Just moments ago heard from some Dem/Lib nut job on youtube name of Jimmy Dore, that Manafort and perhaps others are to be prosecuted by Mueller for everyday, run-of-the-mill corruption, and that "Collusion with the Russians" wont even be a factor in the prosecutions.

Oh, isn't that cute? Old man Stucki doesn't understand the concept of statute of limitations and that Mueller isn't going to play all his cards just yet against Paulie Manafort. The hayseed in Idaho actually thinks this is all Mueller has got and nothing more. I guess ignorance really is bliss... so they say. :D

How many gawdam times have I told you people that THERE IS NO LAW AGAINST GETTING DIRT ON YOUR OPPONENT FROM ANYBODY WHATSOEVER, even dirty Communists, and how many times was I greeted with ridicule and derision for being a naive simpleton, too dumb to understand the many ramifications that could come of "collusion"???

How many times have we posted the actual law, and how many times have you ignored it? Mueller has more charges against Paulie, old man; you can count on that because it's a fact. The way a "Snitch Hunt" works is that you charge the target you're trying to flip with "enough" to secure their cooperation and retain the other charges as a bargaining chip.

And now I'm ashamed to say I can't resist a "told ya so, morons!!!"

You are embarrassing yourself, hayseed! :D

OK, that sounds good.. I can buy an ambassador-ship!! :D

:D heh...

Please take that juvenile behavior somewhere else. It doesn't belong here.

Worst case scenario, Judge Amy's nomination is thwarted the first time around, but sails thru when the GOP adds 7-9 seats after the midterms. :D

Donald Trump could nominate Wolf Man and Frankenstein, and the results would be the same. But why would a sane human being nominate either?

So, you are saying thatJudge Bartlett is no different than Putin, Frankenstein or the Wolfman...

Nice bigotry...

pucker factor for Judge Amy's nomination just went up.

Donald Trump could nominate Wolf Man and Frankenstein, and the results would be the same. But why would a sane human being nominate either?

Looks like Dems are going to tough it out and stick with the Party....

Their seats will adorn the GOP side of the aisle very nicely....

And then, assuming that Democrats were able to derail Judge Amy's confirmation, with the GOP's 58 in the Senate, President Trump re-submits Judge Amy's name and she sails thru confirmation... :D

No matter what..

President Trump and this country wins and Democrats lose.. :D

It's funny (and sad) because it's true..

How do I got about donating to Hillary's campaign to encourage her to run again in 2020???

It gets easier, the more you indulge... :D

Astroturfed social media campaigns like the “WalkAway Movement” aim to create manufactured consensus, or the illusion of popularity, so that an idea or position without much public support appears more popular and mainstream than it actually is.

There are no facts there.. At least no substantiated facts...

Can you substantiate ANY claim you make there??

No, you cannot..

How many gawdam times have I told you people that THERE IS NO LAW AGAINST GETTING DIRT ON YOUR OPPONENT FROM ANYBODY WHATSOEVER, even dirty Communists, and how many times was I greeted with ridicule and derision for being a naive simpleton, too dumb to understand the many ramifications that could come of "collusion"???

And now I'm ashamed to say I can't resist a "told ya so, morons!!!"

I don't know what else your looking for.

I ain't gonna read thru a whole big litany of Left Wing bullshit only to learn it's all innuendo, rumor and outright bullshit..

Quote the facts and then you quote the link to back up the facts..

https://arcdigital.media/pro-trump-russian-linked-twitter-accounts-are-posing-as-ex-democrats-in-new-astroturfed-movement-20359c1906d3

And with ALL of that, Democrats have been having their asses handed to them and President Trump's approval numbers have been going up. :D

Still waiting on your to provide FACTS that prove #WalkAway is a Russian plot...

-‘ANT-MAN AND THE WASP’ SETS NEW MARVEL RECORD

Yea, that's gonna be good.. Won't compare to INFINITY WAR though.. :D

The same "science" that predicted Hillary's win??

Dood, I would get your money back.. :D

Come talk to me on 7 Nov when your Democrats have lost and lost big time. :D

I was right then.. I'll be right now.. :D

I can admire that you can put on such a brave face, considering all the hits you Democrats have been taking over the last couple weeks.

Here's some Trump stuff from just the last week. Enjoy.

-Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Files Request To Hire Foreign Workers — Again

-In The World According To Trump, NATO Allies Are Bad And Putin Is Good

-Migrant Baby Returned To Mom Covered With Lice

-Year-Old Baby Appears In Immigration Court, Cries Hysterically

-Data show that Trump's real base is 24 percent of the electorate. A decline of 10 percent

-U.S. Opposition to Breast-Feeding Resolution Stuns World Health Officials

-Here’s A Taste Of The Divisive Rhetoric Trump Uses To Vilify Immigrants

-Trump Crammed A Remarkable Amount Of Misogyny Into Just 24 Hours

-Justice Kennedy Cut Voting Rights. His Replacement Could Destroy Them

-The Trump Administration Is Quietly Discharging Immigrant Recruits Promised Citizenship in Return for Military Service

-Ivanka Trump's Chinese-made products spared from tariffs

-‘ANT-MAN AND THE WASP’ SETS NEW MARVEL RECORD

I like the last one. I just threw that one in.

Tell me which one you want a link to. We gotta have the facts.

Science, my friend. If you want to keep crowing about your fluke election, you go right ahead, and be sure to convince every other Trump zombie that everything will be just fine in crazy-land for eternity.

As for us, we've got a midterm election to win, followed by a hard knock-out in 2020. Once Trump hits the floor, it's all over except for the mop-up job, which will be huuuuuuge.

Ya'all were as confident, as mouthy and as sure now as you were in the run-up to the 2016 election...

And you were as wrong as wrong can be...

Why do ya think it's gonna be any different this time around???

Thoughts and prayers?? :D

That ain't happenin'. Democratic voter participation has been up all year, and the midterms are shaping up to see an even larger bump up.

It WILL happen if 5 Democrats vote YEA on President Trump's nominee..

McCaskill, Manchin, et. al., are already being told by Democratic voters: we've got your back on this one. Voting against Trump's nominee my cost them a few Trump votes, but will be rewarded by many more Democratic votes.

Yea, the base said the same thing with the Gorsuch votes..

Guess what happened??

Besides, Democrats never expected to take the Senate on this go-round. At worst, we end up close to where we are now - without having to worry about the GOP peeling as many votes away in the future.

BBBWWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

You people were ALL about taking the Senate.. Until the fortunes turned against Democrats.. :D

You are making the EXACT same arguments ya'all made in the summer of 2016...

Let's revisit that again, since you obviously missed the point. :D

https://twitter.com/twitter/statuses/1016079192604139520

You were as confident then as ya are now..

Why do you think you have any credibility??

Because THIS time it will be different :D

I do too, because your side is suffering from a great many delusions fed to you by your corporate overlords.

Start with numbers: the best that you can hope for numerically is that large numbers of Democrats stay home as they did in 2010 and 2016.

That ain't happenin'. Democratic voter participation has been up all year, and the midterms are shaping up to see an even larger bump up.

Then you'd have to hope that large numbers of Trump voters are on board with the pain that will be delivered upon them by Trump's Trade War. Soybean farmers in Iowa are already griping as contracts for their crops are disappearing into thin air.

Harley-Davidson is the canary in the coal mine, buddy. If they'll leave the US to escape the vortex of Trump's trade black hole, others will follow.

McCaskill, Manchin, et. al., are already being told by Democratic voters: we've got your back on this one. Voting against Trump's nominee my cost them a few Trump votes, but will be rewarded by many more Democratic votes.

Besides, Democrats never expected to take the Senate on this go-round. At worst, we end up close to where we are now - without having to worry about the GOP peeling as many votes away in the future.

We might, on the other hand, flip the House this time. It'll be harder for local congressmen to justify the pain of Trump's trade war at the local level, where jobs and commodities prices matter.

One thing we can thank Trump for - he's making Democrats look Great Again!

Take a "principled stand" against President Trumps nominee, please the Democrat base and give the GOP a near filibuster proof majority..

OR...

Go along with President Trump's nominee, piss of the Democrat base BIG TIME and give the GOP a near filibuster proof majority...

I really hope CW does an analysis of this LOSE/LOSE position the Democrats have been forced into.. :D

I can admire that you can put on such a brave face, considering all the hits you Democrats have been taking over the last couple weeks..

But look at that twitter video.. That should bring you back down to reality..

