CardinalBacker

I don’t know… i met a guy one time that had once been a captain at the Walls Unit in Huntsville-he was in the rotation for overseeing executions. His opinion was that execution was inhumane and we shouldn’t be doing it. I think his experiences made his opinion more valid than me, or anybody else who’d never been in his shoes-worth listening to. When John McCain came out and said that we shouldn’t be torturing Taliban POWs because we’re better than that as a country, his opinion carries a little more weight than just about anybody else. Likewise, a man who shirked his responsibility to serve during wartime doesn’t really have any room to insult anybody who was held captive as a POW for literal years. Especially not when he’s just trying to get a few laughs out of his moronic followers.

Nah.... Trump said how he felt about the Troops and POWs when he crapped all over McCain. It's really special when a draft dodger (errr...... "draft deferral") calls a man that spent years in a POW camp a "loser for getting caught." Ahhhhh, who cares.... it was just another mean tweet, right?

You do realize that calling Joe Biden "Joebama" sounds like something a racist would say? "Look at him! He's just like that Black Guy we all hated!" Obama's been gone for 8 years now... let it go. And for what it's worth, experts agree that Trump's first debate performance probably cost him the 2020 election.

No offense, but Democrats aren't typically savers. My theory is this... if Democrats can't tax away the earnings/savings of others, then they can eliminate their wealth so that we're all equally worthless. Broke is broke, whether or not you have or don't have an account full of worthless dollars. "If I can't have what you have, then I don't want you to have it, either" mentality.

Ummmm.... Plan B does its thing in the womb, bro. $50 well spent, if you ask me.

The only thing Dems were worried about was Trump falling out of favor with the red-hatted Morons. The numbers are there. Trump is running even with Biden, while unknowns like Haley led Biden by 13 points in national polling. They aren’t trying to keep Trump off of the ballot. In fact, the only suits filed to keep Trump off of the ballot in certain states were filed by Republicans who realized that despite being the best ever at selling political merchandise, Trump got lucky in ‘16 and has gotten smacked in the last election cycles. It’s actually more than that because candidates be endorsed like Covey got burned in runoffs, too.

Well, since nobody has been arrested for that, I’d say “what’s the point?”

The point that nobody wants to acknowledge is that Dems are crossing over to vote Trump in the primaries. They know he’s an easy out.

This is good news for Trump because I felt like this case was probably the most perilous case that trump is facing. The evidence is more compelling in the FL docs case, but he’s got a friendly judge down there-the opposite of what he has had in NYC. There was a lot of concrete evidence in this case, but I think it would be hard to get a unanimous guilty verdict down in Georgia. Either way, postponement for any reason is a win for Trump.

It does. Drive from Bridge City to Orange on 87 this afternoon at 5 o’clock and see if you can figure out what’s changed in the last 4 years or so.

The main reason? He’s not Trump. it worked in 2020 and it’s going to again in 2024. Repubs: “Nuh uh!!!”

At this I think it’ll probably be Biden. The only thing that makes me think a swap is possible on the D ticket is the fact that Biden has no real support at the party level. I don’t know who would fight to keep him on the ticket, vs the Rs where a very vocal, slight majority of R voters would revolt on Trump’s behalf if they tried to replace Trump at the convention. The other problem is that Kamala as VP is the heir apparent to the Presidency and sacking her in favor of some other D who might actually get elected would cost the Ds black votes. I think the Ds will keep Biden for the election. I think that IF they swapped in a new candidate (not named Kamala) they’d go from handing a close race between trump/biden to a blowout for the D nominee not named Biden or Harris. My gut tells me they Biden will be the nominee.

And your answer is to support some corrupted filth from outside the DC swamp? We had other options.

Trump did show that a pro-business administration, even the most inept one ever, can generate investment by corporations that leads to job creation. We need somebody with that approach that’s also willing to take on our out-of-control spending… and that person isn’t going to be on any ticket this November.

I think I’m gonna sit this one out. A good friend of mine claims that he’ll vote Biden, which is interesting. He’s a millionaire, two time trump voter. We’re both just done with MAGA. it’s time to turn the page. During the conversation the only thing that might make me reconsider would be a top notch VP pick. Somebody like a Marco Rubio… not some goofy wannabe Trump, jr. An actual conservative politician who isn’t MAGA first-but DJT will end up selecting some goofball election denier, no doubt. I’d vote trump in hopes he wouldn’t finish his term. It’s time for sane people to do the talking.

