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[It appears that there’s not much else happening in the country or the world to interest our commenters who are locked in a pitched battle debating the deeper meaning of poll and Nevada County vote count percentages all guaranteed to rivet the attention of RR’s other readers.  gjr]

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301 responses to “Sandbox – 12jun19”

  1. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Well, the Rasmussen daily presidential tracking poll has Trump at 51% for to 47% a’ginst. This too shall pass.

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  2. Paul Emery Avatar

    Hmmm Gregory
    Can you review how Rasmussen did in the midterms? Why are you sucn a Trump booster? And you claim to be a Libertarian. Goodness.

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  3. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Perhaps he was thinking of Al I invented the internet Gore’s Gulfstream –
    https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/06/12/gaffe-joe-biden-refers-to-g5-wireless-technology/
    😉

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  4. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: Paul Emery | 12 June 2019 at 09:46 AM
    Thanks Punch…..in advance.

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  5. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Thanks for the thanks Fish

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  6. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Paul, of course I can review past Rasmussen results, but it’s more fun to snipe at your attempts to torture the data so, go on ahead.
    I not only “claim to be a Libertarian”, I have consistently voted Libertarian. That I appear to “boost Trump” at times is because Democratic partisans are currently the biggest and most consistent liars, yourself included.
    Here’s the op-ed of the day as far as I’m concerned, VDH’s latest:”The FBI Tragedy: Elites above the Law”
    https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/06/fbi-tragedy-elites-above-law/
    A snippet:

    “Just imagine: If an agent Peter Strozk interviewed you and overstepped his purview, would you, the aggrieved, then appeal to his boss, Andrew McCabe? And if Andrew McCabe ignored your complaint, would you, the wronged, then seek higher justice from a James Comey, who in turn might rely on a legal opinion from a Lisa Page or a brief from a James Baker? And failing that, might a Robert Mueller as an outside auditor rectify prior FBI misconduct?
    Fairly or not, the current FBI tragedy is that an American citizen should be duly worried about his constitutional rights any time he is approached by such senior FBI officials. That is not a slur on the rank and file, but the legacy of the supposed best and brightest of the agency and their distortions of the bureau’s once professional creed.”

    As a libertarian Libertarian, I find the above chilling.
    For mindless BlueMeanieism, your continued demand to call Pflueger the “winner” in Nevada County takes the cake.

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  7. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    The persecution of the Colorado baker. Another discrimination lawsuit…his third.
    “As the nearly decade-long backlash against Chick-fil-A has shown us, left-wing gay activists are perhaps the pettiest and most vengeful people in America. They will pursue their enemies for as long as it takes, using whatever tactics are necessary, gleefully destroying lives in the process. And Jack Phillips has now surpassed the chicken chain as their public enemy number one.
    We can make assumptions based on the fact that Scardina spent months harassing Phillips with orders for bizarre and offensive cake designs. Newsweek describes one of the more objectionable requests:
    “I’m thinking a three-tiered white cake. Cheesecake frosting,” the customer wrote in the June 4 email, according to Phillips’ lawsuit filed in Denver’s federal court on Tuesday. “And the topper should be a large figure of Satan, licking a 9′ black dildo. I would like the dildo to be an actual working model, that can be turned on before we unveil the cake.”
    “One can’t help but feel a certain amount of pity for Scardina, who is clearly a pathetic and disturbed person. But he is also a bully and a harasser, and the only thing that should be filed in court with his name on it is a restraining order.”
    https://www.dailywire.com/news/48270/walsh-persecution-jack-phillips-matt-walsh?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=benshapiro
    ——————-
    The Federalist’s take on the baker.
    “In any event, the Colorado commissioners went after Phillips only one day after SCOTUS ruled in his favor. And on June 26, 2017, the day the Supreme Court agreed to hear Phillips’s case, the lawyer and transgender activist Autumn Scardina called Masterpiece Cakeshop, one of dozens of bakeries in the Denver area—there is one approximately a quarter of a mile from Masterpiece Cakeshop—and asked Phillips to design a custom cake with a blue exterior and a pink interior to symbolize a transition from male to female, or, as her lawyer now claims, her “birthday cake.”
    “Phillips turned Scardina down, because, well, he turns down every request for specialized cakes that aggravate his long-held religious views, and not only from customers who are gay or transgendered.
    “I was stunned,” Scardina claimed in her complaint to the Civil Rights Commission. Scardina, of course, wasn’t stunned, at all. The activist didn’t happen to fortuitously contact the most famous Christian baker in the country to make a “transition” cake on the very day SCOTUS took on his case. Scardina was part of a mob that had been harassing Phillips.
    “Previously, Scardina—going by “Autumn Marie” and other monikers—was the one who allegedly asked for “an image of Satan smoking marijuana.” In another request from “the Church of Satan”— also, according to a complaint, likely Scardina—Phillips was asked to make “a three-tiered white cake” with a “large figure of Satan, licking a nine inch black Dildo.” How creative, right? “I would like the dildo to be an actual working model that can be turned on before we unveil the cake,” went the request.
    “The Colorado Civil Rights Commission ended up dropping the case against Phillips, not because the attack was a transparent way to punish Phillips for his beliefs, but because the Alliance Defending Freedom sued Colorado in federal court and they would surely have lost.
    “…… Scardina filed yet another suit against Phillips, this time in Denver District Court. “The dignity of all citizens in our state needs to be honored….
    Although it’s true that bullies like Scardina don’t have much dignity, it has nothing to do with their gender identity….”
    https://thefederalist.com/2019/06/10/supreme-court-acts-christians-will-punished-thought-crimes/

