The Politics Thread

[DRW50]

 

I didn't see that until afterward (apparently she has also deleted some of her tweets to that effect...). It's sad how much loathing and paranoia about Kamala Harris feeds the far left. 

[victoria foxton]

 

  

[marceline]

 

I know this makes me sound like a conspiracy theorist but the far left takes a lot of its cues from Russia and Kamala Harris is on the Senate Intelligence Committee. I think a lot of the propaganda aimed at her is because of that.

[Vee]

 

[Vee]

 

[DRW50]

I've seen some speculation that Meadows wants to tank the bill for Trump. I wouldn't be shocked. That way Trump can do some executive orders and get praise as taking tough action Congress won't.

[Vee]

 

The onus remains on Trump. The GOP is not going to be able to spin that. And nothing he can do will be adequate to the problems. But no, this is not all a ploy by Trump.

[Vee]

 

 

 

[Vee]

 

[Faulkner]

De Blasio is laughable.

 

 

[DRW50]

 

I keep thinking about the cravenness of this, and how our media, along with so many paid operatives, will turn a blind eye while praising Trump for his illegal executive orders and "both sides-ing" or blaming Democrats for the stimulus package Trump and his foot soldiers like McConnell and Meadows refused to pass, or instead trying to make the race about the latest Biden gaffe. They will do anything for this man, and so many people seem to fall for it. More attention is paid to a stupid comment from Biden than people suffering and literally dying every day. Yet the polls narrow and Trump continues to stumble on. This country is so broken it's hard to know what can repair it. 

[rlj]

What polls are narrowing, I haven't seen any?  Nor have I seen a majority of MSM focusing on Bidens latest gaff!

[DRW50]

 

It was a major story on ABC, Politico, etc.

 

RCP's average has steadily narrowed to nearly 6. Hopefully once the junk polls fade out some better polls will increase. I guess at least it prevents complacency. 

[Faulkner]

 

[DRW50]

Someone else here can explain it better than I can but Trump just put out a bunch of worthless executive orders (the only one that likely will stick is cutting payroll taxes and capitol gains tax to benefit the rich and bankrupt Medicare and Social Security) in order to get media hype for making a big decision. Mark Meadows and the Senate GOP clearly worked together to give Trump this win and allow him to do something they want to do but don't want to be on the record for (ending entitlements). They are destroying this country and no one can do anything about it. 

Edited August 9, 2020 by DRW50