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2018 Elections Thread (3 Viewers)
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TobiasFunke
Footballguy
Yup. Was about to post the same thing. He doesn't care who wins the GOP primary in Arizona, or anywhere else really. He cares about looking bad if he picks the wrong horse and therefore is perceived as being less influential or important than previously thought.
In the words of our greatest Trump profiler, "it is not quite fair to say that Donald Trump lacks core beliefs, but to the extent that we can take apart these beliefs they amount to Give Donald Trump Your Money and Donald Trump Should Really Be on Television More."
Rep. Duncan Hunter and his wife indicted in use of campaign funds for personal expenses
GOP having a tough day....
ETA:
Hunter was a founding member of the "Trump Caucus" in the House during the 2016 campaign, and alongside Rep. Chris Collins, was the first of two sitting congressmen to endorse Trump for President back in February 2016. Collins was indicted earlier this month on insider trader charges.
GOP having a tough day....
ETA:
Hunter was a founding member of the "Trump Caucus" in the House during the 2016 campaign, and alongside Rep. Chris Collins, was the first of two sitting congressmen to endorse Trump for President back in February 2016. Collins was indicted earlier this month on insider trader charges.
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Drunken Cowboy
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SacramentoBob
Footballguy
I'm sure Kris Kobach will be on the case as soon as he finds the 10 million illegals who voted in 2016.
SaintsInDome2006
Footballguy
Looks like Trump's backed candidate for WY Governor Friess lost.
jonessed
Footballguy
Then report it to the moderators and let them deal with it. Quit mucking up threads with your incessant whining and faux moderating.
roadkill1292
Footballguy
So who do all of you Gary Johnson voters vote for in mid-terms?
Jobber
Footballguy
I voted for Gary in 2016, and am voting straight Democrat going forward. I am very much looking forward to November to do my part.
msommer
Footballguy
Joe Summer
Footballguy
Friess had a 1 point lead in a poll that was done about a week before this tweet. He lost by 7 points.
TobiasFunke
Footballguy
If the name rings a bell for anyone, Friess was the "back in my day, gals put an aspirin between their legs to stop babies" guy.
squistion
Footballguy
The Democratic National Committee calls the FBI after detecting an attempt to hack its voter database
https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/22/politics/democratic-national-committee-voter-database/index.html?utm_content=2018-08-22T16%3A16%3A04&utm_source=twCNNp&utm_medium=social&utm_term=image
https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/22/politics/democratic-national-committee-voter-database/index.html?utm_content=2018-08-22T16%3A16%3A04&utm_source=twCNNp&utm_medium=social&utm_term=image
SacramentoBob
Footballguy
General Malaise
Footballguy
Officer Pete Malloy
Footballguy
We can't bust heads like we used to. But we have our ways. One trick is to tell stories that don't go anywhere. Like the time I caught the ferry to Shelbyville. I needed a new heel for my shoe. So I decided to go to Morganville, which is what they called Shelbyville in those days. So I tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on 'em. "Gimme five bees for a quarter," you'd say. Now where were we... oh yeah. The important thing was that I had an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time. They didn't have any white onions, because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones...
TobiasFunke
Footballguy
Here's the full quote, you can see if it makes any more sense:That......that doesn't even make any sense.
“On this contraceptive thing, my Gosh it’s such [sic] inexpensive,” he added. “You know, back in my days, they used Bayer aspirin for contraception. The gals put it between their knees, and it wasn’t that costly.”
General Malaise
Footballguy
What an asssssssshat! Look at some of this!
Here are a few of the weirdest things the Hunters are accused of buying:
Ladies and gentlemen......THE REPUBLICANS!Plane Tickets for Family, Friends… and Animals
The DOJ says the Hunters spent more than $15,000 on flights and hotel accommodations for guests including Margaret Hunter’s nephew, her mom and her mom’s boyfriend.
Their generosity also extended to the family pet, who got a $250 ride to Washington, D.C. as part of a family vacation. The indictment doesn’t identify the pet in question, but Duncan Hunter previously admitted to flying his kids’ bunny across the country — something his campaign said was blown out of proportion by the Office of Congressional Ethics.
Duncan Hunter is accused of buying 30 tequila shots and one steak during a friend’s bachelor party in March 2016.
Margaret Hunter allegedly spent $5,068.34 on some 200 trips to fast food restaurants “without documenting a legitimate campaign purpose.” She picked up snacks at places like Wendy’s, McDonald’s, Taco Bell, Burger King, Kentucky Fried Chicken and Panda Express.
General Malaise
Footballguy
Oh. How......classy.Here's the full quote, you can see if it makes any more sense:
“On this contraceptive thing, my Gosh it’s such [sic] inexpensive,” he added. “You know, back in my days, they used Bayer aspirin for contraception. The gals put it between their knees, and it wasn’t that costly.”
cosjobs
Footballguy
Side by side, there really is no comparison between the two parties. I would love the crats to be more progressive, but it not like that aren't currently markedly different
joffer
Footballguy
these are just fringe guysHere's the full quote, you can see if it makes any more sense:
“On this contraceptive thing, my Gosh it’s such [sic] inexpensive,” he added. “You know, back in my days, they used Bayer aspirin for contraception. The gals put it between their knees, and it wasn’t that costly.”
