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Dana Bash on CNN said she heard from Republican operatives that he's trying to attract the even more deplorable people who didn't come out and vote for him last time. Good luck with that.mrussel1 said:
I think the segment of the population that responds favorably to this rhetoric is already firmly in his corner, and these new culture wars aren't gaining any votes. At this point of his presidency, he needs to be adding, not subtracting. And he's subtracting right now. I also think that many people are just plain tired of the show and frankly... and this one really hurts Trump...bored with him.OnWis97 said:mrussel1 said:
And the constituency just keeps getting narrower. He's trying to appeal to a very, very small segment of people here.The Juggler said:Tripling down on racism again doesn't seem like a smart way to win an election...Does it? Maybe a little...he's in the upper 30s, I think; usually in the low/mid 40s.Certainly, it appears to be a terrible strategy. While it's almost impossible to reduce his popularity (Those there are there to stay), it seems like it might be difficult to get middle-of-the roaders and undecideds by appealing to the need to keep confederate monuments and practically telling us that many of us and our neighbors suck. 3D chess apparently doesn't recognize that his base is set and it's time to start securing others...www.myspace.com0 -
That’s a terrible strategy. Either he’s ignoring advice or someone is bringing him down on the inside.The Juggler said:
Dana Bash on CNN said she heard from Republican operatives that he's trying to attract the even more deplorable people who didn't come out and vote for him last time. Good luck with that.mrussel1 said:
I think the segment of the population that responds favorably to this rhetoric is already firmly in his corner, and these new culture wars aren't gaining any votes. At this point of his presidency, he needs to be adding, not subtracting. And he's subtracting right now. I also think that many people are just plain tired of the show and frankly... and this one really hurts Trump...bored with him.OnWis97 said:mrussel1 said:
And the constituency just keeps getting narrower. He's trying to appeal to a very, very small segment of people here.The Juggler said:Tripling down on racism again doesn't seem like a smart way to win an election...Does it? Maybe a little...he's in the upper 30s, I think; usually in the low/mid 40s.Certainly, it appears to be a terrible strategy. While it's almost impossible to reduce his popularity (Those there are there to stay), it seems like it might be difficult to get middle-of-the roaders and undecideds by appealing to the need to keep confederate monuments and practically telling us that many of us and our neighbors suck. 3D chess apparently doesn't recognize that his base is set and it's time to start securing others...1995 Milwaukee 1998 Alpine, Alpine 2003 Albany, Boston, Boston, Boston 2004 Boston, Boston 2006 Hartford, St. Paul (Petty), St. Paul (Petty) 2011 Alpine, Alpine
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I'm not suggesting we are, just that we would "if he could". I don't think he could get it to happen, but I do think that he has but his little feelers out there to judge reactions and try to plant seeds. I am just thankful it seems to not be working.Meltdown99 said:
He is not starting a war with China! China is not Iraq or Afghanistan. That would likely be world war 3 and guaranteed a war with China would bring the war to North America...LOL...darwinstheory said:
He hangs his hat on religion, guns, anti abortion and a strong economy. What would turn our economy around the quickest right now? A war. I definitely think he would do whatever possible to start a war with China now, if he could.Ledbetterman10 said:Well which is it, Don? If China did so well in January for the American people, who has fucked it up since then?
