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@ILikePie5
John McCain ran on repealing Obamacare. He’s a fraud. Ever heard of the Hanoi Songbird or the fact he sealed all his Vietnam records.
You are a disgrace.
What is a republican?
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Reported for unwarranted Adhom. (unless you are John McCain's ghost, then it is warranted)
Loser
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@ILikePie5
Lots of things. Go read Rand Paul’s annual festivus report that highlights dumb spending.
How much is the total of this government spending?
John McCain is left wing on healthcare (at least by American standards in that time).John McCain ran on repealing Obamacare. He’s a fraud.
Maybe he just changed his mind on healthcare? That's possible. If politicians didn't expect other politicians to change their minds, there would be no point in arguing. There would just be a solid vote. Obamacare took years to make. Someone had to have their mind changed.
The one exception to this is if there is corruption. Corruption is fucked up! But changing your mind is OK. I mean, if you want abortion banned, and Biden changed his mind on abortion, you'd be giving him credit.
Let politicians change their minds (as long as corruption isn't the reason).
I would vote for RFK over them.
RFK is essentially a republican by what he talks about. Like he can be against the vacciene and still run as a democrat. But if he's going to do that, he would say something like, "I'm unvaccinated, I don't like vacciene mandates, and I think Trump is a bigoted racist, I think we should end deportations, I think we need Medicare for all paid for by the top 1%" (I mean, he ran as a democrat for a reason; it's not like he would be a DINO). Right wingers that like RFK should try and figure out what his left wing views are before they decide to vote for him; he's left wing on something; otherwise he would be running as a republican.
There was a time when I liked RFK. Him being against vacciene mandates and Citizens United; I agree with him on that. Then he was saying shit like COVID was created to spare Jewish people (which to me, it code for he thinks the Jews started COVID). It was at this point that I decided to not back RFK anymore. RFK being on Epstein's plane 2x further cemented my belief against him.
If RFK didn't fuck up these 2x, I'd have no problem supporting him. I got vaccinated, but I don't agree with vaccine mandates. But if you say stupid stuff, don't expect me to vote for you (stupid is defined very strictly, any abortion position from (ban unless to save the mother's life with the penalty being the same as murder) to, (legalize up until the moment of birth and repeal the Hyde Amendment) wouldn't be in the range of what I classify as stupid, but saying something like, "The Jews started COVID" to me is stupid.
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@TheUnderdog
How much is the total of this government spending?
In the billions. Again, go read it lol.
Maybe he just changed his mind on healthcare? That's possible. If politicians didn't expect other politicians to change their minds, there would be no point in arguing. There would just be a solid vote. Obamacare took years to make. Someone had to have their mind changed.
Stop making excuses for someone who ran for more than a decade on repealing Obamacare. His constituents hated Obamacare, but he thinks he’s better than them.
The one exception to this is if there is corruption. Corruption is fucked up! But changing your mind is OK. I mean, if you want abortion banned, and Biden changed his mind on abortion, you'd be giving him credit.Let politicians change their minds (as long as corruption isn't the reason).
So after lying to your constituents for a decade, it’s okay to switch your mind in a heartbeat. Good job.
RFK is essentially a republican by what he talks about. Like he can be against the vacciene and still run as a democrat. But if he's going to do that, he would say something like, "I'm unvaccinated, I don't like vacciene mandates, and I think Trump is a bigoted racist, I think we should end deportations, I think we need Medicare for all paid for by the top 1%" (I mean, he ran as a democrat for a reason; it's not like he would be a DINO). Right wingers that like RFK should try and figure out what his left wing views are before they decide to vote for him; he's left wing on something; otherwise he would be running as a republican.
It’s more of an f u to both sides.
There was a time when I liked RFK. Him being against vacciene mandates and Citizens United; I agree with him on that. Then he was saying shit like COVID was created to spare Jewish people (which to me, it code for he thinks the Jews started COVID). It was at this point that I decided to not back RFK anymore. RFK being on Epstein's plane 2x further cemented my belief against him.
He says some dumb shit obv.
If RFK didn't fuck up these 2x, I'd have no problem supporting him. I got vaccinated, but I don't agree with vaccine mandates. But if you say stupid stuff, don't expect me to vote for you (stupid is defined very strictly, any abortion position from (ban unless to save the mother's life with the penalty being the same as murder) to, (legalize up until the moment of birth and repeal the Hyde Amendment) wouldn't be in the range of what I classify as stupid, but saying something like, "The Jews started COVID" to me is stupid.
