By Laboured Go To PostFundamentally and irrevocably brain-diseased.I had to track down the original piece. It totally reads like somebody trying to smuggle something past their editors:
By “Virginia Kruta”I watched as both Ocasio-Cortez and Bush deftly chopped America up into demographics, pointed out how those demographics had been victimized under the current system, and then promised to be the voice for those demographics. The movement, Ocasio-Cortez shouted, “knows no zip code. It knows no state. It knows no race. It knows no gender. It knows no documented status.”http://dailycaller.com/2018/07/23/conservative-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-rally/
Bush, after saying her piece, noted that she had been careful to allow speakers from across all demographics to make it clear that she was not running to represent just one particular group, but all.
I left the rally with a photo — in part to remind myself of that time I crashed a rally headlined by a socialist, but also in part to remind myself that there, but for the grace of God, go I.
Fucking lol.
By livefromkyoto Go To Post
You’re totally going to re-elect this guy, aren’t you.
Yeah, probably.
By livefromkyoto Go To Post
You’re totally going to re-elect this guy, aren’t you.
i'm actually starting to think he's gonna get blown out
but we've got a ways till we're there
winning mid terms would be enough to neuter his presidency moving forward anyway, lets start with that
By Laboured Go To PostNo, not the apocalypse, just Brexit.
If only the people who voted for it were aware of the concept of shame.
By Dark PhaZe Go To Posti'm actually starting to think he's gonna get blown out
I look forward to seeing which states will still be Red.
He's planning on bailing out farmers (pay to play), gaslighting with Russia (they're apparently gonna work for Dems now, according to Trump), and a bunch of....moderates/centrists are running around scared of an actual left. I expect nothing from certain groups of people in this country, this fall, except the same. We'll see.
By Laboured Go To PostNo, not the apocalypse, just Brexit.It's not the end of the
By Dark PhaZe Go To Posti'm actually starting to think he's gonna get blown out
but we've got a ways till we're there
winning mid terms would be enough to neuter his presidency moving forward anyway, lets start with that
The good news: The share of people that identify as Republicans has dropped since 2016.
The bad news: People that would generally prefer Democrats to win don't actually care enough to go and vote.
Winning the House would be nice, but give me the Senate, as that's the only way to stifle appointments. Unfortunately, the Senate is the toughest hill to climb.
i wish winning the senate would matter but with dems not even willing to support what should be common interests, i'm not excited either way
Democrats do occasionally unify, though (I dare say it happens more often than not, Joe Manchin be damned), and I'll take the occasional block over having to depend on Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins every damn time. The track record there isn't all that great.
Democrats are forever dumbfucks on top of just assholes for assisting in the disenfranchisement of one of their biggest voting blocs.
By livefromkyoto Go To Postitshappening.gif
You’re totally going to re-elect this guy, aren’t you.
2018 and 2020 will largely depend on dem enthusiasism and independents continuing their dislike of trumpism. I believe Dems are now soft favorites for 2018 house control. Which sucks considering the generic ballot lead.
By FortuneFaded Go To PostJust call everyone a nazi until they are on your side.Lemme ask you something.
When ppl vote, it affects us all, right?
Then why is it crossing the line when you ask ppl who they voted for?
Why are nazis so closeted?
Why don't they let their nuts hang?
By Smoke Dogg Go To PostLemme ask you something.Honestly? because it's none of your business...
When ppl vote, it affects us all, right?
Then why is it crossing the line when you ask ppl who they voted for?
Why are nazis so closeted?
Why don't they let their nuts hang?
By blackace Go To PostHonestly? because it's none of your business…
Independents are just embarrassed republicans
Presidential candidate Donald Trump is heard on tape discussing with his attorney Michael Cohen how they would buy the rights to a Playboy model's story about an alleged affair Trump had with her years earlier, according to the audio recording of the conversation aired exclusively on CNN's "Cuomo Prime Time."https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/24/politics/michael-cohen-donald-trump-tape/index.html
The recording offers the public a glimpse at the confidential discussions between Trump and Cohen, and it confirms the man who now occupies the Oval Office had contemporaneous knowledge of a proposal to buy the rights to the story of Karen McDougal, a woman who has alleged she had an extramarital affair with Trump about a decade ago.
By livefromkyoto Go To PostI voted for the Green Party.I thought you were Canadian/Japanese?
Go ahead, look at me like that. I don’t care.
By Smoke Dogg Go To PostI thought you were Canadian/Japanese?Canada has green party it's even 2 decades older than the American one... 😯
Can't speak for other independent folks but I'm an embarrassed Democrat since the Clinton days. And damned rightly so.
By Christberg Go To PostCan't speak for other independent folks but I'm an embarrassed Democrat since the Clinton days. And damned rightly so.
