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- Wed Oct 21, 2020 12:58 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate
- Replies: 2136
- Views: 32358
Re: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate
I saw somewhere that the actress is 24 years old. But you gotta love the arrogance of 76-year-old Giuliani thinking that a woman in her 20s wants to sleep with him.
- Wed Oct 21, 2020 9:34 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: WTF Does "Progressive" Mean
- Replies: 53
- Views: 606
Re: WTF Does "Progressive" Mean
Per Wikipedia: The public option was initially proposed for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, but was removed after Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT) threatened a filibuster. Subsequently, the Obama White House did not include the public option into the bill passed under reconciliation. Ob...
- Wed Oct 21, 2020 8:45 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: WTF Does "Progressive" Mean
- Replies: 53
- Views: 606
Re: WTF Does "Progressive" Mean
I wonder how many people parroted the Pelosi line about not supporting challengers when she used it against AOC et all. Its not about ideology, just simply protecting the party from being torn apart from the outside, for sure. Every now and then I chuckle when I think about how the guy who spent th...
- Wed Oct 21, 2020 8:30 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: WTF Does "Progressive" Mean
- Replies: 53
- Views: 606
Re: WTF Does "Progressive" Mean
Ha. This is perfect for my point about primary challengers. Feinstein faced a primary challenge in 2018 from Kevin DeLeon, a younger more progressive state congressman who is the son of Latino immigrants. But guess who Obama, Biden, etc. campaigned for? But I’m glad we’re having “serious talks” wit...
- Wed Oct 21, 2020 8:18 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: WTF Does "Progressive" Mean
- Replies: 53
- Views: 606
Re: WTF Does "Progressive" Mean
Per Wikipedia: The public option was initially proposed for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, but was removed after Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT) threatened a filibuster. Subsequently, the Obama White House did not include the public option into the bill passed under reconciliation. Oba...
- Wed Oct 21, 2020 7:54 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: WTF Does "Progressive" Mean
- Replies: 53
- Views: 606
Re: WTF Does "Progressive" Mean
https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1318891061541031938?s=21 Ha. This is perfect for my point about primary challengers. Feinstein faced a primary challenge in 2018 from Kevin DeLeon, a younger more progressive state congressman who is the son of Latino immigrants. But guess who Obama, Biden, etc. ca...
- Wed Oct 21, 2020 7:33 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: WTF Does "Progressive" Mean
- Replies: 53
- Views: 606
Re: WTF Does "Progressive" Mean
The ACA could have been passed with a public option had Obama been willing to use the reconciliation process. But he didn’t do that because he (and his key advisors at the time) didn’t actually care about a public option very much. Also, if the party didn’t want Lieberman to torpedo good legislation...
- Tue Oct 20, 2020 9:46 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: WTF Does "Progressive" Mean
- Replies: 53
- Views: 606
Re: WTF Does "Progressive" Mean
Populism is more appealing to people than appealing to progress across the board, right? It's a tool that can be used by progressives but also by non-progressives depending on the candidate. It's a technique not an ideology. I think of progressivism as essentially left-populism. Right-populism migh...
- Tue Oct 20, 2020 4:51 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: WTF Does "Progressive" Mean
- Replies: 53
- Views: 606
Re: WTF Does "Progressive" Mean
I also think you can’t deem Democrats as “progressive” based on the standard that this is the best we can get in this country while ignoring the host of other countries that have done the “unattainable.” Popular politicians have the power to shape public opinion and change the scope of what’s “possi...
- Tue Oct 20, 2020 4:42 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: WTF Does "Progressive" Mean
- Replies: 53
- Views: 606
Re: WTF Does "Progressive" Mean
In the historical sense, going back to the start of the turn of the 20th Century when the term rose to prominence, “progressive” meant fighting for the economic benefits of workers and common people as opposed to corporate and wealthy interests. That’s still a good definition in my opinion. “Progres...
- Tue Oct 20, 2020 2:10 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate
- Replies: 2136
- Views: 32358
Re: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate
Okay, who is Biden lagging behind? Out of the other Dems in the primary? Lets say four debates is the cutoff here so I don't run out of characters ... Biden would be behind Sanders, Warren, Yang, Booker, Gabbard, Beto, Steyer, Castro and probably Buttigieg. Right, but I meant out of credible presid...
- Tue Oct 20, 2020 1:03 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate
- Replies: 2136
- Views: 32358
Re: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate
Fuck this is exhausting. "Wow look at how progressive Biden is once you eliminate almost every other candidate who was bypassed by the party because they were relatively too progressive." Also, did Biden beat everyone else because he’s less progressive or because he served as VP to the be...
