2020: The Two Year Long Election

[Audrey2]

13 hours ago, GreyhoundFan said:

"Trump shared a campaign video with ‘Dark Knight Rises’ music. Warner Bros. yanked it from Twitter."

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On Tuesday afternoon, President Trump previewed some of the themes of his upcoming reelection campaign, sharing a two-minute video on Twitter that pitched 2020 as a battle of summer blockbuster proportions.

“MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” Trump wrote in his tweet sharing the clip.

As orchestral music thunders in the scene’s opening seconds, footage of Washington monuments and government buildings is interspersed with shots of former president Barack Obama. “First they ignore you,” text against a black background reads. “Then they laugh at you. Then they call you racist.” The footage shows the Clintons and comedians Rosie O’Donnell and Amy Schumer. Then, as the soundtrack swells, the footage switches to images of Trump and crowds at his rallies.

“Your vote,” the screen reads, “proved them all wrong.”

By late Tuesday night, Trump’s tweet featuring the clip had racked up nearly 90,000 likes and 29,000 retweets. But a few hours later, early on Wednesday, the video was blocked on major sites like Twitter and YouTube. “This media has been disabled in response to a report by the copyright owner,” the clip now reads on Twitter.

As BuzzFeed News first pointed out, the dramatic music groaning alongside the two-minute film is lifted from “The Dark Knight Rises,” the 2012 capstone to director Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy starring Christian Bale. The song from composer Hans Zimmer’s score is called “Why Do We Fall?”

Warner Bros., the studio behind the film, was not happy.

“The use of Warner Bros.’ score from The Dark Knight Rises in the campaign video was unauthorized,” a spokesman told BuzzFeed News. “We are working through the appropriate legal channels to have it removed.”

The clip is not an official campaign product, but rather the work of a Trump fan who uploaded the video late last week to r/The_Donald, a subreddit on Reddit that is a meme-clogged online playground for Trump fans, alt-right trolls and conspiracy-mongers.

It’s not the first time the president has dipped into controversial online backwaters for his memes. Trump regularly fires off content to his nearly 60 million Twitter followers, regardless of origin.

During the 2016 election, then-candidate Trump retweeted a post criticizing Hillary Clinton that featured an image resembling the Star of David. The image had originally surfaced on the online messaging board 8chan, which features neo-Nazi and anti-Semitic content, according to Time. Trump later deleted the tweet.

In July 2017, Trump tweeted out a meme of himself body-slamming a CNN logo. The image was the product of a Reddit user who was later also tied to racist and anti-Semitic memes, according to Politico.

Last month, the president shared a tweet featuring a boy being patted down by an agent with the Transportation Security Administration. As The Washington Post reported, that clip had originally been shared by a QAnon conspiracy theorist.

The video shared Tuesday night was apparently first posted on r/The_Donald last Friday by Reddit user knock-nevisTDF. According to the YouTube version of the account (which is also now deactivated), it was produced by MateyProductions.

That YouTube account features a handful of pro-Trump productions. Many, such as “President Donald Trump, How you like him now? Tribute” and “Kavanaugh vs the Democrats,” feature a similar mix of news footage, skyline shots of D.C. and clips of Trump in action at rallies.

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the video. An email sent to an address associated with MateyProductions was not returned early Wednesday.

On Reddit, the user who claimed he had created the video soundtracked by the Batman music fielded congratulations from other r/The_Donald posters.

“Thanks to all the patriots on here, it blew up!,” the user wrote. “You could imagine my shock today when I was told he tweeted it! . . . My dad has his tweet printed so I can frame it haha.”

 

Please remember, Donnie has never learned not to take things that aren't his. His father built an empire based on taking away things that don't belong to him, and Donnie has continued that tradition. He will never see anything wrong with what he did.

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"Mitch McConnell’s 2020 strategy is to run against socialism. It won’t be enough."

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Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has a plan. And that plan apparently involves saying the word “socialism” a lot.

