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Good luck to both Clinton and Sanders.

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SuperLib at Jan. 31, 2016 - 04:56PM JST Good luck to both Clinton and Sanders.

They're the only two presidential candidates for 2016.

The Republicans have a whacky side show filmed live from the GOP Fruit Cupboard, but that's purely for entertainment purposes as none of them are either serious, or actually even sane.

Incredibly no amount of Koch Brother "dark money" will help any of the Republican inmates. The party will be obliterated come November, and I am looking forward to watching the spectacle. Especially the Cruz meltdown.

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Rubio now:

“From my experience, when people start attacking you it’s because you’re doing something right.”

Rubio a few months ago, but could be any time really:

“We already have a president now that has no class. I mean, we have a president now that, you know, does selfie stick videos, that invites YouTube stars there, people that, you know, eat cereal out of a bathtub.”

Ergo, Obama must be doing something very right.

Keep at it, GOP. You're desperate. You thought your success lay in painting Obama as the Antichrist, a socialist, a communist, a socialist, a fascist, a dictator, a foreigner, an effeminate, a LIB, a capitulator, an America-hater, an egotist, a selfie stick self-worshipper.

Man up and get a plan. As much as I despise Trump, I despise Cruz and Rubio more, because I know they know better, but they are manipulative sneaks.

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no amount of Koch Brother "dark money" will help any of the Republican inmates

The Koch brothers might be content funding tea party candidates (remember, they're largely responsible for the tea party's creation) who once elected to congress will cast votes to stop whatever measure is being presented by the president and vote for whatever the brothers tell them to vote for. Some claim the Koch's political action committee is able to raise more than traditional Republican committees. The Koch's, remember, inherited their fortune from their father who helped start the John Birch Society, long recognized as a group made up of kooks, come to save your family from a Communistic plot.

Sheldon Adelson, another far right billionaire, supposedly is considering throwing some of his billions at Rubio's campaign.

Ergo, Obama must be doing something very right. Excellent point, but you left out he's also the divider in chief who's coming to take the gunhugger's guns. The US's extreme right wing needs their devil and they found him in Obama. The US was a paradise, according to them, 7 years ago.

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Sheldon Adelson, another far right billionaire, supposedly is considering throwing some of his billions at Rubio's campaign.

True, but it is going to die soon, we can at least raise a glass to that thought. The only way we are all truly equal. These ridiculously rich old men are the biggest threat to American democracy, it's a disgrace in fact. Another fine reason to celebrate the upcoming implosion of the GOP. The pulsating, insane beast that was nurtured from within but eventually became so uncontrollable it became the master.....

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The Republicans have a whacky side show filmed live from the GOP Fruit Cupboard, but that's purely for entertainment purposes as none of them are either serious, or actually even sane.

But at least they can all brag a sigh that they aren't being investigated by the FBI.

Incredibly no amount of Koch Brother "dark money" will help any of the Republican inmates.

But George Soros "dark money" is ok?????

The party will be obliterated come November, and I am looking forward to watching the spectacle. Especially the Cruz meltdown.

Geez guys, how many times have you guys said that? Even I can't count anymore....

Keep at it, GOP. You're desperate.

After 7 years with this nut job and now we have a lying woman that wants to carry on 4 more years of this idiots policy and then there is that Bolshevik that thinks, the only key o prosperity is to rob Paul to give to Peter?

Of course, they're desperate!

You thought your success lay in painting Obama as the Antichrist, a socialist, a communist, a socialist, a fascist, a dictator, a foreigner, an effeminate, a LIB, a capitulator, an America-hater, an egotist, a selfie stick self-worshipper.

He's all that and more, but I'd run out of space, I don't think there are enough words in the English Dictionary to describe Obama.

Man up and get a plan.

They do, but it's no something liberals will like.

As much as I despise Trump, I despise Cruz and Rubio more, because I know they know better, but they are manipulative sneaks.

Think so, then that means Hillary speaks with a forked tongue.

The Koch brothers might be content funding tea party candidates (remember, they're largely responsible for the tea party's creation) who once elected to congress will cast votes to stop whatever measure is being presented by the president and vote for whatever the brothers tell them to vote for.

And the same goes for the Democrats, please remember that. Don't forget Harry Reid, Obama's lap dog. If the GOP hadn't won the Senate, he still would be stacking GOP legislatives and shoving them in his desk drawer.

Some claim the Koch's political action committee is able to raise more than traditional Republican committees.

This is very true.

The Koch's, remember, inherited their fortune from their father who helped start the John Birch Society, long recognized as a group made up of kooks, come to save your family from a Communistic plot.

The Democrats started the Klan, so what is your point? Donald Trump inherited $18 million from his father. The Kennedy's a lot of people. Nothing special and as for the JBS if their father started it, so what, doesn't have anything to do with them.

Sheldon Adelson, another far right billionaire, supposedly is considering throwing some of his billions at Rubio's campaign.

Lucky for him. That's a dream ANY candidate would want.

