Re: 2020 Elections - Dems vs Trumpublicons
Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2020 8:55 pm
+1seacoaster wrote: ↑Fri Sep 25, 2020 8:33 pm Here’s the proper response:
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Same Party, Different House
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+1seacoaster wrote: ↑Fri Sep 25, 2020 8:33 pm Here’s the proper response:
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Depends where you are. In my town, most are Republicans. In New Jersey at least, each party gets a certain number of poll watchers (same number per side) per voting district.Peter Brown wrote: ↑Fri Sep 25, 2020 8:27 pm Most poll workers are Democrats and will discard military ballots since they go about 80-20 R to D.
so i've been pretty interested in this. who has gone on record for those comments/words? many have gone on record to say he wouldn't/couldn't say the attributions, and they were there, etc... but no one is there 24/7.njbill wrote: ↑Fri Sep 25, 2020 9:22 pmDepends where you are. In my town, most are Republicans. In New Jersey at least, each party gets a certain number of poll watchers (same number per side) per voting district.Peter Brown wrote: ↑Fri Sep 25, 2020 8:27 pm Most poll workers are Democrats and will discard military ballots since they go about 80-20 R to D.
That may have been how military voters split in the past, but I suspect it’s going to be a lot more equal this election due to Trump’s “suckers” and “losers” comment. Disgraceful.
I listed the schools recruiting my teammate. The point was he went to the suburbs and picked up bad habits drinking and smoking and instead of playing for say Bobby Knight at Indiana, he played at a mid major. I know an athlete when I see one is because I have been around guys that have went on to be professional athletes. Many of which you know by name. John and Jim Paxson being two of them. Jim Lachey wasn’t a friend but I saw him in high school. He ran the 110 high hurdles. He was an offensive tackle. A freak.runrussellrun wrote: ↑Fri Sep 25, 2020 3:06 pmoff the rails. I asked because YOU knew what it meant. (recruiting) Your failure to understand the obvious in on you. I asked what proof you had that he was a top recruit. I have zero idea what that means in basketball world. 50 years ago, or today. All I know of basketball is that we lost in the Maryland U's intrammural championship game........won't go into details, but it included the way its' pronounced, band that sang, We're only making plans for nigel. Or, of course, my all time favorite, "dear god".Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Fri Sep 25, 2020 2:18 pmYes. As if I don’t know what being recruited meant, particularly back then. I still have a media guide from the state tournament in which he was profiled and it mentions him being name top Sophomore in the State and who was recruiting him. I also used to go to the school office with him as he picked up his recruiting mail. Back then, then letters went to the coaches C/O.MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 25, 2020 2:13 pmYou did so in the context of saying "possibly" to TLD's asking, politely, whether you thought he was lying? "possibly"???runrussellrun wrote: ↑Fri Sep 25, 2020 10:37 amThis little exchange kind of sums up exactly what I am talking about. Arrogant , contextless baffoons chiming in when they think little.Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Fri Sep 25, 2020 10:31 amI don't think he meant it that way. I assumed that he knows that I know how folks exaggerate.MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 25, 2020 10:24 am Ok, that crossed a line, RRR.
TLD's son had a tremendous college lacrosse experience, top player, and a great education.
You're out of line.
I am talking about people embellisioning their athletic status, saying they are being recruited by this, or that, "top" college. Back when we played, it happened. It happens today. And TLD, thru his son's experience, knows exactly of what I am talking about. Think, before you spew your arrogance.
But, ok, you were simply suggesting that TLD would know, through watching his son's recruiting experience (and thus others?), that some people, not TLD or his son, exaggerate the level of recruitment they received...but, hey, you weren't suggesting anything more than that, nothing about his son in specific. TLD apparently understood you that way, so all good.
Except for questioning his veracity.
"back when we played". When was that, RRR?
I don't recall any of my HS buddies (1976) exaggerating the recruiting they received, which, frankly, was minimal compared to the onslaught of attention comparable players receive today. 5 of my classmates and I were D1 AA in college, most multiple years, with a whole bunch of the younger players on the team eventually doing the same, including two first teamers. 12 of my classmates started on their college teams, most D1, a few DIII. Most of the 'recruiting' was actually the athletes expressing an interest in the school, maybe an alum suggesting to a coach that he pay attention, a few college trips, and a decision made in due course. None of the showcase tournament stuff of today, none of the social media stuff. And we rarely talked about it at all. Coaches may have seen us play, but we were largely oblivious to it. Summer ball was a weeknight or two, for fun and to improve, not to "show". In season we were focused on winning games as a team.
