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Has Star guilt >>>>>>>>>>>>** -- Tuckahokie 02/18/2016 2:33PM You need to recognize your star privilege -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 02/18/2016 2:45PM Gotta have a star to vote. We libs are disenfranchised here by cons -- SixerHoo 02/18/2016 11:05AM I got stars on Sabre. Nothing here tho. Hey -- Lazarus 02/18/2016 1:37PM ***evil laugh***Bwahaaahaaaahaaaa! This one really was a vast right wing -- ryno hoo 02/18/2016 12:51PM I KNEW it!!! ** -- SixerHoo 02/18/2016 3:37PM The only star I need is this one: -- WahooRQ 02/18/2016 1:08PM I have a star and can't vote if it makes you feel better ** -- Chesapeake HOO 02/18/2016 12:25PM That's probably true, but more important, who cares? ** -- bob1314 02/18/2016 11:57AM Easy for you to say, STAR man. :-) ** -- SixerHoo 02/18/2016 12:05PM Oh that'll probably change. Have no idea how or why it even got there ** -- bob1314 02/18/2016 12:32PM #LIBBRULPOSTSMATTER ** -- WahooRQ 02/18/2016 11:55AM Voter suppression! :-) I don't think anyone can vote on the new format. ** -- Hoodafan 02/18/2016 11:27AM That's hilarious. They need thicker skin. ** -- hooshouse 02/18/2016 11:21AM The man just keeping you down, baby ** -- MBHoo 02/18/2016 11:16AM New URL. Retype it in your browser and replace "townhall" with "virginia". ** -- JMHoo 02/18/2016 10:06AM I have the new URL. hmmm ** -- hooshouse 02/18/2016 10:09AM I'm able to reply but not vote... ** -- Hokie5150 02/18/2016 10:25AM Re: I'm able to reply but not vote... ** -- Lazarus 02/18/2016 11:00AM Re: I'm able to reply but not vote... Same here. using the new URL ** -- Lazarus 02/18/2016 11:01AM I can reply when I turn my phone sideways and return to the classic look. ** -- hooshouse 02/18/2016 10:01AM
Glenn Beck: God took Scalia to give America Ted Cruz as president ** -- FfxStationHokie 02/18/2016 09:47AM Had the radio on scan the other day. Stopped it when I heard Scalia's name. -- 81_Hokie 02/18/2016 11:55AM I am amused you couldn't tell if it was Fox or a religious station ** -- cvilleHOOrat 02/18/2016 12:37PM Incredible how frightening all this is becoming. Hard to explain ** -- bob1314 02/18/2016 12:00PM The guy is worth $250 million. Limbaugh $400 million. -- SchmHoo 02/18/2016 10:57AM Beck didn't really say that, did he? ** -- bob1314 02/18/2016 10:24AM Couldn't believe it either so I googled (link) -- icehokie 02/18/2016 10:33AM Lord in heaven above. Save us from ourselves ** -- bob1314 02/18/2016 10:41AM Amen ** -- Cold Hoober Hoo 02/18/2016 11:00AM Well, it is more comfortable than to suppose She had come around to support -- Shenhoo 02/18/2016 09:50AM Little known fact: Scalia & Ruth Ginsburg performed *onstage* in an opera -- bob1314 02/18/2016 09:44AM I take it you like opera ** -- seanbryan 02/18/2016 10:02AM Tickets to ... Lay Boheem? "La Boheme...it's an opera." ** -- WahooRQ 02/18/2016 11:57AM Did you know that's Frank Oz? Voice of Yoda ** -- cvilleHOOrat 02/18/2016 12:38PM I had forgotten that but thanks for reminding. Highly underrated movie. ** -- WahooRQ 02/18/2016 1:06PM One of my favorite flicks period. Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche -- Seattle .Hoo 02/18/2016 1:24PM Best scene is Beaks in the phone booth. LOL, awesome movie. -- WahooRQ 02/18/2016 1:31PM Nobody wants to buy your drugs here, Louie! ** -- Seattle .Hoo 02/18/2016 12:19PM Yep & I like those 2 also, forget the liberal/conservative crap. BTW Scalia -- bob1314 02/18/2016 10:08AM Yeah definitely having this issue ... 8/10 posts seem to not work -- CharlestonSC 02/17/2016 11:35PM From ryno hoo below, replace "townhall" with "virginia" in the URL (link) -- Hoo05Dave 02/17/2016 9:33PM That solved the problem for me also. ** -- ESHooFan 02/18/2016 08:54AM Are you able to vote using that link or is that function still not working? ** -- Hokie5150 02/18/2016 07:27AM I still can't vote with that link. ** -- JohnHoo2 02/18/2016 10:04AM Thanks, I just saw that and it works for me ** -- NJHoo 02/17/2016 9:34PM He is neck and neck with Warren Harding and wants first place ** -- NewBernHoo 02/18/2016 10:30PM And more -- FfxStationHokie 02/18/2016 12:44PM Off your anti-panty-wad meds again? ** -- Shenhoo 02/18/2016 09:53AM I don't know what your issue is w/me, but you're just an asshole sometimes ** -- CA Cav 02/18/2016 5:35PM So you know BO's golf schedule? Where's he playing? -- SixerHoo 02/18/2016 09:20AM Cuba...with the Black Lives Matter crew? ** -- Tuckahokie 02/18/2016 09:43AM Probably trade GITMO for a '57 Ford Fairlane. ** -- ryno hoo 02/18/2016 12:53PM Might have an important meeting with Jay Z ** -- HokieDan95 02/18/2016 09:42AM There it is. Knew you boys could do it. ** -- WahooRQ 02/18/2016 10:16AM I'm just curious. Do you claim to know the reasons he isn't attending or -- Seattle .Hoo 02/18/2016 09:16AM Earnest was asked at yesterdaqy's press conference3. Avoided answering. -- CA Cav 02/18/2016 12:23PM There has only been 1 other sitting justice died in past 60 years. -- JohnHoo2 02/18/2016 5:11PM OK so you don't know the reason. Just taking a moment to vent I guess. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 02/18/2016 12:27PM I would expect him to be there and am surprised he wont be -- cvilleHOOrat 02/18/2016 08:25AM I actually am not up in arms over him skipping the funeral -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 02/18/2016 10:12AM I don't understand where this sudden importance of divider/uniter -- cvilleHOOrat 02/18/2016 10:38AM The fact that he's liberal and a Democrat makes him a divider today. -- Seattle .Hoo 02/18/2016 11:51AM No, of course not. But because he is from a minority -- 111Balz 02/18/2016 11:29AM Issues re race, gender, sexual preference go straight to the spinal chord-- -- bob1314 02/18/2016 11:44AM In other words, all this is much more than 1 man being a unifier or divider -- bob1314 02/18/2016 11:53AM There's the race card defense. Time to transition to the sexist card. Crazy -- Hoodafan 02/18/2016 11:42AM Here's a thought for folks on the right, then; keep the focus on -- Seattle .Hoo 02/18/2016 12:17PM Absolutely right. Denial is more than a river in that thar condiment where -- WahooRQ 02/18/2016 1:40PM Nobody is denying racism exists. When have you ever heard me, or even the -- Hoodafan 02/18/2016 12:39PM But calling out racism when one sees it is divisive and reverse racist, -- 111Balz 02/18/2016 12:19PM Speaking of weak minded, was that supposed to mean -- 111Balz 02/18/2016 11:45AM Try to keep up Balzie. Is it possible that you and others opposed Mitt -- Hoodafan 02/18/2016 12:05PM Clown post ** -- 111Balz 02/18/2016 12:12PM When you turn to insults.........you got nothing. ** -- Hoodafan 02/18/2016 12:20PM Try staying on topic for a change, and try not digging deeper -- 111Balz 02/18/2016 12:30PM Says the king of strawmen. Be sure to let us know how you oppose Dr. Ben -- Hoodafan 02/18/2016 12:42PM Well, there you go again.You'd be much better off if you'd just -- 111Balz 02/18/2016 12:46PM WTF are you babbling about now? Just stick to calling those you disagree -- Hoodafan 02/18/2016 12:52PM LOL, you should go back and re-read this thread when your blood -- WahooRQ 02/18/2016 1:10PM No, just typical Balzian approach of claims of weak minded and implied -- Hoodafan 02/18/2016 1:23PM Your characterization of Balz's post is predictably inaccurate. -- SchmHoo 02/18/2016 1:30PM You just will not learn, or read for meaning apparently. -- 111Balz 02/18/2016 1:28PM "But because he is from a minority" Ummm, then WTF was that supposed -- Hoodafan 02/18/2016 1:38PM Oh, which minority were you referring to then that Obama is a member of? ** -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 02/18/2016 1:38PM I don't think you're quite there yet. Maybe try yoga. ** -- WahooRQ 02/18/2016 1:27PM Namaste. :-) But why are you anti-transcendental meditation? ** -- Hoodafan 02/18/2016 1:42PM I've always been a bit more partial to strip clubs and liquor. :) -- WahooRQ 02/18/2016 1:43PM You really just kinda pick out the little bits you want, huh? -- SchmHoo 02/18/2016 1:00PM You didn't say why you thought he was not a divisive president -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 02/18/2016 11:54AM Any division because Obama is black isn't from Obama's 'side.' It's from -- bob1314 02/18/2016 12:20PM But who here ever brought up the issue of Obama being black? -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 02/18/2016 1:36PM You'll never convince anyone of that who doesn't already realize it. -- SchmHoo 02/18/2016 12:30PM I also did not sya why he is not kenyan, communist, or martian -- 111Balz 02/18/2016 12:12PM Yes, he is. ** -- Hoodafan 02/18/2016 11:21AM I do think he is a bit of a dividing force, yes -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 02/18/2016 11:17AM And to be fair, the 'just say no' stuff on the other side has seldom been -- bob1314 02/18/2016 11:32AM Certainly, it takes two to tango -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 02/18/2016 11:49AM Where did that come from? Obama himself ** -- HokieDan95 02/18/2016 11:07AM Of course, but I think if we're being fair.. -- cvilleHOOrat 02/18/2016 11:13AM Small but important distinction -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 02/18/2016 11:36AM Criticizing him for calling attention to problem as if he is trying to fix -- HokieDan95 02/18/2016 11:26AM So you don't think he tried? Do you expect him to bend over -- cvilleHOOrat 02/18/2016 11:30AM I'm referring to a simple funeral attendance ** -- HokieDan95 02/18/2016 11:33AM He's not going. Big deal. People are reading their own shit into it. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 02/18/2016 11:56AM Wow, in the age of PC where liberals self righteously -- HokieDan95 02/18/2016 12:56PM Would this be a dividing issue if the media didn't focus on it? Would most -- JohnHoo2 02/18/2016 11:47AM Blaming the media for reporting the actions of the president? -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 02/18/2016 11:51AM Whooosh ** -- 111Balz 02/18/2016 12:14PM Enlighten me, O Enlightened one, or keep your pitiful attempts at improving -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 02/18/2016 1:27PM Don't bother ** -- HokieDan95 02/18/2016 3:21PM Made a fine statement after Scalia's death. Oughta be there to say it again ** -- seanbryan 02/18/2016 09:13AM Agree. He missed Margaret Thatcher's, Sharon's & some others that surprised -- bob1314 02/18/2016 09:03AM That's where I am with this, too. Don't know if they've said the reason. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 02/18/2016 08:59AM Yeah, I am surprised he is not going but I don't see this as more evidence -- 111Balz 02/18/2016 08:37AM Black Robes Matter? ** -- Tuckahokie 02/18/2016 08:17AM That's funny! ** -- MBHoo 02/18/2016 11:14AM He's a uniter, not a divider. Way to stay classy Barry. #SnubberInChief. ** -- Hoodafan 02/18/2016 08:15AM This pretty much sums up the liberal sentiment about Scalia's death (link) -- Exhoolate 02/18/2016 07:56AM I'm impressed that so many of you cons know BOs golf schedule. -- SixerHoo 02/18/2016 11:01AM Strange. Some guys here who don't seem conservative think Obama -- icehokie 02/18/2016 09:21AM In the military, one salutes the rank out of respect ... -- 25Charlie 02/18/2016 07:32AM I agree with this. I like Obama, but I think this was a mistake. ** -- HoosWillWin 02/18/2016 08:33AM Too much is made of funerals imo. Let people mourn in their own way -- Chesapeake HOO 02/18/2016 07:53AM If it was Ruth. Elena, or Sonia he would be there...and giving the eulogy -- Tuckahokie 02/18/2016 07:14AM Obama has Scalia killed, then skips the funeral? This proves he's a muslim ** -- Bacon 02/18/2016 04:49AM I seen this on that thar Homeland show. ** -- WahooRQ 02/18/2016 11:54AM Exactly - clear cut as ever ** -- FfxStationHokie 02/18/2016 08:27AM ROFL-what a sad & pathetic party/clan you belong to? SMH ** -- AngusHoo 02/18/2016 12:46AM Serious question, would Scalia's family want the president to be there? -- JohnHoo2 02/18/2016 12:34AM Not much point in asking serious questions here. ** -- SixerHoo 02/18/2016 09:28AM Start the impeachment hearings! (If anyone's available from the Benghazi & -- bballbill 02/18/2016 12:25AM Disrespect like this deserves to be treated likewise. Sending the "B" team -- Exhoolate 02/17/2016 11:46PM I would be more surprised if he attended ** -- Tuckahokie 02/17/2016 11:16PM Based on his SOTU plea about 'mending' DC, I would not have -- CA Cav 02/17/2016 11:30PM The SOTU that Scalia skipped? ** -- DanTheFan 02/18/2016 12:02AM You seriously support that petty justification? ** -- HokieDan95 02/18/2016 08:14AM The 19th "childish spectacle” that he's skipped? ** -- Hokie5150 02/18/2016 07:32AM Juvenile response. Scalia would be at Barry's funeral. -- CA Cav 02/18/2016 12:18AM It doesn't matter if you support Obama or not, the optics of -- Cold Hoober Hoo 02/17/2016 9:39PM I'll be curious to see what the cool aid drinkers come up with to excuse -- HokieDan95 02/17/2016 10:17PM CA Cav's article says exactly the opposite. Pesky facts. ** -- SixerHoo 02/18/2016 09:25AM Outrage of the day! -- DanTheFan 02/17/2016 10:43PM That's different ** -- FfxStationHokie 02/18/2016 08:18AM Still shows a lack of decorum not to go. what's the source on your info? ** -- HokieDan95 02/17/2016 11:15PM NBC News, Baltimore Sun -- DanTheFan 02/17/2016 11:28PM So, President Obama can't interupt his busy Saturday to go to a funeral in -- CA Cav 02/17/2016 11:37PM LOL. Don't let facts ruin their SVU. ** -- WahooRQ 02/17/2016 10:48PM I guess I should have said most reasonable people would think this -- Cold Hoober Hoo 02/17/2016 11:11PM OR maybe there's a reason he can't go to the service. He is going to the -- WahooRQ 02/18/2016 08:43AM I don't care if he goes or not. I pretty much don't care what any -- Cold Hoober Hoo 02/18/2016 10:56AM When people make the claim that presidents never miss SCOTUS judge's -- WahooRQ 02/18/2016 11:51AM I just wish Dan had let more come out to wail. ** -- SchmHoo 02/17/2016 10:54PM Why? so that you all could pile on more? (and look even more like hacks?) ** -- CA Cav 02/17/2016 11:06PM So the question is "Who's doing the piling on now?" -- SchmHoo 02/17/2016 11:14PM You obviously just want to pick a fight -- CA Cav 02/17/2016 11:27PM So you start this string, but everyone who disagrees with you is just -- 111Balz 02/18/2016 08:30AM It's fascinating. ** -- SchmHoo 02/18/2016 08:32AM Really? -- DanTheFan 02/17/2016 11:46PM Bullshit, Dan. Obama preaches about how bad DC is, then acts poorly -- CA Cav 02/18/2016 12:33AM You're pretty worked up. Try Massengill. ** -- WahooRQ 02/18/2016 08:48AM Don't you have an ambulance to chase? ** -- CA Cav 02/18/2016 2:36PM Y'all are the ones politicizing Scalia's funeral. -- SchmHoo 02/18/2016 08:31AM Looking forward to his next sermon on how polarized politics has become ** -- HokieDan95 02/17/2016 9:38PM So the rank and file Republicans aren't as dumb as the party leaders? -- Quaker 02/17/2016 9:00PM Clinton email chain discussed Afghan national's CIA ties, official says -- HokieDan95 02/17/2016 7:17PM Interesting article -- Quaker 02/17/2016 8:51PM Unsourced from Fox News. Right. -- DanTheFan 02/17/2016 7:44PM Don't you ever tire of having to come up with ways to defend her, besides -- Hoodafan 02/17/2016 8:21PM Let me get this right. -- DanTheFan 02/17/2016 8:38PM LOL...and of course on the report that cost him his job -- 111Balz 02/18/2016 08:40AM Make of it what you will, I just think your faith in HRC's integrity is -- HokieDan95 02/17/2016 8:03PM In the world of liars, Faux News leaves HRC in the dust. ** -- SixerHoo 02/18/2016 10:54AM Admirable. Your a devoted GOP foot soldier whom has received his weekley -- AngusHoo 02/17/2016 8:17PM Your willingness to accept an unnamed Fox source -- DanTheFan 02/17/2016 8:12PM Last time I posted a story that fox broke the board went -- HokieDan95 02/17/2016 8:46PM You just totally mischaraterized that story, because fox totally -- 111Balz 02/18/2016 08:35AM You were the only one that claimed that, the rest just went berserk -- HokieDan95 02/18/2016 10:32AM Nah, no one goes berserk over Fox, its just that some here -- 111Balz 02/18/2016 10:50AM He is a GOP foot solidier. Receive daily instructions. Become -- AngusHoo 02/17/2016 8:23PM And to think I was about to get away with tipping the entire political -- HokieDan95 02/17/2016 9:14PM Now confirmed by Drudge's unnamed source. Checking Bretbart. ** -- Shenhoo 02/17/2016 8:02PM Was it Valerie Plame by any chance? ** -- Shenhoo 02/17/2016 7:20PM WaPost on 5 SCOTUS nominees that would present GOP with a few problems-- -- bob1314 02/17/2016 5:47PM I'll be surprised if McConnell actually prevents a vote on a confirmation -- HokieDan95 02/17/2016 6:43PM Link -- bob1314 02/17/2016 5:52PM I suspect we'll see it in an anti Hillary commercial, stitched in so it -- 81_Hokie 02/17/2016 6:16PM Ya think? I would only be surprised if it hasn't already been produced. ** -- Hoodafan 02/17/2016 8:14PM Not sure what you mean by"like'" ** -- Northbomb 02/17/2016 5:27PM I'm confused. I thought ya'll called Chelsea the White House dog. ** -- Shenhoo 02/17/2016 6:46PM A true caddyshack moment. ** -- TpkeHoo 02/17/2016 5:23PM I was thinking more Porky's. -- SchmHoo 02/17/2016 7:45PM LoL. Good call. I immediately went here -- TpkeHoo 02/17/2016 8:14PM Of the major changes under this Presidency, one was because of the SC -- CharlestonSC 02/17/2016 3:47PM Saved the Car Industry that Romney wanted to let die ** -- WarmHoo 02/20/2016 4:40PM Yes because he had such a cooperative Congress. smh ** -- 111Balz 02/18/2016 08:42AM And that, through Obama, is what the American people want. ** -- cvilleHOOrat 02/18/2016 08:20AM I hate to argue with a 4 star, but ACA was one of the largest -- HoosWillWin 02/17/2016 5:56PM That's what I said ... and it almost died in the SC -- CharlestonSC 02/17/2016 11:37PM It almost died in the SC because the GOP were trying every angle to -- 111Balz 02/18/2016 12:16PM I see now. ** -- HoosWillWin 02/18/2016 08:31AM I think Obama's presidental legacy really took a hit in his 2nd term. -- JohnHoo2 02/17/2016 4:54PM Maybe. He's the only real two-termer in ages that hasn't had -- Shenhoo 02/17/2016 6:41PM Dodd-Frank and the PPACA are two of the biggest legislative achievements -- WahooRQ 02/17/2016 4:09PM Clean Power Plan -- DanTheFan 02/17/2016 5:00PM Doesn't "achievement" connote something positive? -- nyhoo 02/17/2016 4:57PM Not only this, but it's basically been a disaster for the underbanked since -- CharlestonSC 02/17/2016 11:59PM Please explain that point. -- WahooRQ 02/18/2016 08:45AM Yes it is. There are some reporting burdens on small banks that need -- 111Balz 02/18/2016 08:55AM And I dont think Dodd-Frank is to blame for low interest rates either. 😩 -- WahooRQ 02/18/2016 09:04AM Fair points (and much more informed than Matt Taibbi). -- WahooRQ 02/17/2016 5:19PM I thought the GOP amended Dodd-Frank down to near insignificance. -- southdenverhoo 02/17/2016 4:46PM I don't have time to go through that whole screed, but can tell you -- WahooRQ 02/17/2016 5:29PM ADA, Medicare part D, Gulf I, welfare reform come to mind as significant.Of -- 81_Hokie 02/17/2016 4:38PM ADA is the only one of those that holds a candle to DFA or PPACA. -- WahooRQ 02/17/2016 4:45PM In my opinion you overstate the importance of the other two. PPACA is the -- 81_Hokie 02/17/2016 5:49PM Not getting US involved in another war, given plenty of opportunity, was -- hokeyhokie 02/17/2016 4:04PM Now queries on Scalia's free stay at & charter plane to resort owned by -- seanbryan 02/17/2016 2:43PM 13 Hours Part Deux: Scalia's Secret Assassin ** -- SixerHoo 02/18/2016 09:36AM Should have been an autopsy ** -- FfxStationHokie 02/17/2016 3:11PM Will they hide the long form death certificate? ** -- Shenhoo 02/17/2016 4:06PM Yeppers ** -- FfxStationHokie 02/17/2016 4:21PM Local Sheriff has already complained about things being handled too loosely ** -- seanbryan 02/17/2016 3:13PM He must have said, "No." ** -- Shenhoo 02/17/2016 3:08PM That depends on how they're gonna write the script ** -- seanbryan 02/17/2016 3:11PM Can they at least throw dirt on the casket before they throw it on the man? ** -- Tuckahokie 02/17/2016 3:08PM Judges shouldn't take free anything from anyone IMO ** -- KCHoo 02/17/2016 4:44PM Gee, that seems kinda old fashioned ** -- icehokie 02/17/2016 5:11PM This is different ** -- WaxHoo 02/17/2016 7:02PM Why? ** -- WaxHoo 02/17/2016 3:14PM If he is worthy of flags at half-mast...he is worthy of a little restraint -- Tuckahokie 02/17/2016 3:35PM But how do we judge so quickly what rises to the level of sensationalism? -- SchmHoo 02/17/2016 4:30PM Too juicy to let sit. Tell Trump to shut up, too, BTW ** -- seanbryan 02/17/2016 3:10PM This is about to get interesting -- WaxHoo 02/17/2016 3:02PM Count on our entertainment industry to fill in gaps to make it moreso ** -- seanbryan 02/17/2016 3:05PM When you say "Entertainment Industry" ... -- Beerman 02/17/2016 3:30PM Donald and Hillary ** -- 81_Hokie 02/17/2016 3:54PM Agree. That's where we're headed ** -- seanbryan 02/17/2016 4:12PM Hollywood, HBO & rest of channel TV, any producer with innovative writers -- seanbryan 02/17/2016 3:42PM I agree with Cook on this stance. About to get interesting. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 02/17/2016 2:59PM Hold the line Apple. To do otherwise ushers in the age of Big Brother. -- WaxHoo 02/17/2016 2:57PM TC is 100% in the right here ** -- dajoka004 02/17/2016 2:50PM I have a hard time believing that the FBI and its counterparts in the law -- RML Hoos 02/17/2016 2:44PM Requiring any company to create something for the Govt. is a bad idea -- 757 02/17/2016 2:19PM Must not have a proper I.D. ** -- bballbill 02/17/2016 4:43PM Why no pink stars? There is a special place in hell for those hoo exclude -- Hoos Operator 02/17/2016 7:07PM I am generally not a fan of redistribution plans -- 757 02/17/2016 2:32PM Can I at least merit a participation trophy? ** -- Shenhoo 02/17/2016 3:09PM Someone give me 2 upvotes so I can upvote this. Very funny. ** -- Late 80s Hokie 02/17/2016 1:07PM Wait, I thought votes were disabled. Voter Fraud! Voter Fraud! ** -- Hoodafan 02/17/2016 1:12PM You mean I made a good post and can't even reap the benefits? I claim to -- 81_Hokie 02/17/2016 3:18PM Voting works fine on normal boards. I demand a special commission to -- JohnHoo2 02/17/2016 2:32PM Disenfranchisement! ** -- Hokie5150 02/17/2016 2:19PM Could be. I just thought I couldn't because I was at 3 pts. ** -- Late 80s Hokie 02/17/2016 1:50PM Lol... although in a way what you said is very true. -- JohnHoo2 02/17/2016 1:03PM I am willing to give up a star to a star starved fellow poster, even a -- Tuckahokie 02/17/2016 1:01PM No doubt you'll be using your considerable influence to lobby Kris for -- bballbill 02/17/2016 12:58PM Can we at least require a photo ID? Wouldn't want to get rid of -- Hoodafan 02/17/2016 12:49PM That is.........that is.........that.........is.........disgusting ** -- icehokie 02/17/2016 1:16PM Just your typical good ol' christian conservatives. Fighen for dem whites! ** -- AngusHoo 02/17/2016 12:37PM No, he'll pick a liberal who he'll call a "moderate", probably a minority. -- JMHoo 02/17/2016 11:38AM As he should; as he should -- Quaker 02/17/2016 2:00PM On your last sentence.... -- SchmHoo 02/17/2016 12:38PM I'm curious - can you point to a time when Pres. Obama has blamed -- VAGentleman05 02/17/2016 12:05PM He doesnt have to say it. His goons say it for him ** -- Wahoo Ron 02/17/2016 1:21PM Name one of these "goons" ** -- WaxHoo 02/17/2016 1:55PM Hillary Clinton (text + link). -- JMHoo 02/17/2016 2:12PM Never heard Obama say anything, but regarding that quote, -- HoosWillWin 02/17/2016 2:53PM Just google " obama+ opposition + racism" -- Wahoo Ron 02/17/2016 2:11PM They can take the day off, too. -- SchmHoo 02/17/2016 1:55PM I'm thinking at least 3 oppressed groups represented in one person...i.e. -- Tuckahokie 02/17/2016 11:48AM An old Bush administration trick, huh? -- Shenhoo 02/17/2016 11:46AM So in your opinion, a predominant reason -- fishhoo 02/17/2016 11:57AM This is an excellent question but I think the answer is "mostly yes" but I -- southdenverhoo 02/17/2016 1:23PM The Senate says they won't act. What's news about that?!? ** -- aint2Hokie4me 02/17/2016 11:16AM To quote the great Yogi Berra -- Wahoo Ron 02/17/2016 11:29AM In the end, a nominee that meets his standards. -- DanTheFan 02/17/2016 11:05AM I have seen nothing to indicate that Sotomayor or Kagan are "moderate" in -- JMHoo 02/17/2016 11:31AM That's because you're so far to the right that you think the center is left -- WahooRQ 02/17/2016 11:48AM They are centerest to those who think MSNBC is centrest -- AlexHoo 02/17/2016 12:56PM Whatever "centrist" means -- Wahoo Ron 02/17/2016 3:40PM Ooooo, your freedoms have been severely curtailed. Err, if only you could -- WaxHoo 02/17/2016 1:08PM Look, he's got a good point. There aren't any signature left opinions -- southdenverhoo 02/17/2016 1:36PM 1972? RvW was 1973, man. Not to mention Lawrence, Grutter, the VMI case, -- WahooRQ 02/17/2016 2:12PM Centrist. The word is centrist. ** -- WahooRQ 02/17/2016 12:59PM Devastating to freedom? Perhaps a wee bit of overstatement? ** -- Hoodafan 02/17/2016 12:59PM It would be the straw that broke the camel's back on the road to -- WahooRQ 02/17/2016 1:02PM Are you sure you're not so far to the left that you think the left is -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 02/17/2016 12:48PM Jeffrey Toobin diagrees with you. I saw him speak recently. He said -- Sabremetrician 02/17/2016 12:08PM That's true but doesn't address the point I made. -- WahooRQ 02/17/2016 12:20PM So you're OK with the left wing voting bloc because you agree with them ** -- Sabremetrician 02/17/2016 12:46PM I think they tend to be on defense and actually acting as the -- WahooRQ 02/17/2016 12:51PM I honestly don't know how you define judicial conservatism -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 02/17/2016 5:05PM Try googling the term "judicial restraint." ** -- WahooRQ 02/17/2016 5:39PM I asked for your definition, not Google's -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 02/17/2016 6:43PM Sorry but I'm just not interested in discussing the SCOTUS with someone who -- WahooRQ 02/18/2016 08:50AM I know what judicial restraint is and I didn't ask about it. I asked about -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 02/18/2016 09:27AM Nope. If you don't know the connection between the two, also not worth it. -- WahooRQ 02/18/2016 10:19AM Sotomayor and Kagan always vote the left way -- AlexHoo 02/17/2016 11:34AM I beleive one of the purpose of the SC is have an arm of government that is -- JohnHoo2 02/17/2016 10:48AM Their job is to interpret laws and the Constitution. Popular opinion may -- bballbill 02/17/2016 12:55PM So you are saying that the SCOTUS doesnt read the polling data? -- Wahoo Ron 02/17/2016 11:02AM Here's one scenario -- Wahoo Ron 02/17/2016 10:47AM That's certainly a possibility. ** -- DanTheFan 02/17/2016 11:07AM Re: That's certainly a possibility. -- DanTheFan 02/17/2016 11:10AM I may be reading too much into it but sure seems he'll go political -- Hoodafan 02/17/2016 10:45AM Suppose you wait until we see who he nominates? ** -- Seattle .Hoo 02/17/2016 3:05PM Nope ** -- Tuckahokie 02/17/2016 10:44AM Yes ** -- WaxHoo 02/17/2016 10:41AM Bernie honeymooned in that hot vacation spot known as the Soviet Union ** -- HokieDan95 02/17/2016 10:46AM Went to Burlington's sister city in Russia. 