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You're at the airport and see that 50 senior pilots and airline executives -- WaxHoo 08/09/2016 2:00PM Bad analogy, but let's try this one -- FrankGallagher 08/09/2016 6:13PM Obviously, anyone would prefer someone who is married to a former pilot. ** -- Sabremetrician 08/09/2016 4:10PM Our current pilot had only flown a Piper Cub...but sounded really smooth -- Tuckahokie 08/09/2016 4:06PM Maybe those airline executives should make sure their computer systems -- Faz d. Hoo 08/09/2016 3:37PM No, but the analogy is fairly flawed. -- hoolstoptheheels 08/09/2016 2:19PM I actually said yesterday in another thread that Trump has a valid point. -- WaxHoo 08/09/2016 2:26PM Establishment is establishment -- dajoka004 08/09/2016 2:32PM Do you know any politicians, joka? -- WahooRQ 08/09/2016 3:10PM You like politicians because you're a lawyer, they make you look good ; ) ** -- Cold Hoober Hoo 08/09/2016 5:06PM :) ** -- Shenhoo 08/09/2016 5:10PM I do. And I am almost certain probably at least as many as anyone here, ... -- EAPo 08/09/2016 4:12PM I attribute it to the coarsening of political discourse -- Toolie92 08/09/2016 4:19PM I believe there is a huge difference between "public servants" and -- hoolstoptheheels 08/09/2016 3:35PM Elizabeth Warren seems like a pretty poor choice to use as an example -- dajoka004 08/09/2016 3:23PM How so? -- WahooRQ 08/09/2016 3:30PM Someone who lied about her heritage to advance her career? -- dajoka004 08/09/2016 3:49PM But you loooove Donald Trump; the most pathologically dishonest POTUS -- WaxHoo 08/09/2016 4:04PM Not even the most dishonest candidate in this election cycle ** -- dajoka004 08/09/2016 4:42PM This is where I differ from most when it comes to politicians. With the -- Hokie5150 08/09/2016 3:44PM +1. Run for an office or support a campaign. -- Toolie92 08/09/2016 3:21PM Yep. Even w/r/t national politicians, I think it's more having to operate -- WahooRQ 08/09/2016 3:26PM NOW, we have reached common ground, Bees Knees. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 08/09/2016 2:29PM Well said ** -- jdubforwahoowa 08/09/2016 2:23PM You realize, in a backwards way, you are legitimizing all those Republicans ** -- jdubforwahoowa 08/09/2016 2:06PM Yeah, it's weird isn't it how so many folks reactions are being flipped in -- WaxHoo 08/09/2016 2:11PM Wonder how the D's would play it if the Orlando shooter's dad showed up at -- HokieDan95 08/09/2016 11:55AM I don't know. He is Muslim and liberals struggle to criticize Muslims. -- Hokieesith 08/09/2016 1:48PM Republicans will want it to matter. Democrats will want it not to matter. -- Toolie92 08/09/2016 1:56PM Indulge me here. How is this completely different than the David Duke -- jdubforwahoowa 08/09/2016 2:13PM Because asking Trump if he supports David Duke is legitimate -- Toolie92 08/09/2016 2:40PM According to the father, he was invited by the Democrats. It seems to -- Hokie5150 08/09/2016 2:48PM Hard to believe but agree if so. can't imagine why they would ever do that ** -- KCHoo 08/09/2016 4:19PM Legitimate? LOL ** -- dajoka004 08/09/2016 2:42PM Its a softball. Trump just blew it. ** -- Toolie92 08/09/2016 2:44PM Don't think I quite agree, but fair answer and I will move on. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 08/09/2016 2:42PM It is a trap being set for Trump...hoping he makes a ill-advised comment... -- Tuckahokie 08/09/2016 1:02PM A trap for Trump is a microphone. -- Lazarus 08/09/2016 1:33PM How has the GOP reacted to news of his attendance @ an HRC rally? ** -- WaxHoo 08/09/2016 12:16PM They are already claiming bias, skewed polls, acedotal evidence, etc. I -- Lazarus 08/09/2016 12:25PM That Karl Rove raving on Fox in 2012 was priceless and I have to think that -- Seattle .Hoo 08/09/2016 12:55PM But did it send a tingle down your leg? :-) ** -- Hoodafan 08/09/2016 1:04PM I think that is what got Ailes in trouble. ** -- Lazarus 08/09/2016 1:48PM Seems to have worked out ok for Bill Clinton ** -- HokieDan95 08/09/2016 2:29PM You might want to get a little ice for that lip. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 08/09/2016 2:43PM Ten figures has to be a joke. ** -- HokieDelNorte 08/09/2016 1:54PM My bad. 8 figures (Brain was thinking of 10's of millions.) ** -- Shenhoo 08/09/2016 8:38PM I read 8 figures for the main one. It will be in the millions -- KCHoo 08/09/2016 4:24PM Total across all plaintiffs? And there seem to be more plaintiffs -- Late 80s Hokie 08/09/2016 3:15PM A premium to keep the tapes from being played in court. ** -- Shenhoo 08/09/2016 3:19PM Will be interesting to see how many outliers join the action. ** -- Hoogle.com 08/09/2016 11:56AM How about the toxic algae bloom? -- cvilleHOOrat 08/09/2016 10:16AM Incoming Senate President has an idea -- aint2Hokie4me 08/09/2016 3:43PM The gap will close as we get closer to the election -- Hood 08/09/2016 12:07PM Not if the Donald doesn't shut up.** -- 81_Hokie 08/09/2016 3:48PM This is not like any other election year. -- hoolstoptheheels 08/09/2016 1:54PM Sometimes. -- Seattle .Hoo 08/09/2016 12:50PM Debates will move the needle some; though it could break either way ** -- Quaker 08/09/2016 12:14PM Will Trump show up at the debates? -- DanTheFan 08/09/2016 12:20PM Second debate is the one with the biggest NFL game ** -- Toolie92 08/09/2016 1:35PM So that one could actually be a big soundbite debate. -- jdubforwahoowa 08/09/2016 2:02PM Low expectations are his friend ** -- Quaker 08/09/2016 12:46PM This. If you are Clinton, put it all into debate prep. Have to win the -- Maupin233 08/09/2016 1:27PM I agree she should do that, but I don't think the stakes are all that high. -- hoolstoptheheels 08/09/2016 2:05PM May not hurt her, but she could put the election to bed on the night of the -- Maupin233 08/09/2016 5:49PM Trumps a fool if he tries to debate Hillary. Ref the Benghazi hearings for -- WaxHoo 08/09/2016 12:36PM You've called him a fool, euphemisitically speaking, plenty of times. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 08/09/2016 1:13PM Really? Cite a reference. Any reference. ** -- WaxHoo 08/09/2016 1:47PM Re: Really? Cite a reference. Any reference. -- jdubforwahoowa 08/09/2016 1:58PM Two very different concepts. Disgraceful = shameful. Foolish = silly -- WaxHoo 08/09/2016 2:07PM *edit* Go 'HOOS!** -- jdubforwahoowa 08/09/2016 2:08PM Really? Cite a specific reference ... ** -- WaxHoo 08/09/2016 1:15PM I really dropped that to speak to the previous post. He is definitely -- jdubforwahoowa 08/09/2016 1:19PM May be. And he'll get his hat handed to him just like Gowdy, the -- WaxHoo 08/09/2016 1:24PM I love how you always speak in such absolutes. -- jdubforwahoowa 08/09/2016 1:26PM Which absolutes, and where am I wrong? ** -- WaxHoo 08/09/2016 1:37PM You just told me that Hilary will crush Donald in the debates. -- jdubforwahoowa 08/09/2016 1:47PM Hope? -- WaxHoo 08/09/2016 1:53PM And this from someone hoos opinions you clearly respect (link) ... -- WaxHoo 08/09/2016 3:49PM My opinion of him is none of your business. :-) Still conjecture. -- jdubforwahoowa 08/10/2016 08:34AM Does anyone really think DT belongs on the same field w/ HRC in a debate? ** -- WaxHoo 08/09/2016 12:18PM Still, Palin got good reviews in 2008 -- DanTheFan 08/09/2016 12:27PM Biden did as well as he could. He didn't and couldn't risk attacking -- HoosWillWin 08/09/2016 5:44PM Yep, and how did that work out for her and McCain? ** -- WaxHoo 08/09/2016 12:34PM I am personally happy now how that all worked out. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 08/09/2016 1:11PM So it might be a good idea to ask yourself now how you'll feel -- WaxHoo 08/09/2016 1:20PM I will personally be ecstatic if Trump wins at this point. As I have oft -- jdubforwahoowa 08/09/2016 1:22PM Ya didn't answer the question I posed ... ** -- WaxHoo 08/09/2016 1:25PM You aren't listening. I did. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 08/09/2016 1:27PM No, I asked how you'll feel years from now. You answered how you'll feel -- WaxHoo 08/09/2016 1:36PM How am I truly gonna know how I feel in years about anything? -- jdubforwahoowa 08/09/2016 1:54PM Jdub: "I will personally be ecstatic if Trump wins at this point ..." -- WaxHoo 08/09/2016 1:58PM How about to Infinity and Beyond then. -- jdubforwahoowa 08/09/2016 2:00PM So you never, ever engage in hypotheticals? -- WaxHoo 08/09/2016 2:12PM Fair point. Maybe someday I will truly explain to you why I am voting for -- jdubforwahoowa 08/09/2016 2:15PM Hey, I'm not challenging your intent to vote Trump; and haven't done so -- WaxHoo 08/09/2016 2:22PM That is unfortunate. I won't with either candidate, personally. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 08/09/2016 2:28PM Now I know why you have that handle. It is in your ears. LOL ** -- jdubforwahoowa 08/09/2016 1:27PM I think the dems decided not to risk looking like they were bullying her ** -- KCHoo 08/09/2016 12:30PM Yep. Women voters are watching. Let them see the crazy for themselves. -- Toolie92 08/09/2016 1:53PM Already a big problem, IMO, but still a very solid post. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 08/09/2016 2:03PM Good point. ** -- DanTheFan 08/09/2016 12:31PM They knew that Palin would be her own worst enemy as the Fall moved along. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 08/09/2016 1:12PM Could be an outlier, but damn that's tough. If a Republican even has to -- WahooRQ 08/09/2016 10:43AM I agree to a degree, but it has been discussed that a few different states -- jdubforwahoowa 08/09/2016 11:14AM Don't think it has anything to do with that. it is all about trump. ** -- KCHoo 08/09/2016 11:24AM Okay but I think that has an ultimate effect on both candidates. -- jdubforwahoowa 08/09/2016 11:26AM Hillary is immensely unpopular among southern whites. This just shows -- WahooRQ 08/09/2016 11:31AM She will do better than Obama with southern whites -- Toolie92 08/09/2016 2:09PM I just don't think the GOP attendance(or lack thereof) is gonna be an issue -- jdubforwahoowa 08/09/2016 11:34AM Some months ago I predicted Trump would not carry more than a dozen or so -- 81_Hokie 08/09/2016 10:14AM I don't see more than 350 -- Quaker 08/09/2016 10:35AM Considering her ties to Arkansas, anyone think she could pull it? -- Oregon Hoo 08/09/2016 12:41PM It would not surprise me to see IN, KY, GA, AZ all go Dem ** -- 81_Hokie 08/09/2016 11:11AM I'd be shocked if KY went D. Pence should deliver IN. -- Shenhoo 08/09/2016 11:20AM The immensely unpopular Pence? ** -- WaxHoo 08/09/2016 11:50AM Will Evan Byah on the senate ballet prove a counter balance? ** -- Quaker 08/09/2016 11:42AM She's at ~ 375 using current polls ** -- Stimp 08/09/2016 10:40AM Actually the next three swing states are South Car., Missouri and Texas -- Toolie92 08/09/2016 10:38AM I am adding a bookmark; nice graph -- Quaker 08/09/2016 10:47AM Funny how WVa has gone from reliably Blue state historically to now Red ** -- Oregon Hoo 08/09/2016 10:46AM Just a delayed conversion from the Southern Strategy -- Toolie92 08/09/2016 10:57AM Thanks Obama!? :-) ** -- Hoodafan 08/09/2016 10:54AM Right now, down-ballot GOPers are scrambling for their lives. -- HowieT3 08/09/2016 10:22AM The tipping point is an 8 point spread. Above that and the House comes -- Lazarus 08/09/2016 10:53AM This is such a weird year I am not sure the historical down ticket trends -- KCHoo 08/09/2016 11:35AM Mark Kirk and Ron Johnson are measuring drapes for their home ** -- Shenhoo 08/09/2016 10:25AM And the Daily Defection: 2 GOP former EPA Directors -- DanTheFan 08/09/2016 10:03AM Ummm, you may want to run that math problem past your uncle. Or if that's -- Hoodafan 08/09/2016 10:37AM Math? that's like science isn't it? needs to be fairly balanced -- 111Balz 08/09/2016 10:15AM Actaully, Science is not like Math -- nyhoo 08/09/2016 10:55AM Well, I think mathmeticians and scientists might quibble -- 111Balz 08/09/2016 11:00AM Been waiting to use this one -- HokieDan95 08/09/2016 08:39AM LOL! That's pretty funny! Anyone care to fess up? ** -- Hoodafan 08/09/2016 10:33AM Took that pic in the Midlothian Foodlion parking lot a while back ** -- HokieDan95 08/09/2016 11:26AM Clock boy family suing school. Who could have possibly seen that coming ** -- TpkeHoo 08/08/2016 8:17PM If the legal system in this country means anything anymore, this -- Hokie5150 08/09/2016 07:22AM They should and will get an opportunity to take discovery ** -- KCHoo 08/09/2016 11:26AM The frivolous lawsuit...Clock Family learned the American way quickly ** -- Tuckahokie 08/09/2016 06:28AM Both barrels... -- Stimp 08/09/2016 10:33AM Anyone still think this was simply a case of a boy -- BocaHoo91 08/09/2016 07:08AM The story was totally overplayed. -- DanTheFan 08/09/2016 09:08AM I think a detention would be more damning in my view than an arrest. -- BocaHoo91 08/09/2016 09:55AM Detention for not listening to teacher's instructions -- DanTheFan 08/09/2016 10:42AM You get detention or worse for bringing in an obviously fake toy gun -- KCHoo 08/09/2016 10:56AM Or a loaded pop tart ** -- HokieDan95 08/09/2016 11:28AM That was absurd, but it should be clear to kids/parents by now -- KCHoo 08/09/2016 12:21PM Good point, but I do think detention would still be deserved in this case -- Hokie5150 08/09/2016 10:28AM I don't think politicians collectively care about the details -- HoosGuy 08/09/2016 08:54AM Benghazi mom suing Hillary, too. Also predictable. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 08/09/2016 12:55AM What does this have to do with clock boy ** -- TomKazanski 08/09/2016 08:56AM What does ANYTHING have to do with the clock boy? ** -- Seattle .Hoo 08/09/2016 11:08AM That was another sorry episode in a long list of -- ryno hoo 08/08/2016 9:01PM On a 1-5 scale...I'll give it 3.75 "Bergdahls" ** -- Tuckahokie 08/09/2016 08:08AM Ha! ** -- Hokie5150 08/09/2016 09:22AM We won this weekend with Suicide Squad -- dajoka004 08/08/2016 9:38PM Step 1: take apart a clock and put it in pencil box and claim you made it -- HokieDan95 08/08/2016 8:46PM Was he damaged by the invite to the White House? ** -- LAHOOters 08/08/2016 8:22PM Yes...the boy suffered terribly. -- Hokie5150 08/09/2016 07:36AM It wasn't a clock it was a crude bomb ** -- FfxStationHokie 08/08/2016 8:20PM It was a troll and that's what he got arrested for ** -- HokieDan95 08/08/2016 8:49PM One thing is certain. The boy "invented" nothing and really made nothing. -- Hokie5150 08/09/2016 07:34AM That seemed to almost be a set up. ** -- KCHoo 08/08/2016 8:18PM Totally. The whole story never made smelled right to me -- BocaHoo91 08/08/2016 8:26PM Does US law define abortion consistently? -- Trigon 08/09/2016 1:54PM No. Because it's left to the states to decide. ** -- dajoka004 08/09/2016 2:32PM How are those Planned Parenthood investigations going btw? ** -- cvilleHOOrat 08/09/2016 06:35AM "I want a Lamborghini" ** -- HokieDan95 08/09/2016 09:08AM Uhh, that's a litmus test both ways. Or apparently you haven't met the libs -- Hoodafan 08/08/2016 8:56PM It was the hook to get social conservatives into the party and -- KCHoo 08/08/2016 8:16PM It is a litmus test for both sides. -- Hokieesith 08/08/2016 6:52PM It shouldn't be overturned -- dajoka004 08/08/2016 9:45PM Oregon....you can kill your viable baby, but cannot spank your kids ** -- Tuckahokie 08/09/2016 08:57AM And not vaccinate them. We have probably the lowest rate in the country. ** -- Oregon Hoo 08/09/2016 10:29AM It's the GOP that wants to outlaw abortion based on their "belief" -- hokeyhokie 08/08/2016 7:35PM In that case, wouldn't it also be your opinion that it's not? I -- Hoodafan 08/08/2016 9:00PM I agree - little room for heretics in either party -- Toolie92 08/08/2016 7:25PM I dunno -- think most on the left support regulation of various "late term" -- WahooRQ 08/09/2016 08:21AM Are there statements by Dem elected officials supporting 2nd tri bans? -- Toolie92 08/09/2016 10:44AM Lots of Dems are anti-abortion. Biden, Kaine, etc. included. -- WahooRQ 08/09/2016 11:00AM My analogy to guns was more about hardening of positions -- Toolie92 08/09/2016 1:13PM Think that's fair, although 17 Dems and 63 House Dems voted for the last -- WahooRQ 08/09/2016 1:25PM Partial birth was 13 years ago though, and was ultimately just symbolic. -- Toolie92 08/09/2016 3:14PM Isn't the inability to respect the belief that life begins at conception -- Hoodafan 08/09/2016 10:10AM I do think it's different. I have enough "nuance" to respect -- BocaHoo91 08/09/2016 10:18AM Absolutely right. And it's not about respecting their beliefs or not. -- WahooRQ 08/09/2016 10:42AM I agree which is why I'm firmly pro-choice. I don't believe I, nor Govco -- Hoodafan 08/09/2016 10:29AM Aren't the religious right the ones trying to legislate their beliefs about -- cvilleHOOrat 08/09/2016 10:38AM Isn't the pro-Planned Parenthood crowd trying to force that not yet -- Hoodafan 08/09/2016 10:47AM Here's a question I have... -- cvilleHOOrat 08/09/2016 10:57AM No one but the most ardent pro-lifers throws the woman's well-being out -- Hoodafan 08/09/2016 11:10AM I already understand why someone feels the need to protect -- cvilleHOOrat 08/09/2016 11:38AM And some might claim that means you're "literally devoid of nuance". :-) -- Hoodafan 08/09/2016 11:58AM Yes, but the woman's rights we ALL agree on. -- cvilleHOOrat 08/09/2016 12:14PM So a woman has the "right" to end the life of another? Because to support -- Hoodafan 08/09/2016 12:22PM It's not ending the life of 'another' a clump of cells isn't human life. -- cvilleHOOrat 08/09/2016 12:34PM Calling an early pregnancy a clump of cells is pretty offensive -- dajoka004 08/09/2016 12:45PM If you start with the morning after pill though that's exactly what it is. -- WahooRQ 08/09/2016 1:02PM That's not how Plan B works -- dajoka004 08/09/2016 1:21PM It also makes implantation less likely ** -- KCHoo 08/09/2016 1:38PM That's not true. Common misperception. ** -- dajoka004 08/09/2016 1:51PM There are competing studies depending on who paid for them -- KCHoo 08/09/2016 4:05PM No evidence to support that Plan B works by disrupting the endometrium -- dajoka004 08/09/2016 4:45PM I was just wondering if you were on one side of the debate or not -- KCHoo 08/09/2016 8:47PM It's already a whopping dose of progesterone -- dajoka004 08/09/2016 9:38PM Thanks. You clearly know a helluva lot more about this than I do, so -- WahooRQ 08/09/2016 1:31PM There are other methods to prevent unwanted pregnancy -- dajoka004 08/09/2016 1:46PM No. The nuance is recognizing that on one end of the spectrum it literally -- WahooRQ 08/09/2016 11:17AM So it's not that they're "literally devoid of nuance", since as you say the -- Hoodafan 08/09/2016 12:02PM I'm not following what you are trying to argue here. -- WahooRQ 08/09/2016 12:53PM I agree that the religious right is devoid of nuance because of their -- BocaHoo91 08/09/2016 08:45AM Leaving those decisions to the ethics of medicine instead of allowing old -- WahooRQ 08/09/2016 09:54AM You don't do anatomy scans until 18-20 weeks -- dajoka004 08/09/2016 09:24AM That's fine. Those can/should be determined to be "medically necessary" -- BocaHoo91 08/09/2016 09:56AM By definition, they are not "medically necessary" -- dajoka004 08/09/2016 10:11AM Carrying to term a non-viable fetus is unnecessary risk to the mother -- Toolie92 08/09/2016 10:47AM Please define non-viable for me ** -- dajoka004 08/09/2016 10:53AM I would leave that to doctors such as yourself, of course ** -- Toolie92 08/09/2016 11:02AM My point exactly -- dajoka004 08/09/2016 11:24AM You're a wise man, Toolie. Unfortunately, I think the term "viable" is a -- WahooRQ 08/09/2016 11:12AM Fair enough. Use whatever legal terminology covers -- BocaHoo91 08/09/2016 10:15AM The GOP will definitely need to soften its stance if they don't -- BocaHoo91 08/08/2016 8:12PM Second trimester abortion in Europe is only illegal if you are poor -- Toolie92 08/08/2016 9:00PM It's the "harder in 2nd trimester" I'd like to see us emulate. -- BocaHoo91 08/08/2016 9:09PM You will not get much of a counter-argument from me -- Toolie92 08/08/2016 9:28PM Me either. It sounds like our paths on this topic are similar. -- Shenhoo 08/09/2016 08:02AM I like Doug as a poster but that's just stupid. I may be firmly pro-choice -- Hoodafan 08/09/2016 09:57AM Would you have wanted to be raised by a mother who did not want you? ** -- Shenhoo 08/09/2016 10:06AM Adoption ** -- dajoka004 08/09/2016 10:12AM I've seen some people where that option didn't turn out well either ** -- Oregon Hoo 08/09/2016 10:37AM As opposed to the alternative? ABSOLUTELY! ** -- Hoodafan 08/09/2016 10:12AM OK. Many would not. I'd hate to imagine the damage of being raised -- Shenhoo 08/09/2016 11:06AM Could you point to someone that wished they had been aborted? ** -- Hoodafan 08/09/2016 11:14AM Ever been to an emo concert? : ) ** -- cvilleHOOrat 08/09/2016 12:17PM Thankfully not, apparently! :-) ** -- Hoodafan 08/09/2016 12:25PM Never heard of suicides ** -- Shenhoo 08/09/2016 12:13PM That's a pathetic response, even for you. ** -- Hoodafan 08/09/2016 12:24PM Not sure why. It happens. And I'm guessing when it does -- Shenhoo 08/09/2016 12:47PM This is a disgusting comment ** -- dajoka004 08/09/2016 12:23PM Why? You think people with guns to their heads are happy to be alive? ** -- Shenhoo 08/09/2016 12:39PM Yes, all people who commit suicide wished they were aborted -- dajoka004 08/09/2016 12:47PM Who said all? Do you really believe eveyone born into incest -- Shenhoo 08/09/2016 12:53PM That it is life is an opinion not a fact ** -- hokeyhokie 08/09/2016 10:04AM That it isn't, or won't be without intervention, is an opinion too. ** -- Hoodafan 08/09/2016 10:11AM People should be allowed to make their own decisions