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Joe Molotov · « **Reply #17640 on:** July 21, 2016, 01:55:24 PM »

Quote from: benjipwns on July 21, 2016, 01:45:07 PM

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/438159/i-choose-ted

Be a member of the Republican intelligentsia, brehs.

Dennis · « **Reply #17641 on:** July 21, 2016, 02:49:15 PM »

Quote from: benjipwns on July 21, 2016, 01:44:57 PM

lol the KFC one. So problematic.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #17642 on:** July 21, 2016, 04:10:55 PM »

So, Paul Manafort, the guy who's running Trump's campaign. I never really gave him much thought before, but then I decided on a whim to look up what he's been involved with in the past.

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In 1985, Manafort accepted $600,000 yearly from Jonas Savimbi, the leader of the Angolan rebel group UNITA, to refurbish his image in Washington and secure financial support on the basis of his anti-communism. Throwing events at the American Enterprise Institute, the Heritage Foundation and Freedom House, Savimbi was praised as a freedom fighter by Jeane Kirkpatrick, and went on to receive hundreds of millions of dollars in American aid. Allegedly, Manafort's continuing lobbying efforts helped preserve the flow of money to Savimbi several years after the Soviet Union ceased its involvement in the Angolan conflict, forestalling peace talks.

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Manafort accepted $900,000 yearly to lobby for Ferdinand Marcos. He was also involved in lobbying for Siad Barre of Somalia, and Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaïre. His firm also lobbied on behalf of the governments of the Dominican Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya (between $660-750,000 yearly 1991 and 1993), and Nigeria ($1 million in 1991). These activities led Manafort's firm to be listed amongst the top five lobbying firms receiving money from human-rights abusing regimes in the report "The Torturer's Lobby."

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Manafort wrote the campaign strategy for Edouard Balladur in the 1995 elections, and admitted to having been paid under the table (at least $200,000). The money was transferred to him through his friend, Lebanese arms-dealer Abdul Rahman al-Assir, from middle-men fees paid for arranging the sale of three French Agosta-class submarines to Pakistan, in a scandal known as the Karachi Affair.

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Manafort received $700,000 from the Kashmiri American Council between 1990 and 1994, supposedly to promote the plight of the Kashmiri people. However, an FBI investigation revealed the money was actually from Pakistan's Inter-Service Intelligence agency as part of a "false flag" operation to divert attention from terrorism. A former Pakistani ISI official claimed Manafort was aware of the nature of the operation. While producing a documentary as part of the deal, Manafort interviewed several Indian officials while pretending to be a CNN reporter

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He also worked as an adviser on the Ukrainian presidential campaign of Viktor Yanukovych (and his Party of Regions during the same time span) from December 2004 until the February 2010 Ukrainian presidential election even as the U.S. government (and McCain) opposed Yanukovych because of his ties to Russia's Vladimir Putin. Manafort was hired to advise Yanukovych months after massive street demonstrations known as the Orange Revolution overturned Yanukovych's victory in the 2004 presidential race. Borys Kolesnikov, Yanukovich’s campaign manager, said the party hired Manafort after identifying organizational and other problems in the 2004 elections, in which it was advised by Russian strategists. Manafort rebuffed U.S. Ambassador William Taylor when the latter complained he was undermining U.S. interests in Ukraine. According to a 2008 U.S. Justice Department annual report, Manafort’s company received $63,750 from Yanukovych's Party of Regions over a six-month period ending on March 31, 2008, for consulting services. In 2010, under Manafort's tutelage, the opposition leader put the Orange Revolution on trial, campaigning against its leaders' management of a weak economy. Returns from the presidential election gave Yanukovych a narrow win over Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, a leader of the 2004 demonstrations. Yanukovych owed his comeback in Ukraine's presidential election to a drastic makeover of his political persona and, people in his party say, that makeover was engineered in part by his American consultant, Manafort.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #17643 on:** July 21, 2016, 04:38:10 PM »

@DouthatNYT
If the draft I'm seeing is right, the speech is basically Buchananism without religion.

whewwww

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #17644 on:** July 21, 2016, 05:02:46 PM »

Quote from: Brehvolution on July 19, 2016, 04:57:11 PM

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/roger-ailes-out-fox-news-drudge

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Bye Felicia.

And now it's official:

http://www.motherjones.com/media/2016/07/roger-ailes-has-resigned-fox-news

VomKriege · « **Reply #17645 on:** July 21, 2016, 05:29:04 PM »

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Manafort wrote the campaign strategy for Edouard Balladur in the 1995 elections

Wow, what a winner.
(I'll sleep a little safer tonight.)

"- So what did you think of the Paris subway ?
- It's hot in here."

