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TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#172751: Feb 6th 2017 at 8:37:23 AM

[up][up]Preterminator? Preserminator? Terminent? Preterminent? Terminentor? Presinator? Termident? Termidor?

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#172752: Feb 6th 2017 at 8:44:32 AM

Honestly, Arnold would probably be pretty moderate as POTUS. He'd appoint a Kennendyesque justice, favors immigration reform, isn't overtly hostile to LGBT rights, and won't threaten 70 year old alliances because of his ego.

But he's in an awkward position, too far to the left for the Republicans, but too far to the right for the Democrats.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
AmbarSonofDeshar Since: Jan, 2010
#172753: Feb 6th 2017 at 8:47:36 AM

So Tulsi Gabbard was being interviewed about her trip to Syria on NPR this morning.

Asides from the fact that her voice is creepily robotic, she claimed that the House Ethics Committee had approved the trip. But wasn't it controversial to begin with because it was a secret until recently?

Her trip is controversial because she wouldn't shut up about how wonderful Assad was afterwards. Once again, that woman's gotta go.

IFwanderer use political terms to describe, not insult from Earth Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
use political terms to describe, not insult
#172754: Feb 6th 2017 at 9:00:06 AM

[up][up]And he acknowledges Climate Change is an important issue.

1 2 We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. -KV
tricksterson Never Trust from Behind you with an icepick Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Never Trust
#172755: Feb 6th 2017 at 9:15:44 AM

[up] x4 The Perminator.

Trump delenda est
Pseudopartition Screaming Into The Void from The Cretaeceous Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
Screaming Into The Void
#172756: Feb 6th 2017 at 9:24:45 AM

I feel like we should save that for a president with a truly epic perm.note 

What exactly is so wrong with simply 'TOTUS'?

TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#172757: Feb 6th 2017 at 9:27:02 AM

Fuck a title. I just want a goddamn adult

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TobiasDrake (•̀⤙•́) (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
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#172758: Feb 6th 2017 at 9:28:39 AM

I'm partial to Prezinator.

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tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
Professional Forum Ninja
#172759: Feb 6th 2017 at 10:34:42 AM

According to TMZ, Kanye West has reportedly gone against Trump, such as removing pro-Trump tweets, because of Trump's first two weeks in office.

"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."
Kayeka (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#172760: Feb 6th 2017 at 10:37:40 AM

[up]Always nice to see people come to their senses.

Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#172761: Feb 6th 2017 at 10:37:45 AM

With that said, I don't know what Kanye was thinking supporting him in the first place. What did he think was gonna happen?

edited 6th Feb '17 10:38:18 AM by Draghinazzo

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
AngelusNox Warder of the damned from The guard of the gates of oblivion Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Married to the job
Warder of the damned
#172763: Feb 6th 2017 at 10:44:27 AM

[up]I laughed more than I should have...

Inter arma enim silent leges
DingoWalley1 Asgore Adopts Noelle Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
Asgore Adopts Noelle
#172764: Feb 6th 2017 at 10:50:57 AM

I can't wait for Kanye's next Album: Trumpgrets. Still won't listen to it, though.tongue

[up][up][up] Maybe he was hopeful that Trump wouldn't suck majorly? I know anyone with any knowledge in Politics could see the writing on the wall, but that's only like 25% of the Population.

MacronNotes (she/her) (Captain) Relationship Status: Less than three
(she/her)
#172765: Feb 6th 2017 at 10:56:33 AM

He's probably just upset he wasn't invited to the inauguration.

Macron's notes
TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#172766: Feb 6th 2017 at 10:59:07 AM

Senators are expected to vote Tuesday on the nomination of Betsy De Vos for education secretary. She is expected to be confirmed, with Vice President Mike Pence casting the tie-breaking vote. All 48 members of the Democratic caucus and two Republicans — Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins — oppose De Vos, but Pence would give Republicans the one extra vote they need.

Welp

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Heatth (X-Troper) Relationship Status: In Spades with myself
#172767: Feb 6th 2017 at 11:00:01 AM

With that said, I don't know what Kanye was thinking supporting him in the first place. What did he think was gonna happen?

Yeah. It is great people are turning against Trump, but so far he haven't done anything different to what he promised and acted before the election. What did this people think it would happen.

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#172768: Feb 6th 2017 at 11:02:09 AM

[up] It's been mentioned by others that some Trump supporters apparently took him "seriously, but not literally". His detractors on the other hand took him "literally, but not seriously".

Believe the autocrat.

edited 6th Feb '17 11:02:21 AM by M84

Disgusted, but not surprised
Balmung Since: Oct, 2011
#172769: Feb 6th 2017 at 11:07:41 AM

They thought he wouldn't or couldn't actually do the things he said. They expected things to be normal and for normal forces to continue to act, and so they recklessly voted for the antithesis of normal, and now nothing is normal anymore.

For the record, I'd extend it to believe the politician - you should assume that they intend to at least try to do everything they say unless they have given evidence otherwise.

edited 6th Feb '17 11:09:13 AM by Balmung

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#172770: Feb 6th 2017 at 11:08:24 AM

I wonder too of some held out hope that advisors and Congress child rein him in as needed, which seems naive at best and downright silly in hindsight. Not to mention the sheer stupidity of choosing a leader based on his having lackeys to mitigate his obvious incompetence.

edited 6th Feb '17 11:08:32 AM by sgamer82

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#172771: Feb 6th 2017 at 11:10:55 AM

Still time to try and turn another one, but relying on the decency of Republicans is hardly a safe bet.

edited 6th Feb '17 11:11:10 AM by Rationalinsanity

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#172772: Feb 6th 2017 at 11:20:37 AM

So here's an ad I saw on reddit today.

I can see they're taking their opposition to Trump seriously.

danime91 Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#172773: Feb 6th 2017 at 11:23:17 AM

[up]I'm sure if I searched through 1984 I can find a reference to "alternative facts" somewhere in there. Certainly sounds like something MiniTrue would come up with.

edited 6th Feb '17 11:24:06 AM by danime91

optimusjamie Since: Jun, 2010
#172774: Feb 6th 2017 at 11:37:42 AM

@danime: IIRC, the actual term doesn't show up, but is an accurate portrayal of Winston's job.

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TobiasDrake (•̀⤙•́) (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
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#172775: Feb 6th 2017 at 11:41:02 AM

Yeah, a lot of Trump supporters had one or both of two opinions about the malicious things he claimed:

  1. It's just politics talk. Every politician talks like that. Sure, he's behaving monstrously, but politicians ARE monsters, every single last one of them, so he's just saying what it takes to get elected. Any politician in the world would be saying the same things.
  2. Sure, he's made a lot of shitty promises, but nobody in their right mind would ever let him do it. The party will reign him in and keep him under control, because it's really the GOP who has all the power. He's just going to be Paul Ryan's goofy mascot or something.

We've talked a lot about how anti-intellectual rhetoric had a major impact on the election, but anti-political rhetoric was a big part of it as well. It's long been taken as fact in America that politicians, like lawyers, are the scum of the universe.

As a culture, we hate politicians. We mock them in every sitcom. We tell jokes like, "We should send politicians into space instead of astronauts, because you don't have to bring the politicians back." That one came from Stephen F*cking Hawking.

This had a major effect on Trump's "outsider" reputation.

These words have already been brought up but cannot be stressed enough: believe the autocrat.

edited 6th Feb '17 11:45:27 AM by TobiasDrake

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