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IyMoon
United States1249 Posts
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
On November 17 2017 01:03 Mohdoo wrote: What?! Why in the world would you have wanted him to be president? He appeared to give a shit and wasn’t so full of himself that he was unwilling to listen to experts. | ||
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Logo
United States7542 Posts
On November 17 2017 01:04 IyMoon wrote: What do people feel about all these things and Trump? Is he sweating harder if some sitting politicians have to go because of this stuff? Or does he not care because how could this all hurt him if he got elected with 13 people already accusing him. Something in between the latter and being too egotistical to think anything bad could happen to him. | ||
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IyMoon
United States1249 Posts
On November 17 2017 01:04 Plansix wrote: He appeared to give a shit and wasn’t so full of himself that he was unwilling to listen to experts. If I had to make a list of Senators who I thought actually cared about people and would admit they were wrong, I would put Al on that list. | ||
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Nevuk
United States16280 Posts
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Mohdoo
United States15401 Posts
On November 17 2017 01:06 IyMoon wrote: If I had to make a list of Senators who I thought actually cared about people and would admit they were wrong, I would put Al on that list. That is not even close to sufficient background to be president. | ||
KwarK
United States42009 Posts
On November 17 2017 01:09 Mohdoo wrote: That is not even close to sufficient background to be president. And yet somehow still a bar our current president can't clear. | ||
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Nevuk
United States16280 Posts
I won't be at all surprised if there are more, though. | ||
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Mohdoo
United States15401 Posts
On November 17 2017 01:10 KwarK wrote: And yet somehow still a bar our current president can't clear. Clearly, but we should be holding ourselves to higher standards than " he yells things I agree with" | ||
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Biff The Understudy
France7811 Posts
On November 17 2017 00:59 xDaunt wrote: So whom do we want to appoint to lead the #metoo inquisition? If course, women talking about sexual aggressions is inquisition to you. If a big sweaty dude you can’t fight against had raped you in the ass or even simply groped the hell out of you, I’m sure you wouldn’t care either. Or maybe you would? I don’t like all aspects of the me too campaign. But it comes from somewhere and we had it coming. Instead of accusing victims of being the inquisition, maybe you can start to think about the fact that being a woman is still sometimes not fun at all. | ||
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Logo
United States7542 Posts
On November 17 2017 01:13 Nevuk wrote: I will admit I want to see if more accusations come out. If it is true this is about a rehearsal for a comedy skit, it isn't quite as bad. However, most of these men have had a history of sexual predation that has made their actions obviously over the line. I won't be at all surprised if there are more, though. Yeah I could see this basically going nowhere to going full out disgrace even without more accusations. Surely the alt-right is going to suddenly pretend to be righteous and bandwagon for his dismissal (and so soon after defending Moore), but it's hard to read how much the general person is going to care if it's an isolated incident and he somehow makes good on apologizing and what not. | ||
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KwarK
United States42009 Posts
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Artisreal
Germany9234 Posts
On November 17 2017 00:53 xDaunt wrote: We are living through the greatest epoch of schadenfreude in human history. Being content with people getting outed for their outrageous behaviour has about as much to do with Schadenfreude as Idra with being cool, calm and collected. | ||
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brian
United States9610 Posts
On November 17 2017 01:17 Logo wrote: Yeah I could see this basically going nowhere to going full out disgrace even without more accusations. Surely the alt-right is going to suddenly pretend to be righteous and bandwagon for his dismissal (and so soon after defending Moore), but it's hard to read how much the general person is going to care if it's an isolated incident and he somehow makes good on apologizing and what not. are we reading the same piece? even assuming the kiss practice (with tongue lol ok) was a ‘rehearsal’ (is he that out of practice?) surely being rebuffed, going home, passing out, and having her tits honked weren’t part of the script. if only he’d resign ahead of the election so voters can see what a functioning party looks like.. | ||
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Logo
United States7542 Posts
On November 17 2017 01:24 brian wrote: are we reading the same piece? even assuming the kiss practice (with tongue lol ok) was a ‘rehearsal’ (is he that out of practice?) surely being rebuffed, going home, passing out, and having her tits honked weren’t part of the script. if only he’d resign ahead of the election so voters can see what a functioning party looks like.. I wasn't passing any judgement on how bad the allegations were, only on how much people will care. Remember, for reference, a child molester is staying in his senate race and people are still debating whether or not he has a chance at winning. | ||
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Biff The Understudy
France7811 Posts
On November 17 2017 01:28 Logo wrote: I wasn't passing any judgement on how bad the allegations were, only on how much people will care. Remember, for reference, a child molester is staying in his senate race and people are still debating whether or not he has a chance at winning. At least we can have a good laugh next time the usual suspects explain us that the defense of morality is a cornerstone of conservatism. | ||
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brian
United States9610 Posts
On November 17 2017 01:28 Logo wrote: I wasn't passing any judgement on how bad the allegations were, only on how much people will care. Remember, for reference, a child molester is staying in his senate race and people are still debating whether or not he has a chance at winning. i hadn’t forgotten, thus the last line. feels like a good time to show people how a functioning political party works- leaving no room for sexual assault or child molestation. a stain on the democratic party is only going to serve to mobilize a few more alabama voters, even if it is with no sense of hypocrisy whatsoever. doing the right thing instead may have them stay home to do the same. | ||
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Sermokala
United States13754 Posts
On November 16 2017 18:28 Biff The Understudy wrote: What really pains me is that I desperately want to understand what the GOP is and is doing from a neutral point of view, but keep coming to the conclusion they are just evil assholes, cartoon villain style. I simply can’t remember when is the last time i heard the GOP take a position that was not fucking outrageous on basically any subject. There is an issue? Chose the single worst position possible et voilà! you succesfully predicted what the Trump administration is gonna do. Read the previous page for a post by GH on the issue. I'm not surprised that frankin had skeletons in his closet from his SNL days. I don't know why anyone else is. I don't see how this is banish him forever now but Women shouldn't be afraid of ever reporting stuff like this let alone liveing with it inside them for so long. | ||
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Stratos_speAr
United States6959 Posts
He should step down, governor Dayton should replace him, and the party won't really be hurt by this in any way. It'll probably even look good when compared to the Moore debacle. | ||
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Mohdoo
United States15401 Posts
On November 17 2017 02:18 Stratos_speAr wrote: He should step down, governor Dayton should replace him, and the party won't really be hurt by this in any way. It'll probably even look good when compared to the Moore debacle. I have zero problem with just tossing Franken straight under the bus for the sake of showing off difference in party ideals. | ||
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