based on their opinion ** -- hokeyhokie 08/09/2016 10:59AM They did. Before conception. Now their opinion affects the choices of -- Hoodafan 08/09/2016 11:18AM I don't think you agree that when life begins is an opinion. Both sides of -- hokeyhokie 08/09/2016 11:24AM It's not, is based on how you want to define life. What you seem to not -- Hoodafan 08/09/2016 12:17PM Too much of a blanket statement -- dajoka004 08/09/2016 11:48AM Are there many pro-choice people who believe that -- cvilleHOOrat 08/09/2016 11:50AM Just replying to his comment -- dajoka004 08/09/2016 11:54AM I wasn't aware of European rules so thanks -- NJHoo 08/08/2016 8:43PM Except the GOP is NOT fielding more female candidates. ** -- Shenhoo 08/08/2016 7:31PM Huh? Are GOP female candidates shrinking? News to me. ** -- Hoodafan 08/08/2016 9:07PM From NYT. April 2015 Not fielding more candidates in the past decade. -- Shenhoo 08/08/2016 9:52PM Interesting. Not shrinking but indeed not growing. Thanks. ** -- Hoodafan 08/09/2016 07:39AM I've always thought that if the GOP were smarter, they'd recruit -- Shenhoo 08/09/2016 07:59AM It has to be solved at the unit and state organizing level -- Toolie92 08/09/2016 10:35AM Joined by Maine GOP Sen. Collins. -- DanTheFan 08/09/2016 12:46AM While that definitely speaks volumes from a group like that, I do have to -- Hoodafan 08/08/2016 8:37PM Wait. Are those the guys that brought us the Iraq War? You know, the one -- TpkeHoo 08/08/2016 5:48PM Hey, war is good for business, man. Get with the program. ** -- EAPo 08/08/2016 11:32PM Face the facts; Trump is a jackass who is patently unelectable. -- maxaverage 08/08/2016 10:50PM Actually one of the more accurate and incisive comments Trump has made. -- WaxHoo 08/08/2016 8:44PM Agreed. Amazing his insurgency took out the R neocons. -- Shenhoo 08/08/2016 9:53PM They realized it was HRC that caused the Iraq war after all ** -- Toolie92 08/08/2016 10:17PM Please tell us this is TIC ** -- WaxHoo 08/09/2016 09:32AM She needed something to cover up the Vince Foster murder ** -- 111Balz 08/09/2016 10:16AM She cast the deciding vote? It's almost like how old Barney -- Shenhoo 08/08/2016 10:21PM It will be interesting to watch those that so happily criticize many of -- Hoodafan 08/08/2016 8:42PM OTOH, watching people hoo regarded these guys as heroes vilify them now -- WaxHoo 08/09/2016 10:42AM It's not a grand revelation. Everyone with half-a-brain know this guy -- maxaverage 08/08/2016 10:51PM So what? Are you saying you support Trump? ** -- 111Balz 08/08/2016 8:33PM I haven't looked at the names, but a lot of the Bush 1 folks were -- KCHoo 08/08/2016 8:18PM Not uniformly true. -- DanTheFan 08/08/2016 6:20PM So, only Democrats are able to evolve in their positions? ** -- Hokie5150 08/08/2016 5:55PM Yep. And one based upon Bush lies to be frank. Welcome aboard! ** -- Shenhoo 08/08/2016 5:55PM Welcome aboard what? The both parties suck train? I've been on board for a -- TpkeHoo 08/08/2016 5:56PM While, I am decidedly not a fan of that crowd, I agree with this. -- Shenhoo 08/08/2016 5:44PM Republican officeholders planning to vote HRC cannot say so publicly -- Toolie92 08/09/2016 01:39AM He'll be on the Libertarian ticket in a few years. ;) ** -- Seattle .Hoo 08/08/2016 5:23PM Weird as hell. The positions he lists on his website are not very -- Seattle .Hoo 08/08/2016 5:19PM Yep...not much there at all in the way of substance. The only area -- Hokie5150 08/08/2016 5:56PM Here for your pro-life protest voting needs (and I'm a mormon Nevada/Utah!) ** -- Toolie92 08/08/2016 6:06PM Can't vote for a bald guy. ** -- Cold Hoober Hoo 08/08/2016 5:40PM Sexist! You would never say that about a female candidate! :-) ** -- Hoodafan 08/08/2016 8:23PM Wouldn't that make him a folliclist? ** -- CA Cav 08/08/2016 9:33PM She's breaking free like Secretariat at Belmont ** -- wahoo138 08/08/2016 4:47PM Trump is Sham? ** -- Tuckahokie 08/08/2016 4:58PM He's the political equivalent of Vince the Shamwow guy. ** -- WahooRQ 08/08/2016 5:04PM After last week seems like his candidacy is trying to me more like -- cvilleHOOrat 08/09/2016 06:39AM Johnson could be a factor in New Mexico and New Hampshire -- Toolie92 08/08/2016 4:43PM Barring some strange turn of events, Johnson will be on the ballot -- Hokie5150 08/08/2016 4:28PM I have been saying for 30 years that should be the test to participate in -- 81_Hokie 08/08/2016 6:23PM I agree. The polling requirement is simply too biased. It's difficult, -- Hokie5150 08/09/2016 07:26AM I am in favor of easier ballot access, but against easy debate access -- Toolie92 08/08/2016 7:58PM "The public 'deserves' to have a debate focused on the questions and issues -- Hokie5150 08/09/2016 07:31AM It takes 5,000 signatures here to get on a state congressional ballot -- NJHoo 08/08/2016 8:52PM I think getting on 50 state ballots is a r easonable threshold to -- 81_Hokie 08/08/2016 8:36PM A brief cease fire, the Green Shirt Guy thread over on Sabre hoops is funny ** -- Tuckahokie 08/08/2016 4:03PM He's the hero we deserve, but don't really need right now ** -- HoosGuy 08/08/2016 4:06PM "What difference – at this point, what difference does it make?" -- Hokie5150 08/08/2016 4:16PM It really isn't any more. People solidify their choice during the -- Shenhoo 08/08/2016 4:26PM There are large numbers of "hold their nose" voters on both sides...I would -- Tuckahokie 08/08/2016 4:36PM "is she honest" vs. "will he kill us all" ** -- 111Balz 08/08/2016 8:37PM To the first question...she has proven to not be...to the second that is -- Tuckahokie 08/09/2016 08:48AM I'll take a 100% chance of a liar vs a 5% chance of "kill us all" ** -- Late 80s Hokie 08/09/2016 3:05PM To the first question, you will believe what you will believe -- 111Balz 08/09/2016 11:02AM The latter is a pertinent question WRT Hill, as well... -- EAPo 08/08/2016 9:57PM Well since all three of your examples are false... -- Toolie92 08/08/2016 10:43PM Toolie, I really had more respect for you until this... -- EAPo 08/08/2016 10:54PM You really don't take well to being out-argued do you? -- WahooRQ 08/09/2016 10:50AM Again, WRQ, you have no credibility... -- EAPo 08/09/2016 11:28AM Right -- that must be it. -- WahooRQ 08/09/2016 11:35AM I rest my case. ** -- EAPo 08/09/2016 11:38AM So you admit you're FOS? That I'd chalk up as progress. :) ** -- WahooRQ 08/09/2016 11:42AM Actually she compared an action he has taken to an action -- 111Balz 08/09/2016 07:45AM Again, if you understand the Russian mindset and the historical... -- EAPo 08/09/2016 09:38AM Honestly, neither Toolie nor I need a lecture. You posted -- 111Balz 08/09/2016 10:22AM Well, I will try to keep this one on the calm level -- Toolie92 08/09/2016 12:38AM Also, very insightful, thought-inducing piece from last December on Ukraine -- EAPo 08/09/2016 01:50AM You appear to not understand nuclear warfare doctrine. Anti-missile... -- EAPo 08/09/2016 01:20AM I should also apologize for using the 'useful idiot' quote -- Toolie92 08/09/2016 11:46AM I understand the allusion even as I couldn't tell you who said it (and... -- EAPo 08/09/2016 3:47PM I heard HRC will cause the end of the Republic ** -- Toolie92 08/08/2016 9:44PM I agree. Except most of them are tuned into the Olympics. -- Shenhoo 08/08/2016 4:39PM