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  8. Walt Avatar

    Emery still thinks polls are the election results.
    Trump lost the election…. Right Emery?
    Emery thinks middle America should not have a say.(unless they vote LIB)

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  9. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: Paul Emery | 12 June 2019 at 10:55 AM
    No, no Punch….thank you!

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  10. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Gregory
    It’s odd that you pick out the ONLY poll that shows positive for Trump (Rasmussen) out of the 10 polls used in the RCP consensus polling. Why is that?
    https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president_trump_job_approval-6179.html

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  11. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    “Hmmm Gregory …?” 1033am
    Where are my manners?
    Thanks for the publicly offered hmmmm job, but even with that lipstick, you’re the wrong gender for my personal pronoun and I’m spoken for. Sorry.
    I didn’t pick Rasmussen from that list, Paul 1105am… I reference them because they’re the only poll in town that polls likely voters between elections.

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  12. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    You have a weird mind Gregory. In my world Hmmmm refers to a thoughtful pause. Musty be your upbringing or the type of company you keep or purchase.

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  13. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Well, Biden promised, if elected, he would cure cancer. Me thinks that he has the cure already and has been obstructing the formula’s release and letting people suffer and die on the streets solely for political purposes. Shameful. He is despicable.

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  14. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Punchy 1124am
    “In my world Hmmmm refers to a thoughtful pause”…
    I quoted you verbatim, Paul, and you wrote “Hmmm”, not “Hmmmm”. Better luck spitting hairs next time.
    “If it flies, floats or f**ks, it’s cheaper to rent than to buy”

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  15. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: Paul Emery | 12 June 2019 at 11:25 AM
    ….thanks Paul.

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  16. poisson Avatar
    poisson

    Hey Punch…..

    Merci d’avance!

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  17. Scott O Avatar

    It’s bad enough we have a govt that is infested with evil people, but the really scary thing is a populace that is either too stupid to understand how bad things have gotten or too partisan to care.
    https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/06/11/fitton-fbi-notes-on-clinton-emails-go-missing/
    Laptops gone missing in the mail, conveniently broken hard drives and now this – “The FBI claimed that notes are “missing” and the CD containing notes from meeting is likely “damaged” irreparably.”
    Another coincidence! Golly gosh darn! Wouldn’t you know it – somehow the same exact information goes missing from two different media types at the same exact time!!!
    I seem to remember some erased recordings from a certain tape brought on by an extremely acrobatic White House secretary and the whole nation went bananas. Now it happens all the time and most folks just shrug. Where’s the NYTs on this one? Totally MIA.

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  18. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Electric Car-Owners Shocked: New Study Confirms EVs Considerably Worse For Climate Than Diesel Cars
    https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-04-21/new-study-shocks-electric-cars-considerably-worse-climate-diesel-cars?fbclid=IwAR3R8SfbxrFeUoVEvhEbdgLxKxUXr8L4Gh8QZISVaKN15zRuY8gMakVECBo
    Yep, there solutions are worse than their problems.

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  19. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: Scott O | 12 June 2019 at 12:50 PM
    Where’s the NYTs on this one? Totally MIA.

    Why would the Times or America care about this at all Scott….it has nothing to do with how poorly white people treat People or Color.

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  20. fish Avatar
    fish

    嘿 Hēi Punch……谢Xièxiè!

