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Obama's Failed Novelist and "Echo Chamber" Orchestra-Leader Was Only One of 187 Obama Advisers Denied for Interim Security Clearance by the FBI
Republicans are asking: "Why?"
Importantly, the Obama Administration were wary about fighting over the decision:"We agree that it would not be worth pushing for Benjamin Rhodes to receive interim status," Obama transition team members wrote to Podesta in October 2008.The FBI eventually concluded a full security review and granted Rhodes all the security clearances sought. But what troubled the FBI about granting him preliminary security access in this one case?
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: alexthechick - Darth Victory Tits at January 05, 2017 03:32 PM (mf5HN)
Posted by: GregV61 at January 05, 2017 03:32 PM (+5nuR)
Posted by: Chicago at January 05, 2017 03:33 PM (DMUuz)
Posted by: Mike Lindel -- My Pillow at January 05, 2017 03:35 PM (P1T3x)
Posted by: buzzion at January 05, 2017 03:35 PM (cAnNx)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 05, 2017 03:36 PM (/prE6)
Posted by: John McCain at January 05, 2017 03:36 PM (DpOmP)
Uh...
Well, ...
... and so
That is to say,
There was that guy in the Roosevelt administration who was a known communist.
What's the big deal?
Posted by: Whalen Penny at January 05, 2017 03:38 PM (+A4bG)
Posted by: SchlongStrong at January 05, 2017 03:38 PM (48M9E)
Posted by: Grump928(c) at January 05, 2017 03:39 PM (QQ+il)
Posted by: Darth Randall at January 05, 2017 03:39 PM (6n332)
Posted by: fixerupper at January 05, 2017 03:39 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at January 05, 2017 03:39 PM (sh70B)
Posted by: Darth Randall at January 05, 2017 03:39 PM (6n332)
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**shakes magic 8 ball**
Most Certainly So
Posted by: fixerupper at January 05, 2017 03:40 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: buzzion at January 05, 2017 03:35 PM (cAnNx)
Early thread winner?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at January 05, 2017 03:40 PM (sh70B)
Posted by: Whalen Penny at January 05, 2017 03:40 PM (+A4bG)
Hassan no. But Bergdahl is 50/50.
Posted by: Grump928(c) at January 05, 2017 03:40 PM (QQ+il)
Posted by: Moron Pundit at January 05, 2017 03:40 PM (xeeHA)
Posted by: Furious George at January 05, 2017 03:41 PM (77i7V)
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That would be because they only just now found out about it thanks to the Podesta email leaks.
Posted by: the extremely deplorable and very racist, sexist, bigotted and homophobic james at January 05, 2017 03:41 PM (jxw6R)
Posted by: Grump928(c) at January 05, 2017 03:40 PM (QQ+il)
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He pardons Bergdahl.... man. I'd like to imagine that there would be mass outrage and serious electoral damage to the Democrats.
But in this world. Probably not.
Posted by: Moron Pundit at January 05, 2017 03:42 PM (xeeHA)
Posted by: rd at January 05, 2017 03:42 PM (iT57s)
Posted by: Grump928(c) at January 05, 2017 03:42 PM (QQ+il)
I am reassured that the news media has learned their lessons from all of this and Trump's appointees will face a much more rigorous scrutiny. I'm sure the democrats won't let Trump pull any stunts like this.
Posted by: Whalen Penny at January 05, 2017 03:43 PM (+A4bG)
The fact he made it to the Oval Office is still staggering.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 05, 2017 03:43 PM (PY9jH)
Posted by: Grump928(c) at January 05, 2017 03:42 PM (QQ+il)
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That was the most bizarre Presidential Rose Garden Presser .....EVER.
When Daddy Bergdahl starting wailing away in Pastun, I thought we were being punked.
Posted by: fixerupper at January 05, 2017 03:44 PM (8XRCm)
It appears the 'ettes are driving the plan.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 05, 2017 03:44 PM (DMUuz)
His brother is a leader in an anti-American subversive organization.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The 2017 Bunkers, Panic Rooms, and Bomb Shelters Await You at the Outrage Outlet! at January 05, 2017 03:44 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Bosk at January 05, 2017 03:44 PM (n2K+4)
Then again, how many people total are we talking about? 187/200? or 187/20,000 kinda makes a difference I think.
Posted by: Lily(Formerly of Hot Air) now of AoSHQ at January 05, 2017 03:45 PM (vivhj)
Posted by: PaleRider at January 05, 2017 03:45 PM (Jen0I)
Posted by: Grump928(c) at January 05, 2017 03:45 PM (QQ+il)
Posted by: David Rhodes at January 05, 2017 03:45 PM (77i7V)
Even after we arrived at the Eisenhower Exec. Offices to meet with a family member who worked for Bush, the SS guys asked us additional questions.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 05, 2017 03:45 PM (PY9jH)
*spit*
Posted by: Taqyia2Me - Deploribus Unum at January 05, 2017 03:46 PM (Ftuf+)
FUCK 'EM!
Posted by: R. DUKE at January 05, 2017 03:46 PM (ONH2e)
But in this world. Probably not.
Posted by: Moron Pundit at January 05, 2017 03:42 PM (xeeHA)
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What more is there left to destroy of elected Democrats?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 05, 2017 03:47 PM (/prE6)
.
.
.
.obama couldn't even get hired as a GS-4 file clerk with his past.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at January 05, 2017 03:47 PM (icl5y)
Fuck them.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 05, 2017 03:47 PM (2PHKP)
And 187 failed. Wow.
Sounds like a lot - is that high compared to other administrations?
Posted by: Lizzy at January 05, 2017 03:48 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 05, 2017 03:47 PM (/prE6)
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Bankrupt and eradicate the DNC? Salt the earth?
Posted by: Moron Pundit at January 05, 2017 03:48 PM (xeeHA)
On behalf of AtC, I informed The Horde of the New Thread. They are still
planning The Horde's pre-Inauguration Parade festivities, however.
It appears the 'ettes are driving the plan.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 05, 2017 03:44 PM (DMUuz)
Hey, we were just scheduling our
*shifty eyes*
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 05, 2017 03:48 PM (PY9jH)
Posted by: Glenn Thrush at January 05, 2017 03:48 PM (77i7V)
Posted by: SchlongStrong at January 05, 2017 03:49 PM (48M9E)
Bankrupt and eradicate the DNC? Salt the earth?
Posted by: Moron Pundit at January 05, 2017 03:48 PM (xeeHA)
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How do we do it in such a way so that the Libertarian Party replaces the Democratic Party as the second major party of American politics?
I think we'd have a healthier republic with that arrangement.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 05, 2017 03:49 PM (/prE6)
Gosh, the Republicans are awful tough now that obama is going away.
