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ATL Bear
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I can't believe people are making Springfield, Ohio an issue. If ever there was a case study of the lazy entitled American killing a city, they should case study Springfield.
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Redbrickbear said:


An unsourced tweet is not news. Zero chance this is true.
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sombear said:

Redbrickbear said:


An unsourced tweet is not news. Zero chance this is true.


Please provide your source that establishes that zero chance.

If not, you are doing the exact thing you are attacking and it makes you a world class hypocrite.
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Adriacus Peratuun said:

sombear said:

Redbrickbear said:


An unsourced tweet is not news. Zero chance this is true.


Please provide your source that establishes that zero chance.

If not, you are doing the exact thing you are attacking and it makes you a world class hypocrite.
why does it matter whether or not it is true?

if Trump can convince independents that ABC cheated to help Harris, that helps his campaign.

It's not like Democrats don't stand up and say things that are unsourced and provably untrue to win elections. Why shouldn't we do the same. Do we want to be right, or do we want to win?
Mothra
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whiterock said:

Adriacus Peratuun said:

sombear said:

Redbrickbear said:


An unsourced tweet is not news. Zero chance this is true.


Please provide your source that establishes that zero chance.

If not, you are doing the exact thing you are attacking and it makes you a world class hypocrite.
why does it matter whether or not it is true?

if Trump can convince independents that ABC cheated to help Harris, that helps his campaign.

It's not like Democrats don't stand up and say things that are unsourced and provably untrue to win elections. Why shouldn't we do the same. Do we want to be right, or do we want to win?


Can't agree with this. I'd prefer to be right than win or be popular.

And in either regard, these type of shenanigans make the campaign lose credibility with the American people. Ultimately they will hurt Trump when Americans believe nothing he says can be trusted.
Mothra
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Osodecentx said:

Mothra said:

Osodecentx said:

Mothra said:

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Mothra said:

Osodecentx said:

Mothra said:

Osodecentx said:

Mothra said:

My opinion of Trump hasn't changed. He's a self-aggrandizing jackass who I suspect will lose the election - although not nearly as dangerous and capable of inflicting as much damage to the country as Harris.

Hopefully, he's not around in 2028, if of course Kamala hasn't gotten us into a nuclear war or stacked the Supreme Court against Republicans by then, in which case it won't matter. We either won't be having any more elections, or Republicans will never stand a chance of winning another presidential election.

You sure sound like a Republican (no offense)

Thank you. Thankful I don't sound like a Democrat - like you (no offense).
. Oh wow! Nothing lower than a Democrat (like the one you voted for)


I think you're confused. You voted for Rochelle Garza. Remember?
you admitted voting for a Democrat. So do I , in fact several Democrats. Who is Garza?
Oh come now, how could you forget the dem candidate for AG you financially supported.

What other Dems will you be voting for this election cycle? Surely, Allred, like your hero ol' Liz, right?
I've never given money to AG candidate. Got to vote for Ted because Kavanaugh

You are a self confessed crook and Dem voter. So am I. We're okay
Well, glad to hear you have at least a smidgen of scruples. Too bad the TDS has driven the rest of them out of you.

Self-confessed crook, eh? I'd ask how so, if I thought it wasn't simply another juvenile taunt.

My post had a typo. You are not a crook, (you vote for them). Apologies

I financially supported Liz & would again


Liz supports Allred. Is she wrong?
Osodecentx
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Mothra said:

Osodecentx said:

Mothra said:

Osodecentx said:

Mothra said:

Osodecentx said:

Mothra said:

Osodecentx said:

Mothra said:

Osodecentx said:

Mothra said:

My opinion of Trump hasn't changed. He's a self-aggrandizing jackass who I suspect will lose the election - although not nearly as dangerous and capable of inflicting as much damage to the country as Harris.

Hopefully, he's not around in 2028, if of course Kamala hasn't gotten us into a nuclear war or stacked the Supreme Court against Republicans by then, in which case it won't matter. We either won't be having any more elections, or Republicans will never stand a chance of winning another presidential election.

You sure sound like a Republican (no offense)

Thank you. Thankful I don't sound like a Democrat - like you (no offense).
. Oh wow! Nothing lower than a Democrat (like the one you voted for)


I think you're confused. You voted for Rochelle Garza. Remember?
you admitted voting for a Democrat. So do I , in fact several Democrats. Who is Garza?
Oh come now, how could you forget the dem candidate for AG you financially supported.

What other Dems will you be voting for this election cycle? Surely, Allred, like your hero ol' Liz, right?
I've never given money to AG candidate. Got to vote for Ted because Kavanaugh

You are a self confessed crook and Dem voter. So am I. We're okay
Well, glad to hear you have at least a smidgen of scruples. Too bad the TDS has driven the rest of them out of you.

Self-confessed crook, eh? I'd ask how so, if I thought it wasn't simply another juvenile taunt.

My post had a typo. You are not a crook, (you vote for them). Apologies

I financially supported Liz & would again


Liz supports Allred. Is she wrong?

