The American Politics Thread

progaardvark wrote: AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: Man With Hat wrote: Yep. Just give trump the nomination in 2024. Guess I should get the ulcer medication on stand by again.  You can run for president from jail? I didn't know that.  Lyndon LaRouche did in 1992.

trump's chances for the presidency are pretty much nil at this point. The dems got exactly what they wanted from that impeachment trial, a chance to show the world how awful that capital riot really was. This definitely swayed public opinion against trump. He is down to about a 30 to 35 percent support at this point. He will still influence from the sidelines, but presidency again, probably not.
Just ask top dog repubs like McConnell and Nikki Halley, they have stated they are through with trump. All he has left are his redneck goons and conspiracy weirdos and the pathetic Lindsey Graham.

Edited by Easy Money - February 15 2021 at 11:00

BaldFriede wrote: rushfan4 wrote: SteveG wrote: rushfan4 wrote: Trump's rallying cry during the 2016 election was "Lock Her Up!".  I thought for sure that Hillary would face a trial after Trump came to power and nothing happened.  I wouldn't be surprised if the same thing happens with Trump. Everybody on the Left is so certain that he is going to see the inside of a prison cell, but I'll be surprised if they ever even charge him with anything.  And if they do, and he is somehow convicted, he will frame himself as some sort of political prisoner and that would be a blight on our politics and a rallying cry for his most adoring supporters. Oh ye of little faith. You said that there would be no vaccine and yet there is one. In fact, many. You said that Georgia wouldn't flip the Senate, and yet they did. Have you learned nothing? I guess that we can all be glad that I don't have a crystal ball.   That gives me the idea for a song : "Baby, waltz with me, but don't you waltz too close to me 'cos I've got crystal balls. And if you press too tight to me they are at stake, for if you press to tight to me while we dance there is a chance that they will break. And if they do I will squeak when I speak".

npjnpj wrote: I can't help but be amused that these guys are lawmakers

Edited by BaldFriede - February 14 2021 at 10:58

SteveG wrote: rushfan4 wrote: Trump's rallying cry during the 2016 election was "Lock Her Up!".  I thought for sure that Hillary would face a trial after Trump came to power and nothing happened.  I wouldn't be surprised if the same thing happens with Trump. Everybody on the Left is so certain that he is going to see the inside of a prison cell, but I'll be surprised if they ever even charge him with anything.  And if they do, and he is somehow convicted, he will frame himself as some sort of political prisoner and that would be a blight on our politics and a rallying cry for his most adoring supporters. Oh ye of little faith. You said that there would be no vaccine and yet there is one. In fact, many. You said that Georgia wouldn't flip the Senate, and yet they did. Have you learned nothing?

I guess that we can all be glad that I don't have a crystal ball.  

JD wrote: BaldJean wrote: AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: Man With Hat wrote: AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: Man With Hat wrote: Yep. Just give trump the nomination in 2024. Guess I should get the ulcer medication on stand by again.  You can run for president from jail? I didn't know that.  You are certainly much more optimistic than I.  Not that there isn't already something wrong with the world because he wasn't convicted today but there's something even more wrong with the world if he doesn't face any more legal consequences.  I don't think the shape of an office matters. why should a president not sit in a rectangular office instead of an oval one? Obviously...so they can't talk themselves into a corner.

rushfan4 wrote: Trump's rallying cry during the 2016 election was "Lock Her Up!".  I thought for sure that Hillary would face a trial after Trump came to power and nothing happened.  I wouldn't be surprised if the same thing happens with Trump. Everybody on the Left is so certain that he is going to see the inside of a prison cell, but I'll be surprised if they ever even charge him with anything.  And if they do, and he is somehow convicted, he will frame himself as some sort of political prisoner and that would be a blight on our politics and a rallying cry for his most adoring supporters.

Oh ye of little faith. You said that there would be no vaccine and yet there is one. In fact, many. You said that Georgia wouldn't flip the Senate, and yet they did. Have you learned nothing?

Edited by SteveG - February 14 2021 at 08:16

Much worse is the fact that the GOP has signaled to the world that Trump might be back in four years time. Or one of his devilish spawn. Good luck on rebuilding global trust with that possibility looming over the horizon.

I can't help but be amused that these guys are lawmakers

Oh don't worry, this was just the party stuff for the history books that they needed to get out of the way first. I foresee the next 5 years full of (insert your insulting name for him here) legal issues. The state stuff is just about to get rolling and those are the cases I'm looking forward to.