***Official Political Discussion Thread***

[misterc]

Forgive him, that's that ASU education kicking in. Unless you're a doctor though you're talking out your ***. At least I graduated with a degree. And yeah, I'm lacking in the SJW department

Okay that made me laugh. I did go to UofA for a few semesters.

? Did I mention all white people or do you feel offended because the description fits you? Plenty of white people didn't vote for Trump, do you see me calling them hicks? I'm technically half white anyway.

Not offended at all I find you're attempt at covert racist banter laughable. You can dance around it all you want but we all know what you were saying. You're disingenuous with your statement. So you're a self hating white person? In this country when we talk about inbreds we are talking about red neck white people. Go ahead and try to talk you're way around it I know you'll try.

 

[pain]

whose fault is it that you have zero self respect and became obese? You chose to be fat and to be ridiculed. Minorities don't choose the color of their skin, the color which leads to them getting abused by white racists for no reason

LOL, so you know all about my situation, Omniscient One? So you think I gained 100 lbs. because of a lack of self respect? I guess it had nothing to do with previous injuries and medications related to them. So how exactly did I lose 80 lbs. in 6 months? Suddenly find my self respect? I guess it was hiding behind the couch, right next to Jesus. LMAO. Love how snotty a** Millennials think they have all the answers at the expense of betraying their own personal levels of pure ignorance.

News flash. I never "chose to be fat," just like I'm sure you didn't choose to be a dips**t. It just kind of happened. Or maybe in your case you were dropped on your head.

In any regard, ALL I was trying to say is I know what it's like to be discriminated against. No it's not for the exact same reason, but I can relate. I. Can. Relate. But then a dozen NT Millennials come out of the woodwork to hate on me because I said that and *gasp* I'm not a minority, AND, since I said I was once overweight, guys decide to jump down my throat for that too. So I guess just because I'm white and was once overweight, it means I can't relate to anything or anyone different from that? Pretty ignorant assumption. Then again the ignorance is usually THICK on NT. You type of guys talk in every other post about how "all white people are prejudiced," well look in the fecking mirror, seems like you are too. And what's really sad is almost nobody is willing to be the more intelligent man and try to make meaningful change because they're all too busy batching about who they think is trying to hold them down. Round and round we go.

It's funny. Someone said in the election coverage yesterday that the biggest perceived problems with the Millennial generation is they're selfish, they don't have adequate social skills, they can't sit down and discuss their differences of opinion, they make snap judgments and stomp off in a huff because they're always right and you're always wrong. Goes along with the Instant Gratification mentality and their complete lack of patience for...ANYTHING.

I look at this thread on NT and it's like, THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. If you say something different, you automatically get crapped on. And Millennials were a HUGE segment of voters yesterday. THAT'S what's truly scary.

I think I'm going to go bang my head against the side of my house. That would be more productive than most of these conversations.

 

[rolaholic]

So why don't they run in state and local elections?

They have positions in local governments.

http://www.gp.org/officeholders

Famb, they are gonna have to do a whole lot better than that. C'mon

You have yet to prove this happened, which it didn't. That is what I am trying to point out.

You keep repeating the DNC should have rolled with Bernie, but not facing the fact that would have splinter the party. Not bring us together.

Youve been a steadfast clintonyte, but let it go. The corporate democrat archetype has been thoroughly repudiated.

What planet are you living on. I gave tons of money to Bernie, and I defend his socially democratic policies the most here.

The DNC and Hillary ran on the most progressive platform in decades. And people didn't show up to vote for it.

Wake up, it is not neoliberalism democrat that took an "L" last night, it was progressivism .

It didn't really lose man,the platform won the popular vote after all. I just feel like one of the lasting lessons from this will fly over your and many heads,the same old Washington tactics aren't gonna work anymore on fed up voters unless Trump's presidency is enough of a disaster to really force the issue of change

 

[nick.]

White House staff watching Obama welcoming Donald Trump

 

[Xennial]

The only other 2 people I know gloating all day today besides @ninjahood are two white girls I went to college with, for them I understand due to their background of coming from wealthy devout republican families and they're celebrating on boats today.  I still don't understand why Ninjahood is so excited for it to be da og muscle car era again

 

[heatpinoyboy]

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/who-is-in-president-trump-cabinet-231071

Very interesting names here.

