Time to get on the TRUMP train

[MumblesBadly]

I really enjoyed how the Democrat response was given by a white guy from one of the most privileged families in the nation's history.

I watch some of his response and had to turn it off simply for the deliberately slow way he was speaking. It was painful to watch and listen to, as he kept emphasizing by a slow cadence almost every other word. Too flipping distracting to even consider *what* he says.

Bizarrely to me, or simply because they are party faithful trying to drum up enthusiasm for the latest iteration of a Joe Kennedy-descendant political figure, I saw a number of glowing reviews of his response. Good fucking luck, Dems, if he doesn't learn to speak more naturally/faster in these settings, else, he'd look like carefully rehearsed but-slowed-down-for-the-least-ablist-among-us Demobot to the average TV-watching voter.

[JimmyG_415]

I really enjoyed how the Democrat response was given by a white guy from one of the most privileged families in the nation's history.

It's proof that White guys from privileged families can care about others. Find someone in the GOP who can say it w/out lying?
BF are going to crush the GOP in 2018.




and nice plagiarism

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[devidee]

Wait.

You actually believe the Ginger cares about blacks?

[ErickAA]

Didn't watch a single second of the State of the Union address. I just don't get the fascination with these kind of spectacles. Lets be honest here. Trump didn't write that speech and most of the people listening don't care what the speech said anyways.

Before the speech started everyone had already made up their mind what they thought about it, mainly based on political orientation. The speech itself and all the reactions to it (good and bad) were nothing but an empty spectacle. If that is your thing, than that is fine. But I just don't see the appeal. I watched the end of the Rockets game and then most of the Clippers game instead.

The thing is, when he says hes going to fire government employees who arent acting in his best interests, lock up more black people for drugs, and militarize the police force, he's not just whistling dixie.

These are noteworthy agendas.

If he didn't say those things, would you have changed your opinion on him? I mean, we already have a pretty good idea of what kind of guy Trump is and what his agenda is. So either he tells the truth and we are critical of him for that, or he doesn't and we are critical of him for lying. So if we know ahead of time we are going to be critical of him no matter what, then what was actually accomplished?

Like I said, if watching 3 hours of that kind of spectacle is entertaining to you, then go ahead. I just find the whole experience to be empty and meaningless.

[Dan Druff]

No more Trey Gowdy.

He could have had a future beyond Congress.

Surprising that he's leaving.

Sad!

https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/31/polit...ing/index.html

[sonatine]

No more Trey Gowdy.

He could have had a future beyond Congress.

Surprising that he's leaving.

Sad!

https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/31/polit...ing/index.html

Its weird because for a guy who has literally made a career out of alt-right conspiracy theories, this administration should be everything he ever wanted.

[devidee]

Remember that time Trump called immigrant teenagers Super-predators?

LULZ

JK


That was Hillary.

[hongkonger]

Didn't watch a single second of the State of the Union address. I just don't get the fascination with these kind of spectacles. Lets be honest here. Trump didn't write that speech and most of the people listening don't care what the speech said anyways.

Before the speech started everyone had already made up their mind what they thought about it, mainly based on political orientation. The speech itself and all the reactions to it (good and bad) were nothing but an empty spectacle. If that is your thing, than that is fine. But I just don't see the appeal. I watched the end of the Rockets game and then most of the Clippers game instead.

This. Didn't watch and wouldn't watch no matter who was president. Was watching hockey.

It is important to know when he announces further evil plans though.

[hongkonger]

No more Trey Gowdy.

He could have had a future beyond Congress.

Surprising that he's leaving.

Sad!

https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/31/polit...ing/index.html

Its weird because for a guy who has literally made a career out of alt-right conspiracy theories, this administration should be everything he ever wanted.

He knows he's fucked, like all the Republicans secretly know they're fucked.

[tommyt]

Can we talk about how much fucking either petroleum jelly / chapstick Kennedy had on his mouth during the response? That shit was so shiny I had to stop watching because it was so distracting, and the fact that I don't give a shit what he says.

[hongkonger]

Can we talk about how much fucking either petroleum jelly / chapstick Kennedy had on his mouth during the response? That shit was so shiny I had to stop watching because it was so distracting, and the fact that I don't give a shit what he says.

Didn't see any of that either. if you were to rank it in comparison to hair product usage, would you say it was a Cher, a Trump or a Mel Kiper?

