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Re: Buttons for Buffoons - POLITICS

Unread postby JUburton » Fri Jan 05, 2018 15:05:05

Distractions don't exist because everything has such a short shelf life. We'll forget this book by next Friday. Which I realize sounds somewhat oxymoronic, but the Russia thing isn't going away and it's not like Bob Mueller is stopping his investigation to read Fire and Fury.

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Re: Buttons for Buffoons - POLITICS

Unread postby CalvinBall » Fri Jan 05, 2018 15:08:36

jersey is saying the thing monkeyboy is claiming is a distraction is specifically about what monkeyboy thinks we are getting distracted from

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Re: Buttons for Buffoons - POLITICS

Unread postby JUburton » Fri Jan 05, 2018 15:12:40

CalvinBall wrote:jersey is saying the thing monkeyboy is claiming is a distraction is specifically about what monkeyboy thinks we are getting distracted from
Yeah, I just see the 'distraction' narrative from time to time as if people can literally only think about one scandal per day.

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Re: Buttons for Buffoons - POLITICS

Unread postby slugsrbad » Fri Jan 05, 2018 15:12:50

Josh Mandel pulls his name out of consideration to challenge Sen. Sherrod Brown in Ohio which is surprising. He was seen as the Republican front runner I believe. He had previously challeged Brown in 2012 where he lost by 6ish points.

Edit: In his statement he says he has to be there for his wife and children. That his wife has a health condition that requires his time/attention.
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Re: Buttons for Buffoons - POLITICS

Unread postby CalvinBall » Fri Jan 05, 2018 15:14:56

i like how brown's hair is always a mess which makes him look so frazzled

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Re: Buttons for Buffoons - POLITICS

Unread postby Werthless » Fri Jan 05, 2018 15:47:25

Monkeyboy wrote:
jerseyhoya wrote:
Monkeyboy wrote:
traderdave wrote:
TenuredVulture wrote:Without looking, I will say it is already #1 on Amazon.

Also, while I was critical and snarky about this book yesterday as a waste of time and a distraction, I may have been wrong about that. Since our current political media has done nothing (willingly or unwillingly) aid and abet trump, maybe the best way to cover him is with celebrity style gossip and innuendo.


I agree with that sentiment. However, this is all likely to amount to nothing. Remember, this guy already has been recorded admitting to sexual assault and he was rewarded with the presidency. To Adolf's base, this is just going to be another attack by non-Patriots.

and it will distract everyone from Russiagate and what the GOP is doing in Congress. It's exactly what Trump needed. There's nothing I've heard from the book so far that I haven't heard in other contexts over the past two years. This is just some additional confirmation of what we already know.

Yesterday, Bannon said, "“The president of the United States is a great man. You know I support him day in and day out.”

Which thing do you think his supporters are going to digest, the great man comment or the secondhand comment about him being treasonous and/or senile? I don't think it will make much difference to his core base unless it's the first shot fired on the 25th amendment movement, which I think is unlikely.

The President's campaign chairman/chief WH strategist accusing the son of the president of engaging in treasonous activities regarding meeting up with the Russians, suggesting they met with Trump himself, expressing his opinion that the president's son in law/top aide has massive exposure on money laundering etc. seems unlikely to 'distract everyone from Russiagate' and almost certainly isn't 'exactly what Trump needed' but you do you.


Shouldn't you be holed up somewhere plotting how to steal from the less fortunate? Trump jr is not the president and it's all about protecting the top guy, just like most organized crime. We'll see if it makes any difference in the long run. No doubt you'll admit you are wrong if I'm right

How would we evaluate whether you are right? If Trump's approval rating goes up? If he doesn't get impeached in the next 6 months? What is your standard for being right/wrong?

This is another straw on the camel's back. It probably won't break it, but who knows.

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Re: Buttons for Buffoons - POLITICS

Unread postby Werthless » Fri Jan 05, 2018 15:48:58

CalvinBall wrote:jersey is saying the thing monkeyboy is claiming is a distraction is specifically about what monkeyboy thinks we are getting distracted from

10 years ago, before I joined this board, I never would have guessed that this sentence would make so much sense.

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Re: Buttons for Buffoons - POLITICS

Unread postby thephan » Fri Jan 05, 2018 16:47:46

Mr. Grassley and Mr. Graham formally requested that Christopher Steele be investigate for criminal wrong doing.
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Re: Buttons for Buffoons - POLITICS

Unread postby CalvinBall » Fri Jan 05, 2018 16:54:45

thephan wrote:Mr. Grassley and Mr. Graham formally requested that Christopher Steele be investigate for criminal wrong doing.


get that traitor!!

