Prominent Republicans throw weight behind Biden as Trump's convention opens

[RJRS1301]

1 minute ago, J Town said:

His campaign repeatedly shows videos of the current sh!tshow threatening that if people vote for Biden, this is what they will suffer. His supporters don't have the proper number of available brain cells to realize 45 is showing what HE has already done. SMH!!!

Ouch

[Morch]

11 hours ago, TopDeadSenter said:

The GOP convention kicks off. Trump unveils the best 2nd term agenda ever, tackling the issues all Americans want. Sad to see the media ignore the GOP agenda they should be discussing, and run with this anti Trump nonsense of RINOs doing RINO stuff. IIRC, Flake and Conway hate Trump more than they love America, not exactly newsworthy.

 I hope we get a thread where we can objectively discus the GOP agenda for the 2nd term?

 

Yeah, how about you actually objectively discuss the supposed GOP agenda, instead of the usual combo of Trump adulation and Democrat bashing? I mean, it's on topic and no one is stopping you. But then again, I don't recall you "discussing" Democratic Party platform and policy on those topics either, just the same old.

 

As for the RINO label - is RINO now anyone not fully supportive of Trump? No place for differing points of view within the party? Oh yeah, I see the "traitor" variations coming up so guess that's that.

[Morch]

8 hours ago, Pattaya Spotter said:

Do they mean the ones who were kicked out of the Party or quit after losing their primary races? Most people just call them "losers."

 

How do you mean "kicked out of the Party"?

[Dap]

2 hours ago, Tippaporn said:

If the votes ever do get counted.  LOL  I expect maximum mischief out of the Dems as they many of them are literally fighting for their lives.  You think things are insane now?  Just wait.

The mischief began a long time ago with Trump assailing the veracity of mail-in ballots, (which by the way he and his family have used extensively) but then he appoints one of his major monetary backers as the new man in charge of the USPS who then begins to dismantle the system. Dems Mischief? HAH!! What he's done borders on criminal action. This man is a major threat to us all, you included. Open your eyes to what this man is doing before it's too late, and too late is waaaay closer than you perceive.

Edited August 25, 2020 by Dap

[Morch]

4 hours ago, Tippaporn said:

Given my experience with your posts, Eric, I have never, ever read a single word of praise for or appreciation or commendation or approval of any Trump accomplishment.  Of course in your mind Trump has none since, again from my experience, you've never expressed one.  So please don't lecture me on what action Trump should have taken, re the protests and riots and looting and property destruction and assaults and arson, as it is plainly obvious that there is no such action which exists that Trump could or should have taken to gain your approval.

 

Your post is a canard in that you've already pre-judged any Trump action as nefarious, self-serving, criminal, vile, shameful, perverse, deplorable, or vicious but you mislead the reader to think there is something about Trump or his actions that you could consider praiseworthy.

 

Rather amusing coming from a poster firmly entrenched in pro-Trump, anti-Democrat narrative. All the more so when claiming "objectivity", but refusing to share any criticism of Trump on these discussions.

 

Once more, other than in your mind, there's no obligation to praise Trump. Nada. That insistence, coupled with the bogus "haters" label just shows you cannot actually deal with opposing views.

[Morch]

4 hours ago, Maktian D said:

Good Riddance to all those in this list.   we dont need these low life career politician . these folks are the reason why America is bleeding

 

Do explain how these specific individuals are "the reason why America is bleeding"? Is endorsing Trump an imperative? Is anyone not supporting Trump responsible for the same "bleeding"? That would imply most voters, or at the very least half, are a clear and present danger or some other covfefe that will surely come up shortly in one Trump supporter rant or another.

[Morch]

2 hours ago, Tippaporn said:

LOL, Jimmy Carter is 95 years old, a Democrat, and supports Biden.  Natch.  Of the remaining living Presidents there are only Clinton, Bush and Obama.  Clinton and Obama are Dems and staunch foes of Trump for obvious reasons.  I doubt Bush has any love for Trump and if it were me I'd rather not have his endorsement.  So there's a first time for everything.  Is that supposed to be bad?  LOL  A completely meaningless bit of trivia.  Let that sink in.

