Well, it’s official: Republicans are now arguing that the US isn’t (& shouldn’t be) a democracy.— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) August 28, 2019
This is what they believe. From lobbyists writing their bills to sabotaging our civil rights, the GOP works to end democracy.
In reality, we have to grow it. https://t.co/DWn1uqpAuw
Tuesday, August 27, 2019
A congresswoman no less?
Doesn't realize that we are actually a Constitutional Republic?
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Yes, we live in a republic, so Ch thinks that means no democracy can take place.
TRAITOR TO HIS COUNTRY TRUMP
Repeatedly Clashed with G7 Leaders Over Putin
“A sharp and sometimes bitter disagreement broke out between President Trump and several G7 leaders over whether to allow Russia back into their club during a welcome dinner on Saturday,” CNN reports.
“Trump, as he did in public over the course of the summit, ardently advocated for it… As the leaders discussed issues like Iran and fires in the Amazon rainforest, Trump interjected and asked why Russia should not be included in the talks, given its size and role in global affairs.
“That met sharp resistance from some of the leaders, principally German Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.”
Trump Isn’t Beating Obama on the Economy
Steven Rattner: “Time for a reality check on Mr. Trump’s economic accomplishments, using two key measuring sticks: how well the economy is doing, compared with its performance under President Barack Obama’s leadership, and whether it has performed up to Mr. Trump’s promises.
“The short answer is, the economy’s performance is not much different than it was under Mr. Obama and far short of what Mr. Trump pledged.”
"The Electoral College is a disaster for America."
--Trump
"I’m so glad the President and I agree that the Electoral College has got to go."
--Ocasio-Cortez
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nice try pederast.
trump is correct. the electoral college IS a disaster for a democracy. fortunately we're not a democracy. we're a representative republic.
AOC actively seeks to disenfranchise a large swath of the nation so the coastal elites can provide democrats with a path to permanent power. the EC is a firewall against that. the founders knew this. the left knows this. which is why the EC must be destroyed.
furthermore, it renders the black vote into obscurity - at a mere 10% of the overall population, denying them a voice to be heard or the opportunity to band together with other minorities as representative voting bloc.
like with most every truly fucking stupid idea that flows from the left, this has not been thought through.
and as always, they have to lie about trump in an attempt to own trump, and it blows up in their faces like a box of acme TNT on wile. e. coyote.
beep beep!
Yes, we live in a republic, so Ch thinks that means no democracy can take place
Well James there is virtually no level of government in the United States where you don't elect representatives to make laws and policy decisions for you. That is the essence of a republic, not a democracy.
expect AOC's tweets to become significantly dumber with the passage of time. her chief of staff - shit-kat fucktardi - has left her side. from now on her tweets are all her, not written by some asshat from justice democrats.
“A sharp and sometimes bitter disagreement broke out between President Trump and several G7 leaders over whether to allow Russia back into their club during a welcome dinner on Saturday,” CNN reports.
Several good and valid diplomatic and strategic reasons to let Russia back into the G7-8. There are also good and valid reason the keep them out.
The interesting part of this argument is that it's the Europeans who are arguing again inclusion of Russia and they are one of Russia's biggest trading partners.
The only thing disappointing is the hyperbole of the American media and the liberals.
only thing disappointing is the hyperbole of the American media and the liberals.
The real disappointment is your inability to see what a freaking jerk trump is....trying to steal money from fema to build the wall and promising pardons for officials who may annex land illegally for the wall!!! Weren't you on the band wagon of about the seizure of land in New London Ct for a new factory a couple years back and now support texans losing land illegally???? How sad is that!!!!
A rather cogent opinion about the electoral college....one that I agree with!!!! Unlike you cramps who enjoy the fruits of inequality of votes!!!!
From todays NYT's
Spend enough time talking politics on the internet — or in any other public forum — and you’ll run into this standard reply to anyone who wants more democracy in American government: “We’re a republic, not a democracy.”
You saw it over the weekend, in an exchange between Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Dan Crenshaw of Texas. In a brief series of tweets, Ocasio-Cortez made the case against the Electoral College and argued for a national popular vote to choose the president. “Every vote should be = in America, no matter who you are or where you come from,” she wrote. “The right thing to do is establish a Popular Vote. & GOP will do everything they can to fight it.”
Crenshaw, who has sparred with Ocasio-Cortez before, jumped in with a response: “Abolishing the Electoral College means that politicians will only campaign in (and listen to) urban areas. That is not a representative democracy.” And then he said it: “We live in a republic, which means 51% of the population doesn’t get to boss around the other 49%.”
[Jamelle Bouie answered your questions about this column on Twitter.]
Crenshaw is wrong on the impact of ending the Electoral College. A presidential candidate who focused only on America’s cities and urban centers would lose — there just aren’t enough votes. Republicans live in cities just as Democrats live in rural areas. Under a popular vote, candidates would still have to build national coalitions across demographic and geographic lines. The difference is that those coalitions would involve every region of the country instead of a handful of competitive states in the Rust Belt and parts of the South.
But the crux of Crenshaw’s argument is his second point. “We live in a republic.” He doesn’t say “not a democracy,” but it’s implied by the next clause, where he rejects majority rule — “51% of the population doesn’t get to boss around the other 49%.”
[Join Jamelle Bouie as he shines a light on overlooked writing, culture and ideas from around the internet. For exclusive thoughts, photos and reading recommendations, sign up for his newsletter.]
You can fill in the blanks of the argument from there. The Founding Fathers built a government to stymie the “tyranny of the majority.” They contrasted their “republic” with “democracy,” which they condemned as dangerous and unstable. As John Adams wrote in an 1814 letter to the Virginia politician John Taylor: “Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts and murders itself. There never was a Democracy Yet, that did not commit suicide
Eminent domain Is not illegal. It's power is specified in the 4th amendment as as it's limitations.
Your FDU education is showing.
Lost Years savings Rate
6.25 %
Pres. Trump Savings Rate 8.10 %
Mrs Jane is a pastor? Lies all the time.
Crenshaw is wrong on the impact of ending the Electoral College. A presidential candidate who focused only on America’s cities and urban centers would lose — there just aren’t enough votes
Either he's being a disingenuous hack or he' just a stark raving idiot.
If the electoral college is abolish then the core urban elite will a have a ruling strangle hold. It will be forever like the Obama administration where the rural middle of the country was ignored when not exploited .
What caused the triggering of Mrs. Denise, this time?
Pres. Trump Savings Rate 8.10 %
Link you lying scumbag!!!!
he's being a disingenuous hack or he' just a stark raving idiot.
Problem is cramps....you cannot prove him wrong....just opine he is wrong which like the goat fucker is typically wrong!!!!!
Commonsense said...
Eminent domain Is not illegal.
Then why is trump offering pardons for people doing his dirty work???
Your inability to see through trumps BS is showing you dumb fuck!!!!!
U.S. Border Patrol agent sits near the Calexico Port of Entry, where a section of border fence that is painted black is to the right, on Aug. 22, in Calexico, Calif. The typical color of the border fence is seen to the left. (Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post)
President Trump is so eager to complete hundreds of miles of border fence ahead of the 2020 presidential election that he has directed aides to fast-track billions of dollars’ worth of construction contracts, aggressively seize private land and disregard environmental rules, according to current and former officials involved with the project.
He also has told worried subordinates that he will pardon them of any potential wrongdoing should they have to break laws to get the barriers built quickly, those officials said.
Trump has repeatedly promised to complete 500 miles of fencing by the time voters go to the polls in November 2020, stirring chants of “Finish the Wall!” at his political rallies as he pushes for tighter border controls. But the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has completed just about 60 miles of “replacement” barrier during the first 2½ years of Trump’s presidency, all of it in areas that previously had border infrastructure.
The Obamas bought expensive coastal property because they know climate change is a hoax. Property values haven’t plummeted on Martha’s Vineyard because sellers know it too. And buyers. And real estate agents. Just about everyone knows it’s a hoax.
The Obamas bought expensive coastal property because t
Per Faux news....they have not bought anything yet you fucking asshole!!!!!
Problem is cramps....you cannot prove him wrong...
I don't have to prove him wrong. His idiocy is self-evident. Much like yours.
Per Faux news....they have not bought anything
They signed a purchase contract shit for brains. That means they bought it.
ANOTHER REASON THIS IS A TERRIBLE PRESIDENT
Former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis speaks out for the first time since resigning his post in a Wall Street Journal essay:
“Using every skill I had learned during my decades as a Marine, I did as well as I could for as long as I could. When my concrete solutions and strategic advice, especially keeping faith with our allies, no longer resonated, it was time to resign, despite the limitless joy I felt serving alongside our troops in defense of our Constitution.
