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Re: POLITICS THREAD boo

Postby Soren » Wed Feb 22, 2017 16:34:09

#MiloOut
Olivia Meadows, your "emotional poltergeist"

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Re: POLITICS THREAD boo

Postby Monkeyboy » Wed Feb 22, 2017 17:03:16

jerseyhoya wrote:
Monkeyboy wrote:
jerseyhoya wrote:I just did a political survey! It was very exciting. I am strongly in favor of the PennEast pipeline, which I also told the person I had never heard of it at the start. Only went smwt unfav on Trump and Christie. Feel OK about Christie but probably could've gone strong unfav on his Orangeness. Going through one of those things with limited knowledge of the issue at hand is a good reminder of how much nonsense and guessing and loosely held opinions are being measured.



Feel ok about a criminal. You have low standards.

And what does his orange have to do to get a strong unfav, round up immigrants and put them to death?

You're John McCain: Full of rhetoric, but you just don't back it up when you have a chance to vote on something.

McCain voted against Mulvaney.


And he was confirmed 51-49. He could have stopped Devos, but he had to vote for her because he took 50K. Courage.
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Re: POLITICS THREAD boo

Postby Monkeyboy » Wed Feb 22, 2017 17:09:41

thephan wrote:
jerseyhoya wrote:
Monkeyboy wrote:
jerseyhoya wrote:I just did a political survey! It was very exciting. I am strongly in favor of the PennEast pipeline, which I also told the person I had never heard of it at the start. Only went smwt unfav on Trump and Christie. Feel OK about Christie but probably could've gone strong unfav on his Orangeness. Going through one of those things with limited knowledge of the issue at hand is a good reminder of how much nonsense and guessing and loosely held opinions are being measured.



Feel ok about a criminal. You have low standards.

And what does his orange have to do to get a strong unfav, round up immigrants and put them to death?

You're John McCain: Full of rhetoric, but you just don't back it up when you have a chance to vote on something.

McCain voted against Mulvaney.


I want Rubio to stop talking and start doing something. He is playing the part, but then seems to go wilted flower when the TV lights are turned off. He is in Europe doing God's and the people's work, rather then speak to the people it would seem which is a creative dodge. Lets see if he makes good on his 'confidence' in investigating Russian influence, or if he is brought to heel. So far its been a lot of bark, and no bite.


They're all a bunch of cowards. They could be crushed by Trump's supporters, so they kiss the ring whenever push comes to shove.

The GOP also knows that 2018 is grossly stacked in their favor and Americans will forget about this by the time 2020 comes around. The individuals that could be hurt electorally by Trump's unpopularity are all hiding in one way or another, sounding tough whenever possible.
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Re: POLITICS THREAD boo

Postby jerseyhoya » Wed Feb 22, 2017 17:48:40

Monkeyboy wrote:
jerseyhoya wrote:
Monkeyboy wrote:
jerseyhoya wrote:I just did a political survey! It was very exciting. I am strongly in favor of the PennEast pipeline, which I also told the person I had never heard of it at the start. Only went smwt unfav on Trump and Christie. Feel OK about Christie but probably could've gone strong unfav on his Orangeness. Going through one of those things with limited knowledge of the issue at hand is a good reminder of how much nonsense and guessing and loosely held opinions are being measured.



Feel ok about a criminal. You have low standards.

And what does his orange have to do to get a strong unfav, round up immigrants and put them to death?

You're John McCain: Full of rhetoric, but you just don't back it up when you have a chance to vote on something.

McCain voted against Mulvaney.


And he was confirmed 51-49. He could have stopped Devos, but he had to vote for her because he took 50K. Courage.

Your political analysis is vital and on point, as always.

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Re: POLITICS THREAD boo

Postby Monkeyboy » Wed Feb 22, 2017 18:00:33

jerseyhoya wrote:
Monkeyboy wrote:
jerseyhoya wrote:
Monkeyboy wrote:
jerseyhoya wrote:I just did a political survey! It was very exciting. I am strongly in favor of the PennEast pipeline, which I also told the person I had never heard of it at the start. Only went smwt unfav on Trump and Christie. Feel OK about Christie but probably could've gone strong unfav on his Orangeness. Going through one of those things with limited knowledge of the issue at hand is a good reminder of how much nonsense and guessing and loosely held opinions are being measured.



Feel ok about a criminal. You have low standards.

And what does his orange have to do to get a strong unfav, round up immigrants and put them to death?

You're John McCain: Full of rhetoric, but you just don't back it up when you have a chance to vote on something.

McCain voted against Mulvaney.


And he was confirmed 51-49. He could have stopped Devos, but he had to vote for her because he took 50K. Courage.

Your political analysis is vital and on point, as always.



And I can always count on you to defend a criminal as long as he/she has a R by his/her name. Your analysis is predictable.

McCain is a paper tiger. I think you're both perfectly fine with Trump being in there as long as Ryan gets to do his dirty work.
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Re: POLITICS THREAD boo

Postby Monkeyboy » Wed Feb 22, 2017 18:01:18

Also, the Giants suck.
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Re: POLITICS THREAD boo

Postby pacino » Wed Feb 22, 2017 21:33:07

Trans kids were clearly the problem. We've made it great again, folks.
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Re: POLITICS THREAD boo

Postby The Savior » Wed Feb 22, 2017 21:42:00

Not buying the PR stunt on devos
On a scale of 1 to Chris Brown, how pissed is he?

