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Paingod wrote: ↑Tue Nov 13, 2018 8:25 am I think that was an excerpt from his next book, titled "How to Make Enemies and Alienate People"

Has RIP weighed in on Trump lately? I don't remember reading a recent post... I'll have to go looking. Maybe he still thinks this is all according to plan.

*Edit: He hasn't posted anything with more than 6 words in over a month, and nothing at all in two weeks. I think the Midterms broke him.

Rip wrote: ↑Tue Dec 04, 2018 11:29 am Now we get to see the left flip the logic on government shutdowns.

Skinypupy wrote: ↑Tue Dec 04, 2018 11:32 am

Rip wrote: ↑Tue Dec 04, 2018 11:29 am Now we get to see the left flip the logic on government shutdowns.

Um...wat?

Rip wrote: ↑Tue Dec 04, 2018 11:29 am

Paingod wrote: ↑Tue Nov 13, 2018 8:25 am I think that was an excerpt from his next book, titled "How to Make Enemies and Alienate People"

Has RIP weighed in on Trump lately? I don't remember reading a recent post... I'll have to go looking. Maybe he still thinks this is all according to plan.

*Edit: He hasn't posted anything with more than 6 words in over a month, and nothing at all in two weeks. I think the Midterms broke him.

Nope, living it up streaming my butt off on twitch. They have a streamer over there that does some really good politics streams you guys should check out. His twitch name is imreallyimportant.

Things are going great in my book. A little bumpy with losing the house, but at least the senate advantage was increased. Now we get to see the left flip the logic on government shutdowns.

All is well!

Rip wrote: ↑Tue Dec 04, 2018 11:37 am

Skinypupy wrote: ↑Tue Dec 04, 2018 11:32 am

Rip wrote: ↑Tue Dec 04, 2018 11:29 am Now we get to see the left flip the logic on government shutdowns.

Um...wat?

Certainly at some point they will try do a shutdown. Something that were roundly criticized for doing/considering. Just going to be fun to hear the logic for why it is a good thing this time to force one.

Rip wrote: ↑Tue Dec 04, 2018 11:37 am

Skinypupy wrote: ↑Tue Dec 04, 2018 11:32 am

Rip wrote: ↑Tue Dec 04, 2018 11:29 am Now we get to see the left flip the logic on government shutdowns.

Um...wat?

Certainly at some point they will try do a shutdown. Something that were roundly criticized for doing/considering. Just going to be fun to hear the logic for why it is a good thing this time to force one.

hepcat wrote: ↑Tue Dec 04, 2018 2:06 pm

Rip wrote: ↑Tue Dec 04, 2018 11:37 am

Skinypupy wrote: ↑Tue Dec 04, 2018 11:32 am

Rip wrote: ↑Tue Dec 04, 2018 11:29 am Now we get to see the left flip the logic on government shutdowns.

Um...wat?

Certainly at some point they will try do a shutdown. Something that were roundly criticized for doing/considering. Just going to be fun to hear the logic for why it is a good thing this time to force one.

Trump is actually the one calling for a shutdown. Any blow back on that could potentially hit Republicans...hard.

Also, what are you streaming?

But the ominous signs of Mueller’s progress have not completely overwhelmed other subplots. On Monday, Trump hosted a 2020 strategy meeting with a group of advisers. Among the topics discussed was whether Mike Pence should remain on the ticket, given the hurricane-force political headwinds Trump will face, as demonstrated by the midterms, a source briefed on the session told me. “They’re beginning to think about whether Mike Pence should be running again,” the source said, adding that the advisers presented Trump with new polling that shows Pence doesn’t expand Trump’s coalition. “He doesn’t detract from it, but he doesn’t add anything either,” the source said.

hepcat wrote: ↑Thu Dec 06, 2018 1:47 pm I opened that link, saw a warning about mature content, envisioned what that meant in a Rip-centric feed, quietly closed my laptop's lid, then took it down to the maintenance room and had them burn it.

Smoove_B wrote: ↑Thu Dec 06, 2018 2:03 pm Mother will not be happy:

But the ominous signs of Mueller’s progress have not completely overwhelmed other subplots. On Monday, Trump hosted a 2020 strategy meeting with a group of advisers. Among the topics discussed was whether Mike Pence should remain on the ticket, given the hurricane-force political headwinds Trump will face, as demonstrated by the midterms, a source briefed on the session told me. “They’re beginning to think about whether Mike Pence should be running again,” the source said, adding that the advisers presented Trump with new polling that shows Pence doesn’t expand Trump’s coalition. “He doesn’t detract from it, but he doesn’t add anything either,” the source said.