Here’s what the Senate majority leader told reporters:

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., says the path to GOP success in 2020 is running "to be the firewall that saves the country from socialism."

McConnell told reporters Thursday that he is advising all Republican Senate candidates to run on offense by casting themselves as the only alternative to Democrats who want to drive the country to the left.

We’ll take a look at the chances that strategy will succeed in a moment, but here’s something refreshingly candid McConnell added:

“My experience in politics has been that very few voters come out and vote and say thank you,” McConnell said. “They generally are looking for what the deficiencies are on one side or another and I think what we’re seeing in the Democratic presidential primaries, gives us a sense of what we should be against in 2020.”

McConnell isn’t wrong — negative campaigning often works. But you seldom hear politicians proclaim that the only way to win is to relentlessly attack their opponents.

That may be part of the “Socialism!” strategy. In presidential politics, the most intensely negative campaigns have usually (though not always) been the ones that incumbents ran against challengers. The idea is to make this relatively unfamiliar person seem so terrifying that the public will stay in the familiar embrace of the incumbent. In Trump’s case, he’ll have to get Republicans as energized about turning out to vote against the Democrat as Democratic voters will be about voting against him. Anger and fear are the shortest path to that destination.

Nevertheless, Republicans may encounter some problems if “No socialism!” is the essence of their case to the public in 2020. The first is that Americans don’t generally think in ideological terms. Those of us who are immersed in politics have a clear understanding of what is meant by ideas like liberalism, conservatism and socialism, but for most Americans, it’s all kind of a vague jumble of ideas.

And because the Cold War ended 20 years ago, there isn’t the same kind of instinctive reaction when people throw the s-word around, particularly among young people. Saying “This policy is socialism” won’t be enough to turn a significant portion of the electorate against it if they weren’t already.

That's in part because Republicans have spent decades calling everything Democrats want to do "socialism," no matter how modest it was. That has convinced many voters that "socialism" just means "mainstream ideas that are more liberal than Republicans would prefer." So the word doesn't do the work they want it to.

And it isn’t even clear what someone such as McConnell means when he says the word. For instance, he has decided that the way to discredit Medicare-for-all is to refer to it as “Medicare for none.” In other words, if those socialist Democrats get a hold of health care, they’ll take away the government-provided, single-payer insurance plan you love so much.

Republicans have tried this strategy recently, without much to show for it. Holly Otterbein has an interesting look at what happened in 2018 in Pennsylvania:

In Pennsylvania last year, Republicans tagged Democrats up and down the ticket as socialists or sympathetic to socialism: Gov. Tom Wolf, congressional candidates and state representative hopefuls all got the hammer-and-sickle treatment. The strategy was deliberate and coordinated, emanating from the state’s Republican Party chairman, Val DiGiorgio.

But come Election Day, Democrats flipped three House seats and 16 more in the state General Assembly. Wolf easily won reelection, as did Democratic Sen. Bob Casey.

Republicans might say, “Well, 2018 was a bad year for us all around.” And yes, it was. But crying “Socialism!” couldn’t change that. It didn’t just happen in Pennsylvania, even if it was more coordinated there; Republicans all over the country cried “Socialism!” at their opponents, and the election was still a huge win for Democrats.

We should acknowledge that there’s no telling how this strategy might work against an actual (democratic) socialist like Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). If he wins the nomination, he’ll be biggest ideological outlier since Barry Goldwater more than half a century ago, so it’s hard to know what effect it will have when Republicans cry over and over that he’s a socialist.

But they’ve already made it clear that they’ll say the same thing about any Democrat and any Democratic policy idea, whether it’s genuinely socialist, run-of-the-mill liberal or even moderate. That’s a big reason it probably won’t work.

