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Asithappens

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  1. Trebuchet, dude.
  2. Only if you're part of a well-organized militia....
  3. Does the book mention Ryan fucking his Ayn Rand blow-up doll? Someone check the index.
  4. Jesus, this sounds stupid. "Other counting mechanisms"? We have the census. Use it.
  5. I frankly don't understand this mentality. The census is also used to distribute government funds and undercounting people will negatively affect some states. Hint: one of those affected would be Texas. Big time.
  6. We obviously need some slavery reparations to rectify this situation.
  7. No, it's politics, not war. Play the political game. Play it smart. Something the Dems have not been able to do for a while.
  8. I'll bite. How do you force the Rs to come to the table? Shame them? Good luck with that.
  9. Way overstated, imo. Vote him out of office. Vote. Vote. Vote.
  10. I liked the FWWC better than the men's, to be honest. Less bullshit flopping.
  11. And this confirms my opinion that the majority of Dem voters are dumb. Again, you are refusing to see that impeachment would fire up Trump's base. So the Dem's are inspired, say 20% via impeachment. And the Trumpkins are inspired, say 40%. What's the old saying? Keep fucking that chicken? And I am not (at least didn't mean to) refusing to admit that Dems may be "energized". Please quote me if I did so I can do my mea culpas. My point has pretty much been that the GOP base will be energized. Probably a lot more than the Dem's would be. If you can't see that then I must not be doing a good job of explaining myself.
  12. And I would say that's why the Dems don't win. They focus on fighting and not on doing what it takes (politically) to win. To win you have to battle, that's for sure. But if your whole point is the battle and not the winning, then you're doing it wrong imo. That assumes you want to actually get your guys/girls elected to office, preferably the WH.
  13. Welcome to the rough and tumble world of politics, I guess. You're looking for purity where it cannot be found.
  14. Well, simply by virtue of the fact that somebody is posting numbers about how the voters (voters, not Senators) feel about conviction. And let's try to get some sense here for the Dems (god knows they've been run over by the GOP for a while): the point is NOT to "fucking fight". The point is to WIN.
  15. This is a false dichotomy. Pelosi's lack of initiating impeachment proceedings does not mean her only other option is to roll over to McConnell. I still am gobsmacked that people don't think that Trump would eat this impeachment shit up like two scoops of ice cream.
  16. The Senate votes on impeachment, not the voters. That's a mighty big difference.
  17. Yeah, imo the Dems don't need a "messaging" win. They need an electoral win. And let's look at the statement that doing nothing has no upside, or is a neutral tactic. It could be that impeachment has a real downside. I'll take a political position that has no upside over a position that (probably) has a downside any day of the week.
  18. Ok, I'll just make a couple of comments and then cease to darken this thread's doorstep. Is Pelosi's strategy all over the place? I don't know. I don't think one can come to that conclusion based on just what we've seen so far. And as far as "occasionally" criticizing the president, are you arguing that she should be constantly criticizing Trump? I don't. That is a sure way to get people to stop listening to you. So, imo, Pelosi should pick here criticisms carefully, even if that leads to some deriding her for only "occasionally" bashing him. Pelosi is within her jurisdiction as Speaker to criticize members of her own party. I frankly don't see why a Speaker wouldn't do otherwise. As far as Pelosi being an addled and incompetent politician (as you basically aver) I don't see it. Is she great? No. But imo she is a seasoned and wily politician. And lastly, as far as this new, great age of "contemporary politics" goes, the party on the left is now the party on the right. Imo, politics doesn't change all that much. It is what it is.
  19. Again, impeachment is NOT THE ONLY WAY TO BATTLE. Use some strategy.
  20. Who cares? I do. Does anyone not realize the very real chance that impeachment will backfire on the Dems? We don't need an impeachment to get the news and public to start talking. Impeachment has nothing to do with this.Yeah, it would contribute to that talk, but it's not required. And bullshit on Pelosi being the reason why the Mueller report is fading from memory. That's ridiculous, imo. It's like everyone is taking crazy pills. Who cares that the Senate won't convict and that this could very well energize Trump's base and help him to a second term? I care. I care a lot. Also, how about using House committees/sub-committees to investigate Trump, using the power of subpoena and whatnot? There are other options than impeachment. Peolos is not a dumb politician. At this point, AOC is (at times).
  21. And when their time has come, do you think they will have sufficient numbers to really change anything? Or do you think that 4 is enough? And when their time comes, sometime in the future, do you think their "youthful" ideals will still be there? The time may/will come for some change, but not the type of change that AOC/Omar are calling for. Imo.
  22. It's so cute that people think Perot is in heaven.
  23. Yeah, the story has evolved. 1. Grandpa held baby out a window, dropped the kid. (grandpa's fault) 2. Kid was next to a window and, gasp, fell out. (still grandpa's fault) 3. They were in a play area with partial windows, grandpa relied/thought they were in a part where the windows were not incomplete. (grandpa is still a dumbass) 4. Who knows what the story is now. 5. Bottom line, grandpa may have been under the influence of something. How this is the cruise ship's fault is beyond me. The grandpa killed his grandchild, end of story. Accident? Maybe. But he killed her.
  24. So, would this prevent someone from breaking the "lock" and licking the ice cream? I just don't see how better "sealing" would eliminate this act. (licking the ice cream)
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