Fetterman's growing on me
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wrote on 6 Jan 2024, 18:57 last edited by
He's not going to be very popular in the party.
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wrote on 6 Jan 2024, 19:00 last edited by
@Mik said in Fetterman's growing on me:
He's not going to be very popular in the party.
Meh… I’m cynical. I think the Powers That Be in the Democrat Party realize they have overextended themselves and are preparing for a shift to the center. Having Fetterman take the lead also helps them try to resecure the rust belt cities…
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wrote on 6 Jan 2024, 19:07 last edited by
Possibly. But I have a sneaking suspicion that the [prevailing belief in Washington is that we will need these people to keep the economy growing and our social programs in place. That would explain why we've done essentially nothing about it for decades.
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Possibly. But I have a sneaking suspicion that the [prevailing belief in Washington is that we will need these people to keep the economy growing and our social programs in place. That would explain why we've done essentially nothing about it for decades.
wrote on 6 Jan 2024, 19:11 last edited by@Mik said in Fetterman's growing on me:
Possibly. But I have a sneaking suspicion that the [prevailing belief in Washington is that we will need these people to keep the economy growing and our social programs in place. That would explain why we've done essentially nothing about it for decades.
And they are right, to a degree as well. We still need to maintain large scale immigration. The numbers need to be brought down a good bit, and we need to have better security and paths to citizenship while respecting the security of our borders.
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@Mik said in Fetterman's growing on me:
Possibly. But I have a sneaking suspicion that the [prevailing belief in Washington is that we will need these people to keep the economy growing and our social programs in place. That would explain why we've done essentially nothing about it for decades.
And they are right, to a degree as well. We still need to maintain large scale immigration. The numbers need to be brought down a good bit, and we need to have better security and paths to citizenship while respecting the security of our borders.
wrote on 6 Jan 2024, 22:32 last edited by@LuFins-Dad said in Fetterman's growing on me:
@Mik said in Fetterman's growing on me:
Possibly. But I have a sneaking suspicion that the [prevailing belief in Washington is that we will need these people to keep the economy growing and our social programs in place. That would explain why we've done essentially nothing about it for decades.
And they are right, to a degree as well. We still need to maintain large scale immigration. The numbers need to be brought down a good bit, and we need to have better security and paths to citizenship while respecting the security of our borders.
We could start by offering immediate citizenship to the staff and families of Taiwan-based TSMC - heck, pay relocation expenses.
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wrote on 6 Jan 2024, 23:29 last edited by
That would be way too smart.
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wrote on 6 Jan 2024, 23:57 last edited by
It would be smarter and cheaper to just move the population and its key resources here than to go to war over it.
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wrote on 7 Jan 2024, 01:38 last edited by
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wrote on 7 Jan 2024, 02:37 last edited by
Why take the land back?
It’s not going anywhere.
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wrote on 8 Jan 2024, 13:44 last edited by
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wrote on 8 Jan 2024, 13:55 last edited by
The stock bill has a lot of cosponsors. It's good legislation and needs to be passed.
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wrote on 8 Jan 2024, 13:56 last edited by Mik 1 Aug 2024, 13:57
It does indeed. Way, way too much temptation.
Should we really look at it, I wonder how many examples we would see on Congresscritters who 'got lucky' om office.
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wrote on 8 Jan 2024, 13:57 last edited by
The Pelosi Effect.
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wrote on 8 Jan 2024, 13:58 last edited by
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It would be smarter and cheaper to just move the population and its key resources here than to go to war over it.
wrote on 9 Jan 2024, 02:16 last edited by@Mik said in Fetterman's growing on me:
It would be smarter and cheaper to just move the population and its key resources here than to go to war over it.
LOL
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wrote on 19 Jan 2024, 17:07 last edited by Mik
Seems like a no-brainer to me.
Fetterman gets a gold
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@Mik said in Fetterman's growing on me:
Seems like a no-brainer to me.
Fetterman gets a gold
barstar from me.The surprising thing is that he's saying out loud. He's forcing Schumer's hand.
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wrote on 19 Jan 2024, 17:18 last edited by
I wonder if his health issues made him decide to speak up about what he really believes? A major scare can push people to re-evaluate their lives.
