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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
> I hope he recovers soon. For all my issues with him I appreciate what he's done for US politics in terms of helping shift the Overton Window back leftward.
What the Overton Window really needs is a new frame and shatter proof glass,the last few times someone has thrown a brick through it and sent glass everywhere
edit:As a side note,be really careful about typing about assassinating anyone,could get ugly real fast
Edited by Ultimatum on Oct 5th 2019 at 10:24:31 AM
have a listen and have a link to my discord serverGuys, it's fine.
Granted, if he's up to his eyeballs on statins, he's got no business running in political races (the side effects of those are no joke). But otherwise? About four weeks of taking it easier than usual by delegating a lot, and he should be fine. (Well, technically it would be probably OK at three... but, only prize idiots don't rest up properly as they are told to. <refrains from looking in her dad's general direction over one specific incident where he did too much too soon, the eejit, and knocked his recovery back>)
It's a stutter and stents, not a freaking bypass. Now, those now only take a couple of months to bounce as back from as feasible (including the scar tissue getting less insanely itchy) — because getting condemned to, e.g. statins will put a crimp into achieving your max ceiling. When Dad got his first in the 80s, it took way longer to recover from than his latest one did — rehabilitative techniques have changed over the years. Keep in mind his newer surgeries have to deal with the scar tissue of older ones, so they are even more complicated than the first bypass he got. Which took a good year for him to feel vaguely back to himself. These days? Two/three months with maybe a subpar fourth (mainly scar tissue — but that's dad: he's always scarred poorly).
Edited by Euodiachloris on Oct 5th 2019 at 11:59:41 AM
I mean, realistically, Sanders is probably fine. But voters aren't likely to go for a candidate that they're worried is about to keel over and Sanders' numbers aren't great to begin with. Dropping out (officially over health concerns) and endorsing Warren in the process would be a good way for Sanders to keep a bit of dignity while helping something very similar to his cause
"I didn't succeed," Johnson said, according to audio of the interview posted by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
As for why not, Johnson said Trump had concerns, including about "what happened in 2016."
"He was very consistent on why he was considering it. It was corruption overall generalized, but yeah, no doubt about it, what happened in 2016, what happened in 2016, what was the truth about that, and then the fact that our NATO partners don’t step up to the plate,” Johnson said.
In a statement provided to NBC News, Johnson's office stressed that the term "quid pro quo" was not used.
"Senator Johnson does not recall in any meeting or discussion with the president, or any member of the administration, that the term 'quid pro quo' was ever used. Nor does he recall any discussion of any specific case of corruption in the 2016 election, such as Crowdstrike, the hack of the DNC servers, Hillary Clinton campaign involvement, or Hunter and Joe Biden, during general discussions of corruption, which is endemic throughout Ukraine," the statement said.
Johnson told The Wall Street Journal that he’d reached out to Sondland after discovering the aid, which Johnson had advocated for, had been frozen. Sondland said the administration had been working on an arrangement with Ukraine in which the country would appoint a new prosecutor general and move to “get to the bottom of what happened in 2016—if President Trump has that confidence, then he’ll release the military spending,” Johnson told the paper.
The senator said the suggestion made him "wince." "My reaction was: 'Oh, God. I don’t want to see those two things combined,'" Johnson told the paper.
The money was released in September after news of the freeze became public and led to bipartisan push from Congress.
Johnson told reporters last month that he’d asked Trump to release the aid for Ukraine, but did not mention his conversation with Sondland.
But of course his office maintains that "the term quid pro quo wasn't used" - because it's not like Trump was pulling a Shame If Something Happened scenario here.
"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"Sanders should not stand aside after his hospital stay...
Not because he should be president. Not even because he's helping to drag the party to the left.
But because it would annoy the everloving heck out of the people who've been saying he should step aside for their preferred candidates all this time and yet are also constantly annoyed when Sanders supporters refuse to give even token nods to said preferred candidates.
Angry gets shit done.Not because he should be president. Not even because he's helping to drag the party to the left.
But because it would annoy the everloving heck out of the people who've been saying he should step aside for their preferred candidates all this time and yet are also constantly annoyed when Sanders supporters refuse to give even token nods to said preferred candidates.
Lulz and Memes < Legitimate political strategy.
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.Yeah, really. Sanders is an important voice in the Democratic body politic, but he is not going to win the nomination unless something truly remarkable happens, and his supporters rallying for him to campaign regardless of his health are doing far more harm than the people calling for him to gracefully step aside. We need to focus first on winning the election, second on what sort of policies the next President should pursue, and a distant tenth or twelfth on the cult of personality surrounding whichever candidate wins the nomination.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"We can all dream.
Not because he should be president. Not even because he's helping to drag the party to the left.
But because it would annoy the everloving heck out of the people who've been saying he should step aside for their preferred candidates all this time and yet are also constantly annoyed when Sanders supporters refuse to give even token nods to said preferred candidates.
Sure, an old man might potentially be further jeopardizing his health doing so, but at least you get some petty vindication out of it, right?
No, but seriously, this is fucking appalling.
Edited by PhysicalStamina on Oct 5th 2019 at 11:39:39 AM
i'm tired, my friendI think his health issues are highly concerning, but I also don't want to unintentionally use it as an excuse to attack a progressive candidate who rival's the one I personally support. That would be kind of ghoulish.
Regardless, as a progressive, I think his role in moving the Overton window gives me more than enough reason to wish him the best. Hopefully, he gets well soon
Edited by Fourthspartan56 on Oct 5th 2019 at 8:40:43 AM
"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji Yang

Wasn't that like.... just kind of known?
You don't just go to the hospital and get multiple stents put in for just chest pain.
I thought it was just the normal dancing around a politicians health issues our news does. ._.;
Edited by Imca on Oct 4th 2019 at 5:12:08 AM