Poodlestrike
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There were more blank/abstaining votes in the French election than FNP votes.
This is like the Republican candidate losing to Harambe.
This is like the Republican candidate losing to Harambe.
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PoliGAF 2017 |OT3| 13 Treasons Why
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excelsiorlef
Member
Oh shocking he works for TYT...
Well not together, they'll be in separate prisons of course.
ItWasMeantToBe19
Banned
Ah, then yeah that's a paddlin'
Why? Who the fuck is Huma Abedin? Some nobody who works for a non-politician?
What's the deal with you loving alt-right talking points so much?
Bam Bam Baklava
Member
Is this a joke? I'm the last person you could accuse of being far right/left. I'm all about rational pragmatic thinking in the face of emotional extremism.
excelsiorlef
Member
Whot does TYT employ a guy like Micheal Tracey?
Like Dore I can sort of understand but this guy basically seems like a LaPen supporter and a Russian Apoligist.
Like Dore I can sort of understand but this guy basically seems like a LaPen supporter and a Russian Apoligist.
Some of you guys really froth at the mouth at this conflict within the left -- not just this most recent thing, but in general.. always posting about TYT, Gabbard, Greenwald, etc -- "look at these idiots" etc. It's an obsession.
Worse, you're fueling their fire. You're not even trying to extend a bridge, you're standing in as an enemy that keeps them motivated, helps them grow. There's always been a fringe like that in one form or another. Think they're a lost cause? Fine, ignore them -- but don't help make it into a real thing by adding fuel to the fire
Worse, you're fueling their fire. You're not even trying to extend a bridge, you're standing in as an enemy that keeps them motivated, helps them grow. There's always been a fringe like that in one form or another. Think they're a lost cause? Fine, ignore them -- but don't help make it into a real thing by adding fuel to the fire
excelsiorlef
Member
It's called grassroots. People's interactions on this board effect them like big personalities with big platforms (perhaps in different ways, but not necessarily weaker ways). And gaf isn't some nothing board with a few members.
I wonder how the AHCA will affect a newer poll, especially as Gianforte was caught on tape praising it at a private Republican function.
excelsiorlef
Member
Gaf isn't going to swing an election on its own but being a top 5 referrer for Clinton's website isn't nothing and I don't think it's a stretch to suggest thousands if not tens of thousands of people (members and lurkers) were affected in small, but perhaps in big ways for some, by their interactions on this forum in the 2016 cycle.
...ok, so it's even more notable
...ok, so it's even more notable
jack_package_200
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Its weird how that detail is always forgotten
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Deleted member 231381
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Huh. NeoGAF is in the top 500 sites by monthly visitors for the UK. I did not know that. Top 900 for the US.
excelsiorlef
Member
Bonen no Max'd
Banned
is this from before or after the AHCA vote?
excelsiorlef
Member
Sarcastic Hillary Clinton is best Hillary Clinton
When she actually lets down the shields and lets her actual snarky personality out it's amazing.
excelsiorlef
Member
No, I assume most of us post in more than this thread.
excelsiorlef
Member
Says it's from late April, so a week or two before.
cooljeanius
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shinra-bansho
Member
I'm pretty sure that referrer thing was false, from memory of our secret mod chat where we discuss how much to charge Soros this year. And Sony.
PantherLotus
Professional Schmuck
"Top 500 in the UK!!" and "lay out the prosecutorial vision of why selling out the office of the presidency on foreign soil via the presdient's son in law grifter is illegal" are two all-timers and they're within the last 20 posts. PoliGAF you continue to amaze.
ArkhamFantasy
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Took a peak at r/donald today, WOOF.
It's nothing new, no, but what seemed noteworthy was the investor meeting repeatedly mentioned that Nicole Kushner Meyer was Jared's sister, that Jared Kushner has a "celebrity" status and many connections, and they kept urging people to act fast before policies changed. You can see how they're using both sides to 'entice' investors.
Ultimately, the rampant abuse of the 'investor visa' in the real estate world seems seriously problematic regardless of this incident.
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Deleted member 231381
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I just used Alexa website ranking on NeoGAF out of curiosity. Wasn't some huge statement, was just mildly surprised. I know Alexa isn't entirely accurate, but that still means NeoGAF has significantly more traffic than I realized.
