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[BlastProcessing]

idk, Comey was basically in a position where no action could result in him not being scorned. Either he didn't say anything, it leaks, and he looks like a partisan hack covering things up for "crooked Hillary" (and the election maybe goes even MORE south since it plays even more perfectly into the narrative), or he goes against policy, says something, it leaks, and he looks like a partisan hack trying to rig things for Trump.

Comey valued the public opinion of the FBI more than he valued out democratic process. The man was caught in a prison of his own vanity.

Huh? Why?

It could be tactical. So far the Intel Committee has refused to issue subpoenas. If Rice forces their hands, then Burr will have to also relent to subpoena others as well.

 

[studyguy]

Comey valued the public opinion of the FBI more than he valued out democratic process. The man was caught in a prison of his own vanity.

Absolutely, he'd done this same exact thing of trying to get ahead of the story and control the narrative NUMEROUS times before if you follow that NYT story.

This time it just blew up on him.

 

[Trouble]

Its a bullshit request. About the "unmasking" business. GOP needs to fuck right off.

Oh, right. I forgot about that sillyness.

 

[Stinkles]

Republicans on TrumpCare:

1. "too evil for me to get away with."
2. "not evil enough."
3. N/A

 

[Poodlestrike]

"Thinks?"

I, too, am skeptical that Steve King thinks about things.

 

[pigeon]

I did.

It was as unconvincing as when Comey said that he wasn't concerned with politics.

It's a lot better than your argument, though, which is just "eh."

 

[RustyNails]

My friend lives in GA-6 and said younger folks are going crazy about Ossof. I thought that was weird. Usually young liberals dont care about midterms let alone off year elections. But also that Handel has a huge presence. It could be a nailbiter imo.

 

[whyamihere]

My friend lives in GA-6 and said younger folks are going crazy about Ossof. I thought that was weird. Usually young liberals dont care about midterms let alone off year elections. But also that Handel has a huge presence. It could be a nailbiter imo.

Speaking of which, the first negative Ossoff ad is fucking brutal: https://twitter.com/mediumbuyingllc/status/859758785396649985

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

Steve King from a yes to maybe on ACHA. Doesn't like the concessions made to the moderates and thinks it'll be watered down in the senate.



lol

Changed it from only covering white people to covering everyone.

 

[RastaMentality]

The pointless article about Obama almost marrying a white woman and how that would've affected his presidential politics are a first look at how Kamala's gonna be treated on a national stage for having a white husband. At the very least, they're gonna have to try to hit the ground running on framing him as a woke white dude.

 

[Blader]

"Thinks?"

Haha, right. All anyone has been saying about Senate Republicans is that they're going to water it down.

The mostly pointless article about Obama almost marrying a white woman and how that would've affected his presidential politics are a first look at how Kamala's gonna be treated on a national stage for having a white husband. At the very least, they're gonna have to try to hit the ground running on framing him as a woke white dude.

I feel like sexism will win out in keeping Kamala's husband's race from being a liability or much of a talking point.

 

[RustyNails]

Speaking of which, the first negative Ossoff ad is fucking brutal: https://twitter.com/mediumbuyingllc/status/859758785396649985

I dunno. Arent there lot of rich Republican suburbanites in that district? Pretty sure they're Lexus level.

 

[pigeon]

The pointless article about Obama almost marrying a white woman and how that would've affected his presidential politics are a first look at how Kamala's gonna be treated on a national stage for having a white husband. At the very least, they're gonna have to try to hit the ground running on framing him as a woke white dude.

Black woman white man is a totally different dynamic than white woman black man in terms of Fanonesque race-sex politics, though.

 

[wandering]

My god this video is amazing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tjjjPU5Up8&feature=youtu.be

 

[kadotsu]

My god this video is amazing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tjjjPU5Up8&feature=youtu.be

Many Heavy Rain fans in that room.

 

[RastaMentality]

Black woman white man is a totally different dynamic than white woman black man in terms of Fanonesque race-sex politics, though.

