Everything posted by berlinerbaer
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Now is the time for good people to join the Republican Party?
Now is a terrible time to join the Republican Party. My guess is that if you went to a local party meeting you'd either be afraid to speak up or you'd get shouted down by the wingnuts. If you're lucky, they'd humor you and then blow you off. There's no convincing them. They'll only understand one thing: Losing. 2018 was a good start, but they need to lose more. Vote. Them. Out. Their brand of politics needs to be a political loser on a national level or they'll see no reason to change. As an aside, you seem to think the Dems are heading to the leftist fringe at warp speed and you couldn't be a voice of moderation. That might be true, but I think we are a decade away, and that's only if the Dems do a lot of winning between now and then and become fat and dumb themselves.
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The GQP: Trumpist Death Cult
So are some Texas state judicial seats by appointment instead of through election, or are these just temporary fills until the next (special) election? Either way, Hot Wheels was going to fill them with Republicans. I look at this like I do the McSally appointment to the Senate in AZ after her loss. Seems like some personal back scratching or a mad scramble to fill the seat with someone with a pulse. It's pathetic, really. The fact is that the November election results, big gains for the Dems, still stand.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
- Tropic Thunder Summit: Don and Kim Reunited
We'll take our wins, however diminutive, and like them, thank you.- Tax reform
I agree with this. I look at "middle class" as meaning earning a living through "work" in the usual sense, that is translating manual labor or a more refined skill into the production of goods or services. This could be flipping burgers, toiling in an assembly line, grading exams, managing someone's financial portfolio, or performing open heart surgery. A member of the upper class OTOH is someone able to live purely off the economy, earning the majority of their income through stocks, interest, trust funds, equity, etc. They are a world away from anything resembling a traditional 40 hour work week. Actual income doesn't really matter.- Tax reform
This right here. Each socioeconomic stratum hates the one immediately above and below it. The "middle" (working) class despises the welfare moochers below them and holds their daily credentialed overlords in disdain while giving the top 1% a pass simply due to ignorance. IOW the ideal Republican voter.- 2020 Democratic Nominee
I'd love Biden to run. The sound bites and zingers would be fantastic. As much as I like him, I worry about him getting me-too'ed at the 11th hour and handing re-election to the Dotard.- 2020 Democratic Nominee
So this is kind of a big deal. The Left loves Barbara Lee. I'm curious what our resident leftists think of this.- Donald Trump 2019
Is the too little withholding thing something Trump can "fix" by EO, or will it require passing a new bill in congress?- Newsom puts the brakes on CA high-speed rail boondoggle
I'm not sure where Inner Richmond is. Probably no more than a few bus stops or a 15 minute walk away from the BART Richmond station.- Newsom puts the brakes on CA high-speed rail boondoggle
Alright, you go on. I should switch to decapitated coffee.- Newsom puts the brakes on CA high-speed rail boondoggle
moot- Newsom puts the brakes on CA high-speed rail boondoggle
Geographically, this is the most accurate, or maybe Lubbock to Abeline with the intention of eventually making it to Dallas. Um... every BART line serves the East Bay. To get there, you have to travel east from SF. Pittsburgh/Bay Point and Danville lines make it quite a ways inland, in fact. You should go back since it seems you've forgotten a lot. Los Angeles had an extensive system of rail lines back in the 40s. The land was bought by the auto industry and the lines were closed down and built over into freeways and new roads. Roger Rabbit was based on a true story, brah.- Independent/Third Party 2020 Presidential Candidate "Mega"thread
It isn't obvious to me. I don't think any partisan voters will be fazed, and the Dems will have the numerical advantage in 2020. Among the middle, I see Schultz peeling away more right-leaners from Trump than left-leaners from the Democrat. There is already one popular policy proposal, taxing the super-rich, to which he has publicly stated opposition. The Dem should be able to check that box.- 2020 Senate Elections
Some AL Republican wants to run against Doug Jones in 2020 and attacked him on Facebook by instead attacking Kyrsten Sinema for inappropriate senatorial attire. Makes sense... https://www.facebook.com/ZeiglerWasteCutter/photos/a.1411690772405654/2266037846970938/?type=3&theater and would- 2020 Democratic Nominee
A few national no-name Dems are beating Trump by 5-6 points. Don't fuck this up, Team Blue.- 2020 Democratic Nominee
Cross off one of either Bernie or Warren. I'm not convinced there is enough space on the Left for two heavyweights, and it gets even worse when you throw Tulsi in there. What do the leftists on this board make of this? Who stands out? My take is that Bernie would destroy Trump but I think Warren has more of a mainstream Democrat feel to make it out of the primary. Sanders and Warren need to bring along a couple staffers each to meet in a DC coffee shop and draw straws or some shit. I think a lefty stands a good chance of making it out of this thing if the space is cleared early.- Tulsi Gabbard
Punctuation added- Let’s discuss the reasons NOT to start the impeachment PROCESS
Um, Orca's a Republican projecting his tolerance of corruption onto everyone else.- Let’s discuss the reasons NOT to start the impeachment PROCESS
I agree with most of this. Clearly, House investigations need to begin in earnest on multiple fronts, in multiple committees, with Russia being the focus of only one or two of them. All of the other avenues toward eventual impeachment, such as emoluments or obstruction, can be handled separately from the House Russia investigation. The Dems need to start messaging that these other investigations are important in their own right and fight back against the media narrative that it's all Russia, Russia, Russia. This way, there is enough dirt on Trump to hurt him politically in case Mueller lets him off the hook re. collusion or other serious activities. Where I differ is I would hold off on impeachment until one of two events occurs: 1) the Mueller report comes out and is reasonably serious or 2) further obstruction occurs by Trump or the GOP, such as by effectively torpedoing the Mueller investigation or through Trump pardoning someone from his inner circle. If the Mueller probe does not reveal Russia collusion but instead widespread corruption, this would qualify as impeachable. Bottom line, the Dems need to keep their eye on the prize: an electoral blowout in 2020. I do not think impeachment proceedings are necessary between now and then for the Democratic base to remain fired up and to keep independents on their side of the fence. By resisting Trump legislatively, of course, as well as through multiple Congressional investigations, the Dems can keep the heat on and should be in good shape. I'll go on to add, perhaps controversially, that I don't want Trump removed from office before the next election. I'll risk the small existential threat to democracy life as we know it to ensure that further damage is done to him and the GOP in the minds of as many American voters as possible. I'll happily let him keep fucking around for two years if it means total Democratic control of the executive and the legislature for 2021.- 2023 Republican Government Shutdown: Same Shit, Same Story
Getting banned on Surly to own the libs...- 2020 Senate Elections
Maybe, but the Senate is a different ballgame than a statehouse. Because SC justices.- PSA: NASA flyby of the Kuiper Belt object
Make that three photos!- Cheez It Bowl - Patterson vs Cal
Cal DB Hawkins leads TCU in receptions. - Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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