2024 Primary Elections.

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  1. matthunter

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    No, it was founded on the principle "try it", which is the only basis for that 2nd Amendment you so love.

    If you CAN secede, fine. There is no right to a civilised conversation about it, or a list of legal criteria that must be met.

    In other words, there's a right to swing the fist - but you'd be swinging it at the nose of Thor when you're that guy who was playing Galaga in the first Avengers movie.
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    Her understanding of issues (file under comma lack of) doesn't seem limited to secession, though.

    https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/tim-miller-nikki-haley-2024-video_n_63ec8c88e4b022eb3e3357b7

    Well, the charitable answer is that Haley thinks America has moved on. But as she also states, she was "different" because she was Indian, so not "black" or "white". What she SHOULD ask is "do black/white divisions still exist and why?" but SHE got to a point where she can stand for President, so in her mind they don't. Whereas Obama WAS President and he absolutely knew that didn't erase all the other racism.
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    I’ll agree with the author, she is trying to have it both ways. Honestly the announcement video was pretty boring. She didn’t come out with any policies and every Republican is going to say something about the socialist left agenda or CRT. At least someone like Rand Paul would talk about the federal reserve, foreign intervention and runaway spending. She needs to distinguish herself from Trump and DeSantis.
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    We all know you are not old enough to vote, but if you were you would be voting for Trump while telling everyone else you voted for the libertarian because you are soooooooo libertarian.
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    If all the alleged internet libertarians voted the way they said they did, Fred Thompson would have been the '08 Repub nominee.
    He was in 2nd place* with McCain for awhile.
    No way he would have picked Palin as a running mate.
    Even with Palin, it was a fucking squeaker.
    Thompson might have won.

    *Y'know who was in first? Giuliani.
    Giuli-fucking-ani. Yeah.
    We basically would have gotten Trump earlier.
    Insurrection and all.
    Sleep at night knowing that shit.
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    In federal fucktard's actual defense it is really hard to vote for the right guy when you are blind stinking drunk. We know he voted for Trump, but we don't know who he actually voted for or if he just hallucinated voting in between breaking his girlfriend's shit and puking on his mother's grave.
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    Right, that's why they joined a government called the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union when they formed their new country.

    And the man who wrote the vast majority of the current Constitution that replaced that government said both the intent was to create a more perfect union and explicitly said when asked if the states had the right to secede that the Constitution must be adoped en perpetuity forever and en toto.
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    E pluribus plures!
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    Well, he sounds like a major-league frat boy douchebag. Which is too bad for him, 'cause I'm pretty sure DeSantis has that market cornered.
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    Ann Coulter goes on a racist tirade against Nikki Haley:

    Conservative pundit Ann Coulter is under fire for a racist tirade against new Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley.

    In an appearance on the "The Mark Simone Show" podcast this week, Coulter made several xenophobic comments about Haley, the former governor of South Carolina who was born in the U.S. to Indian immigrant parents. "Why don't you go back to your own country?" Coulter said.

    Coulter, known for her racist and anti-immigrant stances, attacked India, as well.

    "Her candidacy did remind me that I need to immigrate to India so I can demand they start taking down parts of their history," she said. "What's with the worshipping of the cows? They're all starving over there. Did you know they have a rat temple, where they worship rats?"

    Haley did not respond to a request for comment.

    Coulter also called Haley a "bimbo" and a "preposterous creature," criticizing her for having advocated removing the Confederate flag from the grounds of the South Carolina Statehouse in the wake of the 2015 shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston.

    "This is my country, lady," she said. "I'm not an American Indian, and I don't like them taking down all the monuments."​

    https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-...ck-country-racist-rant-new-gop-pres-rcna71119
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    Anne Coulter- Hey!! Don't forget me! I'm still awful!! :polarslam2:
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    Also, apparently thinks "Indian-American" and "American Indian" mean the same thing.
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    That's some final stage racism; when you don't even sort your non-whites anymore, you just throw 'em in one pile, and give it the finger.
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    Yeah, I never really cared for Coultergeist. Fuck her for those comments. This is what’s going to happen with Nikki Haley running. It’s only going to get worse.
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    Trumpism has fully infected the Republican party.
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    The hilariously pathetic thing is take any of the also-rans piling into the clown car and put them on a TV set, they get asked "to what distinguishes you from Trump? Where do you disagree on policy?" and basically every single time the answer amounts to "nothing really"

    SO WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU RUNNING?
    They are basically all just lining up to offer themselves as the fallback plan if he's actually arrested. Criticizing Trump in even the mildest way is basically political suicide for any Republican.
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    Jill Biden answering questions on the last leg of her Africa tour in Nairobi, Kenya:

    “He says he’s not done. He’s not finished what he’s started. And that’s what’s important.”

    "How many times does he have to say it for you to believe it?”

    Dark Brandon '24. Aides say the announcement is likely coming in April, the same time frame Obama announced his 2nd campaign.

    https://apnews.com/article/jill-biden-joe-biden-reelection-1659403d211d40212abbfef3b9847491
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    Trump sure as shit isn't picking Pence as his VP again, so that's the job they're really running for. :async:
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    That might make sense with a normal frontrunner who is a reasonably well-adjusted human being, but Trump is a megalomaniac with paper-thin skin who thinks the presidency is something he's entitled to. He's going to view running against him as "disloyal." He might try to make them grovel for the vice presidency just to puff up his ego, but I can't see him actually picking a former opponent.
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    Here's how it works: You run, you talk about how amazing Trump was, you poll well, then when Trump announces his own candidacy you make a big show of stepping aside because you love him so much and you'd never challenge him, and then you wait by the phone and hope that he sees your polling numbers and decides you'd give his campaign a boost by having you as VP. :async:
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    Yeah, but it's hard to do that when he was the first one to announce.
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