The Political Discussion Thread

[Britta]

[jelgate]

Never. Going. To. Happen.

That's what I said the first time PH suggested it. It happened

[Pharaoh Hamenthotep]

*points at the Jeliths*

[LtColCarter]

I wouldn't wanna be called Gateworld Trump or any version of Annoying. I prayed to St. Ignora...and she took my problem away.

Anyhoo--Trump was in Dallas and made a posterior end of himself as usual. According to the news, he just rambled on and threw out comments like, "Make them fear America" and "Make America great again." The news reporter likened this utterances to those of President Obama's "Hope" and "Change" campaign. Only thing different is President Obama told us how he was going to engender hope an change. Trumpalicious...all he says is build a wall. What we need to do is build that wall around his house and keep him locked away from the rest of the world.

[Britta]

he just rambled on and threw out comments like, "Make them fear America" and "Make America great again."

The man's like a gumball machine, only rather than sugary treats he dispenses nothing but jingoistic claptrap.

[LtColCarter]

The man's like a gumball machine, only rather than sugary treats he dispenses nothing but jingoistic claptrap.

His mouth is overly sphincter like. Reminds me of another sphincter muscle on the human body. So, we could say he's dispensing feces from is mouth.

With all of the theatrics that he uses, he his taking the spotlight away from some really viable republicant candidates.

[Annoyed]

The man's like a gumball machine, only rather than sugary treats he dispenses nothing but jingoistic claptrap.

Sometimes, that's what wins elections. I don't expect him to win. I fully expect him to stick his foot in his mouth one too many times and he will derail his campaign.
But the fact that he is polling so strong this early clearly says there are a lot of dissatisfied voters and IF he can avoid foot in mouth disease, that may very will open the door to the White House for him.

[Britta]

His mouth is overly sphincter like. Reminds me of another sphincter muscle on the human body. So, we could say he's dispensing feces from is mouth.

*files Trump speeches under R for Retroperistaltic Diatribes*

[Britta]

But the fact that he is polling so strong this early clearly says there are a lot of dissatisfied voters and IF he can avoid foot in mouth disease, that may very will open the door to the White House for him.

If he can avoid foot in mouth disease? If?

That ship hasn't just sailed. By now it's already encountered a rogue wave, sunk, and become a popular spot for divers.

[jelgate]

I wouldn't wanna be called Gateworld Trump or any version of Annoying. I prayed to St. Ignora...and she took my problem away.

Anyhoo--Trump was in Dallas and made a posterior end of himself as usual. According to the news, he just rambled on and threw out comments like, "Make them fear America" and "Make America great again." The news reporter likened this utterances to those of President Obama's "Hope" and "Change" campaign. Only thing different is President Obama told us how he was going to engender hope an change. Trumpalicious...all he says is build a wall. What we need to do is build that wall around his house and keep him locked away from the rest of the world.

Given how little Obama did and achieve, I think its a pretty fair comparison.

[SGalisa]

Regarding "The Donald" Trump..

Sometimes, that's what wins elections. I don't expect him to win. I fully expect him to stick his foot in his mouth one too many times and he will derail his campaign.
But the fact that he is polling so strong this early clearly says there are a lot of dissatisfied voters and IF he can avoid foot in mouth disease, that may very will open the door to the White House for him.

He seems to have already stuck his foot in his mouth too many times. hmmmm--those toes must taste pretty good! Yum.
He seems to speak with a bit of a bigger ego than he should.. and then complains about the other possible candidates. When he initially began soaring in the polls, various media/radio people were discussing possibilities of who from the other candidate potentials might be able to fill Trump's executive cabinet. Doesn't seem that balance in teamwork will ever happen now. *sigh*

What is amazing is the *reality* that the polls claim he is still doing super well; regardless of the way he states comments on mostly anything.

[LtColCarter]

Given how little Obama did and achieve, I think its a pretty fair comparison.

