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Republican takes Ted Kennedys Senate Seat

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MC_POUTINE
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The people keep bouncing back between parties without thinking to change the system.

peace out health reform
Jan 19 2010 10:38PM
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Mr.Panda
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Who knows... possibly.
Jan 20 2010 12:56AM
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Arabian.
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Not just. A threesome with Panda and his guuuuurrrrrlllll.
Jan 20 2010 12:56AM
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Ben.
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i know shes down for teh buttsecks.
Jan 20 2010 12:59AM
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shibby
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http://www.photius.com/rankings/healthranks.html

Fucking idiot. The US is barely in the top 40.
Jan 20 2010 1:02AM
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Arabian.
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Her mom certainly was.
Jan 20 2010 1:02AM
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Ben.
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ziiiiiiinggggggg
Jan 20 2010 1:02AM
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Mr.Panda
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Her mom gave her the suggestion!
Jan 20 2010 1:03AM
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theabortionator
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Yes! Finally. Those damn democrats have been ruining everything for too long. Maybe this is a step in the right direction. If only mccain and palin were in the whitehouse right now we'd be set.
Jan 20 2010 1:03AM
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Ben.
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hi. welcome to earth. where have you been living?
Jan 20 2010 1:04AM
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Mr.Panda
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He is being sarcastic...
Jan 20 2010 1:05AM
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Arabian.
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Damn those dems! Maybe if we get those Republicans in the white house, we can finally move FORWARD!
Jan 20 2010 1:07AM
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theabortionator
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Exactly. Maybe in 2012 we can get someone who isn't a muslim and has a birth certificate into office.
Jan 20 2010 1:11AM
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Arabian.
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Or. who's name doesn't rhyme with OSAMA.
Jan 20 2010 1:15AM
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Ben.
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fuckin birth certificate. damn kenyans
Jan 20 2010 1:15AM
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iAMsoHARD
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someone explain the significance of this one senate seat?
Jan 20 2010 1:19AM
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skiminnesota
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ask someone else, because you have no argument with me.

i think the government should GTFO of marriage. they should off the same legal protection that a current heterosexual marriage is afforded, too two consenting adults. (regardless of sex)

/my pollyannaish view of the world.


this will probably come as a surprise to NS but my aunt has actually been living with the same women for 20 years. i have essentially two aunts. and while i could never imagine them getting "married" (whatever that means) i could see them entering into the legal equivalent of marriage today, should it be something like i outlined above ever happen.
Jan 20 2010 1:21AM
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Ben.
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it gives up the democrats "super majority" a filibuster proof majority. in reality it means nothing. republicans never had a "super majority" during the bush years, yet still managed to pass whatever the hell they wanted.

democrats are incapable of doing anything well. except maybe shooting themselves in the foot.
Jan 20 2010 1:22AM
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iAMsoHARD
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and one senate seat is going to change the outcome?
Jan 20 2010 1:23AM
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Gnarwall
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Its "the vote" that would keep the republicans from filibustering health care. now they can.
Jan 20 2010 1:24AM
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Ben.
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read above
Jan 20 2010 1:24AM
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skiminnesota
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i trust you will be voting republican next go around ben? hahahaha


i just might have to sig this..
Jan 20 2010 1:25AM
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Gnarwall
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Damn it Ben, you were faster, and gave a better response. Back to my hole...
Jan 20 2010 1:25AM
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Ben.
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i should say IMPLEMENTING it. i often agree with their ideas, but putting them into action is 95% of the time an epic fail. i mean seriously, coakley? that was the best candidate the dems could find? my dog was more qualified than her.
Jan 20 2010 1:27AM
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iAMsoHARD
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i'm gunna go with this ftw
Jan 20 2010 1:30AM
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theabortionator
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right?
Jan 20 2010 1:35AM
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Ben.
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que the


DUN DUN DUNNNNNNNNNN
Jan 20 2010 1:36AM
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Mr.Panda
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Jan 20 2010 1:37AM
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babujib
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honestly, scott brown didnt win this, martha choakley lost it. how the fuck do you spell massachusetts wrong? how do you say you dont want to go outside and shake hands? im glad about the overall outcome, but people again voted for scott brown because its the "cool thing to do" not because of his political agenda. for fucks sake, if i asked any of my friends they would have no idea what his position is on shit, theyd just say coakley sucks! i hate ignorant people.
Jan 20 2010 1:40AM
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Ben.
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or even if they didnt vote for him because it was cool. it was simply because he was slightly less shitty than coakley. itd be nice to actually have an election with candidates you WANTED to vote for. not just didnt want to vote for less.
Jan 20 2010 1:41AM
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rhcp
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I disagree.  I think you could have had a fantastic dem candidate and Brown still would have won. 

