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Now that Jim McDermott has made it official, it’ll be interesting to see who replaces him. I don’t have any favorites really, but I’d sort of prefer not voting for a person who thought they should primary him. One worry that came up at Drinking Liberally would be someone running as a Prefers Republican Party candidate could slip past a crowded primary field and make it into the general if there are enough Democrats. I don’t think that’s an issue.

So, any preferences?

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  2. 2

    @1 I don’t think he lives in the district. His last known address is in Oregon. His next hole-up may be a federal prison.

  3. 3

    Goldy. I can’t think of anyone better informed or more liberal. Bonus points for being Jewish.

  5. 5

    You know, for a long time I considered criticism of Debbie Wasserman Schultz just politics and even sour grapes. But now I read an interview with her about her attitude on marijuana legalization and I have to say, she’s off. She’s not using her head. She repeats the same old tired disproved nonsense about “gateway drug”. Not a thing about the pure, unadulterated racist enforcement. Not a thing about prescription opiates. Not a thing about alcohol being easily available. Something I’d bet her and her friends welcome at every opportunity. Just another establishment hypocrite. And now I want to add my voice in saying she has to go. She doesn’t have the intellect for the job.

  6. 6

    Ain’t it great to see Kim Jung Un throw the double bird to Obummer with their latest nuclear explosion? Even NK doesn’t fear the Obummer!

  7. 7

    Is Debbie Wasserman Schultz at all responsible for coordinating getting more democrats elected in state races?

  9. 9

    @ The Schizo @ 6:

    “Ain’t it great to see Kim Jung Un throw the double bird to Obummer with their latest nuclear explosion? Even NK doesn’t fear the Obummer!”

    Oh, do tell. What would you have the President do about it?

    No idea? Thats unsurprising.

    Perhaps a strongly-worded letter to the Dictator Kim would cause him reason to pause and reflect on the situation.

    Then again, considering the nature of your posting over the years….

    Naw, not gonna do it.

  10. 10

    We all know that All Republicans are Scum of the Universe, but this is too funny.

    http://talkingpointsmemo.com/l.....ifications

    Except Rand is wrong – Crud isn’t even qualified to be Prime Minister of Canada. He mine as well take refuge in the North Pole or see if the Bundy KLAN members would take him in Oregon.

  12. 12

    Funny how all the Repukes hate NYC but they come here begging to be on the TV shows. Don’t they know that the Limpdick has a radio show they can go on ?

  13. 13

    @6 Thanks for letting us know whose side you’re on, commie lover. You are a disgusting traitor.

  14. 14

    Republicans, circa 2013:

    “We must all be looking for ways to prevent senseless acts of violence and the taking of innocent life but the best place to start would be enforcing the laws that Congress has already enacted.”

    Republicans, circa 2016:

    “The proposed executive actions are ripe for abuse by the Obama Administration, which has made no secret of its contempt for the Second Amendment.”

    Two-faced hypocrites …

    http://www.dailykos.com/story/.....tail=email

  15. 15

    So, is Ted Cruz an “Anchor Baby”, a Canadian, a Catholic, a Cuban, or what? What the fuck is that guy?
    Too fucking funny. That’s what he is. But even funnier than Ted is the way he has all of Carson’s supporters fooled.
    I keep thinking it can’t get any better than this.
    And then it does.

  19. 19

    Ohhh, so devastating the Crud isn’t a Natural Born Citizen.

    I wonder if he’ll be getting any sleep in the future?

    Maybe, he should think about running for McDermotts’ Seat?

  20. 20

    Yeah Obama needs to get tougher with North Korea. Maybe he should do what George W. Bush did when North Korea performed a Nuclear Bomb test in 2006, and then called North Korea “The Axis of EVVVVVVVVIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL.

    That will get’em! It’ll put North Korea in their place once and for all.

  21. 21

    @18 except some nuclear experts don’t believe that it was a real test. Not sure if I believe that, but they are the experts that kind of know better.

