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Carolina Red said:
If you look at George W. Bush, per Gallup, his 2nd term average approval rating was 37% with a low of 25%. It hovered in the mid 30s with Iraq going to shit then dived to the low when the economy went tits up.

A lot of those same people are the ones hanging in there for Trump. They're baked in... as a southerner, I think of it as those folks view politics as they do college football... he's their team and they're gonna support him regardless.
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25, even 30, is a big distance from 37. Though, there could be erosion by fatigue later. But maybe the Dems' 2006 strategy was simply better than what it is now? And of course Trump's sins all added up still don't equal Iraq.
Edit: so there is some room for him to worsen, is what I'm saying. 37 as a floor is better than what-could-have-been, given the history of Bush's numbers.
 
SteveJ said:
I wonder if it was a case of Trump saying to his colleagues: "Just get me elected. I don't care what you have to do to achieve it".
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That is exactly the situation described in an article I read a few days ago.

I loved this part especially:

Meanwhile, the former campaign staffer went so far as to suggest Trump’s aides could have colluded with Russia without knowing it was illegal. “Is it possible that [Trump] was surrounded with people who didn’t even realize what they were doing was inappropriate? You’d have to be pretty stupid. But there are some pretty stupid people in the Trump camp.”

“You have to remember,” the staffer added, “these people were just kind of in the right place at the right time, and fell into running the country … I would almost compare it to the Keystone Kops. Just silly, maybe well-intentioned people who got lucky—or maybe unlucky depending on how things work out.”
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:lol:
 
Carolina Red said:
Yes. Going to college actually makes you less intelligent, according to them.
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My expertise comes from people that live in NC or WV...

I guess you know what I am talking of... ;)

If you are not one of them you are probably one of this leftist treehuggers...
 
Blackwidow said:
My expertise comes from people that live in NC or WV...

I guess you know what I am talking of... ;)

If you are not one of them you are probably one of this leftist treehuggers...
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My Trump flag flying uncle lives in NC. We're about an hour south in SC. I definitely know the type.
 
They're just the lowest of the low.

Just when you think that family couldn't get any more repulsive, Forbes publish this story.
 
I wonder if Trump is a fan of Boardwalk Empire.
 
So Trump was tweeting taking credit for the Gulf States' cutting ties with Qatar and now it's surfacing that it could have been Russian hackers creating a fake news story the whole time.

Coincidence?
 
WaPo doing the Lord's work again...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...879f14-4ace-11e7-9669-250d0b15f83b_story.html
The nation’s top intelligence official told associates in March that President Trump asked him if he could intervene with then-FBI Director James B. Comey to get the bureau to back off its focus on former national security adviser Michael Flynn in its Russia probe, according to officials.

On March 22, less than a week after being confirmed by the Senate, Director of National Intelligence Daniel Coats attended a briefing at the White House together with officials from several government agencies. As the briefing was wrapping up, Trump asked everyone to leave the room except for Coats and CIA Director Mike Pompeo.

The president then started complaining about the FBI investigation and Comey’s handling of it, said officials familiar with the account Coats gave to associates. Two days earlier, Comey had confirmed in a congressional hearing that the bureau was probing whether Trump’s campaign coordinated with Russia during the 2016 race.
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Silva said:
She's allegedly the person who leaked an NSA report on Russia interference in the 2016 election to the intercept.
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Looks like the Intercept have pretty seriously mishandled the leak too. Didn't take appropriate steps to protect their source's identity by handing over a scan of the leaked document back to the NSA that contained identifying features. Could be an extremely costly mistake for their credibility/reputation for prospective leakers.
 
The secretary of education saying everything you need to know without saying anything at all.

 
Santi_Mesut_Alexis_87 said:
Trump: "Stopping Qatar could mean the end of any form of terrorism".



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They look cheap.
 
I don't want to be a dick about this, It's purely because I'm curious and like to challenge my views that i ask...
But whats the thinking behind people voting for the "guilty but not a big deal" option?