90 or so US cities have Russian -- bob1314 02/17/2016 1:08PM BTW, that was when Gorbachev's perestroika & glasnost was in full swing ** -- icehokie 02/17/2016 1:23PM Also went to Israeli kibbutz. Weird thing for leftwing Jew to do-I did that -- seanbryan 02/17/2016 12:40PM And Nixon went there in 1972 to negotiate detente with USSR ** -- bob1314 02/17/2016 11:12AM Don't see the difference between honeymoon and diplomatic mission? ** -- HokieDan95 02/17/2016 11:18AM Point is many go there for many reasons. Our pastor & I went to the Russia -- bob1314 02/17/2016 11:36AM Here ya go... -- HokieDan95 02/17/2016 12:00PM So? Some of our politicians & American Big Money cozied up to Nazi Germany. -- bob1314 02/17/2016 12:13PM Where did i suggest that Bernie go to jail over it? ** -- HokieDan95 02/17/2016 12:15PM That's a figure of speech & you know it. Don't like his approach don't vote -- bob1314 02/17/2016 12:25PM Bernie admires that form of government.. -- HokieDan95 02/17/2016 1:34PM Bernie went to Burlington's sister city when perestroika & glasnost were in -- bob1314 02/17/2016 2:12PM Generally...someone gets screwed in both cases ** -- Tuckahokie 02/17/2016 11:30AM And W slurpy kissed bin laden shieks. ** -- Shenhoo 02/17/2016 11:07AM Thanks for the image, right before lunch out here. Did you need that -- southdenverhoo 02/17/2016 1:37PM And wasn't that cause to question W's credibility? -- HokieDan95 02/17/2016 11:16AM You voted for Kerry? ** -- Shenhoo 02/17/2016 11:23AM So you wouldn't vote for Bernie if he were to win the nomination? -- HokieDan95 02/17/2016 11:48AM Are you going to vote for Trump? ** -- bob1314 02/17/2016 11:51AM If it came down to Trump vs Bernie -- HokieDan95 02/17/2016 12:04PM Answered above in the thread ** -- bob1314 02/17/2016 12:27PM That's the more likely question. Trump's a likely nominee. Bernie isn't. ** -- seanbryan 02/17/2016 11:53AM Bill Clinton was in Moscow in 1969 chanting -- Wahoo Ron 02/17/2016 10:57AM Who doesn't like a good Danish? ** -- SixerHoo 02/17/2016 10:32AM Especially the women....Holy Moly ** -- nyhoo 02/17/2016 10:40AM Talll blondes? Meh. ;-) ** -- SixerHoo 02/17/2016 11:02AM Iceland, man. Iceland. ** -- HowieT3 02/17/2016 11:01AM For Europe, I'd probably have to go with Espana. ** -- WahooRQ 02/17/2016 12:36PM Been there. They didn't live up to the hype, but the country is gorgeous. ** -- SixerHoo 02/17/2016 11:04AM Denmark is better than Yugoslavia -- Wahoo Ron 02/17/2016 10:26AM So creepy that you would actually say and believe that. -- WahooRQ 02/17/2016 10:45AM One of the odder comparisons I've seen ** -- bob1314 02/17/2016 11:46AM Denmark is also better than Venezuela, which seems to me to be Bernie's -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 02/17/2016 10:40AM It's gonna be great. People will love a strong man. (Or woman). ** -- Shenhoo 02/17/2016 10:28AM Hillary connecting with African Americans by using stereotypical accent -- HokieDan95 02/17/2016 09:14AM One thing about Bernie, his accent doesn't change depending on where he is ** -- southdenverhoo 02/17/2016 12:49PM She was recent spotted in Nevada wearing a flannel with the top buttoned -- WahooRQ 02/17/2016 11:33AM She was just axing for this ** -- jackethoo 02/17/2016 11:18AM Comments like that re HRC all Fall compared to Don's blustery blathering -- seanbryan 02/17/2016 09:40AM The irony is both Dems and Pubs find their candidate as pure as the driven -- Hokie5150 02/17/2016 11:16AM A friend sent me a "Star Wars" comparison. Sorry, don't have it anymore -- Late 80s Hokie 02/17/2016 12:35PM Has one single person here referred to Bernie or Hilary as pure as the driv -- 111Balz 02/17/2016 12:12PM I accept all the hyperbole & junk if ur a propagandist working for a party. -- bob1314 02/17/2016 12:05PM I have seen lots of critical comments on Trumps profanity and insults -- AlexHoo 02/17/2016 09:49AM Take a deep breath. He's the candidate, IMO. ** -- seanbryan 02/17/2016 09:50AM Clinton v. Trump I'll vote for my dog ** -- AlexHoo 02/17/2016 09:56AM Tell us his name! I might write him in. ** -- bob1314 02/17/2016 09:57AM Winston, a CAVILAR King Chares Spaniel -- AlexHoo 02/17/2016 10:17AM I'd nominate my Great Dane but Trump would sue on citizenship grounds ** -- 81_Hokie 02/17/2016 12:15PM Who would he appoint to SCOTUS? ** -- SixerHoo 02/17/2016 11:05AM A real Bitch ** -- AlexHoo 02/17/2016 11:27AM He's got my vote ** -- bob1314 02/17/2016 11:02AM You think Biden finds Obama to be even more clean an articulate than the -- HokieDan95 02/17/2016 09:48AM What's that got to do with the candidates running this