Turning The Ballot Box Against Republicans

Leftists never quite grasp that the Republicans always do it back to them when they pull their dirty tricks.

No, it's usually the GOP that starts it and then we get in tit for tat for tit for tat for tit and so on

Get back with me when you are ready to talk civilly, and I'll start addressing your points again.

Roy Moore is back for more
Lauren Dezenski
Analysis by Lauren Dezenski, CNN

Updated 7:30 PM ET, Thu June 20, 2019



Washington (CNN)Roy Moore, the controversial Alabama Republican former judge who lost a special election to fill the Senate seat vacated by Jeff Sessions, is looking for a rematch against Democratic Sen. Doug Jones.

Moore made it official in a news conference this afternoon -- which he kicked off with the Pledge of Allegiance and a defiant message for his detractors.

"Can I win? Yes, I can win. Not only can I, they know I can. That's why there is such opposition," Moore said.

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Moore lost by 2 percentage points in 2017 as Jones pulled off a surprise upset and carried the ruby red state as a Democrat. Remember that President Donald Trump won Alabama by 27 points -- and Trump had endorsed Moore.

But during the campaign, three women alleged Moore had sexually abused them when they were teenagers decades ago. Moore denied the allegations and claimed that there was a "political conspiracy" against him, but the news caused the National Republican Senatorial Committee to cut ties with his campaign and the NRSC chair vowed to never support Moore again.

This time around, Moore isn't exactly waltzing into the general election -- the former judge faces strong opposition from members of his party. Moore joins an already populated primary field, including US Rep. Bradley Byrne, former Auburn University football coach Tommy Tuberville and state Rep. Arnold Mooney.

And Trump, Moore's biggest advocate in 2017, has already pooh-poohed the bid, saying Moore "cannot win" and that "Republicans cannot allow themselves to again lose the Senate seat in the Great State of Alabama."
Moore said today that his decision to run was not going against Trump's wishes -- and added that he will vote for Trump again, even if Trump doesn't vote for him.

The Point: Despite requests by Republicans in his home state and even the Oval Office for him to stay out, Roy Moore is back for seconds.

Civil discourse does not include vituperative language and demonizing of people you disagree with. That's your schtick. Your discourse has never been civil. Retaliiation is fair play. :oive with it.Your posts have always had a high quotient of horsepucky anyway. If you don't want to answer my posts which show your nonsense, that;s fine with me.

The Loon Ranger rides again

Sean Hannity just demonstrated how not to interview President Trump
Trump’s latest Fox News interview featured a number of especially incoherent moments. Hannity let him skate.

By Aaron Rupar@atrupar Jun 20, 2019, 12:35pm EDT

Sean Hannity’s latest interview with President Donald Trump served as a stark illustration of how not to hold those in power accountable.

At one point during his more than 45-minute phone interview with Hannity on Wednesday night, Trump made a bizarre, incendiary accusation against two unnamed male Democratic members of Congress.

Trump told Hannity that the Congress members took photos of his former communications staffer Hope Hicks during her closed-door House testimony earlier that day, then leaked them to the media.

“I hear they were taking pictures of her, two congressmen in particular that I see on television all the time,” Trump said. “I won’t mention their names, we don’t want to make them any more famous. But two congressmen. But they were taking pictures of her with their cellphone and then leaking the pictures of her testifying. And this was in a closed room. Look, it’s out of control. These people are absolutely — you know, they use the word, it’s a good word, I guess — unhinged.”

There’s just one problem — it appears Trump totally made the whole thing up. A Roll Call photojournalist tweeted out a photo of Hicks testifying, but there’s no indication any members of Congress took cellphone pictures of her, let alone leaked them.

But instead of pressing Trump to provide some evidence for his claim, Hannity validated the tale by saying, “Oh good grief,” before quickly moving on to teeing up softball questions for the president about the Russia investigation.

Aaron Rupar
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@atrupar
During interview with Hannity, Trump accused two members of Congress of taking creeper pics of "the wonderful Hope Hicks" during her closed-door testimony on Wednesday, and then "leaking the pictures"
8:26 AM - Jun 20, 2019

The Hicks exchange encapsulates Hannity’s approach to interviewing Trump — one that rarely produces much news, but gives both the president and his favorite Fox News host an opportunity to vent about their perceived enemies, both real and imagined.

Later during Wednesday’s interview, Trump went on an inscrutable rant about how MSNBC in particular and the media in general purportedly conspire against him. His claim, as hard to follow as it was, seemed to be that journalists hold secret meetings during which they brainstorm about words they can use during their broadcasts to make him look bad.

“They go back and they meet and [say], ‘What can we make up?’” Trump said. “Remember when everybody used the word ‘manufactured’? And every newscast had the word ‘manufactured.’ But it’s not a word associated with what they were talking about. They were talking about something being ‘manufactured.’ And every newscast started with ‘manufactured.’ And they did it with numerous words — they could come up with a word, they’d put it out. They’re all together. It’s a really disgraceful situation. Here’s the good news: We’re president.”

Hannity again didn’t press the president to clarify what he meant.

