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[Tasty]

And the girl playing Hillary Clinton is pretty damn cute

[Trent Dole]

What are the chances of the GOP losing the house next election?

Since many of the districts are gerrymandered as fuck, not very high.

[Phoenix Dark]

And the girl playing Hillary Clinton is pretty damn cute

(Image removed from quote.)

she looks like that one dude from Twin Peaks.

[Phoenix Dark]

yup Bobby 

also
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2015/10/22/the-new-dark-horse-in-the-gop-race/?postshare=4931445539767470

the GOAT at being wrong. Well, outside of Kristol.

[Joe Molotov]

yup Bobby 

also
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2015/10/22/the-new-dark-horse-in-the-gop-race/?postshare=4931445539767470

the GOAT at being wrong. Well, outside of Kristol.

I like how all these articles about flailing establishment candidates are all like "hey don't worry, this guy could be the next McCain!" like that's the high water mark that everyone's shooting for.

[Samson Manhug]

Benghazi hearing is happening RIGHT NOW. Can you find Benghazi on a map without labels? I studied the Middle East in college and was still 280 miles off:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/world/can-you-find-benghazi/

[studyguy]

These CSPAN callers 

 WAKE UP END ABORTIONS END SAME SEX MARR-

"Thank you for your call." 

[VomKriege]

Benghazi hearing is happening RIGHT NOW. Can you find Benghazi on a map without labels? I studied the Middle East in college and was still 280 miles off:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/world/can-you-find-benghazi/

You were 186 miles away. You’re a geography wizard.

[Phoenix Dark]

You were 1,486 miles away from the terrorist attack.

Smack dab in Saudi Arabia. I guess I'm half right then. 

[Human Snorenado]

380 miles away. At least I was in Libya.

[Kara]

380 miles away. At least I was in Libya.

Bar trivia #lifehack, if it's a relevant city it's probably near a body of water.

[studyguy]

I can't understand these C-SPAN callers half the time.

[Great Rumbler]

Only 220 miles off the mark.

[Human Snorenado]

380 miles away. At least I was in Libya.

Bar trivia #lifehack, if it's a relevant city it's probably near a body of water.

But this is Benghazi, and we all know it's not relevant.

[Kara]

380 miles away. At least I was in Libya.

Bar trivia #lifehack, if it's a relevant city it's probably near a body of water.

But this is Benghazi, and we all know it's not relevant.

Wow dude, way to disrespect Vilerat. SMH.

[brawndolicious]

Benghazi hearing is happening RIGHT NOW. Can you find Benghazi on a map without labels? I studied the Middle East in college and was still 280 miles off:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/world/can-you-find-benghazi/

You were 186 miles away. You’re a geography wizard.

You were 164 miles away. You’re a geography wizard.

Not that I'm trying to brag or anything.

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I saw it on a map on CNN back when NATO started airstrikes.

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[curly]

49 miles away 

[El Babua]

368

I thought Libya was on the west coast of north Africa for the longest time.

[Steve Contra]

The Sidney Blumenthal must be some weird thing in right wing circles that is talking to a very small segment of their base right?  Like some e-mail chain type shit?

[Phoenix Dark]

The Sidney Blumenthal must be some weird thing in right wing circles that is talking to a very small segment of their base right?  Like some e-mail chain type shit?

Saul Alinsky 
Frank Marshall Davis 
George Soros 

[Phoenix Dark]

[Madrun Badrun]

Which one is Libya and which one is Lebanon again? 

[benjipwns]

You were 10 miles away. You're a geography wizard.

Why am I in the same category as some 150+ mile away dope?!?

You should get bonus points if you land on the CIA Annex.

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I knew it was on Libya's toethumb, almost picked the top side tho.

View everything through the geography of Michigan yo.

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[Kara]

Which one is Libya and which one is Lebanon again?

Lebanon is one man surrounded by lots of jealous women.

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This is an joke from the Lebanese Civil War based on the dumb gender rules for countries in Arabic.

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[Madrun Badrun]

What I don't understand about Benghazi is that if you're a a decedent of a freed african slaves who then enslaved the real africans, why would you want to attack the embassy of your mother country? 