We shall see...we live in interesting times. ** -- Hokie5150 08/08/2016 4:30PM One only needs to read the HuffPo comment sections (and a few of the -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 08/08/2016 4:10PM They love the Muslim religion. ** -- Hokieesith 08/08/2016 4:32PM But our real religion is Secular Humanism. -- HowieT3 08/08/2016 4:34PM Two words: Trumps Chumps ** -- WaxHoo 08/08/2016 4:24PM Heh. They'll go to hell. ** -- Shenhoo 08/08/2016 4:21PM Religion is intolerance. ** -- Hoocinogenic 08/08/2016 4:18PM You might need to find a new religion. ** -- Hoodafan 08/08/2016 8:18PM There you are saying stupid things again ** -- dajoka004 08/08/2016 4:43PM Tell me how I'm stupid? -- Hoocinogenic 08/08/2016 4:49PM You are not making a good case for tolerance here -- Toolie92 08/08/2016 8:19PM I was never making a case for tolerance. -- Hoocinogenic 08/08/2016 8:48PM I don't think so. Religious absolutism and evangelism are, IMHO, but one -- WahooRQ 08/08/2016 6:39PM Holy crap I plussed you up again. I almost feel unclean... ** -- EAPo 08/09/2016 3:52PM No, it really is not -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 08/08/2016 6:04PM We're talking metaphysics here. I thought that was assumed. -- Hoocinogenic 08/08/2016 7:15PM Actually my beliefs are based on evidence too -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 08/09/2016 09:37AM Lol -- hoothat 08/08/2016 10:45PM Say what? -- hoothat 08/08/2016 5:27PM Can't tolerate that, huh? ** -- Shenhoo 08/08/2016 4:47PM Wait. Drudgery says she's dying! ** -- Shenhoo 08/08/2016 3:41PM Policy? Republicans don't do no schtinking policy ... ! ** -- WaxHoo 08/08/2016 3:38PM LOL! I caught that. There was at least one more but can't remember what it -- Hoodafan 08/08/2016 2:33PM Bigly +1 ** -- WaxHoo 08/08/2016 2:32PM Meaty, Beaty, Bigly, and Bouncy ** -- Tuckahokie 08/08/2016 2:33PM Who? ** -- jdubforwahoowa 08/08/2016 2:45PM I Can't Explain ** -- Tuckahokie 08/08/2016 2:46PM Mama's got a squeeze box ** -- 111Balz 08/08/2016 2:50PM Daddy never sleeps at night. -- jdubforwahoowa 08/08/2016 2:52PM If I only had bigger hands! ** -- Shenhoo 08/08/2016 2:51PM Hillary slips on stairs. Donald slips on polls. ** -- Shenhoo 08/08/2016 3:00PM "Who will rid me of this troublesome baby?" ** -- Toolie92 08/08/2016 2:59PM Doesn't matter. Mission accomplished. ** -- Hokieesith 08/08/2016 2:53PM I listened to part of the speech and there were at least 10 babies kicked -- Tuckahokie 08/08/2016 2:23PM Gheesh, the guy can't even kick a baby out of a rally, what makes people -- Hokie5150 08/08/2016 1:54PM Doesn't matter, he said what he said, which really does ** -- sss 08/08/2016 1:53PM So Hillary wants to raise taxes on the middle class? ** -- HokieDan95 08/08/2016 1:57PM I'll spell it out. It matters that he would sit on stage and -- sss 08/08/2016 2:16PM She actually didn't if you listen carefully ** -- hooshouse 08/08/2016 2:15PM Doesn't matter!!! that's what people heard!! ** -- HokieDan95 08/08/2016 3:59PM Actually she did. But she obviously misspoke so to claim that slip -- Hoodafan 08/08/2016 2:26PM I just listened to it again. She says aren't but she starts to lose her -- hooshouse 08/08/2016 2:43PM Would you say that her voice short-circuited? ** -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 08/08/2016 4:08PM Which is entirely the point of the baby thing -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 08/08/2016 2:21PM Because when you get a history and label for saying stupid shit -- sss 08/08/2016 2:26PM "label of dishonesty"? you mean "history of lying" ** -- HokieDan95 08/08/2016 3:53PM No, I said exactly what I meant. Write your own commentary. ** -- sss 08/08/2016 4:05PM If only everything he says could be explained away so easily. ** -- hooshouse 08/08/2016 2:23PM And Pitts. Co. wonders why their economy is stuck in the '60's. ** -- RoanokeHoo 08/08/2016 8:07PM It's a group people called flaggers responsible for the large symbol of -- hooshouse 08/08/2016 5:39PM Here is a link to their blogspot page -- Toolie92 08/08/2016 6:18PM Honestly, just WRT that site, I see nothing objectionable. Apart from... -- EAPo 08/08/2016 6:39PM I have no objections to how they conduct themselves -- Toolie92 08/08/2016 7:08PM From the wording of your link-title, I inferred that you did, in fact... -- EAPo 08/08/2016 7:27PM Your reading was fair, and some personal history -- Toolie92 08/08/2016 11:59PM Measured, insightful post. Thanks. ** -- EAPo 08/09/2016 01:58AM Interestingly, spent most of July travelling, and saw more Stars and Bars.. -- EAPo 08/08/2016 4:17PM Do you know what the Stars and Bars is? Or are you -- 221 Dabney 08/09/2016 12:50AM There's one on I-81 near Lexington as well. -- HowieT3 08/08/2016 3:19PM Huge Confederate flag about 10 miles north of Fredericksburg near an exit -- Tuckahokie 08/08/2016 3:28PM Meanwhile, after a two-year cooling - off period, Georgia effectively..... -- EAPo 08/08/2016 3:18PM Haven't checked lately, what is the status on Mississippi changing their -- jdubforwahoowa 08/08/2016 3:24PM Someone just felt like letting his moron flag fly ** -- 111Balz 08/08/2016 2:18PM Now you made me laugh on that one. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 08/08/2016 2:25PM They have the right to fly it. And we have the right to judge them idiots -- Hoodafan 08/08/2016 1:27PM No one has the right to do violence to someone making a statement. -- Lazarus 08/08/2016 1:53PM Your last statement is fucking stupid. Nothing gives anyone -- Cold Hoober Hoo 08/08/2016 1:35PM He didn't mean "right" as in bill of rights, he was just -- 111Balz 08/08/2016 2:24PM I think you missed my point and I clearly said I wasn't defending that, but -- Hoodafan 08/08/2016 1:49PM If you would have said you take a chance on getting an ass -- Cold Hoober Hoo 08/08/2016 2:13PM Point taken. That was a continuation of Laz's point that they have a right -- Hoodafan 08/08/2016 2:22PM People also get their arses kicked for saying smart things, sometimes. -- jdubforwahoowa 08/08/2016 2:26PM You called it a right ** -- dajoka004 08/08/2016 2:08PM It's a big piece of colored cloth. What if it was the ISIS flag? ** -- Exhoolate 08/08/2016 1:25PM Then a different type of idiot would be doing something offensive? ** -- WahooRQ 08/08/2016 3:49PM If you are trying to make a point you'll have to add a few meaningful words ** -- Lazarus 08/08/2016 1:54PM What, like an insult or a personal attack? How about this: -- Exhoolate 08/09/2016 06:23AM No matter the cause, I despise people that are intentionally obnoxious ** -- sss 08/08/2016 1:25PM You're exactly right. People who display the confederate battle flag -- Hoocinogenic 08/08/2016 1:13PM It stopped being 'cool' long before Dylann Roof -- Toolie92 08/08/2016 2:34PM That's a good post H. ** -- Lazarus 08/08/2016 1:58PM Dylan with an extra n. Dylann. -- jdubforwahoowa 08/08/2016 1:24PM Me too. I guess that prepubescent demon -- Hoocinogenic 08/08/2016 2:00PM Heritage not hate.... -- WahooRQ 08/08/2016 2:30PM Here's a video of the famous 1928 KKK rally in Washington, DC - -- 221 Dabney 08/09/2016 01:10AM I see alot of the Stars and Stripes there. . . ** -- jdubforwahoowa 08/09/2016 11:23AM Eh, see that everywhere. But what don't you see everywhere? And why? ** -- SchmHoo 