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KwarK
United States42656 Posts
On July 29 2016 03:23 DarkPlasmaBall wrote: Just watched President Obama's DNC speech. My god, what an orator. What a preacher. What a boss. I said it when Michelle spoke a few days ago and I'll say it again: #1 power couple and best speakers. Four more years! | ||
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Gorsameth
Netherlands21668 Posts
Considering how old the last 8 years have made him, 4 more may well kill him. | ||
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KwarK
United States42656 Posts
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GGTeMpLaR
United States7226 Posts
And the less faith I have in democracy to continue to work in the future | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States44316 Posts
On July 29 2016 03:34 KwarK wrote: In other news the Republican side of social media is mad that Bradley Cooper (the actor from the film American Sniper) is at the DNC and a Hillary supporter when, as the living incarnation of Chris Kyle (renowned brown people killer), he really should be a Trump supporter. There is a sense that the actor has an obligation to go on living as Chris Kyle would and that by supporting Hillary he has betrayed the Republicans. It's almost as if an actor's job is to take on a role that might not necessarily be exactly the same as the actor's real life persona. | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/oj37cGh.jpg) This is my favorite party of the Trump site. Military policy as written by a 8th grader. America will be a big, strong military no no one will stop us because we are so big and strong. | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States44316 Posts
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GGTeMpLaR
United States7226 Posts
This isn't even democracy anyways | ||
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Gorsameth
Netherlands21668 Posts
On July 29 2016 03:37 GGTeMpLaR wrote: The more I follow this election the more jaded I become with politics. And the less faith I have in democracy to continue to work in the future Democracy is a horrible system full of flaws It is also the best system we have come up with in history. | ||
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GGTeMpLaR
United States7226 Posts
On July 29 2016 03:44 Gorsameth wrote: Democracy is a horrible system full of flaws It is also the best system we have come up with in history. That's debatable. | ||
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Dan HH
Romania9118 Posts
On July 29 2016 03:37 Plansix wrote: This is my favorite party of the Trump site. Military policy as written by a 8th grader. America will be a big, strong military no no one will stop us because we are so big and strong. But you already have that! And people call this guy 'fiscally conservative' despite promising a dozen lavish projects | ||
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LegalLord
United Kingdom13775 Posts
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Rebs
Pakistan10726 Posts
Everything is debatable on the internet, you would however be on the wrong side of this debate. On July 29 2016 03:50 LegalLord wrote: Also just finished watching Obama's speech. Other than the fact that he said that communists threaten America (whitedoge be warned) it's one of his very solid speeches. Felt a lot like an exit speech than a straight endorsement of Hillary though. More than half of it was talking about himself and his own presidency, as an attempt to tie it into how Hillary will be more of the same. Yes thats what you call an endorsement, I have these ideas and values and things I did and want to do. That sounds like the trolliest thing Ive seen all day. | ||
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GGTeMpLaR
United States7226 Posts
It's made me seriously reconsider the degree to which Trump is running a con campaign play for power. Which leaves Hillary's play for power backed by the establishment vs Trump's play for power backed by a guerilla populist campaign And there's like no point even talking or learning about anyone else because Stein and Johnson don't even have a chance edit - and while I think Obama is a great orator who didn't do a terrible job in the oval office, I'm largely dismayed by how people seem to be chugging what he's selling like coolaid in that speech | ||
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biology]major
United States2253 Posts
On July 29 2016 03:52 GGTeMpLaR wrote: I want to ask LegalLord/xDaunt/other Trump voters what they made of the AMA yesterday? It's made me seriously reconsider the degree to which Trump is running a con campaign play for power. Which leaves Hillary's play for power backed by the establishment vs Trump's play for power backed by a guerilla populist campaign And there's like no point even talking or learning about anyone else because Stein and Johnson don't even have a chance Just roll the dice and give the establishment your middle finger, given these options that's about as much thought that I need to put into my vote | ||
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LegalLord
United Kingdom13775 Posts
On July 29 2016 03:44 Gorsameth wrote: Democracy is a horrible system full of flaws It is also the best system we have come up with in history. One country that has not been attacked by a foreign nation for 200 years has had a stable democracy for just under 250 years. A lot of nations have had a stable democracy for less than 100 in a world with nuclear weapons. A lot of weak nations have had unstable democracies. There are other systems of government that have been stable for longer than that, especially if under favorable circumstances. Debatable to say the least. | ||
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ticklishmusic
United States15977 Posts
NC GOP mistakenly attacks Kaine for 'shameful' pin he North Carolina GOP mistook a pin Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) wore on his lapel while speaking at the Democratic National Convention Wednesday for the flag of Honduras, calling it a shameful move on the part of the vice presidential candidate. "@timkaine wears a Honduras flag pin on his jacket but no American flag. Shameful," the state party said Wednesday in a now deleted tweet. Kaine was actually wearing a Blue Star Service pin for his son, who is a deployed Marine. The party's account later responded to the reporter, saying "We appreciate you letting us know. Thanks for letting us correct our mistake." Source This is too funny, but I'm glad they owned up to the mistake. | ||
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m4ini
4215 Posts
edit - and while I think Obama is a great orator who didn't do a terrible job in the oval office, I'm largely dismayed by how people seem to be chugging what he's selling like coolaid in that speech I don't think there's a correlation. At least not as big as you imply. Yes, Obama gets praised for his speeches, rightfully so. People love listening to him. I don't think it does matter what he's saying when he gives a speech like that though. It doesn't make Hillary look more appealing, it makes him more appealing, to the point that people wish they could get 4 more years out of him. It's a bit like Samuel L Jackson. He could read the back of a shampoo-bottle to me and i'd still would listen as if i were mesmerized. | ||
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LegalLord
United Kingdom13775 Posts
On July 29 2016 03:52 GGTeMpLaR wrote: I want to ask LegalLord/xDaunt/other Trump voters what they made of the AMA yesterday? It's made me seriously reconsider the degree to which Trump is running a con campaign play for power. Which leaves Hillary's play for power backed by the establishment vs Trump's play for power backed by a guerilla populist campaign And there's like no point even talking or learning about anyone else because Stein and Johnson don't even have a chance edit - and while I think Obama is a great orator who didn't do a terrible job in the oval office, I'm largely dismayed by how people seem to be chugging what he's selling like coolaid in that speech To be honest I'm not really a Trump supporter. I don't like Hillary and I call bullshit on the many stupid things that her supporters say. But I hate the Republican party even more and it is so antithetical to my views that I might just have to vote blindly party-line against them. The AMA, as far as I heard, was basically a wash. Not much there to look at. | ||
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Doodsmack
United States7224 Posts
On July 29 2016 03:55 biology]major wrote: Just roll the dice and give the establishment your middle finger, given these options that's about as much thought that I need to put into my vote That's an alarming attitude for such a dangerous die to roll. Revolutions usually don't end well. | ||
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