Board 8 > Politics Containment Topic 132: WHAT HAPPENED now available in fantasy sections

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HaRRicH posted...

Don't they need more than fifty votes now?

Not until October
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http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/14/inside-trumps-democratic-deals-daca-schumer-pelosi-242745

After months of hammering Republicans over their failure to repeal Obamacare, President Donald Trump huddled this week with moderate House Democrats and Republicans who were trying to sell him on a fix to the health care law.

Upon hearing it had bipartisan support, the president had one question: “Can I call it ‘repeal and replace’?”

“You can call it whatever you want, Mr. President,” a Democratic lawmaker told Trump, eliciting laughter throughout the room.

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LMFAO incredible.
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comedy option: democrats get single-payer passed under "repeal and replace"

(yeah, yeah i know about the tweet earlier today)
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There was an antifa professor on Tucker Carlson who was arguing the same point JaKyL generally makes about handling white supremacists and neo-nazis, i.e. that what they are saying is actually threats and they are standing up to them in public squares. That they do not have a right to speak in public unopposed when they threaten to eliminate large swathes of the American public.

Of course Tucker asked loaded questions like "do you tell your students that the 1st amendment doesn't apply to everyone?" because Tucker wants to be Hannity-lite.
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How awful do you have to be to aspire to be Hannity jr
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BTW, I wonder if SephyG still thinks McConnell is the greatest politician in modern times.
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TheRock1525 posted...

BTW, I wonder if SephyG still thinks McConnell is the greatest politician in modern times.

He still got Gorsuch on the Supreme Court so yes.
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That they do not have a right to speak in public unopposed when they threaten to eliminate large swathes of the American public.

About 99% of their speech is not this, though.
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SmartMuffin posted...

That they do not have a right to speak in public unopposed when they threaten to eliminate large swathes of the American public.

About 99% of their speech is not this, though.

Pretty sure this number is a complete ass-pull.
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maybe they should try 100% of their speech being not that

I just ran the numbers and it turns out that only 97.87716% of their speech is not that. Sorry SMuffin but we need real facts from you here
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Some more details about Jeff previously offering to resign:

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/09/14/us/politics/jeff-sessions-trump.html

Shortly after learning in May that a special counsel had been appointed to investigate links between his campaign associates and Russia, President Trump berated Attorney General Jeff Sessions in an Oval Office meeting and said he should resign, according to current and former administration officials and others briefed on the matter.

The president attributed the appointment of the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, to Mr. Sessions?s decision to recuse himself from the Justice Department?s Russia investigation ? a move Mr. Trump believes was the moment his administration effectively lost control over the inquiry. Accusing Mr. Sessions of ?disloyalty,? Mr. Trump unleashed a string of insults on his attorney general.

Ashen and emotional, Mr. Sessions told the president he would quit and sent a resignation letter to the White House, according to four people who were told details of the meeting. Mr. Sessions would later tell associates that the demeaning way the president addressed him was the most humiliating experience in decades of public life.

The Oval Office meeting, details of which have not previously been reported, shows the intensity of Mr. Trump?s emotions as the Russia investigation gained steam and how he appeared to immediately see Mr. Mueller?s appointment as a looming problem for his administration. It also illustrates the depth of antipathy Mr. Trump has had for Mr. Sessions ? one of his earliest campaign supporters ? and how the president interprets ?disloyalty? within his circle of advisers.
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...and I meant every question mark there...
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redrocket_pub posted...

TheRock1525 posted...

BTW, I wonder if SephyG still thinks McConnell is the greatest politician in modern times.

He still got Gorsuch on the Supreme Court so yes.

Not the GOAT, but he absolutely pulled off the single greatest political Hail Mary I can ever recall.

Basically he's the Aaron Rodgers of American politics.
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Closet gay?
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how is a gimme a hail mary
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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/13/us/spicer-manning-harvard.html

What the fuck is whoever's running Harvard's Institute of Politics thinking? They also made Corey fucking Lewandowski a Fellow.

I feel newly offended about my previous Harvard rejections!
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LordoftheMorons posted...

They also made Corey fucking Lewandowski a Fellow.

... why

he's literally a nobody
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SmartMuffin posted...

That they do not have a right to speak in public unopposed when they threaten to eliminate large swathes of the American public.

About 99% of their speech is not this, though.

Right, but when it IS this, that's when they've earned the right to be punched instead of just counter-protested.
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TheRock1525 posted...

SmartMuffin posted...

That they do not have a right to speak in public unopposed when they threaten to eliminate large swathes of the American public.

About 99% of their speech is not this, though.

Pretty sure this number is a complete ass-pull.

I think if he's referring to their whole life, it makes sense.

We've been through this before, but even I don't think you should have the right to punch Christopher Cantwell at any random point in time because of his views

You should have the right to punch him when he's part of a neo-Nazi rally publicly espousing those views
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I listened to David Duke's speech in Charlottesville on a livestream. At no point did he call for large-scale murder or anything even remotely resembling it.
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SmartMuffin posted...