That is, if you WANT to actually be brought down to reality.. :D

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA (catch breath) HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHa!(snort) hehehehehehe....

https://twitter.com/twitter/statuses/1016079192604139520

It's not up to me to provide facts to support YOUR claim

And Google is as about as reliable for finding stuff AGAINST the Left as Snopes/Politifact is...

You made the claim.. If you don't have any FACTS that prove your claim, that's on you, not me..

Google it. You'll find plenty of facts. I don't have the room here for all the links. You said you have all day.

WASHINGTON — Democratic senators running for re-election in Trump Country face an agonizing choice over President Trump’s coming Supreme Court nominee: Vote to confirm the pick and risk demoralizing Democratic voters ahead of the midterm elections, or stick with the party and possibly sacrifice their own seats — and any chance at a Democratic majority in 2019.

But if they hold together on a “no” vote, those senators could not only surrender their own seats, but by expanding the Republican majority, they could also narrow the path of Democrats to a Senate majority for years to come by ceding those states to Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/07/us/politics/democrats-supreme-court-nominee.html?rref=collection%2Fissuecollection%2Ftodays-new-york-times&action=click&contentCollection=todayspaper&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=1&

I don't envy these 5 Democrats their choices...

What IS it about Democrats that, nearly always, they maneuver themselves into a classic lose-lose situation..

I honestly can't see ANY way that they will keep their seats in November..

Vote YES and they piss of their base and they lose..

Vote NO and they piss of their constituents and they lose..

I feel a bit sorry for them...

Two weeks ago, Ms. Werner and a dozen others invaded a D.C. restaurant to heckle Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and also came to her residence to scream, “We’re here to wake up your neighborhood.” Last Sunday, the D.C. chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America chanted slogans outside the Alexandria home of just-retired Immigration and Customs Enforcement bureau Director Thomas Homan, accusing him of “fascism” (a socialist variant, but perhaps they don’t know that).
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/8/liberals-wrapped-in-hysteria-hurtle-toward-a-dooms/

As I said.. Liberal backlash is already here..

And the Democrats are paying and will continue to pay a huge price for not reigning in their violent hysterical minions...

The liberal backlash is already here..

And is proving to be very VERY detrimental to the liberal's agenda.. :D

Cooke said Bannon was minding his own business when the woman began harassing him. Cooke asked the woman to leave. She did so only after he called police.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/07/08/bookstore-owner-calls-911-when-customer-confronts-bannon.html

What a cowardly biatch.. If she really had the strength of her convictions she would have stayed until LEO's arrived..

Nothing but a drive-by coward..

Typical of the hysterical Left...

When asked if she’d seen the online coverage of the event, one faculty member described witnessing “outrage… as it should be.”
https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=11100

Progressive sheep are so easily led..

BLLEEEEEEETTTTTT

After Judge Amy is seated as the newest SCOTUS Justice... This country will never be the same.. It's going to be much much better!!!

And it will have the added benefit of totally demoralizing the Democrats.. :D

The Red Tsunami approaches... :D

More South Texas land owners getting letters on border wall
https://www.yahoo.com/news/more-south-texas-land-owners-getting-letters-border-145331014.html

.....President Trump is quietly going about the business of keeping this country safe.. :D

And, once again, Democrats get played.. :D

It's funny.. rjrap's bogus claim fits in nicely with the Glenn Greenwald article above..

In the past, Democrats would simply accuse people they disagreed with of racism. Of course, no facts to support and the Dims doing the accusing KNEW that there were no facts to support the racist accusations.. But the Dims would accuse people of racism just to silence them.. This is a well-documented tactic used by Democrats.

Now we have Democrats reaching back in time to use a tried-and-true method of silencing any dissent. Made famous by Joe McCarthy himself... NOW Dims will simply accuse people of working for the Russians.. Of course, there is nothing but rumor, innuendo and outright bullshit to bully people into silence....

But the goal in BOTH of these programs is the same. Silence ANYONE who would dissent by ANY means necessary...

Don't ya'all think it's sad that your Democrat Party has sunk so low????

On the 4th, CW put out a commentary that was titled Everybody Agrees We Have The Freedom To Disagree

At the time it was aired, I had a problem with that because I firmly believed that NO... Not EVERYONE agrees we have the freedom to disagree.. I just did not aire my disputes because I felt it was a feel good holiday commentary that I didn't want to denigrate with such a discussion..