Republicans remind me of the wimps who mouths off to the bully when the bully is too far away to smack them.
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 05, 2017 03:50 PM (P1T3x)
Posted by: Sen. Elizabeth "Speaks With Forked Tongue" Warren at January 05, 2017 03:50 PM (qJhUV)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 05, 2017 03:50 PM (2PHKP)
Posted by: Darth Randall at January 05, 2017 03:39 PM (6n332)
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My bet would be yes on Bergdahl and no on Hassan.
Hassan deliberately murdered people. Obama wants to deny that it was terrorism and call it workplace violence, true, but why would Obama give him a pardon. It would not advance any narrative of the Left or improve Obama's image with anyone, right or left.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 05, 2017 03:50 PM (R+30W)
it sucks we are only learning of this now. The denial of clearance part, not the skunk part.
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at January 05, 2017 03:50 PM (aInfL)
Still wondering when they'll get back to the big Huma email scandal....
Posted by: Lizzy at January 05, 2017 03:50 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 05, 2017 03:51 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Ernst blofeld at January 05, 2017 03:51 PM (Z3lhA)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 05, 2017 03:51 PM (sRFAL)
Posted by: Lizzy at January 05, 2017 03:51 PM (NOIQH)
My bet would be yes on Bergdahl and no on Hassan.
Hassan deliberately murdered people. Obama wants to deny that it was terrorism and call it workplace violence, true, but why would Obama give him a pardon. It would not advance any narrative of the Left or improve Obama's image with anyone, right or left.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 05, 2017 03:50 PM (R+30W)
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"Just wait until you get a load of me."
-Boston Bomber pardon, hidden in Obama's desk...for now
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 05, 2017 03:51 PM (/prE6)
Posted by: ejo at January 05, 2017 03:52 PM (il4FI)
Posted by: Sen. Elizabeth "Speaks With Forked Tongue" Warren at January 05, 2017 03:50 PM (qJhUV)
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Wait until you find out about the Trail of Tears and
Posted by: SchlongStrong at January 05, 2017 03:53 PM (48M9E)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 05, 2017 03:53 PM (2PHKP)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
The fact that they still hold office?
Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2017 03:53 PM (dSqvH)
Posted by: William Donovan at January 05, 2017 03:53 PM (DpOmP)
The biggest reason given by non-voters for staying home was that they didn't like the candidates.2 Clinton and Trump both had favorable ratings in the low 30s among registered voters who didn't cast a ballot -- both had ratings in the low 40s among those who did vote. That's a pretty sizable difference. So why was Clinton hurt more by non-voters? Trump was able to win, in large part, because voters who disliked both candidates favored him in big numbers, according to the exit polls. Clinton, apparently, couldn't get those who disliked both candidates -- and who may have been more favorably disposed to her candidacy -- to turn out and vote.
The second pattern that jumps out in the SurveyMonkey data: Non-white and Hispanic Americans were more likely to stay home than white voters.
Posted by: undocumented illegal social worker at January 05, 2017 03:53 PM (e8kgV)
Fuck them.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 05, 2017 03:47 PM (2PHKP)
McCain was a Graceful Loser. He and his campaign attacked their own VP Candidate more than they did Obama.
Posted by: rd at January 05, 2017 03:54 PM (iT57s)
that chicken-f*cking thing; it'll haunt you for all your days
Posted by: between two waves of the sea at January 05, 2017 03:54 PM (ihtYN)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 05, 2017 03:54 PM (ZO497)
-Boston Bomber pardon, hidden in Obama's desk...for now
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 05, 2017 03:51 PM (/prE6)
Obama's a an anti-American dick, but there's no gain in pardoning the Boston Bomber or Hassan. I can't believe anyone would even entertain the thought.
That said, Bergdahl, is a lock for a pardon on the last day.
Posted by: JoeF. at January 05, 2017 03:54 PM (lD5tL)
Just think how many Watergate sized stories are out there, waiting to be
told about Obama's administration, ignored by a complicit media. One
could make a career with stories like that...
"...or get fired."
-- Sharyl Atkisson, former employee of Ben Rhodes' brother
Posted by: Lizzy at January 05, 2017 03:55 PM (NOIQH)
Ben Rhodes's Shemale Porn Additiction
Posted by: SchlongStrong at January 05, 2017 03:49 PM (48M9E)
Strong words. And likely true.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at January 05, 2017 03:55 PM (sh70B)
Posted by: tu3031 at January 05, 2017 03:55 PM (qJhUV)
Posted by: rd
and he has been a shit stain ever since
Posted by: Rick in SK at January 05, 2017 03:56 PM (/CIN4)
I think we'd have a healthier republic with that arrangement.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 05, 2017 03:49 PM (/prE6)
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Not running barely-coherent stoners like Gary Johnson would be a good start.
Posted by: Moron Pundit at January 05, 2017 03:57 PM (xeeHA)
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 05, 2017 03:50 PM (P1T3x)
You noticed that, too?
Posted by: TheRealDonaldTrump at January 05, 2017 03:57 PM (gMcji)
European countries after a ferocious alcohol/Viagra fueled session of
butt darts, wiping their dicks on the curtains then spewing verbal vomit
all over us about Russian hacks.
Posted by: R. DUKE at January 05, 2017 03:46 PM
How come I didn't know about this
Posted by: Shep at January 05, 2017 03:57 PM (DMUuz)
Posted by: Moron Pundit at January 05, 2017 03:57 PM (xeeHA)
Indeed. They should start by running actual libertarians.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 05, 2017 03:58 PM (8hICw)
Posted by: steevy at January 05, 2017 03:58 PM (r/0kC)
Posted by: rd at January 05, 2017 03:54 PM (iT57s)
*slow burn of incredible hate*
Posted by: Deplorable Flyover 98ZJUSMC at January 05, 2017 03:58 PM (gMcji)
On behalf of AtC, I informed The Horde of the New Thread. They are still
planning The Horde's pre-Inauguration Parade festivities, however.
It appears the 'ettes are driving the plan.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 05, 2017 03:44 PM (DMUuz)
Hey, we were just scheduling our looting shopping plans.
*shifty eyes*
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 05, 2017 03:48 PM (PY9jH)
Will this involve pick ups, guns being fired straight into the air and white lightning? I mean, the media has its expectations.
Posted by: Northernlurker at January 05, 2017 03:58 PM (hJrjt)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 05, 2017 03:59 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Moron Pundit at January 05, 2017 03:57 PM (xeeHA)
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Out of the top 4 candidates, how much of a surprise is it that Gary Johnson was actually the worst of them?
