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[brucejoel99]

Maybe time to drag this thread back to life again.

It seems likelier each day now that Trump will be dragged out of office, especially after what happened yesterday.

Trump is not gonna be removed from office. Senate Republicans won't let that happen, regardless of how many criminal acts (& the severity thereof) that Trump might commit.

It depends on his approval rating with Republicans, and to a lesser extent with independents. We know by now that had it been a secret ballot in the Senate today or yesterday, then at least 30-35 of the Republican Senators would vote to remove Trump from office. Several Republicans with deep knowledge of the situation have said so by now.

If it gets bad enough, and he will become a drag on all Republicans seeking office, they will follow their conscience, heart and morals, and do the right thing. These things always seem impossible until you blink one eye and all of a sudden it's inevitable and you start blaming yourself for not having seen it sooner.

LOL you're giving the Republican Senators wayyyy too much credit. Remember, they have future primaries that they'd very much prefer to not lose.

If Republican disapproval of Trump gets high enough, it might be worth it for many of them.

It won't. Trump's base will never not be deluded.

Not only that, we're talking about the Senate here. I think the vast majority of those Senators up for reelection will be far more worried about winning the general than getting primaried.

The "vast majority" of Republican Senators hold safe Republican seats, meaning their only worries would be a primary, not a general.

And those who are not up for reelection have absolutely NOTHING, ZILCH, ZERO to lose. So why not vote their conscience then?

Every Senator is (until they say otherwise) always up for re-election, whether it's 1, 3, or 5 years in the future. Senators who were elected last year presumably still have primaries to worry about down the line. And you know what they say about elephants...

You're a pathetic nobody who just immediately decides to lie on the back as soon as trouble happens.

What I hate the most about Democrats is that they have an absolute resistance for ever fighting back. Why? When fighting in many or most cases is the only way where you move forward in this life. Time for Democrats to finally grow a spine. You're pathetic almost ever single one of you.

[brucejoel99]

Not technically a hilarious post but, for one short but sweet moment in time, my post count is "nice" twice over.

[brucejoel99]

I think that if Biden loses MA or CA it will be very hard for him to win the election.  Here is a map of him doing so.

But let's suppose that Hawaii doesn't exist because North Korea nuked it or something.  Then the map would look like this:

Still a narrow 268-266 win for Biden.  But what if Oregon decided to become part of France?

This would result in a 268-259 win for Trump.

Is the Biden campaign prepared for any mid-autumn surprises that may result in this outcome?

[brucejoel99]

Are self-posts allowed? Nevermind, Badger congratulated me for winning Atlas for the day with this post, so that's good enough for me:

yeah sex is cool but have you ever seen Biden up by 5 in NC in an A-rated SurveyUSA poll 3 weeks out from Election Day with record turnout already manifesting?

[brucejoel99]

I hate to say it but this is worst then the titanic in the way it has less time to steer the ship away from the ice berg. This is painful but these numbers in the rust belt with arizonia, Florida and Nc make me sick.

Trump wasn't perfect but he did more to fix our treasonous trade deals then any president in the history of this country. He did more to fix the middle east and bring together countries then any president of the past 50 years. The guy stopped full blown war in the koreas. He tried to fix the unfair system that men like biden voted on in 1993 that targeted blacks for decades in prison...Yet it isn't enough. Makes me sick. Goddamnit.

He is a better president then Clinton or Obama ever will be...Probably better then Reagan, both Bushes. Can't win.

[brucejoel99]

Between watching episodes of Tiger King and episodes of Trump’s daily press “briefings” and trying to find more marijuana to ingest, I quicken to something that cuts through the insanity. Out of the darkness, you, Andrew Cuomo, walk into my life, looking remarkably like the Incredible Hulk. Governor Cuomo, do you know how dehydrated we’ve been? Do you know how thirsty we are to have a real leader, someone who can speak about policy, who can humanize statistics, who can string together a complex sentence that doesn’t contain a single lie—or just string together a complex sentence? Armed with facts, you are giving us the courage to face our fears. Your daily briefings have come at a time when I was beginning to wonder where the good men were and to feel despair that this was just the way the world was now. I’ve never believed all men suck, but all signals kept pointing in the same direction. In 2019 I read an article about a man who masturbated into a plant. I had to put the article down, look up at the sky, and wonder, When did that become a thing? In what era did the first man pull out his penis and jerk off to an indoor plant? Thank you, Andrew Cuomo. Thank you for reminding us that there are men who can lead and be clear and tell the truth—even when the news is bad. Who practice benevolent ruthlessness. (Thanks, Maureen Dowd.) Who speak to Americans with respect. Thank you for being a leader at a time when so many of us were desperately looking for one. Thank you for your different outfits, your tight white polo shirts, your forceful language, and your clear, easy-to-read graphics that are probably meant as a learning manual for Donald Trump. I love your bar graphs and pie charts, Governor. They’ve helped me to understand what this disease is doing and how important it is to self-quarantine. Thanks for reminding us, at a time when old white men are neither cool nor popular, that good men exist and that real politicians do their job by leading. Thank you for talking about the unexpected benefit of spending time with your daughters and for using words like compassion and courage. Thank you for reminding us that the best politicians are, in their hearts, civil servants. Thank you for talking about the value of human life and for reminding us that no one’s mother is expendable. I love you, Andrew Cuomo. Your daughters are lucky to have a dad like you. Thank you for showing us the heart of a New Yorker. But, most of all, thank you for your competence. Source

[brucejoel99]

Virginia will vote for a liberal Democrat for president when hell freezes over.

Exquisitely well-aged content.