Where have our Conservative members gone?

[Jhhnn]

People that come to P&N are typically people that want to express their political ideas. That means moderates are less likely to come and talk here. Add in how angry everyone appears to be post Trump, and moderates have less reason to give an opinion that will be attacked. Given that the majority of people on P&N are Left leaning, the majority of the anger is going to come from the left. That leaves very little reason for a conservative to come and talk here.

Yeh, libruhl tears aren't as delicious as they once were.

 

[brycejones]

Someone was triggered.

 

[Greenman]

Kompromat takes many forms. It's how Trump operates. It's what happens when the money & the prestige are too big to resist. Trump corrupts everything he touches. Everybody who works for Trump or supports Trump lies for him, one way or another.

Cohen quit doing it & takes responsibility for his own actions. It's a cautionary tale told by a man who lost everything serving Trump.

I disagree. I think it's the story of a crooked attorney that was running several scams and got caught. Now he's trying to play the good guy that got caught up with a dark lord. He's trying to play Han Solo, and comes across as Jarjar Binks.

 

[Denly]

Facts have a liberal bias.

Facts take no side

 

[Victorian Gray]

OH LORD I SHORE DO KNOW NOTHIN' 'BOUT NOTHIN' MISTER SIR. OH THIS BE CRAZY. THEMS RUSSCANS 'N THEYS MAGIC WAYS AINT BEIN' REAL, NO SIR, MISTER SIR.

lol. You suck worse than the obvious trolls.

I dunno, he seems pretty obvious to me. <shrug>

 

[ivwshane]

I disagree. I think it's the story of a crooked attorney that was running several scams and got caught. Now he's trying to play the good guy that got caught up with a dark lord. He's trying to play Han Solo, and comes across as Jarjar Binks.

Trump is the real victim, right?

 

[DisarmedDespot]

I disagree. I think it's the story of a crooked attorney that was running several scams and got caught. Now he's trying to play the good guy that got caught up with a dark lord. He's trying to play Han Solo, and comes across as Jarjar Binks.

I'm not so sure. Cohen rejected a lot of the more lurid accusations, like Trump having a history of domestic violence or having a love child. If he was just out to get Trump, he could've easily made something up or at least played coy.

 

[Jhhnn]

I disagree. I think it's the story of a crooked attorney that was running several scams and got caught. Now he's trying to play the good guy that got caught up with a dark lord. He's trying to play Han Solo, and comes across as Jarjar Binks.

The scam that brought him down was the one he ran for Trump. Take it from there.

 

[Greenman]

The scam that brought him down was the one he ran for Trump. Take it from there.

You think Trump ordered him to cheat on his taxes? Maybe he used his Jedi mind control to force him to lie to congress?
Everything Cohen did, he did of his own free will for his personal gain. He got caught. Now he's trying to launder his image by claiming he was under Trumps spell, and coming clean on TV. The issue at this point is that the man has exactly zero credibility, and might just get a foreshortened sentence if he can toss Trump far enough under the buss. It's absolutely certain that he needs to play the victim and tidy up his image to assure a book deal and perhaps a movie. Cohen will sell this story.
If Trump is as dirty as Cohen, he'll get caught as well, and Trump won't get a book deal.

 

[Greenman]

I'm not so sure. Cohen rejected a lot of the more lurid accusations, like Trump having a history of domestic violence or having a love child. If he was just out to get Trump, he could've easily made something up or at least played coy.

Every good lie has some truth in it.

 

[brandonbull]

You think Trump ordered him to cheat on his taxes? Maybe he used his Jedi mind control to force him to lie to congress?
Everything Cohen did, he did of his own free will for his personal gain. He got caught. Now he's trying to launder his image by claiming he was under Trumps spell, and coming clean on TV. The issue at this point is that the man has exactly zero credibility, and might just get a foreshortened sentence if he can toss Trump far enough under the buss. It's absolutely certain that he needs to play the victim and tidy up his image to assure a book deal and perhaps a movie. Cohen will sell this story.
If Trump is as dirty as Cohen, he'll get caught as well, and Trump won't get a book deal.

Thanks to the script the Dems handed Cohen, he might be looking at some more perjury and FARA troubles. The Dems know that Russia and the wife beating stuff is a deadend and the next angle is tax fraud.

