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Re: Biggest Disappointment in the Election?
« Reply #25 on: November 07, 2018, 01:21:56 PM »
Missouri decided to increase its minimum wage to 12-something per hour.

Keep going. Texas can do the manufacturing you'll lose.

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Re: Biggest Disappointment in the Election?
« Reply #26 on: November 07, 2018, 01:22:32 PM »
David Young losing IA-3

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Which one did you post about loosing his financial backers?
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Re: Biggest Disappointment in the Election?
« Reply #27 on: November 07, 2018, 01:38:14 PM »
Keep going. Texas can do the manufacturing you'll lose.

I won't tell you what else Texas can do.  :P
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Re: Biggest Disappointment in the Election?
« Reply #28 on: November 07, 2018, 01:53:31 PM »
The #$% Republicans had an opportunity to repeal Obamacare, crack down on immigration, build the wall, give us CC reciprocity, deregulate suppressors, improve the budget, defund Planned Parenthood... and they absolutely spit on their voters and accomplished none of that.  That my big disappointment.   :mad:

^^^^ This.  The GOP didn't get nearly as much done in the past 2 years as they could/should have.
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Re: Biggest Disappointment in the Election?
« Reply #29 on: November 07, 2018, 02:04:47 PM »
Which one did you post about loosing his financial backers?

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Re: Biggest Disappointment in the Election?
« Reply #30 on: November 07, 2018, 02:44:03 PM »
^^^^ This.  The GOP didn't get nearly as much done in the past 2 years as they could/should have.

I am not sure about McConnell, but Paul Ryan seemed to be dead set against doing anything Trump wanted except the tax bill.  Certainly Senators like John McCain shared that view.  The Republican lead in the Senate wasn't enough to get around the guys like Flake and McCain.  A potential positive is a bunch of long time Republican Congressmen like Paul Ryan or John McCain retired prior to this election.  It is possible the remaining Republicans might be more effective. 

I realize that is asking a lot and I may just be too optimistic, but I am happier that way.     
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Re: Biggest Disappointment in the Election?
« Reply #31 on: November 07, 2018, 02:47:02 PM »
I am not sure about McConnell, but Paul Ryan seemed to be dead set against doing anything Trump wanted except the tax bill.  Certainly Senators like John McCain shared that view.  The Republican lead in the Senate wasn't enough to get around the guys like Flake and McCain.  A potential positive is a bunch of long time Republican Congressmen like Paul Ryan or John McCain retired prior to this election.  It is possible the remaining Republicans might be more effective. 

I realize that is asking a lot and I may just be too optimistic, but I am happier that way.     

I'm glad Ryan is out, but his replacement looks like he just crawled out of the Paul Ryan cloning tank.
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Re: Biggest Disappointment in the Election?
« Reply #32 on: November 07, 2018, 03:39:38 PM »
Anytime you can trade a Jeff Flake in for McSally, it's a good day. Lot of never trump Republicans gone.
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Re: Biggest Disappointment in the Election?
« Reply #33 on: November 07, 2018, 04:52:24 PM »
The Republican lead in the Senate wasn't enough to get around the guys like Flake and McCain.  A potential positive is a bunch of long time Republican Congressmen like Paul Ryan or John McCain retired prior to this election.  It is possible the remaining Republicans might be more effective.  

I realize that is asking a lot and I may just be too optimistic, but I am happier that way.    

But the Senate can't pass any laws that the House won't pass, and a Democrat-controlled House won't pass anything Trump (or America) wants. Thank the deity of your choice that the Republicans now have better control of the Senate than they have had for the past two years, because at least they can block the idiocy that's almost certain to start spewing out of the House.

Unless ... it's also possible that a Democrat-controlled House will be so intent on trying to impeach Trump that they won't have tome for much else.

And the Rs control the chamber that approves federal judicial appointments. That's "YUUUUGE."
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Re: Biggest Disappointment in the Election?
« Reply #34 on: November 07, 2018, 04:55:23 PM »
I'm getting the sense that Trump doesn't care about losing the House.

Given a small enough majority he might feel that on any given issue he can get enough Dems to cross-over to get him whatever he wants.

And for us that should be fun to watch as the Dem leadership constantly fails to stop El Orange Jefe.
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Re: Biggest Disappointment in the Election?
« Reply #35 on: November 07, 2018, 04:58:53 PM »
The #$% Republicans had an opportunity to repeal Obamacare, crack down on immigration, build the wall, give us CC reciprocity, deregulate suppressors, improve the budget, defund Planned Parenthood... and they absolutely spit on their voters and accomplished none of that.  That my big disappointment.   :mad:
Gee, I wonder why they lost so many seats . . . ?

Prediction: for the next 2 years, they'll use "We don't have both houses of Congress" as an excuse to accomplish nothing worthwhile.  :mad:
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Re: Biggest Disappointment in the Election?
« Reply #36 on: November 07, 2018, 06:00:33 PM »

And the Rs control the chamber that approves federal judicial appointments. That's "YUUUUGE."
Agree. Here's hoping trump gets to appoint 2 new Supreme Court justices! (RBG is looking a little pale).
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Re: Biggest Disappointment in the Election?
« Reply #37 on: November 07, 2018, 06:34:55 PM »
And the Rs control the chamber that approves federal judicial appointments. That's "YUUUUGE."

Agree. Here's hoping trump gets to appoint 2 new Supreme Court justices! (RBG is looking a little pale).

As Trump failed to deliver a Red Wave election, leaving us short on lib tears and meltdowns, he should make it up to us by floating a plan to appoint additional SCOTUS justices. It's the right thing to do.
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Re: Biggest Disappointment in the Election?
« Reply #38 on: November 07, 2018, 10:39:29 PM »
My disappointment involves the fact that Americans in general haven't learned much from the past year's stupidity.  I guess because so many of them were involved in that stupidity that it looked normal and acceptable.

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Re: Biggest Disappointment in the Election?
« Reply #39 on: November 07, 2018, 11:19:04 PM »
In Michigan we went from double digit unemployment and basically total wreckage to being a very prosperous state over the last 8 years.  During that time the Rs were responsible for making some changes in government neb nosing that allowed most of that success...but at the same time did some really, really stupid things. 

As a result, the good was forgotten and the stupid caused us to now have a horrible, leftist D governor who today, the day after her election, called for 2 billion dollars in increased taxes to piss away, a D sect of state that couldn't find her way out of a box, and an attorney general that if she even was to take the oath of office, which I doubt, could be charged with perjury.  She is a hater of the constitution, of law enforcement and just about every other thing that keeps anarchy from running rampant. 

I used to think that it might be a good thing to have some intelligent, reasonable women in public office.  I'm beginning to wonder about that because a good deal of them lately are barking moonbats.  Where are Maggie Thatcher clones when you need them?

The state of our electorate perhaps can be reduced to what I heard a friend say today.  He said he talked to his neighbor about voting and she said she didn't really understand any of the ballot questions or who to vote for, so she just went down the list and voted for women.  sigh
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Re: Biggest Disappointment in the Election?
« Reply #40 on: November 08, 2018, 12:52:29 AM »
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Re: Biggest Disappointment in the Election?
« Reply #41 on: November 08, 2018, 01:00:55 AM »



I've seen that before, but I'm not telling where.  =)
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Re: Biggest Disappointment in the Election?
« Reply #42 on: November 08, 2018, 06:40:00 AM »
Gee, I wonder why they lost so many seats . . . ?

Prediction: for the next 2 years, they'll use "We don't have both houses of Congress" as an excuse to accomplish nothing worthwhile.  :mad:

They didn't lose so many seats. Tied for 9th most seats lost in a midterm. Some of those coming from when the house had less seats. How many of the left wing media darlings won?

I would blame Ryan, but I cannot remember a house that got things done in my life. Even Gingrich screwed it away. And Pelosi was awful, so here is hoping she is just as bad at herding cats this time. Many cats that will be trying to get reelected in centrist districts.
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Re: Biggest Disappointment in the Election?
« Reply #43 on: November 08, 2018, 11:40:59 AM »
They didn't lose so many seats. Tied for 9th most seats lost in a midterm. Some of those coming from when the house had less seats. How many of the left wing media darlings won?

I would blame Ryan, but I cannot remember a house that got things done in my life. Even Gingrich screwed it away. And Pelosi was awful, so here is hoping she is just as bad at herding cats this time. Many cats that will be trying to get reelected in centrist districts.
I thought Gingrich was fairly successful as Speaker.  They actually balanced the budget (or got real close).  Got Welfare reform pushed through with Clinton as Pres.  IMO, it was Gingrich's successors who "screwed it away" by abandoning any semblance of budget control. 

Regardless, I am glad Ryan is gone.  We will see what the future holds.
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Re: Biggest Disappointment in the Election?
« Reply #44 on: November 08, 2018, 01:14:18 PM »
They didn't lose so many seats. Tied for 9th most seats lost in a midterm. Some of those coming from when the house had less seats. How many of the left wing media darlings won?

I would blame Ryan, but I cannot remember a house that got things done in my life. Even Gingrich screwed it away. And Pelosi was awful, so here is hoping she is just as bad at herding cats this time. Many cats that will be trying to get reelected in centrist districts.


She's already making gaffes every time they stick a microphone in her face. If she's Speaker, it's going to be a blue wave of Pelosi gaffes, and maybe even some carrying-Hillary-into-the-van moments for the old girl.

So at least there's that.
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Re: Biggest Disappointment in the Election?
« Reply #45 on: November 08, 2018, 04:49:12 PM »
. . . They actually balanced the budget (or got real close) . . .
If you look at the treasury direct website, you'll see that the total national debt increased every single year for which Clinton and Gingrich claimed a balanced budget. They played semantic games with "public debt" and "intragovernmental debt" to make their balance claims.

But as far as I'm concerned, you haven't balanced anything if you end each year deeper in the hole than when you started.

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Re: Biggest Disappointment in the Election?
« Reply #46 on: November 08, 2018, 06:12:39 PM »
I base my Gingrich comments on the fact it was a huge red wave and then *poof* two years later, jack diddly.
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Re: Biggest Disappointment in the Election?
« Reply #47 on: November 08, 2018, 06:16:59 PM »
Jack Diddly.

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