2016 elections - because it's never too early

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Valmy

Quote from: garbon on November 30, 2016, 08:09:56 PM
Quote from: Valmy on November 30, 2016, 02:40:28 PM
These old fossils will be out of the way soon and replaced by Bernie-types (younger ones) soon.

Who are these younger Bernie types?

Don't know yet. We will get to meet them in 2018.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

garbon

Oh they'll just emerge out of the ocean in a shell?
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Valmy

Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

CountDeMoney

Quote from: Valmy on November 30, 2016, 02:40:28 PM
These old fossils will be out of the way soon and replaced by Bernie-types (younger ones) soon.

As much as people hate Pelosi--and I think a change of leadership is warranted, though not necessarily Mr. Dago Red even though all the navel-gazing over "ZOMG how'd we lose all those negro-hating truck drivers in the Midwest" is the new hotness--but an established power broker that still has positive connections on the other side of the aisle may be the best chance the Democrats have from getting the full train run on them in Congress.

DGuller

Quote from: Phillip V on November 30, 2016, 12:42:08 PM
So here's the "new" Democratic leadership elected by the party today:

Representative Nancy Pelosi of California, 76 years old
Representative Steny Hoyer of Maryland, 77 years old
Representative James Clyburn of South Carolina, 76 years old
Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, 66 years old

Good luck! :wacko:
At least they have enough experience to know that election losses is just something that happens every couple of years, it's nothing to lose one's shit over.

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Phillip V

Quote from: DGuller on November 30, 2016, 08:37:07 PM
Quote from: Phillip V on November 30, 2016, 12:42:08 PM
So here's the "new" Democratic leadership elected by the party today:

Representative Nancy Pelosi of California, 76 years old
Representative Steny Hoyer of Maryland, 77 years old
Representative James Clyburn of South Carolina, 76 years old
Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, 66 years old

Good luck! :wacko:
At least they have enough experience to know that election losses is just something that happens every couple of years, it's nothing to lose one's shit over.

Or they have enough "experience" to not give a fuck anymore because they are already rich and going to die soon!

Valmy

Well every single rep and senator the Democrats have, that presumably elected these people, are not over 70 :P
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

alfred russel

Quote from: Phillip V on November 30, 2016, 12:42:08 PM
So here's the "new" Democratic leadership elected by the party today:

Representative Nancy Pelosi of California, 76 years old
Representative Steny Hoyer of Maryland, 77 years old
Representative James Clyburn of South Carolina, 76 years old
Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, 66 years old

Good luck! :wacko:

So the average age of these folks is a bit under 74. When I think of modern gerontocracies, my first thought is Brezhnev's USSR. Wikipedia reports the average age of the politburo in 1980 was 70. Way to go democrats!
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Valmy

#20469
Quote from: alfred russel on December 01, 2016, 02:01:23 AM
Quote from: Phillip V on November 30, 2016, 12:42:08 PM
So here's the "new" Democratic leadership elected by the party today:

Representative Nancy Pelosi of California, 76 years old
Representative Steny Hoyer of Maryland, 77 years old
Representative James Clyburn of South Carolina, 76 years old
Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, 66 years old

Good luck! :wacko:

So the average age of these folks is a bit under 74. When I think of modern gerontocracies, my first thought is Brezhnev's USSR. Wikipedia reports the average age of the politburo in 1980 was 70. Way to go democrats!

As I said those people are basically placeholders. The Democrats are undergoing a transition.

Edit: Here you go Dorsey:

Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

derspiess

So Obama complains about fake news-- in an interview with Rolling Stone :hmm:
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Valmy

Quote from: derspiess on December 01, 2016, 09:31:13 AM
So Obama complains about fake news-- in an interview with Rolling Stone :hmm:

The Rolling Stone has always been his preferred venue:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ux3-a9RE1Q
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Eddie Teach

They're conducting an interview with the President; that's real news.
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CountDeMoney

Quote from: Valmy on December 01, 2016, 09:35:12 AM
Quote from: derspiess on December 01, 2016, 09:31:13 AM
So Obama complains about fake news-- in an interview with Rolling Stone :hmm:

The Rolling Stone has always been his preferred venue:

Thought that was High Times.

Valmy

#20474
Hey look the Democrats actually won a Governorship someplace...maybe.

Or not.

The Pat McCrory v. Roy Cooper election in North Carolina is starting to get ridiculous. McCrory seems to have doxed the election board and ordered his followers to descend on them like internet locusts or something for not supporting his theory that "voter fraud" cost him the election.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."