US Politics, October 2018: next week will be even longer

https://hmmdaily.com/2018/10/30/these-are-the-bad-times/

linking to splinternews is the way, got it xp

maxine waters is pretty effective where she is, imo. the "attack dog" and "person in leadership position" should usually not be the same person.

Maxine Waters would not be able to hold the caucus together and she doesn't even want the position so

it's almost as if you don't understand how elections work, what the Speaker of the House does, or how bills get passed.

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"civility" holds the fucking caucus together! voters don't vote for the Speaker, the CAUCUS does

why do I bother

maxine waters is pretty effective where she is, imo. the "attack dog" and "person in leadership position" should usually not be the same person.

― fred-a van vleet (voodoo chili), Wednesday, October 31, 2018 4

^^^ this

Why did Newt Gingrich lose his speakearship after only three years? Because he was speaker AND attack dog and his caucus tired of both.

ah yeah those symbolic votes of which you are so enamored

Pelosi passed bills. She passed ARRA, she passed the Affordable Care Act, she passed climate legislation etc etc

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it's not her fault some of what she got passed died in the Senate (that's Harry Reid - and Max Baucus and Joe Lieberman and a bunch of other shitty people's fault)

I swear I think my 11yo has a firmer grasp of the federal legislative process than you do, should we just start posting Schoolhouse Rock youtubez for you

why do *I* bother

yorrrre out of orrrrdah

obv you don't care to learn, dude

i'm talkin about TV WHORING FOR THE PARTY you dumbshit

don't dude me Soto, go back to making a list about some horrible forgotten pop band

Apropos of nothing in particular I keep meaning to update the Killfile so you can block people on a per-thread basis.

did you just call Pelosi a whore I mean

so fucking obnoxious

i was not aware of her history of effectiveness in the position tbh. i assumed she was competent at holding the caucus together but was also a centrist who sometimes served to water down the legislation that came to the floor. i have no specific evidence to point to though

Pelosi is fine. I am not sure who in the House would do a better job than her.

Schumer, on the other hand, is completely worthless and needs to get ousted ASAP

here junior, let me do your homework for you

https://www.politico.com/story/2010/12/legislation-signed-into-law-under-pelosi-046650

ALL POLITICIANS ARE WHORRRRRRES, you fuckin lawyer

All posters ITT get a free Losartan prescription

compare that to Boehner or Ryan or O'Neill or Rayburn or whoever the fuck

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i'm in the POWERLESS DEMOCRATIC PRESENT, where u at blood?

here junior, let me do your homework for you

https://www.politico.com/story/2010/12/legislation-signed-into-law-under-pelosi-046650

― Οὖτις, Wednesday, October 31, 2018 4:55 PM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

If the democrats lose in november it’s because of codescension like this

Thank u for the link though

the democrats have finally lost treesh

Are yall gonna start breakdancin now

Lol CONDESCENSION is gonna lose the House?

shakey's condescension specifically, which i see reflected in every democratic politician like a splintered mirror

ie Hillary Clinton's skill bequeathed to the party

you are all condescending to each other tbh

"maybe you should run for something" xp

ie Hillary Clinton's skill bequeathed to the party

― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, October 31, 2018 2:00 PM (thirty-five seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

that wasn't an invitation

it's true I am the heart and soul of the Democratic Party and I rule by fiat and have a magic wand that immediately makes all my legislative wishes come to pass

^^^

we're gonna lose and it's YOUR fault

don't dude me Soto, go back to making a list about some horrible forgotten pop band

― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius)

Dennis Perrin probably wrote this comeback it was so predictable

Shakey is the mayor of san francisco i thought

when we lose I promise to go on Colbert and apologize and call Morbz a whore

*signs executive order*

Which person in that New York magazine piece was secretly Morbius, and which one was Treeship?

i always vote, unperson, u r a low-information poster

For the record, sometimes on ilx I say things in a quippy, half-facetious manner, like when I called Shakey condescending but nevertheless thanked him for the link. I don’t know why people insist on reading my posts in particular as being 100% dead serious exact representations of my thinking but it’s fine

holy shit can yall try not being complete assholes for once

SHUT THE FUCK UP

sorry treesh i was having fun with it

bring the tax returns!