My son went through this more recently and was lightly recruited as he didn't start on his high school team until his senior year, just as I had done, but different recruiting era. All the intensity of showcases, all-star tournaments, club, etc. Nuts, but he enjoyed the playing and was self-driven to improve. And he paid for his own extra training, etc by working. His team had 6 D1 in his class who started in college, two of whom were college AA's, three of whom, like my son made all-conference teams in college. Some others who started in DIII. Lots of team captains in the bunch. His HS junior year's team had a bunch more, including a first team AA. The top 3 players in his class, who started as sophomores, received lots of attention, well deserved, but I never heard anyone exaggerating such, not the boys, not their parents. Same for the boys in the class above him. One of those three started at Denver as a freshman, but concussions ended his career, the other two were AA's, on the Big 10 Defenseman of the Year, the other a co-captain of a national championship team. None of these families exaggerated.
That said, I do know what you may be referring to of those who do exaggerate (confusing letters of outreach with actual recruitment or just insecure braggarts), but I'm not so sure that's the case for any, or sure not many, of those who are actually seriously recruited.
and that's what you were negatively dismissing with TLD's team mate.
Lacrosse? I know what recruiting was like than, and now. More accutely, what the parents know about recruiting. Than, and now. TLD, you stated that you didn't play lacrosse in HIGH school, correct? If you look at someone looking for a fight , all the time, that is on you. I was just curious what being a "top" recruit meant, in the 1970's, in Ohio. Publications certainly existed, ranking hoops players. I do not know. Again ,why I asked. mcdonalds AA didn't happen, yet, right? Were blacks even allowed to be recruited at some top schools. again, don't know. But, I will always watch the latest movie/show about the most corrupt sport in all of college sports. It's past, fascinates me. Blame it on "goodfellas"
. I bet most posters, that played lacrosse, at a top level, can tell similar stories about HS friends being top recruits, only throwing it to the drug prowling wolf. I actually know one. Being totally serious. He was a sex addict, along with beer. ...but it was the nympho that got him. He would say "trump like " things in bars. had the most beautiful girlfriends. Several marriages. etc. Crazy good lacrosse player.
In short, not my problem if you feel confronted when asked to provide further details of your life experience. Willing to bet the vast majority of posters, D1 Players included, could give details as to what really constituted serious recruiting efforts in the basketball world of the 1970's, turtle boy excluded.
and the " I know an athlete when I see one" comment IS good for a chuckle. That IS coming from your basketball, perspective, so I will cut you some slack. You can succeed in lacrosse without being a superior "athlete". Hoops, almost to the point were it IS impossible. And than there are the dads that only look at size......you're not one of those, are you?
Unnamed source. Maybe it was that Russian spy who worked for Fiona Hill & Strobe Talbott at Brookings. The MSM eats his stuff up.wgdsr wrote: ↑Fri Sep 25, 2020 10:23 pmso i've been pretty interested in this. who has gone on record for those comments/words? many have gone on record to say he wouldn't/couldn't say the attributions, and they were there, etc... but no one is there 24/7.njbill wrote: ↑Fri Sep 25, 2020 9:22 pmDepends where you are. In my town, most are Republicans. In New Jersey at least, each party gets a certain number of poll watchers (same number per side) per voting district.Peter Brown wrote: ↑Fri Sep 25, 2020 8:27 pm Most poll workers are Democrats and will discard military ballots since they go about 80-20 R to D.
That may have been how military voters split in the past, but I suspect it’s going to be a lot more equal this election due to Trump’s “suckers” and “losers” comment. Disgraceful.
who said he said those things?
Sonny Corleone said it. I heard it myself.wgdsr wrote: ↑Fri Sep 25, 2020 10:23 pmso i've been pretty interested in this. who has gone on record for those comments/words? many have gone on record to say he wouldn't/couldn't say the attributions, and they were there, etc... but no one is there 24/7.njbill wrote: ↑Fri Sep 25, 2020 9:22 pmDepends where you are. In my town, most are Republicans. In New Jersey at least, each party gets a certain number of poll watchers (same number per side) per voting district.Peter Brown wrote: ↑Fri Sep 25, 2020 8:27 pm Most poll workers are Democrats and will discard military ballots since they go about 80-20 R to D.
