American Politics

[QUOTE=Tiny12;3067554]Without Democratic presidents, there would have been no slavery, no Civil War, no persecution of blacks in the South, no American involvement or American deaths in World War I, World War II, the Korean War or the Vietnam War, no nuclear bomb dropped on Japan, no internment of Japanese Americans in prison camps, no American hostages in Iran, no recessions in 1833,1836, 1839,1845, 1847,1853, 1857,1860, 1887,1893, 1896,1913, 1937,1945, 1949, or 1980, and no record setting inflation in 1980. And most important, our country would never have been humiliated by our president, the leader of the free world, getting blow jobs from a chubby intern.[/QUOTE]"Without Democratic presidents, there would have been no slavery, no Civil War, no persecution of blacks in the South".

Your attempts at sophistry are as lame as your fellow Anti American ISGer Tokyo Roses.

If the all the slave owners were alive today 95% would be Libertarians.

[URL]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxBbGoEDVxU[/URL]

RIP POS Jon Cornyn.

[QUOTE=MarquisdeSade1;3067739]"Without Democratic presidents, there would have been no slavery, no Civil War, no persecution of blacks in the South".

Your attempts at sophistry are as lame as your fellow Anti American ISGer Tokyo Roses.

If the all the slave owners were alive today 95% would be Libertarians.

[URL]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxBbGoEDVxU[/URL]

RIP POS Jon Cornyn.[/QUOTE]LOL a 24 yr incumbent loses by 2 to 1/ 30 points after outspending him by 80 fuckin million.

MAGA is badass.

[QUOTE=MarquisdeSade1;3067739]"Without Democratic presidents, there would have been no slavery, no Civil War, no persecution of blacks in the South".

Your attempts at sophistry are as lame as your fellow Anti American ISGer Tokyo Roses.

If the all the slave owners were alive today 95% would be Libertarians.

[URL]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxBbGoEDVxU[/URL]

RIP POS Jon Cornyn.[/QUOTE]You were all on board with this back in 2023 Marquesa. In fact you added to my list:

[QUOTE=MarquisdeSade1;2850321]"And while we're at it, without Democratic presidents, there would have been no slavery, no Civil War, no persecution of blacks in the South, no American involvement or American deaths in World War I, World War II, the Korean War or the Vietnam War, no nuclear bomb dropped on Japan, no internment of Japanese Americans in prison camps, no American hostages in Iran, no recessions in 1833,1836, 1839,1845, 1847,1853, 1857,1860, 1887,1893, 1896,1913, 1937,1945, 1949, or 1980, and no record setting inflation in 1980. And most important, our country would never have been humiliated by our president, the leader of the free world, getting blow jobs from a chubby intern".

And don't leave out Dirty Joe trying to start WW3.

[URL]https://www.newsmax.com/platinum/u-s-nuclear-capable-jets/2023/09/06/id/1133367/[/URL][/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=MarquisdeSade1;2850283]"And while we're at it, without Democratic presidents, there would have been no slavery, no Civil War, no persecution of blacks in the South, no American involvement or American deaths in World War I, World War II, the Korean War or the Vietnam War, no nuclear bomb dropped on Japan, no internment of Japanese Americans in prison camps, no American hostages in Iran, no recessions in 1833,1836, 1839,1845, 1847,1853, 1857,1860, 1887,1893, 1896,1913, 1937,1945, 1949, or 1980, and no record setting inflation in 1980. And most important, our country would never have been humiliated by our president, the leader of the free world, getting blow jobs from a chubby intern. ".

And don't forget Bubba blowing up the economy in 2008.

November 1999, then-President Bubba Clinton signed the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) into effect. GLBA repealed Sections 20 and 32 of the Glass-Steagall Act, which had prohibited the interlocking of commercial and investment activities.[/QUOTE]He may not know it, but Tooms and I are competing to come up with the most ridiculous list of false and misleading partisan propaganda. Tooms is winning. I wrote that my list, the one you quoted, was satirical. But Tooms either forgot or he enjoys debating and reciting Democrat tall tales so much that he doesn't care. For the record, I don't believe anything I wrote in what you quoted.

With Cornyn out, the next new Texas Senator will be James Talarico or Ken Paxton. Talarico believes that God is non-binary, and there are six biological sexes. Also the southern border should be like a front porch with a welcome mat. He said that eating meat is an existential threat to mankind.

