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Wulaw, I want to respond to this, but I have other things to do and to treat this properly would require something like 1000 words, gravied in condescension. I'm sure there will be time for that someday, but for now, I'll just point out that "centrist" is not "the center". When the GOP (not conservatives, mind you, the party as a faction) has radicalized to the point that they no longer recognize the legitimacy of the institutional and procedural center of our politics, it shouldn't be surprising that they have shown themselves out of discussions that take it for granted. That being said, as you well know the people most active on this board today are largely the same core group that dominated Hornfans West Mall in 2003 - then and still center-right conservatives. The GOP has changed. That's the difference.28 points
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It's not "mission creep." It's the fact that as soon as I stopped reflexively opposing things just because they came from the other party, I found that some of the things for which they were arguing were pretty damned persuasive. Brisket is exactly right with the trickle-down theory. I believed that for a long time. It's part of GOP orthodoxy. We tried it. And guess what--it didn't work. You know what did work? When GHWB broke from GOP orthodoxy and raised taxes on the rich. Clinton did it again in 1993, balanced the budget, and damned if we didn't have the strongest economy in post-war history. But then we had to try trickle-down again with GWB. And again it didn't work. Fool me once, shame on me; fool me twice, can't be fooled again. The Court has already been packed. Mitch McConnell held up 110 Obama nominations (including 1 SCOTUS seat) with no justification other than he didn't want Obama filling them. So those got filled by Trump. The question is whether we're going to return the judiciary to some semblance of balance. Why? The number of SCOTUS seats is not fixed by the Constitution. The Court has had anywhere from 5 justices to 10. The first time the Court was expanded was in 1807 (under the presidency of Thomas Jefferson--are we going to argue that Jefferson and the 10th Congress didn't know what the Constitution allowed for?) It has only been set at 9 since 1869. And the reason it was set at 9 in the Judiciary Act of 1869 was so that one justice could preside over each of the nine circuit courts of appeals. But now there are 13 courts of appeals (12 circuit courts and the Federal Circuit). Logic dictates that the Court should be expanded to 13 justices. And if your position is that Congress shouldn't play politics with the Court, then I'm sorry that the ship has already sailed. You should take your gripe to Mitch McConnell.27 points
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Enough with the both sides bullshit. Point to a place where Dems actively disenfranchise Republican voters. Staten Islanders have equal access to polls, mail-in, and early voting, and nobody in the Bronx or Manhattan is trying to take that away from them. The OC gets all the access they want in Cali. Also most Dem run states aren't gerrymandering. Every single GOP run state is. Hurray, I guess, that a federal judge isn't as partisan as advertised. Meanwhile, it's your GOP team that brought this bullshit case in the first place. Something else that no Dems have even attempted. From hanging chads to drive through votes. It's the GOP that wants to throw out ballots every single time.25 points
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Look, man- When the election results are certified and the Orangutan in Chief leaves office, I won't need Thanksgiving, Christmas, or Fourth of July. I'll be too busy enjoying the 365.25 day holiday called "Trump's Not The President". And if he gets perp-walked soon thereafter? Wellll....22 points
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I just talked to a Trumpkin colleague who is seriously worried about a horde of pissed off liberals attacking her home on Wednesday. I said, "Nah, they'll be celebrating in their own neighborhoods." Was that wrong? Should I not have done that?22 points
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Has anyone else seen some "mission creep" into their beliefs where the D platform seems a bit better than it would have before Trumpism? Being Anti-Trump has led me far down the progressive path that I never would've imagined 4 years ago.20 points
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It’s because it’s drive through and you sit in the car. If they were standing in the cars they would have..... standing.20 points
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Let's be clear here. We didn't beat a Top 10 team on the road. A Top 10 team proved itself unworthy by choking to an unranked us. They had what... 4 turnovers? 5? Our product on the field was the same crap it's been all year. No pulse from Sam throwing in the first half. Countless dumb preventable mistakes and penalties. Tons of on-field talent out of position and lacking discipline. We got lucky that OSU did their annual thing that they always do with Gundy -- shit the bed against an inferior opponent. Sad thing is, we aren't inferior, talent-wise. We just are because of crap coaching. So don't tell me some magical lie about how this changes anything. We are who we thought we were, and Gundy let us off the hook!20 points
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And I don’t say this lightly but fuck George W Bush for sitting by quietly for the past 4 years and especially recently. im not expecting him to join Biden at rallies but I doubt he likes what he sees from trump. Except he’s too much of a coward to speak publicly. Like others I guess he’s afraid of the wrath of trump. For someone that doesn’t seem to care what people think of him, he certaintly wants to maintain gop friends.20 points
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Eat a bag of dicks, Texas Republicans.18 points
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Did you also go to a UNLV board and announce that the Federal judge has yet to rule?18 points
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So when asked to point out Democratic attempts at voter disenfranchisement, WuLaw points to court cases the very purpose of which was to expand voting access. I’m concerned that a certain law school in St. Louis failed to teach the definition of the word “disenfranchise”. This isn’t difficult. The Republican nominee for president has won the popular vote exactly one time since 1992. Their entire existence as a party in power is dependent upon the electoral college and suppressing votes. Wake the fuck up. And to the poster above who characterized “court packing” as voter disenfranchisement, you should be proud of yourself every morning you successfully tie your own shoes, because you are clearly a fucking imbecile. Dear god let this election end.17 points
