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Posted by Taxing Authority
Houston
Member since Feb 2010
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Posted on 5/19/26 at 8:13 pm to
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Which makes the NPC label of Massie as "GOPE" or "Rino" that much more ignorance-exposing and, vicariously, hilarious.
Yep. They continue to describe their ideal candidae…- and it’s just a caricature of Mitt Romney/John McCain. As long as they have Trumps blessing.
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
477219 posts
Posted on 5/19/26 at 8:13 pm to
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I am arguing that the hills that he planted his flag on were not reasonable at this moment in time.


Which specific ones and why?
Posted by Easye921
Mobile
Member since Jan 2013
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Posted on 5/19/26 at 8:13 pm to
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fricking dumbass response. You and your ilk will be railing about how bad things are in a few years and it will be because you and your ilk vote for the same stupid shite over and over.


Voting for the same stupid shite over and over wouldve been voting for Massie who had been in office for 14 years. Seems the people of Ky wanted something different.
Posted by Taxing Authority
Houston
Member since Feb 2010
63498 posts
Posted on 5/19/26 at 8:14 pm to
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not reasonable at this moment in time.
We should definitely wait until government is bigger before we try to make it smaller.
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
477219 posts
Posted on 5/19/26 at 8:19 pm to
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Seems the people of Ky wanted something different.


The question is what changed in 1.5 years
Posted by the808bass
The Lou
Member since Oct 2012
128843 posts
Posted on 5/19/26 at 8:19 pm to
One obvious thing that changed was Thomas Massie.
Posted by Jbird
Shoot the tires out!
Member since Oct 2012
90763 posts
Posted on 5/19/26 at 8:20 pm to
942 go Corky go!
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
477219 posts
Posted on 5/19/26 at 8:20 pm to
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One obvious thing that changed was Thomas Massie.


What specific policy positions did he shift on since November 2024?
Posted by the808bass
The Lou
Member since Oct 2012
128843 posts
Posted on 5/19/26 at 8:22 pm to
I didn’t say his policy changed. I said he changed.

You might be surprised to learn that people vote for candidates they like.
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
477219 posts
Posted on 5/19/26 at 8:24 pm to
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I didn’t say his policy changed. I said he changed.



What public facing positions /stances did he change and promote to alert his voters? Epstein files? What else?

Outside of Epstein I can't think of anything he did differently publicly in this 1.5 years (and I don't think the Epstein files were what made his voters change)
Posted by Warboo
Enterprise Alabama
Member since Sep 2018
5917 posts
Posted on 5/19/26 at 8:24 pm to
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We should definitely wait until government is bigger before we try to make it smaller.


Last I checked the amount of government employees have decreased by a substantial amount. This is a start. Working toward doing away with the irs, doe, etc. you do you though.
Posted by Centinel
Idaho
Member since Sep 2016
46171 posts
Posted on 5/19/26 at 8:25 pm to
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What public facing positions /stances did he change and promote to alert his voters? Epstein files? What else?


He became an insufferable prick. People tend to react to that kind of thing.

You should probably take notes.
Posted by the808bass
The Lou
Member since Oct 2012
128843 posts
Posted on 5/19/26 at 8:25 pm to
You’re back to policy.

I don’t think it had much to do with policy.
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
477219 posts
Posted on 5/19/26 at 8:27 pm to
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He became an insufferable prick.

He acted the way he always has. Why lie?

quote:

You should probably take notes.

Your melty self-debasement has been sad to watch in this MDS era
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
477219 posts
Posted on 5/19/26 at 8:27 pm to
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I don’t think it had much to do with policy.


So it was his beard?
Posted by Taxing Authority
Houston
Member since Feb 2010
63498 posts
Posted on 5/19/26 at 8:28 pm to
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Last I checked the amount of government employees have decreased by a substantial amount. This is a start.
We have vastly different re my concepts of “substantial”.
quote:

Working toward doing away with the irs, doe, etc
Literally, not happening. But keep pretending.
Posted by Srbtiger06
Member since Apr 2006
29286 posts
Posted on 5/19/26 at 8:28 pm to
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Small govt Massie dropping 15 million on his re election campaign


Small government AIPAC dropping even more than that to unseat him.
Posted by Centinel
Idaho
Member since Sep 2016
46171 posts
Posted on 5/19/26 at 8:28 pm to
quote:

Your melty self-debasement has been sad to watch in this MDS era


Jew what?
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
477219 posts
Posted on 5/19/26 at 8:28 pm to
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Jew what?


Proving my point in real time
Posted by the808bass
The Lou
Member since Oct 2012
128843 posts
Posted on 5/19/26 at 8:30 pm to
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So it was his beard?


No. He decided to get into the shite with Trump and joined in the pissing match.

I don’t really blame him as Trump has been personally attacking him for years.

But, if you’re running your persona on being above the fray and then you’re no longer above the fray, it’s a tough sell.
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