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Talking about physical violence from a senator to the president with cheers from the crowd. What the ***** is going on?!?!?! This is all so embarrassing America. This right here.

I had a whole response and got a notification which deleted it all so I'm going to give a much briefer response (my apologies!) Short answer the media. This isn't either/or to me though they are both divisive. Obama went through this with the birther movement, the Muslim claims (as if it mattered), etc. Please don't think I agree with the media's handling of Trump because I don't. They only care about generating clicks, ad revenue, and outrage. They don't care who is sitting in office.

Well I agreed with the premise of one poll that she provided a bump but showed that naming a vp candidate usually causes a bump. I did look into the messenger however to see if it should be believed. Everyone should do that and I think @Deranged Rhino would agree that instead of accepting what the media is telling us we investigate for ourselves... Anyway here is more: Jonathan Chait of the New Republic said that Rasmussen is perceived in the "conservative world" as "the gold standard"[82] and suggested the polling company asks the questions specifically to show public support for the conservative position. They cited an example when Rasmussen asked "Should the government set limits on how much salt Americans can eat?" when the issue was whether to limit the amount of salt in pre-processed food.[83] A December 2018 article by political writer and analyst Harry Enten called Rasmussen the least accurate pollster in the 2018 midterm elections after stating Rasmussen had projected the Republicans to come ahead nationally by one point, while at the time Democrats were actually winning the national House vote by 8.6 points - an error of nearly 10 points.[94]

You quotes 2 rasmussen polls unfortunately I can't read them as you have to be a member. Here is some info I found on Rasmussen polls though from their wiki: After the 2010 midterm elections, Silver concluded that Rasmussen's polls were the least accurate of the major pollsters in 2010, having an average error of 5.8 points and a pro-Republican bias of 3.9 points according to Silver's model.[69] FiveThirtyEight currently rates Rasmussen Reports with a C+ grade and notes a simple average error of 5.3 percent across 657 polls analyzed.[81] Most candidates receive a bump after naming their vp candidate. (An average of 5 points) and Palin was viewed very favorably when she was first named: John McCain had gained huge support among white women voters since the announcement;[14] he had not only surpassed the Democratic Party candidate Senator Barack Obama in white women voters, but also amassed a lead of five percentage points in the Gallup polls. John Zogby found that the effects of Palin's selection were helping the McCain ticket since "She has high favorability numbers, and has unified the Republican Party." However she had limited media access and bombed an interview with Katie Couric. A growing number of Republicans are expressing concern about Sarah Palin’s uneven — and sometimes downright awkward — performances in her limited media appearances. Conservative columnists Kathleen Parker, a former Palin supporter, says the vice presidential nominee should step aside. Kathryn Jean Lopez, writing on the conservative National Review, says “that’s not a crazy suggestion” and that “something’s gotta change.” Tony Fabrizio, a GOP strategist, says Palin’s recent CBS appearance isn’t disqualifying but is certainly alarming. “You can’t continue to have interviews like that and not take on water.” “I have not been blown away by the interviews from her, but at the same time I haven’t come away from them thinking she doesn’t know s—t,” said Chris Lacivita, a GOP strategist. “But she ain’t Dick Cheney, nor Joe Biden and definitely not Hillary Clinton.” I will agree (concede perhaps?) that the financial meltdown played a huge part as well as overall republican fatigue from Bush. Palin to me though was a clear grab at the female vote and she wasn't ready to be a vp candidate. (again I voted McCain because I felt Obama wasn't prepared to be president).

I wish people were better at this lol

This is so important. A $15 minimum wage causes many problems. I work for a company that bills NYS medicaid. We pay our staff between 11.60 (min wage) and 13.10 an hour. We already can't compete with fast food who has a current min wage of $12.75. Right now in NYS you can make more flipping burgers than you can taking care of the elderly/sick. Which job is more important? Small businesses can't stay afloat paying competitive wages while charging prices to compete with Amazon, Wal Mart, etc. Further, this wage is putting a lot of people out of work. McDs and a lot of fast food places have started using kiosks for ordering, when you go to the store you now check yourself out. The answer isn't less people more money which is what raising the min wage does. Further it creates a crunch in the middle. Someone currently making 15/hour is almost 4 dollars above min wage and lives that lifestyle. When everyone makes 15/hr they fall to the poverty line. Fast food jobs shouldn't be counted on to make a living wage. There are jobs that are meant to be held by teens/people just entering the work force to gain experience. If you are 40 and working at McD's you have made some poor life choices. I support and approve of social welfare programs to help people get on their feet or get through a tough time. Raising min wage will push a lot more people down than it will lift up.

