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Ah yes, our Captain of

PeraclesPlease — Wed, 07 Dec 2016 23:57:48 +0000

In reply to You seem to believe you have

Ah yes, our Captain of Industry setting up backroom deals for the good of mankind. Pull the other one. A guttersnipe by any other name is still a guttersnipe. Follow the lawsuits - suspension of disbelief becomes harder. Then again, faith-based reasoning brooks no argument. Hero worship cum bromance - all's well in Petertopia.

You seem to believe you have

Peter — Wed, 07 Dec 2016 23:07:46 +0000

In reply to 700 families, Peter - really,

You seem to believe you have a clear view of the Homeland from your Transylvanian redoubt but your long absence has dulled your ability to even be a good local buffoon. These three hundred jobs were slated for elimination if not offshoring and were part of the deal, Merry Christmas to all. Trump confronted the Carrier Scrooge in public and then made the deal, with the help of the Indiana governor, in a private meeting where no hidden policy was necessary. Obama nor Clinton would even try to address this issue because it would conflict with their parasitic dependence on these captains of industry.

The problem is that the

rmrd0000 — Wed, 07 Dec 2016 21:35:09 +0000

In reply to An anecdote. I've probably

The problem is that the "rational" Conservatives are no different than the people who remained silent in Jim Crow. They will let Trump go crazy. From a practical standpoint, they are not our allies.

Edit to add:

Blacks, Latinos, Muslims, etc. know that the "good" Conservatives will be MIA. We look at people we work with everyday and realize they would do nothing if Trump came for us. That is the new reality.

700 families, Peter - really,

PeraclesPlease — Wed, 07 Dec 2016 18:04:39 +0000

In reply to You're displaying too much

700 families, Peter - really, you need to track your "truths" better if you're going to be the voice of reason - it's embarrassing.

The Indiana governor was offering $7 million over 10 years to encourage the company to keep in the state roughly one-third of the 2,100 jobs it planned to ship to Mexico. United Technologies would also get credit from the state for keeping 300 research and headquarters jobs that it didn’t plan to shift abroad.

"I expect Trump will not have a different private and public policy position on important issued so i can agree or disagree with him without being fooled by lies." - you really are playing the buffoon now. Drain the swamp, buddy?

You're displaying too much

Peter — Wed, 07 Dec 2016 17:47:16 +0000

In reply to The absolute least impure

You're displaying too much pain and ugly anger over spilled milk, CV. There may not be much to celebrate this Christmas but we can share in the happyness the 1000 families in Indiana who can enjoy a Merry Christmas without fear for their livelihood thanks to the promise kept by the Liar in Chief.

You need to be able to seperate election season rhetoric from what the candidates have or will do once in office. I expect Trump will not have a different private and public policy position on important issued so i can agree or disagree with him without being fooled by lies.

Amerikans need to be lied to and they demand that the Liar in Chief be a bold and effective prevaricator and that's why Clinton lost, she is and has been a very poor, inept and often clueless liar.

An anecdote. I've probably

Flavius — Wed, 07 Dec 2016 17:02:57 +0000

In reply to Let's Talk About Sex, Baby

An anecdote. I've probably offered it here before but it's on point.

During the impeachment follies I was in the serious surgery waiting room in Brigham's & Woman' s.

Two others. None of us identified ourselves. Little conversation. Not a cheerful moment.

One, a local woman, clearly not from the waspy suburbs put down her Globe and said : " I can't believe it,that Mr. Staff wants to do" something outrageous , perhaps depose Chelsea- the details lost in the dark recesses of my so called memory. Anyway, not the point.

The other woman:

"I'm from Oklahoma.I'm an attorney and we invited Ken Starr to address the annual Bar Association convention . He charged twenty thousand dollars" (said ruefully)." He said ' Bill Clinton is guilty and I won't rest until I get him'."

Continuing "I'm a Republican. I didn't vote for Bill Clinton, of course. I've probably never voted for any

Democrat and probably never will. But as I looked around me I felt that what Starr was saying was at least inappropriate if not illegal for a Special Prosecutor ,supposed to be determining facts, on behalf of the Country ,not indulging personal prejudices."

It's not that there aren't any reasonable conservatives. I know some. It's that they too seldom speak out and when they do, too often, allow themselves to be drowned out by the chorus of their unthinking peers.

The absolute least impure

CVille Dem — Wed, 07 Dec 2016 14:46:49 +0000

In reply to Yeah, there is a point to my

The absolute least pure person has been identified as "Not a liar,," 90% of his statements are proved to be lies. But "Pure" Progressives just couldn't bring themselves to vote for Hillary.

What a bunch of self-absorbed ass-holes! They should connect very well with the donald, but they don't admit it.

Edited to correct

Woohoo! She can be a much

stillidealistic — Wed, 07 Dec 2016 03:16:46 +0000

In reply to One can only hope - a woman

Woohoo! She can be a much bigger thorn in their sides from outside the government, and I hope once she gets rested she'll go out and stir up some shit!

Reagan, Bush, even Giuliani

ocean-kat — Wed, 07 Dec 2016 02:50:17 +0000

In reply to You still think the lecture

Reagan, Bush, even Giuliani and scores of others made bank on the lecture circuit after they were out of political power.

That is a poor group to compare her with just because they did it too.

Al Franken worked the lecture circuit for years. It was a significant potion of his income. I read one of his books about 20 years ago and there was a hilarious chapter about him going to give speeches to these conservative executives.

We're never going to agree on this but people, like Maiello, who have experience with these sorts of functions have tried to explain the lecture circuit to you. There's probably some hundreds of people working the lecture circuit. Some low end, some high end. It's a perk for the executives. Open bar, buffet table, and a lecture for entertainment. A pic with the famous person to hang on their brag wall. A chance to name drop with peers who didn't get invited. You think Trump is the only big ego-ed rich narcissist?

You see this as big money. What you don't get is when you have billions to throw around a couple of hundred thousand is just pocket change.

Elite colleges do it for the same reason. A perk for the staff and for the students paying the big bucks to go to Harvard, Yale, etc. A chance to get up front and personal, maybe ask a famous politician a question. Often for a select group a meet and greet with the "star." The college gets to put a couple of pics in their next brochure.

it is interesting that you have become a betting man.

It's just a way to convey the commitment I have to my statements. I can't believe your understanding of English idioms is so weak you don't get that. I don't bet first because I care very little about money. Second I'd never place a bet with someone I don't trust. Third I'd never bet with someone I trust because I only trust my friends and I wouldn't want to use a friend to make money in a zero sum game.

Well, yeah, but that's where

PeraclesPlease — Wed, 07 Dec 2016 00:47:31 +0000

In reply to Yeah, there is a point to my

Well, yeah, but that's where the "clearness" ended. Never mind, we got it - she's suspicious er al. Fortunately you have Trump to make it all great again. Damn Clintons, always foing the water.