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Post by nashville11 on Sept 8, 2017 13:40:32 GMT
We are a group of like-minded people that gather to discuss a host of topics from weight loss, to current events. Our thread celebrates liberal diversity, welcomes new friends, and respects all opinions. We count everything from calories to points but, we never count our chickens before they are hatched.
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Post by nashville11 on Sept 8, 2017 13:49:46 GMT
Good morning from beautiful, sunny Tennessee! Hoping Irma takes a turn and doesn't cause the destruction that is expected for poor Florida. It certainly doesn't look good. My friend is a nurse practitioner at a hospice facility pretty far down in FL. She has to be there with her patients, so won't be able to evacuate. Both she and her husband will be staying at the hospice house. Praying they as well as everyone else will be safe. Some of our other friends are evacuating, and others who are further north are planning to try and ride it out.
I agree with the posts from yesterday that this new bromance between Schummer and the JA can't be trusted, and I can only hope that Democrats are smart enough to know that. He will turn on a dime, and has no deeply held convictions about anything other than trying to get the most he can for himself. Do you think this could be a calculated move on his part to try and get Democrats to back off the Russian investigation and idea of impeachment? He thinks Rs will stand by him on that, and maybe he's trying to spin a web against the D leaders? He's definitely that calculating and manipulative. Just hope that Schummer and Pelosi don't get trapped in his web, and can see through all his manipulations.
Linda, you're absolutely right about that feeling of waiting for the other shoe to drop. There's never an actual relaxing moment. But for now, I am just trying to take deep breaths, do a lot of pacing to get my steps in (it really does help to relieve stress), and focus on the sunshine.
Check back later . . .
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Post by doordie50 on Sept 8, 2017 15:56:55 GMT
I don't think it's all that calculated. We know he's not ideological, not a republican, not loyal. He's transactional. He needs a win like we need air. He simply went with the argument that would guarantee him a win. It also gave him pleasure to embarrass the GOP leadership he feels has let him down. He's deluded if he thinks the Dems will back off the investigation.
He's too clever by half but, not at all smart. After seven months of legislative zilch, he's going to tack to a more bi-partisan approach. He wants to get things done because he wants the wins. He'll start selling it as a coming together to get things accomplished. No matter what he wants to do, he'll NEVER get all the republicans to sign off on anything - they are far too fractured with the Freedom Caucus insisting on purity over legislation. At this point in the game, along with willing R's, he can get enough Dems to do infrastructure and taxes done, providing the tax-break goes to the middle-class and not the 1%. Beyond that, I don't think he'll get much Dem backing. He's despised after all.
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Post by NatureLover on Sept 8, 2017 17:25:54 GMT
Who ever's side he is on today, it was worth it to see Paul Ryan looking like he'd swallowed a gerbil!
Pam, I love your new avatar. Very pretty!
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Post by nashville11 on Sept 8, 2017 19:11:14 GMT
Who ever's side he is on today, it was worth it to see Paul Ryan looking like he'd swallowed a gerbil! LOL! That gave me a good chuckle, NatureLover, |
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Post by yogamama007 on Sept 8, 2017 20:48:10 GMT
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Post by yogamama007 on Sept 8, 2017 20:55:31 GMT
"Just hope that Schummer and Pelosi don't get trapped in his web, and can see through all his manipulations."
You bet they can Joyce, Schummer is a NYC kid, not as rich but just as tough as the JA and Nancy grew up in politics.
When all is said and over, I pray something is done before DonJon sells us all down the Volga River.
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Post by yogamama007 on Sept 8, 2017 20:56:50 GMT
Nature Lover- Our Pam is a very pretty lady......  |
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Post by nashville11 on Sept 8, 2017 22:33:10 GMT
Nature Lover- Our Pam is a very pretty lady...... Amen to that! She is lovely. |
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Post by nashville11 on Sept 8, 2017 22:35:42 GMT
Rush is such a piece of something that does not pass the smell test. I don't want anything bad to happen to anyone, but if there were ever anyone who would deserve to be hit by a Cat 5 hurricane it would be him. Before any conservatives who read this thread have a hissy fit that I am wanting that to happen to him, let me repeat I DO NOT WANT THAT TO HAPPEN TO HIM. I just think he is deserving of it.
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Post by nashville11 on Sept 8, 2017 22:38:29 GMT
"Just hope that Schummer and Pelosi don't get trapped in his web, and can see through all his manipulations."When all is said and over, I pray something is done before DonJon sells us all down the Volga River. Anne, we may all need to start shopping for a row boat. Let's all start singing now to get prepared, "Progressives rowed the boat ashore, hallelujah, Progressives rowed the boat ashore, halle-luuu-jah!"  |
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