US Presidential Election

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Small piece of good news. Maybe this is where Monsanto can step in.
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emordnilap wrote: Oh, and we can now look forward to Paul Ryan (or worse) as POTUS.
Sarah Palin vs Hillary Clinton in 2016?
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Tess wrote:
emordnilap wrote: Oh, and we can now look forward to Paul Ryan (or worse) as POTUS.
Sarah Palin vs Hillary Clinton in 2016?
Well, we've had the first black POTUS, why not the first, ermm, differently abled?
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emordnilap wrote:Well, we've had the first black POTUS, why not the first, ermm, differently abled?
I thought most of them were. Mental illness is less obvious than physical disability, and I thought that most people in positions of power were psychopaths.
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emordnilap wrote:
Tess wrote:
emordnilap wrote: Oh, and we can now look forward to Paul Ryan (or worse) as POTUS.
Sarah Palin vs Hillary Clinton in 2016?
Well, we've had the first black POTUS, why not the first, ermm, differently abled?
You didn't know that Franklin D Roosevelt was disabled?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D ... ic_illness
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RogueMale wrote:
emordnilap wrote:
Tess wrote: Sarah Palin vs Hillary Clinton in 2016?
Well, we've had the first black POTUS, why not the first, ermm, differently abled?
You didn't know that Franklin D Roosevelt was disabled?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D ... ic_illness
I did. I just like taking the bladder secretions out of Palin.
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emordnilap wrote:
RogueMale wrote:
emordnilap wrote: Well, we've had the first black POTUS, why not the first, ermm, differently abled?
You didn't know that Franklin D Roosevelt was disabled?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D ... ic_illness
I did. I just like taking the bladder secretions out of Palin.
Isn't that offensive to disabled people?
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I suppose there's also GWB too.
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