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Kasich is sounding more like Romney all the time.
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VAGentleman05
03/20/2016 5:25PM
And just a week ago Hillary gave a speech including a paragraph or two
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81_Hokie
03/21/2016 1:23PM
Is it really misspeaking if it's from a prepared speech?
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SchmHoo
03/21/2016 2:14PM
Who's Romney supporting today? **
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Techer
03/20/2016 6:36PM
Trump **
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Tuckahokie
03/21/2016 10:25AM
President Obama in Cuba
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PalmyraHoo
03/20/2016 3:48PM
But wait, Trump said he should have left because Raul did not meet him.
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WarmHoo
03/21/2016 3:10PM
Yeah. We could use a price break on Cohibas, Romeo & Julietas & Montecristo **
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TpkeHoo
03/20/2016 4:28PM
Citizens interviewed about Supreme Court Nominee...
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Hoos Operator
03/20/2016 3:16PM
Garland Block Is Disdainful Partisan Backlash (link - G Will,
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WaxHoo
03/21/2016 1:35PM
So, you disgree with the L. Ron Hubbard nomination, Waxie? :) **
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Hoos Operator
03/22/2016 12:48AM
Well c'mon. Who WOULDN'T support Tyrion Lannister on the Court? ;) **
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Seattle .Hoo
03/21/2016 11:09AM
Benghazi!
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hooshouse
03/20/2016 12:35PM
IIRC, everyone usually talks with the staffers first.
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HowieT3
03/20/2016 3:08PM
Crazy Stuff
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Techer
03/20/2016 09:25AM
Deleted**
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HokieDan95
03/20/2016 11:04AM
Just finished watching The Big Short
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ArtFonzarelli
03/19/2016 6:49PM
What specifically would you like to see changed? **
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BocaHoo91
03/20/2016 09:15AM
System where banks are not shielded from the consequences of poor
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HokieDan95
03/20/2016 12:44PM
Commercial banks are banned from being investment banks **
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Hoogle.com
03/21/2016 4:51PM
No bank was legislated into making bad decisions
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111Balz
03/20/2016 1:35PM
Community Reinvestment Act....and lifting of Glass Steagall
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HokieDan95
03/20/2016 1:59PM
Its hard to quantify the CRA's impact on the crisis...but what IS clear
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Moneyshot
03/20/2016 9:14PM
Yeah the investment bankers will find the unintended angles to exploit
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111Balz
03/21/2016 07:59AM
Its pretty basic stuff...not sure "exploitation" is the right descrription
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Moneyshot
03/21/2016 08:46AM
Unintended angles? aren't the best scams concealed inside good intentions?
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HokieDan95
03/21/2016 09:48AM
That pathetic explanation
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Shenhoo
03/20/2016 7:55PM
And that column is mostly bullshit. The author has no idea what he WAS
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111Balz
03/20/2016 7:26PM
Neither forced banks to make bad decisions **
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111Balz
03/20/2016 7:23PM
Insignificant factor
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DanTheFan
03/20/2016 6:05PM
That whole load of horsecrap is little more than a dressed up dog whistle. **
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WahooRQ
03/20/2016 6:23PM
Nevermind**
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HokieDan95
03/20/2016 6:54PM
That system has already been changed, bozo.
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WahooRQ
03/20/2016 08:51AM
Google "Elizabeth Warren" if you think everything has been fixed. **
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ArtFonzarelli
03/20/2016 10:45AM
Why would I have to Google her?
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WahooRQ
03/20/2016 11:03AM
You're awfully invested in Dodd-Frank being the cure. I wish I were as
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southdenverhoo
03/20/2016 5:01PM
I think it will prevent another mortgage/housing implosion and I'm very
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WahooRQ
03/20/2016 6:22PM
I'm seeing more "non QM" lending, because there
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111Balz
03/20/2016 8:09PM
Non-QM just means outside of safe harbor though, and in today's market
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WahooRQ
03/20/2016 8:45PM
Exactly. However, that's kind of how things started before
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111Balz
03/21/2016 07:41AM
Your position on the "Citigroup Rule?" No problemo? **
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southdenverhoo
03/20/2016 8:50PM
A good example of why having the Republicans in charge would be bad for us
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WahooRQ
03/20/2016 9:02PM
So if they can still gamble on derivatives and swaps, and if they are still
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southdenverhoo
03/20/2016 9:37PM
People can't get sold ticking time bombs and told they can refi out of them
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WahooRQ
03/20/2016 10:21PM
Oh and actually I do think it is tougher for poorer people to
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111Balz
03/21/2016 07:57AM
Thanks. It's tougher for people to get loans they can't repay.
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WahooRQ
03/21/2016 08:43AM
Hope you are right. I've been in the financial services
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111Balz
03/21/2016 08:53AM
If the Republicans take control and roll it all back, I will be a lot more
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WahooRQ
03/21/2016 08:59AM
Yes, but most of those were 'rules" before, just not
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111Balz
03/21/2016 07:55AM
I am NOT "much smarter than that." That's EXACTLY how smart I am. Sorry.
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southdenverhoo
03/20/2016 10:36PM
Dude. WTF.
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WahooRQ
03/20/2016 10:42PM
"Dodd-Frank...which Sanders supported"
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SchmHoo
03/21/2016 4:42PM
He certainly supported the Dodd-Frank Act, voted for it and all.
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WahooRQ
03/21/2016 5:11PM
Is that really your response?
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SchmHoo
03/21/2016 5:39PM
I'm not trying to argue -- just trying to understand what you're saying. **
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WahooRQ
03/21/2016 5:46PM
Misspelled Phil 'Gramm'
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SchmHoo
03/21/2016 11:29PM
Still like to hear your take on this if you're game.
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SchmHoo
03/22/2016 11:01AM
I'm still not sure what you're saying about CRMA -- the point I made was
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WahooRQ
03/22/2016 11:59AM
Do some research on Phil Gramm and his connection to the Clintons.
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SchmHoo
03/22/2016 3:49PM
Wasn't asked to interject, but when has that ever stopped me..
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hoolstoptheheels
03/21/2016 08:58AM
Well said hools. I appreciate the variety of opinion represented...
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Joey Wahoo
03/21/2016 5:40PM
Sure. Well then it was taken out of contextI meant I think very highly
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WahooRQ
03/21/2016 09:06AM
But what specifically do you want to see changed that would've prevented..
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hoolstoptheheels
03/20/2016 10:58AM
And look at the final vote
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DanTheFan
03/20/2016 10:10AM
Yep. Drumpf is unpredictable but all the usual suspects have promised to
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WahooRQ
03/20/2016 11:26AM
Sanders would disagree with you about Hillary. **
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Cold Hoober Hoo
03/20/2016 11:33AM
He wants to do more of course but neither wants to roll back the clock like
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WahooRQ
03/20/2016 12:07PM
Well, yeah, or his campaign would be pointless. Literally. **
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SixerHoo
03/20/2016 11:55AM
Another alias, Cap? **
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HowieT3
03/19/2016 8:37PM
Capwater has more aliases than Keyser Soze **
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ryno hoo
03/19/2016 9:36PM
Federal Reserve system **
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HokieDan95
03/19/2016 8:35PM
Trump only thinks he faces unruly protesters.
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HowieT3
03/19/2016 2:59PM
Kid's guide to online political discussion
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HokieDan95
03/19/2016 2:33PM
Kids, hell. Adults as well it would seem... **
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Hokie5150
03/20/2016 08:33AM
Waitress gets stiffed on the tip (not a good stiffing either ha ha)
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Charleston Cav
03/19/2016 11:39AM
You would "probably tip her if she did a good job?"
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NJHoo
03/20/2016 6:31PM
What's not to like?
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Wahoo Ron
03/19/2016 9:38PM
Dickish move to under tip based on someone's appearance.
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TpkeHoo
03/19/2016 7:05PM
What's your definition of a "Carny"? **
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SixerHoo
03/19/2016 1:07PM
I'd be interested to learn the origin of Soapbox posters' user names.
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SixerHoo
03/19/2016 11:04AM
Just representing the facts
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Old Dorms Rule!
03/21/2016 12:06PM
Dabney guy here. We didn't need no stinkin suites. **
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SixerHoo
03/22/2016 09:27AM
Class of '76, huh?
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Old Dorms Rule!
03/22/2016 11:47AM
Yup. Started in 72 and somehow managed to finish in four years. **
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SixerHoo
03/22/2016 6:51PM
I don't even remember, it's a dumb username. Couldn't think of anything **
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cvilleHOOrat
03/21/2016 07:28AM
Always been a fan of Al Capp. Loved the Shmoo character when I was a kid.
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SchmHoo
03/20/2016 6:23PM
I took the name of one of my rock and roll heroes.
