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[A reader sent me a link that reminds us that the contention that a large fraction of Democrat voters are developmentally challenged is actually a fundamental truth that the Democratic leadership and liberal elites jealously believe in and fight/oppose public policies that will expose its fallacy.  Yes, it is the Dem leadership and elites who believe that their constituents are simply too dumb to figure out how to get voter IDs (more here).  gjr]

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239 responses to “Sandbox – 3aug18”

  1. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    I wonder sometimes if old politicians like Pelosi are wandering into dementia? or if it’s just that they give so many 100’s of speeches with the same staff-written talking points (“MY OPPONENT IS GOING TO CUT YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY!!!”) that they are just running on autopilot and forget the plot.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5ayGCaD_sw
    Hey, at least they’re not going to tip over Guam.
    It’s been fun reading about Sarah Jeong and her twitters.
    Luckily, the Huffingtons know better:
    https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/sarah-jeong-new-york-times-tweets_us_5b633c12e4b0b15abaa0e80e
    It’s just hard right trolls at work, nothing to see.

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  2. Todd Juvinall Avatar
    Todd Juvinall

    Looks like BooboieCross has been caught lying again. One thing about liberals they deny the video ot the words spoken or seen like a man does to his abused wife. What? I hit you? You are goofy! Anyway Cross has no creds anyway.

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  3. Walt Avatar

    I guess Bobby wants tax cuts for those who don’t pay any taxes.

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  4. Walt Avatar

    Read it and weep ECO bastards.
    http://dailycaller.com/2018/08/04/epa-ethanol-mandate-environment/
    It FAR from new news

    In a study titled “Biofuels and the Environment: The Second Triennial Report to Congress,” the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) determined that ethanol derived from corn and soybeans is causing serious harm to the environment. Water, soil and air quality were all found to be adversely affected by biofuel mandates.”
    Not to mention the engine damage, less fuel economy.
    And burning FOOD is a good idea?

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  5. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    “I wonder sometimes if old politicians like Pelosi are wandering into dementia? or if it’s just that they give so many 100’s of speeches with the same staff-written talking points (“MY OPPONENT IS GOING TO CUT YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY!!!”) that they are just running on autopilot and forget the plot.”
    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=b0Dvqxmj5Ps

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  6. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    @ 7:06
    Luckily, the Huffington Post knows better.
    Ah contraire, the Huffington Post knows best. :). Goodbye National Review. This should make Bobby happy, finally. Spoiled children are always so miserable and double down when they don’t get their way.
    “But ignore the trolls you must. This includes the gleeful, snickering chuds who strip old tweets of their context and send them back out into the world. And this also includes the establishment figures like Ari Fleischer and publications like the National Review, the folks wailing about an Asian woman’s “anti-white racism,” as if there were such a thing.”
    Since Bobbie isn’t looking, I will be a naughty insubordinate deplorable clinger and take a peek at the National Review. Holy Smokes! Why do they hate Asian women? Why, why, why?
    https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/heng-gets-facebook-blocked/

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  7. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    They just can not help themselves –
    Twitter slapped Turning Point USA Communications Director Candace Owens with a temporary suspension after she highlighted racist posts made by Sarah Jeong, the recent New York Times hire whose long history of bigoted tweets about white people has placed the newspaper at the center of a public outcry. The beleaguered platform then reversed the ban, calling it an “error” in an email to Owens.
    Owens’ tweets mimicked the wording of Jeong’s, with one important difference: Owens substituted the words “Jewish people” for “white people,” in an attempt to show that some forms of racism are considered more acceptable than others.
    https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/08/05/twitter-suspends-candace-owens-account-for-mimicking-sarah-jeongs-racism/
    😉

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  8. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Thanks open boarder freaks –
    His first incident was in 2013, when he was charged with drunken driving. About a month later, Khammasi was charged with criminal extortion where investigators believe he threatened a man and his family and set a car on fire.
    Court records stated Khammasi was sentenced to two years of probation after pleading guilty to first-degree trespassing of a dwelling in 2014. Khammasi was on an immigration hold that day.
    His criminal history continued this year when Khammasi was arrested in January for allegedly possessing a stolen handgun. He posted $1,000 cash bail in February and was free until Thursday’s shooting. His Friday court appearance was on the gun charge.
    It’s unclear, however, if or why Khammasi was not deported in the five years.
    Khammasi was charged with attempted first-degree murder, possession of a weapon by a previous offender and felony menacing on Friday. He is being held without bond.
    http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/08/05/iraqi-immigrant-accused-shooting-colorado-cop-has-criminal-history-yet-avoided-deportation-report-says.html
    😉

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  9. George Rebane Avatar

    DonB 1136am – The conservatives here give detailed criticisms of progressive policies with ample citations of their existence and effects. It sure would be informative to have some of our liberal commenters either defend or counter their policies instead of delivering another nothing-burger broadside of TDS. Is there a message in there somewhere when they refuse to stand up for their progressive path to our future?

