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Political Roundtable Part XXX

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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXX 

Post#201 » by pancakes3 » Mon Jul 19, 2021 6:57 pm

capitol rioter gets 8 months, gtfoh.
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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXX 

Post#202 » by verbal8 » Mon Jul 19, 2021 9:28 pm

pancakes3 wrote:capitol rioter gets 8 months, gtfoh.


It seems light, but it does set a floor for prison time more than indicate some average.
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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXX 

Post#203 » by Ruzious » Mon Jul 19, 2021 9:35 pm

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pancakes3 wrote:capitol rioter gets 8 months, gtfoh.


It seems light, but it does set a floor for prison time more than indicate some average.

It seems very very very very very light.
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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXX 

Post#204 » by Zonkerbl » Tue Jul 20, 2021 1:09 pm

And right on cue, probably as Republican voter deaths pull even with Democratic voter deaths, Sean Hannity comes out and pleads for everyone to take the vaccine

If it wasn't so evil I'd be impressed
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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXX 

Post#205 » by Zonkerbl » Tue Jul 20, 2021 1:12 pm

pancakes3 wrote:capitol rioter gets 8 months, gtfoh.


Having a felony on your record is no joke. The ones who own their own businesses will be fine but all the others will lose their jobs. They will all lose access to finance, so loans for the business owners will become more expensive. And they won't be allowed to vote or own guns.
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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXX 

Post#206 » by Zonkerbl » Tue Jul 20, 2021 1:25 pm

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I think there was a widespread under appreciation since 2016 for just how large and how mobilized the
basket of deplorables would end up being. They found their guy or maybe their guy found them.


I just don't accept this. After the Tea Party there is absolutely no excuse to be surprised at how evil the GOP has become. They tore off the mask. Or to be precise, put on the hood. Any reasonably intelligent professional political staffer who has done their homework and studied Fox News and the GOP must have known where this was going - to see Trump and go "oh that's the guy who's going to tie all these strands of evil together, we'd better take this seriously." Just absolutely unforgiveable.

I mean here's a guy who's immensely popular with old people and is a known serial criminal and con man. How can you not look at the Tea Party and say "he's their guy." Precisely because he's such a bad person, and the Tea Party is full of bad people. It does not take a genius to put two and two together.
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Post#207 » by Zonkerbl » Tue Jul 20, 2021 4:35 pm

This is the difference between the progressive and the moderate wing of the Democratic party. Moderate wing thinks Republicans are redeemable; progressive wing knows the truth, that the redeemable Republicans are 10% of their party. For every Mitt Romney there's ten absolute scum like Jordan or Hawley or Cotton.
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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXX 

Post#208 » by Ruzious » Tue Jul 20, 2021 4:47 pm

Zonkerbl wrote:This is the difference between the progressive and the moderate wing of the Democratic party. Moderate wing thinks Republicans are redeemable; progressive wing knows the truth, that the redeemable Republicans are 10% of their party. For every Mitt Romney there's ten absolute scum like Jordan or Hawley or Cotton.

I think the moderates have caught on. :)
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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXX 

Post#209 » by Wizardspride » Tue Jul 20, 2021 6:05 pm

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President Donald Trump referred to African countries, Haiti and El Salvador as "shithole" nations during a meeting Thursday and asked why the U.S. can't have more immigrants from Norway.
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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXX 

Post#210 » by Pointgod » Tue Jul 20, 2021 7:22 pm

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Republicans love quoting MLK, why would they stop required learning about his I have a dream speech?
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Post#211 » by Wizardspride » Wed Jul 21, 2021 1:13 am

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Post#212 » by pancakes3 » Wed Jul 21, 2021 3:24 pm

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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXX 

Post#213 » by Wizardspride » Wed Jul 21, 2021 5:14 pm

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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXX 

Post#214 » by Zonkerbl » Wed Jul 21, 2021 6:29 pm

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WHEN I ASSAULT YOU, WHY DON'T YOU DEFEND YOURSELF?!?!?! HUH?!?!?! ANSWER ME, YOU SISSY!!!!!

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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXX 

Post#215 » by Pointgod » Wed Jul 21, 2021 9:27 pm

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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXX 

Post#216 » by Wizardspride » Wed Jul 21, 2021 10:09 pm

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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXX 

Post#217 » by Zonkerbl » Thu Jul 22, 2021 1:51 pm

I think the problem with the internet in general is it's not a lived experience. The words you see on a screen don't ever interact with the lizard part of your brain that actually makes decisions. So you can type til your fingers are blue in the face and it won't ever persuade anyone. Or you can just set a good example to someone in real life, never speak a word to them, and convince them to change the way they live their life fundamentally.
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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXX 

Post#218 » by pancakes3 » Thu Jul 22, 2021 2:43 pm

https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-matt-gaetz-marjorie-taylor-greene-fundraising-tour-is-actually-a-cash-fire

biggest takeaway is that MTG, freshman congressperson, not on any committees, and is openly and patently incompetent, is the leading fundraiser. And Gaetz isn't that far behind her. what a racket.
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Post#219 » by Wizardspride » Thu Jul 22, 2021 3:18 pm

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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXX 

Post#220 » by Ruzious » Fri Jul 23, 2021 9:10 am

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So the 109 Republicans are actually thinking it would hurt them politically to admit they got vaccinated... unf'nbelievable, so they remain silent - regardless... or BECAUSE... of the message that sends.
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