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  • #601
    Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
    Texas ... Whataburger ... Al Sharpton.


    UT should thank you. Now he doesn't have to trouble himself posting a bunch of links.
    "...you pointy-headed autopsy nerd. Do you think it's possible for you to post without using words like "hilarious," "absurd," "canard," and "truther"? Your bare assertions do not make it so. Maybe your reasoning is too stunted and your vocabulary is too limited to go without these epithets."
    "You are an intemperate, unscientific poster who makes light of very serious matters.”
    - SeattleUte

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    • #602
      Three predictions and a disclosure:

      1. Negative vibes about Team Clinton are strong enough that there will a spate of news stories just like this one, speculations about who the Democrats will nominate if not Her Inevitableness.

      2. The answer to that question is that the nominee will be Virginia Senator Tim Kaine.

      3. I will regret allowing my editor to actually publish this.

      Disclosure: I offer this in the spirit of sports writing on things like the NFL Draft and the 2016 World Series.
      Is there a Kennedy out there? Not this year. Roosevelt? Nope.

      So that brings us to the graveyard of presidential ambition, the U.S. Senate. Some recent alums and current leaders would surely run. Pick among: Evan Bayh, Sherrod Brown, Kirsten Gillibrand, Mark Warner, Jon Tester, Cory Booker and, of course, Tim Kaine.

      Kaine is by far the best-looking resume out there. He’s a former mayor (Richmond), governor (Virginia) and he hasn’t been in the Senate long enough to forget how to speak like a muggle. He’s won statewide in Virginia, a conservative, trending- Republican state. He’s a good campaigner and doesn’t come off as a slicky boy.

      Kaine also ran the Democratic National Committee for a while, which tells you three things: Other politicians think he’s got smarts; he can raise money; and he has a national antenna.

      The military has a huge presence in Virginia, and Kaine got himself appointed to the Armed Services Committee and the Foreign Relations Committee. He seems to be developing expertise and an influential voice. He has pushed Obama hard and articulately to get formal congressional authority for the current military adventures in the Mideast.

      And Kaine proved this week he has guts. He boycotted Netanyahu’s speech to Congress, risking the undying ire of a giant swatch of the Jewish donor community.

      Unfortunately, Tim is not a very presidential name. Though it is better than Barack. Or Hillary. Or Jimmy.
      http://www.newsnet5.com/decodedc/you...ll-get-the-nod
      "I think it was King Benjamin who said 'you sorry ass shitbags who have no skills that the market values also have an obligation to have the attitude that if one day you do in fact win the PowerBall Lottery that you will then impart of your substance to those without.'"
      - Goatnapper'96

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      • #603
        The 2016 Presidential Election Primary Thread

        Originally posted by Nakoma View Post
        It appears the well-educated portion of the populace is the most likely not to vaccinate children. Some Ithaca, NY schools have very low rates of vaccinated children.

        http://ithacavoice.com/2015/02/despi...ination-rates/
        There are a lot of hippies in Ithaca. Roots, the alternative school, has "free thinkers" not willing to vaccinate. On the east side of Cayuga Lake there is actually a commune. I am surprised Waldorf is so low as that is near South Hill which some money. Nonetheless, do you know what they call a fiscal conservative in Ithaca? A tourist.
        Last edited by Topper; 03-07-2015, 11:09 PM.
        "Guitar groups are on their way out, Mr Epstein."

        Upon rejecting the Beatles, Dick Rowe told Brian Epstein of the January 1, 1962 audition for Decca, which signed Brian Poole and the Tremeloes instead.

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        • #604
          Can someone explain to me the difference between Ted Cruz's ability to run for president and Obama's if he indeed was born in Kenya?

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          • #605
            Originally posted by fusnik View Post
            Can someone explain to me the difference between Ted Cruz's ability to run for president and Obama's if he indeed was born in Kenya?
            Depends. Where was Ted born? What was the citizenship status of his parents?
            "I think it was King Benjamin who said 'you sorry ass shitbags who have no skills that the market values also have an obligation to have the attitude that if one day you do in fact win the PowerBall Lottery that you will then impart of your substance to those without.'"
            - Goatnapper'96

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            • #606
              Originally posted by Pelado View Post
              Depends. Where was Ted born? What was the citizenship status of his parents?
              He was born in Canada.

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              • #607
                Originally posted by fusnik View Post
                Can someone explain to me the difference between Ted Cruz's ability to run for president and Obama's if he indeed was born in Kenya?
                I don't see any real difference, but I admittedly haven't looked at it closely.
                "What are you prepared to do?" - Jimmy Malone

                "What choice?" - Abe Petrovsky

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                • #608
                  Originally posted by Joe Public View Post
                  I don't see any real difference, but I admittedly haven't looked at it closely.
                  I don't think there is a difference. It's always been a non-issue. Not even Barry Soetero says he's from Kenya anymore.
                  Part of it is based on academic grounds. Among major conferences, the Pac-10 is the best academically, largely because of Stanford, Cal and UCLA. “Colorado is on a par with Oregon,” he said. “Utah isn’t even in the picture.”

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                  • #609
                    Originally posted by fusnik View Post
                    Can someone explain to me the difference between Ted Cruz's ability to run for president and Obama's if he indeed was born in Kenya?
                    Canadians look more like us than Kenyans do. That's your difference.

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                    • #610
                      Originally posted by fusnik View Post
                      Can someone explain to me the difference between Ted Cruz's ability to run for president and Obama's if he indeed was born in Kenya?
                      I'm all for excluding Ted Cruz on these or any other grounds.
                      τὸν ἥλιον ἀνατέλλοντα πλείονες ἢ δυόμενον προσκυνοῦσιν

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                      • #611
                        Originally posted by All-American View Post
                        I'm all for excluding Ted Cruz on these or any other grounds.


                        Raphael Cruz gives me the heebeejeebees
                        "Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. Uchtdorf

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                        • #612
                          LOL @ Trump.

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                          • #613
                            Ted Cruz is officially in.
                            τὸν ἥλιον ἀνατέλλοντα πλείονες ἢ δυόμενον προσκυνοῦσιν

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                            • #614
                              Originally posted by All-American View Post
                              Ted Cruz is officially in.


                              :teamraphael:
                              "Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. Uchtdorf

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                              • #615
                                Yay! Finally a serious contender!
                                "...you pointy-headed autopsy nerd. Do you think it's possible for you to post without using words like "hilarious," "absurd," "canard," and "truther"? Your bare assertions do not make it so. Maybe your reasoning is too stunted and your vocabulary is too limited to go without these epithets."
                                "You are an intemperate, unscientific poster who makes light of very serious matters.”
                                - SeattleUte

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