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Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#267551: Jan 17th 2019 at 12:26:18 PM

I know. Part of my wants to search every pizza parlour which happens to have a cellar, just in case.

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#267552: Jan 17th 2019 at 12:27:53 PM

It almost feels like this a response to Pelosi bascially cancelling Trumps State of the Union address.

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Larkmarn Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Hello, I love you
#267553: Jan 17th 2019 at 12:29:58 PM

[up][up] I'd check the one nearest me, but, uh, someone already did.

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Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#267554: Jan 17th 2019 at 12:31:15 PM

[up] Those WITH cellar. That one didn't even have one...

Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#267555: Jan 17th 2019 at 12:31:55 PM

Almost nothing. This is totally retaliation for Pelosi telling him to postpone the Sot U.

CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#267556: Jan 17th 2019 at 12:54:53 PM

Not to beat the "I hate Mitch drum" anymore but Mitch has and always has not actually cared about democracy or its procedures. He's every bit the authoritarian strongman that Trump is except he uses Loophole Abuse and bureaucracy to thwart the efforts of the people. There's a lot of gerrymandering, election fraud, and candidate control in Kentucky (and he still barely won last election) but it's in all other works he does:

  • The delay of hearing a Supreme Court justice nominee until Trump was elected.
  • Avoiding meeting with anyone about the Shutdown to prevent Republican defections.
  • Having a majority vote for legalization of marijuana in Kentucky then choosing not to have the vote this quarter, then not having the next quarter.

The list goes on an on.

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Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#267557: Jan 17th 2019 at 1:01:57 PM

So, Kentucky and DC basically have to put up with Mitch until he loses the Senate majority, decides to retire, or dies?

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A procrastination in of itself
#267558: Jan 17th 2019 at 1:07:59 PM

If the Dems are able to build a good ground game in his state it’s not impossible to get rid of him, but it will take a brilliant candidate in an incredibly blue year.

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CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#267559: Jan 17th 2019 at 1:09:29 PM

(D) Alison Grimes won 40% of the Kentucky vote and the sad fact was, like with Beto, that was a huge accomplishment in our state. It was accomplished despite pressure to remove all adds on local television, blocking her from her job, and the near nonexistence of a Democratic machine.

But if people are expecting Mitch to ever fold, smarten up, or behave like an adult then they are looking to the wrong person.

Mitch blocks opiod relief, medicare, food relief, and other stuff for Kentuckians. The government shutdown is just Tuesday for him. He's not a racist at least. He's happy to kill the "surplus population" of poor whites as much as any minority.

Edited by CharlesPhipps on Jan 17th 2019 at 1:10:46 AM

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CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#267560: Jan 17th 2019 at 1:14:20 PM

Here's also an example of typical Mitch McConnell tactics and Alison Grimes (the only Democrat in the state by the way)

https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/2018/09/27/kentucky-clerks-back-election-officials-against-alison-grimes/1434666002/

Dearing, who is a Democrat, has accused Grimes of abusing her role as the state’s chief election officer in a variety of ways. He claims, for instance, that she is interfering with a federal court-ordered settlement made with the U.S. Department of Justice to purge Kentucky's voter rolls of people who hadn't voted in the past six years.

Read that paragraph a couple of times to let it sink in. Guess also where the federal-court ordered settlement was originated and requested by (Mitch)

Edited by CharlesPhipps on Jan 17th 2019 at 1:14:53 AM

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Steven (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#267561: Jan 17th 2019 at 1:43:38 PM

Fed workers taking GoFundMe money could get in trouble for breaking the law.

Apparently, they're not allowed outside but income since they could compromise their ethics. Still, this is bullshit.

Remember, these idiots drive, fuck, and vote. Not always in that order.
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A procrastination in of itself
#267562: Jan 17th 2019 at 1:44:20 PM

Grimes managed 40% in a red year where the Republicans won the popular vote by 5.7%, compare that with 2018 where the Dems won by 8.6%, if she runs again in 2020 and the Dems do well I think it might be possible to unseat him, especially if he can be tied to the shutdown.

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SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#267563: Jan 17th 2019 at 1:47:56 PM

And if you can get Trump and Evil Turtle to squabble with each other. Trump is pretty popular but that popularity apparently doesn't pass onto Mitch and they have had plenty of disagreements.

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speedyboris Since: Feb, 2010
#267564: Jan 17th 2019 at 2:03:44 PM

Saw a comment on another site, wanted to verify it...

Is it true that after 30 days, the government can flat out fire furloughed workers?

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#267565: Jan 17th 2019 at 2:05:09 PM

[up][up][up]And at the very least, she could pull a Beto and force Mitch to campaign/the RNC to actually put money into the state and not into more competitive ones.

Edited by Rationalinsanity on Jan 17th 2019 at 6:05:23 AM

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megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
#267566: Jan 17th 2019 at 2:07:42 PM

[up][up] I'm guessing no, but we also haven't had anything like that before.

Edited by megaeliz on Jan 17th 2019 at 5:08:05 AM

Wildcard Since: Jun, 2012
#267567: Jan 17th 2019 at 2:43:45 PM

You know, I feel maybe I get too vindictive sometimes, but then I remember American Conservatives wouldn't spare any thoughts for anyone that isn't them. So I'll just say, I have no sympathy for any Federal Employees who voted for Trump in 2016. You made your bed.

I only feel bad for the ones who have families with children.

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#267568: Jan 17th 2019 at 2:48:25 PM

Since we are talking about Mitch he has written an op-ed about the Democratic proposals for voting reform. I don't think there are any surprises in it.

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#267569: Jan 17th 2019 at 2:52:40 PM

I see someone's trying to tidy up their image, no?

Tulsi Gabbard apologizes for past anti-LGBT rhetoric.

Don't worry, Tulsi, we also won't forget your Islamophobia or Assasd apologia.

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danime91 Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#267571: Jan 17th 2019 at 2:55:25 PM

A pox on the person who wrote this trash piece and anyone else who writes trash pieces like it.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/17/politics/donald-trump-nancy-pelosi-shutdown-state-of-the-union/index.html

No, this isn't a "blame game", this isn't Pelosi and Trump playing a game of political one-upmanship. Only one side is purely to blame here. And it isn't the side that wants the wall. God do I hate this tepid both-siderism nonsense.

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#267572: Jan 17th 2019 at 2:55:54 PM

Answer: no, because the address is given to all of Congress and Mitch can't tell the House to pass a resolution giving the President time for an audience.

So it wouldn't even count.

3of4 Just a harmless giant from a foreign land. from Five Seconds in the Future. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
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#267573: Jan 17th 2019 at 2:58:51 PM

Well, I just perused the Wikipedia article on the matter and the Constitution only really asks that a report is given on the state of the union.

Until Wilson, apparently, this was even done in writing.

So its probably, legally, possible. But it could still crash down in really really bad optics.

Heck, if someone floats the idea to Trump he might *tweet* it.

Edited by 3of4 on Jan 17th 2019 at 11:59:35 AM

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RainehDaze Nero Fangirl (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
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#267574: Jan 17th 2019 at 3:00:55 PM

Yes, but isn't it that the report must be given to Congress? The Senate can't force the house, so if Trump was only invited by one then it doesn't count.

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#267575: Jan 17th 2019 at 3:01:50 PM

The SOTU is political theatre. Replacing it with a written note is no big deal really.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman

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