What the world thinks of the GOP candidates
globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.comUnited Arab Emirates – “Attacking a Democratic president as weak on national security is de rigueur for Republicans, just as trash-talking China and promising to love Israel more and better than the incumbent has become a campaign standard for candidates of both parties,” writes Tony Karon in the Abu Dhabi-based National.
“So when [foreign policy is] discussed at all on the campaign trail, the candidates default to crowd-pleasing posturing, always casting themselves as tougher and more principled than the incumbent - which, of course, they are, until they find themselves shackled to the realities of power.”
So for those of you who care, I got into my first tumblr argument today. I won, but I swear to fucking God, I'm never getting those lost minuets back that I spent arguing with this pretentious asshole
Pretentious Asshole; I THINK THE US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION SHOULD BE DECIDED BY A DUEL
Me: In his free time, Andrew Jackson used to duel people behind the white house. One time he even gave someone else the first shot…Jackson still one the duel.
Pretentious Asshole: DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH YOU’VE MISSED THE CONTEXT OF THIS POST
Me: Wow, whats with the hostility. There’s no need for caps. I didn’t miss the context at all. In fact it was completely relevant. it would be fitting for the presidential election to be decided with a duel instead of all this mudslinging bullshit. After seeing this post about duels involving the presidential candidates, I just thought I would I share an interesting little fact about one of our presidents, because he was insane and happened to just duel people for fun, all the time.
Pretentious Asshole: BUT YOU STILL DONT KNOW WHAT I MEANT BY DUEL
Me: Duel- a prearranged contest with deadly weapons between two people in order to settle a point of honor: I am baffled as to what else you could possibly mean. Although one thing I do know, is that you have done an excellent job of sounding incredibly pretentious.
Pretentious Asshole: IM JUST GONNA SPELL IT OUT TO YOU OMFG: YU-GI-OH
Me: Yeah, because that was made incredibly obvious in you post. “a Duel” could have been a reference to any number of things. Including other card games.
Pretentious Asshole: FUCKIGN SHIT ON ME LITERALLY 1,300+ WHATEVER PEOPLE GOT THE JOKE EXCEPT YOU OMFG
Me: Oh, oh wow someone is incredibly sassy, I see. Seriously calm the fuck down. Yeah, I’m sorry I haven’t played it in literally FUCKING YEAHRS. But apparently I’m the only person on the internet. who didn’t get it. Oh, well I guess my life is over. I should just seclude my self in my dorm, out of shame. SERIOUSLY ARE WE REALLY HAVING THIS ARGUMENT. THIS IS TUMBLER NOT GODDAMN FUCKING FACEBOOK.
Pretentious Asshole: IM OMFG I JUST CAN’T DO IT ANYMORE
Me: Good, I’m done with this ridiculous argument. It’s juvenile. I can’t even believe this is taking place.
Pretentious Asshole: I’m l AUGHING SO HARD OMFG
Me: Great, like I said i”m done with this. I’m ending it. Why the fuck was this even an argument. Seriously look back at this whole argument. What the fuck is this? We’re never getting this minutes back. Wasted, gone. That’s it.
Allons-y
