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No, it's not. But it is hard to get anyone to take you seriously while you do it.

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I heard some people shushing them last night. They've overstayed their welcome, indeed.

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Yeah, I kind of didn't want to think about it like that, but....

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That's it precisely!

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I wish I could say I meant to feed you that straight line. As many upfists as can be!

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White privilege says who?

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At this point, I'm pretty sure even Bernie is sick to death of them.

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Snapchat? ( I know, I know, I am a oldz, who has no clue about "social media" )

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Not enuf buttsex

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Oh, please. This must be the latest meme, Tim Kaine as "goofy dad". No offense meant to you, but jeez:

Link: http://www.esquire.com/news...

Maybe I don't have a good background to hate this ( none of my friend's had "goofy dads" ), but it just seems like a sitcom stereotype that demeans ( despite so many saying it "with love" )

/rant

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I agree - but this being my first campaign cycle in a "battleground state", I am amazed that people can be so oblivious in the face of the non-stop TV coverage/ads ( I guess that just shows I watch too much TV, huh? ).

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I think the string goes further back than that:Link:http://www.barrons.com/arti...

...According to a July 2015 study by economists Alan Blinder and Mark Watson (“Presidents and the U.S. Economy”), the contest isn’t even close.In what New York Times columnist Paul Krugman celebrated as “partisan differences” that are “actually stunning,” Blinder and Watson report a “1.79 percentage point gap,” which they call “astoundingly large.”The gap arises by taking real gross-domestic-product growth under all of the U.S presidents <bold>since World War II</bold>, from Harry Truman to Barack Obama. Average economic expansion under Democrats ran a robust 4.33%, against a much lower 2.54% under Republicans, the study asserts....

The author of this piece goes on to try and refute these facts, but he has to try very hard to manipulate the data to fit his apparent conservative bias - and, IMO, is not really successful.( btw, the above bold text is MY emphasis, not the author's )

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I guess the Boilermakers pay him better

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"that time Gabby Giffords told Death to eat a taco bowl of dicks" is my new favority thing!

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But, but, but... Bernie marched with him and a bazillion other people that one time several million years ago and he didn't even notice him so who cares if he's a National Treasure, fuck that guy!

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Maybe I'm too optimistic, but I'm hoping the boorish ignorance of the dead-enders at the convention drives a final wedge between those Sanders supporters who understand the stakes, but find it necessary to mention that Clinton supporters are still big meanies every time they get a chance, and the idiot Busters who think not being able to shout down anyone not on their side is a violation of their free speech rights.

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