By far the limpiest major candidate to the French presidency in my lifetime.
His campaign funding was indeed pretty legendary. Party interns going to the bank with black trashbags full of cash and fat notes, allegedly from selling campaign t-shirts and gadgets during summer.

recursivelyenumerable · « **Reply #17646 on:** July 21, 2016, 06:58:01 PM »

manafort more like mana fortress amirite? final day: Trump incarnates into Dark Lich; Mana Beast attacks!

brob · « **Reply #17647 on:** July 21, 2016, 07:05:46 PM »

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #17648 on:** July 21, 2016, 07:52:02 PM »

Can't even hide the joy even while playing like this is the first time he's been nestled in with some dude whose back has been Dick'd on.

benjipwns · « **Reply #17649 on:** July 21, 2016, 08:22:24 PM »

brob · « **Reply #17650 on:** July 21, 2016, 08:31:47 PM »

tbh alex jones is consistently producing the most worthwhile #content from this shitpit

https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/756260691707826180

Mr. Nobody · « **Reply #17651 on:** July 21, 2016, 09:14:31 PM »

Quote from: Dennis on July 21, 2016, 02:49:15 PM

Quote from: benjipwns on July 21, 2016, 01:44:57 PM

lol the KFC one. So problematic.

I'm dying

recursivelyenumerable · « **Reply #17652 on:** July 21, 2016, 09:29:06 PM »

this is some comic book movie villain shit, jesus christ.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #17653 on:** July 21, 2016, 09:35:17 PM »

Pinboard ‏@Pinboard 3m3 minutes ago
Some bald dude now saying “I feel like the anchovy on Ivanka’s ceasar salad”. I think the drugs are kicking in

sarslip · « **Reply #17654 on:** July 21, 2016, 09:42:22 PM »

Lookin good David Brooks, luuukin, guud.

benjipwns · « **Reply #17655 on:** July 21, 2016, 09:54:41 PM »

Quote from: brob on July 21, 2016, 08:31:47 PM

tbh alex jones is consistently producing the most worthwhile #content from this shitpit

https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/756260691707826180

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/senate-races/288719-roger-stone-alex-jones-plot-primary-challenge-to-cruz

benjipwns · « **Reply #17656 on:** July 21, 2016, 09:59:33 PM »

http://www.vox.com/2016/7/21/12218136/donald-trump-nomination-afraid

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by Ezra Klein on July 21, 2016, 1:20 p.m. ET @ezraklein

Tonight, Donald J. Trump will accept the Republican Party’s nomination for president of the United States. And I am, for the first time since I began covering American politics, genuinely afraid.

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The simple fact of it is that Donald Trump should not be president of the United States. That is not because he is too conservative, as some Democrats would have it, or because he is not conservative enough, as many Republicans would have it. It’s because the presidency is a powerful job where mistakes can kill millions, and whoever holds it needs to take that power seriously and wield it responsibly. Trump has had ample opportunity to demonstrate his sense of seriousness and responsibility. He has failed.

It is said that the benefit of America’s long presidential campaigns is they offer the candidates time to show us who they really are. Trump has shown us who he really is. He is a person who should not be president. That he is being brought this close to the presidency — that he is one major mistake by Hillary Clinton away from winning it — should scare us all. It certainly scares me.

HyperZoneWasAwesome · « **Reply #17657 on:** July 21, 2016, 10:02:54 PM »

-Peter Thiel said that he was 'proud to be gay' on the stage of the RNC (while decrying the 'false culture wars' and handwaving transgendered discrimination laws, but still) and got applause.

-Donald Trump's acceptance speech is entirely secular. That is, if he's got the moxie to go ahead with his now fully leaked speech of if he'll wing it and get back to his normal level of self-aggrandizement. But still, he's not kissing the ring of the religious right and has continued to barely try.

I'll take my W's where I can get them in this shitshow.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #17658 on:** July 21, 2016, 10:05:41 PM »

Ivanka

benjipwns · « **Reply #17659 on:** July 21, 2016, 10:07:03 PM »

ivanka

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #17660 on:** July 21, 2016, 10:13:17 PM »

Make waifus great again!

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #17661 on:** July 21, 2016, 10:14:04 PM »

why is Ivanka being divisive and discussing the wage gap. Doesn't she know we aren't male or female, we're American?

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #17662 on:** July 21, 2016, 10:14:41 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on July 21, 2016, 10:14:04 PM

why is Ivanka being divisive and discussing the wage gap. Doesn't she know we aren't male or female, we're American?

The Donald is color blind and gender neutral.

