strunkenwhite
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I suppose I must have misinterpreted what you meant by "entirely", since you cited evidence that it was already happening.
The office number is 1-202-395-3080, but I think if a right-wing phone or mail campaign is going to have an effect it's going to have to find weak points.
The only thing worse than a circular firing squad from my perspective is a regular firing squad where I'm against the wall. You haven't outright stated but IMO in a few posts you've implied that you think that MAGA/populists etc. are more prone to trying to purge moderates. I recognize I have a dog in this fight, but in my experience it's the opposite that's more frequent. Moderates and extremists in alliance is a powerful dynamic- there's a lot of that on the left, and it's worked well for them. But it's got to be both ways.
On the RINO Q- Part of opposing Biden is necessarily going to be framing the issues and arguing for an alternative. As a nationalist, I don't think ConInc can effectively oppose Biden. For one thing, I don't think there messaging or framing is at all appealing. I don't want our side to be arguing, "Biden's a socialist!" I want our side to be arguing "We wanted to give you $2000, now Biden isn't even giving you the $1400 he owes you." For another, there's been some just plain incompetence on the part of the GOP establishment leadership. For instance, McConnell backed McSally for the 2018 senate seat in Arizona, which she lost, then lobbied for her appointment to the other Arizona senate seat which she subsequently lost.
Additionally, this isn't really the public. It's publicly accessible, sure, but this isn't social media where people can get something trending and so get it exposed to a much wider audience. There isn't really any support for Biden here, so issues that are actually disputed by the people here are necessarily going to get more debate.
Unfortunately, the facts don't seem to bear out your assertion. This country has been in a downward spiral for decades, tracing back to at least as far as the cold war; with the only break from it being the fact that an outsider like Trump managed to win the presidency. He's gone now, and we are right back on track to the self-destruction of this country. The Republican establishment aren't just incapable of winning; they are actively sabotaging any attempt to do so. They are controlled opposition that exploit your tribalistic baser instincts to get you to waste your time and effort. Even when they do win (or, more accurately, are allowed to win), they do nothing but allow the Democrats to make this country weaker and more authoritarian, or do so themselves.As we’ve seen, however, there is always a chance to change things if people are willing to work within the process.
I agree that history firmly points in this direction; but that was without Trump on the scene, so ... guess we'll find out.And I do think, just as in 2008, Biden and Co are going on a tear to remind the American people why the Democrats were checked after the first two years under Obama. So if anything it’s keeping a sharp eye on what he and the others are doing, then nailing them for it in 2022.
Well, my perception of that is based on a lot of what I see on the board with users clamoring for purges of RINOs (and the impression I get is that people like Ben Sasse or Liz Cheney are included in that description, despite that being incredibly innacurate), or me getting tarred as a Democrat because I have a real problem with how Trump did a lot of things. Not over policy so much (unless you count me being irritated over the out-of-control spending side) but the fact that it’s a lot harder to argue, for example, for secure borders when Trump is living down to the caricature of every conservative ever.
I don’t mind the GOP shifting to a populist bent; what I mind is 1) this disturbing “fidelity to Donald Trump in particular” as opposed to a synthesis of establishment and populist conservatism, which is why the GOP had success in 2010 and 2014, not just 2016; and 2) the whole “It’s all over forever” fatalism over losing an election, despite the left doing it in 2004 and 2016, or the right in 2008. As we’ve seen, however, there is always a chance to change things if people are willing to work within the process.
And I do think, just as in 2008, Biden and Co are going on a tear to remind the American people why the Democrats were checked after the first two years under Obama. So if anything it’s keeping a sharp eye on what he and the others are doing, then nailing them for it in 2022.
I wasn't aware that Greene was censured by the Republican Party and I wasn't able to immediately confirm. Do you have a source on this?Steve King and Marjorie Taylor Greene were both censured by their own party and lost committee assignments.
I wasn't aware that Greene was censured by the Republican Party and I wasn't able to immediately confirm. Do you have a source on this?