 

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"Sanders proves his critics right: Thin skin, sharp elbows and not a team player"

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One of the “digs” on Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in the 2016 presidential campaign was that he was all about himself — insufficiently attuned to concerns about unity, quick to lash out at critics and exceptionally thin-skinned. Those concerns surfaced again in Democratic ranks when he hired a rabid social media hit man, David Sirota (who hadn’t initially disclosed his affiliation with the Sanders camp).

Now he has gone into full attack-and-destroy mode, targeting in a vitriolic letter the Center for American Progress, a left-leaning think tank that has advanced, for example, a health-care plan that expands Medicare but is distinct from the Sanders Medicare-for-all plan, and CAP Action Fund, CAP’s political arm.

His letter takes issue with a posting by Think Progress, which is editorially distinct from CAP, that made issue of his millionaire status, including this video:

Sanders claims without example that CAP’s chief Neera Tanden has been “maligning my staff and supporters and belittling progressive ideas.” He also claims other progressives (including Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker) have been maligned as well and ominously warns he is going to tell his supporters all about CAP’s role. He says if CAP were to “evolve” (cheer his socialist platform?), he would reconsider his views.

Well, nothing like a high-decibel harangue based on no specific evidence to remind average Democrats that Sanders becomes unhinged at barbs over relatively minor issues. (How in the world would he get through a campaign against the master of insult, President Trump?)

CAP’s spokeswoman responded in writing, confining her comments to the attacks on Think Progress. “The Center for American Progress is a research institution focused on ideas and policy,” she wrote. She explained that Think Progress is part of CAP Action, not CAP, which “do not suggest, edit, approve or see their stories before publishing. And, in this particular instance, no one at CAP or CAP Action knew about this article or video’s existence before publication.” The statement continued, “Indeed, ThinkProgress publishes articles with which we disagree. We cannot and will not muzzle ThinkProgress, an editorially independent journalistic enterprise, and we believe it’s wrong for any political leader to demand it do so.”

What’s the reason for his letter? One can surmise it’s about “working the refs,” trying to intimidate others from criticizing his ideas or him. Sanders’s effort is downright bizarre, when you think about it. Imagine if Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) railed at the New York Times editorial page, demanding more praise, or if Sen. Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.) demanded the Nation be more friendly. A Democratic veteran of many campaigns (not associated with CAP) observes, “This is disgracefully Trumpian, as Sanders desperately tries to create a fake controversy to change the subject on the eve of the release of his tax returns. … If he can’t take some accurate, fairly lighthearted ribbing from a progressive source, he’s proving that he’d be incapable of weathering the general election hurricane that Trump would unleash.”

As for his reaction to his millionaire status, Sanders did in fact respond defensively, snapping at those who pointed out he has inveighed against millionaires, telling them that you, too, can be a millionaire if you write a best-selling book. (He apparently fails to find the irony in defending the essence of capitalism — reaping the rewards of your labor when you successfully produce something for which there is demand.)

Bernie’s brand of socialism evidences many qualities we see in populist movements, left and right, around the world — the promise of an easy fix, the assertion that the system is rigged, the failure to grapple with the nitty-gritty results of their grand schemes (Brexit, anyone?) and the notion that the leader of the movement embodies the popular will. There’s a danger when you attribute evil motives to all opponents.

William A. Galston has explained:

When populists distinguish between the “people” and the “elite,” they depict each of these groups as homogeneous. The people have one set of interests and values, the elite has another, and these two sets are not only different but fundamentally opposed. The divisions are moral as well as empirical. Populism understands the elite as hopelessly corrupt, the people as uniformly virtuous—meaning that there is no reason why the people should not govern themselves and their society without institutional restraints. And populist leaders claim that they alone represent the people, the only legitimate force in society. . . .

Presuming the people’s monopoly on virtue undermines democratic practice. Decision making in circumstances of diversity typically requires compromise. If one group or party believes that the other embodies evil, however, its members are likely to scorn compromises as dishonorable concessions to the forces of darkness. In short, populism plunges democratic societies into an endless series of moralized zero-sum conflicts; it threatens the rights of minorities; and it enables over-bearing leaders to dismantle the checkpoints on the road to autocracy.

