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Started by CountDeMoney, November 09, 2016, 07:56:22 PM

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dps

Quote from: derspiess on November 10, 2016, 08:50:48 PM
Quote from: fromtia on November 10, 2016, 08:07:54 PM
Is it, oh that's awesome my party has the presidency (and everything else) I'm going to get a lot of legislation I like, and all that stuff I dont like is going to get repealed, Supreme court, judiciary etc etc, sorry the actual President is kinda weird, but hey nbd

Or is it sort of holy shit what the hell is happening I have actually deeply held personal convictions about economics, incentive, faith, church, family and the role of government and this monstrous charlatan has run off with my political party. I think I need to do something, anything...

Somewhere in between.  I have no idea what's in store, honestly.

Same here.  I don't see a place for me or people like me in any US political party right now.  Both major parties are apparently protectionist now, and the Libertarians have too many anarchist nutjobs, plus in a year when a heavy majority of voters were repelled by the Presidential candidates of both major parties, the Libertarians made absolutely no inroads.  If they couldn't even get to 5% of the popular vote this year, they never will.  And the other third parties are even nuttier, and even less relevant.

The Brain

I generally don't know what family members vote for.
Women want me. Men want to be with me.

Savonarola

Quote from: Savonarola on November 10, 2016, 09:20:58 PM
My parents are... :unsure:... Gerald Ford Republicans; as far as such a thing can exist anymore.  Anyhow they are clearly appalled by Donald Trump; and while they were not at all happy to vote for Hil, they did it.  (Not that she won Michigan despite that.)

I spoke with my parents tonight.  Mom said that she told my Dad on election night, "Remember how much you hated Jimmy Carter?  Well he looks positively brilliant now."

(Still history's greatest monster, though.)
In Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, they had five hundred years of democracy and peace—and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock

Eddie Teach

Quote from: The Brain on November 11, 2016, 05:56:29 PM
I generally don't know what family members vote for.

They are ardent socialists.
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Syt

Are we sure yet that Trump hasn't been possessed by Chalres Manson?

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—Stephen Jay Gould

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Barrister

Quote from: Syt on November 14, 2016, 05:45:22 AM
Are we sure yet that Trump hasn't been possessed by Chalres Manson?

Well since Manson is still alive...
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Liep

Quote from: Barrister on November 14, 2016, 05:38:45 PM
Quote from: Syt on November 14, 2016, 05:45:22 AM
Are we sure yet that Trump hasn't been possessed by Chalres Manson?

Well since Manson is still alive...

You've clearly never seen 'Fallen'. :P
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viper37

Quote from: dps on November 11, 2016, 04:34:42 PM
I don't see a place for me or people like me in any US political party right now. 
I feel the same about Quebec politics :(
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Grey Fox

Quote from: viper37 on November 14, 2016, 08:17:09 PM
Quote from: dps on November 11, 2016, 04:34:42 PM
I don't see a place for me or people like me in any US political party right now. 
I feel the same about Quebec politics :(

We all feel this way.
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CountDeMoney

The man has no idea what he is doing.

QuoteStill, Mr. Trump's transition is slightly behind the pace set by previous incoming presidents and the timetable established by his own team.

President Barack Obama, for example, named his chief of staff two days after winning the 2008 campaign. Inside the Trump transition team, a broader group of officials known as the "landing team" was supposed to have been announced on Friday and start inspecting agencies for potential changes this coming week. That was delayed after Mr. Trump shuffled the transition team's leadership.

Another contributing factor: Mr. Trump's victory surprised even his own top advisers, who, before Tuesday, were unable to focus the New York businessman on the 73 days between the election and inauguration, a senior aide said. They said Mr. Trump didn't want to jinx himself by planning the transition before he had actually won.

During their private White House meeting on Thursday, Mr. Obama walked his successor through the duties of running the country, and Mr. Trump seemed surprised by the scope, said people familiar with the meeting. Trump aides were described by those people as unaware that the entire presidential staff working in the West Wing had to be replaced at the end of Mr. Obama's term.

After meeting with Mr. Trump, the only person to be elected president without having held a government or military position, Mr. Obama realized the Republican needs more guidance. He plans to spend more time with his successor than presidents typically do, people familiar with the matter said.

mongers

You know what would be real laugh out loud funny, if Obama turns out to be Trump's most trusted and useful advisor during the next two months.  :cool:
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CountDeMoney

Quote from: mongers on November 14, 2016, 09:45:03 PM
You know what would be real laugh out loud funny, if Obama turns out to be Trump's most trusted and useful advisor during the next two months.  :cool:



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MadImmortalMan

Quote from: derspiess on November 11, 2016, 11:40:03 AM

What I'm saying is that at least in my immediate family, knowing us it would not be a big deal if someone disagreed.  We'd still talk about other stuff.

Not me. I haven't logged in to FB since the election, and I'm pretty sure there are a number of relationships that won't survive this. Most of my family are GOP, but the ones who aren't are like the definition of beltway insider, ivy league, Wellesley and Smith and making a crapload of money off of those connections types. I'm like the guy both sides trust, but I know if I engage I'll only sink into the mud. I might stay off the internet for four years.
"Stability is destabilizing." --Hyman Minsky

"Complacency can be a self-denying prophecy."
"We have nothing to fear but lack of fear itself." --Larry Summers

CountDeMoney

Quote from: MadImmortalMan on November 14, 2016, 10:13:35 PM
I might stay off the internet for four years.

I'm wondering if this election isn't the very catalyst we need to begin unplugging.