Paxton was indicted for securities fraud. An Austin developer, Nate Paul, bribed him and hired his mistress. In return Attorney General (AG) Paxton stopped foreclosure proceedings against Paul's properties. And the AG's office intervened in an FBI investigation into Paul's affairs and a civil lawsuit where a foundation sued him for fraud. Paxton also sued to stop abortions from being used to save women's lives. And intervened to try to get the Supreme Court to overturn election results in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.

Well, you can't lose either way Marquesa!

[QUOTE=Tiny12;3067807]You were all on board with this back in 2023 Marquesa. In fact you added to my list:[/QUOTE]Pro Repub MAGA pretend "Bothsider-Neithersiders" bring their dishonest false-equivalencies to every argument the facts and data prevent them from winning.

So we are both doing the same thing but you kinda' sorta' "win" and come out ahead because what I am doing is worse than what you're doing, is it now? Lolol. Yep. That's the classic pro Repub MAGA pretend "bothsider-neithersider" game, alright.

Nope. What I'm posting is fully supported by facts, data and the historical record of actual results. What you're posting is nit-picking and cherry-picking utterly irrelevant anecdotes and unsubstantiated opinion.

My side produced every major economic recovery, majpr economic expansion or historic private-sector job gains of the past 100 years and none of the Great Depressions, Great Recessions or historic job losses while your side produced every Great Depression, Great Recession or historic job losses of the past 100 years and none of the great economic recoveries, great economic expansions or historic private-sector jobs creation.

None of it is the result of wild coincidences, crazy business cycles, bad luck or a witch's curse. It's just plain good old fashioned crap Repub economic policies and crap Repub stewardship vs obviously and inarguably far superior Dem policies and stewardship.

You can't even name one simple, ordinary, garden-variety program or legislation that your side has bothered to lift a finger to propose, fight for and pass when they occupied the White House and held the Majority in the House and the Senate that so much as 51% of the American people today revere and want to be left intact, not destroyed or compromised so much that it no longer improves their lives and promotes a better USA economy and standard of living. Ever. Not even after giving you and your fellow Dem-bashing Repub MAGAs well over a year to come up with just one. And while Dems have been responsible for ALL such programs and legislation.

Again, there is nothing mystical and magical about that either. One side gives a shit about producing good programs and legislation to benefit most Americans and works damn hard and takes all the political risk to accomplish it. That would be my side. The other side doesn't give a shit about that and would rather take the lazy, deadbeat, do nothing and know nothing approach by letting oligarchs who buy them their election wins loot the federal coffers at the great expense of everyone else. That would be your side.

Meanwhile, the Republican Party's record is clearly far and away worse for getting Americans killed in American Wars started while they were commander-in-chief no matter how hard you hope nobody will notice Abraham Lincoln was indeed a Republican president.

Enjoy your self-delusion if that's what allows Repub MAGAs to come up with this silly nonsense. Too bad the silliness also results in so much damage to America and the American people though.

USA, MAGA led by a geriatric. No peace with Iran, for Ormuz and Ukraine. Failures of golfer.

[QUOTE=EihTooms;3067881]Pro Repub MAGA pretend "Bothsider-Neithersiders" bring their dishonest false-equivalencies to every argument the facts and data prevent them from winning.

So we are both doing the same thing but you kinda' sorta' "win" and come out ahead because what I am doing is worse than what you're doing, is it now? Lolol. Yep. That's the classic pro Repub MAGA pretend "bothsider-neithersider" game, alright.

Nope. What I'm posting is fully supported by facts, data and the historical record of actual results. What you're posting is nit-picking and cherry-picking utterly irrelevant anecdotes and unsubstantiated opinion.

My side produced every major economic recovery, majpr economic expansion or historic private-sector job gains of the past 100 years and none of the Great Depressions, Great Recessions or historic job losses while your side produced every Great Depression, Great Recession or historic job losses of the past 100 years and none of the great economic recoveries, great economic expansions or historic private-sector jobs creation.

None of it is the result of wild coincidences, crazy business cycles, bad luck or a witch's curse. It's just plain good old fashioned crap Repub economic policies and crap Repub stewardship vs obviously and inarguably far superior Dem policies and stewardship.

You can't even name one simple, ordinary, garden-variety program or legislation that your side has bothered to lift a finger to propose, fight for and pass when they occupied the White House and held the Majority in the House and the Senate that so much as 51% of the American people today revere and want to be left intact, not destroyed or compromised so much that it no longer improves their lives and promotes a better USA economy and standard of living. Ever. Not even after giving you and your fellow Dem-bashing Repub MAGAs well over a year to come up with just one. And while Dems have been responsible for ALL such programs and legislation.

