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General Topics => Political Discussion => Topic started by: punaperson on June 02, 2017, 09:47:08 AM
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Nothing new here, but I still like to see people in the media pointing out the fact of the Uniparty and the gross misrepresentations of so-called Republicans (who would theoretically be Constitutionalists, at least to some significant degree).
Why don't congressional Republicans stand up and defend Trump?
By Tom Knepper
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/05/why_dont_congressional_republicans_stand_up_and_defend_trump.html
Excerpts:
That sound you don't hear is the sound of Republican senators and congresscritters rushing to the defense of Donald Trump as he comes under vicious attack from the extreme left, which is to say the Democratic Party and the fakestream media. The question is, why don't you hear a sound?
Very many of the Republicans in Congress probably owe their seats to Donald Trump. No one else came close to expressing the disgust that voters felt for incumbents of both parties. Their disgust for the R branch of the Uniparty was only marginally less than that for the D branch. But Trump's coattails swept many of the R-branchers into office.
Now, when he is under attack and being all but prevented from governing, his erstwhile allies are silent. Why? We already know that most of them are timid and that the nickname "the Stupid Party" is well deserved. But I believe it's more than that. Most of the Uniparty, R branch, despise Donald Trump. They hate him because he correctly pointed out the rigged game and the cesspool of corruption that characterizes Washington, D.C. And R-branchers are neck-deep in that corruption, just like the D-branchers. They too are creatures of the swamp, and they don't like it being pointed out, and they can't abide the thought of the swamp actually being drained. The R-branchers have to pretend to be conservatives, but most of them despise conservatives, as was well demonstrated by John Boehner's open contempt for the Tea Party a few years back. The R-branchers have no principles of any kind, let alone conservative principles – unless you consider taking care of Number One a principle.
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Donald Trump needs the support of conservatives and patriotic Americans if this country as founded is to have any chance of survival. With all his flaws, he is our last chance. And one of the best ways we can help him is to put pressure on the spineless Republicans in high office to speak up in favor of their president. Make them voice their support, or face the wrath of Trump voters in the next elections. Make sure they realize that we notice their silence and are outraged by it.
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Nothing new here, but I still like to see people in the media pointing out the fact of the Uniparty and the gross misrepresentations of so-called Republicans (who would theoretically be Constitutionalists, at least to some significant degree).
Why don't congressional Republicans stand up and defend Trump?
By Tom Knepper
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/05/why_dont_congressional_republicans_stand_up_and_defend_trump.html
Excerpts:
That sound you don't hear is the sound of Republican senators and congresscritters rushing to the defense of Donald Trump as he comes under vicious attack from the extreme left, which is to say the Democratic Party and the fakestream media. The question is, why don't you hear a sound?
Very many of the Republicans in Congress probably owe their seats to Donald Trump. No one else came close to expressing the disgust that voters felt for incumbents of both parties. Their disgust for the R branch of the Uniparty was only marginally less than that for the D branch. But Trump's coattails swept many of the R-branchers into office.
Now, when he is under attack and being all but prevented from governing, his erstwhile allies are silent. Why? We already know that most of them are timid and that the nickname "the Stupid Party" is well deserved. But I believe it's more than that. Most of the Uniparty, R branch, despise Donald Trump. They hate him because he correctly pointed out the rigged game and the cesspool of corruption that characterizes Washington, D.C. And R-branchers are neck-deep in that corruption, just like the D-branchers. They too are creatures of the swamp, and they don't like it being pointed out, and they can't abide the thought of the swamp actually being drained. The R-branchers have to pretend to be conservatives, but most of them despise conservatives, as was well demonstrated by John Boehner's open contempt for the Tea Party a few years back. The R-branchers have no principles of any kind, let alone conservative principles – unless you consider taking care of Number One a principle.
* * * * *
Donald Trump needs the support of conservatives and patriotic Americans if this country as founded is to have any chance of survival. With all his flaws, he is our last chance. And one of the best ways we can help him is to put pressure on the spineless Republicans in high office to speak up in favor of their president. Make them voice their support, or face the wrath of Trump voters in the next elections. Make sure they realize that we notice their silence and are outraged by it.
Because they've been there too long, spoiled brats, pond scum lawyers and shitheads...
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Trump is not a traditional republican or politician, and will do his own thing. He has no allegiances and despises politicians. So they treat him the same way.
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Trump is not a traditional republican or politician, and will do his own thing. He has no allegiances and despises politicians. So they treat him the same way.
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that makes a lot of sense
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Trump is not a traditional republican or politician, and will do his own thing. He has no allegiances and despises politicians. So they treat him the same way.
That's a good thing....
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Very many of the Republicans in Congress probably owe their seats to Donald Trump.
No. In fact, the GOP Senate lost 2 seats and House lost 5 seats. Fortunately, they didn't lose too many to lose control of Congress. In 2018, a third of the Senate and all of the House are up for reelection. The good news is that the GOP will be defending just eight seats, while Democrats must fight for 23 — plus another two held by independents who caucus with Democrats.There are no Trump coat tails so they are on their own.
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No. In fact, the GOP Senate lost 2 seats and House lost 5 seats. Fortunately, they didn't lose too many to lose control of Congress. In 2018, a third of the Senate and all of the House are up for reelection. The good news is that the GOP will be defending just eight seats, while Democrats must fight for 23 — plus another two held by independents who caucus with Democrats.There are no Trump coat tails so they are on their own.
Your statement that the GOP lost a few seats is irrelevant to the author's claim that many of the winners road Trump's coattails. His statement only relates to those who won and the fact that the turnout for Trump likely put some of them over the total needed to win, which might not have happened had a lesser draw (Bush, Rubio, et al.) been the candidate for the GOP. Had one of those Uniparty Republicans been the candidate it's likely the GOP would have lost even more seats.
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Your statement that the GOP lost a few seats is irrelevant to the author's claim that many of the winners road Trump's coattails. His statement only relates to those who won and the fact that the turnout for Trump likely put some of them over the total needed to win, which might not have happened had a lesser draw (Bush, Rubio, et al.) been the candidate for the GOP. Had one of those Uniparty Republicans been the candidate it's likely the GOP would have lost even more seats.
I would agree except that the GOP gains started in 2010 for the House after Obamacare was passed and in 2014 after the GOP successfully shut down the government. I think Trump was riding on their coat tails following the Congress' strategy of obstructionism. Politics is like a rubber band and the GOP could find themselves on the other side now that they have near complete control.
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Beam me up Scotty!
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Beam me up Scotty!
Yuuuuuuuuuuuup! :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: