Occasi-Cortez Channeling the Rent's too damn high guy

[Buftex]

23 minutes ago, IDBillzFan said:

 

Yelling 'send her back' is stupid on multiple levels, and I genuinely hope they'll knock it off because it's not who we are as a country.

 

But I find it funny that right-wing people at an amped up rally yelling 'send her back' is roundly criticized by some of the most right wing talking heads...yet when a far left guy charges an ICE facility with a gun while throwing flaming ***** at stuff, the left wing talking heads refuse to condemn it.

 

The four Maosketeers refused to condone it, in fact.

 

So both sides are crazy right now, but only one side seems willing to correct itself.

 

No surprise. Nothing new here. Just a reminder. That is all.

Care to elaborate on who is correcting themselves?

 

Also, it is exactly who we are as a country....we love the policies, but we don't want all the nasty implications that come with them.  We see it over and over again, here.

Edited July 18, 2019 by Buftex

[IDBillzFan]

10 minutes ago, McGee Return TD said:

 

You continue to be full of feces.

 

Alpha News is not her hometown paper nor is it a paper at all. 

 

Could you just pick a freaking username and stick with it. 

 

I never understand the need to have more than one name. What in the hell motivates you to log in and out of different names?

[LB3]

10 minutes ago, plenzmd1 said:

cmon DR...why do you do this stuff? You know damn well Alpha News is not any kind of hometown paper. 

http://m.startribune.com/new-documents-revisit-questions-about-rep-ilhan-omar-s-marriage/511681362/

 

Here's the local newspaper getting pretty in depth about the research they've done.

[IDBillzFan]

Just now, Buftex said:

Care to elaborate on who is correcting themselves?

 

Itself. Not themselves. The right, in general, may go down an embarrassing slope like yelling 'send her back,' but the right-wing talking heads are quick to condemn it to the extent that, most times, that type of stupidity stops. Just look at Ryan Saveedrea or Ben Shapiro...roundly criticizing this and calling it 'vile.'

 

They're not alone.

 

The right will wake up today about this event, and will be very likely to correct it at the next rally.

 

The left, on the other hand, would never do this because their talking heads never condemn anything the left does. Even the four Maosketeers refuse to condemn the attack on the ICE facility.  Ever see Rachel Maddow condemn something like the guy who attacked the ICE facility, or the leftists replacing of the American flag with a Mexican flag.

 

Of course not.

 

 

[BeginnersMind]

7 minutes ago, IDBillzFan said:

 

Could you just pick a freaking username and stick with it. 

 

I never understand the need to have more than one name. What in the hell motivates you to log in and out of different names?

 

Seconded. 

[IDBillzFan]

Just now, BeginnersMind said:

 

Seconded. 

 

Okay. That was funny.

[plenzmd1]

14 minutes ago, LBSeeBallLBGetBall said:

http://m.startribune.com/new-documents-revisit-questions-about-rep-ilhan-omar-s-marriage/511681362/

 

Here's the local newspaper getting pretty in depth about the research they've done.

good article there...interesting factoids all over the place.I do have one question, and i must be stupid as hell as it must be obviuos.

 

If the second guy was used for immigration purposes, and lets stipulate for argument its her brother, but she claims he is a Brtish citizen...i am just lost how this could help her gain citizenship in the US? What am I missing?

 

Found this funny

 

Omar declined to make her tax and immigration records available for this report.

10 minutes ago, IDBillzFan said:

 

Itself. Not themselves. The right, in general, may go down an embarrassing slope like yelling 'send her back,' but the right-wing talking heads are quick to condemn it to the extent that, most times, that type of stupidity stops. Just look at Ryan Saveedrea or Ben Shapiro...roundly criticizing this and calling it 'vile.'

 

They're not alone.

 

The right will wake up today about this event, and will be very likely to correct it at the next rally.

 

The left, on the other hand, would never do this because their talking heads never condemn anything the left does. Even the four Maosketeers refuse to condemn the attack on the ICE facility.  Ever see Rachel Maddow condemn something like the guy who attacked the ICE facility, or the leftists replacing of the American flag with a Mexican flag.

