Posts by emichaelball@social.quodverum.com
(DIR) Post #9hlSiGsrYHiL98K2CG by emichaelball@social.quodverum.com
2019-04-13T12:26:00Z
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@ThomasWic @Oo 48 states? I'm not sold on this. Remember the Wisconsin focus group: "We like Trump's results, but we don't like his lies or his brashness, so we won't vote for him." https://www.axios.com/2020-presidential-election-wisconsin-swing-voters-4fba07f1-8455-48d2-8a4f-d457d9bcf524.htmlSomeone either nice or "nice" can exploit this, especially if there's an economic crash just before the election.The ultimate October Surprise.October 1929, October 2008, October 2020?Even if that doesn't happen, someone like Pete 9000 could charm his way into 1600.He's no Batty Beto.
(DIR) Post #9hlhTDQvb6YlPgXDpw by emichaelball@social.quodverum.com
2019-04-04T19:15:45Z
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ThreadI really thought I was finished with Pete Buttigieg for a while, but I guess he just has to say some more absurd things."Buttigieg: 'Americans are being radicalized' by Trump administration" https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/436340-buttigieg-americans-are-being-radicalized-by-trump-administrationSays the snake oil salesman, "And I think a lot of Americans are being radicalized by this administration. The experience of disruption that’s gone on, especially in the interior, has obviously made it more fertile to being taken advantage of by people like this president."
(DIR) Post #9i0ACkz9DTwHQwU3kW by emichaelball@social.quodverum.com
2019-04-20T14:21:08Z
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@Abe @haithabu @Debradelai Historically, when Muslim terror groups commit attacks, they always take public responsibility very soon after (within a day or two). You haven't seen that happen, here. For example, (what remains of) ISIS claimed they were "celebrating" the fire, but didn't take responsibility.I've never suspected Muslim terror, figuring it was more likely than not an accident.
(DIR) Post #9i1AkxZ39GeRS0XuG8 by emichaelball@social.quodverum.com
2019-04-21T02:20:11Z
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@Lonestar @IndiaMaria You mean the charisma of an "avocado"?
(DIR) Post #9i1AxhBdLrKCQ9fMRM by emichaelball@social.quodverum.com
2019-04-21T02:22:29Z
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@ThomasWic Damn; that's one inept "terror group"!
(DIR) Post #9i2F4kTE8QX5bhTQye by emichaelball@social.quodverum.com
2019-04-21T14:43:17Z
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@Debradelai @QuodVerum It's possible that Trump wanted to use lackeys to fire Mueller in order to reduce a paper trail that could/would lead to him. It's the whole, "We can't have proof the boss wanted this" defense. Many employers will do that all the time to whistleblowers and other inconvenient-for-PR employees.Perhaps Trump had no problem firing Yates and Comey more directly because they directly broke policy and/or law; there was less blowback at stake for Trump being more open about it.
(DIR) Post #9i2H2UdUEhd3pIKCtU by emichaelball@social.quodverum.com
2019-04-21T15:05:17Z
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@ThomasWic @Jackie The most reasons only for the wise.What percentage of voters are wise?
(DIR) Post #9i2IAgChD855yTGGLQ by emichaelball@social.quodverum.com
2019-04-21T15:17:58Z
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@ThomasWic @JackiePence would be more electable than Trump. Those on the left (and RINOs) who want Trump to resign or be impeached/removed, are you *sure* you know what you're asking for?
(DIR) Post #9i3QKRPo2hfxnOWEwS by emichaelball@social.quodverum.com
2019-04-22T04:24:05Z
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@Debradelai @QuodVerum Of course the President has sole and final authority, but the goal in such acts would be to publicly *claim* plausible deniability, a "you can't prove it because there's no paper trail and the President didn't directly call xyz person and order him to resign" strategy to the portion of the public out there that are idiots. It would be Presidential action through convoluted methods with no paper trail, followed by a PR game.Sounds like how Obaaaaaaaama would do things.
(DIR) Post #9i3WeqeCXU3ZZJMlai by emichaelball@social.quodverum.com
2019-04-22T05:35:00Z
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@ThomasWic @cressie Every Democrat? Andrew Yang seems like an earnest guy. Tulsi Gabbard is earnest, too; she left the DNC when she realized the 2016 primary was rigged. Bernie, *maybe* you could make a case.Most of them, though, are weirdos. We have QueMala (who slept her way to the top), dirt-eating and "avocado"-serving Batty Beto, Pete 9000, & Creepy Uncle Joe (hide the kids).I still can't help but think that Snake McAuliffe will try to swipe the nomination if there's an open convention.
(DIR) Post #9i3gD93PVdn85ZaQAy by emichaelball@social.quodverum.com
2019-04-22T07:22:03Z
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@ThomasWic @holymolyrocky Hillary had so many skeletons in her closet. The October Comey letter was the last straw for a lot of voters. I read, somewhere, that RNC internal polls in PA swung wildly for Trump after the Comey letter release. I can imagine similar events in MI and WI.Buttigieg has far fewer skeletons. Yes, there's the housing demolition issue, and firing the black police chief, but compared to classified emails on a private server *and* perhaps an aide's husband's laptop...
(DIR) Post #9i7NSgqr0p8OkzFgNk by emichaelball@social.quodverum.com
2019-04-24T01:54:54Z
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Thread@ThomasWic did it, again.https://social.quodverum.com/@ThomasWic/101966842150044137https://social.quodverum.com/@ThomasWic/101972652616923233He claims, among other things, that Tulsi Gabbard has "a bug up her ass about Saudi Arabia".Well, let's see what happened, recently:
(DIR) Post #9i7NSh0mPv4fFltbqy by emichaelball@social.quodverum.com
2019-04-24T01:55:57Z
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Let's meet a woman named Loujain al-Hathloul. For many years, she called for women to drive in the Saudi kingdom. But even after the Saudi leadership granted this very right to women, the woman who was at the forefront of this movement was imprisoned, waterboarded, electrocuted, threatened with rape and murder, and placed in solitary confinement.https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8352601/meghan-markles-activist-friend-locked-up-in-saudi-arabia-and-tortured-with-electric-shocks-and-waterboarded-by-khashoggi-hitman/Of course Tulsi would have a bug up her ass for any nation that would do that. Any nurturing, empathetic person would.