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So basically people hate politicians roughly the same, but also really don't like congressional leaders.
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corn in the bible posted:the speaker of the house, everybody! Yeah how is she going to get anything done with that approval rating. I mean, McConnell has been crippled by his rating being even lower than hers. TheKingofSprings posted:I have two questions for the thread: 1) Yes, has been since before the election. 2) This was always a possibility. The map was catastrophically bad for Democrats this year and they only ever had a slight chance of winning. They came close.
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Nov 7, 2018 20:03
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I saw somebody earlier in the thread saying about how Pelosi was going to be ineffective in power because she wan'st going to whip her party to stay in line.friendly 2 da void posted:Literally every major polling website put Democrats chances of taking the senate at 1 in 5. It was never even likely Media horse-racing. "Dems unlikely to take the senate" is not a great headline, "close races nail-biter for control of the world" is better.
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Nov 7, 2018 20:07
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Grouchio posted:Is this really good or really bad for Trump? I remember being told last year that Trump firing Mueller would absolutely backfire. It backfires, for the midterms. He's hoping that people forget about it by 2020.
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Nov 7, 2018 22:47
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Kale posted:Anyway I think it's too little too late for Trump to try to gently caress with Mueller. People within the country still largely support his probe, he's apparently very close to finishing and presenting his findings to congress and there's an incoming Democratic house that could just subpoena him and have him present his findings if he's actually fired. Glad to see Sessions and his blatant racism go even though he's getting replaced by some other stupid possibly less judicially qualified Trump sycophant. Time will tell if this becomes a better with the devil you knew type situation or not. There's a good likelihood that Trump has convinced himself that yesterday really was a win for him so he sees no downside. Also he's really dumb.
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Nov 7, 2018 23:04
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Lightning Knight posted:This is actually a big fuckin' deal and hasn't been highlighted because everyone is too busy The change to the texas judiciary is huge
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Nov 7, 2018 23:05
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over Beto.
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sean10mm posted:It's absolutely legit to bash the Democrats for blowing their economic credibility with people with triangulating third way bullshit, but if you think say rural Tennessee would break blue if only Democrats would push harder for the little guy then just LOL. Socialism only sells in a lot of these places when it's Whites Only. As much as the Democratic record on civil rights is inadequate, a lot of these rural voters want to roll back to Jim Crow tier "keep them in their place" poo poo. It's absolutely this. The "economic anxiety" fuckshit isn't nearly as important to these POS's as their social position as the white master race. I see white men melting down on FB about "being blamed for all the ills of the world and that's so unfair  " all the drat time.
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Nov 7, 2018 23:37
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Lightning Knight posted:I think it's unlikely she doesn't know what is happening, more that she underestimates the threat. She's not dumb, she's just privileged. It's amazing how people internalize all these years of Republicans making GBS threads all over Pelosi. She's any more evil than any other dem in leadership. She's not a weak leader. She's certainly not stupid. Blind Rasputin posted:Jim Acosta is the Tami Lahren of the liberal side and he purposefully seeks out these confrontations so he can whine about them in the spotlight later that evening on CNN. I totally disagree with the WH blocking a reporter’s access, but Acosta is an anansi boy. lol
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Nov 8, 2018 02:35
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Lightning Knight posted:I agree with all this, but also her positioning in It's her job to say this poo poo, because, as others have said, a bunch of liberal types eat it up. I am seeing a ton of people who are not politically engaged on social media saying "god I just hope the country can go back to normal I am glad she is saying bipartisan things". What you say and what you do as a house leader are entirely different things.
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Nov 8, 2018 02:38
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bipartisanship land is dumb.
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Lightning Knight posted:Sorry, I just don’t care what dipshits on Facebook think about I mock the poo poo out of those people when I encounter them. I'm just saying why she says that stuff. It plays. SunAndSpring posted:Feel like they should be targeting the youth who actually understand poo poo can't be bipartisan rather than really old people who think it can be. I got some bad news for you about the [white] youth. But yeah they are more likely to "get it" than older ones.
