posted by CenterBHSFanWell, pot meet kettle because you only reply and comment on QO's posts the vast, vast majority of the time.
#SelfPwn
Lol, you beat me to it.
posted by gutTrump and the Democrats (I'm looking at you, Schiff/Schumer/Squad) are really screwing up the govt even worse than it already was.
It will be hilarious if Biden wins the election, and Repubs take the House and Senate...then we can look forward to at least 2 years of Congressional hearings even worse than we have now.
I'd prefer the houses be split, but I might be able to live with this.
In the words of Lewis Black, "The only thing dumber than a Republican or a Democrat is when these pricks work together."
The libs are not just trying to impeach Trump, they are effectively impeaching American democracy. They simply, and literally, want to overturn the election of 2016, and now will put that undertaking into the hands of ‘democrats’ and deep-state elitists, not voters. Attempting a second coup on a duly-elected president, attempting to overturn the electoral college, attempting to stack the supreme court, and attempting to totally mislead the public via their media allies ……sick SOB’s.
posted by QuakerOatsThe libs are not just trying to impeach Trump, they are effectively impeaching American democracy. They simply, and literally, want to overturn the election of 2016, and now will put that undertaking into the hands of ‘democrats’ and deep-state elitists, not voters. Attempting a second coup on a duly-elected president, attempting to overturn the electoral college, attempting to stack the supreme court, and attempting to totally mislead the public via their media allies ……sick SOB’s.
posted by O-Trap
At this point, I am waiting on him to post the inaccurate electoral map Trump tweeted this morning.
posted by ptown_trojans_1At this point, I am waiting on him to post the inaccurate electoral map Trump tweeted this morning.
The county map?
posted by like_thatThe county map?
Correct
posted by ptown_trojans_1Correct
Inaccurate because it has the amount of red counties incorrect?
posted by like_thatInaccurate because it has the amount of red counties incorrect?
Correct...
posted by ptown_trojans_1Correct...
So which is the correct county map? The maps based on google search results for the 2016 election are pretty damn red.
posted by like_thatSo which is the correct county map? The maps based on google search results for the 2016 election are pretty damn red.
posted by like_thatSo which is the correct county map? The maps based on google search results for the 2016 election are pretty damn red.
Don’t waste your time; once someone has become intoxicated by the DC establishment there is no getting them back…..worse than opioids
posted by ptown_trojans_1
I would just note this map distorts jurisdictional boundaries that the founders sought to give value through the electoral college. It's not a representation of how we constitutionally elect presidents. Pretty much the definition of a phony electoral map.
LOL, look, if Trump actually said this there's just no way it wasn't a joke. I didn't have a ton of faith in the media before, but the coverage of Trump has been pretty eye-opening. I mean, someone writes it in a book and so now that makes it newsworthy? Isn't that kind of how the tabloids operate?
By the way, I used to joke about digging a moat on the border and filling it with sharks and crocodiles!
According to reporting from the New York Times, President Donald Trump had at times privately talked about “fortifying a border wall with a water-filled trench, stocked with snakes or alligators, prompting aides to seek a cost estimate. He wanted the wall electrified, with spikes on top that could pierce human flesh.”
posted by majorsparkI would just note this map distorts jurisdictional boundaries that the founders sought to give value through the electoral college. It's not a representation of how we constitutionally elect presidents. Pretty much the definition of a phony electoral map.
LOL. Take it easy.
All the map is doing is digging into the how diverse the country is. All it is showing is there are pockets of red and blue voters all around the country. Take the west coast, even though they are really blue, you can see pockets of red. It is not saying we should eliminate the electoral college, just drilling down into how we vote and each state is not a monolith.
He has done it for all the elections going back to 2004 and you can track to see how some areas have drifted from red to blue to red again.
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/election/2004/
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/election/2008/
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/election/2012/
posted by ptown_trojans_1LOL. Take it easy.
You are the one who called the county map inaccurate. Its not when showing geographical majorities for that election year.
posted by majorsparkYou are the one who called the county map inaccurate. Its not when showing geographical majorities for that election year.
Eh, he wasn't wrong. It does show the majorities, yes, but it's not an adequate representation of the nation as a whole, because no county is a monolith. A "red" county could be 51% red or 99% red, but it will still just show up as "red" on the first map.
Moreover, that county could have 5MM people in it or it could have 20 people in it, so there's no accounting for the actual number of people within those non-homogeneous counties.
Neither map is ultimately inaccurate. They're just not telling the same things.
posted by O-TrapNeither map is ultimately inaccurate. They're just not telling the same things.
That's exactly what I said. Note I said phony "electoral" map.
posted by majorsparkThat's exactly what I said. Note I said phony "electoral" map.
I misunderstood your point. Apologies.
posted by O-TrapEh, he wasn't wrong. It does show the majorities, yes, but it's not an adequate representation of the nation as a whole, because no county is a monolith. A "red" county could be 51% red or 99% red, but it will still just show up as "red" on the first map.
Moreover, that county could have 5MM people in it or it could have 20 people in it, so there's no accounting for the actual number of people within those non-homogeneous counties.
Neither map is ultimately inaccurate. They're just not telling the same things.
You can also make this argument for the EC map.
The county map is a good argument against idiots who want the abolish the EC.
posted by like_thatThe county map is a good argument against idiots who want the abolish the EC.
I've said this before, but the reason progressives are so all-in on federal govt is because they're agenda can't be implemented at the state level. That's why they need to abolish the EC.
What do you have against state rights, progressives? "Well, if CA has free healthcare then the sickest and poorest are all going to move there and that can't work". Hmmmm, sounds to me like a CA problem and not an OH problem.
Imagine that
Explains why either an attorney or high-level congressional staff wrote the complaint; no CIA underling wrote it, that’s for sure.
posted by like_thatYou can also make this argument for the EC map.
The county map is a good argument against idiots who want the abolish the EC.
Assuming an elected government, I support the EC, which is why I had no problem saying that.
I mean, I'd just as soon see no government at all, but that's not going to happen, so ...
posted by QuakerOats
- A spokesman for House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., acknowledged Wednesday that the whistleblower alleging misconduct in the White House had reached out to Schiff's panel before filing a complaint --
Imagine that
Explains why either an attorney or high-level congressional staff wrote the complaint; no CIA underling wrote it, that’s for sure.
If you actually read the story and look at the actual process, you see the whistleblower actually followed the proper procedure.
Plus, just last week the DNI said the whistleblower report was credible and went through the proper channels.
Finally, just so we are clear, what's inaccurate so far in the report? Shit, the call summary confirms what's in the report.
