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horncyclist

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  1. I'm more worried about him actively conspiring with a foreign government to swing the election to him. Cause, you know, he did it the first time and perhaps got away with it. Plus, in 2016 the alternative to being president was another season of celebrity apprentice. The alternative in 2020, will likely be prison. I would put nothing past him.
  2. Commerce secretary they have to prop up at meetings. Devin Nunes, Director of National Intelligence. Seriously, we're running out of adults here. When the shit hits the fan we're totally fucked. Like lasting, permanent damaged fucked.
  3. Gonna be awesome when Trump puts the full blame for the recession on AOC. "I told you to go back your countries and learn how to fix shit. Here we are. Your fault. MAGA." Nearly everything Trump has touched in his career has ultimately crashed and burned. Our economy is likely going the way of Trump steaks.
  4. Would like to see this. He always took his job seriously and came to issues with compassion. Well liked by senators from both parties. I have no problem blaming Gillibrand.
  5. Eh, it could very easily escalate. Fortunately, we got a steady hand at the helm....
  6. If a recession comes, unless democrats seriously fuck up in a way I cannot fathom, there will be a Democratic president and likely democratic control of both houses with nice majorities (though Senate will still be tight). The only thing saving the republicans at this point is the perception of a strong economy.
  7. That wasn't my experience. Everyone my year that failed it was very much "yeah, that makes sense" for one of those two reasons. Anyway, agree it doesn't matter much. Just noting a possible explanation for her seeming lack of preparation.
  8. She failed the bar exam on first attempt. That happens but not to anyone, barring some personal issue, who is (1) halfway intelligent and (2) takes it halfway seriously. I think it was (2) in her case but her willingness to be overconfident and rely on her rhetorical talent is probably what's hurting her in these interviews. I don't want that person to be the nominee.
  9. I think she had the correct response. She read it, the whole thing herself, took it seriously and thencalled for Congress to carry out it's constitutional duty to hold presidents accountable for high crimes and misdemeanors. https://www.thenation.com/article/elizabeth-warren-mueller-report-impeachment/ She's tried to keep it in the media, using her position and conveying the seriousness of the findings. If everyone in Congress did that, Trump would be impeached and removed. If all Democrats did that, he would at least be impeached and it would be on the republicans. She handled it as she should as a Senator who swore an oath to the Constitution and she should be given credit for that. https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/442530-warren-reads-part-of-mueller-report-into-congressional-record
  10. It may still happen but not this election. I can't fault him for running but it wasn't in the cards. He can make a real difference organizing in Texas. Hope he comes to see that and doesn't hurt himself too much more by refusing to see the writing on the wall.
  11. The problem is that it's a "feature, not a big" for most of his supporters. It's the "he talks like us effect." These are awful people and they're being given a voice. The rest of his support are Machiavellian republicans who tolerate it because of the tax cuts and judges. That's his coalition, which Hillary pinpointed back in 2016. It's probably stronger today unfortunately and the way to win is to get everyone who's outside that coalition to vote.
