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PoliGAF 2017 |OT5| The Man In the High Chair

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Tamanon

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"Hey guys, let's not fight amongst ourselves" after so many years of feeding it.

Now, I think I really see the reason for the Afghanistan push.
 

East Lake

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The examples at the end aren't very good. Nixon should've gone to prison (or at least been convicted) and anyone ordering torture should've been charged as well.

Most of our political norms are fine and should be guarded, but the norm that "politicians can never be tried for crimes" is really stupid. Trump and the GOP have already tested various norms and their boundaries, and this one is no exception.
Just to be clear I'm not defending that view, I'd have no problem with Trump in a jail cell. Only saying that there are arguments out there that this is a useful norm. In that article's case it's just saying it's useful to prevent increasing extremism or dictatorship.
 
The irony is even if Trump does pivot and start behaving, the second he does his base disappears. They love him because he's brash and doesn't mince words or stick to the script. They legitimately get aroused whenever he clearly loses his temper while answering questions. A tame, more composed Trump, does not appeal to these people.
 

Kusagari

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Ryan's speech is such bullshit.

Talking about leading by example, but refusing to hold the de facto leader of his party to the same standard.
 
Just to be clear I'm not defending that view, I'd have no problem with Trump in a jail cell. Only saying that there are arguments out there that this is a useful norm. In that article's case it's just saying it's useful to prevent increasing extremism or dictatorship.

I get that, but I think the approval spike for Clinton after being harassed for perjury signals to me that the public can sort through frivolous political jam-ups.
 

Ogodei

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Frankly we needed to get tough on Pakistan a long time ago. We picked the wrong team in India v Pakistan.

Of course, if we pissed off Pakistan then we'd have literally no air route into Afghanistan (unless you got clearance from Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan).
 

Mikef2000

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"At the end of the day, I control my own actions."

YOU'RE THE SPEAKER OF THE MOTHERFUCKING HOUSE YOU SHIT


Basically throwing McConnell under the bus. And no mention that the POS bill that was passed in the House would leave 24 million without insurance.

I had to stop watching, watchiing this spineless asshole for more than a few minutes at time will give me an ulcer.
 
Ryan to nun: The poor need BOOTSTRAPS, and government programs incentivize people not working. Fuck you.
Why can't we have Geico sell us health insurance? Fucking seriously?
Thinking that health insurance can be operated as simply and in the brute force style of every other type of insurance would explain a lot about how shitty the GOP has been at coming up with an actual replacement plan. If the Speaker is this dense, imagine how bad it gets in the caucus.
 

tuxfool

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https://twitter.com/PhilipRucker/status/899802454895861760

Haha.

Idiot.
 
Media never learns. When will these idiots learn the difference between scripted Trump and just Trump?

Infuriating that an ultra-rightwing Australian commentator can state the obvious fact that his vengeful and moronic tweets are the real person, and the "liberal rags" bow to anything that contains several punctuation marks.
 
Very unexcited for the countless "real presidential speech" media reactions, but very excited for Trump's inevitable self-heel turn in the next 24-48 hours.

Oh well, maybe in a couple years the media will ave finally moved on from judging Trump based on his ability to read complete sentences with an 8th grade vocabulary and onto the actual substance of what the words mean.
 

Teggy

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He could still pardon Arpaio even if he's not there. Bringing him up on stage to rub it into the rest of the government's face would be a really bad look, even for Trump. Could just announce it. But maybe not.
 
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