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Yeah.  If it keeps humming for two more years he’ll win in a blowout.  

I’ve said that for awhile. Just one idiot’s opinion, of course. 

His approval rating is also at 42% I believe. Stuff like the WHCD flap just galvanizes his supporters. 

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3 minutes ago, SuingToGetAMessageBoard? said:

Yeah.  If it keeps humming for two more years he’ll win in a blowout.  

It's the same economy that he ran against. In fact, it's slowed down a bit.

The U.S. economy is good. It's not great.

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Just now, David Dennison said:

That's not exactly a good report. Wages barely kept up with inflation and the unemployment rate dropped because people stopped looking for work. 

 

Ha, where have I heard that before?

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Just now, David Dennison said:

It's the same economy that he ran against. In fact, it's slowed down a bit.

Seifert deserved a little credit for winning after Walsh at first—they were already winning when he took the helm.  As time went on, he deserved more and more credit for keeping it going. 

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3 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

And that's why it's a problem for Donald Trump. He has to exceed expectations, not meet them. 

Well TFA did say it’s at an 18-year low and likely going lower. That seems like exceeding expectations to me. I don’t think his supporters are going to split the hairs you are splitting. 

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1 minute ago, SuingToGetAMessageBoard? said:

Seifert deserved a little credit for winning after Walsh at first—they were already winning when he took the helm.  As time went on, he deserved more and more credit for keeping it going. 

That's assuming he doesn't fuck it up by doing something stupid like, oh, I don't know, starting a trade war with China.

 

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23 minutes ago, Buzzrock said:

I’ve said that for awhile. Just one idiot’s opinion, of course. 

His approval rating is also at 42% I believe. Stuff like the WHCD flap just galvanizes his supporters. 

It's at 51% and the Democratic lead in the midterms is down to the margin of error. All of the hate and fake news and still he is above water. 

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration/prez_track_may04

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4 minutes ago, Dolemite said:

It's at 51% and the Democratic lead in the midterms is down to the margin of error. All of the hate and fake news and still he is above water. 

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration/prez_track_may04

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14 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

In May of his second year, Obama had a net approval rating of 3.2.

Trump's is -11.1.

I just went off of Rasmussen. 

It’s interesting though. Obama has about eleventy thousand more charisma points than DJT. 

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Pingpong diplomacy: Koreas join teams at table tennis worlds

 

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HALMSTAD, Sweden — Pingpong diplomacy is uniting North and South Korea at the table tennis world championships.

The women’s teams from the two countries, originally competing separately, decided Thursday to combine teams rather than play each other in the quarterfinals.

“When I informed the board of directors about this development, the unified team received a standing ovation from the delegates who showed their sign of support to this historic move,” ITTF President Thomas Weikert said.

The move follows recent cross-border diplomacy by state leaders at home. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in promised last week to work toward the “complete denuclearization” of the Korean Peninsula.

The combined Korean team at the table tennis tournament will next play Japan in the semifinals Friday.

“(It’s) an important statement to promote peace between our countries through table tennis,” the South Korean team said.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/north-and-south-korea-combine-teams-at-table-tennis-worlds/2018/05/03/e1914c34-4eba-11e8-85c1-9326c4511033_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.e478c0b08b57

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11 minutes ago, Armybrat said:

I thought you people might have learned your lesson about the polls in 2016. Evidently not.

 

11 minutes ago, Dolemite said:

Here were the polls right before the 2016 election. 

 

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2016/rasmussen_reports_calls_it_right

I wonder what you are proving in your mind.  Clinton won the populate vote by 2%. Rasmussen says trump by 2.  Off by 4   

 

Another was to say say that is Rasmussen tied for the worst poll on there.  

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A ton of people can't find work because they can't pass a drug test. This strong economy is having repercussions in how companies will deal with it going going forward and it will also be a factor when or if the Trump Administration gets the feds out of the drug enforcement business. At least relative to Pot that is.

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TIGHT JOB MARKET HAS SOME FIRMS RETHINKING DRUG TESTING POLICIES, EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS SAYS

 
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With low unemployment and demand for workers rising, some employers are rethinking their hiring practices, according to a survey by Express Employment Professionals. Some employers are overhauling their drug testing practices based on the belief that overly broad testing eliminates valuable talent from the applicant pool, particularly in states where marijuana use has been legalized in some form, and 65% of businesses reported they lost job applicants because of drug test failures.

https://www2.staffingindustry.com/site/Editorial/Daily-News/Tight-job-market-has-some-firms-rethinking-drug-testing-policies-Express-Employment-Professionals-says-45549?

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And porn stars are now mainstream news? This would have been a much better development if it had happened when I was 14 back in the 80s. Dan rather talking about Stormy Daniels and the porn payoff would have been quite a sight. Larry king’s ratings would have skyrocketed. 

Alas I was born too soon. 

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I just went off of Rasmussen. 
It’s interesting though. Obama has about eleventy thousand more charisma points than DJT. 


