# Politics & Elections **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=185 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 186 --- ## [Kim Jong Trump fills the swamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kim-jong-trump-fills-the-swamp/781285)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2017, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kim-jong-trump-fills-the-swamp/781285 "2017-03-17T21:49:24Z")
With Jeff Sessions we now see that draining the swamp is definitely not part of Trump’s agenda. This crony has deliberately lied to congress about his activities with the Russian government during the campaign. There is … --- ## [Is any one else getting spam emails from the White House. I'm serious.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-any-one-else-getting-spam-emails-from-the-white-house-im-serious/781755)
**Author:** [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2017, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-any-one-else-getting-spam-emails-from-the-white-house-im-serious/781755 "2017-03-16T05:00:14Z")
I keep getting them on my email I use for financial transactions and other stuff. It’s just so shockingly unwelcome. --- ## [What is the GOP's endgame with the American Healthcare Act?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-gops-endgame-with-the-american-healthcare-act/781904)
**Author:** [@drossbots](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drossbots)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2017, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-gops-endgame-with-the-american-healthcare-act/781904 "2017-03-16T02:09:06Z")
I’ve been running this question through my head since this was plan was first announced, and I just can’t think of an answer. At first glance, it appears that almost everyone hates it. Democrats hate it for obvious reas… --- ## [Why are so many advanced, progressive nations leaning convservative these days?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-so-many-advanced-progressive-nations-leaning-convservative-these-days/780593)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2017, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-so-many-advanced-progressive-nations-leaning-convservative-these-days/780593 "2017-03-15T19:23:19Z")
Just curious. In addition to the US and the UK a number of advanced nations seem to be tilting conservative these days. I know every nation has it’s own dynamics and issues but this multi-nation conservative tilt is a re… --- ## [Sessions fires all 46 US Attorneys](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sessions-fires-all-46-us-attorneys/781930)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2017, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sessions-fires-all-46-us-attorneys/781930 "2017-03-14T15:12:32Z")
NBC story Now they know what he meant by Happy Hunting - happy job hunting! Apparently there is precedent, Reno did it during the early Clinton administration. I can understand why you wouldn’t want attorneys with diam… --- ## [Fellow Trump voters: How do you think the Donald is doing so far.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-trump-voters-how-do-you-think-the-donald-is-doing-so-far/781849)
**Author:** [@ckalli1998](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ckalli1998)\ **Replies:** 325\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2017, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-trump-voters-how-do-you-think-the-donald-is-doing-so-far/781849 "2017-03-14T11:02:01Z")
First off, this is a genuine effort to gauge how Trump supporters here view his performance now that’s he’s been in office for almost two months, so if you’re not a Trump supporter, please don’t respond. As you probably… --- ## [Which kind of split government do you prefer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-kind-of-split-government-do-you-prefer/781903)
**Author:** [@squidfood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squidfood)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2017, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-kind-of-split-government-do-you-prefer/781903 "2017-03-14T09:02:58Z")
Either with generic candidates or a specific president; maybe assume a 55/45 split in the Senate as a baseline for discussion? --- ## [Will Trump face a primary challenge in 2020?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-face-a-primary-challenge-in-2020/781498)
**Author:** [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2017, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-face-a-primary-challenge-in-2020/781498 "2017-03-13T14:47:09Z")
Assuming Trump serves a full term and runs for re-election, do you think any Republicans will mount a serious challenge in the primaries? On one hand, if things continue as they are, the GOP will have a harder and harde… --- ## [In Britain, does an incumbent MP automatically get the party's nomination for the next election?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-britain-does-an-incumbent-mp-automatically-get-the-partys-nomination-for-the-next-election/781379)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2017, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-britain-does-an-incumbent-mp-automatically-get-the-partys-nomination-for-the-next-election/781379 "2017-03-11T20:18:13Z")
Question that’s been triggered by the redistribution and “deselection”. I understand that the map has been re-jigged so there is much angst amongst the sitting MPs about whether they will get re-nominated. But in an or… --- ## [How exactly did Trump pick his cabinet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-exactly-did-trump-pick-his-cabinet/781389)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2017, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-exactly-did-trump-pick-his-cabinet/781389 "2017-03-10T18:16:30Z")