 

[soundforbjt]

You think Trump ordered him to cheat on his taxes? Maybe he used his Jedi mind control to force him to lie to congress?
Everything Cohen did, he did of his own free will for his personal gain. He got caught. Now he's trying to launder his image by claiming he was under Trumps spell, and coming clean on TV. The issue at this point is that the man has exactly zero credibility, and might just get a foreshortened sentence if he can toss Trump far enough under the buss. It's absolutely certain that he needs to play the victim and tidy up his image to assure a book deal and perhaps a movie. Cohen will sell this story.
If Trump is as dirty as Cohen, he'll get caught as well, and Trump won't get a book deal.

He paid Stormy and the Playmate for his own personal gain? Individual One is fake news? Someone drank what the repub reps were selling in the hearing.

 

[Jhhnn]

You think Trump ordered him to cheat on his taxes? Maybe he used his Jedi mind control to force him to lie to congress?
Everything Cohen did, he did of his own free will for his personal gain. He got caught. Now he's trying to launder his image by claiming he was under Trumps spell, and coming clean on TV. The issue at this point is that the man has exactly zero credibility, and might just get a foreshortened sentence if he can toss Trump far enough under the buss. It's absolutely certain that he needs to play the victim and tidy up his image to assure a book deal and perhaps a movie. Cohen will sell this story.
If Trump is as dirty as Cohen, he'll get caught as well, and Trump won't get a book deal.

So dishonest. The illegal hush money payments were made at Trump's direction.

Of course it was of his own free will. Cohen never made any claims to the contrary. It's how Kompromat works.

Like he said, everybody on the Trump team lies to protect Trump. You're doing it yourself.

 

[soulcougher73]

Late to this thread, but i would assume it has something to do with being owned 24x7 by people much smarter than themselves. So back to the echo chamber they go to feel validated.

 

[HomerJS]

You think Trump ordered him to cheat on his taxes? Maybe he used his Jedi mind control to force him to lie to congress?
Everything Cohen did, he did of his own free will for his personal gain. He got caught. Now he's trying to launder his image by claiming he was under Trumps spell, and coming clean on TV. The issue at this point is that the man has exactly zero credibility, and might just get a foreshortened sentence if he can toss Trump far enough under the buss. It's absolutely certain that he needs to play the victim and tidy up his image to assure a book deal and perhaps a movie. Cohen will sell this story.
If Trump is as dirty as Cohen, he'll get caught as well, and Trump won't get a book deal.

Do you think people who lie for Trump are doing it because he orders them to lie??

 

[Muse]

Yeah you see those who defend the GOP, Trump and anything he does or says. Then the rest just don't want to deal with that anymore as they don't agree with the party of Trump. It's interesting to watch, it's interesting as I have seen this in politics streams on twitch as well

It's gotten to the point where I don't trust anyone in the Reprobate Party. Yeah, I think that's how I'll refer to them now (at least, here).

reprobate. There's no way around it, a reprobate is a bad egg. ... Selfish, depraved, disreputable, a reprobate is not known for his inner goodness. In fact, reprobates were once considered "rejected by God," the meaning of the noun in the 1500s.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

You think Trump ordered him to cheat on his taxes? Maybe he used his Jedi mind control to force him to lie to congress?
Everything Cohen did, he did of his own free will for his personal gain. He got caught. Now he's trying to launder his image by claiming he was under Trumps spell, and coming clean on TV. The issue at this point is that the man has exactly zero credibility, and might just get a foreshortened sentence if he can toss Trump far enough under the buss. It's absolutely certain that he needs to play the victim and tidy up his image to assure a book deal and perhaps a movie. Cohen will sell this story.
If Trump is as dirty as Cohen, he'll get caught as well, and Trump won't get a book deal.

Trump won't get a book deal, because the only book he ever read was "Art of the Deal", and "Art of the Deal" was written by someone else at Trump's behest. In short, he reads and writes at the 11th grade level -- obvious from his sneering inhalations that punctuate his speech when he's following the teleprompter.

Trump never had to pass the bar exam. Trump never had to subscribe to the ethics requirements of the legal profession, even as we snicker at the joke that sharks don't eat lawyers out of professional courtesy.