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Joey Wahoo
03/20/2016 4:09PM
Graduated in '84, and in those years UNC was the big hoops rival. Puke
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hoolstoptheheels
03/20/2016 10:38AM
That was my era too and I remember that night.
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Joey Wahoo
03/20/2016 4:18PM
A guitar playing VT grad who is a big Van Halen fan. 5150 was the
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Hokie5150
03/20/2016 08:38AM
You actually know Eddie VH right? **
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HokieDan95
03/20/2016 10:14AM
Depends on what you mean by know? I've met him a few times and have
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Hokie5150
03/20/2016 6:14PM
Love hoops. **
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bballbill
03/20/2016 12:07AM
Live in NJ. Known for its stretch of 95 **
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TpkeHoo
03/19/2016 7:06PM
Where in Jersey? I'm up here now, although far from the Turnpike **
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JohnHoo2
03/20/2016 12:47AM
I hear Joe Piscopo "I'm from Joisey, you from Joisey? What exit?"**
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81_Hokie
03/20/2016 5:31PM
That dude actually has a radio show during the morning drive time **
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TpkeHoo
03/20/2016 7:13PM
Northern Bergen County, just south of Rockland County NY about 20 min from
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TpkeHoo
03/20/2016 07:19AM
Upper Saddle River? **
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U Remember
03/22/2016 09:59AM
Was wondering if it was that Tpke. **
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SixerHoo
03/19/2016 10:07PM
Simply adding a "kie" to the name of my section of RVA, plus the
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Tuckahokie
03/19/2016 6:04PM
Last name is Yu. In HS, friends will do silly thing of 1 yelled John Who?
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JohnHoo2
03/19/2016 4:24PM
Good story. **
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SixerHoo
03/19/2016 5:25PM
I graduated in 1991, live in Boca Raton, and I'm not very creative **
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BocaHoo91
03/19/2016 3:23PM
Lame reference to my graduation year. Wish I picked something else **
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HokieDan95
03/19/2016 3:18PM
That's not the lamest part of your username! ;-) **
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VAGentleman05
03/20/2016 05:33AM
I hope you're referring to the Hokie part. **
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DanTheFan
03/20/2016 09:20AM
Has to be "Dan" **
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HokieDan95
03/20/2016 10:34AM
PBS story on a family in NC supporting Trump...
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hooshouse
03/19/2016 10:21AM
Judy Woodruff is RQ's mom
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ArtFonzarelli
03/19/2016 6:47PM
My mom is a Republican, cap.
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WahooRQ
03/20/2016 08:50AM
I know an ophthalmologist, a small business owner,
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BocaHoo91
03/20/2016 09:22AM
I wonder how many white collar Trump supporters are keeping a low profile
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PalmyraHoo
03/20/2016 3:51PM
Yesterday I heard Trump support from northern CFO, a pharmacist and a
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TpkeHoo
03/20/2016 3:11PM
No, but I do think that's the core of his support. I also think there is a
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WahooRQ
03/20/2016 10:31AM
You need to get out more.
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ArtFonzarelli
03/20/2016 10:42AM
My beef with Trump is one of style and persona
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Wahoo Ron
03/20/2016 08:23AM
Nothing says unemployed like a good neck tattoo **
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757
03/19/2016 1:59PM
Mad at BIG GUBERMINT for shutting down their family business....
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WahooRQ
03/20/2016 11:28AM
Btw, her number 88 tattoo isn't for Dale Earnhardt Jr. **
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hooshouse
03/19/2016 10:49AM
Was that the Kazanski family?
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WahooRQ
03/19/2016 1:12PM
LMAO! **
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bballbill
03/20/2016 12:10AM
Priceless
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81_Hokie
03/18/2016 6:18PM
Will be interesting to see how many Pubs pivot and start cheerleading for
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WahooRQ
03/19/2016 10:13AM
Speaking of character, what say you about the presumptive Dem nominee's
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TpkeHoo
03/20/2016 5:10PM
I expect MANY will either stay home or vote third party **
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81_Hokie
03/19/2016 12:03PM
I read Ton Coburn would accept a third
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Shenhoo
03/19/2016 5:22PM
When does Libertarian party select their candidate?
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JohnHoo2
03/19/2016 4:33PM
May 30 in Orlando. Former NM Governor Gary Johnson is the likely nominee. **
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Joey Wahoo
03/20/2016 4:35PM
...and those supporting Clinton have already failed the character test. **
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Hoos Operator
03/19/2016 10:47AM
Better smart but flawed than orange-haired fraud. **
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SixerHoo
03/19/2016 11:55AM
"flawed"?
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HokieDan95
03/19/2016 12:32PM
You haven't followed much politics, apparently.
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SixerHoo
03/19/2016 12:44PM
Are you caling Obama the " Orangutan in Chief"? **
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Wahoo Ron
03/19/2016 1:27PM
Does he have orange fur? **
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SixerHoo
03/19/2016 1:32PM
Meanwhile McDonnell might be going to
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HokieDan95
03/19/2016 1:09PM
I think he may have been screwed, actually...
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SixerHoo
03/19/2016 1:14PM
All Bob and Mo needed to do was give 17% of the payola away (the Clinton's
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Tuckahokie
03/19/2016 1:13PM
Your numbers aren't even in the ballpark
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sss
03/19/2016 2:28PM
Facts have no meaning to the CCD. **
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SixerHoo
03/19/2016 2:40PM
An Ivy League fact checking site checking on Clintons? Mmmkay **
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Tuckahokie
03/19/2016 2:39PM
Get ALL your news from Fox? **
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Shenhoo
03/19/2016 2:48PM
Mostly from The Soapbox...is that a good thing? **
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Tuckahokie
03/19/2016 2:52PM
I do come here for the Fox headlines. We have a couple of dedicated viewers
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TpkeHoo
03/20/2016 3:26PM
The attempts to equate the two are just plain pathetic.
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WahooRQ
03/19/2016 12:12PM
Agreed he really did nothing worng **
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AlexHoo
03/19/2016 2:12PM
Your auto correct is still broken. **
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SixerHoo
03/19/2016 2:22PM
Nope. **
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WahooRQ
03/19/2016 11:23AM
If I described a presidential candidate as old, white, multi millionaire,
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Cold Hoober Hoo
03/19/2016 11:32AM
Let me know when you decide to not vote for the guy who
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WahooRQ
03/19/2016 2:49PM
Let me know when and where I said I would vote for Trump.
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Cold Hoober Hoo
03/19/2016 3:57PM
Weapons going across the border are indeed a problem
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WahooRQ
03/19/2016 4:23PM
You got a link for that toddler remark? Thats right I got the arms
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Cold Hoober Hoo
03/19/2016 4:35PM
He said very clearly that they don't care about their own lives so you have
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WahooRQ
03/19/2016 4:47PM
You want to talk about war crimes how about looking up
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Cold Hoober Hoo
03/19/2016 5:10PM
Weapons a major threat? I guess you're for more gun control, then
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SixerHoo
03/19/2016 4:06PM
Yes I am in favor of common sense gun control, as I have stated
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Cold Hoober Hoo
03/19/2016 4:38PM
I will vote against the felon who endangered national security
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AlexHoo
03/19/2016 3:28PM
I bet you even blame her for Hurikane Ketrina. **
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WahooRQ
03/19/2016 4:14PM
No that was Mayor Nagin, **
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AlexHoo
03/19/2016 4:28PM
Re: No that was Mayor Nagin,
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AlexHoo
03/19/2016 4:35PM
Here's a video of Trump praising Bush and Jesse Jackson
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Wahoo Ron
03/19/2016 07:26AM
Clintons and their cozy relations with the MSM
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Wahoo Ron
03/18/2016 12:22PM
[yawn] **
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SixerHoo
03/19/2016 10:25AM
More like Friendly fire than Bosnian snipers **
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TpkeHoo
03/18/2016 7:19PM
Congressional panel lambasts EPA chief for Flint water issues
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hokeyhokie
03/18/2016 08:36AM
Republicans want to end EPA, love polluter's money more than children's
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WarmHoo
03/18/2016 2:08PM
Democrats want to bankrupt the government by sending more
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hoosdamayun
03/18/2016 3:18PM
Safe drinking water = "environmental pork"
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HowieT3
03/18/2016 3:54PM
Are you denying the existence of "environmental pork"?
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Hoodafan
03/18/2016 4:11PM
Example? **
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111Balz
03/18/2016 4:24PM
Here are about fifty
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TomKazanski
03/19/2016 10:20AM
If trtue, that might be very poor management but it ain't pork **
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111Balz
03/19/2016 12:26PM
The Free Beacon is no more objective than TK.
