Politics: Promises Made, Hush Money Paid

by **thephan** » Thu Dec 20, 2018 22:05:13

Hey did anybody mention that Wilbur Ross didn’t actually sell the stocks he was supposed to?

https://publicintegrity.org/federal-pol ... ivestment/

Super corrupt mother fucker.

by **thephan** » Thu Dec 20, 2018 22:07:20

There’s never a shortage of toadies in DC.

Sadly true. The sycophant class is deep.

by **thephan** » Thu Dec 20, 2018 22:11:09

jerseyhoya wrote:I wonder if that's half a step too subtle for Trump to appreciate the magnitude of the burn. But goddamn.

He will not get it because he think Jim retired! No shit!

by **The Sarge** » Thu Dec 20, 2018 22:30:58

I have to believe that when a successor is nominated, this statement will be ancient history.

by **06hawkalum** » Thu Dec 20, 2018 22:36:02

The GOP will only turn on Trump if his approval rating drops precipitously, correct?

What are the odds of that happening?

I mean, we are now in a bear market and MAGAs loved themselves some Mad Dog.

by **CalvinBall** » Thu Dec 20, 2018 23:59:39

I know this man represents some of you in Congress. Woof.

https://twitter.com/sarahnferris/status ... 81536?s=19

by **momadance** » Fri Dec 21, 2018 00:06:47

@marcorubio
Gen.Mattis has served our nation with great distinction. He will not be easy to replace.
For the sake of our national security I hope his decision to resign was motivated solely by a desire to enjoy a well deserved retirement.

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Yep, you nailed. The letter cleary states he just wants to spend more time with his family out of nowhere.

by **jerseyhoya** » Fri Dec 21, 2018 00:18:38

momadance wrote:@marcorubio
Gen.Mattis has served our nation with great distinction. He will not be easy to replace.
For the sake of our national security I hope his decision to resign was motivated solely by a desire to enjoy a well deserved retirement.

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Yep, you nailed. The letter cleary states he just wants to spend more time with his family out of nowhere.

I mean he posted that 5 hours ago, and within a few minutes of it posted follow up tweets with the letter saying "Just read Gen. Mattis resignation letter. It makes it abundantly clear that we are headed towards a series of grave policy errors which will endanger our nation,damage our alliances & empower our adversaries. 1/2. I hope we who have supported this administrations initiatives over the last two years can persuade the President to choose a different direction. But we must also fulfill our constitutional duty to conduct oversight over the policies of the executive branch. 2/2"

But you nailed it!

by **CalvinBall** » Fri Dec 21, 2018 00:21:55

He followed it up with this gem too:

Bill passed in House tonight reasonable.

It has $ for 2 important priorities: border security & disaster relief.

No legitimate reason for Dems to shut down government over this.
They voted for $800 billion for Obama stimulus but won’t vote for $5 billion to secure our border?

He's a coward.

by **momadance** » Fri Dec 21, 2018 00:32:10

jerseyhoya wrote:
momadance wrote:@marcorubio
Gen.Mattis has served our nation with great distinction. He will not be easy to replace.
For the sake of our national security I hope his decision to resign was motivated solely by a desire to enjoy a well deserved retirement.

---

Yep, you nailed. The letter cleary states he just wants to spend more time with his family out of nowhere.

I mean he posted that 5 hours ago, and within a few minutes of it posted follow up tweets with the letter saying "Just read Gen. Mattis resignation letter. It makes it abundantly clear that we are headed towards a series of grave policy errors which will endanger our nation,damage our alliances & empower our adversaries. 1/2. I hope we who have supported this administrations initiatives over the last two years can persuade the President to choose a different direction. But we must also fulfill our constitutional duty to conduct oversight over the policies of the executive branch. 2/2"

But you nailed it!

I sure did! :lol:

by **thephan** » Fri Dec 21, 2018 07:36:23

People are avgering $60.40/donation to get that wall built. 8.7M pledged. I did deduct the $50k outlier donation. Over 143k Americans on this deal. Going to need over 82M Americans to participate to getter done at this pace.

by **The Savior** » Fri Dec 21, 2018 08:06:56

06hawkalum wrote:Trump knows he is never getting his wall. He never actually wanted a wall. He uses his demands as red meat for the MAGAs and to try to deflect from the fact that the stock market and his presidency are simultaneously collapsing.

2019 will go down as one of the most consequential years in this country's history.

Buckle up, it's going to be a bumpy ride with, I suspect, a crash landing.

Well I agree with most of this. I don’t actually think he understands the challenge and likely impossibility of building his wall.

Mattis should be called to testify about sending troops to border.

by **The Savior** » Fri Dec 21, 2018 08:11:42

The Democrats are trying to belittle the concept of a Wall, calling it old fashioned. The fact is there is nothing else’s that will work, and that has been true for thousands of years. It’s like the wheel, there is nothing better. I know tech better than anyone, & technology.....

Donald Tweet

by **The Savior** » Fri Dec 21, 2018 08:19:04

Looking like worst year of the Dow since 2008

That’s with tax cuts

by **06hawkalum** » Fri Dec 21, 2018 08:25:46

06hawkalum wrote:
The Crimson Cyclone wrote:Speaker Ryan says President Trump will not sign short-term continuing resolution passed by Senate.

He may not sign it today, but he will sign it tomorrow.

Again, Trump has made a career of bluffing people into making better deals.

I'm sticking with this prediction FWIW.

by **The Savior** » Fri Dec 21, 2018 09:55:10

If you voted republican, you’re now complicit in ALL of this, racism included.

by **CalvinBall** » Fri Dec 21, 2018 09:58:16

So the house did pass a bill with the fundit Trump wants? How did that happen?

by **The Savior** » Fri Dec 21, 2018 10:02:08

CalvinBall wrote:So the house did pass a bill with the fundit Trump wants? How did that happen?

Paul Ryan is a pussy and those dudes wanted to go home for holiday.

by **The Savior** » Fri Dec 21, 2018 10:03:35

Here’s what will happen:

1 - trump shuts down government and blames entirely on dems

2 - trump passes bill from yesterday and takes credit for keeping government open as the messiah blaming any forthcoming crime by a non white person on democrats

Even odds

by **06hawkalum** » Fri Dec 21, 2018 10:42:40

The Savior wrote:Here’s what will happen:

1 - trump shuts down government and blames entirely on dems

2 - trump passes bill from yesterday and takes credit for keeping government open as the messiah blaming any forthcoming crime by a non white person on democrats

Even odds

Not even close to even odds. He'll cave. He has already gotten what he wants out of this, another opportunity to vilify brown people and Democrats.

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