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The electoral college has to go. We should stop letting geography decide our president.17 points
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Denying to go through the process of advice and consent as a strategy to hold seats open isn't far right, but it is openly hostile to the institution and outside the intent of the framers. Happy?16 points
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Jackin Pee Check Surly and FB Jackin Pee/Poop/Start Coffee Jackin See if anyone has responded to my sparkling wit on Surly or FB Jack/drink coffee Check out newsfeed, maybe Trump dead Pushups/squats Pushups/squats Do we have a football team? Look up trivial news. Think about jackin Pushups/squats Eat something Shower/ possibly crank one out beforehand What's the weather look like for this week? Look it up. Fucking awesome. Jack attack Wish death upon president Sensible lunch Serenity Now For Go People Extreme Workout Box of Wine Riot Prolly jack.15 points
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Reality is a left wing echo chamber.15 points
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Well, this person with five posts, two of which are in the last five minutes and the other three being supportive of the baker who wouldn't make the gay cake two years ago, is certainly a legitimate and intellectually curious actor.13 points
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yes, that is amazing. i heard the other day that biden may win 91 of the 100 biggest counties in the country. he's projected to win this election by 6-15mm votes. one candidate has nothing to run on, so his platform is basically telling lies about what biden will do, attacking his family, and calling on his justice department to lock them all up. yet here we are. thanks, electoral college. thanks unbalanced bullshit senate representation. when those in power are so desperate to keep it that they'll lie, cheat, steal, extort, bribe, and kill, then yes, we should question who those people are, and why they're allowed to stay in power. either this is america, or it isn't. let's fucking go.13 points
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Correction, Nevada not Texas court ruled against GOP early voting.13 points
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TFB-Super K This past weekend, I had a chance to chat with a couple of additional sources on the matter of Texas and Urban Meyer. These conversations did take place before the OSU game. ***Received more confirmation that there has been some time of back channel communication with Meyer. ***Received additional confirmation that Meyer’s number is in the 10 million dollar range. ***Was also told that while not necessary specific to Texas, Meyer has been reaching out to some former assistants to gauge their interest in joining him if he did take another job. ***One source told me that Kerry Coombs, known for his DB development, would not likely join Urban. I personally think that’s a pretty big blow. ***I asked the source how likely it would be that Urban would take the Texas job, if offered. Was told, “I know he’s considering it but don’t think it’s a slam dunk. Money talks though, of course”. ***Did get the sense that a lot of the old guys Urban coached with were not likely to join him. ***On the Herman front, I do believe that one more loss would be difficult to come back from. The question is, what would he need to accomplish to ensure his safety. Is it getting to the Big 12 championship? Or must he win it? I don’t know the answer to that question yet. ***My suspicion though is that it has a lot to do with whether Urban is really on the table – and I believe he is. ***I am told there was some back channel talks with Mario Cristobal and PJ Fleck’s people. But neither of those names or resumes are, in my opinion, enough to trigger a move if Herman closes the season out well. I don’t personally want either hire, regardless. ***But with a name like Urban Meyer sitting out there, it’s different. The immediate impact he’d have on recruiting would be unreal.13 points
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Twitter needs to shut his account down. If anything is inciting violence, it is this guy.12 points
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Fuck yeah I did. 45% of our population is people for whom naked racism, white supremacy, bullying, vindictiveness above all else, purposeful cruelty, and relentless psychotic lying isn't a dealbreaker? Yeah, that's a fucking cancer. It's fucking astounding to me that people think it's not....but then, it's astounding to me that the worst human being in American public life still has 45% support, and it never, ever wavered.12 points
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No Republican here had a problem with drive through voting until Biden had a shot at winning Texas.12 points
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But Dems were playing dirty when they complained about a lack of functioning voting machines in Fulton County Georgia in 2018 too. Its exactly the same as burning ballots, or intentionally reducing voting machines and polling places in minority precincts. Fighting against disenfranchisement is the same as disenfranchisement in a Republican's mind. Its the same bullshit argument Republicans use for everything. You're also intolerant because you don't accept that homophobes have a right to hate gays.12 points
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getting up at 5 am so that I can shower, change, pack a lunch and dinner and head to the polls so I can arrive by 5:45 to work till 9 pm. I've got mad respect for the elderly people that regularly work them.11 points
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One who thinks you shouldn’t die because you can’t afford your fucking insulin11 points
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Probably not going to land an analogy about paying attention while driving with @Wulaw Horn because...you know.11 points
