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No (Supports free speech)

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Because every time Romney talked about marriage he sounded like he was having a root canal.

We need clear cut positions. At least I do - to reverse cultural rot & stop the war on religious freedom. The only way we do this is with someone we know not only where they stand, but whether or not they will actively fight for the cause.

Can anyone honestly say Romney would fight for traditional marriage? Ever?

He says he supports FMA. He never once pushed it. He never once promoted it.

Excuse me? "Cultural rot" is what I am for wanting to be able to eventually marry the person I love?

Fuck off.

Would you please calm down. Yes I'm for traditional marriage as well. What we all fail to realize is we have an issue of states rights vs federal forcing an agenda down the throats of the majority of Americans that don't want what they're forcing down said throats. Let the state's be the final arbiter on this issue. The bans that were overturned in the past few years by federal courts must be reinstated (Indiana and California in particular but all in general).

Needless to say I'm supporting Rand Paul and wish this neoconservative big spender would just step aside for the sake of the next generation.

Oh, States Rights can go Fuck itself.  That argument was, and is used by bigots who want to limit the rights of those who they see as inferior to themselves.  So, please stop trying to use this outdated argument.  It doesn't work anymore.

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At least he didn't use a .com rather than a .gov e-mail address (media).

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Despite my Kennedy bashing, it is pretty easy to see how this is true:

He was certainly more courageous on civil rights than Ike.

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I almost threw up, like wtf man.

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Very underrated. Three stars.

Very refreshing coming from a right-winger.

Carter was a good President and a better man. I wish the right would look at his attempts to balance the budget, and sustain an honorable foreign policy. Had he been elected in 1980 instead of '76, he'd be considered one of the greatest President's we've ever had.

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For that matter, I wonder if BRTD has ever read the Bible.

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For Immediate Release: Official Results of the 1st General Election of South America

Vote Tallies (58 votes, 98% turnout):
Conservative: 19
Social Liberals: 13
Socialists: 13
Worker's Party: 5
Pioneers: 4
Free Alliance: 2
Whig: 2

Seat Allocations (out of 21):
Conservative: 8
Social Liberals: 5
Socialists: 5
Worker's Party: 2
Pioneers: 1
Free Alliance: 0
Whig: 0

Therefore, the following MPs will be seated once government is formed by President Hashemite:

Potus2036 (Conservative)
Simfan34 (Conservative)
Oakvale (Conservative)
Rpryor03 (Conservative)
Dereich (Conservative)
Cassius (Conservative)
Goldwater (Conservative)
Spamage (Conservative)
Crabcake (Socialist)
Al Widdershins (Socialist)
Politics Junkie (Socialist)
Xahar (Socialist)
Murica (Socialist)
Talleyrand (Social Liberal)
SJoyce (Social Liberal)
Barnes (Social Liberal)
Blair (Social Liberal)
Vega (Social Liberal)
Türkisblau (Worker's)
TNF (Worker's)
ChairmanSanchez (Pioneers)

x RG Türkisblau

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Jerry Brown without a doubt.

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I don't know if you've noticed, but Paul has now passed Chris Christie as the least likable candidate. Its deeply dissapointing, and its partly Rand's fault. He had no passion at that debate, and he's really bad at articulating sentences into something people want to hear. Ron was bad at this too, but it was clear he was committed, with Rand its not. Not to mention bad fundraising, lack of media attention (and when he gets media attention, a lot of it is negative). And yes, dovishness is NOT what any Republicans want to hear this year. The right is increasingly militaristic, and to say 'sometimes interventions backfire' is just annoying to hear for some folks.

But lets remember, it took Ron a lot of time to run a successful presidential campaign. He only cracked a half a percent in 88, dropped out early in a Republican run in the 90's, only got 5% in 2008, and finally got 11% in 2012. He could be setting himself up for another presidential run in the future. I just want him to build credibility and a strong record in the Senate so the liberty movement can have some momentum again.

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I'm no fan of his foreign policy, but Jimmy Carter did help to initiate a lot of necessary neoliberal economic reforms after Nixon's disastrous policies.

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This isn't a news event.

Since this is not 1984, you don't get to decide what's news and what isn't.

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Thank you, I will make sure to cut this out.

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Most of these guys look about as "tough" as the typical Atlas poster.

This. Having some tattoos doesn't make you tough, and neither does taking a picture with some dark clouds on the background.

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I am shocked, SHOCKED that there are so many conservatives here defending a serial rapist.

One is "so many"?

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I never said I agree with them attacking her. I just said I'm surprised they haven't.

Your concern trolling has been duly noted.

