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  • Jeff Lebowski
    Corporate lackey for Jesus
    • Nov 2008
    • 69579

    #481
    Originally posted by old_gregg View Post
    serious presidential candidate rand paul is a dumb dumb

    http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elec...orders-n298821
    Bloody hell. Isn't his old man a doctor?
    "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
    "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
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    • TripletDaddy
      sweet triple
      • Nov 2008
      • 58186

      #482
      Originally posted by SandYFan View Post
      Can we blame the religious right? Anyone who isn't nuts on stuff like vaccines and gay marriage doesn't get the support they need to get very far.
      That's what I mean. You aren't a nut for being religious on the right or for being liberal on the left. You are a nut for running for office and pandering to extreme positions that are known to be candidacy killers. When will the conservative electorate realize this?

      A few months ago, Rick Perry was saying that if his new anti-abortion measures had been in place in time, Joan Rivers might not have died when she did.
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      • SandYFan
        Junior Member
        • May 2013
        • 754

        #483
        I guess my question is: How many votes are you really getting for pandering to the extreme positions? I hope the number is shrinking.

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        • old_gregg
          scaly man fish
          • Nov 2009
          • 16915

          #484
          you're not getting the nom if you're not getting those votes
          Te Occidere Possunt Sed Te Edere Non Possunt Nefas Est.

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          • fusnik
            Senior Member
            • Nov 2008
            • 4475

            #485
            Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
            Bloody hell. Isn't his old man a doctor?
            Rad is a MD, no?

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            • imanihonjin
              Junior Member
              • Jun 2013
              • 3772

              #486
              Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
              Bloody hell. Isn't his old man a doctor?
              Yes. Rand is also a doctor.

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              • Jeff Lebowski
                Corporate lackey for Jesus
                • Nov 2008
                • 69579

                #487
                Originally posted by imanihonjin View Post
                Yes. Rand is also a doctor.
                Good grief. Idiot.
                "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
                "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
                "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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                • PaloAltoCougar
                  Semper infra dignitatem
                  • Nov 2008
                  • 16922

                  #488
                  Originally posted by TripletDaddy View Post
                  There is a difference between not having a candidate strong enough to beat Hillary and having lunatic candidates. The GOP current has Rand Paul, Sarah Palin, and Rick Perry, to name a few. How did these nuts rise as far as they did to be in a position to run for POTUS???
                  Don't forget Huckabee. I listened this morning to an interview in which, in an apparent attempt to appear tolerant as he gets ready to throw his hat into the ring, said he has friends who are gay and he has no problem with people following the gay lifestyle. Anyone using the phrase "gay lifestyle" nowadays will likely get the hook, and should.

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                  • SandYFan
                    Junior Member
                    • May 2013
                    • 754

                    #489
                    Originally posted by PaloAltoCougar View Post
                    Don't forget Huckabee. I listened this morning to an interview in which, in an apparent attempt to appear tolerant as he gets ready to throw his hat into the ring, said he has friends who are gay and he has no problem with people following the gay lifestyle. Anyone using the phrase "gay lifestyle" nowadays will likely get the hook, and should.
                    Huckabee has been on my moron list ever since this:



                    What cross? Oh, that's just a coincidence.

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                    • TripletDaddy
                      sweet triple
                      • Nov 2008
                      • 58186

                      #490
                      Originally posted by PaloAltoCougar View Post
                      Don't forget Huckabee. I listened this morning to an interview in which, in an apparent attempt to appear tolerant as he gets ready to throw his hat into the ring, said he has friends who are gay and he has no problem with people following the gay lifestyle. Anyone using the phrase "gay lifestyle" nowadays will likely get the hook, and should.
                      If Sacha Baron Cohen were not so exposed (and also a US-born citizen), his would be a great candidacy to track, as he crosses America pandering to individuals that have chosen the "black lifestyle," people that have decided to have "Jewish sex," or individuals that were not brought into this world as elderly but over decades have opted to assume the traits and characteristics of an old person despite their innate age at birth.
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                      • Maximus
                        Senior Member
                        • Sep 2009
                        • 6012

                        #491
                        Interesting we hardly heard about the current presidents idiocy on vaccines when he was running
                        Vox is a general interest news site for the 21st century. Its mission: to help everyone understand our complicated world, so that we can all help shape it. In text, video and audio, our reporters explain politics, policy, world affairs, technology, culture, science, the climate crisis, money, health and everything else that matters. Our goal is to ensure that everyone, regardless of income or status, can access accurate information that empowers them.


