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« Reply #25 on: December 04, 2014, 05:07:52 AM »

Imagine if Bushie ran for office. "Update" would be an opposition research goldmine.
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« Reply #26 on: December 04, 2014, 08:26:34 AM »

Doing such a thing to any poster here would be totally infra dig in my opinion.
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« Reply #27 on: December 04, 2014, 09:19:27 AM »

Anyway, we had a number of posters running either successfully or unsuccessfully for office, including quite controversial ones such as Assad, Phil or DWTL, and I don't think there ever was such problem.
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« Reply #28 on: December 04, 2014, 09:20:39 AM »

Imagine if Bushie ran for office. "Update" would be an opposition research goldmine.

Well, I can't imagine Bushie running Wink
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« Reply #29 on: December 04, 2014, 11:07:06 AM »

Maybe a very few.  Anyway, if I ran for public office, it would not be necessary to dig through my posting history for politically self-destructive statements.  The stuff I'd say on the stump during the campaign would be more than sufficient by themselves to ensure my crushing defeat.
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« Reply #30 on: December 04, 2014, 01:14:40 PM »

Anyway, we had a number of posters running either successfully or unsuccessfully for office, including quite controversial ones such as Assad, Phil or DWTL, and I don't think there ever was such problem.

Didn't Assad first scrub his posting history though?
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« Reply #31 on: December 04, 2014, 01:51:24 PM »

Anyway, we had a number of posters running either successfully or unsuccessfully for office, including quite controversial ones such as Assad, Phil or DWTL, and I don't think there ever was such problem.

Didn't Assad first scrub his posting history though?

What offices did they run for?
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« Reply #32 on: December 04, 2014, 02:08:04 PM »

Anyway, we had a number of posters running either successfully or unsuccessfully for office, including quite controversial ones such as Assad, Phil or DWTL, and I don't think there ever was such problem.

Didn't Assad first scrub his posting history though?

What offices did they run for?

IIRC he held (or is still holding) some local office. He also ran for Congress, losing Republican primary to an incumbent.
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« Reply #33 on: December 04, 2014, 09:00:52 PM »
« Edited: December 04, 2014, 09:03:58 PM by Lincoln Republican »

Anyway, we had a number of posters running either successfully or unsuccessfully for office, including quite controversial ones such as Assad, Phil or DWTL, and I don't think there ever was such problem.

Didn't Assad first scrub his posting history though?

What offices did they run for?

IIRC he held (or is still holding) some local office. He also ran for Congress, losing Republican primary to an incumbent.

Thanks.

Are you referring to Assad, Phil, or DWTL?

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« Reply #34 on: December 05, 2014, 04:18:54 AM »

Anyway, we had a number of posters running either successfully or unsuccessfully for office, including quite controversial ones such as Assad, Phil or DWTL, and I don't think there ever was such problem.

Didn't Assad first scrub his posting history though?

What offices did they run for?

IIRC he held (or is still holding) some local office. He also ran for Congress, losing Republican primary to an incumbent.

Thanks.

Are you referring to Assad, Phil, or DWTL?



Assad. DWTL ran for his local School Board.
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« Reply #35 on: December 05, 2014, 10:25:22 AM »

No, but sadly there are probably quite a few posters here who would.


This. Too many people would consider doing so, despite the effect it would have on the poster's career, as a great joke. we don't have any true hardcore racist/anti-semetic/violence-advocating idiots here (or at least those that aren't quickly banned) that would truly warrant disclosure for the public good.

Using the Forum to screw with someone in real life is intolerable. Like using posts here to mess with someone's job or marriage.

Fwiw, I would vociferously advocate for immediate permenant ban of anyone doing so.
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« Reply #36 on: December 05, 2014, 01:54:11 PM »

My posts are flawless and would boost my popularity.
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« Reply #37 on: December 05, 2014, 02:39:05 PM »

I think the IRC channel logs are probably more damning than the posts on the forum.
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« Reply #38 on: December 05, 2014, 06:20:02 PM »

I think the IRC channel logs are probably more damning than the posts on the forum.

Who the f**k even keeps those?
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« Reply #39 on: December 05, 2014, 08:42:00 PM »

I think the IRC channel logs are probably more damning than the posts on the forum.

Who the f**k even keeps those?
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