We already have a president who can’t take the rough and tumble of politics and wants to silence critics. I find it hard to imagine that Democrats want someone who might be just as touchy and intolerant of criticism.

 

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"Bill Weld launches campaign against Trump for 2020 Republican nomination"

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Former Massachusetts governor Bill Weld officially announced Monday that he will challenge President Trump for the 2020 Republican presidential nomination, after several months of mulling a long-shot bid that would appeal to traditional GOP voters.

Weld made the announcement in an appearance on CNN’s “The Lead With Jake Tapper,” where he described himself as “a Republican who works across the aisle and gets things done.”

“Donald Trump is not an economic conservative. He doesn’t even pretend to be. The country deserves to have some fiscal constraint and conservatism,” he said.

Weld, 73, will face a steep climb against Trump, an incumbent who is deeply popular with Republican voters. Weld last won an election in 1994 and has drifted politically in recent years, even serving as the vice presidential candidate for the Libertarian Party in 2016. But he is now determined to offer the GOP a moderate alternative.

Weld filed official papers with Federal Election Commission on April 1, according to his campaign.

Weld’s entry comes as the Trump political team has touted the president’s standing, both financially and politically. Trump’s reelection campaign raised more than $30 million in the first three months of the year, the campaign said Monday.

“The President is in a vastly stronger position at this point than any previous incumbent president running for reelection, and only continues to build momentum,” Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale said in a statement, unrelated to Weld’s announcement.

Still, if Weld’s campaign did somehow get traction, it could present a headache to the Trump operation, and history has demonstrated the effect of such challenges.

In 1992, President George H.W. Bush faced a troublesome run from the right from commentator Patrick J. Buchanan, who embarrassed the incumbent by winning 37 percent of the vote in the New Hampshire primary and fighting Bush until the national convention. The weakened president lost to Democrat Bill Clinton.

Similarly, President Gerald R. Ford had to fend off a Republican challenge from Ronald Reagan in 1976 before losing in the general election to Democrat Jimmy Carter.

A White House official, who was not authorized to speak publicly, dismissed Weld on Monday as a “relic” and someone who “is a big liberal” on climate change and drug issues. Weld has called climate change a dire threat to the nation and backed the use of medical marijuana for veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.

“Republican voters don’t want what he’s selling,” the official said. “They want to support the president.”

Weld has previously defended his decision to challenge Trump, saying in February that “Republicans in Washington want to have no election.” His team acknowledges he faces many hurdles but maintains that GOP voters deserve a choice in 2020.

“It is a long shot. But it’s certainly less of a long shot than Donald Trump was when he announced and no one thought he was serious,” Stuart Stevens, Weld’s strategist and adviser since the 1980s, said in an interview. “Tonally, he’s going to run a very different campaign. He’s not mad at the world. He’s not a victim.”

Weld has been a fierce critic of Trump’s nationalism and called it an outgrowth of movements of hate groups in Europe and elsewhere. He told the New Yorker this year that Trump uses a “dog whistle loud and clear” to win support from white supremacists and others.

Stevens, the former chief strategist for Mitt Romney’s 2012 presidential campaign, said he has left his longtime firm, Strategic Partners Media, to work for Weld. His former partner at that firm, Russ Schriefer, is an adviser to Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R), who is considering his own presidential bid against Trump.

“I believe competition is good, and Governor Hogan would make a terrific candidate,” Stevens said, when asked about Hogan’s possible candidacy. “A robust Republican primary would be a great thing.”

Hogan, 62, who in November became the second GOP governor in history to win reelection in liberal Maryland, is one of several names that have been floated by Trump critics over the past year. That list also includes former Ohio governor John Kasich, who has conceded that, at least in today’s party, he could not beat Trump in a primary.