Cult of personality. That’s pretty much all there was with him.
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On 5/4/2018 at 3:51 PM, thrillhammer said:

one good thing that's come out of it is people are talking more openly about golden showers.  it used to be such a taboo subject.

I understand that people on the shag are talking more about scat.

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On 5/4/2018 at 1:25 PM, Armybrat said:

I thought you people might have learned your lesson about the polls in 2016. Evidently not.

Yeah I seriously doubt America is smart enough to learn it's lesson. Americans don't even look at the surface, they just let other people tell them what to think or believe. It doesn't help that probably 99% of Americans are completely ignorant of how things like inflation work or how fiscal policy of constantly running huge deficits will impact it in the near future. 

I'd also not get too happy about the NK situation. It's funny how as soon as Kim noticed a crack in the formerly iron clad bond between the US and SK he all of a sudden became very willing to talk... To SK. He's seeing a US president who is crass and unlikable and will blow up at the drop of a hat. A very good opportunity to curry favor with the international community (and possibly reduce sanctions) without having to give up his nuclear ambitions. If he can manuever into that crack between the US and SK then it positions the US in a spot where anything they do to try to maintain influence in the region will look like they are the bad guys keeping Koreans from uniting. 

Kim's actions are simple political maneuvering. He's working the influence of the US out of his region and people like China are all too happy to let him do it. It also doesn't do anything to make the world or US safer as Kim will still be working towards a nuclear arsenal and still be as batshit crazy as ever. 

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1 hour ago, In10se said:

Yeah I seriously doubt America is smart enough to learn it's lesson. Americans don't even look at the surface, they just let other people tell them what to think or believe. It doesn't help that probably 99% of Americans are completely ignorant of how things like inflation work or how fiscal policy of constantly running huge deficits will impact it in the near future. 

I'd also not get too happy about the NK situation. It's funny how as soon as Kim noticed a crack in the formerly iron clad bond between the US and SK he all of a sudden became very willing to talk... To SK. He's seeing a US president who is crass and unlikable and will blow up at the drop of a hat. A very good opportunity to curry favor with the international community (and possibly reduce sanctions) without having to give up his nuclear ambitions. If he can manuever into that crack between the US and SK then it positions the US in a spot where anything they do to try to maintain influence in the region will look like they are the bad guys keeping Koreans from uniting. 

Kim's actions are simple political maneuvering. He's working the influence of the US out of his region and people like China are all too happy to let him do it. It also doesn't do anything to make the world or US safer as Kim will still be working towards a nuclear arsenal and still be as batshit crazy as ever. 

I think Trump will end up giving up anything to be able to say he made a deal.  He does not care about the details, just the marketing of it.

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11 hours ago, In10se said:

Yeah I seriously doubt America is smart enough to learn it's lesson. Americans don't even look at the surface, they just let other people tell them what to think or believe. It doesn't help that probably 99% of Americans are completely ignorant of how things like inflation work or how fiscal policy of constantly running huge deficits will impact it in the near future. 

I'd also not get too happy about the NK situation. It's funny how as soon as Kim noticed a crack in the formerly iron clad bond between the US and SK he all of a sudden became very willing to talk... To SK. He's seeing a US president who is crass and unlikable and will blow up at the drop of a hat. A very good opportunity to curry favor with the international community (and possibly reduce sanctions) without having to give up his nuclear ambitions. If he can manuever into that crack between the US and SK then it positions the US in a spot where anything they do to try to maintain influence in the region will look like they are the bad guys keeping Koreans from uniting. 

Kim's actions are simple political maneuvering. He's working the influence of the US out of his region and people like China are all too happy to let him do it. It also doesn't do anything to make the world or US safer as Kim will still be working towards a nuclear arsenal and still be as batshit crazy as ever. 

I think you are correct. Un is not as stupid as Trump and the Sork president is a naïve sucker.

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On 5/4/2018 at 12:52 PM, Dolemite said:

It's at 51% and the Democratic lead in the midterms is down to the margin of error. All of the hate and fake news and still he is above water. 

 http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration/prez_track_may04

Yep...you give him Obama press and Trumps in the 70%'s & they don't even bother to have 2018 midterms.  

As President Trump approaches the end of his first 100 days in office, he has received by far the most hostile press treatment of any incoming American president, with the broadcast networks punishing him with coverage that has been 89% negative.

Obama on the other hand received 60% plus positive stories during his first 100 days. 

Eight years ago, the networks’ treatment of President Obama’s first 100 days was very different. Back then, the networks delivered most of their coverage to Obama’s key policy priorities, topped by the nearly $1 trillion “stimulus” package (150 stories, or 15% of the total). The network spin for that legislation: 58% positive, vs. 42% negative.

As MRC analysts calculated at the time, the networks also doled mostly positive coverage for Obama’s intervention in the housing market (59% positive), his decision to use taxpayer money to fund embryo-destroying stem cell research (82% positive), as well as his push for more government action on global warming (78% positive).