It definitely is. which is why it'll likely be more of an issue among black people than white people. Serena's engagement being a recent example.

 

[ShadowSwordmaster]

Is the GOP fighting with each other again?

 

[whyamihere]

I dunno. Arent there lot of rich Republican suburbanites in that district? Pretty sure they're Lexus level.

The whole point of being a fiscal Republican is you don't like representatives wasting your money.

 

[Rebel Leader]

Many Heavy Rain fans in that room.

 

[pigeon]

It definitely is. which is why it'll likely be more of an issue among black people than white people. Serena's engagement being a recent example.

I buy that, but do you really think they would refuse to vote for her just based on that? Maybe so! It seems surprising to me though.

 

[kirblar]

The whole point of being a fiscal Republican is you don't like representatives wasting your money.

The ad mimicking a luxury car ad is hilarious to me. (not in a "this is stupid" way either)

 

[RastaMentality]

I buy that, but do you really think they would refuse to vote for her just based on that? Maybe so! It seems surprising to me though.

I think Kamala definitely has to just make herself a clear champion of everything and all things black early on. A lot of the (sometimes misguided) concern black people have with people in interracial relationships is trust. Trust that they're not "sell outs". Especially since she'll be competing up against preacher-voiced Booker.

 

[studyguy]

http://www.newsweek.com/illegal-immigration-pac-rescinds-trump-endorsement-594059

Trump Loses Anti-Illegal Immigration Group Endorsement

When the Americans for Legal Immigration Political Action Committee endorsed Donald Trump in February 2016, the decision angered PAC members who supported the candidacy of Ted Cruz or believed Trump was untrustworthy.

This week, ALIPAC President William Gheen announced those doubting members were correct, saying that Trump had “betrayed” their vision of stricter immigration laws and that the PAC would rescind its endorsement of the president.

“It’s clear that we’ve been betrayed on the issues that gave him his greatest power to defeat his primary opponents and Hillary Clinton, which are the promises to end DACA amnesty and dangerous refugee resettlement programs,” Gheen tells Newsweek, referring to the Deferred Action Childhood Arrivals program. Gheen dismissed claims by Trump supporters that the president’s attempts to do just that have been stymied by Democrats or the courts.

SAD!

 

[shinra-bansho]

Lol occupy.
A ragtag bunch of smelly weirdos having a camp out in public spaces and playing bongos.
Achieved much tangible progress.

 

[whyamihere]

The Federalist: killing the game.

 

[Bonen no Max'd]

Speaking of which, the first negative Ossoff ad is fucking brutal: https://twitter.com/mediumbuyingllc/status/859758785396649985

Attack ad narrators are always so goofy sounding imo, I don't get how they work

 

[kadotsu]

Lol occupy.
A ragtag bunch of smelly weirdos having a camp out in public spaces and playing bongos.
Achieved much tangible progress.

much tangible > incremental

 

[pigeon]

Lol occupy.
A ragtag bunch of smelly weirdos having a camp out in public spaces and playing bongos.
Achieved much tangible progress.

They invented the concept of the 1%, I think they did okay

 

[RoKKeR]

Getting nervous about healthcare.

 

[whyamihere]

Vote is tomorrow. Let's see if it actually happens.

 

[metalslimer]

Thinking it will probably pass, makes it that much more delicious that the Senate will have to deal with this shit.

For all the handwringing that people won't notice because the effects won't happen until 2020, that makes little sense when Obamacare killed dozens of careers before even a single provision was implemented. If the public is against a bill and you vote for it, expect to be blasted on it.

 

[TestOfTide]

I said it in the hearing thread and I'll say it here:

Stop trying to think of Comey as "Good Guy" or "Bad Guy". Comey is neither. He's Varys from ASoIaF and he cares about protecting his Intel.

They invented the concept of the 1%, I think they did okay

Which led to the concept of the 53% from the conservative side, which led to Romney's 47% comment.

So I guess I can give credit to Occupy for stopping Mitt Romney.

