2016 Election Thread

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Jan 24, 2017 9:28pm
O-Trap;1834117 wrote:I have to admit, this sounds a little like the people who tell the homeless guy on the street to "get a job."
He said 8 years were horrible, including the first 4.

If you're in a "horrible" situation for 4 years, do you plan on just taking it without making an attempt to change your situation? Ride it out to 8?!
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Jan 24, 2017 9:38pm
Automatik;1834120 wrote:He said 8 years were horrible, including the first 4.

If you're in a "horrible" situation for 4 years, do you plan on just taking it without making an attempt to change your situation? Ride it out to 8?!
One might ask the same of the victims of systemic poverty, yes?
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Jan 25, 2017 7:55am
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Jan 25, 2017 10:19am
A waitress at a Washington D.C. restaurant received a very generous tip and a warm message on her receipt from three men who were in town for President Donald Trump’s inauguration.

Rosalynd Harris, who works at Busboys and Poets in the northwest part of the nation’s capital, told The Washington Post she was beaming with confidence Monday after taking part in the Women’s March over the weekend.
A group of men from west Texas entered the restaurant and started to chat with Harris. One of the men, who said he was a dentist, complimented her on her smile. Harris, who is black, told the Post she was admittedly a bit prejudice when the men, who were white, told her they were in town to support Trump.
However, Harris didn’t expect what would come next.
After the men had left, Harris picked up their check and found that they left a heartwarming message and a generous tip. They left Harris a $450 tip on a $72.60 bill. Their message read:
“We may come from different cultures and may disagree on certain issues, but if everyone would share their smile and kindness like your beautiful smile, our country will come together as one people. Not race. Not gender. Just American. God Bless!"
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Harris said she was overwhelmed.
“You automatically assume if someone supports Trump that they have ideas about you, but [the customer is] more embracing than even some of my more liberal friends, and there was a real authenticity in our exchange,” she told the paper.
Harris added that the message was a great reminder not to make assumptions and that many Americans want the country to come together regardless of politics.
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Jan 25, 2017 10:37am
Trump supporters aren't the best, they are rapists, misogynist, racist, and anti-women. Some of them, I assume, are good people.
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Jan 25, 2017 12:24pm
sleeper;1834169 wrote:Trump supporters aren't the best, they are rapists, misogynist, racist, and anti-women. Some of them, I assume, are good people.
lol sleeper, you have gone full retard with your act.
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Jan 25, 2017 12:26pm
QuakerOats;1834166 wrote:A waitress at a Washington D.C. restaurant received a very generous tip and a warm message on her receipt from three men who were in town for President Donald Trump’s inauguration.

Rosalynd Harris, who works at Busboys and Poets in the northwest part of the nation’s capital, told The Washington Post she was beaming with confidence Monday after taking part in the Women’s March over the weekend.
A group of men from west Texas entered the restaurant and started to chat with Harris. One of the men, who said he was a dentist, complimented her on her smile. Harris, who is black, told the Post she was admittedly a bit prejudice when the men, who were white, told her they were in town to support Trump.
However, Harris didn’t expect what would come next.
After the men had left, Harris picked up their check and found that they left a heartwarming message and a generous tip. They left Harris a $450 tip on a $72.60 bill. Their message read:
“We may come from different cultures and may disagree on certain issues, but if everyone would share their smile and kindness like your beautiful smile, our country will come together as one people. Not race. Not gender. Just American. God Bless!"
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Harris said she was overwhelmed.
“You automatically assume if someone supports Trump that they have ideas about you, but [the customer is] more embracing than even some of my more liberal friends, and there was a real authenticity in our exchange,” she told the paper.
Harris added that the message was a great reminder not to make assumptions and that many Americans want the country to come together regardless of politics.
I've eaten there several times, good food.
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Jan 25, 2017 1:04pm
sleeper;1834169 wrote:Trump supporters aren't the best, they are rapists, misogynist, racist, and anti-women. Some of them, I assume, are good people.
Hail Trump!
Good job on listing, you missed the theocrats and a sprinkling of opportunists like Cory Lewandowsky and Kelly Anne Conway, and the "good people are ignorant and deluded.
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Jan 26, 2017 4:25pm
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/01/26/die-high-school-teacher-stages-mock-assassination-trump.html


my, my ....the party of tolerance, gun control, and non-violence teaching at their finest .........



simply disgraceful ............lock her up
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Jan 26, 2017 5:13pm
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Jan 26, 2017 8:09pm
gut;1834410 wrote:would bang
I see what you did there.
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QuakerOats
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Jan 27, 2017 5:18pm
absolutely fucking hysterical:

https://www.youtube.com/shared?ci=7jq012C-_lc
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Jan 27, 2017 7:49pm
QuakerOats;1834634 wrote:absolutely fucking hysterical:

https://www.youtube.com/shared?ci=7jq012C-_lc
agreed
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Jan 28, 2017 7:25am
QuakerOats;1834634 wrote:absolutely fucking hysterical:

https://www.youtube.com/shared?ci=7jq012C-_lc
I'll see you vid and raise you by one!