Fall? ** -- seanbryan 02/17/2016 09:49AM I didn't say it did. It has to do with how Liberals exploit race -- HokieDan95 02/17/2016 10:15AM I have generally found that people who float straw men like -- 111Balz 02/17/2016 12:14PM I generally find that people who don't argue have nothing to argure** -- HokieDan95 02/17/2016 3:16PM As some right wingers do on the other end of that scale. All the code words -- bob1314 02/17/2016 11:44AM Yes but only party catches holy hell for it ** -- HokieDan95 02/17/2016 2:51PM That would be the all-white party, for some reason. ** -- Shenhoo 02/17/2016 3:10PM Talking points to the end ** -- HokieDan95 02/17/2016 5:36PM Re: Test -- Thanks, been trying to figure out what was wrong. ** -- Lazarus 02/17/2016 10:33AM Another test -- Quaker 02/17/2016 10:03AM Thank you sir! ** -- sss 02/17/2016 11:31AM Can someone link that in the box? ** -- hooshouse 02/17/2016 09:15AM I tried, but it seems like the box had a hole in it. ** -- Shenhoo 02/17/2016 10:11AM Step 1: cut a hole in the box.... ** -- WahooRQ 02/17/2016 10:12AM Here you go. But it looks like it's not completely updated. See Quaker's -- Hoodafan 02/17/2016 09:33AM Good find Ryno. This seems to resolve the problem for me. ** -- JohnHoo2 02/17/2016 08:54AM Give that man a star! Kind of. I can see the posts now but oddly -- Hoodafan 02/17/2016 08:54AM ...unless some of you egalitarian socialists are offended by rankings. Then -- Tuckahokie 02/17/2016 08:41AM I think that would put to rest any notion that this board leans left.. -- SchmHoo 02/17/2016 09:28AM I got 1 star! I think to some posters here, I'm a flaming lib. -- JohnHoo2 02/17/2016 09:39AM Certainly the voters lean right. I don't think there's any possible way -- BocaHoo91 02/17/2016 09:33AM Or could it be a reflection of the attitudes, approaches and temperaments -- Hoodafan 02/17/2016 09:42AM Well, looks like we are in voting immunization period, so you are safe :) ** -- JohnHoo2 02/17/2016 09:35AM Interesting, isn't showing up for some. ** -- ryno hoo 02/17/2016 08:19AM Okay, going through "townhall" sportswar has no rankings -- ryno hoo 02/17/2016 08:22AM On the surface this looks bad for Apple, but once you read -- Cold Hoober Hoo 02/17/2016 11:51AM Part of Apple's argument is that they are being asked to create something -- 757 02/17/2016 10:35AM I don't understand the technology fully, but Apple seems to say by hacking -- JohnHoo2 02/17/2016 08:58AM Exactly -- Beerman 02/17/2016 10:34AM Waterboard Apple ** -- WaxHoo 02/17/2016 07:55AM I'm a left-leaning independent. I'm at a loss here. -- hokie in cville 02/17/2016 10:46AM More center right but agree. I would go vote for a third party as a -- 81_Hokie 02/17/2016 12:11PM Yep. Looks like he's the man to lead us over into the Other Side. ** -- seanbryan 02/17/2016 09:54AM Wonder if Obama is purposely helping him. I thought Trump -- HoosWillWin 02/17/2016 09:46AM Hilary's camp is blaming it on Nevada's demographics -- Wahoo Ron 02/17/2016 09:07AM Interesting thought on Morning Rino this a.m...a Sanders-Warren ticket ** -- Tuckahokie 02/17/2016 08:04AM Sanders would be an fool to pick Warren. -- RML Hoos 02/17/2016 10:22AM What "moderate Democrat", if any exist, would be willing to travel -- Wahoo Ron 02/17/2016 10:32AM That's not the worst reason, either. -- SchmHoo 02/17/2016 10:31AM Welcome to the year of sticking it to the establishment ** -- GoochlandHoo 02/17/2016 08:00AM Saw 3 different SC polls last night with 3 very different results. One -- Hoodafan 02/17/2016 08:14AM The country doesn't seem to be in the mood for "thoughtful" this year -- Wahoo Ron 02/17/2016 09:19AM He will secede after a bad loss in the South Carolina primary ** -- Tuckahokie 02/17/2016 06:54AM I can, but have had that happen on a few other posts. ** -- SixerHoo 02/17/2016 07:39AM Trump purchased Shen and Techer's screen names ** -- Tuckahokie 02/17/2016 06:25AM Nor TpkeHoo post either ** -- NJHoo 02/16/2016 10:23PM Sometimes. Add RQ to that list but that may not be a bad thing :-) -- Hoodafan 02/17/2016 08:27AM Nah man -- your irrational, emotional, bimbo eruptions always will always -- WahooRQ 02/17/2016 09:45AM Bimbo eruptions? I don't recall posting about the women HRC trashes. -- Hoodafan 02/17/2016 10:35AM Meaning you tend to erupt like a bimbo scorned. :) -- WahooRQ 02/17/2016 10:53AM You sure seem familiar with the reactions of scorned bimbos. -- Hoodafan 02/17/2016 11:10AM Ha! Like clockwork. -- WahooRQ 02/17/2016 11:19AM Same here. I noticed it earlier with a couple posts as well. ** -- VAGentleman05 02/16/2016 10:43PM Yeah, several "not found""posts. ** -- ryno hoo 02/16/2016 10:51PM Re: Yeah, several ** -- MBHoo 02/17/2016 05:18AM Thought it was just me. Odd that others can see them however, and post -- Hoodafan 02/17/2016 07:50AM Welcome to the Orwellian Land of Oz ** -- seanbryan 02/17/2016 09:44AM That's gotta hurt! Bad enough to steal his nomination. ** -- Shenhoo 02/16/2016 10:23PM Re: R primary politics. So, barring an upset, Trump looks like -- Techer 02/16/2016 9:08PM BO needs to recommend a SCJ as he should and of his choice - But also, -- Mr Wahoo 02/16/2016 8:45PM Wrong. Obama has every right to nominate someone, and the Senate has every -- JMHoo 02/17/2016 10:03AM Yes, the process should play out as usual. ** -- SixerHoo 02/17/2016 07:31AM Hoo said any nomination should get a pass? I haven't seen even the hardest -- Hoodafan 