 

 

And, of course, you'd feel and post the same if the situation was reversed. Hard to imagine you wouldn't milk it for all it's worth. Spin it all you like, there are more public figures distancing themselves from Trump or even backing up the other guy. Meaningless bit of trivia for you, as it does not support your narrative, that's all.

[Pattaya Spotter]

1 hour ago, heybruce said:

Tech stocks that have benefited from the pandemic are skewing the result:

 

"But what’s most striking is what’s been happening more recently – since June, while the biggest stocks have been pulling the S&P towards record highs from February, the S&P minus those ten names is still lower than it was just two months ago. "  https://www.thestreet.com/trends/news/heres-what-the-s-p-500-looks-like-in-2020-without-big-tech

 

It's also worth remembering that the stock market doesn't have much competition for investment dollars.  With interest rates near zero there isn't a viable alternative for many investors to the market.

Tech companies are the future...ExxonMobil was just booted from the Dow Jones Industrial Index and replaced by Salesforce.com, Amgen, and Honeywell Inc.

[candide]

1 hour ago, Pattaya Spotter said:

The poster said Trump's trade war is a "complete disaster" for American business...the stock market is probably the best barometer we have of the health of America's large public companies, which are the ones most likely to engage in international trade.

As the two bubble burst we experienced during the previous decade are showing! Lol!

 

Meanwhile the actual figures: the US trade deficit has increased during Trumps tenure: From $ 735 trillion in 2016 to $ 854 trillion in 2019.

Promise kept! ????

https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c0004.html

 

But some good news! The China trade deficit has decreased from 346 trillion in 2016 to 345 trillion in 2019! 

[J Town]

1 minute ago, candide said:

But some good news! The China trade deficit has decreased from 346 trillion in 2016 to 345 trillion in 2019! 

Sooooooo . . . winning?

[Phoenix Rising]

43 minutes ago, J Town said:

Sooooooo . . . winning?

No more winning please, we're tired to the bone!

[Berkshire]

46 minutes ago, Pattaya Spotter said:

2 hours ago, heybruce said:

Tech stocks that have benefited from the pandemic are skewing the result:

 

"But what’s most striking is what’s been happening more recently – since June, while the biggest stocks have been pulling the S&P towards record highs from February, the S&P minus those ten names is still lower than it was just two months ago. "  https://www.thestreet.com/trends/news/heres-what-the-s-p-500-looks-like-in-2020-without-big-tech

 

It's also worth remembering that the stock market doesn't have much competition for investment dollars.  With interest rates near zero there isn't a viable alternative for many investors to the market.

Tech companies are the future...ExxonMobil was just booted from the Dow Jones Industrial Index and replaced by Salesforce.com, Amgen, and Honeywell Inc.

The stock market looks into the future, usually 6 months ahead.  So in addition to what Bruce is saying, the market is pricing in a Biden victory....based on the polls.  55555

[candide]

49 minutes ago, candide said:

As the two bubble burst we experienced during the previous decade are showing! Lol!

 

Meanwhile the actual figures: the US trade deficit has increased during Trumps tenure: From $ 735 trillion in 2016 to $ 854 trillion in 2019.

Promise kept! ????

https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c0004.html

 

But some good news! The China trade deficit has decreased from 346 trillion in 2016 to 345 trillion in 2019! 

Oooops! Billion not trillion ????

[Tie Dye Samurai]

3 hours ago, Tippaporn said:

If the votes ever do get counted.  LOL  I expect maximum mischief out of the Dems as they many of them are literally fighting for their lives.  You think things are insane now?  Just wait.

nobody is literally fighting for their life more than Donald Trump.

 

I always love this narrative that the dems are going to cheat when we are talking about Donald Trump....when a G.O.P.-Led Senate Panel Details Ties Between 2016 Trump Campaign and Russia just last week. Trump has been gearing up for months to say the election will be rigged (just like he was gearing up in 2016 before he shocked himself and his wife and won) so he does not have to accept the outcome. Finally he came right out and said "The only way we lose is if it is rigged"...it is August and he has already basically told us he is not going to accept the outcome of the election. The guy cant even show us his taxes voluntarily (of course he is about to anyhow, isn't he? lol)

 

So if Trump loses, it is rigged.....if he wins then everything was above board and mail in voting is a great thing and democracy has spoken...I have asked this before....when Trump loses does anybody think he will show up at Biden's inauguration? Or will there be any type of peaceful transition of power? He already has his Maganese here on TV committed to the proposition, as the quote above from Tippaporn shows, that the Dems are the ones cheating...

