The New American Politics thread

[puffnstuff]

Yeah, I dont understand why more candidates dont fundraise from the poor. It seems like the poor arent chipping in at all to political campaigns.

[the_only_turek_fan]

Originally Posted by troutman

Ann Coulter gets ROASTED:

https://www.facebook.com/Vulture/vid...c_ref=NEWSFEED

Ouch, even Peyton Manning piled on.

I am no fan of Coulter, but that stuff is outright mean. It goes beyond a roast.

That stuff is not cool.

[PsYcNeT]

Originally Posted by puffnstuff

Yeah, I dont understand why more candidates dont fundraise from the poor. It seems like the poor arent chipping in at all to political campaigns.

The 15,000 emails I get from Trump asking for "just $10" beg otherwise.

The poor will fall over themselves to donate if you ask them.

[peter12]

Originally Posted by the_only_turek_fan

I am no fan of Coulter, but that stuff is outright mean. It goes beyond a roast.

That stuff is not cool.

It was pretty disgusting, agreed.

[Drak]

BTW, where are all the "Obama has no experience. He's nothing more than a community organizer!" conservatives regarding Trump's experience?

[peter12]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

There is no party of the working class anymore. Libertarians would eliminate regulations so there'd be no such thing as a minimum wage, and the Greens would kill the economy in pursuit of their agenda. The Democrats at least have a good economic record the last two Presidents.

We all know that Presidents don't run the economy, and yes, I agree. No good options for the working class right now.

The Republicans have the ideological tools to rebuild, and actually have a positive impact. The party is in ruins, and I hope they use that opportunity to change things.

[Parallex]

Originally Posted by peter12

The Republicans have the ideological tools to rebuild

... what are "ideological tools"? Well... I guess Ted Cruz is an ideological tool but I don't think that's what you meant.

[Drak]

Originally Posted by peter12

We all know that Presidents don't run the economy, and yes, I agree. No good options for the working class right now.

The Republicans have the ideological tools to rebuild, and actually have a positive impact. The party is in ruins, and I hope they use that opportunity to change things.

I hope the party gets torn to shreds. They have no positive impact. Congress has been fking around for the last two terms refusing to do their jobs.

[peter12]

Originally Posted by Parallex

... what are "ideological tools". Well... I guess Ted Cruz is an ideological tool but I don't think that's what you meant.

The future won't be built around big centralized government, but rather a government that facilitates, and enables communities to create flexible solutions to particular problems.

They had to get over the Reagan nostalgia first, and I think Trump has done that for them.

[peter12]

Originally Posted by Drak

I hope they party gets torn to shreds. They have no positive impact. Congress has been fking around for the last two terms refusing to do their jobs.

That's the point of Congress, bruh.

Meanwhile, the Executive is stronger than ever.

[Drak]

Originally Posted by peter12

That's the point of Congress, bruh.

Meanwhile, the Executive is stronger than ever.

No it isn't, bruh. The point is to work for the people, not make their mandate to make the President a one termer, refusing to work with him at all costs.

[ResAlien]

Originally Posted by peter12

That's the point of Congress, bruh.

Meanwhile, the Executive is stronger than ever.

The point of Congress is obstructionism? I like it. Vive le conservatism.

[Buster]

libertarian ideals are definitely beneficial to the "working class" when compared to the variations of crony capitalism and elitism served up by the Republicans and Democrats.

Big Government is designed to concentrate wealth upwards. The more influential the government, the more concentrated it becomes.

[peter12]

It's a system of checks & balances. Obstructionism is actually the point.

[Drak]

Originally Posted by peter12

It's a system of checks & balances. Obstructionism is actually the point.

Complete obstructionism is certainly not the point.

[burn_this_city]

The idea was to force compromise, not outright obstructionism.

[Swift]

The funniest Sassy Trump so far...

[Drak]

Originally Posted by the_only_turek_fan

I am no fan of Coulter, but that stuff is outright mean. It goes beyond a roast.

That stuff is not cool.

Boo hoo.

[Looch City]

I think some of you forgot this...

McConnell: The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president.

That is not compromise, that is obstructionism.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by the_only_turek_fan

I am no fan of Coulter, but that stuff is outright mean. It goes beyond a roast.

That stuff is not cool.

She's been talking about other people like that for ages:

http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/f...anncoulter.htm

It's kind of her thing. If you can't take it hard, don't dish it out hard. There is no line she hasn't crossed. Having trouble feeling bad for her. Maybe she will have learned a tiny life lesson here, but I doubt it.