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Keep screwing him but good Donald.
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You both deserve what comes next.
jw1
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Mr. Two Corinthians says what?
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Over 1 of 2 Corinthians agree with Drumpf.
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And the same rule applies to serial adulterers as well, Donald, so STFU!
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“You can’t hold up all of these values and hold up the bible and then lie.”
Sure you can. In fact, it’s an essential prerequisite for a successful career as a Republican politician.
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Pity that, during the debate, Drumpf didn’t hit Cruz with a Bible. Would have been good theater.
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“No, I say this. I say this. You can’t lie and then hold up the bible, OK?”
Sara Paliln, The Rev. Ike, Jim & Tammy, Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson & and all their antecedents beg to disagree.
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You can’t lie and then hold up the bible.
Perhaps this would work better to guard against mendacity.
Origin of Testify In ancient Rome, two men taking an oath of allegiance held each other’s testicles, and men held their own testicles as a sign of truthfulness while bearing witness in a public forum. The Romans found a word to describe this practice but didn’t invent the practice itself. Other primates had already been doing this for millions of years. Two male baboons who cooperate with each other by forming aggressive alliances against other baboons frequently fondle each other’s genitalia. This behavior has nothing to do with sex but it’s a social ritual that primatologists call a “greeting.”
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Adopt that during Republican debates and Lindsey Graham will “unsuspend” his campaign.
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I was going to make a joke about “testesfying” but it turns out that really is the origin of the word!
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Gawd I loved that movie and I loved Burt Lancaster. Besides being a hunk and a great actor, he was a good democrat and a decent man
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"No, I say this. I say this. You can't lie and then hold up the bible, OK?
That all depends on who you plan on beating with it —
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Book of lies, by liars, for sheeple. oy.
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Speaking of holy scripture: one of the names being bandied about as a replacement for Scalia is Sri Srinivasan, who’s a judge on the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. As per his wikipedia page:
“His Senate confirmation hearing on April 10, 2013 was uneventful. His nomination was reported to the floor of the Senate on May 16, 2013, by a unanimous vote of 18 ayes to 0 nays. A final vote on his nomination took place on May 23, 2013, where he was confirmed 97–0. He received his commission on May 24, 2013. He took the oath of office before Chief Judge Merrick Garland on June 18, 2013. At his swearing-in ceremony, he took the oath on the Hindu holy book Bhagavad Gita.”
The Evangelical Christianists who dominate the GOP aren’t going to be happy about that last item!
I haven’t found anything definitive about what his jurisprudential leanings are, but from a purely partisan political standpoint, it would be smart for Obama to nominate him. Since the GOP didn’t cast a single “no” vote at any stage in his nomination process, it would simply highlight how opposition now would be purely political in nature.
On top of that, Republican refusal to allow the nomination process to take place for the first South Asian American nominee in history would further weaken its standing among Asian Americans, the fastest-growing minority group in the US today. Since the GOP has already effectively destroyed its standing among Hispanic Americans, Obama and the Democratic Party should encourage the GOP to do the same with Asian Americans.
• Edit: My political scientist brother just pointed out a big ol’ flaw in my plan:
“…there is a definite downside: if he leaves that DC Court of Appeals, that would weaken the Democratic majority on that Court by 1 vote, and there is no way the GOP is going to approve another Democrat for that Court. The reason it is so important is that this particular court handles ALL federal regulatory matters, and it is really vital that Democrats continue to control that. It was only relatively recently that Obama was finally able to get a Democratic majority.”
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“I am become Derp, the destroyer of Worlds”
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Best analysis of last night’s debate I’ve come across.
Does anyone understand what happened at the Republican debate?
“…Donald Trump has made his political bones so far by being a bully and a liar. Ted Cruz is a bully and a liar. Jeb Bush is petty and a liar, but he lies with establishment gentility, so we should say that he prevaricates. Marco Rubio is whatever punchcard of antagonistic hogwash was fed into his slot from his days as a Florida political protege. Ben Carson, well … Let’s not wake him. He looks so peaceful. …”
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/feb/14/republican-debate-south-carolina-fiasco-what-happened
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I think in Donald’s bible it says: “And the two Corinthians shall lie to each other faces before stabbing thusly in each back.”
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“men held their own testicles as a sign of truthfulness while bearing witness in a public forum.”
Ooooooo, I feel a photoshop urge coming on…
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