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pacerhimself posted:Did Obama once ever comment on his approval rating? He used to regularly mention in speeches that Obamacare/the process of passing Obamacare tanked his approval rating, but he is President to help people, not get high approval ratings. We had the biggest economic catastrophe since the great depression when I took office and now job growth is... tough choices... etc... etc.
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So Trump is trying the Rob Ford approach then. Decrying people then saying those people should recuse themselves because he is Decrying them. Mueller is going to be fired if Rosenstein recuses himself.
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WhiskeyJuvenile posted:update, after the prior statement left off sexual orientation and gender identity: So, what, did they just "forget" to put it on there and backtracked when they got called out on it?
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Hollismason posted:So Trump is trying the Rob Ford approach then. Decrying people then saying those people should recuse themselves because he is Decrying them. Maybe he'll follow that strategy to it's conclusion.
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Hollismason posted:So Trump is trying the Rob Ford approach then. Decrying people then saying those people should recuse themselves because he is Decrying them. Trump can't fire him. He has to keep going down the chain till he gets someone who will. He'll have to fire Rosenstein, the lady next in line, then Dana Boente, and probably one or two more until he finds a toady who will do it. Every firing will make the situation worse for himself.
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fsif posted:Trump and Drudge both leaning in pretty hard on that Rasmussen poll.  we were joking about this earlier in the week. He actually did it.What a sad, sad little man.
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Fitzy Fitz posted:It's insane. I remember when Republicans were supposedly going to totally reinvent themselves. They were going to start appealing to minorities because the white vote could only be stretched so far. They've regressed so much since then. Bush got 44% of the Latino vote in 2004. Trump got 28%. Thats what was supposed to happen for the last 10 years and they took completely control of government at all levels.
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Al Borland Corp. posted:Trump can't fire him. He has to keep going down the chain till he gets someone who will. He'll have to fire Rosenstein, the lady next in line, then Dana Boente, and probably one or two more until he finds a toady who will do it. Every firing will make the situation worse for himself. That's what I was thinking was that Rosenstein would recuse himself and runner up would fire Mueller.
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fsif posted:Trump and Drudge both leaning in pretty hard on that Rasmussen poll. aggregates really should throw out rasmussen at this point, it's trash
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mcmagic posted:Thats what was supposed to happen for the last 10 years and they took completely control of government at all levels. This is why people need to vote in midterms. Has anyone ever studied if the pendulum effect of dem->gop->dem has anything to do with the fact that every other decade the votes that decide the party in power during redistricting happens to coincide with the presidential vote?
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pacerhimself posted:Did Obama once ever comment on his approval rating? I think he made some jokes about it when it was bad. I also think he made a joke about how they spiked during the Republican primary when the choices were Cruz and Trump.
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Dietrich posted:This is why people need to vote in midterms. I don't disagree.
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trump has declared it his official policy that he's going to fight this investigation by personally tweeting about it no, seriously https://twitter.com/jdawsey1/status/875744569115242496 quote:Trump has been told repeatedly not to post such missives on Twitter but has decided he is in for a political fight, according to one outside adviser briefed on the strategy. Advisers have told him to use his Twitter to boost his political message or attack Democrats instead of talking about the legal case. But Trump doesn't trust others to share his message, this person said, because they don't want to share it the way he does.
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mcmagic posted:Thats what was supposed to happen for the last 10 years and they took completely control of government at all levels. I know, and those predictions were overly optimistic. It's still an inevitability though. The shrinking Republican advantage doesn't mean that they automatically lose every time, but it does force them to commit to what we're seeing now (increased voter suppression, collusion with foreign power, dropping of dog whistles, drastic political measures, etc.)
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What would the Secret Service do if Trump went to the Library of Congress (I'm assuming) to burn the original Constitution?
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Hollismason posted:That's what I was thinking was that Rosenstein would recuse himself and runner up would fire Mueller. Yeah I think he had to go through three or four runner up before he finds one willing to do it.
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evilweasel posted:trump has declared it his official policy that he's going to fight this investigation by personally tweeting about it It's going to be a great weekend
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Gumbel2Gumbel posted:My friend works for ICE and they're so understaffed they have unleashed unlimited overtime and they have no way of deporting everyone they get phone calls about it.
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hiddenriverninja posted:What would the Secret Service do if Trump went to the Library of Congress (I'm assuming) to burn the original Constitution? The National Archives, and he wouldn't be permitted to do it. The Secret Service would have nothing to do with it -- the Constitution doesn't belong to the President.