PantherLotus
Professional Schmuck
Yeah sorry was just saying Alexa loses a lot of meaning outside of the top 5-10-20. Like being in Hillary's or Bernie's top X referrers. Kinda meaningless.
(Not that NeoGAF isn't huge)
(Not that NeoGAF isn't huge)
Snowman Prophet of Doom
Member
Jesus, that Leftist rant quoted in excelsioref's post is just all kinds of pointless.
Also, praising Jimmy Dore for praising Castro seems pretty much like confirming your principles are more fundamentally anti-capitalism than anti-the evils of capitalism. Castro chased like a million people out of Cuba and imprisoned and killed tens of thousands more, and Trump unreservedly denouncing him as a bloodthirsty tyrant is one of the few things he's done since being elected that I had an unqualified positive reaction to.
Also, praising Jimmy Dore for praising Castro seems pretty much like confirming your principles are more fundamentally anti-capitalism than anti-the evils of capitalism. Castro chased like a million people out of Cuba and imprisoned and killed tens of thousands more, and Trump unreservedly denouncing him as a bloodthirsty tyrant is one of the few things he's done since being elected that I had an unqualified positive reaction to.
Bam Bam Baklava
Member
You're right, merely questioning how you're gonna go about imprisoning Jared and Ivanka was just too much from me. I should have just chanted lock them up mindlessly like the drones at the RNC.
Not one person has come up with the law that is supposedly being broken in this Kushner story yet.
To this day this boils me.
Snowman Prophet of Doom
Member
Have people attempted to use the office of the Presidency in such a way as to necessitate illegalizing the Trump behaviors thus far? So much of the office is built on tradition or decorum, it wouldn't surprise me if we literally needed to put laws in place to prevent this kind of thing from happening again.
IIRC, the nepotism stuff was put in as a response to Kennedy and his bro. But it doesn't seem like anything matters when one party controls everything.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Fundamentally, the GOP has sort of demonstrated (and exploited) all the ways in which our present system fails. Gerrymandering and the locked delegate count allows them to hold power in both houses despite being strongly in the national minority, with the electoral college doing the same for the Presidency. Many of our internal checks and balances fail in the face of extreme partisanship, like the "why would we want to investigate Republicans" business. And now, Trump is proving that a lot of the restrictions on the Presidency don't mean shit when they're mostly grounded in tradition and convention.
We really need to give the whole Constitution a fresh coat of paint at some point. Getting there's gonna be a bitch and a half though.
We really need to give the whole Constitution a fresh coat of paint at some point. Getting there's gonna be a bitch and a half though.
Team Alucard
Banned
Calling them a national minority is a stretch. They won more votes in House elections than the Dems have in the past two elections, 49% to 48% last Nov and 51% to 45% in 2014.
RustyNails
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Yates testimony tomorrow should be interesting. Wonder what she's got to say that made Nunes implode.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Yeah, but local viability figures into that. People who know their guy is gonna get walloped (because, for instance, they live in a district that looks like somebody vomited spaghetti onto a map) are less likely to bother voting in their House election. We crush them in the presidential vote totals, which I feel is a better measure in this case.
cooljeanius
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Remind me what time it is? Wondering if I'll have to miss any of it...
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thepotatoman
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So looking at Cook Political Report, there's 216 likely or solid republican house seats, with GA-6 being rated as a Republican Tossup?
With that reading, GA-6 is a must win as a overall show of strength. Price did win by a very large margin there, but it is a district Hillary almost won with no incumbent running. Include a D+3 national vote, and it wouldn't be that surprising to see that close of a race with those conditions, while Democrats probably need a national +6 to feel ok.
I wonder how difficult that district will be for democrats in the 2018 election if Ossoff loses.
With that reading, GA-6 is a must win as a overall show of strength. Price did win by a very large margin there, but it is a district Hillary almost won with no incumbent running. Include a D+3 national vote, and it wouldn't be that surprising to see that close of a race with those conditions, while Democrats probably need a national +6 to feel ok.
I wonder how difficult that district will be for democrats in the 2018 election if Ossoff loses.
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