 

Of course not.

 

 

I must say i do not listen to or read the right talking heads, nor the left either, so i will take your word the "send her back "  chants are being roundly criticized.Equally so I am not aware if the left is not condemning  the violence at the ICE facility, or any violence perpetrated by ANTIFA and their ilk. I would hope they do, but again will take your word for it.

 

Now I only hope Trump does not keep useing it as a political startegy. Sickened my stomach to see and read about that at the rally last night, hopefully folks will have your good sense and move on( did i really just say you have good sense?)

[Buftex]

21 minutes ago, IDBillzFan said:

 

Itself. Not themselves. The right, in general, may go down an embarrassing slope like yelling 'send her back,' but the right-wing talking heads are quick to condemn it to the extent that, most times, that type of stupidity stops. Just look at Ryan Saveedrea or Ben Shapiro...roundly criticizing this and calling it 'vile.'

 

They're not alone.

 

The right will wake up today about this event, and will be very likely to correct it at the next rally.

 

The left, on the other hand, would never do this because their talking heads never condemn anything the left does. Even the four Maosketeers refuse to condemn the attack on the ICE facility.  Ever see Rachel Maddow condemn something like the guy who attacked the ICE facility, or the leftists replacing of the American flag with a Mexican flag.

 

Of course not.

 

 

Sorry, but pursing your lips and saying "tisk, tisk" isn't really correcting it.  It will stop, until the next Trump rally.  The scary thing, the crowd didn't really need Trump to start them with the chant this time.  Even his defenders are pointing that out, as if it is something to be proud of. His support among Republicans inches upwards every time there is some incident like this. He has successfully planted the seed for all of this..... You can't really take the high ground here.  He has been president for two and a half years, and this kind of stuff has only gotten worse...we will likely have 4 more years.  Is this really what anybody wants?

 

I agree, there is a large amount of stupidity on both sides of the aisle...but we have a leader, our elected president, who does absolutely nothing to discourage it. Whenever he makes even the faintest comment scolding this type of behavior, you can bet, like clockwork, within 24 hours he will send out a conflicting message, as if to say, "don't worry white America, I got your back"...he even talks extrapolates on his every move in public, as though this is all some big game to him... I get it, you love his economic plans, his stacking the courts in the favor of conservatives...but Republicans can't find a better person to do the same thing, without intentionally stirring up a hornets nest every time he opens his mouth?  He (and many of his supporters, who resent being called out on it) even brag about it.  It is sad that this is the best we can do.

 

Edited July 18, 2019 by Buftex

[Deranged Rhino]

6 minutes ago, plenzmd1 said:

 

If the second guy was used for immigration purposes, and lets stipulate for argument its her brother, but she claims he is a Brtish citizen...i am just lost how this could help her gain citizenship in the US? What am I missing?

 

It's not about her citizenship -- but her brother's/husband's. 

9 minutes ago, plenzmd1 said:

Now I only hope Trump does not keep useing it as a political startegy. Sickened my stomach to see and read about that at the rally last night, hopefully folks will have your good sense and move on( did i really just say you have good sense?)

 

Trump is going to keep using it because he doesn't see it as racist or xenophobic. He sees it as an issue of loyalty (which is his primary filter) and as a way to tie the party to their most extreme members. He's going to keep counter punching, it's what he does.

[Buftex]

13 minutes ago, Deranged Rhino said:

 

Trump is going to keep using it because he doesn't see it as racist or xenophobic. He sees it as an issue of loyalty (which is his primary filter) and as a way to tie the party to their most extreme members. He's going to keep counter punching, it's what he does.

He is the oldest baby in the world.

[Deranged Rhino]

3 minutes ago, Buftex said:

He is the oldest baby in the world.

 

He is who he's always been. 

[Buftex]

Just now, Deranged Rhino said:

 

He is who he's always been. 

That is true...

