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Who’s going to defund them?


No one. Thank you for pointing that out while people get apoplectic about Trump.

re: Constitution Party Platform

Posted by BengalOnTheBay on 1/23/24 at 2:43 pm
I've voted Constitution Party in 2 of the 5 Presidential elections I've been able to vote in.
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Except when you increase spending more than you increase your tax revenue, it becomes welfare. Inflation kicks in and here we are.


No one except Newt has slowed down, much less actually cut spending. Trump isn't going to, DeSantis would not be able to, and I have serious doubts anyone in Congress would allow it even if either of them was.

But I'm an anarchist and the quickest way we'll get there is a complete collapse of the government due to the massive debt burden building, so... oh well.
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Nearly 50 percent agreed with the statement that the U.S. is “on the way to becoming an authoritarian state.”


Trudeau forced people into extremely repressive lockdowns, literally stole money dedicated to the Trucker Protests, put many of those protesters in jail for no reason, and is making "misgendering" someone a hate crime.

Trump is the authoritarian...
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Your one time tax cut came at the expense of the working class, who will be paying this bill for a while.


Every time taxes have been cut in the modern era, it has led to an increase in "revenue" to the federal government on a 1-3 year lag.

But, I mean, all taxation is legalized theft so... whatever.
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but the establishment coalescing behind Ron and pushing him out there as their Trump Killer candidate is not nonsense or made-up. They just bailed on him recently when they realized he was not going to beat Trump. They have pivoted from him to Neocon Nikki as their last hope to get Democrat and suburban women voters they need to beat Trump.


No doubt about that. Is that Ron's fault? I think Ron is viewed (by the establishment anyway) as someone who potentially can be used/manipulated while in office whereas Trump is a known quantity that tries to put policies in place antithetical to establishment interests.

Again, I don't view that as Ron's fault, per se. He was just the best non-Trump option for many people.
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Trump says he thinks Biden will drop out of the race


Trump does not actually think that will happen, BUT it's an excellent strategy to keep saying it over and over right now as a way to highlight to moderates and some of Trump's crossover Dem voters that Biden is extremely weak, feeble, and mentally incapacitated.

If Trump keeps pushing this message, along with highlighting the positives he'll do as President again, he wins easily. If he keeps crying about dumb shite, then it'll be close. We'll see.
There are a lot of conservatives who absolutely hate Trump for some reason, real or imagined, and they used DeSantis as the outlet for their hatred of Trump.

There are a lot of Trump people who, once he jumped in the race, just began to get apoplectic about Ron, calling him establishment, etc. and making a lot of nonsense accusations.

Both camps are filled with petty and stupid people.

re: Who are you voting for?

Posted by BengalOnTheBay on 1/21/24 at 9:31 pm
Oh no, Trump said something meaningless, but actually put policies in place that I support.

I'm sorry words scare you.

re: Who are you voting for?

Posted by BengalOnTheBay on 1/21/24 at 8:58 pm
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He supports biological men like Bruce Jenner, whom he calls Caitlyn, using women's bathrooms.


Lol, where do you get this dumb shite from?

Reuters Article On Trump Reversing Obama's Bathroom "Guidance" RE: Transgenders

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President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday revoked landmark guidance to public schools letting transgender students use the bathrooms of their choice, reversing a signature initiative of former Democratic President Barack Obama.


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Trump, a Republican who took office last month, rescinded those guidelines


So, Trump did exactly what you wanted in one of his first acts as President.

re: Who are you voting for?

Posted by BengalOnTheBay on 1/21/24 at 8:37 pm
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No clue who that is, but definitely not someone who supports murdering babies, child mutilation, or biological men using women's bathrooms.


It's going to be pretty awesome when you get to vote for the guy directly responsible for the downfall of Roe. I'm pumped about it, too.

re: Who are you voting for?

Posted by BengalOnTheBay on 1/21/24 at 8:29 pm
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Do you not realize that the ATF used Trump's bumpstock ban as the blueprint to ban pistol braces? They're also going to go after pistol grips and high capacity magazines in the same manner.


Cool, I hope so. Because the bump stock EO was so poorly written that there was zero doubt it would get overturned in court. Which was probably the point.
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Like I said though, sounds like you guys have this covered and Trump has said he doesn't need any more votes. You're all good!


It definitely seems that way.

Did DeSantis's "internal polling" have him dropping out before NH???
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Toomer Deplorable



Weak post. Far below your usual standard.

re: Who are you voting for?

Posted by BengalOnTheBay on 1/21/24 at 4:10 pm
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I cant vote for liberals.


So when is the last time you voted for a Republican? '84? Both Bushes, McCain, and Romney were all more liberal than Trump.

re: Goodbye Covid, Hello Disease X

Posted by BengalOnTheBay on 1/21/24 at 11:10 am
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Covid wasn't exactly a net positive for China and the inflation that worldwide public spending caused is impacting the economies that China relies on to buy their exports.



As has already been pointed out, this is a particularly shitty take compared to your normal shitty takes.

It was the only thing that could have stopped Trump from steamrolling to reelection and it allowed them to brutally repress the Hong Kong protests in the name of "public safety."
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All that graph shows is Trump isn't getting the big money donors he got in '16 and '20. It's not that he doesn't want them he just can't get them as they have left him. DeSantis also has 6000 more unique donors than Trump and has both large and small. Obviously one large donor makes up for many small ones. This is not a positive for Trump, it just means he is short on money.


So short on money he absolutely destroyed DeSantis in Iowa.
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I can still support Ron in 2028.


I can support any non-neocon conservative in 2028. There's a good list right now: Ron, Vivek (maybe, we need to follow him for the next 4 years), Tucker... maybe whomever Trump picks for VP.

With Trump as a lame duck and the Dem field being a wreck, the 2028 campaign will be wild.

re: Creepy TSA interaction on X

Posted by BengalOnTheBay on 1/20/24 at 6:08 pm
The "TSA" is a joke. Airport security in general for the entire history of aviation has been a joke.

We were just lucky that no one ever thought to use an airplane as a suicide bomb before 9/11.

Bin Laden did far more to destroy the US than I suspect he even realized at the time.