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[quote=nonniey;1302960]I support Mitch McConnel and he is a conservative. Don't confuse conservativism with populism (ie Trump and the Trumpers). He's also the smartest politician in Washington (which is probably why he is the most effective).[/quote]

See, this is why I couldn't find an image of you in our image guessing chain in the other thread, that I thought had any chance of being accurate. You're a wild card. I haven't talked to you enough to try to get an accurate read on you (by internet standards).

Now, I only "know" 1 person that supports Mitch McConnell, lol.

And no doubt he is smart, all of those guys/girls that have stayed in office forever are smart. But there are lots of smart people that don't use it for the benefit of others.

Edit - I found you...

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That show is awesome and Charlie is awesome, this is a compliment, just in case it came off differently.

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[QUOTE=sdskinsfan2001;1302962]See, this is why I couldn't find an image of you in our image guessing chain in the other thread, that I thought had any chance of being accurate. You're a wild card. I haven't talked to you enough to try to get an accurate read on you (by internet standards).

Now, I only "know" 1 person that supports Mitch McConnell, lol.

And no doubt he is smart, all of those guys/girls that have stayed in office forever are smart. But there are lots of smart people that don't use it for the benefit of others.

Edit - I found you...

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That show is awesome and Charlie is awesome, this is a compliment, just in case it came off differently.[/QUOTE]


Nonniey is easy…

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[quote=Chico23231;1302821]Me approaching politics thread cordially…sees libs

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Republicans always fantasize about being the big black one.

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Man this Fox news Christmas tree scandal is something else huh? Fox is all sorts of worked up and out for blood

If only they reacted with the same energy to the Capitol getting ransacked

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[quote=MTK;1303012]Man this Fox news Christmas tree scandal is something else huh? Fox is all sorts of worked up and out for blood

If only they reacted with the same energy to the Capitol getting ransacked

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The guy who did it is off his rocker, can’t believe he can do it and be on the street the next day. Guy is a loony

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[QUOTE=MTK;1303012]Man this Fox news Christmas tree scandal is something else huh? Fox is all sorts of worked up and out for blood

If only they reacted with the same energy to the Capitol getting ransacked

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[IMG]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FGLFqYCVIAkX8VP?format=jpg&name=large[/IMG][/QUOTE]


Fuckin twats.

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[quote=Chico23231;1303022]The guy who did it is off his rocker, can’t believe he can do it and be on the street the next day. Guy is a loony[/quote]

So are the on air personalities at FOX they make a good pair.

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[url]https://www.foxnews.com/media/fox-news-media-rebuild-all-american-christmas-tree-malicious-arson-attack-suzanne-scott-says[/url]

Well, less than 48 hours later they are gonna light another one in the 5 OClock hour if you would like to tune in.

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[quote=Chico23231;1303022]The guy who did it is off his rocker, can’t believe he can do it and be on the street the next day. Guy is a loony[/quote]

Lots of loons out there.

Had a moment yesterday with a drunk homeless guy.

Keep that head on a swivel, dont stop for any BS.

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[quote=Chico23231;1303022]The guy who did it is off his rocker, can’t believe he can do it and be on the street the next day. Guy is a loony[/quote]

Since you bring up being off the rocker and on the street, I want to broach the school shooting in Michigan. Hearing that the school had a meeting with parents about a drawing of a gun and bleeding figures that says "the thoughts won't stop, help me. My life is useless. Blood everywhere." and they kept him in school is awful. This is a significant problem that we don't have more school psychologists and social workers, that schools do not have the authority to remove this student directly at the time of an incident like this (this is not exclusive to that school district, most schools just are not given that autonomy by state governments and local jurisdictions). I am actually glad they are charging the parents I hope they have evidence to support the charges but regardless this might be a turning point akin to when we started charging parents for serving teenagers in the basement.

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[quote=BaltimoreSkins;1303049]Since you bring up being off the rocker and on the street, I want to broach the school shooting in Michigan. Hearing that the school had a meeting with parents about a drawing of a gun and bleeding figures that says "the thoughts won't stop, help me. My life is useless. Blood everywhere." and they kept him in school is awful. This is a significant problem that we don't have more school psychologists and social workers, that schools do not have the authority to remove this student directly at the time of an incident like this (this is not exclusive to that school district, most schools just are not given that autonomy by state governments and local jurisdictions). I am actually glad they are charging the parents I hope they have evidence to support the charges but regardless this might be a turning point akin to when we started charging parents for serving teenagers in the basement.[/quote]

I’m glad they charged the parents too..in fact I wish more parents would be charged when kids in their care, under the age of 17 commit gun crimes.

Parents should be held accountable

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[quote=MTK;1303012]Man this Fox news Christmas tree scandal is something else huh? Fox is all sorts of worked up and out for blood

If only they reacted with the same energy to the Capitol getting ransacked

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The real interesting thing is that they apparently questioned Billy Joel and an acquaintance about their involvement in it. He confused the cops with his explanation providing random events on the origins of the fire.

He was questioned at the location of the fire where he tried to fight it.

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[quote=sdskinsfan2001;1302961]Not saying this is wrong, because I've never heard this perspective before. Genuine question, how would unelected congressional staff acquire more power from term limits?

In general, there are definitely way too many unelected people with way too much power on this country. So I wouldn't doubt above could be true to an extent. But would it be worse than getting life long teet suckers like McConnell, Pelosi, Schumer, etc., elected forever?[/quote]

The way it was explained to me (this is the boiled down version) explanation is that Senators and Congressmen already rely on professional Congressional staff to navigate the Byzantian legislative rules and processes. Experienced members of Congress understand these rules and processes and are not dependent (or as dependent) on staff as are the newer members.

My friend painted a bleak picture of how powerful the staff currently is and how much worse it could be.

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[QUOTE=nonniey;1303055]The way it was explained to me (this is the boiled down version) explanation is that Senators and Congressmen already rely on professional Congressional staff to navigate the Byzantian legislative rules and processes. Experienced members of Congress understand these rules and processes and are not dependent (or as dependent) on staff as are the newer members.



My friend painted a bleak picture of how powerful the staff currently is and how much worse it could be.[/QUOTE]I understand that, but any term limit legislation could also set limits on staffers service in Congress. Not saying they would be kicked out of government service just limited in the time on Capital Hill.

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Pick a side and read about the Congressional Budget Office's score of the Build Back Better Bill. Then read the other side. No wonder why we are so divided.

Watching a conservative show, shockingly I know, and even less shockingly, they talk about how expensive it will be and now we're finally all screwed.

Then I Google'd it, and the CNN's/etcs., tell me how it's all amazing and is basically free, and it's only evil republicans lying about it.

Neither are true.

Divide and conquer. Evil geniuses (for themselves). Politics now controls the MSM on both sides, and it's fucking terrible for our country.

That's my politics for the weekend.

Fuck Dallas!!