Many of the people he has appointed are simply ridiculous. Pruitt and Perry want to abolish the departments they run. Carson and Devos have never worked a day in the fields that they are supposed to be experts in. How… --- ## [If Donald Trump is so awful, then...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-donald-trump-is-so-awful-then/780966)
**Author:** [@dav345](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dav345)\ **Replies:** 206\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2017, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-donald-trump-is-so-awful-then/780966 "2017-03-09T21:52:46Z")
…how did he get elected over a seasoned politico who would bring with her a former President as her first hubs? I am not trying to be antagonistic here - I think it’s a valid question. Please don’t waste time with “hal… --- ## [What happened in Sweden? (Trump campaign rally statement)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-in-sweden-trump-campaign-rally-statement/780219)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2017, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-in-sweden-trump-campaign-rally-statement/780219 "2017-03-08T09:57:48Z")
At his first 2020 campaign rally (held Saturday, 18 February 2017) President Trump said \[ \](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/19/world/europe/last-night-in-sweden-trumps-remark-baffles-a-nation.html?\_r=0) while he was ta… --- ## [Who is Carter Page, and why we should care?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-carter-page-and-why-we-should-care/766748)
**Author:** [@hulka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hulka)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2017, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-carter-page-and-why-we-should-care/766748 "2017-03-04T23:17:55Z")
for starters: Gazprom? my horsesh\*\*\* browser isn’t letting me copy and paste from this wingnut site, but he’s got heavy ties to Russian energy interests, including Gazprom, and has been quoted to be in favor of lift… --- ## [DNC: Ellison vs Perez](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dnc-ellison-vs-perez/780467)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2017, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dnc-ellison-vs-perez/780467 "2017-03-03T23:38:24Z")
Seems to be a close race, both candidates with progressive records and heavyweight backers. ISTM that Perez has more backing from the Obama people and Ellison more from progressives outside that administration. The fee… --- ## [How Obama's 2008 movement fizzled](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-obamas-2008-movement-fizzled/780920)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2017, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-obamas-2008-movement-fizzled/780920 "2017-03-03T13:38:22Z")
It’s a long article, but basically the political people who wanted to unify everything under the party structure were mistrustful of the idea of an independent movement that might not be on board with everything they w… --- ## [Presidency is offered to you. Do you take it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidency-is-offered-to-you-do-you-take-it/780169)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2017, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidency-is-offered-to-you-do-you-take-it/780169 "2017-03-03T06:37:36Z")
For fun: Suppose that right this moment you are offered the presidency of the United States (we’ll ignore all Constitutional/legal problems that arise.) Trump doesn’t want to be POTUS anymore, and Pence doesn’t want to … --- ## [Trump addresses Congress (2-28)- Doper real-time commentary thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-addresses-congress-2-28-doper-real-time-commentary-thread/781029)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 168\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2017, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-addresses-congress-2-28-doper-real-time-commentary-thread/781029 "2017-03-03T00:25:17Z")
I don’t plan to watch it (as I’ve had some G.I. issues recently) but maybe some of y’all with strong constitutions will make the sacrifice for the good of the order, and will favor us with a blow-by-blow commentary on th… --- ## [Democrats need to be more realistic about their candidates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-need-to-be-more-realistic-about-their-candidates/780444)
**Author:** [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2017, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-need-to-be-more-realistic-about-their-candidates/780444 "2017-03-01T23:05:08Z")
There’s one difference I always note between reading conservative and liberal sources on politics, and it was true even before Donald Trump brought a tidal wave of weirdness into last year’s campaign. Republican writers… --- ## [Mastermind and funder of the town hall riots is now Florida's governor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mastermind-and-funder-of-the-town-hall-riots-is-now-floridas-governor/559544)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2010, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mastermind-and-funder-of-the-town-hall-riots-is-now-floridas-governor/559544 "2010-11-06T20:23:09Z")
http://personalmoneystore.com/moneyblog/2009/08/06/rick-scott/ http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/rick-scott-touts-ceo-experience-in-run-for-florida-governor-to-a-degree/1105385 http://www.democraticunderground.co… --- ## [Pat Buchanan (1999) == Donald Trumpt (2016)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-buchanan-1999-donald-trumpt-2016/781045)