I see where you are coming from but I see it a bit differently. The media is absolutely biased but it is on both sides. Fox News spent 8 years screaming about Obama being Kenyan and how he was the Antichrist. Now that it is a republican it is CNN's turn to do the same. The outrage machine exists because people eat it up and I feel that Trump not only feeds it but uses it his benefit which in turn creates more divisiveness in our country. It does indeed energize his base and I get it. It was a masterclass watching him dismantle first the republican primary then Hillary during debates. He used soundbites (wrong!) and personal attacks to take them down one by one. His debates with Hillary were hilarious because she was the "consummate" politician using canned answers and talking points while he came in like a bulldozer. She had no idea how to handle it. We differ in the opinion that it increases awareness. I think it only serves to increase divisiveness. People bury their head and only read what they want. Look at @B-Man. God bless him for sharing so many articles but have you ever seen one shared that isn't completely slanted against dems? Snowflake, libtard, etc. are names casually thrown about. I guess it is a bit pollyanna-ish of me but to me Trump fans the flames more than anything else constructive he is doing.

The republicans would have won in 08 with McCain if they didn't have Palin as his running mate. As much as the DNC screwed the pooch in 16 the repubs did the same in 08. They tried to capitalize on the womens vote and grab Hillary supporters by adding Palin. They underestimated how dumb she was and I firmly believe she cost them the election. Just like the DNC underestimated how much people disliked Hillary. I'm a dem and wanted to vote McCain and still did even with Palin dragging him down. Who better to lead us out of an unwinnable war than a decorated war veteran? See what I did there? I was objective about both parties. Those Trump tweets were dumb. You don't have to defend everything he does just because you are Republican. He has done some good and he has done some bad. These tweets were a bad look from him and it is okay to admit it. I know it is politics but "go back to where you came from" to elected representatives let alone just regular people shouldn't be an acceptable way to talk to people. It is just so embarrassing to watch our President get into twitter beefs with people. Twitter beefs. A 73 year old man. Twitter beefs.

I say that as a registered Dem. Bernie should have been the nominee in 16 and likely would have if it wasn't her turn... I know it isn't popular on this board to be left leaning but I will never be convinced it wasn't rigged and he didn't get screwed. It will happen again, Biden will get the nom and lose to Trump. book it, mark it, whatever you want to say. It will be Trump vs Biden and Trump will win. Does anyone know where I can place a bet? lol

I'm dumbfounded that immigration is the #1 issue for registered voters. Politicians have really done a bang up job creating this immigrant boogeyman. I live in an area that uses migrant workers and the conditions they live in along with the work they do for the pay they receive are not high demand jobs. Couple that with a low unemployment rate and it boggles my mind that it is the #1 issue for voters. Not the endless war/conflicts we embroil ourselves in other countries Not medicare for all (my #1) Nope some immigrant coming to take ma job Also some information about the poll: The NBC News|SurveyMonkey national poll was conducted July 2-16 among 13,553 registered voters with an error estimate of plus or minus 1.2 percentage points. Among the 5,548 Democrat and Democratic-leaning registered voters, the margin of error is plus or minus 2 percentage points. So any of the 3 (immigration, health care, or jobs) could be the top as they are within the error margin, and only 41% of the respondents were democrat or democrat leaning, is it surprising the poll results didn't line up with democratic ideologies? (hint no). The DNCs worst enemy is the DNC.

My TO jersey is always a hit my trent edwards, cj spiller, and willis mcgahee not so much.

It might be a "dumb game" but i learned a ton about football from madden. The different routes, attacking coverages, offensive and defensive strategies, among other things. I knew more about nfl rosters and especially the Bills which helped watching games from the stands. I made quite a bit of money playing competitively. I love Madden. Unfortunately i don't have the time to dedicate anymore so I can't compete on console anymore. There is a pretty good Madden mobile game. Although this year wasn't great the previous 3 were excellent. New season starts end of month if anyone is interested.

Yeah this is how i feel about it. @Deranged Rhino i only linked the article because i couldn't figure out how to get the tweets to show. Maybe i don't speak trumpese well enough but this is a terrible look for trump imo.

