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11-11-2016 , 04:06 AM
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Originally Posted by David Sklansky
If I am right in thinking he is similar to Bob Stupak, Donald Trump though very opinionated, is actually deferential to well reasoned arguments from obviously intelligent people. There is a decent chance that Obama realizes this and will be conversing with him often, after which Trump will switch positions on enough things to distress most Republicans quite a bit
Well like, yea, obama is doing everything in his power to persuade trump in a certain manner. And Obama is like super ****ing good, like so ****ing good, like none of us even know one tenth of his power, at persuading people.
11-11-2016 , 04:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Noodle Wazlib
that's not what he said though, he said professional protesters, as in people getting paid to do so, paid by the media, and their jobs are to be fake protesters

what you're describing is something else entirely
He might be referring to the professional community organizers at Moveon.org who are organizing these protests turned riots. In my mind if one organizes a protest, they are involved in a protest, and therefore they are a protester even if they are not "on the ground".

While I don't think Donald is dumb, he isn't very articulate. I don't think his thinking always sync with the words that come from his mouth. Also there are reports of protestors being bussed in, but I am suspect of those.....maybe Donald has seen them too and doesn't question the veracity.

Last, Moveon.org really should not be organizing protests of an election unless the election was fraudulent.

Last edited by Second Helpings; 11-11-2016 at 04:29 AM.
11-11-2016 , 04:44 AM
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Originally Posted by David Sklansky
If I am right in thinking he is similar to Bob Stupak, Donald Trump though very opinionated, is actually deferential to well reasoned arguments from obviously intelligent people. There is a decent chance that Obama realizes this and will be conversing with him often, after which Trump will switch positions on enough things to distress most Republicans quite a bit
11-11-2016 , 07:13 AM
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Originally Posted by synth_floyd
Best case scenario: We get a center-right wing president who pursues tax cuts, gets rid of Obamacare and replaces it with something that functions similarly, does typical Republican stuff

Worst case scenario: Economy tanks, the post WW2 international order collapses, racial and ethnic tensions spike, Trump gets revenge on all his enemies, both domestic and foreign
Typical republican stuff will result in skyrocketing debt by cutting taxes to the rich while spending absurd amounts on walls, deportations and intervention. Shifting the tax burden to the poor will obv hurt them. Cutting programs for the poor will result in increased hardship and destroy opportunities for the poor. Eliminating universal health care will cause millions to die.
11-11-2016 , 07:20 AM


Guys, he knows what he is doing. Right guys? Right?
11-11-2016 , 07:27 AM
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Originally Posted by David Sklansky
If I am right in thinking he is similar to Bob Stupak, Donald Trump though very opinionated, is actually deferential to well reasoned arguments from obviously intelligent people. There is a decent chance that Obama realizes this and will be conversing with him often, after which Trump will switch positions on enough things to distress most Republicans quite a bit
work on your troll game
11-11-2016 , 07:33 AM
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Originally Posted by BABARtheELEPHANT


Guys, he knows what he is doing. Right guys? Right?
sure

2012

11-11-2016 , 07:43 AM
The thing is Paul Ryan is the real boss right now.
11-11-2016 , 07:52 AM
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Originally Posted by florentinopeces
The thing is Paul Ryan is the real boss right now.
11-11-2016 , 07:57 AM
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Originally Posted by ReliableSource
Profesional protesters? The sad thing is most of his supporters buy into it hook, line and sinker.

I'm terrified how he will react to people protesting the next time a cop shoots an unarmed man.
It's literally Alex jones pushing his daily soros thing. Trump isn't making this up, he just parrots what his ******ed base says. Search soros on twitter.
11-11-2016 , 08:02 AM
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Originally Posted by BABARtheELEPHANT


Guys, he knows what he is doing. Right guys? Right?
If he keeps this up, we're all in big trouble.
11-11-2016 , 08:09 AM
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Originally Posted by spaceman
we're all in big trouble.
fyp
11-11-2016 , 08:13 AM
Obama’s executive order pen signing will disappear just like invisible ink.
Key stone pipeline built with some other targeted infrastructure spending
Courts packed with conservative judges
Revision of the tax code and lower corporate taxes – deficits start climbing then start falling when more jobs are created.
Immigration reform
Dodd Frank will be revised to make it more business friendly

If he does this he will serve 2 terms if he fails to do ½ of this it will be a one term president

Last edited by raradevils; 11-11-2016 at 08:20 AM.
11-11-2016 , 08:21 AM
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Originally Posted by bottomset
Trump loses the House and Senate in 2018, yes a 28-5 election in the senate. Gets stonewalled for 2 years and then loses by 10 million in 2020.

he obviously just barely has the support of some areas and the backlash could be immense if the R's **** up the obamacare replacement. I think the leash will be far shorter than most expect.

