posted by iclfan2He lost, because the GOP are a bunch of dumb fucks. That’s what you get for screwing up one of the easiest states to keep seats. Way to go Bannon and McConnell.
And blowing this to Doug Evans to boot.
Evans will get destroyed next time he is up for election. The only saving grace of this is that Moore is gone which is better for 2018 (for the republicans). Still could see the Dem take over the Senate in 2018.
The Roy Moore watch party is currently so so cringey. Two people are on stage and awkwardly singing hymns.
posted by iclfan2He lost, because the GOP are a bunch of dumb fucks. That’s what you get for screwing up one of the easiest states to keep seats. Way to go Bannon and McConnell.
He lost because he dated a 16 year old as a 35 year old.
and even as a GOP guy, I’m glad that creepy fuck lost.
posted by SportsAndLadyHe lost because he dated a 16 year old as a 35 year old.
and even as a GOP guy, I’m glad that creepy fuck lost.
Yea, agreed. My point was it should have never got to Moore running. Their governor and other republicans fucked the race their up from the beginning.
posted by MontyBrunswickThe Roy Moore watch party is currently so so cringey. Two people are on stage and awkwardly singing hymns.
LOL. I'm assuming they had a large prayer circle when he officially lost, to beg God for forgiveness for allowing a dirty Democrat to beat him.
posted by iclfan2Yea, agreed. My point was it should have never got to Moore running. Their governor and other republicans fucked the race their up from the beginning.
If the GOP from the beggining said "hey vote for Moore, we can't have a dem take that seat. We will make sure Moore is replaced ASAP. We don't GAF about Moore, we care about the seat." I think people would have voted for Moore. Honesty would have gone a long way. They didn't have the balls to do it.
posted by like_thatIf the GOP from the beggining said "hey vote for Moore, we can't have a dem take that seat. We will make sure Moore is replaced ASAP. We don't GAF about Moore, we care about the seat." I think people would have voted for Moore. Honesty would have gone a long way. They didn't have the balls to do it.
Agreed. They are spineless.
Great victory for Alabama. Roy Moore and his religious fanatacism would have been a disgrace to the USA. I believe Doug Jones will be an excellent senator - we shall see. I am very proud of my fellow Alabamans.
posted by Dr Winston O'BoogieGreat victory for Alabama. Roy Moore and his religious fanatacism would have been a disgrace to the USA. I believe Doug Jones will be an excellent senator - we shall see. I am very proud of my fellow Alabamans.
Isn't the seat up for election in 2 years? If I am a betting man, that seat will go back to the GOP. It shouldn't be too hard, but the GOP loves to have their "hold my beer" moments.
posted by like_thatIsn't the seat up for election in 2 years? If I am a betting man, that seat will go back to the GOP. It shouldn't be too hard, but the GOP loves to have their "hold my beer" moments.
And Repubs should actually gain seats in the Senate in 2018 (at one point, could have been a threat for 60, but safe to say with Trump they won't get near that). Don't know if the Repubs will be able to keep the House, probably but losing even a handful of seats would be enough to completely stall them like happens now in the Senate.
By the way, what the hell is up with election cycles that Dems get close to 60 seats back in 2008, and now Repubs could come close 10 years later? Dems are defending 26(?) seats, including 2 independents, to 7....and predictions Repubs could gain 10 seats. But I bet because of Trump, and the dismal Congressional performance, Repubs might be lucky to pick-up even 1 or 2 seats.
posted by like_thatIsn't the seat up for election in 2 years? If I am a betting man, that seat will go back to the GOP. It shouldn't be too hard, but the GOP loves to have their "hold my beer" moments.
Agree ..........any half decent repub will win
posted by like_thatIsn't the seat up for election in 2 years? If I am a betting man, that seat will go back to the GOP. It shouldn't be too hard, but the GOP loves to have their "hold my beer" moments.
He will easily lose. This election was about republicans not showing up (rightfully) for the piece of shit candidate these morons put up, nothing more. The people on twitter pretending like this has anything to do with the state of the democrats in any other place in America are jumping the gun.
the pubs wanted Moore to lose. THey want the dems to control congress, or as I should say, control Trump. If Jones was smart he would vote as a conservative. He could win again if he did.
With a split congress, Trump cant be off his rocker as much.
posted by SportsAndLadyHe lost because he dated a 16 year old as a 35 year old.
and even as a GOP guy, I’m glad that creepy fuck lost.
