-
Ever wanted an RSS feed of all your favorite gaming news sites? Go check out our new Gaming Headlines feed! Read more about it here.
-
We have made minor adjustments to how the search bar works on ResetEra. You can read about the changes here.
US PoliEra 2019 |OT9| I'm really glad I'm not on Twitter nearly enough to understand all the references
- Thread starter TheHunter
- Start date
- Status
It really is the first time in a long time that I've seen the GOP totally in the dark when it comes to messaging. I mean there have been times where they've been off balance for a few days, but then they usually get the hive-mind calibrated and they're back on the messaging attack.
The combination of Schiff doing these depositions behind closed doors and the majority of the witnesses being Trump's own people has made it extremely difficult for the GOP to have a coherent message across all their allies. This is the first time in the Trump administration there's been a semblance of proper oversight and witness cooperation, and it's making the WH extremely nervous. Up until now the WH has relied on everyone on their side defying Congress (ie. breaking the law) and letting the courts deal with it in the distant future. They planned to do the same thing with impeachment, but they didn't anticipate dozens of State Department officials essentially giving them the finger and testifying anyway. If the State Department officials didn't show-up then it would be summer 2019 all over again of ignored subpenis'.
Turkey and Russia announce deal to withdraw all Kurdish forces from Syrian border
dont know if anyone has spoken to the Kurds about any of this...?
Polling trends. Trump approval ratings keep declining over this impeachment scandal and it has been affecting Senators too. Ernst dropping a lot in Iowa in relation to Trump and a few other Senators vulnerable too. Democrats can very likely get net 4 seats (one of them they will lose most likely but they can win Presidency and flip 3 seats).
The author of the anonymous op-ed wrote a book that's going to be published next month. (they're still going to be anonymous)
So....anyone else's opinion of Pelosi risen since the clash a few months ago when AOC and her clashed?
Got to say her strategy is pulling off. Keeping the impeachment hearings non-public, slow but methodical, is providing dividends in polling, and is keeping Republicans on the defensive and struggling to respond.
(Am I pointing out rushing to impeach him was too gung-ho? Yes.)
Got to say her strategy is pulling off. Keeping the impeachment hearings non-public, slow but methodical, is providing dividends in polling, and is keeping Republicans on the defensive and struggling to respond.
(Am I pointing out rushing to impeach him was too gung-ho? Yes.)
The ship is going down
Mind as well make a buck!
Man we are sick here in America
Thats one hell of a gaffe
Certainly makes more sense now lol
Uhhh.... Both cases are true though
West Wing still came on post-Gingrich and aired during Bush's admin.
Here are George HW Bush's ratings -
Note that even he only went below 30 as of the 08 financial crash (save for one small blip in summer 07). That's post-Iraq, post-torture, post-Katrina, post-Plame, after his failed immigration reform push and Republican attempts to touch Social Security that swept them out in 06, etc.
All the hundreds of thousands of shitty policies, scandals, and actions and even he could barely fall below 30.
And console wars.
I've always backed her plan. Mueller investigation was always too tainted. No way he goes four years without fucking up more.
In the author's defense he/she did not take an advance, and is donating portions of profit to good causes
I don't think it's Kellyanne
Having trouble imagining that author remaining anonymous after "telling-all". Either they aren't going to tell all, or doing so will reveal their identity, right?
My opinion didn't go up about her after the impeachment inquiry announcement. She shouldn't be applauded for following the majority Democratic caucus, she was merely doing her job. And as far as I can tell, Schiff and Nadler are handling most of the impeachment related business anyway. It was Schiff's decision to keep hearing behind closed door for now.
Her annihilation of Trump at his own home turf regarding the Syria situation... now that was good shit.
That said Pelosi is helping in putting up some good legislation through the House and into the Senate that isn't really appreciated as much. Mostly because they are sitting at Moscow Mitch's desk collecting dust. I feel like once we get the Senate back and a Democratic president, we will see the fruits of her labor blossom (or rot if they are bad).
Oh we missed that little detail
Ok then carry on
Plus In this day and age I understand being anonymous at this point
WTF she was right even moreso lol. That's the whole point behind the Tucker pieces.
NPR interviewed someone that knows him from his work in Oregon. They mentioned a conversation with him recently that they told him at the end of the day he better tell the truth.
I am curious how he feels about processing that conversation now.
This wasn't her plan...unless she's psychic and knew something as blatant and specific as Ukraine-gate was coming.
Multiple forces came together to move her hand.
Especially in regard to working with the Trump admin. Dude is straight up mafia. I'd be fearful for my life and the safety of friends/family/colleagues if I were that individual
Did we really just have those agonizing 4 days of discourse over a mistake?
*some*
Not taking the advance isn't the same as not taking profits.
Edit:
For those of you who will get the joke...
Get ready cuz it's not going away. People don't read Corrections and Omissions.
Portions of proceeds will be donated
I mean it's better than nothing but yeah still carries a level of shamefulness
Maybe, if something in the book is relevant to impeachment, the House can subpoena the publisher for the name of the author so they can question them.
Right. Just saying.
It'll be damned hard for this anonymous administration figure to convince me this whole schtick isn't cynical and cowardly.
Publishing a tell-all book by an anonymous writer seems pretty ridiculous tbh. It doesn't sound like what the book is covering hasn't already been corroborated by a hundred other sources already anyway, so I'm not really worried about the veracity of the thing, but I don't like the precedent it sets either.
Sondland probably wishing he could hide in a ditch somewhere.
Dude... After all Hillary has been subjected to?
She was wise to wait it out imho
Who was the hot tub salesman/lawyer Trump used as a stooge briefly? As acting AG, I think? That's probably the guy who'll be COS. Mnuchin already has his hands full and Trump would never take advice from a female COS, so Conway is out.
- Status