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And he repented in his old age.

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I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that the only word in that excerpt that Trump would fully comprehend is "advantage".He has exactly one standard of judgement: "Is this GOOD FOR ME or BAD FOR ME?"

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I'd like to see Pence have to use that phrase in a sentence.

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“Because no one scandal lingers in the headlines and cable chyrons too long, his scandals and failures have taken on an ephemeral nature. Much of the public, which only half watches the news at best, has no idea how serious the situation is, since no single story sticks around long enough to make an impression on voters who aren't compulsive political junkies. Even those of us who spend 12 hours a day engaged with the news cycle lose track of how serious the situation is.“

So what a member of the press is saying is that the press is doing a shitty job,

We knew that and have for quite a while now but thanks, I guess?

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“Oh, he also considers Trump a "genetic marvel." I'd go along with that if Land means that Donald Trump's genetic material consists of junk DNA and nothing else.“

He is a three hundred pound bag of suet and hate that’s gained sentience, that’s gotta be worth something

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I am also terrified. Anyone thinking everything is going to be hunky dory in four weeks is out if their fucking minds.

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Three hundred pound bag of suet and hate - in a cheap, ill-fitting suit.

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In the Bible Jesus wields a weapon exactly once and that’s when people are making money off religion. It’s funny but that story gets glossed over all the time.

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A lot of Republicans went to those Ivy League schools they complain about all the time

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Because things will be so much better in 2 weeks?

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For a party that refers to Lincoln as much as the Republicans do, they sure love the Confederacy.

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I'm not the one who said "works"! I won't take the rap for that! Land is the one who said "works"!

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Only if you're in the USA as far as I know.

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Of course. Safety first and all that.

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Haven't you been listening? All through this global medical emergency, Our Only President has been telling us that it's going to just disappear all on its own, any day now...any day now...any_day...now...

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Cancelling sportsball probably had a lot to do with it- take that GIGANTIC DISTRACTION away and suddenly, Hey Presto! the actual real world magically comes into focus for a lot of U.S. Amercians.

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