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Andy_Ross 12th October 2020 01:23 PM

Trump Tweets

Viewership for NBA Finals Finale Crash Nearly 70%, Beaten by Random Sunday Night Football Game https://breitbart.com/sports/2020/10...football-game/ via @BreitbartNews
Maybe they were watching in China, but I doubt it. Zero interest!

Ladewig 12th October 2020 01:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop (Post 13255269)
Trump Tweets

Republicans must state loudly and clearly that WE are going to provide much better Healthcare at a much lower cost. Get the word out! Will always protect pre-existing conditions!!!

So Trump’s idea is not that Republicans must produce a plan to reduce costs. It is Republicans must state loudly that they are going to produce a plan.

Yep. We elected the loud-mouthed know-it-all who sits at the end of the bar. He brags about knowing the solution to every national and international problem.

And now he is in the Oval Office.

Regnad Kcin 12th October 2020 01:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop (Post 13255267)
Trump Tweets

We will have Healthcare which is FAR BETTER than ObamaCare, at a FAR LOWER COST - BIG PREMIUM REDUCTION. PEOPLE WITH PRE EXISTING CONDITIONS WILL BE PROTECTED AT AN EVEN HIGHER LEVEL THAN NOW. HIGHLY UNPOPULAR AND UNFAIR INDIVIDUAL MANDATE ALREADY TERMINATED. YOU’RE WELCOME!

MY BALONEY HAS A FIRST NAME, IT'S O-S-C-A-R! MY BALONEY HAS A SECOND NAME, IT'S M-E-Y-E-R!

Andy_Ross 12th October 2020 01:55 PM

Trump Tweets

He should sue the women, and all of those who illegally worked with them, for false and disgusting accusations!!!
Quote Tweet

House Judiciary GOP
@JudiciaryGOP
Remember what they did to Brett Kavanaugh.
We don’t owe the Democrats anything.
#ConfirmACB

alfaniner 12th October 2020 02:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Regnad Kcin (Post 13255483)
MY BALONEY HAS A FIRST NAME, IT'S O-S-C-A-R! MY BALONEY HAS A SECOND NAME, IT'S M-E-Y-E-R!


MY BALONEY HAS A FIRST NAME, IT'S D-O-N-L-D!
MY BALONEY HAS A SECOND NAME, IT'S T-R-U-M-P!

(I always wanted to do that one...)

Tero 12th October 2020 02:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ladewig (Post 13255471)
So Trump’s idea is not that Republicans must produce a plan to reduce costs. It is Republicans must state loudly that they are going to produce a plan.

Yep. We elected the loud-mouthed know-it-all who sits at the end of the bar. He brags about knowing the solution to every national and international problem.

And now he is in the Oval Office.

Republicans had a plan for a health insurance "system." It was a 4000 dollar tax deduction. They almost got to voting on it.

Andy_Ross 12th October 2020 04:03 PM

"We are winning by a lot more now than we were four years ago," Trump claims, as polls show him trailing Biden nationally by a dozen or more points

"We'll see what happens with that. Just watch. Stay tuned." -- Trump alludes to some sort of bad consequences for his political foes

"Chinnaaaaa"

GlennB 12th October 2020 04:09 PM

Meanwhile, his supporters are gathering for the rally later, packed way closer than the recommended distance and maybe 10% max wearing masks.

*********.

Andy_Ross 12th October 2020 04:09 PM

"We'll take care of it all after the election. We caught 'em cold. We caught 'em cold. Bad people. Crooked Hillary. And by the way, Obama and Biden knew everything that was happening. We'll take care of it after the election" -- Trump (note the "lock them up!" chants)

Andy_Ross 12th October 2020 04:37 PM

"Outside of poorly run Democrat states and cities, you don't have crime in this country"

Dr.Sid 12th October 2020 04:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop (Post 13255611)
"Outside of poorly run Democrat states and cities, you don't have crime in this country"

It seems you got infected.

Aridas 12th October 2020 04:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JoeMorgue (Post 13255286)
Much of Trump's rural base finds Obamacare hilarious because what hospital are they going to use it at?

Again this is just one of those deep, core disconnects between rural and urban mentalities.

In an urban area the big injustice is that the hospital is like... right there but you can't afford to go to it.

In rural areas it doesn't matter how much it goes to go to the hospital, you'll be dead before you get there. Nobody cares how much it costs to go to a hospital that's 100 miles away.

