Political Discussions for "Adults"

Chula Vista · 09-01-2017, 10:51 AM

Wasn't really giving Trump props. He's a billionare so 1 million would be like if I had $100 and gave you a dime.

Plus by exploiting rich people loopholes he hasn't paid taxes in years.

The Batlord · 09-01-2017, 10:56 AM

So why are you even bothering to praise anyone else when the only consistent thing to do would be to be cynical about everyone giving large sums of money.

**Frownland** · 09-01-2017, 11:00 AM

Deplete your entire savings for Harvey or you're a piece of **** floating down a river about to hit a victim in the face.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 09-01-2017, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Deplete your entire savings for Harvey or you're a piece of **** floating down a river about to hit a victim in the face.

lol'd irl

Trollheart · 09-01-2017, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Deplete your entire savings for Harvey or you're a piece of **** floating down a river about to hit a victim in the face.

Please explain the concept of "savings" to Batty.

Seriously, does anyone think/believe this is going to affect Texan votes for Trump in 2020?

Chula Vista · 09-01-2017, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Please explain the concept of "savings" to Batty.

Seriously, does anyone think/believe this is going to affect Texan votes for Trump in 2020?

Trump won Texas by 9% of the vote. But his current approval ratings there are in the mid 40s%.

Trollheart · 09-01-2017, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista

Trump won Texas by 9% of the vote. But his current approval ratings there are in the mid 40s%.

Even now, as their cities drown?

I thought Texans were smarter than that.

Anteater · 09-01-2017, 01:56 PM

Speaking as someone who actually lives in Texas, I'll just say that there's a much more diverse population here than people give credit for. Two of the largest population centers, Dallas and Austin, lean very liberal. Ft. Worth, Denton, Houston, etc. are more centrist or conservative, and the Mid Cities region where I live falls in the latter of these demographically.

I'm actually in the middle of something trying to raise money for the flood victims FYI. Wish me luck.

Trollheart · 09-01-2017, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Anteater

Speaking as someone who actually lives in Texas, I'll just say that there's a much more diverse population here than people give credit for. Two of the largest population centers, Dallas and Austin, lean very liberal. Ft. Worth, Denton, Houston, etc. are more centrist or conservative, and the Mid Cities region where I live falls in the latter of these demographically.

I'm actually in the middle of something trying to raise money for the flood victims FYI. Wish me luck.

Best of luck. Fair play t'ya. And keep safe.

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I agree with Anteater on that

Hollywood Liberals think it's all cousin ****ing and mechanical bull riding down here and let me tell you we also do other stuff

Like mechanical bull ****ing and cousin riding?

Chula Vista · 09-01-2017, 02:27 PM

People have been predicting that Texas will eventually go blue but I don't see it happening. Too much of the state is rural/red. Here's the 2016 election results. Trump won the state by almost 1.7 million votes.

09-01-2017, 10:51 AM	#691 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	Wasn't really giving Trump props. He's a billionare so 1 million would be like if I had $100 and gave you a dime. Plus by exploiting rich people loopholes he hasn't paid taxes in years. __________________ “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.”

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	Deplete your entire savings for Harvey or you're a piece of **** floating down a river about to hit a victim in the face. __________________ 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

09-01-2017, 02:27 PM	#700 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	People have been predicting that Texas will eventually go blue but I don't see it happening. Too much of the state is rural/red. Here's the 2016 election results. Trump won the state by almost 1.7 million votes. __________________ “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.”