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Nov 8, 2018 02:40
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Substandard posted:I meant for speaker. Oops! Would be an awesome message but there is no way in hell it happens. Beto for DNC chair would actually be pretty good.
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Nov 8, 2018 03:00
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Lightning Knight posted:Abrams-Kemp appears on track for run off. Kemps steal is probably going to succeed because hellworld but drat if that isn't the most aggravating thing to come out of election night.
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Nov 8, 2018 03:01
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Propaganda Hour posted:Every time anyone brings up Beto: Absolutely true and Abrams and Gillum should both be running for office and be hotshots within the Dems if they don't win their races.
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Nov 8, 2018 03:17
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AlBorlantern Corps posted:Our country is pretty loving big and some places are remote! And if we aren't sure about a ballot we hold onto it and count it later! LOL at the way Americans rationalize how broken their country is as far as voting
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Nov 9, 2018 02:59
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MSDOS KAPITAL posted:I want leftists to take control of the government and I'm not particularly picky how it happens, especially considering the people opposed to it happening will absolutely break every rule that exists to hold on to power. That's great but Democrats aren't a leftist party so cheating to get them in is not a great trade to go all in on. If the Full Communism Now party is in sniffing distance of a take-over, yeah I'm right there with you.
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Nov 10, 2018 01:20
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Eeyo posted:I probably missed it, but didn't Trump literally say "I never knew the guy"? So now we find out that, in fact, he did know the guy? "I don't know him" has been Trump's go-to maneuver since way before he even became president. 
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Nov 10, 2018 01:37
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nerdz posted:Why is "mine inspector" even a partisan government position to begin with? Democratic mine inspectors will tunnel to the border and let in hordes of gang members to take your jobs, and also not work.
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Nov 10, 2018 02:32
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Kimsemus posted:not at all. I'm not a fan of what Jim Acosta has to say to POTUS but I defend his right to say it. Accountability and journalism are things I'm not a fan of as well, people should listen to what I have to say. edit: LOL Kimsemus posted:Jim Acosta has been using the press pool to preach for years. Especially with this President though, he's been trying to use the press corp as a bully pulpit instead of asking actual questions. He's just not a very good reporter in my view. Jaxyon fucked around with this message at 18:54 on Nov 13, 2018 |
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Nov 13, 2018 18:51
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Blitz7x posted:I must be crazy. I remember distinctly that overturning Citizens United being both Hillary and Trump's platforms and thinking "well at least that piece of poo poo is going to be gone no matter what" Hahaha you thought Trump was going to overturn something that gets him money/saves him money? Or to a lesser extent, Clinton?
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Nov 13, 2018 19:03
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Chimp_On_Stilts posted:Trump is acting in bad faith. A good article on this, though kinda already known to the folks posting in this thread https://theconcourse.deadspin.com/this-is-all-donald-trump-has-left-1830329753
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Nov 13, 2018 19:22
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axelord posted:Someone has to call the cops they don't show up like magic. Yes police won't show up at the capital for multi-hundred person protests without Evil Nancy Pelosi personally calling them. Wait, what
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Nov 13, 2018 20:40
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fishing with the fam posted:I am taking this literally. 
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Nov 13, 2018 22:15
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Hastings posted:That's...not good for morale, and I wonder if the military might start to turn against Trump. Just from the brief amount of information there, it seems like a lot of seeds of doubt are being sown. Is this the kind of thing that could push Mattis to leave? Seeing chaos in the one thing he cares amount? It just does not come across like he is in control. LOL if you think leadership telling you nothing and having no direction is some sort of a new thing for the military. I mean, the Afghanistan war is still going....
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Nov 14, 2018 19:10
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Shifty Pony posted:If I ever have the misfortune of recording such an incident I'm going to sit on the footage until the inevitable "cop good!" bullshit story comes out then drop it to the local media. Hopefully someone who was there is doing exactly that. They're going to immediately come and get the footage and you're not going to be able to stop them. Back up to the cloud.
