team politics talking points.

[living sounds]

Funny about Trump tweeting "stop the count", he would lose if the count were stopped when he said that.

Oh, he only wants to stop them counting Biden votes.

 

[hodad]

PS: Sorry to hear you candidate Espy lost to Cindy (our first woman in congress) despite raising 3x the money ($9M vs  her $3M).  It was a good election for advertising sales.

I'm sure Mississippi appreciated the economic boost.  And I'm sure my friends in Oxford appreciated having a qualified candidate well-funded enough to make a good run at the Senate, despite the long odds.  Things are certainly changing here in Georgia--maybe MS won't be too far behind. 

 

[Matador]

Oh, he only wants to stop them counting Biden votes.

It's a Schrödinger's Tweet: where he wants the counting to simultaneously continue and stop.

PS: Sorry to hear you candidate Espy lost to Cindy (our first woman in congress) despite raising 3x the money ($9M vs  her $3M).  It was a good election for advertising sales.

I'm fully in agreement with you:  hopefully this is instructive to the Democrats that it's not worth spending vast sums of money to try to win in red states full of people who are impervious to your message.

 

[living sounds]

It's a Schrödinger's Tweet: where he wants the counting to simultaneously continue and stop.

But actually his cat had been dead since Tuesday...  ;D

 

[hodad]

Trump is currently going batsh!t loco on Twitter.  Even if he's just pretending to lose it, as some on the right might wish us to believe (all part of the grand scheme, right?), he is speaking very irresponsibly.  His words could push some of his more deluded supporters to violence. 

 

[CJ]

reminds me of nixon during his last days,

 

[iturnknobs]

Trump is currently going batsh!t loco on Twitter.  Even if he's just pretending to lose it, as some on the right might wish us to believe (all part of the grand scheme, right?), he is speaking very irresponsibly.  His words could push some of his more deluded supporters to violence.

There is a thread in the brewery titled "Antagonist-In-Chief". I can't imagine what would have given me the idea to start that one. Hopefully this will all calm down soon. Prepping my new flag for the yard... Biden 2021. NO MORE BULLSH*T AT LAST.

 

[hodad]

And the Grand Old Party continues its march to fascism, supporting Trump's baseless claims of vote fraud.  Trump's actions are certainly no surprise, but other GOP types could show a little more class, & maybe try to be a little less fascist.  But no.  It's Trump's party now, and even in defeat they must humor his delusional madness. 

 

[L´Andratté]

To whom it may concern: interesting critical analysis of US political system by Jonathan Cook of Counterpunch:
https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/11/09/the-task-of-sleepy-joe-is-to-put-liberal-america-right-back-to-sleep/

 

[fazer]

To whom it may concern: interesting critical analysis of US political system by Jonathan Cook of Counterpunch:
https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/11/09/the-task-of-sleepy-joe-is-to-put-liberal-america-right-back-to-sleep/

Yes agree with his thoughts.  And also how do you get the money out of politics?  Every time there is campaign finance reform,  There is even more corporate money poured into politics for favors . 

 

[JohnRoberts]

Yes agree with his thoughts.  And also how do you get the money out of politics?  Every time there is campaign finance reform,  There is even more corporate money poured into politics for favors .

If you like big money in politics watch the Georgia senate seat run offs coming in early Jan. Several seats in the last (this?) election drew over $100M in political spending, these two seats are projected to draw several times that amount.

At least the big spending now is out in plain sight (more or less), better than driving the influence buying underground (while I suspect some of that goes on too). Still curious about how many lawmakers become millionaires on government paychecks. 

JR

PS: If you think our democracy is messy be thankful we don't live in Hong Kong. China just ousted 4 pro-democracy lawmakers and the remaining 15 pro-democracy lawmakers resigned in sympathy. That's one way to quash dissent. 

 

[hodad]

Yes agree with his thoughts.  And also how do you get the money out of politics?  Every time there is campaign finance reform,  There is even more corporate money poured into politics for favors .

Citizens United is a big reason for the massive quantities of corporate money--and that came to us via the conservative Supreme Court majority.  Just so you know whom to blame.

 

[iturnknobs]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.businessinsider.com/mississippi-lawmaker-state-should-secede-from-the-union-2020-11%3famp

Republicans, this is who you stand with. 'Murica. Freedom.

 

[living sounds]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.businessinsider.com/mississippi-lawmaker-state-should-secede-from-the-union-2020-11%3famp

Republicans, this is who you stand with. 'Murica. Freedom.

Mississippi is consistently ranked as having one of the highest ratios of its citizens receiving federal spending vs. taxes. Put bluntly, it's mostly the blue states that are paying for the red states.

But these things are only relevant for the reality based community...

 

[hodad]

As COVID cases jumped again to a new record,  I had to wonder why Trump is seemingly so desperate to cling to the presidency when he appears to have absolutely no interest in leading the country.  He seems to be doing nothing but firing people who aren't unflinchingly, blindly loyal to him, installing toadies in their place, and trying to cheat and lie his way to remaining in the Oval Office.  And 70 million Americans voted for this egomaniacal imposter.  What the actual eff?  This is really what 70 million Amuricans thinking being presidential looks like? 

Joe Biden, not yet president, is already doing a far better job of being president than Trump is, or really ever has.  The contrast is stunning, and yet it's lost on the folks who voted for America's Biggest Loser. 

 

[L´Andratté]

One thing I heard of a Trump voting family I know personally is like
"We don´t agree with Trump on pretty much anything, especially the child separation thing and health care policy, and he is a horrible person, but he is the only one standing inbetween us and socialism."
Have to take that serious, but it´s hard, afraid of the big black man...

 

[living sounds]

And they have no clue what the "Socialism" they are missing actually looks like. They think of Venezuela but would be getting something closer to Sweden, Denmark or Germany (with Sanders, Warren or AOC, not Biden). Which means they would be far better off than they are now. Again, it's tragic.

 

[Recording Engineer]

Well the socialism scare team talking point worked as designed. Good job.

 

[iturnknobs]

Mississippi is consistently ranked as having one of the highest ratios of its citizens receiving federal spending vs. taxes. Put bluntly, it's mostly the blue states that are paying for the red states.

But these things are only relevant for the reality based community...

Your comments are quite accurate. Not only does that Republican lawmaker not understand what he's asking for, he doesn't even know what the word actually is...

 

[crazydoc]

“This is real! It’s not made up! There’s nobody here who engages in fantasies.”