It's almost like...someone is getting nervous.

Smoove_B wrote: ↑Thu Dec 06, 2018 2:03 pm Mother will not be happy:

But the ominous signs of Mueller’s progress have not completely overwhelmed other subplots. On Monday, Trump hosted a 2020 strategy meeting with a group of advisers. Among the topics discussed was whether Mike Pence should remain on the ticket, given the hurricane-force political headwinds Trump will face, as demonstrated by the midterms, a source briefed on the session told me. “They’re beginning to think about whether Mike Pence should be running again,” the source said, adding that the advisers presented Trump with new polling that shows Pence doesn’t expand Trump’s coalition. “He doesn’t detract from it, but he doesn’t add anything either,” the source said.

It's almost like...someone is getting nervous.

El Guapo wrote: ↑Thu Dec 06, 2018 3:14 pm Imagine being Trump, surveying the political situation, and concluding that the issue must be that Mike Pence is weighing you down.

GreenGoo wrote: ↑Thu Dec 06, 2018 3:46 pm

El Guapo wrote: ↑Thu Dec 06, 2018 3:14 pm Imagine being Trump, surveying the political situation, and concluding that the issue must be that Mike Pence is weighing you down.

Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.

I'm hoping that Pence has been fully documenting his experiences in the administration. Maybe he'll give us, or perhaps the courts, some insight when all is said and done.

Biyobi wrote: ↑Thu Dec 06, 2018 3:17 pm
I'm curious how this plays out. We've talked about the fact that A/B-list politicians want nothing to do with Trump at this point, especially after the mid-term shellacking. Anyone associated with Trump automatically gets loaded with his baggage. Who on the C/D-list is going to bring anyone new to the voting booth that Trump doesn't already have?

El Guapo wrote: ↑Thu Dec 06, 2018 3:53 pm My impression of Pence is that he is a pretty ambitious and self-serving guy, so I would be surprised if he wasn't planning around this sort of thing.

LordMortis wrote: ↑Thu Dec 06, 2018 3:39 pm That doesn't sound nervous to me. Trump's rotating administration is his way of staying the course.

Smoove_B wrote: ↑Thu Dec 06, 2018 4:12 pm

LordMortis wrote: ↑Thu Dec 06, 2018 3:39 pm That doesn't sound nervous to me. Trump's rotating administration is his way of staying the course.

Let's remember that Flynn hand-picked Pence and that Pence was part of the transition team and their contact with Russia that was just named as part of Mueller's released paperwork. Remember when Pence denied Russian contact during the transition back in January of 2017? Turns out, not so much.

hepcat wrote: ↑Thu Dec 06, 2018 4:11 pm

El Guapo wrote: ↑Thu Dec 06, 2018 3:53 pm My impression of Pence is that he is a pretty ambitious and self-serving guy, so I would be surprised if he wasn't planning around this sort of thing.

My impression of Pence is the same one I do of a lawn chair.

Holman wrote: ↑Thu Dec 06, 2018 4:11 pm

Biyobi wrote: ↑Thu Dec 06, 2018 3:17 pm
I'm curious how this plays out. We've talked about the fact that A/B-list politicians want nothing to do with Trump at this point, especially after the mid-term shellacking. Anyone associated with Trump automatically gets loaded with his baggage. Who on the C/D-list is going to bring anyone new to the voting booth that Trump doesn't already have?

The highest-profile, least-absurd, most potentially beneficial option would be Nikki Haley, who has played a deft game of staying in Trump's good graces without being implicated in his scandals.

It's true that she left the administration when she announced her resignation as UN ambassador, but even then Trump's response was unusual. He didn't attack her, and IIRC he even hinted that she might rejoin the administration later in a different role.

stessier wrote: ↑Thu Dec 06, 2018 5:00 pm

Holman wrote: ↑Thu Dec 06, 2018 4:11 pm

Biyobi wrote: ↑Thu Dec 06, 2018 3:17 pm
I'm curious how this plays out. We've talked about the fact that A/B-list politicians want nothing to do with Trump at this point, especially after the mid-term shellacking. Anyone associated with Trump automatically gets loaded with his baggage. Who on the C/D-list is going to bring anyone new to the voting booth that Trump doesn't already have?

The highest-profile, least-absurd, most potentially beneficial option would be Nikki Haley, who has played a deft game of staying in Trump's good graces without being implicated in his scandals.

It's true that she left the administration when she announced her resignation as UN ambassador, but even then Trump's response was unusual. He didn't attack her, and IIRC he even hinted that she might rejoin the administration later in a different role.