Here’s What He’s Done

Returned The Executive Branch To Fiscal Responsibility

Within his first week, he signed an Executive Order ordering an audit of government contracts, and combating waste and abuse. http://1.usa.gov/dUvbu5

Created the post of Chief Performance Officer, whose job it is to make operations more efficient to save the federal government money. http://n.pr/hcgBn1

On his first full day, he froze White House salaries. http://on.msnbc.com/ewJUIx

He appointed the first Federal Chief Information Officer to oversee federal IT spending.http://www.cio.gov

He committed to phasing out unnecessary and outdated weapons systems. To that end, he also signed the Democratic-sponsored Weapons Systems Acquisition Reform Act, which attempted to put a stop to waste, fraud and abuse in the defense procurement and contracting system. http://bit.ly/hOw1t1http://bit.ly/fz8GAd

Through an executive order, he created the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform. http://bit.ly/hwKhKa

Prevented a Bush Depression and Improved the Economy

[LtColCarter]

Here's more that he's done....

Pushed through and signed the Democratic-sponsored American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, otherwise known as “the stimulus package.” The bill passed, even though only three Republicans voted for it. In a major departure from the previous administration, he launched recovery.gov, a website that allows taxpayers to track spending from the Act. http://1.usa.gov/ibiFSshttp://1.usa.gov/e3BJMk

The Bush-led Great Recession was costing the economy nearly 800,000 jobs per month by the time President Obama took office. But by the end of his first year, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act created and sustained 2.1 million jobs and stimulated the economy by 3.5%. http://reut.rs/i46CEE

Not only did he completed the massive TARP financial and banking rescue plan, he also leaned on the banks and others, and recovered virtually all of the bail-out money. http://1.usa.gov/eA5jVShttp://bit.ly/eCNrD6

He created the Making Home Affordable home refinancing plan. http://1.usa.gov/goy6zl

Oversaw the creation of more jobs in 2010 alone than Bush did in eight years. http://bit.ly/hrrnjY

Along with Democrats, and almost no Republicans, implemented an auto industry rescue plan, and saved as many as 1 million jobs. http://bit.ly/ibhpxr Many are of the opinion that he saved the entire auto industry, and even the economy of the entire Midwest. http://bit.ly/gj7mt5This resulted in GM returning to its place as the top car company in the world. http://lat.ms/zIJuQx

Doubled funding for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership, which is designed to improve manufacturing efficiency. http://bit.ly/eYD4nf

Signed the Democratic-sponsored Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act giving the federal government more tools to investigate and prosecute fraud in every corner of the financial system, and create a bipartisan Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission to investigate the financial fraud that led to the economic meltdown. http://abcn.ws/g18Fe7

Signed the Democratic-sponsored Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure (CARD) Act, which was designed to to protect consumers from unfair and deceptive credit card practices. http://1.usa.gov/gIaNcS

Increased infrastructure spending after years of neglect. http://bit.ly/f77aOw

Signed the Democratic-sponsored and passed Helping Families Save Their Homes Act, expanding on the Making Home Affordable Program to help millions of Americans avoid preventable foreclosures. The bill also provided $2.2 billion to help combat homelessness, and to stabilize the housing market. http://bit.ly/eEpLFn

[LtColCarter]

And even more....

Through the Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009, he and Congressional Democrats provided tax credits to first-time home buyers, which helped the U.S. housing market recovery. http://bit.ly/dZgXXwhttp://bit.ly/gORYfL

Initiated a $15 billion plan designed to encourage increased lending to small businesses. http://1.usa.gov/eu0u0b

Created business.gov, which allows for online collaboration between small businesses and experts re managing a business. (The program has since merged with SBA.gov.) http://www.business.gov

Played a lead role in getting the G-20 Summit to commit to a $1.1 trillion deal to combat the global financial crisis. http://nyti.ms/gHlgp5

Took steps to improve minority access to capital. http://bit.ly/f9xVE7

Signed an Executive Order instructing federal agencies to review all federal regulations and remove any unnecessary and/or burdensome regulations from the books. http://1.usa.gov/Lpo5bd

Through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, saved at least 300,000 education jobs, such as teachers, principals, librarians, and counselors that would have otherwise been lost. http://1.usa.gov/ez30D

Dismantled the Minerals Management Service, thereby cutting ties between energy companies and the government. http://nyti.ms/bw1MLu

