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PoliGAF 2017 |OT3| 13 Treasons Why
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ShadowSwordmaster
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Interesting.
whyamihere
Banned
lololololol
whyamihere
Banned
So you don't think we should go after Colorado, North Carolina, Georgia, Maine and maybe Iowa in 2020? Just say lol okay to Colorado and call it a day? Because that's what that post in was response to.
Looking at opportunities is different than saying Misty Snow will be the next senator from Utah.
shinra-bansho
Member
I said lol Kentucky.
I'd probably also say lol Iowa.
I'd probably also say lol Iowa.
whyamihere
Banned
But no one was talking about Kentucky? Unless my cntrl+f was searching the wrong thing.
EDIT: Oh, KY. Yeah, lol.
PeteZaTheHutt
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@PrecedentDonaldTrump
All of my life I've agreed with the Paris Climax Accord. When things get a little too hot, that's when you pull out.
All of my life I've agreed with the Paris Climax Accord. When things get a little too hot, that's when you pull out.
StopMakingSense
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FWIW, Nashville is having a bit of a renaissance. Not to the degree Atlanta is growing probably, but there is a lot of coalescing in the cities in that area, as well as tech business growth.
Autodidact
Banned
Maybe we could get Dolly Parton to run for governor as a Democrat.
If anything the silicon valley set needs to be exposed to the kind of people who make policy. I think that would benefit both.
Carpe Libertatem
Member
Yeah, based on population growth in Nashville I could easily see Tennessee becoming what Georgia currently is in about 10-15 years.
(although Trump won TN bigly last year, so maybe not.)
RastaMentality
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this is a winning formula.
Bonen no Max'd
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Trump's vote share was about the same size as Romney's, but Hillary dropped five points from Obama there.
_/¯shinra-bansho
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Lol Tennessee.
Carpe Libertatem
Member
Sort of. Trump did about ~60k better than Romney and Hillary did ~90k worse than Obama.
Gary Johnson was a big winner getting about ~55k more than he did in 2012.
AntraxSuicide
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Which is a wash overall. We could maybe improve there with other candidates but if Trump didn't see a major decline then no Republican would.
I still think you could push on Memphis. It's so close to MS that it actually helps us out if it doesn't help TN.
Autodidact
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Lol at your doubting queen's electability. Run a campaign ad with the Smoky Mountains, have her show the lowercase smoky mountains, and write a jingle - queen is percheD to slay the polls.
balladofwindfishes
Member
So that's three in one day saying the same thing
Must have had a memo or a GOP meeting or something that didn't go great.
Bonen no Max'd
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I mean, I don't think Tennessee is a real opportunity unless some suburban district goes GA-6 on us, which I find unlikely.
I just was curious if anything happened since most southern states stayed basically the same iirc.
I just was curious if anything happened since most southern states stayed basically the same iirc.
VendettaRed07
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Hopefully MLS expands to Nashville
Build a soccer stadium, the godless coastal hipsters will come
Carpe Libertatem
Member
Right, it certainly wouldn't happen anytime soon. Give it 15 years of growth in Nashville though and TN could be R+6 like GA is right now.
They'll wind up with the worst team in the league.
I also think we should be vigilant. I think Topher Spiro has the right attitude.
https://twitter.com/TopherSpiro/status/870806957048950784
(The Murkowski story referenced.)
shinra-bansho
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As if US democracy will exist in 15 years.
Dubbedinenglish
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We'll be a socialist utopia after Bernie/Jill 2020 leads to the banning of cars and wifi.
BlastProcessing
Member
I fear that they are setting up for a sneak attack. If their main obstacle is public outcry, convincing people that no bill will be passed is their simplest way to reduce that outcry.
Of course the best way to reduce outcry would be to write a bill that isn't monstrously evil, but the that's a non starter
Telling everyone that a bill won't happen is a win, win. If it doesn't happen, then they were smart politicians who correctly read things, if it happens then they are heroes who did the impossible through a
I think that is a possibility. But it's not over 'till it's over. That's why it wouldn't surprise me if we saw some AHCA craziness coming our way.
balladofwindfishes
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If they're having a hard time even starting the bill right now, and 3 randoms are pretty sure it'll never get done this year (who wouldn't really have any reason to lie and pretend everything is going great), let alone this month, why would anyone expect a sudden vote in June? The CBO estimate will take at least a few weeks at minimum, and then it has to pass reconciliation review which is some more time. If it was happening in June, the bill would be near finished by now.