FFIW, I've heard an account from a person who deals with such that there's a bit of a deep divide in favorability between Obamacare and the ACA in the part of rural America where they work. ACA, good! Obamacare, horrible!

And yes, it's worth repeating that the ACA and Obamacare are the same thing.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bob001 (Post 13255285)
What is the actual Repub argument against the ACA?

Depends what, exactly, you're asking with this. At base, though, I think that it's best to poke 3 things that are important for the essence of the opposition.

1) Democrat bad. (standard Republican political propaganda)
2) Government and helping hard working Americans who are less well off bad. (Libertarian influence on Republican politics because of pressures by the very rich)
3) Who did something matters much more than what's being done (a position that I've seen self-identified conservatives state directly and which seems to have long been very important in Republican strategy)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bob001 (Post 13255285)
If it was just flaws in the law itself, it could be amended and improved. But they haven't done that. If the Repubs wanted to provide better coverage for less money, they could pass laws to do that. But they haven't. The original objection was to the individual mandate.

Just to be clear - the individual mandate was supported by Republican before the ACA as an extension of "personal responsibility." The political "objection" to the individual mandate was never about the individual mandate, just like all the rest of the objections they've raised. The ACA was very imperfect from the start, regardless, of course, which gives a lot of room for reasonable objections, even if the reasons for making them are fundamentally dishonest.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bob001 (Post 13255285)
But that's gone. What do the Repubs gain by taking health insurance, however imperfect, away from 22 million people? Why is this the issue it's become?

It's an issue, first and foremost, because of nature of the mythology that they create, rely on, and reinforce to convince people to vote against their interests for them. They've spent a lot of effort to make Obamacare a boogeyman issue (in rather similar nature and fashion to abortion). It's not especially easy to change course from that.

pgwenthold 12th October 2020 04:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop (Post 13255611)
"Outside of poorly run Democrat states and cities, you don't have crime in this country"

If you don't consider cooking meth to be a crime....

Stacyhs 12th October 2020 05:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop (Post 13255611)
"Outside of poorly run Democrat states and cities, you don't have crime in this country"

Trump has said some might stupid things, but that one has got to take the title of Most Stupid Trump Statement Of All.

Not according to Statista

Out of the ten top states and DC with the highest violent crime rates per 100K people, eight of them belong to Republican states. In order:

DC
New Mexico
Alaska
Louisiana
S. Carolina
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Alabama
Missouri

Andy_Ross 12th October 2020 05:07 PM

Trump claims the border wall will be finished in "a few months" (extremely unlikely) and then claims Mexico is paying for it (a lie)

Trebuchet 12th October 2020 05:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop (Post 13255584)
"We'll take care of it all after the election. We caught 'em cold. We caught 'em cold. Bad people. Crooked Hillary. And by the way, Obama and Biden knew everything that was happening. We'll take care of it after the election" -- Trump (note the "lock them up!" chants)

I fully expect both Clintons, Biden, and most especially Obama; as well as a large number of journalists to be locked up in 2021 after the new SCROTUS declares Trump President for Life. Along with the three remaining liberal justices and Crazy Nancy.

Andy_Ross 12th October 2020 05:18 PM

Trump tells a story about how he and Melania turned on the evening news expecting to see coverage of his Nobel nominations, but were dismayed to see coverage of a hurricane in Florida instead. This is supposed to make the media look bad.

Andy_Ross 12th October 2020 05:20 PM

Trump brags about "not doing too badly" with "radical Islamic terrorism,"

"In Oregon, we have to send in the troops. We will solve that problem in 30 minutes"

Trump claims the border wall will be finished in "a few months" and then claims Mexico is paying for it

Andy_Ross 12th October 2020 05:25 PM

"They say I'm immune. I feel so powerful. I'll walk into that audience, I'll walk in there, kiss everyone in that audience. I'll kiss the guys and the beautiful women."

Aridas 12th October 2020 05:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Great Zaganza (Post 13255291)
The goal of Republicans is to privatize all forms for government participation in social security and healthcare.
The assumption being that the private sector will make it better and cheaper (evidently not true), but most importantly, taking Medicare/Medicaid and Social Security away from the Government will free up the budget for more Defense Spending.

Err - I disagree. At best, that's just one of the many things slung around in hopes that they stick.

