US continues to go forward

[osuwhit]

You gotta be blind if you don't know who Dan Crenshaw is.

“Yyyyaaaarrr! Blasted campaign! Yer scurvy schemes will earn ye a one way ticket to the bone yard! Yet thats the way it be, maties.. the winds they be fickle and the votes be fewer than me crew, but mark me words, scoundrels! A true pirate don’t surrender the seas after one lost tide. I’ll chart a new course and sail back into office again on the currents of victory! This ain't the last time ye hear from me!!! Yyyyyaaaaarrrr!!!!”

 

[steross]

I wanted to talk about him being blindsided by his primary opponent but that seemed excessive.

Learn the rules.
There are plenty of minorities out there to make fun of and you won't get a hard time from that poster.
Leave the wealthy white republican men out of this even if they do chose to look like a pirate instead of using a prosthetic eye.

 

[GratefulPoke]

In all seriousness I think he's a decent congressmen. Makes weird but fun political advertisements. Follows his party line too much but 99% of congress does that so I can't hold it against him. No idea on how much corporate pac/Israel money he gets but again it's hard to call him out on something that is way too common in congress. It sucks that someone who occasionally finds their voice against Trump in his own party has to suffer the consequences of not being 100% under the boot.

I disagree. Dan Crenshaw sucks/sucked. Was very dismissive of his constituents concerns, which is part of the reason why he lost.

Plus:

 

[GratefulPoke]

One thing I should point out is PACs are starting to use bundlers quite a bit more to try to obfuscate where their funding is coming from.

A lot of people no longer accept AIPAC funds directly because they are radioactive, but they are still active and funding candidates now more than ever. They are just using bundlers to funnel money to politicians.

Keep this in mind when doing your research and kudos to the Track AIPAC team for doing that 2nd level investigating to bring this to light.

 

[cowboyinexile]

I disagree. Dan Crenshaw sucks/sucked. Was very dismissive of his constituents concerns, which is part of the reason why he lost.

Plus:
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That's alot of money from AIPAC. Like I said I didn't know what he was taking from them. My assessment was based mostly off him not being some dude that always licked boot-maybe he was just licking a different boot.

 

[GratefulPoke]

That's alot of money from AIPAC. Like I said I didn't know what he was taking from them. My assessment was based mostly off him not being some dude that always licked boot-maybe he was just licking a different boot.

Fair, but I dont think I agree with that assessment. He was licking Trumps boot very frequently, plus licking the boot 80% of electeds are with the Israeli lobby.

 

[PJ-OSU]

I wanted to talk about him being blindsided by his primary opponent but that seemed excessive.

 

[Polds4OSU]

 

[GratefulPoke]

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Hes no Billy Mays.

 

[KK10]

Hes no Billy Mays.

I might vote for Billy Mays, he seemed like a solid dude (RIP!).
Vince is a skeezy MFer & not to be trusted

 

[Polds4OSU]

 

[PF5]

really didn´t know which thread to put this on...miss his leadership!!

 

[steross]

State Department slashes fee for renouncing U.S. citizenship by 80% to $450

After years of legal battles with several groups representing Americans wanting to give up their citizenship, the department on Friday published a final rule in the Federal Register that reduces the cost from $2,350 to $450.

www.pbs.org

 

[steross]

I saw this posted and figured at a minimum it is well written and the guy doesn't sound like a "winning" idiot.
Can't say that I have the depth of knowledge on the Russian and Chinese economies to argue with him other than to say he sounds a little hyperbolic talking about our speed and precision just after we lost a KC-135. That's not common.

I will say, I certainly hope my feelings are wrong and he is right.

 

[Vakarian74]

I saw this posted and figured at a minimum it is well written and the guy doesn't sound like a "winning" idiot.
Can't say that I have the depth of knowledge on the Russian and Chinese economies to argue with him other than to say he sounds a little hyperbolic talking about our speed and precision just after we lost a KC-135. That's not common.

I will say, I certainly hope my feelings are wrong and he is right.

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He sounds like Trump.

 

[steross]

He sounds like Trump.

He sounds like Trump should sound.

 

[Vakarian74]

He sounds like Trump should sound.

It was all look how great we are BS.

 

[steross]

I will say, I certainly hope my feelings are wrong and he is right.

It was all look how great we are BS.

I'm not sure what point you are trying to make other than "Never post something that isn't 100% anti-Trump."
I'm not knowledgeable enough on the economies of Russia and China to agree with him or dispute him. Since you called it BS, prove it. I'm not seeing much of an alliance, like he said.

I do not like Trump. That is clear. My best guess, knowing what I know, is that this is mostly wrong. But, I am not so anti-Trump as to be anti-America. I'm not so arrogant as to think I am always right about everything. Pretty tough to whine about MAGA being in a silo as you create another silo.

Russia and China are not our friends. If somehow within the megalomania, failures, and horrible behavior, some Trump strategies did have a positive outcome, I'd be happy. If your hate for Trump is so strong that you wouldn't want that, I really don't know what to say other than maybe you should create a "Russia and China continue forward" thread and ignore this one.

 

[Bowers3]

I get his sentiment and agree, but he is a little too intense about it. But yeah if Trump talked (typed) more like that it'd be a little less embarrassing.

 

[GratefulPoke]

He sounds like Trump should sound.

I don't want my president sounding like a jingoistic megalomaniac. That statement is full of half truths and we really should demand better from our leaders than that.

Is it better than Trump's usual drivel? I guess but the problematic ideology behind trump is still very apparent with that statement too.