Along with Congressional Democrats, provided funding to states and the Department of Homeland Security to save thousands of police and firefighter jobs from being cut during the recession. http://bit.ly/g0IKWR

Used recovered TARP money to fund programs at local housing finance agencies in California, Florida, Nevada, Arizona and Michigan. http://on.msnbc.com/i1i8eV

Crafted and signed an executive order establishing the President’s Advisory Council on Financial Capability to assist in financial education for all Americans. http://bit.ly/eyqsNE

China’s largest manufacturer, Foxconn, is building a large plant in Pennsylvania http://cnnmon.ie/1k7LT4S

Worked with Apple Computer to get them to build more product here, and thecompany is building two large plants to manufacture products here; one in Texas http://zd.net/1nkpt2O and one in Arizona http://bit.ly/1mXY5Vg

Oversaw increase of manufacturing jobs by more than 500,000 since 2010, and created an institute to invest in more manufacturing jobs in the technology fields of the future. http://nyti.ms/1egyXrV

Ordered all federal contractors to pay a minimum wage of $10.10 per hour, leading the way to a national increase. http://wapo.st/1iaU5kd

Ordered the completion of the International Trade Data System, a digital trade record book, by 2016. This move will streamline and simplify the process through which small- and medium-sized businesses set up the export of US goods. http://bit.ly/1nwSRF4

Created a climate in which there have been 55 consecutive months of job growth, totaling more than 10 million jobs, which is roughly 10,000,000 more jobs than Bush created in eight years. http://1.usa.gov/1vBDeyCThis is also the longest stretch of private-sector job growth in US history. http://wapo.st/1w3J8Zy

Led the country to 64 consecutive months of economic expansion, eclipsing Saint Reagan’s record, by far. http://onforb.es/1sxJ2by

Oversaw a reduction in the dollar amount of the federal budget deficit by two-thirds since taking office. http://bit.ly/1xKMmjY

[LtColCarter]

And more....

Reduced the federal budget deficit from 9.8% of GDP in Fiscal Year 2009 under Bush, to 2.9% of GDP in FY 2014. http://www.cbo.gov/publication/45653

Under Obama, the stock market has reached record highs, restoring most of the economic losses felt during the Bush Recession, when it reached record lows, adjusted for inflation. http://bit.ly/1z4FAtL

Brought Much-Improved Transparency and Better Government

Signed an order banning gifts from lobbyists to anyone in the Executive Branch. http://bit.ly/fsBACN

Signed an order banning anyone from working in an agency they had lobbied in previous years, and put strict limits on lobbyists’ access to the White House. http://nyti.ms/gOrznV

Held the first-ever first online town hall from the White House, and took questions from the public. http://bit.ly/gVNSgX

Became the first to stream every White House event, live. http://1.usa.gov/kAgOP5

Established a central portal for Americans to find service opportunities. http://www.serve.gov

Issued an Executive Order on Presidential Records, which restored the 30-day time frame for former presidents to review records, and eliminated the right for the vice president or family members of former presidents to do the reviews. Provides the public with greater access to historic White House documents, and severely curtails the ability to use executive privilege to shield them. http://1.usa.gov/gUetLb

Improved aspects of the Freedom of Information Act, and issued new guidelines to make FOIA more open and transparent when processing FOIA requests. http://1.usa.gov/gjrnp2

Proposed rules that would streamline the Department of Education’s procurement policies and make them more transparent. http://bit.ly/1r9oQvh

Provided the first voluntary disclosure of the White House Visitors Log in history. http://1.usa.gov/hQ7

Signed a law to completely reform NSA Data Collection program and keep phone records in the hands of the phone company. http://bit.ly/1dG34vD

Wall Street Reforms and Consumer Protection

Ordered 65 executives who took bailout money to cut their own pay until they paid back all bailout money. http://huff.to/eAi9Qq

Along with Congressional Democrats, pushed through and got passed Dodd-Frank, one of the largest and most comprehensive Wall Street reforms since the Great Depression. http://bit.ly/hWCPg0http://bit.ly/geHpcD

By signing Dodd-Frank legislation, created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau http://1.usa.gov/j5onG

Created rules that reduce the influence of speculators in the oil market. http://bit.ly/MDnA1t