2018 Midterm Election Thread

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Septic said:
I was actually more curious about your assertion that most democrats were atheist. We need to get through that gem first.
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No. I know many Democrats that are definitely not atheists. It was more directed at many of our resident liberals who have made it known that they are atheists and bash Christians. I could be mistaken but I thought Luther proclaimed that he is an atheist. If I'm wrong I apologize.
 
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RockyTop85 said:
I think that’s all well stated and rational.

I think I do understand the timing. There are two likely scenarios:
1. Mueller has nothing to report.
2. Mueller has something on Trump or someone close to him, but believes that republican legislators will protect Trump.

Given that there have already been a number of indictments and convictions and given how badly Trump obviously wants this investigation to be shut down, my money would be on #2.

In fact, I think it’s pretty obvious from Trump’s behavior that somebody he wants to protect was involved and he fears they have criminal liability. If we don’t see a report shortly after the new Congress is sworn in, I’ll start to agree that it seems unlikely that Mueller has anything.

Also, I think Democrats have only backed themselves into a corner with people who don’t look at Trump’s efforts to interfere as wrongdoing, or those who don’t already view his behavior as making him unfit to be president.

Frankly, I think there are a lot of us who do believe that, to some degree or another. The question will be whether the Democrats spend the next two years shrieking like banshees and roll out Elizabeth Warren as the “first Native American woman presidential candidate” and alienate centrists (like me) into voting for somebody else.

I think it’s pretty clear what my expectations are in that regard.

I suppose something crazy could happen, like what was the John McCain arm of the Republican Party splits off and occupies the middle, but I don’t think there are enough votes there to make that viable.
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I see it as a mix of your 2. Mueller has something on someone fairly high up, but not high enough up, or directly connected to Trump (family) to really cause a stir at this point. Mueller has had some indictments on the low hanging fruit, including a decade+ old case and another where he wasn't ready to show up to court over. So yeah he has gotten some people but its hardly been the flawless victory parroted.

My thinking is if you had this type of scrutiny on any election you would see these type of cases pop up. I wish this type of attention got paid to every politician. Until it is, which would make me happy, it is clearly being used in a partisan manner. even if the offending party is actually guilty, this is more about politics than any protection of America and its laws. which makes it wrong imo.

I would love to see the political parties split. Just as you can see the McCains splitting I can see the Bernies splitting from the left. and I think that would be the best thing for this country if we had more than 2 major political parties. maybe break the cycle of crap candidates.
 
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GAVol said:
Even better than that.... The lawsuit is filed in Federal court in the Middle District of Georgia.

Guess whose sister happens to be a federal judge on that circuit....
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So I think I can guess. But a bigger question I have is why is this a federal matter? State elected official by state voters. Why would the feds even have jurisdiction before the state’s voting process and state constitution is tested first?
 
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Republicans used redistricting to build a wall around the House. Trump just tore it down.

House Democrats steamrolled Republicans in an array of districts last week, from those drawn by independent commissions or courts, to seats crafted specifically by Republicans with the intention of keeping them in the GOP column.

The overriding factor: a Republican president who political mapmakers could not have foreseen at the beginning of the decade. Trump altered the two parties’ coalitions in ways that specifically undermined conventional wisdom about the House map, bringing more rural voters into the GOP tent while driving away college-educated voters.
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roosterjbh said:
Ah, that’s embarrassing.
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It's one of the best monologues in Shakespeare:

Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
 
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Man, I'm almost getting sick of winning so much. Dems getting ready to flip another CA congressional seat. Where's that raccoon stealing cat food gif when you need it?

 
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