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Started by Caliga, November 07, 2020, 12:07:22 PM

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HVC

#4275
January 18, 2024, 02:36:18 PM
What'd bush do to McCain?
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Barrister

#4276
January 18, 2024, 02:41:05 PM
Quote from: HVC on January 18, 2024, 02:36:18 PMWhat'd bush do to McCain?

I don't know specifically if this is what Valmy is talking about, but I suspect so - they implied that McCain's adopted daughter from Bangladesh was his illegitimate 'black' love child.
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OttoVonBismarck

#4277
January 18, 2024, 02:54:59 PM
They actually did a lot of stuff to McCain, I was still a partisan loyalist back then so still voted for Bush (and strongly preferred him over Kerry four years later, in spite of recognizing his many faults by 04); one of the real shitty things is they started doing a "push poll" in competitive primary states asking questions like "Would you vote for John McCain knowing he could have psychological issues from Vietnam War related PTSD?" [Paraphrasing]

Basically suggesting John was unfit to be President because he was suffering mental health problems related to his years as a POW (note that McCain himself never admitted to being diagnosed with PTSD, and the science of PTSD isn't super well understood--lots of people who go through equally horrific things never develop PTSD, but a lot of people do--the Bush campaign had no legitimate "source" that John had been diagnosed with PTSD. Or that by the time he was in his 60s, he was still afflicted with it in a way that would have impacted his performance as President.)

Valmy

#4278
January 18, 2024, 02:57:29 PM
Quote from: Barrister on January 18, 2024, 02:41:05 PM
Quote from: HVC on January 18, 2024, 02:36:18 PMWhat'd bush do to McCain?

I don't know specifically if this is what Valmy is talking about, but I suspect so - they implied that McCain's adopted daughter from Bangladesh was his illegitimate 'black' love child.

Bingo. But he also spread a lot of other rumors that implied that McCain was a nutjob. I just thought it was a lot of dirty tricks and nonsense. But this was also the second time the Bush family had done some weirdly racist shit in a presidential campaign, I still remembered 1988 and seeing W do that sort of thing a second time was very disappointing to put it mildly.

But to be fair if your campaign is portraying you as a maverick I guess you open yourself up to your opponent portraying you as a nutjob.
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Sophie Scholl

#4279
January 25, 2024, 03:01:31 AM
So it looks like a bunch of red state governors and the Speaker of the House are now on the cusp of doing something very, very bad over the latest SCOTUS decision about the Texas border? Like... suggesting a break with the federal government level bad? That's... not great.  :mellow:
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Sophie Scholl

#4280
January 25, 2024, 03:11:42 AM
So far: Florida, Virginia, Oklahoma, Montana, Arkansas, Georgia, and South Dakota have all announced they stand with Texas and their message of being against the federal government and that they will be "protecting themselves" going forward.

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The Brain

#4281
January 25, 2024, 03:24:18 AM
Is this one about States' rights?
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The Brain

#4282
January 25, 2024, 03:29:19 AM
Quote from: Sophie Scholl on January 25, 2024, 03:11:42 AMSo far: Florida, Virginia, Oklahoma, Montana, Arkansas, Georgia, and South Dakota have all announced they stand with Texas

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Razgovory

#4283
January 25, 2024, 03:43:19 AM
All states refusing to abide by Federal law will not be able to send to Washington a slate of federal electors in 2024.
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Admiral Yi

#4284
January 25, 2024, 05:08:22 AM
Not even the vampire supremes are going to vote for that pile of shit.

Solmyr

#4285
January 25, 2024, 05:18:07 AM
Quote from: The Brain on January 25, 2024, 03:24:18 AMIs this one about States' rights?

It's also about treating non-white people like shit, so not that much difference from the previous one. :P

Josquius

#4286
January 25, 2024, 05:54:41 AM
Quote from: Sophie Scholl on January 25, 2024, 03:01:31 AMSo it looks like a bunch of red state governors and the Speaker of the House are now on the cusp of doing something very, very bad over the latest SCOTUS decision about the Texas border? Like... suggesting a break with the federal government level bad? That's... not great.  :mellow:

So civil war 2 over something that isn't even a real issue.
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The Minsky Moment

#4287
January 25, 2024, 08:34:57 AM
Let's not get so excited just because a fatuous jackass like Abbott writes a one-page letter.  Who knows perhaps one day someone will teach him that dissenting Supreme Court opinions are not precedential.
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grumbler

#4288
January 25, 2024, 02:57:59 PM
So Abbot is claiming that Texas has "constitutional rights" and is acting on a "quote" from Article ! Section 10 that is not actually in the Constitution?

Which article of the Texas state constitution allows the governor to just make shit up and give it the force of law?
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Sheilbh

#4289
January 25, 2024, 03:06:43 PM
Quote from: The Minsky Moment on January 25, 2024, 08:34:57 AMLet's not get so excited just because a fatuous jackass like Abbott writes a one-page letter.  Who knows perhaps one day someone will teach him that dissenting Supreme Court opinions are not precedential.
Although - and obviously I know very little on this - that case sounds like it definitely shouldn't have been 5-4. Or am I wrong?
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