OMG Politics, I'm over it already.

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Help!I'maRock! said:
Mitch McConnell laughed in Trump's face. And that, as they say, was that.
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It wasn’t just McConnell. The bill sounded expensive, but it was a drop in the bucket, and would have been forgotten in a few months. So it wasn’t worth it for anyone to stick their neck out. Trump should have presented a massive ten-year infrastructure plan that would have guaranteed most the House GOP incumbents keep their seats. But nobody in the GOP leadership has that kind of vision. And of all the people who should see things that way it should be Trump. He’s not a technocrat, a religious nut, or a quarterly profits businessman. Trump is a real estate magnate. Planning a decade ahead is literally his business.
 
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So I just read this YA book from Jesse Andrews called The Haters. It's about teen musicians or teens that happen to be musicians and have an adventure. There was small part that stuck out to me in regards to president shit-for-brains.

Wes, basically the main character, is in a hot tub with this guy Big Pritch who is a record producer (gold and platinum records lining the walls of his studio/house/commune). He drops what he views as one of the biggest truths in the world...scale. Not related to music, but to everything. And it's super basic something we all know (and I'm paraphrasing here):

"no matter how big or little you are there's always someone (thing) bigger or smaller. Someone better/uglier looking, faster/slower, smarter/dumber..."

And he goes on a bit longer, which Mr. Andrews (the author) states it better.

Part of Trump's problem is his inability to come to terms with this basic truth. I'm not sure he actually needs to be the biggest and best, but he certainly needs to be perceived that way...or worse, that's exactly how he perceives himself and can't get a grip on the inability of others to not see him in that same light.

Now, this makes sense when you're a teen (or just prior and little afterwards), but eventually you grow up and realize that this truth is not something worth fighting against. Trump and too many of "his" people are stuck in this sophomoric mindset. It's pathetic in general, but it's horribly dangerous given the power they now have.

Yes, this is an issue with many politicians, but it's terrifyingly more prevalent in the GOP and the big business people that pull their strings.

They give no fucks about anyone but themselves and their bank accounts. It's all a power and money pissing match. Again pathetic and potentially cataclysmic.
 
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Dogsinotpalc said:
Part of Trump's problem is his inability to come to terms with this basic truth. I'm not sure he actually needs to be the biggest and best, but he certainly needs to be perceived that way...or worse, that's exactly how he perceives himself and can't get a grip on the inability of others to not see him in that same light.
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I feel like Trump also believed a lot of the right-wing nationalist American exceptionalism bullshit. Now he’s being forced to come to terms with our health care system being broken, our democracy being dysfunctional, our military not being a magic wand, and our economy not being a bully pulpit.
 
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I feel like Trump also believed a lot of the right-wing nationalist American exceptionalism bullshit. Now he’s being forced to come to terms with our health care system being broken, our democracy being dysfunctional, our military not being a magic wand, and our economy not being a bully pulpit.
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I doubt he's coming to terms with any of these things on any real level. He's truly out of his depth. I don't think he even understands healthcare...or if he does, it's on the same level that DeVos understands public education or higher education finances. These are things they've either never experienced or had to worry about. They always had money to cover these concerns and used that money to cover any health costs and to go to private schools.

He'll never stop being a bully or using whatever power position he happens to have as a pulpit for bullying.

As for our Democracy, his winning is the final straw in our Democracy being almost completely dysfunctional. Had Clinton won (as almost everyone, including douchebag in chief, thought she would), the Republicans were ready to re-evaluate and do a potential overall to their general stance. The scuttlebutt suggested that the GOP was looking at moving a bit back to the true center. Moving on from issues related to gender, sexual orientation, religion, etc. was supposed to be part of the plan. Realizing that their stonewalling couldn't continue for another four to eight years and not cost them. Then the unthinkable happened and here were are. Fucked.
 
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"I loved my previous life. I had so many things going. This is more work than in my previous life. I thought it would be easier."


1. so he hates his current life.
2. he doesn't have many things going on now?
3. didnt he claim he was excited to tackle all this work?
4. what kind of moron thinks being president is going to be easy?
 
sleewell said:
"I loved my previous life. I had so many things going. This is more work than in my previous life. I thought it would be easier."

1. so he hates his current life.
2. he doesn't have many things going on now?
3. didnt he claim he was excited to tackle all this work?
4. what kind of moron thinks being president is going to be easy?
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I thought it was understood and stated in multiple sources (and later downplayed) that he:

1. didn't think he would win
2. was shocked (maybe even unnerved) when he did
3. further shocked and definitely unnerved after meeting with President Obama about what the job really entails
4. continued(/s) to be overwhelmed as the depth and breadth of the job keeps becoming more real/revealed

He thought he could run the country like he does his businesses. Fucking clueless about anything that isn't manipulating real estate, selling his brand, ogling his daughter, taking advantage of the tax loopholes, and generally getting (read: buying) everything he wants. Politics and actually running a country is a completely different game and few are cut out for it, including many that have held the job of POTUS. Few if any have been a poorer fit than the current dipshit.
 
Trump has served only himself his entire life, and now he has to serve the country (when he isn't using his position to profiteer)? Poor orange snowflake.


For nearly 250 years, Americans have heeded the call of service to their nation. All gave some. Some gave all.
Do the job you volunteered for. We did.
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VoidTerraFirma said:
Hillary's First 100 Days: An Alternate History

http://www.politico.com/magazine/st...100-days-an-alternate-history-215075?cmpid=sf

Good fun!
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:lol: A few zingers!

Day 13:
In the first veto of her presidency, Hillary Clinton rejects legislation to repeal Obamacare—a bill that passes both houses of Congress by narrow margins. GOP leaders vow that once they elect a Republican president, Obamacare will be repealed in “the first week.” Adding to the criticism, @realDonaldTrump tweets: “Obamacare total disaster. We would have repealed it on Day One. Dumb!”

Day 23:
In the second veto of her presidency, Clinton rejects Republican-backed tax cut legislation that she says will “weaken our economy” and “reward the rich.” Republicans say that if they controlled the White House, their “common-sense and widely supported” tax reform plan would pass in the first week.

Day 26:
Issuing her third executive order, President Clinton orders tighter environmental regulations on the gas and oil industry. Republicans blast Clinton “for dicatorship by executive order.” @realDonaldTrump tweets: “Executive orders a disaster for democracy. President needs to work with Congress. Get it done!”

 
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