“The President’s first seven weeks have been a whirlwind, with often dramatic movement in all directions, on all fronts: the economy, health care, two wars and today education reform,” then-anchor Brian Williams marveled on the March 10, 2009 NBC Nightly News.

On World News, March 1, 2009, ABC’s medical editor, Dr. Tim Johnson, gushed after a forum on health care: “I was blown away by President Obama’s grasp of the subject, how he connected the dots, how he answered the questions without any script.”

obama2009.jpg?itok=oDXRJihxThe networks also broadcast dozens of stories that treated Obama and his family as pop culture celebrities. “From the moment the Obamas landed in Britain, hand in hand, many here were already star-struck,” NBC’s Dawna Friesen enthused on the April 1, 2009 Nightly News. Covering a European leaders summit a few days later, ABC’s David Muir warmly referred to Obama as “the cool kid in the class.”

 

We had multiple Comedy Central shows in his first 6 months mocking Trump.  Frankly, it's remarkable he's not at 10% approval given the flood of attacks against him.  

This should concern leftists...a solid economy and obvious backlash against their treatment of Trump (You don't think people can't see the contempt for Trump isn't also contempt for THEM?) is going to leave a lot of leftists scratching their heads in the future as they try to understand why they're failing so badly.   I'd feel bad for telling you...but just like other mental illness, leftists can't stop their behavior.  

So keep on keeping on!  :  ) 

 

 

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Yep...you give him Obama press and Trumps in the 70%'s & they don't even bother to have 2018 midterms.  

As President Trump approaches the end of his first 100 days in office, he has received by far the most hostile press treatment of any incoming American president, with the broadcast networks punishing him with coverage that has been 89% negative.

Obama on the other hand received 60% plus positive stories during his first 100 days. 

Eight years ago, the networks’ treatment of President Obama’s first 100 days was very different. Back then, the networks delivered most of their coverage to Obama’s key policy priorities, topped by the nearly $1 trillion “stimulus” package (150 stories, or 15% of the total). The network spin for that legislation: 58% positive, vs. 42% negative.

As MRC analysts calculated at the time, the networks also doled mostly positive coverage for Obama’s intervention in the housing market (59% positive), his decision to use taxpayer money to fund embryo-destroying stem cell research (82% positive), as well as his push for more government action on global warming (78% positive).

“The President’s first seven weeks have been a whirlwind, with often dramatic movement in all directions, on all fronts: the economy, health care, two wars and today education reform,” then-anchor Brian Williams marveled on the March 10, 2009 NBC Nightly News.

On World News, March 1, 2009, ABC’s medical editor, Dr. Tim Johnson, gushed after a forum on health care: “I was blown away by President Obama’s grasp of the subject, how he connected the dots, how he answered the questions without any script.”

obama2009.jpg?itok=oDXRJihxThe networks also broadcast dozens of stories that treated Obama and his family as pop culture celebrities. “From the moment the Obamas landed in Britain, hand in hand, many here were already star-struck,” NBC’s Dawna Friesen enthused on the April 1, 2009 Nightly News. Covering a European leaders summit a few days later, ABC’s David Muir warmly referred to Obama as “the cool kid in the class.”

 

We had multiple Comedy Central shows in his first 6 months mocking Trump.  Frankly, it's remarkable he's not at 10% approval given the flood of attacks against him.  

This should concern leftists...a solid economy and obvious backlash against their treatment of Trump (You don't think people can't see the contempt for Trump isn't also contempt for THEM?) is going to leave a lot of leftists scratching their heads in the future as they try to understand why they're failing so badly.   I'd feel bad for telling you...but just like other mental illness, leftists can't stop their behavior.  

So keep on keeping on!  :  ) 

 

 

Or...you know...those numbers COULD be tied to the fact that Trump is unlikeable, would NOT be greeted warmly on a visit to the UK, lies in pathetically obvious ways 9 times a day, etc.

 

Cause and effect, man. Trump gets most of his bad press because he’s a lying, stumbling, narcissist buffoon.

 

You sound like someone complaining that the Browns aren’t getting the same share of pre-season hype that the Patriots are! The press hates the Browns!

 

No, dude. The Browns suck.

 

So does Trump.

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No shit. In Obama's first 100 days he inhereted a neocon made shit storm of economic ruin, a major pay off to keep crooked banks for collapsing after they caused the crisis, and his leadership and policies managed to get the crisis to level off enough to start an economic turn around. 

In Trump's first 100 days he did nothing but sabotage healthcare, lie constantly, play golf at his own resort every weekend putting millions in tax payer money into his own pocket, threated nuclear war with NK, and oh that little matter of obstructing the criminal investigation of his homey (and maybe himself) by firing the FBI director after said director refused to conspire with Trump to sweep illegal actions under the rug. 

In a righteous society the coverage should have been 90 percent favorable to Obama and 100 percent negative to trump. Those are polar opposite beginnings to administrations. 

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