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Nothing is little about the Obese 🍊 In Chief!The love he receives is the love that is saved0
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He's being a good American by being obese he's appealing to the 60+% of Americans who are overweight.F Me In The Brain said:Nothing is little about the Obese 🍊 In Chief!0 -
That's not what Stormy said.F Me In The Brain said:Nothing is little about the Obese 🍊 In Chief!"A smart monkey doesn't monkey around with another monkey's monkey" - Darwin's Theory0 -
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Of course they did. We’re all just a bunch of suckers. Are you surprised by this? Where’s Randy Paul and his faux outrage? Drain the swamp. Sure.OnWis97 said:09/15/1998 & 09/16/1998, Mansfield, MA; 08/29/00 08/30/00, Mansfield, MA; 07/02/03, 07/03/03, Mansfield, MA; 09/28/04, 09/29/04, Boston, MA; 09/22/05, Halifax, NS; 05/24/06, 05/25/06, Boston, MA; 07/22/06, 07/23/06, Gorge, WA; 06/27/2008, Hartford; 06/28/08, 06/30/08, Mansfield; 08/18/2009, O2, London, UK; 10/30/09, 10/31/09, Philadelphia, PA; 05/15/10, Hartford, CT; 05/17/10, Boston, MA; 05/20/10, 05/21/10, NY, NY; 06/22/10, Dublin, IRE; 06/23/10, Northern Ireland; 09/03/11, 09/04/11, Alpine Valley, WI; 09/11/11, 09/12/11, Toronto, Ont; 09/14/11, Ottawa, Ont; 09/15/11, Hamilton, Ont; 07/02/2012, Prague, Czech Republic; 07/04/2012 & 07/05/2012, Berlin, Germany; 07/07/2012, Stockholm, Sweden; 09/30/2012, Missoula, MT; 07/16/2013, London, Ont; 07/19/2013, Chicago, IL; 10/15/2013 & 10/16/2013, Worcester, MA; 10/21/2013 & 10/22/2013, Philadelphia, PA; 10/25/2013, Hartford, CT; 11/29/2013, Portland, OR; 11/30/2013, Spokane, WA; 12/04/2013, Vancouver, BC; 12/06/2013, Seattle, WA; 10/03/2014, St. Louis. MO; 10/22/2014, Denver, CO; 10/26/2015, New York, NY; 04/23/2016, New Orleans, LA; 04/28/2016 & 04/29/2016, Philadelphia, PA; 05/01/2016 & 05/02/2016, New York, NY; 05/08/2016, Ottawa, Ont.; 05/10/2016 & 05/12/2016, Toronto, Ont.; 08/05/2016 & 08/07/2016, Boston, MA; 08/20/2016 & 08/22/2016, Chicago, IL; 07/01/2018, Prague, Czech Republic; 07/03/2018, Krakow, Poland; 07/05/2018, Berlin, Germany; 09/02/2018 & 09/04/2018, Boston, MA; 09/08/2022, Toronto, Ont; 09/11/2022, New York, NY; 09/14/2022, Camden, NJ; 09/02/2023, St. Paul, MN; 05/04/2024 & 05/06/2024, Vancouver, BC; 05/10/2024, Portland, OR;
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So are all of the Democrats going to love and celebrate the Lincoln Project so much in 2024 when they are back to working for their real bosses in the Republican Party?Scio me nihil scire
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As a defacto Democrat* I appreciate the effort. To those on the right that understand what a danger Donald Trump and the whole culture of Trumpism is, I'd love to have an agreement to oust him and then we'll get back to head-butting "issues" later. I'm not a conservative, but I have some understanding of where conservative principals come from (and even could deal with, say, Eisenhowerian conservatives, if they still exist). Was "normal" great? Maybe not but we absolutely have to get back there before we can truly make America great again. So, I don't care how I'll feel about them in a few years...I appreciate what they are doing now.static111 said:So are all of the Democrats going to love and celebrate the Lincoln Project so much in 2024 when they are back to working for their real bosses in the Republican Party?*I don't love the party and am not "officially" a Dem, but it's how I almost always vote.1995 Milwaukee 1998 Alpine, Alpine 2003 Albany, Boston, Boston, Boston 2004 Boston, Boston 2006 Hartford, St. Paul (Petty), St. Paul (Petty) 2011 Alpine, Alpine
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Same here. I can appreciate real principled differences and I'm a big supporter of compromise as part of that process. At the end of the day I probably disagree with 70% of the Lincoln Project's political beliefs. But the one that unites us is the most important today.OnWis97 said:
As a defacto Democrat* I appreciate the effort. To those on the right that understand what a danger Donald Trump and the whole culture of Trumpism is, I'd love to have an agreement to oust him and then we'll get back to head-butting "issues" later. I'm not a conservative, but I have some understanding of where conservative principals come from (and even could deal with, say, Eisenhowerian conservatives, if they still exist). Was "normal" great? Maybe not but we absolutely have to get back there before we can truly make America great again. So, I don't care how I'll feel about them in a few years...I appreciate what they are doing now.static111 said:So are all of the Democrats going to love and celebrate the Lincoln Project so much in 2024 when they are back to working for their real bosses in the Republican Party?*I don't love the party and am not "officially" a Dem, but it's how I almost always vote.0 -
Lindsey Flimsy Flip Flop Faloozy in action. Can't wait for the Team Trump Treason tweet tornado.