Bobby Lewis
@revrrlewis
Replying to @revrrlewis
"Remember when everybody used the word 'manufactured'? But it's not a word associated with what they were talking about. They were talking about something being 'manufactured' ... Here's the good news: We're president." W H A T is he talking about?
10:02 AM - Jun 20, 2019

Trump went on claim he was personally “able to design and redesign the [border] wall where it’s stronger, bigger, higher — you know, it actually got a little bit higher if you remember that — but it’s a better wall and it costs less money. It’s actually a stronger wall.” There isn’t a shred of evidence that Trump has been personally involved in designing the fencing that’s currently being constructed along the southern border, but predictably, Hannity predictably didn’t press the issue.

The interview, which bled into Laura Ingraham’s show, ended on an unintentionally humorous note when Hannity appeared to slyly give his producers the “kill” signal to preempt his colleague from continuing the interview with the president.

Justin Baragona
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So Hannity looks ticked off that Laura Ingraham is trying to get some time with Trump following his phone interview with the president.

You can see him not-so-subtly giving the producers the "kill" signal. Seconds later, the call ends.
12:26 AM - Jun 20, 2019
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The spectacle served as example of how not to interview Trump — assuming the interviewer is trying to make news, not spread propaganda. In this respect, it serves as a stark contrast to the interview ABC’s George Stephanopoulos conducted with Trump last week — in which Stephanopoulos challenged false claims and conspiracy theories that Trump typically gets away with on Fox News.

Oregon sends police to bring back Republicans who left state over climate bill
Jamie Ehrlich byline
By Jamie Ehrlich, CNN

Updated 8:38 PM ET, Thu June 20, 2019

Governor slams state GOP for not showing up to debate

Oregon Democratic Gov. Kate Brown on Thursday authorized state police to locate Senate Republicans and bring them back to the state Capitol after some left the state to block the chamber's proceedings.

After more than eight hours of fruitless negotiations late into Wednesday night, Republican state senators in Oregon walked out of a session on Thursday over disagreements on HB 2020, a cap and trade climate bill. All 11 GOP senators failed to appear later Thursday for floor proceedings, leaving the legislative body two senators short of a quorum, according to Kate Kondayen, a spokeswoman for Brown.

At least some of the senators have left the state, according to a statement from the Oregon Senate Republicans, and the wife of one of them says they are all in Idaho at an undisclosed location.

"They all left and are in Idaho. I don't have a way of contacting him," Peggie Boquist, wife of Oregon GOP Sen. Brian Boquist, told CNN when asked the location of her husband.

Brian Boquist met Brown's initial warning to lawmakers by telling TV station KGW: "Send bachelors and come heavily armed. I'm not going to be a political prisoner in the state of Oregon. It's just that simple."

The Oregon State Police said in a statement to CNN on Thursday that it is complying with the governor's "lawful directive," and "utilizing established relationships to have polite communication" with the missing senators.
"While we obviously have many tools at our disposal, patience and communication is and always will be our first, and preferred, option," the police said.

A view of the Senate chamber in Oregon on Thursday revealed empty seats during roll call, as the senators were marked "absent." The absence prompted Brown to authorize a request from Senate Democrats to "bring back their colleagues to finish the work they committed to push forward for Oregonians."

"As the executive of the agency, I am authorizing the State Police to fulfill the Senate Democrats' request," Brown's office said in a statement. "It is absolutely unacceptable that the Senate Republicans would turn their back on their constituents who they are honor-bound to represent here in this building. They need to return and do the jobs they were elected to do."

The state Senate Republicans said in a statement Thursday that they "made the decision to walkout and have left the state to protest cap and trade because it should be referred to the ballot so every Oregonian has a voice."

The passage and signing of HB 2020 would have Oregon join 11 other states that use market-based approaches to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The bill would place a "cap," or an overall limit on emissions, and then would provide a mechanism to sell fuel providers "emission allowances." State Republicans argue that the measure should be referred to a state ballot rather than voted on in the Legislature.

"Protesting cap and trade by walking out today represents our constituency and exactly how we should be doing our job," Senate Republican Leader Herman Baertschiger Jr. said in a statement Thursday. "We have endured threats of arrest, fines, and pulling community project funds from the Governor, Senate President and Majority Leader. We will not stand by and be bullied by the majority party any longer."

Maybe Oregon should separate these republican senators from their families and put their families in cages? (cynical)

Well, the wife should sue for desertion, since she has no idea where her husband is, how to contact him or knows when he's planning on coming back.

You're lying again.

That's just more of your endless lies.

Another lie on your part.

Explosions are heard after a blaze breaks out at a Philadelphia refinery
https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/21/us/philadelphia-refinery-fire/index.html?cid=web-alerts&nsid=38604929

How Trump raises the price of oil to please Saudi Arabia...



Where is Alex Jones when you really need him?

Trump says he called off Iran strike 10 minutes before it was supposed to happen because he was told 150 people would die
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-called-of-iran-strike-because-150-people-would-die-2019-6


150 people will die because he has spent taxpayer money on his golf trips instead of feeding children and the elderly.

1000 people will die because of his tax cuts for the rich so greedy corporations can pay zero taxes to help support our country.

Many thousands will die due to the roadblock obstruction in affordable healthcare perpetrated up by Trump's corrupt republican base.

Americans are dying by the thousands and our foreign adversaries have not had to lift a single finger...

We just collaterally damaged them, eh?

Try again when you are willing to post civilly and I'll address your points.

You haven't figured out yet that noone cares whether you address anyones points.