- Tue Oct 20, 2020 12:28 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate
- Replies: 2136
- Views: 32358
Re: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate
Weird stance taken by the most progressive presidential candidate in the history of the world. Just in this country. Seriously, dude, wasn't it like two hours ago you posted a tweet talking about Biden's progressive positions - and how popular they were? Anyway, if you think Biden is not running on...
- Mon Oct 19, 2020 9:38 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate
- Replies: 2136
- Views: 32358
Re: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate
JoeK , come the fuck on. Are you steve bannon? Yes, I must be Steve Bannon for having the audacity to think that emails are real, even if illicitly obtained, where not a single person copied on said emails has come forward to deny their authenticity. I’ve repeatedly said that Giuliani may have done...
- Mon Oct 19, 2020 9:08 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate
- Replies: 2136
- Views: 32358
Re: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate
Again, if they are bogus why hasn’t Hunter Biden, the Biden Campaign, or anyone else copied on the emails come out and said as much? It’d be pretty easy to determine whether are not they are forgeries and wouldn’t you expect to see a prompt statement to that effect if they weren’t legit? Not sure i...
- Mon Oct 19, 2020 8:33 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate
- Replies: 2136
- Views: 32358
Re: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate
By addressing the charges, Biden gives them credence. It’s been hard to keep track while on the road ... what’s the actual charge supposed to be, based on the emails themselves? There isn’t much “new” because already it’s long been well-established that Hunter Biden was making a lot of money from b...
- Mon Oct 19, 2020 7:59 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate
- Replies: 2136
- Views: 32358
Re: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate
By addressing the charges, Biden gives them credence. It’s been hard to keep track while on the road ... what’s the actual charge supposed to be, based on the emails themselves? There isn’t much “new” because already it’s long been well-established that Hunter Biden was making a lot of money from b...
- Sun Oct 18, 2020 6:25 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate
- Replies: 2136
- Views: 32358
Re: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate
I think the emails are likely legit, based on their content and the response from the Biden campaign. Funny, lots of people working at the Post thought they were bogus. https://twitter.com/existentialfish/status/1317944813732450307?s=20 Again, if they are bogus why hasn’t Hunter Biden, the Biden Ca...
- Sat Oct 17, 2020 11:49 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate
- Replies: 2136
- Views: 32358
Re: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate
I think the emails are likely legit, based on their content and the response from the Biden campaign. Read that NPR story. The story is bullshit. Hunter Biden took a laptop to a repair shop and never picked it up. The Shop Owner (who isn't sure who dropped it off) then passed it along to the FBI an...
- Sat Oct 17, 2020 10:52 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate
- Replies: 2136
- Views: 32358
Re: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate
What exactly is the "disinformation" theory? Is it that (A) Russia (or someone else) forged the emails altogether; or (B) Russian hackers (or someone else) illegally obtained real emails that were then fed to Giuliani? Because if scenario A happened, I think you'd see a lot more forceful d...
- Fri Oct 16, 2020 10:31 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2020 MLB Season, Sponsored by Sprint
- Replies: 635
- Views: 13463
Re: 2020 MLB Season, Sponsored by Sprint
I’ll never forget watching the epic Will Smith showdown.
- Fri Oct 16, 2020 10:13 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2020 MLB Season, Sponsored by Sprint
- Replies: 635
- Views: 13463
Re: 2020 MLB Season, Sponsored by Sprint
Quality postgame quote from Dusty:
- Fri Oct 16, 2020 10:09 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2020 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs
- Replies: 581
- Views: 10091
Re: 2020 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs
Its probably the weed talking, but getting melancholy thinking about Thornton moving on from the Sharks to the Leafs. I met him once, on a plane, and he was a really cool dude. Pretty much one of my two favorite athletes, ever. Who is the other you fucking tease? I'm guessing it's the iconic Bronco...
- Thu Oct 15, 2020 10:40 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate
- Replies: 2136
- Views: 32358
Re: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate
Oh my fucking god stop. Ask all those same fucking questions then add in "those who are bankrupt with medical debt" and wonder why you aren't all-in for Sanders or someone who cares EVEN MORE about helping people beyond the EVEN MORE levels you love to point out. Every single fucking time...
- Thu Oct 15, 2020 8:15 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate
- Replies: 2136
- Views: 32358
Re: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate
Right. Look at Biden and Romney. Their positions on abortion are almost exactly the same! And taxes! And healthcare! And worker safety! And civil rights! And environmental regulation! What does this even mean? Is Biden going to give Steve Schmidt veto power over appointments? Appoint Rick Wilson to...
