Doll Is Mine wrote:

Donald J. Trump‏ @realDonaldTrump
I asked @VP Pence to leave stadium if any players kneeled, disrespecting our country. I am proud of him and @SecondLady Karen.

So this is going to be a weekly thing now.

His problem is most NFL fans just want to sit back and enjoy the games on Sunday. Those who care deeply about this nonsense have probably already stopped watching or are going to anyway.

Today's stunt was an unforced error on their part because they're sound like a broken record. It was just too scripted and they're going to get called out for it. CNN has already called it a publicity stunt.

@realDonaldTrump wrote:Nobody could have done what I’ve done for #PuertoRico with so little appreciation. So much work!

Slowhand wrote:

@realDonaldTrump wrote:Nobody could have done what I’ve done for #PuertoRico with so little appreciation. So much work!

OK, he may have a point on the first sentence, especially if you replace "for" with "to".

Doll Is Mine wrote:And it's only going to get worse. The Republican party in the Trump era will be radicalized. Moderate and mainstream Republicans will either be primaried or retire.

Corker is already done. I wouldn't be surprised if Susan Collins is one of the next to announce that she won't run for re-election. People like Jeff Flake are at risk of losing to extreme right candidates.

The only thing that can stop this madness if moderate Republican voters finally wake up and vote for Democrats in places like Arizona, Missouri, etc.

thephan wrote:Every time I hear Wisconsin Representative Sean Duffy speak I am glad that I do not live in Wisconsin, while wondering what is the matter with his constituents. He is sort of Donald J Duffy. Administration is most effective ever, never before has the world come together over North Korean, the UN is done ignoring the US, Trump is masterfully in complete control of a grand strategy, and Puerto Rico deserves a rethinking of how the relief funds are spent to fix all these things that (previous administrations) have neglected.

06hawkalum wrote:

Doll Is Mine wrote:And it's only going to get worse. The Republican party in the Trump era will be radicalized. Moderate and mainstream Republicans will either be primaried or retire.

Corker is already done. I wouldn't be surprised if Susan Collins is one of the next to announce that she won't run for re-election. People like Jeff Flake are at risk of losing to extreme right candidates.

The only thing that can stop this madness if moderate Republican voters finally wake up and vote for Democrats in places like Arizona, Missouri, etc.

It will get worse and then it will get better. American politics is marked by a constant pendulum swing from the left to right and back again. Remember, many people thought the GOP was dead in 2008. Don't despair and assume the same about the Democratic Party in 2018.

Monkeyboy wrote:Money in politics is fine as long as everyone has the same amount of money, which of course they don't and never will.

I wish more people would talk about public financing of elections. A guy I know from high school is a rabid republican and ran for some seat in Washington state. I asked him only one question about his politics, what did he think of public financing elections? He didn't really have an answer.

I really think it would fix many of our problems and, despite it being called "public financing," it would surely be cheaper for the country overall. It would need to be rebranded or people would start whining about their tax dollars.

JUburton wrote:im gonna now post in memory of youseff but without the personal attacks

scalise is going to speak at the family research council's annual voters summit (labeled a hate group by splc). world would have been better off he if died.