But I can now state, for the record... NO.. Not everyone agrees we have the freedom to disagree... The Left is pulling out ALL the stops and re-visiting the Red Scare era in an effort to insure that NO ONE has the right or the ability to disagree....

And that's just sad....

I BRING THIS UP again now not because I think MSNBC will ever correct its lie – it has made clear that lies designed to destroy the reputations of Democratic Party critics are perfectly permissible – but because a very similar event happened on Friday night involving the same MSNBC analyst.
https://theintercept.com/2018/07/08/msnbc-does-not-merely-permit-fabrications-against-democratic-party-critics-it-encourages-and-rewards-them/

This is EXACTLY why it's impossible to take anything the Left says seriously.. Because it is PROVEN and DOCUMENTED bullshit...

More hysterical fear-mongering that, like all of the fear-mongering predictions before it, will never come to pass... :^/

What part of, "THE LEFT HAS NO CREDIBILITY WHATSOEVER" do you not understand???

The hashtag has been linked to a Russian Twitter campaign.

Facts that proves your claim??

ANY facts at all???

It's my day off. I'll be here all day...

Lemme know if you come up with any FACTS that prove your claim..

:D

The problem is the people leaving are upstanding American middle class citizens and the people going into SF are the illegal immigrant criminals and the homeless..

I don't know if I would be bragging about that emigration eh??

And, I have to ask?? Why did you have to leave?? Be honest.. I am betting because it's too expensive to live there, right??

Just for the exercise of course.

It gets on my tits that the real story behind Trump's 'Kinder Konzentrationslager' is being ignored. Simply put, the reason his Sturmabteilung (DHS) can't play snap with these kids and their parents is...they never intended the procedure to become public (hence my query to the admin six weeks ago regarding the loss of 2000+ kids!) Or more likely, and infinitely more disgraceful, Trump and his Trumpettes never intended these families to again reunite! (No doubt in my mind, these kids were being groomed for grounds-keeping serfdom at some over-mortgaged Trump golf course.) Takes a fucking huge and awkward broom to sweep that under the rug, not to mention the rug under which it's swept...Lots of people were involved, I'm still waiting for a pair of bollocks within the DHS to step up and break with the pack.

Pruitt...come on. His resignation/dismissal was just another in a string of dismal Trump failures to create an alternate news cycle. Between the US fending off a global economic dunce cap, Micky (two chins) Cohen, Kim Jong Owned and his elastic agreements, Kinder Konzentrationslager's and the ever-present Sword of Mueller hanging over his flat-top, Trump thought Pruitt was a well-timed bower.

Dimwit is about to announce his pick for supreme court judge...another joke. Why have a supreme court that, given it's whim, can overturn the decision of itself in a previous iteration? Such a court renders itself academic and without lasting value if it's final word on any given matter is subject to reversal within it's life-cycle...Roe V Wade is simple enough as it is, the high court decided that women had sway over their reproductive system as an extension of due process...45 years on, all the key components remain the same, a redress of the issue by the court will just 'give birth' to it's own redress in a few decades. Hell's Bells...if the Irish can manage abortion in their twee little backwater, surely the seborrheic, purulent Justices can let it slide for a few more decades, or a round of afternoon drinks...whichever takes less time.

An aside... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtIvn4HiaJU If anyone is at a loss for 'all the winning.' *Ahem... https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jul/02/why-are-so-many-of-england-world-cup-footballers-from-yorkshire Like there could be any other reason from your resident Yorkshireman/Canuck.

LL&P

That's really cool. I have never seen the steps in the moonlight nor heard about it...

http://ritholtz.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/soybean.png

You didn't do your homework on this one.

The hashtag has been linked to a Russian Twitter campaign.

Astroturfed social media campaigns like the “WalkAway Movement” aim to create manufactured consensus, or the illusion of popularity, so that an idea or position without much public support appears more popular and mainstream than it actually is.

Have you ever seen the tiled steps in the moonlight when the mirrored tiles show a different picture? I've yet to see this, but it is on my list:

https://www.boredpanda.com/glowing-16th-avenue-tiled-steps-san-francisco-night-view/

The tiled steps are fantastic! My friend runs some walking tours of SF for free (he loves the exercise) and we are working on a new one that includes the tiles steps.

