The Lief Reservoir of Simple Truths and Smart One-Liners

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

These events are really starting to get on my nerves. Don't hurt anybody else because your life isn't where you want it to be.

They're losers. Every time. They're always ex petty criminals who still can't get ahead in civil society.

What's sad is each new occurrence will probably just encourage more losers to become copycats.   I still don't understand why we ever allow these people's faces to reach live TV ... we don't cover bridge suicides for a very specific reason, and while it's unrealistic to not cover this type of event, there is no reason to broadcast the identity of the murderer.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

He came to America on a program created by Chuck Schumer called The Diversity VISA.

Thanks, Chuck.

The Diversity Visa predated Chuck Schumer, although it is true that Chuck Schumer sponsored the bill made it permanent. It is actually considered by most conservatives (even white nationalists) to be a worthwhile social experiment.

No more social experiments. Time to rip it to shreds.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

CNN should get off its high horse.

[IceSpear]

No matter who wins can we all agree Democrats need to stop with this Classy mature above all better than anyone else intellectual campaign style because that part of the reason Clinton lost.

She won Virginia comfortably.

Yep, instead, they need to start running sewer tactics, accusing their political opponents of ridiculous positions, such as being child abuser sympathizers. /S

Im just tired of Democrats standing for nothing we know Gillespie wants to keep the statue up but what is Northam for exactly.

Righhht. Because Clinton stood for nothing, just like Northam... No, that's not the problem. The problem is that Democrats aren't appealing to the most hateful vices of American culture. People want to be in conflict with other people, and they want to be told that they are better/have the upper hand. This isn't about policies anymore, if it ever was recently.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Time to break out the handy "Mass shooting in US checklist":
1. Send thoughts & prayers but not actually do anything useful✔
2. Argue over semantics of the term "assault rifle"✔
3. Argue over semantics of the term "terrorist" - if Muslim use it, if Christian/white use term "lone wolf" "mentally ill" "troubled past" ✔
4. Congress does nothing but NRA increases donations just in case ✔
5. Wait for next one, rinse,repeat

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

Trump in particular needs a lot less food.

[Badger]

Gillespie wins

- Perriello/Bernie would have won, corrupt DNC establishment, stupid rednecks, Northam rigged the primary, etc.
- Permanent Republican majority?
- I told you VA was still a swing state!!!1! This means that VA-SEN 2018/2020 and VA-PRES 2020 are winnable for Rs as well! 
- RINO Tom: "This totally proves that 2016 was just a one-off! Ds can only win elections if they try to win back White voters in rural areas, because appealing to suburbanites is CLEARLY a losing strategy! VA is still hella purple, maybe even slightly Republican-leaning!"
- The election was rigged.
- Rs won VA in 2009 and won bigly in 2010, you know what this means, right? Right?
- Ds won VA in 2013 but lost bigly in 2014, you know what this means, right? Right?

Northam wins

- Republicans are dead, they can't even win a swing state race with a strong candidate like Gillespie!
- Gillespie only lost because of TRUMP. If CLINTON had been president instead of TRUMP, Gillespie would have won by AT LEAST 5! And of course Republicans would have easily won that Senate special election as well!
- Is John Barrasso now vulnerable? Is Alabama now a Tossup?
- Northam only won by [insert Northam margin of victory here], terrible result for Ds!
- Perriello would have won by more.
- Fairfax County = C(r)ook County, WA-GOV 2004 redux, etc.
- "B-b-b-but I thought Republicans always outperform the polling average in VA!!11"

Obviously exaggerating, but I really wouldn't be surprised if someone started a "Is the [insert party that lost VA-GOV here] now dead?" thread as soon as the race is called.

If this post wasn't so big, I'd add it as my sig for the next month.

[RINO Tom]

Adding annoyingly giant signatures is an Atlas tradition.

[OneJ]

Why would Moore even agree to do a divorce case? It blatantly contradicts his theological views.

[IceSpear]

If Roy Moore is elected than democracy is a failed experiment. It will have resulted in the lowest pond scum of humanity getting elected to the highest governing body in the country.

