Uncle Pervy wrote:
pop_pop!_v2.2.1 wrote:
Multiple felony pleas in less than 12 months. Pretty good.
This is the saddest part of the Trumpets. They are so clueless, have such minimal analytical skills, that even after two (and counting) guilty pleas they still think this is all made up.
Well seems to me that even with my poor analytical skills, 2 ain't all that many. Can't say there has been any to count since. And neither of them even remotely related to "Russian collusion".
Flagpole wrote:
Hardloper wrote:
I agree Flagbowl and they won't stop states that have legalized it. At least that is my prediction.
Sessions has long been against legalizing marijuana, and has clearly taken a step to undermine states' rights here. I hope that you are right and that there is no movement here. The fear of it though could prevent other states from moving in the legalization direction. This is anti-Republican (the states' rights issue). Of course there are a lot of people, both Republicans and Democrats who just want to get high, but as long as they do it in their own homes and don't bother anyone else, I am ok with it.
I don't get Sessions sometimes, just needs to back off of this as an issue. There are much more important things he should be spending his time doing.
seasoned ranker wrote:
Corsicana Pete wrote:
Colbert has a large staff of writers to make him "look like" a genius. He is also very angry. Jon Stewart went after conservative public figures but did so in a humorous way. Colbert's anger can not be disguised. All liberals hate Trump so much that they look so foolish.
Colbert's retorts to interviewee responses over the years have shown he is quick on his feet without writers, too. You'd have to be daft to claim he isn't talented.
This is true. He is a very talented guy. Also, in response to Corsicana Pete, I wouldn't call Colbert's stuff against Trump as angry at all. In fact, I would say Jon Stewart was way more angry. Stewart would often got beyond the confines of his show to rip on conservatives. Colbert's attack on Trump is more consistent and relentless because Trump provides SOOOOO much material.
Java Getter wrote:
Why does Trump have so many people who don't do anything working in his administration and for his previous campaign? Anytime someone does something to make Trump look bad he claims they were of no importance or had a job doing nothing? Seems odd to have so many people working for you that have no responsibility?
EXCELLENT POINT! Post of the week!
Trump likes to call himself the jobs president.
Jobs, job, jobs was his mantra.
In 2016 the US added a net of 2.24 million new jobs. (Obama's last full year in office)
In 2017 the US netted 2.06 million new jobs. (Trump's first year in office less the 19 days of Obama in January)
Why did job growth slow under Trump?
(I will say that presidents get too much credit and blame for these things but wanted to point out the stats anyway. and the final number may change)
DiscoGary wrote:
Conundrum wrote:
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(4) Trump is a dumb person.
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Yet he defeated:
1. A field of 15 Republican candidates
2. The smartest woman in the world - Mrs. Clinton
3. The entire Establishment Republican party
4. The Democrat party
5. The Deep State bureaucracy - FBI, NSA, CIA, etc
6. The Main Stream Media
7. The social media giants - Google, Facebook, Twitter, etc
8. Harveywood
9. All of Academia
If Trump is dumb then what does that say about all these people and institutions that he outsmarted?
But VLADIMIR PUTIN is an amazingly clever person! He never loses.
Also Clinton had the Al Gore nerd thing going against her. Both lost elections that they should have won easily.
Flagpole wrote:
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Democrat side - Bill Clinton's push to get banks to loan more money to people who shouldn't have been loaned money to.
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This started it all. If this hadn't happened the sub-prime mortgage crisis would never have occurred.
DiscoGary wrote:
Conundrum wrote:
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(4) Trump is a dumb person.
...
Yet he defeated:
1. A field of 15 Republican candidates
2. The smartest woman in the world - Mrs. Clinton
3. The entire Establishment Republican party
4. The Democrat party
5. The Deep State bureaucracy - FBI, NSA, CIA, etc
6. The Main Stream Media
7. The social media giants - Google, Facebook, Twitter, etc
8. Harveywood
9. All of Academia
If Trump is dumb then what does that say about all these people and institutions that he outsmarted?
Intelligence and the ability to win an election are two completely different qualities. Trump is the best used car salesman around. He sold a slightly less than majority of the voters a pack of lies and they believed him. This has nothing to do with intelligence.
DiscoGary wrote:
Flagpole wrote:
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Democrat side - Bill Clinton's push to get banks to loan more money to people who shouldn't have been loaned money to.
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This started it all. If this hadn't happened the sub-prime mortgage crisis would never have occurred.
The Republicans supported that too!
Deregulation of the financial industry also let it happen.
Unscrupulous lenders let it happen.
Unscrupulous borrowers let it happen.
Bond rating agencies committed fraud.
There is plenty of blame to go around.
Conundrum wrote:
Corsicana Pete wrote:
Colbert has a large staff of writers to make him "look like" a genius. He is also very angry. Jon Stewart went after conservative public figures but did so in a humorous way. Colbert's anger can not be disguised. All liberals hate Trump so much that they look so foolish.
It's more than his great monologue. In situations where he has to recall facts or lyrics or written passages he shows brilliance.
You might not like his politics, but he isbrilliant.
Yep. Brilliant. Quick-witted. Talented as a performer (trained in improv, acting, and standup) with amazing stage presence who can even dance and sing.
DiscoGary wrote:
Flagpole wrote:
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Democrat side - Bill Clinton's push to get banks to loan more money to people who shouldn't have been loaned money to.
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This started it all. If this hadn't happened the sub-prime mortgage crisis would never have occurred.
