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David Dennison

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  1. 23 minutes ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

    Give the right fuel?  The times of worrying about that are over.  

    I think this is correct. I don't see how this country unifies in light of current political divisions. The Civil War was the result of similar divisions that could not be healed through peaceful means.

    If Democrats ever get as dug in and intransigent as Republicans, hold on to your butts.

  2. 37 minutes ago, bad_teammate said:

    From the swamp-creature Clay's outburst in the halls to the exposure of Nancy's two-faced dealings, it's pretty clear she's a terrible leader of the caucus.

    There are a few options for leadership...

    1 - You can keep everyone in line with an iron fist
    2 - You can make it SEEM like everyone is in line through diplomacy (public and private)

    Nancy cannot do either. She tried and failed to scold the young blood and she's incapable of even trying option #2 because she's petty, vindictive, and jealous.

    She sucks and always has.

     

    Sounds like it should be easy to replace her.

  3. 2 minutes ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

    Hillary Clinton was everything wrong with our political system in one candidate. Her entire career has been one smoking gun of behind the door scandal, and she bought the DNC which had no issues with her as long as they won. Party uber alles.  People like her should never be allowed to attain office.

    Trump was an outsider, something our government is sorely in need of. Parties are for parties and nothing else. He wasn't the candidate I wanted, but he beat that POS, and for that yes, a bullet was dodged for damn sure. Rewarding Hillary with the office she would do, and did do anything she could do to attain it, illegally in many instances through out her time in Washington would set the precedence for more like her.

    Trump is like chemotherapy, bad medicine that will be survived. I want more outsider candidates (why I liked AOC's victory). If we're going to survive as a functioning democratic republic we better get more of them running before the parties bury us in their own self interests, that have nothing to do with actual honest governance.

    Everything you were worried about is worse now. He's more of everything that you don't like about Clinton. 

    You stepped right in front of the bullet. 

     

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  4. 54 minutes ago, Mojo Hand said:

    It's not about what would have happened; it's about what should have happened.  AOC was exactly right.   The Dems needed to stand together to demand protections for the kids in the camps.   Mitch McConnell refusing to accept those changes vs the Dems pushing for them is a public fight worth having, and a fight the Dems would win.  

    It's no answer to say "But they couldn't do that because the moderate Dems capitulated."  That's exactly the point and the problem.  And I don't buy the "moderate Dems have to placate their purple/red districts."  This isn't the Green New Deal; it's toothbrushes and fresh water for women and children.  It's exactly the sort of thing that led some suburban Republicans to leave Trump for Dems in the first place. 

    I agree it's what should have happened, but that's not the reality in Washington. The Democrats should have refused to pass the amended bill. But the majority of them supported it. That speaks volumes about where the party really is ideologically. I hate it just as much as you do. The left flank of the party could not convince a majority of the Democratic caucus to support their position. AOC and the left lost this particular political battle. Maybe it had something to do with her tactics and her visibility. I don't know. But her act is grating on a not insignificant number of Democrats in the House. They complained about it to Nancy Pelosi and that's what last week's dust up was about. 

     

  5. 2 minutes ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

    If you think you're tweaking my nose somehow forget it. He did what I wanted, he beat the most corrupt POS in Washington for the last 50 years.

    The bonus is he pisses off the democrats regardless of what he does.  I won't shed a single tear when he's not re elected. If he is re elected I'll shake my head in disbelief that he could win after so much gnashing of teeth, and wringing hands by the left.

     

    Again show me where I've dissed AOC, and extolled Trumps virtues. I'll wait.......

    You voted for someone who is even more corrupt. By a lot. Oh, and he's a sexual predator and a racist. 

    Good job.

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  6. 6 minutes ago, lemonlime said:

    And this is precisely the problem.

    I agree. The party and the members within it are not nearly as progressive as many of us want. But that is reality. This Democratic majority exists not because of far left members like AOC, which is what I prefer, but because of centrist Democrats from red districts. That sucks and it presents leadership with the unenviable task of holding together a caucus that is much more ideologically diverse than the Republicans. They have purged all of their moderates. Democrats haven't been able to do that because Democratic voters are not as far left as the party's loudest voices in the media.

  7. 1 minute ago, Mojo Hand said:

    So the answer for "what is the Dems' alternative to being weak" is "there is no alternative to being weak"? 

    What do you think would have happened inside the party if there was no bill?

  8. Just now, Onboard 2.0 said:

    Oh noes you don;t like my opinions... whatever will I do...  That you don't like my opinion tells me it's the correct opinion.

    No, it isn't. Supporting this administration is immoral. You should be ashamed.

  9. Just now, Onboard 2.0 said:

    Jesus STFU, with your one trick pony "but Trump" comments.  I supported Trumps victory over a POS like Hillary, and would vote the same way again if she ran. 

    That's why your opinion on anything is not worth listening to.

    You support Donald Trump.

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  10. 1 minute ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

    Why ?  That's exactly what both parties have done for more than 50 or 60 years now.  Find a young hopeful, and put them in a district where they need to shore up party members.  I'm sure the party could find somebody who would run against her.  

    I think this has been funny as shit to watch because it shows how hypocritical the "tolerant" left is.  They're no more tolerant than anyone else in 'Merica, and in fact are less when it comes to going against the tribe.

    Pelosi is a typical limousine liberal, claims social equality for everyone, but wouldn't socialize with the likes of an AOC type. I love that AOC has been like a stealth bomb in the DNC hierarchy.

    You support Donald Trump.

     

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  11. 45 minutes ago, Mojo Hand said:

    Nah man, she's a real drag on that huge Dem momentum that they're using to rubber-stamp Mitch McConnell's border bill and not bring impeachment hearings while getting absolutely no policy priorities through the Senate.   Voters love it when Dems bend to Republicans — look how Dems have been rewarded for it over the last 25 years! 

    How would the Democrats get any policy priorities through this Senate?

  12. Just now, henrygandorf said:

    i don't think anyone is comparing trump and hillary.

    he's saying trump in 2020 will be like hillary was in 2016 (the unlikable option on the ballot).

    if trump has a chance in hell, then he needs to figure out who's gonna win the democratic primary, and spend the next 16 months getting that person's disapproval into the mid to high 50's.  is there anyone here who thinks that isn't his exact plan?

    Yeah, I didn't think it was that hard to figure out.

    Trump will be the least liked candidate on the ballot. More people are going to want to vote against him than vote for him.

  13. 5 minutes ago, Alvin89 said:

    " He is Hillary in 2020."    Hillary was never President, see the video above.

    He's going to be the more hated candidate that people want to vote against. The Democrats can throw anyone up there and Donald Trump will be the underdog in this election. He probably wants it that way.

    I think he's going to lose by a large margin. 

    But he might win.

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  14. 10 minutes ago, TtomTerrific said:

    JimmyJazz on JimmyJazz violence vis a vis reckless claims of racism as a "tap out" move is actually the draining of the swamp. 

     

    Well done ladies. 

    Trump will walk into a second term, probably from the golf course. 

    Y'all can't help yourselves. 

    He's the underdog in 2020.

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