It's Election Year Again

Well, not the presidential election year. That, as you've heard, isn't until 2016. The next presidential election looks to be shaping up to be a fun and exciting campaign year too. Unlike 2012, there will be both a Republican and Democrat primary, lots of campaign ads flying around from all sides, and for the boning the average American takes up the backside from the government, we should all be thoroughly entertained.

But until then, we have congressional and senatorial campaigns going on this year. And guess what? Here is where you get to post their campaign ads.

Found something funny, controversial, thought provoking, or just something you agree with? Post it here.

Hey, why should the politicians have all the fun? We're the ones footing the bill.

Let's get the party started. I'll go first, with this beautiful gem of a campaign ad:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0I2z9cCC9zs

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Originally Posted by Crumbled_pavement

Let's get the party started. I'll go first, with this beautiful gem of a campaign ad:

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http://i1311.photobucket.com/albums/...psf0ac8e4e.gif

That is just great.

Locally though what is up with the fucking WEIRD Snyder reelection ads?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ty-0zaKcWj0

Why does this feel like a gross dating video? [[To be fair he IS fucking poor people and black voters dry).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oj1bPfITqoU

Now I have no delusions about Snyder being unseated. He's gonna cruise to a second term. But it's funny that he's attacking an unknown relative peasant more than half a year out.

And the repeating of the statements just said was weird.

Also interesting that they're still going with angry old white people screeching about "MY MONEY!!!!"

Good additions Brizee.

Here are a couple more. It appears Iowa's Senate race is heating up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9Y24MFOfFU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gl7xcy8ILU

I'm starting to believe Snyder actually wants to go back to being a civilian but doesn't want to look like a quitter.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjSoF2_pPZs

Tell me that isn't a parody!?!

The actress couldn't even keep a straight face at end.

They did fix the exclusively white and old thing though.

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I'm starting to believe Snyder actually wants to go back to being a civilian but doesn't want to look like a quitter.

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Only one of those ads is actually from Snyder's campaign. That's the problem with political ads nowadays. There are so many "think tanks", PAC's and other groups out there it's tough to tell who is saying what.

It may not be a presidential election year, but the competition is still heating up and giving us plenty of good campaign ads to ponder.

Witness these:
Winteregg attack ad against Boehner:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTH6JES_hZw

Matt Miller for Congress:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AchwpOsOFE8

Continued:

Dwayne Stovall attack ad against John Cornyn:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EIMkxNhClQ

Mitch McConnell for Senate:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrdTX8m5G98

Continued:
Create Your Own American Dream Ads:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PulUKsICY9o


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9qLYZPAQB8

Conclusion:
John Oliver Parady Ads:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdQCtWlhx90


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8q7esuODnQI

Matt Rosendale for Congress:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOoXJI4vBns

Kind of low to use your deceased grandmother for sympathy votes, but I'll let you decide.

Alison Lundergan Grimes for Senate:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BHcRdMxG6o

I don't think she is playing the sympathy card

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I don't think she is playing the sympathy card

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Very well then.

Next up:

Curt Clawson for Congress:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdEgaYf_1j0

Vincent Sheheen Protects Crimals, Not South Carolina:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf0-KN5Ijkk

Gary Johnson former New Mexico Governor [[R) and Libertarian Party Presidential candidate advocating third parties be allowed in debates.

<br>http://youtu.be/bBCCqPpt_RA

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Originally Posted by oladub

Gary Johnson former New Mexico Governor [[R) and Libertarian Party Presidential candidate advocating third parties be allowed in debates.

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While I don't agree with a lot of the Libertarian platform, it is a travesty to have third parties denied from being able to participate in presidential debates. Let all ideas be heard and may the voters pick the best of them.

Until then, another campaign ad...

Steve Laffey for Congress:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3gaCJE7zEw

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Originally Posted by Crumbled_pavement

While I don't agree with a lot of the Libertarian platform, it is a travesty to have third parties denied from being able to participate in presidential debates. Let all ideas be heard and may the voters pick the best of them.