If you are to think a president of a nation:
Colluded with another nation (a non-friendly one at that) to get into power.
Has actively tried to hinder investigation into said collusion.

In my head, if it was a country the US haven't had so much rivalry with as the Russians, like say the UK, I could understand the first one. But if you go with the first one, then the second one does make it a major issue, no?
(even without it obstruction of investigation is a major thing in my head)
 
I can't get my head around what she is avoiding to say in that clip. Basically a a private school doesn't have to accept anyone right? So they can deny entry to a disabled child based on disability. But if they accept a single voucher from any student then they can no longer discriminate anyone?
 
This culture of disinterest in facts and the "war" for the rights of the fringe gender daily-changers are just rot. I'm sitting here thinking what kind of environment have these people been raised in. To ignore the weight of proof, blindly trusting what the people on TV are saying, is so WW2 totalitarian subject mentality.
 
Just listening to the Saudi vs Qatar story and it reminded me of several "discussions" I've had with Trump voters. They couldn't bring themselves to vote for a woman who took money from Saudi given their women's rights history. I informed them that the person who gave the Foundation (not Hilary) money donated to breast cancer research amongst other things and is quite the philanthropist. They also loved Ivanka. I've disconnected from these people but I wonder how they are now spinning the 10x larger donation to Ivanka's charity and Trump's trip to meet Suraman and Salman to use their Palantir (use I had to Google that).
 
Wooohoooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Trump has solved the worlds terrorism problem AND the problems in the Middle East, all in one day. Wowzers, he must be shattered now. Where was it he shifted all the blame too? Oh yeah Qatar The place NOBODY in the USA seems to be able to pronounce properly (it infuriates me so much to hear them call it "cutter" all the time) and one of the countries NOT MENTIONED on Trump's list. Genius. :rolleyes:

Wow, so simple, such world diplomacy, such wow @Snowjoe
 
langster said:
Wooohoooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Trump has solved the worlds terrorism problem AND the problems in the Middle East, all in one day. Wowzers, he must be shattered now. Where was it he shifted all the blame too? Oh yeah Qatar The place NOBODY in the USA seems to be able to pronounce properly (it infuriates me so much to hear them call it "cutter" all the time) and one of the countries NOT MENTIONED on Trump's list. Genius. :rolleyes:

Wow, so simple, such world diplomacy, such wow @Snowjoe
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Yesssss doge it up baby!
 
langster said:
Wooohoooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Trump has solved the worlds terrorism problem AND the problems in the Middle East, all in one day. Wowzers, he must be shattered now. Where was it he shifted all the blame too? Oh yeah Qatar The place NOBODY in the USA seems to be able to pronounce properly (it infuriates me so much to hear them call it "cutter" all the time) and one of the countries NOT MENTIONED on Trump's list. Genius. :rolleyes:

Wow, so simple, such world diplomacy, such wow @Snowjoe
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Qatar
Trump has stakes in four companies that appear to be tied in business in the desert nation. The country’s state-owned carrier, Qatar Airways, has leased an office in Manhattan’s Trump Tower since 2008. Ivanka Trump told Hotelier Middle East in 2015 that the Trump Hotel Collection was eyeing opportunities in Qatar.
 
senorgregster said:
Qatar
Trump has stakes in four companies that appear to be tied in business in the desert nation. The country’s state-owned carrier, Qatar Airways, has leased an office in Manhattan’s Trump Tower since 2008. Ivanka Trump told Hotelier Middle East in 2015 that the Trump Hotel Collection was eyeing opportunities in Qatar.
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Yeah, that's the one.

Snowjoe said:
Yesssss doge it up baby!
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Funny-Dog...hash=item3ad6a7a3c1:m:mWZmhfU8MVj4E5oi-fvtQ4w :lol:
 
Snowjoe said:
Holy shit I could carry doge around with me all the time! Just like you are now...
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He's my new hero and symbol of hope and all that is good in the world. Each time I get sad or upset I think of Doge and all is good in the world again. He's like the anti-Trump hero in my life, my son has successfully converted me to Dogeness! :lol:
 
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