 

Retired Federal Judge Maryanne Trump Barry quotes on Donald Trump:

1. The lack of preparation. The lying. Holy Sh-the has no principles

2. He has no principles

3. You cant trust him

 

I guess she is a fake news swamp demmy dem dem radical left mod squad antifa loser...

 

 

BTippaporn,

[Chomper Higgot]

4 hours ago, Tippaporn said:

If the votes ever do get counted.  LOL  I expect maximum mischief out of the Dems as they many of them are literally fighting for their lives.  You think things are insane now?  Just wait.

Utter nonsense.

 

It is the Republicans who blocked legislation and funding to protect the election from foreign interference.

 

It is the Republicans vandalizing the USPS ahead of the election that will rely heavily on mailed voting.

 

It is Trump who is the subject of at least two Gran Juries and who faces criminal

prosecution the minute he leaves office.

[J Town]

43 minutes ago, candide said:

Oooops! Billion not trillion ????

At this point does it really matter?

[earlinclaifornia]

Was Donald Trump, Jr. "coked out of his mind"?: Twitter reacts to opening night of RNC 2020

https://news.yahoo.com/donald-trump-jr-coked-mind-083305399.html  He acts absolutely toasted!

[candide]

8 minutes ago, J Town said:

At this point does it really matter?

It matters. For example, in order to get a decrease of $1 billion of the trade deficit with China, US businesses and consumers had to pay $41 billion in additional tariffs. ????

[Puchaiyank]

Stark contrast between the dismal doom and gloom the Dens were peddling at their convention vs an America which offers hope and opportunity to ALL Americans as portrayed by real people living their dream.

 

It comes down to this:  Do you see an America filled with chaos and anarchy or a safe America offer a bright and stable future to the population?  

 

The choice is clear...unless you are a dumb son-of-a-gun.

[Chomper Higgot]

5 minutes ago, Puchaiyank said:

Stark contrast between the dismal doom and gloom the Dens were peddling at their convention vs an America which offers hope and opportunity to ALL Americans as portrayed by real people living their dream.

 

It comes down to this:  Do you see an America filled with chaos and anarchy or a safe America offer a bright and stable future to the population?  

 

The choice is clear...unless you are a dumb son-of-a-gun.

A message the Trump campaign pushed using violence and rioting occurring in America under Trump’s Presidency.

 

Classic Trump - accusing others of what he himself has done.

 

 

Edited August 25, 2020 by Chomper Higgot

[Chomper Higgot]

With so many of Trump’s family appearing as ‘key speakers’ one has to wonder why Eric hasn’t shown up.

 

Perhaps because he’s just taken the ‘5th’.

[Tie Dye Samurai]

1 hour ago, Puchaiyank said:

Stark contrast between the dismal doom and gloom the Dens were peddling at their convention vs an America which offers hope and opportunity to ALL Americans as portrayed by real people living their dream.

 

It comes down to this:  Do you see an America filled with chaos and anarchy or a safe America offer a bright and stable future to the population?  

 

The choice is clear...unless you are a dumb son-of-a-gun.

You have got to be joking...listen to Dear President rambling on with rays of sunshine spewing from his mouth:

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/510900-trump-claims-biden-is-against-god

 

 

 

[Morch]

1 hour ago, Puchaiyank said:

Stark contrast between the dismal doom and gloom the Dens were peddling at their convention vs an America which offers hope and opportunity to ALL Americans as portrayed by real people living their dream.

 

It comes down to this:  Do you see an America filled with chaos and anarchy or a safe America offer a bright and stable future to the population?  

 

The choice is clear...unless you are a dumb son-of-a-gun.

 

I dunno, maybe you were watching some other Democratic and Republican conventions. Even Fox news did not stoop to such obvious "alternative" account. As for offers of hope and opportunity to ALL Americans - would this include them over 170,000 Americans and their families that you and the Trump campaign talking point try to ignore?

 

Living their dream? Sure. Trump might be living his, maybe others on his team too. Ardent supporters as well. Other than that, I kinda doubt most Americans would describe his term in office as the stuff dreams are made of.

