US Politics Mega-thread - Page 9930

On February 17 2018 23:50 sc-darkness wrote:
Have democrats announced who will be their next candidate to be president? Hopefully Sanders but I doubt it.

On February 18 2018 00:27 Acrofales wrote:

You hope it'll be Sanders because you think he'll lose? From what you were doing in the UK politics thread you seem pretty opposed to virtually everything Sanders wants?

On February 18 2018 00:27 Acrofales wrote:

You hope it'll be Sanders because you think he'll lose? From what you were doing in the UK politics thread you seem pretty opposed to virtually everything Sanders wants?

On February 18 2018 01:56 Dromar wrote:


That he's old is the primary argument against him running.

But honestly the guy is pretty healthy. I don't get it. He's in better shape, both mentally and physically, than Trump is in now. And it's not even particularly close.

On February 18 2018 02:00 zlefin wrote:

being better than trump isn't much of a bar, nor is being quite a bit better than trump; that's still a very low bar.

On February 18 2018 01:02 GoTuNk! wrote:


A full blown socialist like Sanders would wreck the U.S. and hit the world pretty hard, I'd rather he not run in the off chance he could win. he is a thousand years old though.

On February 18 2018 02:27 GreenHorizons wrote:


Was and is healthier than Hillary too. If her health wasn't disqualifying I don't know how his could be (for Hillary voters anyway).

He's not my first pick, but he's a hell of a lot better than someone like Kamala Harris or Corey Booker. Perhaps I should outline all of my problems with every potential Democratic candidate soon, as to preempt more accusations of being manipulated by Russians without evidence (even though we have a very clear example of liberals being manipulated with US propaganda, and a second less obvious example).

Something tells me it won't matter, any criticism of Democrats from the left is pure Russian propaganda forever I imagine.

On February 17 2018 12:59 Plansix wrote:
I truly believe Trump is so out of touch with reality that he didn’t even know that accepting assistance from Russia would come back on him. Or he didn’t believe that it would be considered highly illegal. The Presidency is just something that black asshole that made fun of him earn, so it couldn’t be that important. So why not take a little assistance Russia or some other country?

On February 18 2018 03:25 FallDownMarigold wrote:



This is how I think Mueller will end his investigation. He's not going to conclude that Trump was some 1337 spy coordinating with Putin from the beginning. He's going to find that Trump was a useful unwitting idiot. Whether or not he'll find that what started off unwitting became witting or even a cover-up/obstruction is less clear to me but it seems likely too.

On February 18 2018 03:25 FallDownMarigold wrote:



This is how I think Mueller will end his investigation. He's not going to conclude that Trump was some 1337 spy coordinating with Putin from the beginning. He's going to find that Trump was a useful unwitting idiot. Whether or not he'll find that what started off unwitting became witting or even a cover-up/obstruction is less clear to me but it seems likely too.

On February 18 2018 03:34 TheTenthDoc wrote:


There are few people for whom I'm more willing to apply Hanlon's Razor than Donald Trump (never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity, but don't rule out malice).

All the news I've seen thus far has reinforced the possibility for me that Trump made some godawful hiring decisions (and then ceded authority to the individuals in question because he's a pure delegator with no actual skills) which were driven by the fact that only scum wanted to work with or under him, resulting in a pretty messy campaign that probably fucked up at a few points legally.

Then because he has the potent combination of big ego and massive stupidity, he tried to kill an investigation that would expose that he hired terrible people (and gave them substantial power and authority because of his allergy to work) that in his heart of hearts he also believes probably fucked up at multiple points.

On February 18 2018 02:27 farvacola wrote:

This is a load of unsubstantiated crap that can only come from a place of fearmongering the likes of which the US encouraged in Chile through support for men like Pinochet.

On February 18 2018 03:34 TheTenthDoc wrote:


There are few people for whom I'm more willing to apply Hanlon's Razor than Donald Trump (never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity, but don't rule out malice).

All the news I've seen thus far has reinforced the possibility for me that Trump made some godawful hiring decisions (and then ceded authority to the individuals in question because he's a pure delegator with no actual skills) which were driven by the fact that only scum wanted to work with or under him, resulting in a pretty messy campaign that probably fucked up at a few points legally.

Then because he has the potent combination of big ego and massive stupidity, he tried to kill an investigation that would expose that he hired terrible people (and gave them substantial power and authority because of his allergy to work) that in his heart of hearts he also believes probably fucked up at multiple points.