(03-01-2024, 04:45 PM)Lucky2Last Wrote: Lol, watch the ball, he says... as he fixates on the cups the ball went under. You don't let these turds drop the ball for three years, then come out of it looking like heroes in an election year.

The bill is too little, too late, but I am not trying to compare this bill to any other bill, nor am I trying to absolve Republicans of politics. I support their decision to reject this bill. I know there is some dog and pony happening on the Republican side, but, as usual, Trump says the quiet part out loud and takes credit for what's already happening, which causes NYC to fall for stupid, smug tweets and post them like facts. He didn't orchestrate a "movement, which was my first objection" The second part of the objection was that this bill is just government bloat... of course it's going to get some natural pushback from traditional conservatism. It's not a BORDER bill, it's a SPENDING bill, and many Republicans were already on the record for getting those figures down. Democrats didn't just cave and give Republicans everything they wanted. It's a stupid framing of the situation, done by someone just as arrogant and ignorant as the people that share it.

You guys give Trump too much credit, and you don't put enough blame on the people who are orchestrating this mess.

There it is.
When the rubber meets the road you care more about trying to frame the issues of the next election than you do actually making a policy change.

The rest of what you posted, why should it matter to me if it doesn't matter to you?

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(03-02-2024, 01:41 PM)WingerDinger Wrote:

(03-02-2024, 01:11 PM)Jaguarmeister Wrote: He clearly assassinates his political opposition and appears to be a de facto dictator since he's been in power in one form or another since 1999.  Voters don't have a real voice in Russia if their chosen champion is assassinated for being out of power and in the minority.  These statements shouldn't be construed as pro-Ukraine.  The situation as a whole may not be cut and dry.  Opposing Putin should be though.  He's not doing any of this to "fight Nazis" in Ukraine as I've seen some say previously.  He's doing it to increase power and influence.

Putin is a dictator and a piece of trash, but so is Zelenskyy and I'm not going to let this trash government try to convince me otherwise..

And I still trust Putin more than any Democrat in office.

When have Democrats murdered their political rivals?
What do you trust Putin to do exactly?
Kill more dissidents?

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