I think a reasonable person reading "censured by their own party and lost committee assignments" would think you were taking the position that the Republican Party either initiated or largely cooperated with attempts to strip her of her committee assignments, which is false. I don't know where you're getting the idea that McCarthy condemned Greene, since the comments I'm aware of took a very firm "hate the sin, not the sinner, now let's put this all behind us and forget it ever happened" tack. Greene played along and got a standing ovation, from what I recall. But I could have forgotten or missed information about either of those developments, so I welcome correction. (I do, however, recall McConnell denouncing her—not by name, but as good as.)I was using the word in a lay sense rather than a legal sense. Formal censure by the house or senate isn't something that's within party. With the exception of Joe McCarthy, I think it's only been done for reasons of corruption since the 1860s. There was no resolution to condemn her as there was with Steve King, but both McConnell and McCarthy condemned her and eleven Republicans voted with the democrats to strip her of committee assignment, you can confirm this with wikipedia or a cursory search of the news.
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Americans angry they may no longer qualify for $1,400 stimulus checks, say it feels like a 'targeted attack' on middle class
Some Americans say Democrats would be reneging on their campaign promise to provide $2,000 payments to struggling Americans by changing income limits.www.cnbc.com
Sucker.
And why do you think all the Biden voters are made when Biden said that they wont be getting the 2k checks, and instead will only get 1400. Biden said he would end it and return things to normal, yet he said he cant, and making things worse.Worth noting Canada has been paying $2,000 per month for coronavirus relief since March of last year while Brazil-yes, a borderline third world nation-has seen its poverty rate collapse during the pandemic. Reflect on that in of itself and then consider hunger and breadlines have become a thing in America again for the first time since the Great Depression.
Our ruling regime, of both parties and the associated structures (NGOs and businesses in particular), is downright evil.
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Americans angry they may no longer qualify for $1,400 stimulus checks, say it feels like a 'targeted attack' on middle class
Some Americans say Democrats would be reneging on their campaign promise to provide $2,000 payments to struggling Americans by changing income limits.www.cnbc.com
Sucker.
And yet Biden is like "Lets make it 1400 since they already got 600".Considering that it's Republicans pushing for the lower limit, and Republicans who cut the second stimulus from $2000 to $600 in the first place, how are people "suckers" for voting Democrat? Even President Trump was all in for $2000, it had bipartisan support from Democrats and Trump Republicans, it was only McConnell's establishment crowd that blocked it.
I don't know! Lets look at the old ticker and find out!Given the actual proper solution is 'stop with these destructive lockdowns,' grossly inflating the national debt isn't a helpful thing to do in the first place.
It's already what, doubled in the last year?
This is insanity.
Eishenhower is basedI don't know! Lets look at the old ticker and find out!
https://usdebtclock.org/
The U.S. current debt is currently at twenty seven trillion! Eighty-four thousand per citizen! Two hundred and twenty-two thousand per tax payer!
(Fun fact! Like a real clock the debt clock can only go one direction!)
According to this site, the last president to actually keep his word on lowering the debt and cutting the bureaucracies was Eisenhower God rest his soul.
Given the actual proper solution is 'stop with these destructive lockdowns,' grossly inflating the national debt isn't a helpful thing to do in the first place.
It's already what, doubled in the last year?
This is insanity.
Florida is doing amazing compared to the rest of the country.Ending the lockdowns does nothing to remedy the damage already done by COVID, nor is running up the national debt with American held debt even an issue to begin with.
Even after the promises they're not getting what they wanted.Considering that it's Republicans pushing for the lower limit, and Republicans who cut the second stimulus from $2000 to $600 in the first place, how are people "suckers" for voting Democrat? Even President Trump was all in for $2000, it had bipartisan support from Democrats and Trump Republicans, it was only McConnell's establishment crowd that blocked it.
I keep hearing this but I thought "increase from 600 to 2000" was always the plan, from Trump and AOC alike. Perhaps people got confused because the proposal before the 600 plan was passed was for 2000, but after the 600 plan was passed the proposal changed to 1400?And yet Biden is like "Lets make it 1400 since they already got 600".
It is all a show to gain support from both sides Shadow