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    DIMENSIONAL BLEEDTHROUGHAlex McLevy
    2/22/18 6:27pm

    “Republicans are happily the party of Homer (self-absorbed, short-sighted idiot), Bart (amoral troll, uninterested in anything resembling education or responsibility), Maggie (actual, literal baby) and Marge (perpetually in denial, pretending everything is fine).”

    I can see it, yeah.

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      MwFullerDIMENSIONAL BLEEDTHROUGH
      2/22/18 6:29pm

      Yeah, hi Roy.

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      Mr GlitchDIMENSIONAL BLEEDTHROUGH
      2/22/18 6:47pm

      Don’t forget Maggie’s gun obsession. Bart & Homer both have a genetic disorder that turns them into complete morons once they reach adulthood, too. Really, Ted is right on the money.

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    Martian LawAlex McLevy
    2/22/18 6:30pm

    Then he pointed out that the Democrats were the party of the Smurfs and the Republicans were happily the party of Gargamel.

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      dirtsideMartian Law
      2/22/18 6:39pm

      Followed quickly by:

      Democrats = Rebel Alliance, Republicans = Empire
      Democrats = Hogwarts students, Republicans = Death Eaters
      Democrats = Scooby Gang, Republicans = would have gotten away with it if it weren’t for you dang kids

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      johnseaveyMartian Law
      2/22/18 6:39pm

      “Look, I’m just saying that the Democrats—they’re like the Thundercats. And the Republicans, they’re like Mumm-Ra and his army of hideous trolls who want to crush all hope and life on behalf of the Ancient Spirits of Evil. It’s a perfectly sensible analogy!”

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    JeffAlex McLevy
    2/22/18 7:16pm

    Reading Al Franken’s latest book (which was indeed weird timing, since I finished it about two days before his scandals started) reinforced what a tool Ted Cruz is.

    It’s not just for the reasons of politics, either. Franken made a big point of showing how he was able to find some common ground with the other side of the aisle, at least as people (he talks about regaling Jeff Sessions with a story about working with an actor Sessions liked, for instance). But Franken makes the point that Cruz came to the Senate so entitled, rude and belittling to pretty much everyone that he was universally disliked.

    Cruz is the quintessential debate-club champ who’s constantly arguing with all his classmates to show how much smarter he is, and then at a party finally ends up getting beat up, to everyone’s satisfaction (or pushed in a pool, if you prefer a less violent scenario).

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      Bird MILFJeff
      2/22/18 8:36pm

      No, no. Beating up is fine.

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      WaldoJeffersIIJeff
      2/23/18 7:17am

      There’s a story I read about Cruz’s debating skills that I really hope is true:

      One time, for a debate, Cruz was being his awful arrogant self, and he told the other time “I’m so fully versed on this issue that I can argue either side. I will let you pick whether you want to argue pro or con, and you can go first.”

      So the other team spent most of the time just doing nothing and at the last second, chose the side they wanted to debate. They made a poor argument, but they had eaten up so much time deciding that Ted had no time to offer his rebuttal and he lost the debate.

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    Mr GlitchAlex McLevy
    2/22/18 6:38pm

    Good job lumping Lisa Simpson, who actually becomes the president following Trump, in with the democrats, Cruz. This will hopefully become quite prescient. 

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      Inspectah Deck of the Scotland YardMr Glitch
      2/22/18 7:27pm

      Which will of course be what leads to Bart being appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, as show in “Itchy and Scratchy: The Movie”*. At the time, I dismissed it, thinking the American people would not stand for such blatant nepotism, but following the Trump administration, we’ll greet it with a collective “Meh”.

      * While unconfirmed in “Bart to the Future”, he previously claimed he was going to get all his aggression out before going to law school in “Lisa’s Wedding”, presumably his first step down that path.

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    BrickstarterAlex McLevy
    2/22/18 7:04pm

    Fun fact I just learned on the Simpsons wiki: Donald Trump approached them to be on an episode, and he is the only celebrity they ever turned down.

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      PicklematrixBrickstarter
      2/22/18 7:12pm

      This is an extremely fun fact.

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      Hint Of BrainPicklematrix
      2/22/18 10:59pm

      Can we take this opportunity to coin the term “sad fact”?

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    EvenBaggierTrousers7Alex McLevy
    2/22/18 6:40pm

    “Republicans are happily the party of Homer...”

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      The Artist Formerly Known as YEvenBaggierTrousers7
      2/22/18 7:13pm

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    ArgieBargieAlex McLevy
    2/22/18 6:44pm

    Doesn’t Lisa replace Presidnet Trump in the show?

    Ted, you ignorant slut.

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    BrickstarterAlex McLevy
    2/22/18 6:37pm

    Maybe he purposefully said something dumb to draw fire from Rubio getting his ass verbally handed to him by a bunch of teenagers. Not because he likes Rubio, but because he wanted the attention for himself.

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      Inspectah Deck of the Scotland YardBrickstarter
      2/22/18 7:30pm

      “If you’re going to get mad at me every time I do something stupid then I guess I’ll have to stop doing stupid things!”

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    SuperNintendoChalmersAlex McLevy
    2/22/18 7:59pm

    I’ve been rewatching The Office lately, and Ted Cruz is like Michael Scott if he had been created by David Lynch.

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      WaldoJeffersIISuperNintendoChalmers
      2/23/18 7:18am

      Ted Cruz was probably the Scranton Strangler, too.

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      BayouradiosPhoneWaldoJeffersII
      2/23/18 8:08am

      Of course he is. He had to relocate from the Bay Area for health reasons.

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    Jgb979Alex McLevy
    2/22/18 7:57pm

    I’ll bet he’s a Huey Lewis fan too

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      Bird MILFJgb979
      2/22/18 8:55pm

      Their early work was a little too new wave for Ted’s tastes, but when Sports came out in ‘83, he thinks they really came into their own, commercially and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He’s been compared to Elvis Costello, but Ted thinks Huey has a far more bitter, cynical sense of humour.

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