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evilweasel posted:trump has declared it his official policy that he's going to fight this investigation by personally tweeting about it
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hiddenriverninja posted:What would the Secret Service do if Trump went to the Library of Congress (I'm assuming) to burn the original Constitution? The Constitution, along with the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights, are on display at the National Archives, as lovingly documented in the famously educational documentary film National Treasure.
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evilweasel posted:trump has declared it his official policy that he's going to fight this investigation by personally tweeting about it I am continually surprised how little someone who has spent so much time on television and caring about his image knows about how optics work.
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Captain Invictus posted:why is he still your friend Probably because they have a relationship that goes beyond what other weird internet people perceive their relationship to or should be.
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Gumbel2Gumbel posted:My friend works for ICE and they're so understaffed they have unleashed unlimited overtime and they have no way of deporting everyone they get phone calls about it. i hope your friend is actively trying not to find people to deport.
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It has to completely infuriate Trump that he can't just fire anyone. Government is so slow and dug in. It's like Obama and the VA. He spent years and billions on that and it still sucked when he left. Maybe it'd be better if Presidents could micromanage some aspects, but they can't and I'm sure aids have had to explain to Trump multiple times why he can't terminate civil servants.
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What's the over/under on Trump firing Rosenstein before he (tries to) fire Mueller?
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Quorum posted:The Constitution, along with the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights, are on display at the National Archives, as lovingly documented in the famously educational documentary film National Treasure. Fun fact: The people who actually stand in the room and make sure nobody tries to gently caress with the Declaration of Independence are very, very patient when you bring up National Treasure.
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Boon posted:Probably because they have a relationship that goes beyond what other weird internet people perceive their relationship to or should be.
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It's SO amazing that Trump is bragging about an outlier poll showing him at 50% approval 6 months in to his administration. Does he realize that even if Rasmussen is correct (it isn't) it's still the worst 6 month mark approval rating of all time?
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Dietrich posted:This is why people need to vote in midterms. quote:Has anyone ever studied if the pendulum effect of dem->gop->dem has anything to do with the fact that every other decade the votes that decide the party in power during redistricting happens to coincide with the presidential vote? Generally when the executive branch swings to the other party, that party takes a drubbing on the next midterms, particularly in the house and less so in the senate. This didn't happen with dubya but that can be attributed to 9/11 kind of throwing a wrench into our political climate for '02. But before that the last time a president from the other political party took office and didn't suffer a loss in house seats for the party in the following midterms was FDR, and the country was of course in the throws of the great depression.
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Toaster Beef posted:Fun fact: The people who actually stand in the room and make sure nobody tries to gently caress with the Declaration of Independence are very, very patient when you bring up National Treasure. Fun fact: The volunteers at the Betsy Ross house are NOT patient when you bring up the Real World: Philadelphia house next door.
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evilweasel posted:trump has declared it his official policy that he's going to fight this investigation by personally tweeting about it Oh my god do it. DO IT.
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Toaster Beef posted:Fun fact: The people who actually stand in the room and make sure nobody tries to gently caress with the Declaration of Independence are very, very patient when you bring up National Treasure. then I'd hold out my hat for tips and donations cause I'm broke as gently caress Nick Cage. LaserShark posted:I am continually surprised how little someone who has spent so much time on television and caring about his image knows about how optics work.
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Conway speaks on Fox and Friendsquote:“But look at Twitter,” Conway said, gearing back up. “If I were shot and killed tomorrow half of Twitter would explode in applause and excitement.” “This is the world we live in now,” she added. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlRMoYce1RA
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Fitzy Fitz posted:Fun fact: The volunteers at the Betsy Ross house are NOT patient when you bring up the Real World: Philadelphia house next door. Fun fact: The volunteers at Jamestown are very patient when you ask them how "Colors of the Wind" impacted the nascent Virginia settlement. They then tell you stories about how everyone resorted to cannibalism and you can see the bite marks on the bones. Too  for Disney I suppose.
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Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:Conway speaks on Fox and Friends she doesn't realize that she's indicting herself with that statement way more than twitter.
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fsif posted:Trump and Drudge both leaning in pretty hard on that Rasmussen poll. 
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Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:Conway speaks on Fox and Friends You see, a reasonable person would take the fact that people would celebrate their death as a sign to change...
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Good Soldier Svejk posted:Holy poo poo he replied in the tweet chain If you think he doesn't read every tweet, getting affirmations from each one, you don't understand piss-pig president.
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