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Elephants and Jackasses...

Discussion in 'Permanent Threads' started by Nettdata, Oct 14, 2016.

  1. Juice

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    Is that the same one where Ted Cruz fled to Cancun? Lol. I'll give credit where its due, but otherwise she's just kind of an airhead. And I don't know about her constituents actually listening; only 13% of the registered voters in her district actually voted in the last cycle. And for the record, I judge her primarily on the fact that she went to BU, which is universally known as a school for douchebags.
     
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    She stands out from the rest of the squad but that’s not saying much. More effective than the others communication wise but I honestly think a lot of her initial rise had to do with the fact that she is young a good looking. Plenty of other democrats with good Twitter game, or underlinings that can run it, and are much more substantive. Who are just as far left as her. Just live in a culture that is more apt to amplify a message if it’s from a hot young woman.
     
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    She got initial coverage because she had a big upset in the Democratic primary. After that it was just the usual Republicans needing a boogeywoman and with Hillary out of office she was next up. As a legislator she's mostly meh. Honest, but not exactly a power broker.
     
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    Elon Musk has continued his right-wing trolling by announcing he'll now vote for Republicans going forward.

    Here's my conspiracy theory: he thinks that this PR effort is the only way that F-150 or Silverado-loving Red Staters will ever buy his Cybertruck. Without it, they would take one look at the Cybertruck and make jokes like "the only thing you'll find in the bed of a Cybertruck is two queers."
     
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    Why are you so afraid of a strong African American?

    Joking aside, the Cybertruck looks terrible. It looks like a car from some shitty Robocop sequel.
     
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    He has made all the money off the green loving left in Cali, now he needs someone else to make money off of, so he is going for the right.
     
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    It’s an interesting idea if that’s what he’s doing. He’s definitely not stupid, but he knows they are. So maybe it works? Or maybe his vehicles are just so expensive that the demographic he’s chasing is already priced out of them.
     
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    But.Dem.Tiddies.Doe



    Also the Cyber Truck is sold out for a while. They had to cut pre sales to foreign markets. He doesn’t need redneck help.
     
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    He will if he ever intends to expand production enough to justify Tesla's valuation.
     
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    When it comes to Elon Musk’s strategy, you have to remember that republicans are stupid fucks. God. They’re just so fucking stupid.
     
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    This, but unironically.
     
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    Hey, I am on record that I want unilateral authoritarian rule in this country. Unironically.
    I want no republicans in office at all.
     
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    The problem is that if either party were fully in charge they would completely fuck up this country. If you think it's bad now just wait until either party can push its entire agenda on us. There are good aspects to both platforms, but as a whole they both suck. The Democrats would try to make everything fair while ignoring the fact that people must work to maintain a productive society, while the Republicans would ban everything fun and make everyone miserable - except themselves, of course.
     
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    Except they were ignoring him, and it bothered him so much that he had to buy the platform to get the amount of attention he wanted.
     
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    That seems right in line with Twitter’s culture.
     
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    i believe the name is Fled Cruz. And now every time a cold front comes in, everyone jokes that we’re gonna go somewhere warm.

    gotta hand it to the dems, they did a lot for us during that time and the GOP did jack shit. At least they’re consistent in not giving a shit except for themselves
     
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    One of the worst hypocrisies to me is when emergency funding is needed during a natural disaster and it should just be given without question. And it’s ALWAYS politicized. And it’s always a Republican voting against it and then ends up begging for it themselves a year later. I mean, it’s a political layup. Just do it.
     
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    No, it's "Cancun Cruz."

    That, or "Booger Eater."

    Spread the word.
     
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