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Arch Conservative Joe Walsh on Biden and Ukraine (Original Post) BlueWaveNeverEnd Jun 2023 OP
The Light NowISeetheLight Jun 2023 #1
Joe Walsh made an amazing transformation if you ask me. Demsrule86 Jun 2023 #8
Good words from someone who "woke up." PortTack Jun 2023 #2
I wonder if Tucker is still rootin for Putin Walleye Jun 2023 #3
Darn tootin'. czarjak Jun 2023 #29
so was that so hard? mnmoderatedem Jun 2023 #4
He is one of a handful who know what principles are Qutzupalotl Jun 2023 #21
Really? inthewind21 Jun 2023 #35
Like I said, they are not our principles. Qutzupalotl Jun 2023 #36
Joe Walsh is a changeling. For the past five or so years he is a completely different Scrivener7 Jun 2023 #5
Trump I guess. I know a couple lifelong GOPers who are now disgusted by him oldsoftie Jun 2023 #6
Everyone got more votes because of mail-in voting allowed due to covid. SunSeeker Jun 2023 #13
Yet even with record voting numbers, 1/3 of eligible voters STILL didnt vote oldsoftie Jun 2023 #15
Automatic voter registration at age 18, make November elections a holiday. nt SunSeeker Jun 2023 #16
How hard are those two solutions? BOSSHOG Jun 2023 #23
Republicans oppose democracy. SunSeeker Jun 2023 #26
Sure, then everyone could vote except soldierant Jun 2023 #30
Of course, we need universal mail-in ballots. My two were just additional suggestions. SunSeeker Jun 2023 #31
Agreed. soldierant Jun 2023 #32
I'm totally against making another federal holiday. oldsoftie Jun 2023 #33
How about making election day a Sunday or Saturday so people don't have to miss work/school? SunSeeker Jun 2023 #34
I'd be fine with that solution! oldsoftie Jun 2023 #37
The real question still remains what happened to the rest of the repugs SouthernDem4ever Jun 2023 #14
I did not believe it and had to check. True that. The Jungle 1 Jun 2023 #7
Nato would be gone if Trump had won...no doubt in my mind. This was Putin's goal all along and Demsrule86 Jun 2023 #10
Kick dalton99a Jun 2023 #9
Kickin' Faux pas Jun 2023 #11
agree with all3 republianmushroom Jun 2023 #12
Suck on that Donny you fat fuck Blue Owl Jun 2023 #17
FAKE Jesus.. Cha Jun 2023 #22
I think it was the GOP's own Rick Wilson that once called him "Cheeto Jesus" Blue Owl Jun 2023 #24
Good one.. Fake as the Cha Jun 2023 #25
LOL check out this GIF from #Raygun..... Blue Owl Jun 2023 #27
Oh Wow.. Brilliant! I Like it! Cha Jun 2023 #28
Well, alrighty then. Good for him. nt crickets Jun 2023 #18
Wow. Just wow! Martin68 Jun 2023 #19
Totally Agree on All 3 Points.. TY! Cha Jun 2023 #20

Qutzupalotl

(15,652 posts)
21. He is one of a handful who know what principles are
Sun Jun 25, 2023, 09:10 PM
Jun 2023

and try to live by them, even if theirs sound different from ours. You could maybe say the same of Romney and … now I'm drawing a blank. For all the rest, principles are just lip service.

Qutzupalotl

(15,652 posts)
36. Like I said, they are not our principles.
Mon Jun 26, 2023, 10:32 AM
Jun 2023

I can't read the Trib link because I'm not a subscriber.

Scrivener7

(58,167 posts)
5. Joe Walsh is a changeling. For the past five or so years he is a completely different
Sun Jun 25, 2023, 05:29 AM
Jun 2023

person than he was before that. I wonder what happened to him.

 

oldsoftie

(13,538 posts)
6. Trump I guess. I know a couple lifelong GOPers who are now disgusted by him
Sun Jun 25, 2023, 05:54 AM
Jun 2023

They bought into the "great businessman" shtick back in 15 but soured on him. One voted Biden in 20 & the other skipped that line.
I still dont understand how he got far MORE votes in 20 than 16.

SunSeeker

(57,461 posts)
13. Everyone got more votes because of mail-in voting allowed due to covid.
Sun Jun 25, 2023, 07:46 PM
Jun 2023

Joe got a shit load more votes too (than Hillary got), getting 7 million more than Trump. If you make voting easy, more people vote. But over the last couple years, red states have cut back on mail-in voting after covid emergency measures were dropped. Republicans fear anything that makes voting easy, since when everyone votes, Republicans lose.

 

oldsoftie

(13,538 posts)
15. Yet even with record voting numbers, 1/3 of eligible voters STILL didnt vote
Sun Jun 25, 2023, 07:50 PM
Jun 2023

What more did they need to turnout?

