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cali

(114,904 posts)
Fri May 8, 2015, 10:17 AM May 2015

Hillary Clinton Plans Extremely Gory Beating, Republican Warns

I probably don't have to tell you I'm not a HRC supporter, but this is pretty delightful:

Republicans on the whole should probably be a lot more concerned than they seem to be about how Hillary Clinton will use immigration reform against them. But if there is such a thing as being too concerned, then Fergus Cullen, a former chairman of the Republican Party in New Hampshire, would qualify. “Republicans’ intransigence has created an obvious opportunity for Hillary to rip off our arms and beat us with the bloody ends,” he tells the Washington Post.

That sounds bad for the Republicans. But is this really Clinton’s plan?

While I’m no expert in aggravated bodily assault, it seems to me that, once you’ve torn off the arm from a person’s body, beating them with it is almost superfluous at that point, because they’re likely to bleed to death quickly. Certainly, if you’ve torn off both arms, the additional pain of a bloody stump beating would be almost trivial in comparison.

Then the other thing is that arms are covered in soft flesh, and don’t actually make a good weapon (though I have never personally been beaten by, or wielded, a severed arm). A bat would be a much more dangerous weapon — or, if there’s no weapon lying around, even simple fists. Now maybe the image of Hillary Clinton beating the Republicans with her bare fists isn’t frightening enough on its own, but remember — in this scenario, she is strong enough to rip off both their arms. So really, worst case, Clinton would probably rip off just one of their arms, administer a few punches, and leave them to die. Cullen should stop overreacting.

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http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/05/clinton-plans-gory-beating-republican-warns.html

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Hillary Clinton Plans Extremely Gory Beating, Republican Warns (Original Post) cali May 2015 OP
The beating is simply an insult added to the injury. It's the mic drop of dismemberment. Ed Suspicious May 2015 #1
"The Clinton campaign is like a large balloon floating around in search of a pin." NYC_SKP May 2015 #2
I am so stealing that quote corkhead May 2015 #11
What is with this Republican obsession with violence? joeybee12 May 2015 #3
I have to admit, I found this hysterically funny. Coventina May 2015 #4
Easy to picture, for sure. Divernan May 2015 #12
Maybe... HassleCat May 2015 #5
She's simply exercising her sacred right to bear arms. Orrex May 2015 #6
... magical thyme May 2015 #10
*rimshot* (nt) jeff47 May 2015 #13
After that's done lovemydog May 2015 #7
So a Republican said this? Agschmid May 2015 #8
Hillary = Beowulf, Republicans = Grendel. I like it! stevenleser May 2015 #9
 

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)
2. "The Clinton campaign is like a large balloon floating around in search of a pin."
Fri May 8, 2015, 10:20 AM
May 2015

BOOM!

Let's please find a real candidate who will win in the general and not create this perpetual distraction.

 

HassleCat

(6,409 posts)
5. Maybe...
Fri May 8, 2015, 10:36 AM
May 2015

Perhaps Clinton will rip the arms from some Republicans and then use those arms to administer beatings to other Republicans. This would be particularly effective, since it would leave some Republicans bleeding to death, while other Republicans were being killed in a slightly less gruesome, but still quite painful, manner. Cullen is probably right to be concerned.

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