All-Purpose NuILX thread for American Politics

(don rumsfeld in general a pretty rich seam for this sort of thing)

rumsfeld is a psychopath

haha otm

yah but
but
gnnh

welcome to Indefinite Detention Land btw

(with "serious reservations" of course)

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/01/us/politics/obama-signs-military-spending-bill.html?_r=1&hp

Happy New Year!!!

dexneb can tell us how it was politically necessary.

http://news.yahoo.com/republican-candidate-romney-veto-immigration-dream-act-023856783.html

To be fair, his defense of it is pretty sound:

"If I'm the president of the United States I want to end illegal immigration so that we can protect legal immigration. I like legal immigration."

smh

pandering at its best

I mean you'd think even the most hardened anti-illegal people would see the 'serve military' caveat in lieu of school and at least appreciate that but noooooo

there's a GOP thread

nothing like starting the new year off with a nice hit piece: http://exiledonline.com/failing-up-with-joshua-foust-meet-the-evil-genius-massacre-denier-who-shills-for-war-profiteers/

calling a dude who was bullied a twerp and making fun of his height maybe not the best look but other than that

ive been seeing that feud play out on twitter over the last couple weeks... really hard to take any of these people seriously when they are all so bad at zinging

yeah that dude is trying so hard to be taibbi

foust is a dick though i remember him being all "occupy wall street should get a job" stick to foreign policy bro

yeah he def seems like an idiot

heh kev you know that ames and taibbi co-edited the exile for years

no! that explains so much though seriously

that actual signing statement is like unabashedly evil. "I personally won't use these powers, think they're wrong, but let me sign them into law in case somebody more bloodthirsty than me becomes President at some point"

otm