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Who What Now posted:Right now the state is going to support them attacking non-whites. So no, we do not want that. The goal is to take over the sate. of course I would also suggest any one who is a member of the Cato Institute also be remanded to state custody. As well as any advocates of oligarchy.
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:Trumps approval ratings will start ranking after the honeymoon period is over. Meanwhile Obama is nearing 65% approval. All our candidates loving suck though.
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Nov 21, 2016 18:09
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Farking Bastage posted:Wow.. That's some pretty rough economic anxiety.
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Nov 21, 2016 18:11
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Quorum posted:This is a pretty big turnaround in attitude from not long ago. I love Tammy Duckworth. Do I think Tulsi is a perfect woman who has never done anything bad in her life? Absolutely not. Is she an alt-right neonazi in disguise? Probably not.
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JAY ZERO SUM GAME posted:What on earth is with the Trump admin contacting someone and asking "Wanna be Secretary of Defense? Or Agriculture? Or State? Or Interior?" I feel like at that high of a level technical knowledge isn't as important as organizational/analytical skills and leadership/interpersonal skills. Obviously knowing the structure/procedure of the department ahead of time would be a leg up, but I don't think anything stops a sufficiently intelligent person from successfully leading any agency. Except maybe Defense, idk. That said, Trump is not choosing sufficiently intelligent people thus far.
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Nov 21, 2016 18:12
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Quorum posted:This is a pretty big turnaround in attitude from not long ago. I wouldn't expect better from someone who is more attached to personality and celebrity, than any rational political beliefs.
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Nov 21, 2016 18:13
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NewForumSoftware posted:lmao I need to start making a greatest hits reel for some of you guys If I call you a straight white dude again will you leave in a huff for a few days like you did before?
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Nov 21, 2016 18:13
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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/cashing-in-bigly-in-argentina This is pretty much an impeachable offense, right?
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Bill Clinton was at 65% at this time, George Bush was at like 64%, Obama roughly 70%, and Trump is sitting at 45% (which combines "somewhat" and "very" favorable, and most of this favorability comes from "somewhat"). sound the alarms! he's pivoting!
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Nov 21, 2016 18:14
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TyrantWD posted:I wouldn't expect better from someone who is more attached to personality and celebrity, than any rational political beliefs. Celebrity? What?
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Who What Now posted:If I call you a straight white dude again will you leave in a huff for a few days like you did before? Oh did I hurt your feelings? Tight Booty Shorts posted:Absolutely not. Is she an alt-right neonazi in disguise? Probably not. How can you say that when half the country just revealed themselves to be alt-right neonazis in disguise? Did you even read [latest vox article]?
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Nov 21, 2016 18:14
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greatn posted:All our candidates loving suck though. The Dems have 3 years until the primary to get their poo poo together. And since the party seems to be coalescing around the Bernie progressive wing there is some real promise there. Obama only got on the national scene in 2004. 4 years later he was a generational candidate.
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Nov 21, 2016 18:15
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mcmagic posted:http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/cashing-in-bigly-in-argentina You can't impeach someone who isn't in government yet. Whoopwhoopwhoopwhoopwhoop
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Nov 21, 2016 18:16
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NewForumSoftware posted:Oh did I hurt your feelings? Oh poo poo better arm myself 
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Nov 21, 2016 18:19
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Anything Congress decides is an impeachable offense is an impeachable offense. Its not legally defined what 'high crimes and misdemeanors' means. Impeachment also doesn't mean conviction. See: Clinton, Bill.
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Oracle posted:Anything Congress decides is an impeachable offense is an impeachable offense. Its not legally defined what 'high crimes and misdemeanors' means. Impeachment also doesn't mean conviction. See: Clinton, Bill. Which, given the GOP majority, probably means that nothing Trump can do is an impeachable offense
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Nov 21, 2016 18:25
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Everyone needs to remember when Trump is blatantly violating all sorts of ethics and corruption laws that Congress tried to remove Bill Clinton from office for lying about a BJ
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Nov 21, 2016 18:26
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Oracle posted:Anything Congress decides is an impeachable offense is an impeachable offense. Its not legally defined what 'high crimes and misdemeanors' means. Impeachment also doesn't mean conviction. See: Clinton, Bill. Pretty much. Now, the better an excuse they have, the more politically popular the impeachment is likely to be. Trying to get Bill for a blowjob was fantastically unpopular, while the almost-impeachment of Nixon would likely have met with a far warmer reception. In all cases though it's a political decision, not a moral one, and in all cases it's been because congress was controlled by the opposition party. A favorable Congress will almost certainly not move to impeach.
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Nov 21, 2016 18:26
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Tight Booty Shorts posted:Celebrity? What? Shimrra Jamaane posted:The Dems have 3 years until the primary to get their poo poo together. And since the party seems to be coalescing around the Bernie progressive wing there is some real promise there.
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Nov 21, 2016 18:29
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Spaced God posted:Which, given the GOP majority, probably means that nothing Trump can do is an impeachable offense He could decide he's a Democrat. That's about it though.
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Nov 21, 2016 18:31
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TyrantWD posted:If Gabbard didn't quit the DNC because she was backing Bernie, you would probably be the first one making GBS threads on what is basically an alt-right Democrat. I had no idea she quit the DNC, but thank you for making me like her even more.