02/16/2016 9:41PM Nailed it ** -- TpkeHoo 02/16/2016 10:06PM For the most part, but I take McConnell's position as a -- Doug 02/17/2016 08:45AM I think you understand the term trail balloon:) ** -- Shenhoo 02/16/2016 9:55PM Pretty much dead on. And if there was to be a trail balloon, -- Shenhoo 02/16/2016 9:54PM I disagreed with his vote against Roberts, but it was a symbolic vote. -- WahooRQ 02/16/2016 8:53PM What about the filibuster vs Alito? - ** -- Mr Wahoo 02/16/2016 9:22PM No one filibustered Alito. ** -- WahooRQ 02/17/2016 06:54AM Technically true. But 25 Dems voted for one, including Obama and Biden -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 02/17/2016 09:41AM Honest question: do you know what a filibuster is? -- WahooRQ 02/17/2016 10:08AM Nowadays it means blocking cloture with 41 votes (no Mr. Smiths anymore) ** -- Sabremetrician 02/17/2016 10:32AM Sure I know why they didn't go through with it -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 02/17/2016 10:31AM Yes, but of course. Thank you for taking the Democratic position. ** -- Shenhoo 02/16/2016 8:50PM Talk about a red herring. Who has said they should give his choice a pass -- VAGentleman05 02/16/2016 8:48PM They don't have to, they can wait. It's kind of a no win for them, though. -- Exhoolate 02/16/2016 8:56PM It'll be more than that. It will translate to votes. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 02/16/2016 9:42PM For both sides ** -- Exhoolate 02/16/2016 10:06PM But mostly Democrats. Assuming the appointment is a moderate. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 02/17/2016 01:39AM A moderate what? Roberts is a "moderate" and given his record, I -- Exhoolate 02/17/2016 06:50AM Roberts is a conservative who cares about the integrity of the court. -- WahooRQ 02/17/2016 07:36AM It's unprecedented to declare a law unconstitutional? ** -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 02/17/2016 09:35AM On the ground they would have struck it down? Yes. -- WahooRQ 02/17/2016 09:53AM Of course the nature of the Supreme Court requires them to do unprecedented -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 02/17/2016 10:23AM Sorry, but you don't seem to get the issue. The conservatives are the -- WahooRQ 02/17/2016 10:32AM You don't seem to have a clue how conservatives think -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 02/17/2016 10:39AM I don't really care how you think. I'm talking judicial conservatives. ** -- WahooRQ 02/17/2016 10:41AM If their feelings are hurt by pissing and moaning, they're in the wrong -- VAGentleman05 02/16/2016 9:05PM A quick, unscientific check of Soapbox poster ratings seems to -- SixerHoo 02/17/2016 07:20AM Just realized that I am a one star. I guess they got that right. But -- HoosWillWin 02/17/2016 09:48AM It's their revenge for losing all the arguments. Tribal. ** -- Shenhoo 02/17/2016 09:23AM I might consider upvoting this, but liberal menace that I am, am prohibted. -- SchmHoo 02/17/2016 09:59AM I suppose all us libs should just upvote every lib post every time. Seems -- SixerHoo 02/17/2016 10:31AM It would be interesting to see what would happen if everything reset..... -- SchmHoo 02/17/2016 10:35AM Oh, quite so. I know I have a stalker here and the regular boards as well ** -- HowieT3 02/17/2016 08:37AM Im seeing stars for some folks but not others ** -- TpkeHoo 02/16/2016 10:32PM You have to have a net positive vote total to have a star. ** -- SixerHoo 02/17/2016 07:26AM We all rise and fall in this "cesspool" together! :-) ** -- Hoodafan 02/16/2016 9:28PM Soon to be re-named "Bernie's Sandbox" ** -- CharlestonSC 02/16/2016 8:29PM I smell cat-piss ** -- Mr Wahoo 02/16/2016 9:20PM I'm sure if they ranked the most obnoxious right wing nutjobs would be the -- WahooRQ 02/16/2016 8:49PM Ha! I have a net -140 points on 905 posts. I think you're onto something. ** -- SixerHoo 02/17/2016 07:24AM I'll be glad whenthe SC primary is over- got 12 robbo calls today alone ** -- MBHoo 02/16/2016 7:44PM It might have been Rubio calling 12 times:) ** -- Shenhoo 02/16/2016 9:44PM I got one yesterday. Never even lived there :) ** -- Beerman 02/16/2016 8:10PM Never sent any secret info WOOF WOOF, don't know how those FBI files got -- 81_Hokie 02/16/2016 8:21PM Yeah, probably not the best candidate to criticize others for lying. ** -- Hoodafan 02/16/2016 9:26PM Funny..HRC would need a kennel for herself. ** -- Wahoo Ron 02/16/2016 7:46PM Grassley--no decision on SCOTUS nominee hearing till they see the nominee -- seanbryan 02/16/2016 6:18PM Damage control; about time he wised up ** -- Quaker 02/16/2016 6:59PM I find it incredible that a Republican would actually need any evidence -- Shenhoo 02/16/2016 6:51PM Hmm. Interesting. That'd be quite a move on Obama's part. Would be playing -- bob1314 02/16/2016 6:45PM No way. Obama sees the long game here and the only -- CharlestonSC 02/16/2016 6:58PM Brian Sandoval R-Gov, Nev, is an e.g. of a moderate who would fill the bill -- seanbryan 02/16/2016 9:34PM Question for those who know the history of SCOTUS picks. Is a litmus test -- Hoo05Dave 02/16/2016 5:18PM Really interesting subject -- fishhoo 02/16/2016 9:25PM Not supposed to be but I am sure the executive has a really good idea -- KCHoo 02/16/2016 6:01PM In theory litmus tests were frowned upon but hoo knows what really happened -- AlexHoo 02/16/2016 5:34PM