“Unlike in the past, where we were unified and drew in allies, currently our own commons seems to be breaking apart. What concerns me most as a military man is not our external adversaries; it is our internal divisiveness. We are dividing into hostile tribes cheering against each other, fueled by emotion and a mutual disdain that jeopardizes our future, instead of rediscovering our common ground and finding solutions.”
If the quote I quoted was wrong, it was because it was wrong at the source I used. I did not alter or make it up, for unlike Trump, I am not a liar.
Bank Source Says Trump Had Russian Co-Signers
A source close to Deutsche Bank told MSNBC that President Trump’s tax returns show HE PAYS VERY LITTLE INCOME TAX and, more importantly, that his loans have RUSSIAN BILLIONAIRES AS CO-SIGNERS.
Said Lawrence O’Donnell: “If true, that would explain every kind word Donald Trump has ever said about Russia and Vladimir Putin.”
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THIS TRAITOR TO OUR COUNTRY RAN FOR PRESIDENT ON THE PROMISE THAT HE WOULD SEE TO IT THAT THE WEALTHY WOULD PAY MORE IN TAXES. HE LIED.
They signed a purchase contract shit for brains.
BULLSHIT YOU LYING SACK OF SHIT!!!!! No link cramps, why is that?????, no truth for you again cramps.....
Rush and American stinker saying so don't count!!!!!
Hey cramps..... this search yield no hits for you.....why is that????
Obama signs contract for beach house purchase
They signed a purchase contract shit for brains.
Cramps pulls another one out of his old white ass just like the fraud trump does!!!!! Why do you insist on making shit up? Mr. .6%!!!!
Just do it.....who cares about the law and environment when there are walls to be built!!!
President Donald Trump is so eager to complete hundreds of miles of border fence ahead of the 2020 presidential election that he has directed aides to fast-track billions of dollars' worth of construction contracts, aggressively seize private land and disregard environmental rules, according to current and former officials involved with the project.
He also has told worried subordinates that he will pardon them of any potential wrongdoing should they have to break laws to get the barriers built quickly, those officials said.
REUTERS
Trump has repeatedly promised to complete 500 miles of fencing by the time voters go to the polls in November 2020, stirring chants of "Finish the Wall!" at his political rallies as he pushes for tighter border controls.
But the US Army Corps of Engineers has completed just about 60 miles of "replacement" barrier during the first 2½ years of Trump's presidency, all of it in areas that previously had border infrastructure.
The president has told senior aides that a failure to deliver on the signature promise of his 2016 campaign would be a letdown to his supporters and an embarrassing defeat.
With the election 14 months away and hundreds of miles of fencing plans still in blueprint form, Trump has held regular White House meetings for progress updates and to hasten the pace, according to several people involved in the discussions.
When aides have suggested that some orders are illegal or unworkable, Trump has suggested he would pardon the officials if they would just go ahead, aides said.
He has waved off worries about contracting procedures and the use of eminent domain, saying "take the land," according to officials who attended the meetings.
"Don't worry, I'll pardon you," he has told officials in meetings about the wall.
"He said people expected him to build a wall, and it had to be done by the election," one former official said.
Asked for comment, a White House official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said Trump is joking when he makes such statements about pardons.
Deputy White House press secretary Hogan Gidley said Tuesday that the president is protecting the country with the addition of new border barriers.
Hey cramps..... this search yield no hits for you.....why is that????<
Because they say Obama buys beachfront mansion.
James said...
If the quote I quoted was wrong, it was because it was wrong at the source I used. I did not alter or make it up, for unlike Trump, I am not a liar.
Then stop posting shit from that source who lies "pastor"
Including your "memory"
and include the link when you are stealing from others.
ROFLMFAO !!!
@thebradfordfile
The DNC is purposely avoiding a “climate change” debate because they know it is a losing issue with voters.
So in steps CNN—to deliver a win for Trump.
Lost Years savings Rate
6.25 %
Pres. Trump Savings Rate 8.10 %
Mrs. Denise, my facts stand.
Remember all Those times Alky spoke of his wealth? I do. How he "owns" stocks and bonds and has cash reserves in the bank.
What lies. A broken drunk is ALL he has ever been and will ever be. Homeless drunkard.
The Obamas bought expensive coastal property because they know climate change is a hoax
The other thing about Obama's hypocrisy is that he was the one who said. "At a certain point, you've have made enough money."