Yes
Osodecentx
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Mothra said:

whiterock said:

Adriacus Peratuun said:

sombear said:

Redbrickbear said:


An unsourced tweet is not news. Zero chance this is true.


Please provide your source that establishes that zero chance.

If not, you are doing the exact thing you are attacking and it makes you a world class hypocrite.
why does it matter whether or not it is true?

if Trump can convince independents that ABC cheated to help Harris, that helps his campaign.

It's not like Democrats don't stand up and say things that are unsourced and provably untrue to win elections. Why shouldn't we do the same. Do we want to be right, or do we want to win?


Can't agree with this. I'd prefer to be right than win or be popular.

And in either regard, these type of shenanigans make the campaign lose credibility with the American people. Ultimately they will hurt Trump when Americans believe nothing he says can be trusted.


Well said. Blue star
whiterock
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Mothra said:

whiterock said:

Adriacus Peratuun said:

sombear said:

Redbrickbear said:


An unsourced tweet is not news. Zero chance this is true.


Please provide your source that establishes that zero chance.

If not, you are doing the exact thing you are attacking and it makes you a world class hypocrite.
why does it matter whether or not it is true?

if Trump can convince independents that ABC cheated to help Harris, that helps his campaign.

It's not like Democrats don't stand up and say things that are unsourced and provably untrue to win elections. Why shouldn't we do the same. Do we want to be right, or do we want to win?


Can't agree with this. I'd prefer to be right than win or be popular.

And in either regard, these type of shenanigans make the campaign lose credibility with the American people. Ultimately they will hurt Trump when Americans believe nothing he says can be trusted.
Doesn't seem to hurt the credibility of Democrats. Why should it hurt the credibility of their opponents?
Mothra
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whiterock said:

Mothra said:

whiterock said:

Adriacus Peratuun said:

sombear said:

Redbrickbear said:


An unsourced tweet is not news. Zero chance this is true.


Please provide your source that establishes that zero chance.

If not, you are doing the exact thing you are attacking and it makes you a world class hypocrite.
why does it matter whether or not it is true?

if Trump can convince independents that ABC cheated to help Harris, that helps his campaign.

It's not like Democrats don't stand up and say things that are unsourced and provably untrue to win elections. Why shouldn't we do the same. Do we want to be right, or do we want to win?


Can't agree with this. I'd prefer to be right than win or be popular.

And in either regard, these type of shenanigans make the campaign lose credibility with the American people. Ultimately they will hurt Trump when Americans believe nothing he says can be trusted.
Doesn't seem to hurt the credibility of Democrats. Why should it hurt the credibility of their opponents?


Because the MSM is running cover for the Democrat party. Republicans should know the spotlight is focused on them, in any misstep will be spun by the mainstream media. That being the case we have to behave differently.

And in either regard, I don't want to be like the Democrats. I'd prefer to be the party that speaks truth.
Redbrickbear
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sombear said:

Redbrickbear said:


An unsourced tweet is not news. Zero chance this is true.


Definitely not a Zero chance

But yes it might not be accurate
whiterock
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Mothra said:

whiterock said:

Mothra said:

whiterock said:

Adriacus Peratuun said:

sombear said:

Redbrickbear said:


An unsourced tweet is not news. Zero chance this is true.


Please provide your source that establishes that zero chance.

If not, you are doing the exact thing you are attacking and it makes you a world class hypocrite.
why does it matter whether or not it is true?

if Trump can convince independents that ABC cheated to help Harris, that helps his campaign.

It's not like Democrats don't stand up and say things that are unsourced and provably untrue to win elections. Why shouldn't we do the same. Do we want to be right, or do we want to win?


Can't agree with this. I'd prefer to be right than win or be popular.

And in either regard, these type of shenanigans make the campaign lose credibility with the American people. Ultimately they will hurt Trump when Americans believe nothing he says can be trusted.
Doesn't seem to hurt the credibility of Democrats. Why should it hurt the credibility of their opponents?


Because the MSM is running cover for the Democrat party. Republicans should know the spotlight is focused on them, in any misstep will be spun by the mainstream media. That being the case we have to behave differently.

And in either regard, I don't want to be like the Democrats. I'd prefer to be the party that speaks truth.
translation: I'd rather be right than win.
LOL. It is madness t to conform to the battlefield offered by your opponent. We should build our own platforms to push the messages that benefit us. That includes undermining the credibility of the MSM, by making sure THEY are put on trial for insisting things like this are not happening:

Mothra
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whiterock said:

Mothra said:

whiterock said:

Mothra said:

whiterock said:

Adriacus Peratuun said:

sombear said:

Redbrickbear said:


An unsourced tweet is not news. Zero chance this is true.


Please provide your source that establishes that zero chance.

If not, you are doing the exact thing you are attacking and it makes you a world class hypocrite.
why does it matter whether or not it is true?

if Trump can convince independents that ABC cheated to help Harris, that helps his campaign.

