bmags Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 QUOTE (Cknolls @ Aug 20, 2012 -> 09:37 PM) He should have withdrawn already. Word is he will by tomorrow, no doubt because I thought I read that tomorrow is the last day to replace a candidate and still be eligible to be on ballot. Horrible statement to make. Maybe we should throw him in general pop and ask him a week later his opinions about rape. Do you think they'll need to raise signatures? If so they need to get going on that now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_genius Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Aug 20, 2012 -> 06:16 AM) Nobody has paid any attention to Afghanistan since September 2002, for some odd reason. Not really. During the Bush presidency we had daily news coverage and body bag counts. Now barely a mention. Don't want to make Obama look bad I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_genius Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 QUOTE (Cknolls @ Aug 20, 2012 -> 04:37 PM) He should have withdrawn already. Word is he will by tomorrow, no doubt because I thought I read that tomorrow is the last day to replace a candidate and still be eligible to be on ballot. Horrible statement to make. Maybe we should throw him in general pop and ask him a week later his opinions about rape. he needs to withdraw, obviously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxbadger Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Or its the story doesnt sell anymore, so they are putting out a story that does sell. Corporations are in the business of making money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapkomet Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 QUOTE (lostfan @ Aug 19, 2012 -> 08:55 PM) If you consider the scale of the f***up that Bush was directly responsible for, Bush gets off pretty easy on the offensive invasion of another country that never attacked the United States and wasn't plotting any. I mean, that could go many, many other places, so he should be happy that all that happened is the media was tracking the soldiers that died while he preferred nobody talk about it. If he could have done that I'm sure he would've, but instead he had to settle for ordering no pictures be taken of coffins at Dover. At least SOMEONE was trying to remind people there was a tradeoff and more than one type of cost and it wasn't just a movie or a video game. That is absolutely a false premise and you know it, but then, you're cherry picking because you don't want to admit that there were other reasons for taking actions against Iraq. No one wants to, because it's not the politically expedient thing to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cknolls Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 QUOTE (bmags @ Aug 20, 2012 -> 05:10 PM) Do you think they'll need to raise signatures? If so they need to get going on that now. Not sure. The story I read was referencing a think progress blurb that said tomorrow was the deadline for this tool to drop out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapkomet Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 QUOTE (Cknolls @ Aug 20, 2012 -> 07:45 PM) Not sure. The story I read was referencing a think progress blurb that said tomorrow was the deadline for this tool to drop out. I think we're pretty much all in agreement here. He needs to go find out what ... oh nevermind, I won't say it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxbadger Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 It sucks that the world is so pc, otherwise illegitimate rape would be a hilarious catch phrase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeSox Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 QUOTE (kapkomet @ Aug 20, 2012 -> 07:43 PM) That is absolutely a false premise and you know it, but then, you're cherry picking because you don't want to admit that there were other reasons for taking actions against Iraq. No one wants to, because it's not the politically expedient thing to do. Tell me more about the justifications for invading Iraq that didn't turn out to be knowingly fabricated bulls*** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapkomet Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Aug 20, 2012 -> 07:51 PM) It sucks that the world is so pc, otherwise illegitimate rape would be a hilarious catch phrase. This guy needs illegitimately raped right off the ticket. There, I said it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxbadger Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 QUOTE (kapkomet @ Aug 20, 2012 -> 08:05 PM) This guy needs illegitimately raped right off the ticket. There, I said it. Comedy gold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapkomet Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Aug 20, 2012 -> 08:00 PM) Tell me more about the justifications for invading Iraq that didn't turn out to be knowingly fabricated bulls*** Tell me more about the (non) justifications from the UN supporting the (non) invasion of Iraq that didn't turn out to be knowingly fabricated bulls***. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 QUOTE (Cknolls @ Aug 20, 2012 -> 05:37 PM) He should have withdrawn already. Word is he will by tomorrow, no doubt because I thought I read that tomorrow is the last day to replace a candidate and still be eligible to be on ballot. Horrible statement to make. Maybe we should throw him in general pop and ask him a week later his opinions about rape. Can we get Ron Paul the same reaction? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 QUOTE (kapkomet @ Aug 20, 2012 -> 09:07 PM) Tell me more about the (non) justifications from the UN supporting the (non) invasion of Iraq that didn't turn out to be knowingly fabricated bulls***. Huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Aug 20, 2012 -> 09:05 PM) Comedy gold. Better (nsfw) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_genius Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 20, 2012 -> 08:51 PM) Better (nsfw) meh I understand the anger, but that's not really what I would consider good comedy. More of rant than anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeSox Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 QUOTE (kapkomet @ Aug 20, 2012 -> 08:07 PM) Tell me more about the (non) justifications from the UN supporting the (non) invasion of Iraq that didn't turn out to be knowingly fabricated bulls***. Do what now? Are you still seriously supporting the invasion of Iraq? After everything that's come out showing exactly how much bulls*** they knowingly presented to the public? How none of the "evidence" was anything more than some rumors and stories told by incredibly unreliable "sources" that every intelligence agency knew was unreliable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeSox Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 QUOTE (mr_genius @ Aug 20, 2012 -> 09:00 PM) meh I understand the anger, but that's not really what I would consider good comedy. More of rant than anything. better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_genius Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Aug 20, 2012 -> 09:07 PM) better kind of below average Onion 'snark'. and this is coming from a big fan of the Onion. but it's a hard topic to make hilarious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanOfCorn Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 QUOTE (mr_genius @ Aug 20, 2012 -> 09:21 PM) kind of below average Onion 'snark'. and this is coming from a big fan of the Onion. but it's a hard topic to make hilarious Exactly, cuz what he said was already the biggest joke of all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostfan Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 QUOTE (kapkomet @ Aug 20, 2012 -> 08:43 PM) That is absolutely a false premise and you know it, but then, you're cherry picking because you don't want to admit that there were other reasons for taking actions against Iraq. No one wants to, because it's not the politically expedient thing to do. It's not a false premise at all. Reverse this and let's replace the United States with China and Iraq with, say, Sudan. China makes an extremely weak case that Sudan threatens its national security, citing support to Tibetan rebels or some made-up dumb s*** that nobody really believes, and they go ahead and invade Sudan "defensively." Then they get rid of Sudan's government and install a puppet government and start trying to remake their society from the top down to look and act just like China (it fails) and they eventually withdraw and leave the sort-of puppet government in place except now that they're gone, they move diplomatically closer to the United States, and China ends up not accomplishing s*** but wasting a bunch of money, time, and blood. Dumb. Years later we found out definitively that all of China's reasons for invading Sudan were inflated, or basically fabricated. How would we react to something like that, though? We would be screaming bloody murder about it and we would be trying to have their leaders somehow tried as war criminals. Like I said, Bush should be happy that all he gets is some bad press over his f***up. Actually now that I think of it there was another real-world example of this happening and it's pretty obvious... the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Just a f***ing horses*** decision all around that did nobody any good anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reddy Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 QUOTE (kapkomet @ Aug 20, 2012 -> 08:07 PM) Tell me more about the (non) justifications from the UN supporting the (non) invasion of Iraq that didn't turn out to be knowingly fabricated bulls***. you're asking him to justify ... NOT... going to war... right? just... so I'm clear... ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeSox Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 (edited) QUOTE (mr_genius @ Aug 20, 2012 -> 09:21 PM) kind of below average Onion 'snark'. and this is coming from a big fan of the Onion. but it's a hard topic to make hilarious The headline was good, the rest was kinda meh. You need to be a really, really good comedian to pull off a rape joke. edit: Forgot to throw this in here last night. Akin and Ryan co-sponsored a bill to redefine rape last year, distinguishing between 'forcible' rape and other kinds of rape. In addition to being a fraudulent "deficit hawk" who really only cares about gutting social welfare spending, Ryan also holds some pretty abhorrent social views. Edited August 21, 2012 by StrangeSox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2HH Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 http://reason.com/archives/2012/08/20/the-...ly-must-not-win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenksismyhero Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 QUOTE (Y2HH @ Aug 21, 2012 -> 09:30 AM) http://reason.com/archives/2012/08/20/the-...ly-must-not-win Ha, perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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