What Did President Trump Do Now?

**Frownland** · 01-19-2017, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Anteater

Cause if they choose to live anywhere else, their vote will not matter.

Combatting this victimization of having a less popular opinion by making the votes from LA not matter doesn't solve anything.

**Frownland** · 01-19-2017, 08:41 AM

A message for John Lewis and any whiners who patted themselves on the back for posting "Not my president!" on Facebook.

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 01-19-2017, 08:48 AM

on my way home from school i was stopped by a news reporter and asked for my thoughts on trump. i'm kinda scared though because the friend i was with is a trump supporter so if they only show what he said i'll end up on the news looking like a douchenozzle who thinks trump is going to "fix america and end pc culture."

**Frownland** · 01-19-2017, 08:51 AM

That feeling when Trump's pandering is literal political correctness.

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 01-19-2017, 08:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

That feeling when Trump's pandering is literal political correctness.

i agree. i went on a rant about the state of politics and the influence of the media and the internet but i doubt it'll make the news. whereas my friend screaming about immigration and pc culture is almost guaranteed.

**Frownland** · 01-19-2017, 08:59 AM

Hang on, is your sidekick one of those half-informed Trump supporters or is this a different friend?

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 01-19-2017, 09:08 AM

my sidekick?

edit - oh wait, yeah. it's him.

**Frownland** · 01-19-2017, 09:08 AM

lol mine is too

Chula Vista · 01-19-2017, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by riseagainstrocks

The soon-to-be President called a massive news organization a bunch of liars in the middle of a nationally televised press conference. Representative of that organization asks for the opportunity to defend himself (we'll never know, but I suspect it would be to clarify that what they reported was that intelligence officials were briefing Trump on the dossier, as opposed to saying it was true - a distinction that the Brietbarts and Infowars of the world DO NOT make). The President-elect then continues to berate this reporter and calls on his good friends at **** Decency, This is the Internet (outrageous headlines from the President's favorite "journalists") for his next soft-pitch.

This isn't partisan for me. I lean left, but I'm hardly a Hillary or Bernie supporter. If Mike Pence was giving these press conferences he would let the question be asked and if was unfair, he would attack it. This is what rational humans do. Trump is plunging his tiny hands into the body politic, ripping out organs of the state, and severing connections between all the moving parts.

And to rebut Neapolitan's point, there are over 200 million registered voters. For ease of argument, let's say 200 million exactly (source). Donald Trump received 62,979,636 votes (let's call it 63 million - source). Therefore, 31.5% of eligible voters cast their ballots for him. But none of this matters when you look at approval ratings. Your choice goes from this person vs. this person to thoughts on a single person. Approval rating polls are conducted among voters and non-voters, Republicans, Democrats, and others.

What is a fact is that Donald J. Trump has historically low approval ratings for how the transition is being handled (source). Could have something to do with his know-nothing appointments to Housing and Urban Development (1:40-2:00 is a classic gaff, obviously not what he meant, but still), Education (Devoss), and, to a lesser extent, Health and Human Services.

You guys could take the tack of: 'yeah Donald Trump isn't really a Republican or conservative, but he won, so let's be vigilant when he oversteps and make ourselves heard so he shuts down his 3 AM twitter "diplomacy", but overall we need to support the President.' But instead I see a full-throated defense of many of his outrageous statements, actions, contradictions, and tantrums. That, I don't get.

Finally, I've made a couple of thorough responses to several of you in here that have not been replied to. Is MB just a place to make statements and have petty fights? If so, I'll stop attempting actual discourse. Just trying to figure out the how the culture has changed here.

Chula Vista · 01-19-2017, 10:48 AM

One thing I'd like to see changed is how the Senate is comprised. The "Two senators per state regardless of population" thing is just plain dumb.

Wyoming's two senators represent approx. 291 thousand people each.

California's two senators represent approx. 19.17 million people each.

Why should Wyoming have as much power voting on legislation, that will affect the entire country, as California?

That's a 66 to 1 ratio in population yet it's a 1 to 1 ratio in voting power?????

01-19-2017, 08:41 AM	#1142 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	A message for John Lewis and any whiners who patted themselves on the back for posting "Not my president!" on Facebook. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

01-19-2017, 08:51 AM	#1144 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	That feeling when Trump's pandering is literal political correctness. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

01-19-2017, 08:59 AM	#1146 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Hang on, is your sidekick one of those half-informed Trump supporters or is this a different friend? __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

01-19-2017, 09:08 AM	#1148 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	lol mine is too __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

01-19-2017, 10:48 AM	#1150 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	One thing I'd like to see changed is how the Senate is comprised. The "Two senators per state regardless of population" thing is just plain dumb. Wyoming's two senators represent approx. 291 thousand people each. California's two senators represent approx. 19.17 million people each. Why should Wyoming have as much power voting on legislation, that will affect the entire country, as California? That's a 66 to 1 ratio in population yet it's a 1 to 1 ratio in voting power????? __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”