American Politics 3.0 - Back to Brunch

[Old Yeller]

Originally Posted by activeStick

Iowa caucuses today. I still don't understand why some states don't switch to primaries instead of requiring people to physically go to a location to gather.

Especially when it's -400... anyway:

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaig...-its-worth-it/

Trump on Iowa’s subzero temps: ‘Even if you vote and then pass away, it’s worth it’

And his base still thinks he cares about them.

[cral12]

Dick-tator-For-A-Day Donny is helluva way for Resident Rump to campaign, but also not surprising...

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Silly question: as a fan of Line of Duty (a fictional UK crime drama featuring Anti Corruption Unit of police force that protects the public and the force from the threat of police corruption), could there ever be an Anti-Corruption/Accountability Unit that "polices" politicians? As I even type this I realize how much of a pipedream it is and how much staffing would be required to operate such a thing...truly tired of the blatant lies and misleading of politicians to get elected and gain power at any costs...

[darockwilder]

Originally Posted by cral12

Dick-tator-For-A-Day Donny is helluva way for Resident Rump to campaign, but also not surprising...

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Silly question: as a fan of Line of Duty (a fictional UK crime drama featuring Anti Corruption Unit of police force that protects the public and the force from the threat of police corruption), could there ever be an Anti-Corruption/Accountability Unit that "polices" politicians? As I even type this I realize how much of a pipedream it is and how much staffing would be required to operate such a thing...truly tired of the blatant lies and misleading of politicians to get elected and gain power at any costs...

"I'm interested in one thing and one thing only, and that's bent politicos."

[cral12]

Originally Posted by darockwilder

"I'm interested in one thing and one thing only, and that's bent politicos."

Exactly what I had in mind lol

(pretty sure my expressions are similar to Superintendent Hastings whenever i read political news these days)

[activeStick]

Trump wins the Iowa caucus with over 51% of the votes currently. No other candidate has broken 1,000 votes yet, with DeSantis being the distant second place vote-getter at 990 votes or 21%. Haley comes in at 19% or 893 votes and Vivek managed to get 346 votes or 7%. Ready or not, Trump 2024 is happening!

Edit - re-worded

[scotty2hotty]

Originally Posted by darockwilder

"I'm interested in one thing and one thing only, and that's bent politicos."

Jesus, Mary, and Joseph and the wee donkey! That’d be sweet.

[calgarygeologist]

Originally Posted by activeStick

Trump wins fhe Iowa caucus with over 51% of the votes. No other candidate was able to break 1,000 votes with DeSantis being the distant second place vote-getter at 990 votes or 21%. Haley came in at 19% or 893 votes and Vivek managed to get 346 votes or 7%. Ready or not, Trump 2024 is happening!

Are you from the future?

[activeStick]

Hahaha they've already called it for Trump. I wasn't clear in my post though as counting is still happening.

[calgarygeologist]

Originally Posted by activeStick

Hahaha they've already called it for Trump. I wasn't clear in my post though as counting is still happening.

Ha, I thought that maybe you had some tremendous inside information.

[activeStick]

Rumours that Vivek is dropping out of the race after a very poor showing. Fox is projecting DeSantis to finish 2nd.

[activeStick]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1747101207162675353

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by activeStick

That's what I suspected... which is... dumb. Just move to primaries. I remember in 2020 or 2016, they ended up flipping a damn coin at one of the caucuses because votes were equal for two candidates...

Got banned from twitter for saying Pete Buttigieg would call "head" on the coin toss

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by activeStick

Trump wins the Iowa caucus with over 51% of the votes currently. No other candidate has broken 1,000 votes yet, with DeSantis being the distant second place vote-getter at 990 votes or 21%. Haley comes in at 19% or 893 votes and Vivek managed to get 346 votes or 7%. Ready or not, Trump 2024 is happening!

Edit - re-worded

You thought this was actually a race?

It will be decided in the courts if Trump 2024 is happening not at the polling stations

GOP is a cult, they are gonna vote for the clown no matter what

[Whynotnow]

Originally Posted by activeStick

https://twitter.com/user/status/1747101207162675353

I’m not sure they really like him, but they like that he will do things for them just to hold power. Trump doesn’t hold a true belief set, outside of his belief in him being a higher power and needing to control things. As a result he will do evangelical bidding because they will love him for it, and that love is what he craves. He has paid off porn stars, likely paid for multiple abortions(hard to imagine he didn’t), and is pretty much a proven sexual harasser. But he did one thing nobody else did, appointed enough zealots to the Supreme Court to get Roe vs Wade over turned and thus the evangelicals will hold their nose at the obvious hypocrisy and see what they can get from him this time.

It’s ironic, Biden is a deeply religious man, attends mass every week nearly and yet republicans see Trump as more religious.

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Well Trump supporters are basically a cult, or a lot of them anyways. Religions are basically a cult, well a lot of them. No surprise they're made for each other.

Because the guy they're supporting has been married multiple times and cheated on every one of his wives. Unprotected sex with a porn star. Many, many sexual assault allegations. Been caught on tape bragging about sexually assaulting women. Who knows what else he's done over the years, or on Epstein Island.

So religious people supporting Trump doesn't say as much about Trump as it clearly says everything about the religious people supporting him. They don't care. They're supporting a disgusting person, and it suits them just fine. Values? What values?

[Whynotnow]

Brutal night for Haley. She’s got one shot left and that’s a massive surprise in New Hampshire. I stupidly thought there was a chance this might turn into a race. Might not even make it to Super Tuesday.

[direwolf]

So the mostly white, evangelical Christian state of Iowa voted overwhelmingly for Trump. I'm shocked, I tell you. Shocked!

[dino7c]

Anti abortion "Trumps" all

Trump is their hero

[timun]

Originally Posted by Whynotnow

It’s ironic, Biden is a deeply religious man, attends mass every week nearly and yet republicans see Trump as more religious.

Problem is Biden is a Catholic. Many evangelicals despise catholicism.

[Cali Panthers Fan]

Originally Posted by Whynotnow

I’m not sure they really like him, but they like that he will do things for them just to hold power. Trump doesn’t hold a true belief set, outside of his belief in him being a higher power and needing to control things. As a result he will do evangelical bidding because they will love him for it, and that love is what he craves. He has paid off porn stars, likely paid for multiple abortions(hard to imagine he didn’t), and is pretty much a proven sexual harasser. But he did one thing nobody else did, appointed enough zealots to the Supreme Court to get Roe vs Wade over turned and thus the evangelicals will hold their nose at the obvious hypocrisy and see what they can get from him this time.

It’s ironic, Biden is a deeply religious man, attends mass every week nearly and yet republicans see Trump as more religious.

I can't tell if you're describing Trump or the average Evangelical. They love him because they see themselves in him. They're all ####ing hypocrites.