All-purpose news and politics thread: Two Steps Beyond!

[Gray Lensman]

Yep. Maybe folks missed articles like this one?

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/n...215-story.html

There IS a difference between 'Voted' and 'Will oppose'.

[numberthirty]

There IS a difference between 'Voted' and 'Will oppose'.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...tion-vote.html

The Senate voted to confirm Mick Mulvaney as budget director on Thursday, with Senator John McCain being the only Republican to vote no.

I don't see any retractions in that article. You seen something I might have missed?

[ImprobableQuestion]

If the end result of all of this is that the GOP is broken, powerless and weakened ...that will be a good outcome. Then the rest of us can fix the damage they did.

Won't be enough. We need to make sure that Trump voters never vote for anyone again. We need to ensure tuat Jim Comey never feels safe for himslefade or his family within this country's borders. We need to wipe the GOP off the face of the earth. The elderly and uneducated have proven themselves too dangerous to trust with a ballot.

[Mister Mets]

There IS a difference between 'Voted' and 'Will oppose'.

Sure, except McCain voted against this guy.

[ImprobableQuestion]

Sure, except McCain voted against this guy.

He voted against A guy. That's still unforgivable.

[Tami]

Where does Obama rank among U.S. presidents? C-Span poll gives high marks

Barack Obama clocks in at No. 12 on C-Span’s list of the best and worst American presidents — ahead of recent predecessors Bill Clinton and the two Bushes.

The cable channel’s survey, conducted periodically since 2000, gave Obama high marks for pursuing “equal justice for all” and “moral authority.” He ranked third and seventh in those categories among the nation’s 44 presidents.

Not bad, 12th is a good ranking.

[Mister Mets]

He voted against A guy. That's still unforgivable.

I'm assuming you don't think it's unforgivable to vote against a Trump appointee, so what specifically did McCain do that is unforgivable?

[numberthirty]

Won't be enough. We need to make sure that Trump voters never vote for anyone again. We need to ensure tuat Jim Comey never feels safe for himslefade or his family within this country's borders. We need to wipe the GOP off the face of the earth. The elderly and uneducated have proven themselves too dangerous to trust with a ballot.

Sure. Trump is the one that's going to destroy the United States and what it stands for.

[Billy Batson]

Wow he voted ONCE against Trump. WOW.

[Gray Lensman]

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...tion-vote.html



I don't see any retractions in that article. You seen something I might have missed?

Check the article again, the Times article has updated the chart.

It's probably just that the original article was written before the vote and got updated last night. Newspapers do have lead times.

[Billy Batson]

Where does Obama rank among U.S. presidents? C-Span poll gives high marks



Not bad, 12th is a good ranking.

Why do people still like Reagan?

[numberthirty]

Check the article again, the Times article has updated the chart.

It's probably just that the original article was written before the vote and got updated last night. Newspapers do have lead times.

http://www.rollcall.com/news/policy/...udget-director

The South Carolina Republican was confirmed by a 51-49 vote, with Senate Armed Services Chairman John McCain the only Republican defector.

That's two articles...

[Gray Lensman]

Ah, willful obtuseness for trolling purposes. Thanks for letting me know what you are about, 30.

[numberthirty]

Ah, willful obtuseness for trolling purposes. Thanks for letting me know what you are about, 30.

I am seriously missing what you are on about.

A guy who said he was opposing a nominee voted against him. Folks may have missed that because they were not aware of his opposition.

[jeanvaljean]

McCain is one of four Republican senators to vote against any of Trump's nominees.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...otes.html?_r=0

For the most part, Republicans are happy with Trump's nominations. It's often the type of stuff you could have expected to see from a generic Republican President. Even the exceptions aren't that bad from their perspective. Sessions is a friendly colleague. Tillerson came recommended by Gates and Rice. A majority of Senate Democrats voted for McMahon.

The most controversial White House staffers are those that don't require Senate confirmation (Bannon, Flynn, Miller) and there are generally bigger problems with Trump than the people working for him.

I stand corrected. He only voted with Trump 90% of the time so far.