It's not like Democrats don't stand up and say things that are unsourced and provably untrue to win elections. Why shouldn't we do the same. Do we want to be right, or do we want to win?


Can't agree with this. I'd prefer to be right than win or be popular.

And in either regard, these type of shenanigans make the campaign lose credibility with the American people. Ultimately they will hurt Trump when Americans believe nothing he says can be trusted.
Doesn't seem to hurt the credibility of Democrats. Why should it hurt the credibility of their opponents?


Because the MSM is running cover for the Democrat party. Republicans should know the spotlight is focused on them, in any misstep will be spun by the mainstream media. That being the case we have to behave differently.

And in either regard, I don't want to be like the Democrats. I'd prefer to be the party that speaks truth.
translation: I'd rather be right than win.
LOL. It is madness t to conform to the battlefield offered by your opponent. We should build our own platforms to push the messages that benefit us. That includes undermining the credibility of the MSM, by making sure THEY are put on trial for insisting things like this are not happening:


So, lie like Democrats, and have the media point out that you're an obvious liar?

How has that worked out for Trump thus far? Not well by my book.
historian
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Mothra said:

whiterock said:

Adriacus Peratuun said:

sombear said:

Redbrickbear said:


An unsourced tweet is not news. Zero chance this is true.


Please provide your source that establishes that zero chance.

If not, you are doing the exact thing you are attacking and it makes you a world class hypocrite.
why does it matter whether or not it is true?

if Trump can convince independents that ABC cheated to help Harris, that helps his campaign.

It's not like Democrats don't stand up and say things that are unsourced and provably untrue to win elections. Why shouldn't we do the same. Do we want to be right, or do we want to win?


Can't agree with this. I'd prefer to be right than win or be popular.

And in either regard, these type of shenanigans make the campaign lose credibility with the American people. Ultimately they will hurt Trump when Americans believe nothing he says can be trusted.

Ideally, we prefer to win while being correct. There is no reason we cannot have both. It's a false dichotomy.
“Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain!”
Psalm 119:36
whiterock
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Mothra said:

whiterock said:

Mothra said:

whiterock said:

Mothra said:

whiterock said:

Adriacus Peratuun said:

sombear said:

Redbrickbear said:


An unsourced tweet is not news. Zero chance this is true.


Please provide your source that establishes that zero chance.

If not, you are doing the exact thing you are attacking and it makes you a world class hypocrite.
why does it matter whether or not it is true?

if Trump can convince independents that ABC cheated to help Harris, that helps his campaign.

It's not like Democrats don't stand up and say things that are unsourced and provably untrue to win elections. Why shouldn't we do the same. Do we want to be right, or do we want to win?


Can't agree with this. I'd prefer to be right than win or be popular.

And in either regard, these type of shenanigans make the campaign lose credibility with the American people. Ultimately they will hurt Trump when Americans believe nothing he says can be trusted.
Doesn't seem to hurt the credibility of Democrats. Why should it hurt the credibility of their opponents?


Because the MSM is running cover for the Democrat party. Republicans should know the spotlight is focused on them, in any misstep will be spun by the mainstream media. That being the case we have to behave differently.

And in either regard, I don't want to be like the Democrats. I'd prefer to be the party that speaks truth.
translation: I'd rather be right than win.
LOL. It is madness t to conform to the battlefield offered by your opponent. We should build our own platforms to push the messages that benefit us. That includes undermining the credibility of the MSM, by making sure THEY are put on trial for insisting things like this are not happening:


So, lie like Democrats, and have the media point out that you're an obvious liar?

How has that worked out for Trump thus far? Not well by my book.
dude. they're going to call you a liar no matter what you say, invent ways to call you racist/sexist/this-or-that-aphobic no matter how your couch your opposition or how easily provable as truth it might be. So make EFFECTIVE arguments.

Notwithstanding the hand-wringing by the wizards of smart, Trump appears to have made highly effective arguments in the debate. Somehow, he's got the whole country focused on a perfect microcosm of the illegal immigration problem that is one of the three driving issues of this election cycle.

The template for how he does it is pretty clear. He makes an inflammatory statement in clear violation of political correctness, which ends up inviting fact checking that focuses attention right where attention needs to be focused. Perhaps the initial allegation is thin or hyperbolic to modest degree. But the facts discovered in the arguments are highly damaging to his opponents. There are a metric ****-ton of a single nationality in a small, Great Lakes region city that's been hollowed out by globalism and now finds itself undergoing precisely the kind of social chaos that uncontrolled immigration causes. And their taxes were used to cause it all.

The state of affairs in Springfield OH might not be an earth-shaking issue in most of the country. But they are going to move needles in places like PA, MI, WI, etc.....rust belt states who see examples of similar kinds of problems all over the place.
Mothra
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historian said:

Mothra said:

whiterock said:

Adriacus Peratuun said:

sombear said:

Redbrickbear said:


An unsourced tweet is not news. Zero chance this is true.


