Politics Thread

[Masterofreality]

Welp. The Media fear mongering brought us to where we are. And none of the cataclysmic events that were supposed to happen under Trump, did- save for leftist idiots rioting in the street over criminals and rightists idiots entering the Capitol. And you can blame most of that on an awful Media that stoked those fears in people who were determined to be the “Resistance”.
Yup. There are troops in the streets of Washington DC!!! Uh, but not because of the published fear that Trump was gonna cause a coup and not leave. He left, quietly today. Gone. No drama. But the troops are in the streets because Biden and his media minions stoked fear that the whole city was gonna blow up. (Hint: it isn’t) Too bad those flags can’t cheer on the National Mall. Biden will be the most sanitized and kid glove treated President ever. No tough questions will be posed or answered. Tightly controlled press conferences will be held. And only nice little photo ops with pets will be arranged. Hey!! It’s almost like it’s an arranged narrative dictatorship! How Fun!!
There must be a deep hole in Paul’s life this morning because his one trick pony narrative on here has disappeared. He has lost his driving force in life.
My thoughts are with him at this difficult time.

[Xville]

This is probably true.

I've said this before, and people think I'm crazy, but with the way the younger generation views our country, we may have seen our last Republican President.

Meh...anecdotal but just from what I have seen and experienced, younger people typically lean left thru adolescence and college, then once they enter the workforce, views start to change for a good number of folks. I will say that it would benefit republicans immensely with younger voters if they start to ease up on some social issues, but it is a delicate balance because then you may lose a lot of rural and evangelicals

[STL_XUfan]

Welp. The Media fear mongering brought us to where we are. And none of the cataclysmic events that were supposed to happen under Trump, did- save for leftist idiots rioting in the street over criminals and rightists idiots entering the Capitol.

Other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how did you enjoy the play?

[bobbiemcgee]

Welp. The Media fear mongering brought us to where we are. And none of the cataclysmic events that were supposed to happen under Trump, did- save for leftist idiots rioting in the street over criminals and rightists idiots entering the Capitol. And you can blame most of that on an awful Media that stoked those fears in people who were determined to be the “Resistance”.
Yup. There are troops in the streets of Washington DC!!!

1/6 was certainly a "cataclysmic" event under trump. 5 dead. Pro-trumpers wanted to kill Nancy and hang Mike Pence. Trashed the People's House and you blame the media? Is Fox News media? Newsy? OAN? They were all pushing the attendance for the 1/6 massacre. They got what they wanted.

[XU 87]

Meh...anecdotal but just from what I have seen and experienced, younger people typically lean left thru adolescence and college, then once they enter the workforce, views start to change for a good number of folks. I will say that it would benefit republicans immensely with younger voters if they start to ease up on some social issues, but it is a delicate balance because then you may lose a lot of rural and evangelicals

The old joke:

If you're not a liberal when you're young, you don't have a heart.

If you're not a conservative when you get older, you don't have a brain.

[xubrew]

Other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how did you enjoy the play?

It was a good play from what I understand. I mean...give the actors some credit! They did a good job! How unfortunate that history has overlooked that!

[paulxu]

TPM again. No thanks Paul.

Let me help you out then. They actually found potential problems and removed some of them.
It's on Fox...is that OK?

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nat...f-inauguration

[noteggs]

One last tradition to break. Will he leave a note in the presidential desk for Biden?

Note was left.

[paulxu]

There must be a deep hole in Paul’s life this morning because his one trick pony narrative on here has disappeared. He has lost his driving force in life.
My thoughts are with him at this difficult time.

Don't worry at all. While I actually liked a few of Trump's policies (like getting strong on China's intellectual property thefts), I was certainly against some like the tariffs (made American consumers pay for them and would never tell the truth about them).
He grifted hundreds of millions into his hotels and golf courses from our tax dollars, and personally got another $200 million+ from the gullible after the election which I'm sure he'll use to pay off some loans.

But I understand he did leave Biden a note...so congrats to him on his last day in office acting presidential.
He also had an ethics policy to drain the swamp that I liked, which he signed in his first month in office.
It kept people from revolving into and out of government to lobby positions, among other things.

Unfortunately, in one of his last official acts he decided to rescind the policy. I guess to help his buddies who will be leaving government.
Maybe he decided to re-fill the swamp.

[drudy23]

Watching some of this inauguration - Joe Biden is pretty boring.