His Telegraph Hill tour includes the steps up to Coit Tower, and he has lots of amazing history included as well.

http://palmer-walking-tours.com/

He has a perfect 5 Star rating on Tripadvisor. These and the City Guides tours are great ways to learn a lot about SF for free (most people tip at the end, but it is strictly optional and there is no pressure).

No, the FACT is you have no idea what you are talking about. neilm is absolutely correct. I have moved out of the city recently but two months ago, I worked in the Financial district and can confirm neilm's view of SF homeless. I lived out by the beach and my neighborhood had one homeless lady, and the only shit on the sidewalk was from dogs, which admittedly deserves it's own rant...

That article also pulls a serious bait and switch. All those cities with net negative migration? San Francisco is not on the list. Yes, many people are leaving, myself one of them, but more are are coming in. San Francisco has been gaining population every year for the last couple of decades.

neilm, have you done the 16th avenue tiled steps from the end of Morega? Way cool. I used to climb up to Coit Tower from Filbert street on my lunch break. Great workout.

No, the FACT that SF is overrun with homeless people crapping on the sidewalks and throwing their used needles all over is what increases the perception..

Face reality... Democrat run big cities suck...

"Are you planning to use this equipment for alt-right purposes?" Straka said the salesperson asked him.
http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/07/08/brandon-straka-walk-away-campaign-founder-denied-service-camera-store

Once again, the "tolerance" and "respect" of the Hysterical Left Wingery....

There are two or three areas that are sketchy. One is a poor neighborhood and has the usual problems of crime, etc we see in any major city anywhere in the world.

The other two areas are major areas with homeless people. The one towards the South of the city is mostly out-of-sight as in most cities. The other area in called "The Tenderloin" and is right between the financial district, Chinatown, the City Hall/Opera House/Symphony area, and Market Street.

The Powell St Cable Car terminus is right on the edge of the Tenderloin and so most tourists get to see the homeless part of SF, with pretty aggressive panhandlers. This dramatically increases the perception of tourists that SF is overrun by homeless people because most other cities sweep them away from "nice" areas.

The "author" did his or her research to find facts or statistics that backed up the headline, and went all smug. He or she probably failed in SF or some other big city and has a chip on their shoulder.

To see why people move to SF and the Bay Area, and why companies repeatedly, year-after-year, decide to start up in the Bay Area, you need to read the book I recommended a couple of months ago: "The New Geography of Jobs" by Enrico Moretti.

Needless to say the real situation, and the choices made by millions of people, is far more complex than this laughable piece of feel-good nonsense.

OMG, this has to be the dumbest argument ever.

Let me see if I can get this argument straight:

1. Nasty nanny government in SF is driving people out
2. This means that less demand sends prices skyrocketing
3. So only rich people can afford to live there.

This is so asinine it could only be swallowed by a confirmed Trump supporter.

If the writer and readers of this joke propaganda had used their brains for a couple of seconds, they would have identified two possible scenarios:

Scenario One - Bad Government is raising the costs of living in SF
1. Thus the cost of daily living in SF goes up
2. People don't want to pay these costs
3. They leave for the relatively inexpensive surrounding counties
4. SF rents drop and rich people get a bargain

Scenario Two - A lot of people want to live in SF and vote for their local government to enact policies they want
1. Take a look at SF - that is the reality on the ground.

Rent in SF seems high until you understand that the median salary at FaceBook is north of $240K (for the mathematically challenged, this means that half are paid more and half are paid less, Michale).

Three 20-something friends of mine live in SF. Two are couples living in one bedroom apartments downtown for $3.5K/month, the other is living further from the center with a room in a house with four other friends for $1.5K. These are normal prices.

SF is one of the best cities in the World - people love living there when they are young, but move to the burbs' to raise families. Some (the really successful) move back in or get a pied-à-terre.

I'd suggest you visit, but we have enough tourists ;)

Are your lists of people who sign up going to be available for anyone to view?

I still cannot figure out how anyone is supposed to know that a voter who writes their own name in on the ballot is making a political statement about campaign donations? How can people tell that this isn’t just someone who really wants to vote for themselves to win? Do you have a plan to determine how many write-in ballots are actually One Demand protesters?

