dxmnkd316
Lucia Apologist
Re: 2nd Term Part VIII - The Thin Red Line
Oh dear...
I had to google Admirial Ackbar to get that reference. I'm ashamed.
Oh dear...
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2nd Term Part VIII - The Thin Red Line
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Re: 2nd Term Part VIII - The Thin Red Line
In my defense, it was only the character's name I didn't recognize, the character himself and the reference, I'm familiar with
In my defense, it was only the character's name I didn't recognize, the character himself and the reference, I'm familiar with
dxmnkd316
Lucia Apologist
Re: 2nd Term Part VIII - The Thin Red Line
Ok, you're redeemed. Kind of...
In my defense, it was only the character's name I didn't recognize, the character himself and the reference, I'm familiar with
Ok, you're redeemed. Kind of...
MinnesotaNorthStar
Minding the gap
Re: 2nd Term Part VIII - The Thin Red Line
This is the least surprising thing I've read today.
I'm sure Kepler can confirm these.
This is the least surprising thing I've read today.
I'm sure Kepler can confirm these.
Re: 2nd Term Part VIII - The Thin Red Line
I'm guessing not a big surprise for some of you...but it appears Nate will be around politics for the cycle!
http://fivethirtyeight.com/
I'm guessing not a big surprise for some of you...but it appears Nate will be around politics for the cycle!
http://fivethirtyeight.com/
ScoobyDoo
NPC
Re: 2nd Term Part VIII - The Thin Red Line
Not that we didn't know this already but it really hammers home how rigged everything really is in this country.
http://www.esquire.com/blogs/news/cantor-congress
Not that we didn't know this already but it really hammers home how rigged everything really is in this country.
http://www.esquire.com/blogs/news/cantor-congress
Kepler
Si certus es dubita
Re: 2nd Term Part VIII - The Thin Red Line
When I read the part about The Disappearing Congressional Staffer I almost choked. My wife worked with one of these a few years ago. And what finally became of her, you ask? She's in Congress now. That's what happens when Daddy is the 4th richest man in the state.
When I read the part about The Disappearing Congressional Staffer I almost choked. My wife worked with one of these a few years ago. And what finally became of her, you ask? She's in Congress now. That's what happens when Daddy is the 4th richest man in the state.
Kepler
Si certus es dubita
Re: 2nd Term Part VIII - The Thin Red Line
Today in derp.
This one is going to be hard to beat in this year's Derpoffs.
Today in derp.
This one is going to be hard to beat in this year's Derpoffs.
Kepler
Si certus es dubita
Re: 2nd Term Part VIII - The Thin Red Line
So, I guess this is a thing, now.
That puts KS back on the board as a possible flip and, if nothing else, an unexpected drain on NRSC funds.
So, I guess this is a thing, now.
That puts KS back on the board as a possible flip and, if nothing else, an unexpected drain on NRSC funds.
Re: 2nd Term Part VIII - The Thin Red Line
I wonder what Taylor gets in return--because you know it's something.
I wonder what Taylor gets in return--because you know it's something.
Jimjamesak
Already insane, UAA making it worse
What's funny is that the Republicans had the exact same response in both cases. The Independent is a liberal Dem in disguise, the Dems are ignoring the election process.
Kepler
Si certus es dubita
Re: 2nd Term Part VIII - The Thin Red Line
Well, it is kind of the obvious play to run. If the tables were turned I'd expect the Dems to do the same thing.
Well, it is kind of the obvious play to run. If the tables were turned I'd expect the Dems to do the same thing.
Re: 2nd Term Part VIII - The Thin Red Line
Its not a bad trend to start, and not just in states were the Gooper is the incumbent. In any state where you have a detested incumbent but voters don't trust the other party, having a solid independent in there gives people a choice. Take Illinois for example. Unpopular Dem governor vs Richie Rich Republican who's offshoring jobs and in a 140K a year in dues wine club. I'm thinking those people would sure like another option if they could have one.
Its not a bad trend to start, and not just in states were the Gooper is the incumbent.
In any state where you have a detested incumbent but voters don't trust the other party, having a solid independent in there gives people a choice. Take Illinois for example. Unpopular Dem governor vs Richie Rich Republican who's offshoring jobs and in a 140K a year in dues wine club. I'm thinking those people would sure like another option if they could have one.
Jimjamesak
Already insane, UAA making it worse
I was laughing because it's almost word for word.
Kepler
Si certus es dubita
Re: 2nd Term Part VIII - The Thin Red Line
My favorite example of this was when the GOP first started running multi-media out of the NRCC. They'd cut an ad which would be literally the same stock of flags waving over wheat fields and shiny-faced, subservient white women cooing over their babies, with a green screen inset box where the Representative Diddles-His-Page local campaign was supposed to stick their hood ornament's slack-jawed visage. Of course to be national the messaging had to be utterly without content and just a sequence of soft bromides. If you lived on the overlap of multiple districts you could actually flip through the network channels and sometimes hit two or more of these ads running at the same time, word for word except for the candidate being pimped, pointed at different markets. And since it was during the Dole campaign, the actual national messaging was just as vacuous.
They eventually got smarter and started hiring once-and-future Fox producers to niche-target multiple ads, one for the farmers who loved subsidies, one for the suburbanites who hated paying for black kids' school lunches, etc.
My favorite example of this was when the GOP first started running multi-media out of the NRCC. They'd cut an ad which would be literally the same stock of flags waving over wheat fields and shiny-faced, subservient white women cooing over their babies, with a green screen inset box where the Representative Diddles-His-Page local campaign was supposed to stick their hood ornament's slack-jawed visage. Of course to be national the messaging had to be utterly without content and just a sequence of soft bromides. If you lived on the overlap of multiple districts you could actually flip through the network channels and sometimes hit two or more of these ads running at the same time, word for word except for the candidate being pimped, pointed at different markets. And since it was during the Dole campaign, the actual national messaging was just as vacuous.
They eventually got smarter and started hiring once-and-future Fox producers to niche-target multiple ads, one for the farmers who loved subsidies, one for the suburbanites who hated paying for black kids' school lunches, etc.
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Kepler
Si certus es dubita
Re: 2nd Term Part VIII - The Thin Red Line
http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/s...cle_7b9b6118-343c-11e4-bef2-001a4bcf6878.html
You know, you never like to see people going to jail, but the arrogance of these two was unbelievable. Did they really think this guy was giving them 200K out of the kindness of his own heart? Nice of him to throw his wife under a bus too to save himself.
http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/s...cle_7b9b6118-343c-11e4-bef2-001a4bcf6878.html
You know, you never like to see people going to jail, but the arrogance of these two was unbelievable. Did they really think this guy was giving them 200K out of the kindness of his own heart? Nice of him to throw his wife under a bus too to save himself.
Kepler
Si certus es dubita
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