American Politics 3.0 - Back to Brunch

[troutman]

Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan

Is it really that surprising that a group so sufficiently lacking in empathy, congeniality, and intellect is so shockingly bad at humor?

I think there is some legit social science research that suggest the brains of libs and cons are wired differently.

[hummdeedoo]

[QUOTE=TorqueDog;7702994]What it's like driving with your parents in the car:


"I am once again asking for you to slow down.

I love this Bernie Meme.

Can someone do Bernie on the cover Led Zep II?

I think he'd fit right in.

[Sluggo]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

Well now that Trump is gone America's paper of record is getting back to that hard hitting journalism we expect from them.

Ah the old watch watch angle Poor media can't suck from the Presidential twitter teet anymore.

[nik-]

Originally Posted by Sluggo

Ah the old watch watch angle Poor media can't suck from the Presidential twitter teet anymore.

I think you meant to say Watchgate.

[Mazrim]

Originally Posted by nik-

I think you meant to say Watchgate.

I suddenly understand how the tan suit became so big.

[Table 5]

You're not a true socialist badass unless you're double-wristing the Rolexes like Fidel.

[rubecube]

I can't tell if this is a troll or if Amazon's twitter person is seriously this tone-deaf.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1352684406578835458

[Roughneck]

Gotta take screenshots of the controversial tweets.

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by Roughneck

Gotta take screenshots of the controversial tweets.

I guess they got ratioed to death. Basically Amazon used the Bernie meme to promote Amazon Pay and got called out for it.

[#-3]

Originally Posted by Sluggo

Ah the old watch watch angle Poor media can't suck from the Presidential twitter teet anymore.

If I had control over Obamas wardrobe, I would burn all his suits and fill it with

NSFW!

tan suits

[KootenayFlamesFan]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1352785528077348866

[TorqueDog]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

Well now that Trump is gone America's paper of record is getting back to that hard hitting journalism we expect from them.

Spoiler!

I guess you can run out of news to cover pretty quickly when the President doesn't lie as he breathes.

[Red]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

Well now that Trump is gone America's paper of record is getting back to that hard hitting journalism we expect from them.

Biden is a noted Omega fan. Wears a couple seamasters and a moonwatch. Rolex darejust? He is a traitor after all

[direwolf]

Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan

https://twitter.com/user/status/1352785528077348866

More juicy evidence for the impeachment trial. It's sounding like McConnell wants to erase Trump from the party, so hopefully he can convince enough Senate Republicans to vote to convict.

I'm not holding my breath though. The majority of those GOP f***wits are all so spineless and corrupt, I wouldn't be shocked at all to see them exonerate him.

[Maritime Q-Scout]

Originally Posted by direwolf

More juicy evidence for the impeachment trial. It's sounding like McConnell wants to erase Trump from the party, so hopefully he can convince enough Senate Republicans to vote to convict.

I'm not holding my breath though. The majority of those GOP f***wits are all so spineless and corrupt, I wouldn't be shocked at all to see them exonerate him.

In fairness, if they are spineless and McConnell says to convict they will convict.

[JohnnyB]

I would like to see Trump convicted, but I also hate seeing McConnell get what he wants. Will America ever get rid of him?

[Maritime Q-Scout]

Originally Posted by JohnnyB

I would like to see Trump convicted, but I also hate seeing McConnell get what he wants. Will America ever get rid of him?

The ole enemy of my enemy is also my enemy.

[direwolf]

Well, it looks like the impeachment trial is shaping up to be all for naught. GOP gonna GOP.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/22/polit...ase/index.html

The path in the Senate to convict Donald Trump is extremely slim, with a growing number of Republicans expressing confidence that the party will acquit the former President on a charge that he incited the deadly insurrection aimed at stopping President Joe Biden's electoral win.

After Democratic leaders announced they would kick off the process to begin the impeachment trial on Monday, Republicans grew sharply critical about the proceedings -- and made clear that they saw virtually no chance that at least 17 Republicans would join with 50 Democrats to convict Trump and also bar him from ever running from office again.

In interviews with more than a dozen GOP senators, the consensus was clear: Most Republicans are likely to acquit Trump, and only a handful are truly at risk of flipping to convict the former President -- unless more evidence emerges or the political dynamics within their party dramatically change. Yet Republicans are also signaling that as more time has passed since the riot, some of the emotions of the day have cooled and they're ready to move on.

McConnell himself has privately viewed Trump's handling of the riots with disdain and has told people they amounted to at least an impeachable offense, while even saying the mob was "provoked" by the former President. But McConnell has made clear to his colleagues that he is undecided -- and several Republicans told CNN this week that he could be at risk of losing his perch atop the Senate GOP conference if he votes to convict Trump.

And in the last two days, McConnell has publicly made the case to give Trump's team more time to prepare. With much of the GOP conference now lining up against conviction, Republicans speculate that the GOP leader will likely vote to acquit as well.

[Itse]

Originally Posted by JohnnyB

I would like to see Trump convicted, but I also hate seeing McConnell get what he wants. Will America ever get rid of him?

There's currently a power struggle going on inside the Republicans between McConnell and the more traditional establishment guys and Trumpists.

It's better that McConnell wins that fight decisively.

(And then the losers can form their own far-right extremist party that hopefully will split the GOP base and sideline the outright fascists from power.)

(The below is not a response, but a change of topic)

As for Biden, I think there's Americans are pretty terrible at estimating what kind of leaders their presidents are going to be like. They were mostly quite wrong about Obama being a progressive, they mostly didn't believe Trump is a dangerous crazyperson, and I think they're wrong when they see Biden as a moderate center-right "back to the way things were" president.

I think Biden is going to surprise people with how much he's willing to do and how progressive he can go. Especially since Biden is not a narcissist who thinks his opinion is what should decide everything, but more of an old school politician who sees politics as a collaborative effort to move good ideas forward.

While the Bernie fans tend to see Biden as internal opposition, I think it's clear Biden doesn't look at them the same way, to him they're people on the same side with different ideas, some good and some bad.

The Democratic party has taken a pretty significant step to the left during the Trump years, and that's going to be reflected in what the White House is going to do more than Biden's personal opinions, because again Biden is not a narcissist who thinks he's the center of the world.

[Red Slinger]

Originally Posted by Itse

There's currently a power struggle going on inside the Republicans between McConnell and the more traditional establishment guys and Trumpists.

It's better that McConnell wins that fight decisively.

(And then the losers can form their own far-right extremist party that hopefully will split the GOP base and sideline the outright fascists from power.)

In recent history whenever the right has splintered due to a challenge from the right, rather than hurting that party, it has resulted in that party eventually moving further to the right. Examples include the Canadian Reform Party, the TEA Party and the UCP in Alberta. Extremism always leads to bad outcomes.