Trump-Putin meeting: Did they just put acid in the water supply?

[[DHT]Osiris]

And I give you Exhibit A for why Democrats need new leadership and have failed to reach voters:

Chuck Schumer calmly looking down his nose and slowly reading his cue cards, responding to blatant treason with a sad, milquetoast speech delivered like a dad saying "son I am disappoint."

So, acting like a grown-ass adult rather than a blithering man-baby? If he showed an ounce of passion regarding this you'd be denigrating him as a 'rabid liberal'.

 

[Thebobo]

You know you fucked up when:

- Patriot Republicans issue "what the fuck is this shit?" statements (McCain etc.)
- Other Republicans who usually support you go into hiding
- Your White House Comms Office has no talking points. Bullshit artists don't know how to spin it.
- Your Director of National Intelligence basically says "we did our jobs but he doesn't listen."
- Mainstream politicians on both sides call it "treason"

And the hits keep on coming...

IMO it is treason

 

[Commodus]

So when we will we actually get some leadership with a spine to stand up and do something?
Otherwise that whole "you fucked up list" is pointless. He's never been held accountable for anything he's said or done.

Not for a while. In many ways, Trump and the Republicans get away with what they're doing because they're exploiting the 'niceness' of the Democrats (not that Dems are squeaky clean, but there are lines they won't cross). They generally don't use dirty tactics to hold on to power (such as gerrymandering and using false populist rhetoric); the Republicans have no such ethical reservations.

 

[vi edit]

So, acting like a grown-ass adult rather than a blithering man-baby? If he showed an ounce of passion regarding this you'd be denigrating him as a 'rabid liberal'.

Eh, Schumer reads (and sounds) like the Grandpa in "The Princess Bride". He's just not captivating speaker.

 

[HomerJS]

And I give you Exhibit A for why Democrats need new leadership and have failed to reach voters:

Chuck Schumer calmly looking down his nose and slowly reading his cue cards, responding to blatant treason with a sad, milquetoast speech delivered like a dad saying "son I am disappoint."

I'm ok with this response for now. These are 4 pretty stern demands for the Republicans. Let's see where it goes. You don't lead with your strongest punch. Delivered like a responsible leader.

 

[Younigue]

I'm far more afraid of Pence since he is far smarter then Trump and he actuallys want to to turn the US into a Theocracy.

Nah, I fear him less. A lot less in fact. Hate is something Americans excel at but religion is too hot. I think he would accomplish very little as president. Trump uses religion along with many other divisive tools that lend themselves well toward the hate game. Pence will stick to religion (a very specialized hate game) and be shut down for it. Imo

 

[Younigue]

Will some one with more commitment than me compile a list of quotes from republicans speaking out about this? I'd like to see them all in one place.

 

[UNCjigga]

I'm ok with this response for now. These are 4 pretty stern demands for the Republicans. Let's see where it goes. You don't lead with your strongest punch. Delivered like a responsible leader.

I wholeheartedly disagree. His response is what you'd expect for some other trivial flub...not what just transpired over the last 5 days. IMO this is part of what "normalizes" Trump. We need to see a hell of a lot more outrage, more "how dare you", more "traitor". Democrats should be past being afraid to call him out over how that plays in "middle America" or some shit.

 

[Younigue]

And now you understand why America is lost. It doesn't matter how bad the GOP gets, Americans are conditioned to immediately assume Dems are as bad or worse. It doesn't matter how bad the GOP cheats (steal SCOTUS seat, abuse filibuster, voter suppression, gerrymandering) it's all acceptable because it hurts liberals (Bork, libs the real obstructionists, millions of illegals and dead people voted, fuck city folk).

Whoa hold up dems are Americans too. Their numbers are larger. They just don't vote.

 

[ch33zw1z]

Whoa hold up dems are Americans too. Their numbers are larger. They just don't vote.

I'll agree voter turnout for Dems can be improved, but in the last presidential election there was 3million more Dems who did

 

[Younigue]

I'm ok with this response for now. These are 4 pretty stern demands for the Republicans. Let's see where it goes. You don't lead with your strongest punch. Delivered like a responsible leader.

Lead with? The fight has been going on for a while. Schumer must be more forceful.

 

[cytg111]

Just watched it.

It would be HAHAHAHAHAHAHHA - if it wasnt so serious.
I am going to hold off a bit on the next US road trip... This is bad.

Mueller?
Hillary Servers?
Joint Cyber? Again?

Yea. 000000000000ooooowned.

 

[whm1974]

I'll agree voter turnout for Dems can be improved, but in the last presidential election there was 3million more Dems who did

Yes I was one of them. While I didn't like Clittion, I still voted for her to keep Trump out of office.

 

[Younigue]

I'll agree voter turnout for Dems can be improved, but in the last presidential election there was 3million more Dems who did

And I'm looking forward to seeing what the turnout will be this year and in 2020. I'm going against hope that dems who often sit back and hope things will just work out will be motivated.

 

[Commodus]

Meanwhile, the US just charged a Russian woman with infiltrating American political outfits at the behest of the Kremlin. But go on, Trump supporters, keep lying to us about how Hillary is the real problem...