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  10. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Dr. Milan Vodicka PhD (an Independent Education Management Professional) is on the warpath on The Union editorial pages again, and while I formulate a response, I thought it interesting that the degree granting institution for the PhD, the California Institute of Integrative Studies in ‘Frisco, granted Angela Davis an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters in Healing and Social Justice in their 48th commencement ceremony in 2016.
    Isn’t that special?

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  11. Todd Juvinall Avatar
    Todd Juvinall

    Gregory I read his screed. It is truly sad.

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  12. Robert Cross Avatar
    Robert Cross

    News flash!!! According to trump, Donnie Jr.’s meeting with operatives of a foreign government in order to get dirt on Hillary was totally legal. What do you think boys, is it legal, is it adhering to the spirit of the Constitution, is it moral?

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  13. Walt Avatar

    Bobby. It was OK when Hillary’s crew did it. AND paid a foreign national FOR it.
    That’s the queer thing about Proggys like you. It’s OK when your side does it, but scream ” CRIME” when the opposing party does almost the same thing. No money changed hands, the info was bogus. And the meeting was over in minutes.
    OH.. You have yet to say how collusion was a crime,,, “Crickets” Jr.

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  14. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: Robert Cross | 05 August 2018 at 02:42 PM
    What do you think boys, is it legal, is it adhering to the spirit of the Constitution, is it moral?

    1) We’ll see.
    2) Not sure that there are any constitutional issues in play here Bobby.
    3) There is nothing immoral that can’t be done to a Clinton

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  15. '''M''' Avatar
    ”’M”’

    ,,,747 fire fighter grounded by Forest Service
    ,,,yoohoo,,,are you listening trumpski!!!

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  16. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Newsflash Bobbie!!!
    Morality has nothing to do with it.
    Don J did not know he was meeting with “operatives of a forgein government” until well after the meeting in which he abruptly stood up and walked out of as soon as he figured out that no dirt was to be presented. Don (and others with him ) met with someone who represented herself an advocate for the adoption of Russian children by US citizens blocked by the Russian government in reaction to the Magnitsky Act. The meeting came to a dead stop at that point. The Magnitsky Act was signed by Obama in 2012, later revised by Congress in 2016.
    “In response to the adoption of the Magnitsky Act, the Russian government denied Americans adoption of Russian children, issued a list of US officials prohibited from entering Russia, and posthumously convicted Magnitsky as guilty. In addition, the Russian government reportedly lobbied against the legislation acting through a public relations company led by Kenneth Duberstein.[
    Ban on U.S. adoption of Russian children: Dima Yakovlev Law
    On December 19, 2012, the State Duma voted 400 to 4 to ban the international adoption of Russian children into the United States. The bill was unofficially named after Dmitri Yakovlev (Chase Harrison), a Russian toddler who accidentally died of heat stroke in 2008 when his adoptive American father forgot he was in the back seat of his SUV. The next year, 2013, two additional laws were purposed, one was to prevent US citizens from working with political NGOs in Russia and a second law, eventually abandoned, prevented any foreigner from speaking on state television if they discredited the state.”
    Newsflash Bobbie!, Don did the moral thing by walking out of the meeting, not even knowing the lady lawyer was a “foreign official”.
    Newsflash Bobbie! Hillary paid for dirt on Trump that knowingly orgininated from Russian officials. There is your Collusion with Russia, Bobbie, in a nutshell. While I am not an expert on the in and outs of US Campaign laws, I would hazard to guess that Don Jr’s actions were legal. In fact, it would be political malpractice to not do so.
    Since no charges have been filed against Hillary for colluding with forgein officials to influence and affect a Presidential election, I would have to surmise that her actions were legal, but not moral.
    Newsflash Bobbie!!! Do your homework. The whole thing was a set up paid by the Clinton Campaign and the “Intel” went directly from DOJ’s Bruce Ohr’s wife a Fusion GPS employee)to Assoicate Deputy Attorney General Bruce Ohr, who in turned Fed it directly to the FBI. He has since lost his position and is gone due to the IG report, lol.
    It was a set up and Don Jr. don’t suffer fools like her or you.
    http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/11/07/fusion-gps-official-met-with-russian-operative-before-and-after-trump-jr-sit-down.html

