• Trump's 2017 Joint Address to Congress - Live
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[QUOTE=Judas;51891146]*except the japs[/QUOTE] He only did that after public pressure IIRC. Whereas I don't think that's working out for Trump's immigrant ban.
[QUOTE=sltungle;51891342]I don't see what the big deal is. Nobody here is actually [I]advocating[/I] (at least not directly) the assassination of a president. They're merely talking about the possibility. Newsflash: Trump isn't bulletproof. He [I]could[/I] be assassinated. Merely talking about that fact shouldn't be illegal. If it is then God help all of you poor fuckers in the US.[/QUOTE] as a rule of thumb, it's not smart to discuss the assasination of the president of the united states on a public forum, "hypothetical" or not, you just shouldn't do that
[QUOTE=Funion;51891372][video=youtube;qhWCk2f2alI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhWCk2f2alI[/video][/QUOTE] One of the top comments on that video is "This is how I feel about the 2016 election result.•" President Obama and Michelle received many death threats while in office. [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_threats_against_Barack_Obama"]In fact, Obama received Secret Service protection the earliest of any presidential candidates.[/URL] Some fucknuts in the Army created a militia group with the goals of overthrowing the government and killing Obama. Fucking Christ people are insane. It's no wonder the Secret Service goes so hard. I can't even imagine the stress Presidents and their families must go through knowing that potentially thousands of people want to see them dead. I get anxiety just ordering a sandwich at Subway thinking that the people behind me are staring at me lol. Fuck that. Edit: LOL remember when Trump said that "maybe the 2nd amendment people" could do something about Hillary picking SCOTUS judges when he was on the campaign trail? Good Christ...
[QUOTE=WhichStrider;51891245]Pence is a terrible human being and I'd hate to have him but at LEAST he can certainly be more diplomatic than Trump when it comes to things like foreign relations and what not. He'd at least be able to keep that composure- and not tweet out the most stupid shit or try and label the press as fake news. I mean obviously he's not a great guy but the fact that some people would prefer keeping Trump over him just seems strange to me.[/QUOTE] isn't that even scarier? that pence isn't a bumbling fool and he actually knows how to pull the levers of power?
[QUOTE=Swiket;51891798]isn't that even scarier? that pence isn't a bumbling fool and he actually knows how to pull the levers of power?[/QUOTE] That depends on what he'd try to pull. Obviously the biggest worry from that man is LGBT rights (Mike "zap the gays straight" pence comes to mind), but you also have to look at the other side of the coin. We have a mumbling man child right now who says shit on Twitter and tries to blame anything done wrong on something else (Ex: the fucking courts). Have you seen what he's been doing this past month? You're honestly telling me you'd prefer what we have now over a normal politician that essentially only runs the risk of losing LGBT rights while Trump is already down that path AND is doing more? I'm not saying Pence isn't bad, he totally is, but do you see him trying the same stupid shit Trump would try to do(like a giant blanket ban on travel?).
[QUOTE=Swiket;51891798]isn't that even scarier? that pence isn't a bumbling fool and he actually knows how to pull the levers of power?[/QUOTE] Yes, it is. Trump being removed from power, I think, would backfire bigly on the Democrats (assuming they were the ones pushing hard for it). Much political cost for little political gain (imo). I want to see the Dems win big in 2018 and 2020, and that can't happen if they're whining about 2016 instead of focusing on sniping in-play seats from the Republicunts.
[QUOTE=Swiket;51891798]isn't that even scarier? that pence isn't a bumbling fool and he actually knows how to pull the levers of power?[/QUOTE] He's probably pulling those levers anyway. At least he probably won't pull them all at once and make the machine fly apart. But more importantly, he at least would most likely have nowhere near as many gullible idiots cheering his lever-pulling.
[QUOTE=Judas;51891146]*except the japs[/QUOTE] this speaks more about our current situation as well. He said he wanted the best for 'our citizens', and deflected the fact that these people were ours, for the fact of where they came from. It's a lesson we've so damningly ignored
Americans are some of the most unaware people I've ever studied politically. The economic fallout from the policies of conservative administrations leads a democrat to take office on a nebulous change platform and to enact progressive policy and bailouts, only for those people who were once affected by said fallouts to somehow, mind bogglingly be made to regard regard socioeconomic equality and modernization as the enemy, and elect another, even less qualified conservative to begin the process anew. Where has the national consciousness been for the past 30 years?
[QUOTE=C. Blades;51892007]Americans are some of the most unaware people I've ever studied politically. The economic fallout from the policies of conservative administrations leads a democrat to take office on a nebulous change platform and to enact progressive policy and bailouts, only for those people who were once affected by said fallouts to somehow, mind bogglingly be made to regard regard socioeconomic equality and modernization as the enemy, and elect another, even less qualified conservative to begin the process anew. [B]Where has the national consciousness been for the past 30 years?[/B][/QUOTE] I don't know. Germans today are 80+ years away from the Nazis, and yet they still seem much more averse to repeating past mistakes than Americans do of mistakes made 20 years ago lol. The last Republican administration fucked our country up, and that was less than a decade ago. Yet here we are again.
I'm barely over halfway done watching it, and already it's a joke. - "We are going to cut taxes for the wealthy!" - "Eisenhower!" - "Infrastructure spending!" - "We are going to cut taxes for the middle class!" - "We are going to build a wall!" - "We are going to strengthen our military!" How in the fresh fuck does he expect to pay for any of this when he's increasing military spending and cutting taxes?
[QUOTE=HappyCompy;51892019]I don't know. Germans today are 80+ years away from the Nazis, and yet they still seem much more averse to repeating past mistakes than Americans do of mistakes made 20 years ago lol. The last Republican administration fucked our country up, and that was less than a decade ago. Yet here we are again.[/QUOTE] I can give you the unyielding brutal answer. WWII created jobs in America, in Germany, it destroyed them with the products of said American jobs. That's why Nazism is "edgy" and "provocative" in American pop culture, and it's criminalized in Germany.
[QUOTE=Llamaguy;51891031][img]https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/15941284_10155532184012908_7753971272627251350_n.png?oh=4f43db205715293c0f061bf204f332c9&oe=59284F2C[/img][/QUOTE] Lol that's nice, but he should have told that to Jesse Owens.
[QUOTE=Zero-Point;51892032]I'm barely over halfway done watching it, and already it's a joke. - "We are going to cut taxes for the wealthy!" - "Eisenhower!" - "Infrastructure spending!" - "We are going to cut taxes for the middle class!" - "We are going to build a wall!" - "We are going to strengthen our military!" How in the fresh fuck does he expect to pay for any of this when he's increasing military spending and cutting taxes?[/QUOTE] Because he's actually cutting taxes for the wealthy, we'll pay for every one of his fuckups.
The only people left that have enough money to fucking be taxed at this point are the wealthy and you're going to cut taxes for them? Jesus
[QUOTE=TheTalon;51894681]The only people left that have enough money to fucking be taxed at this point are the wealthy and you're going to cut taxes for them? Jesus[/QUOTE] WOW! These fucking MILLENNIALS believe in SOCIALIST ECONOMICS!1!1!1! SAD! *believes in trickle down economics* -.-
[QUOTE=Zero-Point;51892032] How in the fresh fuck does he expect to pay for any of this when he's increasing military spending and cutting taxes?[/QUOTE] From what I've been able to gather, the promise from Trump is that increased growth will offset the tax cuts and generate enough revenue to pay for everything else. Also the idea right now is that the American taxpayer won't pay for the wall, Mexico will. All of this is, of course, madness, but that is the best answer I can give you.
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