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9. i can't believe the Republicans couldn't do any better than this asshole

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Sun May 17, 2020, 05:28 PM

May 2020

sure, it's NE, they're going to elect Rs to the senate sometimes. but damn, this guy combines the intelligence of a fencepost with the compassionate understanding of .... a fencepost.

a complete twat. wow. embarrassing. he should apologize and he never will.

what's amazing is there are millions of Americans who think this is a remotely acceptable way to talk with high school seniors.

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Did Ben Sasse suddenly switch to vodka? What a lame ass "Commencement Speech." Wow [View all] catbyte May 2020 OP

First 30 seconds of him speaking is so Bettie May 2020 #1

Did you get to the "thugs in China" part? catbyte May 2020 #2

Yep Bettie May 2020 #11

"Cockweasel?" I like your son's way with words. catbyte May 2020 #12

Yeah, he's got a mouth on him Bettie May 2020 #14

What a fucking asshole. LuvNewcastle May 2020 #3

Yikes Hav May 2020 #4

Hopefully he made Democrats out of all those kids. roamer65 May 2020 #5

Did he imply that the kids he's speaking to are fat? octoberlib May 2020 #6

Is he trying to be a stand up comedian? PatSeg May 2020 #7

Very insensitive. Not one sincere or kind sentiment. Beakybird May 2020 #8

i can't believe the Republicans couldn't do any better than this asshole 0rganism May 2020 #9

Damn, that's horrible. What a fuckin jerk. panader0 May 2020 #10

Pathetic asshole. dalton99a May 2020 #13

the very end of his speech actually was good but since it was preceded by dsc May 2020 #15

Ridicules people named Jeremy struggle4progress May 2020 #16

Meh. Other than a couple quick maybe eyeroll-worthy China cracks, it wasn't so bad. Gidney N Cloyd May 2020 #17