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Stephen F Roberts's avatar

"We have steadily disarmed..."?????

What??? We could cut our defense spending to a fraction of its current level and _still_ spend more than any other country!!! Who are we scared of??? Iran?? They have a tiny army and no way of getting to us.

The constant scare stuff is _really_ _REALLY_ getting old...

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Poly_Ester's avatar

Ok, Cruz got into Harvard on a minority set-aside, but how did this bumpkin get in. Certainly not on the strength of his essay.

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Janecita πŸ‡΅πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ΎπŸ‡ͺ's avatar

Those dead eyes, that blank expression, he looks like an extra from The Walking Dead.

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Janecita πŸ‡΅πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ΎπŸ‡ͺ's avatar

White trash set-aside?

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fawkedifiknow's avatar

He can't be taken seriously as a Republican warmonger and all around asshole until he uses the tried and true "the military was stabbed in the back" bullshit slander.

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Baby_Raptor's avatar

I don't think Godwin's Law is adequate anymore. it needs a small list of sub-laws.

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BackDoorMan's avatar

Thanks for the link. Good read (except for the indigestion afterwards).

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BackDoorMan's avatar

I think that would be preferable to stroking all fast and furious-like - that leaves a mark.

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Hairstrike Alpha's avatar

Jesus what a punchable mug this asshole has I can just see him hanging out with LNS aka Late Night Shots the Republican doucheclub (the way, way back machine...I read archives years ago). Oh and Dok the reason he didn't mention tax cuts is because they don't even need mentioning any longer. It's like deregulation, for wingnuts akin to scratching their nuts or lying...compulsive.

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Paperless Tiger's avatar

The Hitler analogy is almost never accurate. Hitler was a problem, but mostly because of the massive capability of German industry and technology, which he commanded. Comparing that to emerging nations like Iran and Iraq is ridiculous. Russia and China are formidable, but their governments are determinedly anti-fascist. Of course, considering the Republican ideology, they may consider anti-fascism a threat.

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Querolous's avatar

We are marching to Peoria, Peoria Hurrah!

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Querolous's avatar

The Group Dubya Bench?

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D G's avatar

That's what's sooooooooo exhausting with all these kinds of claims coming from the right.

It's a throw off, lazy analogy that doesn't work for SO MANY reasons, but....it....just....sounds....good because YEAH HITLER'S BAD!!!

It's "easy" for those R's to understand the analogy. But as you have demonstrated, it takes an exhaustive effort to show these idiots why this doesn't work, but that requires nuance, patience and a historical appreciation for context.

Yikes. Next thing you'll be hearing is "Obama gave money to group and sent his people to run a group that was against Bibi!"

It's very kind sorta on a molecular level kinda true, but it's not, especially not in the way they say it.

UGH

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L. Ron Pony  πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦'s avatar

I'm totally down with building more Spitfires. Sexiest fighter plane EVER.

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L. Ron Pony  πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦'s avatar

Okay, I intend to have nightmares tonight thanks to this...

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L. Ron Pony  πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦'s avatar

What we're scared of is being immolated along with Cotton-Brained Tom.

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