POTUS 45:55: Wow, @CNN RATINGS HAVE CRASHED. LOST ALL CREDIBILITY!

[SJHovey]

Re: POTUS 45:55: Wow, @CNN RATINGS HAVE CRASHED. LOST ALL CREDIBILITY!

Oh, and she isn’t missing it. She’s just choosing the other option. I’m starting to think she’s right. Nancy is a dinosaur and the meteor hit November 8. She’s on borrowed time and the landscape is going to look a hell of a lot different very soon.

See that's the interesting question. Will the landscape look a lot different very soon?

Politics is and always has been about relationships if you want to get something done. You do people favors, you work on their behalf, a credit goes in your column.

I saw it when I worked for the North Dakota legislature. People had no idea why their bill got killed. It didn't get killed by the committee chairman with whom they thought they had a good relationship. It got killed by someone behind the scenes who was owed a favor by that committee chairman.

You look at a guy like Paul Wellstone. Probably as far left as there was for his time. Yet he was well-liked by people in Congress on both sides of the aisle, even though many of them thought of his politics as extreme.

It's a relationship business. Kind of like the corporate world. Four representatives in the US House have about as much power as you or I have if they don't build relationships. Energy, enthusiasm, great ideas and a million twitter followers won't get you anywhere, alone.

 

[burd]

Re: POTUS 45:55: Wow, @CNN RATINGS HAVE CRASHED. LOST ALL CREDIBILITY!

Trump is a radical.
So are AOC and Bernie.

Both can be, and are, true.

I don't think trump is a radical. He's a racist, ignorant, lazy, self-loving, tribalist bully. He has neither the patience nor the brains to be a radical. He's just a very dangerous fool.

 

[bronconick]

Re: POTUS 45:55: Wow, @CNN RATINGS HAVE CRASHED. LOST ALL CREDIBILITY!

Trump is a radical.
So are AOC and Bernie.

Both can be, and are, true.

90% of the Republicans are "radicals" by the same comparison. Maybe a quarter of Democrats are the same.

 

[ScoobyDoo]

Re: POTUS 45:55: Wow, @CNN RATINGS HAVE CRASHED. LOST ALL CREDIBILITY!

I think the most important thing to remember is Republicans think Susan Collins is a centrist. And Biden thinks he can work with her "to get things done".

What's the old adage about insanity? Repeating the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result?

 

[Kepler]

Re: POTUS 45:55: Wow, @CNN RATINGS HAVE CRASHED. LOST ALL CREDIBILITY!

I don't think trump is a radical. He's a racist, ignorant, lazy, self-loving, tribalist bully. He has neither the patience nor the brains to be a radical. He's just a very dangerous fool.

Dump is not a radical. He has no political ideology. He's just a narcissist.

The following is an abbreviated summary of the diagnostic criteria for NPD according to the DSM-V, which is the industry standard for diagnosis of psychological conditions.

A grandiose sense of self-importance

A preoccupation with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love.

A belief that he or she is “special” and unique and can only be understood by or should associate with similar high-status people and organizations

A need for excessive admiration.

A sense of entitlement or unreasonable expectation of special treatment or extreme loyalty

A tendency to use others for their own needs or wants

A lack of empathy, or unwillingness/inability to recognize and honor the needs and feelings of others

Proneness to envy or having a belief that they are envied by others

A sense of arrogance shown in behaviors and/or attitudes

 

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

Re: POTUS 45:55: Wow, @CNN RATINGS HAVE CRASHED. LOST ALL CREDIBILITY!

Grab them by the ***** is ok though

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">When will the Radical Left Congresswomen apologize to our Country, the people of Israel and even to the Office of the President, for the foul language they have used, and the terrible things they have said. So many people are angry at them & their horrible & disgusting actions!</p>— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1150720283654938625?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 15, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[Kepler]

Re: POTUS 45:55: Wow, @CNN RATINGS HAVE CRASHED. LOST ALL CREDIBILITY!

See that's the interesting question. Will the landscape look a lot different very soon?

Politics is and always has been about relationships if you want to get something done. You do people favors, you work on their behalf, a credit goes in your column.

I saw it when I worked for the North Dakota legislature. People had no idea why their bill got killed. It didn't get killed by the committee chairman with whom they thought they had a good relationship. It got killed by someone behind the scenes who was owed a favor by that committee chairman.