Looks like we're about to be served with no child left behind 2.0. Pray for your children and teach them a second language. They might need it when the donald is done gutting American education.

lmao scary times man those potential cabinet members i am no fan of

 

[atlsfinest]

I'm torn on how big a factor race played in this race. Look at towns like Scranton, PA and Youngstown, OH that Obama won by 10+ pts in 2012 and Hillary lost. I'm not so quick to cry racism. This was definitely a hate/fear campaign run by Trump. He convinced rural, working class whites that the reason their lives aren't better or they can't get high paying factory jobs is Muslim/Immigrants/"Global Elites." He played on their fear and anger and has them convinced that he can fix everything for them. It was definitely "city vs. country", "us vs. them" I feel sorry for them because the days of making the equivalent of $60k for working on an assembly line are gone and its gonna be a rude awakening when they realize that in 4 years.

 

[ninjahood]

Clean sweep

absolutely embarrassing performance by the dems

see what smug liberal elitist attitude gets ya? i been seen it coming...

 

[halftime]

We about to see a new look Dem party come 2018

 

[ninjahood]

White House staff watching Obama welcoming Donald Trump

#draindaswamp

 

[sundoobie]

see what smug liberal elitist attitude gets ya? i been seen it coming...

Props man... considering the months of vicious ridicule and personal attacks... you continued to hold it together and supported Trump. Hell I think you even convinced me to do a double take on Clinton when those wiki leaks came out.

 

[00david00]

Re: Trump's cabinet, remember that Reid got rid of filibusters for executive branch appointments.

 

[RustyShackleford]

So why don't they run in state and local elections?

They have positions in local governments.

http://www.gp.org/officeholders

Famb, they are gonna have to do a whole lot better than that. C'mon

You have yet to prove this happened, which it didn't. That is what I am trying to point out.

You keep repeating the DNC should have rolled with Bernie, but not facing the fact that would have splinter the party. Not bring us together.

Youve been a steadfast clintonyte, but let it go. The corporate democrat archetype has been thoroughly repudiated.

What planet are you living on. I gave tons of money to Bernie, and I defend his socially democratic policies the most here.

The DNC and Hillary ran on the most progressive platform in decades. And people didn't show up to vote for it.

Wake up, it is not neoliberalism democrat that took an "L" last night, it was progressivism .

It didn't really lose man,the platform won the popular vote after all. I just feel like one of the lasting lessons from this will fly over your and many heads,the same old Washington tactics aren't gonna work anymore on fed up voters unless Trump's presidency is enough of a disaster to really force the issue of change

Brah, you can't argue that they platform was welcomed, but Hillary was rejected, at the same time.

Because I could easily say, well, more people voted for Hillary

They both caught an "L"

 

[rolaholic]

So why don't they run in state and local elections?

They have positions in local governments.

http://www.gp.org/officeholders

Famb, they are gonna have to do a whole lot better than that. C'mon

You have yet to prove this happened, which it didn't. That is what I am trying to point out.

You keep repeating the DNC should have rolled with Bernie, but not facing the fact that would have splinter the party. Not bring us together.

Youve been a steadfast clintonyte, but let it go. The corporate democrat archetype has been thoroughly repudiated.

What planet are you living on. I gave tons of money to Bernie, and I defend his socially democratic policies the most here.

The DNC and Hillary ran on the most progressive platform in decades. And people didn't show up to vote for it.

Wake up, it is not neoliberalism democrat that took an "L" last night, it was progressivism .

It didn't really lose man,the platform won the popular vote after all. I just feel like one of the lasting lessons from this will fly over your and many heads,the same old Washington tactics aren't gonna work anymore on fed up voters unless Trump's presidency is enough of a disaster to really force the issue of change

Brah, you can't argue that they platform was welcomed, but Hillary was rejected, at the same time.

Because I could easily say, well, more people voted for Hillary?

They both caught an "L"

We can agree there,there's a lot of soul searching to do on all sides after a result like that...

