re: Honest question: what the hell is the GOP going to run on next year?

Posted by IAmReality

Member since Oct 2012

12229 posts

Posted on 11/8/17 at 1:47 am to Muthsera

Parties in power have a harder time coming up with a platform than opposition parties, another reason why they tend to lose seats in midterms.

A strong economy and delivering on policy promises is the only thing that can help mitigate the losses.

Posted by gthog61

Irving, TX

Member since Nov 2009

71001 posts

Posted on 11/8/17 at 3:03 am to IAmReality

As inept as the gop-e is they won’t lose over 60 seats like the Dems did with each of the last 2 dem presidents.

Jimmy carter is the last dem president not to lose 60 house seats in his first midterm

That was 39 years ago.

Posted by TrueTiger

Chicken's most valuable

Member since Sep 2004

79574 posts

Posted on 11/8/17 at 3:09 am to BamaAtl

quote:
Muslims are coming to kill them.

Posted by AUsteriskPride

Albuquerque, NM

Member since Feb 2011

18385 posts

Posted on 11/8/17 at 4:45 am to wookalar1013

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pretty incredible how trump, in just 10 months, introduced significant legislation that pulled the stock market and unemployment rate out of the downward spiral they'd been on the previous 8 years

Oh wait

There's a whole lot of fail in that post.

This post was edited on 11/8/17 at 4:46 am

Posted by AUsteriskPride

Albuquerque, NM

Member since Feb 2011

18385 posts

Posted on 11/8/17 at 4:48 am to mattgr1983

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the left is doing some soul searching. We are also mobilizing like mother frickers.

Soul searching? Like doubling down on identity politics? Let's see how that works. Guilt only works so long.

Posted by atlgamecockman

Nola

Member since Dec 2012

4301 posts

Posted on 11/8/17 at 8:03 am to TheXman

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Give me the 5 poorest states in the country

5 lowest by median household income:

46. Kentucky
47. Alabama
48. West Virginia
49. Arkansas
50. Mississippi

LINK

Per capita income is the same except NM replaces Kentucky at 46.

Also states that take the most federal dollars in aid:

1. Kentucky
2. Mississippi
3. New Mexico
4. Alabama
5. West Virginia

LINK

This post was edited on 11/8/17 at 8:04 am

Posted by Dale51

Member since Oct 2016

32378 posts

Posted on 11/8/17 at 8:07 am to BamaAtl

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Trying to scare racists that the Mexicans and the Muslims are coming to kill them.

Well..I don't know about that, but we need to do something about all the M&M's coming over here to kill us.

This post was edited on 11/8/17 at 8:09 am

Posted by Dale51

Member since Oct 2016

32378 posts

Posted on 11/8/17 at 8:13 am to atlgamecockman

And more bait and switch?? Federal dollars spent does not equal "Aid". Federal dollars are spent on military bases and government pensions etc. People tend to retire to warmer states. "I'm goin' to move north for the weather, when I retire.", is something that is not said too often.

This post was edited on 11/8/17 at 8:15 am

Posted by Blob Fish

Member since Mar 2016

3091 posts

Posted on 11/8/17 at 8:18 am to BamaAtl

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Trying to scare racists that the Mexicans and the Muslims are coming to kill them.

Until this mentality is erased, Dems will continue to lose. Keep calling the same people who voted for Obama twice racist!

Posted by SquirrelyBama

Member since Nov 2011

6389 posts

Posted on 11/8/17 at 8:18 am to Muthsera

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This post was edited on 6/3/20 at 11:11 am

Posted by Centinel

Idaho

Member since Sep 2016

44115 posts

Posted on 11/8/17 at 9:14 am to atlgamecockman

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There's your overreach

Wait...are you actually claiming that Trump using his executive powers to remove Obama's executive overreach is....executive overreach?

This post was edited on 11/8/17 at 9:16 am

Posted by TBoy

Kalamazoo

Member since Dec 2007

27244 posts

Posted on 11/8/17 at 9:21 am to bhtigerfan

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One party wants to lower taxes on working class Americans, make healthcare affordable by getting rid of Obamacare, stimulate our economy through corporate tax cuts, renegotiate trade deals to improve manufacturing jobs,

Folks may be getting the message that the tax cut actually isn't for working class Americans, that the attacks on Obamacare will increase their health costs and make their insurance less effective, and that so far we have said we would withdraw from trade deals but nothing has come out to replace them with "better" trade deals.

The Trump and GOP promises are empty.

The only thing holding Democrats back is their lack of objective focus and organization, largely due to absence of strong leadership. Those are big deficiencies which could be the primary reason republicans retain control in national politics.

Posted by Centinel

Idaho

Member since Sep 2016

44115 posts

Posted on 11/8/17 at 9:25 am to TBoy

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Folks may be getting the message that the tax cut actually isn't for working class Americans

Oh really. Please explain. You can start with what constitutes "working class Americans", how much is their annual income, and what is their effective tax percentage.

Posted by CelticDog

Member since Apr 2015

42867 posts

Posted on 11/8/17 at 9:30 am to Muthsera

War/flag
Jesus vs Muhammad
Dont tell me how to teach reading writing, rithmatic.
Creationism
abortion

Posted by AUbused

Member since Dec 2013

7827 posts

Posted on 11/8/17 at 9:35 am to BamaAtl

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But continue to think your party isn't full of racist people if that makes you happy.

We had a thread this morning about how blacks brains are small and theyre genetically inferior that got whacked after the PTKKK joined in with a chorus of upvotes...

But naw...no racism

Posted by Centinel

Idaho

Member since Sep 2016

44115 posts

Posted on 11/8/17 at 9:39 am to AUbused

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We had a thread this morning about how blacks brains are small and theyre genetically inferior that got whacked after the PTKKK joined in with a chorus of upvotes...

But naw...no racism

Ah yes, every single poster here in the poliboard are racists. It has been scientifically proven through anonymous upvotes from another thread.

Idiot.

This post was edited on 11/8/17 at 9:40 am

Posted by TBoy

Kalamazoo

Member since Dec 2007

27244 posts

Posted on 11/8/17 at 9:58 am to Centinel

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what is their effective tax percentage.

The impact in this tax proposal that will make the difference is not in lowering the tax percentage by 3%, it is eliminating the itemized deductions that reduce what is taxable income. Eliminate the deductions for state and local tax, etc, then you will have a higher taxable income to apply to the schedules. It is a shell game. In looking at it for my own tax structure, it looks like my taxes will be going up because of the elimination of deductions I take every year. I'm certainly middle class.