US Politics Thread

[domalino]

I think it may hurt Walker’s chances cause now the GOP have no reason to uplift a Trump candidate. But let’s see….

That’s the conventional wisdom, republicans will be much less motivated to go out and vote when it doesn’t matter.

A lot of them know Walker is a stupid POS and were only voting because they didn’t want to lose control of the senate.

Democrats on the other hand should be able to motivate everyone who doesn’t want Walker to represent them.

 

[domalino]

With those two turncoats in their Senate, they’ll go all in on Warnock.

That’s the thing, Sinema and Manchin are not friends or politically aligned.

With 51 seats the Democrats can manoeuvre them. There’s legislation Sinema will pass that Manchin won’t and vice versa.

Sinema is good on LGBT stuff, the environment, guns and abortion which is all stuff Manchin blocks.

It’s also much more difficult to take a stand when you know you’ll lose anyway.

Depending on the vote, you even bring some of the moderate republicans into play on legislation that really affects their state. Murkowski and Collins have voted against their party before and could do it again.

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

If the GOP wants any chance in 24 they better mind their ps and qs and figure out some kind of platform that is appealing beyond stop the steal and their other idiot talking points because their base isn’t enough anymore as this election just proved. They might have been able to play obstructionist or impeach Biden or whatever when MAGA ruled the roost but MAGA just got smacked upside the head. It won’t be MAGA Republican/Trump loyalists running House committees — that’s way too risky — what if De Santis gets the nomination? It will be those secure in their districts who didn’t need to pay fealty to Trump, who don’t need him nor his coattails to get re-elected. The all-out war coming within the GOP will be a sight to behold. It’s already starting.

 

[Gareth Barry Conlon]

If the GOP wants any chance in 24 they better mind their ps and qs and figure out some kind of platform that is appealing beyond stop the steal and their other idiot talking points because their base isn’t enough anymore as this election just proved. They might have been able to play obstructionist or impeach Biden or whatever when MAGA ruled the roost but MAGA just got smacked upside the head. It won’t be MAGA Republican/Trump loyalists running House committees — that’s way too risky — what if De Santis gets the nomination? It will be those secure in their districts who didn’t need to pay fealty to Trump, who don’t need him nor his coattails to get re-elected. The all-out war coming within the GOP will be a sight to behold. It’s already starting.

I've seen people suggesting this could go both ways. All that is certain is the internal tension in the GOP must be super high. The MAGA base is possibly a bigger bloc now than the more traditional conservative base. And it's far more likely to implode. They are Trump voters and if MAGA types start getting sidelined then they won't just play along, spiteful and damaging behaviour is part of their playbook, not to mention violence. Literally dangerous times ahead.

 

[west didsblue]

Have to say it’s a huge relief that the election denying MAGA nuts haven’t held sway even if the Dems lose the house. That would have been the beginning of the end of the USA as the leading democracy in the world and would have emboldened autocrats the world over.

Good that the Brazil nut didn’t win either so he could accelerate climate change by flattening huge swathes of the Amazon.

Feel a bit more hopeful for the world even though we’re stuck with our own set of idiots for the next 2 years.

 

[Silvatoure21]

Not at all. But if you look at the way the mob on here jump on trump boy, it's the same mentality as the Jan 6 clowns who also knew they were 'right'.
Take him on, challenge his views etc, but once the thread becomes a space for just one view then it's just a circle-jerk and a contest to see who can dump on the cracker first.

Absolutely. These dem stooges on here are probably too dim to realize SBF and crypto FTX was used as a giant money laundering operation to funnel more money from the Ukraine back into corrupt dem pockets. I couldn’t care less about this “election”. I just feel sad that so many, especially City fans don’t see the forest for the trees. It’s an echo chamber in here and if you stray from their side, you get so many negative responses. Oh and nobody fucking cares about Jan 6th.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Absolutely. These dem stooges on here are probably too dim to realize SBF and crypto FTX was used as a giant money laundering operation to funnel more money from the Ukraine back into corrupt dem pockets. I couldn’t care less about this “election”. I just feel sad that so many, especially City fans don’t see the forest for the trees. It’s an echo chamber in here and if you stray from their side, you get so many negative responses. Oh and nobody fucking cares about Jan 6th.

It seems not enough of people think like you anymore.

Hopefully this marginalises the lunatics for a while.

 

[Silvatoure21]

Calling someone recovering from a stoke a ‘fucking vegetable’ is not reasonable debate. As such, it shouldn’t be reasoned with, the bloke is a **** and now he knows.

Good lord, fetterman is a f’n vegetable, he was before the stroke. I will not apologize for my comments. It’s not like choice was good in PA. Oz is a RINO, but imagine being so stuck in party politics that you would actually vote for a guy that can’t complete a sentence. “The Eagles are better than……. The Eagles”.

 

[laserblue]

Absolutely. These dem stooges on here are probably too dim to realize SBF and crypto FTX was used as a giant money laundering operation to funnel more money from the Ukraine back into corrupt dem pockets. I couldn’t care less about this “election”. I just feel sad that so many, especially City fans don’t see the forest for the trees. It’s an echo chamber in here and if you stray from their side, you get so many negative responses. Oh and nobody fucking cares about Jan 6th.

Deranged bullshit.

 

[Silvatoure21]

It seems not enough of people think like you anymore.

Hopefully this marginalises the lunatics for a while.

Everything I just said in the post you quoted is the truth. If speaking it makes me a lunatic then so be it. You can’t deny the giant ponzi scheme that was just exposed with FTX and unfortunately your party that you’ve sworn allegiance too is knee deep involved in it.