Please provide your source that establishes that zero chance.

If not, you are doing the exact thing you are attacking and it makes you a world class hypocrite.
why does it matter whether or not it is true?

if Trump can convince independents that ABC cheated to help Harris, that helps his campaign.

It's not like Democrats don't stand up and say things that are unsourced and provably untrue to win elections. Why shouldn't we do the same. Do we want to be right, or do we want to win?


Can't agree with this. I'd prefer to be right than win or be popular.

And in either regard, these type of shenanigans make the campaign lose credibility with the American people. Ultimately they will hurt Trump when Americans believe nothing he says can be trusted.

Ideally, we prefer to win while being correct. There is no reason we cannot have both. It's a false dichotomy.
Bingo.
Mothra
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whiterock said:

Mothra said:

whiterock said:

Mothra said:

whiterock said:

Mothra said:

whiterock said:

Adriacus Peratuun said:

sombear said:

Redbrickbear said:


An unsourced tweet is not news. Zero chance this is true.


Please provide your source that establishes that zero chance.

If not, you are doing the exact thing you are attacking and it makes you a world class hypocrite.
why does it matter whether or not it is true?

if Trump can convince independents that ABC cheated to help Harris, that helps his campaign.

It's not like Democrats don't stand up and say things that are unsourced and provably untrue to win elections. Why shouldn't we do the same. Do we want to be right, or do we want to win?


Can't agree with this. I'd prefer to be right than win or be popular.

And in either regard, these type of shenanigans make the campaign lose credibility with the American people. Ultimately they will hurt Trump when Americans believe nothing he says can be trusted.
Doesn't seem to hurt the credibility of Democrats. Why should it hurt the credibility of their opponents?


Because the MSM is running cover for the Democrat party. Republicans should know the spotlight is focused on them, in any misstep will be spun by the mainstream media. That being the case we have to behave differently.

And in either regard, I don't want to be like the Democrats. I'd prefer to be the party that speaks truth.
translation: I'd rather be right than win.
LOL. It is madness t to conform to the battlefield offered by your opponent. We should build our own platforms to push the messages that benefit us. That includes undermining the credibility of the MSM, by making sure THEY are put on trial for insisting things like this are not happening:


So, lie like Democrats, and have the media point out that you're an obvious liar?

How has that worked out for Trump thus far? Not well by my book.
dude. they're going to call you a liar no matter what you say, invent ways to call you racist/sexist/this-or-that-aphobic no matter how your couch your opposition or how easily provable as truth it might be. So make EFFECTIVE arguments.

Notwithstanding the hand-wringing by the wizards of smart, Trump appears to have made highly effective arguments in the debate. Somehow, he's got the whole country focused on a perfect microcosm of the illegal immigration problem that is one of the three driving issues of this election cycle.

The template for how he does it is pretty clear. He makes an inflammatory statement in clear violation of political correctness, which ends up inviting fact checking that focuses attention right where attention needs to be focused. Perhaps the initial allegation is thin or hyperbolic to modest degree. But the facts discovered in the arguments are highly damaging to his opponents. There are a metric ****-ton of a single nationality in a small, Great Lakes region city that's been hollowed out by globalism and now finds itself undergoing precisely the kind of social chaos that uncontrolled immigration causes. And their taxes were used to cause it all.

The state of affairs in Springfield OH might not be an earth-shaking issue in most of the country. But they are going to move needles in places like PA, MI, WI, etc.....rust belt states who see examples of similar kinds of problems all over the place.
It may be they will call you a liar either way, but when you don't have the evidence to support your positions, you make it easy for them, and it destroys your credibility.

There is no reason for Republicans to lie. None.
Bestweekeverr
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sombear said:

Redbrickbear said:


An unsourced tweet is not news. Zero chance this is true.
Also, these were the debate topics... Which of these did anyone paying attention to current political news not expect to be asked in the debate beforehand?

whiterock
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Mothra said:

whiterock said:

Mothra said:

whiterock said:

Mothra said:

whiterock said:

Mothra said:

whiterock said:

Adriacus Peratuun said:

sombear said:

Redbrickbear said:


An unsourced tweet is not news. Zero chance this is true.


Please provide your source that establishes that zero chance.

If not, you are doing the exact thing you are attacking and it makes you a world class hypocrite.
why does it matter whether or not it is true?

if Trump can convince independents that ABC cheated to help Harris, that helps his campaign.

It's not like Democrats don't stand up and say things that are unsourced and provably untrue to win elections. Why shouldn't we do the same. Do we want to be right, or do we want to win?


Can't agree with this. I'd prefer to be right than win or be popular.

And in either regard, these type of shenanigans make the campaign lose credibility with the American people. Ultimately they will hurt Trump when Americans believe nothing he says can be trusted.
Doesn't seem to hurt the credibility of Democrats. Why should it hurt the credibility of their opponents?