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  21. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Funny, how after two years of telling us he HAS the evidence (proof) of the Trump Campaign colluding with the Russians to steal the election, after all this time Adam Shiftylipps has yet to show us the cards. Odd, it’s his committee. He’s in charge. Come on Shiftylipps (D-CA), lay those babies out on the table for all to see. I call.
    “The entire scheme has now imploded and the collusion accusation has been exposed as a hoax,” Nunes said of the report and Democrats’ claims over the past two years. “One would think the Democrats would simply apologize and get back to lawmaking and oversight. But it’s clear they couldn’t stop this grotesque spectacle even if they wanted to. After years of false accusations and McCarthyite smears, the collusion hoax now defines the Democratic Party. The hoax is what they have in place of a governing philosophy or a constructive vision for our country.”
    https://www.dailywire.com/news/48323/devin-nunes-uses-opening-remarks-mueller-report-ashe-schow?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dwbrand

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  22. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Gasoline going up 5 cents a gallon come July 1, 2019 in California to pay for…..drumroll please…..to pay for all the road improvements that the last three gasoline hikes did get around to improving the roads.

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  23. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    News just broke that Michael Flynn has hired vocal special counsel critic Sidney Powell to represent him. Oh goodie, I like Sydney Powell.
    “But with Mueller gone and evidence continuing to mount that his investigation was a political hit job, and that the special counsel report misrepresented key facts, Flynn may fare better now if he attempts to change strategies. The optics also now favor Flynn, with news that Mueller used child predator George Nader as a key witness in the Russia collusion investigation, and that a delay in pursuing criminal charges against Nader while he cooperated with Mueller allowed Nader to flee the country. (Nader was since arrested when he attempted to return to the United States.)
    “Yet, even with witnesses of the likes of Nader, and efforts by the special counsel’s office to squeeze those closest to the Trump team, like Flynn, Mueller failed to find any evidence of Russia collusion. These developments may strengthen Flynn’s resolve to fight the criminal case.
    https://thefederalist.com/2019/06/12/breaking-michael-flynn-drops-lawyers-favor-special-counsel-critic/
    Time will tell.

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  24. Walt Avatar

    More dirty deletions from Emery’s Obama.
    https://dailycaller.com/2019/06/12/obama-administration-deleted-ice-speeches/
    “The Obama administration deleted hundreds of speeches and statements on the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) website just hours before President Donald Trump officially entered office, according to research released Tuesday.
    A collection of 190 transcripts of speeches on ICE’s website was deleted on Jan. 18 and late in the evening on Jan. 19, 2017, according to research conducted by the Sunlight Foundation, a nonpartisan organization that advocates for government transparency. Statements made by high-ranking ICE officials regarding controversial immigration topics such as sanctuary cities, E-Verify, treatment of detainees, and other issues were included in the reported deletions.”

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  25. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Since we did not get around to socialism in the last Sandbox, 4 minutes with Dan. Bernie is coming to confer “rights”. Spot on.
    https://www.facebook.com/dan.bongino/videos/702263333538848/

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  26. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Walt @ 1:39 pm
    And to think that the bedwetters were crying alligator tears that mean of Orange Man Bad was going to dismantle the Obama legacy. Seems like Obama was busy dismantling his own legacy as he was going out the door, lol. One thing he did was extend the Brown Streak deadline at the 11 1/2 hour…11 hours, 59 minutes….to give the Brown Streak more time to miss the deadline and buy the money back. Newsome dismantled that one, lol.
    ————————————-
    Oh my. Where do these wack jobs come from? Oh yeah, California: Fishing Expedition: Maxine Vows to Find Evidence of Trump-Russia Collusion
    She continued, “I believe that he (Trump) has also colluded with the Russian government he does not criticize Putin. I think he has been involved with the oligarchs in the Kremlin and I think there is a lot more information that Mr. Manafort has…”
    https://bongino.com/fishing-expedition-maxine-vows-to-find-evidence-of-trump-russia-collusion/?fbclid=IwAR1mGtRPTh9epT1kH2AycAhLhhFf8ptSW8cRgWx53y9EsxkG5rhnc1jmn8M
    Well, folks, there is the proof. Trump does not criticize Putin. Who can argue with that? Just like the solid proof of Trump colluding and conspiring with the Russians is that the Russian Embassy personnel cheered when Hillary lost. That’s all the not not guilty crowd needs…who could ask for anything more? And 17 Intel agencies said…..
    What was that Nunes’s quote a previous post? Oh yeah, found it.
    “One would think the Democrats would simply apologize and get back to lawmaking and oversight. But it’s clear they couldn’t stop this grotesque spectacle even if they wanted to. After years of false accusations and McCarthyite smears, the collusion hoax now defines the Democratic Party. The hoax is what they have in place of a governing philosophy or a constructive vision for our country.”

