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Martin Alvito
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Am I the only one who felt like this was actually a Jordan Peele politician parody sketch?
The Right Stuff is having a great launch
Martin Alvito
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SE Cupp taking the opposing side of my argument that Walker is done. The claim is essentially: the effects of hyper-partisanship now outweigh decades of published research, to which my response is: prove it.
The degree to which the video reminds me of arguments with my ex (and the degree to which the two of them look more similar as the days go by) is jarring.
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I don’t disagree, but it speaks to the MUCH larger problem that a not-insignificant number of Americans walk into the polls and cast their votes largely based on the cost of a gallon of gas that particular week.
Martin Alvito
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This was more or less SE Cupp's point, except that she's saying, "It's not the economy, stupid."
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I'm starting to wonder where the threshold is for blatant lying to be disqualifying. I mean, there's lying and then there's lying that is easily disproved.
In another era, he would just withdraw his candidacy rather than keep doubling down.
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There. Is. No. Threshold.
They care nothing about morals, ethics, etc. Only about winning. Yesterday, groups of “Christians” were leading prayer vigils for God to intercede on behalf of a deadbeat, abusive father who also paid for at least one abortion so that an actual Reverend doesn’t hold onto his Senate seat. Call me cynical, but I just can’t see them drawing a line in the sand at this point.
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So the problem here isn't just that he's a liar. Many politicians are. It's that he's an utter idiot about lying. Bill Clinton was an 8/10 on the moron lies scale when he denied having sex with Monica Lewinsky. One glance at her, interacted with his history, made it very obvious that he did have sexual relations with that woman. The lie at least had plausible deniability, though.
This lie goes to 11.
TN Toffee
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How is THAT the Twitter feed for an actual Congressional committee? It’s like a troll account, but sadly it’s all too real.
Think they tweeted before they got to this bit of the Kayne interview too!
i can't believe Murdoch aired that
Unless he's like our base is so far down the rabbit hole nothing matters any more.
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