Author Topic: US Politics/2016 Election Pick Your Poison Master Thread (Read 3854004 times)

ChaimMoskowitz · « **Reply #24020 on:** September 19, 2018, 11:23:48 PM »

Seems the public is speaking loud and clear with their wallets on the flag controversy.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/nikes-kaepernick-ad-spurs-spike-in-sold-out-items/ar-BBNz9gP?ocid=spartandhp

aygart · « **Reply #24021 on:** September 19, 2018, 11:27:28 PM »

Quote from: ChaimMoskowitz on September 19, 2018, 11:23:48 PM

Seems the public is speaking loud and clear with their wallets on the flag controversy.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/nikes-kaepernick-ad-spurs-spike-in-sold-out-items/ar-BBNz9gP?ocid=spartandhp

Keep in mind that, as many mentioned when the ad was first released, (I think I quoted it here) their customer base is in general more from the demographic that was known to support him. This was expected. I was even going to buy stock on the dip as a trade but never got to it.

ChaimMoskowitz · « **Reply #24022 on:** September 19, 2018, 11:35:35 PM »

Quote from: aygart on September 19, 2018, 11:27:28 PM

Keep in mind that, as many mentioned when the ad was first released, (I think I quoted it here) their customer base is in general more from the demographic that was known to support him. This was expected. I was even going to buy stock on the dip as a trade but never got to it.

Trump shot his mouth off when it went down and now he has egg on his face and is completely silent on it. Just the facts, Jack!

aygart · « **Reply #24023 on:** September 19, 2018, 11:37:47 PM »

Quote from: ChaimMoskowitz on September 19, 2018, 11:35:35 PM

Trump shot his mouth off when it went down and now he has egg on his face and is completely silent on it. Just the facts, Jack!

That is most definitely true. He should have kept his mouth shut. Yeah right.

aygart · « **Reply #24024 on:** September 19, 2018, 11:37:53 PM »

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/18/manafort-deal-pardon-mueller-trump-827898

aygart · « **Reply #24025 on:** September 19, 2018, 11:40:26 PM »

It is interesting how the entire left wing including the media are all using the exact same words "credible accusation" without explaining why it is credible. It definitely differs from other similar accusations we have been hearing.

ChaimMoskowitz · « **Reply #24026 on:** September 19, 2018, 11:42:07 PM »

Quote from: aygart on September 19, 2018, 11:37:53 PM

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/18/manafort-deal-pardon-mueller-trump-827898

Nothingburger.

aygart · « **Reply #24027 on:** September 19, 2018, 11:42:35 PM »

This is a very good point

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/09/brett-kavanaugh-christine-blasey-ford-elite-power.html

If Kavanaugh confirmed Ford’s account, or expressed contrition for any intoxicated behavior, then there would be legitimate questions of culpability—what is the responsibility of a middle-age man to the actions of his teenage self? But Kavanaugh denies the incident in full, from the assault itself to his presence at the party in question. Like Erickson’s brief in his favor, his defense is this never happened, which makes his accuser a liar. The stakes of a hearing then are not just about his past behavior, but about his present character. And if he’s not telling the truth, then we’ve learned Brett Kavanaugh will do or say anything to secure his political ascent.

ChaimMoskowitz · « **Reply #24028 on:** September 19, 2018, 11:44:26 PM »

Quote from: aygart on September 19, 2018, 11:40:26 PM

It is interesting how the entire left wing including the media are all using the exact same words "credible accusation" without explaining why it is credible. It definitely differs from other similar accusations we have been hearing.

It is interesting how the R's are saying the FBI doesn't do these investigations when they congratulated the FBI for the Anita Hill investigation.

ChaimMoskowitz · « **Reply #24029 on:** September 19, 2018, 11:46:32 PM »

Quote from: aygart on September 19, 2018, 11:42:35 PM

This is a very good point

Didn't someone make that point already?

aygart · « **Reply #24030 on:** September 19, 2018, 11:52:12 PM »

Quote from: ChaimMoskowitz on September 19, 2018, 11:44:26 PM

It is interesting how the R's are saying the FBI doesn't do these investigations when they congratulated the FBI for the Anita Hill investigation.

This exact point is addressed in Grassley's letter.

aygart · « **Reply #24031 on:** September 19, 2018, 11:53:28 PM »

Quote from: ChaimMoskowitz on September 19, 2018, 11:46:32 PM

Didn't someone make that point already?

This was articulated much better regarding why it SHOULD be the case.

ChaimMoskowitz · « **Reply #24032 on:** September 20, 2018, 12:03:22 AM »

Quote from: aygart on September 19, 2018, 11:52:12 PM

This exact point is addressed in Grassley's letter.

Addressed with a smokescreen.

ChaimMoskowitz · « **Reply #24033 on:** September 20, 2018, 12:04:15 AM »

Quote from: aygart on September 19, 2018, 11:53:28 PM

This was articulated much better regarding why it SHOULD be the case.

Less is more. I concept many here can't understand.

aygart · « **Reply #24034 on:** September 20, 2018, 12:08:31 AM »

https://hotair.com/archives/2018/09/19/kirsten-gillibrand-kavanaughs-accuser-shouldnt-participate-sham-hearing/

In fact, just to repay Gillibrand’s cynicism, let me gently raise the possibility that Democrats never intended for Ford to testify at all. That just maybe the entire demand for a hearing followed by a rejection of the offer on grounds that the terms offered were unfair or whatever was a ploy designed to make it look like Ford’s been railroaded by the evil right-wing patriarchy. Maybe her claims wouldn’t have stood up to questioning and Democrats knew it, in which case the smart play was to find a way to excuse Ford from testifying and somehow make it Grassley’s fault.

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These garbage people had a prefab narrative about evil Republican men mistreating a #MeToo victim, got caught off-guard when everyone in the leadership (including Trump) said Ford should be heard, then had to rejigger their narrative so that the offer of a hearing is itself a form of mistreatment. They’re pure garbage.