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Re: Buttons for Buffoons - POLITICS

Unread postby Doll Is Mine » Fri Jan 05, 2018 16:54:55

America has two parties: Democratic and Russian.

It's unbelievable how the entire party, at least those in Congress, seems willing to help Trump cover up his crap.

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Re: Buttons for Buffoons - POLITICS

Unread postby Gimpy » Fri Jan 05, 2018 16:57:16

When Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI in December, court documents stated that “a very senior member of the Presidential Transition Team” had “directed Flynn” during the transition period to “influence those governments to delay the vote or defeat the resolution." That "very senior member" was Kushner, according to The Wall Street Journal.


Anyone want to bet that the source was Bannon? Bannon and Trump turning on each other days before the Wolff book came out gave us a helluva start to 2018.

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Re: Buttons for Buffoons - POLITICS

Unread postby Doll Is Mine » Fri Jan 05, 2018 18:22:34

Who's this?


Brad Parscale @parscale
Truth: Jared Kushner and @EricTrump were joint deputy campaign managers to @realDonaldTrump. Nobody else. Not one person made a decision without their approval. Others just took credit for this family’s amazing ability. I’m done with all these lies. They will be embarrassed!

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Re: Buttons for Buffoons - POLITICS

Unread postby Bucky » Fri Jan 05, 2018 18:31:20

so he's saying those taking credit will be embarrassed or the boy wunders will?

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Re: Buttons for Buffoons - POLITICS

Unread postby Woody » Fri Jan 05, 2018 18:42:14

Doll Is Mine wrote:Who's this?


Brad Parscale @parscale
Truth: Jared Kushner and @EricTrump were joint deputy campaign managers to @realDonaldTrump. Nobody else. Not one person made a decision without their approval. Others just took credit for this family’s amazing ability. I’m done with all these lies. They will be embarrassed!


the guy who ran all the slimy digital data targeting for Trump, along with Cambridge Analytica

Kushner hired a man named Brad Parscale, a Texas-based digital expert who had worked previously for team Trump. According to Confessore and Hakim, Cambridge Analytica convinced Parscale (who has since agreed to be interviewed by the House Intelligence Committee) to “try out the firm.” The decision was reinforced by Trump’s campaign manager, Steve Bannon, who is also a former vice president of Cambridge Analytica.


https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics ... ump-russia
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Re: Buttons for Buffoons - POLITICS

Unread postby thephan » Fri Jan 05, 2018 19:06:44

Don't be so simple....

The CEO of Cambridge Analytica is noted white nationalist Robert Mercer (he really wants to be Baron Wolfgang von Strucker if he can).

The Mercers are all in of salvaging their investment in Trump to whatever vile means they hope to exploit him, and incinerate the GOP/government.
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Re: Buttons for Buffoons - POLITICS

Unread postby Woody » Fri Jan 05, 2018 19:39:14

Yes

Mercer owned Bannon and Kellyanne Conway and is reponsible for them joining the Trump Team. They got on team Trump late in the game and put all the Cambridge Analytica digital fuckery behind him.

When you hear people talk about how Facebook got Trump elected is those folks who are largely responsible

Oh btw Mercer also founded Renaissance Technologies which has a private employee-only hedge fund which returns on average 40% per year. Per year. Annualized. A nice employment benefit. He recently stepped down from his role at Renaissance and sold his interest in Breitbart his daughter Rebecca, who might have been fucking (until this week, anyway) Steve Bannon. All very normal stuff
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Re: Buttons for Buffoons - POLITICS

Unread postby Doll Is Mine » Fri Jan 05, 2018 19:41:24

Image

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Re: Buttons for Buffoons - POLITICS

Unread postby slugsrbad » Fri Jan 05, 2018 20:10:54

Doll Is Mine wrote:Image


That's actually fake news.

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/ ... ody-326374
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Re: Buttons for Buffoons - POLITICS

Unread postby ReadingPhilly » Fri Jan 05, 2018 20:14:46

he's long been in the tyson zone.

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Re: Buttons for Buffoons - POLITICS

Unread postby Stay_Disappointed » Fri Jan 05, 2018 22:35:25

Why hasn’t trump fired Sessions? Wouldn’t that be the easiest way to get out of this mess?
I would rather see you lose than win myself

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