Vox Populi – 8-7-2015

Vox Populi, our weekly live chat about the week’s events, begins tonight at 7:00pm PDT. Don’t know what happened this week that we will talk about but we can always debate it. Hope to see you then!

AdLib 4 hours ago

Hey slm!

AdLib 2 hours ago

The real event yesterday wasn’t the debate IMO, it was Jon Stewart’s last show.

AdLib 2 hours ago

Hard to believe he’s gone from my tv now.

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I expected all the folks from the past to show up, he was hardly able to hold himself together.

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I think he’ll focus now on directing films.

AdLib 2 hours ago

So true! A real reunion show.

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Murph – You have heard of him, though?

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slm – Yep, Trevor seems a bit more reserved but I’ll give him a while to click.

AdLib 2 hours ago

Hi glenn!

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slm – I remember when Colbert started his show, I thought he was a bit stiff but as time went by, he became great.

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glenn – Yes, have it on in the background now but recording it to watch later.

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slm – I meant as a performer, Colbert was a bit shaky about starring in his own show but as he got comfortable, he became amazing.

AdLib 2 hours ago

Not at all Murph, just a big fan myself of Stewart and Colbert.

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Love that they replay his takedown of Jim Cramer, it was amazing.

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slm – That’s a comic’s thing, they laugh at their jokes to kind of encourage an audience to do so as well.

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slm – I am expecting to be won over by Trevor.

AdLib 2 hours ago

Hey PPO! I think it’s called a Foxover.

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glenn – The biggest news from the debates is that Fox News now owns the GOP’s nominating process.

AdLib 2 hours ago

The debates were just more Fox reality tv. The “moderators” just asked the most personal attacking questions they could, asked pro-Republican, anti-Dem questions and challenged all of them to stand by the party line. No substantial questions on policy, what they would actually do if elected President. Fox has defined the primaries as a reality tv series.

AdLib 2 hours ago

Sabreen – I would say that the GOP has fallen in the gutter but they would need a ladder to climb up into it.

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slm – Rubio also claimed the Dems can’t field a single decent candidate. Yep, he said that with Donald Trump center stage.

AdLib 2 hours ago

The bottom line is that every single one of them holds multiple stands that are offensive to the majority of voters. Ending abortion completely, even when the life of the mother is at stake? Refusing citizenship to 11 million Latinos? Crushing Obamacare and taking health care away from 11 million Americans?

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glenn – They mentioned Black Lives Matter to (of course) the black candidate only…and Carson responded by calling all black people the true racists for claiming there is still racism being used against them. Wow.

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slm – Yes, looks like the Clinton camp leaked that info about Bill’s call with Trump, encouraging him to run. The TrumpLumps supporting him don’t care about anything though, facts, truth, nothing. They are mindless supporters of his.

AdLib 2 hours ago

Hey CL!

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glenn – So true! You’re supposed to have the public think the Clintons wanted to come because you’re important, not that they don’t want to be at your wedding but came because they owed a favor for a contribution.

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Sabreen – Carson’s ramblings defy any other explanation. How anyone with an education could say the things he does…only brain damage makes sense to me.

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PPO – Trump really laid bare that the wealthy own politicians and what was sad and funny is that other candidates started begging him for money after he said that!

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CL – You’ve put your finger on the key adjective for the GOP primary, it is The Vulgarity Olympics.

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glenn – Answering a question about what he got from Hillary for giving her money, Trump said she came to his wedding. Then he talked about how he’s donated to many of the people on stage, then some of them started “jokingly” asking him for more money. So ridiculous and pathetic.

AdLib an hour ago

Kes! Great to see you!

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glenn – Maybe it makes the Repubs “Vulgans’ from the planet of the same name. “Live long and prosper…from crushing the majority!”

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CL – I think scatological is unavoidable, where else can the GOP go now?

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PPO – I think Fox ultimately failed at axing Trump from frontrunner status and started a feud that will (hopefully) tear apart the GOP even more, especially if things go to plan and they hand the nom to Jebby. I smell revolt.

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Kes – Very funny! Huckabee is going this Halloween as “The Wrath of a Vengeful God”.

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slm – Poo Flinging is actually the name of Donald Trump’s speechwriter.

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CL – Trump’s political incorrectness just cements his hateful base while cementing 70% of all voters against him. So, he can possibly win the GOP nom with it but instantly be disqualified from winning a GE.

AdLib an hour ago

I do agree, Bush was hurt by a weak performance (he’s a lousy campaigner and debater) and Trump may be insulated from damage because Fox targeted him so obviously. The most terrible statement the GOP made yesterday is that Carly Fiorina won her debate because she was so nasty and called Hillary a liar. That is the yardstick the GOP uses for “How to be the best candidates”.

AdLib an hour ago

CL – Glad that Walker is being shown up as a fraud and a liar. That should help his poll numbers with Repubs!

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A very interesting photo of Carly from the debate:

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One more time, photo of Carly from the debate last night:

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She is a Vulgan.

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CL – Trump can appeal to haters of all kinds but they are a minority.

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Kes – Kasich is not attractive to core Repubs. Supporting Obamacare, embracing gays, sounding reasonable? That’s not who they want. In a GE, he would present a challenge but I don’t see him getting the nom to get there. Also, the establishment would have to jettison Bush and no matter how weak he looks, they won’t.

