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how do you know us so well from there? It's like we're so predictable to the educated and intelligent eye.

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Kennedy ran on ending the war asap. It was the centerpiece of his campaign. If he had taken office in January 1969, he could have literally canceled the secret bombing of Cambodia before it started. The Paris peace talks started in 1967; Bobby would have made them real peace talks instead of Nixon's phony theater, stalling and nattering about "peace with honor" while he bombed Hanoi.

All we needed was for the president to say, "There's nothing that benefits the US in this war. Let them go commie; we don't care." The Tet Offensive would have helped with that. I doubt it would have taken more than a year.

Humphrey would have made a decent president - certainly better than what we got. But the reason he didn't get the support to beat Nixon was that he refused to take a stand on Vietnam. Young voters switched to McCarthy, who had no chance, and split the vote. Bobby was the candidate who had the broad support to win.

Remember too, that in 1968 Bobby was seen as a crusader for civil rights, whereas Humphrey, again, was not trusted by Black voters to stand firm. Whatever we now know to the Kennedy brothers' detriment was not part of the presidential campaign in 1968.

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Good shit.

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I would happily trade MAGA Nation for a bunch of immigrants who just want a better life for themselves and their families. Upgrade for sure.

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Your article doesn't elaborate on anything related to the Supreme Court. The title is clickbate. The Fifth Circut Court of Appeals is going to strike down Biden's Federal Regulation, since they are conservative leaning. Then, it is likely that Biden will send it to the Supreme Court. And your article doesn't even say this much. The Supreme Court, being the dicks that they are, undoing Roe v. Wade and all, are most likely going to undo DACA. Anyway, shame on you for your clickbate title.

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Tell 'em to get stuffed. Here's the headline/sub-head, which will give you the gist...

“Deposing Trump Is Looking for the Icing on the Cake”: Letitia James’s Trump Investigation Is Nearing Its EndgameThe New York attorney general appears poised to take civil action against the former president and the Trump Organization, which also goes to trial in October on fraud charges brought by the Manhattan district attorney. Could the two probes bolster each other?

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Sadly we already have so many people we deny a living wage and this would make the situation worse.

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BUTTER JERBS!!!!

You don't want my job. You don't even want me to pay for training to do my job. I have 35 software dev vacancies, no takers (because they all have other jobs), and no one even interested (BTW - you do need to have some smurts, but no degree - hobos of the TFG kind need not apply) - but even with all that still find people fast enough. Which is hurting everything else, and why we in the tech sector keep pushing to bring the H1Bs - I'd rather pay 20k to get someone here from India (and the cost associated with housing, relocation, visa renewal) because I need people now, and no one is available (little known fact people on H1B have to make the same or more than local resources - plus the COST of the visa and all taht other things - means I am paying through the roof for these ppl, and would gladly replace them for someone from the US in a heartbeat if there were people qualified or trainable).

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He kicked out the women. God knows what idiot men he appointed are going to fuck up.

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I could do with some bolstering.

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DeSantis is one of those who affects stupidity to appeal to the base, but he's not a thick man. Our hope with him is that he comes across to the vast majority of people as being as uncharismatic and whiny as he seems to us.

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OT: On my conference call with Charlie Chris last night, he's approved my ad campaign. Be looking for them to start airing 9/12 (watch this spot for links to final ad).

Hey Florida Man - why you boinking that pineapple. Because Ron Desantis made abortion illegal and I can't risk getting my wife pregnant or coming down with any complications due to a pregnancy. So I'm doing my part to keep her safe with this pineapple here (LINK TO FL MAN BOKINING PINEAPPLE).

Hey Florida Man - why you eating face off this man. Because Ron Desantis destroyed the unemployment system in Florida, and despite having a Masters degree in Accounting, I am forced to hunt for my food because he cut off benefits (LINK TO FL MAN EATING FACE - LINK TO RON LAW)

Basically taking the conception of "bad" florida man - and the reason they are bad, is because Deathsantis made florida this way.

Bringing back the sunshine to the sunshine state.

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I know what I'd like to see Wrong DeathSantis suspended from with a rope.

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