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Joe King's avatar

Mr Smith:

The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.

What part of "no religious test" do you not understand? As much as you would like to disqualify people simply for being non-Christian, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ.The Supreme Court even affirmed that in Torcaso v. Watkins in 1961.

If the only thing you can run on is the fact that your opponent isn't a Christian, that is pretty much the same as admitting that you have no real policy positions, and that your opponent's policy positions are the correct ones.

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oraxx's avatar

+++ These are the people who would go out of their tiny little minds at the mere suggestion any religion other than their own be included in government.

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David Graf's avatar

True but irrelevant. The government may not establish a religious test but that doesn't keep voters from doing so. ๐Ÿ˜”

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ericc's avatar

His advert is a good example of double meaning. When he's in front of a fundie audience and the doors are closed and the cameras are off, he can say "yes, I mean literally the Constitution should not allow atheists to run." When the cameras are turned back on and he's in public, he can say "fake news! I clearly meant it in the rhetorical sense of her discrimination against Christians should disqualify her in voters' minds."

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Joe King's avatar

That's what Smith is counting on. He has nothing, so he'll just tell his voters "she's not one of us!"

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Julie Duggan's avatar

The "Othering" strategy. That's from nazi

playbook, that Trump/Vance are using.

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Ethereal fairy Natalie's avatar

Only the really stupid indoctrinated ones, they are beyond help.

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Matri's avatar

Sadly, there are tens of millions of them, and theyโ€™ll still vote for Trump.

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Ethereal fairy Natalie's avatar

Indeed their gullibility knows no bounds!

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Dee Martinez's avatar

Just like I am not voting for someone who makes their personal religious beliefs their entire brand so to speak or their entire platform I would expect that most voters will consider that when choosing a candidate. Thereโ€™s nothing wrong with that thatโ€™s part of democracy. Thatโ€™s why every vote counts.

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David Graf's avatar

I expect that religion or the lack of it does play a part in deciding who to cast a vote for in an election. Whether that's wise or foolish is another question.

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Joe King's avatar

๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘†๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘Žโ„Ž ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘š โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘˜๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ , ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘”๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘  ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘ฃ๐‘œ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘œ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘†๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘Žโ„Ž ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘›โ€™๐‘ก โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘™ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘› โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘. โ€œ๐‘Œ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘˜ ๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘›๐‘–๐‘๐‘’! ๐ผ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘›โ€™๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘’๐‘™๐‘–๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ฆ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก,โ€ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘™๐‘™ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ.

I heard this about myself from a neighbor. My late wife mentioned my atheism to her in passing. she responded "but he's so nice!" This is why it is important to be out. The insular indoctrination goes so deep that the only way to break through in some cases is to present them with something so obviously at odds with their preconceptions: the fact that we are normal and decent humans.

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Holytape's avatar

I understand why some residents are shocked and surprised by her when she knocks on their doors. She is in Florida, and usually when a politician in Florida knocks on your door, the conversation begins like this: "Hello, my name is Matt Gaetz. I have been instructed by the Superior Court of Florida as well as by the various state laws, to inform you that I am living in the neighborhood....."

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Ethereal fairy Natalie's avatar

...Do you have any young daughters? I'd like to meet them."

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Matri's avatar

โ€œPrivate tutoring sessions.โ€

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Ethereal fairy Natalie's avatar

oh, good one!

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Julie Duggan's avatar

Lol. Exactly!

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Julie Duggan's avatar

We are all born atheist. That's what they forget, ignore.

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Layla Rose's avatar

I was on a dating site/app years ago, and even though I'm a Wiccan/Neo-Pagan, the guys I matched with the most were the atheists, like 90% or more SMH. I ended up dating someone w/an eclectic sort of faith, he was batshit crazy. And I think he may actually be a Trump supporter. We broke up in 2014, but in 2016, last time I was on FB, he made a bunch of schizo posts & 1 of them was "It doesn't matter who you voted for..." I told my BFF, she's like yep, they all post that.

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Val Uptuous NotAgain's avatar

What he really wants to say but canโ€™t is โ€œno penis, no position. She isnโ€™t qualified because sheโ€™s a woman.โ€

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NOGODZ20's avatar

Yup. Christianity is a patriarchal religion, after all.