This also makes no sense at all. If it doesn't have the votes it won't be put to a vote. It's only 52 people, not really hard to get a clear vote count before hand.
So Bill Maher just had his introductory interview with renowned douchebag Ben Sasse to bond over their shared hatred of millenials when, for some reason, Ben Sasse offered to Bill Maher the opportunity to visit Nebraska and "work in the fields with us", to which Bill Maher paused and replied "Work in the fields...? Senator... I'm a house n*****."
https://twitter.com/jus1nyt/status/870827978179006464
Was gonna make a thread about it but not really worth it unless it actually blows up into a story. Hard to tell if the left or the right will chase it harder at this point.
https://twitter.com/jus1nyt/status/870827978179006464
Was gonna make a thread about it but not really worth it unless it actually blows up into a story. Hard to tell if the left or the right will chase it harder at this point.
BlastProcessing
Member
I do not like Bill Maher. I think he is a bad person who does bad things for bad reasons.
If you're not black, don't say the n-word.
This is literally the easiest rule a progressive can follow. And yet...
excelsiorlef
Member
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
*headdesk*
Can HBO just give his show to Jon Stewart already?
I tend to watch Real Time for the occasional interesting panel discussion, but Bill's gotten so pithy about his audience's reactions to his jokes and he's failed to moderate and actively derails into anti-Islam rhetoric that it's starting to become clear that this program would be fine or better without him at this point. He's flubbed more punchlines this season from his teleprompter that he's had all week to practice than I can count on both hands. And clearly his on-the-spot joketelling compass is utterly fucked.
Fenderputty
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I just got a DNC survey and one section is on, "which aspects of the Trump presidency do you find most disturbing?" In that section is a series of radio boxes to check off with one being, "His early morning tweets." These are the absolute best thing about his presidency though, for multiple reasons.
Abinash117
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I also think we should be vigilant. I think Topher Spiro has the right attitude.
https://twitter.com/TopherSpiro/status/870806957048950784
(The Murkowski story referenced.)
What they say in public and how they appear is can be different while in private. They were really confident a few months ago about repealing ACA, but in private they were freaking out because they really couldn't do it.
Only a very few high level Republicans are pouring cold water on the healthcare bill so it could be that they are lowering expectations because somethings aren't going according to plan, but these things can be fluid. Trumpcare was revived mostly because Trump was determined to pass something.
Box of Kittens
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That's actually not that far off from the position that the DLC (remember them?) took in the aftermath of the 1988 election. They didn't exactly say California was out of reach, but the idea that winning in western states like California could make up for losing the South was derided as "the California Dream."
On a somewhat related note it's interesting to note how the terrible performance of Democratic presidential candidates in the 80s masked favorable trends in many states, to the point where people were somewhat shocked to see Clinton carry "safe Republican" states like Vermont and New Jersey.
shinra-bansho
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"Why do you all hate free speech libtard snowflakes." Liberal Icon Bill Maher's response.
aspiegamer
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It was awesome for Ryan to force a vote on the AHCA and Trump to throw a kegger just to have the Senate literally punt the thing 18 months down the road. If they're worried about losing seats despite the D-heavy map in 2018, you know the situation is awful. No, really, thanks Ryan! Everyone in the House is on the record! Idiot. I cannot understate the level of political incompetence here.
ItWasMeantToBe19
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I think we should think about regime change in Turkey.
A dictator that is willing to attempt an assassination on a US public figure is a dictator dangerous to US interests.
A dictator that is willing to attempt an assassination on a US public figure is a dictator dangerous to US interests.
metalslimer
Member
That's my breaking point. I hope his ass is thrown off the air. Fuck Bill Maher and his islamaphpbic nonsense. I also don't want to hear a damn word about him fighting the good fight
DrForester
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Aaron Strife
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tbh I wouldn't be surprised if they got wiped out in November and then tried to bumrush something during the lame duck session.
Spoiled Milk
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Who did he try to assassinate? I'm out of the loop.
RustyNails
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Good God. Make a thread about it. Bill Maher needs to go away.
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