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The USA is about the good ol' boys fighting it out. Democrats and Republicans, both thieves and lairs who care very little about the people they represent, pushing propaganda machines via talk radio and media, overpower anyone with genuine motives to fix the country.

Even if some 3rd party candidate somehow got elected, they would be knocked off fairly quickly if they dare defy the Federal Reserve System, big business, the Illuminati, the war machine, and the underbelly powers that control the purse strings.

This country is stuck in a spiral it created and the only thing that could fix it is a reboot so massive and so deep it would rock the lives of everyone in it.

In the meantime, we sit back and watch the campaigning circus while nothing is fixed.

Col. Rob Maness for Louisiana Senator:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBNQBx6JOcw&amp;feature=player_embedded

David Perdue for Georgia Senate:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HD0QJihhys8&amp;feature=player_embedded


vs.


Jack Kingston for Georgia Senate:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP9j88j7bfk&amp;feature=player_embedded

Mary Landrieu for Louisiana Senate. She even drags her dad in for this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o57WvwHJMS0

And Part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHjlbgjcJRg&amp;feature=player_embedded

Danish EU get out the vote ad designed for getting out the youth vote staring Voteman.

http://youtu.be/q4iDnsS6wBY

More of an anti-ad campaign, nonetheless, this belongs here.

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Attachment 23576
KOCH BROTHERS EXPOSED: 2014 EDITION [Full Film]

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Alaska Sen. Mark Begich takes a hit over VA scandal:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDUYIFknJoA

Georgia Sen. Jason Carter [[Grandson of Jimmy Carter) takes hit over Obamacare:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXTWHQSj4Mw

Arkansas Sen. Mark Pryor [[D) takes a hit over Obamacare:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqHXks5Qjwc

Indeed. And we're all taking a hit while they all parse, ramble and justify...:eek:...

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Indeed. And we're all taking a hit while they all parse, ramble and justify...:eek:...

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Look at the positive side. We get entertained while we're getting robbed blind. Politicians can at least provide us that, right? :)

Attack on Gov. Rick Snyder [[R), MI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ay3_rmu-c9U

http://youtu.be/wz_V4lRdtjo

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Originally Posted by oladub

http://youtu.be/wz_V4lRdtjo

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Wow. That is hands down the best ad in this thread. And more than that, the most honest. Good find!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4Gqi2hlMPA&amp;feature=youtu.be

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeXUs5AC44A&amp;feature=youtu.be

A little late.

A little petty.

A lot nasty.

Funny though.

To all the candidates: please take down your @#$% primary election signs. Thank you.

NRCC Launches Fake News Sites to Attack Democratic Candidates: The House GOP campaign arm, previously criticized for phony Democratic candidate sites, is now in the faux-news game

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The National Republican Congressional Committee, which came under fire earlier this year for a deceptive series of fake Democratic candidate websites that it later changed after public outcry, has launched a new set of deceptive websites, this time designed to look like local news sources.

The NRCC has created about two dozen of these new faux news sites targeting Democrats, both challengers and incumbents, and is promoting them across the country with localized Google search ads.

The NRCC's single-page sites are designed to appear to be a local news portal, with logos like "North County Update" or "Central Valley Update." The articles begin in the impartial voice of a political fact-checking site, hoping to lure in readers. "We'll take a look at her record and let you decide," starts one. Then they gradually morph into more biting language. At the very bottom, in a box, is the disclaimer that the NRCC paid for the site....

Political strategists on both sides of the aisle say voters have generally grown weary and dubious of political attacks that are accompanied by dark clouds and ominous music. Wrapping an attack in the innocuous language of fact-checking, then, makes it more likely to sink in....

Democrats say it's telling that Republicans are repeatedly resorting to deceptive tactics to push their political agenda. "These sites say more about the NRCC's own toxicity and desperation than anything else," said Ryan Rudominer, a Democratic strategist who previously worked for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee....