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oraxx's avatar

Those who would break down the barriers between church and state always seem to operate under the assumption it will be their particular tribe calling the shots for everyone else. They should be imagining the tribe they hate most having control over their lives because that will definitely be a reality for a lot of people. To suggest government needs religion, is to ignore what religious people have done in the name of their religion when they held secular power. Religion and morality do not exclude each other, but they are very far from the same thing.

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Straw's avatar

They have already used all their imagination power on haiting atheists. Trying to be decent people is too exhausting.

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oraxx's avatar

+++ They have a pronounced tendency to hate atheists while ignoring their own history.

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Julie Duggan's avatar

And ignoring all the pedophiles in their churches. Aside from all the OTHER corruption and lush for power - the sex abuse alone should be show stopper to all people. Walk away. Pray at home, with your family. No building or pastor needed.

Them: "gasp....but the atheists are so evil"

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Layla Rose's avatar

Did you ever see that show that Jim Jefferies did? I can't remember what it was called, but he had a guy who was a Christian of some sort & anyway he kept saying things (in the interview) w/Jefferies) like well if you don't believe why wouldn't people just kill people all the time? Why wouldn't you just murder people? He was oddly murder-focused which I (and I'm sure Jeffries) found extremely disconcerting. I mean the BTK Killer went to church & had a wife & family. So...

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Straw's avatar

No, I've never heard of Jim Jefferie nor his show.. When I grew up in the 1960ies and 70ies, all tv we had access too was Nrk and Svtv1. Cable wasn't a thing before mid 198ies. Norwegian.

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Layla Rose's avatar

Yes, I remember when we got the 4th channel on TV (not counting PBS). I actually called my mom at work to tell her. LOL. Jim Jeffries is an Australian comedian who lives in the US, has had a few TV shows, recently done some standup that you may be able to see on your Netflix. Anyway his one comedy/talk show had some very interesting things. There may be clips or something on YouTube or something. He's mostly known for his standup though. He points out a lot of absurd things re: American Life & our so-called Freedom.

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NOGODZ20's avatar

A Christian violating the 9th Commandment. Must be the bible belt.

You remember that commandment, don't you Smith? They taught it to you in Sunday school. In case you forgot, "Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness" (originally meant just for perjury in judicial trials) applies to ALL forms of lying and is rooted in honesty and integrity. IOW, false witness means lying, equivocating or speaking falsely in ANY matter. Bearing false witness includes spreading rumors, insinuations and slander. Just like you were doing. Your god finds it offensive.

Might want to abandon this tack you're on before you get a lightning bolt enema from above.

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MalibuMan's avatar

Lying for Jesus is something that most Christians do with a great deal of regularity

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NOGODZ20's avatar

Unsurprising, as their whole religion is based on a lie.

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Ethereal fairy Natalie's avatar

๐ŸŽฏ๐Ÿ‘†๐Ÿ‘†๐Ÿ‘†๐Ÿ‘†๐Ÿ‘†๐Ÿ‘†๐Ÿ‘†

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Layla Rose's avatar

Exactly like all the mental (and ethical) gymnastics they do to try to turn all the anti-abortion stuff into supporting women. Despite some women (not even childless/free cat ladies) dying b/c of those laws & then blaming it on the medical professionals & their legal staff for "not understanding" the law. Right b/c a bunch of intelligent educated people just didn't get it. Where does the stethoscope go again?! They all need to STFU!

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cdbunch's avatar

Oro Monroe is busy. Otherwise Mitch and Teddy would be lit up like Xmas trees.

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Matri's avatar

I wouldnโ€™t mind Frank Castle, though.

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Maltnothops's avatar

Itโ€™s threads like this that keep me always informed that I am irredeemably out of it.

I have no idea who Oro Monroe, Mitch, Teddy, or Frank Castle are. The only Mitch I think of is McConnell and the the only Teddy I think of is Kennedy.

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NOGODZ20's avatar

I do believe the Teddy here is Cruz.

As for Ororo Monroe and Frank Castle, they are 2 Marvel characters: The mutant weather witch named Storm and the ultraviolent Punisher, respectively.

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cdbunch's avatar

I was afraid I'd gotten her name wrong.

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NOGODZ20's avatar

I've been a Marvel fan since childhood. I have a head for trivia. :)

I was going to mention that Frank Castle is no longer the Punisher (he's been replaced by the equally violent Joe Garrison), but the whole story of Castle's status is so complex and convoluted I had to give up.