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  17. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Oh Bobbie, I may have been too harsh on you. My excuse (albeit inexcusable) was my leader told me to get in your face and argue with my neighbors. I am just a weak minded worm. Forgive me. At least my leader likes guns!
    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCMDur9CDZ4

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  18. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: ”’M”’ | 05 August 2018 at 03:20 PM
    So what’s your beef dugski…..this is what the left wants……more government regulation.

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  19. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: ”’M”’ | 05 August 2018 at 03:20 PM
    What…..no comment?
    Hmmm …….must be a new installment of the Star Wars franchise out.

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  20. Robert Cross Avatar
    Robert Cross

    Walt– Hillary is NOT the President of the United States so it doesn’t really matter what she did or didn’t do. If she was president that would be a different story.
    Bill — you information is outdated — Trump lawyers have admitted that 1). JR. and the others went to the meeting knowing full well that the purpose was to get dirt on Hillary 2). The Donald knew about it and wrote the press release attributed to Jr. when the whole thing surfaced — that is why all of the bluster about the meeting being legal in an attempt to soften public opinion, and no the meeting had nothing to do with adoption.. that was just a cover story
    Davey– Benghazi, Benghazi, Benghazi, Benghazi you need a new song.

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  21. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: Robert Cross | 05 August 2018 at 04:09 PM
    Like I said bobby ……….there is nothing political that can’t be done to a Clinton. Other democraps……need to look at them on a case by case basis…..but the Menopausal Avenger……no need to pull any punches!

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  22. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    I would love to see the cross one to tell Tonto that Benghazi does not matter to his face. I have met Tonto in person. It wouldn’t be pretty.
    😉

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  23. Walt Avatar

    LOL! SpongeBob,, Neither was Trump when the meeting happened.
    You still haven’t shown any form or crime. Talking to a Russian isn’t a crime. Opposition research isn’t a crime.(ask Hillary)
    But your Proggy overlords Paid millions for bullshit fake info.
    Suckers… Just like you.

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  24. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Bobbie, kindly tried to pull your head out of you ass (if humanly possible) and read the black on the page instead of the white.
    No one disputes that Don J. went to get dirt offered on the Hillary campaign. No one. Not even me and my information may be outdated, but not inaccurate.
    “in which he abruptly stood up and walked out of as soon as he figured out that no dirt was to be presented.”…… The meeting came to a dead stop at that point……”
    “In fact, it would be political malpractice to not do so.”
    Ok, I should have said, “In fact, it (seeking dirt on Hillary) would be political malpractice to not do so.” Who in their right mind would turn down a meeting that was promised as delivering dirt on a political opponent? Who. That would be crazy and political malpractice. Heck, even Senator Warner jumped at the chance when, under similar circumstances, flew off across the pond to meet with someone who promised dirt on Trump.
    Like it or not, politics is a blood sport. That is why I like James Carvelle so much and other partisans. Despite the spin, the Ragin Cajun will be the first one to tell ya that this mamby pamby “Stop the vitriol” mantra back then made him sick. He said politicits is bare knuckle brawling.
    Or, as I once said, it’s a no holds barred cage match fight to the death. Two men either, one man leaves.
    I have a question for ya. Yes, Trump is President, but why hasn’t Meuller investigated the attempts of the dirty rotten thriving lying Rooskies to hack into the RNC server??? Hmmm? The FBI warned the RNC Of hostile actor attempts to hack the RNC servers about the same time the FBI warned the DNC and Podesta Campaign. Why?
    Why has Meuller not sent investigators to interview the Russian lawyer lady. She is waiting….she is waiting….
    https://www.businessinsider.com/ap-russian-lawyer-questions-why-mueller-hasnt-contacted-her-2018-4
    Maybe Meuller is looking for love in all the wrong places. There is something about Natalia. Hubba, hubba.

