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Peter "Vampire" Thiel is funding a similar asshole here in AZ https://www.politico.com/ne...

And I fully expect the same reception being given to him as Vance, because House Rep Andy Biggs and AG Brnovich, who's been burnishing his MAGA cred for a while now are also lined up on the GOP side.

Fortunately Mark Kelly has a ton of money right now and is pretty popular, especially as compared to our other senator Curtsey Sinema, whom everybody hates.

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Not a cantaloupe, but...("Courgette" is British for "zucchini".)https://www.youtube.com/wat...

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Ohioan here. What's driving the downward projection is the perception on the center and left that Vance is a flaming asshole who will say or do anything to get elected and the perception on the right that he's not asshole enough to get the job done. I mean, we've already got Gym Jordan in Congress and Vance has a long way to go to reach Gym's level of crazy trump sycophant.

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The original Vanilla Ice?

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Damn, what happened to Frank Luntz? He's half the man he used to be.His suspiciously thick hair looks the same, though.

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Oh, I'm so glad I'd swallowed my drink before I read this. Whiskey in the sinuses is the worst.

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Too bad, so sad. JD should run as an independent so Dems can pick up the seat.

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The Senate race could be interesting. While the R's beat the living shit out of each other, support seems to be solidifying for Tim Ryan over in our camp.

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No wonder, when Vance is displaying Ron Chernow's "Grant" on his bookshelf. Doesn't he know Lin Manuel Miranda is about to make that into a musical? Meemaw would roll over in her grave (if she's dead. I don't know, I skipped the movie.)

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All right. I admit it. I like vanilla ice cream with no toppings. A good vanilla made with real vanilla bean (not extract)? Come on.

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This is just off the top of my head, but has Vance considered not behaving like vermin?

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See Susan Sarandon and Catherine D movie THe Hunger.

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Let's not forget the inevitable death threats that make him whinge like a baby for being treated like a woman or minority by the MAGAts.

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I want that shirt

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The first version I saw years ago was like a band tour shirt, with towns and dates on the back, which made it even better.

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My fellow wonk, once a use has entered common parlance, the battle is lost. I still cringe at all the lie/lay and gauntlet/ gantlet disasters, but the ship has sailed. I hate it, but there it is.

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