It's obvious that the poor dumb troll reads the questions and believes everything is about him and begins the standard repetitive same old tired attacks he spews daily. It would be funny if it wasn't so pathetic.

Spot on. When I first started visiting the site, Michale seemed much less “troll-like” than he is today. As someone who had always considered themselves a “moderate”, I enjoyed hearing his view on the topics of the day. I don’t remember the constant “whataboutisms” or the false comparisons and name calling that he showers the site with these days. Honestly, it’s almost like performance-art piece where he is a two-dimensional character for 3 shows a day and twice on Sundays.

OK, I gotta bite on this one before getting into everyone's responses...

Nope, EACH of you is lifting 50 lbs apiece (assuming you're lifting equally). Together, the TWO OF YOU are lifting 100 lbs.

:-)

-CW

LL&P

Obama came into office when over 60% of the residential construction workforce was idle as a result of the bursting of the housing bubble. It was inevitable that all those jobs would have to be filled once the crisis passed.

You don't say!? /sarcasm off

So are you trying to say that the job performance numbers in Obama's last 18 months of his 8 years in office were those residential construction workers finally getting back to work at the end of Obama's two terms? Otherwise, I'm not sure how your comment is relevant to my post about Obama having better job numbers in his last 18 months immediately preceding Trump's first 18 months that the board troll is so excited about for no discernible reason when comparing statistics of the president he routinely whines about. Meaning: If Obama's job numbers are better than Trump's... and they definitely are... then why is the board moron so excited about the shittier job performance numbers and moaning and whining that we should all be excited about them too?

U.S. presidents get the credit for prosperity and good times and the blame for bad times, and they rarely have a damn thing to do with either.

You don't say!? *laughs*

Obviously, I know all this, Stucki. I'm just explaining to the board troll why he appears both hypocritical and moronic to the rest of us who have a basic 3rd grade math skills. :)

Obama came into office when over 60% of the residential construction workforce was idle as a result of the bursting of the housing bubble. It was inevitable that all those jobs would have to be filled once the crisis passed.

U.S. presidents get the credit for prosperity and good times and the blame for bad times, and they rarely have a damn thing to do with either.

Irregardless, lol. That word only skates by the spelling Nazi's in America, we were taught to use regardless...in the same way it's 'among' and not 'amongst,'

Carry on.

LL&P

In the first 18 months of Trump’s term, job growth averaged a healthy 193,000 per month, but during Obama’s last 18 months job growth equaled an even more robust 206,000.

Over the most recent 12 months of Trump’s presidency, average hourly wages grew 2.5 percent, but under Obama in his last year, hourly wages grew 2.9 percent.

https://tinyurl.com/yc47o6j3

If only you had been singing Obama's praises for his better job performance numbers, perhaps you wouldn't now be sounding like a complete and utter hypocrite.

Perhaps at the very least you could find your way to understanding why no one here is impressed with Trump's weaker job creation numbers, etc. :)

1. Of course it goes for all politicians, regardless of their party affiliation! Do you not agree???

I agree with Russ. It's obvious that the poor dumb troll reads the questions and believes everything is about him and begins the standard repetitive same old tired attacks he spews daily. It would be funny if it wasn't so pathetic.

2. I have/do. Sadly, you just accept the lies from the Russian Party.

And Hair Dick-Tater. *laughs* :)

Do you think a candidate for any federal office should also be required to release all school transcripts that exist past middle school?

Q. Did the effing illiterate moron assume my question was for him?

A. Same shit, different day. :)

5. Why does the board troll assume the questions commenters asked in response to CW are about him and so begins answering them as if they're about him and his ridiculous and utterly asinine whataboutism?

Everything is NOT about you, Michale. Let that "sink in" to your tiny cranium. :)

Did WHAT? He hasn't done anything, except tweet..

He's just a fat Angry Bird.

Do you mean like, start a war? Neither the Europeans nor the Russians will reinstate sanctions, so what support do you suppose Trump has for military action? Iran is three times the size of Iraq, with a much better army, and has a military defense pact with Russia on its books.

Oh, maybe Italy's new Nationalist leader will offer support. That should be comforting.

How much you want to bet that President Trump won't frak it up and throw the protesters under the bus like Odumbo did???

