exmachina64
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PoliGAF 2017 |OT3| 13 Treasons Why
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Shhh, no tears now, only во́дка.
There is also no collusion between Trump and reality.
Yep. More likely imo
We say that, but some of the recent polling shows that some white men without college degrees are peeling off. The last Quinnipiac poll showed their approval of the president falling by 10 points. At the end of their presidencies, George W. Bush and Richard Nixon were falling through the floor.
Yeah. This is supposed to be the most popular period for a president. Trump's approval could get worse once policies and disasters start affecting people who still say they approve of him.
ArkhamFantasy
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Also remember that all of Trumps disasters have been self inflicted, every single one of them. Imagine if something bad actually happens like a natural disaster or an economic collapse.
"I sent it to Lindsey Graham, it was a tremendous letter and he loved it, he said to me "I'm gonna keep this in my bathroom, but not for reading" and I assume that means he loved my letter so much he will frame it on his wall"
That's where he got the clipping trick for his Nixon Presidency speed run. Twitter just lets you get it faster.
My god this comic series is essentially GAF
actually internet
but thus also GAF
metalslimer
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I mean I'm willing to use whatever I can to take down trump. The problem is we have now completely normalized people like Lindsey Graham when he is a hardcore piece of shit
If we actually make it through this shit I fear the rest of that despicable party will end up ok.
lmao. Obama's people fired Flynn and even warned him, but it's his fault apparently.
He's not the puppet, you're the puppet.
metalslimer
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Wtf he went back
Had a realization on my way home today, listening to clips of the Trump interview with Lester Holt. Something I'm sure everyone else already connected, but it was new for me. We joke about the GOP and projection, and specifically Trump. But I'm listening to him talking about reports from NYT and WSJ and he's saying things like "they say they have unnamed sources, probably fake sources, they're not real" (I'm paraphrasing here). And I realize he may really and truly believe that those sources are fake, because it's basically fact at this point that he used to call publications and pretend to be his own publicist and spread all sorts of pointless gossip about himself and other people. He has a history of being a "fake source" himself, and he thinks he knows how this works. It's completely irrelevant whether what the source is reporting is true. For him it may not even matter - it's simply narrative versus counter-narrative. Journalism as a concept does not exist, and instead media outlets are tools to be used to sway public opinion. Maybe that's a distinction without a difference for our purposes. But it ties back to the idea that in his universe there is no one but him. There are no institutions or ethics or consequences or shame as we understand them. Just him, and obstacles between him and whatever he wants at a given moment. I'm not sure if he's the mastermind in all of this - he seems best cast as the useful idiot.
Carpe Libertatem
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Spoiled Milk
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How on Earth do the Democrats win the Texas seat
Bonen no Max'd
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the same way Republicans won two senate seats in states won by Obama two years before by 25 and 14 points while Texas was only won by 9 by Trump last year?
rip feingold you were too good for this sinful earth
I'd almost want it just to get him out of the Senate.
McCain probably thinking the same thing
RastaMentality
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pls god yes
balladofwindfishes
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Wouldn't this be a massive demotion? From senator to head of the FBI?
If we're really looking at a +16 D wave, it's possible. I'm actually thinking an open seat in Texas would likely be the best way to get a Senate seat in Texas, versus running against an incumbant
Carpe Libertatem
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Yeah. People underestimate demographic changes and how much Hillary improved by in Texas in 2016.
It certainly would not be easy but it is very possible! It's why I think Ted Cruz is more vulnerable than most people think (though he still has clear advantage).
Spoiled Milk
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That's not going to happen
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That's not going to happen
Has been so far.
balladofwindfishes
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That's not going to happen
Not outside the realm of possibility. The special elections so far have been around that. Polling has been around that as well.
TestOfTide
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That's not going to happen
Recent congressional elections suggest otherwise.
All it takes for Texas to vote blue is to make suburban and urban areas make up a higher percentage of the vote.
And plus most of the polling was pre-tuesday-night-massacre.
Spoiled Milk
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The one or two datapoints?
Polling will change come election time. Be humble in your predictive power. (This election should have taught us that.)
Carpe Libertatem
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You probably don't even need D+16 to win an open Texas Senate seat in the first place. Hillary lost it by 9.
You probably do need about that in a midterm year.
Carpe Libertatem
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Midterm dynamics are different based on what party is president. The meme that Democrats don't vote in midterms needs to die.
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thepotatoman
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Probably. I doubt many senators would give up their seat for anything less than Secretary of State, Department of Defense, or Attorney General.
Would be a step up for a house representative though.
IggyChooChoo
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Especially working for this president, who seems to get off on humiliating or circumventing subordinates. His Secretary of State doesn't even do anything!
Poodlestrike
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Honestly, considering the number of people around Trump that got degraded, humiliated, and generally just turned into jokes by the man, I'm surprised he can find anybody willing to work with him at all. The only two reasons to do anything in politics are self interest and principle. Trump has no principles, and teaming up with him as an astonishing backfire rate.
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thepotatoman
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He probably mostly allows the secretary of state to do whatever he wants. The only problem is this secretary of state doesn't want to do anything, which is pretty stark contrast to John Kerry who wanted to do absolutely everything.
Almost everybody who went to work for Trump had no political future left. Trump was their last chance.
The only exceptions were white supremacists like Sessions or career military like McMaster, about which you can draw your own conclusions.
Poodlestrike
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Well, McMaster couldn't say no without resigning, so idk.
But then, I'm not sure how you explain the people willing to carry water for him in the House and Senate. Nunes springs forcibly to mind here.
If Trump actually wants him, I think it's possible a Republican Senator would make the jump.
The entire party have boarded the Trump train. With very few showing any sign of hesitation.
IggyChooChoo
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I like to think there are some members of Trump's team who recognize his flaws, but are there because it's their patriotic duty to encourage him towards wisdom.
McMaster will probably be pushed out by year's end. Trump already can't stand him.
If he thinks Trump is a sinking ship, why subject himself to being placed at the center of the shipwreck?
If he thinks Trump is a sinking ship, why subject himself to being placed at the center of the shipwreck?
which is why they want it
but why would he give up a lifetime gig running one of the most important courts for a job with a shitty boss that is likely to fire him in a few months
Randolph Freelander
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[Satire] McSweeney's: WINNERS AND LOSERS OF THE RECENT NUCLEAR HOLOCAUST
Winners:
Losers:
Winners:
Congressional Republicans
CNN
Donald Trump
CNN
Donald Trump
Losers:
Hillary Clinton
Decorum
All of those people who died
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