This election wasn't really about Massachusetts politics or who was a better candidate (though from the debates alone, it was quite obvious the better candidate was Brown).  This election was about people unhappy with the senate and current administration.  Massachusetts would most likely have elected a republican regardless of who was winning because the majority of people, even in this insanely liberal state, do not like what they are seeing in Washington.
Jan 20 2010 2:01AM
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ATLskier
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awesome. even more benefits of that asshole dying.
Jan 20 2010 2:43AM
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darrel
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everyone is always unhappy with the current administration, because the system is messed. we are looking for change overnight, and the founding fathers set up the system to make slow changes to resist a sudden political revolution. the administration is incapable of sudden change, plus the dichotomy in politics hurts the ability to come to a sensible agreement. and dont even start me on big buissness and lobbyists. 
Jan 20 2010 2:49AM
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skithe49th
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his daughters are fine
Jan 20 2010 5:40AM
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Snowgoner
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thank god.  coakley was a fucking idiot.
Jan 20 2010 6:59AM
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factory81
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the obama presidency only has 18 more seats combined than bush. and bush did whatever the fuck he wanted


Jan 20 2010 9:01AM
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SirStai
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I hope you are aware of the fact that you are the only western country with no public healthcare.
Jan 20 2010 9:16AM
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FattyPLankers
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Well looks like our country won't go bankrupt now. Thanks to Mass for saving our Bank Accounts, by gridlocking the power of that crazy man in Washington.

Jan 20 2010 9:22AM
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Tasche
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Thank baby Jesus the American people are waking up and putting a stop to that nego in the White House. Now maybe he can put a stop to all those goo backs who are coming in here and taking my jerb. I don't want one more cent spent on trying to improve America, unless it is spent on bombs and guns, support the troops!

Obama is a Socialist.
Jan 20 2010 10:45AM
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dbstar
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well lots of poor and unfortunate people are very hardworking, and often are fucked from the time they are born, this is undeniable... essentially republicans are there to make sure that those who have money and "property" will continue to have these things, while attempting to put up, or hold together barriers that will keep the majority of hardworking poor people from moving up a class.
Jan 20 2010 11:59AM
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Campeador
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Of course, its all so clear now.
Jan 20 2010 12:10PM
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dbstar
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well from my perspective what i said is a major component, not saying if its a bad thing or not, and what you said is just a typical bullshit rhetorical phrase trying to make what i said seem useless.... its unfortunate that unintelligent remarks like this can have such a huge impact on decision making.
Jan 20 2010 12:20PM
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Arabian.
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Actually, one of the hallmarks of the Republican stance IS the maintenance of class structure. Jus' sayin' ya'll.
Jan 20 2010 12:23PM
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Delphi
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Scott Brown son! First time I have ever felt enthusiastic about voting in my home state. His campaign was ELECTRIC!!! The dems in DC are cowering now that they know the people don't like it. And all this bullshit about the voters not knowing what they voted for: BULLSHIT! They don't like what's happening in DC. How else do you explain a Republican winning in a state that hasn't had a republican senator for 30 years?

and, given the overuse of this vid on ns, some of you may still find it funny.

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embed, the button isn't working for me.
Jan 20 2010 1:13PM
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Tasche
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Quoting so the video will show up. Glad you feel electric that health care will now stagnate in the senate and nothing will get done.
Jan 20 2010 1:26PM
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sTr8_JiBbiN
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my mom went to school with brown at tufts university
Jan 20 2010 1:29PM
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Ben.
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but recall the last election where some dem won in an area thats been republican for decades. it has nothing to do with republican or democrat, if you are an incumbent, you should be TERRIFIED, people are sick of the bullshit. they still dont know who they are voting FOR, they just know who they are voting against.
Jan 20 2010 2:07PM
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NW_Rider
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I am starting you. I want to hear what you have to say about it.
Jan 20 2010 2:25PM
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Tasche
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Maybe we can get enough new people in that they can actually pass some term limit legislation. That would do wonders to get these festering douche bags out and control lobbyist control.
Jan 20 2010 2:34PM
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Ben.
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HA. they are still power hungry blowhards, thats the thing. its not really NEW people. new body, same old thing
Jan 20 2010 2:35PM
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Mr.Panda
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Just for a little bit of a scale but the last amendment to the Constitution that was past in like 1997 I think was to make it so that if the salary for COngress members (both the House and Senate) are to be raised when you are in the middle of your term the increase doesn't affect yours until you are re-elected was proposed the same summer that the Constitution was ratified.
Jan 20 2010 2:37PM
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