Because the MSM is running cover for the Democrat party. Republicans should know the spotlight is focused on them, in any misstep will be spun by the mainstream media. That being the case we have to behave differently.

And in either regard, I don't want to be like the Democrats. I'd prefer to be the party that speaks truth.
translation: I'd rather be right than win.
LOL. It is madness t to conform to the battlefield offered by your opponent. We should build our own platforms to push the messages that benefit us. That includes undermining the credibility of the MSM, by making sure THEY are put on trial for insisting things like this are not happening:


So, lie like Democrats, and have the media point out that you're an obvious liar?

How has that worked out for Trump thus far? Not well by my book.
dude. they're going to call you a liar no matter what you say, invent ways to call you racist/sexist/this-or-that-aphobic no matter how your couch your opposition or how easily provable as truth it might be. So make EFFECTIVE arguments.

Notwithstanding the hand-wringing by the wizards of smart, Trump appears to have made highly effective arguments in the debate. Somehow, he's got the whole country focused on a perfect microcosm of the illegal immigration problem that is one of the three driving issues of this election cycle.

The template for how he does it is pretty clear. He makes an inflammatory statement in clear violation of political correctness, which ends up inviting fact checking that focuses attention right where attention needs to be focused. Perhaps the initial allegation is thin or hyperbolic to modest degree. But the facts discovered in the arguments are highly damaging to his opponents. There are a metric ****-ton of a single nationality in a small, Great Lakes region city that's been hollowed out by globalism and now finds itself undergoing precisely the kind of social chaos that uncontrolled immigration causes. And their taxes were used to cause it all.

The state of affairs in Springfield OH might not be an earth-shaking issue in most of the country. But they are going to move needles in places like PA, MI, WI, etc.....rust belt states who see examples of similar kinds of problems all over the place.
It may be they will call you a liar either way, but when you don't have the evidence to support your positions, you make it easy for them, and it destroys your credibility.

There is no reason for Republicans to lie. None.
you'd have a point if there was broad agreement on the definitions of "lie" and "truth." In politics, there most assuredly is not. And in any event, Trump did not lie about having so many Haitians in Springfield that strange things are happening. There most assuredly is, and are. Trump has done a masterful job of spotlighting it to has advantage, no matter how squeamish you might be about the process.

It might end up being a turning point in the election.....to his favor.
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whiterock said:

Mothra said:

whiterock said:

Mothra said:

whiterock said:

Adriacus Peratuun said:

sombear said:

Redbrickbear said:


An unsourced tweet is not news. Zero chance this is true.


Please provide your source that establishes that zero chance.

If not, you are doing the exact thing you are attacking and it makes you a world class hypocrite.
why does it matter whether or not it is true?

if Trump can convince independents that ABC cheated to help Harris, that helps his campaign.

It's not like Democrats don't stand up and say things that are unsourced and provably untrue to win elections. Why shouldn't we do the same. Do we want to be right, or do we want to win?


Can't agree with this. I'd prefer to be right than win or be popular.

And in either regard, these type of shenanigans make the campaign lose credibility with the American people. Ultimately they will hurt Trump when Americans believe nothing he says can be trusted.
Doesn't seem to hurt the credibility of Democrats. Why should it hurt the credibility of their opponents?


Because the MSM is running cover for the Democrat party. Republicans should know the spotlight is focused on them, in any misstep will be spun by the mainstream media. That being the case we have to behave differently.

And in either regard, I don't want to be like the Democrats. I'd prefer to be the party that speaks truth.
translation: I'd rather be right than win.
LOL. It is madness t to conform to the battlefield offered by your opponent. We should build our own platforms to push the messages that benefit us. That includes undermining the credibility of the MSM, by making sure THEY are put on trial for insisting things like this are not happening:


No she didn't.
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whiterock said:

Frank Galvin said:

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Mothra said:

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Mothra said:

Osodecentx said:

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whiterock said:

Osodecentx said:

whiterock said:

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whiterock said:

"If I have to decide who is more likely to be truthful, Trump, Mattis, McMaster or Kelly, I'll take the generals.
-Oso

love the faulty premise that generals are not political animals.

there is an old adage amongst retired military officers that "the guys who retire as brigadiers are the warriors," meaning to suggest that they lacked the political acumen to accumulate more stars.



The premise is the generals are more likely to be truthful
You're way too jaded to really believe that.


Let's talk when the generals say Trump won 2020 and pets are eaten in Ohio


If the Generals DON'T say pets are being eaten in Ohio, you can be sure they are playing politics.







Pet eating has always been the issue undecided voters care about, second only to Trump's victory in 2020
It's a sign of the times, a glaring avatar for the chaos and dysfunction facing ordinary people which has been CAUSED by bad policy. It builds on the narrative that Democrats in general and Biden/Harris in particular are not just incompetent but oblivious to the harm they're causing.

And, to top it all off, Muir stuck a knife in ABC's own kidney quoting the city manager's denial of it happening in order to defend Harris. ABC is the functional equivalent of the DNC press office.