[ErickAA]

Didn't watch a single second of the State of the Union address. I just don't get the fascination with these kind of spectacles. Lets be honest here. Trump didn't write that speech and most of the people listening don't care what the speech said anyways.

Before the speech started everyone had already made up their mind what they thought about it, mainly based on political orientation. The speech itself and all the reactions to it (good and bad) were nothing but an empty spectacle. If that is your thing, than that is fine. But I just don't see the appeal. I watched the end of the Rockets game and then most of the Clippers game instead.

This. Didn't watch and wouldn't watch no matter who was president. Was watching hockey.

It is important to know when he announces further evil plans though.

Fair enough. For good or bad (most people would argue bad), unlike most politicians Trump actually seems to follow through with his outlandish stated policy objectives. So I guess it is worth noting what he actually says he wants to do, because no matter how incredulous it sounds, he is probably being sincere.

[ErickAA]

Its weird because for a guy who has literally made a career out of alt-right conspiracy theories, this administration should be everything he ever wanted.

He knows he's fucked, like all the Republicans secretly know they're fucked.

I think at some point many of the Republicans realized the inevitable backlash from a Trump presidency under their banner, so they decided to drop all pretense and just do a straight money grab for the next 4 years and then get out with their money. I am sure his personal wealth will grow astronomically before he leaves office.

[hongkonger]

He knows he's fucked, like all the Republicans secretly know they're fucked.

I think at some point many of the Republicans realized the inevitable backlash from a Trump presidency under their banner, so they decided to drop all pretense and just do a straight money grab for the next 4 years and then get out with their money. I am sure his personal wealth will grow astronomically before he leaves office.

Nope it will grow astronomically afterward, when he is hired as a lobbyist or consultant for $1 million retainer plus $100K/month/client. That's how American government works and it's why American democracy is in serious trouble.

[tommyt]

Can we talk about how much fucking either petroleum jelly / chapstick Kennedy had on his mouth during the response? That shit was so shiny I had to stop watching because it was so distracting, and the fact that I don't give a shit what he says.

Didn't see any of that either. if you were to rank it in comparison to hair product usage, would you say it was a Cher, a Trump or a Mel Kiper?

it was so bad there are literally news articles about it. could have been the premise of a Seinfeld episode.

[sonatine]

Its weird because for a guy who has literally made a career out of alt-right conspiracy theories, this administration should be everything he ever wanted.

He knows he's fucked, like all the Republicans secretly know they're fucked.

Does he tho?

This is the guy whose encore to the Benghazi investigation was spinning a joke text between FBI agents into a deep state / secret society conspiracy theory.

For someone like him to fold and gather up his chips while dominating the table is just spooky.

[ErickAA]

I think at some point many of the Republicans realized the inevitable backlash from a Trump presidency under their banner, so they decided to drop all pretense and just do a straight money grab for the next 4 years and then get out with their money. I am sure his personal wealth will grow astronomically before he leaves office.

Nope it will grow astronomically afterward, when he is hired as a lobbyist or consultant for $1 million retainer plus $100K/month/client. That's how American government works and it's why American democracy is in serious trouble.

On a similar note, on a recent pod Carola interviewed Sheryl Atkinson where she talked about how the media is pretty much bought and paid for by corporate lobbyists and they have unprecedented influence and power with the media right now to shape news and bury any story they view unfavorably, and this is true for the MSM and left and right wing leaning news outlets.

[Mintjewlips]

Lol at Trey Gowdy being the final nail in Hilarys coffin, would be hilarious if he prosecuted her, gonna see where he lands exactly, this is getting interesting...

[herbertstemple]

[blake]

Its weird because for a guy who has literally made a career out of alt-right conspiracy theories, this administration should be everything he ever wanted.

He knows he's fucked, like all the Republicans secretly know they're fucked.

for a while i thought the GOP would get hammered in 2018, but i'm slowly beginning to have doubts about that.

just listening to the democrat leadership and watching the democrat rebuttal of the SOTU tells me they haven't learned much. they still seem way too focused on race. they need a much better economic message. they're already going to get 100% minority vote and turnout will be overwhelming. talk of DACA, immigration, etc. are losing issues to run on with white people.

nate silver tweeted out that the democrat advantage on the generic congressional ballot is the lowest it's been in a while though still 6 points