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Originally posted by pefwin
He's been holding fund raisers for 2020, but maybe they know something we don't.
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Originally posted by Stirlingsays
He's been holding fund raisers for 2020, but maybe they know something we don't.
Now tax laws require that it's used for the campaign or campaign-related expenses - otherwise the donations stop being tax deductible - but paying your legal team is a qualified campaign-related expense. If you listen closely to beaten candidates in the primaries, they never "end" their campaigns. They "suspend" them, because this allows them to keep fund raising despite having dropped out. This money can then be used to pay off campaign debts, be given to another candidate's campaign or simply banked to use yourself next time around. So, if you can keep bringing in the money...why not? Yes, this is a particularly f***ed up part of a f***ed up election system.
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Looks like a dead man walking politically speaking. To few allies and too many enemies.
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Originally posted by jamiemartin721
Looks like a dead man walking politically speaking. To few allies and too many enemies. Yep, the Republicans never liked him anyway, and the people like Bannon (the loose cannon) that he brought in just rubbed them up the wrong way even more. Now he's admitted that his "instincts" to get the US forces out of Afghanistan didn't take account of the fact that it would leave a vacuum for terrorists to fill.He was guilty of thinking just one move ahead instead of thinking like a chess player and anticipating different potential outcomes. Too often populists like Trump and Farage offer simplistic solutions to complex problems, which appeals greatly to people who like simplistic answers. His problem now is that, having failed to deliver on just about all of his campaign promises, those on the far right extremes may feel let down, and one or two may decide to exact their revenge for his failings. He should consider getting out of the job before some nutter takes a pot-shot!
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Originally posted by crystal balls
Yep, the Republicans never liked him anyway, and the people like Bannon (the loose cannon) that he brought in just rubbed them up the wrong way even more. Now he's admitted that his "instincts" to get the US forces out of Afghanistan didn't take account of the fact that it would leave a vacuum for terrorists to fill.He was guilty of thinking just one move ahead instead of thinking like a chess player and anticipating different potential outcomes. Too often populists like Trump and Farage offer simplistic solutions to complex problems, which appeals greatly to people who like simplistic answers. His problem now is that, having failed to deliver on just about all of his campaign promises, those on the far right extremes may feel let down, and one or two may decide to exact their revenge for his failings. He should consider getting out of the job before some nutter takes a pot-shot! I agree with you except for the last paragraph. I think it's a bit early to judge him on campaign promises. I agree he isn't popular in the republican party but by the same token they are afraid of the incoming wrath of their base if they are seen dislodging him. I can see Trump resigning...but just as much I can see him sticking it out and going for 2020. I agree though that his current position is unstable.....of which he is largely to blame.
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After the first eight months you gotta wonder what exactly Trump has to do from now on in order for his fans to withdraw their support?
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Originally posted by Kermit8
After the first eight months you gotta wonder what exactly Trump has to do from now on in order for his fans to withdraw their support?
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Originally posted by Kermit8
After the first eight months you gotta wonder what exactly Trump has to do from now on in order for his fans to withdraw their support?
But, he's also Marmite in that there's very few poll respondents in the "don't know" category as his corresponding disapproval ratings are 60+. That is making potty-trained Republicans nervous, which is why many are already equivocating on whether Trump will be their nominee in 2020 (I think the last sitting President to get a serious primary challenger was Ford, and he was essentially appointed to the job). Plus, they have to keep their jobs in the 2018 mid-terms, where all the 435 House Representatives and 1/3rd of the Senate face re-election. With Trump writing campaign ads for the Democrats on a daily basis, Republicans are going to have to run hard away from the President in order to win back the moderate voters who are turned off by Trump. Of course, this makes the bold assumption that the Democrats will have their s*** together, which is also a situation that changes on a daily basis. Right now, they're debating whether using the Russia scandal is a winning strategy.
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Originally posted by Ray in Houston
But, he's also Marmite in that there's very few poll respondents in the "don't know" category as his corresponding disapproval ratings are 60+. That is making potty-trained Republicans nervous, which is why many are already equivocating on whether Trump will be their nominee in 2020 (I think the last sitting President to get a serious primary challenger was Ford, and he was essentially appointed to the job). Plus, they have to keep their jobs in the 2018 mid-terms, where all the 435 House Representatives and 1/3rd of the Senate face re-election. With Trump writing campaign ads for the Democrats on a daily basis, Republicans are going to have to run hard away from the President in order to win back the moderate voters who are turned off by Trump. Of course, this makes the bold assumption that the Democrats will have their s*** together, which is also a situation that changes on a daily basis. Right now, they're debating whether using the Russia scandal is a winning strategy. What a fabulous word! Well played sir, well played indeed.