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cdbunch's avatar

You would be correct, I meant Mitch McConnell and Ted Fucking 'Cancun' Cruz.

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Maltnothops's avatar

I donโ€™t do Marvel or DC comics. As I said, I am out of it.

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Zorginipsoundsor's avatar

My condolences.

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Black Hole and DM mourner's avatar

Teddy Roosevelt ?

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NOGODZ20's avatar

Cruz. :)

Theodore Roosevelt abhorred being called Teddy. Truth.

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Matri's avatar

Violating laws, commandments, and little children!

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Layla Rose's avatar

Exactly, like why focus on the fact that she's calling attention to the fallacy that is White Nationalist Christians, by making it seem like she's just calling all of them, well even black people are white nationalists? I mean stop making stuff up already. Geez!!! They drive me bonkers! In college that'd be called a fallacious argument. Maybe they skipped that lesson. I didn't even get a degree, nor do I hold office, just a bleeding heart liberal, so what do I know?

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Black Hole and DM mourner's avatar

If being a humanist and not forcing everyone to convert to smith flavor of cristainsanity is evil, what does he think of the Founding Fathers ?

OT : Got news of DM, she got out of the reanimation ward yesterday to the UAU* ward. She is very tired, and even if the hardest part is behind her, her physical** recovery will be long.

* No idea how to translate that.

** Mentally, she is OK, she doesn't suffer after effects from her artificial coma.

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Val Uptuous NotAgain's avatar

Good News!!!

Good luck to her in her recovery.

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Kay-El's avatar

Perhaps ICU ward? Intensive Care Unit

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Black Hole and DM mourner's avatar

Unitรฉ d"aval des urgences in French.

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Harry M's avatar

Good luck in her recovery! And I think it might be called something like the Intermediate Care Unit or something like that. Where you go for extra monitoring and care (compared to normal) after you are out of intensive care?

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Holytape's avatar

I believe the Insurance industry calls it "Not covered." That must be an acronym or something.

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Harry M's avatar

LOL, yeah. Good point. Also known as "Available in other countries", or the US version "medical bankruptcy".

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Black Hole and DM mourner's avatar

No sรฉ.

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Ethereal fairy Natalie's avatar

That is wonderful news, not the long rehab, but the rest of it.

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Troublesh00ter's avatar

Okay, boys and girls, let's all say it together:

... ๐‘›๐‘œ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘–๐‘”๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘  ๐‘‡๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ž๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘„๐‘ข๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘–๐‘“๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ฆ ๐‘‚๐‘“๐‘“๐‘–๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘‡๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ˆ๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘†๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘ .

That's Article VI, paragraph 3 of the US Constitution, in case David Smith and his lackeys have forgotten. She could be a Wiccan or a Buddhist and it wouldn't matter, but of course, since she's NOT A CHRISTIAN [gasp!!! ๐Ÿ˜ฑ] and she recognizes that State / Church separation is a foundational principle of this nation, she is automatically rendered as The Other, and becomes dangerous and radical and so on. Maybe she has dishpan hands, too. ๐Ÿ˜

And I would treat these attacks the same way that the Democratic party has been lately: COUNTER THEM. State the facts, politely, but without hesitation or apology, while also noting that being a Christian doesn't instantly imply morality.

Christians who run for office on their Christianity need to be called on their bullshit ... and this is a fine time to do just that.

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Joe King's avatar

Somehow, I doubt the attacks would be quite this vitriolic and alarmist if she weren't a woman. How much of the venom they are spewing is because she is not Christian, and how much because she is young, blond, and NOT pumping out babies for her quiverful husband?

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Richard S. Russell's avatar

Even serious news media will solemnly assure you that no story is more important than a woman whoโ€™s young, blond, blue-eyed, smiley, and probably dead.

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Troublesh00ter's avatar

There are a bunch of scared little boys out there, losing their shit because competent women are running for office and WINNING. Worse, their dicks are going soft and they're out of Viagra at the pharmacy. Reminds me of a quote I've favored for a very long time from a YouTube producer I greatly admire:

๐ผ๐‘“ ๐‘ค๐‘’โ€™๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘–๐‘’๐‘ , ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘ฆ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘š๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ง๐‘’ ๐‘ข๐‘ .