President Trump did it where Odumbo could not..

"These are the facts of the case. And they are undisputed"

Bullshit..

If it had been a POTUS with a -D after their name, you would be crowing to the ends of the earth how awesome said -D POTUS is..

You and I BOTH know that this is factually accurate..

So, don't give me your bullshit...

Further, if the economy had tanked as ya'all predicted then it WOULD be President Trump's fault..

Again, you and I BOTH know this is factually accurate..

So, again.. DON'T give me your Party slavery bullshit..

If the POTUS gets the blame when things are bad, then the POTUS gets the credit when things are good..

Claiming that the current good economy is Trump's doing is like claiming that good weather is the weatherman's accomplishment. Claiming differently only makes the GOP seem more out of touch with reality than it already is.

Yea, you keep telling yourself that..

Once the Democrats are shellacked (AGAIN) because of Trump's awesome economy, you'll be crying (AGAIN) and whining about Russians and collusion..

And, once again, Michale will have the LAST (and BEST) laugh.. :D

Again, Michale, just how has Trump accomplished this? Magic? He hasn't done anything to affect the economy, save for signing that tax cut for billionaires that he didn't write.

As I've already said today, the Billionaire's tax cuts weren't Trump's - other than signing them, he had no role in their crafting. Former (Republican) Fed Chair Ben Bernanke said recently that the effect of those cuts, which include $1.5 trillion in personal and corporate tax cuts and a $300 billion increase in federal spending is a "sugar rush", and that we'll realize eventually that its benefit is illusory:

“What you are getting is a stimulus at the very wrong moment,” Bernanke said, which he added, “is going to hit the economy in a big way this year and next year, and then in 2020 Wile E. Coyote is going to go off the cliff.”

Oh, wait, Trump DID announce a bunch of tariffs, triggering trade disputes with Canada, China and Europe particularly (Europe made a deal last week that removes ALL tariffs until more talks are held - so what did we accomplish there?). I've heard that another effect of the Tariff announcement was to cause the Chinese Yuan to drop, making Chinese goods cheaper in the US for the time being. That'll team 'em not to sell more goods to us than we sell to them.

Republicans always take credit for Democrats' responsible economies. Bush tried to pass off the Clinton Economy as his own, too, using it too as an excuse for his own huge tax cut bill and inevitable deficit spending. He continued to insist that his own economic policy was working right up until the economy crashed and burned at his feet.

Obama brought back responsible economic and regulatory policy and the economy has been having its longest expansion in history ever since.

Trump didn't do shit to make that happen.

Claiming that the current good economy is Trump's doing is like claiming that good weather is the weatherman's accomplishment. Claiming differently only makes the GOP seem more out of touch with reality than it already is.

Yes, please.. By all means, Democrats.. Ignore everything but identity politics...

It worked so well for you, 2009 thru 2016....

:D

https://www.axios.com/white-house-confronts-techs-tariff-jitters-8f25c703-6493-496f-b366-0549502eab0b.html

President Trump is down to business with HELPING this country... :D

No wonder ya'all hate Trump so much... He is showing up Odumbo for the complete incompetent nincompoop that Odumbo was...

Then why didn't you ask those questions under the Odumbo Administration??

2. I have/do. Sadly, you just accept the lies from the Russian Party.

Whatever you have to tell yourself to make it thru your day.. :D

Meanwhile, while you are quaking and fearful of every Russian shadow, President Trump has been creating hundreds of thousands of jobs for Americans and got the economy going even after Odumbo claimed that the sluggish economy is the "new normal" and Americans will just have to get used to it.. :D

Ya'all are gonna have to deal with President Trump and a strong economy for another 6 years.. :D

1. Should all your questions apply equally to Republicans AND Democrats??

2. Why didn't you/don't you ask those questions when Democrats lie to you??

1. Of course it goes for all politicians, regardless of their party affiliation! Do you not agree???

2. I have/do. Sadly, you just accept the lies from the Russian Party.

1) Do you support isolationism in a time of globalism?

2) Do you feel your vote is decided by current events or familial and/or societal allegiance?

3) Given that the US spends one third more of it's GDP on healthcare than Canada, respectively...do you think the US should enjoy a similar quality of universal healthcare as Canadians?

