This is shaping up to be a Trump vs Biden election

Salinsky wrote:

Hell, the GOP has spent 40 years programming this army to believe that reality itself is a Liberal conspiracy to be shouted down every time it interrupts the grand vision.

2seaoat wrote:  I can see you talking to Humphrey and he getting in the car and telling his aides......hey we need to avoid the hallways when leaving a campaign event.....they have crazies in them.....a candidate could get shot.

Bob wrote:Anyway,  back to the topic at hand.

Salinsky wrote:

Hell, the GOP has spent 40 years programming this army to believe that reality itself is a Liberal conspiracy to be shouted down every time it interrupts the grand vision.

Would that be about like when the Clintons have "programmed their army" into believing that every time they've ever been questioned about anything which "interrupts their grand vision",  that it's due to a "vast right-wing conspiracy" (their words,  not mine)?  lol

Salinsky wrote:

Bob wrote:

Does it look like this?

http://www.amazon.com/lsp_59991_1-Edmond-Hogge-Presidents-Relations/dp/B009436SPK

Man, that's lame.

You'd think they'd have it where the switch comes out his fly.

Bob wrote:Let me tell you a little story about why that Hubert Humphrey sign has significance to me.

When Humphrey was running for President in 68,  he came to Pensacola for a rally.  It was held at that motel at the corner of Palafox and Cervantes.  Back then it was called a Rodeway Inn.
A friend and I went down there to see what it was all about.  But the little conference room was overflowing with people when we got there.  So we went to the motel bar which was right down a short hallway which led to the conference room.
Humphrey shows up and gives his stump speech.  And then we see the commotion in the hallway and realize he's exiting the thing.
We walked out to the hallway and there he was on his way out shaking hands with the throng of people in the hallway.
I'd had a couple of beers so was in a good frame of mind.  And when he got to us in the hallway,  I stuck out my hand and introduced myself to him as "Mayor Philpot" and said "welcome to Pensacola,  Mr. Humphrey".

He shook my hand,  and flashed that unforgettable Humphrey grin,  and said "pleased to meet ya".

After a moment and Humphrey had gotten past us,  my friend laughed so hard I thought he was gonna have a seizure.  
Here I was a 19 year old college kid,  and Humphrey must have actually thought I was the frigging mayor of Pensacola.  Or had been.
Maybe it was because Philpot was an ex-mayor,  I honestly didn't know who the mayor was at the time myself.  I just always liked the name "Philpot".
I'll never forget that.  It was one of the proudest moments of my life.  
So now I have that sign in my yard to commemorate the event.  lol

Salinsky wrote:

Is this you being an "objective observer" again, Bob?

The universe is carefully divided into conservatives – who are wrong – and libruls – who are somehow, mysteriously and equally wrong all the time and in equal numbers on every issue.

Floridatexan wrote:

I have neighbors named Philpot, and, if you'll recall, there was a pink motor court by that name on Cervantes where the Bayou Texar boat launch is now.  

Salinsky wrote:I was simply and accurately describing Trump's supporters, and it was you who attempted to change the subject, as is your want, by drawing a false equivalency.

It's a cheap, third-rate debate tactic, and all too pervasive in our political discourse today.

It allows circus geeks like Trump to be taken seriously, and not laughed out of the arena of ideas as would be entirely appropriate.

And no, Hillary describing the endless and meaningless investigations from Whitewater to Vince Foster to BENGHAZI!! to emailgate ad nauseum as witch hunts, is not the same thing as a Republican strategy to sow in their base seeds of distrust in science and teachers and intellectuals and math.

It's just not.

Bob wrote:

You said republicans/conservatives try to blame their problems on a liberal conspiracy that's out to get them.

That's not what I said.

I said that Trump supporters have been programmed to believe reality (science, math, etc) is a liberal conspiracy.

You can see that in action on this forum on a daily basis.

My reply called bullshit on that and rightfully so.  Because I pointed out to you that the Clintons do the same goddamn thing.  Hillary's comment about the "vast right-wing conspiracy" is exactly the same thing.

So how do you respond?  You double down on the bullshit and throw out more insults to boot.  lol

Bob wrote:"Conservative" conspiracy theories are bullshit.  "Liberal" conspiracy theories are reality.  

Got it.

Bob wrote:I have to leave this conversation for now.
Three weeks ago,  I lost the only key and fob I have for my Prius.
I've been looking up and down for it since.

But now I'm 3 weeks and 3 days from cranking the vehicle the last time and I don't want to go longer before I do.
So if I can't find those goddamn keys today,  I'm gonna have to cough up 250 bucks to get a locksmith to sell and program another fob and key for me.
Gonna give it one last full court press effort and turn this fucking place upside down before I have to pay the money in the morning.

Back to you later.

2seaoat wrote:If anybody thinks a Clinton is out of the race, they forget what happened to Bill in the polls and how he rebounded from the dead.....Hillary is a vampire, and the email show trials is no wooden stake.