-- TheraminTrees

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Lynn Veit's avatar

Your mention of Viagra prompted this thought - Repugs want to ban abortion drugs AND contraception, but they think Viagra should be dispensed like candy.

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Joe King's avatar

It's as though they want women to be slaves to instead of in control of their reproduction.

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Troublesh00ter's avatar

Do da phrase, "barefoot and pregnant" strike a familiar note?

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Joe King's avatar

You forgot "in the kitchen".

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Lynn Veit's avatar

I just wonder sometimes why none of the general public seems to have connected those two dots and called out the hypocrisy.

Of course, there may have been some protestations out there somewhere and I missed them. I don't have as much time to read as I would like.

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Straw's avatar

Oh no, now they know and might be able to run to a better place.

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Ethereal fairy Natalie's avatar

๐ŸŽฏYes they must worship the sacred penis and the almighty hard-on.

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Layla Rose's avatar

Not to mention obeying him & not seeking to usurp his authority over her. Ew. Just ugh...

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Lynn Veit's avatar

๐ŸŽฏ

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Ethereal fairy Natalie's avatar

๐ŸŽฏ๐ŸŽฏ๐ŸŽฏ๐Ÿ‘†๐Ÿ‘†๐Ÿ‘†๐Ÿ‘†๐Ÿ‘†๐Ÿ‘†๐Ÿ‘†๐Ÿ‘†

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Matri's avatar

This is the party of โ€œThe Constitution is just a piece of paperโ€, after all.

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Layla Rose's avatar

Right I think they're the ones who should be disqualified. My mom was an unwavering fundamentalist, grew up w/that stuff, a whole other story, but the short is her job was a secular thing, she didn't witness to people at work. She listened to her bible on tope sometimes or prayed at her desk at lunch, but she didn't intrude into her co-workers lives b/c it was a risk. And this is in WV, which is very red & very X-tian & very rigid. But if you can't keep your religious life separate from your professional life, then what are you actually doing? I'm a Wiccan actually, but I couldn't have taken all my herbs & incense & altar stuff to my job & set it up at work b/c it doesn't belong at work. It doesn't matter if you're an administrative assistant or hold a position of real power, you shouldn't get to dictate others' beliefs, practices, medical care, and/or lives. Period.

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Marilyn Lemons's avatar

Some time you just want to scream, but although I am 3000+ miles away from her, I sent her a donation. Hope if you can you will join me.

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NOGODZ20's avatar

Humanism values reason, compassion and tolerance. Well, we certainly can't have THAT in DeSanitarium's or Smith's Florida, can we? :S

Go, Sarah!

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Matri's avatar

Itโ€™s woke!

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Ethereal fairy Natalie's avatar

I always tell them "beats being in a coma." Which is the opposite.

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Holytape's avatar

*** Scary campaign voice***

Did you know that Sarah Henry isn't a man?

She has a vagina. And she has fallopian tubes.

Can you trust some one so radical that they have, not one, but two ovaries?!

** Kind campaign voice**

David Smith is a man.

You can trust him, because he has a penis and testicles. Smooth, shiny testicles.

I'm David Smith. I have smooth testicles and I approve this ad.

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Ethereal fairy Natalie's avatar

...She's one of them vagina-americans!"

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Lynn Veit's avatar

NOooooooooooo! Say it ain't so.

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Ethereal fairy Natalie's avatar

๐Ÿ˜‰

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Maltnothops's avatar

Omg, that is brilliant. So stealing that!!

ETA 15 minutes later: My bride laughed her ass off and is texting โ€œvagina-Americansโ€ to all her friends.

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Guerillasurgeon's avatar

Okay, I would never trust a politician who shaved his testicles. It's unnatural. They should be hairy and wrinkly and disgusting looking.

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cdbunch's avatar

I don't care whether they're hairy or not, but I would never trust a politician who made sure I knew whether they were hairy or not.

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Zizzer-Zazzer-Zuzz's avatar

I worked with someone in high school who said they would vote for whoever had the hairiest nipples.

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Holytape's avatar

Vote Platypus. All hair, no nipple.

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Zizzer-Zazzer-Zuzz's avatar

There might be citizenship issues.

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Black Hole and DM mourner's avatar

Cough... Cis women with hormone imbalance... Cough... Cough...

