Politics Thread

[paulxu]

What is it with Trump and flagpoles? He just can't seem to get it right.

Used his foundation to settle a fine with Palm Beach over a flagpole, and now this.

Needs better advisers. (Duh)

[ArizonaXUGrad]

I'm pretty sure that trump is going to win in a landslide in 2020 due to the fact that the Democrats wont be able to come up with anything better. That's sad but its reality.

2 years is a long time. Another two years of Mueller digging around is a long time. Trump is already guilty of campaign finance violations. The game changer could be SDNY's investigation into the Trump charity. Trump was using charity money to buy paintings of himself to hang at Mar-a-Lago. There is no way that charity is even close to being on the up-and-up.

[GoMuskies]

I'm pretty sure that trump is going to win in a landslide in 2020 due to the fact that the Democrats wont be able to come up with anything better. That's sad but its reality.

I'm not so sure Trump will win in 2020, but I'm pretty certain that no matter who wins in 2020, America will lose.

[Strange Brew]

2 years is a long time. Another two years of Mueller digging around is a long time. Trump is already guilty of campaign finance violations. The game changer could be SDNY's investigation into the Trump charity. Trump was using charity money to buy paintings of himself to hang at Mar-a-Lago. There is no way that charity is even close to being on the up-and-up.

Did not violate campaign finance law but make stuff up.

[Xville]

2 years is a long time. Another two years of Mueller digging around is a long time. Trump is already guilty of campaign finance violations. The game changer could be SDNY's investigation into the Trump charity. Trump was using charity money to buy paintings of himself to hang at Mar-a-Lago. There is no way that charity is even close to being on the up-and-up.

You watch too much cnn. Maybe the 2018 elections will open your eyes to the fact that Democrats holding power of any substance is going to be a very long time from now.

[ArizonaXUGrad]

You watch too much cnn. Maybe the 2018 elections will open your eyes to the fact that Democrats holding power of any substance is going to be a very long time from now.

The day you see it's not us vs. them or Republicans vs. Democrats will be a brighter day. The idea that it's adversarial is the greatest con over humanity since the devil convince us he doesn't exist.

[Xville]

The day you see it's not us vs. them or Republicans vs. Democrats will be a brighter day. The idea that it's adversarial is the greatest con over humanity since the devil convince us he doesn't exist.

Ha that's hilarious coming from a trump hater.

Its adversarial to me because I agree with almost nothing that the democratic traditional platform is at the moment except for the allowance to stick it into whoever other consenting adult you want.

I'm not thrilled with the Republican party either but my beliefs are more in line with theirs.

I do agree that we need to come closer to the middle but I honestly believe that day may not come back in our lifetime...we have gone way too far.

Had Mccain not picked such an effing moron in 08, he may have gotten elected and the right would not have been so pissed off two years ago from the previous eight to elect the guy we have now, and the left may not have gone to extreme socialism platform measures.

[noteggs]

Cant we agree that most politicians are trash? I mean really there are so few really good, honest ones out there.

Can’t argue

Most politicians do not serve all Americans and are only serving themselves! Unfortunately they thrive on dividing us because that’s the only way they’ll get (re)elected.

For the most part, Washington shouldn’t have a lot to do with how I live my life. The almighty first then family...faith, hope, and charity!

Of course we need laws (discrimination, limited taxes, assault, etc) but have hard time thinking of a political bureaucrat knowing more than me on how I should live.

[bobbiemcgee]

Did not violate campaign finance law but make stuff up.

His Bunny flys first class tho.

[X-man]

Cant we agree that most politicians are trash? I mean really there are so few really good, honest ones out there.

I worked in DC for the Bureau of Labor Statistics for 10 years. Toward the end of that time, I stopped voting and stopped reading anything in the news about the federal government because seemingly every good person who came to Washington as an elected official turned into a douchebag. In DC, the local news is the national news and because everyone is so clued in to what is happening, a lot of the media there focuses on why it is happening. And the why is never good. What's more, everyone in DC seemed to think that what happens inside the Beltway there is the most important thing going on in everyone's life throughout the US. No place is more provincial than DC.

It took me a long time to get interested in politics after I left DC. Now I guess I am just as delusional about politicians as I was before I ever moved there. But one must dream, and hope, I guess. And maybe the really strong and moral politicians can withstand all the forces there that can corrupt them. But it has to be tough with people throwing money at you constantly, and with being surrounded by people you control and therefore people desperate to meet your every whim.