Moderate Republicans cannot come to grips with the reality that our campaign opponent is really not Harris but rather the media. The MRs cannot shake the the instinct to accept the constraints and be willing to lose nobly rather than attack the adversaries we have.
It's never Trump's fault
I agree. The neverTrumpers are indeed responsible for many of the problems besetting the country.


And there we have it
What about RINOs & MRs? It's all their fault, right?


I truly am curious, what are you hoping the Republican party will do after Trump either loses or leaves office? Are you hoping for a Mitt Romney type party? Or a dick Cheney neocon type party? Just trying to figure out what it is exactly you want. Would also like to know how you think it has a chance in hell of winning an election.

Mitt Romney and John McCain, don't win elections my friend.
Ronald Reagan, Bush 1 and Bush 2 went 5 for 6. The one loss was partially just bad luck with Perot. They all had an optimistic view of America and believed the coutnry had an obligation to promote and defend democracy. It is almost impossible for conservatives to have less than 48 senators and we will have a conservative Supreme Court for decades.

edit: I would add McCain, Romney, Bush 1 (and Dole) lost to two extremely gifted politicians who had skills well beyond what I see in anybody present in today's Democrats. McCain and Dole had terrible timing to be candidates based on economic factors. All meaning that what I call (and what I used to be) "Chamber of Commerce" Republicans can still win elections
Bush 2 lost the popular vote, and worse, was a neo-conservative who spent like a liberal and did far worse than anything Trump has done by getting us into a needless and costly war, destabilizing the ME and getting hundreds of thousands of people killed, including thousands of our boys, who ended up maimed or dead. If you recall, your side of the aisle called him a war criminal. Do we really want a return to that?

And Romney and McCain (another war monger) both lost soundly and decisively to Obama, who BTW had a pretty poor approval rating the second time around. Sure, he was a better candidate than Biden or Harris, but the Repubs also ran what should have been on paper a much better candidate from a likability standpoint, and were still soundly beaten.

Sorry, but I just don't think a return to the party of the country club neo-con republicans is a winning strategy. They were on the way out when McCain and Romney lost...
This straw man is getting tiresome. The choice isn't between an establishment/moderate/Neocon or Trump.

Who out of popular GOP politicos right now falls under the former? I can't think of any. Some would say Haley, but I disagree. Same with Pence (although he doesn't have enough of a following to even count.)

And BTW, Trump talks a big game now, but he supported the Iraq war before declaring it a promising campaign issue. He provided weapons to Ukraine. He took out Solemani. I could go on and on.
You are clearly not understanding the context of our discussion. I was responding to a poster who has in the past identified Bush, Cheney, Romney and McCain as the types of Republicans he likes and supports. That is why I mentioned them. He has said he longs for those types of Republicans. We have had a number of conversations about his neocon beliefs.

Then a poster responded, defending those Republicans.

I agree with you that none of the popular GOP politicos right now fit that mold, which is why I have consistently said I would have much preferred any of them over Trump. I would be fine with a DeSantis moving forward. In fact, I voted for him in the primary.

Just FYI, the poster in question has a problem with guys like DeSantis as well, since they remind him of Trump.
Just to be clear, while I dislike DeSantis on many policy issues and am not a fan of his style, he plays by the rules, respects the Constitution, and seems like a personally honorable person. I am unlikely to vote for him, but he is clearly "fit" to be president. Unlike Trump.



Why are you unlikely to vote for a 'personally honorable person' irregardles of who his Democratic opponent is ?
Because I don't like his policies.

But the "unlikely" does depend somewhat on the opponent. If it had been De Santis-Biden, and Biden had debated like he did against Trump, I would probably have had to vote for DeSantis. High likelihood that Biden would not be fit sometime during a second term, and I am not going to vote for a constitutional crisis.


Please be specific and tell me which of DeSantis's policies concern you enough to be unlikely to vote for such a honorable man ?

Not playing 'gotcha games', just trying to learn something.
I am pro-choice, he is ardently pro-life. I think he tries to insert religion into public school classrooms. He was lukewarm at best on support for Ukraine. He seems to elevate culture wars over business interests.

In DeSantis's defense, far too many business interests are elevating culture wars over business interests.
Don't really thnk so. Those that emphasize culture usually have a financial motive for doing so.Government interference with businesses used to be something frowned on by Republicans. De Santis wants to set corporate policy for Disney.
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Frank Galvin said:

whiterock said:

Frank Galvin said:

KaiBear said:

Frank Galvin said:

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Frank Galvin said:

Mothra said:

sombear said:

Mothra said:

Frank Galvin said:

Mothra said:

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whiterock said:

"If I have to decide who is more likely to be truthful, Trump, Mattis, McMaster or Kelly, I'll take the generals.
-Oso

love the faulty premise that generals are not political animals.

there is an old adage amongst retired military officers that "the guys who retire as brigadiers are the warriors," meaning to suggest that they lacked the political acumen to accumulate more stars.



