CardinalBacker

Oh, I’ll absolutely toss one out if somebody deserves it. I just won’t insult a whole group of people because we feel differently on political issues.

True to an extent. Guys like Reagan (the former president, not the guy hunched over his keyboard, cackling while reading the latest “just wait until you see what Trump has up his sleeve” stories) was an actor as a young man, Carter was a Peanut Farmer, GW Bush worked in oil. But they all had some executive experience in politics before becoming president. If you are a newly elected county commissioner or county judge in Texas who was sworn in on the first of this month, you’re expected to be in class tomorrow (1/11) in College Station for training, because you obviously have no idea what’s going on or what’s legal. But we expect some guy who’s never even been a county commission to prance in and run the whole show. Having Trump as your president makes about as much sense as having him perform open heart surgery on you, just because you think most doctors are quacks.

Must be some good stuff. 6.5/10.... would smash.

I hope you’re not right.

Yeah.... I felt the same way when people were proclaiming Obama as the best ever. “No, he’s your FAVORITE President ever... not the best.” Trump was getting decent marks for the economy, and he honestly didn’t get us in any wars like the Dems predicted. Otherwise there’s not much to brag on regarding trump. This fiasco at the end of his term moves him way down towards the bottom of the list. Way down there.

Yes, I’m certain that he did. Somebody was still writing articles TODAY about how Trump was still gonna pull it out based on an affidavit written by some Italian guy. It’s bonkers.

I don’t know what you do for a living, but do you think somebody who’s never been in that industry would waltz in and be the best fit for CEO/President of your company, or do you think it would be a little bit of a disaster?

Well, obviously.... he lost, didn’t he?

This was literally posted 5 hours ago. I’m surprised Reagan hasn’t already posted it... I know he subscribes to this page. I just wish these knuckleheads would shut up. [Hidden Content]

I do think it’s remarkable that you haven’t heard a lot of “but she was unarmed” complaints about the woman who was shot and killed inside the Capitol. I mean, I’ve seen a couple but they didn’t gain traction. I feel the same way that I feel every time some person of any color mixes it up with a cop and doesn’t make it.... play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

I don’t know as much about Crenshaw... but I like what I’ve seen. I’m not sure he’s ready, though. Look what happens when you put in a first term senator or business person, lol. Cruz has come a long way from that uncompromising guy that went to Washington. I think he might be attractive to Hispanics as well. And honestly, the thing about his wife bugs me, too. On the other hand, I think we need Rs that remember it’s a team sport, unlike Rand Paul, Romney, the late McCain, and a few others that can’t remember to get in line when the time comes. Cruz is a really, really smart legislator and litigator. The thing with Trump’s certification bid was purely a push to appeal to Trump voters for 2024.

Ummm... the riot has to actually happen before you can be charged with inciting it.

I moved out of BC a couple of years ago. I’m not like LCM-17 who keeps changing schools on us.

Double.

I can’t believe I didn’t get an invite. I’m a hoot at parties.

Me. Who do you think took ol’ boy’s picture with his feet up on Pelosi’s desk?

There’s always some, and I believe that there’s more from the left than from the right. But I don’t believe that it was adequate to change the outcome of the election. But I do think that they should restrict mail in balloting. That would eliminate a lot of possibilities for fraud. Also, I think that a lot of people who typically wouldn’t have voted ended up voting because the ballot just showed up in their mailbox. Those that are least inclined to vote are often the least knowledgeable about the candidates and will pick the one that appeals to them... and people were tired of trump. I think a lot of Americans are just sick of the fighting.... and that’s kind of been Trump’s thing. If the Democrats make being nasty their biggest priority, the masses won’t leave them in power for long.