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Nov 14, 2018 19:42
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Maxine Waters for speaker. Comedy Option AOC.
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Nov 14, 2018 20:44
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Fart City posted:I love that AOC makes chuds so mad. I also love that she’s going to be part of the political landscape for like, the next half century. I'm noticing a pattern here with the chuds getting really really mad about certain congresspeople. Can't quite put my finger on it. Groovelord Neato posted:come the gently caress on. LOL Nelson must be looking really good.
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Nov 14, 2018 22:03
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Prester Jane posted:It's the left who are actually supporting Pelosi, and the dumbshit right wing Democrats who should never have been allowed in the party to begin with who are causing the problems. In reality or on this message board?
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Nov 14, 2018 22:32
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Teabag Dome Scandal posted:Was he pro iraq war in that documentary? Is he a dem to the right of pelosi? Arguably, most of the Dems that are to the left of Pelosi got voted in this election cycle. Not all, but a large amount.
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Nov 14, 2018 23:41
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El Pollo Blanco posted:How exact do signatures need to match what is on file? It seems kinda nuts to me that a ballot can be discarded based on potential minor discrepancies in a signature. That's the point, and yeah it's nuts.
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Nov 14, 2018 23:47
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Random Stranger posted:I've seen a lot more "gently caress Schumer" from the left than "gently caress Pelosi" since Schumer has very publicly sold the country out for his LOL at calling Pelosi "spineless". Compromised, sure, and not far left enough, but spineless?
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Nov 15, 2018 00:08
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She's just worried that Dumbledore is angling for that job.
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Nov 15, 2018 00:13
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If Wohl did this, lol. However if it's just a mistake that people identified his ex and it actually is an accusation from a different woman he dated, you should be believing the victim.
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Nov 15, 2018 01:27
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Rigel posted:Jacob Wohl's "thing" right now seems to be a crusade against the "believe all women" battle cry. He already tried to fake one assault with the specific intention of undermining this rule of thumb, and he's publicly claimed credit for this, so its not crazy to begin by assuming there is no victim, until we hear that there actually is one. It's also not crazy to assume there is one, if an arrest was made.
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Nov 15, 2018 01:35
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AlBorlantern Corps posted:Pelosi and Schumer are not even in the same loving league. Pelosi is like Obama to Schumer's loving Lieberman As a reminder republican demonization of Pelosi has been internalized pretty hard by everyone including people who consider themselves leftists. That's not to say there aren't criticisms of her from the left, she's hardly a leftist, but some of them are nuts.
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Nov 15, 2018 21:06
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Pelosi's quote: “I’m a busy person, but I will be the speaker of the House.”
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Nov 15, 2018 21:16
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You can't tell anything from that shot, it's basically her wearing your avaerage busines-formal outfit. If you go to Goodwill near a rich area you can find poo poo that is amazing, that's how I have a tailored tuxedo despite literally never ever having worn it.
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Nov 15, 2018 23:16
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I can tell from careful examination of the reflections on carpet fibers that AOC's shoes do, in fact, have red bottoms.
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Nov 15, 2018 23:29
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cheetah7071 posted:Is there a single election-related thing that Florida does better than the median state. Like, even one gently caress it up.
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Nov 16, 2018 00:18
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Lightning Knight posted:Hm. This is fascinating. Does she think the progressives will save her from the blue dog coup? Maybe but also she's one of the earliest members other the progressive caucus so they are basically her people. Like, people are really buying into some bullshit on Pelosi if they're surprised she is putting progressive caucus people in power.
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Nov 16, 2018 02:13
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Grapplejack posted:There's a bit of a difference between them being her people and her saying she'll put them on appropriations and ways and means., because those two are the most important committees in the entirety of the US government. It's a major, major victory for progressives. I'm aware of that but people are acting like Pelosi is suddently chummy with progressives as if she isn't one, because LOL internalized propaganda.
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Nov 16, 2018 02:57
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