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  27. George Rebane Avatar

    OK boys and girls, here’s the latest from Medium.com – the online publication ‘Gen’ that wants to be your “non-partisan” outlet for all kinds of important stuff and incisive thought, to make these the “years which alter and illuminate our times, and You Are There.” Now I’m willing to make book on the claim that this will really be a non-partisan effort, because everything preceding from Medium, under a similar false flag, has been deeply colored socialist-cum-communist.
    https://gen.medium.com/introducing-gen-6ad430ed227b

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  28. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    I forgot how good she can be at times. From the first women in US history to successfully run a winning Presidential campaign. The links at the bottom are priceless.
    https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/kyle-drennen/2019/06/12/kellyanne-conway-calls-out-msnbc-falsely-accusing-trump-collusion

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  29. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Dr. Rebane, thanks but no thanks. The Immigrant Manifesto? I have plenty of toilet paper, don’t need anymore. It’s the thought that counts.
    ——————————-++
    Speaking of the Brown Streak and Progressive grunt sandwiches….
    HIGH-SPEED RAIL ROUTE TOOK LAND FROM FARMERS. THE MONEY THEY’RE OWED HASN’T ARRIVED
    https://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-bullet-train-cash-20190610-story.html

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  30. Russ Avatar
    Russ

    The Talking Points Have Gone Out: Elizabeth Warren has a plan. Just ask the DNC-MSM:
    Propelled by her “I’ve got a plan for that” motto, Warren has improved as a retail politician since her first successful U.S. Senate bid in 2012. Proposals like the wealth tax, to go along with her drumbeat of ideas on issues on issues like canceling student debt and breaking up big tech companies, have flipped the media narrative on her presidential campaign. Here is just a short list of recent headlines:
    Washington Post: Warren’s nonstop ideas reshape the Democratic presidential race — and give her new momentum
    New York Times: Elizabeth Warren Gains Ground in 2020 Field, One Plan at a Time
    The Guardian: Elizabeth Warren gains momentum in the 2020 race plan by plan
    Bloomberg: Elizabeth Warren Rises in 2020 Race as Policy Focus Catches Fire
    CNN: Elizabeth Warren Breaks Through Crowded 2020 Field — With A Plan
    Politico: How ‘I got a plan’ became a thing: Warren nerds out and the crowds go crazy
    Media members and liberal pundits have touted her as having a “plan for everything.”
    https://freebeacon.com/politics/analyzing-warrens-wealth-tax-possibly-unconstitutional-difficult-to-administer/

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  31. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    The backlash is just beginning. This will be a huge issue in ’20 and women will be mobilized
    “The governor of the US state of Illinois on Wednesday enacted a law establishing a “fundamental right” to abortion and removing old laws that criminalized the procedure.
    The Illinois law was passed in response to a wave of bans and restrictions approved in other states, and Governor JB Pritzker hailed it as “a beacon of hope in the heart of this nation.”
    The law repeals criminal penalties on abortion providers, codifying what had already been de facto law through court rulings.
    The measure also requires private health insurance companies in the state to cover abortion procedures.
    “We are building a firewall around Illinois to protect reproductive access for everyone,” state representative Kelly Cassidy, one of the law’s chief sponsors said.”
    https://www.rawstory.com/2019/06/illinois-establishes-abortion-as-fundamental-right/

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  32. Walt Avatar

    LOL!!! Rawstory Emery? Have many times have you marginalized that “source”?
    “reproductive” access? The whole point is to END that “reproduction”
    process. As far as you LIBS are concerned it’s an unwanted parasite.
    Gotta be able to hide the results of screwing around behind hubby’s or the boyfriend’s back.

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  33. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Optimistic that his crack head brat will get another $1,500,000,000.00 from the chi coms is more like it. Biden is bought and paid for just like shrillary was by the russians –
    https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/06/12/carney-joe-biden-promises-to-cure-chinas-unfair-trade-practices-with-the-power-of-his-optimism/
    😉

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  34. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: Paul Emery | 12 June 2019 at 03:54 PM
    Faleminderit for postimi Punch!

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  35. Todd Juvinall Avatar

    Alabama now has passed a law to chemically castrate child molesters and rapists. The ACLU wants the testicles to give to Nadler.

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  36. fish Avatar
    fish

    Its OK Punch……we know you didn’t vote for this guy…….kinda puts that whole Roy Moore kerfuffle into perspective though!

