SE Hoya Containment Thread (aka Politics)

SE Hoya Containment Thread (aka Politics)

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03 December 2015 at 07:37 PM
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who is dan quayle endorsing?


is it a good thing to get the endorsement of the architect of an illegal war that killed millions and devastated entire regions?


by Victor P

is it a good thing to get the endorsement of the architect of an illegal war that killed millions and devastated entire regions?

Just gonna set 72 up like that and not take it for yourself???


by 72off P

who is dan quayle endorsing?

i'm waiting until i find out who palin is endorsing


by Victor P

is it a good thing to get the endorsement of the architect of an illegal war that killed millions and devastated entire regions?

I mean that's the dem platform, so yeah?


by Victor P

is it a good thing to get the endorsement of the architect of an illegal war that killed millions and devastated entire regions?

Matters because he was the vp for 8 years and president for 6.

Big name recognition. Republican switching sides. Should be a story.

You and 72 harp on this genocide **** like we get it bro but not everyone cares about that kind of stuff.


Cheney doesnt have anything to do with the genocide. as filthy says, the Dems are now just Repubs.


all US politicians endorse the genocide USA was founded on. some less than others. but when you swear an oath to uphold and defend the constitution that was written by genocidal monsters, you are endorsing that genocide. it's what the flag represents.

Washington DC is named after George Washington who's policy was genocide. DC is named after Columbus who sold kids as sex slaves

the white house was built by slaves. it's insane. like everyone is just ok with this lol


i can't believe we haven't gone back in time and changed all that!

GENOCIDE!!!!!

(anyone want to carpool to the next genocide meeting??)


by #Thinman P

i can't believe we haven't gone back in time and changed all that!

GENOCIDE!!!!!

(anyone want to carpool to the next genocide meeting??)

or we could just stop lionizing and celebrating the wrong doers


by filthyvermin P

all US politicians endorse the genocide USA was founded on. some less than others. but when you swear an oath to uphold and defend the constitution that was written by genocidal monsters, you are endorsing that genocide. it's what the flag represents.

Washington DC is named after George Washington who's policy was genocide. DC is named after Columbus who sold kids as sex slaves

the white house was built by slaves. it's insane. like everyone

This is generational, Lebron-in-2013 level shitposting. ****ing bravo


😆


by Victor P

Cheney doesnt have anything to do with the genocide. as filthy says, the Dems are now just Repubs.


Hilariously untrue.


Reagan prosecuted bankers. Obama didn't.

nixon did affirmative action, and EPA

Clinton was the one who relaxed banking regulations that caused the 2008 crash

Obama escalated war in the middle east, and refused to go to climate conference

Obama campaigned on codifying roe v Wade, then changed his mind after elected

Biden had harsher border policy than bush


****ing dick ****ing Cheney is voting for the dem!!! probably bush is too

Biden literally bragged about being the most Republican Democrat there is


Obama decided not to put a judge on the supreme court at the end of his presidency, so he could let trump put one there

Al gore let the supreme court appoint bush president in 2000

they openly collude to keep out third parties


by filthyvermin P

Reagan prosecuted bankers. Obama didn't.

nixon did affirmative action, and EPA

Clinton was the one who relaxed banking regulations that caused the 2008 crash

Obama escalated war in the middle east, and refused to go to climate conference

Obama campaigned on codifying roe v Wade, then changed his mind after elected

Biden had harsher border policy than bush

by filthyvermin P

Obama decided not to put a judge on the supreme court at the end of his presidency, so he could let trump put one there

Al gore let the supreme court appoint bush president in 2000

they openly collude to keep out third parties



yeah you're right, dems are incredible people. the best


There's two options and technically Dems are in fact the best.





The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

For now.


by Chilltown P

There's two options and technically Dems are in fact the best.

when options are this bad(climate apocalypse, genocide, wealth inequality, mass shootings, healthcare, infrastructure, education, corruption, etc) we have to come up with other options


It's just really funny to me that the adults in the room are like no you stupid child, we absolutely refuse to try to stop genocide, kids in cages, or the climate catastrophe

Dick Cheney, got to hand it to him. He is famously a democracy respecter and we can't let a million dead Iraqis be a purity test here. It's a difference of opinion


Do we still welcome Dick Cheney to the resistance?


by Victor P

by Victor P


i like how dems don't seem to appreciate that netanyahu is just gonna keep doing stuff like assassinating american protesters, dropping whatever this was on tents of displaced palestinians, genociding the west bank, attacking every country in the region in an attempt to draw usa#1 into a big middle east war, etc probably every day until the election in an attempt to get trump elected. i like how they don't care and aren't going to do literally anything about it. i guess they just straight up like all this, pretty hard to draw any other conclusion at this point


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