with /war monger/ in the future pro tip
― lag∞n, Friday, 6 March 2015 15:59 (nine years ago) link
I'm replacing POTUS with "most powerful head of the Five Families" if that's alright
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Friday, 6 March 2015 16:07 (nine years ago) link
uh no it's not alright 'US' is not an acronym for 'Five Families'
― Mordy, Friday, 6 March 2015 16:09 (nine years ago) link
^
― lag∞n, Friday, 6 March 2015 16:11 (nine years ago) link
i'm fine with abandoning "war criminal" in favor of customizations like "Wall Street's executioner" or "Zionist terrorist."
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Friday, 6 March 2015 16:13 (nine years ago) link
i appreciated your creativity in this realm morbs, walk with blessings
― lag∞n, Friday, 6 March 2015 16:14 (nine years ago) link
This is apart from Hillary (which I'm just catching up with), sort of; one of the things that got me onto Obama in 2008 was an extreme antipathy for her handlers and explainers. Lanny Davis was, and is, the worst of all.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eo8Yp7W2oE
― clemenza, Saturday, 7 March 2015 02:48 (nine years ago) link
well thank God Obama turned out so well
his optics are better
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 7 March 2015 08:51 (nine years ago) link
“Voters do not give a shit. They do not even give a fart,” said longtime Clinton ally and Democratic strategist Paul Begala, echoing the sentiments of most Clinton allies who believe the all-but-certain nominee is enough of a defined quantity in voters’ eyes that Republican attacks on her email policies cannot sway them — especially not over a year-and-a-half before she faces a competitive vote.
“Find me one persuadable voter who agrees with HRC on the issues but will vote against her because she has a non-archival-compliant email system and I’ll kiss your ass in Macy’s window and say it smells like roses,” he said.
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/03/hillary-clinton-2016-democrat-alarmed-by-emal-scandal-115814.html
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Monday, 9 March 2015 06:46 (nine years ago) link
well duh
― Mordy, Monday, 9 March 2015 13:25 (nine years ago) link
just quoted for the total class embodied by pro Dem wizards
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Monday, 9 March 2015 14:05 (nine years ago) link
Close your eyes and pretend it's Dennis Perrin.
― Andrew Farrell, Monday, 9 March 2015 16:21 (nine years ago) link
Begala is so worthless idk how his breed of sycophantic shills sleeps at night
― Οὖτις, Monday, 9 March 2015 16:35 (nine years ago) link
on very expensive beds
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Monday, 9 March 2015 17:07 (nine years ago) link
I have to be honest Paul Begala is winning me over w/that style
― The Complainte of Ray Tabano, Monday, 9 March 2015 17:17 (nine years ago) link
its sycophancy but its not wrong
― brosario nawson (m bison), Monday, 9 March 2015 17:20 (nine years ago) link
"The cheaper the hood, the gaudier the patter."
― Aimless, Monday, 9 March 2015 17:22 (nine years ago) link
What about voters who would vote against HRC on the issues but vote for her because she has a non-archival-compliant email system?
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 9 March 2015 17:28 (nine years ago) link
to me her off books email use says "im a creative problem solver whos willing to bend a rule or two to get the job done vote hillary 2016"
― lag∞n, Monday, 9 March 2015 17:30 (nine years ago) link
i don't give a fart about it as it's diversionary, like her "issues," from the overall message "I am a Wall Street succubus." But Capone went down on tax evasion, so BAMN.
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Monday, 9 March 2015 17:54 (nine years ago) link
The International Association of Fire Fighters attracted 10 possible presidential candidates to the union’s conference in Washington this week, including Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren on the Democratic side and Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz for the Republicans.But one prominent invitee, Hillary Clinton, sent regrets — and that’s regrettable, because she could use some help putting out fires these days.The soft launch of Clinton’s not-yet-declared candidacy has been engulfed in twin conflagrations: the disclosure that the Clinton Foundation had accepted donations from dodgy countries and the discovery that she conducted her business as secretary of state using a personal e-mail account. Her advisers have managed to fan the flames by being clumsy first responders.
But one prominent invitee, Hillary Clinton, sent regrets — and that’s regrettable, because she could use some help putting out fires these days.
The soft launch of Clinton’s not-yet-declared candidacy has been engulfed in twin conflagrations: the disclosure that the Clinton Foundation had accepted donations from dodgy countries and the discovery that she conducted her business as secretary of state using a personal e-mail account. Her advisers have managed to fan the flames by being clumsy first responders.
STOP IT DANA MILBANK
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 10 March 2015 13:23 (nine years ago) link
Oh lord jesus that's bad
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 10 March 2015 13:42 (nine years ago) link
lmao what an incendiary report
― gr8080, Tuesday, 10 March 2015 13:47 (nine years ago) link
http://38.media.tumblr.com/998cdabe11e5de5f9606150f9b31d19d/tumblr_n1bziwlmuF1r2x0k1o2_400.gif
― pplains, Tuesday, 10 March 2015 13:48 (nine years ago) link