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Chewbacca.
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kwizach
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On January 13 2016 12:02 xDaunt wrote: This speech is his entire presidency in 60 minutes. It encapsulates perfectly the essence of what the past seven years have been. If by that you mean "Obama is the adult in the room while Republicans oppose virtually everything he says and proposes", then yes, that's a fair assessment. | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
Obama has pretty much realized that the political dumbing down of this country is reality. | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
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{CC}StealthBlue
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Also how was she talking but her teeth barely move. | ||
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Introvert
United States4951 Posts
On January 13 2016 12:02 xDaunt wrote: This is the epitome of a lame duck State of the Union speech. It is petulance and condescension on parade. Obama isn't even trying to offer policy goals. He's just lecturing. This speech is his entire presidency in 60 minutes. It encapsulates perfectly the essence of what the past seven years have been. Perfectly put. Edit: Especially the part in bold. | ||
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Ravianna26
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Deathstar
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Nyxisto
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cLutZ
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xDaunt
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GoTuNk!
Chile4591 Posts
On January 13 2016 12:59 xDaunt wrote: Rumor is that Obama wants to be Secretary General of the UN after he leaves the presidency. I'm all for it. I'd love for nothing else than to inflict Obama and his awful lecturing upon the assholes of the world. But he'd have to explain why he sold so many weapons to Saudi Arabia... | ||
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kwizach
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On January 13 2016 12:59 xDaunt wrote: Rumor is that Obama wants to be Secretary General of the UN after he leaves the presidency. I'm all for it. I'd love for nothing else than to inflict Obama and his awful lecturing upon the assholes of the world. I don't think the Republican presidential candidates would listen to the Secretary General of the UN. | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
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JW_DTLA
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On January 13 2016 13:42 {CC}StealthBlue wrote: Surprise of the night. Chris Matthews and Chuck Todd calling out DWS and the Democratic Party of the debate schedule. The organization that pays them (Chris/Chuck) lost money because of that sloppy scheduling. The Republican debates are big ratings draws. The Dem debates are stinkers and can't sell ads because they are at bad times. | ||
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GreenHorizons
United States23947 Posts
On January 13 2016 14:55 JW_DTLA wrote: The organization that pays them (Chris/Chuck) lost money because of that sloppy scheduling. The Republican debates are big ratings draws. The Dem debates are stinkers and can't sell ads because they are at bad times. That and they've been losing credibility (particularly Chris, Chuck plays things pretty straight up even if he pretends to be naive about some stuff) Chris however was basically called out for blatantly playing to Hillary so he could get her network to support his wife's run for office. He's still doing it hence putting it on DWS like she hasn't been in Hillary's pocket since before she got the position. What we see there is Hillary throwing DWS under the bus, to try to give credibility to the incredible idea that this was all DWS. But they are only bad sellers in comparison to Trump debates, The most watched democratic debate ever was this cycle. | ||
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cLutZ
United States19574 Posts
On January 13 2016 15:01 GreenHorizons wrote: That and they've been losing credibility (particularly Chris, Chuck plays things pretty straight up even if he pretends to be naive about some stuff) Chris however was basically called out for blatantly playing to Hillary so he could get her network to support his wife's run for office. He's still doing it hence putting it on DWS like she hasn't been in Hillary's pocket since before she got the position. What we see there is Hillary throwing DWS under the bus, to try to give credibility to the incredible idea that this was all DWS. But they are only bad sellers in comparison to Trump debates, The most watched democratic debate ever was this cycle. Matthews seems to have been shaken from his stupor of the 2012 cycle and returned to being a top 5 interviewer/commentator. He's incessantly asking leaders of the Democratic party (Shumer, DWS, Hillary) what the difference is between a Democrat (he fancies himself a Kennedy/LBJ/Tipp Dem) and a Socialist, he's doing actual pieces on things other than "Republican obstructionism" and questioning the guests he brings on (although he really needs to find a competent Republican other than Michael Steele, all of MSNBC does). | ||
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Doublemint
Austria8744 Posts
 and lol at ryan only getting up for the military ^^ | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
And the fact that we discuss presidential debates as “ratings draws” and ad revenue without even thinking that is a bad sign shows a special case of stockholm syndrome. | ||
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Seuss
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