Good for you.
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@ILikePie5
In the billions. Again, go read it lol.
Do you have the link?
Stop making excuses for someone who ran for more than a decade on repealing Obamacare.
Obamacare was signed into law in 2010. McCain didn't even live 10 years after that. Trump didn't repeal Obamacare.
His constituents hated Obamacare, but he thinks he’s better than them.
If that's true, then they could have voted McCain out.
So after lying to your constituents for a decade, it’s okay to switch your mind in a heartbeat. Good job.
It's not lying; people can change their minds. RFK said at one point he wanted to jail climate change deniers. He doesn't agree with what he said back then. He called himself a democrat for a reason.
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@TheUnderdog
Do you have the link?
Obamacare was signed into law in 2010. McCain didn't even live 10 years after that. Trump didn't repeal Obamacare.
Yet he campaigned off of doing that. Trump was one vote away from repealing it — John McCain’s vote
If that's true, then they could have voted McCain out.
He died before he could run again.
It's not lying; people can change their minds. RFK said at one point he wanted to jail climate change deniers. He doesn't agree with what he said back then. He called himself a democrat for a reason.
McCain got hit with Trump Derangement Syndrome.
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@ILikePie5
Holy shit! I was expecting maybe $5 billion (($15/American Citizen)/year).
It was $900 BILLION!
$2650/American Citizen/year!
McCain got hit with Trump Derangement Syndrome.
Yeah; McCain's dumb if that's the reason.
Like I don't like Vivek Ramaswamy; but if he doesn't want the US funding Ukraine, I'm not a hack, I'll give him credit on that issue.
My reason for not liking Ramaswamy is he wants to force young voters to pass a Citizenship test to vote (but he didn't say anything about old people).
Either require the Citizenship test for everyone or nobody to vote. I prefer everybody, but be consistent.
Yet he campaigned off of doing that. Trump was one vote away from repealing it — John McCain’s vote
There are 2 possible reasons why McCain was going to vote against it and the only republican to do so:
- He hated Trump that TDS got ahold of him (just like a lot of never Trumpers that call themselves republican but never give him credit on any times when they agree with him).
- He was the most persuadable republican out of 50 senators (2% chance).
I think #1 is more likely.
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@TheUnderdog
There are 2 possible reasons why McCain was going to vote against it and the only republican to do so:
- He hated Trump that TDS got ahold of him (just like a lot of never Trumpers that call themselves republican but never give him credit on any times when they agree with him).
- He was the most persuadable republican out of 50 senators (2% chance).
I think #1 is more likely.
Yep
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@ILikePie5
If the election was held today (Trump vs Biden), I think I'm voting for Trump.
The rich media makes claims that don't make any sense. They called Trump a racist when (it might be true), but other 21st century presidents have done more racist things and the media hasn't called them out on it.
The rich want him out, and I don't think it's for our benefit; it's for theirs.
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@TheUnderdog
The rich media makes claims that don't make any sense. They called Trump a racist when (it might be true), but other 21st century presidents have done more racist things and the media hasn't called them out on it.
Biden is a proven racist. Best buddies with literal segregationists.
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@TheUnderdog
Left and right are different labels applied to hominid organisms that think in the same way.
Data is typical , though sometimes assessed and concluded upon differently.
Relative to this post, a Republican is a hominid organism that resides within what is definitionally regarded as a Republic.
Similarly a Democrat is a hominid organism that resides within what is definitionally regarded as a Democratic society.
So put the two together within the global region known as the United States of America, and what you end up with are approximately 350 million Democratic Republicans.
All acquiring and assessing similar data in exactly the same way, though outputting variable conclusions.
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@zedvictor4
But my point is the GOP party platform doesn't consistently believe in anything.
If the left calls Trump racist, the right will claim Trump isn't racist because he increased funding for HBCUs. When asking a hardcore MAGA supporter if they like what Trump did here, they would say yes.
If Bernie Sanders increased funding for HBCUs, the right would call it socialist. Trump does it, the right supports it as evidence that Trump isn't racist.
Policies before parties and politicians.
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@TheUnderdog
Putin thanks you. Trump will give himself and the rich another tax break which will bankrupt the USA. Well, maybe it will just shutdown SS and Medicare.
Reiterating his malevolent intent, in a fundraising email he sent on Wednesday to his MAGA people, Trump (again) announced that “I AM YOUR RETRIBUTION!”