Hogan said in an interview last month that he often thinks of his father, the late Maryland congressman Lawrence J. Hogan Sr., as he contemplates his political future. Hogan Sr. was famously the first GOP member of the House Judiciary Committee to call for President Richard M. Nixon’s impeachment in 1974. But he has not yet made a decision.

Leading Trump critics welcomed Weld on Monday but said they are waiting to see how the Republican race unfolds before they make any endorsement.

“It’s great he’s the first one in, breaking the ice,” said William Kristol, a conservative commentator who has encouraged top Republicans to run against Trump. “But there are others looking at it. He’s jumping in a somewhat chilly pool that could get warmer in the coming months if the president is vulnerable.”

Weld’s campaign will put a major emphasis on the New Hampshire primary, aides said, because the state has a history of embracing maverick, more centrist Republicans such as the late Arizona senator John McCain — and they say a victory or strong showing there could catapult Weld’s candidacy.

“New Hampshire likes to surprise,” Stevens said. “The history of New Hampshire is to give candidates a really serious look. Any insurgent campaign has to do well in New Hampshire. History shows us that.”

Jennifer Horn, a former chair of the New Hampshire Republican Party, will serve as Weld’s campaign manager, Stevens said, reflecting the campaign’s strategy. Weld is scheduled to visit New Hampshire on Tuesday for meetings.

In the coming days, Weld’s campaign will circulate a video that plays up the Harvard-trained lawyer’s time as a U.S. attorney appointed by Ronald Reagan. The clip will cast him as someone who “made his bones breaking up a corrupt political machine” in Massachusetts and could do the same for Trump’s Washington, Stevens said.

In a memo released to reporters Monday, Weld’s campaign touted him as a Reagan Republican rather than a moderate, noting that he was once “ranked the most fiscally conservative governor in the country by the Cato Institute and the Wall Street Journal.”

 

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"Why is Pete Buttigieg so popular? Here are some theories."

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On paper, Pete Buttigieg doesn’t seem like a high-profile presidential candidate. But somehow, the mayor of South Bend, Ind., has become a serious political force.

An April Monmouth University poll of likely Iowa Democratic caucus attendees found Buttigieg in third place behind some of the biggest names in Democratic politics: former vice president Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). Even when you factor in the poll’s margin of error, he is at least running even with sitting senators.

An April St. Anselm poll of Democratic voters in another crucial early-voting state, New Hampshire, found Buttigieg in third place as well. And The Fix’s Aaron Blake pointed out that Buttigieg outraised four sitting senators in the first three months of this year, even as he spent less than his competitors to get his name out there.

Before we go any further, it’s worth noting it’s still very early in the campaign. “I can’t tell if he’s the latest flavor of the month or the week or he’s got staying power,” said Jim Manley, a Democratic strategist. “I honestly think it remains to be seen whether he goes the distance or not.” He also has some liabilities that could trip him up. As Democratic strategist David Axelrod pointed out, Buttigieg’s hardcore supporters appear almost entirely white. (He has also faced criticism for his demotion of South Bend’s first black police chief, reports The Post’s Robert Costa.)

But even so, the passion for “Mayor Pete” — and the speed at which it developed — is notable. How is he doing it?

It’s probably a fool’s errand to try to pin down what, exactly, is making Buttigieg so popular. But here are some theories, partly informed by dozens of emails from readers of The 5-Minute Fix newsletter, about why this mayor of a town most of his supporters have probably never been to is exciting so many people.

1. Buttigieg is a novelty for Democrats. There are four senators from the Northeast running for president. By contrast, Buttigieg is from the Midwest, he’s a veteran who served in Afghanistan, and he unapologetically talks about his Christian faith in a way that helps voters feel like the Republican Party is not the only one with a claim to talk about faith.

2. There are aspects of his profile that excite more liberal members of the party. Like the fact he’s 37 and openly gay. (He came out as gay while mayor.) If he were to win, he would be both the first openly gay president and the youngest president ever. “[A]s a millennial myself, this means a great deal to me,” Joe Perin, a 25-year-old Indianapolis resident, said of Buttigieg’s age in an email to The Fix. “We have, until this point, been completely subject to the actions and decisions of older generations.”