You look at a guy like Paul Wellstone. Probably as far left as there was for his time. Yet he was well-liked by people in Congress on both sides of the aisle, even though many of them thought of his politics as extreme.

It's a relationship business. Kind of like the corporate world. Four representatives in the US House have about as much power as you or I have if they don't build relationships. Energy, enthusiasm, great ideas and a million twitter followers won't get you anywhere, alone.

This is a great post.

 

[ScoobyDoo]

Re: POTUS 45:55: Wow, @CNN RATINGS HAVE CRASHED. LOST ALL CREDIBILITY!

Dump is not a radical. He has no political ideology. He's just a narcissist.

I think he meets the definition.


Radical

noun
noun: radical; plural noun: radicals

1.
a person who advocates thorough or complete political or social reform; a member of a political party or part of a party pursuing such aims.

He does have a political ideology. It's one that many monarchies have had and it's radically different than the United States Constitution which he uses for toilet paper on a daily basis.

 

[Kepler]

Re: POTUS 45:55: Wow, @CNN RATINGS HAVE CRASHED. LOST ALL CREDIBILITY!

<img src="https://images.dailykos.com/images/695338/story_image/TMW2019-07-17color.png?1562960706" height="500">

 

[ScoobyDoo]

Re: POTUS 45:55: Wow, @CNN RATINGS HAVE CRASHED. LOST ALL CREDIBILITY!

This is a great post.

Sure. Try and work with Susan Collins, Lindsey Graham, and Mitch McConnell. See how far you get.

 

[SJHovey]

Re: POTUS 45:55: Wow, @CNN RATINGS HAVE CRASHED. LOST ALL CREDIBILITY!

If I were a freshman Democrat in the House, here is what I would do. I'd get as close to Pelosi as possible. First, that's where the power is. Second, you can learn something. That doesn't mean in the quiet of your office late at night you aren't sitting there thinking she's a dinosaur and has to go at the earliest possible moment. But you have to accumulate power. You can't seize it as a brand new member of a legislative body.

With respect to those on the other side of the aisle, there are ways of acting while still not burning every bridge. When you attack wrongs, attack the wrong, not the person who you perceive as the wrongdoer.

Plus, the big issues that we see in the news everyday are just a small fraction of what Congress does. You may be completely disgusted by what Collins did on the Supreme Court vote, but that doesn't mean there aren't issues where you might share some common interest in both of your districts.

 

[burd]

Re: POTUS 45:55: Wow, @CNN RATINGS HAVE CRASHED. LOST ALL CREDIBILITY!

If I were a freshman Democrat in the House, here is what I would do. I'd get as close to Pelosi as possible. First, that's where the power is. Second, you can learn something. That doesn't mean in the quiet of your office late at night you aren't sitting there thinking she's a dinosaur and has to go at the earliest possible moment. But you have to accumulate power. You can't seize it as a brand new member of a legislative body.

With respect to those on the other side of the aisle, there are ways of acting while still not burning every bridge. When you attack wrongs, attack the wrong, not the person who you perceive as the wrongdoer.

Plus, the big issues that we see in the news everyday are just a small fraction of what Congress does. You may be completely disgusted by what Collins did on the Supreme Court vote, but that doesn't mean there aren't issues where you might share some common interest in both of your districts.

What'll you do about pizzing Scooby off?

 

[unofan]

If I were a freshman Democrat in the House, here is what I would do. I'd get as close to Pelosi as possible. First, that's where the power is. Second, you can learn something. That doesn't mean in the quiet of your office late at night you aren't sitting there thinking she's a dinosaur and has to go at the earliest possible moment. But you have to accumulate power. You can't seize it as a brand new member of a legislative body.

With respect to those on the other side of the aisle, there are ways of acting while still not burning every bridge. When you attack wrongs, attack the wrong, not the person who you perceive as the wrongdoer.

Plus, the big issues that we see in the news everyday are just a small fraction of what Congress does. You may be completely disgusted by what Collins did on the Supreme Court vote, but that doesn't mean there aren't issues where you might share some common interest in both of your districts.

The problem with that is the underlying assumption that the other side wants to govern responsibly, too.

If one side had the sole goal of making the other side lose power, then the system of compromises and trading votes falls apart.