I mean...I was surprised that he seemed to represent his purported ideology worse than the other three, but that's just me. Not to mention, the weird tongue action.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 05, 2017 03:59 PM (/prE6)
It's the "non violent" drug dealers that get pardoned. The ones who plea bargained out the violent part of their charges in exchange for pleading guilty on the dealing charges.
It's the fugitives from justice like Marc Rich that Clinton and Eric Holder pardoned in Jan 2001.
It's his flunkies that have just had to "run out the clock" so that they can't be convicted of a crime.
And you just know that Hillary, Huma and Podesta will all be pardoned for their "imaginary" crimes.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at January 05, 2017 03:59 PM (1JnAL)
Posted by: AlaBAMA
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They are very practiced at it, and have no compunction about using scurrilous means to raise $.
NC HB2 was a perfect example of how to leverage things. They create a wedge issue, which the media dutifully promotes, and then they fund-raise off it.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 05, 2017 03:59 PM (ZO497)
Bergdahl, yes, because the LIVs don't really understand his evil. And it would really, really stick it to the military and to patriots.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at January 05, 2017 03:59 PM (Nox3c)
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That's exactly what was happening . . .
Posted by: simplemind at January 05, 2017 03:59 PM (xVRrG)
Gosh, the Republicans are awful tough now that obama is going away.
Republicans remind me of the wimps who mouths off to the bully when the bully is too far away to smack them.
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 05, 2017 03:50 PM (P1T3x)
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I was tough on Trump! In the debate I asked him to apologize to my wife for me!
~Jeb's Guac Bowl and Turtle sale
Posted by: SchlongStrong at January 05, 2017 03:59 PM (48M9E)
Posted by: Colossus of Ben Rhodes at January 05, 2017 04:00 PM (7T5tR)
Can the dems do me a huge favor? When the next ideology comes around, the Moon Spider's Cult of Nihilism, can they take a fucking pass at completely fucking compromising our government? I want to know what a mostly pro-America US government looks like in the next few decades please.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at January 05, 2017 04:00 PM (VdICR)
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That's exactly what was happening . . .
Posted by: simplemind
8 years worth...
Posted by: Rick in SK at January 05, 2017 04:00 PM (/CIN4)
obama plans on being a pain in the ass to Trump as much as possible.
The only recourse President Trump has to remove obama as a constant pebble in his shoe is to put obama on the defensive, which means expose all of obama's scandals and dirty deals.
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 05, 2017 04:00 PM (P1T3x)
Democratic Party as the second major party of American politics?
How about the Green Party instead? The way to do that is to keep sending me money so I can continue to fight for YOU!
Posted by: Dr. Jill Stein at January 05, 2017 04:01 PM (qJhUV)
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 05, 2017 03:58 PM (8hICw)
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Sadly, the type of people that identify as big-L Libertarians are mostly just stoners who are in all other ways 100% Leftist.
I suppose we could try to take over the party and change its trajectory but I am dubious about our chances there.
Posted by: Moron Pundit at January 05, 2017 04:01 PM (xeeHA)
How do we do it in such a way so that the Libertarian Party replaces the Democratic Party as the second major party of American politics?
I think we'd have a healthier republic with that arrangement.
The communists and grifters would burrow right into the Libertarian Party and turn it from ineffective to effective and corrupt in less than two years. The big money donors would demand it..
The donors need their graft and rent seeking to pay off.
Worse, if you give the GOPe a monopoly on the graft and corruption, they might raise their rates...
Posted by: rd at January 05, 2017 04:01 PM (iT57s)
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite
and watch popcorn futures soar
Posted by: Rick in SK at January 05, 2017 04:01 PM (/CIN4)
Posted by: Dr. Jill Stein at January 05, 2017 04:01 PM (qJhUV)
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"Dr. Stein! How much do you need to keep fighting the good fight?"
-Dumb old hippie
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 05, 2017 04:02 PM (/prE6)
Posted by: Barak Obama at January 05, 2017 04:02 PM (tPC7s)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 05, 2017 04:02 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Northernlurker at January 05, 2017 03:58 PM (hJrjt)
Monster trucks, keggers, bonfires, cheerleaders, drag racing on Pennsylvania Avenue - all of the fun stuff!
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The 2017 Bunkers, Panic Rooms, and Bomb Shelters Await You at the Outrage Outlet! at January 05, 2017 04:02 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: JoeF. at January 05, 2017 03:54 PM (lD5tL)
I'll take that bet. Bergdahl won't get a pardon.
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy CON QUESO at January 05, 2017 04:03 PM (TfgXH)
I mean...I was surprised that he seemed to represent his purported ideology worse than the other three, but that's just me. Not to mention, the weird tongue action.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 05, 2017 03:59 PM (/prE6)
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I agree completely. Not only the worst candidate of the 4 but really one of the worst in generations (if you go by how many votes he ended up getting).
Nominating somebody like him is one of the things that makes people (myself included) dismiss the Libertarian Party as a bunch of half-baked stoners and not a serious political party.
Posted by: Moron Pundit at January 05, 2017 04:03 PM (xeeHA)
I mean...I was surprised that he seemed to represent his purported ideology worse than the other three, but that's just me. Not to mention, the weird tongue action.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 05, 2017 03:59 PM (/prE6)
Hillary set up the 3 candidates she wanted to run against... (Just like Harry Reid in 2010, and MO Sen in 2012) but she is so amazingly unlikeable, she lost to Trump anyway...
Posted by: Richard Milhous Nixon at January 05, 2017 04:03 PM (DpOmP)
Posted by: simplemind at January 05, 2017 04:03 PM (xVRrG)
Bummer......Jamie Lee Curtis is going to appear in the love athon live anti Trump video during his inauguration.
Epic boobage shots in the Trading Places movie. Shame.......
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at January 05, 2017 04:03 PM (icl5y)
Posted by: Richard Milhous Nixon at January 05, 2017 04:03 PM (DpOmP)
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And yet she was still only 2nd worst.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 05, 2017 04:04 PM (/prE6)
Posted by: JoeF. at January 05, 2017 03:54 PM (lD5tL)
I'll take that bet. Bergdahl won't get a pardon.
I dunno....
Obama already got his medal from DoD.
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at January 05, 2017 04:04 PM (di1hb)
*shifty eyes*
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 05, 2017 03:48 PM (PY9jH)
Will this involve pick ups, guns being fired straight into the air and white lightning? I mean, the media has its expectations.
Posted by: Northernlurker
In Jane's case, I suspect large appliances and the abduction of installation specialists may be involved...
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Deplorable Unicode Character at January 05, 2017 04:04 PM (9krrF)
Posted by: Moron Pundit at January 05, 2017 03:57 PM (xeeHA)
Indeed. They should start by running actual libertarians.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 05, 2017 03:58 PM (8hICw)
Just no librarians.
