The Politics Thread

[Khan]

How can the Trump administration call the House impeachment inquiry a "kangaroo court," yet block the testimony of someone (Gordon Sondland) who actually has POSITIVE things to say about him?

 

To me, by not cooperating with the House's investigation, they've effectively committed an impeachable offense.

 

How big of a narcissist does Bernie have to be not to realize he's not meant to RUN for president, let alone BE president?  He "tried it" three years ago and didn't get the nomination.  He's trying it in 2019 and this time, he's putting his health in jeopardy.

 

Bernie, God is trying AGAIN to tell you something.  Take.  The [!@#$%^&*].  Hint.

Edited October 9, 2019 by Khan

[Vee]

 

 

 

[DRW50]

Gowdy Doody is back to remind us of what monstrous, soulless hypocrites Republicans are.

 

 

[Khan]

How many [!@#$%^&*] counsels does one president need!?

[DRW50]

 

They are desperate to retain power at any cost. They are absolutely craven - and they always get away with it, as they will this time too. 

 

In other news, Trump is - surprise surprise - stiffing people on their money.

 

https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/08/trump-rallies-unpaid-bills-039631

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[ReddFoxx]

Much of the public doesn't understand this because they view everything in dollars instead of percentages. Republicans market as "oh, well people with less money are fine with their tax rate because they are paying only a few hundred dollars while the wealthy are burdened with paying millions" and lots of their voters believe this. There is also an idea that those too poor to pay taxes and who qualify for the EITC are somehow ok because they don't have to pay taxes at all. 

[DRW50]

The media is already spinning to make sure people don't blame the rich for our economy tanking:

 

 

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/08/warren-correction-stevens-20191008-ec.html

 

The saddest part is a lot of people eat this garbage up.

[Vee]

LOL that CNBC piece got roasted yesterday.

[DRW50]

 

By people who already know it's junk, true. I just hope the usual easily manipulated voters see through it. 

[JaneAusten]

I heard this on a local radio station yesterday. Not progressive or conservative and people were calling in laughing about millennials being blamed like WTF. 

[Khan]

It's unreal to me how the Baby Boomers and the Millennials receive the lion's share of media attention (and blame) while Gen-X'ers are totally ignored.

[ReddFoxx]

Most millenials do not have much to save and whatever they do save isn't enough to slow economic growth. CNBC posted a budget online to made it look like people making $500k a year struggle, so it's a fairly wealthy leaning channel.

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[Vee]

Keep digging.