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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
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He might call God an agent of Fake News, knowing him.
Whatever he might have done might be reversed. But what his election has revealed about the body politic will haunt America for some time.
I hold the secrets of the machine.@Blueninja: but thats why fewer people read news articles anymore-because they know that seemingly objective headlines really aren't. Its simultaneously evidence that people are more discerning than we think they are, and that the Republicans, Trump in particular, are less effective than they think they are.
Of course, there is a group of propaganda disseminators who simply want the public to distrust all sources equally, so there is that. But thats not helping Trump right now.
I'm done trying to sound smart. "Clear" is the new smart.I doubt anyone on this forum would have voted for Gabbard, but here's another reason not to.
Gabbard says Democrats share blame in shutdown logjam
“The problem here is that this issue, like so many others in Washington, are being relegated to partisan politics,” she said in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union."
“Where if a Republican is putting forward a proposal, Democrats are going to shoot it down. If Democrats are putting forward a proposal, Republicans are going to shoot it down, really thinking about which party can call a win on this issue.”
The result, she said, is a loss for the country and especially the 800,000 federal workers affected by the shutdown, which has been driven over disagreements about immigration.
I wonder if she realizes the same people she's supposedly trying to appeal to don't want Democrats to cave to a bad deal.
Edited by TheRoguePenguin on Jan 20th 2019 at 11:56:13 AM
Seems perfectly cromulent with her past record on criticizing her own party
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@Blue Ninja 0 That conversation has already happened, and it resulted in him starting a war in heaven.
Leviticus 19:34![]()
I can recall one Republican ever winning in Hawaii and that was purely because there were two democrats running who split the vote between them enough for the other guy to get in. Even then it was only a few percentage points over the next candidate, and since at the end of the day over 60% of voters picked a democrat I doubt it lasted too long.
Edited by Shaoken on Jan 20th 2019 at 9:54:36 PM
Remember several things:
Hawaii only has 2 reps, with open primaries. Thus, Republicans can vote for Gabbard, and she keeps her exposure very limited. couple with low turnout, and a very...logistically difficult state to campaign in? (Gabbard's district spams 8 islands)
That said, one state rep has already announced he's going to take her on in 2020.
Edited by Lightysnake on Jan 20th 2019 at 3:27:25 AM
In the context of the post, yes he is. Septimus Heap was talking about Vermont's representation in Congress, of which Sanders is one of them.
Edited by LSBK on Jan 20th 2019 at 5:30:39 AM
