Well the title spoils the element of surprise here, but this will be brief anyway. Sports analogies are quite useful, they are employed all the time (with the possible exception of the fashion industry). I often like to use these myself and when I do I stay within my comfort zone, the NFL. Being the chauvinist prick that I am I confidently assert that it is the only sport that matters.
Now... , the democrat party, in football terms are a team in the NFL. I won't attempt to identify them with a specific franchise or with a specific historic comparison. They are the team who entered the final month of the regular season with a two game lead in their division. Their nearest division rival had beaten them in the first of their two contests, but they had remained apace with that two game lead. The way that the schedule aligned had this division leader with an easy home field contest against a cellar dweller for game 15 and the finale vs. their division rival, also on their home field.
They are that team who then won two more, then choked to the cellar dweller in week 15. This sets up the game, in the season finale, where this division leader, win or lose, is still making the playoffs. If they win they win the division and possibly a first round bye in the playoffs. If they lose then they must enter the playoffs in the wild card round. In 2016 the democrats lost that season finale.
The 2018 midterms are the wildcard round. This time they either win or they go home. And they know it. The next 60 days promise to be an absolute circus.
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If the swamp isn't drained and it's residents aren't jailed for a very long time we will know the outcome.
Then again, I never understood the whole left-right delusion where people claim one jackboot is great while the other is evil.
Oh. You haven't been following the Kavanaugh hearings, have you?
There's a certain level of decorum below which I thought the Senate would never succumb. I was wrong. It's a shirtshow.
Can't wait to see it become the same as the Taiwan one At least it would be more honest.
I would like to see Kamala Harris and Ted Cruz go at it.
Imagine politicians who fought their own wars. Wouldn't that be a sight to see!!!
When I was a kid, there was a gas station that burned down. All that remained was one conrete block wall. I think it is still there today. Not much changes in a small town. Someone graffitied the wall with "Bull Shit" in large letters. We drove by one day and my mother gave a chuckle. Someone, maybe Ryan, added an "r" making it Bull Shirt. I used it in that spirit.
Yes, an intriguing prospect. Pitting the erstwhile Representative from Iowa, Hubert K. Dick, versus Minnesota congressman Fritz J. Balz
It will be forever immortalized as the Dick-Balz fight. This has some real possibilities....
I think "not normal" is likely a very good thing in this day and age.
Maybe we could set it up more like the WWE? Televised ... This week Putin v Obama ... or is it too late for that match up? Putin could come riding in bare chested on his horse and Obama on his bike with the pink helmet?
Okay, I just had to throw that one in to earn my ERW badge again ...
I would not want to be construed to be reasonable or objective ... not when the fights are just getting started.
Check this one out if you want to see how off the rails the democrats are right now
WE HAVE A SITUATION!!!
THE CHILD IS TAKING OVER THE SITE!!!
Look sharp! this is not a drill people!
However, had I been them, and this is just me, I would not given them the respect of attending at all. They will pass him one way or the other...
Why go?
The entire thing is a mess and yes I am going to say that in the same regard Obama was withheld a nomination hearing, so should Trump be with held this until this is cleared up. Then his pick should be brought in front of Congress to be fair, after Merrick Garland.
That was underhanded and I promise, that is the thing that everyone will pay for in November...not Trump and his antics..just this.
Again, the above is not my prediction. But, if these events were to take place, the liberals would come unglued. Would there be a civil war? No, I think not. They would be so thoroughly defeated. With any luck, they would move to Canada en masse. They would put together even more liberal candidates. Eventually, the Blue Dogs would take over the party, and that would be a good thing.
I wont let up on him, ill keep putting up chicken shit deleter and he'll keep deleting it. He threatened Autumn that if she didn't remove something (who knows what) by midnight then he would leave us forever. So....we're 3 hours and counting. For the next three hours I would ask any others who share the sentiment to respond to Ryan's utterances in like fashion. Ya readin' this Ryan? Delete this bitch!
re:"He threatened Autumn that if she didn't remove something (who knows what) by midnight then he would leave us forever"
Is that true?
I always thought he loved us.
Mustafa
I know, I am a bit odd, and it is just me, but if I see an article that I don't think I will be interested in or seems offensive, I will just ignore it. But that is just close-minded me.
I prefer more voices not less. If your argument is worthy, then make it, persuade others. I prefer not to censor anyone - I do however censor Mischka on my threads when his post is nothing but an ad hominem personal attack and adds nothing to the conversation. I believe he is the only one I have ever removed anything from, and I have left most of what he said even though it is intentionally attempting to be rude to me and be demeaning
I'm with you Leroy. It would be a sight to see. I envision a bunch of idiots just running like lemmings off cliffs and into traffic. If might look something like this.
I would hope the GOP (establishment and RINOs) to be next. :)
I'm just waiting for someone from the left to draw a pistol and start shooting . . . then spin it for more gun-control. We are headed right back to 1860 faster than you can say, "Burn the coasts to save a nation".