You’re literally saying that “the truly spineless speak to both sides,” while praising Manchin for going independent on a different post. You don’t admire thought… you want people who think exactly like you. That’s the basis of fascism, totalitarianism, and every other form of government that doesn’t allow any divergence from the beliefs of one particular group. We have a constitutional republic, where the views of ALL are to be considered. People with “no compromise” are the true un-American dirtbags, and opposed to everything that our founding fathers stood for. You know what all totalitarian forms of government have in common? They all fall over shortly. Even if you were to get your way and force your beliefs-and your beliefs only-onto everyone regardless of their opinions? The masses would rise up and hang you and your type’s headless corpses from street signs. That’s what you failed to understand… people that think like you are outnumbered, and you’ve abandoned the one true God in favor of worshiping a golden calf. Or at least an orange haired one. Everybody knows that Israel is continuously being punished for their sins, turning their back on God. That’s where we are in the USA. It’s not the secularists or leftists that have turned away-it’s the Christians. Instead of shunning the very appearance of evil, they say “just because he boasts of attacking women, he’d never rape a woman.” The turning away from God by America isn’t talking about the non-believers-it’s talking about people who claim to know Christ and then following a heretic.

So said every good Southerner in 1862.

$56 million? You mean that if everybody that voted trump handed over a single dollar, he’d have more money? Big deal… a bunch of fat cats who want those Trump tax breaks open d their big ol’ wallets up and made an investment in their future. Meanwhile, Reuters’ two day polling indicates that 10% of people who voted trump last time will not be voting for him this time. [Hidden Content] Personally I’ve had no less than four auto texts from the Trump camp since the verdict asking for cash. The Trump machine is capitalizing on simpleton outrage to drum up more hush money. Nothing new to see here. Shouldn’t you be outside hanging your trump flag upside down in protest?

My understanding is that the falsification of records was the crime that he was convicted of… but for it to have been a felony act, it had to have occurred in the furtherance of another criminal act. The prosecution had to first prove that the criminal act of falsifying documents had occurred. IF the jury believed that records were falsified, they were given three possible criminal acts… any one of the three would allow a felony conviction. The instructions stated that for any of the 34 charges, all twelve of the jurors had to agree that records were falsified, but they also had to believe that the records were falsified in the furtherance of at least one other, different crime. Six jurors could believe that Trump was falsifying records to avoid paying taxes… the other six could believe that it was skirt around election laws. The jurors didn’t have to agree on which of the three alleged criminal acts Trump was trying to further by falsifying records, just so long as they agreed that a) the falsification occurred and that it b) occurred to help him cover up another crime (for which he wasn’t charged and never proven to have committed or to have even occurred, for that matter). Complete pile of crap as a prosecution, in my opinion. But, we shouldn’t cry if our nominee is the kind of man who bangs porn stars while his wife is at home with the kid, then tries to buy her silence, then breaks the law in regards to falsifying documents to hide the evidence of the coverup. If you’re wondering why falsifying those records might be illegal, it’s this. Money paid to your attorney for services performed can be deducted from one’s taxes as a legal expense. If the money is paid to a person to settle a personal claim, then the amount would be taxable-the falsification would have been done to avoid taxation. On the other hand, if campaign funds were spent to pay hush money and the records were falsified to hide the violation of campaign laws, then the felony occurred. The bottom line is this…. They didn’t have enough evidence to indict trump on any of those three things that allegedly happened… but they DID have evidence that the financial records were falsified, so they point at these other acts which can’t be proven to bump the charges on falsification to a felony. And the reason Trump didn’t take the stand is that he can’t go on the record about whether or not he had sex with Daniels… I’m certain that they can prove it and hang him up on perjury too. The most delicious irony is this… Trump gave his supporters too much credit for their integrity. He thought they’d turn on him if they found out what he’d done, when in reality they wouldn’t have given a care… Trump’s whole falsifying records and quest for secrecy wasn’t even needed… his followers don’t have moral objections to his sinful acts.

