Warbler

Mrebo said:

Warbler said:

CatBus said:

Warbler said:

I will have to do some research on this Kamala Harris.

I think the road for her was (ominously) mapped out by Al Gore and Hillary Clinton. She is on many occasions doomed to be the smartest person in the room. Gore tripped over that by seeming too eager to crush his neophyte opponent in a debate. Clinton (I felt) successfully managed to walk the line between being strong and knowledgeable without showing any drive to kneecap her opponent just because he didn’t know how to defend himself, preferring to let him hang himself instead.

That’s the trap of an Oprah candidacy IMO. If Kamala does anything that seems mean to Oprah, it’s over. She’s got to get that tough but fair balance just right.

If Kamala is the smartest person in the room, I view that as a big plus. I want the President to be the smartest in the room.

Depends who else is in the room.

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yhwx said:

Warbler said:

Jeebus said:

Warbler said:

Mrebo said:

yhwx said:

Warbler said:

I’m just curious, other than not being Trump, what qualifications does Oprah have for being President?

Being Oprah.

I agree with Jeebus and CatBus but I think this is a good answer.

What qualifications does Warbler have for being President?

Being Warbler.

What qualifications does Frink have for being President?

Being Frink.

What qualifications does Mrebo have for being President?

Being Mrebo.

😦

I’m pretty sure both yhwx and Mrebo were joking, though.

Yhwx

It’s lowercase.

The rules grammar indicate that the first letter of someone’s name be capitalized.

ChainsawAsh said:

chyron8472 said:

Warbler said:

The more I think about it, the more I hate TLJ. Sorry, but I do. It is just my opinion.

I think in my head cannon, the OOT happens in the main universe and the PT, SE, and ST happen in an alternate universe.

canon*.

And I thought we had this argument where you were intransigent that I couldn’t do that with Star Trek Discovery, and you couldn’t do that with the Star Trek Kelvin Universe, because the show/movies didn’t straight up say we could.

Oh yay, this fight again.

no.

chyron8472 said:

Warbler said:

The more I think about it, the more I hate TLJ. Sorry, but I do. It is just my opinion.

I think in my head cannon, the OOT happens in the main universe and the PT, SE, and ST happen in an alternate universe.

canon*.

And I thought we had this argument where you were intransigent that I couldn’t do that with Star Trek Discovery, and you couldn’t do that with the Star Trek Kelvin Universe, because the show/movies didn’t straight up say we could.

I don’t want to restart that argument again. Let us just say that I agree people can make whatever head canon they want to. But head canon is head canon and official canon is official canon.

CatBus said:

Warbler said:

I will have to do some research on this Kamala Harris.

I think the road for her was (ominously) mapped out by Al Gore and Hillary Clinton. She is on many occasions doomed to be the smartest person in the room. Gore tripped over that by seeming too eager to crush his neophyte opponent in a debate. Clinton (I felt) successfully managed to walk the line between being strong and knowledgeable without showing any drive to kneecap her opponent just because he didn’t know how to defend himself, preferring to let him hang himself instead.

That’s the trap of an Oprah candidacy IMO. If Kamala does anything that seems mean to Oprah, it’s over. She’s got to get that tough but fair balance just right.

If Kamala is the smartest person in the room, I view that as a big plus. I want the President to be the smartest in the room.

CatBus said:

The reason lack of political experience is only a giant red flag and not a disqualification is delegation. The President does not need to know how to do everything – they only need to be smart enough to know who knows how to do things, and delegate accordingly. I’d be fine with an amateur pitching in the Word Series if they could delegate the pitching duties to someone else, as long as I trusted their judgment about who that person might be.

That said, it’s still a giant red flag. I’m not excited about the prospect.

The Presidency is more than just delegation of duties.

Jeebus said:

Warbler said:

Mrebo said:

yhwx said:

Warbler said:

I’m just curious, other than not being Trump, what qualifications does Oprah have for being President?

Being Oprah.

I agree with Jeebus and CatBus but I think this is a good answer.

What qualifications does Warbler have for being President?

Being Warbler.

