American Politics Thread: Orange is the new POTUS (Archive)

[RougeUnderoos]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

The use of random quotations furthers my belief he's functionally illiterate.

We've always known he's no Shakespeare, but I kind of figured that once in Office, he'd use the vast resources and staff at his disposal to at least have his public statements proofread before he sends them out into the world.

On the other hand, he's such a weasel that I have to wonder if he writes this way intentionally to look like the common man. Or at least, the common man who calls people Libtards and tells us 'were all going to be eating tacos and living under shari's law' in newspaper comment sections and on social media.

He's a man of the people, after all.

[Minnie]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

#BoycottStarbucks trending because Trump cultists are melting down that the Starbucks CEO said he'd hire 10,000 refugees in the next five years. Curiously one of their biggest non-racist reasons for opposing refugees is they belief they'd contribute nothing and just be welfare mooches. Oh irony, it's gonna be delicious tasting you for the next little while.

Their boycotts with Starbucks have never gotten anywhere before. They melt down every time Starbucks tweaks their cups.

[Fozzie_DeBear]

So impeachment requires 2/3 of the Senate...are Republicans going to be more or less likely to impeach over time?

[Drak]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

#BoycottStarbucks trending because Trump cultists are melting down that the Starbucks CEO said he'd hire 10,000 refugees in the next five years. Curiously one of their biggest non-racist reasons for opposing refugees is they belief they'd contribute nothing and just be welfare mooches. Oh irony, it's gonna be delicious tasting you for the next little while.

Meh these folks probably don't do Starbucks anyway. No loss.

When I was living in Eastern Oregon I visited Starbucks a few times in the Tricities. The Starbucks in Kenewick didn't use the terms "Vente, Grande" etc. They used Extra Large, Large, Medium, Small.

[DuffMan]

I didn't realize Bannon was such a xtian but makes sense. There is a lot of correlation on what he opines about in the article and what Trump is acting on right now

Originally Posted by Drak

Bannon is one scary dude. He's the shadow and brains behind Trump.

Read this stuff

https://www.buzzfeed.com/lesterfeder...rO#.jq2Qeo8VeV

Hopefully this is picking up steam. But calling Bannon the real president over social media might start pissing the narcissist in chief off enough to have him tossed (doubtful but we're talking about a child POTUS here).

[MelBridgeman]

Buzzfeed alert

[HockeyIlliterate]

Originally Posted by Thunderball

Both the Democratic Party and the Republican Party are broken and increasingly extremist and dirty.

What America needs is a well-organized and funded pragmatic third party that is ideologically in between the two existing disasters to dispel the notion that America has to be one or the other. Both parties need to rebuild since this was the first election I've ever seen where both candidates seemed shockingly unelectable.

Which is why some people (ahem...) voted for Gary Johnson.

[DuffMan]

Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos

We've always known he's no Shakespeare, but I kind of figured that once in Office, he'd use the vast resources and staff at his disposal to at least have his public statements proofread before he sends them out into the world.

Barron Trump is secretary of proofreading.

[Fozzie_DeBear]

Dan Carlin made an interesting case for the potential of a Third party if it were led by a reputable and well funded celebrity.

It may not be ideal, but a viable third party would need big money and big time recognition to have a chance of being relevant. It can't be led by an idiot like Gary (sorry but a spade is a spade).

Put Leonardo DiCaprio (dodges rotten fruit thrown by Albertans) and Liz Warren/Bernie Sanders on the ticket of a third party...and you might have something.

[ResAlien]

Originally Posted by Fozzie_DeBear

Dan Carlin made an interesting case for the potential of a Third party if it were led by a reputable and well funded celebrity.

It may not be ideal, but a viable third party would need big money and big time recognition to have a chance of being relevant. It can't be led by an idiot like Gary (sorry but a spade is a spade).

Put Leonardo DiCaprio (dodges rotten fruit thrown by Albertans) and Liz Warren/Bernie Sanders on the ticket of a third party...and you might have something.

