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Warning: Contains less lunacy now that Bachmann is out.
Will Gingrich divorce reality next by claiming to be a shoe in? Will Santorum let his position slip, due to the lube and faeces, through his fingers? Will Hermain Cain re-enter the race like he re-entered all those women?
Who's going to call it?
what is this
polidicks
Ron Paul
Rod Pole
I've got a pole they can survey
do you prefer entrance or exit poleingQuote:
Originally Posted by Vengeful Scars
the three candidates who all openly said God told them to run for president have dropped out after Iowa
hilarious
Every tweet about the 2012 election should hashtagged #thisissostupid
I don't understand how you foreigners know so much about American politics. I barely know who you elect as prime minister.
australia elected a woman for some reason
(the reason was that they were all drunk)
#thisissostupid because our media tells us what's going on outside of our bubble. I'm trying to remain ignorant but I keep getting told stuff.
A welsh woman.
KT the reason is your political scene is so polemical. So you get ultra conservative media battling it out against the "mainstream" which is pretty damned liberal. So you get to have shows like the daily show and colbert report.
If we had nightly satirical news programmes, they'd be full of local news about road detrunking or stolen scrap metal. big stories like the phone haking are quite rare. plus, we have laws requiring impartiality. thats why hilary clinton thinks the bbc is one of the best news organisations. but this limits the lulz we get from them. additionally, we have laws that mean footage from government (houses of parliament, leveson inquiry etc.) cannot be shown for the purposes of satire. it would seem that britain has lost its sense of humour altogether.
The closest thing we have is charlie brookers annual review of international news. (i wholehertedly reccomend watching it. just youtube 2011Wipe) A little bit more serious and to the point than the daily show and colbert, but he is satirising a whole year in under an hour.
the US is just more interesting. It also lets itself be ridiculed, which is a good thing i think, becoming one of the many ways to keep your government in check. The UK has a higher voter turnout percentage, but I would argue that those voters are much less knowledgable (or rather interested) in the issues at hand. We dont care who we elect because all the parties are centrist and they will all bugger something up. Our government can create peers WILLY NILLY to sit in the house of lords and pass legislation through the upper house, in effect bypassing them. The PM has no veto power, but provided that he controls his Cabinet, maintains party discipline, and has a majority in the commons, the Prime Minister will be assured of passing his legislative agenda. Which is not nearly as exciting as filibusters, executive orders and the year long electoral campaigns.
We hardly keep up with our PM's either. All we have to remember is that they will be some public (which means private) shoolboy, who went to an elite university, lacks any military experience, leadership skills or really common sense and it will be up to the population to try again in four years, which only results in us making a mess of cleaning a mess. But debt ceiling deadlines, now they are exciting...
honestly i don't think canada has had a prime minister since at least '86
Isn't Stephen Harper Canada's PM?Quote:
Originally Posted by Hippocrass
http://i.imgur.com/a9YSv.gif
He looks like a faggot
Also MPR I'm going through your pictures because I feel like being weird.
I learned things. Mutton is asian.
WA has about 1000 pictures, and I'd still put things inside her.
Trottski is a chubby/thick ginger.
There were other things I learned, but I smoked too much weed.
lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Mad Pino Rage
the reason was her oppositionQuote:
Originally Posted by Hippocrass
okay
1. i am overjoyed bachmann got her crazy ass out of there
2. perry, you're next, even though i'd make out with him
3. mitt romney would be a perfect actor for a movie president. as the real president, i'm not on board
4. ron paul
5. gingrich was not too bad in the beginning but now he's going against everything he used to say in earlier debates, like "hey why you pittin' us all against each other" and now he's verbally bitchslapping romney and santorum
6. santorum was always like "hey guys can i play too" and now he's riding this recent influx. i do not forsee a president santorum
7. jon huntsman is the only moderate but he's a bit like a creepy uncle and doesn't really have enough balls
8. there's too many fucking gop debates
9. i'm glad i got promoted to regionals and won't have to deal with writing about the debates anymore
10. in short, holy fuck am i worried obama's gonna get reelected, and i wish chris christie/marco rubio ran as pres and vice pres.
Yeah you said that the other night but I still don't believe Romney isn't the best choice.
Rick Santorum
Dick FuckinRetarded
atmosfear i never told you i'd make out with rick perry
or did i
I like Obama and think he'll do better in a second term.
I dislike Obama and doubt he'll do better but I'd rather have him than any of the republican nominees.
for whatever reason, after everything, i still find myself a fan of the big O
I like Obama as a person (he's very amiable) but as a Democrat president, he's absolute shit.
man i am so glad i dont have to deal with whoever is the next president
have you been following his pitiful career? He's been about as effective as a childQuote:
Originally Posted by gwahir
also, my vote would've gone to vermin supreme
Jesus, he's been less effective than a child. At least a child knows how to get his way.
at least a child occasionally wants something sensible
Vote Newt Gingrich(lol)
I don't know about that. He's done a lot to appease and disappoint all parties responsible for putting him in a premier seat of power.Quote:
Originally Posted by coqauvin
http://whatthefuckhasobamadonesofar.com/Quote:
Originally Posted by coqauvin
What has he done for me lately?Quote:
Originally Posted by TheOriginalGrumpySpy
right, because all those things came directly from obama and weren't a joint effort by the house, the senate, and vetoing power by the prez.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheOriginalGrumpySpy
his signature legislation has been effectively abolished by allowing states to determine how much of it applies
his approach to playing chicken with national debt was the bend over and concede to the republicans by huge margins
he didn't veto the NDAA, something that must've been fantastic for his image, resurrecting the Patriot Act, George W.'s signature legislation
but he assassinated a sick old man, though, so he's cool, right? btw 3/4 first things on that site were all about obamacare, which is never going to be thoroughly implemented.
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THANKS, OBAMA. YOU'RE DYING OF DEBT, BUT YOU'RE STIMULLUS FUNDING SPACEFLIGHT PROGRAMS WHILE CUTTING SOCIAL SPENDING.Quote:
Provided stimulus funding to boost private sector spaceflight programs
Kony 2012
Uh, the space program, if you were to look at its entire total budget since conception costs less than one year of military spending.Quote:
Originally Posted by coqauvin
Tax expenditures for NASA consist of one-half of one percent of each tax dollar.
There exist presidential directives.Quote:
Originally Posted by gina