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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
It should be noted that what the economy does in a new president's first 100 days and what the president themselves do are rather different standards. Using the economy as a judgement on the president's performance doesn't really make much sense, as it takes more than 100 days for shifts in economic policy to really be felt. Using the president's own actions (what executive orders they signed, what legislation they managed to pass, etc) is completely fair game, though.
Also, I looked through the court transcript that Tactical Fox linked, and I don't really see what he's talking about. The suit essentially claims that the DNC promised to be a neutral third party in the primary process, but in reality supported Clinton, and that this amounts to fraud that hurt three distinct groups of people (people who donated to Bernie Sanders, people who donated to the DNC, and members of the Democratic Party at large).
I don't think that the argument is correct, but I don't see what's asinine or childish about it, either.
Really from Jupiter, but not an alien.They are claiming this isn't political? Bullshit. This reeks of people still bitter over Sanders losing the primaries, a foregone conclusion by June 2016. These morons do not realize that this is not doing anyone, least of all Sanders, any good.
edited 29th Apr '17 7:09:00 PM by M84
Disgusted, but not surprisedApparently someone calling Trump a traitor was arrested at the rally: http://www.pennlive.com/news/2017/04/trump_is_a_traitor_protestor_f.html#incart_election
Chuck Schumer says NYC should stop protecting Trump's family if the federal government doesn't pay for it: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/chuck-schumer-nyc-should-stop-protecting-trump-family-if-feds-dont-pay-up/article/2621658
The argument makes sense to me. I don't agree with it, but it's not frivolous.
On a rereading, I'm with Jovian. It's a dumb lawsuit that should never have been brought, but the Sanderistas' lawyers are doing their job with it, and their arguments are the proper arguments to make to advance their clients' cause.
edited 29th Apr '17 8:50:42 PM by Ramidel
They probably have to. I'm sure if they actually went, "Yeah, our clients are just trying to start shit over that stupid primary again," the court would throw their case out.
They have to pretend there is some legitimate basis for the court to hear their case or it just won't.
edited 29th Apr '17 9:08:23 PM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.Trump blames constitution for chaos of his first 100 days
Apparently there are too many checks and balances in the Constitution and that's bad for America.
In short he's getting upset that he doesn't have UNLIMITED POWAH again.
"Yup. That tasted purple."After slashing taxes, Oklahoma struggles to pay to keep schools and other services going
Trickle down economics is gonna work any day now. I can feel it!
Definition of insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting the outcome to be different.
This one bit had me facepalming:
There's no fat to be trimmed. The "beast" has been starved to the point of being skin and bones! I have no sympathy for someone like this. I do feel bad for his kids though.
Seriously, when kids cannot attend a full week of school, police officers can't keep their gas tanks full, and drunk drivers get to keep licenses because there aren't enough people to process them...
edited 30th Apr '17 4:59:05 AM by M84
Disgusted, but not surprisedTaxes are the revenue stream for the government. Yes, there are other far more minor revenue streams (the biggest one is national parks), but businessmen, if you cut your consumer base (and thus your revenue stream) by 50%, of course you're going to run into severe problems with funding. Taxes are people paying the government for its services. That is literally what taxes are. Quit complaining about taxes and then complaining when the government can't afford something after it cuts the taxes that you demanded them to cut!
And education is something where the trickle-down economics flat out wouldn't work anyway. Education is government funded. There's nowhere for something to even trickle down from.
Doing that is like if Mr. Car Salesman there "trimmed the fat" by firing all but one of his employees...and then wondering why sales have slowed so far down and missing the incredibly obvious conclusion that a car sale takes a while, complete with negotiation, and if you only have one person doing that, lots of people are going to get tired of waiting.
edited 30th Apr '17 5:28:33 AM by Zendervai
I don't know, but you can bet that they'd probably have to be forced into subsidizing the GOP's failed economies at metaphorical (or, hell, maybe even literal) gunpoint.

They say they're not representing Bernie sanders, and yet...