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SixerHoo
03/19/2016 12:58PM
Solyndra? **
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Wahoo Ron
03/18/2016 9:29PM
Maybe so; it was at least a strategic investment that did not work out **
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111Balz
03/19/2016 07:59AM
Oh that's right, pork only applies to things you don't agree with or think
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Hoodafan
03/18/2016 4:34PM
Maybe one? you could have at least said "free range" :>) **
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111Balz
03/18/2016 4:50PM
Well played! Pork just benefits China now anyway. First they buy our
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Hoodafan
03/18/2016 5:11PM
Actually I think his real slogan is almost that
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111Balz
03/18/2016 8:02PM
GOPs want to spend the country into oblivion, all the while telling us
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WaxHoo
03/18/2016 3:46PM
GOP just wants children "to suffer and die"? Gotcha,no overstatement there. **
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Hoodafan
03/18/2016 2:55PM
Maybe not, but based upon empirical evidence they seem to care
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WaxHoo
03/18/2016 2:57PM
Oh please, it's the standard lefty retort whenever anyone dares talk about
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Hoodafan
03/18/2016 3:14PM
O please. Cruz says he'll eliminate the EPA, and lots of his fellows agree
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WaxHoo
03/18/2016 3:45PM
Cruz also says he'll abolish the IRS.
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Hoodafan
03/18/2016 4:08PM
You guys keep misspelling Cr-ooze. **
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SixerHoo
03/19/2016 3:37PM
I found some of the attack on EPA a bit ironic as w/out EPA, these type of
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JohnHoo2
03/18/2016 10:47AM
EPA's failure was in not notifying the public and being too cautious over
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southdenverhoo
03/18/2016 1:29PM
I really liked your post until the last paragraph/sentence. **
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NeilPatrickHoo
03/19/2016 09:53AM
The truth hurts, huh? **
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SixerHoo
03/19/2016 10:30AM
If you count speculation and apples/oranges as truth, sure **
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NeilPatrickHoo
03/19/2016 11:23AM
Don't see how anyone can take issue with his last sentence.
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SixerHoo
03/19/2016 12:30PM
If he'd qualified by "most" or even "90%" I dont even think it would be
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WahooRQ
03/19/2016 12:51PM
It's like blaming the police for not catching the criminal. **
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hooshouse
03/18/2016 10:58AM
And they should be blamed if they didn't do their job properly, but we
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JohnHoo2
03/18/2016 11:01AM
Yes. Of course this is the same group that defunded FEMA and put a horse
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hooshouse
03/18/2016 11:26AM
But that is the problem John......no one is ever held accountable
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TomKazanski
03/18/2016 11:09AM
They did botch it, but it was a problem that was created by the old mining
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southdenverhoo
03/18/2016 1:07PM
And how many were fired after their poor decisions that cost taxpayers
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TomKazanski
03/18/2016 1:20PM
I'll defer to people who have followed it more than I have. My
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southdenverhoo
03/18/2016 1:45PM
Deleted
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SixerHoo
03/19/2016 1:20PM
The governor deserves to go to jail. **
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hooshouse
03/18/2016 10:42AM
Delete**
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Wahoo Ron
03/18/2016 11:44AM
Attacking EPA to assist Governor; attacking Gov to assist EPA
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Quaker
03/18/2016 10:16AM
Exactly. Never miss an opportunity to politicize the poisoning of children. **
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SixerHoo
03/18/2016 10:49AM
Reminds me of Ketrina
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AlexHoo
03/18/2016 10:58AM
"Ketrina"....LOL. I'm pretty sure my 8 yr old son knows it's "Katrina." **
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WahooRQ
03/19/2016 12:20PM
Why? Is someone doing a "heck of a job?" **
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Shenhoo
03/18/2016 11:48AM
Doing a heck of a job Barry **
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AlexHoo
03/18/2016 1:03PM
That is sort of my point. You have to make shit up. I don't. **
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Shenhoo
03/18/2016 2:51PM
And who do the Rs blame? Why, the Dems, of course. **
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SixerHoo
03/18/2016 11:22AM
Of course, but I was speaking of the media
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AlexHoo
03/18/2016 1:23PM
Facts have a liberal bias. **
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SixerHoo
03/18/2016 1:35PM
When carefully edited to present that side. **
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AlexHoo
03/18/2016 1:39PM
80 years of democrat reign and somehow it's one persons fault that has been
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TomKazanski
03/18/2016 11:11AM
More up votes for these moronic posts. Jeezus! **
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WaxHoo
03/18/2016 1:24PM
LOL!!! 80 years?!?!? On what planet? **
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SixerHoo
03/18/2016 11:20AM
Planet Louisiana. The Dems controlled Louisiana politics
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Hokie5150
03/18/2016 11:43AM
Yeah, and LA finances went to hell under Bubba Jindal & his GOP cronies **
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WaxHoo
03/18/2016 1:25PM
Jindal effed up Louisiana and the R's have Kansas's budget in
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Shenhoo
03/19/2016 09:34AM
I assumed TK meant Flint but the point is valid in both cases! **
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Hoodafan
03/18/2016 12:24PM
Underfunded? Get out of here with that nonsense
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TomKazanski
03/18/2016 09:45AM
OK, let's: 2002 - 2014 $ basically unchanged and 12% fewer people
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81_Hokie
03/18/2016 1:23PM
Over the last 40 years its grown 800%, you are barking up the wrong tree **
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TomKazanski
03/18/2016 1:42PM
Are you the same Kazanski that two posts earlier said look at 10 years? But
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81_Hokie
03/18/2016 4:44PM
Moron gets upvotes for idiotic posts like this **
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WaxHoo
03/18/2016 11:20AM
Oh the fiscal gnat weighs in on yet another bureaucracy he loves **
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TomKazanski
03/18/2016 1:17PM
No, I'm weighing in on your predictably moronic posts **
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WaxHoo
03/18/2016 3:51PM
Well the EPA budget IS $8 billion per year. I'd be WAY
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BocaHoo91
03/18/2016 11:43AM
The not-so-thinly disguised meaning of TK's post is that EPA shouldn't
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WaxHoo
03/18/2016 2:18PM
At the risk of interjecting actual facts, attached is an article on actual
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Hoodafan
03/18/2016 12:11PM
Thank you fr your intellectual honesty, In TK's world $1 spent on EPA is
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WaxHoo
03/18/2016 2:13PM
Possible, but then can we agree that $1 less spent doesn't mean
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Hoodafan
03/18/2016 2:30PM
Did I say $1 less spent doesn't mean we "love polluter's money more than
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WaxHoo
03/18/2016 2:55PM
Last ten years vs prior ten years an increase of 8% with adjusted dollars
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TomKazanski
03/18/2016 12:21PM
But not really what you said nor what someone would normally infer
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Hoodafan
03/18/2016 12:31PM
10-4. Should have just said 40 years and it would be something like 800% **
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TomKazanski
03/18/2016 12:47PM
Go with 36 yrs. You have to make sure you avoid the Carter years! :-) **
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Hoodafan
03/18/2016 1:05PM
So failing is ok as long as you can claim you're underfunded? WTF? **
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Hoodafan
03/18/2016 09:37AM
It would be very challenging to find any GOVCO agency that would claim
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Tuckahokie
03/18/2016 09:41AM
Including the military. Have you posted to complain about them?**
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SixerHoo
03/18/2016 10:01AM
Is it part of Govco? So yes...they can and do claim
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Tuckahokie
03/18/2016 10:40AM
Can't speak for Tuck but I certainly have. What is it with you
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Hoodafan
03/18/2016 10:27AM
It's the resounding hypocricy, my friend. The right loves to nibble around
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WaxHoo
03/18/2016 11:23AM
Partially because military is such a big part of the budget but listening
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JohnHoo2
03/18/2016 10:55AM
I don't support wasteful spending. I'm merely pointing out that
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SixerHoo
03/18/2016 10:46AM
Of course you support wasteful spending, you support growing
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TomKazanski
03/18/2016 11:07AM
You don't really read my posts, do you? You assign one of just two labels
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SixerHoo
03/18/2016 11:14AM
TK is correct about you,at least based on the posts you make and don't make **
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ryno hoo
03/18/2016 12:13PM
Railing against spending is TK's thing. Just because it's not mine,
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SixerHoo
03/18/2016 12:35PM
Just one post, maybe you don't start threads but you are always
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TomKazanski
03/18/2016 12:49PM
I found you a post...rather easily...and so you return to generalized
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SixerHoo
03/18/2016 12:57PM
TK doesn't comprehend written English **
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WaxHoo
03/18/2016 11:24AM
In KKK's world, brown people, bad; brown water, good. **
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Shenhoo
03/18/2016 11:49AM
Honestly that seems to be 2/3 of his worldview. Sad. **
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WahooRQ
03/19/2016 12:23PM
The best feature on this site is search and history.....show me one post
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TomKazanski
03/18/2016 11:22AM
According to you, fixing a pothole is "govt largesse."