    Regardless, Obama needs to say “Axxxxxxiiiiiisssss of EEEEEVVVIIIILLLLL”. It will put a stop to things.

  23. 23

    “Ain’t it great to see Kim Jung Un throw the double bird to Obummer with their latest nuclear explosion?”

    My decoder ring comes up with, “The loon hates America, loves Kim Jung Un.”

    How fickle. It wasn’t all that long ago it was Putin.

    “Republicans Have Found Their Dream Leader and His Name Is Vladimir Putin”

    http://www.politicususa.com/20.....putin.html

  25. 25

    The Duggars (and apparently the Schizos) home-schooling superhero is in a bit of hot water.

    Again, unsurprising. The whole Abrahamic faith system is a pedophile capitalist death cult.

  26. 26

    Native Americans tell Bundy gang, get the hell out of here, we were here first. Good for them.

    http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/06/.....index.html

    Roger Rabbit Commentary: As for me, I’m getting tired of the Bundys and their antics. I have grievances against the government, too. One of them is the kid-glove treatment that gun-toting white bullies get from cops. You can bet your ass the lawmen would go in with guns blazing if they were Native Americans, blacks, Hispanics, or Asians.

  27. 27

    @22 Yeah, probably.

    “Chinese stocks were halted on Thursday after just 30 minutes of trading, an unnerving collapse that is likely to increase worries over the country’s markets and currency.”

    http://money.cnn.com/2016/01/0.....index.html

    China’s economic data are as fake as all the counterfeit products pouring out of that country, and everybody knows it. Honestly, why do we have anything to do with that country? I don’t buy anything made in China, I don’t invest in their stocks, I don’t travel there. Fuck China, we should ignore them, like we did until Nixon* sucked up to them.

    * GOP failed president of long ago

  29. 29

    Both Trump and McCain are raising questions about Ted Cruz’s eligibility for the presidency. This could get interesting.

    http://www.cbsnews.com/news/jo.....king-into/

    Roger Rabbit Commentary: I don’t know if there’s an issue here or not. Cruz was born in Canada, but his mother was an American citizen. (His father was not.) Is that enough to make him a “natural born citizen”? If Cruz isn’t eligible to be president, that leaves a big hole in the GOP race — does Carson then make a comeback as the evangelical candidate (I doubt it), or does Huckabee take over Cruz’s role (possible)? Or does it become a two man race between Trump and Rubio instead of a three-man race between Trump, Cruz, and Rubio (possible)? Lots of possibilities here. My sense is the country (as a whole, as opposed to the GOP birther crazies) isn’t going to split hairs over fine points of citizenship; if the voters elected Cruz president, I think it would stand. There’s a natural reluctance to overturn the choices made by voters. In America, elections are the ultimate authority.

  30. 30

    @29. It is pretty murky to call Crud a Natural Born Citizen and how it relates to the status of being a candidate for President. It isn’t settled law and it is going to be an issue. Trump will sue if Crud continues to be a threat. Crud should be shopping at the nearest bedding store to make sure he has the most comfortable mattress, he is going to need it.

    This is the funniest fucking thing going today. Republicans are even incapable of falsifying their citizenship unlike the greatness of my current President! They can’t even hold a candle to his ass.

    Hopefully I’m not pulling a Boob.

  31. 31

    Stock Market going to Plunge tomorrow?

    Puddy pulled out in late November! Market indicators were all wrong! Seems Puddy was prescient again! Sitting on side lines until this goes past!

  32. 32

    vomit producer,

    Obummer is a weak preznit. Showing strength deters morons like Un from ignoring UN agreements. Since Obummer proclaimed the US was the world bully, well even fools like Un are emboldened! Since Un has abrogated the 1953 armistice what will Obummer do? Nuthin!

  33. 33

    Wrong again R senile. So wrong for so long!

    Un is your hero. This goes back to Madeline Halfbright and that 1994 agreement where Clinton gave his father recognition!

    Waytogo libtardos!

  34. 34

    Oh my the Oregon moron forgets history.

