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Are you wearing a barrel held up by two straps?

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Yes, but elections like that one are a special case, because the district *is* safely blue and because the party doesn't spend a penny on GOTV. As long as the right person is gonna win, the money and effort are probably better spent elsewhere.

I occasionally get to vote in elections where the only people running are judges I've never heard of and the turnout is in the 3 digits. Now that's what I call a powerful vote. Too bad usually have to vote the party line through sheer ignorance.

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Gosh yes! The TP strategy of primarying any candidate not strong enough on the issues is an excellent formula for getting their guys elected -- just ask Senators Christine O'Donnell, Sharon Angle, Ken Buck, Todd Akin, and Richard Mourdock.

Not to mention former President Eugene McCarthy.

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I don't know if it's abuse, but it is definitely one of the seven warning signs of the imminent downfall of civilization.

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You are totally missing how much worse off <b>we'd</b> be if they didn't keep all this information about lawbreaking from us.

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Performance like this almost gives credence to the wingnut claim that we'd be better off without regulation.

Funny how that - Ooooh. Wait, I get it now.

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So long as the determination isn't announced until 2019 or so, the point is moot.

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"Captives" is <i>so much nicer</i> of a noun than I have in mind.

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Their mattresses stuffed with money (which is in no way taken indirectly from the taxpayers they "protect"!) will soothe their wittle feewings.

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You think it's really anything more than "We're not gonna fuck up our sweet future lobbying gigs" ?

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Different guilt for different despicableness.

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Because they were acknowledging true conservative principles.

Having drawn public attention to themselves, it became more obvious than ever that there is no need whatsoever for any "duty" an Agriculture Department may perform. We have the best free <i>(snarf)</i> market in human history that will handle every needed aspect of inspection, safety, emerging tech such as GM crops - and even marketing. Hiring anyone to attend to such things at a governmental level is <i>wasteful</i> and completely unnecessary.

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They number them, so perhaps this is the Billy Skaggs that has the most seniority.

It is a state, after all, that has two counties with the exact same name.

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Her curves, they are nifty! His snark, so sub-belly! And the commenters lift Big tubes of K-Y Jelly...

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The death of a thousand paper-cuts is begun with the first verbal stiletto.

(And no, I'm not mixing metaphors in some horribly mangled, sophomoric way. No offense to kidZoom.)

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We're all all right We're all all right

/ until Scotty files to run

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