# Our Fucking Government is run by Children!

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [June 23, 2016, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-fucking-government-is-run-by-children/758145 "2016-06-23T14:36:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2016, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-fucking-government-is-run-by-children/758145/32 "2016-06-24T15:53:11Z")

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> [@Gatopescado](#):
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> Better people aren’t running. Look at the two turds we have to pick from in November.

There were 17 on the Stage of Clowns and 5 running for the Democratic nod. How do you think the winnowing-down was done? A paper-rock-scissors tournament?

Since your post was unusually ignorant, just for fun I did a search on “Gatopescado Obama.” Most of the results were from 2008. (Cat got your tongue?)

> [@McCain wins Democratic Primary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-wins-democratic-primary/440192/29):
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> … I’m an ass…
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> Hey! I’m all for McCain winning and making the Bush tax cuts permanent. They work for me! 😉

> [@Anyone else creeped out by Cindy McCain?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-creeped-out-by-cindy-mccain/456162/29):
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> > [@](#):
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> > I agree. Michelle Obama is totally hot.
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> :eek: 😕

> [@Palin defenders, are you fucking stupid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-defenders-are-you-fucking-stupid/463360/59):
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> [In a thread titled “Palin defenders, are you fucking stupid?”]  
> And all of this makes Obama qualified, how?

> [@Piss and Moan Poll: Who's Going to Complain More About the Election?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piss-and-moan-poll-whos-going-to-complain-more-about-the-election/464116/13):
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> When Obama loses, his congregation will shriek like a chorus of scalded cats, proclaiming fraud and racism.
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> This may well be drowned out by Hillary’s minions wailing like Banshees, beating thier breasts and gnashing teeth. \*“I told you so!” \*will echo through the hills and valleys for the next four years.
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> Its really gonna be a hoot, I tell ya!

> [@Republican Congressman calls Obama "boy."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-congressman-calls-obama-boy/445409/141):
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> [QUOTE=Doper being sarcastic]  
> I actually agree with him, Obama shouldn’t be monkeying around with that button. He’s much too niggardly to be our president. He must have balls the size of watermelons to think that he can get elected. This whole thing is just a gigantic tar baby.

(Standing O for this!)

Would it have been okay if Davis said it like Flava-flav? “That Boyyyeeeeee!”  
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Those who blame the deficiencies in our political system on voters need look no farther than you for an example.

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