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Re: The 45th POTUS - Donald J. Trump
Posted: Wed November 08, 2017 4:01 pm
by dimejinky99
Fox are gonna have a field day
Re: The 45th POTUS - Donald J. Trump
Posted: Wed November 08, 2017 4:18 pm
by McParadigm
Early reactions from the right:
Rep. Scott Taylor: I don't know how you get around that this wasn't a referendum on the administration, I just don't. Some of the very divisive rhetoric really prompted and helped usher in a really high Democratic turnout in Virginia.
Former GOP congressman Tom Davis: Ed couldn’t escape being a proxy for Trump, which killed him. It’s a huge drag on the ticket.
Republican strategist Alex Conant: As long as Trump’s approval rating is at 40 percent or less, we’re going to be facing significant headwinds. The immediate response will be to redouble on passing tax reform — preferably something that appeals to middle class and independent voters. Long term, more members will reconsider their approach to Trump.
Republican strategist Mike Murphy: The Trump message is a big loser in swing states and he hurts the G.O.P. far more than helps … Suburban voters don’t like Trump and his antics energize Democrats. The myth of Trump electoral power will now start to melt. A wildly unpopular president is a big political problem for the G.O.P. in swing states.
Paul Ryan: Tax cuts for the rich will fix this.
Re: The 45th POTUS - Donald J. Trump
Posted: Wed November 08, 2017 4:20 pm
by bune
dimejinky99 wrote:Fox are gonna have a field day
They already did. I can't find it, but I saw a tweet from someone with an image of Obama with the caption "Obama goes to court".
And who the hell is Paul Ryab?
Re: The 45th POTUS - Donald J. Trump
Posted: Wed November 08, 2017 4:20 pm
by Simple Torture
McParadigm wrote:
The governor is in a tough spot; what if Shifty and D-Money abuse the healthcare system when they're also out there impregnating white women?
Re: The 45th POTUS - Donald J. Trump
Posted: Wed November 08, 2017 4:29 pm
by McParadigm
Is this accurate?
Re: The 45th POTUS - Donald J. Trump
Posted: Wed November 08, 2017 4:32 pm
by McParadigm
bune wrote:And who the hell is Paul Ryab?
Re: The 45th POTUS - Donald J. Trump
Posted: Wed November 08, 2017 4:34 pm
by jwfocker
McParadigm wrote:Is this accurate?
Seems to match up. Hurst's wife was killed on the air two years ago. I remember that day. At the time it stuck out but now I'm not sure it would.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/07/politics/ ... index.html
Re: The 45th POTUS - Donald J. Trump
Posted: Wed November 08, 2017 4:39 pm
by bune
McParadigm wrote:Is this accurate?
I read up on the boyfriend thing. You remember a couple years ago when that news reporter was shot live on air and there was a manhunt? That's her. Totally forgot about that.
McParadigm wrote:bune wrote:And who the hell is Paul Ryab?
Mother focker!
Re: The 45th POTUS - Donald J. Trump
Posted: Wed November 08, 2017 5:03 pm
by McParadigm
Ride that train, Fox!
Re: The 45th POTUS - Donald J. Trump
Posted: Wed November 08, 2017 6:22 pm
by Meddle
The new Philly district attorney was also a public defender.
http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists ... 71107.html
Re: The 45th POTUS - Donald J. Trump
Posted: Wed November 08, 2017 6:53 pm
by McParadigm
Re: The 45th POTUS - Donald J. Trump
Posted: Wed November 08, 2017 6:54 pm
by Strat
Uh, is that legal?
Re: The 45th POTUS - Donald J. Trump
Posted: Wed November 08, 2017 7:09 pm
by Jorge
Re: The 45th POTUS - Donald J. Trump
Posted: Wed November 08, 2017 7:12 pm
by Strat
bahahaha. Not insecure at all. Not one bit.
Re: The 45th POTUS - Donald J. Trump
Posted: Wed November 08, 2017 7:18 pm
by McParadigm
Of course Stephen Miller saw it as a chance to creep.
Re: The 45th POTUS - Donald J. Trump
Posted: Wed November 08, 2017 7:22 pm
by bune
I know Bi_3 doesn't like it when we talk bad about people's looks, but God damn he looks like he's gotta drop a lot of money to get some.
Re: The 45th POTUS - Donald J. Trump
Posted: Wed November 08, 2017 7:26 pm
by B
theplatypus wrote:
WTF?
Re: The 45th POTUS - Donald J. Trump
Posted: Wed November 08, 2017 7:32 pm
by Bi_3
McParadigm wrote:Of course Stephen Miller saw it as a chance to creep.
I think that pic of her in the tuxedo awoken something in him.
Re: The 45th POTUS - Donald J. Trump
Posted: Wed November 08, 2017 10:30 pm
by McParadigm
The disfunction of basic decision-making is downright humiliating:
Under pressure from businesses, House Republicans have gutted a plan to crack down on corporate tax avoidance – which is now helping put their broader tax-rewrite plan over budget.
They’ve scaled back the proposal -- opposed by the influential Koch brothers, as well as scores of large corporations -- so much that the provision is now projected to raise $7 billion over the next decade, which is 95 percent less than the original plan. Some companies would likely pay nothing under the revised plan.
Senate Republicans, meanwhile, plan to unveil a tax plan on Thursday that sharply diverges from the House GOP's plan, including by not fully repealing the estate tax, eliminating the state and local tax deduction and possibly changing a tax cut for unincorporated “pass-through” companies so it is more palatable to the small business lobby than the House legislation.
The House Republicans’ change in the corporate tax avoidance provision is a big reason why their tax plan now doesn’t fit within their budget, which allows them to cut taxes by $1.5 trillion. They’re now $146 billion over budget, according to Ed Lorenzen, a budget expert at the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.
Re: The 45th POTUS - Donald J. Trump
Posted: Wed November 08, 2017 10:35 pm
by McParadigm
This sums it up:
"To get it to $1.5 trillion, you know that's the bottom line," said Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.), who sits on the tax-writing committee. "It's a lot of hard decisions -- they've got to be made."
They've rejected deductions proposals related to low income families and higher education, among other things, because they have to be able to maximize deductions for their business-minded donors while not hitting that 1.5 trillion mark...passing which would allow democrats the chance to block the reform.