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Nov 21, 2016 18:31
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TyrantWD posted:Unless Trump can trigger a great recession and a new war by 2020, he is going to win re-election. considering that hes surrounding himself with borderline psychopaths, unabashed pirates, neocons, and other assorted mutants, i wouldnt consider either of these terribly unlikely
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Nov 21, 2016 18:32
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TyrantWD posted:If Gabbard didn't quit the DNC because she was backing Bernie, you would probably be the first one making GBS threads on what is basically an alt-right Democrat. What's sad is that an alt-right Democrat is still better than 95% of the establishment. At least she has a coherent ideology.
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Nov 21, 2016 18:32
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mcmagic posted:http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/cashing-in-bigly-in-argentina Only if you're a Democrat.
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Nov 21, 2016 18:32
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Is Obama still planning on doing that anti-gerrymandering campaign with Eric Holder or did he give up on that after the Trump win?
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Nov 21, 2016 18:33
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1-800-DOCTORB posted:Is Obama still planning on doing that anti-gerrymandering campaign with Eric Holder or did he give up on that after the Trump win?
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Nov 21, 2016 18:34
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Tight Booty Shorts posted:Oh poo poo better arm myself I thought you were a veteran? If Con Air taught me anything, it's that your hands are now legally considered deadly weapons.
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Meanwhile, Pat McCrory is deploying every dirty trick in the book to stay in office despite losing his election, up to and including attempting to trigger a state law that throws contested elections into the General Assembly which would presumably vote in his favor.
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Nov 21, 2016 18:37
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NewForumSoftware posted:What's sad is that an alt-right Democrat is still better than 95% of the establishment. At least she has a coherent ideology. paranoid randroid posted:considering that hes surrounding himself with borderline psychopaths, unabashed pirates, neocons, and other assorted mutants, i wouldnt consider either of these terribly unlikely I'd say we are likely to get either a war, or a recession - but I don't think one of those alone will sink him in 2020. Both need to be going full swing in November 2020 for a Democrat to win.
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haveblue posted:Meanwhile, Pat McCrory is deploying every dirty trick in the book to stay in office despite losing his election, up to and including attempting to trigger a state law that throws contested elections into the General Assembly which would presumably vote in his favor. Dude's gone from Mayor McCheese to the Hamburglar.
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zegermans posted:That's some pretty rough economic anxiety. Don't worry. Nothing matters. In 100 years global warming will raise the oceans' acidity enough to kill plankton and destroy the cycle that produces 2/3 of the world's oxygen.
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Visiting family in Mississippi for Thanksgiving (UGH) and even the most insane, die-hard Trump supporters and Republicans out of them want to get rid of gerrymandering. Hell, some want to get rid of the Electoral College. The right wing spin machine hasn't gotten to the issue yet so I expect their minds will miraculously change but it does speak to how it instinctively resonates with people.
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TyrantWD posted:Give me a triangulating Chuck Schumer over an coherent bigot any day of the week (and even then she is not that coherent or consistent and flip-flopped harder than most establishment Democrats on LGBT issues). You mean the guy that voted for DOMA?
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I'm not a fan of purity tests, but Gabbard is an opportunistic neutral-to-left populist, not someone who should ever be held up as a progressive darling. That said, it's a huge stretch to call her "alt-right", and Tulsi Gabbard in a Trump administration is certainly a win considering the shitheads he's been appointing. And frankly, I hope she gets one of those spots, because it'll end her career and we can replace her with people who are reliable votes on both left(ish) economics and minority issues.
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haveblue posted:Meanwhile, Pat McCrory is deploying every dirty trick in the book to stay in office despite losing his election, up to and including attempting to trigger a state law that throws contested elections into the General Assembly which would presumably vote in his favor. Clearly this would be the perfect time to investigate and prove voter fraud that's totally real.
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NewForumSoftware posted:You mean the guy that voted for DOMA? And created the Omnibus Crime Bill?
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Xand_Man posted:Even if he packs the court clamping down on freedom of the press will be a hard sell. Not really, no. The thing about "freedom of the press" is that it's largely rooted in tradition rather than hard law, and what little is actually written down is full of loopholes. If Trump wants to boot reporters out of the White House, publicly threaten media outlets, and secretly investigate the media for crimes, there's nothing to really stop him other than potential public outrage, and 2016 was a big wakeup call for anyone who thought that existed in sufficient quantities to matter. mcmagic posted:http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/cashing-in-bigly-in-argentina An "impeachable offense" is whatever Congress decides is impeachable. I doubt blatant corruption is going to qualify this term.
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NewForumSoftware posted:You mean the guy that voted for DOMA? I thought the general understanding was DOMA was to head off an amendment?
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TyrantWD posted:
If the coming financial deregulation causes another financial clusterfuck( auto loan derivatives bubble this time) soon enough, it could do the trick. Really the whole market seems overvalued, but the central banks are QE'ing as fast as possible to keep it up.
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NewForumSoftware posted:You mean the guy that voted for DOMA? Better that than claim to be under attack by the "gay agenda".
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