[Deranged Rhino]

1 minute ago, Buftex said:

That is true...

 

That's why, to those who didn't vote for him/weren't inspired by any of the candidates in 2016, it was strange to see the media/entertainment industry go from -- "We love Trump" (1980-2014) to "HE'S HITLER AND STALIN ROLLED INTO ONE!"

 

He's a lot of things, some of them objectionable, but he's not Hitler or a monster. But the media/DNC couldn't help themselves and had to start the conversation/protest at 11, which left them no place to go. Now that we're nearly three years in, most of the independents/non partisan die hards are bored/tired of the extreme claims and ignore it. That's going to make 2020 a tougher slog for the DNC than it  otherwise would have been had they just not been crazy. 

 

Instead, they went full crazy -- launching histrionic attack after attack, backdoor coup attempts, all while railing that anyone who dares support Trump is by extension a Hitler/Monster/Racist too.  

 

Losing strategy all around.

[plenzmd1]

22 minutes ago, Deranged Rhino said:

 

 

It's not about her citizenship -- but her brother's/husband's. 

 

Trump is going to keep using it because he doesn't see it as racist or xenophobic. He sees it as an issue of loyalty (which is his primary filter) and as a way to tie the party to their most extreme members. He's going to keep counter punching, it's what he does.

Ahh, so he is the one who gained citizenship ..see I am an idiot!!! Should that not be easy to confirm, at least the part on him gaining citizenship/ visa etc? Maybe not whether her brother or not, I get that may be hard to conclude one way or tother

 

And that saddens the hell out me..and i don't buy he does not see it that way, i think he just does not care..sad where we have slid

[Deranged Rhino]

1 minute ago, plenzmd1 said:

Ahh, so he is the one who gained citizenship ..see I am an idiot!!!

 

You're not an idiot  

 

1 minute ago, plenzmd1 said:

Should that not be easy to confirm, at least the part on him gaining citizenship/ visa etc? Maybe not whether her brother or not, I get that may be hard to conclude one way or tother

 

And that saddens the hell out me..and i don't buy he does not see it that way, i think he just does not care..sad where we have slid

 

I haven't dug into this issue at all on my own to know one way or the other about it's legitimacy -- though I have been told getting records from Somalia (or any war torn nation) is next to impossible, which I would assume would make proving it one way or the other difficult. 

 

Trump sees everything through the lens of loyalty. It's easy enough to see in practice -- before he was POTUS and during. He's not a racist imo, he's just an extreme narcissist who demands loyalty above all else to "Trump" while in business, and to "America" while in office. 

[Buftex]

18 minutes ago, Deranged Rhino said:

 

That's why, to those who didn't vote for him/weren't inspired by any of the candidates in 2016, it was strange to see the media/entertainment industry go from -- "We love Trump" (1980-2014) to "HE'S HITLER AND STALIN ROLLED INTO ONE!"

 

He's a lot of things, some of them objectionable, but he's not Hitler or a monster. But the media/DNC couldn't help themselves and had to start the conversation/protest at 11, which left them no place to go. Now that we're nearly three years in, most of the independents/non partisan die hards are bored/tired of the extreme claims and ignore it. That's going to make 2020 a tougher slog for the DNC than it  otherwise would have been had they just not been crazy. 

 

Instead, they went full crazy -- launching histrionic attack after attack, backdoor coup attempts, all while railing that anyone who dares support Trump is by extension a Hitler/Monster/Racist too.  

 

Losing strategy all around.

Unfortunately, to minorities, and immigrants, and people who have those in their families,  this isn't some political brinkmanship.  Whatever his true motivations are (as somebody who has been very aware of Donald Trump since the 80's and a New Yorker, I think he has always been a racist p.o.s.... sitting back and waiting isn't a luxury that all Americans have, so yeah, they might get a little emotional), he isn't smart enough, or isn't caring enough to temper those doubts about him.  Remember that "president for all Americans" bs?  