WASHINGTONSen. Lindsey Graham has publicly opposed President Donald Trump five times in the past few weeks — including a new rebuke Monday — an unusual torrent of dissent from one of the president’s top allies in Washington just months before the South Carolina Republican faces a tough reelection challenge.
Since June 20, Graham has blocked a Trump U.S. attorney nominee, criticized Trump’s decision to put a temporary freeze on visas for foreign workers, split with the president about face masks during the coronavirus pandemic and pressed the administration for information about alleged Russian bounties on American soldiers.
Monday, Graham was at odds with Trump after the president alleged in a Twitter post that an apparent noose found last month in the Talladega Superspeedway garage of Bubba Wallace, NASCAR’s only Black full-time driver, was a “HOAX,” and called on Wallace to apologize to his NASCAR colleagues.
Graham, speaking to Fox News Radio, said Wallace being upset about the noose “made perfect sense to me.”
“I don’t think Bubba Wallace has anything to apologize for,” Graham said, adding that “you saw the best in NASCAR. When there was a chance that it was a threat against Bubba Wallace, [the drivers] all rallied to Bubba’s side. I would be looking to celebrate that kind of attitude more than being worried about it being a hoax.”
The FBI investigated the incident last month, concluding that the noose had been in the garage since last year and, accordingly, Wallace was not the victim of a hate crime.
Graham also addressed NASCAR’s recent decision to ban the Confederate flag at its events, saying that “if you’re in business, the Confederate flag is not a good way to grow your business.”
The senator has been a strong ally and personal friend of Trump, defending the president in several high-profile moments over the last four years.
Graham was one of the most outspoken Senate supporters of Brett Kavanaugh, who was nominated to the Supreme Court by Trump, during hearings that featured sexual assault allegations against the nominee. Graham declared during the process that Kavanaugh “has nothing to apologize for.” The senator also defended Trump amid impeachment hearings in the House, calling the process “a bunch of BS.”
The two golfed together at the Trump National Golf Club in Potomac Falls, Virginia, last month.
The White House declined to comment on Graham’s recent opposition to the president. Kevin Bishop, Graham’s communications director, told The State that the senator “agrees with President Trump a large percentage of the time, but when he doesn’t he has not been shy about speaking out.”
Back home, Graham is opposed by a well-funded challenger: Jaime Harrison, a former South Carolina Democratic Party chairman.
Harrison raised $7.4 million in the first three months of 2020, nearly $2 million more than the $5.7 Graham collected, though as of May 20, Graham’s campaign maintained a significant cash on hand advantage with nearly $14 million available, Federal Election Commission data show. Filings for Harrison’s campaign show it had $6.7 million in cash on hand on May 20.
Harrison has taken aim at Graham on criminal justice reform legislation and the coronavirus pandemic.
Harrison said Senate Republicans’ police reform bill, which Graham backed, wouldn’t heal “a community crying out in pain.” The South Carolina Democrat also unleashed his first attack ad of the general election campaign last week, which charges that “Lindsey’s playing Washington games while we need to solve South Carolina problems” related to the pandemic.
Trump has similarly been under fire from Congressional Democrats for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and his response to protests calling for nationwide police reforms.
Graham’s recent rebuffs of Trump could be an attempt to “have some limited amount of distance from the president” in order to maintain support from groups — like suburban voters — who have “soured” on Trump, according to Kyle Kondik, managing editor of the nonpartisan political newsletter Sabato’s Crystal Ball.