The decision to vote or not vote involves some interesting asymmetries between costs and benefits to an individual voter.

The costs of voting tend be personal,concrete and therefore relatively easy to quantify in terms of lost time and money.

The benefits of voting are collective and much harder to quantify in tangible terms. The chances that any one voter can sway an election one way or another are extremely small. In a very real sense, your individual vote typically doesn't matter very much. Moreover, the post 19th Century process of voting gives an individual plausible deniability about how they voted, or if they voted at all. Given the low peer pressure, it's very easy to say "screw it...." even before you weigh the likely dubious merits of the available candidates.

At the end of the election day, I'm always slightly amazed at the percentage of potential voters who actually DO show up at the polling stations.

Maybe we should give a smallish tax credit to those who show up to vote. Who you vote for remains secret, but the fact you showed up is a matter public record. Not all peer pressure is bad.

Heh.

You're bad, Michale. :)

I have to admit that this does confuse me...

Democrats hold double-digit leads in the U.S. Senate contests in Arizona and Ohio:

Democrats are also currently ahead in Montana and West Virginia. North Dakota is currently a toss up.

And all of that means NOTHING when a SCOTUS seat is in play..

Let's revisit those stats AFTER the incumbents place their vote for Judge Amy Barrett..

I wager 10,000 quatloos that those stats will be VASTLY different than they are now..

So again Michale, I would not crow too loudly or count your chickens before they are hatched. There's a long way between now and November, and the Senate really remains too close to call.

Not to those who objectively understands the FACTS and reality without any partisan blinders..

Especially with Democrats having excellent chances to pick up Republican held Senate seats in Arizona, Nevada and Tennessee, while holding on to ones in Florida, West Virginia, Montana and Missouri, and possibly losing ones in North Dakota and Indiana.

YOu can dream.. :D

It's gonna be 56-58 GOP after the mid-terms. :D

"But Democrats are going to get brutally decimated in the Senate....

Joe Manchin
Claire McCaskill
Joe Donnelly
Heidi Heitkamp
John Tester
Bill Nelson

All are going to be replaced with GOP'ers..."

I know how much you LOVE polls BUT:

Democrats hold double-digit leads in the U.S. Senate contests in Arizona and Ohio:

In Arizona, Democrat Rep. Kyrsten Sinema is ahead of all three potential Republican opponents — Kelli Ward by 10 points among registered voters (48 percent to 38 percent), Rep. Martha McSally by 11 points (49 percent to 38 percent) and Joe Arpaio by 25 points (57 percent to 32 percent).

In Ohio, Sen. Sherrod Brown, a Democrat, leads GOP challenger Jim Renacci by 13 points, 51 percent to 38 percent.

Even in Florida, the incumbent Democrat, Sen. Bill Nelson, gets support from 49 percent of registered voters, while his Republican challenger, Gov. Rick Scott, is at 45 percent

Democrats are also currently ahead in Montana and West Virginia. North Dakota is currently a toss up.

So again Michale, I would not crow too loudly or count your chickens before they are hatched. There's a long way between now and November, and the Senate really remains too close to call.

Especially with Democrats having excellent chances to pick up Republican held Senate seats in Arizona, Nevada and Tennessee, while holding on to ones in Florida, West Virginia, Montana and Missouri, and possibly losing ones in North Dakota and Indiana.

"Who among us has not made the mistake of saying there instead of their or your welcome instead of you're welcome or week instead of weak ..."

My favorite are the people who use "except" instead of "accept" and don't know the difference.

"Do you believe that it's more than possible that Trump will be re-elected?"

[10] rjrap

"No I do not. I dont think his "base" is all that large percentage wise."

Here are my predictions:

1) Control of the Senate between Republicans and Democrats is too close to call.

2) The House will flip from Republican to Democratic control guaranteed.

3) If a Democratic House tries to impeach Trump without overwhelming control of the Senate as well, they will fail, and Trump will garner enough sympathy to be elected to a second term.

4) If however, a Democratic House just holds hearings and investigations, lets Mueller issue his report, takes no action on impeachment, and leaves it up to the American people to decide politically through the next election, then: Trump will not be elected to a second term, and those close to Trump, like Jared Kushner and Eric Trump, will be hung out to dry and left to face criminal charges by themselves, while Trump himself remains untouched except for the electoral loss.