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SixerHoo
03/18/2016 11:37AM
I guess you couldn't find one example.....because it doesn't exists
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TomKazanski
03/18/2016 12:13PM
Well, here's one right under your nose, in this very thread
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SixerHoo
03/18/2016 12:43PM
Fixing a pothole is gov't largesse. Surely you can't believe that Govco
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Hoodafan
03/18/2016 11:49AM
Whoa! You suggest waiting around for pvt enterprise 2 fund pothole repair? **
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WaxHoo
03/18/2016 3:53PM
With respect, your point can't be overly simplistic and remain valid. **
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SixerHoo
03/18/2016 11:59AM
Coach K and everything about Duke basketball is the devil!
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Hoodafan
03/18/2016 12:16PM
That isn't overly simplistic, it's 100% true.
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WahooRQ
03/19/2016 10:19AM
Errr, .. there is that. **
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WaxHoo
03/18/2016 3:54PM
Amen! (On K and dook, that is.) **
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SixerHoo
03/18/2016 12:23PM
Well I've always said that anyone that isn't seriously discussing cutting
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Hoodafan
03/18/2016 10:55AM
No argument on the big 3 here, despite the stereotypes TK assigns to me.
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SixerHoo
03/18/2016 11:07AM
Was it conservative running the Granny off the cliff ads? But I won't
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Hoodafan
03/18/2016 11:36AM
Those aren't conservatives. They're fools or folks with a vested interest **
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TpkeHoo
03/18/2016 10:54AM
They would, of course, beg to differ on each of those points.**
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SixerHoo
03/18/2016 11:18AM
As I mentioned above, almost everyone in the GOP debates were saying we
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JohnHoo2
03/18/2016 10:59AM
This is one of their three go to's
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TomKazanski
03/18/2016 10:37AM
Why yes. And I'm equally frustrated by R budgets and D budgets **
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TpkeHoo
03/18/2016 10:17AM
Kudos to you, then. **
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SixerHoo
03/18/2016 10:46AM
EPA claims it notified the guv and other state officials, and they did nada **
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111Balz
03/18/2016 09:39AM
Shouldn't the EPA have notified the public if it knew the drinking water
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Hokie5150
03/18/2016 10:16AM
I don't know what the protocol is; I don't think there
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111Balz
03/18/2016 10:48AM
Couldn't agree more. So let's just get the chit fixed ASAP and worry
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Hoodafan
03/18/2016 10:59AM
Had to do a double take. Hooda replied "couln't agree more" to Balz post :) **
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JohnHoo2
03/18/2016 11:04AM
It happens. Both ways. Although I'll admit it's as rare as a sighting
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Hoodafan
03/18/2016 11:15AM
Oh no, you mentioned yellow eyed pygmy toad sighting, now EPA will have to
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JohnHoo2
03/18/2016 11:57AM
Break out your Kleenex. Boehner is ready to make an endorsement.
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VAGentleman05
03/17/2016 10:23PM
Re: Break out your Kleenex. Boehner is ready to make an endorsement.
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Beerman
03/18/2016 10:11AM
He called Cruz "lucifer". Yikes. **
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KCHoo
03/17/2016 10:25PM
So he thinks Cruz is a bringer of light? How nice :) **
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JohnHoo2
03/18/2016 11:49AM
I prefer Satan, which among other things means deceiver.
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SixerHoo
03/18/2016 10:58AM
Yeah, I get the feeling he won't be hitting the trail for Ted anytime soon. **
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VAGentleman05
03/17/2016 10:36PM
The complicated politics of hating Duke
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HokieDan95
03/17/2016 6:28PM
Dookies, can't live with them...
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Beerman
03/18/2016 10:06AM
Fish in a barrel...that. **
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Shenhoo
03/18/2016 09:36AM
Nothing complicated at all... **
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111Balz
03/17/2016 7:18PM
No kidding. I've certainly never had a problem, but I must add
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Hoodafan
03/18/2016 08:02AM
What Donald Trump means when he cally Megyn Kelly crazy.
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HokieDelNorte
03/17/2016 4:20PM
🦄 **
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757
03/17/2016 7:39PM
Is she in the "danger zone" **
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Techer
03/17/2016 6:44PM
I hope they nail these crooked SOBs to the wall
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TpkeHoo
03/17/2016 12:14PM
I have some familiarity with this group of orthodox Jews in Monsey.
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hoolstoptheheels
03/17/2016 1:08PM
It's that way in Israel too
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Joey Wahoo
03/20/2016 4:14PM
Have dealt with some orthodox in loan litigation
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KCHoo
03/17/2016 1:28PM
If we're talking Hasidic/Lubovitch Jews, that is almost universally
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hoolstoptheheels
03/17/2016 2:19PM
They made some donations and voted overwhelmingly for
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TpkeHoo
03/18/2016 7:17PM
Tony Soprano agrees. **
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SchmHoo
03/18/2016 10:06AM
Prosecutor in Spy Case Predicts Espionage Act Charges in Clinton email case
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Hoos Operator
03/17/2016 10:31AM
Daily Kos Agrees and so do I
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AlexHoo
03/18/2016 12:01PM
Silly.
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DanTheFan
03/19/2016 10:26AM
Attack the source because the content is correct
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AlexHoo
03/19/2016 10:32AM
Pretty funny. You headlined the source
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DanTheFan
03/19/2016 10:44AM
Can't address the issue, because she is a felon
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AlexHoo
03/19/2016 2:14PM
Not to beat a dead horse but...where are those charges again? **
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Seattle .Hoo
03/17/2016 6:59PM
She is an evil despicable, lying criminal **
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ryno hoo
03/17/2016 5:10PM
Yeah, like that article the keeps saying Obama's legacy is about to be
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Lazarus
03/17/2016 9:32PM
Yeah, like that article the keeps saying Obama's legacy is about to be
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Lazarus
03/17/2016 9:28PM
Has anyone, with the knowledge to know reviewed
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AlexHoo
03/17/2016 1:20PM
Google is your friend
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Quaker
03/17/2016 1:47PM
True enough, Google, SF 312, this is a form completed
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MSGHoofan
03/17/2016 3:41PM
Just out of curiosity, can you offer your thoughts on the matter?
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Hokie5150
03/17/2016 4:51PM
Sorry Hokie had trouble loggin in but here goes
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MSGHoofan
03/18/2016 10:46AM
Thanks for the reply. It pretty much agrees with what
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Hokie5150
03/18/2016 11:14AM
I have a friend who is retired Army Intel. He says the same thing. **
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Joey Wahoo
03/20/2016 5:37PM
Double loser there - quoting the Free Beacon and quoting DiGenova.
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HowieT3
03/17/2016 11:23AM
No "honest" reader should think otherwise **
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hooshouse
03/17/2016 12:10PM
DiGenova is hardly unbiased **
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TpkeHoo
03/17/2016 10:39AM
I'll believe it when I see it. I don't believe the current DoJ would
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Hokie5150
03/17/2016 10:37AM
That is a silly article. "The lead prosecutor of Israeli spy
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Lazarus
03/17/2016 10:52AM
Interesting Analysis
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TpkeHoo
03/17/2016 09:52AM
Interesting. But in the end reporters have to write something new.
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Lazarus
03/17/2016 10:43AM
Some good merchandise here for those interested (inside)
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FfxStationHokie
03/17/2016 08:17AM
More good merchandise for those interested
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AlexHoo
03/17/2016 3:26PM
I want a Make Donald Drumph Again hat
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Lazarus
03/17/2016 09:35AM
A friend jokes he going to start a PAC call White Trash For Trump, which
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JohnHoo2
03/17/2016 10:32AM
My friend's complete WTF Trump movement post
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JohnHoo2
03/17/2016 1:31PM
That's awesome. **
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VAGentleman05
03/17/2016 10:15PM
That's hilarious **
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hooshouse
03/17/2016 12:11PM
I'd up-vote that, but I'm not allowed to. **
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HowieT3
03/17/2016 11:25AM
We need up-vote fairy here. To up-vote post for people who can't do it.
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JohnHoo2
03/17/2016 11:53AM
RQ, can I get your shipping address? :-) **
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Hoodafan
03/17/2016 08:57AM
LOL, I'm still trying to Craigslist all my Romney/Ryan 2012 gear.
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WahooRQ
03/17/2016 09:27AM
My wife still has signed John Edwards yard signs in our attic.