3. The Democratic Party has been without a clear leader since President Trump won. So why not look to someone outside Washington?

4. Buttigieg is a candidate some Democrats could see taking on Trump successfully. Talk to any Democratic voter, and they’ll tell you they want, above all else, a candidate to defeat Trump. Buttigieg seems to fit the ideal profile for some Democrats for a few reasons. His policies are still in broad outlines, but he appears to have a more centrist economic worldview than Sanders or Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), who some Democrats worry might turn off swing voters. He’s won two elections in Indiana by wide margins, which suggests he knows how to speak to people outside the liberal bubble.

“He seems pretty unflappable,” Pamela from California said in an email to The Fix. “He seems to be the type who can let it slide off and not engage.”

And Buttigieg is a white man. There is evidence that some Democratic voters are, fairly or not, skittish of electing another woman to run against Trump after Hillary Clinton lost to him.

5. Voters say he’s got the intangibles. Why does Buttigieg appear more popular right now than another young hotshot politician running for president, former congressman Beto O’Rourke? Voters who shared their thoughts with The Fix said Buttigieg has a calm personality, an ease on the biggest stage possible and a direct, eloquent way of speaking that has earned him comparisons to a young Barack Obama.

That’s what Carolyn Engelhard, a professor at the University of Virginia, likes about him. “At the most basic human level, I just want to believe in something good, I want to revel in the promise of the next generation, and I want a leader who believes in compassionate caring for those less fortunate,” she wrote to The Fix. “Obama campaigned on hope, and Trump campaigned on fear. I think Mayor Pete may campaign on ‘care.’ ”

This is all a snapshot in time. There’s a long campaign ahead, and Buttigieg is untested at the highest level of politics. But how he handles those tests is worth watching given how well received the early days of his campaign have been.

 

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[47of74]

The Steve King / Bob Vanderplaats wing of the state made an appearance at a Buttigieg rally

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South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg brushed off anti-gay chants from some hecklers who interrupted his Iowa events Tuesday.

At one event, the hecklers invoked the biblical cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, which the Bible said were destroyed because of the behavior of the residents who lived there.

A man in a suit jacket standing to the left of the stage stood up and yelled, “Remember Sodom and Gomorrah!”

Buttigieg said, “Hello again,” and then the man was drowned out by chants of “Pete, Pete, Pete.” The man stood yelling for a while until a large man escorted him out.

Someone needs to tell these hateful fornicate sticks what the actual sin of Sodom and Gomorrah was, "Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy." (Ezekiel 16:49).  Of course they're so hateful they wouldn't listen nor do they realize that sin describes them and the orange fornicate to a T.

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1 hour ago, GreyhoundFan said:

oters who shared their thoughts with The Fix said Buttigieg has a calm personality,

A calm personality is going to be a selling point especially when he is up against Trump who is bound to be ranting and raving like a crazy person. He needs to reach out to minority voters, but a very vocal Christian running against Trump who knows nothing of the Bible will be interesting. The evangelicals will say "but he is gay" and it will be very, very easy to point to Trump and say "but he pays off porn stars and lies." If Trump can be a Christian when he breaks biblical law on a daily basis then it will just show their hypocrisy even more when they try to claim a person can't be Christian because they are gay. 

[Audrey2]

53 minutes ago, formergothardite said:

A calm personality is going to be a selling point especially when he is up against Trump who is bound to be ranting and raving like a crazy person. He needs to reach out to minority voters, but a very vocal Christian running against Trump who knows nothing of the Bible will be interesting. The evangelicals will say "but he is gay" and it will be very, very easy to point to Trump and say "but he pays off porn stars and lies." If Trump can be a Christian when he breaks biblical law on a daily basis then it will just show their hypocrisy even more when they try to claim a person can't be Christian because they are gay. 