The premise is the generals are more likely to be truthful
You're way too jaded to really believe that.


Let's talk when the generals say Trump won 2020 and pets are eaten in Ohio


If the Generals DON'T say pets are being eaten in Ohio, you can be sure they are playing politics.







Pet eating has always been the issue undecided voters care about, second only to Trump's victory in 2020
It's a sign of the times, a glaring avatar for the chaos and dysfunction facing ordinary people which has been CAUSED by bad policy. It builds on the narrative that Democrats in general and Biden/Harris in particular are not just incompetent but oblivious to the harm they're causing.

And, to top it all off, Muir stuck a knife in ABC's own kidney quoting the city manager's denial of it happening in order to defend Harris. ABC is the functional equivalent of the DNC press office.

Moderate Republicans cannot come to grips with the reality that our campaign opponent is really not Harris but rather the media. The MRs cannot shake the the instinct to accept the constraints and be willing to lose nobly rather than attack the adversaries we have.
It's never Trump's fault
I agree. The neverTrumpers are indeed responsible for many of the problems besetting the country.


And there we have it
What about RINOs & MRs? It's all their fault, right?


I truly am curious, what are you hoping the Republican party will do after Trump either loses or leaves office? Are you hoping for a Mitt Romney type party? Or a dick Cheney neocon type party? Just trying to figure out what it is exactly you want. Would also like to know how you think it has a chance in hell of winning an election.

Mitt Romney and John McCain, don't win elections my friend.
Ronald Reagan, Bush 1 and Bush 2 went 5 for 6. The one loss was partially just bad luck with Perot. They all had an optimistic view of America and believed the coutnry had an obligation to promote and defend democracy. It is almost impossible for conservatives to have less than 48 senators and we will have a conservative Supreme Court for decades.

edit: I would add McCain, Romney, Bush 1 (and Dole) lost to two extremely gifted politicians who had skills well beyond what I see in anybody present in today's Democrats. McCain and Dole had terrible timing to be candidates based on economic factors. All meaning that what I call (and what I used to be) "Chamber of Commerce" Republicans can still win elections
Bush 2 lost the popular vote, and worse, was a neo-conservative who spent like a liberal and did far worse than anything Trump has done by getting us into a needless and costly war, destabilizing the ME and getting hundreds of thousands of people killed, including thousands of our boys, who ended up maimed or dead. If you recall, your side of the aisle called him a war criminal. Do we really want a return to that?

And Romney and McCain (another war monger) both lost soundly and decisively to Obama, who BTW had a pretty poor approval rating the second time around. Sure, he was a better candidate than Biden or Harris, but the Repubs also ran what should have been on paper a much better candidate from a likability standpoint, and were still soundly beaten.

Sorry, but I just don't think a return to the party of the country club neo-con republicans is a winning strategy. They were on the way out when McCain and Romney lost...
This straw man is getting tiresome. The choice isn't between an establishment/moderate/Neocon or Trump.

Who out of popular GOP politicos right now falls under the former? I can't think of any. Some would say Haley, but I disagree. Same with Pence (although he doesn't have enough of a following to even count.)

And BTW, Trump talks a big game now, but he supported the Iraq war before declaring it a promising campaign issue. He provided weapons to Ukraine. He took out Solemani. I could go on and on.
You are clearly not understanding the context of our discussion. I was responding to a poster who has in the past identified Bush, Cheney, Romney and McCain as the types of Republicans he likes and supports. That is why I mentioned them. He has said he longs for those types of Republicans. We have had a number of conversations about his neocon beliefs.

Then a poster responded, defending those Republicans.

I agree with you that none of the popular GOP politicos right now fit that mold, which is why I have consistently said I would have much preferred any of them over Trump. I would be fine with a DeSantis moving forward. In fact, I voted for him in the primary.

Just FYI, the poster in question has a problem with guys like DeSantis as well, since they remind him of Trump.
Just to be clear, while I dislike DeSantis on many policy issues and am not a fan of his style, he plays by the rules, respects the Constitution, and seems like a personally honorable person. I am unlikely to vote for him, but he is clearly "fit" to be president. Unlike Trump.



Why are you unlikely to vote for a 'personally honorable person' irregardles of who his Democratic opponent is ?
Because I don't like his policies.

But the "unlikely" does depend somewhat on the opponent. If it had been De Santis-Biden, and Biden had debated like he did against Trump, I would probably have had to vote for DeSantis. High likelihood that Biden would not be fit sometime during a second term, and I am not going to vote for a constitutional crisis.


Please be specific and tell me which of DeSantis's policies concern you enough to be unlikely to vote for such a honorable man ?

Not playing 'gotcha games', just trying to learn something.
I am pro-choice, he is ardently pro-life. I think he tries to insert religion into public school classrooms. He was lukewarm at best on support for Ukraine. He seems to elevate culture wars over business interests.