HyperZoneWasAwesome · « **Reply #17663 on:** July 21, 2016, 10:16:57 PM »

she is so much better at this then her old man.

also, re, her claims of pay equality in the Trump Company, that may very well be true, but its not how he's running his campaign.

benjipwns · « **Reply #17664 on:** July 21, 2016, 10:38:35 PM »

Trump and Hillary kinda have the same problem in that THEIR ONLY FORM OF EMPHASIS IS TO GET LOUDER AND LOUDER

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #17665 on:** July 21, 2016, 10:44:40 PM »

Quote from: benjipwns on July 21, 2016, 10:38:35 PM

Trump and Hillary kinda have the same problem in that THEIR ONLY FORM OF EMPHASIS IS TO GET LOUDER AND LOUDER

stop being sexist.

benjipwns · « **Reply #17666 on:** July 21, 2016, 10:46:45 PM »

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“I think what people saw last night is what we have seen in the Senate. No matter how conservative you are, you never can meet Ted’s standard,” Coats told IndyStar. “He only thinks of himself, he doesn’t think about party. He’s a wrecking ball.”

But Coats, who is finishing his final term as Indiana’s senior senator, was only warming up.

“He’s the most self-centered, narcissistic, pathological liar I’ve ever seen — and you can quote me on that,” he said.

benjipwns · « **Reply #17667 on:** July 21, 2016, 10:52:47 PM »

Donald Trump promises to be the 24/7 re-runs on TNT candidate.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #17668 on:** July 21, 2016, 10:52:53 PM »

Trump channeling Judge Dredd on stage.

benjipwns · « **Reply #17669 on:** July 21, 2016, 10:56:01 PM »

Stallone or Urban?

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #17670 on:** July 21, 2016, 10:58:25 PM »

Quote from: benjipwns on July 21, 2016, 10:56:01 PM

Stallone or Urban?

I AM THE LAW.....

....and order candidate!

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #17671 on:** July 21, 2016, 11:02:36 PM »

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #17672 on:** July 21, 2016, 11:03:05 PM »

jesus

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I will enjoy the porn parody.

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Great Rumbler · « **Reply #17673 on:** July 21, 2016, 11:03:13 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on July 21, 2016, 11:02:36 PM

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thisismyusername · « **Reply #17674 on:** July 21, 2016, 11:13:28 PM »

https://imgur.com/gallery/nw9TX

Oh Jesus Christ.

I want Bill to do these.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #17675 on:** July 21, 2016, 11:33:53 PM »

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #17676 on:** July 21, 2016, 11:37:06 PM »

That was legitimately terrifying

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #17677 on:** July 21, 2016, 11:40:32 PM »

Surprised he gave the worst prime time speech of the convention. Yikes.

benjipwns · « **Reply #17678 on:** July 21, 2016, 11:47:05 PM »

video:

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Human Snorenado · « **Reply #17679 on:** July 21, 2016, 11:47:12 PM »

"It's midnight in America"

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #17680 on:** July 21, 2016, 11:51:13 PM »

only on the east coast.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #17681 on:** July 21, 2016, 11:53:31 PM »

Quote from: TheInfelicitousDandy on July 21, 2016, 11:51:13 PM

only on the east coast.

I would insult you, but the very real possibility exists that I'll need to move into your sex torture dungeon in November, so I'ma refrain

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #17682 on:** July 21, 2016, 11:59:42 PM »

its always midnight in the dungeon.

El Babua · « **Reply #17683 on:** July 22, 2016, 12:02:31 AM »

Quote from: brob on July 21, 2016, 08:31:47 PM

tbh alex jones is consistently producing the most worthwhile #content from this shitpit

https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/756260691707826180

Very true

benjipwns · « **Reply #17684 on:** July 22, 2016, 12:03:39 AM »

I just realized...Hillary's VP announcement is in Florida.

It's Jeb!

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It's Charlie Crist!

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Joe Molotov · « **Reply #17685 on:** July 22, 2016, 12:09:46 AM »

Quote from: benjipwns on July 22, 2016, 12:03:39 AM

I just realized...Hillary's VP announcement is in Florida.

It's Jeb!

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It's Charlie Crist!
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What difference, at this point, does it make?

benjipwns · « **Reply #17686 on:** July 22, 2016, 12:18:14 AM »

Hillary!/Jeb! will campaign on attacking Donald Trump for saying Iraq was a mistake and George W. Bush didn't keep us safe.

benjipwns · « **Reply #17687 on:** July 22, 2016, 12:42:25 AM »

alex jones just loving it and acting like a fight promoter

he actually seemed to be a bit regretful about interrupting to that extent and about to apologize when that lady in red started yelling at him and then cenk went crazy

alex jones' girl yelling "keep making more excuses for terrorists!" from the hallway

Atramental · « **Reply #17688 on:** July 22, 2016, 12:45:21 AM »

(If it wasn't already before) American politics is essentially pro wrestling now.

benjipwns · « **Reply #17689 on:** July 22, 2016, 12:48:55 AM »

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #17690 on:** July 22, 2016, 12:49:46 AM »

