Politics Thread

[paulxu]

He is. Why?
68% of Republicans are stupid enough to believe his big lie.
He's the presupposed nominee in 24.
He's in my head like Russia, and China. A clear and present danger.
Hopefully you guys will come to your senses and set your selves free from his delusions and grifting.
One can hope.

[X-band '01]

I thought Ron DeSantis was the Chosen One for 2024. At least he comes with a lot less baggage and a similar platform the GOP would fall in line with.

[paulxu]

Millions watch things like this last night:

https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1535419250608726017

And then there's reality:

Mark Mazza, 56, is the latest of about half a dozen Jan. 6 defendants charged with bringing a gun to the Capitol.

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/1...ol-riot-523178

[XU_Lou]

Millions watch things like this last night:

https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1535419250608726017

And then there's reality:

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/1...ol-riot-523178

"about half a dozen Jan. 6 defendants charged with bringing a gun"

whew!! what an insurrection!! this thing was so organized that Trump forgot to tell everybody to bring their weapons!!

Do you still have PTSD over this, Paul? How do you sleep at night?

"A clear and present danger." Watch out Paul, the big bad Orangeman is going to throw you in a gulag in 2024 - be careful!!

[Xuperman]

This scenario produces high anxiety of the tallest order.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/1...120000017.html

I don't see how our nation's economy can avoid a catastrophic outcome with $5+ gasoline and other associated out of control energy cost. "F" all the Trump related garbage......this is the biggest security threat to our nation since the Cold War.

[Masterofreality]

This scenario produces high anxiety of the tallest order.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/1...120000017.html

I don't see how our nation's economy can avoid a catastrophic outcome with $5+ gasoline and other associated out of control energy cost. "F" all the Trump related garbage......this is the biggest security threat to our nation since the Cold War.

Biden and the Dems have screwed up every single thing since he’s been in office. Just printing money Willy Nilly was predicted to be an awful outcome, and they wanted to spend $4.9 Trillion more!!
Thank Gawd for Joe Manchin. Remember how HE was being harassed by progressive nuts at his boat and other places? Shouting down, harassing and canceling people is the playbook for people that Paul thinks are cool.
Seems “Insurrectionny” to me.

[paulxu]

What is this compulsion to make some of these discussions personal? Weird.

On the gas front, here's a note for comparison:

While this is the first time breaking the $5 barrier, it’s still not a record when inflation is taken into account. Gas peaked at $4.11 a gallon in July 2008, which would be equal to about $5.40 a gallon today.

[Muskie in dayton]

Millions watch things like this last night:

https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1535419250608726017

And then there's reality:



https://www.politico.com/news/2021/1...ol-riot-523178

Paul still thinks this theatrical production is real.

[Caf]

This scenario produces high anxiety of the tallest order.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/1...120000017.html

I don't see how our nation's economy can avoid a catastrophic outcome with $5+ gasoline and other associated out of control energy cost. "F" all the Trump related garbage......this is the biggest security threat to our nation since the Cold War.

Demand destruction is well underway. A significant slowdown is guaranteed, all the Fed can do is choose what mix of inflation and interest does it. Mortgage rates jumped 0.5% Friday from the awful CPI data, 6% on a 30 fixed, 3% increase on the year, doubled since January. Energy up 34% in May alone.

Nothing the dems can do to walk back anti-fossil fuel promises, it's been the talk of their town for 20+ years. Retail investor's obsession with ESG isn't helping either, they could make the case this is it working I guess. Only real hopes are Ukraine resolution or Xi Jinping pulls a 180 on covid. Debatable impact on both, but if Biden did everything in his power to encourage oil production it would still take years to move the needle. It's gonna have to be a slowdown...

[paulxu]

Paul still thinks this theatrical production is real.

Not really. Being reasonable, I know that Tucker doesn't state facts...especially when he say he is.

When Tucker Carlson says on his show “[r]emember the facts of the story; these are undisputed" no reasonable person would believe that he was about to state facts. At least, that was Tucker Carlson's own argument in defending himself from a libel suit.

https://www.findlaw.com/legalblogs/g...porting-facts/