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Wed Mar 11, 2015, 06:33 PM

MannyGoldstein (34,589 posts)

Tehran Tom's political career is over

Remember when Republicans shut down the government last year, and it was an utter fiasco for them? Most Americans were furious at that stunt, and Republicans ended up totally capitulating?

Well, I haven't been watching the news for some months, but I'm guessing that Republicans must have paid dearly at the ballot box last November. And the lunatic ringleader of that collosal @#$& up, a Canadian-born fellow IIRC, has probably never been heard from again. LOL, people once spoke of him as a Presidential contender.

Regards,

We-never-take-advantage-of-this-stuff Manny

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Tehran Tom's political career is over (Original post)	MannyGoldstein	Mar 2015	OP
Don't be too sure.	The Velveteen Ocelot	Mar 2015	#1
That is why they vote for the GOP imo.	Rex	Mar 2015	#10
I love Massachusetts	BeyondGeography	Mar 2015	#2
They are talking about running Cotton in 2020 for POTUS	Gothmog	Mar 2015	#3
Hindsight is 2020. All you'll see is Cotton's ass heading for the hills.	TheCowsCameHome	Mar 2015	#5
There has to be a secret GOP cloning facility someplace	Gothmog	Mar 2015	#7
Most municipalities call them sewage treatment plants.	TheCowsCameHome	Mar 2015	#17
Good one!	leftofcool	Mar 2015	#21
Simple question	Cali_Democrat	Mar 2015	#4
Again...you've posted and OP on this issue bashing Dems but offering no real solutions. How would	msanthrope	Mar 2015	#6
The OP will not offer any real solutions	Cali_Democrat	Mar 2015	#13
Cotton is from Arkansas. It would be interesting to see what they think of this.	hrmjustin	Mar 2015	#8
"Never underestimate the power of human stupidity."	Rex	Mar 2015	#9
How exactly did the shutdown benefit Cruz?	BlueStater	Mar 2015	#11
Manny, Manny, Manny!	leftofcool	Mar 2015	#12
he can always fall back on his modeling career .	olddots	Mar 2015	#14
He will likely be re-elected in 2020.	Dawson Leery	Mar 2015	#15
Hey Manny,	TheCowsCameHome	Mar 2015	#16
I saw him a few years ago - it was shocking	MannyGoldstein	Mar 2015	#18
I met him in Hyannis a few years ago.	TheCowsCameHome	Mar 2015	#19
Interesting. I wonder if an illness hit him?	MannyGoldstein	Mar 2015	#20
Most people can't remember last month not to mention last year.	Angleae	Mar 2015	#22
Yes, exactly	marym625	Mar 2015	#23
The worst that could possibly happen to Cotton...	Orsino	Mar 2015	#24
Haha! Oh, yeah... Remember when a bunch of republicans made a deal with the Iranians to keep the...	Hugin	Mar 2015	#25

Response to MannyGoldstein (Original post)

Wed Mar 11, 2015, 06:35 PM

The Velveteen Ocelot (105,670 posts)

1. Don't be too sure.

The knuckledragger base love it when GOPers do horrible, stupid things.

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Wed Mar 11, 2015, 06:47 PM

Rex (65,616 posts)

10. That is why they vote for the GOP imo.

Reagan was a cruel man and loved by millions for it.

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Wed Mar 11, 2015, 06:38 PM

BeyondGeography (38,514 posts)

2. I love Massachusetts

It can be an impediment to understanding what flies in the rest of the country though.

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Wed Mar 11, 2015, 06:38 PM

Gothmog (124,370 posts)

3. They are talking about running Cotton in 2020 for POTUS

They are talking about passing a Rand Paul type law to let this idiot run for both POTUS and Senate in 2020 http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/bart-hester-tom-cotton-arkansas-ballot

An Arkansas lawmaker already has Sen. Tom Cotton's (R-AR) prospects in 2020 on his mind. State Sen. Bart Hester (R) introduced legislation that would let candidates appear on the ballot simultaneously as House or Senate candidates and presidential candidates as well.

Hester specifically mentioned Cotton when discussing the bill.

"Tom Cotton would be my current idea of someone who should be afforded this opportunity," Hester said, according to the Associated Press. "Politics, if I've learned anything, it changes every day and there could be the great next hope show up tomorrow. But I don't think it's reasonable to say I wouldn't be looking at Tom Cotton to have that opportunity."

Shutting down the government apparently did not hurt Carnival Cruz too much.

The amusing concept is that for this plan to make sense, the Ark. GOP is conceding the 2016 race to the Democrats

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Wed Mar 11, 2015, 06:42 PM

TheCowsCameHome (40,047 posts)

5. Hindsight is 2020. All you'll see is Cotton's ass heading for the hills.

Where do find these dopes?