[video=youtube;PV2HEtXLRL8][/video]
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Jan 28, 2017 8:06am
CenterBHSFan;1834681 wrote:I'll see you vid and raise you by one!

[video=youtube;PV2HEtXLRL8][/video]
if he runs for political office he has my vote.... mr. trump I think we have your next sec of black relation
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QuakerOats
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Mar 1, 2017 2:33pm
Automatik;1833808 wrote:Sounds great. Please keep us updated.

Also, don't forget about "bringing back coal to Ohio." Please let us know when existing mines will be reopened and/or new facilities constructed.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/03/01/coal-mining-begins-seeing-revival-as-trump-gives-industry-hope.html


Change we can [really] believe in ...
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Mar 1, 2017 3:57pm
QuakerOats;1834166 wrote:Harris, who is black, told the Post she was admittedly a bit prejudice when the men, who were white, told her they were in town to support Trump.
Where did you get this article? And how did their proofreaders not catch the missing 'd' at the end of what should be 'prejudiced'?

It's a cool story. Just bugs me when people use 'prejudice' as an adjective.
Belly35;1834683 wrote:if he runs for political office he has my vote.... mr. trump I think we have your next sec of black relation
Good lord, Belly.
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Mar 1, 2017 7:15pm
QuakerOats;1834634 wrote:absolutely fucking hysterical:

https://www.youtube.com/shared?ci=7jq012C-_lc
Liberal pride came before the fall in the worst way.

To be fair GOPers said the same too e.g. Kasich.

My God from a pure competition stand point Donald can say fuck you to all of his doubters unlike anything I have ever seen. Truly.
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Mar 9, 2017 11:51am
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Aug 17, 2017 5:09pm
Imran Awan, the former IT aide for Democratic Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, has been indicted on four counts including bank fraud and making false statements.




And although the Russian hacking myth is starting to be proven completely false and instead was a ruse from the beginning, the deep state will continue to cover up the truth; including the death of Mr. Rich.
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Aug 17, 2017 5:26pm
QuakerOats;1867357 wrote:Imran Awan, the former IT aide for Democratic Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, has been indicted on four counts including bank fraud and making false statements.
This will be interesting. While I might agree with DWS for not firing him without any evidence (I think that's probably debatable) or charges, she's not running a small business. The guy had access to very sensitive, possibly classified, information. I want to know if he was on paid leave, and if not (actively employed) then I wonder if he was blackmailing people.

QuakerOats;1867357 wrote: And although the Russian hacking myth is starting to be proven completely false and instead was a ruse from the beginning, the deep state will continue to cover up the truth; including the death of Mr. Rich.
I'm not so sure about this. If Mueller is on a fishing expedition, he looks to be getting some bites. And although that Trump Jr. email only shows the idiot doesn't fall far from the tree, it's certainly not proof of criminality. However the eagerness and willingness, apparently against advice of some staffers, would certainly suggest he may have been open to possible collusion. That seems pretty textbook to how you start recruiting an "unknowing" agent.
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Aug 17, 2017 5:32pm
You fish long enough you catch something. What he will catch won't be a keeper and the US taxpayer is on the hook for billions of wasted money. Total witch hunt
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Aug 18, 2017 3:43pm
Classyposter58;1822960 wrote:The white working class took America back tonight. All of these gains by the gay community, the black community, and the Latino community have came while we saw nothing done for the majority of us. So we took the nation back
bump
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Aug 18, 2017 4:27pm
gut;1822962 wrote:I voted for Gary Johnson. I would have voted for Hillary if it mattered, but I was never going to endorse Trump with my vote
For those who call gut a Republican, this looks to be from back before Trump was in office. Just for the record ...
Classyposter58;1822960 wrote:The white working class took America back tonight. All of these gains by the gay community, the black community, and the Latino community have came while we saw nothing done for the majority of us. So we took the nation back
This sounds awful under the current circumstances. Anyone else agree with these sentiments? LOL