Again, there is nothing mystical and magical about that either. One side gives a shit about producing good programs and legislation to benefit most Americans and works damn hard and takes all the political risk to accomplish it. That would be my side. The other side doesn't give a shit about that and would rather take the lazy, deadbeat, do nothing and know nothing approach by letting oligarchs who buy them their election wins loot the federal coffers at the great expense of everyone else. That would be your side.

Meanwhile, the Republican Party's record is clearly far and away worse for getting Americans killed in American Wars started while they were commander-in-chief no matter how hard you hope nobody will notice Abraham Lincoln was indeed a Republican president.

Enjoy your self-delusion if that's what allows Repub MAGAs to come up with this silly nonsense. Too bad the silliness also results in so much damage to America and the American people though.[/QUOTE]No Tooms, like I said, YOU won. You're the master of the spurious correlation. Dig deeper and most of your old, historical claims about Democrats and Republicans are bogus. I've described why in many posts over the last few years. I don't have time to do that anymore. You are right on some points. Republicans did contribute to the Great Depression and Bush's nation building was a fiasco. And I agree with many (but not all) of your criticisms of Trump. Nothing else comes to mind.

In your post above you are right that Lincoln was a Republican. The rest is false or deceptive.

[QUOTE=Tiny12;3067807]You were all on board with this back in 2023 Marquesa. In fact you added to my list:
[/QUOTE]Yes you are 100% correct. Tools s leading on false ad misleading information. You can never catch up to him.

[QUOTE=Tiny12;3067976]No Tooms, like I said, YOU won. You're the master of the spurious correlation. Dig deeper and most of your old, historical claims about Democrats and Republicans are bogus. I've described why in many posts over the last few years. I don't have time to do that anymore. You are right on some points. Republicans did contribute to the Great Depression and Bush's nation building was a fiasco. And I agree with many (but not all) of your criticisms of Trump. Nothing else comes to mind.

In your post above you are right that Lincoln was a Republican. The rest is false or deceptive.[/QUOTE]Now, that's funny! Got any more unsubstantiated and totally contrary to the facts, data and record of actual results opinions to share with us?

FUN FACTS:

Before Obama's and Biden's presidencies I predicted here that their recoveries from the existential disasters each inherited from the outgoing Repub would be historic and remarkable based on the [B]D[/B] next to their names on the ballot considering that Party's consistent record for it over the previous decades. I also predicted economic disaster for Trump's presidency in between and this time around based on the [B]R[/B] next to his name on the ballot considering that Party's consistent record for it over the previous decades.

So far I am 4 for 4 on my predictions for just the most recent Dem vs Repub results. And all the facts, data and record of actual results for the past 100 years certainly bear out my observations. Boy, would my face have been red if Obama and Biden hadn't earned their place on, say, historians' greatest presidents list, Obama in the top ten and Biden only ranking marginally behind one Repub president of the past 100-plus years. And it took that one Repub 2 terms of 8 years to follow through on FDR's Interstate Highway plan in order to marginally out-rank what Biden accomplished in just 4 years.

Oh, and imagine how much crow I would have to eat if Trump's economic and national security decisions hadn't wiped out millions of jobs in his first term, the first president to leave office with fewer jobs in the economy than when he started since fellow Repub Herbert Hoover, guess what, less than 100 years ago. Or if his GDP Growth and jobs creation numbers this time around were stellar instead of paltry and pathetic, especially considering the Trillions he has added to his debt and deficits. At this point it is truly doubtful his classic Repub policies and stewardship will have created a single net gain private-sector job by the last day of his full 8 years in office!

But my face isn't red. Because my predictions were right. And I don't expect to ever in my lifetime have to eat crow on predictions of economic disaster at the hands of any Repub so-called president vs far superior results for the Dem. It doesn't require MAGA Magic to get it right, you know. All anyone really needs to know is which letter is next to their names on the ballot.

As of the 21st of May, 2026, renewables (wind and solar) had more electricity generation, than gas globally, for the first month ever in April 2026. Together, they provided 22% of global electricity in April 2026, compared with 20% from gas.

[B]For the first time, wind and solar generated more electricity than gas worldwide in April 2026,[/B] [URL]https://ember-energy.org/latest-updates/for-the-first-time-wind-and-solar-generated-more-electricity-than-gas-worldwide-in-april-2026/[/URL]

No doubt, it probably won't be a straight line trend, but just as renewables ate coal's lunch, it's coming for gas's lunch money too.