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Hokie5150
03/17/2016 10:40AM
More than one? Dang. **
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VAGentleman05
03/17/2016 10:54PM
And your I Heart Hockey Moms tees? I do have two questions on that
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Hoodafan
03/17/2016 09:49AM
"Give the people a voice" - Mitch Mcconnell
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cvilleHOOrat
03/17/2016 08:10AM
Pure politics over what's best fpr the country. He should resign
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111Balz
03/17/2016 10:29AM
We wouldn't be having this problem if Obama would just nominate a ...
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HokieDan95
03/17/2016 11:43AM
Should Biden do the same? **
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Hokie5150
03/17/2016 11:00AM
Agreed. Let's get Biden off the Judiciary Committee asap. **
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VAGentleman05
03/17/2016 10:38PM
Do as we say...not as we do **
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Tuckahokie
03/17/2016 11:12AM
The same Obama hoo supported the filibuster of Judge Alito? **
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Hoos Operator
03/17/2016 09:20AM
Yes, that Obama. I know some of you desperately want to make
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cvilleHOOrat
03/17/2016 09:51AM
That filibuster would have been more bullshit if they'd actually done it.
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WahooRQ
03/17/2016 10:38AM
I'm still convinced he gets a hearing and a vote. **
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TpkeHoo
03/17/2016 11:56AM
So if they end up getting to September, the polls say Hillary wins and the
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81_Hokie
03/17/2016 11:47AM
This is why I'm contemplating voting for Trump if it is Trump vs Clinton
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JohnHoo2
03/17/2016 2:16PM
Or a gamble and a loss **
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HokieDan95
03/17/2016 11:49AM
I'm looking for the party of
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cardcav
03/17/2016 10:06AM
The same Alito who had hearings and a floor vote? **
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DanTheFan
03/17/2016 09:33AM
After the filibuster failed? **
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Hoos Operator
03/17/2016 10:12AM
It wasn't much of a filibuster.
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DanTheFan
03/17/2016 11:17AM
The people have a voice. We live in a Republic
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757
03/17/2016 08:45AM
Why wouldn't you leftwingers rather have Hillary make the choice? **
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Wahoo Ron
03/17/2016 08:24AM
It's bullshit that this is even on the table and the precedent it sets is
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WahooRQ
03/17/2016 09:36AM
Cmn- you know both sides would act the same exact way.Yes its BS but thats
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TpkeHoo
03/17/2016 09:42AM
The old both sides do it argument. What crap. **
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Seattle .Hoo
03/17/2016 1:44PM
Would Dem act the same way if roles are reversed? More than likely, but
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JohnHoo2
03/17/2016 10:22AM
They haven't yet though -- and I wouldn't approve of them doing it either.
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WahooRQ
03/17/2016 09:58AM
Im not approving it either. And every one of my posts on this matter has
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TpkeHoo
03/17/2016 10:03AM
No, we don't know that.
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DanTheFan
03/17/2016 09:51AM
Ok- you can believe politics might not be played if roles were reversed**
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TpkeHoo
03/17/2016 09:54AM
The "both sides" meme only goes so far. I've never seen anything like this
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WahooRQ
03/17/2016 10:03AM
It's Obama's fault for not reaching across the aisle **
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cvilleHOOrat
03/17/2016 10:08AM
As a conservative, I hope they confirm if for no other reason than his age.
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TpkeHoo
03/17/2016 09:20AM
To me, Obama is showing an olive branch with ths nomination, an older
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JohnHoo2
03/17/2016 10:36AM
We really have no idea how Trump will govern, other than a laundry list of
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southdenverhoo
03/17/2016 10:26AM
Why does one accept a $950,000 offer when all looks good for trial
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southdenverhoo
03/17/2016 09:02AM
Because there is a vacancy.
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DanTheFan
03/17/2016 08:46AM
There's not much difference in the two **
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cvilleHOOrat
03/17/2016 08:34AM
Finally, some worthwhile thinking in DC
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GoochlandHoo
03/17/2016 04:40AM
What a novel idea in DC. Throwing more money at a problem
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Wahoo Ron
03/17/2016 08:15AM
I'd bet a relatively insignificant portion of that $15K per student is
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BocaHoo91
03/17/2016 08:43AM
I'd go along with that. ie redirect some of the $$ already allocated **
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Wahoo Ron
03/17/2016 08:58AM
Good Job Tim Kaine...bi-partisanship can happen **
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Tuckahokie
03/17/2016 07:44AM
If ever there was an argument against a Harvard education
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HokieDan95
03/16/2016 8:53PM
Wtf did I just watch? **
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wahoo138
03/16/2016 10:40PM
A bunch of guys reading sabre posts to each other??? **
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TpkeHoo
03/17/2016 07:18AM
Something that reflects how divided this country has become **
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HokieDan95
03/16/2016 10:45PM
So cryptic. I'm honestly curious
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wahoo138
03/16/2016 11:07PM
It's somehow what college debates have turned into
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NeilPatrickHoo
03/17/2016 12:15AM
Wow. I had to give up pretty quickly. The only coherent thought I got
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Hoodafan
03/17/2016 08:48AM
Thanks. It barely crossed my mind
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wahoo138
03/17/2016 02:08AM
If this is what passes for debate at the university level, is it any
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Hokie5150
03/17/2016 08:13AM
Like a slam poetry style. pretty sure lincoln and douglas did it **
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HokieDan95
03/17/2016 09:29AM
Nice comment section. Your kind of folk, I suppose. **
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Shenhoo
03/16/2016 10:25PM
If they were cowardly implying racism they definitely aren't my kind...
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HokieDan95
03/16/2016 10:38PM
The Atlantic on our 2016 Matchup
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TpkeHoo
03/16/2016 8:30PM
And so it begins
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TpkeHoo
03/16/2016 3:05PM
Folks...this is really how it all began (link)
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111Balz
03/16/2016 8:56PM
Probably more right than you know. **
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TpkeHoo
03/17/2016 09:12AM
Yeah, I was not kidding **
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111Balz
03/17/2016 7:37PM
Gotta admit Balz that was hilarious **
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DAMHoo
03/17/2016 09:11AM
Obama does have great delivery...I give him that **
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nyhoo
03/16/2016 10:29PM
No message**
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hooshouse
03/16/2016 7:04PM
I used to think she would destroy him, but now I wonder if he won't win
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Hoodafan
03/16/2016 4:04PM
From Kasich guy to Trumpkin in 60 secs. How's the view from the bandwagon? **
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SixerHoo
03/17/2016 10:49AM
Hard to say; GOP senate is just as interesting
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Quaker
03/16/2016 5:36PM
Fairly certain Trump is looking forward to engaging the Big Dog. He thrives
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TpkeHoo
03/16/2016 6:21PM
I think the Big Dog may be a bridge too far for the donald **
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111Balz
03/16/2016 8:34PM
Dems aren't trying to peel off Votes
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Quaker
03/16/2016 6:32PM
You might be right but as Hooda said, it's going to be fun to watch **
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TpkeHoo
03/16/2016 7:09PM
Maybe for the WWE crowd, not for anybody with any sense **
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81_Hokie
03/16/2016 7:22PM
Please. Spare me the high-brow cultural bullshit with your dead head avatar
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TpkeHoo
03/16/2016 7:25PM
Think he's talking about the election itself, homes.
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WahooRQ
03/16/2016 7:59PM
I stopped taking most of these folks seriously more than a few months ago.
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TpkeHoo
03/16/2016 8:11PM
I think the place to start is always the 2012 electoral map, then start
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southdenverhoo
03/16/2016 4:34PM
I was thinking more states like Mich, Ohio, PA and shoot, even
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Hoodafan
03/16/2016 4:59PM
See my response to Tuck, below. Maybe PA though that's hardly purple in
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southdenverhoo
03/16/2016 5:11PM
You're probably right in the end, but the fact that Michigan is even a
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Hoodafan
03/16/2016 5:18PM
Nobody loses $ by underestimating American voters' intellect **
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WaxHoo
03/16/2016 6:31PM
Who says it's "even a question?"
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southdenverhoo
03/16/2016 5:21PM
Yep...several of the "rust belt" states that would normally be solid blue
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Tuckahokie
03/16/2016 4:46PM
I think the only rust belt state that might turn is Ohio, but it's always
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southdenverhoo
03/16/2016 5:07PM
There were about the same # of votes in Mich for GOPers as for Dems. And
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Hoodafan
03/16/2016 5:16PM
I think this is an irrelevant, apples-to-oranges comparison. But we'll see. **
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southdenverhoo
03/16/2016 5:18PM
I think it's an apples-to-orange-orangutan-spawn comparison, personally. :) **
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WahooRQ
03/16/2016 5:43PM
Agree and I used to snicker a bit when I saw posts worrying about voter
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Hoodafan
03/16/2016 5:27PM
He is getting a large number of people out to vote v. him as well as 4 him **
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KCHoo
03/16/2016 6:02PM
Very true. Some will stay home. Some will switch to Hillary, and some
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Hoodafan
03/16/2016 6:14PM
I think you're assuming this country is dumber than it is.