2018 is an election people say the R's can't lose but they find a way just like the D's did this week.
One, if you look at the 2018 Senate map there is no way the R's lose the Senate.

Two, Trump doesn't run in 2020 if he sees that he going to lose with terrible poll numbers in late 2019. No way he risks losing.
11-11-2016 , 08:32 AM
Lol at polls meaning a damn thing

Last edited by King_of_NYC; 11-11-2016 at 08:33 AM. Reason: approval ratings on the other hand...
11-11-2016 , 09:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Second Helpings
He might be referring to the professional community organizers at Moveon.org who are organizing these protests turned riots. In my mind if one organizes a protest, they are involved in a protest, and therefore they are a protester even if they are not "on the ground".

While I don't think Donald is dumb, he isn't very articulate. I don't think his thinking always sync with the words that come from his mouth. Also there are reports of protestors being bussed in, but I am suspect of those.....maybe Donald has seen them too and doesn't question the veracity.

Last, Moveon.org really should not be organizing protests of an election unless the election was fraudulent.
Oh my god, they're riding buses??!?!!? Car pooling I can maybe live with, but please god no, not buses!
11-11-2016 , 09:23 AM
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Originally Posted by raradevils
Revision of the tax code and lower corporate taxes – deficits start climbing then start falling when more jobs are created.
Surely this time trickle down will work and the rich won't just get richer.
11-11-2016 , 09:37 AM
apropos TNY cover

11-11-2016 , 09:41 AM
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Originally Posted by otatop
Surely this time trickle down will work and the rich won't just get richer.


Haha WAAF
11-11-2016 , 09:50 AM
Guess I should make some predictions.

Deficit will climb more rapidly than it did in Obama's first term and will continue to climb through the whole of Trump's term. Nobody who claims to be a deficit hawk will care.

The Wall will be stuck in the planning stage for four years.

Unemployment will be higher at the end of his term than it is now.

I'll come up with more later.
11-11-2016 , 09:53 AM
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Originally Posted by goofyballer
Like, the unions that the Republican Party has been actively trying to kill for decades are all voting red now? I dunno dude, it's not like they called a truce on unions, they just lied and said they were gonna bring all the steel jobs back.



Why, because the GOP house isn't going to be making bills on abortion, guns, or gays that the GOP senate will pass (unless Democrats go full obstructionist)? Because President Trump will veto them?
Union members barely believe in unions anymore. They certainly haven't done a good job of protecting their jobs. At this point the hilarious thing about unions is that none of the workers who actually NEED a union have one (retail workers, restaurant workers, call center workers) and all of the workers who DON'T need a union seem to (government employees, extremely overpaid union workers in manufacturing, transportation, and highly skilled trades).

This moment is a major opportunity for the Republicans to jettison libertarians and pick up the unions. I think after this election the two parties will go from liberal vs conservative (a fight I'm genuinely more tired of than I am anything in the whole world) to populist vs establishment. Unions will definitely be on the populist side.

I think the GOP establishment being so anti Trump probably helped him get elected. Every time an establishment politician of either party said something bad about Trump I think it made the extremely unhappy people out there who think they are getting screwed a little more likely to vote for him.
11-11-2016 , 10:00 AM
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Originally Posted by otatop
Surely this time trickle down will work and the rich won't just get richer.
Some of the rich always get richer but there is a constant flow inward and outward of the rich.
11-11-2016 , 10:02 AM
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Originally Posted by BoredSocial
Union members barely believe in unions anymore. They certainly haven't done a good job of protecting their jobs. At this point the hilarious thing about unions is that none of the workers who actually NEED a union have one (retail workers, restaurant workers, call center workers) and all of the workers who DON'T need a union seem to (government employees, extremely overpaid union workers in manufacturing, transportation, and highly skilled trades).

This moment is a major opportunity for the Republicans to jettison libertarians and pick up the unions. I think after this election the two parties will go from liberal vs conservative (a fight I'm genuinely more tired of than I am anything in the whole world) to populist vs establishment. Unions will definitely be on the populist side.

I think the GOP establishment being so anti Trump probably helped him get elected. Every time an establishment politician of either party said something bad about Trump I think it made the extremely unhappy people out there who think they are getting screwed a little more likely to vote for him.
What most of the older union people are doing is trying to protect theirs while shafting the new younger members.
11-11-2016 , 10:06 AM
So is Kelly Ann Conway gonna be his White House Press Secretary?
11-11-2016 , 10:07 AM
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Originally Posted by bottomset
Trump loses the House and Senate in 2018
lolno

      
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