Runnin (01-27-2019)
The result of constant polling. Data is good, but data without judgment is just a pile of numbers. I agree with your contention that one of the big problems now is that the media is split into two camps and everything is about who is winning and who is losing, when it should be about charting a course for the country's future.
I've always admired Pelosi's ability to run her caucus even though I don't necessarily agree with all of her positions (although it's obvious she's not the crackpot liberal the right paints her to be). In my early days in politics, my mentor told me "There's only two things you need to know: Who your friends are and how to count." That's what Pelosi's about.
https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-m...shutdown-cost/
The government shutdown was enormously expensive.
The treating of politics as a sport is nothing new. It's just really bad right now. We had Pelosi, McConnell, Schumer, and Trump playing a game and all of them put the game ahead of the good of the country. Shame on all of them.
and the game was the wall.
and the precedent of the executive branch holding the country hostage over not getting - legislatively- what it wanted
Closest historical comparison that comes to mind would be Andrew Jackson defying the Supreme Court saying "then let them enforce it"
Another would be Nixon bombing Cambodia in defiance of Congress
That was an article of impeachment
So no, this isn't both sides are to blame
This was the legislative branch holding the executive in check.
As designed
In the end --- the legislative voted and the executive signed the bill to finance the government
Last edited by 57Brave; 01-26-2019 at 04:29 PM.
The best way to stop a bad guy with a gun is to make sure he doesn’t get a gun.
Runnin (01-27-2019), VirginiaBrave (01-26-2019)
Exactly, the Dems won the House to check Trump. They COULD NOT give in. They had to show him he was not a dictator of a banana republic. No matter how much he wishes he were.
Runnin (01-27-2019)
excuse me but this wins the day:
JustSomeChick
@Just_SomeChick
20h20 hours ago
Donald Trump just lost a dick measuring contest to a woman.
The best way to stop a bad guy with a gun is to make sure he doesn’t get a gun.
I didnt ask for your thoughts, I asked you to play devils advocate
to explain why the votes weren't there.
If you cant you don't understand the situation.
As I thought
The best way to stop a bad guy with a gun is to make sure he doesn’t get a gun.
Congress members have been bought and paid for since the Revolutionary War.
But that has nothing to do with having or not having the votes for the wall
The best way to stop a bad guy with a gun is to make sure he doesn’t get a gun.