bintananth
behind a desk
Considering that for most of the past 40 years the President has been a Republican and/or at least one House of Congress has had a Republican majority calling them the opposition is a bit like calling water "dry".
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strunkenwhite
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Being out of the executive branch and controlling only half of Congress counts as being in the opposition, I think. But then again most of the past 40 years has had either a Republican in the White House or control of both houses of Congress, so the point holds up.
If you ask "Who has had 2/3 of Senate, House of Reps, President more over the last 40 years?" Republicans come out ahead over the last 40 and, more narrowly, the last 20. I believe the last decade is tied.
Republicans also have had more years with the trifecta of all 3, but most of them were under Bush and does that really even count?
Bigking321
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And they didn't do a thing to stop the left in any meaningful way until Trump and they did everything they could to stab him in the back.
The ruling elites in both parties are on the same team they just siphon money from different groups.
The ruling elites in both parties are on the same team they just siphon money from different groups.
Terthna
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As I said, the Republican party as a whole seem to be only pretending to oppose the Democrats; when in almost every meaningful way, they don't.
Trump didn't either. But that never stopped the Democrats. But Biden has been consistently lying about Afghanistan since he took office. And it imploded in a way never thought possible on HIS watch. The Americans stranded in country were abandoned by him and then he and some in the Fudge Factory tried to lie about it. How is that not impeachable!?
Terthna
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Because as famously demonstrated when Ford pardoned Nixon, the status quo has been for a long time that those in charge aren't actually responsible for what happens on their watch, or their actions.
Did he willfully leave them there when there was every chance to get them out?
He did nothing to save them
Wait, was it Carter or Reagan who attempted Eagle Claw?
Bigking321
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They gave the hostages back on the first day of Reagans presidency so probably not him.
Never did them much favors either. And you have to remember, that doesn't appeal to everyone in the Republican party. That sort of tactic is better suited towards the Democrats, because of who they have to appease within their own party. It doesn't work for the Republicans, who prefer to be more conservative in how they act.
Does he deserve it? Maybe.
Is it a good idea? No.
You have to look at it from Mitch's point of view. If he pushes for impeachment (which won't likely make it pass the House, let alone the Senate), the focus and agitation will shift from the Republicans to the Democrats. Right now, a lot of Democrats are hammering the Biden Administration for what it has done. But it's not enough for them to risk the Republicans regaining power. So if there's an impeachment, there's a good chance enough congressmen will flip. And the Democrats are going to go in damage control mode.
Instead, let the media continue to hammer the Biden Admin without the fear of impeachment. Let the Democrats own this. That way when election comes around next year, Mitch and his allies can do a hard press on what happened in Afghanistan. Going for the jugular now just muddies the water. I know it isn't what you want to hear and maybe because you serve, you feel more strongly about this, but that's the situation.
Because I expect the next two-three years, with the pandemic raging, is not going to go too well for Biden and the Democrats. Let them own the damage.
I feel like the pandemic is going to be an everyday thing with masks being the new norm as well as booster shots every 6 months
That will only be the case if people submit and comply with the bullshit, instead going to state reps and such to get mask and vax mandates banned, as is happening in Texas, Florida, and other places.
There is no need to accept that future they are trying to push, when we still have the means to fight back against and ignore the virus/vax bullshit
Masks are probably only going to remain in the norm for healthcare and a few other industries, possibly the service industry. Most people are ignoring them. Either because they have the vaccine and feel as though they shouldn't have to worry, because anyone can get them--or because they don't view it as a threat in the first place. Right now, private companies and government agencies are mostly just forcing their own employees to wear them.
Booster shots will remain with us, but getting a booster every 6 months isn't exactly the end of the world.
AnimalNoodles
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Congratulations, you just turned your immune system into a subscription service.
Says the r tard whose probably addicted to sugar and carbs, then wonders why the chair creeks everytime he plumps his fatass down.
You got anything besides insults to use as a rebuttal to a very real issue of people's immune systems becoming tied to 'subscription' via the vax, for the rest of their lives and the rest of humanities future?
Because the fact is natural immunity does exist, most people 'vunerable' to the virus are already protected one way or another, and people are not going to accept Wu Flu restrictions/mandates indefinitely.
this isn't constructive.
noodles isnt an anti vax idiot, he just thinks that the virus is edidemic and is not going away and that we need to learn how to live with it. Having people give you booster shots the rest of your life is not a constructive long term solution, humanity learned how to live with the plague a disease that wiped out urban areas like crazy with significantly smaller hits in civil liberties. The spanish flu killed more people and there was a smaller hit to civil rights.
For most of human history the expectation was that people would die from disease, and in significant numbers, you grew up knowing that you would most likely out live at least one of your children. Those days are coming back they were coming back before covid because people over used anti biotics.
We had a pretty good run but disease is coming back as a force in human civilization, people will have to learn how to live and cope with the patterns of the past that death can and will come and you just live with that knowlege as best you can. The end comes for us all and as much as that sucks we must acccept it.