    “Virginia Democrats Just Voted For A Man Previously Jailed For Sex With A Minor”

    Wonder how those pussy hats are fitting these days!
    https://www.dailywire.com/news/48312/virginia-democrats-just-voted-man-previously-ashe-schow

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  37. Scott O Avatar

    Paul is laugh-a-minute.
    “The backlash is just beginning. This will be a huge issue in ’20 and women will be mobilized”
    Backlash against what?
    In every blue state there is no issue of any kind for tax payer funded easy access to abortion.
    I’m sure the Dems will try to make it an issue.
    Remember that we were told that if Kavanaugh was confirmed that Roe V Wade would be overturned.
    So – when is that going to occur? And even if it is overturned, it won’t affect any of the current pro-abortion laws now on the books or are about to be passed.
    The Putin Cuddling turned out soooo well for Paul, but now he’s latched onto another non-issue. It gives him something to get excited about.

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  38. fish Avatar
    fish

    ….ah…..and of course when the details are revealed, it just gets better!

    VIRGINIA CLOWN SHOW UPDATE:

    Virginia Democrats see Roy Moore looking at Senate run, tell Republicans to hold their beer…
    [Joe Morrissey] went to jail for his sex crime, and won a special election in his blue district from behind bars. He emphatically denied sexual contact with the teenaged intern, then denied paternity of the baby she delivered months later. He finally admitted the child was his. In addition to being a convicted sex offender, he’s also a disbarred lawyer: “Morrissey is no stranger to controversy. His law license was suspended after he had been cited for contempt 10 times and he was jailed or forcibly detained for misconduct five times, according to court papers. His license was revoked in 2003 for failing to tell clients he had been suspended.” Morrissey’s license was reinstated for awhile, then was revoked again in 2018.
    And on Tuesday night, Virginia Democrats voted for this guy in the primary election for state Senate:

    Wonder why she didn’t just get an abortion? After all……women are mobilized!.
    https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2019/06/12/virginia-democrats-see-roy-moore-looking-at-senate-run-tell-republicans-to-hold-their-beer/

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  39. George Rebane Avatar

    Are the Dems bamboozling RR readers when they claim having a “plan”, when at best they have an objective with no revealed way to achieve it (i.e. like what would be delineated in a real plan)?

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  40. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Fauxcahantas has a plan to market pow wow chow to help her tribal brothers and sisters!
    😉

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  41. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    NEWS FLASH! MSNBC abandons rancid Russian dressing narrative after ratings cratering, KVMR news doubles down!
    https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/msnbc-shakes-up-leadership-in-daytime-programming-after-ratings-fall-post-mueller-report
    😉

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  42. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Belly laugh of the week
    Dumb Don Lemon, the 3rd dumbest person in news, says….get this,,,,says CNN does not have Trump or favor Democrats, roflmao. Give the dummie an Oscar.
    https://freebeacon.com/politics/don-lemon-cnn-does-not-hate-trump-or-favor-democrats/
    Hey Dumb Don Lemon, what does a reporter asking the Botox Queen a question have to do with Trump?

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  43. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Of course is wife is the Maryland Dem State Chair….and oh so much more.
    “We still have not received a copy of her non-profit’s 990 [form],” Flaherty continued. “Non-profit groups like my own are supposed to make them available upon request and we certainly do, but I asked her on April 29th; she hung up the phone on me, she still owes us the tax return.”
    “That’s a huge red flag,” Flaherty concluded. “A non-profit that will not release its tax return publicly as it’s required to do is a huge red flag.”
    https://www.dailywire.com/news/48296/democrat-elijah-cummings-brings-his-wifes-clients-ryan-saavedra?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=benshapiro

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  44. Walt Avatar

    This A-Hole has shown his true colors.
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/05/20/justin-amash-trump-impeachment-jim-lower-primary-challenge/?utm_term=.fd07706aa067
    He passed himself off as a Repub, then stabs his voters in the back.
    He can kiss his seat goodbye.

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  45. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Smottell, The Enemy of the People, and OJ spending the rest of his life looking for Nichole’s killer: Uncanny parallels. Cut from the cloth.
    “His refusal to own up to the hoax has probably maximized the damage to his career.
    https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/06/what-weve-learned-about-jussie-smollett/

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  46. Keith Avatar
    Keith

    Thanks for the babbling, Mr. Emery. Notice you focused on the splitting of hairs on math. Ok, 55 point whatever vs. 46%. Your girl still got out voted by the republicans. There were four republicans that split the vote. What’s your excuse for your other misquotes? And why is no one from KVMR coming to support you?

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  47. Keith Avatar
    Keith

    That’s why it’s called a primary election

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