Posted by: Insomniac at January 05, 2017 04:04 PM (0mRoj)
What should be a simple question:
How many people in our government have ties with the Muslim Brotherhood?
From a Breitbart article last year:
"For nearly 8 years Obama has been filling the Washington bureaucracy
including DHS, the CIA, DOD, the National Security Council, the White
House, the State Department, every US Intelligence Agency, and the US
Armed Forces with thousands of members of the CAIR, MPAC, the Muslim
Brotherhood, and other Muslim Brotherhood front groups."
I'm guessing the number is in the hundreds.
Posted by: shibumi, who requires a cute kitty story stat! at January 05, 2017 04:05 PM (J5mC3)
I have a feeling that after Jan 20th, President Trump will not only not stop tweeting bombastically, he will end his fake friendship with obama and smack him around on twitter every chance he gets.
It's actually the smart thing to do. Otherwise obama will be out there popping off all the time trying to embarrass President Trump.
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 05, 2017 04:05 PM (P1T3x)
Posted by: Darth Randall at January 05, 2017 03:39 PM (6n332)
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grrrrrrr...
Posted by: SMFH at January 05, 2017 04:05 PM (CRotO)
I agree completely. Not only the worst candidate of the 4 but really one of the worst in generations (if you go by how many votes he ended up getting).
Nominating somebody like him is one of the things that makes people (myself included) dismiss the Libertarian Party as a bunch of half-baked stoners and not a serious political party.
Posted by: Moron Pundit at January 05, 2017 04:03 PM (xeeHA)
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If I remember correctly, the #2 guy was actually really good, but the Libertarian Establishment (which is actually apparently a thing) tipped the scales in favor of Johnson.
I can't remember the guy's name, though...if only there was some kind of information resource that I could look that up from...
Le sigh...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 05, 2017 04:05 PM (/prE6)
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I just wanted to share that quote.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at January 05, 2017 04:05 PM (7ZVPa)
Posted by: oddnot enjoying #winning still with schadenboner to prove it at January 05, 2017 04:05 PM (g1MTt)
In what world is a nanny state gun grabber like VP Candidate William Weld a Libertarian?
Posted by: rd at January 05, 2017 04:06 PM (iT57s)
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I just wanted to share that quote.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at January 05, 2017 04:05 PM (7ZVPa)
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I bet that's on Rhodes' resume.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 05, 2017 04:06 PM (/prE6)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? - Takin' My Time on my Ride at January 05, 2017 04:06 PM (ul9CR)
*shifty eyes*
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 05, 2017 03:48 PM (PY9jH)
Will this involve pick ups, guns being fired straight into the air and white lightning? I mean, the media has its expectations.
Posted by: Northernlurker
In Jane's case, I suspect large appliances and the abduction of installation specialists may be involved...
I thought that when you loot, you were only supposed to take stuff that isn't really all that useful or durable.
You know, TVs, sneakers, stuff like that.
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at January 05, 2017 04:06 PM (di1hb)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 05, 2017 04:04 PM (/prE6)
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The saddest thing is how many brilliant, witty, well-informed libertarians I know. And yet, this guy, who couldn't articulate an order at McDonald's let alone the complex socio-economic underpinnings of true liberalism.
Apparently he speaks to his base. I don't get it.
Posted by: Moron Pundit at January 05, 2017 04:06 PM (xeeHA)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 05, 2017 04:07 PM (KP5rU)
I can't remember the guy's name, though...if only there was some kind of information resource that I could look that up from...
Le sigh...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 05, 2017 04:05 PM (/prE6)
He was ok (comparatively), but was definitely very happy about the Obergefell decision.
On the other hand, he was not in favor of making Jews bake cakes for Nazis.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 05, 2017 04:07 PM (8hICw)
Posted by: buzzion
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Why on earth not?
Because of the rampant pot smoking?
Cavorting with Bill Ayers?
Rampant cocaine use?
Sketchy "community organizer" background?
Why?
Posted by: Dang at January 05, 2017 04:07 PM (8b+oT)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 05, 2017 04:07 PM (39g3+)
>> represent his purported ideology worse than the
>> other three, but that's just me. Not to mention, the
>> weird tongue action.
Johnson and Weld were basically clueless centrist big-government Democrats.
So in other words as far from a real 'libertarian' as you can get and still smell the pot.
Posted by: JEM at January 05, 2017 04:07 PM (TppKb)
I don't understand what the Republicans are waiting for go after Claire McCakill.
Now is the time to begin to FINISH HER.
And that idiot Jon Tester. Don't wait until 2018, you dopes!
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 05, 2017 04:07 PM (P1T3x)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 05, 2017 04:07 PM (KP5rU)
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See that you're as much of a fan of yogurt as I am.
Posted by: SMFH at January 05, 2017 04:08 PM (CRotO)
Posted by: rd at January 05, 2017 04:06 PM (iT57s)
The one where the POTUS Libertarian candidate admits to agreeing 80% with the socialist/commie
Posted by: buzzion at January 05, 2017 04:08 PM (cAnNx)
Thank goodness. Hardly anyone will notice when we get back there at the end of January.
Posted by: Colossus of Ben Rhodes at January 05, 2017 04:08 PM (7T5tR)
Posted by: Darth Randall
Go ahead. Let Hassan out.
What's the over/under on life expectancy?
Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2017 04:08 PM (dSqvH)
Le sigh...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 05, 2017 04:05 PM (/prE6)
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The LIBe probably picked Johnson because he was presumably 'electable.' The fact that he wore jeans every day and picked an outright Hillary supporter for his VP showed that to be a lie.
Posted by: Moron Pundit at January 05, 2017 04:08 PM (xeeHA)
Something like this:
Ex President Obama is still talking like he is charge of the government.
Bigly Sad.
Trump
Posted by: Buzzsaw at January 05, 2017 04:08 PM (81UWZ)
a) Do you burn the ganja?
Posted by: JEM at January 05, 2017 04:09 PM (TppKb)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? - Takin' My Time on my Ride at January 05, 2017 04:09 PM (ul9CR)
Posted by: Mr Macca Bean at January 05, 2017 04:09 PM (Gh3fw)
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 05, 2017 04:09 PM (P1T3x)
Nice couple. Moved here from California. They went Johnson early putting sign up in the yard, and never took the sign down. So, either really committed, or just not that in touch with reality.
Posted by: simplemind at January 05, 2017 04:09 PM (xVRrG)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? - Takin' My Time on my Ride
fuck you both
Posted by: Dusty Rhodes at January 05, 2017 04:09 PM (/CIN4)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 05, 2017 04:10 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Barak Obama
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Followed by a Purple Drank Summit.