For years, these Blue Model politicians have taxed, spent and regulated on the people's behalf, with poor or even abysmal results. That's why the massive shift of population is taking place. It also accounts, perhaps, for the surprising rise and success of President Trump.
https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/san-francisco-blue-model/

The conclusion is as rational and as logical as it is inescapable...

Democrat governance simply does not work as advertised...

Yes, that movie was on my mind - one of my favourites.

:D One of Connery's best...

All I have to say is... PLEASE, PLEASE run Hillary!!! You owe it to your fans to be a 3 time loser..

http://www.ncsl.org/research/ethics/50-state-table-revolving-door-prohibitions.aspx

yes it is. see here:

http://www.nhrebellion.org/agenda

JL

Is campaign finance reform possible in the wake of Citizens United?

you are correct on many counts about non-voters. according to political scientists, one of the main reasons people don't vote in the US is because it's inconvenient and takes effort. another main reason is because they don't know, don't care or aren't interested in politics. a third reason is that there is no immediate positive result when people vote for anyone other than the candidate who wins. however, those issues don't interest don. he's only interested in "the issue at hand" (an oddly appropriate term), namely whether or not millions of people who currently don't vote in mid-terms could be convinced to vote based primarily on campaign finance.

as i see it, the chief obstacle would not be the illogical rationale for voting that way - people vote for all kinds of stupid stuff all the time (see: brexit). the main operational obstacle would be targeting the appropriate cross-section of the population and gaining their attention. which is why i see pestering CW as counterproductive. although there's a fair amount of sympathy here for the overall cause of addressing the legalized corruption of campaign finance, we as a community tend not to be receptive to the narrow focus of don's idea. some of us have suggested in all sincerity that he would be more successful if he sought out greener pastures, but no matter how many times we all say no thanks, it's certainly his prerogative to continue to ask.

JL

Couldn't it force the Democrats to rethink their failed strategy in 2020 and get many more Democrats to run true small contribution campaigns so that they can attract some of those over 50% of voters that have rejected the failed strategy as well as get back the others that chose the other option in 2018?

Where is your data that shows the reasons that people give for why they failed to vote?

I have no doubt that most people believe that we need to get Big Money out of our elections, but that doesn’t mean that this is the reason that people chose not to vote. There are lot of people who support one political party over the other, but don’t vote for a variety of reasons: forgot to mail it in, overslept, feel that their vote won’t change anything, etc..

Why would a person who doesn’t vote because it would mean getting up an extra two hours early to get to a polling place before heading into work want to make the effort just so they can write in their own name on the ballot?

You think that sends a message to the political class, but how is anyone going to know the difference between those that truly want Bart Simpson to win and someone supporting One Demand by writing their own name in?

They do not have to invest ant money in contributions, investigate any candidates, they are not spoilers because they would only be writing in their own name to register a vote against the Big money candidates to create and demonstrate demand for small contribution candidates in 2020 and set up a base for an organization to support those candidates in 2020 instead of not voting in 2018.

You are telling people not to take the time to see if a candidate deserves their support, but to do what you tell them to do! Wow! Talk about arrogance! You have yet to explain how writing in your own name is sending a message against Big Money candidates that anyone other than you will recognize.

You want people to get excited about a political movement that you, yourself, have said will have no effect on who is elected in that election. You believe, for some unknown reason, that people will be so excited by their decision to make a change in their own lives by voting (even though writing their own name onto the ballot won’t accomplish anything) that they are going to want to continue taking the time to vote in future elections and support the movement that accomplished NOTHING?!?!

And what about electronic voting booths that do not allow for write-ins? What are people to do then? Or in places where write-ins are not allowed except in the primaries?

You try to compare what you are wanting to do to the Woman’s March protests, which gave people an opportunity to come together in protest for women’s rights and to shine a light on those that have abused women. Your group wants to send an unclear message politicians whose only sin is accepting donations that you deem to be too large! You have yet to explain WHY I would support the only One Demand candidate on my ballot who opposes everything I support....except that they ran a small donations campaign!

And that is the real problem... you want people to support candidates based on how they choose to run their campaigns, NOT with how they will govern!