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@FLRW
Heard NPR interview with some GOP representative out of TN. He said, we take in 5 trillion in taxes, and this new bill { whatever it is } is 7 trillion.
He is one of the 7 that ousted keven McCarthy a year or so back.
He is one of the 7 that ousted keven McCarthy a year or so back.
I agree with him that 5 trillion incoming is not enough to pay for 7 trillion. He goes on to say, were borrowing more money from China, and some day China is going to come calling for the money they have leant us.
He says no to this new spending bill. Many poor countries have borrowed money from that international lending organization that has strict rules about paying back.
He says no to this new spending bill. Many poor countries have borrowed money from that international lending organization that has strict rules about paying back.
All people are conservative, yet all want to do more to raise their standards of living and cover all the things they cant really afford.
There is label for this kind of human behaviour. Where is the sacrifice to in order to spend more than we take in?
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@ebuc
All people are conservative.
Lol no. Most people are biologically reactive. If life feels good, they will react liberally. If life feels bad (recession) they then become conservative.
Conservation of instincts. x-y = y-x
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@FLRW
“I AM YOUR RETRIBUTION!”
No justice, no peace. :)
another tax break which will bankrupt the USA.
nah, it will just bankrupt the morally bankrupt government. Sounds like a great thing. Defund, defund defund!
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@ILikePie5
Biden is a proven racist. Best buddies with literal segregationists.
Biden says you aint Black.
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@Greyparrot
Lol no. Most people are biologically reactive.
Agree, and that changes none of what I stated #76
If life feels good, they will react liberally.
I agree again and it changes nothing that I stated
If life feels bad (recession) they then become conservative.
Not necessarily, they only re-evaluate the factors ---includes false narrative--- involved. Trumpet was re-evaluated along with whatever factors, and he lost to Biden-harris
Conservation of instincts. x-y = y-x
Sorry, I flunked or nearly flunked aglebra in 9th grade math. Math was not mandatory in 10 - 12.
..." The term black swan was a Latin expression: its oldest reference is in the poet Juvenal's expression that "a good person is as rare as a black swan" ("rara avis in terris nigroque simillima cygno", 6.165).[18] It was a common expression in 16th century London, as a statement that describes impossibility, deriving from the old world presumption that 'all swans must be white', because all historical records of swans reported that they had white feathers.[19"...
Humans spend beyond their means time and time again. They will always keep reaching for more, without consideration for future. Erratic Climate Change is perfect example. ......Houston, you have a problem on Earth, do you copy?......
No justice, no peace. :)
Is this from the Sons of Liberty?
Biden says you aint Black.
So stupid
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@ebuc
and some day China is going to come calling for the money they have leant us.
That’s nonsense, they get paid off under the terms of the loan all the time and that’s all they’re entitled to.
What could happen is China and other purchasers of US debt decide we are too great a risk and stop buying new debt.
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@IwantRooseveltagain
That’s nonsense, they get paid off under the terms of the loan all the time and that’s all they’re entitled to.
Ok, my bad. I should have put that in quotes as was repeating what the TN congressman was stating.
What could happen is China and other purchasers of US debt decide we are too great a risk and stop buying new debt.
Thank you IRoose of that info. Economics, math and English and host of others were never my strong or even medial strengths.
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@TheUnderdog
Republicans are just controlled opposition for Democrats. There is no difference. Their goals are the same, to control every aspect of everyone's life through mandates and regulations.
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@FLRW
Putin thanks you.
I don't like Putin.
Trump will give himself and the rich another tax break which will bankrupt the USA. Well, maybe it will just shutdown SS and Medicare.
I know this will blow your mind, but the MAGA crowd (I'm not in MAGA even though I'm considering voting for Trump) is totally fine with this because it serves as extra buffer room with the US and socialism (which the MAGA people hate). They also are huge believers in fiscal autonomy and believe that if Jeff Bezos loses $30,000 and the money goes to pay for 1 kid's college bills, the MAGA people will find that unacceptable because even if that kid is much better off with no student debt, Jeff Bezos is nominally worse off without his consent, and that's enough for the MAGA people to be against raising taxes on the rich.
It's not bootlicking as much as it is treating fiscal autonomy kind of like a religion.
I don't agree with treating fiscal autonomy like a religion (my ideal tax code is outlined here), but this is sort of the fiscally conservative mentality.