Posted by: Dang at January 05, 2017 04:10 PM (8b+oT)
Posted by: SMFH at the thought of growing up in southside Chicago at January 05, 2017 04:10 PM (CRotO)
obama needs to STFU
-- President Trump
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 05, 2017 04:09 PM (P1T3x)
More like...
Ex President Obama has the absolute right to say what he wants...
Just as I have the absolute right, to ignore him.
Next question...
Posted by: Don Q. at January 05, 2017 04:11 PM (qf6WZ)
Posted by: Evilpens at January 05, 2017 04:11 PM (y3aQB)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4085516/
Posted by: JEM at January 05, 2017 04:11 PM (TppKb)
Posted by: SMFH at the thought of growing up in southside Chicago at January 05, 2017 04:10 PM (CRotO)
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Thousands of bullets, apparently.
rimshot
Posted by: Moron Pundit at January 05, 2017 04:11 PM (xeeHA)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 05, 2017 04:10 PM (KP5rU)
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Exactly!
Posted by: SMFH at the thought of growing up in southside Chicago at January 05, 2017 04:11 PM (CRotO)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? - Takin' My Time on my Ride
fuck you both
Posted by: Dusty Rhodes
Now now.
Posted by: Dirt Rhodes
Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2017 04:11 PM (dSqvH)
It appears the 'ettes are driving the plan.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 05, 2017 03:44 PM (DMUuz)
I'm confused. I thought we were planning our riot loot protest? I was all in!
Posted by: Libertarianwannabe at January 05, 2017 04:11 PM (nQ10o)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 05, 2017 04:11 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: SMFH at the thought of growing up in southside Chicago at January 05, 2017 04:12 PM (CRotO)
Posted by: Colossus of Ben Rhodes at January 05, 2017 04:12 PM (7T5tR)
>> what he wants...
>>
>> Just as I have the absolute right, to ignore him.
Actually, I wish I had the absolute right to limit his Secret Service protection to a quarter-mile radius from the front door of his primary residence.
If he wants to play golf let Soros or the mullahs pay for his protection. They've owned him so far.
Posted by: JEM at January 05, 2017 04:12 PM (TppKb)
This headline reads like 187 Obama Advisers were denied Interim Security Clearance.
I'm sure it's not just me.
Posted by: Lewis at January 05, 2017 04:12 PM (+013U)
-Dumb old hippie
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 05, 2017 04:02 PM
And when you ask 'em, "How much should we give?"
Ooh, they only answer "More! More! More", y'all
Posted by: Fortunate Son at January 05, 2017 04:12 PM (DMUuz)
Nice couple. Moved here from California. They went Johnson early putting sign up in the yard, and never took the sign down. So, either really committed, or just not that in touch with reality.
Posted by: simplemind at January 05, 2017 04:09 PM (xVRrG)
Once you go Johnson, you'll never go...uh...
I totally forgot. Whoa.
*bong rip*
Posted by: Gary Johnson at January 05, 2017 04:12 PM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Lonesome Rhodes at January 05, 2017 04:13 PM (ccfl2)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 05, 2017 04:13 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: buzzion at January 05, 2017 04:08 PM (cAnNx)
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Also the one where the Libertarian Party decides to go after disaffected socialists rather than disaffected Republicans.
I've framed it this way before. LP ideology is:
50% Pot
25% Gay Marriage
25% Republicans are icky
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 05, 2017 04:13 PM (/prE6)
I knew this was coming.
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 05, 2017 04:13 PM (IgBFP)
Posted by: JEM at January 05, 2017 04:13 PM (TppKb)
Posted by: IC at January 05, 2017 04:14 PM (a0IVu)
a) Do you burn the ganja?
Posted by: JEM at January 05, 2017 04:09 PM (TppKb)
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Answer:
2) ...What...?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 05, 2017 04:14 PM (/prE6)
Ooh, they only answer "More! More! More", y'all
Posted by: Fortunate Son
stop it or you will drive me up around the bend
Posted by: Rick in SK at January 05, 2017 04:14 PM (/CIN4)
............
Giving his My Pillow a rest?
Posted by: wth at January 05, 2017 04:14 PM (2WITp)
Posted by: Cecil Rhodes at January 05, 2017 04:14 PM (39g3+)
>> 25% Gay Marriage
>> 25% Republicans are icky
I'd pull 5% or so off of each of those and throw it into a "American foreign policy is evil" category, but yeah, you're not far off.
Posted by: JEM at January 05, 2017 04:15 PM (TppKb)
I've framed it this way before. LP ideology is:
50% Pot
25% Gay Marriage
25% Republicans are icky
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 05, 2017 04:13 PM (/prE6)
In Iowa, most Libertarians are "nobody (especially the gov't) should be able to tell me what to do on my property."
Within reason, of course, because this is Iowa, not California.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 05, 2017 04:15 PM (8hICw)
Posted by: buzzion at January 05, 2017 04:08 PM (cAnNx)
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Also the one where the Libertarian Party decides to go after disaffected socialists rather than disaffected Republicans.
I've framed it this way before. LP ideology is:
50% Pot
25% Gay Marriage
25% Republicans are icky
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 05, 2017 04:13 PM (/prE6)
You left out open borders.
Posted by: Insomniac at January 05, 2017 04:15 PM (0mRoj)
100 Trump should take the oath of office standing in the bed of a MONSTER TRUCK!!!!
Posted by: simplemind
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President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho
Posted by: The guy with the hair at January 05, 2017 04:15 PM (oW/Ca)
Ooh, they only answer "More! More! More", y'all
Posted by: Fortunate Son
stop it or you will drive me up around the bend
Posted by: Rick in SK
Bathroom's on the right.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2017 04:16 PM (dSqvH)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 05, 2017 04:16 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: JEM at January 05, 2017 04:15 PM (TppKb)
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Not a bad addition.
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163
In Iowa, most Libertarians are "nobody (especially the gov't) should be able to tell me what to do on my property."
Within reason, of course, because this is Iowa, not California.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 05, 2017 04:15 PM (8hICw)
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I know that libertarians have much more on their minds, but the Libertarian Party itself, at least on a national level, is obsessed with a very select group of issues.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 05, 2017 04:16 PM (/prE6)
Posted by: simplemind
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President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho
==============
Wearing a camo Tux.
Posted by: simplemind at January 05, 2017 04:17 PM (xVRrG)
Posted by: simplemind
Ride in standing on an M1 Abrams.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2017 04:17 PM (dSqvH)
Posted by: Drug Resistant Gonorrhea at January 05, 2017 04:17 PM (jFzlr)
I'll take that bet. Bergdahl won't get a pardon.
The guy got a White House ceremony to announce his release with his parents in attendance getting hugs from Obama, plus he was a dissenter against the war.I wouldn't take that bet.