I'm with Kepler, we need to bring back earmarks as the grease to keep the legislative wheels turning. I'm willing to accept some bridges to nowhere if it means a return to legislative norms.

 

[The Rube]

Re: POTUS 45:55: Wow, @CNN RATINGS HAVE CRASHED. LOST ALL CREDIBILITY!

90% of the Republicans are "radicals" by the same comparison. Maybe a quarter of Democrats are the same.

I would agree with that.

And also what hovey said about relationships/power/etc, hence my desire to see AOC learn from Pelosi and grow from there.

 

[Kepler]

Re: POTUS 45:55: Wow, @CNN RATINGS HAVE CRASHED. LOST ALL CREDIBILITY!

Sure. Try and work with Susan Collins, Lindsey Graham, and Mitch McConnell. See how far you get.

That isn't what he said.

 

[dxmnkd316]

Re: POTUS 45:55: Wow, @CNN RATINGS HAVE CRASHED. LOST ALL CREDIBILITY!

If I were a freshman Democrat in the House, here is what I would do. I'd get as close to Pelosi as possible. First, that's where the power is. Second, you can learn something. That doesn't mean in the quiet of your office late at night you aren't sitting there thinking she's a dinosaur and has to go at the earliest possible moment. But you have to accumulate power. You can't seize it as a brand new member of a legislative body.

With respect to those on the other side of the aisle, there are ways of acting while still not burning every bridge. When you attack wrongs, attack the wrong, not the person who you perceive as the wrongdoer.

Plus, the big issues that we see in the news everyday are just a small fraction of what Congress does. You may be completely disgusted by what Collins did on the Supreme Court vote, but that doesn't mean there aren't issues where you might share some common interest in both of your districts.

That’s cute and all. Where are the calls for the right wing to work with the democrats?

Until then, these kinds of posts aren’t great, they’re useless platitudes.

 

[Kepler]

Re: POTUS 45:55: Wow, @CNN RATINGS HAVE CRASHED. LOST ALL CREDIBILITY!

If I were a freshman Democrat in the House, here is what I would do. I'd get as close to Pelosi as possible. First, that's where the power is. Second, you can learn something. That doesn't mean in the quiet of your office late at night you aren't sitting there thinking she's a dinosaur and has to go at the earliest possible moment. But you have to accumulate power. You can't seize it as a brand new member of a legislative body.

With respect to those on the other side of the aisle, there are ways of acting while still not burning every bridge. When you attack wrongs, attack the wrong, not the person who you perceive as the wrongdoer.

Plus, the big issues that we see in the news everyday are just a small fraction of what Congress does. You may be completely disgusted by what Collins did on the Supreme Court vote, but that doesn't mean there aren't issues where you might share some common interest in both of your districts.

This is also a great post. I would add that the final paragraph also cuts this way: when we see breathless stories about a rift between Pelosi and AOC those are clickbait: a lazy trope so simple even infotainment boobs-on-a-stick can report it and so puerile even the average voter can follow it. In reality, the Methuselah Wing and the Molotov Wing work hand in glove on 95% of House business, but stories about that don't move Twizzlers and iPhones.

 

[ScoobyDoo]

Re: POTUS 45:55: Wow, @CNN RATINGS HAVE CRASHED. LOST ALL CREDIBILITY!

That’s cute and all. Where are the calls for the right wing to work with the democrats?

There are none.

 

[The Rube]

Re: POTUS 45:55: Wow, @CNN RATINGS HAVE CRASHED. LOST ALL CREDIBILITY!

That’s cute and all. Where are the calls for the right wing to work with the democrats?

Until then, these kinds of posts aren’t great, they’re useless platitudes.

I'll call on them. Both sides need to get their head out of their arses and start working to unite the dam country. I'm tired of this polarizing BS.

 

[dxmnkd316]

Re: POTUS 45:55: Wow, @CNN RATINGS HAVE CRASHED. LOST ALL CREDIBILITY!

This is a great post.

No, it’s not. It’s approaching the problem like Chamberlain. We’re dealing with people who think children in concentration camps is normal. You don’t beat nazis by doing them favors.

I have absolutely no idea why you think this is a great post. The first third is fine and all. The last two thirds is mind bogglingly naive. Mitch isn’t going to do you a favor if you scratch his back.