Rather, I think that it's probably much more true to say, first and foremost, social security and health care are very popular programs, very much including among Republicans, and that should likely never be forgotten in discussions on the topic.

What's going on then? The strongest background influence that should be acknowledged first is that there have long been a number of very rich people who are actively seeking to pay as little in taxes as they think they can get away with, to the point of actively working to change the rules in their favor via not entirely ethical means and to prevent others from changing the rules so the rules don't favor them as much. That means both increasing their influence by doing things like effectively buying or otherwise actively seeking to influence politicians directly (or trying to install their own politicians) AND decreasing the influence of people who even could potentially oppose them. With that said, it's worth remembering that Social Security and broader government support for health care help to empower the masses, using, to some extent, the money that those people made and had to pay as taxes. Given the nature of the Republican party, it's been far more susceptible to the influence of those people since long before the Great Depression. Other factors may be somewhat worthy of note, but I think that that is the central concept that should be remembered there.

Aridas 12th October 2020 05:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stacyhs (Post 13255632)
Trump has said some might stupid things, but that one has got to take the title of Most Stupid Trump Statement Of All.

Ugh. No, just no. I doubt that it would even rank in his top 20, even accounting for a "it's a shiny new lie" factor.

pgwenthold 12th October 2020 05:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stacyhs (Post 13255632)
Trump has said some might stupid things, but that one has got to take the title of Most Stupid Trump Statement Of All.

Not according to Statista

Out of the ten top states and DC with the highest violent crime rates per 100K people, eight of them belong to Republican states. In order:

DC
New Mexico
Alaska
Louisiana
S. Carolina
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Alabama
Missouri

A few years ago, there was a great comparison between Baltimore and Miskogee, OK.

On a per capita basis, Miskogee was worse.

Stacyhs 12th October 2020 05:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop (Post 13255637)
Trump claims the border wall will be finished in "a few months" (extremely unlikely) and then claims Mexico is paying for it (a lie)

Next he'll be claiming he was abducted by aliens and probed anally. In reality, it was just his annual prostate exam.

Mumbles 12th October 2020 06:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop (Post 13255487)
Trump Tweets

He should sue the women, and all of those who illegally worked with them, for false and disgusting accusations!!!
Quote Tweet

House Judiciary GOP
@JudiciaryGOP
Remember what they did to Brett Kavanaugh.
We don’t owe the Democrats anything.
#ConfirmACB

Uh...wasn't it the GOP that demanded the public hearing on his sexual harassment claim - and then screamed like babies about how awful it was?

Anyway, I actually watched the idiot speak this time. Don't care what he said, but he's obviously as high as a kite.

Norman Alexander 12th October 2020 06:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stacyhs (Post 13255684)
Next he'll be claiming he was abducted by aliens and probed anally. In reality, it was just his annual prostate exam.

Alien leader: Ugh, no. Drop this one back in the wild and get a better quality, fresh one, please.

Armitage72 12th October 2020 06:30 PM

"I'm not gonna say the best, but I'm just about the best thing that ever happened to Puerto Rico. You better vote for me, Puerto Rico."

If Puerto Ricans could vote for President, I'm absolutely certain they would vote for you. It was inspiring the way you threw those paper towels.

Stacyhs 12th October 2020 06:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Armitage72 (Post 13255708)
"I'm not gonna say the best, but I'm just about the best thing that ever happened to Puerto Rico. You better vote for me, Puerto Rico."

If Puerto Ricans could vote for President, I'm absolutely certain they would vote for you. It was inspiring the way you threw those paper towels.

Wow. He thinks puertorriqueños can vote for President and he doesn't know he's the president of the US Virgin Islands. His ignorance is truly amazing. Such a stable genius.

Dread Pirate Roberts 12th October 2020 07:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pgwenthold (Post 13255677)
A few years ago, there was a great comparison between Baltimore and Miskogee, OK.

On a per capita basis, Miskogee was worse.

As a native Oklahoman, I must correct that to Muskogee. And it's just because they don't smoke marijuana there.

thaiboxerken 12th October 2020 07:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by surrogate (Post 13253726)
The cost of the batteries would bankrupt the country

At this point, wouldn't it be a wash?

thaiboxerken 12th October 2020 07:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shemp (Post 13254026)
Not many, but he didn't have a cult of personality, social media, Fox News, etc., to keep his followers in line. These morons aren't going away easily.