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WahooRQ
03/16/2016 4:18PM
Gruber doesn't agree with you **
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GoochlandHoo
03/17/2016 04:38AM
Gruber is the gift that keeps taking...every month **
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Tuckahokie
03/17/2016 07:52AM
Hate to break the news to you but those sub $50K earners without
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Hoodafan
03/16/2016 5:06PM
He is suggesting people who vote for trump are dumb. Not
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KCHoo
03/16/2016 5:51PM
Reference to a prior RQ rant. **
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Hoodafan
03/16/2016 6:15PM
Nope. I certainly don't think one's income is indicative of intelligence.
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WahooRQ
03/16/2016 6:20PM
LOL! Well played. Us lowly Kroger managers are paid well. But
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Hoodafan
03/16/2016 6:52PM
You're a Kroger manager? Cool. Doing liquor license hearings for Alberson's
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southdenverhoo
03/16/2016 10:46PM
No I'm not, that's just another group RQ likes to scorn. Maybe if
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Hoodafan
03/17/2016 07:35AM
LOL, you take shit way too seriously, my friend.
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WahooRQ
03/17/2016 09:18AM
Sounds like you need your a$$ kicked. Never got spanked as a kid did you? **
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hoosdamayun
03/18/2016 3:42PM
Wow. You don't see the intenet tough guy shtick much on here. Well played **
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VAGentleman05
03/20/2016 5:29PM
I think lack of education is the more important variable.
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WahooRQ
03/16/2016 7:11PM
You can stop digging anytime now. I do nuance just fine, it's
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Hoodafan
03/16/2016 7:17PM
He isn't digging. He suggested that Trump supporters, by and
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111Balz
03/16/2016 8:42PM
If you say so.
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WahooRQ
03/16/2016 7:30PM
Re: If you say so.
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Generic
03/16/2016 11:03PM
Keep trollin', loser. You're awesome. **
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WahooRQ
03/17/2016 09:22AM
See!
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Hoodafan
03/16/2016 8:05PM
I would have agreed with you three months ago... that people would not vote
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81_Hokie
03/16/2016 4:46PM
I think you have a higher opinion of Hillary as a vote-drawer from the
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southdenverhoo
03/16/2016 4:44PM
I think he has a real shot. Republicans got about 50%
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KCHoo
03/16/2016 5:54PM
The opposite -- I think she'd lose to most good, conventional candidates.
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WahooRQ
03/16/2016 4:58PM
[edited] not sure that's accurate on minority support of Trump
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GAHOO
03/16/2016 9:53PM
Maybe. We'll see. Question for you: Who wins Virginia, the state where you
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southdenverhoo
03/16/2016 5:17PM
I think Hillary will win Virginia more easily than she wins Michigan.
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WahooRQ
03/16/2016 5:41PM
The military loves Trump! Just ask him.
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Hoodafan
03/16/2016 6:21PM
Romney got 15% of minority vote not 25%
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Wahoo Ron
03/16/2016 7:10PM
He won the REPUBLICAN Latino vote.
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WahooRQ
03/16/2016 6:25PM
Ummmm, wooooooooooooosh. **
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Hoodafan
03/16/2016 6:54PM
Sorry -- missed your attempt at humor there.
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WahooRQ
03/16/2016 7:56PM
I think you underestimate the hatred that exists towards HRC. **
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Hokie5150
03/16/2016 5:03PM
That's the no-so-wild card **
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WaxHoo
03/16/2016 6:34PM
Yep. If Pres. Obama could run for a 3rd term, he'd win handily.
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Hokie5150
03/16/2016 4:47PM
I think you're assuming this country is smarter than it is
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fishhoo
03/16/2016 4:43PM
LOL...I kind of like it **
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cvilleHOOrat
03/16/2016 3:24PM
A left leaning site doesn't like the anti-Hillary ad. Shocking! **
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CA Cav
03/16/2016 3:24PM
I didnt care what they had to say. But they had the video **
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TpkeHoo
03/16/2016 3:46PM
Yep...Salon is very lefty/snarky. No surprise **
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Tuckahokie
03/16/2016 3:25PM
Not a Trump supporter, but it would be fun to watch him skewer her
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CA Cav
03/16/2016 3:42PM
I agree, she will be hit like never before.
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AlexHoo
03/16/2016 3:57PM
She does have a real problem when it comes to women bc of Bill
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CharlestonSC
03/16/2016 8:51PM
No Fed Hike-- No surprise; Lowers number of expected '16 hikes from 4 to 2**
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TpkeHoo
03/16/2016 2:30PM
Wonder if they are regretting the first one **
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81_Hokie
03/16/2016 2:54PM
Trump: ' .. riots' if contested convention results in a different nominee
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WaxHoo
03/16/2016 12:43PM
He might be right. **
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Hokieesith
03/16/2016 3:31PM
It is hard to riot if you don't live in a city with 1000s of fellow rioters **
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KCHoo
03/16/2016 1:25PM
Think there won't be a few Trump supporters in CLE, esp if there's an open
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WaxHoo
03/16/2016 1:51PM
I'm guessing cleveland is not too excited they won the right to host **
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KCHoo
03/16/2016 2:10PM
Maybe he will bring a wife a long
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NJHoo
03/16/2016 2:10PM
Melania nude is pure art **
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Tuckahokie
03/16/2016 2:49PM
No argument there - smokeshow! **
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nyhoo
03/16/2016 5:49PM
Would she be the first FLILF? **
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CA Cav
03/16/2016 3:44PM
I dunno...Jackie had it going on. **
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Tuckahokie
03/16/2016 4:49PM
You can always resort to burning a few couches **
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TpkeHoo
03/16/2016 1:29PM
I am definitely NOT a Trump fan, but I think the Post headline is
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BocaHoo91
03/16/2016 1:04PM
Disagree, it's a thinly veiled threat and an invitation. Expect him to say
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81_Hokie
03/16/2016 2:19PM
He's already beaten that Michelle Fields reporter to a bloody pulp
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Hokieesith
03/16/2016 3:33PM
The press absolutely loves this. Trump generates headlines, tv ratings,
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Hoos Operator
03/16/2016 1:19PM
"Faux objectivity" **
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cvilleHOOrat
03/16/2016 1:26PM
I disagree with you on this one.
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hoolstoptheheels
03/16/2016 1:15PM
You make a fair point and I definitely see him
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BocaHoo91
03/16/2016 1:29PM
Chicago '68 redux **
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WaxHoo
03/16/2016 1:49PM
I think if they try to screw Trump, the Donald will lead his throng out of
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111Balz
03/16/2016 12:55PM
Meh. we survived chads in 2000 **
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TpkeHoo
03/16/2016 12:47PM
Yeah, if you like dealing for the rest of our lives the resulting shitstorm
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WaxHoo
03/16/2016 12:53PM
Let the republican party implode on this. Maybe something better
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TpkeHoo
03/16/2016 12:58PM
OK, long as POTUS Trump doesn't create another sh!tstorm like Cheney/Bush**
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WaxHoo
03/16/2016 1:47PM
You want a real sh!tstorm? How about
--
TpkeHoo
03/16/2016 1:54PM
Whoo. You are the Machiavellian **
--
WaxHoo
03/16/2016 2:04PM
Otto Warmbier will serve 15 years hard labour in a North Korean
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Exhoolate
03/16/2016 12:07PM
See I blame Obama. Now Warmbier will be a negotiating pawn.
--
Lazarus
03/16/2016 1:41PM
Semi-seriuos suggestion...I wonder if Dennis Rodman could intervene on
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Tuckahokie
03/16/2016 1:11PM
Still don't understand what he was doing there
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dajoka004
03/16/2016 1:08PM
And even more, what would make you take anything off a wall in a hotel?
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hoolstoptheheels
03/17/2016 10:59AM
It was very disturbing to learn that
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ryno hoo
03/16/2016 12:36PM
You know UVa didn't invent that course of study.
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hoolstoptheheels
03/17/2016 10:01AM
I totally reject the very idea that you learn **
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111Balz
03/16/2016 8:50PM
Yeah. None of us needs no schtinking global sustainability. Burn it
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WaxHoo
03/16/2016 1:52PM
This point of view is beyond incomprehensible.
--
SixerHoo
03/16/2016 1:51PM
Given the rate of population increase you don't think there should be some
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JohnHoo2
03/16/2016 1:18PM
Poses an interesting question: what sacrifices must we make in the west if
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TpkeHoo
03/16/2016 2:50PM
Naw. He doesn't give a fig what happens after he's gone. Long as he gets
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WaxHoo
03/16/2016 2:08PM
I majored in Environmental Science
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Wahoo#22
03/16/2016 1:16PM
You're debating v a brick **
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WaxHoo
03/16/2016 2:13PM
Ahhh the irony...