Kondik was quick to point out, though, that Graham’s breaks with Trump are rooted in long-standing beliefs of the senator.
The Republican senator’s opposition to Trump in recent weeks has ranged from a simple difference of opinion to a full rebuke of Trump and his administration.
First, Graham, who serves as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he would honor committee precedent that effectively sinks Trump’s nominee to replace Geoffrey Berman as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York.
Berman’s ousting was considered controversial by Democratic lawmakers as he oversaw several high-profile investigations into Trump’s campaign and the president’s former associates.
Attorney General William Barr announced late on June 19 that Berman was stepping down. Berman responded, saying “I have not resigned, and have no intention of resigning.” The next day, Trump fired Berman, though there was some uncertainty over whether this action was legal. Berman agreed to accept the firing after Barr confirmed Berman’s deputy would take over as U.S. attorney in an acting capacity.
“It has always been the policy of the Judiciary Committee to receive blue slips from the home state senators before proceeding to the nomination,” Graham said in a statement. “As chairman, I have honored that policy and will continue to do so.” Blue slips allow senators to block judicial appointees in their home states.
Two days later, Graham rebuked Trump again, this time over the president’s executive order to temporarily halt new work visas for foreign workers seeking employment in the United States.
“Those who believe legal immigration, particularly work visas, are harmful to the American worker do not understand the American economy,” Graham tweeted after Trump gave the order, adding that he fears Trump’s decision “to temporarily shut down these programs will create a drag on our economic recovery.”
In 2016, South Carolina companies requested 6,932 H-1B-supported positions. New H-1B visas have been halted through the end of the year under Trump’s order. South Carolina employers, like Graham, decried Trump’s decision, saying it will hurt their ability to recruit and retain talent.
In another split with the president, Graham said Americans should be wearing face masks, telling CNN that the president’s “got his own view of whether or not he should wear a mask but my advice to people is if you’re around strangers, try to stay six feet away, wear a mask.”
The president has resisted wearing a mask in public throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and has made a point to avoid wearing a mask in front of journalists. “I didn’t want to give the press the pleasure of seeing it,” he said in reference to the mask he removed before touring a Ford plant in Michigan in May.
Trump seemingly reversed course last week, saying that he would have “no problem” being seen wearing a mask. However, the president has yet to do so publicly.
Graham also challenged the Trump administration to address a report that the president was briefed on, but did not respond to, intelligence that bounties were being placed on American troops in Afghanistan by Russian military intelligence.
“I expect the Trump administration to take such allegations seriously and inform Congress immediately as to the reliability of these news reports,” Graham tweeted last weekend, the day before he golfed with Trump.
Graham said he was briefed on the intelligence last week and tweeted that he “completely understand[s] why the President was not briefed” about the matter.
The White House has maintained that the president was not briefed on the matter and said the information did not reach the president because it was not verified.
Graham did extend an invitation to Democrats to work with him to be tougher on “Putin’s Russia,” with which he has “major issues.” Trump has been criticized for being too friendly with the Russian leader since taking office. House Democrats, who were briefed by the White House on the issue early last week, criticized Trump’s actions.
In South Carolina, two veteran state Republicans were quick to dismiss the idea that Graham’s opposition to Trump in recent weeks is politically motivated.
Katon Dawson, former state GOP chairman, told The State that Graham’s actions were just a continuation of the lawmaker’s willingness to speak his mind.
“Lindsey [Graham] has a history of being extremely independent and a maverick,” Dawson said, adding that South Carolina’s senior senator is “willing to take the pounding for standing up for what he believes in.”
Dawson said he’s not surprised Graham “is breaking with the president.”
“I don’t think you’re looking at Graham trying to break because it scores political points,” he said, pointing out that both Graham and Trump are popular in South Carolina.
David Woodard, a now-retired Clemson University political science professor who ran Graham’s early congressional campaigns, agreed with Dawson, telling The State in a phone interview that the senator “has always had that kind of independent streak about him.”
“He’s always his own man,” Woodard said in reference to Graham. “He’s not afraid to dress down the president.”
