US Politics Mega-thread - Page 885

On November 02 2018 01:08 Plansix wrote:
I don’t think those tactics are doing the Republicans any favors in the last couple weeks. The overt racial overtones his messaging coupled with the recent violence is making people afraid. Not of illegal immigrants, but of political violence. There was a poll that over 40% of the country blamed Trump for the divisive state of politics. That isn’t a good stat going into the mid terms and not a sign he should be ramping it up. But he only knows one way to win.

On November 02 2018 01:11 Plansix wrote:
Folks, this is very very bad and we need to pray it was not the Saudi goverment that did this. If you want to see things escalate very quickly, people dying on US soil is how it starts.

On November 02 2018 01:12 Jockmcplop wrote:


I would wager that over 40% of the country blames Trump for everything.

On November 02 2018 01:17 Plansix wrote:



Edit: In a pretty shocking turn of events, every news organization is calling that Trump ad straight up racist.

Every single time you turn on the TV, on every channel, they are misconstruing what you say. You know your heart, you know your words, you know your voice. And you watch other people report on what you say, and it's different than what you mean. [...]. if you don't want to be called the enemy, get the story right be accurate and report it the way I want it reported

On November 02 2018 02:29 FueledUpAndReadyToGo wrote:

He explained this already after his 'they're not sending us their best' speech in 2015, he's not racist:

“I can never apologize for the truth. I don’t mind apologizing for things. But I can’t apologize for the truth. I said tremendous crime is coming across. Everybody knows that’s true. And it’s happening all the time. So, why, when I mention, all of a sudden I’m a racist. I’m not a racist. I don’t have a racist bone in my body.”

He's just telling the truth. Everyone knows it. /s And what's so different between this video ad and his speech back then?

“When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best. They’re not sending you. They’re not sending you. They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.”

Well I guess the 'good people' part is missing in this new video but who cares about those minor details.

This is clearly another case of the media being the enemy of the people. Because as Fox and Friends host Ainsley Earhardt so beautifully stated:
source

So you may think this ad is made to associate the refugee caravan with this ruthless murderer, and blame the democrats for it, and have people wake up at night thinking about this cold hearted criminal staring at you, and that the democrats like cold hearted criminals and want more of them, and that might be what the ad says, but that is not what he means! He just wanted to tweet that murderers are bad people and people immediately assume silly things like that he is racist. Why can't people just report the way he wants them to report? /s

On November 02 2018 02:40 NewSunshine wrote:

I would say Fox News doesn't deserve to be called journalism, but it actually isn't. When push comes to shove, they never claim they provide actual journalism, they can only call themselves entertainment. Because they refuse to hold themselves accountable to the basic tenets of journalistic integrity. I guess, ultimately, they shouldn't be allowed to call themselves news like they do. It's garbage. Say what you want about CNN, they at least pass the basic tests for journalism.

On November 02 2018 02:48 Excludos wrote:


I mean that excuse is a bit like calling your company "Freddie's fresh fruit" and then proclaim you're not in the fresh fruit business when people complain about all the rotten fruit you're peddling. They're not journalist and they they don't peddle news, but they still call themselves Fox News and imitate being a news program. It's deceiving and scummy at best and shouldn't be legal.

On November 02 2018 02:50 Plansix wrote:
There are calls from the US goverment for a cease fire in Yemen within 30 days. Better late than never I guess.

On November 02 2018 06:05 Logo wrote:


Does this include a lifting of the blockade? A lot of the humanitarian harm is being done by the blockade, so if it doesn't address that then it seems a somewhat empty gesture.

On November 02 2018 08:16 pmh wrote:
Few more days to go till midterms,how exciting (not sarcasm).
According to polls that I have seen (538 and others) the democrats are supposed to have a 80%+ chance of gaining control of the house. Seems like a very high chance to me,trump has not done that badly thus far.
For America I hope the republicans will win. Having democrats gain the house would be horrible I think,there is still so much salt from hillarys defeat.
2 years of obstructing everything possible just for the sake of it,possibly less years if they can push to get trump impeached. Either way it will be 2 years in which not much gets done which wouldnt be that great for the country I think.

Its hard to make a prediction,am still inclined to think the republicans will hold the house even though the odds seem to be against them.

if the media had been at least somewhat positive about trump instead of hammering the negative day in day out then this election would have been a walk in the park for republicans. I wonder how much cnn and other big news media influence elections. It surely must be 100000000 times more then rusian adds but whatever,