Lol, I bet most don't even know what you are talking about. I bet most have never even heard of Charles Sumner
The Repubs are hoping that all people care about is money and in the short-term that is presently looking good. They are hoping that nobody is looking further down the road for the huge bill that is looming.
What they don't understand is that many people care about a lot of other things and money is not their main motivation.
We'll see if common sense and caring trumps greed and selfishness.
Interesting times.
Your opening analogy reminded me of a horrible joke - but it's one of those that's so horrible, it's actually funny, you know? Well, probably not to EVERYONE - and i migrht be able to use it analogously, as well:
As you're no doubt aware, the NFL lost a great deal of money last year from people refusing to buy tickets to the games or get any merch. As a cost-cutting measure, the owners decided they had to completely rid the league of one team - but on second thought, decided to simply combine two, instead:
The chosen teams? The Green Bay Packers were to be merged with the Tampa Bay Buccanneers; the new team is to be called the TamPax. They're only good for one period, and there's no second string.
To me, this sounds exactly like the 'team' the democrats will field this year - they have nothing to run on, no positive accomplishments they can point to, can take no credit for the vastly improved economy, the huge bux flowing back into this country from re-negotiated trade deals, and in short - can't take credit for a damn thing.
Except to be flushed, just the 1 period, no-second-string TamPax.
Silly man that was Autumn's response to those calling for his banning.
Funny stuff.
I am a Packers fan, so naturally the only team worthy of removal from the league is that stain on Lake Michigan, the Chicago Bears. As they've played in recent years I don't think anyone would notice. Same could be said for Cleveland
The party who holds the White House usually uses big in the midterms. So if the Dems should win it would be the expected outcome, having little to do with Trump’s popularity or lack thereof. The GOP cares about a lot more than short term money. It would behoove you to familiarize yourself with their platform rather than opine about things you know nothing about. As for greed and selfishness, try looking in the mirror for examples of both.
What are you doing? Making excuses for what is to come? Wriggling on the hook?
Well if people do care about anything other than money they'll boot the orange conman's arse out of the Whitehouse as soon as they can.
Yeah, "Read the tea leaves? These are coffee grounds!"
Very true, but the degree of the victory counts. Is it enough to alter control of Congress? Did they gain more seats than usual or was it less? Were the winners moderate Dems (like Antonio Delgado here in Ulster County) or Social Democrats (like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez over in Bronx County)?
John Howard - I was thinking more like a Nascar Uniform with all of their paid sponsors blatantly posted for the world to see.
Would have been hilarious on The Liar, and the opportunities, legion, beginning with various Wall St. firms, followed by everyone who bribed her for an audience while she was S.o.S., as well as all those who "donated" to the Foundation set up as a clever way to launder bribes.
I didn't see it live but have read up on it and seen the various clips. This is all about Cory Booker's run for President in 2020. It is estimated that no less than 20 to 30 Democrats are already jockeying for position. And in doing so they have to pander to their nutball base.
As with many, many Democrats, Cory is an empty suit. Not much to him (kinda like the previous President). It's all about appearance and show; never about experience, substance or reality. Unfortunately, lacking a truly free press allows the likes of Booker to get away with %^$% like this. Cory showing is ass was likely not reported on any of the legacy media networks, or publications. Except for those of us who put effort into being informed… this never happened.
A Democrat can say or do anything stupid, criminal and other… and know their singular and collective posteriors are covered.
Let's see what happens when there's no majority and the other team has the ball.
That's what happened with Obama - right?
There's not going to be any "blue wave," except maybe as the Tidy-bowl goes buh-bye. i believe that Trump will keep a majority of Republicans in both houses, maybe even get enough for a super-majority.
i have heard that "internal polls" of democrats confirm this - you know, the REAL ones that tell the truth, instead of the bs peddled to the public - that they already KNOW they're going to lose and lose big in November. This is why they're going socialism-insane right now.
Just watched a clip of Carrey - a total NWO/OWG sellout - on Maher recently, and he's saying to go full-bore socialist and "stop apologizing" for it. It's a perfectly insane strategy for perfectly insane people, so Carrey and Maher love and embrace the form of governance directly responsible for over 100 million murders in the 20th century alone, killed by their own government's agents.
Americans are too smart to go for that; many legitimately naturalized citizens FLED here from socialist countries, and will NEVER vote for anyone espousing that bullshit.
"Communism and socialism is [sic] seductive. It promises us that people will contribute according to ability and receive according to needs. Everybody is equal. Everybody has a right to decent housing, decent food and affordable medical care. History should have taught us that when we hear people talk this stuff -- watch out!"
-- Walter E. Williams(1936- ) Columnist, Professor of Economics at George Mason University
Has there ever been ANYONE who would run for the office of president who was NOT a narcissist?