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The state of the republican party

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by NewRoxFan, Feb 21, 2021.

  1. bobrek

    bobrek Politics belong in the D & D

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    Why didn't you comment on those being forgiven? Anything to do with the previous administration being responsible for that?
     
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  2. bobrek

    bobrek Politics belong in the D & D

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    As for your last paragraph, why did it take him 3+ hours to address the Capitol situation even though his family and minions were pleading with him to put a stop to it?
     
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    Perry Hooper Jr., a former Alabama lawmaker currently sitting on the state Republican Party’s Executive Committee, is facing a felony charge of first-degree sex abuse, according to the Montgomery Police Department. Hooper, 67, was arrested Tuesday by U.S. Marshals. Few details were immediately available, but a police spokesperson told AL.com that the case involved an alleged incident that occurred on the night of Aug. 16. Hooper was a longtime state congressman, serving in the Alabama House of Representatives from 1984 to 2003. He also co-chaired former President Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign efforts in the state. The 67-year-old is the son of a former Alabama chief justice, Perry Hooper Sr., who served from 1995 to 2001. Junior’s bond was set at $15,000 on Tuesday, according to county jail records.

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    yet another Republican pedophile or sexual abuser

    and here’s another one



    the projection is so real
     
  4. deb4rockets

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    Good grief. We aren't talking Biden paying off everyone's college. That 10,000 or 20,000 isn't even a year's college debt relief for many. When you put that in comparison all those billionaires and corporations getting millions each in bailouts that seems like a grain of salt.
    Most Of The $525 Billion Given Out Went To Larger Businesses—And A Few With Trump, Kushner Ties.

    Don't give me your Trump BS. He incites the radicals with his hate and lies. He sat back and watched those violent attacks for hours and did nothing! Then, the first words out of his filthy power hungry traitorous mouth were words of love for those insurrectionists that beat police and threatened to hang the Vice President.
     
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    A degree's scarcity due to cost isn't what makes a degree valuable.

    A degree isn't magically more valuable because less people can afford the program for it.

    I mean do you remember high school? You remember those things called the SATs and GPAs?
    Free college still can be selective in who it accepts into their programs like always.
     
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  6. No Worries

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    I do get carried away, sometimes.

    FFB is in dire need of reading:
    How to Win Friends & Influence People: Dale Carnegie

    I fairly sure that Mr Carnegie did not suggest calling other stupid and/or ignorant.
     
  7. subtomic

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    Liberals understand economics just fine. After all, we're better educated and make more money, which means we consider economics when dealing with our own money.

    Meanwhile, the average Republican hates education, and thinks having read the opening paragraph to wikipedia's entry on economics makes them a subject matter expert.

    As far as debates going nowhere, you probably have heard a version of this bit - if nobody in the room wants to debate with you, the other people in the room aren't the problem.
     
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    I thought all econ departments around the US have been taken over by Marxists? So you are telling me to learn econ from a Marxist?
     
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    We know what was in the warrant. It was released publicly.

    The affadavit hasn't been released. We know the reasoning is because it could hamper the ongoing investigation according to the DOJ.

    Asking a question about why that is, is fine. But it isn't proof of anything at all.
     
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    But he did call them f*****ng f*****s. But he wasn’t sensitive to the blue haired pc culture.
     
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    Flashback to when FFB was asked to provide a senator he considered great and he came back with John Calhoun, who's the first entry on the second link you get when Googling "greatest senators of all time".
     
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    Today, the most restrictive abortion law in the nation went into effect in Texas—with no exceptions for rape or incest!

    Greg Abbott needs to go. He doesn't care if some 12 year old girl is raped and forced to endure a second trauma by being forced to carry and deliver a baby she can't take care of. Children forced to deliver children because some male pedophile raped her is disgusting. In Abbott's world, an embryo is more important than a girl who is old enough to get pregnant by some rapist. In Greg Abbott's world it's not his concern who will pay for that child and her baby's healthcare and support them as they grow up, as long as it's not the government that forced her to carry.
     
  13. bobrek

    bobrek Politics belong in the D & D

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    And, the DOJ just released a redacted affidavit to the judge for approval.
     
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  14. bobrek

    bobrek Politics belong in the D & D

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    Are you that dense? The warrant was released over 2 weeks ago.

    Read the Search Warrant for Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Home https://nyti.ms/3zVa6Jn
     
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    Asked to go back and steal more…
     
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    They didn't have Repuican support. That is why VP Harris had to cast the deciding vote. Please educate yourself.
     
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    What about that 400 BILLION in PPP loan forgiveness? Why didn't these owners pull themselves up by their bootstraps?
     
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    now that’s funny. He does strike me as the type of guy who uses the latest clickbait articles on Facebook as conversation starters
     
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    Trumpy doubles down on his feud with Mitch McConnell. Literally no ally he won't throw under the bus at the slightest whim:

    [The Hill]Trump calls for McConnell to be ousted as GOP leader ‘immediately’

    Former President Trump on Wednesday called on Republicans to boot Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) from his post as Senate minority leader, accusing the senator of being a “pawn for the Democrats.”

    In a statement, Trump cited a Wednesday story from The Federalist about McConnell and his wife Elaine Chao’s alleged ties to China in calling for the senator’s ouster from his longtime leadership post.

    “Mitch McConnell is not an Opposition Leader, he is a pawn for the Democrats to get whatever they want,” Trump said in his statement. “He is afraid of them, and will not do what has to be done. A new Republican Leader in the Senate should be picked immediately!”

    Trump has feuded with McConnell, who he has dubbed “Old Crow,” since the Senate leader denounced the former president in Congress for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

    Over the weekend, the former president slammed McConnell for making remarks last week about “candidate quality,” in a reference to Republicans running for Senate, a number of whom were hand-picked by Trump. McConnell has said the race for Senate control in November will be close.

    “Mitch McConnell is not an Opposition Leader, he is a pawn for the Democrats to get whatever they want,” Trump said in his statement. “He is afraid of them, and will not do what has to be done. A new Republican Leader in the Senate should be picked immediately!”

    Trump has feuded with McConnell, who he has dubbed “Old Crow,” since the Senate leader denounced the former president in Congress for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

    Over the weekend, the former president slammed McConnell for making remarks last week about “candidate quality,” in a reference to Republicans running for Senate, a number of whom were hand-picked by Trump. McConnell has said the race for Senate control in November will be close.

    Trump also took a dig at Chao, his former Transportation secretary who resigned from office one day after the Jan. 6 attack, calling her McConnell’s “crazy wife.” In Wednesday’s message, he called her “Coco.”

    Last year, Trump also called for Republicans to select a new Senate leader to boost the party’s chances of retaking Congress in 2022.

    “I think we’re going to do very well,” Trump said at the time. “We need good leadership. Mitch McConnell has not done a great job — I think they should change Mitch McConnell.”

    In Wednesday’s statement, Trump accused McConnell of giving the “Radical Left the Trillions and Trillions of Dollars that they constantly DEMAND” and faulted him for failing to stop passage of the landmark tax, climate and healthcare law known as the Inflation Reduction Act.

    In fact, Democrats have had to find routes around staunch GOP opposition for their major spending programs, such as passing the Inflation Reduction Act through the budget reconciliation process to avoid a filibuster, and President Biden using executive authority to forgive student debt this week.
     
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    Damn Trump got in all the talking points except calling Mitch a RINO.
     
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