[benjipwns]

“Donald Trump Is Doomed and/or Invincible”—headline, FiveThirtyEight.com, Oct. 20

why are half of their articles chat transcripts anymore

[Kara]

Good thing the electoral process won't punish them for it one iota.

[benjipwns]

Lincoln Chafee might be dropping out Friday morning.

Path is being cleared for Al Gore for sure.

[benjipwns]

[benjipwns]

Only because the liberul media will spin it to look like she was taking it seriously.

When she clearly wasn't.

Hillary Clinton was dealing with some pretty heavy issues Thursday at the Benghazi hearings, but when she took a break she was in Katy Perry mode.

During the break you can hear Hillary ask a guy named Dave if he'll be coming to the Katy Perry concert this weekend. It's unclear if she knew her voice would be picked up on an ABC News microphone.

Hillary's throwing a campaign event in Iowa Saturday where Katy will perform.

Dave hopes to go.

[Oblivion]

Benghazi hearing is happening RIGHT NOW. Can you find Benghazi on a map without labels? I studied the Middle East in college and was still 280 miles off:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/world/can-you-find-benghazi/

You were 633 miles away. Not bad, but not good, either.

 

[Phoenix Dark]

I think I finally encountered that crazy right-wing dude Steve Contra says posts on his Facebook feed.

Contra's right wing Facebook friend is The Bore's Cousin Jeffrey.

[benjipwns]

Democratic presidential candidate Lincoln Chafee, always a long-shot, dropped out of the race for his party's nomination on Friday morning.

[Joe Molotov]

Democratic presidential candidate Lincoln Chafee, always a long-shot, dropped out of the race for his party's nomination on Friday morning.

"Goodbye forever!"

[tiesto]

Benghazi hearing is happening RIGHT NOW. Can you find Benghazi on a map without labels? I studied the Middle East in college and was still 280 miles off:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/world/can-you-find-benghazi/

41 miles off, I was on the coast like directly south of it. Maps/geography/capitals are one of my sperging out points though.

[Great Rumbler]

[Brehvolution]

Nervous Trey?

[Steve Contra]

I think I finally encountered that crazy right-wing dude Steve Contra says posts on his Facebook feed.

You found him!  There's one more though but he doesn't post as much anymore now that's he in a business where most people are librulz.

[Brehvolution]

I think I finally encountered that crazy right-wing dude Steve Contra says posts on his Facebook feed.

You found him!  There's one more though but he doesn't post as much anymore now that's he in a business where most people are librulz.

The amount of internalized seething rage....

[Samson Manhug]

Quite a difference from Hillary throwing her arms up and yelling, "What difference does it make?!" a couple years ago. Her poise was impressive. Regardless of what they were saying (most people would be lost in the details I think) she wins because she didn't appeared excited or flustered like those on the panel. I had a State Department security contractor overseas once tell me that no matter what is happening around you or to you, remember your ABCs: always be cool. She nailed it.

[Joe Molotov]

The Sidney Blumenthal must be some weird thing in right wing circles that is talking to a very small segment of their base right?  Like some e-mail chain type shit?

Sidney Blumenthal is the Mena Airport of Benghazi.

[benjipwns]

Jeb Bush on Friday ordered across-the-board pay cuts to his struggling presidential campaign.

Staffers were informed of the news of a Friday conference call.

On the call, staffers were informed that job functions would change for some and that there would be across the board pay cuts.

One person on the Friday morning staff call said they were left with the impression that "very few people will be left in Miami."

[Madrun Badrun]

Meh Miami doesn't matter when you know how to rig Florida elections. 

[Steve Contra]

Jeb! not looking so good.

http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-10-23/jeb-bush-orders-across-the-board-pay-cuts-for-struggling-campaign

[Phoenix Dark]

Right wing sites are rallying the troops with the fact that Hillary did call the terrorist attack a terrorist attack in an email to Chelsea. Bombshell revelation that.

It's actually kind of sad to see them grasping at straws like this.

they're still fighting a battle Romney lost on national television 3 years ago


"Check the tape"

[Steve Contra]

They're convinced Benghazi was the real reason Obama won, and that if only the public knew the truth it'd be all over for Hillary.