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at January 05, 2017 04:17 PM (lKyWE)
Deez Nutz, wasn't it?
Posted by: tu3031 at January 05, 2017 04:17 PM (qJhUV)
Posted by: DaveA at January 05, 2017 04:17 PM (8J/Te)
Posted by: Libertarianwannabe at January 05, 2017 04:18 PM (nQ10o)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 05, 2017 04:16 PM (39g3+)
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And yet he still managed to get 3.5% of the vote as opposed to the historical 1%.
If the LP had nominated someone who was willing to fight and able to advance libertarian ideals, they might have been able to get to 5%, that magic number to public financing.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 05, 2017 04:18 PM (/prE6)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 05, 2017 04:16 PM (/prE6)
I know you're right. It's sad, really.
"Let your freak flag fly" is no way to go through life, son.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 05, 2017 04:18 PM (8hICw)
If the interim clearance is denied, the full investigation is still carried out and any potentially disqualifying conditions may be, and in many cases are, mitigated as was reportedly the case for Rhodes.
That is not to say that the reasons for the interim denial should not be obtained and questioned.
Posted by: Chappy at January 05, 2017 04:19 PM (uyH4e)
So...I guess closing Gitmo and (illegally) giving it to Cuba is still on the table?
Posted by: Lizzy at January 05, 2017 04:19 PM (NOIQH)
I know you're right. It's sad, really.
"Let your freak flag fly" is no way to go through life, son.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 05, 2017 04:18 PM (8hICw)
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If they actually meant it, that could be a winning issue.
But they don't. As soon as Johnson says it's okay to force Jewish bakeries to bake Nazi cakes, it's obvious he's not interested in live and let live.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 05, 2017 04:19 PM (/prE6)
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Goatfucker on wheels will not be getting one either.
You want to see Ft Hood flip the fuck out?
Pardon the fucker and see what happens.
Posted by: SMFH at the thought of growing up in southside Chicago at January 05, 2017 04:20 PM (CRotO)
Posted by: simplemind
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President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho
==============
Wearing a camo Tux.
Posted by: simplemind at January 05, 2017 04:17 PM (xVRrG)
And carrying an M-16
Posted by: buzzion at January 05, 2017 04:20 PM (cAnNx)
IIRC, he can't. That's treaty area.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2017 04:20 PM (dSqvH)
Posted by: Libertarianwannabe at January 05, 2017 04:18 PM (nQ10o)
Except, as TheJamesMadison has pointed out, at the national level it's:
- free the weed
- gay marriage
- other pet Dem issues
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 05, 2017 04:20 PM (8hICw)
Posted by: Libertarianwannabe at January 05, 2017 04:18 PM (nQ10o)
As a small L libertarian meself...
There's a problem with the Party.... Libertarians don't believe that we should be telling each other how to live...
So... you don't get any rational Libertarians running for office... because that is all about telling people how to live...
Posted by: Don Q. at January 05, 2017 04:20 PM (qf6WZ)
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I nominate this as a synopsis for the third greatest commandment of the law.
Posted by: simplemind at January 05, 2017 04:20 PM (xVRrG)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2017 04:20 PM (dSqvH)
Iran says, "thanks for all the $$$".
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 05, 2017 04:21 PM (8hICw)
IIRC, he can't. That's treaty area.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2017 04:20 PM (dSqvH)
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"...Oh really...?"
-Paris Climate Change Agreement, smiling mischievously
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 05, 2017 04:21 PM (/prE6)
That's the textbook definition. Very few live it.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2017 04:22 PM (dSqvH)
2. Love your neighbor as yourself.
3. "Let your freak flag fly" is no way to go through life, son.
Posted by: simplemind at January 05, 2017 04:22 PM (xVRrG)
I'm hard at work fixing obama's messes!
That would send obama and his Fake News pals into a frenzy.
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 05, 2017 04:22 PM (P1T3x)
Any red-blooded American that is serving, has served, or is considering serving in the future will respond accordingly.
As well as the families and friends of the victims, as well as victims of so many other terrorist attacks.
Yeah Fuckstick, pardon Hasan.
Not enough popcorn in the world.
Posted by: SMFH at the thought of growing up in southside Chicago at January 05, 2017 04:22 PM (CRotO)
Obama has done a lot of things a president can't do.At this point, nothing would surprise me.
Seriously, after his last minute U.N. facilitated "F#$@ you" to Israel and attempts to start a war with Russia, is there anything you think he wouldn't do?
Posted by: Lizzy at January 05, 2017 04:24 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: SMFH at the thought of growing up in southside Chicago at January 05, 2017 04:22 PM (CRotO)
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Just imagine how our showman president-elect would handle that situation, if so inclined.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 05, 2017 04:24 PM (/prE6)
If the interim clearance is denied, the full investigation is still carried out and any potentially disqualifying conditions may be, and in many cases are, mitigated as was reportedly the case for Rhodes.
That is not to say that the reasons for the interim denial should not be obtained and questioned.
Posted by: Chappy at January 05, 2017 04:19 PM (uyH4e)
It was my understanding that the investigation results are considered confidential information and are never released. Even the fact that a security clearance is granted is classified information.
Posted by: ghbucky at January 05, 2017 04:24 PM (D2q91)
>> 25% Gay Marriage
>> 25% Republicans are icky
40% potheads
25% republicans are icky / goth fonzy
20% stingy libertines
10% isolationists living in tire walled compounds
5% silver dimes
Posted by: Luap Nor at January 05, 2017 04:24 PM (jFzlr)
IIRC, he can't. That's treaty area.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2017 04:20 PM (dSqvH)
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Yup.
Fuckstick would love to, but even that is a bridge too far.
But he can empty it out.
Which means the goatfucking assholes are fair game.
*smiles*
Posted by: SMFH at the thought of growing up in southside Chicago at January 05, 2017 04:24 PM (CRotO)
Yeah they all can talk that line, but when you talk long enough too many (most?) end up just being about legalizing their pet vice and having it no longer condemned.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 05, 2017 04:24 PM (39g3+)
They only beat us shipping infidels to die in adverse climates because of the accursed steam engine.
Posted by: Kaseem Jones at January 05, 2017 04:25 PM (8J/Te)
Disregard #189. That was copy and paste for this one.
Textbook definition above.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2017 04:25 PM (dSqvH)
The more you know- (do ding dum music)... 15 more days, and good riddance.
and OT, I have this theory that people like M. Kelly, G. Van Sustern and G. Beck are opposite-side players meaning they make their money off of opposing those currently in power. Fox News was good for them during the obama tragedy, and now they are going to be against Trump.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 05, 2017 04:25 PM (ODxAs)
Posted by: geoffb5 at January 05, 2017 04:25 PM (d3wbb)
Posted by: Libertarianwannabe at January 05, 2017 04:18 PM (nQ10o)
Except, as TheJamesMadison has pointed out, at the national level it's:
- free the weed
- gay marriage
- other pet Dem issues
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 05, 2017 04:20 PM (8hICw)
Exactly. its why I didn't vote for Ron Paul in primary or Gary Johnson in election.