4)Do you think vast lobbyists such as the NRA and large Pharma should hold such sway over politicians through their political contributions?

5) Do you think your elected officials should be held to a standard that includes total transparency in their private lives, before and after election, such as business, political and social affiliation?

Obvious questions, I know...but rarely considered.

LL&P

I was thinking the EXACT same thing myself.. :D

Kinda like how I have described POLLS all these years.. :D

This is a great test and wide open window into what makes people tick. Not the ones being asked the questions but the people posing them.

With today's Democrats??

That's actually a very tough question...

The same way a Democrat would be if we had a Democrat POTUS...

Other than sign a congressionally-crafted bill rewarding billionaires with tax cuts that was shoved in front of him, how is Trump responsible for this?

Looks like you put your own feelings into the re-wording.. How you feel about it is somewhat disconcerting, but I understand you are in the throes of HHPTDS and you are not responsible..

Irregardless, the FACT is that black Americans and hispanic Americans have seen their unemployement the LOWEST it has EVER been.. EVER....

All thanks to President Trump..

I know, I know.. You don't really care about the interests of the black and hispanic communities if you can't beat President Trump over the head with them...

Again, I understand.. You are forgiven..

HHPTDS is insidious...

I'll reword it for you:

Q: Why don't you black folk just shut up and dribble vote for the white supremacist?

I'll reword it for you:

Q: Why don't you black vote just shut up and dribble vote for the white supremacist?

It was part of a anti-discrimination program, code-named NUNYA....

So, for the black community, who has seen the LOWEST Unemployment for black Americans **EVER**, their "self-interest" would be to vote *FOR* President Trump, right??

For the hispanic community, who has seen the lowest Unemployment for hispanic Americans **EVER**, their "self interest" would be to vote *FOR* President Trump, right???

I mean, if we're talking "self-interest" that someone OUTSIDE the community gets to assign, then it's OBVIOUS that the black American community's self interest and the hispanic American community's self interest lies with voting **FOR** President Trump...

Wouldn't you agree???

Or does assigned self-interest only work if it's AGAINST the President that ya'all don't like?? :D

Inquiring minds want to know.. :D

That's because, unlike others, you don't knee-jerk react based on your HHPTDS and are actually THINKING about the questions....

Apparently, you only have a mild or intermittent case of HHPTDS... :D

Do you think a candidate for any federal office should also be required to release all school transcripts that exist past middle school?

Should politicians be required to pass basic civil service requirements in order to qualify to be a candidate?

1. Should all your questions apply equally to Republicans AND Democrats??

2. Why didn't you/don't you ask those questions when Democrats lie to you??

3) Why do you continually vote against your own self interests and the interests of the community you belong to?

Answer: I am not voting against my own self-interests.. I am voting against what you *THINK* my self-interest is or should be..

My self interest is my own and no one, especially someone who is my political enemy, can tell me what *MY* self-interest is..

To whit: If I lift a 100lb TV, then I am lifting 100lbs.. If I have another person help me and we each lift one end of the TV, we are still each lifting 100lbs, right??

1) Why do you vote for a candidate that you know is lying to you?

2) Why do you vote on someone's position on only one issue to the exclusion of all other issues?

3) Why do you continually vote against your own self interests and the interests of the community you belong to?

4. Candidates running to become President of the United States or running for any federal office are at present required to detail their financial holdings, debt, and their sources of income so that the public can identify any conflicts of interest a candidate may have. Do you think a candidate for any federal office should also be required to disclose a minimum of five (5) years of federal income tax returns?

Should politicians face ethics charges for knowingly lying to their constituents?

Should news media be required to alert the public and differentiate when it is offering opinion pieces and when it is actually reporting the facts?

Should media outlets be required to offer equal and fair access to opposing views?

Should politicians be required to pass basic civil service requirements in order to qualify to be a candidate?

2. If you answered "yes" to #1 above, skip to #3. If you answered "no" to #1 above: Then why do you keep repeating the same ignorant bullshit over and over?

3. Hello, Benedict Donald. Do you know what "MAGA" is going to mean for the majority of people associated with your campaign?
It's going to mean: "My Ass Got Arrested."

It's very likely that those questions could define what he is really trying to do far more clearly than lengthy and contentious positions and debates can't do.