Political Roundtable Part XXIX

dckingsfan · Post #581 » by **dckingsfan** » Thu Oct 29, 2020 7:49 pm

You make me proud of my peoples of Houston...

...is among more than 1.2 million voters who’ve already cast ballots in Harris County, which includes Houston, as of Wednesday evening, nearly surpassing the fast-growing county’s total turnout from 2016.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/houston-voters-are-turning-out-record-numbers-could-they-flip-n1245165

Pointgod · Post #582 » by **Pointgod** » Thu Oct 29, 2020 7:52 pm

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bsilver · Post #583 » by **bsilver** » Thu Oct 29, 2020 8:05 pm

doclinkin wrote:Seems to me it wouldn' t clog the judicial works to add two justices to the total. People prefer having a court that is not strictly tilted in one direction or the other. Adding Justice Garland would right a political wrong, adding a moderate voice to the court. And adding Justice Obama would add a careful Constitutional scholar to the other end of the arguments. Seems fair to me...

Unfortunately, “fair” and politics don’t co-exist together these days. Maybe they never have.
To add to your picks, to get to a 7-6 majority, and to cause maximum republican apoplexy, I would add AOC, And Rep Ilhan Omar of Minnesota. I have a lot of respect for both.

Post #584 » by **Ruzious** » Thu Oct 29, 2020 9:36 pm

Seems like we should be telling Obama that we're planning on him becoming a Supreme. Give him a heads up on this. Merrick's probably got his wall decorations still packed.

doclinkin · Post #585 » by **doclinkin** » Thu Oct 29, 2020 10:06 pm

bsilver wrote:
doclinkin wrote:Seems to me it wouldn' t clog the judicial works to add two justices to the total. People prefer having a court that is not strictly tilted in one direction or the other. Adding Justice Garland would right a political wrong, adding a moderate voice to the court. And adding Justice Obama would add a careful Constitutional scholar to the other end of the arguments. Seems fair to me...

Unfortunately, “fair” and politics don’t co-exist together these days. Maybe they never have.
To add to your picks, to get to a 7-6 majority, and to cause maximum republican apoplexy, I would add AOC, And Rep Ilhan Omar of Minnesota. I have a lot of respect for both.

I like them both where they are. Plus as a Supreme we would never get President Ocasio Cortez. Or Speaker. Or Majority Leader.

pancakes3 · Post #586 » by **pancakes3** » Fri Oct 30, 2020 3:18 pm

Pointgod wrote:

Read on Twitter

seriously.

Court: "hey, everybody's vote is going to be counted"
Republicans: "what kind of partisan, biased bullspit is this?" ::glares at dems::

Post #587 » by **Ruzious** » Fri Oct 30, 2020 3:57 pm

pancakes3 wrote:
Pointgod wrote:

Read on Twitter

seriously.

Court: "hey, everybody's vote is going to be counted"
Republicans: "what kind of partisan, biased bullspit is this?" ::glares at dems::

It really is unbelievable. Still... not as unbelievable as what Junior's been saying https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/10/30/explaining-donald-trump-jr-embarrassing-claim-about-coronavirus-death-toll/
He might be the single most obliviously stupid person on the earth.

dckingsfan · Post #588 » by **dckingsfan** » Fri Oct 30, 2020 4:24 pm

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Post #589 » by **Ruzious** » Fri Oct 30, 2020 5:22 pm

dckingsfan wrote:

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Amazing.

Post #590 » by **Zonkerbl** » Fri Oct 30, 2020 5:35 pm

More than 9 million Texans have cast ballots so far, surpassing the state’s total votes cast in 2016

Bearing in mind that 2018 turnout in Texas was much higher, so they haven't hit that milestone yet

long suffrin' boulez fan · Post #591 » by **long suffrin' boulez fan** » Sat Oct 31, 2020 12:54 pm

I’m in a weird zone right now. I’m really anxious about what we wake up to on Wednesday.

Will there be violence in the streets?

If so, and let’s say Trump clearly tries to steal the election, what’s a moderate liberal, good government activist like me to do?

Pointgod · Post #592 » by **Pointgod** » Sat Oct 31, 2020 2:08 pm

long suffrin' boulez fan wrote:I’m in a weird zone right now. I’m really anxious about what we wake up to on Wednesday.

Will there be violence in the streets?

If so, and let’s say Trump clearly tries to steal the election, what’s a moderate liberal, good government activist like me to do?

Listen. Trump can’t actually do anything to stop the counts or claim he won the election. He only had a chance if the election is close. If you don’t want there to be violence in the streets then volunteer. You can text bank and phone bank to get out the vote. And the great thing about this is that due to the early vote, the Democratic Parties know who haven’t voted. So you’d be making indirect influence in the outcome of the election.

https://joebiden.com/call/

Wizardspride · Post #593 » by **Wizardspride** » Sat Oct 31, 2020 3:32 pm

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dckingsfan · Post #594 » by **dckingsfan** » Sat Oct 31, 2020 9:56 pm

Sigh...

Read on Twitter

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Kanyewest · Post #595 » by **Kanyewest** » Sun Nov 1, 2020 6:31 am

dckingsfan wrote:Sigh...

Read on Twitter
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I just finished reading Lyndon Johnson's book talking about the 1948 Senate election primary where a lot of corruption occurred so this isn't anything new in Texas politics.

dobrojim · Post #596 » by **dobrojim** » Sun Nov 1, 2020 7:17 am

Ruzious wrote:
pancakes3 wrote:
Pointgod wrote:

Read on Twitter

seriously.

Court: "hey, everybody's vote is going to be counted"
Republicans: "what kind of partisan, biased bullspit is this?" ::glares at dems::

It really is unbelievable. Still... not as unbelievable as what Junior's been saying https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/10/30/explaining-donald-trump-jr-embarrassing-claim-about-coronavirus-death-toll/
He might be the single most obliviously stupid person on the earth.

And just like his old man, he tries to come off as this intensely
clever and deeply intelligent guy. Except a lot of people can see it’s an act.
Mostly because what flows out of his mouth is total bs and lies.

Post #597 » by **G R E Y** » Mon Nov 2, 2020 1:41 am

dckingsfan wrote:Sigh...

Read on Twitter
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Read on Twitter

Positive step. Let's keep fingers crossed this holds up.

doclinkin · Post #598 » by **doclinkin** » Mon Nov 2, 2020 3:37 am

Have to say I like that people come to this board from other teams to talk politics in the thread.

Wizardspride · Post #599 » by **Wizardspride** » Mon Nov 2, 2020 5:41 am

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Post #600 » by **Ruzious** » Mon Nov 2, 2020 1:07 pm

Wizardspride wrote:

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Is the thing planning on doing something so vile that a fence like that will be needed?