What qualifications does Frink have for being President?

Being Frink.

What qualifications does Mrebo have for being President?

Being Mrebo.

😦

I’m pretty sure both yhwx and Mrebo were joking, though.

I’m not so sure Yhwx was kidding.

yhwx said:

Warbler said:

Mrebo said:

yhwx said:

Warbler said:

I’m just curious, other than not being Trump, what qualifications does Oprah have for being President?

Being Oprah.

I agree with Jeebus and CatBus but I think this is a good answer.

It is not answer at all.

What qualifications does Warbler have for being President?

Being Warbler.

What qualifications does Frink have for being President?

Being Frink.

What qualifications does Mrebo have for being President?

Being Mrebo.

See?

Yes, but all of these people aren’t successful businesspeople with a large TV audience.

Trump was a successful business person with a large TV audience(the apprentice).

Mrebo said:

yhwx said:

Warbler said:

I’m just curious, other than not being Trump, what qualifications does Oprah have for being President?

Being Oprah.

I agree with Jeebus and CatBus but I think this is a good answer.

It is not answer at all.

What qualifications does Warbler have for being President?

Being Warbler.

What qualifications does Frink have for being President?

Being Frink.

What qualifications does Mrebo have for being President?

Being Mrebo.

See?

CatBus said:

Warbler said:

I’m just curious, other than not being Trump, what qualifications does Oprah have for being President?

Well, when Trump ran for President, he would have been the least qualified person to ever be elected to that office.

If Oprah runs for President, she would be tied for the least qualified person to ever be elected to that office.

Totally different 😉

But still.

But all snark aside, lack of political experience is not an immediate disqualification, just a giant red flag.

I’m sorry but putting someone in the Oval Office that has no political experience is like putting someone in to pitch in the World Series without having any professional baseball experience.

Oprah is clearly a successful businesswoman, which puts her above Trump on that scale, for whatever that’s worth.

Many would argue Trump is a successful businessman, he did make a lot of money. At any being a good business person does mean one would make a good President.

She doesn’t appear to be mobbed up, which is nice. She also can go hours and even days without lying or committing a major crime, which again is a serious leg up.

true.

Maybe she’s got some political savvy that we haven’t seen very clearly yet.

Some probably said the same about Trump.

Trump’s political liabilities were on full display and easy to discern during the primary and general election, and people ran from him in droves (not enough, but still). Obviously Oprah will come across more favorably than Trump, but she’ll be up against people like Kamala Harris who will be very clearly smart, levelheaded, professional and experienced.

I will have to do some research on this Kamala Harris.

Don’t forget Trump was up against a clown car full of amateurs in the primary, so it didn’t really matter what sort of fool he looked like there, and he failed to be more appealing than his opponent in the general. Oprah will have to really prove herself to come out on top, just in the primary alone.

Well I hope she doesn’t run and if she runs, I hope she doesn’t win the primary. It might be the one thing that gives Trump a chance at winning a second term.

The more I think about it, the more I hate TLJ. Sorry, but I do. It is just my opinion.

I think in my head cannon, the OOT happens in the main universe and the PT, SE, and ST happen in an alternate universe.

yhwx said:

Jeebus said:

I am going to take a bold stance against all out-of-touch billionaires with no political experience running for president. No Trump, no Mark Cuban, and no Oprah.

But people like Oprah.

Being liked doesn’t mean you are qualified for the Oval Office.

Jeebus said:

I am going to take a bold stance against all out-of-touch billionaires with no political experience running for president. No Trump, no Mark Cuban, and no Oprah.

I agree.

yhwx said:

Warbler said:

I’m just curious, other than not being Trump, what qualifications does Oprah have for being President?

Being Oprah.

That doesn’t answer my question.

I’m just curious, other than not being Trump, what qualifications does Oprah have for being President?

At $330, they better have good sound. The headphones I usually use are less than $20.

suspiciouscoffee said:

Sometime in the future, a new user joins named ana. ana is a troll with ties to violent gang-related business in the outside world, and seems to be attempting to recruit members from this site into his gang for some reason. It is generally agreed that he should be removed. The moderator gang of the site declares war. The mods banned ana.