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Bagen Onuts's avatar

Knew a woman way back when with hair around her nipples. Turned me on...

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cdbunch's avatar

He wanted a wet tighty-whities contest before he could decide who to vote for?

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Zizzer-Zazzer-Zuzz's avatar

I don't remember anything about the situation beyond that one statement. I do remember that person being a little weird. And on a lot of drugs.

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Bagen Onuts's avatar

Me likum wet tighty-whities.

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cdbunch's avatar

I can ruin that for you with one word.

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Bagen Onuts's avatar

Is something wrong with hairy nipples?

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Lynn Veit's avatar

Only their relevance as a job qualification.

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Holytape's avatar

Who said anything about shaving? David Smith's testicles are naturally hairless, smooth and shiny. They're like highly polished glass marbles.

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Lynn Veit's avatar

๐Ÿ˜ณ๐Ÿ˜ณ๐Ÿ˜ณ He's an android?!?

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cdbunch's avatar

Not smart enough.

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Lynn Veit's avatar

๐Ÿ˜‚

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Black Hole and DM mourner's avatar

How do you know he shaves ? Maybe he had them lasered.

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NOGODZ20's avatar

Or used Nair.

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Ethereal fairy Natalie's avatar

Waxed like a nice nudist would do.

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Ethereal fairy Natalie's avatar

It only hurts the first few times.

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Black Hole and DM mourner's avatar

It reminds me a roommate at my last boardschool. One morning, she went to brush her teeth, she came back about a minute later, she mistook her hair removal cream for her toothpaste.

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Guerillasurgeon's avatar

I vaguely remember a story about someone doing similar with Brylcreem โ€“ hence the expression "a little dab will do you".

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NOGODZ20's avatar

Yuck ๐Ÿ˜

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cdbunch's avatar

Nair specifically says on the bottle it is *not* for the perigenital or perianal regions. (I tried to use it on my beard once. (I really *hate* to shave))

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NOGODZ20's avatar

I've never used the stuff. Didn't know if there were any warnings about what not to apply it on.

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larry parker's avatar

Tanning accident.

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Lynn Veit's avatar

And men wonder why we ... uhm, never mind.

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MalibuMan's avatar

So you wouldn't vote for me. damn man

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Val Uptuous NotAgain's avatar

Here is another case of misrepresenting what the other side says or stands for so that they are on the defensive at all times. This attack on her religious position may be different from other campaign attacks, but the play is the same.

I like her response that heโ€™s focusing on her not ideas or policies. Just keep talking about policy and his lack of.

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Troublesh00ter's avatar

The Republican party has become the party of LIES, lies used in various venues either to convince their sheeple of something or to attack and slur their opponents.

"Misrepresentation" is just a polite way of saying it.

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Matri's avatar

Theyโ€™ve been the Party Of Lies for as long as I can remember, and I was born in the 80โ€™s.

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Jelly's avatar

Ironically, so many things on those mailers are true: Christianity is exclusionary; prayers donโ€™t belong in public school sports and young female republicans is indeed sad. They might send as many voters toward Sarah as not.

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Harry M's avatar

Me too! I was reading that going "welllll..." LOL!

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Holytape's avatar

Hello,

I am running for the assistant dog catcher of the township of Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, and it is my honor to tell you that we need a good Christian holding that office. And my opponent is not a good Christian. She isn't even a Methodist, which on a good day, I suppose can be considered Christian adjacent. No, she is much worse. She values human welfare, dignity, and potential, and believes that people should treat each other with kindness and respect. Unbelievable. Can you believe that my opponent does not believe that you are all worthless sinners deserving to be tortured by the most extreme methods for an eternity? She simply does not understand or comprehend that every one of you sinners is irredeemable, and there is nothing you can do to earn the love and respect of the only being that matters in the universe. And her appalling beliefs do not stop at the notion that people aren't inherently broken, but did you know that she probably does not support buying her slaves from the peoples around her? She probably doesn't support selling your daughters as it says in the good book. I doubt she would even have the moral fortitude to stone a rape victim. And that is the problem. Can we have an assistant dog catcher who is unwilling to take a new bride out to the town gates and stone her to death if she can not provide a bloody bed sheet? Can we afford that?

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ericc's avatar

"And did you know that her city dog-catching van is also a "Falafel" truck?"