She left ahead of a potential scandal. Not sure if it was ever investigated, so there might be nothing there - but running would certainly bring it back up.

hepcat wrote: ↑Thu Dec 06, 2018 4:52 pm Whenever I'm asked to do an impression of Mike Pence.

Biyobi wrote: ↑Thu Dec 06, 2018 3:17 pm

Smoove_B wrote: ↑Thu Dec 06, 2018 2:03 pm Mother will not be happy:

But the ominous signs of Mueller’s progress have not completely overwhelmed other subplots. On Monday, Trump hosted a 2020 strategy meeting with a group of advisers. Among the topics discussed was whether Mike Pence should remain on the ticket, given the hurricane-force political headwinds Trump will face, as demonstrated by the midterms, a source briefed on the session told me. “They’re beginning to think about whether Mike Pence should be running again,” the source said, adding that the advisers presented Trump with new polling that shows Pence doesn’t expand Trump’s coalition. “He doesn’t detract from it, but he doesn’t add anything either,” the source said.

It's almost like...someone is getting nervous.

I'm curious how this plays out. We've talked about the fact that A/B-list politicians want nothing to do with Trump at this point, especially after the mid-term shellacking. Anyone associated with Trump automatically gets loaded with his baggage. Who on the C/D-list is going to bring anyone new to the voting booth that Trump doesn't already have?

Kraken wrote:

Biyobi wrote: ↑Thu Dec 06, 2018 3:17 pm

Smoove_B wrote: ↑Thu Dec 06, 2018 2:03 pm Mother will not be happy:

But the ominous signs of Mueller’s progress have not completely overwhelmed other subplots. On Monday, Trump hosted a 2020 strategy meeting with a group of advisers. Among the topics discussed was whether Mike Pence should remain on the ticket, given the hurricane-force political headwinds Trump will face, as demonstrated by the midterms, a source briefed on the session told me. “They’re beginning to think about whether Mike Pence should be running again,” the source said, adding that the advisers presented Trump with new polling that shows Pence doesn’t expand Trump’s coalition. “He doesn’t detract from it, but he doesn’t add anything either,” the source said.

It's almost like...someone is getting nervous.

I'm curious how this plays out. We've talked about the fact that A/B-list politicians want nothing to do with Trump at this point, especially after the mid-term shellacking. Anyone associated with Trump automatically gets loaded with his baggage. Who on the C/D-list is going to bring anyone new to the voting booth that Trump doesn't already have?

Does the guy who wouldn't recite the Apostles Creed lose evangelicals without Pence, or are they really that all-in? I thought that they were his only asset.

$iljanus wrote: ↑Thu Dec 06, 2018 6:12 pm Trump: "Hey Mike, you're supposed to be my God guy. Why the hell didn't you tell me about the Apollo Creed thing!?!"

El Guapo wrote: ↑Thu Dec 06, 2018 5:12 pm

hepcat wrote: ↑Thu Dec 06, 2018 4:52 pm Whenever I'm asked to do an impression of Mike Pence.

Do you ever do an impression of a lawn chair separate from your impression of Mike Pence?

El Guapo wrote: ↑Thu Dec 06, 2018 5:12 pm

hepcat wrote: ↑Thu Dec 06, 2018 4:52 pm Whenever I'm asked to do an impression of Mike Pence.

Do you ever do an impression of a lawn chair separate from your impression of Mike Pence?

hepcat wrote: ↑Fri Dec 07, 2018 9:45 am I'm becoming increasingly more comfortable with the Hitler comparison, I'm sad to say.

Trump wrote:The Paris Agreement isn’t working out so well for Paris. Protests and riots all over France. People do not want to pay large sums of money, much to third world countries (that are questionably run), in order to maybe protect the environment. Chanting “We Want Trump!” Love France.

Watched Da Nang Dick Blumenthal on television spewing facts almost as accurate as his bravery in Vietnam (which he never saw). As the bullets whizzed by Da Nang Dicks head, as he was saving soldiers....
....left and right, he then woke up from his dream screaming that HE LIED. Next time I go to Vietnam I will ask “the Dick” to travel with me!

LawBeefaroni wrote: ↑Fri Dec 07, 2018 10:01 am

hepcat wrote: ↑Fri Dec 07, 2018 9:45 am I'm becoming increasingly more comfortable with the Hitler comparison, I'm sad to say.

I'm sad to say that I believe there is a non-zero percent chance that Trump called the bomb threat in himself. I mean less than 1% but still, I cannot rule it out 100%. I wouldn't put anything out of the realm of possibility with this guy.