- Wed Oct 14, 2020 4:11 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate
- Replies: 2136
- Views: 32358
Re: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate
Please let them latch on to this. What a waste of effort and resources. This is literally the best idea they've got? Swear to God - it is far too late to change anyone's mind. Footage of Biden eating puppies, maybe. But this idiocy won;t make any difference. I think you’re probably right. I mean do...
- Wed Oct 14, 2020 3:59 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate
- Replies: 2136
- Views: 32358
Re: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate
Or not. This is a good counter-point: https://twitter.com/Bernstein/status/1316464407426338818 Yeah, I think that’s a valid counterpoint that makes Twitter and Facebook look like they’re being inconsistent for political reasons. They didn’t censor links to the NYT’s stories about Trump’s tax return...
- Wed Oct 14, 2020 12:45 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate
- Replies: 2136
- Views: 32358
Re: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate
The terrible and biased data analysis in the tweets on this page are going to make my head explode. I'm sorry, a line chart of polling data does nothing to prove anything about why the numbers are there. It only proves that the survey data can be put on a chart. It most certainly says nothing about...
- Tue Oct 13, 2020 9:08 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate
- Replies: 2136
- Views: 32358
Re: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate
Arguing over CNN performances ffs. Yes, the public statements of the Speaker of the House regarding economic relief that would affect tens of millions Americans struggling to pay rent or afford food is surely a more frivolous topic than what people typically post about on message boards. Certainly ...
- Tue Oct 13, 2020 8:04 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate
- Replies: 2136
- Views: 32358
Re: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate
Pelosi and the House passed the heroes act months ago. It has been sitting on McConnell's desk for months. Th Dems want money for states that have been hit hard by the virus. The Repubs want money for a FBI building that has nothing to do with the pandemic. So the Senate is now trying to pack the S...
- Tue Oct 13, 2020 7:31 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate
- Replies: 2136
- Views: 32358
- Tue Oct 13, 2020 7:06 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate
- Replies: 2136
- Views: 32358
Re: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate
CNN is run by Jeff Zucker. The same Jeff Zucker that ran NBC when The Apprentice was on TV. CNN is the media equivalent of the gimp from Pulp Fiction . I don't like CNN or Blitzer, but I think Pelosi came across pretty terribly in that exchange. She made a few substantive points about the proposed ...
- Tue Oct 13, 2020 6:50 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate
- Replies: 2136
- Views: 32358
Re: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate
CNN is run by Jeff Zucker. The same Jeff Zucker that ran NBC when The Apprentice was on TV. CNN is the media equivalent of the gimp from Pulp Fiction . I don't like CNN or Blitzer, but I think Pelosi came across pretty terribly in that exchange. She made a few substantive points about the proposed ...
- Mon Oct 12, 2020 10:36 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2020 NBA Playoffs
- Replies: 306
- Views: 6277
Re: 2020 NBA Playoffs
Gun to your bellybutton, if you had to win the 2021 NBA Championship and were told "you pick the first two players and the rest we'll fill in randomly" , is there anyone who wouldn't still have LeBron? Like could you really feel good even with Giannis and Luka(?) knowing they could face L...
- Mon Oct 12, 2020 10:16 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Joe Morgan - Reds version
- Replies: 10
- Views: 193
- Mon Oct 12, 2020 8:22 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2020 NBA Playoffs
- Replies: 306
- Views: 6277
Re: 2020 NBA Playoffs
LeBron didn't need any more validation, but I think this season took Anthony Davis' star status to another level. He was always ridiculously talented and a statistical monster but didn't get the chance to shine in the playoffs with the Pelicans. He was awesome all season long, and especially domina...
- Sun Oct 11, 2020 9:34 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2020 NBA Playoffs
- Replies: 306
- Views: 6277
Re: 2020 NBA Playoffs
LeBron didn't need any more validation, but I think this season took Anthony Davis' star status to another level. He was always ridiculously talented and a statistical monster but didn't get the chance to shine in the playoffs with the Pelicans. He was awesome all season long, and especially dominan...
- Sun Oct 11, 2020 9:14 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2020 NBA Playoffs
- Replies: 306
- Views: 6277
- Sun Oct 11, 2020 10:17 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate
- Replies: 2136
- Views: 32358
Re: 2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden vs Whoever the Republicans Nominate
How does this help anyone? Put it in one of thousands of mailboxes in texas. At least the lawyers get paid. The GOP calculus is that their voters are (1) less likely to care about social distancing, (2) more likely to live in rural or suburban areas where the crowds won’t be as big for in-person vo...
- Sun Oct 11, 2020 10:13 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Tennis 2020
- Replies: 29
- Views: 823
Re: Tennis 2020
Honestly it’s pretty damn boring at this point. I watch a lot of tennis and I don’t think I’ve even watched a Nadal match at the French Open since 2007.