**Author:** [@bossy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bossy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2017, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-buchanan-1999-donald-trumpt-2016/781045 "2017-03-01T01:09:28Z")
Was Pat Buchanan simply too far ahead of his time ? I was looking at very old threads and found this: Pat Buchanan? - Factual Questions - Straight Dope Message Board “Pat Buchanan is an extremely conservative Republic… --- ## [Trump Won-Time for an Alt Left?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-won-time-for-an-alt-left/780815)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2017, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-won-time-for-an-alt-left/780815 "2017-02-27T10:57:55Z")
This post and thread is a distillation of several months of thinking and observations I’ve done so it will almost certainly involve my repeating themes and ideas from previous occasions. Before Trump announced in the su… --- ## [Joe Piscopo, now mummified, may run for Governor of New Jersey](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-piscopo-now-mummified-may-run-for-governor-of-new-jersey/779634)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2017, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-piscopo-now-mummified-may-run-for-governor-of-new-jersey/779634 "2017-02-25T23:51:21Z")
Believe it or don’t, my friends: http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/11/politics/joe-piscopo-new-jersey-governor-run/index.html --- ## [Now, with hindsight......](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-with-hindsight/780668)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2017, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-with-hindsight/780668 "2017-02-25T16:20:54Z")
Simple poll. Going back in time, which of the two outcomes do you take? --- ## [How would you like to a Donald Trump "Mainstream Media Survey"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-like-to-a-donald-trump-mainstream-media-survey/780567)
**Author:** [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2017, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-like-to-a-donald-trump-mainstream-media-survey/780567 "2017-02-25T07:28:13Z")
Evidently, Trump doesn’t believe in Polls. So he created one. :stuck\_out\_tongue: Here is Trump’s “vote as many times as you like with no accountability, 'Cause That’s Just The Kinda President I Am”" mainstream media … --- ## [The effect of NOT having a secret ballot in elections](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-effect-of-not-having-a-secret-ballot-in-elections/780473)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2017, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-effect-of-not-having-a-secret-ballot-in-elections/780473 "2017-02-25T03:49:58Z")
I’m wondering, from a partisan/election-outcome perspective, what would happen if every voter were forced to cast a public ballot. If I understand right, way back in the early 1700s or that time era, votes were in public… --- ## [I just saw a campaign commercial for a Supreme Court Justice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-a-campaign-commercial-for-a-supreme-court-justice/779948)
**Author:** [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2017, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-a-campaign-commercial-for-a-supreme-court-justice/779948 "2017-02-23T15:00:08Z")
I’m confused. It was during the Greta van Sustern show on MSNBC. It had a woman who worked for the Obama administration, talking about how she supported Neil Gorsuch’s nomination to the Supreme Court. The spot directed … --- ## [Blair on Brexit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blair-on-brexit/780053)
**Author:** [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2017, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blair-on-brexit/780053 "2017-02-23T13:59:38Z")
As he hinted he might some months ago, Tony Blair has stepped into the Brexit debate with a major speech outlining not just the case against Brexit, but also the case for a democratic reversal of the referendum decision. … --- ## [Trump + Bannon: Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bannon-why/779572)
**Author:** [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2017, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bannon-why/779572 "2017-02-23T00:45:58Z")
Why of all the people in the world? How did they hook up? Obviously it’s a trigger to lots and lots of people. Is it a troll? On liberals, Jews, minorities? I find it strange that we have to guess at this and everyone s… --- ## [J.f.k vrs Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/j-f-k-vrs-trump/780207)
**Author:** [@escaped](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/escaped)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2017, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/j-f-k-vrs-trump/780207 "2017-02-21T21:15:28Z")
A time traveler takes j,f,k on November 22 1963 takes him to 2016. he is nominated by th e Democrats can he beat Donald trump Jackie, jfk jr are also brought in by the time travler. --- ## [Trump kicking off re-election campaign in Florida this Saturday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-kicking-off-re-election-campaign-in-florida-this-saturday/779969)
**Author:** [@Covfefe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covfefe)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2017, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-kicking-off-re-election-campaign-in-florida-this-saturday/779969 "2017-02-21T17:45:40Z")
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