Not without disbanding the electoral college first. You'd need the third party to take over the house or at the very least take a majority combined with one party. A "legitimate" third party would do nothing but give more power to the house since they could stop anyone from hitting 270.

[TheyCallMeBruce]

morgan freeman should run for president. His voice alone can turn anyone into a Manchurian candidate.

[EldrickOnIce]

Will we see Trump denounce this act of 'terrorism' in Quebec, as other world leaders have?

[REDVAN]

Originally Posted by EldrickOnIce

Will we see Trump denounce this act of 'terrorism' in Quebec, as other world leaders have?

I think so, but he'll wait for more "facts" to come out so he can decide whether to say "I told you so" or not.

[PsYcNeT]

[REDVAN]

P.S. To DuffMan and others who are strongly anti-Trump:

I am not even going to bother to attempt any justification on this "ban": this immigration block is just indefensible. Terrible order.

Some of the stuff that happened last week wasn't as bad (in intent, not in wording) as many were spouting off here. But this is pretty idiotic when it comes down to it.

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by PsYcNeT

So Google Engineer Yonatan Zunger wrote a pretty interesting article...

https://medium.com/@yonatanzunger/tr...1d5#.weir242ej



...and by interesting I mean terrifyingly plausible.

I think the posters who keep coming around and talking about how they're "just here to provide counter balance to the anti-Trump rhetoric!" should read that article, along with his previous article regarding the timeline for Muslims, latinos, blacks, and trans people, and then tell us what a noble effort their providing by defending Trump from all the "haters."

If you can still do it with a clear conscience, I have questions.

[DuffMan]

So my question at this point is, does Putin have any leverage over Bannon, the real president?

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

I think the posters who keep coming around and talking about how they're "just here to provide counter balance to the anti-Trump rhetoric!" should read that article, along with his previous article regarding the timeline for Muslims, latinos, blacks, and trans people, and then tell us what a noble effort their providing by defending Trump from all the "haters."

If you can still do it with a clear conscience, I have questions.

Um, no. No, no, no.

Seriously, as I just said, that article is terrifying. However, it is merely plausible (which is what's terrifying) and not by any means a certain description of events. It reads like a conspiracy theory with the caveat that it's not totally crazy to suggest the conspiracy might be happening.

That being said, reactions like your post are totally counterproductive. If you can't keep a level head, if that guy's writing frightens you to the point that anyone who's so much as playing devil's advocate on any issue becomes the enemy, you might be better off not reading it at all.

tl;dr: calm the #### down.

[Lanny_McDonald]

Originally Posted by OMG!WTF!

Probably but just one more than Obama in his first week.

False equivalency is false.

Yes, Obama signed several executive orders when he first came into office. But look at what they were:

13489 - Presidential Records - Identified records to be released to the National Archive. (Oh, the humanity!)

13490 - Ethics Commitments by the Executive Branch - Identified the laws and requirements of those in the Executive to follow said laws as the baseline for the ethics of his White House. (Oh the humanity! II)

13491, 13492, 13493 - Dealing with Detainees and Unlawful Interrogations. - All three were to deal with the Bush Doctrine allowing for the use of unlawful detention and interrogation practices, which were considered illegal by the Geneva Convention and by the Constitution of the United States. (Oh the humanity! III)

13494 - Economy in Government Contracting - A dual effort to reduce costs and gouging by contractors and limit interests like Halliburton and Blackwater. (Oh the humanity! IV)

13495, 13496 - Contractor and Government Workers Rights - Changes in workers rights to afford them greater protection and force contracting interests to do the same. (Oh the humanity! V)

All of those executive orders were administrative or fixing illegal or unethical issues from the previous administration. Not the same thing as what Trump is doing.

[ernie]

Microsoft, Apple, GE, Goldman Sachs and Google have all denounced the policy. The big guns in the industry are starting to mobilize.

Now of course it greatly affects their bottom line but such concerns you'd think should be a concern to the American public that wants a strong economy.