brenthutch

When I made the initial post last night there was just a picture of a much bigger fire and a sentence about Berkeley. Why would I lie about something that was so obviously wrong

How am I gloating? I was wrong about the election and Penn State lost the Rose Bowl. 0 for 2 is nothing to gloat about.

Anybody taking a drive through rural PA would have noticed Trump signs everywhere, many of them self painted. McCane and Romney never had support like that. I was at a small diner all anyone was talking about was Trump. I was talking to a biker guy and he was moved to tears telling me that Trump was going to win and that He was going to fix the country. To be fair we were drinking. This struck me as very sad, as I thought Trump had no chance. It was not until Election Day when there were no lines in blue areas and two hour lines in red ones that I realized the political earth was shifting. I get it guys. I know what it feels like to have victory in your grasp only to see it slip away under the most improbable of circumstances. I have felt the heart crushing pain of watching UCLA kick the winning field goal as time ran out in the Rose Boal....er... I mean watching the Blue Wall crumble. Pick yourselvs up get some new recruits and a better game plan and move on. Anything else is just counterproductive.

Well no shit. If they've never voted why would pollsters pay any attention to them? Two words... President Trump

Shit-scared of a world where they are no longer relevant?....Sound like the Democrats to me. According to you guys the AltRight is in the White House hardly irrelevant.

Aug 4 1961 - Obama born ~Dec 1960 - Obama conceived Dec 1960 - Recession of 1960-1961 occurs Coincidence? I think not! No he couldn't have been responsible, wasn't in the country yet.

He has a constitutionally protected right to be offensive. You do not have a right to not be offended. If you don't like his ideas, counter them with ideas of your own. If your positions are so weak they cannot withstand scrutiny, you may want to rethink them.

Check out mistercwood's link above

and democracy is to protect and represent all. Work for the good of the country. Work for those who didn't vote, who voted against, who will be born in the next four years. To protect minorities, religions, the weak, the vulnerable and the old. What is the definition of "for the good of the country?" You mentioned those who will be born in the next four years. Some folks think that it is in the best interest of our country that the yet to be born should be protected other folks think it is in the best interest of our country that the unborn should not be protected. I am not taking a position, I am just pointing out that determining just what is best for our country is not so simple.

The situation around Trump feels different to me. I get the impression that intrinsically ugly people (on the inside) have been given carte blanche to show their true nature. Don Are you talking about Berkeley?

They were ignored by the pollsters They were ignored by the press They were ignored by Democrats They are ignored no more Political conversation is a two way street, and nobody was talking to these voters until Trump. He spoke to them and they spoke back.

https://www.facebook.com/foxandfriends/videos/1300010726753187/ What he said.

OMG I had never heard of the guy, but i think I agreed with everything he said. I kept waiting for him to go off the rails but he never did. Thanks for the link. EVERYONE SHOULD VIEW THIS!!!!

Oft ignored? Assuming rural means red, they've had two of the last four Presidents (four of the last six)and swung two of the last six elections against the popular vote. How greedy are they? No I mean folks who had never voted or had checked out of the political process. When it took me five minutes to vote in (blue) Center County and there reports of two hour lines in rural Perry County, I called my brother in Florida and told him Trump was going to take PA, he laughed at me.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38837142

So a "dangerous radical ideologue who will set our country back" is fine for the appellate court, but not for the SC?

There will be no need for the nuclear option, Senators Obama, Schumer, Clinton, Kerry, Biden, Feinstein, Reed, Carper, Cantwell et al, have all voted for him before, it would be hypocritical for them to do otherwise now.

Obama secured the nomination on June 3, 2008 then Sept. 15: Lehman Brothers files the largest bankruptcy case in US history. Oct. 6-10: The Dow suffers its worst weekly loss in history, falling 1,874 points, or 18 percent.Quote Nov. unemployment swells to 13.3% compared to 8.7% at the start of the recession. Just as I said. Although I realize "kicked into high gear" may be a maxim beyond your grasp.

Man up, use words. Did Swift need "fonts" and "Emoji"? God gave us the magnificent gift of the English language. The next thing you'll be asking an Arabic font. And you'll be asking if you can type right to left. The fonts and emojis are not needed for the authors they are needed for the readers.

Studies have shown, the winkie faced emoji is the best for conveying sardonic humor.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/22/democrats-face-grim-prospects-in-2018-midterm-elec/

And that everyone who voted in 2016 is going to vote in the mid-terms. No they won't. That is the point. Mid term voters are older, less diverse, more white and much more Republican. Now that the oft ignored rural America has had a taste of success I doubt they will disengage during the mid-terms. OTOH Dems on the west coast and northeast will show up in record number ensuring California, Oregon, New York and Massachusetts remain blue, while potentially loosing Montana, North Dakota, West Virginia, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maine....

I don't recall that. I'm not saying that it didn't happen I just don't remember, can you give me an example?

We will see. On a positive note Tillerson is now Secretary of State. It will be nice to have a top diplomat who is not a failed presidential candidate.

In economics psychology trumps policy. The Great Recession kicked into high gear when it became apparent that Barack spread-the-wealth-around Obama could be our next president. The market skyrocketed 1000 points after Trump won. My economics professors did not like it when I said it in business school but economics is just social studies with math.