It's just a running gag since "independents" are mostly conservative voters. Though they don't vote as a monolithic block like R's do (because they're embarrassed), which is why 2018 may work out well for Dems.
They are fiscal conservatives who kind of just want a business as usual, don't rock the boat style of governance
which is exactly why they should be voting hard against Trump Part 2, but we'll see what happens. You'd argue that what's taken place should be an independent's worst nightmare.
which is exactly why they should be voting hard against Trump Part 2, but we'll see what happens. You'd argue that what's taken place should be an independent's worst nightmare.
Polls are showing it. Including the party as a whole. Indy's are starting to say the republican party ideology is too conservative.
Their base is filled with deplorable Trump voters who are fine with tariffs. Once upon a time people hoped Trump would actually be a populist (hahah his backtrack of using a monopsony for negotiating drug prices). The GOP got their tax cuts though. Until it the tariffs hit their voter base (lol he's gonna hit up import cars for a 25% tax) they'll just make a little noise before doing nothing. Much like Flake does on a near daily basis.
By reilo Go To PostI don't know how fiscal conservatives can get behind all of the tariffs bullshit alone.
Their base is filled with deplorable Trump voters who are fine with tariffs. Once upon a time people hoped Trump would actually be a populist (hahah his backtrack of using a monopsony for negotiating drug prices). The GOP got their tax cuts though. Until it the tariffs hit their voter base (lol he's gonna hit up import cars for a 25% tax) they'll just make a little noise before doing nothing. Much like Flake does on a near daily basis.
The thing that I think gets lost a lot on Dems is that you win on carrots, not sticks. Being likable and having something concrete and straightforward to offer gets you places. If you're "nuanced" people's eyes glaze over. Trump is an expert at feeding carbs and red meat to his base, and that's why he could kill a hooker in the middle of Times Square and nobody would care. It'd just feed his Hugh Hefner-esque bad boy image.
If you come out with some Republican-lite spiel, folks aren't going to get excited about you. And if you come out on a "fight Trump" platform the folks across the aisle are just going to dig their heels in because he's delivering what he promised. Either way, you get excited conservatives and/or bored liberals and a Trump victory.
There's an absolutely massive opportunity for liberals to massacre republicans this fall but it's going to take balls of steel to do it and I doubt the establishment leadership has the will to do so.
If you come out with some Republican-lite spiel, folks aren't going to get excited about you. And if you come out on a "fight Trump" platform the folks across the aisle are just going to dig their heels in because he's delivering what he promised. Either way, you get excited conservatives and/or bored liberals and a Trump victory.
There's an absolutely massive opportunity for liberals to massacre republicans this fall but it's going to take balls of steel to do it and I doubt the establishment leadership has the will to do so.
By Smoke Dogg Go To PostDo any of you still want to be Americans?
Man man...
I’ve hated this country way before Trump happened
By Smoke Dogg Go To PostDo any of you still want to be Americans?
By Apollo Go To PostMan man…Make America Great Again™
I’ve hated this country way before Trump happened
By blackace Go To PostCanada has green party it's even 2 decades older than the American one… 😯And they seem to be 40% less crazy than the US one. I only voted for them provincially, but the platform didn’t have any nonsense about GMOs, wifi cancer or fluoridation bans. Officially.
Cross-post from the Automotive thread:
Trump pushes 25 percent auto tariff as top advisers scramble to stop him
Trump pushes 25 percent auto tariff as top advisers scramble to stop him
Several of President Trump’s senior economic advisers believe he plans to push forward with 25 percent tariffs on close to $200 billion in foreign-made automobiles later this year, three people briefed on internal discussions said.https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/trump-pushes-25-percent-auto-tariff-as-top-advisers-scramble-to-stop-him/2018/07/25/f7b9af04-8f8a-11e8-8322-b5482bf5e0f5_story.html?utm_term=.2d6d1a1457a1
Trump wants to move forward despite numerous warnings from GOP leaders and business executives who have argued that such a move could damage the economy and lead to political mutiny.
By reilo Go To PostCross-post from the Automotive thread:
Trump pushes 25 percent auto tariff as top advisers scramble to stop him
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/trump-pushes-25-percent-auto-tariff-as-top-advisers-scramble-to-stop-him/2018/07/25/f7b9af04-8f8a-11e8-8322-b5482bf5e0f5_story.html?utm_term=.2d6d1a1457a1
Yeah this would be the first tariff that directly affects a consumer good instead of the upstream manufacturing of a good. I've seen suggestions that this could actually increase costs for domestic vehicles too since car parts are generally made over seas for final install / manufacturing here.
By Laboured Go To PostBahahahahahahahaha the UK got played so hard.Can they pay for our wall too?