And to answer your questions: No, there is no chance in HELL that One Demand will draw people because it doesn’t give them “another option”! It isn’t a political party. It’s a campaign strategy at most, but it isn’t even a very good strategy.

Of course, that doesn't mean they shouldn't try!

Yes, that movie was on my mind - one of my favourites.

I kinda was too... But (knock on wood) we can keep it going...
:D

Michale[45],

Very well said.

Danke... :D

Very well said.

"The whine is strong with this one"
-Yoda

:D

Ya really have ta face reality, Neil...

McConnell gambled and it paid off big time..

The Left doesn't have a leg to stand on trying to deny Judge Barrett her seat at the table...

Except for the fact that the #WalkAway movement is nearly all LGBQTRABCXYZ.... That's much for of an issue for Democrats because they are a protected group...

It would be as if black Americans migrated to President Trump in droves..

Oh wait.. THAT has happened too...

Just a thought..

The same freedom that gives you the right to voice your opinion and ask your questions is the same right others have NOT to address your opinion or answer your questions..

If you demand to voice your opinions and ask your questions, you must respect other's rights to NOT address your opinions and to NOT answer your questions..

I'm just sayin'....

Speaking of insults.. It's been kinda nice around here the last week or so, hasn't it?? :D

:D

Dead giveaway.

Heh..

"It's funny because it's true.."
-Homer Simpson

:D

Please encourage them to do so...

Democrats MAY have a shot in the House. Emphasis on MAY...

But Democrats are going to get brutally decimated in the Senate....

Joe Manchin
Claire McCaskill
Joe Donnelly
Heidi Heitkamp
John Tester
Bill Nelson

All are going to be replaced with GOP'ers...

WaPoop...

'Nuff said...

But I have to ask... Was that the same Declaration Of Independence that Leftist Facebook called "Hate Speech"??

Why the Left will hate Andrew Wheeler at EPA even more than Scott Pruitt
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/why-the-left-will-hate-andrew-wheeler-at-epa-even-more-than-scott-pruitt

Hound Pruitt until he leaves the EPA post and bring to power someone even worse (for Democrats) at the EPA...

What IS it about Democrats that they continually take a hammer to their own wee-wees over and over and over again??

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/07/05/some-trump-supporters-thought-npr-tweeted-propaganda-it-was-the-declaration-of-independence/?utm_term=.303ea0ff3a86

Martin Astrof, 75, was arrested outside his home shortly afterward and charged with making a terroristic threat and second-degree reckless endangerment, FOX5 New York reported.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/07/07/man-threatened-to-kill-supporters-trump-gop-congressman-outside-campaign-office-police-say.html

What's the problem?? He is just doing what Mad Maxine told him to do.. "Absolutely harass" anyone who thinks differently... The only thing he forgot was to get the angry mob together...

{/sarcasm}

The "Love" and "tolerance" of the Left Wingery..

:^/

Says it all, right there.... :D

Democrats keep getting played over and over and over again...

Yea!!! And!!! And!!! He's got ORANGE SKIN too!!!

AND!!! AND!!! Tiny hands!!!!!

I really wish sometimes that ya'all could take a step outside yerselves and see how utterly inane and ridiculous ya'all sound...

:^/

And given the Democrat penchant to snatch defeat from the jaws of vicotry...

Barring any major upheaval (a REAL one, not like what we have seen from hysterical Democrats) it's a forgone conclusion that Trump will win a second term...

Trump seems to write about as well as he can read.

Really? I mean, SERIOUSLY!

It would not have been as funny had Trump not preceded his gaffe with:

After having written many best selling books, and somewhat priding myself on my ability to write…

He first lies about being the author of many best sellers, then boasts about his writing abilities! You can’t make that sort of crap up! His arrogance is what made his otherwise forgivable mistake so glaring.

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/07/05/democrats-civility-1960s-violence-218948

Here's what happened the last time Democrats went down the road they are on today...

If Democrats want to guarantee a larger House and Senate GOP majority, just keep on traveling down the late 60s/early 70s road...

Would you like to hazard a guess as to what my Poker Stars handle is? :)

I've had some great political chats there, from time to time ...

Serious people need to stop allowing themselves to be distracted and start focusing like a laser beam on the big picture or the unthinkable will happen in 2020.

Seriously, Liz.. Well said..