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81_Hokie
03/16/2016 12:44PM
No, but it's quite a coincidence that a trip to North Korea
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ryno hoo
03/16/2016 1:05PM
Bet you'd support a class called Unfettered Global Gluttony **
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WaxHoo
03/16/2016 1:58PM
Now that would be a waste. Most Americans have that down **
--
81_Hokie
03/16/2016 2:56PM
There are a number of far less useful classes offered at most universities **
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TpkeHoo
03/16/2016 1:19PM
Take UNC, for example. **
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SixerHoo
03/16/2016 2:18PM
+1 Well played **
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TpkeHoo
03/16/2016 2:19PM
Merrick Garland **
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TpkeHoo
03/16/2016 10:01AM
If republicans have a brain, they'd confirm yesterday. They're likely losin
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Hoo05Dave
03/16/2016 11:44AM
Then they can schedule the vote for mid-November**
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Wahoo Ron
03/16/2016 1:51PM
By which time his nomination will be withdrawn or filibustered by Dems
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TpkeHoo
03/16/2016 2:15PM
See? **
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Wahoo Ron
03/16/2016 6:28PM
Seriously - It's so obvious**
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nyhoo
03/16/2016 1:37PM
And they're presenting the dems with a turnout-generating issue..
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hoolstoptheheels
03/16/2016 12:28PM
At this point, I wouldn't be surprised if GOP elite decided the best thing
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JohnHoo2
03/16/2016 12:31PM
I've wondered about that myself.
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hoolstoptheheels
03/16/2016 12:37PM
The other wild card is will they risk flipping the Senate.
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Shenhoo
03/16/2016 12:53PM
There isnt a realistic scenario where not confirming makes sound political
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TpkeHoo
03/16/2016 1:02PM
As soon as the primaries are over. **
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Lazarus
03/16/2016 1:43PM
I wouldn't bet against that. **
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hoolstoptheheels
03/16/2016 1:20PM
They can't believe Hillary in yr 1 would put up a better choice. Can they? **
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Hoodafan
03/16/2016 12:41PM
That's the point.
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SchmHoo
03/16/2016 12:50PM
Ok, but unless they intend to delay for another 4 yrs,
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hoolstoptheheels
03/16/2016 1:04PM
Never said it was a
good
idea. **
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SchmHoo
03/16/2016 1:13PM
Agree with Obama. Hold hearings and give the man up/down vote
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TpkeHoo
03/16/2016 12:24PM
I take it you missed McConnell's speech just now. He's doubling down
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Hoodafan
03/16/2016 11:51AM
Surely even McConnell recognizes the audacious hypocrisy
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Fuzzy Dunlop
03/16/2016 1:41PM
How could any
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WaxHoo
03/16/2016 12:18PM
Hey, if you can't laugh at Mitch
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Hoodafan
03/16/2016 12:33PM
LOL! Well played Hooda.
--
WaxHoo
03/16/2016 1:03PM
He just shat himself on national TV. **
--
SixerHoo
03/16/2016 12:03PM
The cynicism was palpable **
--
Fuzzy Dunlop
03/16/2016 12:10PM
Actually I think he's quite honest about his stupidity & obstinance.**
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SixerHoo
03/16/2016 12:24PM
He certainly makes no effort to hide either **
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111Balz
03/16/2016 12:42PM
How does the US Senate not have better leaders than McConnell & Reid? **
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VAGentleman05
03/16/2016 11:56AM
How are we coming down to a choice between Hill and The Don for Pres?
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hoolstoptheheels
03/16/2016 12:23PM
Because it's what "the people" want... **
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Hokie5150
03/16/2016 12:44PM
Bingo. its a sh!tshow inside the beltway. Queue RQ in 3,2,1.. **
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TpkeHoo
03/16/2016 12:38PM
+1. As much as I dislike Harry, Mitch is right there with them. All that
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Hoodafan
03/16/2016 12:02PM
He's outsmarting himself here
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Fuzzy Dunlop
03/16/2016 12:18PM
I think so too. But he can't help but double down apparently. **
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Hoodafan
03/16/2016 12:34PM
When the president and Congress have an institutional fight...
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Fuzzy Dunlop
03/16/2016 1:59PM
[in my best Wizard of Oz scarecrow voice] 🎶 If I only had a brain...🎶 **
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SixerHoo
03/16/2016 11:47AM
No **
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Exhoolate
03/16/2016 11:40AM
Never gonna happen **
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FfxStationHokie
03/16/2016 10:31AM
He's worked with the G.O.P. before I think. **
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Lazarus
03/16/2016 10:21AM
He has very liberal views on gun control. That is going to be a problem. **
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ESHooFan
03/16/2016 10:52AM
We can just go back to the 200+ years prior to Heller. **
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Lazarus
03/16/2016 11:03AM
It should go back to the 1st Wednesday in March 1788. The day the
--
ESHooFan
03/16/2016 11:17AM
When was 2A ratified? Not on that date **
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TpkeHoo
03/16/2016 11:38AM
You are right the 2nd was Dec 12, 1791 **
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ESHooFan
03/16/2016 11:43AM
That's going to be one hell of a shock to women and minorities. **
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VAGentleman05
03/16/2016 11:32AM
Grassley held up his nomination 20 years ago.
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DanTheFan
03/16/2016 10:30AM
Confirmation hearings scheduled for 2nd week of November **
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757
03/16/2016 10:09AM
Really? I was expecting one of the younger candidates. **
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VAGentleman05
03/16/2016 10:06AM
Garland is as middle of the road a moderate as you'll find, and even has
--
WahooRQ
03/16/2016 10:22AM
Yeah, 'blank' the country for the sake of 'blanking' the Republicans! **
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PhillyHoo
03/16/2016 12:22PM
How do you suppose that would *blank* the country?
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WahooRQ
03/16/2016 12:49PM
Needed a nominee to go thru the process.
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DanTheFan
03/16/2016 10:14AM
The R's should confirm him. He's better than anyone HRC will nominate **
--
TpkeHoo
03/16/2016 10:17AM
Yep. Declare victory and confirm.
--
DanTheFan
03/16/2016 10:27AM
Without looking, I'm guessing he's demonstrably pro-choice
--
Fuzzy Dunlop
03/16/2016 10:34AM
They have to realize that, right?
--
VAGentleman05
03/16/2016 10:22AM
Say the polls in June show HRC up 5-10%, seems like a no-brainer
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TpkeHoo
03/16/2016 10:24AM
If HRC wins they will quickly confirm him in November **
--
757
03/16/2016 10:20AM
Then the dems will filibuster and wait for a younger more left nominee**
--
TpkeHoo
03/16/2016 10:24AM
His name could be withdrawn as courtesy to new president.
--
DanTheFan
03/16/2016 10:21AM
Yep. Seems to me little downside to confirming a 63 yo nominee (other
--
TpkeHoo
03/16/2016 10:31AM
Erosion of 2A rights?
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WahooRQ
03/16/2016 10:38AM
I agree that it is not, nor should be, an unfettered right. That being
--
TpkeHoo
03/16/2016 10:45AM
The language... you mean the part about militias? And if "proven to be
--
81_Hokie
03/16/2016 12:03PM
Did someone mention Abortion and Penumbras??? But you can't dispute the
--
TpkeHoo
03/16/2016 12:11PM
Just trying to figure out if your concern for constitutional
--
81_Hokie
03/16/2016 12:15PM
Yes I see a difference in clear language and penumbras. Sorry you can't
--
TpkeHoo
03/16/2016 12:17PM
Don't think you do or you would address the clear language of "militia". **
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81_Hokie
03/16/2016 12:28PM
2 clauses in one amendment, kind of like the 1A that addresses press and
--
TpkeHoo
03/16/2016 12:32PM
It's not two separate protections though -- it's a prefatory clause
--
WahooRQ
03/16/2016 12:46PM
F it, I'm all in!
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Hoodafan
03/16/2016 09:34AM
I heard a new angle on this last night. Its not so much a vote for Trump.
--
GoochlandHoo
03/16/2016 1:57PM
And Ivanka! **
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JohnHoo2
03/17/2016 12:26AM
"Promote class warfare"
--
Fuzzy Dunlop
03/16/2016 12:48PM
So that's the "You got yours, now gimme mine. Fuck you." approach? You
--
Hoodafan
03/16/2016 1:32PM
What Trump is doing is initating a rise of 3rd party that I long hoped for
--
JohnHoo2
03/16/2016 12:26PM
Can't say I'm surprised, but at least you're honest that your motivation is
--
WahooRQ
03/16/2016 10:51AM
Naivete at its best... **
--
hoosdamayun
03/18/2016 3:33PM
Surprise, surprise ...
