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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
So remember how Reuters/Ipsos put out a poll last week that had the Generic Republican beating the Generic Democrat by 6%, and how everyone was worrying about that meaning the Republicans were going to win in November? The same poll now has the Gen. Democrat beating the Gen. Republican by 8% this week
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So I think all the worry that Trump was somehow getting people back on his side was grossly exaggerated (some are speculating that Ipsos asked more Republican Voters the previous week then normal); I guess we'll truly see in November, though.
edited 26th May '18 2:57:02 PM by DingoWalley1
William Henry Harrison was trying to run for president in 1836. We didn't get to learn much about his plans and policies in the 1840 election because they were busing trashing Buren and Harrison dying a month in office. But in the 1836 election did Harrison make it clearer what he planned to do as president, and what was it?
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Not really, no. The Whigs only positions were those in opposition to Jackson, and nothing much else, especially since they only formed a few years into Jackson's 2nd Term. Combined with the Whig's ill thought out plan of 'Let's run 4 different candidates, none in multiple states, in an attempt to keep Van Buren from gaining the EC Win', all with the similar campaign of "We're against Jackson" (although some were Pro-Slavery and States' Rights, and others weren't), there really wasn't much of a campaign for any of them.
We can assume, however, if he were (somehow) elected in '36, he would've basically done what he would've done in '40 had he survived.
No wonder the Whigs died out.
What were John Tyler's views on his successor, James K Polk, if he had any. Given Tyler was the original Manifest Destiny proponent. I kind of wonder how he'd have dealt with the Mexican-American War. Also, how come he joined the Whigs? From what I understand he didn't get along well with them, and wasn't able to go back to the Democrats.
x3 He probably supported the Mexican-American War, but he mostly withdrew from Politics after his Presidency (barring a stint as overseer of roads, that he was forced into by his neighbors who mocked him) until he helped make Virginia succeed for the Civil War.
There were 3 reasons why Tyler was a Whig; he was pro-succession even before the Civil War (he sided with South Carolina during the Tariff of Abomination Crisis and helped defeat Andrew Jackson's Bill that would've sent soldiers to any state that didn't follow it), he was against destroying the National Bank (at least the way Jackson did it), and he became a close friend to Henry Clay (one of the major founders of the Whigs). These 3 reasons are why Tyler left the Jacksonian Democrats and joined the Whigs, even though his politics aligned more with the Democrats anyways.
And yeah, the Whigs were a disjointed mess their whole life, and could only really rally around Generals (and the influential founders of the party, like Clay and Daniel Webster), which didn't save them from collapsing when the Slavery Issue became too big to ignore.
x2 While I do agree it's interesting they want to know so much about the first 2 Whig Presidents, I doubt it's over school work (especially since School is over). He might just be really interested in Pre-Civil War, Post-EoGF American Politics?
edited 26th May '18 9:01:00 PM by DingoWalley1
Emails show cooperation among EPA, climate-change deniers
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John Konkus, EPA’s deputy associate administrator for public affairs, repeatedly reached out to senior staffers at the Heartland Institute, according to the emails.
“If you send a list, we will make sure an invitation is sent,” Konkus wrote to then-Heartland president Joseph Bast in May 2017, seeking suggestions on scientists and economists the EPA could invite to an annual EPA public hearing on the agency’s science standards.
Follow-up emails show Konkus and the Heartland Institute mustering scores of potential invitees known for rejecting scientific warnings of man-made climate-change, including from groups like Plants Need CO 2, The Right Climate Stuff, and Junk Science.
The emails underscore how Pruitt and senior agency officials have sought to surround themselves with people who share their vision of curbing environmental regulation and enforcement, leading to complaints from environmentalists that he is ignoring the conclusions of the majority of scientists in and out of his agency especially when it comes to climate-changing carbon emissions.
They were obtained by the Environmental Defense Fund and the Southern Environmental Law Center, which sued to enforce a Freedom of Information request and provided them to The Associated Press.
I'm curious about lesser-known presidents in general, since America has an interesting history and I want to know about the guys running it that haven't already been covered plenty. And from what I get, the Whig's presidential schemes were a dumpster fire. But Henry Clay, someone who is well-known in American political history and founded the Whig Party, was their 1844 nominee. James K. Polk was a Dark Horse Victory. What was his plans for the presidency? What would've likely been the consequence in the near future?
edited 27th May '18 3:28:04 AM by RJ-19-CLOVIS-93
Well, Trump's Twitter meltdowns are definitely becoming more frequent.
Yesterday evening
Within the past three hours
Yes, he was. It's why he responded to a reporter's questions during the 2016 election campaign by directly appealing to Russian hackers to dig up Hillary's emails.
When he remembers that, he'll probably go back to accusing everyone of lying.
edited 27th May '18 8:48:26 AM by Wyldchyld
If my post doesn't mention a giant flying sperm whale with oversized teeth and lionfish fins for flippers, it just isn't worth reading."Who’s going to give back the young and beautiful lives (and others) that have been devastated and destroyed by the phony Russia Collusion Witch Hunt? They journeyed down to Washington, D.C., with stars in their eyes and wanting to help our nation...They went back home in tatters!"
...I honestly don't know who he's referring to here.
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That’s why I blocked him on Twitter. I can feel my brain cells killing themselves as they futilely attempt to comprehend the incomprehensible.
edited 27th May '18 9:26:18 AM by TrashJack
"Cynic, n. — A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be." - The Devil's Dictionary

I do know he didn't actually read the classified documents he demanded last time
, so something must of changed. Apparently, he was just sitting there with an unopened folder right in front of him, actually and refused to open it. Gowdy did, actually came out in support of the investigation afterwards.
edited 26th May '18 12:25:57 PM by megaeliz