[Phoenix Dark]

Yup. I remember quite a bit of right wing fantaszing about a repeat of 1980, IE weak incumbant president leading in polls all summer until a foreign policy disaster shifts things to the strong republican candidate. Nevermind that their 1980 timeline is fucked, they really thought Benghazi was the culmination of all their hopes.

Remember Romney coming out for that abrupt, pathetic statement on the night of the attack? scust...

Yea Benghazi was a sad situation but anyone who thinks it would change an election is stupid. Nevermind the fact that these republicans know it was basically a CIA fuck up and the White House/State Department can't tell people exactly what happened because it'll be classified for decades.

Just think in 40 years when they learn the truth. "bububububu Governor Malia Obama, we now know your father's CIA was selling weapons to rebels, and planned to funnel them through Turkey. The deal went bad and a firefight ensued. Where were you on the night of September 11, 2012, and why should we trust you can be our next commander in chief  "

[Human Snorenado]

Right after the Benghazi thing happened in that debate, someone had an article that posited that Romney believed that despite the easily viewed evidence to the contrary simply because so many RWNJ websites/commentators were making such an issue of it that it had to be true.

[Phoenix Dark]

you lost beforehand Mitt, but this is when you really lost. Benghazi wasn't gonna save you

[Joe Molotov]

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This is the real Presidential Debate, and it's JFK v. Nixon outchea. Hillary looks presidential, the GOP looks like clown shoes.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

Jeb! not looking so good.

http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-10-23/jeb-bush-orders-across-the-board-pay-cuts-for-struggling-campaign

[Brehvolution]

I've always thought of it more like

Jeb

[Steve Contra]

The Republicans taking some serious Ls this week:

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20151023/us-irs-investigation-11e1446376.html

[Howard Alan Treesong]

The Republicans taking some serious Ls this week:

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20151023/us-irs-investigation-11e1446376.html

a quality Friday 2:59 PM news dump

[Brehvolution]

It's almost as if the last 7 years were just lies and manufactured outrage.   

[Howard Alan Treesong]

my favorite thing about the right wing guy on Contra's wall is how he claims the Benghazi hearing will "swift boat" Hillary

I agree this is a good metaphor! but probably not for the same reasons!

[Phoenix Dark]

But what does Right Wing Guy On Contra's Wall think about Hillary's health and inevitable exit from the race

WASH POST COVERS UP HILLARY HYPO
Fri Oct 23 2015 16:41:45 ET

The WASHINGTON POST on Friday declared Hillary Clinton does not suffer from hypothyroidism -- even though her own doctor says she does!

Symptoms of low thyroid function include: Fatigue, hoarseness and impaired memory.

Reporter Phillip Bump, consulting with his own doctor, Philip Weintraub, diagnosed Clinton as having 'normal thyroid function' based on her Benghazi performance.

But Hillary's internist revealed in August how the Dem front-runner's medical conditions 'include hypothyroidism.'

Clinton takes a daily dose of dried and crushed pig glands for treatment.

Hillary's health was once again in the spotlight during the final hours of the Benghazi hearing on Thursday. A serious coughing fit raised eyebrows, along with slow body movements and labored breathing.

The canidiate claims she was 'meditating' during breaks.

http://drudgereport.com/now.htm

[Kara]

It's almost as if the last 7 years were just lies and manufactured outrage.   

Are you telling me Americans don't actually care about:

-how the DEA justifies its existence with excessive policing
-how 501(c) status is vetted
-the murder of CIA agents abroad

Because wow, wake up sheeperson.

[Madrun Badrun]

daily dose of dried and crushed pig glands

[Kara]

Would love to punch the author of this piece hard in the mouth.

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/426004/hillary-clinton-benghazi-hearing

While she’s not as charismatic as her husband, she does share his greatest political gift — the ability to persuade millions of Americans to not just accept but defend truly reprehensible, indefensible conduct.

Various scientific surveys of Iraqi deaths resulting from the first four years of the Iraq War estimated that between 151,000 to over one million Iraqis died as a result of conflict during this time. A later study, published in 2011, estimated that approximately 500,000 Iraqis had died as a result of the conflict since the invasion. Counts of deaths reported in newspapers collated by projects like the Iraq Body Count project found 174,000 Iraqis reported killed between 2003 and 2013, with between 112,000-123,000 of those killed being civilian noncombatants.

truly reprehensible, indefensible conduct