--
WaxHoo
03/16/2016 10:47AM
#MakeAmericaGreatAgain! **
--
Hoodafan
03/16/2016 11:00AM
:) **
--
WaxHoo
03/16/2016 11:21AM
Hop aboard the bandwagon Waxie! He says he's a uniter and
--
Hoodafan
03/16/2016 11:45AM
If helping the poor and working class promotes class warfare
--
SixerHoo
03/16/2016 10:17AM
Yeah, Republicans fit nicely in your box and are all haters...ok **
--
hoosdamayun
03/18/2016 3:35PM
Wow. Just a tad outside **
--
TpkeHoo
03/16/2016 1:10PM
As opposed to I've got mine so I'll force you to give yours to fund my
--
Hoodafan
03/16/2016 10:53AM
I have no illusions of swaying you, nor was that my intent.
--
SixerHoo
03/16/2016 11:07AM
Maybe Republicans believe that caring for the poor
--
hoosdamayun
03/18/2016 3:39PM
To clarify I wasn't talking about me, even though it applies, but rather
--
Hoodafan
03/16/2016 11:25AM
Nicely said. Not a Trump guy here, but agree with your sentiment. **
--
PhillyHoo
03/16/2016 12:17PM
"The Great Society" is fifty years old...we have thrown trillions at
--
Tuckahokie
03/16/2016 10:49AM
Do you know for certain that, without those programs, poverty
--
SixerHoo
03/16/2016 11:15AM
Do you know for certain that without that military it wouldn't be much
--
Hoodafan
03/16/2016 11:35AM
Spoken like a true, newly minted Trumpkin. **
--
SixerHoo
03/16/2016 11:44AM
I'm told our military doesn't win anymore. #MakeAmericaGreatAgain! **
--
Hoodafan
03/16/2016 11:49AM
Yes you are. That and other lies. **
--
SixerHoo
03/16/2016 12:04PM
So Apple isn't going to start making phones here?
--
Hoodafan
03/16/2016 12:18PM
You're in immediate danger of becoming FfxStationHokie. **
--
SixerHoo
03/16/2016 12:27PM
That's different! **
--
Hoodafan
03/16/2016 12:38PM
So...you've had TDS this long? Wow. **
--
hoothat
04/26/2020 1:24PM
Run out of current threads to troll, did ya? **
--
SixerHoo
04/26/2020 1:58PM
This is trolling? I think it's pointing out your bias to you, quietly.
--
hoothat
04/26/2020 1:59PM
Yeah, I'm sure seniors having SS and healthcare coverage, people in need
--
WahooRQ
03/16/2016 10:55AM
But is it sustainable? For another 30-40 years...maybe? **
--
hoosdamayun
03/18/2016 3:45PM
So what do think we are spending now? **
--
111Balz
03/16/2016 10:54AM
If only either of those premises were accurate
--
111Balz
03/16/2016 10:15AM
It's that time.best thing is for once the nomination will not be scared of
--
TomKazanski
03/16/2016 10:06AM
Seriously?
--
wahoo138
03/16/2016 09:50AM
Haha **
--
hooshouse
03/16/2016 11:18AM
To quote the great Bobby Knight, "If it's inevitable, we may as well lay
--
Hoodafan
03/16/2016 10:47AM
Using a rape analogy to justify voting for Trump. seems right **
--
111Balz
03/16/2016 10:55AM
You totally woooooshing on the point, seems right. **
--
Hoodafan
03/16/2016 10:58AM
Why would you think your point was wooshable? lol **
--
111Balz
03/16/2016 11:23AM
You seem too smart to be jumping on the Trump bandwagon.
--
SixerHoo
03/16/2016 11:22AM
Would you say the same to a Sanders supporter? Or hope they accept the
--
Hoodafan
03/16/2016 11:32AM
Sanders has a public policy agenda. He's not just a celebrity demagogue. **
--
WahooRQ
03/16/2016 12:07PM
Are you kidding? Sanders is the quintessential demagogue! **
--
Hoodafan
03/16/2016 12:24PM
Bernie has a political agenda that he has been pushing for years
--
111Balz
03/16/2016 12:34PM
That doesn't make him any less of a demagogue. **
--
Hoodafan
03/16/2016 12:36PM
The words "not just a celebrity" were key. **
--
WahooRQ
03/16/2016 1:43PM
Have you seen a Feel the Bern rally? :-)
--
Hoodafan
03/16/2016 2:43PM
Depends which definition you are using: From Webster
--
111Balz
03/16/2016 12:51PM
You may think Trump is inevitable, and you may prefer him to Hillary,
--
SixerHoo
03/16/2016 11:40AM
Crazy thought just hit me, any possibility of a 4-way general election?
--
JohnHoo2
03/16/2016 09:31AM
That would require an indictment which would require a DOJ
--
TomKazanski
03/16/2016 10:08AM
What if Hillary and Cruz are the nominees, and...
--
Joey Wahoo
03/16/2016 10:11AM
Nobody is going to run as an "independent"
--
Joey Wahoo
03/16/2016 09:38AM
There are probably "sore loser" laws in a number of states too. **
--
81_Hokie
03/16/2016 10:01AM
Yes. In Texas a person who was a candidate in a primary cannot run as IND
--
Joey Wahoo
03/16/2016 10:09AM
Good point, didn't consider that. Not a good rule to cut off getting on
--
JohnHoo2
03/16/2016 10:00AM
Actual conversation I had with a clerk this morning
--
VAGentleman05
03/16/2016 09:09AM
I just noticed that Missouri is winner take all (52) delegates.
--
Shenhoo
03/16/2016 08:52AM
Only if the winner has over 50% of the vote
--
Joey Wahoo
03/16/2016 09:17AM
GOP: deepest candidate field in history and we get ... ?!? **
--
WaxHoo
03/16/2016 08:51AM
The Rs are up to their necks in something, but it ain't quality candidates. **
--
SixerHoo
03/16/2016 10:04AM
It was very, very wide but no deeper than a kiddie pool **
--
81_Hokie
03/16/2016 09:26AM
On the one hand, you had 9 governors or former ones
--
Wahoo Ron
03/16/2016 09:44AM
The party is broken
--
Fuzzy Dunlop
03/16/2016 09:25AM
It's often been said...
--
Beerman
03/16/2016 09:49AM
And I don't think "captains of industry" are social issues voters. The GOP
--
81_Hokie
03/16/2016 09:57AM
Probably not any more so than the public at large
--
Beerman
03/16/2016 10:32AM
The GOP has for 30+ years used social issues and dog whistles to get
--
WahooRQ
03/16/2016 10:05AM
Completely agree, but I was contesting Beerman's statement that
--
81_Hokie
03/16/2016 10:35AM
It's worse than that
--
Fuzzy Dunlop
03/16/2016 12:05PM
They only control the HOR due to gerrymandering, and I think the Dems
--
WahooRQ
03/16/2016 09:35AM
Just what the G.O.P. deserved. This is what you get when half your party
--
Lazarus
03/16/2016 09:03AM
America is burning...or at the very least smoldering. That's not
--
Hokie5150
03/16/2016 09:09AM
When Cruz said that, he got called out by a six year old. Even kids
--
Lazarus
03/16/2016 09:22AM
Our economy is hanging on by a thread and it'll be a miracle
--
Hokie5150
03/16/2016 09:41AM
Come on 5150. You are too good for that. **
--
Lazarus
03/16/2016 10:01AM
Where am I wrong? Do you honestly believe our economy is strong
--
Hokie5150
03/16/2016 11:57AM
Really depends on your POV. I don't see anything in particular that puts
--
JohnHoo2
03/16/2016 09:18AM
That's because you're not glued to Fox News all day.
--
WahooRQ
03/16/2016 10:31AM
I see the nation at a point extremely similar to what it was in
--
Hokie5150
03/16/2016 09:47AM
I see the G.O.P. coming to their senses after losing the Prez, Senate
--
Lazarus
03/16/2016 10:20AM
The status of the country I'm speaking of is not a GOP issue...it's
--
Hokie5150
03/16/2016 12:35PM
Depends on whether you are the frog or the cook
--
Wahoo Ron
03/16/2016 09:27AM
Yeah. I rejected the line I was fed that the GOP field was
--
Shenhoo
03/16/2016 08:57AM
True. Jeb should have ran instead of W...missed his opportunity. And
--
Hokie5150
03/16/2016 09:17AM
Was thinking yesterday, Rubio ran too early, Christie ran too late. **
--
JohnHoo2
03/16/2016 09:20AM
Christie shot his wad with the GOP when he cozied up with
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Hokie5150
03/16/2016 09:52AM
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