henry quirk • Feb 5, 2020 4:45 pm
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henry quirk;1046064 wrote::thumbsup:
Luce;1046065 wrote:Fantastic. Now a president can do whatever he or she likes, no matter what.
henry quirk;1046067 wrote:Probably not.
sexobon;1046066 wrote:If the Democratic party of Iowa had been running the vote, we would never have found out.
Luce;1046068 wrote:Absolutely. Hell, Ford pardoning Nixon doubled the power of the executive branch.
This more or less makes it unlimited.
sexobon;1046066 wrote:If the Democratic party of Iowa had been running the vote, we would never have found out.
Happy Monkey;1046077 wrote:Linking threads
Happy Monkey;1046083 wrote:I don't think anyone expected any Republicans to break ranks. Mitt was a surprise.
henry quirk;1046084 wrote:Henry is more honest.
tw;1046089 wrote:He again and intentionally quotes "out of context". A characteristic also found in the Nazi party. Henry is more honest (only about that one point) than Trump. And since Trump lies like Hitler, what does that really say about Henry? Oh, he forget to mention that was the point. It is what extremists do.
Who lies more? The Don or Henry? By numbers - the Don. By percentage? Hard to say.
henry quirk;1046084 wrote:Mitt is about as much a Repub as Joe Scarborough was a Repub.
That's sumthin' they have in common with Trump: RINO.
Griff;1046120 wrote:Mitt is what Republican was. Now Republican is whatever Trump is.
Griff;1046120 wrote:Mitt is what Republican was. Now Republican is whatever Trump is.
xoxoxoBruce;1046105 wrote:Henry doesn't lie. He isn't always right or wrong, but I firmly believe he says what he believes. :yesnod:
Undertoad;1046137 wrote:Republican is now whatever Trump is; also, Democratic is now whatever Trump isn't.
Also it's high school all over again, forever. The cool kids. The drama. The cliques.
How does one get vetted for "in fact" if winning the Republican primary isn't sufficient?henry quirk;1046133 wrote:Both: 'in name only'.
Happy Monkey;1046142 wrote:How does one get vetted for "in fact" if winning the Republican primary isn't sufficient?
Happy Monkey;1046149 wrote:henry is saying Trump doesn't count either.
Happy Monkey;1046162 wrote:If everyone is "in name only" then it doesn't really say anything when you apply it to a particular person.
henry quirk;1046160 wrote:Exactly.
Trump is a non-idealogical state-capitalist usin' Repub machinery.
Rand Paul is a consequentialist libertarian usin' Repub machinery.
buhbuhBernie is a communist, er, democratic socislist (state socialist) usin' Dem machinery.
Mitt is a evangelical sumthin' or other usin' Repub mschinery.
Bill & Hill: a hedonist and an opportunist usin' Dem machinery.
Really, as I think on it, conventional Repub/Dem ideology really doesn't mean much for any of the elected folks. It's just labels to them.
Luce;1046187 wrote:The machinery exists to be used.
henry quirk;1046234 wrote:By whom, for whom?
(or is it: By who, for who? meh)
Luce;1046256 wrote:By politicians, for lobbyists.
And there is not a single federal level politician or appointee that doesn't understand this.
henry quirk;1046344 wrote:Strange: I thought it was supposed to be by the people, for the people.
Luce;1046352 wrote:I suppose that works, if you also believe in the tooth fairy and the immaculate conception of Ayn Rand.
xoxoxoBruce;1046346 wrote:That can only happen if the people give a rats ass and participate, but they've delegated that power to the political hacks.
henry quirk;1046397 wrote:gotta give 'em a reason to give a shit
if everything is provided, folks get fat and stupid
look out your window...or, mebbe, in your mirror... :shock:
henry quirk;1046165 wrote:Tell that to all the voters who take R/D ideology seriously, who work overtime to shoehorn themselves and candidates into those boxes.
Those who rule: play the polar game to get, and stay, elected.
Those who are ruled: actually take the poles seriously.