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calimary

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31. Wouldn't surprise me.

Reply to bigdarryl (Reply #23)

Tue Dec 20, 2016, 02:34 PM

Dec 2016

It was a spectacular debut. Sure put Barack Obama on everybody's radar with that speech. That self-described "skinny kid with the funny name" caused a political earthquake at the 2004 convention. A star was born that night.

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Bill Maher Just Broke His Silence to Address Donald Trump [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2016 OP

K & R ...... nt Wounded Bear Dec 2016 #1

K&R turbinetree Dec 2016 #2

Watch your back Bill; trump will try and silence you with drug charges impeachtrumpquick Dec 2016 #3

Whatever else one might think of Maher War Horse Dec 2016 #4

Some times he's an asshole, but I am glad yuiyoshida Dec 2016 #5

Bill: Gavin Newsom for 2020. mnhtnbb Dec 2016 #6

hmm AlexSFCA Dec 2016 #12

It doesn't take a rust belt state candidate to win rust belt states. progressoid Dec 2016 #17

different AlexSFCA Dec 2016 #18

How about Barack Obama then. progressoid Dec 2016 #19

unprecedented AlexSFCA Dec 2016 #20

Ronald Reagan, the Bushes, even Bill Clinton progressoid Dec 2016 #22

Obama said that he spent lots of time in the rust belt and a year in Iowa. Stellar Dec 2016 #24

Let's try again ... SleeplessInNewport Dec 2016 #35

If there's two Dakotas, we should have theaocp Dec 2016 #7

DAMMIT! RIGHT!!! calimary Dec 2016 #13

That was my favorite statement and so true. dae Dec 2016 #27

+1 harun Dec 2016 #30

That was a great concept. JudyM Dec 2016 #36

Thanks, that was great. NT Eric J in MN Dec 2016 #8

I can totally get behind Gavin Newsom in 2020! nt Quixote1818 Dec 2016 #9

So can I! I hadn't thought of him. But Bill Maher makes a most beguiling point. calimary Dec 2016 #15

Didn't he call it with Obama when he did that speech at the convention on red states vs. blue states bigdarryl Dec 2016 #23

Wouldn't surprise me. calimary Dec 2016 #31

Gavin Newsom !!!!!!!!!! DK504 Dec 2016 #26

I adore Gavin Newsom PatSeg Dec 2016 #33

There it is! kentuck Dec 2016 #10

Go Bill! But that interviewer meh he sucked Chimichurri Dec 2016 #11

K&R nt lillypaddle Dec 2016 #14

Bill Maher is keeping it real. Wish move of our our MSM would stand up and do the same nt iluvtennis Dec 2016 #16

So if Gavin Newsome looks like... 3catwoman3 Dec 2016 #21

You want "presidential-looking"? I got your presidential-looking right here! man on the moonshine Dec 2016 #25

congrats.... berksdem Dec 2016 #28

He's racist; he said that Muslims commit acts of terrorism. nt MadDAsHell Dec 2016 #29

Are you serious? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2016 #32

It's a mole. N/t Littlered9560 Dec 2016 #34