I read it... so they can't be involved in federal government?

The very next line was “These places need your help badly, you can’t leave fast enough."

I don't understand what you mean. She was born in the us and her heritage is puerto rican which is also part of the us. What is the sentiment? I really do come here to see the other side of things so please elaborate. These comments read as uninformed and xenophobic with a little sprinkle of sexism and racism on top. Where should the 3 that were born in the us go back to?

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-rashida-tlaib-pelosi-migrant-centres-a9004246.html This is a pretty bad look but as always I'm open to hearing the other side. 3 of the 4 progressive dems that he mentions were born in america...

Cp3 is the perfect guy to lead the tank for okc. Don't forget he was on the new orleans hornets teams that played in okc after katrina. He has clearly diminished skill wise which actually works for them. Big enough name to sell tickets, bad enough player to not cost then draft positioning. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy. I really dislike cp3 he and harden were the worst duo. Both very good players but harden's style of always looking for a foul and cp3s dirty play/constant whining did not make for fun basketball viewing. Edit and now woj is reporting that okc hopes to move him quickly and without him playing at all for them.

I had a whole post written out and posted but deleted it shortly after as this is a hot button issue and not one I really care to discuss too much. There is a really interesting theory about ojs son jason having committed the murders if you are interested in possible other suspects. https://www.businessinsider.com/oj-simpson-murders-and-jason-simpson-2014-6

Well this didn't age well lol. Kawhi really pulled one off on the lakers! I'm surprised okc played along but that is a haul! NBA Jam needs to come back with all these 2 teams that have 2 superstars!

Reports now are that dlo is a (very expensive) 1 year rental while klay heals up. He will likely be traded next off season. If those reports are true the warriors are going to ruin their reputation with players a la the celtics trading i.t. Unless dlo was in on this from the start.... The nba off season is much shorter than the NFL's but man it is so much more interesting!

As a nets fan you should be pumped. Kyrie and kd are a pair. Woj is now reporting kd to the nets will happen tonight. Speaking of woj his credibility has taken a huge hit recently. Reminiscent of schefter with his pumping up marrone, woj has nothing but good things to say about the clippers and has linked everyone to them.

This isn't quite right. It is: No. 4 in 2019 2021 pick goes to pels if it is top 8. If not 2022 goes and is unprotected. Pick swap in 2023 Unprotected first in 2024 with the right to defer to 2025. If that happens the pick swap gets pushed to 2026. So the Lakers will still have picks to utilize it will be the pels choice which one they get though. Barring injury I think the draft capital won't be as great as it appears to be now but this has potential to blow up huge in the Lakers face. I'm a Lakers fan and really happy with the deal. This is being on the opposite end of the Shaq to the heat deal for me. We gave up some good players and got a superstar. Make that deall 100 times out a 100 in the nba. I don't buy this for one second. This is some retroactive protect the locker room propaganda.

Wow. I'm at a loss for words. This was ***** amazing. Thank you for sharing.

You are wrong a lot in your postings on this topic but I have to specifically call you out on this one. You do realize that the sanctions had absolutely nothing to do with recruiting? No the success can be traced back to landing Melo, winning a championship, and continuing to recruit strongly. The sanctions crippled the team and they were 6 deep for a few years. Losing Hop has hurt recruiting but not nearly as much as the NCAA sanctions did. Duke consistently has great recruiting classes. Since 2013 they have 1 championship, 1 first round exit, 1 second round exit, 1 sweet 16, and 2 elite 8s. SU was on sanctions with limited scholarships. Since 2013 they have 0 championship, 1 missed tourney (self imposed ban but they weren't going to make it), 1 first round exit, 1 second round exit, 1 sweet 16, and 2 final 4s. So Duke won a championship but has less final 4s. They each have a first and second round exit. They each have been to the sweet 16 3 times. Cuse has been to the elite 8 twice and is 2-0. Duke has been to the elite 8 3 times and is 1-2. The gap isn't nearly as wide as you make it out to be. Simply put the Orange do more than they should with lesser talent and Duke does worse than they should with better talent. I'm not sure how you are the final word on the Orange's national reputation but Duke is known as tourney chokers and Cuse are known as a team that you don't want to play in the tourney due to the zone. Cuse isn't one of the "blue bloods" and never has been. They will almost always get beat out by Kentucky, Kansas, Duke, and UNC in recruiting. That has long been the case.