BOSSHOG

(44,629 posts)
23. How hard are those two solutions?
Sun Jun 25, 2023, 09:44 PM
Jun 2023

Not at all. The only objection, allowing more people to vote only aids democrats. Giving people a day off is socialism, says people who have slaved away for 20, 30, 40 years to enjoy a lower middle class existence while spending their evenings screaming at the TV and drinking cheap beer, while trying to figure out a way to pay for a new trump flag in their yard since the old one is faded and ugly. Kinda like the GOP of today.

SunSeeker

(57,461 posts)
26. Republicans oppose democracy.
Sun Jun 25, 2023, 10:58 PM
Jun 2023

Those rubes with the Trump flags benefit from a democratic government that cares about their actual needs, but they prefer a party that makes them feel good about their bigotry.

soldierant

(9,261 posts)
30. Sure, then everyone could vote except
Mon Jun 26, 2023, 12:10 AM
Jun 2023

people employed in hospitals, call centers, or other entities which cannot or do not shut down for a holiday.

I'm not opposed to making it a holiday, but that alone, without mail-in ballots, will effectively disenfranchise these people, who are often underpaid and could really use a voice.

SunSeeker

(57,461 posts)
31. Of course, we need universal mail-in ballots. My two were just additional suggestions.
Mon Jun 26, 2023, 12:22 AM
Jun 2023

I was responding to the question about what more could we do, besides mail-in ballots, which we had in 2020, and yet 1/3 of eligible voters still didn't vote.

But first and foremost, we need universal mail-in ballots. It's ridiculous we don't have it already. Mail-in ballots are quite secure, and provide a paper trail for ballot audits/recounts (much to the detriment of Republicans). And contrary to Republican bloviating, they do not increase voter fraud.

 

oldsoftie

(13,538 posts)
33. I'm totally against making another federal holiday.
Mon Jun 26, 2023, 08:52 AM
Jun 2023

I'm sorry but every state has weeks of early voting, there's NO excuse for anyone to not vote. We dont need another holiday. If they're not voting now a day off isnt going to change anything.

SunSeeker

(57,461 posts)
34. How about making election day a Sunday or Saturday so people don't have to miss work/school?
Mon Jun 26, 2023, 09:48 AM
Jun 2023

A lot of countries hold their elections on weekends for this reason.

Not every state has "weeks" of early in person voting. Some only have 9-10 days, and, like in Texas, it is only done during business hours M-F, when people have to be at work. https://www.ncsl.org/elections-and-campaigns/early-in-person-voting

 

oldsoftie

(13,538 posts)
37. I'd be fine with that solution!
Mon Jun 26, 2023, 01:13 PM
Jun 2023

We just already have 12 Fed holidays we dont need another one.

 

The Jungle 1

(4,552 posts)
7. I did not believe it and had to check. True that.
Sun Jun 25, 2023, 07:01 AM
Jun 2023

One thing is clear NATO has been completely redefined. Ukraine is winning because of NATO unity. Ukraine is not even in NATO. NATO has not put a single boot on the ground in Ukraine. Just imagine what would happen if someone attacked a NATO country. Turns out peace insurance is inexpensive. NATO = Peace

The filthy orange freak wanted us to leave NATO!!!!
Donald Trump “we should pull out of NATO.”

Just think about a world without NATO.

Demsrule86

(71,467 posts)
10. Nato would be gone if Trump had won...no doubt in my mind. This was Putin's goal all along and
Sun Jun 25, 2023, 09:41 AM
Jun 2023

the puppet would have obeyed. Putin's goal IMHO has always been to restore the USSR in which he spent his younger years torturing and executing people as a KGB agent.

Blue Owl

(58,127 posts)
24. I think it was the GOP's own Rick Wilson that once called him "Cheeto Jesus"
Sun Jun 25, 2023, 10:15 PM
Jun 2023

Definitely as fake and artificial as the snack product itself!

Cha

(316,476 posts)
25. Good one.. Fake as the
Sun Jun 25, 2023, 10:56 PM
Jun 2023

Snack Product.. during his time as Putin's Puppet in our WH he was known as Cheeto Mussolini at times bc of his Fake Orange Skin and wannbe like a Mussolini..

And, now Cheeto Jesus is dead on due to his Nailing himself on the Cross.

Cha

(316,476 posts)
28. Oh Wow.. Brilliant! I Like it!
Sun Jun 25, 2023, 11:18 PM
Jun 2023
Fucking Cheeto Head!

The Looks on those People's faces as he's walking through like his head finally Morphed into a Giant CHEETO! T

Mahalo Blue Owl & RAYGUN!!
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