Rabid Hillary koolaid-drinker playing the trolling card. Checks out.

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FF if true

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This "Utah going for Hillary" silliness must end. It's not funny, it's not clever and, most of all, it doesn't make any sense.

Sometimes I wish we would disable the EVC until November, because deformed maps posted frequently on this board are worse than Victor Frankenstein's creation.

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Of course a group of straight white privileged cis-men would hate it.

If you're cis, straight and white, there is no reason to believe they're privileged.

I'm bisexual, and I don't think this "privilege" nonsense is a legitimate thing to whine about.

I mean, you're also white, male, and (((presumably affluent))).

Using buzzwords too? Sad!

Isn't the stereotype for jews "fat rich banker" and not merely "affluent".

Of course a group of straight white privileged cis-men would hate it.

If you're cis, straight and white, there is no reason to believe they're privileged.

I'm bisexual, and I don't think this "privilege" nonsense is a legitimate thing to whine about.

I mean, you're also white, male, and presumably affluent.

1. Not rich or even upper middle class.
2. I'm not even considered to be completely "white" by Jewish subculture stereotypes (I'm mizrahi according to the awkward ethnic divisions within Judaism and Jewish culture).
3. Also arguable that being Jewish could be put in a different category then being white (not that I'd argue this because IDGAF, but I like popping holes in faulty logic presented by leftists).

Though, I do Identify as being white, but clearly it's more complicated then you or others think. Also, there is literally nothing wrong with being white or male.

This is literally why 2016 went the way of Trump. This game of oppression Olympics is disgusting. Utterly disgusting.

No group's suffering is inherently worth more then another group's suffering.  There is also nothing wrong being white, male, straight, christian or jewish, or anything else the far-left thinks is "too normal."

Being white makes your life easier then it would be if you were black. Being male makes life easier then being female. Being cis makes life easier then being trans(esp. if nonbinary). These are simple facts.

Alright, i'm sorry, but I can't deal with this crap.

My family immigrated to this country. My Paternal Grandparents were proud union members who taught themselves english. They worked for every penny. They two homes in their lives so far and have lived amazing lives after putting in so much work in.

 My Mom has the foreign equivalent of the American GED. My Dad either has only a high school diploma, or a GED (idr atm). My mother has lived in three countries. Had to learn 2 different languages before she was 25 (she knows 2 fluently, one semi-fluently, and one conversationally - 4 total). My dad went to a majority black high school in a impoverished neighborhood. He was able to have a very successful career for many years - he's struggling a bit now - but for someone with his background he has done damn good. My mom, she was a homemaker who later decided to go work and she has done amazing in everything she's done since (even if they aren't considered to be amazing jobs.)

My parents bought two homes in the early 2000's - sold one of them due to financial struggles and went bankrupt on another. We still pushed through and persevered. They forced my sister and me to get a good high school education and prepared us to go to college  - even though they didn't know anything about the college process or how to navigate it.

My sister and I, and my cousins as well, certainly had a MUCH easier upbringing then our parents and grandparents but we still go through challenges that many people - regardless of race or sexuality - in today's America consider "easy" to navigate through. I was a first generation college student. My sister is one of the first women in my family to go a four year college - she's also one of the only Jews at her school.

At my college graduation I heard my fellow students babble about how college was a joke and that they hated that they even had to be at commencement. Meanwhile my family drove up to my college, showed up to commencement hours early, with all of the kids, and celebrate something that they didn't have the opportunity to achieve themselves. On that day I was never more mad then I was at that moment to hear people belittle something that millions of people didn't have an opportunity to do. Belittling something they should be proud to have been able to accomplish.

I remember that feeling when I tried to off myself last October. That's one of the reasons I wound up calling my friends to help me save myself.  

No one in my family ever had it easy. We've all had very different problems and issues in our individual lives. We aren't your stereotypical Republican voters. We aren't your stereotypical people.

Yet, none of us complain that society is stacked against us. No one in my family ever told us that we had a worse deck of cards because our family speaks a different language. My parents were raised to be proud of where they lived, how they grew up and to cherish all of their experiences without any ounce of bitterness. My family - all of us - have American flags waving outside of our homes/apartments. Because that's what separates grown ups from people living in bubbles.

So, you don't get to tell my family or me that we are privileged. Or that they had it easier then other groups of people.

I know you are young and I think you are generally a very good poster but making assumptions about people you don't know is generally not a good idea.

I'm not saying your life isn't hard. I'm not saying everyone is equal or has the same opportunity. But, stop judging people because of who they are. And yes, being white, male and/or straight is a unique experience, even if it's not what the left thinks is "unique."