Sadly, to that group of "Christians", the two worst sins are being gay and abortion. Adultry is totally cool, next to either of these. So is paying off porn stars and being a perpetual liar.

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[47of74]

4 hours ago, formergothardite said:

A calm personality is going to be a selling point especially when he is up against Trump who is bound to be ranting and raving like a crazy person. He needs to reach out to minority voters, but a very vocal Christian running against Trump who knows nothing of the Bible will be interesting. The evangelicals will say "but he is gay" and it will be very, very easy to point to Trump and say "but he pays off porn stars and lies." If Trump can be a Christian when he breaks biblical law on a daily basis then it will just show their hypocrisy even more when they try to claim a person can't be Christian because they are gay. 

Yeah it was Randall Terry who showed up here in Iowa

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Operation Rescue founder Randall Terry and other homophobic activists protested a campaign event for out presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg in Iowa.

Terry told Associated Press reporter Alexandra Jaffe that Buttigieg “glorifies and normalizes a sinful behavior.”

At the Monday rally, Terry started yelling, “That is Sodom and Gomorrah,” but the cheers were downed out when supporters chanting “Pete,” as seen in video published by the Des Moines Register.

“The good news is the condition of my soul is in the hands of God,” Buttigieg then told supporters as protestors were drowned out, “but the Iowa caucuses are up to you.”

Iowa needs that about as much as a bubonic plague outbreak.

Fuck off Randall Terry.  in the names of both Rufus, the Flying Spaghetti Monster, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Edited April 17, 2019 by 47of74
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[GreyhoundFan]

I bet Satan is angry that Randall Terry is sullying his name. I resent that Terry takes up oxygen that the rest of us need.

[47of74]

I need to start wearing my glasses more often.  I thought that said the two year long erection.

[hasunah]

2 hours ago, 47of74 said:

I need to start wearing my glasses more often.  I thought that said the two year long erection.

That sounds unhealthy and painful

[Cartmann99]

It's 2019, why in the almighty fuck on rollerskates does the sexual orientation of a political candidate matter?!? I don't understand these idiots who completely lose their shit over what other consenting adults do in the privacy of their bedroom.

5 hours ago, 47of74 said:

I need to start wearing my glasses more often.  I thought that said the two year long erection.

Did you remember the WD-40?

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Those of you who don't follow the insanity of the Weird Ads thread are missing out!

 

[smittykins]

*insert “tell your doctor if...” joke here*

[Audrey2]

15 hours ago, 47of74 said:

I need to start wearing my glasses more often.  I thought that said the two year long erection.

There are lots of Trump supporters who have had a two year erection under his regime. I know- I see two or three every Friday night!

[HerNameIsBuffy]

11 minutes ago, Audrey2 said:

There are lots of Trump supporters who have had a two year erection under his regime. I know- I see two or three every Friday night!

We spend our Friday’s in very different places!

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[Audrey2]

1 hour ago, HerNameIsBuffy said:

We spend our Friday’s in very different places!

Brothers one and two never married, so they bought a house together. Brother number one also thinks Trump is both an imbecile and an idiot. I hang out with brother number one on Friday nights, and we catch up on the Orville or Star Trek Discovery, or watch a video one of us has gotten from the library. Brother number two entertains brother number three in his adult son and they play games and ejaculate about Trump. Sometimes another friend is over, and he prefers to join brother number one and I in the no politics zone.

Brother three is a great friend to have who I enjoy hiking with as well as brother number one. During the Democratic National convention two years ago, we decided to take a camping and hiking trip. Knowing how badly brother number 3 had Trump-humped during the Republican National convention, I said day one that this is a politics-free zone and anybody breaking the rules owes me a foot massage. Brother number 3 actually kept quiet about politics the whole week!

Brother number one is my best friend. Unfortunately, if I want to see him, I have the Trump love to put up with from two and three.

Edited April 18, 2019 by Audrey2