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Charles Dean
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 Re: Presidential Election Political Smackdown FFA It's funny, because at first I was surprised by her as SoS, but then I remembered one of the only things that I liked about the idea of Hillary as President was Bill being back in the White House.
Now I've never been a fan of Bill, however he is pretty much universally loved around the world. Regardless of what you think about his policies, him as "first man" would've meant instant love from other countries.
I kind of forgot about this after Obama got the nomination.
Now I realize that he's basically getting a twofer here. He gives his biggest rival what is essentially the #3 position in the government, he gets Bill on his side and while the rest of the world was already ecstatic about us electing him, now they also get to go back and talk again with politicians they already liked.
I'm of course not surprised that there's been as much negative about this pick as there has been positive. I mean, I think that if Hillary had received the nomination that that would've been pretty much the only thing that could've united the Republicans. She was/is so universally hated by them after all.
I think it's a pretty great choice though.
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Re: Presidential Election Political Smackdown FFA This is so weird. I'm a carnivore, and have no problem with slaughter animals, but why is Sarah Palin doing an interview with a man slaughtering turkey's in the background? ?? ???
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WestSideBilly
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Re: Presidential Election Political Smackdown FFA That's awesome. AWESOME. 
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Charles Dean
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Re: Presidential Election Political Smackdown FFA Even though comedy writers will have a tough time writing comedy about Obama it doesn't matter, because they will have her and Joe Biden for the next 4 years.
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rose-colored-coolaid
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Re: Presidential Election Political Smackdown FFA Charles Dean wrote: Even though comedy writers will have a tough time writing comedy about Obama it doesn't matter, because they will have her and Joe Biden for the next 4 years. Except, Biden's be quiet. Real quiet. I wonder if perhaps most of his gaffes were just his way of talking himself up so he could jump to the world's biggest stage. And now that he's more or less there (so long as Obama completes his term(s) it's unlikely Biden will have much of a shot at president in 2016) maybe he doesn't feel like pushing things as much. Or, if we're lucky Biden will have some gaffes. In many ways, his are the best because the ribbing he receives tends to be more good natured. When Palin holds an interview in front of turkey slaughter, people just shake there heads. When Biden makes an absurd claim, the reaction is usually more of a laugh followed by, what do you got for use next Joe?
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Charles Dean
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Re: Presidential Election Political Smackdown FFA I think alot of that has to do with his attitude about it. He knows he just says stupid things sometimes and then he laughs at himself about it. After the SNL VP debate sketch I saw an interview with him where they played one of the clips. They asked if he'd seen it and he thought it was hilarious.
When they cut back to him after showing a clip, he's busting up and says, "Man, I just WISH I had that much hair still".
I think it has more to do with that he lacks a tact about what he says.
He won't run in 2016. However, it's pretty likely that his son will take over his senate seat. If that happens, I think we'd very likely see his son run in 2016.
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Charles Dean
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Re: Presidential Election Political Smackdown FFA So I was thinking today. Obama has had 3 press conferences in the last week. Do you think that he'll do more press conferences between now and January 20th than Bush did during his entire presidency? He has done a total of 49 in 8 years in office.
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lamont
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Re: Presidential Election Political Smackdown FFA deejayoh wrote: well, no one but us evil liberals left here now. :yawn:
takes the fun out of it. time to close up shop We win. Game over. Republicans lose.
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Charles Dean
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Re: Presidential Election Political Smackdown FFA lamont wrote: deejayoh wrote: well, no one but us evil liberals left here now. :yawn:
takes the fun out of it. time to close up shop We win. Game over. Republicans lose. *HIGH FIVES*
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Lake Hills Renter
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Re: Presidential Election Political Smackdown FFA deejayoh wrote: well, no one but us evil liberals left here now. Well, I'm much more libertarian than liberal, but I was hard-pressed to support anything Robroy said in this thread. I guess that would make me a liberal in the black/white sighted crowd.
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The Tim
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Re: Presidential Election Political Smackdown FFA Lake Hills Renter wrote: Well, I'm much more libertarian than liberal... I guess that would make me a liberal in the black/white sighted crowd. And a marijuana addict.
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rose-colored-coolaid
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Re: Presidential Election Political Smackdown FFA The Tim wrote: Lake Hills Renter wrote: Well, I'm much more libertarian than liberal... I guess that would make me a liberal in the black/white sighted crowd. And a marijuana addict. LoL, and Hitler (who was allegedly actually a libertarian).
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Lake Hills Renter
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Re: Presidential Election Political Smackdown FFA The Tim wrote: Lake Hills Renter wrote: Well, I'm much more libertarian than liberal... I guess that would make me a liberal in the black/white sighted crowd. And a marijuana addict. Hah, good one! I do indeed think it should be legal, but that's mainly because it's none of the government's business what I do in my own home that doesn't affect anyone else. If I wanted to smoke it I wouldn't wait it was legal. Caffeine is my drug of choice, however.
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Charles Dean
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Re: Presidential Election Political Smackdown FFA Lake Hills Renter wrote: The Tim wrote: Lake Hills Renter wrote: Well, I'm much more libertarian than liberal... I guess that would make me a liberal in the black/white sighted crowd. And a marijuana addict. Hah, good one! I do indeed think it should be legal, but that's mainly because it's none of the government's business what I do in my own home that doesn't affect anyone else. If I wanted to smoke it I wouldn't wait it was legal. Caffeine is my drug of choice, however. While I'm not necessarily in favor of legalizing it, could you imagine the tax revenue that could be created by the legalization of pot as well as the tax savings that we'd have by no longer prosecuting, arresting or imprisoning criminals as well as the decline in crime? While I'm not in favor of legalizing it completely, there are some VERY compelling reasons as to why it should be considered.
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Lake Hills Renter
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Re: Presidential Election Political Smackdown FFA Not to get off on a tangent here but I haven't seen any compelling evidence for marijuana to be illegal -- at least no more so than tobacco, alcohol, caffeiine, etc -- and the libertarian in me says things should be legal until justified otherwise, not the other way around. So based on that, my position is it should be legal. But it's not an issue I care very strongly about. Things like warrantless wiretapping, national security letters, and free speech zones are much higher on my libertarian concern list.
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