That was them Antifas George Soros hired, lol. Apparently all of the trump supporters at the rally mysteriously vanished at the same instance a crowd of liberals disguised as patriots magically appeared at the same exact spot and attacked the Capitol on Nancy Pelosi’s orders. I swear, it happened. Just ask any of these people.

And that’s the reason the Republican Party is dying. There is no room for compromise on any idea, period, in your mind. I’m right, everybody else is wrong… it’s my way or the highway. And Rs will just keep on losing elections. There are people who think the rich should pay higher taxes and that abortion is immoral… what are they? There are lower taxes, lower spending, 2A supporting people who also believe a woman should have a right to choose. There are proud Americans who believe in a strong border, lower debt/deficit, go to church every Sunday, but also don’t see why some dude can’t marry his boyfriend. And you think all of them are pieces of crap because they aren’t in lock step with you. News flash, buddy. Everybody else isn’t the problem… you are.

It’s not “smart,” it’s reading comprehension. TVC (who I was responding to) has gone on the record on the other post about Phelan stating “hopefully” in regards to Phelan losing his speakership. For and educated person (and educator, to boot), that’s a pretty ignorant sentiment, in my opinion anyways. Gone are the days of Jack Brooks, Carl Parker, etc… when you expected your local representation to “bring home the bacon.” I’d like to point out another politician from SETX with as much clout as Phelan HAD in the Texas lege, but I can’t, because we’ve never been fortunate enough to have one. And smart local people are saying “hopefully” he loses his job, to our local detriment, because of Trump, Paxton, Abbott, Patrick, and every other yayhoo, NOT FROM HERE, that wanted Phelan to stop thinking for himself. I’d like to hear from this educator of lawmen, hopefully unbiased and incorruptible… what do you think of the allegations of wrongdoing on the part of “Our General,” as the Rs like to say, Ken Paxton? Would you take the directive of politicos who told you to sit down and NOT investigate at risk of your job?

That’s not a choice, it’s the same thing and equally dangerous. I’ve literally heard (with my own listening ears) the R County Chairman boast in a speech that “the only time I’ve ever voted for a Democrat was when I voted for Hillary in the Democrat primary! HAHAHAHAHA!!!!” You’ll never guess who is tweeting all over the place about how we need closed primaries this week. Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. Escalation of force. These are concepts that you completely understand and teach. Whatever we do today, we’ll pay for tomorrow. Impeach a President over something stupid? They’ll impeach yours twice. Promise to lock up your political rival if you get elected? You can’t cry over somebody else doing it to you… even if you were just blowing a little smoke for the morons. The old days of “don’t throw rocks if you live in glass houses” has now become “I’m pretty sure I’ve got more rocks than they do.” The frightening thing is that Ds only do it to Rs. Rs do it to Ds and other Rs alike without hesitation.

No offense, but both sides do it. The Rs in Texas want to do away with decades of precedent and demand that Dems are no longer given chair positions on any committees in the Tx House. It sounds reasonable enough, until you arrive at a point when the Ds enjoy a single seat majority in the house, select the most leftist speaker of all times, and the refuse to give Rs any say in the legislative process by refusing to give them any committee chairs. Experience has shown me that any time a party seeks to consolidate power in a legislative body, it backfires. What I don’t like is a world where we cheer for Manchin for doing his own thing, but also re-elect guys like Paxton and Patrick when they make threats to R Legislators if they don’t do exactly what the Radical Right demands. Our Rep here in Hardin County lost his spot for voting against private school vouchers-his wife is a teacher. He also voted his conscience on the Paxton impeachment. It cost him his seat…. Not because of the will of the voters in his district, but because if millions of outside dollars pumped into the race from outside the district and even an endorsement of his unknown challenger by Donald Trump himself. Why do people like you applaud Manchin for being his own man and then vote against Phelan for doing the same thing?

Heck, naw… y’all want to get rid of anybody that won’t do what the radical right tells them. Just ask those 15 Reps from Texas that just got primaries by Abbott, Paxton, Patrick and the rest of those kooks. Manchin gets it, though. And you’re right- we need a lot more thinkers up there, not followers.