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Originally posted by matt_himself
Just like the story that Maggie ordered e's to be given to football supporters to stop hooliganism in the eighties, it appears that someone in Germany is manufacturing disco biscuits in the shape of Trump, presumably to bring the nazi's and antifa together in one sweaty, gurning, orgiastic pile of love: Or they could just be taking the piss. Edited by matt_himself (22 Aug 2017 2.07pm) E'za the main geezer.
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Originally posted by Kermit8
After the first eight months you gotta wonder what exactly Trump has to do from now on in order for his fans to withdraw their support? Yeah, but then he keeps 'escalating'. And this is before the impact of things like his medicare bills will be felt by working republicans. I suspect he'll step down as soon as he gets the tax cuts he's been promising (or more correctly put into power to achieve), and he'll cite health reasons as part of an initial defence into charges relating to Russia.
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Originally posted by Ray in Houston
As an interesting aside (and not to soil another thread with Trump s***), the White House put out an official statement about the death of Jerry Lewis, but nothing about the death of Dick Gregory. Probably more out of ignorance than anything else, but it's a pattern with this administration of being clueless of such things - e.g. Trump's "dog ate my homework" riff about the long-dead Frederick Douglass - likely born out of an almost total lack of diversity in the administration. Giving them the benefit of the doubt, I suspect that they saw the reports of Gregory's death and thought..."Who?" Which is innocent, but also very damning. #BlackComediansLivesMatter Lewis was a hell of a lot bigger than Gregory. I didn't even know who he was. What's damning is the criticism. It's the kind of silly race based criticism that alienates people against the left.
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Originally posted by Stirlingsays
Lewis was a hell of a lot bigger than Gregory. I didn't even know who he was. What's damning is the criticism. It's the kind of silly race based criticism that alienates people against the left.
I wrote: "I suspect that they saw the reports of Gregory's death and thought..."Who?" Which is innocent, but also very damning." And then you went and proved my point. Edited by Ray in Houston (22 Aug 2017 5.08pm)
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Originally posted by Ray in Houston
I wrote: "I suspect that they saw the reports of Gregory's death and thought..."Who?" Which is innocent, but also very damning." And then you went and proved my point. Edited by Ray in Houston (22 Aug 2017 5.08pm) Cool....I'm not a 'progressive' then. I'll regard it as a badge of sanity.
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Originally posted by Stirlingsays
Cool....I'm not a 'progressive' then. I'll regard it as a badge of sanity. It's not about being progressive, it's about recognising the passing of a figure who was significant to a swath of society. If you base such recognition entirely on your own personal knowledge, it's always going to be a navel-gazing exercise. I'm not expecting Trump to know everything about everyone. However, if he staffs his administration with people of a like mind and upbringing - e.g. his family - then he is not going to have a breadth of knowledge that will allow him to respond appropriately when something like Gregory's passing comes along. And if he's not getting help on things as simple as the passing of a breakthrough comedian and noted civil rights activist, then how is he going to get help on things much more significant? It certainly helps explain why Trump lurches from one faux pas to another without actually understanding why people are angry with the last insensitive or inflammatory statement while he's blurting out the next one.
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Originally posted by Ray in Houston
It's not about being progressive, it's about recognising the passing of a figure who was significant to a swath of society. If you base such recognition entirely on your own personal knowledge, it's always going to be a navel-gazing exercise. I'm not expecting Trump to know everything about everyone. However, if he staffs his administration with people of a like mind and upbringing - e.g. his family - then he is not going to have a breadth of knowledge that will allow him to respond appropriately when something like Gregory's passing comes along. And if he's not getting help on things as simple as the passing of a breakthrough comedian and noted civil rights activist, then how is he going to get help on things much more significant? It certainly helps explain why Trump lurches from one faux pas to another without actually understanding why people are angry with the last insensitive or inflammatory statement while he's blurting out the next one. You know, there are a lot of problems with Trump but to me....this truly isn't one of them. In fact, the kind of people that this 'nothing' p1sses off are precisely the type of people I would love to permanently p1ss off because they p1ss me off.
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