Politics Thread

[paulxu]

Or we could just pass the common sense spending cuts and avoid the mess and threats to Democracy.

Wonder why that didn't come up under the last administration?
What we got were tax cuts, not spending cuts. And no hostage taking on the debt ceiling.
The cuts I've seen proposed so far are Medicaid and Food Stamps. Let's hurt those most in need in our society.

[Muskie in dayton]

Well, Democrat presidents don't run scam Universities or charities.
And their campaign people and advisors don't run scams on Building a Wall and take the money for their personal use, for which a Republican president would give them a get out of jail free card.

So your point is valid.

I wasn't talking about Trump, Mr. TDS. I was talking about:
Hillary.
Hunter.
Fauci.
Antifa/BLM Rioters
Every criminal in a City with a Soros D.A.

Your sentence in bold is the first truth you've spoken here. Congrats.

[paulxu]

Rioters arrested and convicted were not given any pardons by Trump or Biden.
The others on your list haven't be arrested or convicted of any crimes.
If they are, and Biden pardons them, then you might have a point.
Until then it's all conspiracy nonsense. Tucker's gone, so maybe the nonsense will abate without him to stoke the hate.

[Smails]

Rioters arrested and convicted were not given any pardons by Trump or Biden.
The others on your list haven't be arrested or convicted of any crimes.
If they are, and Biden pardons them, then you might have a point.
Until then it's all conspiracy nonsense. Tucker's gone, so maybe the nonsense will abate without him to stoke the hate.

Hold the phone here. Is it your contention that Hillary's handling of classified documents, and the contents of Hunter's laptop is conspiracy nonsense? Are you saying that if there aren't convictions, then no crime was committed?

[Masterofreality]

Rioters arrested and convicted were not given any pardons by Trump or Biden.

The problem with this..again.. is that hundreds of rioters were never taken to trial. They may have been arrested by diligent police, but released and/or charges dropped by Soros backed elected progressive DA’s.
Nice diversion.

[noteggs]

Debt ceiling raised 3 times under former Republican president with no problems.
Democrat in the White House?
Let's play Russian roulette with the financial markets and potentially default on debt for bills already incurred.
That should help the Yuan become more widely accepted in international trade.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...ency#xj4y7vzkg

Really no problems or negotiations?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/busin...epresentatives.

Pelosi, the California Democrat, said the idea of raising the debt ceiling on its own and not in conjunction with a budget agreement was not “acceptable to our caucus” and therefore did not stand a chance of passage in the House of Representatives.

July 15, 2019

At least Pelosi had a seat at the table with the prior administration

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/...extend-1416491

[Strange Brew]

Wonder why that didn't come up under the last administration?
What we got were tax cuts, not spending cuts. And no hostage taking on the debt ceiling.
The cuts I've seen proposed so far are Medicaid and Food Stamps. Let's hurt those most in need in our society.

Those aren’t the cuts I’m seeing.

[GoMuskies]

Current polling shows that the strongest current challenger to either Biden or Trump.....is another fucking Kennedy. Jesus Christ.

[Xville]

Current polling shows that the strongest current challenger to either Biden or Trump.....is another fucking Kennedy. Jesus Christ.

politics in america have become quite a shitshow. I dunno who is the biggest disaster of those three....its pretty damn close. Lynn Marshall should run.

[GoMuskies]

It's pretty hilarious (sad) reading about all of these Presidential polls being conducted. In pretty much every key state, Biden is runnning ahead of Trump in the polls, but when you pair him with DeSantis, Biden trails. However, there's essentially zero path for DeSantis to beat Trump in the primary short of Trump falling over dead.

From a newsletter I receive:

Battleground Polling: Public Opinion Strategies conducted a series of 500-sample general election polls in five battleground states during the April 11-20 period, and all of the surveys produced very close results while highlighting a familiar pattern. This research gives us an early indication that we will again see a very close general election campaign.

In Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, POS tested both former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis individually against President Biden. In every instance, we see Mr. DeSantis running better when paired against Mr. Biden than does the former President.

First in Arizona, President Biden would lead Mr. Trump by a single point, while Gov. DeSantis would record a six-point advantage over the Democratic incumbent.

The Michigan numbers produced a similar pattern with the President running two points ahead of Mr. Trump but trailing the Florida Governor by three.

Almost the same pattern occurred in the Silver State of Nevada: Biden up one over Trump but down three to DeSantis.

Pennsylvania yields virtually the same result: Biden +4 over Trump; DeSantis +3 over Biden.

And, just about the same was projected for Wisconsin: Biden leading Trump by three percentage points while drawing even opposite Gov. DeSantis.