Under public pressure, the NRCC changed the design of [the look-alike Democratic sites] to make it clearer that contributors were sending their money to the House GOP campaign arm and not the Democratic candidates whose pictures appeared on the page....

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Voter beware! :cool:

I just wish my phone would stop ringing with pollsters and opinion polls. I do mail back the business reply envelopes [[empty) from both parties. It's annoying enough with Rachel from Cardholder Services bothering me 3 or 4 times a week without these assclowns chiming in.

@brizee - Extremely funny ads.

@Pam - It would be nice if politicians cleaned up their mess after they got through with their *litter* err, I mean campaign signs.

@Jimaz - No level is too low for a politician or political group to stoop to in order to try to get elected.

@lpg - We need your opinion. Between an STD and Congress, with would you rather deal with? :D

To the rest of you guys, you have been slipping lately. Okay, I have some fresh new political ads for you. Enjoy!

Candidate: Mike Obermueller [[D)
Office: Congress
Location: Minnesota
Ad:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP2kwvjHQ2g

Candidate: Rob Maness [[R)
Office: Senate
Location: Louisiana
Ad:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBNQBx6JOcw

Candidate: National Republican Congressional Committee [[NRCC)
Vs: Congressman John Barrow [[D)
Location: Georgia
Ad:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btYtwe6PE0U

Candidate: Dan Sullivan [[R)
Office: Senate
Location: Alaska
Ad:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGZimq-sxnE

Candidate: Mark Pryor [[D)
vs.: Senatorial Candidate Tom Cotton [[R)
Location: Arkansas
Ad:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8xYDfwqNWk

Candidate: Mark Pryor [[D)
Office: Senate
Location: Arkansas
Ad:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-06D9cPTFgo

I saw this scary Big Head Snyder ad a bunch of times the other day. I wonder if they electronically changed his voice? It sounds different.

http://youtu.be/x_y0LojzywU

Meanwhile, the Free Press asks, why no debates?

http://www.freep.com/article/2014090...higan-election

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I saw this scary Big Head Snyder ad a bunch of times the other day. I wonder if they electronically changed his voice? It sounds different....

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It sure does. His voice sounds noticeable deeper in that ad than in real life.

Actually, with all the money poured into political ads nowadays, I'd be very surprised to find one that didn't polish ever single little micro fleck of the candidate's image. It's kind of unnerving.

Snyder ad analyzed:
http://www.eclectablog.com/2014/09/r...ral-funds.html

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In that video, Snyder appears in a t-shirt in front of a hilly, tree-lined road in perfect condition talking about “the Road to Recovery”, a sharp contrast to the actual pothole-ridden roads Michiganders must navigate each day thanks to inaction by our Republican-led legislature.

MIRS news service has discovered that the road in the video is Intertown Road in Emmet County at the intersection with Resort Pike Road. As it turns out, that road was completely overhauled four years ago during the administration of Democratic Governor Jennifer Granholm, presumably using Stimulus funds, before Rick Snyder was elected as governor.

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Originally Posted by Pam

Snyder ad analyzed:
http://www.eclectablog.com/2014/09/r...ral-funds.html

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Thanks for the link. Another good bookmark!

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Attachment 24356
Jon Stewart's Story: How the Fake Newsman Won Over America

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Oct. 22 [[Bloomberg) -- BLOOMBERG GAME CHANGERS profiles Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz, now Jon Stewart, from his New Jersey boyhood through the standard struggle of the stand-up comedian - part time jobs and late night gigs at New York's comedy clubs. It will shine a spotlight on his early television shows and movies, including rare video from his early career, to show his transformation into the dominant American commentator of our time. [[Source: Bloomberg)

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• The Daily Show

Who calls out B.S. better? Another anti-political-ad ad.

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Originally Posted by Crumbled_pavement

@brizee - Extremely funny ads.

@Pam - It would be nice if politicians cleaned up their mess after they got through with their *litter* err, I mean campaign signs.