AdLib an hour ago

Sabreen – I am so opposed to Schumer, we need to push our Senators not to let him take the leadership role. He is an enemy of Progressives, opposing Obamacare, peace in Iran, pro-Iraq War…that’s who we want leading and whipping votes in his direction? No way!

AdLib an hour ago

CL – Yes, even though it is annoying that Boxer had to mull it over, glad that she is supporting it. Schumer is too slaved to AIPAC to be able to make that decision.

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Schumer, as an NY senator, is a war monger puppet of AIPAC, an anti-regulations Wall Street puppet, and disloyal to the Democratic President. Yeah, let’s make him the Minority leader in the Senate!

AdLib an hour ago

Night Kes!

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First, let me be clear that most American Jews and many Jewish organizations, even top Israelis including their President and intelligence officers, support this deal and President Obama. Understanding that, what is the justification for Dems who are Jewish giving their primary loyalty to another country? Really, Israel comes first before an unnecessary war with Iran that will kill thousands of American soldiers and bankrupt our nation?

AdLib an hour ago

Seeya, Sabreen!

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As to the BS about Iran bombing Israel, can anyone explain why MADD wouldn’t apply to Iran but does apply to all other countries? A nuclear Iran would have more leverage in negotiating things but they would never use it or Israel and the US would wipe it off the map. But who needs logic when fear is more useful.

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CL – Americans want to believe that pressing the red “Bomb!” button can just simply and quickly solve any international problem. Such flawed and simple thinking leads people to support dumb and dangerous propositions.

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CL – Because when there are only a billion or so Muslims out there, we can bomb them all out of existence.

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What I wish would happen is that Obama would continue to have public, televised conferences with Congress as he did on Obamacare so the people could here the lying Repubs and their BS and Dems and Obama could knock it all down in front of the American people.

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CL – How are things going on that Muslim Nuke, that only kills Muslims?

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slm – We have an enemy already, the Kochs and the religious extremists and domestic terrorists. They’ll do.

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glenn – And if the RW had their way, we’d drop another nuke on Iran.

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CL – Hope it does, would really be good for our democracy to have more involvement of people in the process and more promotion of truth.

AdLib 43 minutes ago

That’s what Repubs really want, Nuclear Drones!

AdLib 42 minutes ago

glenn – Didn’t you know, bombing countries that cause problems makes the problems all go away!

AdLib 42 minutes ago

I really do think a law should be passed that requires those opposing peace treaties or voting for war, to have to have their kids drafted into the military.

AdLib 40 minutes ago

CL – Works for me, draft them as well!

AdLib 39 minutes ago

Can anyone really imagine what would happen if any Repub became President? War with Iran, another financial crash, an end to Welfare, Medicare and SS…how can any of them survive a GE?

AdLib 38 minutes ago

I think the Repubs controlling Congress hurts any Repub winning the Presidency. As long as the Dem nom and the DNC push the vision of all that would happen without a Dem President vetoing the Repub Congress, the Dems should win by a big margin.

AdLib 36 minutes ago

The Repubs use fear very successfully, the Dems could legitimately use it to describe the horrible future waiting for America if Repubs control Congress and the WH.

AdLib 34 minutes ago

CL – I’m just hoping at least a core group of Dems can help promote this legit result that a Repub WH would bring about. Of course, some cowardly Dems will run as Repub-Lite and others will tread lightly. But being aggressive on this would pay off big time.

AdLib 32 minutes ago

Murph – The thing is, typically, the less informed people are less likely to vote too. If we can get more info out there in an election year, that could help.

AdLib 30 minutes ago

Seeya PPO!

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glenn – Excellent point! Two states spiralling into terrible debt, damaging their infrastructure.

AdLib 29 minutes ago

Nugent should have to ride a kamikazee drone into ISIS headquarters. Boom goes the dummymite!

AdLib 28 minutes ago

Night CL!

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glenn – But he said, “You should have seen it before!” in the debate, doesn’t that make it all okay?

AdLib 27 minutes ago

Christie lies like a rug and is so evasive. He just evaded the facts so I’d guess things have been worse under him.

AdLib 25 minutes ago

Hey KT!

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Night Murph! You’re right, it was apparent.

AdLib 24 minutes ago

KT – It was only an exercise in reality tv programming, little of it had to do with politics.

AdLib 23 minutes ago

KT – That was the biggest and most important story last night, Stewart’s last show.

AdLib 22 minutes ago

Night glenn!

AdLib 22 minutes ago

KT – Yep, that was a wonderful end to the show. Hard to believe though that he’s gone now.

AdLib 19 minutes ago

I’m intending to be won over by Trevor but he’s got to win me over. My initial impression is that he’s a bit reserved compared to Jon.

AdLib 17 minutes ago

Colbert was shaky when he started out in his show but became amazing.

AdLib 16 minutes ago

I like Larry Wilmore but he’s not as funny as Colbert.

AdLib 15 minutes ago

I will check it out!

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He’s going to be on CBS actually and I too am looking forward to it!

AdLib 14 minutes ago

Take care KT, see you on the Weekend Music thread this weekend!

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