In DeSantis's defense, far too many business interests are elevating culture wars over business interests.
Don't really thnk so. Those that emphasize culture usually have a financial motive for doing so. Government interference with businesses used to be something frowned on by Republicans. De Santis wants to set corporate policy for Disney.

Teddy Roosevelt (Republican) pursued this policy of "trust-busting" by initiating suits against 43 other major corporations during the next seven years...

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Theodore-Roosevelt/The-Square-Deal

[Theodore Roosevelt assails monopolies, Dec. 3, 1901]

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/12/03/this-day-in-politics-december-3-1027800


*ps

If Big Business is actively going to get involved in State politics to push socially Leftist ideas around race, gender, sexuality (like what Disney did in Florida) then they absolutely should get push back from Republican legislatures and Governors.

They want Republicans to help then with tax breaks and pro-business laws...then turn around and donate to Democrats and use their considerable power and platforms to push radical Leftist social ideas.

Some Republicans are beginning to see the scam being played out....
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Adriacus Peratuun said:

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An unsourced tweet is not news. Zero chance this is true.


Please provide your source that establishes that zero chance.

If not, you are doing the exact thing you are attacking and it makes you a world class hypocrite.


We'd know and it wouldn't be this wannabe breaking it
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Frank Galvin said:

whiterock said:

Mothra said:

whiterock said:

Mothra said:

whiterock said:

Adriacus Peratuun said:

sombear said:

Redbrickbear said:


An unsourced tweet is not news. Zero chance this is true.


Please provide your source that establishes that zero chance.

If not, you are doing the exact thing you are attacking and it makes you a world class hypocrite.
why does it matter whether or not it is true?

if Trump can convince independents that ABC cheated to help Harris, that helps his campaign.

It's not like Democrats don't stand up and say things that are unsourced and provably untrue to win elections. Why shouldn't we do the same. Do we want to be right, or do we want to win?


Can't agree with this. I'd prefer to be right than win or be popular.

And in either regard, these type of shenanigans make the campaign lose credibility with the American people. Ultimately they will hurt Trump when Americans believe nothing he says can be trusted.
Doesn't seem to hurt the credibility of Democrats. Why should it hurt the credibility of their opponents?


Because the MSM is running cover for the Democrat party. Republicans should know the spotlight is focused on them, in any misstep will be spun by the mainstream media. That being the case we have to behave differently.

And in either regard, I don't want to be like the Democrats. I'd prefer to be the party that speaks truth.
translation: I'd rather be right than win.
LOL. It is madness t to conform to the battlefield offered by your opponent. We should build our own platforms to push the messages that benefit us. That includes undermining the credibility of the MSM, by making sure THEY are put on trial for insisting things like this are not happening:


Nno she didn't.

Ha!
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Please, keep talking about the dog & cat menu in Springfield OH!

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Babylon Bee:

https://babylonbee.com/news/doj-warns-if-trump-is-elected-he-will-do-to-them-all-the-stuff-theyre-doing-to-him

https://babylonbee.com/news/democrats-concerned-california-wildfires-may-burn-up-their-stock-of-prefilled-kamala-harris-ballots
“Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain!”
Psalm 119:36
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Tim Walz is amazingly honest but it's accidental:

https://notthebee.com/article/i-kid-you-not-tim-walz-just-said-kamala-started-her-career-as-a-young-prostitutor-read-that-again
“Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain!”
Psalm 119:36
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whiterock said:

Frank Galvin said:

whiterock said:

Mothra said:

whiterock said:

Mothra said:

whiterock said:

Adriacus Peratuun said:

sombear said:

Redbrickbear said:


An unsourced tweet is not news. Zero chance this is true.


Please provide your source that establishes that zero chance.

If not, you are doing the exact thing you are attacking and it makes you a world class hypocrite.
why does it matter whether or not it is true?

if Trump can convince independents that ABC cheated to help Harris, that helps his campaign.

It's not like Democrats don't stand up and say things that are unsourced and provably untrue to win elections. Why shouldn't we do the same. Do we want to be right, or do we want to win?


Can't agree with this. I'd prefer to be right than win or be popular.

And in either regard, these type of shenanigans make the campaign lose credibility with the American people. Ultimately they will hurt Trump when Americans believe nothing he says can be trusted.
Doesn't seem to hurt the credibility of Democrats. Why should it hurt the credibility of their opponents?


Because the MSM is running cover for the Democrat party. Republicans should know the spotlight is focused on them, in any misstep will be spun by the mainstream media. That being the case we have to behave differently.

And in either regard, I don't want to be like the Democrats. I'd prefer to be the party that speaks truth.
translation: I'd rather be right than win.
LOL. It is madness t to conform to the battlefield offered by your opponent. We should build our own platforms to push the messages that benefit us. That includes undermining the credibility of the MSM, by making sure THEY are put on trial for insisting things like this are not happening:


Nno she didn't.

Ha!



Harris still maintains a 1-2 point lead over Trump in the most recent national polls.
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Jack Bauer said:


It's all fun and games until the nanny gets knocked up….
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