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President Biden: The NEW one and only politics thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Moderator1, Jan 20, 2021.

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  1. dixiehack

    dixiehack Well-Known Member

    What responsibility does Republican leadership have to read the mood of the public, notice the hundreds marching in the streets, run the math on what that looks like if they go through with this and hundreds become thousands and decide that they are getting everything they want in the General Assembly anyway so why do they need to go nuclear?
     
    dixiehack, Apr 4, 2023
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  2. Octave

    Octave Well-Known Member

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    Octave, Apr 4, 2023
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  3. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    No, you just want to be a jerk toward me. Same old.

    When I posted that whoever has power selectively enforces rules (what you are NOW saying), it was snark from you.

    "Profiles in courage."

    You are right. It doesn't take 1,500 words to glibly mischaracterize people on a message board.
     
    The Big Ragu, Apr 4, 2023
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  4. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    Responsibility? None. The question is will there be consequences for them. ... That's up to the people of Tennessee.
     
    The Big Ragu, Apr 4, 2023
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  5. Regan MacNeil

    Regan MacNeil Well-Known Member

    If I had the time, I’d find the dozens (hundreds? thousands?) of dickish things you’ve said to me and others.

    How you treat others informs how others treat you. Except you have disciplinary power, for whatever reason.
     
    Regan MacNeil, Apr 4, 2023
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  6. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    1) I don't trail you around here posting dumb things about you. Me saying that isn't you being "disciplined." Feel free to be a jerk toward me -- to your heart's content. I'd rather it be me than someone who takes your bait (as has happened) and clogs up the board (as I now am, unfortunately) in a way that others then get annoyed by.

    2) You have never been "disciplined" for anything you have ever posted about me, said about me, or in response to me. Any suggestion to the contrary is bullshit.
     
    The Big Ragu, Apr 4, 2023
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  7. Regan MacNeil

    Regan MacNeil Well-Known Member

    Now who’s not responding to something the other actually said?
     
    Regan MacNeil, Apr 4, 2023
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  8. Driftwood

    Driftwood Well-Known Member

    There will be no fallout for Tennessee Republicans. They have held both houses in the General Assembly and ultimately a super majority since 2009. From 1970 to 2010, the governor's mansion was occupied by a different party with each new gov. The GOP has had it ever since.
     
    Driftwood, Apr 4, 2023
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  9. HanSenSE

    HanSenSE Well-Known Member

    Won't anyone think of the people who are losing representation in the statehouse?
     
    HanSenSE, Apr 4, 2023
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  10. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    This is the sad part for me. They have the ability to expel members who they deem unfit to serve. Which gives a lot of lattitude, obviously, and now they are going to turn it into a perversion.

    My hope would still be that they don't get the 2/3 vote that they need; that maybe among those Republicans there are some Adam Kinzinger types who will do the right thing.

    This is ultimately on the people of Tennessee. That legislature is comprised of who it is because of who they have voted in.
     
    The Big Ragu, Apr 4, 2023
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  11. Oggiedoggie

    Oggiedoggie Well-Known Member

    The Tennessee Democrats were just tourists and the guy with the megaphone was obviously the tour guide. I thought folks in Tennessee liked tourists.
     
    Oggiedoggie, Apr 4, 2023
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  12. Driftwood

    Driftwood Well-Known Member

    Driftwood, Apr 4, 2023
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