My motto is: you are not the boss of me!
Posted by: Libertarianwannabe at January 05, 2017 04:25 PM (nQ10o)
40% potheads
25% republicans are icky / goth fonzy
20% stingy libertines
10% isolationists living in tire walled compounds
5% silver dimes
Posted by: Luap Nor at January 05, 2017 04:24 PM (jFzlr)
====================
How many of the 10% isolationists also want open borders?
Probably all of them.
"We don't export problems, we just import them."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 05, 2017 04:25 PM (/prE6)
Pizzagate Alum?
Posted by: Evilpens at January 05, 2017 04:11 PM (y3aQB)
What?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at January 05, 2017 04:26 PM (sh70B)
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stop it or you will drive me up around the bend
Posted by: Rick in SK
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Bathroom's on the right.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2017 04:16 PM
I can see it out my backdoor.
Posted by: Lindsay Graham at January 05, 2017 04:26 PM (DMUuz)
..........
Pudesta is always involved in some shit, isn't he?
Posted by: wth at January 05, 2017 04:27 PM (2WITp)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2017 04:27 PM (dSqvH)
..........
Pudesta is always involved in some shit, isn't he?
Posted by: wth at January 05, 2017 04:27 PM (2WITp)
=====================
"What was that? You need me to send you my password? Sure, why not?"
-John Podesta
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 05, 2017 04:28 PM (/prE6)
Posted by: Fritz at January 05, 2017 04:28 PM (qj98/)
IIRC, he can't. That's treaty area.
.
.
.
.GITMO goes back to Cuba if the President declares it unnecessary as a coaling Station or Naval Base per the Treaty.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at January 05, 2017 04:28 PM (icl5y)
Posted by: rd
In NeverNeverTrumpLand, that's where you big doodyhead!
Posted by: Bill Kristol at January 05, 2017 04:29 PM (V3IFq)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 05, 2017 04:24 PM (/prE6)
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Also with Maddog Mattis at the DoD helm...priceless.
I wouldn't be surprised if the residents of Gitmo actually want to stay in their current accommodations once news spread among the goatfucking circle-jerkers that Maddog was coming, and he's bringing Hell with him.
Posted by: SMFH at the thought of growing up in southside Chicago at January 05, 2017 04:29 PM (CRotO)
-John Podesta
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 05, 2017 04:28 PM (/prE6)
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How ironic that WWIII was started by a very simple phishing scam.
Who knew that Nigerian Princes would end the world?
Posted by: Moron Pundit at January 05, 2017 04:31 PM (xeeHA)
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Got your head up your ass again?
Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2017 04:27 PM
Listen, dude, when I drop trou and bend over, some people say "There's a Bad Moon on the rise!"
Posted by: Lindsay Graham at January 05, 2017 04:31 PM (DMUuz)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 05, 2017 04:18 PM (/prE6)
Shouldn't accepting public financing be anathema to a Libertarian?
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The 2017 Bunkers, Panic Rooms, and Bomb Shelters Await You at the Outrage Outlet! at January 05, 2017 04:33 PM (hLRSq)
My guesses would be:
1) Big financial problems. Like MASSIVE.
2) Connections to foreigners that looked hinky.
3) In trouble with the law big time.
Anything that might make it appear that he could be influenced or pressured do to his past.
Just to give you an idea of the foreigners connection: when I was getting my TS clearance re-upped, they wanted to see the birth certificate of a close family member who'd been born in Canada to American parents decades earlier....
Posted by: K-E at January 05, 2017 04:33 PM (F6yoX)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 05, 2017 04:18 PM (/prE6)
Shouldn't accepting public financing be anathema to a Libertarian?
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The 2017 Bunkers, Panic Rooms, and Bomb Shelters Await You at the Outrage Outlet! at January 05, 2017 04:33 PM (hLRSq)
Dude, FREE MONEY!!!
You and your principles. Psh.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 05, 2017 04:33 PM (8hICw)
fuck you both / Dusty Rhodes
You're all assholes...
Posted by: Lonesome Rhodes at January 05, 2017 04:13 PM (ccfl2)
All of you can blow me, except my dad he can watch.
Posted by: Golddust at January 05, 2017 04:34 PM (tPC7s)
Posted by: Libertarianwannabe at January 05, 2017 04:35 PM (nQ10o)
What? You knew it was coming.
Posted by: Fritz at January 05, 2017 04:28 PM (qj98/)
.............
That easy one. Already like bear shit.
Posted by: Starbucks Moscow at January 05, 2017 04:35 PM (2WITp)
My guesses would be:
1) Big financial problems. Like MASSIVE.
2) Connections to foreigners that looked hinky.
3) In trouble with the law big time.
Anything that might make it appear that he could be influenced or pressured do to his past.
Just to give you an idea of the foreigners connection: when I was getting my TS clearance re-upped, they wanted to see the birth certificate of a close family member who'd been born in Canada to American parents decades earlier....
Posted by: K-E at January 05, 2017 04:33 PM (F6yoX)
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First clearance at 18 (Signal Corps).
Second at 32 (Ordnance).
Posted by: SMFH at the thought of growing up in southside Chicago at January 05, 2017 04:35 PM (CRotO)
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The 2017 Bunkers, Panic Rooms, and Bomb Shelters Await You at the Outrage Outlet! at January 05, 2017 04:33 PM (hLRSq)
======================
I remember seeing chatter about whether they would actually accept it or not. Part of me thinks that the grassroots of the party would hate it while the LPe (Libertarian Party Establishment) would accept it.
The party really needs to be taken over by some ideological libertarians who have a realistic view of the use of parties in modern politics. I was hoping that if they had gotten to 5%, that might have helped that process happen.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 05, 2017 04:35 PM (/prE6)
Not enough popcorn in the world.
Posted by: SMFH at the thought of growing up in southside Chicago
I'm sure the ass has lots more in store in the next 15 days. His last revenge.
*spit*
Posted by: Infidel at January 05, 2017 04:36 PM (VtLx6)
Posted by: Libertarianwannabe at January 05, 2017 04:35 PM (nQ10o)
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That's all fine and good.
But what we are talking about is the Libertarian PARTY. And they consistently only care about pot/gay marriage/isolationism/etc.
As indicated by the people they nominate. Over and over.
Gary Johnson really stood out, though. What a tool.