True, but it is going to die soon,

Don't you think that was a bit mean and heartless to say?

we can at least raise a glass to that thought.

I'll raise mine when Obama waves his final goodbye!!! And that would be in exactly 282 days!!

The only way we are all truly equal.

When he's gone, I'll drink to that!

These ridiculously rich old men are the biggest threat to American democracy, it's a disgrace in fact.

I would dispute that argument, I think the greatest threat to American democracy are the yuppy vegan loving Atheists that have zero tolerance for Whites or people that do have the right and the will and desire to practice their religion anyway they choose without some progressive telling them how they can behave or how they should live and think taking other people's money and punishing success and increasing the government and more government entitlement and socialism is the way to financial freedom is BS.

Another fine reason to celebrate the upcoming implosion of the GOP.

I really liked how progressive Van Jones described Trump, he breaks all the rules and people listen to his every word with excitement, when Hillary speaks, people go on about their own way.

The pulsating, insane beast that was nurtured from within but eventually became so uncontrollable it became the master.....

You can thank 12 years on NBC for that.

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“We already have a president now that has no class. I mean, we have a president now that, you know, does selfie stick videos, that invites YouTube stars there, people that, you know, eat cereal out of a bathtub.”

This was a revelation to many slack-jawed yokels who vote GOP who found a second use for their bathtub along with using it to drown witches.

Rubio is a helpful man.

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Jim, you guys keep on digging and you just yet might find a gold nugget.

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"Jim, you guys keep on digging and you just yet might find a gold nugget."

I hope so. Would those nuggets be above or below the 4,000 year-old dinosaur bones?

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I hope so. Would those nuggets be above or below the 4,000 year-old dinosaur bones?

That would depend on what your personal belief is.

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Man up and get a plan. As much as I despise Trump, I despise Cruz and Rubio more, because I know they know better, but they are manipulative sneaks.

Ain't that the truth. Cruz and Rubio are puppets of the billionaire class, bought and sold to the highest bidder. Trump is one of the people that usually buys his politicians but now is running. At least that aspect of his campaign is refreshing. Now if Trump were not a racist buffon he would be even more tolerable than the junior senators from the 8th and 9th circles of hell (fraud and treachery).

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Ain't that the truth. Cruz and Rubio are puppets of the billionaire class,

What's wrong with being a billionaire?

bought and sold to the highest bidder.

And your proof of that is......

Trump is one of the people that usually buys his politicians but now is running.

The Dems do the same. So why aren't you angry about Hillary?

At least that aspect of his campaign is refreshing. Now if Trump were not a racist buffon he would be even more tolerable than the junior senators from the 8th and 9th circles of hell (fraud and treachery).

But how do you know he's a racist? Making outlandish statements doesn't necessarily make or define you as such, whereas actions do.

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"What's wrong with being a billionaire?"

I have moral objections to it but when these people start name dropping a religious leader who told people to give all they have to the poor, the stench of the hypocrisy is revolting.

Hillary Clinton is another stooge of the Goldman Sachs crowd and would deliver a barrage of bombs which would keep Fox viewers manically slapping the backs of their heads at the missile footage while hating her. Trump, Rubio and Cruz would deliver something similar.

Barring the major upset of Sanders winning, you can look forward to more of most people being screwed into the ground and plenty of missiles flying.

I don't understand why a millionaire hawk like yourself is so nervous. Do you think Sanders could win?

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"Cruz directed much of his fire at Rubio"

Did he give up trying to shoot down Trump?

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I can't think of anything I would enjoy more than seeing Bernie and Trump trounce the others, I mean really run away with it by like 10 to 20 points each. If Bernie beats the stuffing out of Clinton in both Iowa and NH, that would really throw the Dems into chaos, just like Trump has done to the GOP. Imagine it, two candidates for president who owe nothing to their respective parties. If that doesn't bring change I don't know what will.

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I have moral objections to it but when these people start name dropping a religious leader who told people to give all they have to the poor, the stench of the hypocrisy is revolting.

Oh, please, besides Sean Penn and Angelina Jolie, how many of the Hollywood elites gives a rats *ss about anyone besides their own damned supposedly humanitarian causes? Most have never lived below the poverty line and even the ones that were poor and have made it, completely turned their backs and forgot where they came from, talk about hypocrisy, both sides to a certain degree play that game, but it's worse when libs walk around and boast, they never do.

Hillary Clinton is another stooge of the Goldman Sachs crowd and would deliver a barrage of bombs which would keep Fox viewers manically slapping the backs of their heads at the missile footage while hating her.

Hey, conservatives are repulsed by Hillary in the same way libs are about Trump, go figure.

Trump, Rubio and Cruz would deliver something similar.

And what about that 74 year old Bolshevik? Seriously, you don't start to crack up when he speaks? The guy is too funny, interesting, but funny nonetheless.

Barring the major upset of Sanders winning, you can look forward to more of most people being screwed into the ground and plenty of missiles flying.