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/new.....inton.html

    An anonymous email circulated by supporters of Mrs Clinton, Mr Obama’s main rival for the party’s nomination, thrust a new allegation into the national spotlight — that he had not been born in Hawaii.

    and

    http://www.wnd.com/2010/03/127362/

    An archive search shows the question of McCain’s birth certificate and his eligibility to be president was actively pursued by Democratic Party activists and the mainstream media in the run-up to the 2008 presidential election, despite the ridicule now heaped upon those questioning Obama’s qualifications under Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution.

    Puddy doesn’t forget and is not a LIV!!!!!

    This is why HA DUMMMOCRETINS are either low information voters (LIV) or have 24 hour moronic moonbattic memory malady! Trump is actually helping Ted Cruz, something the Teabagged idiot doesn’t get!

    Stay stooooooooooopid Oregon moron!

  35. 35

    Once again R senile gets his information from the well known lying site daily kooks!

    So the senility is deeper than originally diagnosed!

  37. 37

    @36,
    Please spare me.
    It’s been so nice lately not having to see any of it. Now even hearing about it second hand is a downer.
    We can agree to stipulate that one of the trolls is an under-medicated schizophrenic with delusional ideation that results in frequent violent outbursts and fits of rage.
    Signifies less than a fart in the wind.

  38. 38

    @30,
    I personally think the question is ridiculous. But that doesn’t make me above using it. Nor, I’m sure, are Trump and the other circus clowns. And the result is likely to be that in the event that Cruz manages to sustain his momentum and overtakes Trump (I’m skeptical) the vast army of Trump nativists will have the excuse they need to stay home in November.
    Love it.

  39. 39

    @31

    Right. Because the return you’re getting from your mattress is great.

    Smarter people are bargain shopping. I bought some more NFLX Monday afternoon. Nie I get to decide to hold it or take the 5% gain in four days and look for a Pharmaceutical bargain.

    Were you as prescient as when you told everyone here McCain would be President? Or when Mittens was going to win, the polls are skewed? Ir MIKE! would be governor? How’s McKenna settling in and decorating the Governors office?

  40. 40

    @31 Dumbest strategy I’ve ever heard of. What if the market takes off while you’re on the sidelines? Nobody can “time” markets like you’re trying to do. Also, see @39. Studies show the best way to invest is stay in the market at all times and use declines to add to positions, or use a dollar cost averaging strategy. Readers, beware! Do NOT try Puddy’s investing gymnastics at home! It may be hazardous to your wealth!

  41. 41

    @32 The last thing we need is another swaggering tough guy getting into fights he can’t finish and throwing away American lives and treasure.

  43. 43

    Segment on NPR’s Morning Edition this morning about robots. They are increasingly being used as ‘greeters’ at store entrances.

    Their cost? $20,000. That’s minimum wage at Wal-Mart for a FT employee beginning next month, before benefits.

    Wal-Mart uses greeters at each store, right?

  44. 44

    @43 Do they give customers a warm cheery glow? Do they collect shopping carts in parking lots, too? Can they deter customers from walking out with merchandise they haven’t paid for?

  45. 45

    @34 The difference is Obama has a U.S. birth certificate and Ted Crud doesn’t. If Obama’s father was a Kenyan and his mother an Indonesian, he’d still be a natural-born U.S. citizen and a two-term president of the United States. So stick that up your ass and fart on it.

  46. 46

    @35 Sez the moron who regularly cites the Moonie Times and every rightwing idiot blogger in creation.

  47. 47

    @36 No, he woke up stupid again. Unfortunately, his kind of stupidity — dittoheaditis — is an incurable affliction.

  48. 48

    @38 Rand Paul joined the Ted Crud birther parade this morning. Looks like the race is on for the title of drum major of this marching band.

  49. 49

    I’m just wondering if the American Psychiatric Association has a diagnostic code for minimum wage obsession disorder? And can a doc with that condition be put on compulsory disability license suspension for the protection of his patients and employees?

