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

[Tami]

I think he may be on the right track, but not certain of his assessment

[WestPhillyPunisher]

We all knew this was coming, right?

The only thing I have to ask is....what took him this long? This now makes TWO Gold Star families Trump has shit on along with the Khans. Deplorable!

[PaulBullion]

#whydemskeeplosing #1000legsilativeseatslost

#only12Governorships #lostsenatecongresswhitehouse

#letsmovecenterevenmore #leadbyourvalues

#bemoreconservative #bemorecorporate

#incrementalism #letskeepdoingthethingthatkeepsuslosing

#bipartisanship #Decorummoreimportantthanpolicy

#demdefeat2018 #ignoreindependentsandliberalsbecausenoDbyname

You do realize hashtags don't work on this board? Or are you just cross-spamming your anti-DNC propaganda to several platforms and don't have the time to edit?

[Ship]

In the same article, Sullivan wrote about free speech issues in Canada and the UK.

Utter bullshit.

[worstblogever]

We all knew this was coming, right?

I believe a few days ago I expressed my feelings that it wasn't a matter of if but when.

Answer: 5 days.

[worstblogever]

The Myeshia Johnson story is gonna get more f***ed up for the GOP. Ex-Congressman, CSGOPOTD alumni, and assuredly racist ***hole Joe Walsh just went on MSNBC to argue that conservatives "have a right to attack her".

That's right. The party that spent the entire Bush administration talking about "respecting our troops" would now like to make the case for why they should be allowed to malign war widows.

F*** the GOP with a cactus.

[JCAll]

I believe a few days ago I expressed my feelings that it wasn't a matter of if but when.

Answer: 5 days.

I like to think of it as Half a Mooch.

[TheInvisibleMan]

The Myeshia Johnson story is gonna get more f***ed up for the GOP. Ex-Congressman, CSGOPOTD alumni, and assuredly racist ***hole Joe Walsh just went on MSNBC to argue that conservatives "have a right to attack her".

That's right. The party that spent the entire Bush administration talking about "respecting our troops" would now like to make the case for why they should be allowed to malign war widows.

F*** the GOP with a cactus.

Joe Walsh needs to go pay his child support and shut his yapper

[PaulBullion]

We all knew this was coming, right?

Trump Fans Are Sharing A Fake Facebook Post Impersonating Slain Soldier’s Widow

The Gold Star widow became the face of a viral hoax as she said her final goodbyes to her husband.

A Facebook post purporting to show the widow of Army Sgt. La David Johnson criticizing Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-FL) went viral among pro-Trump Twitter users over the weekend, with one version of the tweet amassing nearly 8,000 retweets and 10,000 likes between Friday afternoon and Saturday evening.

The only problem? It’s fake.

[Malvolio]

There is really no other argument to be mad...that right there is it.

Although, after learning more and more about the Civil War, I'm not sure there is a "different" reason to protest, other than flat out ignorance.

That's kind of why I put quotes around the word, "different."

[Malvolio]

I think he may be on the right track, but not certain of his assessment

Reich is saying that if we can form a coalition of Establishment Democrats, Anti-Establishment Democrats and even a few Anti-Establishment Republicans and Libertarians, we can defeat Trump. However, I see three problems with forming that coalition:

1. Anti-Establishment Republicans and Libertarians are often reluctant to vote for anyone who doesn't have an (R) after their name.

2. Establishment Democrats are often reluctant to step aside for younger Anti-Establishment Democrats.

3. Anti-Establishment Democrats often have purity tests which prevent them from voting for all but the closest to perfect candidates.

[WestPhillyPunisher]

The Myeshia Johnson story is gonna get more f***ed up for the GOP. Ex-Congressman, CSGOPOTD alumni, and assuredly racist ***hole Joe Walsh just went on MSNBC to argue that conservatives "have a right to attack her".

That's right. The party that spent the entire Bush administration talking about "respecting our troops" would now like to make the case for why they should be allowed to malign war widows.

F*** the GOP with a cactus.

Which brings up the following question: Would Trump and Walsh be attacking Johnson up one side and down the other if she were white? Short answer----HELL FUCKING NO!! More of the racist mindset of the GOP hard at work.

[PaulBullion]

Trump handling of the Niger tragedy-slash-scandal made him crash pretty hard in the Rasmussen poll, that heavily oversamples Republicans compared to other polls.

It won't really show much on the average at RCP until that ridiculous outlier from Emerson polls slips out the rolling average in 8 days or so.

[PaulBullion]

Oooh, (former) fox fight!

And now Megyn Kelly had this to say on the Today show:

“O’Reilly’s suggestion that no one ever complained about his behavior is false. I know because I complained.”

[PaulBullion]

Democrats' early fundraising eclipsing that of GOP incumbents

Nearly three dozen Republican incumbents were outraised by Democratic challengers in the third quarter of this year – a stunning figure. Nine GOP incumbents already trail a Democratic opponent in cash on hand, increasing the likelihood that many veteran incumbents will face tough opposition for the first time in years. [...]

“That’s something that should get every Republican’s attention in Washington,” said Jason Roe, a Republican strategist who works on House races. “These first-timers are printing money."