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I think its a bit of a false equivalency to say that all the dirty tricks have been about even on both sides. Not giving the Dems a pass on any of their bad behavior, but really...how do you read this sentence, assuming it is true, and conclude that "they both do it the same"... "Tha...

You may think Reid was wrong, but he was provoked by a totally unprecedented blockade of Obama's nominees by Republicans: By our calculation, there were actually 68 individual nominees blocked prior to Obama taking office and 79 (so far) during Obama’s term, for a total of 147. https://www.politifa...

So your claim is that the Republicans would have been just too clueless to do this on their own, if Reid hadn't shown them the way? OK, sure. You really should have bought one of those Mexican condos Trump was peddling. Great investment. No, they wouldn't have. Harry paved the way and made it easy ...

Very powerful line-up! Cheek, Dawson, Hobbes, Loring & Madronic all seem to have the capability to see the Crimson "reload" quickly on offense. My sense is that's quite correct on O (tons of talent, with Anderson and Graff as junior A leaders), but recruiting of defense may have suffe...

But I think that sort of choice may be nearly impossible in the present loyalty oath mindset of the Trumpist voters. Just look at your response 3221. All Trumpists care about is having someone loyal to Trump, not necessarily the nation (they are most definitely not synonymous!). Yet my responses ha...

Sorry, the seat doesn't belong to the McCain family. "Belong to"? Of course not. But it's quite common for a governor to pass a temporary seat to a relative when the sitting Rep or Senator passes away. Closest thing to honoring the prior vote, being consistent with the voters' most recent...

On 'retiring at the beginning of the year', I don't understand how that would have benefited the nation. And that was his only aim. There would have been a 2nd senator from AZ to vote on legislation in 2018. And you are positing that would have made a substantive difference these past months? One t...

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/01/us/politics/deripaska-ohr-steele-fbi.html Ohr and Steele are the good guys. Always have been. Looks like our old moderator has jumped ship. Has ggait found his way here? Hope so. Always appreciated hearing from someone who actually knows a thing or two on the lega...

Harvard announced their freshmen:

https://www.gocrimson.com/sports/mlax/2 ... 0827jsoh5n

Freshmen group looks quite solid. Name: Drake Schaffner Hometown/High School: Ashburn, Va. / Gonzaga Club: Blackwolf Position: Defense / Long Stick Midfield Height/Weight: 6-3 / 222 Accolades: First Team All-WCAC … four-time letter winner … three-time Dean’s List … Maverick Showtime two-time All-Sta...

The Ds embracing him make me LOL, the same ones that were saying vile stuff about him 10 years ago. He should have retired at the beginning of the year and let the voters pick a replacement. But, he was just in it for himself like most politicians. Vile stuff? Just a reminder that it was your Repub...

MD , Palin was a mistake, pure and simple. Why? It was inauthentic and, thus, betrayed McCain's best instincts and his appeal. But it wasn't why McCain lost. McCain lost because Obama was a better candidate. I certainly agree that Obama was an excellent candidate, truly gifted orator and representi...

Speaking of VP's. Has there ever been a Presidential candidate, that lost, that has blamed or regretted their VP choice so publically, like McCain did? The part that really bugs me about his comment (RIP), you just do not do that. Think it...sure, tell your wife....sure, but publicly say it.....no ...

https://www.nationaldebtclocks.org/debtclock/unitedstates Thank you, Trump. Amazing how right wingers no longer concern themselves with this problem. Gee, I wonder why. :twisted: Neither side cares about the debt.....that is so old news. I've watched members of my family as well as friends, who wer...

I believe what they are saying is that Democrats, after lagging in the billionaire club and having now caught up, they are not as generous in their political giving as the republicans; no surprise there ;) Hmmm, not my takeaway. "generous" is not the most apt descriptor for political dona...

Here is an interesting excerpt from Tucker Carlson From TWP ... ....In fairness, the stereotype of anti-tax billionaire Republicans is not entirely irrational or completely outdated. While there are roughly equal numbers of billionaires that contribute more to liberal causes than conservative ones,...

[ Nonsense. Hillary Rodham Clinton did not violate federal law. There is no basis for a federal prosecution of Hillary Rodham Clinton. Those are not my opinions. Those are the factual findings of an extensive investigation of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and those are the legal conclusions ...

docB, Just curious as to how you know Hillary committed no crime. Have you seen the case file? And, have you really complimented McLame? In the history of politics, when, as a Presidential candidate said they regretted their choice for VP? And, to top it off, have pubically told this person that th...

docB, Just curious as to how you know Hillary committed no crime. Have you seen the case file? And, have you really complimented McLame? In the history of politics, when, as a Presidential candidate said they regretted their choice for VP? And, to top it off, have pubically told this person that th...

Oh, you'll get no argument from me. What Hillary did with her emails was batsh*t crazy, and as irresponsible as it gets. And, obviously, she was lamely trying to keep something from public record...otherwise should would have simply set up whatever she needed using the State Dept. tech wonks. Prose...