Edited July 18, 2019 by Buftex

[IDBillzFan]

29 minutes ago, Buftex said:

 Is this really what anybody wants?

 

We're going to disagree on this point, but the left has always jumped on Republicans. Always. They wrecked Sarah Palin, Mitt Romney, etc. with horrible, childish, embarrassing tactics. Lies so disgusting, most people simply couldn't stomach the fight any longer.

 

What you're seeing here is a person who has decided to push back, and a country that has been waiting for someone to do so.

 

Trump is too much of an ego to admit it, but I believe he saw the window to have a winning fight after watching Newt Gingrich jump on the moderator for starting the debate asking about his infidelity. Here.

 

From that article:

 

Quote

If the opening moments of Thursday night’s CNN debate is any indication, bashing the mainstream news media over alleged biases is a surefire way to rouse the GOP faithful.

 

That effort never got traction with Gingrich because he's not a likable candidate.

 

Trump threw gas on it.

 

41 minutes ago, Buftex said:

I agree, there is a large amount of stupidity on both sides of the aisle...but we have a leader, our elected president, who does absolutely nothing to discourage it. Whenever he makes even the faintest comment scolding this type of behavior, you can bet, like clockwork, within 24 hours he will send out a conflicting message, as if to say, "don't worry white America, I got your back"...

 

Barack Obama told his faithful to 'punch back twice as hard." Nancy Pelosi walked through the Tea Party crowd arm-in-arm with black congressman so they could falsely claim someone spit on them, or lying that the people who were against Obamacare carry swastikas to town hall meetings, like she's too stupid to know who LaRouche was.

 

Let's not pretend like what we're watching is suddenly unprecedented. The difference here is that the right got tired of the left's schitt and started pushing back, and the left, predictably, started squealing like Ned Beatty on a boating trip.

[Deranged Rhino]

2 minutes ago, Buftex said:

Unfortunately, to minorities, and immigrants, and people who have those in their families,  this isn't some political brinkmanship.  Whatever his true motivations are (as somebody who has been very aware of Donald Trump since the 80's and a New Yorker, I think he has always been a racist p.o.s.... sitting back and waiting isn't a luxury that all Americans have, so yeah, they might get a little emotional), he isn't smart enough, or isn't caring enough to temper those doubts about him.  Remember that "president for all Americans" bs?  

 

A lot of minorities and immigrants LOVE him. Thinking of people as "groups" rather than individuals is how your party got into this mess of toxic identity politics in the first place. 

 

Prepare for 5.5 more years of Trump. There's no one that can beat him currently running.

[Buftex]

2 minutes ago, Deranged Rhino said:

 

A lot of minorities and immigrants LOVE him. Thinking of people as "groups" rather than individuals is how your party got into this mess of toxic identity politics in the first place. 

 

Prepare for 5.5 more years of Trump. There's no one that can beat him currently running.

You are most likely correct on the 5.5 years thing... fingers crossed, but losing faith.

[Deranged Rhino]

11 minutes ago, Buftex said:

You are most likely correct on the 5.5 years thing... fingers crossed, but losing faith.

 

 

 

(And, just for clarity -- that's just my opinion. I got 2016 wrong, so what do I know?)

[Tiberius]

10 minutes ago, Buftex said:

You are most likely correct on the 5.5 years thing... fingers crossed, but losing faith.

I'm actually way more confident. If Trump has to drop to this level of bigotry just to get the blood pumping in his deplorable base, he is in trouble. This will not work. 

 

And, all those Republicans not speaking out who still have ambitions for higher office will always have to confront that question of why they didn't say anything? The GOP is in trouble 

[Deranged Rhino]

1 minute ago, Tiberius said:

I'm actually way more confident. If Trump has to drop to this level of bigotry just to get the blood pumping in his deplorable base, he is in trouble. This will not work. 

 

And, all those Republicans not speaking out who still have ambitions for higher office will always have to confront that question of why they didn't say anything? The GOP is in trouble 

 

Do you really think the story will have that much staying power though? I tend to doubt it. We're over a year and a half out from going to the ballot box in a general... had this gone down in September/October 2020, then I'd be more inclined to buy that take.

