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The Presidency of Donald J. Trump: No smocking guns. The Presidency of Donald J. Trump: No smocking guns.

02-09-2017 , 12:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Vecernicek
Who should it be?
I am not sure yet, but Warren is not the answer. She is a poor public speaker, an East Coast Liberal, old and Trump or whoever will hammer her on the whole Native American thing. I also don't think she is charismatic at all. In short she is the type of democrat who always seems to struggle on the national level. Her protesting and rabble rousing is going to accomplish exactly nothing as well and so all of the momentum she seemingly has now will be dead and forgotten in 4 years.

To be clear I think Elizabeth Warren is a fine Senator and I would vote for her for president in a heartbeat. I also think standing up and fighting is what everyone should be doing. I just think winning in 4 years will be important to save what is left of this country by then.

The Dems need to nominate someone young, charismatic and with as progressive a platform as is electable.
02-09-2017 , 12:09 PM
^^^^^
Warren sounds deranged, has the baggage of engaging in race-fraud for personal enrichment, is not popular in her own State, advocates policies suited to basket-case socialist countries like Venezuela, is a hypocrite, and did I mention she sounds as grating as Hillary?

Last edited by restorativejustice; 02-09-2017 at 12:16 PM.
02-09-2017 , 12:13 PM
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Originally Posted by campfirewest
A centrist who appeals to the middle is the only way Dems can win.
I seem to recall that Obama was the most liberal nominee ever.
02-09-2017 , 12:16 PM
Warren's not the answer in 2020 and neither is 80 year old Bernie Sanders. Democrats should get behind Booker and Gillibrand.
02-09-2017 , 12:19 PM
Did somebody really just use "cuck" non-ironically?
02-09-2017 , 12:24 PM
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Originally Posted by zikzak
Did somebody really just use "cuck" non-ironically?
after engaging in Warren related conspiracy theories
02-09-2017 , 12:25 PM
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Originally Posted by zikzak
Who would be your ideal candidate? Because I swear to god if people start yammering about needing a centrist appeal to the middle I'm going to completely lose my ****.
Ben Affleck could be a good candidate. He's smart, good looking, and well known.
02-09-2017 , 12:31 PM
I'd vote for Warren 2020. She'd be a great candidate. Of course it's still early but I'd love to see her at least enter the primary.
02-09-2017 , 12:31 PM
Oh yea TCOT memes!
02-09-2017 , 12:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Hamish McBagpipe
Glad that's sorted....

Well it's early yet.


Seriously who saw the need to put up a chart like that?
02-09-2017 , 12:35 PM
Trump's administration may already be the most transparently corrupt in history.

02-09-2017 , 12:37 PM
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Originally Posted by dereds
Can I get clarification on whether wishing Trump was dead is a bannable offence or not?
Let's not go there. Why can't you just wish him impeached?
02-09-2017 , 12:37 PM
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Originally Posted by dereds
Can I get clarification on whether wishing Trump was dead is a bannable offence or not?
Nobody can take away your dreams

Last edited by Namath12; 02-09-2017 at 12:50 PM. Reason: not even Wookie
02-09-2017 , 12:38 PM
Profuse thanks to whoever nuked kyp's account.
02-09-2017 , 12:39 PM
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Originally Posted by einbert
Trump's administration may already be the most transparently corrupt in history.

The smile on that guys face must be the ethics adviser's version of a cop with a video camera stumbling on a crime scene with the criminal holding the the bloody knife.
02-09-2017 , 12:42 PM
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Originally Posted by MrWookie
Let's not go there. Why can't you just wish him impeached?
I'd take that. At the moment I settle for some indication that there was anything like the required principle among Republicans.
02-09-2017 , 12:43 PM
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Originally Posted by MrWookie
Let's not go there. Why can't you just wish him impeached?
Obviously every right-thinking person thinks Trump should be impeached, and I doubt many people think it's better for him to be assassinated than impeached (it would be much worse). That said, it should be fair game to argue that it would be better for the country or the world if Trump is assassinated than if he is allowed to remain in office.
02-09-2017 , 12:43 PM
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Originally Posted by True North
Profuse thanks to whoever nuked kyp's account.
Seconded. And cheers for getting rid of the Warren conspiracy nuttiness as well.
02-09-2017 , 12:46 PM
When Corpus Christi elected their own Donald Trump
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Reeling from a string of water system mishaps and furious about pothole-riddled roads, Corpus Christi voters wanted change in November’s elections — whatever that meant. So they chose a political novice as mayor — someone who promised to fix the city’s problems himself.