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  25. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    A clearer understanding of the socialist/dem/communists –
    Sad! Survey Shows Shocking Percentage of Americans Are Unable to Name a Single First Amendment Right
    Of the more than 1,000 people surveyed in May and June of this year, only one person was able to name all five First Amendment rights. A whopping 40 percent, however, couldn’t name any.
    The other rights didn’t fare so well, however, with just 15 percent of respondents naming freedom of religion, 13 percent naming freedom of the press, 12 percent naming freedom of peaceful assembly, and a measly 2 percent naming the freedom to petition the government.
    The survey comes amid a national debate regarding whether or not free speech includes hate speech. The ACLU, for example, claimed free speech sometimes “can inflict serious harms and … often will impede progress toward equality” in a leaked memo.
    https://ijr.com/2018/08/1114019-percentage-americans-first-amendment/
    Ignorant is as ignorant does.
    😉

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  26. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Newsflash Bobbie!!! The cover story was dirt on Drunk Hillary. The real story is the presenters at the Trump Beautiful Awesome Terrific Towers meeting used the cover story to talk about the Magnitsky Act and had no dirt to offer. Screw that.
    Unlike you, I have read the complete e-mails (from my sites) that precededed the meeting and the full conservations between Jr. and his “acquaintance” that set up the meeting, not just the partial releases found in the press on the sites you recommend and trust. Akin to CBS playing loose with the truth and doctoring the 911 calls made by George Zimmerman in the Trevon Martin affair. Creative editing, lol. Yeah, those CBS producers got fired as well.
    How come the more one digs into Trump, the more Dems and Deep State figures get fired? Why is that? Damn, everything the Progressive Socialist Commie bastards do blows up in their faces. The more they dig, the more the stink with the liberal Socialist fingerprints all over it is uncovered. Odd. If you find yourself in rut, quit digging. But noooo, they never listen to me.
    I was wondering what the dog days of summer would bring. A nothing-burger. Just recycled stories from 18 months ago. Sad. Strike that. Pathetic, not sad. Nothing left in your quiver, eh? Try more healthcare for all and demolish ICE!! Millions will die!! SThat’s a sure fire winner, trust me on that. :). Snooze. We be waiting.
    Recycle time:
    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=I6eQ78HCGEA

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  27. George Rebane Avatar

    re RobertC 242pm – Gentlemen, don’t drive him off. Mr Cross is about to give us the true stories on the “spirit of the Constitution” and the “morality” of doing opp-research by political parties. This dissertation is not to be missed.

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  28. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    @5:10 pm
    Ok, I will be nice. In fact, I will give Mr. Robert Cross some advice that someone should of given his parents. A peace offering.
    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Fitxofd7kOA

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  29. Walt Avatar

    I must beg to differ Dr.R. The hot Russian chick gave more info to Jr. than Bobby will produce here.

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  30. Walt Avatar

    A little insight to just how STUPID the radical Left is.
    https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/05/watch-march-nra-protesters-ban-fully-semiautomatic-guns/
    “Gun control activists who took part in Saturday’s “March on NRA” uttered numerous profundities such as their desire to ban “fully semiautomatic guns” and their belief that it is “ammunition that makes a semiautomatic [an] automatic.”
    Back to the “fully semi-automatic” crap? And a redo of “it’s the ammo”????
    Good GOD Proggys!!,, you that ignorant?

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  31. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    5:46 pm
    Boy, the Leftinistas just can’t wait for school to start up back again so they can have another mass shooting on their hands and have a reason for living.
    Speaking about reasons for living, when is Nirvana City going to have another snooze fest Town hall meeting? I should have set off firecrackers to liven it up. Oh well, there is always next time. Anybody out there got a AR-57 to show to the crowd? HH88 wanted them banned, but it’s a mute point now. Ok, I will be nice(r). I love you all.
    It’s gonna be a long hot summer. Nothing to do but f@k, fight, and fix flats. Sounds like what is going on in Portland and Berzekly this lovely weekend. The hooligans are blowing off some steam. Shouldn’t they be in Summer Camp or something? School’s out and they boys are getting frisky. Nothing to do but mix it up, I reckon.
    Let’s talk about voter fraud. That is always met with strong denials everytime. Every single time. Prove it! OAN cannot be trusted! Video is too long (8 minutes) but think of it like summer school for the delinquents. Or skip the video and take in some memes.
    http://www.oann.com/oan-special-report-records-show-tens-of-thousands-of-non-citizens-registered-to-vote/
    https://m.facebook.com/RowdyConservatives/photos/a.217983685002343.55586.217926015008110/1393315384135828/?type=3&source=48
    https://m.facebook.com/RowdyConservatives/photos/a.217983685002343.55586.217926015008110/1395648333902533/?type=3&source=48
    https://m.facebook.com/RowdyConservatives/photos/a.217983685002343.55586.217926015008110/1394104780723555/?type=3&source=48
    https://m.facebook.com/lastamericapatriots/photos/a.235087906641439.1073741826.235086849974878/1123173321166222/?type=3&source=48