[Antonio the Sixth]

This'll add another five points to his victory margin.

These sort of comments only make the commentor look dumb and its amazing they don't realize.

"Moore's still going to win despite this", sure. Probably true.

But its absurd and offensive to indicate there are actually people who aren't planning on voting for Moore now are swayable to,vote FOR him BECAUSE of this.

(IceSpear's "bar had if the Republicans ran a Klansman they'd probably break 75% in West Virginia LOLZ" junk is similar, the implication is that a notable number of West Virginians are not voting Republican now and supporting the Democrats simply because they believe Trump isn't racist enough.)

[IceSpear]

But its absurd and offensive to indicate there are actually people who aren't planning on voting for Moore now are swayable to,vote FOR him BECAUSE of this.

Actually, that's not what we're saying. At least, that's not what I'm saying, and I have been one of the people saying this. We leave out the detailed reasoning just because trolling is a lot more effective and entertaining when there is enough ambiguity that it could be interpreted in the worst possible way.

Of course, it is ridiculous to think that Alabamians would actively endorse Moore's alleged predatory behavior and be swayed to vote for him because of his actions. However, what people like me, PNM and IceSpear have been saying is that it cannot be overstated how invested the average Republican voter is in "their guy" and how they will simply refuse to believe any allegations against Moore. In some cases, their vision and judgment may be so clouded by tribalism that they will even try to rationalize Moore's illegal alleged actions by comparing with Democrat scandals or saying it happened too long ago to matter. They are not necessarily amoral people, but tribalism can lead to amoral behavior from otherwise basically moral people. They cannot simply dismiss Moore as a bad candidate without admitting deep faults of their own that go beyond merely backing the wrong horse.

Regarding it increasing his chances of winning, it's not unreasonable to theorize that some relatively apolitical voters (it is a special election, after all) may not have been particularly excited by Moore before, but now that they see the "fake news media" and establishment furiously attacking him from both sides, they will actually turn out to vote for him.

[Mr. Smith]

Low self-esteem should not be confused with humility or morality.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Low self-esteem should not be confused with humility or morality.

cc: burn ward

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

People thought that Hillary couldn't possibly do worse with white men than Obama did. They were wrong.

[Santander]

I would imagine it also depends on if you move there, make it your permanent home and live and work for awhile before running. Nobody trusts the guy who moves states and immediately runs for office.

Like Hillary moving to Chappaqua?

[MasterJedi]

I would imagine it also depends on if you move there, make it your permanent home and live and work for awhile before running. Nobody trusts the guy who moves states and immediately runs for office.

Like Hillary moving to Chappaqua?

#WRONG

[IceSpear]

People thought that Hillary couldn't possibly do worse with white men than Obama did. They were wrong.

This actually isn't true though. People thought she couldn't do worse among whites overall, with gains among white women matching if not exceeding losses among white men. And this turned out to be true. According to the exit polls, she lost whites by 21 points while Obama lost them by 22.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

I can only imagine how much bloody murder "the resistance" would be yelling if Trump was involved with some pay for play sale of American uranium to Russia.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Surely no poster is as widely ridiculed by people across the political spectrum...
There may be a reason for that. Just saying.

[RINO Tom]

Damn, Grumps.

[IceSpear]

I think people really underestimate just how little policy can matter in some elections. Not to say it's completely meaningless, but America's electorate is not filled with people who sit down, carefully analyze their choices and make choices independent of partisan considerations. Absolutely not. It's more like, "I've chosen my team, and I'm going to say I'm open to all candidates but that's bs."

[Landslide Lyndon]

Damn, Grumps.

Gramps was the quintessential Trump voter, years before Trump.
No wonder he agrees so much with the quintessential Bernie bro (horseshoe theory anyone?).

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Successful coups usually occur with little more than a whisper and unconfirmed reports of sporadic gunfire and tanks in the streets. The loud ones are usually the ones that fail.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

When someone accuses an establishment Democrat, it's just "bimbo eruptions".