Well Obama apparently did stop the rising of the sea, right?
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED !!!
So we're saved. We don't need a green new deal.
A Short List Of Facts Global Warming Alarmists Don’t Want To Face
The U.S. hasn’t warmed since 2005. America isn’t the entire world. But the alarmists gleefully point out regional heatwaves and the “hottest day on record” when cities endure summer scorchers. So let’s look at the data. The U.S. Climate Reference Network, “a sophisticated climate-observing network specifically designed and deployed for quantifying climate change on a national scale,” has found there’s been no warming in the U.S. going back to 2005.
In fact, says meteorologist Anthony Watts, the “little known data from the state-of-the-art” operation, “(which never seems to make it into NOAA’s monthly ‘state of the climate’ reports) show that for the past nine months, six of them were below normal.”
The data also tell us 2019’s average has been cooler than 2005’s, the first year of the data set.
https://issuesinsights.com/2019/08/26/a-short-list-of-facts-global-warming-alarmists-dont-want-to-face/
een no warming in the U.S. going back to 2005.
In fact, says meteorologist Anthony Watt
YOU DUMB FUCK!!!!!!! WATTS IS A RADIO HOST PERIOD!!!!!!!!!
He's as much a meteorologist as Lil Scotty is a constitutional law scholar.....>BWAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!
how that for the past nine months, six of them were below normal.”
That is an outright lie....The last month with below average temperatures month july 1985 you lying dumb fuck!!!!
WOW, another hot headed response by lo iq. SHOCKING ! Maybe there is something to this man-made global warming
But rather than an ad hominin attack on the author perhaps you should try to attack the source of his data:
The US Climate Reference Network (USCRN) is a network of climate stations developed and maintained by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), completed in 2008.. It has the long-term commitment of the Department of Commerce and the NOAA.
The USCRN is made up of over 143 stations in the United States. Its purpose is to maintain a sustainable high quality network which will detect, with high confidence, signals of climate change in the US. It provides the United States with a reference network that meets the requirements of the Global Climate Observing System.
The primary goal of the USCRN is to provide future long-term high-quality observations of surface air temperature and precipitation that can be coupled to past long-term observations for the detection and attribution of present and future climate change. It records data with minimal time dependent biases affecting the interpretation of decadal to centennial climate variability and change.
This program is used to collect and analyze the high-quality data on climate change. The hope is that research based on this data is thrusted to impact near and long term policy and decision plans made by senior government and business leaders.
It is being implemented and managed by the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) located in Asheville, NC. Scientists and engineers from the Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division located in Oak Ridge, TN, are assisting the NCDC USCRN program staff. System design, test, implementation, and associated expenses are being provided by the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service's Office of Systems Development.
"Al Gore Buys $8.9 Million Ocean-view Villa"
Lol@Mrs.Denise
61 % of new oil coming online in the next 12 months come from the USA.
Obamabots weep.
When gas prices topped $4 per gallon in May 2011, President Barack Obama said, “We can’t just drill our way out of the problem.”
President Trump proved the Lost Years President wrong again.
But rather than an ad hominid attack on the author perhaps you should try to attack the source of his data:
BWAAAAAAA!!!! Ad Hominem you dumb fuck!!!! Tell me how lying that Watts is a meteorologist when he is a radio host is ad hominem ....That is fact you dumb fuck....none of his papers have been peer reviewed or published in a legitimate journal...His data aint data....it is opinion asshole..... IOW....you fucking lost again you lying sack of shit !!!!!
Blogger KD said...
"Al Gore Buys $8.9 Million Ocean-view Villa"
And you think that proves what you dumb goat fucking asshole....
Blogger KD said...
"Al Gore Buys $8.9 Million Ocean-view Villa"
And you think that proves what you dumb goat fucking asshole....
convenient truth, former Vice President Al Gore and his wife, Tipper, have added a house in secluded Montecito, Calif
Suggestion to the goat fucking loser....check out a map and see where the town is compared to the pacific....I'd be more concerned about earthquakes than sea level rise you dumb white trash asshole!!!! Once again teaching you a lesson you should look shit up before looking dumber than cramps......BWAAAAAAAAA!!!!
Here you go lo iq, don't have to rely on anything but the data.
ROFLMFAO !!!
https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/temp-and-precip/national-temperature-index/time-series?datasets%5B%5D=uscrn¶meter=anom-tavg&time_scale=p12&begyear=2004&endyear=2019&month=12
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