That they do not have a right to speak in public unopposed when they threaten to eliminate large swathes of the American public.

About 99% of their speech is not this, though.

What percentage of Hitler's speech was this?

If even 1% of your speech is dedicated to this it is too much. Just because sometimes they talk about other things doesn't mean the public isn't going to be justifiably outraged when you show up to talk about things.

"Hey you big babies he isn't talking about how black people are subhuman and the Jews need to be dealt with now. Why are you mad, that was yesterday?"
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SmartMuffin posted...

I listened to David Duke's speech in Charlottesville on a livestream. At no point did he call for large-scale murder or anything even remotely resembling it.

What exactly did he talk about? What he had for lunch?
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https://twitter.com/phillyd/status/908390570397069312

Here's a good RT for Trump
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Also maybe I'll regret asking this but why were you listening to a David Duke livestream?
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Jakyl25 posted...

https://twitter.com/phillyd/status/908390570397069312

Here's a good RT for Trump

I am 100% on board with this idea.
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friendly reference to what that experience was like. As reported by the New York Daily News, a passage in What Happened features Clinton commenting on the crowds at Trump rallies calling for her to be imprisoned, saying, “they shouted, ‘Guilty! Guilty!’ like the religious zealots in Game Of Thrones chanting, ‘Shame! Shame!’ while Cersei Lannister walked back to the Red Keep.”



Comparing your plight to Cersei's plight as a ploy for sympathy isn't the best idea.
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Nelson_Mandela posted...

Basically he's the Aaron Rodgers of American politics.

i thought it was tom brady?
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Tom Brady only loses when the Giants have a hand, whereas Mitch is losing with somebody without giant hands.
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Corrik posted...

Comparing your plight to Cersei's plight as a ploy for sympathy isn't the best idea.

This is legitimately hilarious.
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Also her takeaway from 1984 is that we should trust our leaders and media unconditionally.
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https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/9/15/16307794/superman-undocumented-workers-white-supremacist-action-comics
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Tom Brady hasn't really had a ton of success with hail mary passes
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Improvised explosive went off on London Underground train. 23 injured, thankfully 0 dead as of yet. Terrorism suspected.

Trump of course seems to already know who it was to the extent that he thinks Scotland Yard could have stopped them but didn't.
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he knows they were bad and nasty guys, that's for sure
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FFDragon posted...

Also her takeaway from 1984 is that we should trust our leaders and media unconditionally.

I can't tell if you're serious or riffing off the Game of Thrones statement.
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https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/908643633901039617

Cut off...the internet?
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HaRRicH posted...

FFDragon posted...

Also her takeaway from 1984 is that we should trust our leaders and media unconditionally.

I can't tell if you're serious or riffing off the Game of Thrones statement.

I wish I was joking.
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Jakyl25 posted...

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/908643633901039617

Cut off...the internet?

use better!

Internet 2.0!
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I mean I'm one of the biggest Hillary critics here, and I don't see how her comparing "guilty guilty" to "shame" is attempting to define reality?
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https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/908645126146265090

Gee I WONDER what he means by "more specific?????"
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My Immortal posted...

https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/9/15/16307794/superman-undocumented-workers-white-supremacist-action-comics

One of the earliest famous Superman stories is a radio drama where he kicks the shit out of the KKK.
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Am I the only one who doesn't see anything wrong with what Hillary said regarding 1984?

All she said was that Authoritarians get us to distrust our leaders, our press, and experts. Nowhere did I see her say that 'we need to unquestionably trust leaders and the press' At most she said those are the people we rely on, and that's true. But she doesn't say we should unquestionably follow them. Unless it's in a paragraph not posted.
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She said that was the goal of authoritarians, which is utter nonsense. The goal of authoritarians is to, well, be authoritarian. That's most easily accomplished by getting the masses to trust them, though not necessarily mandatory either.

That's different from saying what authoritarians actually do.
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Oh wait she actually talked about 1984, I thought FFD was making a joke in response to the GoT part.
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Dancedreamer posted...

Am I the only one who doesn't see anything wrong with what Hillary said regarding 1984?

All she said was that Authoritarians get us to distrust our leaders, our press, and experts. Nowhere did I see her say that 'we need to unquestionably trust leaders and the press' At most she said those are the people we rely on, and that's true. But she doesn't say we should unquestionably follow them. Unless it's in a paragraph not posted.

I think her point's confused, but yeah I'm not sure why people are jumping on it as if she missed the entire point of 1984 or whatever.
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kevwaffles posted...

She said that was the goal of authoritarians, which is utter nonsense. The goal of authoritarians is to, well, be authoritarian. That's most easily accomplished by getting the masses to trust them, though not necessarily mandatory either.

That's different from saying what authoritarians actually do.

That's the goal once they are in power, when trying to gain power it's best to cause mistrust among the current power class and getting people to trust you instead.

Of course that doesn't make Clinton's examples any better...
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The worst part about Hillary talking about 1984 is she spelled out the title.
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Double-plus ungood.
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