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Cha

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39. Right! Weaponizing "No Malarkey" reeks of Biden envy..
Tue Dec 3, 2019, 04:42 PM
Dec 2019

sorry.. it just does.

And, they have no clue how Joe Biden used it successfully all the way back in 2012 when he busted Paul Ryan with "Malarkey!"..

Here's the link to the debate in 2012..

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287363939#post9

As far as "media".. think "tan suit" and you have their ******* mind set.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden

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While I make an effort to refrain from using profanity, TexasTowelie Dec 2019 #1
I do, too. But I wouldn't use it in giant letters on the side of a bus, and vulgarity highplainsdem Dec 2019 #3
Those that seem to be making a "big deal" about this in my view demonstrates just how insecure they still_one Dec 2019 #2
My focus DownriverDem Dec 2019 #17
That should definitely be part of the calculus still_one Dec 2019 #18
there is a lot of sad to be had.... getagrip_already Dec 2019 #26
I wouldn't be surprised still_one Dec 2019 #29
Right! Weaponizing "No Malarkey" reeks of Biden envy.. Cha Dec 2019 #39
Sound Freudian. LOL still_one Dec 2019 #42
Malarkey is a non-vulgar was of saying BS, but Mal-archy Vogon_Glory Dec 2019 #4
Two words that I often heard as a boy, malarkey and fiasco. TexasProgresive Dec 2019 #5
Malarky means "nonsense." People reprove children with it. Hortensis Dec 2019 #6
"No BS" works for me... NurseJackie Dec 2019 #7
"But Jackie" crazytown Dec 2019 #10
Perhaps. But that would be their problem, not mine. NurseJackie Dec 2019 #12
i like it!... samnsara Dec 2019 #8
It's more of an American Irish word, you would never hear it in OnDoutside Dec 2019 #9
You will hear a lot of that one. Can't say among the many from Ireland I have known that Malarkey emmaverybo Dec 2019 #33
Biden used "malarkey" because it's his signature MaryMagdaline Dec 2019 #11
I thought it meant... Mike Nelson Dec 2019 #13
Both BS and bullshit mean nonsense, according to online dictionaries. highplainsdem Dec 2019 #15
It's also another variation of McCain's "Straight Talk Express" (n/t) thesquanderer Dec 2019 #14
Good point. highplainsdem Dec 2019 #16
I guess they thought "NO BULLSHIT" wouldn't fly in Iowa. I think it should and would..... usaf-vet Dec 2019 #19
Come now. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2019 #20
Malarkey is a Winning word.. that's how Biden busted Cha Dec 2019 #41
"Malarkey" is Joe Biden's word.. that's how he called out Cha Dec 2019 #40
The idiot right wing bots are so brainwashed they can't even figure out the meaning of "malarkey"? hadEnuf Dec 2019 #21
My maternal grandmother in her 97 yr couldn't bring herself to say bullshit. So as young grandson... usaf-vet Dec 2019 #22
Yes, it's actually a well known phrase but questioning it plays into Righty's agenda hadEnuf Dec 2019 #32
Its a term used by people 65 and older LeftTurn3623 Dec 2019 #23
Bullshit WA-03 Democrat Dec 2019 #24
Jacky Gleason used to say it a lot Polybius Dec 2019 #38
I agree. Maggiemayhem Dec 2019 #28
one would have to admit this phrase is/was more suited for the INdemo Dec 2019 #25
You think Buttigieg doesn't know what it means? TidalWave46 Dec 2019 #37
Obviously you missed my point INdemo Dec 2019 #44
That is your opinion...and My husband and I have used the word...hubs Mom came from Ireland Demsrule86 Dec 2019 #46
Hey, other candidates! The "Bless your heart" tour is available! getagrip_already Dec 2019 #27
Stable genius Trump would read it as "No Mulvaney". CaptYossarian Dec 2019 #30
mAlarkey is a great old term yellowdogintexas Dec 2019 #31
Imagine the outcry here if he had called it the "No BS Tour" LongtimeAZDem Dec 2019 #34
That is exactly right!!! Peacetrain Dec 2019 #35
I like that pathetic people have taken issue with it and elevated his tour with their garbage. NT TidalWave46 Dec 2019 #36
lol.. there definitely is Cha Dec 2019 #43
... Scurrilous Dec 2019 #45
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