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Originally Posted by spursy

yea that's it...

Sheesh. It has nothing to do with the fact she literally bought her way into the position and is grossly unqualified to do anything remotely positive for this country's education.

I have stayed out of any internet political debate since the primaries, but after donnie's twitter meltdown tonight i simply can't keep to myself. You're a fool, and bought into a fool's lies, if you voted bannon and his cronies into the white house.*

*yes, this is rash, harsh, and emotional, but if you can stand by and say that you truly think what trump is doing, and how he is acting, is okay then i don't know what to say, i guess we got different educations at xavier.

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Originally Posted by SemajParlor

So legitimately curious here --- Conservatives aren't happy with what's going on with Trump right? Like partly lines aside, we all have developed brains? We're just going to do that thing where this jackass tweets in all caps SEE YOU IN COURT to our Judicial branch and people are fine with it. 60+ million voted for this guy. Jesus Christ.

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Seems that way doesn't it. I lost all faith in Republicans when DeVos was confirmed.

Trump Tells Xi Jinping U.S. Will Honor ‘One China’ Policy - NYT

This is incredible.

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Stung by Mr. Trump's unorthodox telephone call with the president of Taiwan and his subsequent assertion that the United States might no longer abide by the 'One China' policy, Mr. Xi has not spoken to Mr. Trump since Nov. 14, the week after he was elected. Administration officials say they believe he will only do so after Mr. Trump publicly commits to recognizing a single Chinese government in Beijing.

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It looks like the silent treatment is effective on the Donald. The 2 had an "extremely cordial" phone call after Trump agreed to honor the one-China policy.

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Originally Posted by SemajParlor

So legitimately curious here --- Conservatives aren't happy with what's going on with Trump right? Like partly lines aside, we all have developed brains? We're just going to do that thing where this jackass tweets in all caps SEE YOU IN COURT to our Judicial branch and people are fine with it. 60+ million voted for this guy. Jesus Christ.

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I think he still has like a 90% approval rating among registered Republicans, which is discouraging, but not particularly surprising. I don't know when/how those polls were taken though.

This Russia thing alone should be a big deal to anybody, but particularly to Republicans who have spent the last 8 years calling Obama soft on Russia. The latest revelations about Flynn's contact with Russia potentially undermining the sanctions Obama placed on them further underscores the need to keep investigating this.

His undermining of the department of justice is shocking, or at least it should be, to both sides of the political spectrum.

This whole thing is actually starting off much worse than I expected.

Allegations of treason! This is going great!

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Originally Posted by boozehound

I think he still has like a 90% approval rating among registered Republicans, which is discouraging, but not particularly surprising.

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I think anything that makes the loony left (not the entire left for those ready to get panties wadded) go as batshit crazy as they've remained since 1/20 gets a 90% approval rating for registered Republicans, no matter how distasteful.

Okay, 96 pages of posts. I need the Cliff Notes version here. Anything been solved yet? Well, more solved relative to say, the Sooooo Where's the Warming thread? Carry on libs, atl-rights, conservatives, libertarians and whatever else you each call yourselves and one another. I'll be back in a month, or so to see if this soap opera has moved any further along than the Bold and the Beautiful has over the past year. If I get to the fitness center too late, the ladies have charge of the remote, so I know for a fact that the Bold and the Beautiful hasn't moved forward at all for at least the past year.

Carry on!

Cliff Notes recap. The Conservatives think the Liberals care more about "feelings", want to let anyone into the country at any time for any reason, and are unable to accept any thoughts that don't fit their ideal. The Liberals think the Conservatives are racist, homophobic, Neanderthals who only care about guns and the Bible. Lather. Rinse. Repeat.


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Originally Posted by bjf123

Cliff Notes recap. The Conservatives think the Liberals care more about "feelings", want to let anyone into the country at any time for any reason, and are unable to accept any thoughts that don't fit their ideal. The Liberals think the Conservatives are racist, homophobic, Neanderthals who only care about guns and the Bible. Lather. Rinse. Repeat.


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So, no progress and nothing's changed, just like Bold and the Beautiful. Thanks for the clear and succinct summary.

This is what American Politics needed. This is why I voted for chaos. I want both parties to be destroyed and recreated to actually represent what I believe in. Neither party represents anybody anymore, imo. They represent greed, power and re-election. Trump is going to destroy both of them and hopefully without destroying the world first.