/jon
cosjobs
Footballguy
I too am sick of all the whining on both sides. But if he triggers you that easily, you are partially responsible for not having him on ignore rather than whining about his whining
toshiba
Footballguy
cosjobs
Footballguy
You still haven't learned what a headache kids are?That......that doesn't even make any sense.
cosjobs
Footballguy
cosjobs
Footballguy
ETA. She can't spread her legs if she's holding an aspirin between her knees. Unsure what we do to keep her from bending overThat......that doesn't even make any sense.
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AAABatteries
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SacramentoBob
Footballguy
Bayer is just a nickname for his #####.General Malaise said:
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bueno
In a class by himself
bueno
In a class by himself
Joe Summer
Footballguy
That's a good question to ask of the 3 Arizona Senate candidates that I mentioned, since all 3 are actively soliciting Trump's endorsement
TobiasFunke
Footballguy
White House blocks bill that would protect elections
I'm not an expert on the subject matter but my uneducated take, after looking at the explanations in favor of the bill as well as the incredibly weak rationale offered for blocking it. is that this is bad and gross.
I'm not an expert on the subject matter but my uneducated take, after looking at the explanations in favor of the bill as well as the incredibly weak rationale offered for blocking it. is that this is bad and gross.
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Guest
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It would also incentivize the purchase of voting machines that leave a paper record of votes cast, as opposed to some all-electronic models that do not.
Needed.
msommer
Footballguy
Trey
Footballguy
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/first-read/poll-pennsylvanians-give-low-marks-trump-tariffs-n903251
Pennsylvania looking like it could be a huge D state in November. Gov and Sen look solid and redistricting puts 3-5 house seats in play.
Hopefully the buyer's remorse endures after the Trump/Toomey debacle in 2016.
Pennsylvania looking like it could be a huge D state in November. Gov and Sen look solid and redistricting puts 3-5 house seats in play.
Hopefully the buyer's remorse endures after the Trump/Toomey debacle in 2016.
AAABatteries
Footballguy
Something seems off about those numbers. Are there that few people identifying as Republicans?
Radio Free Homer
Footballguy
3 Seat Pickup is my Florida-Georgia Line cover band.joffer said:
SacramentoBob
Footballguy
2% approval rating from Black voters. ?Trey said:
James Daulton
Footballguy
Koya
Footballguy
AAABatteries
Footballguy
An attempt to close 7 of 9 polling places in a rural Georgia county has been stopped and the consultant who proposed it has been fired. It's bad they tried it but I'm more and more hopeful that my home state is shifting away from Trump and away from the Republican party. Depending on the 2020 D candidate I think there's a real chance Trump could lose the state. I'm not as hopeful for Abrams in the governor's race - a white male vs. black female race - but I will say that Kemp aligning himself so closely with Trump does him no favors. The polling shows it as a toss up so maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised.
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roadkill1292
Footballguy
I think Nate Silver had data showing Georgia as the most consistent red state in the country. Defined as red voters voting red in almost exactly the same percentages every time (not many swing voters would be another way of putting it, I guess). The problem for Repubs there, however, is the same one facing them at large -- the numbers of minority voters keeps creeping ever closer to a majority and those folks don't vote GOP. Georgia is like the tenth biggest state in the nation and the minority party which can only win elections by the narrowest of margins on the eccentricities of the Electoral College can't afford to lose it any more than it can afford to lose Texas.
AAABatteries
Footballguy
I will need to look for that data - would probably make sense, the large cities Atlanta, Savannah, Augusta, Macon and Columbus are all either blue or have been blue. The remainder of the state is red. What gives me hope is this:
"Hillary Clinton being the first Democrat to win Henry County since 1980, and the first Democrat to win Gwinnett County and Cobb County since 1976" - those counties in the past decade have been among the fastest growing counties in the country. I only seeing it going in one direction over the next decade.
AAABatteries
Footballguy
That's pretty awesome. Other companies need to step up and do anything they can to get people to vote.
roadkill1292
Footballguy
I tend to believe pretty good things about Reuters generally but this poll (at the bottom of a fairly lengthy story) shows overall support for single payer now nearing the 70% mark for all Americans. That's a little hard for a cynic like me to believe (maybe those crazy old Repubs who answer the phones are still lying to the pollsters) but if it's true then I think the Dems need to not let up on the expansion of the social services safety net.
I also think this swing has caught Republicans in general completely by surprise, judging by things their political leaders say and comments on social media, where conservatives still refer to it as a "radical fringe idea." Whoops, GOP, something else is slipping away from you.
I also think this swing has caught Republicans in general completely by surprise, judging by things their political leaders say and comments on social media, where conservatives still refer to it as a "radical fringe idea." Whoops, GOP, something else is slipping away from you.
SacramentoBob
Footballguy
I don't think it's been stopped yet, although they did fire the guy. They haven't voted on the measure, but reading the tea leaves, you'd assume they won't go with his recommendation.