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Right wing != Trumpism. Trumpism is not respected here, but nor should it be. It's batshit insane bullshit that's been somehow transmogrified into a mainstream political ideology merely by sheer numbers of driveling morons. But even with that point made, we still don't actually run off Trumpists. They're given every opportunity to provide evidence and reasoning for their perspective, or to challenge our own, but they simply can't -- for the same reason flat earthers can't really participate in legitimate scientific inquiry. So, when their nonsense fails to hold up to basic scrutiny, they inevitably give up and lay low for a while, waiting for the next news cycle to bring them a new batch of shitty gotchas to throw at us.11 points
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This string of posts reminds me of the first R-rated joke my dad ever told me. I think I was about 14 or 15. What's the difference between Neil Armstrong and Michael Jackson? Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, and Michael Jackson fucks little boys.11 points
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Fuck that, too bothsidesy. I have yet to see any obnoxious jackasses in trucks sporting Biden flags and menacing others. Republican politicians and voters have done this. Anyone who supports them is complicit.11 points
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That song is so unbelievably good. It's one of those once-in-a-decade tunes, like "Smells Like Teen Spirit" 10 years before or "London Calling" some 13 years prior to that. Every time I hear it I get completely charged up. Just an absolute masterpiece in terms of walking the fine line between art and craft, message and mayhem.10 points
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Yes it's definitely the left that has run the Trump supporters off, and not the fact that they're forced to defend an indefensible position of supporting the worst president in a century. Because they certainly haven't tried to come in here and drop bombs on the libtards! Don't feign victimhood. Lame as fuck. Former republicans went one of two ways. They either realized Trump is awful and are now what you consider "left-wing" posters even though they're not and even though a bunch of them will probably go back to voting Republican if they ever stop being crazy people. Or they're nutjob Trump supporters who come in here, try to drop little jabs or gotchas, then run away when confronted. That's not the Surly "Left's" fault. And I'm one that has encouraged more right-wing posters to post in the CR, because I like the back and forth. There's certainly some dogpiling at times. But that's mostly because of who the right wing now supports and the way they choose to engage when they come into the CR.10 points
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This. One side is encouraging voter turnout and the other is actively trying to suppress it by making it unnecessarily difficult (one drop box in Harris County) and by encouraging voter intimidation at the polls. This stuff is sickening, but SOP for the two parties. One side has the majority of voters in the country and wants high turnout and the other doesn't. The part that is enraging is that the GOP knows that its standard bullshit won't be enough this time, so they are actually trying to make sure that legally cast votes don't get counted because most of those legally cast votes are likely to be for the other side. I'm 44 years old and this is the most astonishing and disgraceful thing I've ever seen in American politics. If you are not outraged by this, regardless of your party affiliation, you are part of the problem and you should go fuck yourself.10 points
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You are missing the reason why. It's not because Biden is a weak candidate. Trumpism is a cult. It has fully taken over the Republican Party. All those things the GOP once ascribed to the Democrats being under the "cult of Obama", they are now fully subscribed to themselves with Trump. It is a total Us vs. Them mentality. Show me the last time people were shutting down traffic on a highway for a GOP president? We're at a new level of fandom. It doesn't matter what the messaging is. It absolutely will not break through. Even with 218,000 dead Americans, a wrecked economy, massive job loss, industries being gutted, and our general way of life altered. None of that matters. It's all about owning the libs. We had to have all of that happen just for the fence sitters to get in the game.10 points
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Lifetime Republican. Never voted for a Democratic President or Senator in my life. 2016 no way in hell I was going to vote for Clinton. none. That said. I couldn't and didn't vote for Trump. He just wasn't (isn't) qualified. I wrote in a vote. I hated copping out, but I just couldn't vote for either. Rest of ballot mainly R. 2020... struggled for most of cycle on it. Up until around May I was going to just go ahead and vote for Trump. I've liked his policies and a couple of policies/regulations on the left will hurt my industry and occupation I feared (saw same when Obama was elected and much better when Trump was then elected). As time grew closer I just couldn't stomach it. Trumps tone on race and pandemic were just too much. I really didn't want to vote for Biden either. Though about copping out again and that really didn't settle well as last time I figured Clinton would win anyway. I decided to vote for Biden but as I got in the booth I still paused... and paused some more before going to the dark side and voting for Biden. There just has to be a minimum level of human decency to be considered worthy of a vote. You can't be a complete "fuck tard" and be eligible. Trump doesn't meet that low bar. I opted to vote for Biden as I feel like he has to win to move our country past the tone of Trumps presidency and I didn't want him to come up 1 short. Rest of my ticket was pretty evenly split R/D10 points
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The big reveal for all of us is that America is full of really shitty, racist, uneducated and selfish individuals who are going to vote for Donald Trump and make this election that should be a historical blowout actually close AF. That's the reveal.10 points
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You've got him all wrong. He has clearly and explicitly stated that he does not care about Meyer and whether he comes to UT. He doesn't care so much, that he keeps coming back to this thread and assuring us that Meyer won't come here. He's obviously doing that, on a nearly daily basis, just to prove to us how much he doesn't care about Meyer and whether he'll come here. We just can't seem to keep up.10 points
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