  12. He'll probably stick around through the next debate, hoping to catch lightning in a bottle again. I don't see it happening. I sent this to his campaign a couple days ago: Thank you to the campaign for the thorough state-of-the-race memo. I love Beto and his ability to deliver a message and inspire people. He has a unique ability to speak poignantly on complicated moral issues in a way that influences thinking. I supported his Senate campaign for that reason as a lifelong Texan, transplanted to DC for the last 4 years. I hosted a phone bank for him in Alexandria, VA in support of that Senate campaign and had six people I didn't previously know-- some who had no connection to Texas even-- show up at my home to make calls for Beto. My wife and I donated about $500 to his Senate campaign, which while we are fortunate to have two high paying professional jobs, was a lot for our young little family. We were all in and were devastated when he came up short. He would-- and still could--make a great Senator for the great state of Texas. When he announced his presidential race, I was slightly hesitant but hopeful that he could find the same energy in the presidential race that he did in his run for Senate. Unfortunately that did not happen. I honestly cannot pinpoint why, if it was the launch strategy or strange media backlash. Or the strategic attacks from both the right and the left. I just know it happened and here, while it's still a half a year from the first contest, your campaign and Beto's ability to deliver a message has been hobbled. And I am, regrettably, confident it's irreversible. As such, I will not be donating any more to Beto's presidential campaign. I am putting my full support behind Elizabeth Warren and believe her message and lifetime spent fighting against public and private corruption and rigging of the system against everyday Americans is the perfect response to the fraud that is the Trump administration. As for Beto, I want him around. He matters. Your campaign matters. He has a future, both in Texas and on the national stage. However, his opportunity, in my view, is no longer in the presidential race. I hope that as part of this gut check, you strongly consider the possibility of Beto returning to Texas. Not to run for Senate, as I think that pivot would be too difficult after the failed presidential run, but to support candidates in Texas up and down the ballot. To use his list to fundraise, register voters and organize supporters. To get MJ--or whoever our Senate candidate is-- and others elected to statewide office. To turn Texas blue. That mission will also give him an opportunity to continue to lead on immigration and the other issues he cares deeply about, and is pretty much what Stacy Abrams has decided to do in Georgia. That's how he can best serve our country in my view. I'd donate a $1000 to that effort. Best of luck, Horncyclist
  13. How's McRaven's health?
  14. Yes! Condemn but stay on message. I always get the impression that she's the one driving a lot of her messaging. That matters a lot right now and with it always being on point tells me she gets it. Just make her the nominee now. Who do you like for VP? Does she need to sure up her foreign policy expertise there?
  15. What do you do about this? When does this end?
  16. Did this just come out this morning? Epstein could probably bury Trump if he's fucked, which he probably is. Epstein's probably the reason for the racism smoke and mirrors.
  17. The original libtard some people are saying.
  18. Boom. Defense contractors are probably more terrified of her than the banks are. Fuck yeah. My yard sign shipped yesterday.
  19. Pretty sure I argued with one of these ladies on Facebook on Monday. She said there was nothing racist about it, that it was about their ethnicities. I pointed out that the apparent basis for targeting them was the fact that they were not white and asked which ethnicity non-white was. Reminds me of a lovely friend of my mom who, when my wife ( raised in the Northeast) was visiting, leaned in to tell her at one point "I'm not racist I just don't believe in interracial marriage. The races shouldn't mix."
  20. I need to shift to work but appreciate Nate Silver's take. He always has nice well-informed insight.
  21. "All politics." And we're done. Piece of shits. Fuck every last one of them.
  22. And there's the triple down. Fuck this guy and fuck his party. You can be a conservative, constitutionalist, libertarian, prolife whatever the fuck you want...just don't think you can be those things in the republican party anymore. It is a white nationalist party. Full stop. Longorns on the Hill coming up in September in DC. I might go scorched earth there, telling all the hipocryt Texas republicans how I really feel.
  23. Appreciate the focus but the writing is on the wall. I'll be responding to this with my suggestion that he comes back to Texas and focuses on turning it purple. He'll be well positioned for Governor in 2022 or Senate in 2024, but his national ambitions need to be out on hold for a while.
  24. Very Texas, actually. Beto needs to go back to Texas and do what Stacy Abrams is doing in Georgia. I don't see a way for him to make the pivot to the Senate race without looking like a complete failure. And he can make a real difference in Texas, and the immigration debate which he cares deeply about, just by using his email list. In addition to Abrams, Howard Deans shift from Dean for America to Democracy for America comes to mind. I'd volunteer for that organization. I won't be volunteering for his presidential run going forward.
  25. Republican, Ohio 10, Rep. Mike Turner, wants to keep the Rep part: https://twitter.com/RepMikeTurner/status/1150823971883012096?s=19 First reply: https://twitter.com/BomberRobertson/status/1150826321209171968?s=19 Great American Christopher W. Robertson sporting the been watching Fox News for 48 hours but them mooslims can't get me cause I remembered to buckle up look in his profile pic:
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