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Wed Mar 11, 2015, 06:45 PM

Gothmog (124,370 posts)

7. There has to be a secret GOP cloning facility someplace

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Wed Mar 11, 2015, 07:14 PM

TheCowsCameHome (40,047 posts)

17. Most municipalities call them sewage treatment plants.

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Wed Mar 11, 2015, 07:54 PM

leftofcool (19,460 posts)

21. Good one!

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Wed Mar 11, 2015, 06:41 PM

Cali_Democrat (30,439 posts)

4. Simple question

How would you propose Dems take advantage of the Iran letter?

What specifically do you think Dems should do?

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Wed Mar 11, 2015, 06:45 PM

msanthrope (37,549 posts)

6. Again...you've posted and OP on this issue bashing Dems but offering no real solutions. How would

you propose we "take advantage" of this?

Perhaps if you rallied the Internets, Manny, we could.

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Wed Mar 11, 2015, 07:01 PM

Cali_Democrat (30,439 posts)

13. The OP will not offer any real solutions

I see it as more of a "neener neener neener" type of OP....as in:

"Neener neener neener! Cruz and the GOPers shut down the government in late 2013 and nothing happened.....and nothing will happen with Tom Cotton either! Neener neener neener!"

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Wed Mar 11, 2015, 06:46 PM

hrmjustin (71,265 posts)

8. Cotton is from Arkansas. It would be interesting to see what they think of this.

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Wed Mar 11, 2015, 06:46 PM

Rex (65,616 posts)

9. "Never underestimate the power of human stupidity."

Robert A. Heinlein

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Wed Mar 11, 2015, 06:50 PM

BlueStater (7,596 posts)

11. How exactly did the shutdown benefit Cruz?

It raised his national profile, yes, but most people think he's a goofball and his chances of winning the nomination are virtually nonexistent.

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Wed Mar 11, 2015, 06:51 PM

leftofcool (19,460 posts)

12. Manny, Manny, Manny!

Now you know half of the American voters are dimwits and vote against their own interests. Besides, no one in the clown car has any "suspicious" emails for baggage.

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Wed Mar 11, 2015, 07:05 PM

olddots (10,237 posts)

14. he can always fall back on his modeling career .

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Wed Mar 11, 2015, 07:09 PM

Dawson Leery (19,326 posts)

15. He will likely be re-elected in 2020.

Too many rednecks will vote for him no matter what.

Tom Cotton will never be President.

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Wed Mar 11, 2015, 07:13 PM

TheCowsCameHome (40,047 posts)

16. Hey Manny,

I just watched that washed-up right winger Joe Malone on NECN Braudside program defending the actions of the Traitor Tots.

Jesus Christ, he looked like he just climbed out of a dumpster behind the Boston Herald - unshaven, long greasy hair, oxford shirt unbuttoned down to his bellybutton. You woulda loved it - a real classic ending to a Massachusetts republican politician.

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Wed Mar 11, 2015, 07:15 PM

MannyGoldstein (34,589 posts)

18. I saw him a few years ago - it was shocking

Sounds even worse now.

He was a good-looking guy in the day.

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Wed Mar 11, 2015, 07:18 PM

TheCowsCameHome (40,047 posts)

19. I met him in Hyannis a few years ago.

He looked polished, and spoke very well.

I couldn't believe what I saw tonight. I'm seriously surprised NECN had him on-camera looking like he did.

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Wed Mar 11, 2015, 07:25 PM

MannyGoldstein (34,589 posts)

20. Interesting. I wonder if an illness hit him?

Seems like it was a reasonably sudden change.

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Wed Mar 11, 2015, 08:00 PM

Angleae (4,079 posts)

22. Most people can't remember last month not to mention last year.

And the republicans seemed to do very well at the ballot box last november considering they gained 9 senators (and senate control), 13 representatives, and 1-2 governorships (depending on how Bill Walker votes)

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Fri Mar 13, 2015, 07:20 AM

marym625 (17,997 posts)

23. Yes, exactly

Let's just shut up and let them make fools of themselves! They'll pay come election day.

Just like every other time in the last couple of decades or so.

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Fri Mar 13, 2015, 07:39 AM

Orsino (37,428 posts)

24. The worst that could possibly happen to Cotton...

...is that he might have to pack up his desk and move it over to K Street.

Where he will enjoy at least as much political power.

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Fri Mar 13, 2015, 07:51 AM

Hugin (31,217 posts)

25. Haha! Oh, yeah... Remember when a bunch of republicans made a deal with the Iranians to keep the...

hostages extra long during the elections and release them THE DAY their guy was sworn it? and... and... then... they were caught red-handed selling arms to the Iranians to illegally fund rebels in Central America. Then they were all prosecuted! IIRC one was a Marine that was Court Marshaled and sent to Gitmo.

:sigh: Those were the days.

Yep, this stuff is consigned to the memory hole.

Every.Single.Time.

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