 

But this far out I have a feeling there will be hundreds of "explosive" type stories (from all sides/partisanships) which will make people forget about this (at least in terms of a primary voting motivation). 

[Tiberius]

1 minute ago, Deranged Rhino said:

 

Do you really think the story will have that much staying power though? I tend to doubt it. We're over a year and a half out from going to the ballot box in a general... had this gone down in September/October 2020, then I'd be more inclined to buy that take.

 

But this far out I have a feeling there will be hundreds of "explosive" type stories (from all sides/partisanships) which will make people forget about this (at least in terms of a primary voting motivation). 

If the Dems are smart, they won't let it die, or the Epstein story. But who knows, an economic or foreign policy situation might arise that will let all the air out of this balloon 

[B-Man]

 

 

 

 

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[Buftex]

13 minutes ago, Deranged Rhino said:

 

 

 

(And, just for clarity -- that's just my opinion. I got 2016 wrong, so what do I know?)

Nobody knows anything!  Especially after 2016!

14 minutes ago, Tiberius said:

I'm actually way more confident. If Trump has to drop to this level of bigotry just to get the blood pumping in his deplorable base, he is in trouble. This will not work. 

 

And, all those Republicans not speaking out who still have ambitions for higher office will always have to confront that question of why they didn't say anything? The GOP is in trouble 

I hope to god you are right Tibs….

[jrober38]

20 hours ago, leh-nerd skin-erd said:

I'm not looking to be adversarial, but take this for what you consider it worth: 

 

You are 100%, almost inconceivably, wrong about what he says and how often he says it.  I would attribute that to listening only to voices that sound like yours, or the fact that you're my old buddy Smitty the practical joker. 

 

His approval rating is impacted in large part because there is a chorus of voices screaming in unsion "JOKE", then "RACIST" then "SEXUAL PREDATOR", then "TAX CHEAT" then "TREASON" then "OBSTRUCTOR" and now back "SEXUAL PREDATOR".  All of this, btw, wrapped up in the theory  that he can't stay on message. Soundbite tyranny. 

 

And, imo, I think of people like  you as "extended warranty" voters, buying what's sold without even questioning the cost or the value of the purchase. 

 

That last part probably sounds adversarial, but it isn't. Some people find comfort in the extended warranty. 

 

Btw--on my comment on soundbites, I get the argument that Trump causes some of that. I don't disagree, my point is only that is not ALL  he does.

 

 

Considering he tweets this stuff practically everyday, I don't see how I could be wrong. It's all there right on his tweeter feed. 

 

Trump uses his sound bites to control the narrative. They have zero plan whatsoever on how to fix immigration, and now instead of the media focusing on kids in cages, and the inhumane treatment of some people at the Southern Border Detention Facilities, that entire news cycle is gone. Now the Democrat Party has now been labelled as socialists with the face of the party having become 4 Congresswomen whose politics don't resemble anything close to the Democrat Leadership's. 

 

It was brilliant on his part, and he's become a very savvy politician over the past couple years knowing how to attack his opponents. 

 

Every attack Trump conducts via Twitter is very calculated. He hovers over the line of inappropriate, and probably crossed it this week, but it changed the narrative and it fires up his base and the bottom line is CNN and MSNBC aren't showing pictures of kids in cages anymore.

 

Short term goal, achieved. 

[Buftex]

41 minutes ago, Tiberius said:

If the Dems are smart, they won't let it die, or the Epstein story. But who knows, an economic or foreign policy situation might arise that will let all the air out of this balloon 

There are plenty of smart Dems...but I don't know that they are smart (or at least as focused) as they need to be, collectively.

 

Edited July 18, 2019 by Buftex

[jrober38]

19 hours ago, Foxx said:

my take is that they want to run the most outlandish group, ever, to secure Trump's 2nd term. 

how else can you explain the madness?????????