I highly doubt it. Most republicans that didn’t care for trump still voted for him. Most realized that he was a better alternative than Biden, regardless of their dislike for him. My problem with the whole thing is that every single allegation was either debunked or there was no proof that it occurred. People were making up stories left and right... not only were trump supporters taking the bait, but trump himself kept buying into the theories and spreading them as well. The guy in the Buffalo hat? He had to go on social media and say “no, it was me! I was there. I’m not Antifa” because so many people were spreading lies about him. It’s been like that since election night. The whole situation has been bizarre. There is no way for the VP to “throw out” electoral votes. His job is to count them, period. Trump and his followers believed that he not only had the power to do so, but brand him a traitor for NOT doing so. Did the founding fathers really craft an electoral college system wherein the VP of the current administration has the power to choose who the next president will be? Of course not. But Trump himself believed otherwise and had his followers believing the same thing. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen Pence labeled a traitor on my fb feed. It’s insane.

I just covered every point that you asked, I’m pretty sure. NOTHING COMPARES TO TRUMP ORDERING HIS BROWNSHIRTS TO GO ATTACK OUR CONGRESS. It doesn’t matter how hard you try to excuse his seditious actions, you cannot. No matter how hard you try to excuse the behavior of those people who tried to overthrow our government, you cannot. How hard is that to understand? Besieging Congress on behalf of a failed candidate in order to halt the process of certifying an election that he lost in no way compares to hassling somebody who’s enjoying dinner in a restaurant. Period.

Once again, I’m not like you... I don’t get pulled over for speeding and then whine... “b-b-but.... everybody else was speeding, too! Are they gonna get a ticket?” I’m a man. I’m guessing you were raised by a single mom. Who else has held a rally and encouraged their supporters (no wait... said “I’ll be right beside you” and then meowed out) to go breach the Capitol and obstruct congress who is in the act of certifying an election which they’d already lost? I’ll give you a hint... nobody, ever. You can stop trying to find comparable situations. You don’t get to yell “fire” in a theatre and then say “I didn’t tell anybody to trample anybody!” I know that concept is lost on you.

Here’s the problem with all of that. The republicans were okay with the rules (even set up the rules in some cases like PA). It wasn’t a problem until after the votes were counted and they lost. These things weren’t happening on a Dem only basis. The areas in which these things allegedly happened were populated and in some cases governed by Repubs. This may come as a shock to you, but most Dems are decent people who won’t stand for cheating, either, regardless of which party is doing it.

You’re undying loyalty to Trump’s nuts has clouded your judgment. I think it’s hilarious that the left thinks Ted Cruz and the like should resign, but Maxine Watters, Sheila Jackson Lee, and Obama himself voiced the same objections to certification over the last few years. Watters was also wrong when she encouraged people to hassle others with different political views. HOWEVER, nothing she did compares to organizing a rally that will conclude with a March to the Capitol to either intimidate lawmakers or even outright halt the Peoples Business by forcefully stopping the constitutional process of electing a new president...which is exactly what happened. Trump has tried to destroy the peaceful transfer of power that has been a hallmark of our great republic. I haven’t forgotten the “nah-nah-nah... good-bye” chants to George Bush in 2008. Nor have I forgotten the riots that occurred after the 2016 inauguration. The Democrats have worked hard to cheapen that transfer and some would rightly argue that THEY set this all in motion with their behavior in past years. No one will argue that, although they might not have besieged our capitol, the rioting would have been much worse had Trump actually been re-elected. But what you won’t hear me say, and you should not say, either, is “they did it first” or “b-b-but... they did it, too!” All that matters is they right wingers did it this time. Period. There’s no excusing that behavior. Shame on you for being such a small person.

I wasn’t even kidding earlier. I know of a Lumberton kid whose dad played defensive end at U of H. He’s in high school now... big frame, athletic, rolls jiu jitsu... younger sister plays select soccer. Kid is all about marching band. It blows my mind.

I think that there are ample reasons to explore impeachment for the phone call last Saturday and inciting an attack on our democracy Wednesday. But since the point of an impeachment is to remove a president from office and Trump is 11.5 days from being gone anyways, talk of impeachment now has nothing to do with anything other than twisting a knife, so to speak. But that was the point of the first one, too. I have a bad feeling that the Ds are about to go off of the deep end instead of moving forward. Twitter is purging everybody who is right wing as we speak.