So what would we get with a Sanders win besides becoming a third world nation with more debt, so high that it would take 3 generations to bring it to acceptable levels?

I don't understand why a millionaire hawk like yourself is so nervous.

Who said anything about being nervous personally, but I do have friends and families that I worry about, didn't know it was a crime.

Do you think Sanders could win?

98% No.

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Beware the tampering with voting machines.

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......yea cause the Clintons can't be trusted!

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"And what about that 74 year old Bolshevik? Seriously, you don't start to crack up when he speaks? The guy is too funny, interesting, but funny nonetheless."

Fox News hasn't explained the difference between a democratic Socialist and a Communist? Sanders is putting across a point of view that differs from others who want to see a continuation of the the majority sliding into further irrelevance. No, not funny in the slightest. In healthy democracies, a wide variety of opinions are encouraged. This is preferable to a choice between 2 candidates saying pretty much the same thing and creating 50% turnout rates.

As for a stage full of religious crackpots denying evolution, talk of banning Muslims entering the US, idiots and nutters Sarah Palin and Glen Beck being wheeled out, I think the comedy is better value over at the Trump-led circus.

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Fox News hasn't explained the difference between a democratic Socialist and a Communist?

What does that has to do with Hillary NOT answering the question from Matthews?? And for the record, they do, all the time, but since you don't watch the FNC there's no way for you to know about it, right?

Sanders is putting across a point of view that differs from others who want to see a continuation of the the majority sliding into further irrelevance.

A noble effort, I applaud and respect him for that, but the way he envisions how the country should be is almost as whacked as some of the things Trump says.

No, not funny in the slightest. In healthy democracies, a wide variety of opinions are encouraged. This is preferable to a choice between 2 candidates saying pretty much the same thing and creating 50% turnout rates.

But we never had a whacked business man and a 74 year old socialist in the race before, this is totally astounding!

As for a stage full of religious crackpots denying evolution, talk of banning Muslims entering the US, idiots and nutters Sarah Palin and Glen Beck being wheeled out, I think the comedy is better value over at the Trump-led circus.

Hey, you're right, because 5 min. of watching Hillary speak, you'll be snoring a symphony in NO time.

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bass4funk FEB. 01, 2016 - 08:41AM JST What does that has to do with Hillary NOT answering the question from Matthews??

Who os Mathews? King?

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"What does that has to do with Hillary NOT answering the question from Matthews?? And for the record, they do, all the time, but since you don't watch the FNC there's no way for you to know about it, right?"

I've got no time for Hillary Clinton. She's shady and slippery. That's not the point here anyway. I haven't come across or heard of Fox News pointing out the difference between a Communist and a Democratic Socialist. Since they do it all the time according to you, could you post a link? Also, seeing as you know the difference, why are you calling Sanders a Bolshevik? If I didn't know you better, I'd suspect that was silly, partisan and disingenuous name-calling.

Politics isn't always based on who is the most entertaining. If you want entertainment, read The National Enquirer or watch Fox News. This is a serious business despite the efforts of Trump, Palin, Beck, Hannity and others.

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zurcronium: Ain't that the truth. Cruz and Rubio are puppets of the billionaire class, bought and sold to the highest bidder.

I guess that's as opposed to Hillary, former member of the board of directors of Walmart.

A fact that's conveniently disappeared from her wikipedia page in the last few days.

But not from:

http://www.progressivepress.net/hillary-clinton-was-a-wal-mart-director-for-6-years/

... During six years (1986 -1992) as a member of the Wal-Mart board of directors, Hillary Clinton remained silent as the world’s largest retailer waged a major campaign against the labor unions seeking to represent store workers. ...

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I've got no time for Hillary Clinton. She's shady and slippery.

Ain't that da truth!

That's not the point here anyway. I haven't come across or heard of Fox News pointing out the difference between a Communist and a Democratic Socialist.

But you are not a FNC watcher, so how would you know, I hear it explained almost daily or have you been leading us all on?

Since they do it all the time according to you, could you post a link?

Not according to me. Let's get that out of the way.

Also, seeing as you know the difference, why are you calling Sanders a Bolshevik?

Was that a funny rhetorical question?

If I didn't know you better, I'd suspect that was silly, partisan and disingenuous name-calling.

But it's ok if you guys do it and has nothing to do with being partisan, nice try. I'm not against liberals because they're liberals, I'm against their policies which almost always don't work.

https://youtu.be/JHpiMv3Sy8Q

https://youtu.be/aqq5q11uK0M

Please don't try and spin it. We all know there's no difference. At least Sanders is honest about what he is, and how the Dems govern and their policies they implement are so toxic, the country is falling down the toilet, faster than you can pull the handle.

Politics isn't always based on who is the most entertaining.

Stop making excuses for Hillary!

If you want entertainment, read The National Enquirer or watch Fox News.

No, I have you guys to entertain me.

This is a serious business despite the efforts of Trump, Palin, Beck, Hannity and others.

If you think so and believe that deep in your heart, then you wouldn't support none of these bozos! And that's not a partisan answer.

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