 

[Belgium]

 
The only other 2 people I know gloating all day today besides @ninjahood are two white girls I went to college with, for them I understand due to their background of coming from wealthy devout republican families and they're celebrating on boats today.  I still don't understand why Ninjahood is so excited for it to be da og muscle car era again

Trump has said he would levy a 35% import tax on companies like Ford who moved their production to a foreign country. If he goes through with that, wouldn't that just raise consumer prices? Correct me if I'm wrong here but that sounds a whole lot more likely to have negative consequences than positives.

 

[gry60]

Re: Trump's cabinet, remember that Reid got rid of filibusters for executive branch appointments.

I remember talking with Rusty about it when we discussed SC appointments. I thought it wasn't a great idea to completely eliminate filibusters from the confirmation process because of the inability of the Dems to keep control of congress and it looks like I was right.

 

[AZwildcats]

 

Forgive him, that's that ASU education kicking in. Unless you're a doctor though you're talking out your ***. At least I graduated with a degree. And yeah, I'm lacking in the SJW department

Okay that made me laugh. I did go to UofA for a few semesters

I graduated with a degree too though, and am far from a SJW. 

 

[RustyShackleford]

Re: Trump's cabinet, remember that Reid got rid of filibusters for executive branch appointments.

I remember talking with Rusty about it when we discussed SC appointments. I thought it wasn't a great idea to completely eliminate filibusters from the confirmation process because of the inability of the Dems to keep control of congress and it looks like I was right.

I didn't really see it as a weapon the Dems needed to hold onto. Some always offer bipartisanship anyway. They are not a petulant as the GOP

I do hope the fight to get at least a moderate conservative on the court.

 

[Xennial]

You guys keep talking about if it was a different DNC candidate but how about how the GOP couldn't come out with a candidate that could get the nominee over trump smh

 

[misterc]

I know that, and that's exactly who I'm referring to. I'm not sure what you're even trying to expose me for you and your sister @#$@$@ kind can kindly go @#$@ off somewhere while normal white people remain civilized

Haha you're responding appropriately. I came at you with a civilized tone and tried to challenge you're statements and you responded like a 12 year old girl who didn't get to go the movies last night with her friends. Typical millennial move.

 

[rolaholic]

You guys keep talking about if it was a different DNC candidate but how about how the GOP couldn't come out with a candidate that could get the nominee over trump smh

it's really an indictment on both parties that it got to this point but fortunately for the GOP,they don't have to pick up the pieces though. They can sweep all that under the rug and carry on like everythings good for now .

Really until Trump starts going after the ones who were standing in his way which he likely will

 

[ninjahood]

What kind of jobs are gonna be back tho

Only blue collar joints? Should I apply for ConEd right now then @ninjahood?

What do I do with this degree (thank god I didn't pay for this **** btw)

conED pays like 30+ starting...why u even waited on Trump to throw your hat in that..go get it!

 

[misterc]

I graduated with a degree too though, and am far from a SJW. 

Just some good natured smack talk with a rival who I know is tough enough to take it and dish it. I've got love for UofA. I was down there when Bibby and the boys won the national championship.

 

[everysingletime]

After reading and digesting all this talk about midterm elections for some time, I wonder..

Why do you think the democratic party don't make voters more aware of midterm elections?

I promise you I bet most voters aren't even aware you can vote every two years

 

[RustyShackleford]

Taken from another forum:

Just want people to know how close this election really was.
These expected blue states flipped, all surprisingly, and their 46 EC votes gave us the result we have now. They stay blue and it's a competely different result.

Pennsylvania

Dem vote fell 145,000 from 2,990,000 to 2,844,000
Rep vote rose 232,000 from 2,680,000 to 2,912,000

If Democrats halve those losses they retain PA


Michigan

Dem vote fell 297,000 from 2,564,000 to 2,267,000
Rep vote rose 164,000 from 2,115,000 to 2,279,000

If Democrats could retain 1 out of 20 lost votes they retain MI


Wisconsin

Dem vote fell 239,000 from 1,621,000 to 1,382,000
Rep vote rose 1,500 from 1,408,000 to 1,409,500

If Democrats could retain 1 out of 8 lost votes they retain WI


This election was decided by a margin of less than 110,000 votes across these three states.
Never let it go un-repeated.
EVERY VOTE COUNTS.