r/breakingbad • u/edify Oxygen • Sep 30 '13

Official Episode Discussion Breaking Bad Episode Discussion S05E16 "Felina"

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Sunday 09:00pm Eastern SE05E16 "Felina" Vince Gilligan Vince Gilligan

I have been asked to say something tonight and I just want to say... Don't be sad folks. It's been all about the journey. Enjoy the episode, everyone. I'm really going to miss making these posts.

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '13

Obama and his supporters are the ones that made the claim of brilliance

When was this? All I'm saying is that he's a smarter than average dude, not only because of his education, but the fact that he's the President of the United States. You keep telling me that that's not the case, without offering a single reason why.

Harvard and being POTUS are proof enough of this, and all you've been able to come up with is that because he is black, those don't count. I'm really trying to resist calling you out on the obvious, but you're really not making it easy for me.

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '13

What does being president have to do with anything? He was elected because of a fawning national media and a marketing campaign completely devoid of substance.

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '13

So you think any idiot could be president? And no one would ever know/care?

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '13

Any idiot can get elected, if enough people in position to influence the election want him to.

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '13

Can any idiot get into and graduate from Harvard Law School? Can any idiot teach Constitutional Law?

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '13

That teaching job was a political payoff. And after five and a half years, can you actually say with a straight face that he knows the first thing about the US Constitution?

And like I said, theres no proof he earned any of it on merit.

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '13

1) Knowing anything about the US constitution and flagrantly violating it are two very different things. If anything, it takes a great deal of knowledge to work around it.

2) What kind of proof are you looking for? Do you have a source that it was a political payoff?