 

Doubtful.

 

Pelosi knows they can't win with AOC's policies as part of the Presidential Platform, which is why she's trying so hard to shut her up.

 

Unfortunately AOC is a crusader and an ideologue. She's under no threat of losing her seat next year and accordingly will continue pushing her policies until the cows come home.

 

Pelosi has no control over her, and it's probably going to destroy their chances of winning the Presidency next year. 

[Tiberius]

1 minute ago, Buftex said:

There are plenty of smart Dems...but I don't know that they are smart (or at least as focused) as they need to be.

I know, people are really freaking out right now. But its a long game and Trump is doing more long term damage to himself than anything. 

1 minute ago, jrober38 said:

 

Doubtful.

 

Pelosi knows they can't win with AOC's policies as part of the Presidential Platform, which is why she's trying so hard to shut her up.

 

Unfortunately AOC is a crusader and an ideologue. She's under no threat of losing her seat next year and accordingly will continue pushing her policies until the cows come home.

 

Pelosi has no control over her, and it's probably going to destroy their chances of winning the Presidency next year. 

A freshman congress women isn't going to ruin anything 

[whatdrought]

17 minutes ago, Tiberius said:

If the Dems are smart, they won't let it die, or the Epstein story. But who knows, an economic or foreign policy situation might arise that will let all the air out of this balloon 

 

I don't think they are, but they could surprise. - If the dems were smart they would get out front on the four rookies and either get them in line, or get rid of them. Trumps tactics made that harder for them to do. Those four are driving the left so much farther left than is sustainable. Bernie was fine cause he was a cute old man who was never gonna be given anything and he knew when to shut up- these ones are a much bigger threat to the dems. 

 

I also don't think either side wants to embrace the Epstein story (as evidenced by how ignored it has been anywhere that isn't this board) It's mud for both sides of the isle. 

Edited July 18, 2019 by whatdrought

[Buftex]

1 minute ago, whatdrought said:

 

 

I also don't think either side wants to embrace the Epstein story (as evidenced by how ignored it has been anywhere that isn't this board) It's mud for both sides of the isle. 

Um....it has been everywhere that I have seen. 

[Tiberius]

1 minute ago, whatdrought said:

 

I don't think they are, but they could surprise. 

 

I also don't think either side wants to embrace the Epstein story (as evidenced by how ignored it has been anywhere that isn't this board) It's mud for both sides of the isle. 

You think both sides will be making tv commercials with the other sides candidate hanging and partying with a child trafficking rapist? I can only think the Democrats will be able to do that. 

[DC Tom]

2 minutes ago, Buftex said:

Um....it has been everywhere that I have seen. 

 

Yeah, it's CNN's current headline story.

[Buftex]

9 minutes ago, jrober38 said:

 

 

Unfortunately AOC is a crusader and an ideologue. She's under no threat of losing her seat next year and accordingly will continue pushing her policies until the cows come home.

 

There is apparently a highly qualified immigrant from Jamaica, a successful business woman,  who will be running against her, as the GOP candidate... that will be the true litmus test.

 

I know she has her quirks, but she really isn't as stupid as many here seem to feel she is.  She is young....remember the learning curve we had to give Trump?

 

[whatdrought]

4 minutes ago, Buftex said:

Um....it has been everywhere that I have seen. 

 

My mistake. 

 

4 minutes ago, Tiberius said:

You think both sides will be making tv commercials with the other sides candidate hanging and partying with a child trafficking rapist? I can only think the Democrats will be able to do that. 

 

I don't think any other attack on Trump has worked, and this one has even less substance than the others. (at least so far) Socialites party together, it's not a big revelation. Clinton on the flight logs 2 dozen times is a much bigger deal. And there are a billion other threads to be pulled on. 

[RochesterRob]

5 minutes ago, Tiberius said:

You think both sides will be making tv commercials with the other sides candidate hanging and partying with a child trafficking rapist? I can only think the Democrats will be able to do that. 

