US Politics, March 2020 — There’s a very good chance you’re not going to die.

sometimes you gotta take hostages

every single thing has to be about democrats letting the people who are holding all of the cards hold the cards. letting letting letting letting

it's too boring to point out that the scorpion is a scorpion, so we need more threads about how the frog is a feckless imbecile

they did next door to nothing in 2009-10 when they "held all the cards"

ahistorical lying suits you

oh great we're back to this mode

I wish you well but youre a brainwashed spook to the core

and we're all gonna die and deserve to THE END

BUT AT LEAST GRANCY KEPT HER COCKSUCKING CUNTY CAUCUS TOGETHER

great alliteration.

Garu G got dark

in 2009-10 when they "held all the cards"

ahistorical lying

lads. it's true that both chambers of Congress and the WH were controlled by people with a "D" attached to them in 2009-10. you could say "they" held all those particular cards and not be lying. but an oversimplification can be as misleading as an untruth, so ET has a point, too. power in the US government is diffuse by design and the blue dog members of the COCKSUCKING CUNTY CAUCUSES in both the House and Senate knew the power of threatening to defect and they used it. over and over again.

damn sounds like a raucous caucus!

REPORTER: I want to read what doctors on the front line are saying

TRUMP: You mean the ones saying good things, or bad things?

R: The ones talking about shortages of supplies

TRUMP: I will tell you the way I look at it. Many administrations preceded me. They did very little. pic.twitter.com/OAgegA3gv8

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 21, 2020

^^^ everything is bad, yes. But at the same time, I like that there are so many of these memorialized moments of Trump to be like "This, this is what I am talking about. This guy is everywhere, they may have different levesl of power or money but this guy has been so pervasive everywhere. welcome to our world."

and ugh, tracer. I don't even know what the solution is. so many bad bad companies. bad bad ceos. set it all on fire. that's the only thing they care about. this is going to be worse than after 2008.

I guess Dr. Ben Carson is now front and center. (In actual fact--he was really respected in his field, no?--you would think he would have something to offer in this situation, even if it's not exactly his area. More than Mike Pence, anyway.)

I know how popular David Gergen is here, so I'll relate something he said on CNN today. One thing--literally the only thing, although he didn't say that, I did--Trump is uniquely qualified to do in this situation is to go on Fox and, with as much urgency as he can muster, tell his 35% that is serious. I'm sure that would save at least a few lives.

"that this is serious"

lads. it's true that both chambers of Congress and the WH were controlled by people with a "D" attached to them in 2009-10. you could say "they" held all those particular cards and not be lying. but an oversimplification can be as misleading as an untruth, so ET has a point, too. power in the US government is diffuse by design and the blue dog members of the COCKSUCKING CUNTY CAUCUSES in both the House and Senate knew the power of threatening to defect and they used it. over and over again.

Why does this almost never happen when Republicans control Congress?

lol neanderthal

The stimulus package and the affordable care act never happened

The GOP could barely even pass a budget and a tax cut during 2016-2018

they were good at passing things they knew Obama would veto as empty pandering to their base, though.

Why does this almost never happen when Republicans control Congress?

So, you must have missed all the fun Boehner had with the Freedom Caucus.

Lol, the Freedom Caucus won.

The GOP could barely even pass a budget and a tax cut during 2016-2018

Barely? I'm sure the rich fucks are crying over their barely passed tax cuts.

Dude

And the millions who were added to Medicaid under the ACA are enjoying their barely passed medical insurance.

Nobody's enjoying very much atm

the affordable care act never happened

thx for Bob Dole's healthplan that is bankrupting me

I mean the Republicans helped a wee bit with that.

Wonder when our checks will begin arriving

just imagining that conversation

"Mr President, when are the checks coming?"

"ASAP, why don't you stick your head up your ass and look?"

I think its hilarious that Trump and McConnell think Pelosi will pass whatever crap they hand her

Many administrations preceded me. They did very little.

True, Rutherford B. Hayes notoriously slept through the threat of novel coronavirus covid-19

What happens if the VP dies in office?

we politely applaud.

then, the rapture

party at Neanderthal's

The president nominates & both houses confirm.

This message brought to you by the constitution

^antichrist's tempting lies

constitution, hm?

sounds like the words of MAN

he was really respected in his field, no?

The operation Ben Carson was known for was hemispherectomy for intractable epilepsy. Perhaps you've seen those videos of Dr. Wilder Penfield, in open cranium surgery, electrically stimulating parts of the brain and eliciting memories and reflexes from his conscious patients, in order to determine just what portion was responsible for their seizures, and which were vital for the personality of his patients. Dr. Ben Carson's approach was different, he tied the arteries and just removed half the brain.

in 2016 a black female student shared how Carson was a a huuuuge figure in her circles -- held up as an inspirational story

Looks like the first politician to die from this is gonna be a Democrat, unfortunately

fwiw i didn't think the most important aspect of stoller's thread was (necessarily) about to what extent democrats are to blame for the impending bailout of every industry that has a strong enough lobbying operation on the hill, or k street, or whatever the right d.c. terminology is. the point to me of the thread seems to be that it's happening, and that it looks like a serious fast-forwarding of the trends towards consolidation of power and naked, undisguised 'socialism for the rich' we've been experiencing since the early 1970s (perhaps terminally so). what steps to take to stop this from happening aren't spelled out, and seem obscure.

which politician is going to die from this?

Desaulnier

Reported his is non-covid related ...

Rep. Mark DeSaulnier's condition has deteriorated to critical as the California Democrat battles complications with pneumonia.

DeSaulnier, 67, was hospitalized more than a week ago to treat pneumonia complications arising from his fracturing a rib during a run. He subsequently tested negative for the novel coronavirus.

Oh i misread that!

Never mind