It was definitely part of it for sure. This is just one more piece of evidence that I will place blame anywhere it needs to go, regardless of party.
foo wrote:
DiscoGary wrote:
Yet he defeated:
1. A field of 15 Republican candidates
2. The smartest woman in the world - Mrs. Clinton
3. The entire Establishment Republican party
4. The Democrat party
5. The Deep State bureaucracy - FBI, NSA, CIA, etc
6. The Main Stream Media
7. The social media giants - Google, Facebook, Twitter, etc
8. Harveywood
9. All of Academia
If Trump is dumb then what does that say about all these people and institutions that he outsmarted?
Intelligence and the ability to win an election are two completely different qualities. Trump is the best used car salesman around. He sold a slightly less than majority of the voters a pack of lies and they believed him. This has nothing to do with intelligence.
Yep. This is true. There is no credible evidence anywhere that Trump is even a relatively smart person. Mark Cuban (Republican) said initially he tried to help Trump but then was turned off because Trump would not read anything and refused to learn. This was why he supported Hillary.
When the press is being nice to Trump (which is more often than they should), they describe him as "not intellectually curious". This is not a choice. The man is just flat out dumb.
Conundrum wrote:
DiscoGary wrote:
Yet he defeated:
1. A field of 15 Republican candidates
2. The smartest woman in the world - Mrs. Clinton
3. The entire Establishment Republican party
4. The Democrat party
5. The Deep State bureaucracy - FBI, NSA, CIA, etc
6. The Main Stream Media
7. The social media giants - Google, Facebook, Twitter, etc
8. Harveywood
9. All of Academia
If Trump is dumb then what does that say about all these people and institutions that he outsmarted?
But VLADIMIR PUTIN is an amazingly clever person! He never loses.
Also Clinton had the Al Gore nerd thing going against her. Both lost elections that they should have won easily.
No one calls Putin stupid. What are you saying? Are you accusing Trump of being an autocratic thug like Putin?
If so, then you are admitting that Trump is at least as smart as Putin. And then you have the problem that Putin used his KGB connections to get to power, while Trump only used wits to defeat the powers arrayed against him, so Trump must be significantly smarter than Putin.
The problem is you guys on the left just say random crap to take down Trump without thinking about it. That might work on Facebook, but it doesn't work here.
Gingrich put out a book called Understanding Trump, and it explains how the apparent chaotic methodology of Trump is really a well understood military method of getting things done. I would recommend that book to liberals, but liberals aren't trying to understand what is really happening around them. They just throw fuel on the fire and demonize their political enemies any way they can without thinking about the consequences.
Fat hurts wrote:
DiscoGary wrote:
This started it all. If this hadn't happened the sub-prime mortgage crisis would never have occurred.
The Republicans supported that too!
Deregulation of the financial industry also let it happen.
Unscrupulous lenders let it happen.
Unscrupulous borrowers let it happen.
Bond rating agencies committed fraud.
There is plenty of blame to go around.
Yep...tons of blame to go around.
foo wrote:
DiscoGary wrote:
Yet he defeated:
1. A field of 15 Republican candidates
2. The smartest woman in the world - Mrs. Clinton
3. The entire Establishment Republican party
4. The Democrat party
5. The Deep State bureaucracy - FBI, NSA, CIA, etc
6. The Main Stream Media
7. The social media giants - Google, Facebook, Twitter, etc
8. Harveywood
9. All of Academia
If Trump is dumb then what does that say about all these people and institutions that he outsmarted?
Intelligence and the ability to win an election are two completely different qualities. Trump is the best used car salesman around. He sold a slightly less than majority of the voters a pack of lies and they believed him. This has nothing to do with intelligence.
Wrong again. It turns out that Trump's "lies" were actually promises which he has kept. Trump is not a politician and it turns out that he doesn't know that Republicans are supposed lie to their base and then stab them in the back when elected. Trump is doing what he said he would. Even I didn't predict that would happen.
Flagpole wrote:
Fat hurts wrote:
The Republicans supported that too!
Deregulation of the financial industry also let it happen.
Unscrupulous lenders let it happen.
Unscrupulous borrowers let it happen.
Bond rating agencies committed fraud.
There is plenty of blame to go around.
Yep...tons of blame to go around.
No they didn't. Bush tried to end the program, but somehow was kept from doing so by Democrats led by Barney Frank.
Democrats own all of that disaster.
DiscoGary wrote:
Conundrum wrote:
But VLADIMIR PUTIN is an amazingly clever person! He never loses.
Also Clinton had the Al Gore nerd thing going against her. Both lost elections that they should have won easily.
No one calls Putin stupid. What are you saying? Are you accusing Trump of being an autocratic thug like Putin?
If so, then you are admitting that Trump is at least as smart as Putin.
ut the consequences.
That makes no logical sense. Just because Putin wanted Trump to win, doesn't mean he is as smart as Putin. Here is Russian Television talking in circles about supporting and/or not supporting Trump.
Really Trump is dumb.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/margarita-simonyan-rt-editor-in-chief-60-minutes-russia-election-meddling-michael-flynn/I'm curious. How does calling Trump "dumb" change anything or make anything better? What do you think you're accomplishing?
DiscoGary wrote:
foo wrote:
Intelligence and the ability to win an election are two completely different qualities. Trump is the best used car salesman around. He sold a slightly less than majority of the voters a pack of lies and they believed him. This has nothing to do with intelligence.
Wrong again. It turns out that Trump's "lies" were actually promises which he has kept. Trump is not a politician and it turns out that he doesn't know that Republicans are supposed lie to their base and then stab them in the back when elected. Trump is doing what he said he would. Even I didn't predict that would happen.
You can disagree all you want about whether Trump has delivered on his promises. That’s a discussion for another day.
However, you didn’t respond to my point that getting elected and being intelligent are 2 unique and distinct qualities.