  What?  Hillary won't be drafted at the convention?  The Dems will have to go there as all of their other candidates are far worse in terms of ability to beat Trump.

[Buftex]

Just now, whatdrought said:

 

My mistake. 

 

 

I don't think any other attack on Trump has worked, and this one has even less substance than the others. (at least so far) Socialites party together, it's not a big revelation. Clinton on the flight logs 2 dozen times is a much bigger deal. And there are a billion other threads to be pulled on. 

We shall see.  Keep in mind, Clinton didn't have a Mar-Lago...and he (or his wife) are not running for president in 2020.  But, in the bigger picture, I don't think this will mean a single thing to voters...anybody who loves Trump is willing to look the other way on pretty much anything.  

[Tiberius]

1 minute ago, whatdrought said:

 

My mistake. 

 

 

I don't think any other attack on Trump has worked, and this one has even less substance than the others. (at least so far) Socialites party together, it's not a big revelation. Clinton on the flight logs 2 dozen times is a much bigger deal. And there are a billion other threads to be pulled on. 

Oh the Dems have a lot to go with on Epstein Trump thing. Why was the guy who gave him the sweet deal in Trump's cabinet? Why was he hanging with a guy who he knew liked very young girls? What about the sex parties just the two of them had? 

 

^^^^ 

That can be a very affective TV ad! Not to mention if Trump debates, MY GOD, Kamala Harris will destroy him. Trump better hope he gets Sleepy Joe instead 

1 minute ago, Buftex said:

We shall see.  Keep in mind, Clinton didn't have a Mar-Lago...and he (or his wife) are not running for president in 2020.  But, in the bigger picture, I don't think this will mean a single thing to voters...anybody who loves Trump is willing to look the other way on pretty much anything.  

But in 2016 he promised the world and that drew in the marginal independent voters. I don't think he gets the fence sitters next time. Plus the Dem base should be way more fired up than when Hillary was running. (Her choose of a running mate was a huge mistake) 

[whatdrought]

Just now, Buftex said:

We shall see.  Keep in mind, Clinton didn't have a Mar-Lago...and he (or his wife) are not running for president in 2020.  But, in the bigger picture, I don't think this will mean a single thing to voters...anybody who loves Trump is willing to look the other way on pretty much anything.  

 

I'm not deeply plugged into this story, but I thought Trump banned E from Mar-a-Lago?

 

Yeah, that is true- I think the bigger issue is that the D's didn't push the Clintons out of the sphere of the DNC they way they should have been after the Clinton Empire got exposed as a House of Cards. It seems like some kind of Bill scandal was a matter of time. 

 

Well, That's how you see it and I respect that- My perspective is that the scandals have mostly been fabricated- there are moral problems i have with him, but a lot of the big stuff is contrived. IMO. 

[3rdnlng]

59 minutes ago, IDBillzFan said:

 

We're going to disagree on this point, but the left has always jumped on Republicans. Always. They wrecked Sarah Palin, Mitt Romney, etc. with horrible, childish, embarrassing tactics. Lies so disgusting, most people simply couldn't stomach the fight any longer.

 

What you're seeing here is a person who has decided to push back, and a country that has been waiting for someone to do so.

 

Trump is too much of an ego to admit it, but I believe he saw the window to have a winning fight after watching Newt Gingrich jump on the moderator for starting the debate asking about his infidelity. Here.

 

From that article:

 

 

That effort never got traction with Gingrich because he's not a likable candidate.

 

Trump threw gas on it.

 

 

Barack Obama told his faithful to 'punch back twice as hard." Nancy Pelosi walked through the Tea Party crowd arm-in-arm with black congressman so they could falsely claim someone spit on them, or lying that the people who were against Obamacare carry swastikas to town hall meetings, like she's too stupid to know who LaRouche was.

 

Let's not pretend like what we're watching is suddenly unprecedented. The difference here is that the right got tired of the left's schitt and started pushing back, and the left, predictably, started squealing like Ned Beatty on a boating trip.

Now that was funny.