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evilweasel posted:raising money, probably But isn't that a terrible pitch to evilweasel posted:Absolutely not. What she's saying there is poison to getting donations: "i am going to lose for reasons outside my control." What's some extra money going to do to that? .. right, this. Venting at your potential donors seems like a low percentage play, I wonder if the GOP is just getting near a breaking point.
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evilweasel posted:Absolutely not. What she's saying there is poison to getting donations: "i am going to lose for reasons outside my control." What's some extra money going to do to that? Nah. I did professional fundraising work and the most effective asks for people who are already supporters are always: "Something unstoppable is coming. We're doomed." To motivate them to go "OH YEAH? I BET WE CAN STOP THE UNSTOPPABLE THING!"
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This mess has done a wonderful job of dispelling the idea that there is such a thing as a moderate republican anymore.
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those mean ol' voters are going to hold me to account for the actions of the president of my party we slavishly follow at every turn
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eviltastic posted:Martha McSally won her district by 13 points. She won by 8 points - but only after losing in 2012 and winning by 161 votes in 2014. She's absolutely correct that she's vulnerable.
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Fitzy Fitz posted:Yeah, it's a typewriter thing. A lot of old folks still think that's how it's done. It's also a not-so-sneaky way of adding length to a piece of writing... Congratulations, you used two spaces after the periods in your paper to extend the length of it by maybe half an inch of horizontal length. But it's probably just a holdover from when typewriters were commonplace. I remember having teachers in elementary school in the mid-nineties that would say one space and others that would say two spaces. I notice when people do it, but I make fun of the people that make a big deal out of it than the people that use two spaces. people that don't know how to decline pronouns and misuse the apostrophe for it's and who's and her's when they mean its, whose, and hers need to be shot and their families murdered and their names erased from memory
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Rigel posted:I assume I'm the only one who immediately looked up the standings to see if the Diamondbacks were doing well enough to follow them from the east coast. They are actually playing well, so I'll allow it. https://twitter.com/Dbacks/status/872889256850501632
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Brony Car posted:I've always wondered how effective the alarmist tactic is for increasing donations. Every e-mail I get from the DCCC makes it sound like the Democrat Party is on the verge of being sacked by Visigoths. *Democratic Party
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we need cable news to run stories about how trump's aides are preventing him from firing sessions and it's all thanks to his aides sessions still has a job edit: this is the quoted tweet: https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/872893115631316992
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evilweasel posted:we need cable news to run stories about how trump's aides are preventing him from firing sessions and it's all thanks to his aides sessions still has a job "Loser Trump unable to run his own staff."
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I want each and every one of those aides to get lost in the wilderness for three weeks
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evilweasel posted:She won by 8 points - but only after losing in 2012 and winning by 161 votes in 2014. She's absolutely correct that she's vulnerable. Not saying your conclusion is wrong, but it wasn't eight: https://ballotpedia.org/Arizona%27s_2nd_Congressional_District_election,_2016
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Star Man posted:people that don't know how to decline pronouns and misuse the apostrophe for it's and who's and her's when they mean its, whose, and hers need to be shot and their families murdered and their names erased from memory
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Is there someone out there Trump could replace Sessions with who would somehow be even worse than Sessions? Somehow?
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Brony Car posted:I've always wondered how effective the alarmist tactic is for increasing donations. Every e-mail I get from the DCCC makes it sound like the Democrat Party is on the verge of being sacked by Visigoths.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9ZD3_ppcPE&t=6s also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVznerpOkTI
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Please fire Sessions. Then fire Rosenstein explictly for refusing to fire Mueller. Then try to fire Mueller. Get the ice beam by clipping through the floor first, though, or you'll never properly speedrun Nixon.
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eviltastic posted:Not saying your conclusion is wrong, but it wasn't eight: https://ballotpedia.org/Arizona%27s_2nd_Congressional_District_election,_2016 Sorry, it seems that the wikipedia article quotes early results and said it was 54-46  My mistake, you're correct.
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SubponticatePoster posted:Except in the DCCC that isn't far off the mark. They're...well, let's just say they haven't been what I would call excruciatingly competent over the past few years. It doesn't make me want to give them money. Maybe it's different for other people? I just want to know if it works.
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evilweasel posted:we need cable news to run stories about how trump's aides are preventing him from firing sessions and it's all thanks to his aides sessions still has a job If Trump being 45 leads to Sessions losing his seat AND getting fired from AG in under 4 months maybe this isn't the WORST timeline.
