The Presidency of Donald J. Trump: No smocking guns. - Page 4784 - Politics and Economics

Spent ten minutes watching Hannity. One of his key clips was a claim that Obama talked about himself 101 times in 60 minutes in his Friday speech.

He then proceeded to show a clip that isolated every time Obama used the word I during the speech, as of using the word I is not a normal part of speech...

I'm ****ing baffled. People swallow this horse****

Thank goodness we now have a president who doesn't talk about himself too much. What a relief!

09-11-2018 , 03:35 AM

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patron

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Quote:

Originally Posted by goofyballer

idk if 2016 Trump vote share vs. 2018 Trump approval rating is a super useful comparison.

Does anyone know how well Presidential approval ratings correlate with voting results?

I didn't see a great summary on initial Googling, but I did look up a few numbers:

Nov 2012
Obama approval rating (Gallup): 52
Obama popular vote percentage: 51.1

Nov 2004
Bush approval rating (Gallup): 48
Bush popular vote percentage: 50.7

Nov 1996
Clinton approval rating (Gallup): 54
Clinton popular vote percentage: 49.2% (3-way race)

Does anyone have any good info on this?

09-11-2018 , 03:40 AM

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patron

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Quote:

Originally Posted by grizy

The ideal situation I think is Democrats take over Congress and just do everything to sabotage Trump short of actually removing Trump from office.

Do you honestly want Democrats to win the majority in both the House and the Senate in November, and if so, will you work to support that?

09-11-2018 , 07:09 AM

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realDonaldTrump

WITCH HUNT!

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09-11-2018 , 07:13 AM

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09-11-2018 , 07:20 AM

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09-11-2018 , 07:42 AM

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09-11-2018 , 07:50 AM

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dth123451

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Nice start to 9/11, Don.

09-11-2018 , 07:59 AM

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09-11-2018 , 08:25 AM

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09-11-2018 , 08:58 AM

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09-11-2018 , 09:02 AM

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TrollyWantACracker

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I'm seriously starting to not hate this guy

09-11-2018 , 09:08 AM

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matrat

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Originally Posted by realDonaldTrump

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Am I crazy or does anyone else feel something unnerving about this photo.

09-11-2018 , 09:10 AM

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gregorio

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Well there is usually high number of people of color. I'm on my phone so it's pretty hard to see, but I've already found three.

09-11-2018 , 09:22 AM

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dth123451

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76 years since Pearl Harbor!

09-11-2018 , 09:25 AM

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Chippa58

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Originally Posted by realDonaldTrump

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He must be trying to show that he can get something involving numbers right. Such empathy he shows. The most stable of geniuses.

09-11-2018 , 09:31 AM

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pyatnitski

grinder

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50 years since My Lai. Ahhhh, where does that time go?!

09-11-2018 , 09:37 AM

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Trolly McTrollson

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Say what you will about Trump, that math does check out.

09-11-2018 , 10:10 AM

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WSJ is reporting united steelworkers union has authorized US Steel union leaders to call a strike and could do the same at Arcelor Mittal. Their contracts expired at the beginning of the month.

US steelworkers agreed to give up raises in 2015 for 3 years. US Steel is proposing a 6 year contract with a 4% raise in year 1, 3% the next two and 1% the last 3. The union wants a bigger raise or for the company yo drop its demand workers pay part of their health insurance premiums.

US Steel said they dont expect a strike.