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I am an independent who says "WHO THE FUCK CARES?" It is currently 2020 and a second administration of Trump would be catastrophic. Just enjoy the help. Democrats need all they can get.static111 said:So are all of the Democrats going to love and celebrate the Lincoln Project so much in 2024 when they are back to working for their real bosses in the Republican Party?
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Pretty much how I feel. ^^^^
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When the repub nominee is Tom “I’m a Warrior, Hear Me Roar” Cotton, sure. Team Trump Treason has turned the repub party into a white nationalist party. It won’t be long before there’s cross burnings at their rallies or convention.static111 said:So are all of the Democrats going to love and celebrate the Lincoln Project so much in 2024 when they are back to working for their real bosses in the Republican Party?09/15/1998 & 09/16/1998, Mansfield, MA; 08/29/00 08/30/00, Mansfield, MA; 07/02/03, 07/03/03, Mansfield, MA; 09/28/04, 09/29/04, Boston, MA; 09/22/05, Halifax, NS; 05/24/06, 05/25/06, Boston, MA; 07/22/06, 07/23/06, Gorge, WA; 06/27/2008, Hartford; 06/28/08, 06/30/08, Mansfield; 08/18/2009, O2, London, UK; 10/30/09, 10/31/09, Philadelphia, PA; 05/15/10, Hartford, CT; 05/17/10, Boston, MA; 05/20/10, 05/21/10, NY, NY; 06/22/10, Dublin, IRE; 06/23/10, Northern Ireland; 09/03/11, 09/04/11, Alpine Valley, WI; 09/11/11, 09/12/11, Toronto, Ont; 09/14/11, Ottawa, Ont; 09/15/11, Hamilton, Ont; 07/02/2012, Prague, Czech Republic; 07/04/2012 & 07/05/2012, Berlin, Germany; 07/07/2012, Stockholm, Sweden; 09/30/2012, Missoula, MT; 07/16/2013, London, Ont; 07/19/2013, Chicago, IL; 10/15/2013 & 10/16/2013, Worcester, MA; 10/21/2013 & 10/22/2013, Philadelphia, PA; 10/25/2013, Hartford, CT; 11/29/2013, Portland, OR; 11/30/2013, Spokane, WA; 12/04/2013, Vancouver, BC; 12/06/2013, Seattle, WA; 10/03/2014, St. Louis. MO; 10/22/2014, Denver, CO; 10/26/2015, New York, NY; 04/23/2016, New Orleans, LA; 04/28/2016 & 04/29/2016, Philadelphia, PA; 05/01/2016 & 05/02/2016, New York, NY; 05/08/2016, Ottawa, Ont.; 05/10/2016 & 05/12/2016, Toronto, Ont.; 08/05/2016 & 08/07/2016, Boston, MA; 08/20/2016 & 08/22/2016, Chicago, IL; 07/01/2018, Prague, Czech Republic; 07/03/2018, Krakow, Poland; 07/05/2018, Berlin, Germany; 09/02/2018 & 09/04/2018, Boston, MA; 09/08/2022, Toronto, Ont; 09/11/2022, New York, NY; 09/14/2022, Camden, NJ; 09/02/2023, St. Paul, MN; 05/04/2024 & 05/06/2024, Vancouver, BC; 05/10/2024, Portland, OR;
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Right now it's a coalition with a common cause. When the mission is accomplished, we'll see where everyone stands. I just want the country to be safe and living up to the ideals in our Constitution. We still actually have one, although it's in serious danger. Stay safe all.
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Not surprised he cheated.From NYTimes:
Here are some of the highlights from her manuscript:Cheating on a College Entrance TestAs a high school student in Queens, Ms. Trump writes, Donald Trump paid someone to take a precollegiate test, the SAT, on his behalf. The high score the proxy earned for him, Ms. Trump adds, helped the young Mr. Trump to later gain admittance as an undergraduate to the University of Pennsylvania’s prestigious Wharton business school.Falling down,...not staying down0 -
I am really looking forward to reading this book, lol.
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