This is a warning for hate speech. I’m not sure what point you’re trying to make by casually using hate speech, but it is not acceptable on any forum on this board.
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I like the way Nate Silver put it on Twitter.
Not impossible, but definitely an uphill climb. I think McConnell has it in him to do something in the coming months to actually alienate some of his voters, and/or some of his own party’s Senators. My bet would be on refusing to censure or to even contemplate impeachment hearings for some truly egregious action on the part of Trump (I mean, even more egregious than we’ve already seen).
I think that’s Nate letting his inner pundit out. He’s saying 15-20% minimum with no polling?
McConnell could lose if women say he was chasing them at malls when they were 15.
The one thing that would keep me awake at night if I were Mitch or any Republican for that matter is the current Obamacare lawsuit, which is gaining traction and could be deemed unconstitutional, null, and void…just in time for the campaign season. Kicking people off of their insurance programs and angering the healthcare lobby - that could be a problem.
I like your fightn’ spirit! And salute all of the zero things that never got accomplished with it.
I accept this warning, but I won’t apologize for using the word. And I certainly didn’t use it casually. I wanted to make a point, and I used the bluntest tool in my vocabulary to make it.
This entire sophistry over whether Obama is “African-American” or “African American” is a Republican smear intended to a) challenge Obama’s citizenship, and b) attempt to convince the black community that Obama wasn’t really one of them.
Keyes tried it in 2004, and ended up getting 4% of the black vote, compared to Obama’s 96%.
Keyes tried to pull it out again when he ran for President in 2008. Keyes’ campaign nevr got off the ground, but Republican dirty tricksters again pulled out the line to try to split the black vote.
Now Mitch McConnell decided to pull that same trick. I can guarantee it will be used against Kamala Harris if she starts gaining ground.
And just for the record, I don’t think white people (and I am a white person) have any business telling black people who is “African American” and who is “African-American.” At least Alan Keyes had standing to make the charge.
The word I chose to use is a vulgar, ugly word. I can’t remember using it in a joke or anything other than quoting someone since I was in about 6th grade. But I used it deliberately. I sincerely hope I never feel the need to use it again on this Board, or in any other context.
Whatever, dude. Everyone knew you were a white guy using the word for its splashy effect. No one’s impressed.
It looks like Amy McGrath is gonna have a little help in this contest:
That appears rather badly to conflict with a previous alleged strategy -
She wants to stop McConnell from blocking Trump, because Trump is popular, and also get rid of Trump, who is popular.
I don’t think that will help very much.
Regards,
Shodan
That quote Snowboarder gave isn’t from her campaign, it’s from some other Senator who I don’t believe is even up for reelection next year. It’s rather doubtful that a candidate in Kentucky is going to follow the Connecticut Senator’s playbook.
The only way to beat McConnell is with someone authentic and the Democrats keep on recruiting fake moderates who everyone knows will vote with the leadership when it really counts. McConnell is a unique beast: a bwahahaha evil politician who brags about it and gets a twinkle in his eye when called on his bullshit. Voters find that more attractive than an “aw shucks” fake moderate who is actually a liberal and won’t be truthful about whether they’ll back Kentucky voters or Chuck Schumer when push comes to shove.
I have wandered away to check Sen. Turtle’s polling numbers in Kentucky. As you may now, I lean somewhat left of center, and perhaps am biased in my reading. Maybe these numbers are not as dismal and dark as I see them, due to my skewed observance. Therefore, I invite you to peruse them as well, and show me the error of my observations. I could be wrong, his favorability may be better than painful rectal itch. I wait with bated breath.
You could have linked to something, 'luci; would have been darn right decent of ya.
Did not intend to poison the well by picking out examples, but to encourage a consult with the Googlemonster. Which is what I did, “McConnell polling in Kentucky” I saw what I saw, and reported in the largest context. Joe Bob 'luc says “Check it out!”
Pass. If you want to discuss something, give us something to discuss.
I don’t mind doing the work, and I found that indeed, Mitch McConnell is enjoying Jacque Chirac levels of popularity. But you still have to beat him with something real.
News flash, adaher: “actually supports the people” is what “liberal” means.
…using the n-word?