That may have been how military voters split in the past, but I suspect it’s going to be a lot more equal this election due to Trump’s “suckers” and “losers” comment. Disgraceful.
who said he said those things?
An Democrats are saying .... why didn't we think of that?CU88 wrote: ↑Sat Sep 26, 2020 7:39 am Just when you think the r's can sink no lower. Tax payers dollars to buy votes for IMPOTUS o d.
Trump says he’s sending seniors $200 drug coupons
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What To Know About Those $200 Drug Cards President Trump Promised
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"...that's $6.6 billion dollars to a key voting block weeks before Election Day."
From a poll in late AugustTypical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Sat Sep 26, 2020 12:45 amSonny Corleone said it. I heard it myself.wgdsr wrote: ↑Fri Sep 25, 2020 10:23 pmso i've been pretty interested in this. who has gone on record for those comments/words? many have gone on record to say he wouldn't/couldn't say the attributions, and they were there, etc... but no one is there 24/7.njbill wrote: ↑Fri Sep 25, 2020 9:22 pmDepends where you are. In my town, most are Republicans. In New Jersey at least, each party gets a certain number of poll watchers (same number per side) per voting district.Peter Brown wrote: ↑Fri Sep 25, 2020 8:27 pm Most poll workers are Democrats and will discard military ballots since they go about 80-20 R to D.
That may have been how military voters split in the past, but I suspect it’s going to be a lot more equal this election due to Trump’s “suckers” and “losers” comment. Disgraceful.
who said he said those things?
ToastDunk wrote: ↑Sat Sep 26, 2020 7:56 am Republican Gov. Baker
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But Trump won't find any scenario where he loses the election, "a fair election." So yes, if he loses the election I don't expect to see a smooth transfer of power.Peter Brown wrote: ↑Sat Sep 26, 2020 8:17 amToastDunk wrote: ↑Sat Sep 26, 2020 7:56 am Republican Gov. Baker
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I’m convinced now that politicians simply feel that voters are irretrievably dumb.
Does anyone truly believe Trump would not leave office if he lost in a fair election? If you do, you are indeed too dumb to vote. Trump has a transition team which is already deep in the weeds with that scenario, as required by law. They are by all accounts further along at this stage than any previous President.
Trump plays everyone like a fiddle because he can. And media eats it up, regurgitates it, and birdbrains think it’s real. Then politicians play along, getting their voters to think they’re outraged when they most definitely are not.
Jfc. We are screwed as a country. Everything and everyone is so dumb.
ToastDunk wrote: ↑Sat Sep 26, 2020 8:39 amBut Trump won't find any scenario where he loses the election, "a fair election." So yes, if he loses the election I don't expect to see a smooth transfer of power.Peter Brown wrote: ↑Sat Sep 26, 2020 8:17 amI’m convinced now that politicians simply feel that voters are irretrievably dumb.ToastDunk wrote: ↑Sat Sep 26, 2020 7:56 am Republican Gov. Baker
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Does anyone truly believe Trump would not leave office if he lost in a fair election? If you do, you are indeed too dumb to vote. Trump has a transition team which is already deep in the weeds with that scenario, as required by law. They are by all accounts further along at this stage than any previous President.
Trump plays everyone like a fiddle because he can. And media eats it up, regurgitates it, and birdbrains think it’s real. Then politicians play along, getting their voters to think they’re outraged when they most definitely are not.
Jfc. We are screwed as a country. Everything and everyone is so dumb.
By what accounts specifically is the Trump transition team further along at this stage than any previous President?
Any luck with that 80/20 data on the military's support for Trump?
Perhaps, an appropriate way to think if anyone is stupid enough to think he actually said that.njbill wrote: ↑Fri Sep 25, 2020 9:22 pmDepends where you are. In my town, most are Republicans. In New Jersey at least, each party gets a certain number of poll watchers (same number per side) per voting district.Peter Brown wrote: ↑Fri Sep 25, 2020 8:27 pm Most poll workers are Democrats and will discard military ballots since they go about 80-20 R to D.
That may have been how military voters split in the past, but I suspect it’s going to be a lot more equal this election due to Trump’s “suckers” and “losers” comment. Disgraceful.
Oh he said it. No doubt about that.Unknown Participant wrote: ↑Sat Sep 26, 2020 8:54 am Perhaps, an appropriate way to think if anyone is stupid enough to think he actually said that.