@Jimaz - No level is too low for a politician or political group to stoop to in order to try to get elected.

@lpg - We need your opinion. Between an STD and Congress, with would you rather deal with? :D

To the rest of you guys, you have been slipping lately. Okay, I have some fresh new political ads for you. Enjoy!

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Took me this long to make up my mind. An STD.

Attachment 24385
An Honest Candidate: Rep. Richard Martin [[OH-19?)

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Rep. Martin talks the issues. And some other random thoughts. On Citizens United: "I've always been for openness of government, particularly when it's between corporate contributions and political campaign coffers."

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• Pay2Play.TV

Irony alert: Today, I was watching the Fox News Channel [[just before their 9/11 special report) at 8:45 AM and I saw an anti-Gary Peters and and right now I'm watching clips of amateur World Trade Center attack videos on the History Channel and I just saw a pro-Peters ad!

Link repair, total duration 56 minutes:

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KOCH BROTHERS EXPOSED: 2014 EDITION [Full Film]

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I hope you’re ready for a wild ride. Billionaires David and Charles Koch have been handed the ability to buy our democracy in the form of giant checks to the House, Senate, and soon, possibly even the Presidency. The last time we exposed the Koch Brothers' dealings to the world we here at Brave New Films wound up in their crosshairs. They produced online ad campaigns attacking us, but, it takes more than a banner ad to slow us down.

We've reissued Koch Brothers Exposed in an updated version, Koch Brothers Exposed: 2014 Edition, to shine a light on them. We've delved even deeper into where their money is going, who their money is hurting, and how much they are making during this whole process leading up to the 2014 Elections.

Two years ago when we made this film very few people knew who the Koch Brothers were or what the Koch Brothers were doing. But now, we so strongly believe that everyone should know what is happening that with your help and donations we are able to offer the film for free. We want to make sure everyone has an opportunity to see the truth.

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Gary Peters debates empty chair:

http://www.eclectablog.com/2014/09/gary-peters-debates-empty-chair-after-land-is-a-no-show-and-other-news.html

ITS ELECTION YEAR AGAIN!

Better not make a move on immigration, as promised in the 2012 Presidential election. It might offend someone and hurt chances in 2014 if someone actually tries to fix our Immigration system! After all, People < Politics.

I'm no longer surprised that there wasn't even a tacit attempt at concealing the postponement as anything but politics.

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Candidate: Mike Obermueller [[D)
Office: Congress
Location: Minnesota
Ad:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP2kwvjHQ2g

Candidate: Rob Maness [[R)
Office: Senate
Location: Louisiana
Ad:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBNQBx6JOcw

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Funny thing about the top one is that insurance costs more than it ever has under Obamacare

I saw this and all I could think to myself is how Gary thinks this will draw more support for him? Didn't the Democrats laugh at Clint Eastwood for talking to an empty chair?

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I saw this and all I could think to myself is how Gary thinks this will draw more support for him? Didn't the Democrats laugh at Clint Eastwood for talking to an empty chair?

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Nobody knew why Clint was talking to an empty chair. Terry Lynn Land was invited to debate and declined. Reminding people that she was too chickenshit to appear might help Gary.

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Nobody knew why Clint was talking to an empty chair. Terry Lynn Land was invited to debate and declined. Reminding people that she was too chickenshit to appear might help Gary.

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From MSNBC: Terri Lynn Land’s ‘no-show strategy’

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To clarify, this is not to suggest Land is quitting. On the contrary, the Republican campaign is still running plenty of campaign ads and, as best as I can tell, still hopes to be elected to the Senate.

That said, the GOP candidate is taking a non-traditional approach of limiting her interactions with voters, avoiding interviews with journalists, and skipping all the debates.

It may have contributed to the fact that the Koch brothers’ Freedom Partners officially gave up on the Michigan race last month.

