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It's Walz

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  • D Doctor Phibes
    21 Aug 2024, 17:45

    If it doesn't matter what kind of asshole you vote for as long as he shills for the right party, what's the point of these interminable discussions?

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    Jolly
    wrote on 21 Aug 2024, 17:46 last edited by Jolly
    #189

    @Doctor-Phibes said in It's Walz:

    If it doesn't matter what kind of asshole you vote for as long as he shills for the right party, what's the point of these interminable discussions?

    Arguing with you sumbitches what ain't got enough sense to vote the Right way.

    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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      George K
      wrote on 22 Aug 2024, 00:10 last edited by
      #190

      "JD Vance is weird."

      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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      • G George K
        22 Aug 2024, 00:10

        "JD Vance is weird."

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        LuFins Dad
        wrote on 22 Aug 2024, 13:06 last edited by
        #191

        @George-K said in It's Walz:

        "JD Vance is weird."

        You know that he ran the Gay-Straight Ally Club at the school he assistant coached at, right?

        He loved hanging around HS Boys Locker Rooms, the gay kids, and spending a weekend every month holed up in a bunker with a bunch of guys…

        Maybe there’s another reason they needed IUF for their kids…

        The Brad

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          LuFins Dad
          wrote on 22 Aug 2024, 13:09 last edited by
          #192

          I say that teasingly, but there’s enough there to justify a little opposition research.

          The Brad

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            George K
            wrote on 22 Aug 2024, 23:19 last edited by George K
            #193

            DNC speakers who went to Ivy League schools:

            Maura Healey (Harvard)
            Gabby Giffords (Cornell)
            Katherine Clark (Harvard)
            Elissa Slotkin (Cornell/Columbia)

            Tues:
            Obamas (Columbia/Princeton/Harvard)
            Chuck Schumer (Harvard)
            Jack Schlossberg (Harvard)
            Ken Chenault (Harvard)

            DNC speakers Weds who went to Ivy League schools:

            Cory Booker (Yale)
            Amy Klobuchar (Yale)
            Bill Clinton (Yale)
            Jared Polis (Princeton)
            Olivia Troye (Penn)
            Mindy Kaling (Dartmouth)
            Pete Buttigieg (Harvard)
            Amanda Gorman (Harvard)
            John Legend (Penn)

            Vance Man Bad! Class traitor!

            ETA: Hillary Clinton went to Yale law, after Wesley.

            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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              LuFins Dad
              wrote on 23 Aug 2024, 14:57 last edited by
              #194

              Does he mean the HS he attended or the one he taught at?

              Beyond that, JD didn’t go to Yale from HS, either. He went to Iraq. How many of Mr. Walz’s students or classmates went to Iraq in the military? A few, I bet. Though Mr. Walz didn’t. Then Vance went to Ohio State. How many of Walz’s students/classmates went to state college? A few, I imagine. THEN Vance went to Yale.

              The democrats trying to paint JD Hillbilly Eulogy effin Vance as an elite is hilarious and dare I say, weird?

              The Brad

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              • L LuFins Dad
                23 Aug 2024, 14:57

                Does he mean the HS he attended or the one he taught at?

                Beyond that, JD didn’t go to Yale from HS, either. He went to Iraq. How many of Mr. Walz’s students or classmates went to Iraq in the military? A few, I bet. Though Mr. Walz didn’t. Then Vance went to Ohio State. How many of Walz’s students/classmates went to state college? A few, I imagine. THEN Vance went to Yale.

                The democrats trying to paint JD Hillbilly Eulogy effin Vance as an elite is hilarious and dare I say, weird?

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                Doctor Phibes
                wrote on 23 Aug 2024, 15:07 last edited by
                #195

                @LuFins-Dad said in It's Walz:

                The democrats trying to paint JD Hillbilly Eulogy effin Vance as an elite is hilarious and dare I say, weird?

                Yeah, he's elite like Bill Clinton is elite.

                I was only joking

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                • D Doctor Phibes
                  23 Aug 2024, 15:07

                  @LuFins-Dad said in It's Walz:

                  The democrats trying to paint JD Hillbilly Eulogy effin Vance as an elite is hilarious and dare I say, weird?

                  Yeah, he's elite like Bill Clinton is elite.

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                  George K
                  wrote on 23 Aug 2024, 15:09 last edited by George K
                  #196

                  @Doctor-Phibes said in It's Walz:

                  @LuFins-Dad said in It's Walz:

                  The democrats trying to paint JD Hillbilly Eulogy effin Vance as an elite is hilarious and dare I say, weird?

                  Yeah, he's elite like Bill Clinton is elite.

                  He is now. However, I don’t think many people would’ve called him elite back in 1992.

                  ETA: in fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if a significant number of people referred to him as “a hillbilly “.

                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                  • G George K
                    23 Aug 2024, 15:09

                    @Doctor-Phibes said in It's Walz:

                    @LuFins-Dad said in It's Walz:

                    The democrats trying to paint JD Hillbilly Eulogy effin Vance as an elite is hilarious and dare I say, weird?

                    Yeah, he's elite like Bill Clinton is elite.

                    He is now. However, I don’t think many people would’ve called him elite back in 1992.

                    ETA: in fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if a significant number of people referred to him as “a hillbilly “.

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                    LuFins Dad
                    wrote on 23 Aug 2024, 15:18 last edited by
                    #197

                    @George-K said in It's Walz:

                    @Doctor-Phibes said in It's Walz:

                    @LuFins-Dad said in It's Walz:

                    The democrats trying to paint JD Hillbilly Eulogy effin Vance as an elite is hilarious and dare I say, weird?

                    Yeah, he's elite like Bill Clinton is elite.

                    He is now. However, I don’t think many people would’ve called him elite back in 1992.

                    ETA: in fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if a significant number of people referred to him as “a hillbilly “.

                    Hilary still does.

                    The Brad

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                    • G George K
                      23 Aug 2024, 15:09

                      @Doctor-Phibes said in It's Walz:

                      @LuFins-Dad said in It's Walz:

                      The democrats trying to paint JD Hillbilly Eulogy effin Vance as an elite is hilarious and dare I say, weird?

                      Yeah, he's elite like Bill Clinton is elite.

                      He is now. However, I don’t think many people would’ve called him elite back in 1992.

                      ETA: in fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if a significant number of people referred to him as “a hillbilly “.

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                      Doctor Phibes
                      wrote on 23 Aug 2024, 16:57 last edited by Doctor Phibes
                      #198

                      @George-K said in It's Walz:

                      He is now. However, I don’t think many people would’ve called him elite back in 1992.

                      That was my point. He comes from humble beginnings, and made good.

                      Public perception is funny. Dubya tried to portray himself as this down-to-earth guy, in touch with the common yokel, but the reality is obviously completely different.

                      I was only joking

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                      • D Doctor Phibes
                        23 Aug 2024, 16:57

                        @George-K said in It's Walz:

                        He is now. However, I don’t think many people would’ve called him elite back in 1992.

                        That was my point. He comes from humble beginnings, and made good.

                        Public perception is funny. Dubya tried to portray himself as this down-to-earth guy, in touch with the common yokel, but the reality is obviously completely different.

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                        Jolly
                        wrote on 23 Aug 2024, 20:32 last edited by
                        #199

                        @Doctor-Phibes said in It's Walz:

                        @George-K said in It's Walz:

                        He is now. However, I don’t think many people would’ve called him elite back in 1992.

                        That was my point. He comes from humble beginnings, and made good.

                        Public perception is funny. Dubya tried to portray himself as this down-to-earth guy, in touch with the common yokel, but the reality is obviously completely different.

                        Actually, W was kinda in the middle. Old family, old money, but his childhood in Texas was not that of to the manner born.

                        “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                        Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                          George K
                          wrote on 24 Aug 2024, 22:26 last edited by
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                          The Coach just keeps making shit up...

                          IMG_0459.JPG

                          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                          • G George K
                            24 Aug 2024, 22:26

                            The Coach just keeps making shit up...

                            IMG_0459.JPG

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                            Jolly
                            wrote on 24 Aug 2024, 23:02 last edited by
                            #201

                            @George-K said in It's Walz:

                            The Coach just keeps making shit up...

                            IMG_0459.JPG

                            This really doesn't make any sense, since these lies are so easily verified. OTOH, he's a Dem, so the media doesn't investigate or vet like they would a Republican.

                            “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                            Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                              89th
                              wrote on 25 Aug 2024, 01:36 last edited by
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                              Here’s the actual website from 2006 that he updated to include the word “junior” that had previously been missed as part of a typo error. What a liar! Smoking gun!

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                                George K
                                wrote on 25 Aug 2024, 01:47 last edited by George K
                                #203

                                The Internet Archive disagrees.

