FLBear5630 said:
Whiskey Pete said:
FLBear5630 said:
4th and Inches said:
FLBear5630 said:
4th and Inches said:
Waco1947 said:
boognish_bear said:
Good news
lol, you do realize national polls dont mean squat right?
Funny how any poll showing that Trump may be losing support is meaningless.
its a national poll.. we dont vote nationally
He lost the popular by 2 and won in 16 by 77k
He lost the popular by 4-5 and lost in 20 by 76k
He is winning all the battleground polls but one..
Also, its like 6 months away from election day..
Of course it is. When the early National polls came out and showed him ahead it was proof Trump should be the Candidate. When the same argument was used, anyone that said them had TDS.
He may not be the lock you guys think. He is a highly flawed and polarizing candidate. He may make for good entertainment, but those numbers will close as we get closer to pulling the handle in the election booth.
I am expecting the "be prepared for the Dems to steal the election" line to start in a few months.
We are down to these three, what a friggin mess.
If Trump should win, I'll be expecting the "collusion", "Illegitimate", "The Vote was Suppressed" line from the left. I'll also expect to cities to burn when the collective left lose their sh*t
You think the GOP will ever get a real conservative Speaker?
Probably unlikely to see a Joseph Cannon ever again…sad
[At the time of Cannon's election, the Speaker of the House concurrently held the chair of the Rules Committee, which determined under what rules and restrictions bills could be debated, amended, and voted on, and, in some cases, whether they would be allowed on the floor at all. As such, Cannon effectively controlled every aspect of the House's agenda: bills reached the floor of the house only if Cannon approved of them, and then in whatever form he determined with Cannon himself deciding whether and to what extent the measures could be debated and amended. Cannon also reserved to himself the right to appoint not only the chairs of the various House committees, but also all of the committees' members, and (despite the seniority system that had begun to develop) used that power to appoint his allies and proteges to leadership positions while punishing those who opposed his legislation.
Cannon wielded the Speaker's authority with unprecedented severity. While his predecessor Thomas Brackett Reed was noted for his dramatic expansion of the Speaker's authority, Cannon distinguished himself by the manner in which he wielded that authority. According to historian Booth Mooney, "The deadly rapier wielded by Reed gave way to a bludgeon, which at first he used only to knock down Democrats." Though Reed had been lampooned as a "Czar," press treatment of "Uncle Joe" Cannon was far more critical during his first term as Speaker. Cannon was criticized by the Democratic press for the arbitrary exercise of his considerable power; on one voice vote, he ruled, "The ayes make the most noise, but the nays have it." On another occasion, Representative Cordell Hull attempted to offer an income tax amendment to a tariff bill, and Cannon simply ignored him. When one Representative was asked by a constituent for a copy of the House Rules, the Representative simply sent back a picture of Speaker Cannon. When confronted with criticisms directly, Cannon would respond that the power he exercised was good for the country…
…the press, which denounced him as a tyrant and obstacle to every piece of progressive legislation introduced in the prior thirty years.]
