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Aszur A nice butterfly from Pagliacci's Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
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#338451: Nov 9th 2020 at 11:24:18 AM

I never expected the Gravy Seals to actually take to violence.

They may yet encourage a lone wolf to act but, en masse? You seriously expect these military fetishists who can't briskly walk a mile to shoot someone farther away from their kitchen?

Edited by Aszur on Nov 9th 2020 at 1:24:59 PM

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#338452: Nov 9th 2020 at 11:25:25 AM

Hmm, I wonder if Trump has any plan with the new Secretary of Defense? Some kind of futile last ditch coup?

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#338453: Nov 9th 2020 at 11:27:15 AM

I am proud of our armed forces who voted for Biden 4-1.

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#338454: Nov 9th 2020 at 11:28:13 AM

Yeah considering Trump couldn’t get the military to gas protesters I don’t see them supporting a coup.

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#338455: Nov 9th 2020 at 11:31:33 AM

[up][up]Maybe Trump should have thought twice before calling them losers and suckers. Serves him right.

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#338456: Nov 9th 2020 at 11:32:17 AM

[up][up][up]Moral of the story: don't disrespect war heroes and don't tell the troops to attack Americans.

Edited by RAlexa21th on Nov 9th 2020 at 11:32:32 AM

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#338457: Nov 9th 2020 at 11:38:33 AM

Do we know if Biden has any plans for tackling white supremacist terrorism? I would not at all be surprised if the next four years see an uptick of that sort of activity in response to a federal government agenda that doesn't go out of its way to turn a blind eye to their antics.

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CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#338458: Nov 9th 2020 at 11:38:48 AM

  • Mocking gold star families
  • Calling them losers and suckers
  • Mocking Prisoners of War as losers
  • Being a draft dodger himself
  • Abandoning our allies in Syria
  • His cozying up to the Taliban
  • His ignoring of the Russian bounties
  • The fact the Joint Chiefs have called him an idiot who tried to start wars in Venezuela, kill Assad via drone strike, and attack Iran only to be talked down.
  • Pardoning a war criminal turned in by his own SEAL team.

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#338459: Nov 9th 2020 at 11:46:38 AM

[up][up]If he does, it had better be a swift and efficient one that he can implement very early on, lest his entire term be defined by the very same identity politics that turn so many working class whites against the Democrats. He'd need at least two years afterward to get people's minds on something else.

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#338460: Nov 9th 2020 at 12:01:15 PM

Speaking of, allegedly part of why Trump was so keen to fire Esper (to the point that Esper actually drafted a letter of resignation a week before the firing) is over Esper's public reticence about sending US troops into cities to quell rioting.

In an extraordinary break with Trump, Esper told reporters in June that he did not support the invoking the Insurrection Act, an 1807 law, to allow Trump to deploy active-duty U.S. troops to respond to civil unrest stemming from protests against police brutality across the country.

“I say this not only as secretary of Defense, but also as a former soldier and a former member of the National Guard, the option to use active-duty forces in a law enforcement role should only be used as a matter of last resort, and only in the most urgent and dire situations. We are not in one of those situations now,” Esper said.

Hours after Esper’s statement, White House press secretary Kayleigh Mc Enany said Trump has the “sole authority” to move forward with the measure. When asked if the president was peeved by Esper’s comments at the Pentagon, Mc Enany gave a lukewarm response.

“I would say if he loses confidence in Secretary Esper I’m sure you all will be the first to know. As of right now, Secretary Esper is still Secretary Esper, and should the president lose faith, we will all learn about that in the future,” Mc Enany said at the time.

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#338461: Nov 9th 2020 at 12:05:38 PM

Why didn't trump fire fauci

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#338462: Nov 9th 2020 at 12:18:51 PM

Because Fauci would be hired by Biden instantly after

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#338463: Nov 9th 2020 at 12:20:10 PM

I think he has to wait another month or so before he can fire him without cause.

Edited by Silasw on Nov 9th 2020 at 8:20:20 PM

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#338464: Nov 9th 2020 at 12:33:21 PM

McConnell was on TV just now saying Trump is "within his rights" to pursue his lawsuits, and compares these current events to Bush v. Gore.

Edited by rmctagg09 on Nov 9th 2020 at 3:33:33 PM

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#338465: Nov 9th 2020 at 12:34:21 PM

It seems Mc Connell is afraid of the Georgia vote.

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#338466: Nov 9th 2020 at 12:35:39 PM

"Within his rights" in that context sound a lot like defaulting to the free speech defense: "I am literally allowed to do this." If that's the best retort you've got, why bother pushing the "point"?

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#338467: Nov 9th 2020 at 12:37:35 PM

I don't think Mitch expects Trump's lawsuits to go anywhere. He's already accepted Biden as the new president. This sounds more like a middle stance between Graham and Cotton talking about the election being rigged, and Romney and Bush saying Biden won already.

That being said the fact that he's comparing this to Gore vs Bush is deeply dishonest. Biden won over Trump by margins several magnitudes higher than Bush supposedly won Florida in 2000.

Edited by Draghinazzo on Nov 9th 2020 at 5:41:20 PM

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#338468: Nov 9th 2020 at 12:39:18 PM

It sounds like he fully expects the lawsuits to be tossed out.

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#338469: Nov 9th 2020 at 12:42:17 PM

Mitchy boy is just releasing non-statements about these lawsuits.

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#338470: Nov 9th 2020 at 12:56:04 PM

Yeah I am with dragh and rational here.

Mitch is in a pretty safe space and Trump can throw his tantrums - it wont affect him in the slightest.

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes
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#338471: Nov 9th 2020 at 1:04:04 PM

I don't necessarily think Mitch is out of the woods yet. Him breaking with Trump could cause anger among Trump supporters, reducing his popularity. And I bet there are executive options that Biden could take while in office to prevent Mitch from becoming a full-on Karma Houdini.

Edited by clemont107 on Nov 9th 2020 at 4:10:33 AM

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#338472: Nov 9th 2020 at 1:10:43 PM

[up]I admire the optimism, but even my best case estimates have the base forget about everything in six years. And that's ignoring that Mitch completely has Kentucky in his grasp.

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#338473: Nov 9th 2020 at 1:16:50 PM

[up]Not all of Trump's base are idiots. Some are smart enough to know and remember that Mitch "ditched" Trump after he lost. I think they would continually call for Mitch to step down due to not being a die-hard Trumpie, and that the rest of the base would follow these calls as well.

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#338474: Nov 9th 2020 at 1:19:13 PM

Mitch is too bulletproof to primary, and most of the Senate Republicans know that he's vital to keeping Trump's evil going.

Senate Majority Leader is sufficently removed from democratic accountability that Republican candidates won't be able to "run against RINO Mitch."

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#338475: Nov 9th 2020 at 1:24:51 PM

[up]To be honest, I don't think the Alt-Right would resort to Senate primaries to get the "RINOS" out. A lot of their members might run all sorts of harassment campaigns in the hope that those they deem "unworthy" to their cause resign and thus are replaced with someone "better" in their eyes.

Edited by clemont107 on Nov 9th 2020 at 4:28:18 AM

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