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06-28-2015, 04:13 PM | #1 |
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Past their prime...
I believe some politicians just don’t realize when they are no longer relevant.
So, I propose we let them know in a very gentle way, so they can leave the building gracefully. Here are my first two nominees: Newt Gingrich James Carville |
06-28-2015, 04:42 PM | #2 |
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They keep reading how youth flock to the elders for their accumulated wisdom, not realizing that went out with sword fighting and knickers.
Yes I'm old, and yes I've acquired a lot of wisdom. But that's only because I was to0 stupid not to have to learn all those lessons that leave scars.
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06-29-2015, 09:00 AM | #4 |
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McCain was already on my list too...
Here's my next two: Henry Kissinger Joe Lieberman |
06-29-2015, 11:27 AM | #5 |
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These 2 get my vote for retirement:
John Cornyn and Jim Inhofe |
06-29-2015, 03:01 PM | #6 |
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Why is there a picture of Gollum under Newt Gingrich?
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06-30-2015, 08:01 AM | #7 |
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From the third branch of government...
Antonin Scalia Clarence Thomas |
07-01-2015, 09:03 AM | #8 |
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From the Democrats...
Harry Reid Al Gore . |
07-02-2015, 08:23 AM | #9 |
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And from the GOP - they get 3
Ben Carson Chris Christie Donald Duckorwhateverhislastnameis . |
07-02-2015, 09:20 AM | #10 |
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I hadn't been paying much attention to these guys, but I saw a headline in the paper today that Trump is actually surging in the polls with his party as a result of his anti-mexican comments and the resulting publicity backlash.
You just have to shake your head. Give the extremists enough rope, and they will hang themselves and anyone around them. The better Trump does with the republicans, the more likely the republicans will lose. People (not just conservatives, btw) get in an echo chamber and they have no idea they are in there. |
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07-03-2015, 10:13 AM | #12 | |
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There's an aspect of this thread I find uncomfortable. Someone being irrelevant I can go with. Someone being in office for a long time and feeling like it's their God-given personal fiefdom, unaccountable to the electorate, I can go with. But there's an assumption that seems to be made about age in this context that I don't like.
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07-03-2015, 10:15 AM | #13 |
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Actually, I'm a Bernie Sanders booster so I'm cool with age as long as the mindset is relevant.
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07-04-2015, 12:53 AM | #14 |
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Hear hear, but I'm afraid congress would shut him down if he tried to do anything he wants to.
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07-03-2015, 10:19 AM | #15 | |
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