-JD Vance

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Black Hole and DM mourner's avatar

Falafel ๐Ÿคค

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Troublesh00ter's avatar

Mmmm, falafel ... with veggies and tahini sauce in a pita! YUM!!! ๐Ÿ˜‹๐Ÿ˜‹๐Ÿ˜‹

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Black Hole and DM mourner's avatar

Do you have Maoz in US ?

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Troublesh00ter's avatar

Don't think so. My primary source for falafel here is Tommy's on Coventry Road in Cleveland Heights. His style is Lebanese, and he's been making falafels and baba ghanoug and all sorts of good stuff since 1972.

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Zorginipsoundsor's avatar

The bane of Bill O'Reilly.

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Holytape's avatar

I know that quote isn't real. Not because it is a truly awful racist thing to say. Not because it of all stupidity associated with saying something like that. Because someone saying that, even if it were said unironically, is attempting humor. And JD Vance has the same sense of humor that Windows Vista had. If you ask him to tell a joke, you will see the blue screen of death in his eyes and have to wait ten minutes for him to reboot.

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cdbunch's avatar

Republicans are trying so hard to shake their reputation (well-deserved) as pet-haters.

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Maltnothops's avatar

Did JD pronounce it FAL-uh-full? Which I hear pretty regularly at a Mediterranean fast food place called Mezeh that is way better than any hamburger joint.

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Val Uptuous NotAgain's avatar

In Oconomowoc? Iโ€™d believe it.

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NOGODZ20's avatar

I got my tongue tied in a knot trying to pronounce that.

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Holytape's avatar

Don't ask Alexa or Google to pronounce any Wisconsin city names. It's never right, or even close. It's roughly pronounce: Oh-con-oh-mow-walk as opposed to google's Oak-oh-no-mo-auk.

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NOGODZ20's avatar

I don't suppose I should be the one to talk when I live in a state full of cities and towns with indigenous names. ๐Ÿ˜€

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Val Uptuous NotAgain's avatar

Puyallup

I moved from WA to WI, the tough part was getting my Midwest accent back and being able to understand the words with it.

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Ethereal fairy Natalie's avatar

Mentally I pronounce it Pull y'all up.

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Black Hole and DM mourner's avatar

Try to pronounce Okonomiyaki 3 times, the fastest you can ๐Ÿ˜

It should be easier then.

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NOGODZ20's avatar

Yep. In Japanese, every syllable has equal weight and is spoken quicky. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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Black Hole and DM mourner's avatar

You made a mistake. How a slave would be allowed to buy slaves by and for herself ?

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XJC's avatar

Thank you Hemant for showing the world how utterly backwards, gullible and delusional the people of this part of Florida really are. I just made an out of state contribution to Sarah. She may be able to do alot of good, but She Can't Fix Stupid.

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Lynn Veit's avatar

You can't fix stupid, but you can sedate it, hog-tie it and drop kick it into the corner. BTW, how much ketamine does it take to knock out a lizard king?

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Ethereal fairy Natalie's avatar

I like your style.

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Lynn Veit's avatar

๐Ÿ˜‰

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Bensnewlogin's avatar

This question showed up on my quoradigest this morning. "Why are Christians so persecuted in the west? Why is it open season now on Christians?"

It's funny, but during the marriage wars I was told over and over by Christians who wanted to interfere in my life and my family that they merely disagreed with me, but disagreement wasn't hate. Of course, what they justified their disagreement with was indeed hate, and rather insulting because they simply assumed that I was too stupid to know the difference.

But here is the problem. That cross is getting so crowded with poor persecuted Christians that there really isn't much room on it for Jesus anymore. And One only look at the overwhelming evangelical support for Former to see why.

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ericc's avatar

"That cross is getting so crowded with poor persecuted Christians that there really isn't much room on it for Jesus anymore"

Good quotable.

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Bensnewlogin's avatar

Feel free to steal it. I did, but only in a Christian way. Besides, I apologized to Jesus. He said it was good.

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Ethereal fairy Natalie's avatar

My friend tells me that Jesus did his stint here, and is done with all that crap. One incarnation of abuse was enough. That makes more sense than the bible to me.

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Ethereal fairy Natalie's avatar

I hope you saw fit to correct that propaganda, that was obviously posted by some mental defective.

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