And even without the pedo stuff, he seemed to be running on a platform/belief system that was hilariously backwards and stone age. It really made me wonder how he got the R nomination in the primary. Does Luther Strange suck that much, or was Trump's support of him that fatal to his chances OR is Alabama so wacky that over-the-top evangelatical goofs like him seem normal?
posted by like_thatIf the GOP from the beggining said "hey vote for Moore, we can't have a dem take that seat. We will make sure Moore is replaced ASAP. We don't GAF about Moore, we care about the seat." I think people would have voted for Moore. Honesty would have gone a long way. They didn't have the balls to do it.
Well, they said the first sentence of that; they just didn't have what it takes to say the other two.
posted by HereticWell, they said the first sentence of that; they just didn't have what it takes to say the other two.
Which you think the other two would be easier to say.
NLRB reverses course on joint-employer issue
The National Labor Relations Board on Thursday reversed a joint-employer standard that had made it easier for employees to hold companies accountable for the behavior of contractors and franchisees. "Today's decision restores years of established law and brings back clarity for restaurants and small businesses across the country," the National Restaurant Association's Cicely Simpson said.
Reuters (12/14), The New York Times (free-article access for SmartBrief readers) (12/14),
Thank you, Don.
And thanks for all the other asinine regulations you already rolled back in less than one year:
The Washington Times (12/14, Boyer) reports that Trump said, “We blew our target out of the water. ... We beat our goal by a lot.” According to Trump, in the first 11 months of 2017, his Administration “canceled or delayed over 1,500 planned regulatory actions, more than any previous president by far.” He added, “The never-ending growth of red tape in America has come to a sudden, screeching and beautiful halt.”
Bloomberg News (12/14, Sink, Levin) reports that Trump “cut a red ribbon between two stacks of paper, a smaller one marked 1960 and a larger one marked ‘Today,’” and said that “the federal regulatory code had grown from 20,000 pages to 185,000 pages during the period.” Business Insider (12/14, Kranz) reports that Trump sent a tweet after the event, which read, “Today, we gathered in the Roosevelt Room for one single reason: to CUT THE RED TAPE! For many decades, an ever-growing maze of regs, rules, and restrictions has cost our country trillions of dollars, millions of jobs, countless American factories, & devastated entire industries.” Townhall (12/14, Pavlich) reports that the White House said that “federal agencies are expected to cut $9.8 billion in unnecessary regulation costs in 2018.”
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Federal Reserve on Friday raised its estimate of U.S. gross domestic product growth for the fourth quarter of 2017 closer to 4 percent, based on revisions of prior data that suggested stronger economic activities.
Change we can [really] believe in ....
we were told for 8 years that 2.5% growth was the new norm and the economy couldn't possibly do any better.....now we're near 4% and those same people want to give Obama the credit!
A syndicated columnist, Froma Harrop, wrote an opinion piece last week giving obama all the credit for the gains made in '17 across the board, and of course bashing Trump. One has to sit their in utter amazement at the idiotic trash that these dumbasses keep putting in print.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/16/opinion/sunday/war-trump-islamic-state.html
Actual column in the NY Times giving credit to Trump for defeating ISIS, and slamming the media for ignoring the winning. Stunning.
Well, I just have a question, at what point does the new adminstration take ownership of the economy? Because, apparently, it depends on the party.
Is this Trump's economy or still Obama's? At what point did Obama's economy start and Bush's end? Just asking so we have some clarity here.
I'm more in the camp that it takes about a full FY for a President to get their own policies in palce, therefore, the economy is a lagging indicator. For example, Clinton's economy was from 1994-2001, Bush's economy was from 2002-2009, Obama's from 2010-2017.
I mean if you disagree with that, ok. But, at least stay the same.
posted by ptown_trojans_1Is this Trump's economy or still Obama's? At what point did Obama's economy start and Bush's end? Just asking so we have some clarity here.
Normally, it takes probably 18 months to start to see the effects of economic and fiscal policy. However, I think this case has been unusual because of expectations of what Trump and a Repub Congress were going to accomplish. Not to mention rolling back regulations.
But the bottom can fall out quickly if they don't get their act together. I talked for years about the Obamaconomy "overhang", and putting an end to that agenda would unlock growth and investment. I'd say the early returns are that I was 100% correct.
Businesses have been in handcuffs for 8 years; you name the policy, legislation, or regulation, and it has all been anti-business, almost without question. Trump has simply taken the handcuffs off, so now we know that we are not going to get pelted with new costly regulations every week, most of the worst ones are being repealed or have been, and taxes are being cut and reformed, not to mention the massive drag of obamaKare on business expenses. The personal mandate is GONE in the new tax bill; literally 'yuge'. Businesses saw this coming and have been reacting positively, and business optimism has peaked to multi-decade highs, which is a harbinger of even better things coming. Now that tax reform appears to be a reality, you should see continued strengthening thru 2018. In January, infrastructure will take center stage, that should be another positive.