Quote from: benjipwns on July 22, 2016, 12:42:25 AM

he actually seemed to be a bit regretful about interrupting to that extent and about to apologize when that lady in red started yelling at him and then cenk went crazy

That's Ana. She's cool.

benjipwns · « **Reply #17691 on:** July 22, 2016, 12:54:03 AM »

Alex Jones won E3 RNC

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #17692 on:** July 22, 2016, 12:59:49 AM »

benjipwns · « **Reply #17693 on:** July 22, 2016, 01:09:13 AM »

black guy for gary johnson

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benjipwns · « **Reply #17694 on:** July 22, 2016, 01:26:45 AM »

Quote from: benjipwns on July 21, 2016, 09:59:33 PM

http://www.vox.com/2016/7/21/12218136/donald-trump-nomination-afraid
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by Ezra Klein on July 21, 2016, 1:20 p.m. ET @ezraklein

Tonight, Donald J. Trump will accept the Republican Party’s nomination for president of the United States. And I am, for the first time since I began covering American politics, genuinely afraid.
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The simple fact of it is that Donald Trump should not be president of the United States. That is not because he is too conservative, as some Democrats would have it, or because he is not conservative enough, as many Republicans would have it. It’s because the presidency is a powerful job where mistakes can kill millions, and whoever holds it needs to take that power seriously and wield it responsibly. Trump has had ample opportunity to demonstrate his sense of seriousness and responsibility. He has failed.

It is said that the benefit of America’s long presidential campaigns is they offer the candidates time to show us who they really are. Trump has shown us who he really is. He is a person who should not be president. That he is being brought this close to the presidency — that he is one major mistake by Hillary Clinton away from winning it — should scare us all. It certainly scares me.

http://www.vox.com/2016/7/21/12253638/republican-convention-trump-speech

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Donald Trump doesn’t want to make America great. He wants to make it afraid.
Updated by Ezra Klein on July 21, 2016, 11:54 p.m. ET @ezraklein

Speech was a success before it was made!

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #17695 on:** July 22, 2016, 02:02:08 AM »

Quote from: benjipwns on July 22, 2016, 01:26:45 AM

Quote from: benjipwns on July 21, 2016, 09:59:33 PM
http://www.vox.com/2016/7/21/12218136/donald-trump-nomination-afraid
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by Ezra Klein on July 21, 2016, 1:20 p.m. ET @ezraklein

Tonight, Donald J. Trump will accept the Republican Party’s nomination for president of the United States. And I am, for the first time since I began covering American politics, genuinely afraid.
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The simple fact of it is that Donald Trump should not be president of the United States. That is not because he is too conservative, as some Democrats would have it, or because he is not conservative enough, as many Republicans would have it. It’s because the presidency is a powerful job where mistakes can kill millions, and whoever holds it needs to take that power seriously and wield it responsibly. Trump has had ample opportunity to demonstrate his sense of seriousness and responsibility. He has failed.

It is said that the benefit of America’s long presidential campaigns is they offer the candidates time to show us who they really are. Trump has shown us who he really is. He is a person who should not be president. That he is being brought this close to the presidency — that he is one major mistake by Hillary Clinton away from winning it — should scare us all. It certainly scares me.

http://www.vox.com/2016/7/21/12253638/republican-convention-trump-speech
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Donald Trump doesn’t want to make America great. He wants to make it afraid.
Updated by Ezra Klein on July 21, 2016, 11:54 p.m. ET @ezraklein
Speech was a success before it was made!

Trump's America...

benjipwns · « **Reply #17696 on:** July 22, 2016, 02:09:48 AM »

https://www.thenationwineclub.com/launch/index.cfm?src=natlaunch

benjipwns · « **Reply #17697 on:** July 22, 2016, 02:11:18 AM »

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Select to receive a Mixed selection (as shown in the photo), an All Reds selection or All Whites.

What true progressive reader of The Nation would select any Whites?!?

Am_I_Anonymous · « **Reply #17698 on:** July 22, 2016, 07:06:05 AM »

http://www.cleveland.com/rnc-2016/index.ssf/2016/07/names_charges_of_rnc_arrests_r.html#incart_river_mobile_home_pop

1) I'm proud of Cleveland. Once again we handled ourselves like the Champions we are. No riot related shootings, no heinous cop assaults, no cops assaulting protestor....so proud

2) These funded liberal protestors are so fucking evident. Look where these people who got arrested are from. Thanks Clintons. That shit has to stop. Also do none of these fucks have a job?

Also I hate Cruz but I commend him for standing up for himself and continuing to go in on Trump.

Take My Breh Away · « **Reply #17699 on:** July 22, 2016, 07:20:39 AM »

I never knew how much I missed Jon Stewart going in on Fox News until now.

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Roger Allies is probably going to get a cushy "Out of sight" position in Newscorp like Rebekah Brooks did, though

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