Posted by: Moron Pundit at January 05, 2017 04:36 PM (xeeHA)
Posted by: Libertarianwannabe
Then you need to influence those that set the national platform.
Because open borders is a huge turn off to people.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2017 04:37 PM (dSqvH)
Posted by: Zombie American Dream at January 05, 2017 04:37 PM (/CIN4)
Posted by: Moron Pundit at January 05, 2017 04:36 PM (xeeHA)
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Such an awful, awful candidate. I mean...seriously...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 05, 2017 04:37 PM (/prE6)
Posted by: USNtakim at January 05, 2017 04:38 PM (hMqvx)
Posted by: Moron Pundit at January 05, 2017 04:36 PM (xeeHA)
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Such an awful, awful candidate. I mean...seriously...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 05, 2017 04:37 PM (/prE6)
Shut up and bake the cake!
~ Awful Candidate Gary Johnson
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 05, 2017 04:38 PM (8hICw)
Because open borders is a huge turn off to people.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2017 04:37 PM (dSqvH)
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I know that Ace has said he'll never support the Libertarian Party because of the open borders thing.
I bet he's not the only one.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 05, 2017 04:38 PM (/prE6)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 05, 2017 04:35 PM (/prE6)
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The most ironic thing about this, and politics generally, is that the people I most want to be involved at the highest levels are the very people LEAST LIKELY to want to run things.
Individualists aren't notorious for starting massive populist movements. Unfortunately.
Posted by: Moron Pundit at January 05, 2017 04:38 PM (xeeHA)
Posted by: K-E at January 05, 2017 04:33 PM (F6yoX)
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My grandaunt's FBI file:
https://archive.org/details/LorraineHansberryFBIFile
Posted by: SMFH at January 05, 2017 04:39 PM (CRotO)
Fuckstick would love to, but even that is a bridge too far.
But he can empty it out.
Which means the goatfucking assholes are fair game.
*smiles*
Posted by: SMFH at the thought of growing up in southside Chicago at January 05, 2017 04:24 PM (CRotO)
++++
There's a law in place that requires him to give 30 days notice to Congress before he can release anyone from Gitmo. He did give notice to release something like 20 prisoners, but that will still leave something like 60 of them in the place when he leaves office.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 05, 2017 04:39 PM (R+30W)
I bet he's not the only one.
Here's one. Hell, I'm the textbook definition that he posted.
But they lose me on the open borders shit.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2017 04:40 PM (dSqvH)
Posted by: Libertarianwannabe at January 05, 2017 04:40 PM (nQ10o)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 05, 2017 04:39 PM (R+30W)
"You and your silly 'laws'. Peasant."
~ B. Obama
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 05, 2017 04:40 PM (8hICw)
Posted by: buzzion at January 05, 2017 04:40 PM (cAnNx)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 05, 2017 04:39 PM (R+30W)
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You mean the law that he regularly wipes his ass with?
Posted by: SMFH at January 05, 2017 04:40 PM (CRotO)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 05, 2017 04:39 PM (R+30W)
======================
"Heh..."
-ACA Employer Mandate
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 05, 2017 04:40 PM (/prE6)
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 05, 2017 04:40 PM (P1T3x)
I bet he's not the only one.
.
.
.
.If they could find a candidate that wasn't a stoner for open borders I would potentially vote for them.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at January 05, 2017 04:41 PM (icl5y)
Posted by: K-E at January 05, 2017 04:33 PM (F6yoX)
When I first went for a Security Clearance, they sent 2, count em 2, DOD investigator to my Officer to ask why I had been to Israel 27 times. LOL
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 05, 2017 04:42 PM (sRFAL)
211 >>>>So...I guess closing Gitmo and (illegally) giving it to Cuba is still on the table?
IIRC, he can't. That's treaty area.
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.GITMO goes back to Cuba if the President declares it unnecessary as a coaling Station or Naval Base per the Treaty.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at January 05, 2017 04:28 PM (icl5y)
I believe that in addition, if the US doesn't maintain a physical presence (boots on the ground) on the base for any reason, the base reverts back to Cuban control. Simply ordering the Marines to board ships and leave would be enough to trigger it. No need to make a declaration of Gitmo's utility.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 05, 2017 04:42 PM (XWkhW)
Posted by: Libertarianwannabe
Your national platform is. Plank 3.4 IIRC.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2017 04:42 PM (dSqvH)
Posted by: undocumented illegal social worker at January 05, 2017 03:53 PM (e8kgV)
As has been mentioned many times here, it's what minority voters do. Especially black voters. Vote Dem or stay home.
It takes a set of brass ones for a black voter to admit to crossing over to the R, even once. It's like a union guy crossing the picket line.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at January 05, 2017 04:43 PM (kKHcp)
Randy Rhodes > Ben Rhodes
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? - Takin' My Time on my Ride
fuck you both
Posted by: Dusty Rhodes
Now now.
Posted by: Dirt Rhodes
Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2017 04:11 PM (dSqvH)
Take me home, to the place where I belong.
Posted by: Country Rhodes at January 05, 2017 04:59 PM (7N6ox)
Ever known by an alias?
Any family members or close personal friends ever been members of the Communist party?
Have you ever associated with members of the Palestine Liberation Organization or other terror sponsor groups?
Posted by: Mirror Image Universe FBI Security Interview of Barry Soetoro at January 05, 2017 05:13 PM (QtQaN)
Ever known by an alias?
Any family members or close personal friends ever been members of the Communist party?
Have you ever associated with members of the Palestine Liberation Organization or other terror sponsor groups?
How many members of the Democrat Party could pass any of those (except maybe the alias one)?
The first and third questions alone would knock out every Democrat politician.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at January 05, 2017 05:25 PM (SRKgf)
Posted by: Evilpens at January 05, 2017 05:37 PM (y3aQB)
"f the US doesn't maintain a physical presence (boots on the ground) on
the base for any reason, the base reverts back to Cuban control. Simply
ordering the Marines to board ships and leave would be enough to
trigger it. No need to make a declaration of Gitmo's utility."
If so, then to release the remaining ones would be by just making them Cuba's problem by leaving with them still there.
Posted by: geoffb5 at January 05, 2017 06:24 PM (d3wbb)
1. A records hit on local or national criminal databases that was not disclosed on the clearance application. Note this doesn't necessarily mean a charge, could be as simple as a traffic stop with no ticket. Undisclosed information is a big red flag and will result in an interview and extra scrutiny.
2. Questionable associations, foreign nationals, excessive foreign travel.
3. Potential vulnerabilities like high debt.
4. Pattern on untrustworthiness, fired for cause, multiple minor law infractions like traffic tickets.
Doen't mean you won't get the clearance, just extra scrutiny.
v/r
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