08/09/2016 1:52PM Just being snarky. That was a provocative clip, for sure. -- jdubforwahoowa 08/09/2016 2:46PM I do sincerely hope they fry that bastard and that is legit on my part -- jdubforwahoowa 08/08/2016 2:37PM Now look here -- Fuzzy Dunlop 08/08/2016 2:37PM Wow, that was an awesome synopsis of the US Civil War. -- jdubforwahoowa 08/08/2016 2:40PM You don't have to take my word for it -- Fuzzy Dunlop 08/08/2016 2:54PM Good supportive evidence. -- jdubforwahoowa 08/08/2016 3:03PM The Civil War was about States rights. -- Hoocinogenic 08/08/2016 3:49PM It isn't as simple as you make it out to be. It was about different things -- KCHoo 08/08/2016 3:58PM I will grant you that secession as an abstract idea was -- Hoocinogenic 08/08/2016 6:00PM If I recall, loyalism was more prevalent in the old south for precisely -- WahooRQ 08/08/2016 6:35PM Very true. How very curious that SC dragged her feet so long in the -- Hoocinogenic 08/08/2016 10:14PM I don't see how you can say the North was "against rule of law and the -- WahooRQ 08/08/2016 4:06PM Lincoln violated the law on numerous occasions to support the war ** -- KCHoo 08/08/2016 4:46PM Well, so has every president who has fought a major war, no? -- WahooRQ 08/08/2016 4:53PM He did it before the war started though, in order to get to war -- KCHoo 08/08/2016 5:42PM Suspension of habeas was a month after Ft. Sumter when Gen. Merryman tried -- WahooRQ 08/08/2016 7:48PM 2 weeks but you are right that it was after first shots. I thought it was -- KCHoo 08/08/2016 9:40PM But you don't really think the union was sundered over habeus corpus in MD? -- Toolie92 08/08/2016 10:14PM Seven states seceded before Lincoln was even inaugurated -- Toolie92 08/08/2016 6:48PM The fact that Lincoln tip toed across the Constitution during -- Hoocinogenic 08/08/2016 6:09PM Clearly ** -- Fuzzy Dunlop 08/08/2016 3:06PM They were just leaving the union to preserve the slaves' way of life. -- Shenhoo 08/08/2016 2:58PM Yeah, I realize that flag is the culprit. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 08/08/2016 2:13PM The flag is a symbol. -- Hoocinogenic 08/08/2016 2:29PM We are not gonna agree beyond about 40-50% on this one. -- jdubforwahoowa 08/08/2016 2:36PM What say you? I say people are too damn easily offended... -- Moneyshot 08/08/2016 1:12PM Seek your safe space ** -- LAHOOters 08/08/2016 12:41PM A lot of people were offended by my Pat Patriot t-shirt yesterday. -- jdubforwahoowa 08/08/2016 12:42PM I would, too! Still not over the Interception. :( ** -- Seattle .Hoo 08/08/2016 12:57PM We fell on the most important catch in NFL history(couple of plays later) -- jdubforwahoowa 08/08/2016 12:59PM The Pats fans sitting next to me at the game had their heads in their hands -- Seattle .Hoo 08/08/2016 1:16PM After the two bitter defeats to the Giants, I was feeling pretty negative -- jdubforwahoowa 08/08/2016 1:22PM With the exception of the outcome, it was so much fun! My wife is a huge -- Seattle .Hoo 08/08/2016 1:30PM I am so glad, amongst this chaos, we could share in that story. -- jdubforwahoowa 08/08/2016 1:32PM No you don't but thanks anyway. ;) I wanted that repeat. Greedy I guess. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 08/08/2016 1:35PM Thankfully, both are our teams are still in the mix and I hate both the -- jdubforwahoowa 08/08/2016 1:38PM Me, too and we have to play the damned Panthers AGAIN this year! I don't -- Seattle .Hoo 08/08/2016 1:43PM You should see the glares when I wore my Black Lives Matter tee. ** -- Shenhoo 08/08/2016 12:56PM I don't know enough about you to understand the true significance -- jdubforwahoowa 08/08/2016 12:57PM Is it on private property and not government funded? Then no problem. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 08/08/2016 12:26PM Well, no legal problem anyways. Tend to think people who feel the need to -- WahooRQ 08/08/2016 12:29PM I tend to think people who are offended by a flag have a lot -- Cold Hoober Hoo 08/08/2016 12:59PM Dunno how old you are Cold H, but I am guessing not over 50. Not -- Lazarus 08/08/2016 2:04PM Sorry, but that's a terrible attempt at false equivalence. A rainbow flag -- WahooRQ 08/08/2016 1:07PM Just a simple question for my personal curiosity, no judgements. -- jdubforwahoowa 08/08/2016 1:21PM Virginia and much of my family is Southern. ** -- WahooRQ 08/08/2016 1:30PM Born in Raleigh, all of my family(and my wife's as well) are from -- jdubforwahoowa 08/08/2016 1:37PM I wasn't trying to equate the meanings of each flag, just -- Cold Hoober Hoo 08/08/2016 1:17PM No one can believe homosexuality is wrong anymore. -- jdubforwahoowa 08/08/2016 1:30PM You're free to believe that and to believe interracial marriage is wrong -- WahooRQ 08/08/2016 1:36PM I have a close relative who is quite partial to the rainbow flag. -- jdubforwahoowa 08/08/2016 1:39PM ..Are you lamenting that fact? ** -- cvilleHOOrat 08/08/2016 1:33PM Read my post above you, Rat. -- jdubforwahoowa 08/08/2016 1:40PM I'm with you for the most aprt, jdub -- cvilleHOOrat 08/08/2016 1:45PM That's fair. I like the discourse you and I have to that degree. -- jdubforwahoowa 08/08/2016 1:48PM Umm ever heard of the Gay Mafia?? ** -- cvilleHOOrat 08/08/2016 1:10PM No, but the concept of "an offer you can't refuse" sounds terrifying in -- WahooRQ 08/08/2016 2:07PM Now thats funny. ** -- Cold Hoober Hoo 08/08/2016 2:15PM Have to give the RQ credit, he has his moments. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 08/08/2016 3:26PM Political Correctness is the reason why. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 08/08/2016 1:00PM Ah yes, Political Correctness -- Fuzzy Dunlop 08/08/2016 2:16PM You're the type of really smart person I admire the most. -- jdubforwahoowa 08/08/2016 3:08PM I really do like you and think we would get along great over some High Life -- Fuzzy Dunlop 08/08/2016 3:49PM Good follow. I think we would enjoy a few, watching our beloved Hoos . -- jdubforwahoowa 08/09/2016 11:09AM It is not like anti-slavery was a modern moral development -- Toolie92 08/08/2016 3:45PM How about as some form of commemoration for all of those boys who gave -- jdubforwahoowa 08/09/2016 11:05AM No argument there. But Nazis can march through Skokie, too. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 08/08/2016 12:34PM Just sad. ** -- Hoocinogenic 08/08/2016 2:12PM People can believe what they want to believe theologically, as long as they -- EAPo 08/08/2016 12:04PM Do as I say, not as I do. -- jdubforwahoowa 08/08/2016 2:53PM The statement should be made the same without the word theologically. -- ryno hoo 08/08/2016 12:25PM That probably sounds a lot more profound and thoughtful at 2am in a dorm -- WahooRQ 08/08/2016 2:35PM You can try to teach Creationism all you want. But keep it the hell out -- cvilleHOOrat 08/08/2016 12:41PM You seem to not realize that Creationism is a purely theological construct -- WaxHoo 08/08/2016 12:38PM I am talking about society in general. ** -- ryno hoo 08/08/2016 12:44PM Unless I'm sadly mistaken, prohibition v murder is common to every -- WaxHoo 08/08/2016 12:54PM Of course. Does that also mean slavery should be legal since there is no -- 111Balz 08/08/2016 2:33PM Agreed, but in the instance of this video, Creationism has no place -- cvilleHOOrat 08/08/2016 12:11PM Thus the second clause of my statement. ** -- EAPo 08/08/2016 12:22PM Eh; the standard argument. Can't even come up with something original? ;) ** -- Seattle .Hoo 08/08/2016 11:55AM He needs to be re-educated ** -- cvilleHOOrat 08/08/2016 11:52AM I wonder if Kaine will attack his beliefs? ** -- Tuckahokie 08/08/2016 11:51AM Pretty sure this was already debunked. ** -- HokieDelNorte 08/08/2016 4:20PM Has Ron Mexico weighed in on this? ** -- JMHoo 08/08/2016 11:36AM To be fair and balanced... -- hooshouse 08/08/2016 11:17AM OK, here is the charitable explanation. -- Toolie92 08/08/2016 11:06AM From the article he lied about her existence in depositions ** -- KCHoo 08/08/2016 11:12AM Perjury? -- WaxHoo 08/08/2016 11:20AM Doubt it would rise to that level of significance, but it shows it is -- KCHoo 08/08/2016 11:23AM Has John Miller or John Barron weighed in on this yet? My word there -- Hoodafan 08/08/2016 11:29AM Double post** -- KCHoo 08/08/2016 11:23AM I am trying to be charitable. Not saying I could succeed. ** -- Toolie92 08/08/2016 11:17AM That's perfectly plausible, and really not so wierd. Ref. the deal Trump -- WaxHoo 08/08/2016 11:09AM They made her up? Really? Fantastic! ** -- 111Balz 08/08/2016 11:00AM Well, that's perfectly consistent with Trump's previous modus operandi ** -- WaxHoo 08/08/2016 10:59AM Why would they back him and not Johnson ** -- hokeyhokie 08/08/2016 11:58AM That would be my question, too. This sounds like a pipe dream. -- Seattle .Hoo 08/08/2016 12:01PM What is it about Johnson these so-called Conservatives don't like? -- hokeyhokie 08/08/2016 12:15PM He is pretty liberal on the social side. -- GoochlandHoo 08/08/2016 2:16PM One word: abortion. ** -- Hokie5150 08/08/2016 12:43PM Yep. Makes him an untouchable by respectable Republicans. ** -- Toolie92 08/08/2016 2:57PM This by far the most bizarre election Ive ever had the privelege to witness -- EAPo 08/08/2016 11:13AM He has the holy trinity of esperience to appeal to Bernie -- 111Balz 08/08/2016 10:48AM Don't forget BYU ** -- Tuckahokie 08/08/2016 10:56AM He's like a greatest hits package - mormon spy beholding -- 111Balz 08/08/2016 10:58AM 15 minutes ** -- Toolie92 08/08/2016 10:48AM I don't see how they could possibly get on the ballot in enough -- Hokie5150 08/08/2016 10:42AM There are only a handful of states where it would matter -- KCHoo 08/08/2016 11:01AM According to the article, winning the election is not their intention. -- Seattle .Hoo 08/08/2016 10:45AM Ah, glee at the sickness and death of our fellow man. -- WarmHoo 08/08/2016 11:01AM I'll sort of agree, but at the same time, many of us have -- BocaHoo91 08/08/2016 11:38AM Well it certainly doesn't help that the party currently in control of -- WahooRQ 08/08/2016 1:19PM You can't pin this purely or even mostly on the GOP. -- BocaHoo91 08/08/2016 2:25PM I would agree that ACA had known problems from the beginning -- Toolie92 08/08/2016 11:46AM ACA is a perfect example of the People's demand that the -- Hokie5150 08/08/2016 12:38PM Did people's opposition to Gulf War 2 mean they loved Saddam?? ** -- HokieDan95 08/08/2016 11:11AM Of course not... -- Chesapeake HOO 08/08/2016 11:19AM So your point is that WarmHoo is no different than those that claimed you -- Hoodafan 08/08/2016 11:22AM Another false equivalence. Nobody questions anyone's patriotism or -- WaxHoo 08/08/2016 12:50PM Ahh, because it's so much worse to have your patriotism questioned than -- Hoodafan 08/08/2016 12:58PM "glee" is not my word. My remark is a reference to a handful -- WaxHoo 08/08/2016 1:58PM Just don't get people hoo come on this board and celebrate. -- WaxHoo 08/08/2016 11:10AM Not a single damn person on this board roots for human -- Cold Hoober Hoo 08/08/2016 12:32PM I stand by may statement. There are posters here hoo -- WaxHoo 08/08/2016 12:42PM Ah, the ole GOP just wants you to suffer and die defense. Yeah, that's the -- Hoodafan 08/08/2016 11:09AM *** -- WarmHoo 08/08/2016 11:01AM Reagan once said..."The closest thing to eternal life is a Government -- Tuckahokie 08/08/2016 10:09AM Nice line. Who wrote that? ** -- 111Balz 08/08/2016 10:13AM The original quote that Reagan lifted in 1964 was from Senator James -- Tuckahokie 08/08/2016 10:25AM Only a matter of time ** -- dajoka004 08/08/2016 09:59AM Does Obama have the power to "unfreeze" these funds, which were frozen by a -- JMHoo 08/08/2016 09:49AM Of course not. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 08/08/2016 10:43AM Doubt it ** -- KCHoo 08/08/2016 10:04AM The guy had the power to fly crates of cash to Iran -- dajoka004 08/08/2016 09:56AM Crates and crates. Must've been small, unmarked bills. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 08/08/2016 10:41AM Hardly any will vote for Stein. Hill's Democratic numbers are over 90%, -- Lazarus 08/08/2016 09:02AM Wow! She must be up 20-25 pts then! think ** -- Hoodafan 08/08/2016 09:59AM For you non math majors, you can pull up Realclear or Fivethirtyeight ** -- Lazarus 08/08/2016 10:18AM Seriously Laz, think for once instead of regurgitating what you want to -- Hoodafan 08/08/2016 10:38AM Wouldn't you have to know how each was doing among unaffiliated voters? -- KCHoo 08/08/2016 11:09AM Yes, and that's my point. If Trump is trouncing her that badly among -- Hoodafan 08/08/2016 11:19AM Not really. studies indicate that independents who lean dem or repub -- KCHoo 08/08/2016 11:28AM Interesting. I'm not surprised really. But do you have a link to that? ** -- Shenhoo 08/08/2016 1:04PM Here is one link that doesn't support what I said (but is close) -- KCHoo 08/08/2016 1:07PM Some more on it -- KCHoo 08/08/2016 1:09PM Good article. ** -- Toolie92 08/08/2016 1:43PM Maybe as a protest vote in uncontested states ** -- KCHoo 08/08/2016 07:46AM Most will understand that a vote for Stein = vote for trump ** -- 111Balz 08/08/2016 07:36AM Maybe some Sandernistas do not see much difference between Trump and -- Tuckahokie 08/08/2016 08:03AM The last poll I saw said 72% were voting for Clinton. ** -- HowieT3 08/08/2016 08:42AM Who knows how reliable that is, or how firm that support is. -- hoolstoptheheels 08/08/2016 08:59AM Makes sense...Bernie's campaign moved Hillary to the left , quite the -- Tuckahokie 08/08/2016 08:54AM That's not the reason IMO. -- hoolstoptheheels 08/08/2016 09:01AM Sanders has been very strong/vocal about voting for her to stop trump ** -- KCHoo 08/08/2016 10:05AM Exactly. BS supporters didn't feel welcome in either the D or R party. -- FrankGallagher 08/08/2016 08:36AM If they stood for third parties why vote in Democratic primaries? -- Toolie92 08/08/2016 08:52AM Sanders isn't a Democrat and Trump isn't a Republican -- FrankGallagher 08/08/2016 09:06AM Trump is the nominee of the republican party and Sanders -- 111Balz 08/08/2016 09:11AM Sanders has run against dems for senate though as an independent ** -- KCHoo 08/08/2016 11:31AM Several reasons. Maybe they were trying to change the direction for the -- Hokie5150 08/08/2016 08:55AM Exactly. I was refuting that BS supporters hated the 2-party system. -- Toolie92 08/08/2016 09:21AM That is such a stupid statement. A vote for Stein is a vote for -- Hokie5150 08/08/2016 07:53AM I've come across many BS supporters that say they will never vote for HRC. -- FrankGallagher 08/08/2016 07:59AM Maybe not, but I think Hillary and the donald will get 80-85% -- 111Balz 08/08/2016 08:03AM Anderson? ** -- Hokie5150 08/08/2016 08:10AM Anderson, johnson, whatever ** -- 111Balz 08/08/2016 08:19AM Go back to sleep, Balz...you need your rest. ** -- Hokie5150 08/08/2016 08:21AM Third party candidates are as relevent to me as -- 111Balz 08/08/2016 08:22AM Did you not pose a question to the board? If you don't like -- 111Balz 08/08/2016 09:09AM Sorry, should be under cap below ** -- 111Balz 08/08/2016 09:10AM Then why bother even posting on a 3rd party thread? -- FrankGallagher 08/08/2016 08:43AM It's a work day, what else is he gunna do? ** -- Generic 08/08/2016 09:04AM How else could he tell us that a vote for candidate X is really a vote for -- Hokie5150 08/08/2016 08:53AM "♫ ♪ Rock-a-by baby On the tree top...