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  32. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Just sayin’
    The income trap is a situation where a country’s growth rate slows down as it reaches middle income. The Lewis point is a situation where the “reserve army” of labor shrinks, pushing wages and eroding the country’s competitive advantage in labor intensive industries. Chinese labor becomes expensive vis-à-vis India, Vietnam, and Indonesia. And that places additional pressure on the country’s growth.
    Meanwhile, China has yet to develop a robust domestic consumer market that will accommodate its growing production capacity.
    That’s why China will have to give in to American demands.
    https://www.forbes.com/sites/panosmourdoukoutas/2018/08/05/china-will-lose-the-trade-war-with-america-and-thats-good-for-its-citizens/#18d009253461
    😉

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  33. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Our dear friends on the left have been busy with the virtue signaling lately, seemingly all at once and all on the same page. Gotta admire the way they speak with one voice at the exact same time. Wonder what the message will be Tuesday?
    https://mobile.twitter.com/RealJamesWoods/status/1025486580264386560

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  34. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    BillT@9:07PM
    It’s a funny thing really.
    Remember ol’ Bernie Sanders?
    “If poverty is increasing, and if wages are going down,” Mr. Sanders said that year, “I don’t know why we need millions of people to be coming into this country as guest workers who will work for lower wages than American workers and drive wages down even lower than they are right now.”
    Obviously I can find numerous quotes by (D) leadership showing the former interest in borders.
    The pivot the Democrats have made to being radical open borders activists is really interesting. I can think of a few reasons, but I really don’t have a strong insight why this happened.
    . They hate GEOTUS so much that anything he is against, they are for.
    . Increasingly Third World face to the Democrats, a wish to help the people back home.
    . A hatred of traditional Western culture, no doubt this is the quickest way to bring it down.
    . A simple lack of interest in favoring your countrymen over the rest of the world. In fact, the rest of the world is worth more.
    Heck, even the Soviets internally pondered this for quite some time. The final result was a USSR which was highly Russia-centric including language education.
    Perhaps one of our local ‘progressive’ folks can enlighten me what the thinking process is here. Even Crickets is welcome to chime in.

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  35. Scott Obermuller Avatar

    Black Lives Matter celebrates Obama’s birthday in Chi-Town!
    63 shot, 10 dead.
    http://abc7chicago.com/8-wounded-in-gresham-shooting;-at-least-30-shot-in-chicago-sunday/3886976/
    Must be all those 3-D printed guns, huh?

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  36. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    @ 9:43
    You would think that 2-D guns would be easier to conceal.

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  37. ’’’M’’’ Avatar
    ’’’M’’’

    ,,,I would rather be Russian than Democrat,,,goes with you MAGA hat,,,the local yokels say Dems are commies but the Reps want to be Russian,,,so which is it boys???
    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dj249c0UwAEDAFX?format=jpg&name=medium

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  38. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: ’’’M’’’ | 06 August 2018 at 08:02 AM
    Oh dugski…….lots of Russians around these days…..why don’t you take a poll?

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  39. Robert Cross Avatar
    Robert Cross

    George 5:10 — Op research is one thing– colluding with a foreign government that is supposedly a sworn enemy to interfere in our elections is quite another, legal or not. You can duck that all you want with BS excuse after excuse, but it does not change what happened. You all would poop your pants if it was Hillary in the White House and would be screaming for impeachment. But since it is trumpy you will find it in your hearts to forgive and forget. How quaint.

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  40. Todd Juvinall Avatar
    Todd Juvinall

    Oh BoobieC please. The “colluding” was done by your hero Hillary. No proof Trump did anything but lots of proof your babe did. You cannot change the facts to meet your bias. We will be there to expose your lying ways.

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  41. fish Avatar
    fish

    You all would poop your pants if it was Hillary in the White House and would be screaming for impeachment.
    Nahh….that’s really more of a dugski thing! You may have an opportunity to prove you thesis though. There have been rumblings to the effect that Hillarys people were sniffing around for dirt on Trump and making contact with people from the Russian government to that end!
    Tell you what bobby …..turns out the dems were doing what you accuse the Trump campaign of doing and you go ahead and crap yourself…..the Trump campaign was doing something similar and I owe you a Coke!
    …..and as always……thanks bobby.

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