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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
On January 24 2019 05:56 Mohdoo wrote: I don't think I understand why McConnell wouldn't want SOTU in Senate Why get in the middle of a fist fight when you don’t care about the outcome? | ||
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farvacola
United States18857 Posts
Then again, maybe he’s got an exit in mind. His lack of scruples makes him a shifty figure and far more dangerous than Trump. | ||
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On_Slaught
United States12190 Posts
It's called "Mitch McConnell got everything he wanted. But at what cost?" | ||
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Sermokala
United States14110 Posts
The worst thing the dems could do is to make it really quiet. Make it a historical note that trump couldn't pull off an event that even in the darkest depths of bush both sides unanimously gathered for. Imagine people just not giving a shit. AOC showing up with a tablet and live commentating it on twitch. Awkward old men wearing hoodies and empty seats. People just having lunch and doing paperwork while Republicans attempt to pick on on what ques they're supposed to stand and clap for. | ||
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Gahlo
United States35172 Posts
On January 24 2019 04:50 farvacola wrote: A good move on her part, now we’ll see how Trump reacts. It won’t be pretty I’d bet lol. I also still think there’s no chance McConnell let’s him do it in the Senate. I'm guessing something like "I'm uninvited? Yeah, well, I didn't even want to go anway." with a handful of Trumpisms and randomly CAPITALIZED words. | ||
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PhoenixVoid
Canada32747 Posts
https://apnews.com/5f5ea8a5a3274ec390ad415e10cdd92d?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter | ||
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Sermokala
United States14110 Posts
On January 24 2019 06:24 PhoenixVoid wrote: He moved on to an "alternative" event for his SOTU, whatever that means. https://apnews.com/5f5ea8a5a3274ec390ad415e10cdd92d?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter Man this is going to be so much worse then what I'm thinking it will be and I can't wait. | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
On January 24 2019 06:05 On_Slaught wrote: BTW the NYT Magazine wrote a really long piece on McConnell yesterday. The guy has a really perverse world view. He really does see himself as the hero in all this. I'd recommend reading it if you have time. It's called "Mitch McConnell got everything he wanted. But at what cost?" I also recommend as a companion piece, The Man Who Broke Politics, which profiles Newt and his style of politics. His style was the prototype for what McConnell perfected, using dysfunction to obtain power. It is an interesting background piece and really highlights that the bad faith politics of the current Republicans was always the plan. It just took a decade to blow up all the bipartisan power groups that existed in the House and Senate. But unlike Newt, McConnell has obtained power to achieve a goal, which is to pack the courts. But people sort of have his number now. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/11/newt-gingrich-says-youre-welcome/570832/ Also, you have to be an amazingly fucked up person to visit Verdun and come to the conclusion that, and I quote “I(Newt) realized countries can die,”. Like, mother fucker, you in a historical landmark that shows that countries don’t die even in the most destructive of wars. They endure. I know that mother fucker took history, but clearly he failed to grasp the part about how fruitless WW1 was. Or he just likes saying things that sound profound, but are in fact totally off base. Seriously, what sort of cynical mother fucker comes to that conclusion? Newt, the former speaker who loves to talk about natural law and other bullshit to justify his bullshit politics. | ||
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On_Slaught
United States12190 Posts
On January 24 2019 06:24 PhoenixVoid wrote: He moved on to an "alternative" event for his SOTU, whatever that means. https://apnews.com/5f5ea8a5a3274ec390ad415e10cdd92d?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter My money is on one of thoss campaign style rallies he loves to have. Been a while since he had one afaik and it does great things for his ego. Probably the best outcome for Dems too since it would delegitimize his speech a fair bit. He tends to go one absurd tangents at those rallies. | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
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On_Slaught
United States12190 Posts
On January 24 2019 06:34 Plansix wrote: If the networks have even the slightest backbone, they shouldn’t carry his fake State of the Union. Wont happen. Fox will obviously carry it and ABC/CBS/NBC will cover it to appear fair and not piss off Republicans. CNN and MSNBC will gain nothing by sitting out at that point and will cover at least part of it for the ratings. | ||
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JimmiC
Canada22817 Posts
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Gorsameth
Netherlands22291 Posts
On January 24 2019 06:34 Plansix wrote: Broadcasting mean rating, rating mean money. money is everything.If the networks have even the slightest backbone, they shouldn’t carry his fake State of the Union. Ofcourse they will plaster it front and center. | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
On January 24 2019 07:03 Gorsameth wrote: Broadcasting mean rating, rating mean money. money is everything. Ofcourse they will plaster it front and center. They don't carry his rallies anymore. Even Fox. They can cover this, but I don’t know if it will really pull in the eyeballs. | ||
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Sermokala
United States14110 Posts
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
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JimmiC
Canada22817 Posts
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Nebuchad
Switzerland12450 Posts
On January 24 2019 07:28 JimmiC wrote: It is good for socialism that Maduro is out, because he was not a socialist, he was a self serving dictator using socialism as a shield to distract his people from his theft. Him being out doesn't let people say "socialism" doesn't work look at Venezuela. It is much harder to say it doesn't work look at Norway. Yeah... my prediction is that literally nobody will change their opinion on socialism based on what is or isn't happening in Venezuela :/ | ||
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JimmiC
Canada22817 Posts
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warding
Portugal2395 Posts
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