 

[shinra-bansho]

And the tea party invented tax and spend liberals and wasteful gubberment.

 

[VendettaRed07]

The reason I'm worried about the healthcare vote rn is because there isn't nearly as much of a "everyone is running around with their hair on fire calling their house reps", atmosphere like there was last time.

Or that Paul Ryan told them that because this isn't filibuster proof, to just pass it so they can at least look competent enough to say they "tried", and blame dems in the senate for stopping it.

 

[PBY]

Thinking it will probably pass, makes it that much more delicious that the Senate will have to deal with this shit.

For all the handwringing that people won't notice because the effects won't happen until 2020, that makes little sense when Obamacare killed dozens of careers before even a single provision was implemented. If the public is against a bill and you vote for it, expect to be blasted on it.

Lol at "delicious"


Come on dude.


This could be a major L.

 

[PBY]

The reason I'm worried about the healthcare vote rn is because there isn't nearly as much of a "everyone is running around with their hair on fire calling their house reps", atmosphere like there was last time.

Or that Paul Ryan told them that because this isn't filibuster proof, to just pass it so they can at least look competent enough to say they "tried", and blame dems in the senate for stopping it.

I blame the Dems. They need to step the fuck up and be waaaaaaaay more visible on this.

 

[whyamihere]

I blame the Dems. They need to step the fuck up and be waaaaaaaay more visible on this.

This is weird you keep saying this.

 

[kirblar]

I blame the Dems. They need to step the fuck up and be waaaaaaaay more visible on this.

Vote hinges entirely on GOP infighting keeping them at a standstill.

You blame the Dems, who are completely irrelevant to this matter.

 

[kadotsu]

I blame the Dems. They need to step the fuck up and be waaaaaaaay more visible on this.

All the money they had is now in the Montana race. How can they finance activism without funding?

 

[thepotatoman]

And the tea party invented tax and spend liberals.

No they didn't.

Occupy certainly made the 1% enter the public lexicon, or at least make it way, way more popular of a term than before.

Stop trying to rewrite history.

 

[metalslimer]

I blame the Dems. They need to step the fuck up and be waaaaaaaay more visible on this.

Visible on what? On a bill the public already hates? This process also was done in the span of a week. If this even gets serious consideration in the Senate, you will see the mobilization of every group that fought it before.

I'm sure before the budget negotiation you thought dems were doing nothing as well.

 

[whyamihere]

What, exactly, should Democrats be doing differently right now to stop the AHCA?

 

[RastaMentality]

Lol at "delicious"


Come on dude.


This could be a major L.

A major L when it goes up in flames without 60 votes in the senate?

 

[Macho Madness]

What, exactly, should Democrats be doing differently right now to stop the AHCA?

I do think they should be shouting about Medicare for all and about how much better that would be instead of just thinking the Republicans will allow this to fail

 

[Diablos]

FNC quoting McCarthy stating they're gonna pass it tomorrow

 

[kirblar]

What, exactly, should Democrats be doing differently right now to stop the AHCA?

Are we at the point where people are demanding blood sacrifices?

 

[balladofwindfishes]

The reason I'm worried about the healthcare vote rn is because there isn't nearly as much of a "everyone is running around with their hair on fire calling their house reps", atmosphere like there was last time.

Or that Paul Ryan told them that because this isn't filibuster proof, to just pass it so they can at least look competent enough to say they "tried", and blame dems in the senate for stopping it.

Last time they were 20 odd votes short. Now they're fiveish votes short, so there likely isn't as much chaos.

 

[whyamihere]

I do think they should be shouting about Medicare for all and about how much better that would be instead of just thinking the Republicans will allow this to fail

OKay, but like, to stop the AHCA, what could they be doing to stop it?

 

[Fenderputty]

Are we at the point where people are demanding blood sacrifices?

Any virgins in politics?

 

[Bonen no Max'd]

What, exactly, should Democrats be doing differently right now to stop the AHCA?

this but with Paul Ryan