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Also, from The Detroit News: Debate over debates nears an ending

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An odd episode of stage fright during a press conference at the Mackinac Policy Conference last spring sealed her deer in the headlights image. That's since been enhanced by the occasional awkward response to media questions.

Land cut back on interviews with the press, creating the impression that she's not ready for the scrutiny and spotlight that comes with being a U.S. Senator.

That's worked to sharply lower expectations of Land in a head-to-head debate with Peters, now considered both the more informed and articulate candidate. If she shows up on the stage and doesn't faint when the lights come on, she'll have surpassed what's anticipated.

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An odd episode of stage fright during a press conference at the Mackinac Policy Conference last spring sealed her deer in the headlights image.

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Oh, yeah. That whole "At one point, looking slightly panicked and clearly uncomfortable, she pushed microphones away and said, 'I can't do this. I talk with my hands.'" incident.

Perhaps it was a bit too hopeful to expect that the massive funding of the wealthy Koch plutocrats would compensate for honestly saying "I can't" before the press.

Hmm. There's a limit to what political influence [[bribery) the Kochs will buy?

Perhaps lying through teeth is what they prefer to fund.

Follow the money!

http://youtu.be/JNwCDIGuMK4

http://youtu.be/S4ottl6bX54

Haven't seen this one but it sounds incredibly stupid.

http://www.mlive.com/lansing-news/in..._compares.html

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The College Republican National Committee is raising eyebrows with an online ad based off the show "Say Yes to the Dress," comparing voting for Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and Democratic challenger Mark Schauer to shopping for wedding dresses.

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I have seen the Gary Peters ad where his family calls him cheap.Too cutesy.

Attachment 24549
Noam Chomsky refutes right-libertarianism [full]

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Chomsky on Right-wing "libertarianism"

1. Anti-politics 0:00:00
2. Libertarianism 0:03:10
3. Capitalism 0:05:04
4. Free Markets 0:06:08
5. Greed 0:11:00
6. A Call for Corporate Tyranny 0:11:44
7. The Federal Reserve 0:13:38

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http://www.mlive.com/lansing-news/in...der_democ.html

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Michigan voters will get to see Republican Gov. Rick Snyder and Democratic challenger Mark Schauer share a stage this fall after all.Both candidates have agreed to participate in a televised town hall on October 12 in Detroit. The hour-long Sunday forum is set to begin at 6 p.m. on the campus of Wayne State University.

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Michigan Voter Information Center

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• Determine if you are registered to vote
• Find your polling location
• Contact your local election official
• Learn to use your voting equipment
• Find answers to frequently asked questions
• View your sample ballot

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Did anyone actually watch the "Town Hall Meeting"? I only heard a little bit on the radio.

http://youtu.be/bCJuE9TFtYo

This is going to hurt Mitch. Allison has the issue and the accent.

http://youtu.be/cpiUtIpyQTI

Oh oh! Main street America and the poor folks and President Obama is a trouble if Republican reclaim more senate seats in U.S. Congress.

Tomorrow's the day. No matter who wins, at least the political ads will go away for a while.

^^^ November 5th original agendas and policies can resume -- no longer constrained by the politics of vote leveraging.

Interesting analysis from the Democratic side:

http://www.eclectablog.com/2014/11/r...-michigan.html

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Tomorrow's the day. No matter who wins, at least the political ads will go away for a while.

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Sorry, no way. Nov. 5th is the official kick off of the 2016 Presidential election cycle. I'll be creating a thread soon on it. I know you can't wait! :)

Democrats Suck.
Republicans Suck.
Republicans talk their talking points, then get into office, and they don't do what they say they were going to do. They also sit back on major issues like immigration and health care, don't come out with any ideas, then when Democrats get back in charge they finally do the wrong things and Republicans get pissed off.

I'll be amazed if Republicans don't sit back on their checkered pants and let another 2 - 4 years go by without pushing for real improvement in this country.

http://youtu.be/rfU3hI8ML30

Really, what can I say? That's a dust free 2014 Chevy pick-up, correct?