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Re: POLITICS THREAD boo

Postby laf837 » Thu Feb 23, 2017 00:19:01

Went to Lance's town hall tonight. Questions were good. Crowd was energized but generally respectful. Lance did fine. He's not dumb. Not able to ask a question but I'd be curious as to his takeaway he got from this to take back to Washington. 100% anti-trump sentiment in the building. He will be caught up in that if he is content to toe the republican line. I hope he takes back that his constituents will not tolerate any of that and he needs to be vocal and push back. He's vulnerable and he knows it.

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Re: POLITICS THREAD boo

Postby Monkeyboy » Thu Feb 23, 2017 03:22:01

The Savior wrote:Not buying the PR stunt on devos



exactly. She cares about trans kids about the same as she cares about poor kids.

But it's interesting that they wouldn't even add the clause that schools should help stop the bullying of trans kids.

Also, are there really that many trans kids? I realize I grew up in a different time, but even the kids who were obviously gay kept it to themselves in my high school.
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Re: POLITICS THREAD boo

Postby thephan » Thu Feb 23, 2017 07:53:53

So while America wrestles with their phobias over sexuality and how to deal with it, what shit covered boot will trudge all over our living room carpet? Its always some one, two punch combo where the first distracts and the second does the damage. I am not devaluing the debate, but I think it smoulders at lower levels (getting resolved in mos states because it is easy) and while we watch the embers looking for a blaze something even more horrible will happen.
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Re: POLITICS THREAD boo

Postby pacino » Thu Feb 23, 2017 08:44:39

drsmooth wrote:How did I miss that the Kansas legislature voted to enact tax increases - albeit not by veto-proof majorities - in a rebuke to Psycho Sam Brownback's slash & burn policy leadership?

vetoed and the Senate couldn't override; missed by 3 votes:
The House voted to override the governor by a tight margin, 85-40, just one vote more than the required two-thirds majority. But support waned in the Senate, with senators voting 24-16 to override, short of the 27 votes needed.



we gon' continue cuttin'. brownback wants to raise liquor/cigarette taxes and hit the rainyday fund instead. to be fair to Brownback, it's raining in Kansas budgets.
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Re: POLITICS THREAD boo

Postby pacino » Thu Feb 23, 2017 09:00:54

soda sales are down in Philly

so, mission accomplished
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Re: POLITICS THREAD boo

Postby drsmooth » Thu Feb 23, 2017 09:02:45

pacino wrote:we gon' continue cuttin'. brownback wants to raise liquor/cigarette taxes and hit the rainyday fund instead. to be fair to Brownback, it's raining in Kansas budgets.


brownback & those 3 senators are gonna have cigarettes stubbed out on their faces
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Re: POLITICS THREAD boo

Postby pacino » Thu Feb 23, 2017 09:27:13

new F&M poll for PA. 54% disapproval rating for Trump but about half of people think he'll bring back jobs1

39% of people think Wolf is doing an excellent/good job. about 30% think it's 'fair'.
60 percent say lawmakers should change the Affordable Care Act to improve it. Only one in four believe the law should be scrapped.
61 percent say they favor an increase in the minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $12 per hour.
31 percent say their primary source for news is cable television, with Fox News leading among the networks watched.

Trump has a 5% excellent/goodl rating among non-white Pennsylvanians.

For state politics the 'most important' problem is Government/politicians at 24%.

the full results

I enjoyed the first comment on the article I read:
Madonna's polls also had Trump losing not only Pa. but the election. Since I wasn't polled I will go on record as saying I definitely approve of the job he is doing. I measure his success by how many liberals have mental meltdowns after each one of his executive orders. So far he's batting .1000.

'mental meltdowns' are a significant part of the US' GDP, so the jobs are a comin'
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Re: POLITICS THREAD boo

Postby td11 » Thu Feb 23, 2017 09:35:56

Batting .1000 indeed
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Re: POLITICS THREAD boo

Postby pacino » Thu Feb 23, 2017 09:42:03

td11 wrote:Batting .1000 indeed

a new comment after I refreshed:
RE you have to be kidding. Going to a liberal university for political facts is like going to the candy store for the facts on tooth decay! I read the RE for the last eight years and never once saw an article like this for Obama, particularly in the first 30 days where Trump doesn't even have a full cabinet. Rasmussen, one of the most accurate independent national polling companies, says exactly the opposite. Think about this for a moment, PA listened to Trump campaign for 2 years, voted for him overwhelmingly, then 30 days into the term they think he's doing "poor?" Here folks is a prime example of FAKE NEWS! LOL, you MSM really crack me up!!
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Re: POLITICS THREAD boo

Postby jamiethekiller » Thu Feb 23, 2017 09:42:45

pacino wrote:soda sales are down in Philly

so, mission accomplished


think they're off their mark of 7m generated in the first month by like 4+ million.


would like to see the soda numbers of surrounding areas to see if the volume just moved to outside the city limits

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Re: POLITICS THREAD boo

Postby pacino » Thu Feb 23, 2017 09:44:35

jamiethekiller wrote:
pacino wrote:soda sales are down in Philly

so, mission accomplished


think they're off their mark of 7m generated in the first month by like 4+ million.


would like to see the soda numbers of surrounding areas to see if the volume just moved to outside the city limits

the former sounds like a political messaging problem with how they got the law passed (as a money maker), not as a consumption/health issue, which is more what I care about...certainly if this creates some huge groundswell to repeal it the political aspects will matter to me.
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Re: POLITICS THREAD boo

Postby The Crimson Cyclone » Thu Feb 23, 2017 09:56:19

Trump's laughable "the media is bad" survey was getting undesired results so they moved the url

you can take it here

https://action.donaldjtrump.com/mainstr ... ty-survey/
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