[QUOTE=Canada;3067980]Yes you are 100% correct. Tools s leading on false ad misleading information. You can never catch up to him.[/QUOTE]Yes Canada. Tombs is a smart guy but he must watch too much MSNBC. He may be in the grip of Stockholm Syndrome. He doesn't realize most of the Good Old Time Democrats, like JFK and Bill Clinton in his second term (who was tempered and guided by a Republican Congress) aren't around any longer. The leftist progressives are intent on kicking all the rationale Democrats, like Larry Summers, Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema out of the party. Instead of taking economic guidance from wise men like Larry Summers and Robert Rubin, they listen to nut cases like Stephanie Kelton, Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman. The progressives want to make the USA like France or Canada, that is, more equal but a hell of a lot poorer.

You were in the oil business. Did you ever come across a geologist who would somehow manage to always interpret the data to show there was four way, anticlinal closure over his leases? But his wells were always dry holes, and he blamed that on the engineers for screwing up the wells? In this parable Biden Democrats like Tooms are geologists. I like geologists but I wouldn’t invest money with one of them.

This covers it pretty well.

[B]Why Trump and the GOP Love the Poorly Educated:[/B]

[URL]https://m.youtube.com/shorts/KJDxxI77okU?ra=m[/URL]

I hate Americans who retired from job, then coming to live in my France for our free healthcare, when You usually needing more when getting older, so, may cost expensive when never paid tax in France. I hate to pay tax for these people who are not poor at all, but come from a third world country for health. I don t even have a doctor, as long I don t need, but I m happy to live in a so far higher level for healthcare country and so many foreigners want to benefit and too many Americans.

[QUOTE=Sirioja;3067958]USA, MAGA led by a geriatric. No peace with Iran, for Ormuz and Ukraine. Failures of golfer.[/QUOTE]I think this pathetic old who is so frustrated about women, just wants to be the center of the world, when, if he was not so dangerous, he would be just so laughable and making USA ridiculous in front of our world.

[QUOTE=Tiny12;3068147]Yes Canada. Tombs is a smart guy but he must watch too much MSNBC. He may be in the grip of Stockholm Syndrome. He doesn't realize most of the Good Old Time Democrats, like JFK and Bill Clinton in his second term (who was tempered and guided by a Republican Congress) aren't around any longer. The leftist progressives are intent on kicking all the rationale Democrats, like Larry Summers, Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema out of the party. Instead of taking economic guidance from wise men like Larry Summers and Robert Rubin, they listen to nut cases like Stephanie Kelton, Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman. The progressives want to make the USA like France or Canada, that is, more equal but a hell of a lot poorer.

You were in the oil business. Did you ever come across a geologist who would somehow manage to always interpret the data to show there was four way, anticlinal closure over his leases? But his wells were always dry holes, and he blamed that on the engineers for screwing up the wells? In this parable Biden Democrats like Tooms are geologists. I like geologists but I wouldnt invest money with one of them.[/QUOTE]Yes there were a lot of these type of people in oil industry but I suppose every industry has similar situations.

[QUOTE=EihTooms;3068027]Now, that's funny! Got any more unsubstantiated and totally contrary to the facts, data and record of actual results opinions to share with us?

FUN FACTS:

Before Obama's and Biden's presidencies I predicted here that their recoveries from the existential disasters each inherited from the outgoing Repub would be historic and remarkable based on the [B]D[/B] next to their names on the ballot considering that Party's consistent record for it over the previous decades. I also predicted economic disaster for Trump's presidency in between and this time around based on the [B]R[/B] next to his name on the ballot considering that Party's consistent record for it over the previous decades.

So far I am 4 for 4 on my predictions for just the most recent Dem vs Repub results. And all the facts, data and record of actual results for the past 100 years certainly bear out my observations. Boy, would my face have been red if Obama and Biden hadn't earned their place on, say, historians' greatest presidents list, Obama in the top ten and Biden only ranking marginally behind one Repub president of the past 100-plus years. And it took that one Repub 2 terms of 8 years to follow through on FDR's Interstate Highway plan in order to marginally out-rank what Biden accomplished in just 4 years.[/QUOTE]Fun Fact. Everyone has conceded that you have the title for posting the most fabricated lies and tales. You don't have to continue to post these lies. You already won!