Your point being?

moviefreakedmind said:

Warbler said:

moviefreakedmind said:

Look at the conversation with Warbler that I had a couple months ago where people are still willing to give the Pope a free pass even on matters of the child sex abuse cover ups purely because he’s the pope and Catholics like him so he shouldn’t be criticized too harshly. Well, he doesn’t a free pass from me, no matter how fancy his hat and robes are.

I never said the Pope should get a free pass. Yes I disagree with what O’Connor did, but I don’t think the Pope should get a free pass.

Your implication is that he should be criticized less harshly and more respectfully than other people because of his position, regardless of his crimes against humanity.

Even if that were 100% correct, that is still different than wanting to give him a free pass.

I don’t condone bigotry, violence, or vandalism and I know my history so you don’t need to lecture me on that. Nobody on this forum has displayed any bigotry toward you unless there’s a troll or two that I’m forgetting about.

There was prominent forum member that once made fun of the undergarment Mormons wear, he referred to them as magic underwear.

What’s wrong with that? If I said I was wearing special underwear in order to remind me to pay my rent, or some areligious, then everyone would make fun of me. Why is it free from criticism or mockery just because it has to do with religion?

If you can’t see the problem here, I give up.

If the person I was hiring never shut up about their political views and repeatedly brought them to work even when told clearly not to, then yes I would fire them.

I wonder what the courts would say about that. No doubt the person being fired for sue you for religious discrimination. I am not saying you’d be guilty of that for firing the guy. I’d let let the courts decide that.

I’d be right and the litigious person throwing a frivolous lawsuit at me would be wrong, regardless of what the courts say.

You could think want you want of the court’s decision, but it would still be binding.

I don’t own a business and don’t plan on starting one so it isn’t a problem for me.

I know you don’t own a business, but we were talking about a hypothetical situation where you did own one.

Jerry Van Dyke.

http://ktla.com/2018/01/06/comedian-jerry-van-dyke-dies-at-86-report/

TV’s Frink said:

What about Trump?

a grey area.

NeverarGreat said:

yhwx said:

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/949616329463615489

Now that Russian collusion, after one year of intense study, has proven to be a total hoax on the American public, the Democrats and their lapdogs, the Fake News Mainstream Media, are taking out the old Ronald Reagan playbook and screaming mental stability and intelligence…

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/949618475877765120

…Actually, throughout my life, my two greatest assets have been mental stability and being, like, really smart. Crooked Hillary Clinton also played these cards very hard and, as everyone knows, went down in flames. I went from VERY successful businessman, to top T.V. Star…

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/949619270631256064

…to President of the United States (on my first try). I think that would qualify as not smart, but genius…and a very stable genius at that!

Why did he divide that into separate tweets? Is there a character limit for a tweet?

moviefreakedmind said:

Look at the conversation with Warbler that I had a couple months ago where people are still willing to give the Pope a free pass even on matters of the child sex abuse cover ups purely because he’s the pope and Catholics like him so he shouldn’t be criticized too harshly. Well, he doesn’t a free pass from me, no matter how fancy his hat and robes are.

I never said the Pope should get a free pass. Yes I disagree with what O’Connor did, but I don’t think the Pope should get a free pass.

I don’t condone bigotry, violence, or vandalism and I know my history so you don’t need to lecture me on that. Nobody on this forum has displayed any bigotry toward you unless there’s a troll or two that I’m forgetting about.

There was prominent forum member that once made fun of the undergarment Mormons wear, he referred to them as magic underwear.

If the person I was hiring never shut up about their political views and repeatedly brought them to work even when told clearly not to, then yes I would fire them.

I wonder what the courts would say about that. No doubt the person being fired for sue you for religious discrimination. I am not saying you’d be guilty of that for firing the guy. I’d let let the courts decide that.

darth_ender said:

I believe that there is nothing closer on earth to understanding that will than my church,

what‽‽‽

What about my church‽‽‽

How dare You!!!

Just for that, you are uninvited to my barbecue!

Oh.