                        We've seen just a skyrocketing autism rate. Some people are suspicious that it's connected to the vaccines. This person included. The science right now is inconclusive, but we have to research it. --Barack Obama, Pennsylvania Rally, April 21, 2008.


                        Lot's of stupidity to go around unfortunately.

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                        • Color Me Badd Fan
                          Senior Member
                          • Jan 2009
                          • 12519

                          #492
                          Originally posted by Maximus View Post
                          Interesting we hardly heard about the current presidents idiocy on vaccines when he was running
                          Vox is a general interest news site for the 21st century. Its mission: to help everyone understand our complicated world, so that we can all help shape it. In text, video and audio, our reporters explain politics, policy, world affairs, technology, culture, science, the climate crisis, money, health and everything else that matters. Our goal is to ensure that everyone, regardless of income or status, can access accurate information that empowers them.


                          We've seen just a skyrocketing autism rate. Some people are suspicious that it's connected to the vaccines. This person included. The science right now is inconclusive, but we have to research it. --Barack Obama, Pennsylvania Rally, April 21, 2008.


                          Lot's of stupidity to go around unfortunately.
                          While we're all wondering about all the idiots running on the GOP side, let's also savor Al Sharpton's run from a few years ago and that he has a platform on the Democrats' official network.

                          Rand Paul has always been a nonstarter because he's Ron Paul's son, who's a certified nut. I'm glad the vaccine talk may sink his campaign.

                          The nomination is going to come down to Bush or Walker, thankfully.
                          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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                          • USUC
                            Chronic Poseur
                            • Apr 2010
                            • 8780

                            #493
                            Originally posted by Color Me Badd Fan View Post
                            While we're all wondering about all the idiots running on the GOP side, let's also savor Al Sharpton's run from a few years ago and that he has a platform on the Democrats' official network.

                            Rand Paul has always been a nonstarter because he's Ron Paul's son, who's a certified nut. I'm glad the vaccine talk may sink his campaign.

                            The nomination is going to come down to Bush or Walker, thankfully.
                            Thankfully? Bush v Clinton in 2016? No thanks.

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                            • Green Monstah
                              Royal Rooter
                              • Aug 2010
                              • 13929

                              #494
                              Originally posted by Color Me Badd Fan View Post
                              While we're all wondering about all the idiots running on the GOP side, let's also savor Al Sharpton's run from a few years ago and that he has a platform on the Democrats' official network.

                              Rand Paul has always been a nonstarter because he's Ron Paul's son, who's a certified nut. I'm glad the vaccine talk may sink his campaign.

                              The nomination is going to come down to Bush or Walker, thankfully.
                              I don't know much about Walker, but what I do know, he seems like one of the few candidates who can ignite the moderates and the far-right folks.
                              Jesus wants me for a sunbeam.

                              "Cog dis is a bitch." -James Patterson

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                              • Northwestcoug
                                Cocked and Loaded
                                • May 2011
                                • 17961

                                #495
                                Originally posted by Maximus View Post
                                Interesting we hardly heard about the current presidents idiocy on vaccines when he was running
                                Vox is a general interest news site for the 21st century. Its mission: to help everyone understand our complicated world, so that we can all help shape it. In text, video and audio, our reporters explain politics, policy, world affairs, technology, culture, science, the climate crisis, money, health and everything else that matters. Our goal is to ensure that everyone, regardless of income or status, can access accurate information that empowers them.


                                We've seen just a skyrocketing autism rate. Some people are suspicious that it's connected to the vaccines. This person included. The science right now is inconclusive, but we have to research it. --Barack Obama, Pennsylvania Rally, April 21, 2008.


                                Lot's of stupidity to go around unfortunately.
                                Obama's quote is somewhat defensible. This was before Lancet retracted the article that made the most publicized link between autism and vaccines.

                                There's no excuse for Paul to be spouting off anecdotes. He should know better. Unfortunately, he doesn't. Goodbye, Paul.
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