The idea that someone who lied once cannot be trusted a second time to tell the truth is by itself a litigator's argument and not a scientific appraisal of human behavior. If, for instance, you have a mafia thug who lies in court, and you tape-record him subsequently in his own safe surroundings as he talks to other lying thugs, you can be sure that the thugs aren't lying to each other. And if he lied the first time, one should ask "why did he lie the first time?" because the answer to that question must be included as a factor to test the inference about him lying the second time.

 

[Greenman]

Trump won't get a book deal, because the only book he ever read was "Art of the Deal", and "Art of the Deal" was written by someone else at Trump's behest. In short, he reads and writes at the 11th grade level -- obvious from his sneering inhalations that punctuate his speech when he's following the teleprompter.

Trump never had to pass the bar exam. Trump never had to subscribe to the ethics requirements of the legal profession, even as we snicker at the joke that sharks don't eat lawyers out of professional courtesy.

The idea that someone who lied once cannot be trusted a second time to tell the truth is by itself a litigator's argument and not a scientific appraisal of human behavior. If, for instance, you have a mafia thug who lies in court, and you tape-record him subsequently in his own safe surroundings as he talks to other lying thugs, you can be sure that the thugs aren't lying to each other. And if he lied the first time, one should ask "why did he lie the first time?" because the answer to that question must be included as a factor to test the inference about him lying the second time.

Short version is "I like Cohen now because he threw Trump under the buss". I have no issue with that, but lets be honest about it. There is no need to pretend that Cohen redeemed himself, because he didn't. The "I was hypnotized" defense just doesn't fly.

 

[Texashiker]

Have the responsible members gotten tired of defending an obviously corrupt & incompetent administration? Have they accepted that the current batch of Republican Congress critters are not willing to do any hard work plus totally caved regarding the deficit?

Something else?

What do you think?

(Please keep it courteous)

Call conservatives corrupt then ask to keep things courteous. Hello kettle, this is pot.

I left the forum for awhile because certain a moderator let me know my conservative opinions were not welcome.

There is but one legitimate venue for "discussing" moderator actions, Moderator Discussions.

Perknose
Forum Director

Rather than debating the facts, or opinions the discussions turn ad hominem. For example, the way @zinfamous never seems to miss an opportunity to insult me.

Then there is the issue of "nothing" I post is anywhere near correct.

For example, there was a thread were I disputed the article linked in the opening post. The dispute was over the author not citing his sources. Members started slinging insults that authors should not have to cite their sources. MLA guidelines say to be exact as possible when citing sources, those MLA guidelines were ignored by various members.

Another example was the author of an article misquoting the source material. When the misquote is brought up, it is excused.

Yet another example was Nancy Pelosi verbally attacking children. The discussion turned ad hominem very quickly.

I get tired of the blatant dishonestly of the left leaning media, and members here excusing that dishonesty. It seems certain members absoluty refuse to accept the left does anything wrong.

 

[Juiblex]

Late to this thread, but i would assume it has something to do with being owned 24x7 by people much smarter than themselves. So back to the echo chamber they go to feel validated.

Liberals don't "own" conservatives. Talk about delusions of grandier. Liberals just parrot huff post and other liberal media which of course is dumbed down for the masses (80 average iq). We just get sick of trying to communicate as it becomes a huge waste of time. Liberals usually ghost when they are proven wrong or do ad hominens.

I await your zzzz and thumbs downs. If it makes you feel superior. Being it on. Glad to make your day brighter.

 

[ch33zw1z]

Liberals don't "own" conservatives. Talk about delusions of grandier. Liberals just parrot huff post and other liberal media which of course is dumbed down for the masses (80 average iq). We just get sick of trying to communicate as it becomes a huge waste of time. Liberals usually ghost when they are proven wrong or do ad hominens.

I await your zzzz and thumbs downs. If it makes you feel superior. Being it on. Glad to make your day brighter.

LOL, this is some projection right here. Congrats, #never_remember

 

[UberNeuman]

lol. The cream of the "conservative" crop. The stupid, the liar, and the loudmouth.

 

[Texashiker]

lol. The cream of the "conservative" crop. The stupid, the liar, and the loudmouth.

This community would be a much better place if people such as yourself stopped posting crap like that.

 

[UberNeuman]

This community would be a much better place if people such as yourself stopped posting crap like that.

Truth sometimes hurts. Deal.

 

[ch33zw1z]

Members of the "fuck your feels" party just wanna sing kumbaya and hold hands now.

You heard the man, he wants some pc culture back.