@ganda said in Official Political Discussion Thread:

We’re sending troops to Saudi Arabia

What was it that ticked off Bin Laden and ultimately led to thousands of dead Americans? Our troops in “sacred” Saudi Arabia.

Something something learn from history something repeat same mistakes something.

Sadly, to many people if it happened much before about the age of 10 it might
as well not have happened.
And many many more never learn from their OWN mistakes.
As Albert Einstein is credited with saying, “The definition of insanity is doing
the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results.”

@zapjb said in Official Political Discussion Thread:

@fmb1
The polls were accurate in 2016 also.

The 2016 polls WERE accurate. Polls measure the popular vote, not the
Electoral vote and HRC won the popular vote by about 3 million. Less than
80,000 votes spread between only 3 states would have reversed the Electoral
College outcome.
Trump won Pennsylvania by 0.7 percentage points (44,292 votes), Wisconsin
by 0.7 points (22,748 votes), Michigan by 0.2 points (10,704 votes). If Clinton
had won all three states, she would have won the Electoral College 278 to 260.

You just don’t seem to understand the importance of the Independent voter.
I have pointed out that many Inds did not vote in 2016 because of the terrible
choices they were given. While in the 2018 mid-terms they voted against the
GOP because they disliked Dolt 45 so much and the GOP had become Dolt 45
enablers
Here is the most current Gallup Poll on Party breakdown:
---------------------Rep Ind Dem
2019 Jun 3-16----26% 46% 27%
2019 May 15-30–27% 45% 27%
2019 May 1-12----30% 38% 31%
2019 Apr 17-30----29% 40% 29%
2019 Apr 1-9------27% 44% 26%
SORRY THIS DID NOT COPY/PASTE WELL

And as I’ve said, most Inds are registering as Dems so they can change the Status
Quo in the corporate shills run Democratic Party.

2018: Democrats lead GOP by 12 million registered voters, 40% D, 29% R, 28% I
Can you guess where the Ind voters went?

Jul 13, 2018  /  Washington Secrets

2018: Democrats lead GOP by 12 million registered voters, 40% D, 29% R, 28% I

Democrats hold a massive voter lead in states that require party registration, a gap of 12 million that could be key to whether the party takes control of the House and Senate in the fall midterm congressional elections, according to a new analysis.

@zapjb said in Official Political Discussion Thread:

@fmb1
It’s about perception facts don’t matter anymore. Where have you been the last 2 years.

Evidently it’s about YOUR perception because the polls do not reflect your claim.

RealClearPolitics - Election 2020 - General Election: Trump vs. Sanders

@zapjb said in Official Political Discussion Thread:

And all the Democratic candidates save one with all the socialist rhetoric are handing over the middle of the country to djt. So so so stupid.

Democratic Socialist Countries:
Armenia
Bolivia
Brazil
Croatia
Denmark
Ecuador
Finland
France
Germany
Greenland
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Luxembourg
Moldova
Netherlands
Nicaragua
Northern Ireland
Norway
Peru
Portugal
Serbia
Slovenia
Sweden
Tunisia
Turkey
UK
Venezuela

Please name any below that you would abolish?

Examples of Socialism in America:

Guaranteed public education

Public transportation

Fire departments

Police departments

Public libraries

Every branch of the US military

Roads & highways

Social Security

Medicare/medicaid

Public, not private prisons & jails

Public hospitals

The Veterans Affairs Administration

Public universities

Public parks

Public toilets

Public drinking fountains

Public parking

Public everything

Well, this vid is a year old but it looks like the Border Patrol Thugs are now
checking for Canadian illegal immigrants. Wonder when Dolt 45 will start
"making" Canada pay for an ego wall over 2-1/2 times longer than the one he
made Mexico pay for? Always remember that a wall can not only keep forieners
out but can also keep citizens in.

Border patrol detains citizen for not answering question

@kamal said in Official Political Discussion Thread:

@fmb1 said in Official Political Discussion Thread:

@kamal said in Official Political Discussion Thread:

Another Mississippi Republican running for governor admits he is incapable of keeping his hands off women that aren’t his wife, claims this inability is just common:

I call these fake xians “America’s Taliban”
“Religion was invented when the first con man met the first fool.” ----Mark Twain

Ya’ll Qaeda, or Vanilla ISIS.

You’re always good for a laugh. Hope you won’t mind if I steal those?

@kamal said in Official Political Discussion Thread:

Another Mississippi Republican running for governor admits he is incapable of keeping his hands off women that aren’t his wife, claims this inability is just common:

I call these fake xians “America’s Taliban”
“Religion was invented when the first con man met the first fool.” ----Mark Twain

@zapjb said in Official Political Discussion Thread:

@fmb1 said in Official Political Discussion Thread:

Mario Savio speaking on the steps of Sproul Hall, on December 2, 1964

That was so awesome. I listened a bit on YT & it made me tear up. They were dozens & dozens of leaders like that. Although Mario was among the best.

We have no one like that now. That message made believe in fairness, goodness & decency for a bit.

Unless the sit ins, demonstrations & the like of the 60’s are rekindled the USA will be more & more like Nazi Germany & the South of the KKK.

This is only part of a speech by the late Mario Savio about the injustice on the
U.C. Berkeley campus in the 60s. The whole speech was very moving then but
I think the ending was the most pertinate then and even more so now almost
55yrs later. BUT the murders by the establishment at Kent State and Jackson State
taught us that they would KILL us to protect the machine.

“Operation of the Machine”, Mario Savio speaking on the steps of Sproul Hall, on December 2, 1964:

"There’s a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes
you so sick at heart, that you can’t take part! You can’t even passively take part!
And you’ve got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels … upon
the levers, upon all the apparatus, and you’ve got to make it stop! And you’ve got
to indicate to the people who run it, to the people who own it, that unless you’re
free, the machine will be prevented from working at all! "

@zapjb said in Official Political Discussion Thread:

@kamal
For $750 a day I’d treat them like kings. Hire private tutors, prepared organic meals & nursing students as baby sitters.

I’m betting someone who’s name rhymes with Colt 45 is getting emolument
kickbacks from this 'cause coincidentally $750 is what the cheapest - no scratch
that the most inexpensive room runs at Dolt 45 Tower. Probably only for females
15 and under.