Oh, and guess who she infiltrated: the National Rifle Association. Not at all surprised.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

I'll agree voter turnout for Dems can be improved, but in the last presidential election there was 3million more Dems who did

It was maybe more than a decade ago, but I'd found a statistic that showed something toward 180 million Americans who were registered or eligible to vote -- but don't. I don't trust my own memory of stale information. But this analysis was done in wake of the 2016 election:

While election officials are still tabulating ballots, the 126 million votes already counted means about 55% of voting age citizens cast ballots this year.

That measure of turnout is the lowest in a presidential election since 1996, when 53.5% of voting-age citizens turned out.

I've met younger people before who were brazenly smug about "not following news, not caring, not participating." The information-deficit could be expected to argue "fake news, anyway" even if they vote. When I encounter such people -- and they don't look "homeless" -- I have this sudden desire to look for "tracks" on their arms or between their toes.

But it has been known for a long time that there is untapped potential among the non-voting eligible. The GOP has already struck the bottom of their share of the barrel -- they need the neo-Nazis and the racists. And the GOP has always feared surging turnouts, which cause them to lose. That's why the mousey-twit in the Trump focus-group in 2016 was compelled to say "there were 3 million fraudulent votes in 2016 because California had 3 million illegal immigrants . . . " They either attend to voter-suppression at the functionally-literate upper-tier of their organization and candidate-officials, or they spread this nonsense around to the galactically-brainless, like the focus-group twit.

America has lost its greatness or never had all of its potential, and we can see the dark cultural underbelly -- if not outright un-American, then hilariously ignorant -- which is the millstone around the neck of the human race and America as well. With that, there is nothing funny about it.

 

[Jhhnn]

It was maybe more than a decade ago, but I'd found a statistic that showed something toward 180 million Americans who were registered or eligible to vote -- but don't. I don't trust my own memory of stale information. But this analysis was done in wake of the 2016 election:

While election officials are still tabulating ballots, the 126 million votes already counted means about 55% of voting age citizens cast ballots this year.

That measure of turnout is the lowest in a presidential election since 1996, when 53.5% of voting-age citizens turned out.

I've met younger people before who were brazenly smug about "not following new, not caring, not participating."

But it has been known for a long time that there is untapped potential among the non-voting eligible.

That's not really accurate-

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tan...as-a-record-number-of-americans-cast-ballots/

Trump revved up the deplorables & sold Arizona oceanfront to many more even as the whole "Crooked Hillary!" smear depressed opposition turnout.

It was a tour de force in the art of propaganda from Trump & the Russians. The mind fuckery is astounding.

 

[cytg111]

Take a peek at The_Donald .. they are in full Russia mode now.
I guess, if it wasnt obvious before, that The_Donald is also a full fledged Russian operated endeavour...

Listen guys...

It is happening... fuck me, crazy times.

 

[Thebobo]

Comrade americanas I offer you the new national Anthem, learn it, love it, stand up for it!

Karaoke version included.

 

[Thebobo]

Comrade americanas I offer you the new national Anthem, learn it, love it, stand up for it!

Karaoke version included.

Its actually pretty uplifting lol

 

[whm1974]

Its actually pretty uplifting lol

That because National Anthems are supposed to be.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

That's not really accurate-

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tan...as-a-record-number-of-americans-cast-ballots/

Trump revved up the deplorables & sold Arizona oceanfront to many more even as the whole "Crooked Hillary!" smear depressed opposition turnout.

It was a tour de force in the art of propaganda from Trump & the Russians. The mind fuckery is astounding.

Of course, as my quote (CNN) put it, their percentage is based on incomplete vote count of 126 million, while the Pew results had all the finals. But that means about 40% of turnout potential was untapped.

I still never cease to be amazed at the Hillary-hate. The "news" of her great crimes was almost beginning to influence my opinion of her, even as I knew it wasn't true. With the Benghazi and e-mail hearings, the theme and sequence begins with "We've GOT to FIND a CRIME!" With Trump, the "crime" may go back to late 2015 with the first of the school-terror hoaxes -- the use of terror to concentrate sentiment in the debates that followed by a few days. That was outright terrorism, or ask the parents and kids in several million predominately-Blue families. Without anything substantiating the proper connections for those early events, Mueller's investigation has unveiled a mother-lode of criminal conduct -- which should by rights lead to more intensive investigation. And there is plenty of reason to say "suspicion" is almost a weak word for the inferences.

I've learned to despise a whole class of people that I once dismissed as merely funny and quaint. But those people vote. It's the silent 40% that intrigues me.

 

[UNCjigga]

Even infamous toddler gun program enthusiast Joe Walsh is calling Trump a traitor. Wow

 

[dank69]

Even infamous toddler gun program enthusiast Joe Walsh is calling Trump a traitor. Wow

You're just witnessing the last screeches from the derp state. The louder they are the better you know Trump is doing.

 

[yllus]

Even infamous toddler gun program enthusiast Joe Walsh is calling Trump a traitor. Wow

For like two days. He'll be back on board with the "I dislike him but I approve of his (immigrant-hating, LGBTQ-dehumanizing) policies" stance in no time.