The conservative media empire was created as a response to Nixon's resignation. I agree that these morons won't go away so easily, they'll be loud and proud about how the "media" created Trump's "monster" image and the like.

SezMe 12th October 2020 08:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop (Post 13255215)
Trump Retweeted

Sen. Marsha Blackburn
@MarshaBlackburn
Democrats are trying to fundamentally, structurally change the court so they can add liberal justices and use the judiciary as a superlegislature.

That's horrible. The GOP would never do that. McConnell would do everything in his power to act in an ethical maner.

Aridas 12th October 2020 08:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SezMe (Post 13255765)
That's horrible. The GOP would never do that. McConnell would do everything in his power to act in an ethical maner.

Mmm. That's one response.

Taking a look at what was said there, though, I feel like poking at something in addition to that - "so they can add liberal justices" has another implication that highlights the reality. Stress the can.

Darat 13th October 2020 01:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pgwenthold (Post 13255624)
If you don't consider cooking meth to be a crime....

Chemical process crime!

Gulliver Foyle 13th October 2020 03:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop (Post 13252847)
In case anyone was wondering—Donald Trump did not win the the Nobel Peace Prize.

What about the Noble Prize though? The people need to know.

The Don 13th October 2020 03:57 AM

Regarding President Trump's whining about the #FakeNews not reporting about his Nobel nomination.....

I think they should make a point of it, but in their reporting they should be clear that:
  • Pretty much anyone in any kind of position of prominence can nominate someone for a Nobel Prize
  • Literally hundreds of people are nominated every year
  • President Trump's nomination came from a far-right politician who was also responsible for one of his other nominations

In other words, President Trump is pathetic to get so excited over such a minor "honour".

Mader Levap 13th October 2020 05:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Darat (Post 13255266)
It really says something when even a cruel dictator, Kim Jong-un accepts more responsibility and apologises for their handling of the crisis and the POTUS can't do either.

I don't think Kim's apology was sincere, but indeed, that it happened at all is significant difference between Kim and Trump.

It is darkly amusing that certain kind of lie won't ever appear on Trump's lips.

TofuFighter 13th October 2020 05:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Don (Post 13255932)
Regarding President Trump's whining about the #FakeNews not reporting about his Nobel nomination.....

I think they should make a point of it, but in their reporting they should be clear that:
  • Pretty much anyone in any kind of position of prominence can nominate someone for a Nobel Prize
  • Literally hundreds of people are nominated every year
  • President Trump's nomination came from a far-right politician who was also responsible for one of his other nominations

In other words, President Trump is pathetic to get so excited over such a minor "honour".

Just have each news outlet refer to the Nobel Prize website and say Donald Trump was allegedly one of 318 nominated candidates for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize.

"2020 Nobel Peace Prize nominations
There are 318 candidates for the Nobel Peace Prize for 2020, of which 211 are individuals and 107 are organizations.

318 is the fourth highest number of candidates ever. The current record of 376 candidates was reached in 2016.

Neither the names of nominators nor of nominees for the Nobel Peace Prize may be divulged until 50 years have elapsed."

pgwenthold 13th October 2020 05:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TofuFighter (Post 13255975)
Just have each news outlet refer to the Nobel Prize website and say Donald Trump was allegedly one of 318 nominated candidates for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize.

"2020 Nobel Peace Prize nominations
There are 318 candidates for the Nobel Peace Prize for 2020, of which 211 are individuals and 107 are organizations.

318 is the fourth highest number of candidates ever. The current record of 376 candidates was reached in 2016.

Neither the names of nominators nor of nominees for the Nobel Peace Prize may be divulged until 50 years have elapsed."

But why do that? No one cares.

MRC_Hans 13th October 2020 05:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pgwenthold (Post 13255415)
100 miles is not 100 km

True. Still .... What should the distance to a hospital be before people worried more about it than the cost, if they were in need of hospital treatment?

Hans

Mader Levap 13th October 2020 05:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JoeMorgue (Post 13255286)
In rural areas it doesn't matter how much it goes to go to the hospital, you'll be dead before you get there. Nobody cares how much it costs to go to a hospital that's 100 miles away.

As other pointed, hospitals are used for more than emergencies and any treatment costs money.

Your mistake is in trying to find rational reason for irrational idiocy.


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