McQueen also had help from a political action committee called Neighborhoods First, which contributed a few TV ads and a larger social media push. The group’s leader, media consultant John Kelley, had tried for years to oust Martinez and other council members, viewing them as too friendly to developers who sought to expand the sprawling city’s outskirts rather than invest in its downtown.

“Our whole campaign was, everybody’s better than Nelda,” Kelley said. Even if that meant backing a candidate with “an ego of gigantic proportions" whom Kelley hadn't supported in 2014.

“We’ve all commented on how [McQueen] bears a resemblance to Trump,” Kelley said,from the vantage of hindsight. “He was too narcissistic and wouldn’t listen to anybody.”

Though Kelly saw Martinez as vulnerable, few locals expected that McQueen would actually win on election night — let alone by 10 points. Two other city council members also lost.

“It was just a shocker to the city,” said Adler, the former college trustee.
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From there, McQueen’s administration spiraled out of control as he unleashed a string of verbal attacks — mostly through social media — against a wide array of targets.

The Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce canceled its State of the City fundraiser after McQueen chose to attend his daughter’s wedding rather than deliver the address. “I will NOT be presenting at this event!” he wrote on Facebook, according to local reports, saying the chamber “didn’t take the time to ask before scheduling or advertising on their webpage.”

Soon came the heavy scrutiny from the news outlets he tried to ignore. Investigative reports found unpaid taxes and raised questions about his academic background — a claim that he held a degree from Florida State University didn’t check out. Reports also raised questions about whether he had overseen multimillion-dollar business projects, as he had claimed.

KRIS-TV unearthed a 2012 Kickstarter effort to raise money for a documentary called “PARTY HARD!” that sought to discourage people from giving charity to certain homeless people. “Watch as they learn the streets. Drinking — a blunt, smoking of dope on the city streets right outside of city hall,” McQueen said in a grainy promotion video that also featured a karate chop, reminiscent of Napoleon Dynamite’s Rex Kwon Do. The project raised $0, more than $7,000 short of its goal.

In perhaps the most bizarre scandal, reporters found that he and his $61,000-per year chief of staff — Shari Douglas — shared the same address, raising nepotism concerns. His estranged son later confirmed that McQueen and Douglas were romantically involved — a revelation that came 20 minutes before McQueen's resignation.
https://www.texastribune.org/2017/02...christi-mayor/
02-09-2017 , 12:46 PM
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Originally Posted by True North
Profuse thanks to whoever nuked kyp's account.
so much for the tolerant left imo
02-09-2017 , 12:48 PM
I'm always prepared to argue against tolerance being a requisite component of political discourse
02-09-2017 , 12:48 PM
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Originally Posted by zikzak
Who would be your ideal candidate? Because I swear to god if people start yammering about needing a centrist appeal to the middle I'm going to completely lose my ****.
I would assume that a lot people would just not vote for a strong women. Merkel f.e. got elected so many times, because she doesnt come along as threatening to anyone.

But this might just be bull****. Clinton won by 3 million votes. Democrats have win a game that is rigged against them.
02-09-2017 , 12:50 PM
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Originally Posted by JacktheDumb
I would assume that a lot people would just not vote for a strong women. Merkel f.e. got elected so many times, because she doesnt come along as threatening to anyone.
Thatcher was always presented as a strong leader
02-09-2017 , 12:50 PM
Steve Bannon: Not as bad as a terrorist!
02-09-2017 , 12:51 PM
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Originally Posted by miajag
so much for the tolerant left imo
that guy was a complete troll. i've had him on ignore for weeks because of it.

      
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