 

Seeing as Trump's presidency is about chaos, aptly reflecting the man himself, there's some doubt if he can actually offer, never mind deliver, a "bright and stable future".

 

Your last line is just an echo of the political debate language Trump made mainstream. Sad.

[Puchaiyank]

51 minutes ago, Morch said:

 

I dunno, maybe you were watching some other Democratic and Republican conventions. Even Fox news did not stoop to such obvious "alternative" account. As for offers of hope and opportunity to ALL Americans - would this include them over 170,000 Americans and their families that you and the Trump campaign talking point try to ignore?

 

Living their dream? Sure. Trump might be living his, maybe others on his team too. Ardent supporters as well. Other than that, I kinda doubt most Americans would describe his term in office as the stuff dreams are made of.

 

Seeing as Trump's presidency is about chaos, aptly reflecting the man himself, there's some doubt if he can actually offer, never mind deliver, a "bright and stable future".

 

Your last line is just an echo of the political debate language Trump made mainstream. Sad.

We are apparently living in 2 different universes...????

[Dap]

2 hours ago, Puchaiyank said:

Stark contrast between the dismal doom and gloom the Dens were peddling at their convention vs an America which offers hope and opportunity to ALL Americans as portrayed by real people living their dream.

 

It comes down to this:  Do you see an America filled with chaos and anarchy or a safe America offer a bright and stable future to the population?  

 

The choice is clear...unless you are a dumb son-of-a-gun.

The choice is clear...unless you are a dumb son-of-a-gun. 

Or, anywhere near as wealthy as these criminals 

[watthong]

3 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

3 hours ago, Puchaiyank said:

Stark contrast between the dismal doom and gloom the Dens were peddling at their convention vs an America which offers hope and opportunity to ALL Americans as portrayed by real people living their dream.

 

It comes down to this:  Do you see an America filled with chaos and anarchy or a safe America offer a bright and stable future to the population?  

 

The choice is clear...unless you are a dumb son-of-a-gun.

A message the Trump campaign pushed using violence and rioting occurring in America under Trump’s Presidency.

 

Classic Trump - accusing others of what he himself has done.

or is about to do. As in: "The only way we will lose this election is if the voting is rigged" (so we might as well go ahead and rig it before anyone else does...)

 

I thought I've lost my mind after a sample viewing of the RNC Day 1. Luckily this bunch came along  and rescued my sanity.  Thank you LPTV (starting at 3:05:00)

(sorry about the repetitive link)

 

 

[watthong]

3 hours ago, Puchaiyank said:

It comes down to this:  Do you see an America filled with chaos and anarchy or a safe America offer a bright and stable future to the population?  

 

The choice is clear...unless you are a dumb son-of-a-gun.

Yes, I see it: Right now America is being fed its daily dose of chaos and anarchy under the current administration. Do I want more of this stuff? No, but it sounds like you do.

The choice is clear - and btw you are wearing your glasses backward.

[heybruce]

6 hours ago, candide said:

As the two bubble burst we experienced during the previous decade are showing! Lol!

 

Meanwhile the actual figures: the US trade deficit has increased during Trumps tenure: From $ 735 trillion in 2016 to $ 854 trillion in 2019.

Promise kept! ????

https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c0004.html

 

But some good news! The China trade deficit has decreased from 346 trillion in 2016 to 345 trillion in 2019! 

Let's not forget the Federal Deficit, which Trump promised to eliminate in his 2016 campaign.  It had gone up significantly before the Covid 19 problems  https://www.newsweek.com/trump-deficit-debt-cbo-data-obama-1463802  and has sky-rocketed since then.

 

Promises kept my a**!

[joecoolfrog]

15 hours ago, Pattaya Spotter said:

Do they mean the ones who were kicked out of the Party or quit after losing their primary races? Most people just call them "losers."

Biased Trump accolytes do not constitute ' most people '.

[Baerboxer]

On 8/25/2020 at 5:47 AM, Chomper Higgot said:

The real story here is these 27 add to all the other Republicans Trump has driven across to support Biden.

 

Mitch McConnell has given Trump until Labor Day to turn the polls around, if Trump can’t make that date ‘he’s on his own’.

 

27 has-beens switching sides hoping to resurrect their careers? Hardly prominent are they?

 

Do you have a citation for your Mitch McConnell "quote" please?