                                https://web.archive.org/web/20061102031053/http://www.timwalz.campaignoffice.com/vertical/Sites/{DD1DDF80-8E82-48D5-8648-607855AC529B}/uploads/{86F5C28D-45F0-4423-84E0-AA8A721FBB0F}.PDF

                                This dates from August 2006.

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                                As of four days before election day, Nov 2, 2006, the "typo" still was not corrected.

                                https://web.archive.org/web/20061102031053/http://www.timwalz.campaignoffice.com/vertical/Sites/{DD1DDF80-8E82-48D5-8648-607855AC529B}/uploads/{86F5C28D-45F0-4423-84E0-AA8A721FBB0F}.PDF

                                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                  89th
                                  wrote on 25 Aug 2024, 02:04 last edited by
                                  #204

                                  lol I was looking at the Nov 9, 2006 archive snapshot of it

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                                    Mik
                                    wrote on 25 Aug 2024, 20:49 last edited by
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                                    Associate Press doesn't think a lot of his claims.
                                    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/takeaways-from-the-ap-s-review-of-tim-walz-s-descriptions-of-his-military-record/ar-AA1poDUn?ocid=msedgntp&pc=LCTS&cvid=6f022d1a9620419dba5224aa1c701225&ei=115

                                    "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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                                    • M Mik
                                      25 Aug 2024, 20:49

                                      Associate Press doesn't think a lot of his claims.
                                      https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/takeaways-from-the-ap-s-review-of-tim-walz-s-descriptions-of-his-military-record/ar-AA1poDUn?ocid=msedgntp&pc=LCTS&cvid=6f022d1a9620419dba5224aa1c701225&ei=115

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                                      George K
                                      wrote on 25 Aug 2024, 21:40 last edited by
                                      #206

                                      @Mik said in It's Walz:

                                      Associate Press doesn't think a lot of his claims.
                                      https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/takeaways-from-the-ap-s-review-of-tim-walz-s-descriptions-of-his-military-record/ar-AA1poDUn?ocid=msedgntp&pc=LCTS&cvid=6f022d1a9620419dba5224aa1c701225&ei=115

                                      And here's why I hate the press...

                                      It is a risky strategy for Republicans that invites comparison between Walz, with decades of military service, and former President Donald Trump, who received a series of deferments to avoid serving in Vietnam, including one attained with a physician’s letter stating he suffered from bone spurs in his feet.

                                      He got 4 student deferments and one for the "spurs."

                                      Somehow the Associate (with Democrats) Press doesn't mention this:

                                      Football player, lifeguard Scranton Joe got one more student deferment (5) and one for "asthma."

                                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                      • G George K
                                        10 Aug 2024, 12:23

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                                        Renauda
                                        wrote on 25 Aug 2024, 22:17 last edited by Renauda
                                        #207

                                        @George-K said in It's Walz:

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                                        The very least the originator of this absurd meme could have done is spelt/transliterated Хрущев (Khrushchev) accurately.

                                        Elbows up!

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                                          George K
                                          wrote on 30 Aug 2024, 21:13 last edited by George K
                                          #208

                                          "Why I decided to get into politics. I wasn't political until then"

                                          In Walz’s telling, the “folksy” high school teacher and two of his students attended a campaign rally for President George W. Bush as an educational experience. However, Walz says, all three of them were denied entry upon event staffers noticing a John Kerry sticker on one of the students’ wallets — an exchange that the Atlantic dubbed a “KGB-style interrogation.”

                                          There’s just one problem: This version of the political origin story for the Democratic vice presidential nominee, who is already facing “stolen valor” accusations over claims about his military service from combat veterans, contains significant inaccuracies.

                                          For one, Walz was admitted into the Bush rally, according to a source familiar, who insisted on anonymity to discuss the August 2004 event. The two teenagers Walz arrived with, Matt Klaber and Nick Burkhart, were not his students, the Washington Examiner confirmed.

                                          Moreover, the teenagers were barred from the event after a confrontation that made local news earlier in the week — leading to them initially being denied tickets.

                                          And while Walz framed the squabble as the “moment that I decided to run for office” since he had “never been overly involved in political campaigns,” evidence suggests that Walz was already politically active by that point: He participated days earlier in an anti-Bush protest before the 2004 Bush rally in Mankota, Minnesota, on Aug. 4, an image confirms.

                                          More at the link about the students (not his), and their activities.

                                          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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