  50. 50

    @43

    Sloppy research as usual. (See @44, your comment is just uninformed)

    Wall Mart mostly did away with the greeters when their sales tanked and moved them to stocking/cashier type positions. Or maybe you didn’t read the thousands of column inches written on consumer complaints of empty shelves and no floor staff at Wall Mart in the last four-five years.

    Well, the greeters are back now that earnings are back up and lookee, the stock is trending up in this current sell-off (bargain hunting…)

    Wall Mart is bringing the Greeters Back partly to act as first line loss prevention. A robot can’t chase down a shoplifter or notice a Rib Roast stuffed in a thief’s pants.

    The renewed focus on “door presence” is part of Wal-Mart’s efforts to improve the profitability of its U.S. operations by making the stores friendlier, keeping them well stocked, and reducing theft. The company is also boosting wages for some employees to give them more incentive to be more helpful and attentive, a sign that labor cuts in recent years likely went too far.

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    While thinking of robots, anyone seen a Concierge Board in a hotel. (Here’s where part of Sloppy’s insistence on automation starts to fall apart?)

    Low end hotels are more and more installing these to act as a local guide for travelers. These are hotels that have never had a traditional Concierge, like Courtyard by Marriott who has rolled them out in all of their locations. So they aren’t replacing a paid employee. They are a new feature to the chain.

    But who made the board? Who programmed it? Who installed it? Right, there is an industry now creating jobs to do that. An industry that didn’t exist ten years ago. The industry they will replace are the racks of printed brochures.

    But in Sloppy’s short sighted thinking, a live person or two was replaced on a hotel staff by this “robot.”

    Side note, In order to keep a four star (diamond) rating from AAA or Michelin you must have a live concierge on staff so this position isn’t going away anytime soon. Those ratings are kind of silly. For example, in order for Michelin to rate a hotel 3 instead of 2 the hotel must have one of those spinning shoe polish machines somewhere in the public space. If the Ritz Carlton or the Olympic did away with those machines they could only receive a two even though they have the other amenities to reach five. They’re silly but it effects what a hotel can charge so they comply.

  52. 52

    @45,
    Coming soon to Cruz rallies everywhere:
    “Show us the Consular Report of Birth Abroad! “
    Hee, hee.
    Serves the motherfuckers right. They made this an issue. From high to low, coast to coast, they breathed life into pure bullshit and kept it alive for four years. Now they’ll just have to live with the consequences.

    Ted Cruz is not a real American.

  53. 53

    Think of Robots. Think of self-driving cars. Think of Uber/Lyft/whatever morphing into “Hello, I’m your JOHNNY-CAB(tm)!”

    Now, get your ass to Mars…

  54. 54

    No one born outside the United States has ever been elected President.
    If he were to succeed in his ambitions, Ted Cruz would become the first foreign born person to be elected President of The United States of America.

    Does that help or hurt him?

  55. 55

    @54

    Bar Trivia question.

    How many U.S. Presidents were not born in the United States?

    Eight (a bit of a trick question)

    George Washington
    John Adams
    Thomas Jefferson
    James Madison
    James Monroe
    John Quincy Adams
    Andrew Jackson
    William Henry Harrison

  56. 56

    @55,
    Good point.
    Still, Cruz is foreign born. No doubt about that.
    They’ll be wishin’ they’d stuck with Carson. But for some reason we can’t quite put our fingers on they decided he wasn’t “a good fit” for the job.

  57. 57

    Oregon moron is a LIV.

    Proven in #37!

    Glad to see he has no historical reference. And Puddy won’t name morph like other left wrong libtards!

  58. 58

    @52 Actually, I think they’re delighted to go after Ted Crud on this. Dog eat dog season is upon us.

  60. 60

    So Crud isn’t a citizen of America not Canada. I guess that leaves Russia, Uganda, or North Korea. Some good choices there. Maybe he can make Russia great again.

  64. 64

    “Not to mention the classic circle jerk between Poo from the butt and his sockpuppet MWS.”

    The conversation the loon had with his sockpuppet about his dick should be re-posted at least once a year.

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