Wow, I have been exposed. Take my scalp. What prize do you get for finally nailing one of us?
Many on the "economic left" are not actually on the left on social issues. They are two separate axes, which is why you have Obama->Trump voters, who flip flop depending on whether they're angry about a recession or angry about seeing nonwhite people move into the neighborhood.
Doesnt matter, dont dare to criticize Pelosi or you'll get blasted!!!
Oh honey, I've only ever blasted you for supporting a woman who loves her some dictators.
And funding Bush's wars, the patriot act, bailing out wall street but sure totally not worth waiting for actual actions. Taking politicians at their word is a much smarter outlook.
She voted against the Iraq War but later voted to fund and support the troops already there.
Being mad about Pelosi voting for TARP, which saved the country from economic collapse, sure is a telling take.
Given that "Poly Sci" is a college major and you used it as a slur, this being a veiled anti-intellectual/anti-education attack is how I took it, yes.
Voting against the war and then funding it isnt much of a distinction for me to be honest. And keeping the economy up by having us bail out the people responsible which ultimately gave them millions of dollars in bonuses, yeah I would have rather let it crash and then have real consequences then prop it back up and keep them all in power.
Define "labor-oriented left wing."
Voting against sending them in vs voting to make sure they're not going to get killed from supply funding getting cut off is a very big distinction.
Saying you dont care that hundreds of thousands of innocent people being murdered by us and it isnt a major issue (that you repeteadly never respond to) is the most telling of takes.
I opposed the Iraq War. Years into the invasion when the war itself is technically over, supporting the troops that are there doing reconstruction/cleanup is a responsibility to them, to the US, and to Iraq.
It's difficult to have a serious conversation with someone trying to use the economy as the basis for real consequences and seems cruel who blatantly and brazenly said hundreds of thousands of innocent victims being murdered by our military isnt a serious issue worthy of our attention sorry kirbar you dont get to keep pretending like you didnt try making that argument and then try to tell people their stance is cruel.
When the invasion is already over, Saddam has been deposed, and there's a lack of critical government infrastructure, pulling troops out would be a unmitigated disaster that would lead to far more death and destruction and plunge Iraq into far more internecine warfare than we saw post-Saddam in the timeline in which we stayed. The Pottery Barn rule is real. We fucked it up, it was our responsibility to help unfuck it as best we could, not double down and abandon Iraq.
McConnell adjourning till after Xmas is a signal that he's just going to wait for Nancy.
Your seemingly inability to see things in nuance, rather than blanket statements is troubling to say the least.
This is only a partial one because one of the prior CRs actually funded a ton of stuff through 2019. Not sure if Secret Service is affected.
Only the poors live paycheck to paycheck and they deserve what's coming.
Likely. Casinos will vet you to hell and back to make sure you have good credit so as you won't try to rip them off. I'm assuming positions like this would want financial stability to ensure you wouldn't allow a hit for a few mil.
Because Republicans have the majority and Paul Ryan won't bring the Senate bill to a vote.
So civilians in the middle east were more deserving of harm than our soldiers were? If they wanted funding they shouldn't have carried out an illegal war.
Invading Iraq in the first place was illegal, our presence there brought more harm than good, and I was referring to your egregious stance on drone strikes that posited they are not a pressing issue for us.