♪ ♫" ** -- Hokie5150 08/08/2016 08:25AM True. Unless that Stein voter pulls the proverbial lever for Trump, -- Hokie5150 08/08/2016 08:02AM Maybe you should take a class ** -- 111Balz 08/08/2016 08:04AM LOL! ** -- Hokie5150 08/08/2016 08:09AM Yawn ** -- 111Balz 08/08/2016 07:55AM I could tell you were still asleep by the content of your post. ** -- Hokie5150 08/08/2016 07:59AM Is Hillary's health a concern? I remember the media making a big deal -- LAHOOters 08/07/2016 6:45PM Her health has been a problem ever since that day she got -- 111Balz 08/08/2016 07:41AM LOL! Well done! Any lingering effects from the sniper fire shrapnel? ** -- Hoodafan 08/08/2016 09:03AM You'd have to ask the surviving snipers, if any ** -- 111Balz 08/08/2016 09:12AM She walked out of Sarajevo smoking a cigar with a necklace of human ears. ** -- WahooRQ 08/08/2016 11:46AM Well, we already know if you cross Hillary, you won't survive. ** -- Hoodafan 08/08/2016 09:16AM She is InVinceable. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 08/08/2016 11:07AM I knew the truth would come out, eventually! ** -- MBHoo 08/08/2016 08:35AM Why not compare candidates medical records? Because Trump won't release his ** -- Toolie92 08/08/2016 07:25AM Maybe a young girl from Kansas will drop her house on her? ** -- 757 08/07/2016 10:31PM Was not asking about age. Health is the question. Her health seems poor. ** -- LAHOOters 08/07/2016 9:48PM Really? First I've heard of that. What are the concerns about her health? ** -- BocaHoo91 08/07/2016 9:53PM Drudge pushed this. Which means so did Breitbat and Hannity. ** -- Shenhoo 08/07/2016 10:21PM I've seen people trying to make hay on her coughing fits. -- hooshouse 08/07/2016 9:56PM ... -- hoothat 08/07/2016 11:02PM Yes... it's something I think about a lot :-) ** -- 81_Hokie 08/07/2016 9:11PM No doubt, the Clinton Campaign hired spin personnel to make her younger. ** -- Hoos Operator 08/07/2016 8:52PM She probably uses makeup too in order to deceive the American people ** -- Toolie92 08/08/2016 07:16AM Apparently she has you deceived if you believe she is honest. ** -- Hoos Operator 08/08/2016 08:33AM This is the thread about peddling health rumors. -- Toolie92 08/08/2016 09:19AM If someone like palin were her VP, then yes. ** -- KCHoo 08/07/2016 7:23PM The media was questioning McCain's health well before he picked a VP** -- Tuckahokie 08/08/2016 06:37AM Bingo. ** -- 111Balz 08/07/2016 8:53PM Her opponent's mental health certainly is. ** -- WahooRQ 08/07/2016 7:22PM Isn't she 3 years younger than he was when he ran? That combined with the -- BocaHoo91 08/07/2016 6:54PM You have to look at the cohort -- Stimp 08/07/2016 7:08PM Fair enough. Neither should have been an issue based on that -- BocaHoo91 08/07/2016 7:14PM And as KC said, Hillary made a responsible VP choice ** -- 111Balz 08/07/2016 9:03PM Hard to disagree with that. Palin is the reason I didn't vote for McCain -- BocaHoo91 08/07/2016 9:28PM Liked McCain a lot in '00 but I was really young then. '08 made me -- WahooRQ 08/07/2016 9:35PM Wait, how young were you in '00? ** -- jdubforwahoowa 08/08/2016 2:51PM Isn't she younger than Trump? ** -- Quaker 08/07/2016 6:55PM Good point. Yes. He's 70, she's 69 ** -- BocaHoo91 08/07/2016 7:00PM What happened to the youth movement? -- FrankGallagher 08/08/2016 07:10AM The youth movement got behind Sanders -- BocaHoo91 08/08/2016 07:36AM Yeah, that's kind of a head scratcher -- FrankGallagher 08/08/2016 08:02AM It is pretty crazy that the two major candidates are 4-5 years -- BocaHoo91 08/08/2016 08:40AM RCP is a little more conservative in allocating EVs I noticed in the last -- Seattle .Hoo 08/07/2016 3:06PM Long way to go and HRC still a bad enough candidate to keep it close... -- WahooRQ 08/07/2016 3:19PM There's "Bad" and there's "Fu**ing Awfull." -- NJHoo 08/07/2016 3:38PM Why choose "bad" or "fu**ing awful" when there is a sane, moderate option? ** -- Hokie5150 08/07/2016 4:18PM Wasted vote. No impact on outcome. ** -- SixerHoo 08/07/2016 6:36PM That rules out both sets of anarch.., oops I mean Libertarians and Greens. -- HowieT3 08/07/2016 5:02PM They aren't serious parties. They won't be until they start getting more -- Seattle .Hoo 08/07/2016 6:30PM You may want to check this out. Looks like a pretty full slate to me -- 81_Hokie 08/07/2016 9:19PM Yeah I already knew that. Figures that WA would be one to have its stuff -- Seattle .Hoo 08/07/2016 9:22PM Jill Stein wants to provide a job for everyone who wants one...mmmmkay. ** -- Tuckahokie 08/07/2016 5:06PM At dinner with some conservative friends on Friday, nobody could really -- Seattle .Hoo 08/07/2016 3:28PM That idea didn't work w/Reagan. Fool me once ... ** -- HowieT3 08/07/2016 5:06PM Their "NoTossups" map has her with >300 EVs. ** -- HowieT3 08/07/2016 1:39PM Guy's from Syria, obviously Trump won't believe anything he says ** -- WarmHoo 08/07/2016 5:05PM Rational questions. But ultimately it comes down to how best to contain a -- Seattle .Hoo 08/07/2016 3:31PM More evidence exists that the agreement is buying time for the Iranians to -- Hoos Operator 08/07/2016 4:16PM Oh I think the timing might have been a conincidence given what we would -- Seattle .Hoo 08/07/2016 5:59PM I am sure we told them we weren't going to pay while they held -- KCHoo 08/07/2016 7:25PM The Iranians will enrich just to the edge of viability for weapons grade. ** -- Tuckahokie 08/07/2016 4:57PM The devil is usually in the details ** -- Tuckahokie 08/07/2016 12:30PM The article raises questions about the effectiveness of the deal. -- Hoocinogenic 08/07/2016 11:49AM The content of the statement should be debated. -- Hoos Operator 08/07/2016 2:04PM I think I agree with most of your statement. -- Hoocinogenic 08/07/2016 2:33PM Can't believe this got posted on Huff Post ** -- dajoka004 08/07/2016 10:59AM Congress returns 9/6? Over/under on the start of Garland confirmation -- 81_Hokie 08/07/2016 07:50AM Not even a remote chance of Garland being confirmed ** -- NJHoo 08/07/2016 3:40PM Id rather see a hard-core lefist on the court -- Wahoo Ron 08/07/2016 10:28AM Bernardine Dohrn is available** -- Tuckahokie 08/07/2016 10:35AM Not until after election. -- hokie in cville 08/07/2016 09:19AM I think they may concede and even assist in a Trump loss and use hearings -- 81_Hokie 08/07/2016 11:07AM That is an interesting sandbag theory. -- jdubforwahoowa 08/07/2016 11:14AM