At the risk of stating the obvious, the July 2019 US Politics Thread is horse-sh*t

Also it was fifty years ago, and also the alternative to Johnson was freaking Goldwater.

vocabulary shocker for Texan born in 1908

the replies to Chuck's LBJ tweet making fun of Don Cheadle for being a celebrity with an opinion on politics, seemingly unaware that they are cosigning another celebrity's opinion on politics...

people are thicker than shit

"truly think it's difficult for them to grasp that liberals can have mixed feelings prominent liberals"

this is def true. Their main response to Trump/Epstein is "But Clinton". I don't know any liberals who are defending Clinton / Epstein.

well, LBJ was our last liberal president

Chuck Woolery is embroiled in controversy in 2019? I would not have thought that possible. Up next: Warner Wolf.

Glad Gene Rayburn isn’t around to see what’s become of Chuck Woolery.

— Vadim Rizov (@vrizov) July 16, 2019

so, according to DOJ policies, a sitting president can't be indicted

and according to Mueller's logic in his report, he can't recommend charging a sitting president for a crime, because doing so would be unfair to the president because they wouldn't have a chance to defend themselves in a court of law (because they can't be indicted). (99.959345204% of people in this dim country do not understand this)

and also, according to some rule of decorum in the house of representatives, no one can say that the president is racist, either directly or by citing others who have done so, or by pointing out that something the president said is literally the textbook definition of racism.

finally, trump is the most unfairly treated president in history

Think of how bad you'd have to be at politics to not have ads featuring this footage on loop from now until election day 2020 https://t.co/MXlpvNSFAT

— Michael T Sweeney (@mtsw) July 17, 2019

calling someone racist is against the rules but being racist is not , welcome to America

also, racism is actually cool

Republican support for U.S. President Donald Trump rises after racially charged tweets: @Reuters/Ipsos poll https://t.co/LL9fIA4RLU via @Cmkahn pic.twitter.com/9DMqKVqoCG

— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) July 17, 2019

I wonder if this means there will be more racism?

Think of how bad you'd have to be at politics to not have ads featuring this footage on loop from now until election day 2020 https://t.co/MXlpvNSFAT
— Michael T Sweeney (@mtsw) July 17, 2019
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, July 17, 2019 3:11 PM (twenty-three minutes ago)

Bingo.

honestly the most useful thing tom steyer could do is pay for that

Well, this should be fun:

https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/j5w7jb/the-details-of-trump-orgs-hush-money-payments-are-about-to-go-public

None of this ever ends up being fun.

I think we learned in '16 that laying out documentary evidence of DJT's odious acts is not, by itself, enough.

Of course not. But I'll take all the Schadenfreude I can get.

schadenfreude - the #1 ranked travel snack in the post-apocalyptic landscape!

"Send Her Back"

the best Stevie Nicks solo single imo

https://i.makeagif.com/media/5-17-2015/7xZom3.gif

Saw that one coming

There are no words

xxpost

That rally footage is creepy as fuck. Just go ahead and drape a KKK poster in the background. Fuck all of them

awwww David French is disgusted

Agree with Guy. “Send her back” is completely and totally unacceptable. It’s not a defense of Omar to say this is not how we treat American citizens. https://t.co/8bJXgWjMEC

— David French (@DavidAFrench) July 18, 2019

that rally was awful

He's the perfect reprobate figurehead for all of the unprincipled american voters, and he has rallied them shockingly well. The new turn in this story, focusing on the democratic congresswomen, really makes me afraid he's going to win again

Eh, not necessarily. "Louder" and "more racist" aren't guarantees of victory.

I hope you are right Alfred, but it is starting to feel like it might be.

You think he'll win back the suburbanites whom he lost last November with this swill?

depends on who comes out to vote, that's everything. I really hope our side is more motivated next year

This sure motivates me, hope it does you

lol yes!

mother fuck these garbage people. going to redirect my monthly allotment for pol contributions to the four of them until the 2020 election. and when i have extra, it's going to Omar.

win or lose, this is scary business

trump will go away someday but all these turds who love him arent going anywhere, you cant just undo this by getting rid of him

that's what disturbs me. but...they've always been there. maybe when Trump goes away, they lose cohesion, access to power, and public boldness.

Of course he's going to win again, an electorally significant number of Americans wanted this kind of president, and he has met their expectations plus the economy numbers look good if you don't dig below the surface.

and they're gonna vote for president ivanka someday

or Kardashian

Some encouraging news this morning.

this has all become worse than i ever thought it would be

I've expected the n-word and "bitch" at rallies since spring '16, and we may yet get them.

The n-word would still sort of surprise me simply because so many of these morons seem to believe as long as they don't use it they can plausibly deny their bigotry.

Anything goes, except women of colour using the f-word.

My evangelical acquaintances (cons but of the Jimmy Carter type) on fb today are noting the president’s profanity last night, that is, his violation of the third commandment, apparently for the first time at a rally. That used to be the worst thing you could say for conservative Christians, but my acquaintances expect that he’ll again get an exception as the culture further degrades.

Anything the left tells them they should feel ashamed for they will instead start yelling it louder.

Anything the left tells them they should feel ashamed for they will instead start yelling it louder.

Whoops

Nobody GAF what I think, but engaging in premature, despairing concession to Trump 2020, always accompanied by moaning “this is who we are” or something to that effect, is as offensive to me as actually being a Trump supporter, or as close as makes no difference.