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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Approval ratings of the state governors
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The top three governors, Dennis Daugaard of South Dakota, Charlie Baker of Massachusetts, and Larry Hogan of Maryland are all Republicans. Two are anti-Trump, while another has been appointed to Trump's agricultural committee. That's only after he voted for Kasich in the primaries though. After Kasich had already dropped out.
Of the remaining top ten, only two - Gary Herbert of Utah, and Greg Abbott of Texas - have explicitly supported Trump.
In the bottom ten there are eight Republicans and two Democrats. Tea Party darling and Trump supporter Governor Brownback is at the very bottom. Chris Christie is 48th. Scott Walker is 41st.
Trump's VP pick, Mike Pence of Indiana is 38th, with an approval rating of 45%.
Le Page has a 39% approval rating? I figured it would be lower.
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.So there you go. That happened.
That's right, boys. Mondo cool.As far as whether it's "worth it" or not — that's a judgement call, but I'd say almost anything would be worth keeping Trump from the nomination. Not just for the country, but for the GOP as well. The Trump nomination makes it clear that the inmates are well and truly running the asylum, and the GOP is tearing itself apart over it. A significant number of big names in the GOP are voting for Clinton — and what's more, admitting so publically. Blocking Trump might cost them the election, but just nominating Trump is costing the party much of its legitimacy with moderates and liberals, which will do incalculable damage to the party in the long run. (Note that "legitimacy" is distinct from "agreement". One can disagree with someone else's political positions but still agree that they are legitimate positions to hold. By running Trump as their presidential candidate, the GOP makes it harder for anyone but Trump supporters to take them seriously as a political alternative to the Democrats.) Plus the fact that a Trump presidency seems like a long shot in any case, so they make themselves look like fools and get nothing in return.
Literally the only people a Trump candidacy is good for is Trump and the hardcore fringe right crowd that he's dragging into the mainstream.
Really from Jupiter, but not an alien.![]()
I'm guessing he thinks those nations are going to pay for it after he seduces them with his tremendous negotiation skills.
edited 20th Sep '16 6:33:39 PM by Lennik
That's right, boys. Mondo cool.Not that the other guy was some model of democracy. But the one they put in — with the support of the US and the CIA in this coup in Ukraine — that has not been a solution. Regime change is something we need to be very careful about. And this is a highly inflammatory regime change with a nuclear armed power next door.
So I’m saying: Let’s just stop pretending there are good guys here and bad guys here. These are complicated situations. Yeah, Russia is doing lots of human rights abuse, but you know what? So are we.
We need to enter into this like human beings and have a conversation about a situation that’s very threatening to us all and sit down and find principled ways to move forward with dialogue and diplomacy that makes us all more stable, more secure, and creates a world for the future that’s not going to go up in flames.
Jill Stein's position on Russia....
Not so different from Trump.
LMFAO
New Survey coming this weekend!In fairness, I have a hard time believing that Trump would cop to the U.S. having committed human rights violations (at least, if he was President).
That said...is she saying that Russia ought to be allowed to annex Ukraine? Because she doesn't really seem to care what Ukraine thinks.
Oh God! Natural light!She's a hipster, it's realy that simple, she see supporting the US as mainstream so she's against it, she sees vaccinations as mainstream so she's against them, she sees the EU as mainstream so she was pro-Brexit.
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranOkay, from what I understand, her stance on vaccines is more nuanced than just plain anti-vaxxer - she has stated that she believes vaccines work. She does, however, seem to believe that the FDA is in the pockets of drug companies, even if there's no real reason to believe that.
Also, she apparently hates GM Os, because EVIL or something.
edited 20th Sep '16 7:12:07 PM by KarkatTheDalek
Oh God! Natural light!
That's a bit of a no, except yes situation in my mind. Her reasons might be a bit less idiotic but she's still effectively anti-vaccine. Climate deniers are idiots even if they try to weasel out by admitting that it's happening for reasons unrelated to humans. This is pretty much the liberal equivalent of that.
No she's a strait up anti-vacer now, as in she's suggesting that it's unclear if vaccinations cause autism.
GM Os is going to be both her being anti-science and probably a partial racism thing, there's a lot of racism in the anti-GMO movement, as shockingly enough if we go 100% organic it's not people in the US and Europe who will starve but people in India and the rest of the developing world.
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran![]()
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Funny you say that, considering,
The Steins have anywhere from $50,000-100,000 in Merck. A...Pharmaceutical Giant.
edited 20th Sep '16 7:19:02 PM by TacticalFox88
New Survey coming this weekend!

The thing about the super delegate hate that annoys me is the fact that the people speaking out against them were cheering Sanders on when he was trying to use them to hand himself the nomination. It amazes me that these people whined about Hillary stealing the nomination and not representing the will of the people only to turn around and try to pressure them into actually subverting democracy.
edited 20th Sep '16 5:02:48 PM by Kostya