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RiggenBlaque posted:Is there someone out there Trump could replace Sessions with who would somehow be even worse than Sessions? Somehow? sherrif clarke maybe, but sessions is by far the worst person in the white house and a random trump crony would be an improvement trump appointing donald trump jr. would probably be an improvement
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Brony Car posted:I've always wondered how effective the alarmist tactic is for increasing donations. Every e-mail I get from the DCCC makes it sound like the Democrat Party is on the verge of being sacked by Visigoths. There's a 99% chance that you either: A) Gave money previously or B) Took some sort of affirmative action to sign up for the emails. When they do professional fundraising emails to huge audiences, they usually do three different blasts. 1) Mass asks to supporters/already committed people telling them that they are doomed. "Help! We're definitely going to lose. All the bad things you hate are going to happen. We can only try to fight and pray (and maybe you could help us?)" 2) Mass asks to people interested in a certain thing, but not necessarily supporters. Get a list of people subscribed to a hunting enthusiast magazine or website and assume that a portion of them are highly motivated by this issue. "XXX wants to make hunting illegal! We're trying to stop them! Can you pitch in?" 3) Big donors/Advocacy Organizations or Foundations "We did XXX that you care about. Here's some links to our accomplishments and media sources praising us. We make effective use of your money!"
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Please fire Sessions. Please fire Sessions. Please fire Sessions.
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RiggenBlaque posted:Is there someone out there Trump could replace Sessions with who would somehow be even worse than Sessions? Somehow? Trump could resurrect the corpse of Hitler and it would probably be a step up.
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Brony Car posted:It doesn't make me want to give them money. Maybe it's different for other people? it does work for fundraising especially for non-profits. this little bit seems...different, though. may just be the current political climate plus the recent enormous dem shifts in house races we've seen though. donate $5 (or more if you can) to the ACLU and opt in to their emails. you will get this sort of thing but from a progressive bent 4-5 times a week in your inbox
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:Nah. Granted it is a very close race, but I'm 2000+ miles away!
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The picture attached to this tweet could not be more perfect.
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I am going to bed. If trump fires sessions between now and when I wake up, please high five me in the dreamworld to let me know maybe things are gonna be alright. Thank you.
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The Glumslinger posted:So, a lot of people watched the hearings on Facebook alone lol, half a million people watching the Comey testimony through Super Deluxe
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Kaddish posted:You know the President can't be indicted, right? Impeachment is literally the legal remedy for a sitting President. Dude you really are dense, you already dunked yourself you should just stop. But since you aren't bright enough to realize it. Just because the president can't be indicted in court for obstruction because the Republicans in Congress refuse to impeach and remove him from office doesn't mean that he can't be indicted in the court of public opinion. Further it doesn't mean that the refusal of the Republicans in Congress to Impeach him for obvious blatant abuse of power and flaunting of the law can't be used to indict them in the court of public opinion. Impeachment is a political process, politics start with the public. If sufficient dissatisfaction can be generated with the public the pressure on the Republicans in power will increase to the point where they will either bend to the pressure out of self preservation or they will forced to answer politically for those decisions when they next run. Now while the hard core of the Republican party may be ok with the GOP being a bunch of treasonous poo poo-birds on the take of the Russians a lot of them will not and the more blatant their disregard for the rule of law and the Constitution becomes the more support they will bleed. So while you are correct in your assertion that the current congress will not impeach Trump at this point in time doesn't mean that they won't ever impeach him. The Republican's in Congress don't like Trump, He's not one of them, he's a wild card and his incompetence is hurting them politically. They just haven't reached the point where they believe that the damage he's causing to them surpasses the damage they will take for turning on him. The longer this goes drags on, the more evidence of his corruption and incompetence builds up the more of them will turn on him. Maybe you don't remember 2008 when Bush was so toxic to the Republican brand that they tried to pretend that he didn't exist. Trump is an order of magnitude more toxic to their brand that Bush was. Hell I hope they continue to turn a blind eye to his corruption, because the longer they do so the more damage they caused to themselves. The more republican's will get caught up in and destroyed by this mess. Which is good for the country and the world.
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evilweasel posted:sherrif clarke maybe, but sessions is by far the worst person in the white house and a random trump crony would be an improvement i'm pretty certain if trump fires sessions we will not have an AG until trump is impeached
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Captain Invictus posted:everything I've heard about comey is he is incredibly strong-willed, and this hearing showed that in spades. He was ready for everything, except insane ramblings. I literally said "they must be trying to confuse him since intimidation and trickery didn't work!" when McCain started his nonsense. Man that guy has fallen far. A bit back but Rubio in particular is of note.
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Retro42 posted:If Trump being 45 leads to Sessions losing his seat AND getting fired from AG in under 4 months maybe this isn't the WORST timeline.
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evilweasel posted:we need cable news to run stories about how trump's aides are preventing him from firing sessions and it's all thanks to his aides sessions still has a job He's going to fire him. A man who was once a sitting senator is going to be kicked to the curb for trusting in Trump. No one of any position will ever put him or herself in his power again.
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Mustached Demon posted:Burn the elf! send him back to the alienages.
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