Pythias Posted August 20, 2017 Posted August 20, 2017 I'm confused. President Trump fires Bannon then says he will be a better weapon at Breitbart. I've never been fired, but I would imagine there is some resentment there. Any comments?
lorry Posted August 20, 2017 Posted August 20, 2017 On November 6th, 2018, 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 33 seats in the Senate are up for election. It would be a shame if someone organised the base and made sure key people in opposition to Trump's agenda didn't get re-elected. 1
Siegfried von Walheim Posted August 21, 2017 Posted August 21, 2017 6 hours ago, lorry said: On November 6th, 2018, 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 33 seats in the Senate are up for election. It would be a shame if someone organised the base and made sure key people in opposition to Trump's agenda didn't get re-elected. Well now, I've never thought about it like that. The balance of power could shift radically enough for the President to fulfill his campaign promises.
lorry Posted August 25, 2017 Posted August 25, 2017 On 21/08/2017 at 7:13 AM, Siegfried von Walheim said: Well now, I've never thought about it like that. The balance of power could shift radically enough for the President to fulfill his campaign promises. I mean, it is total supposition, but "Bannon is going to war" and he must know, by virtue of him time in office, who needs to get, metaphorically, taken into a field and shot in the back of the head. This is off topic, but I think (feel?) as though Scaramouchi being fired was the plan to. Like, he (Trump) needed someone to come in, get something done, but that someone was going to get wrecked for it. Someone needed to take one for the team. I get that, I've done that, and I'd do that for someone who has or would do it for me. As Stefan pointed out many times, Trump is being attacked all day every day and he doesn't need to do it, he is taking one for the team. It light of that I don't see how Scaramouchi could say no, even if it means getting wrecked, assuming a similar mind set. Hell, Scaramouchi had to do it (would feel as though he had to do it) if he has the same mind set.
Siegfried von Walheim Posted August 26, 2017 Posted August 26, 2017 On 8/25/2017 at 0:22 PM, lorry said: I mean, it is total supposition, but "Bannon is going to war" and he must know, by virtue of him time in office, who needs to get, metaphorically, taken into a field and shot in the back of the head. This is off topic, but I think (feel?) as though Scaramouchi being fired was the plan to. Like, he (Trump) needed someone to come in, get something done, but that someone was going to get wrecked for it. Someone needed to take one for the team. I get that, I've done that, and I'd do that for someone who has or would do it for me. As Stefan pointed out many times, Trump is being attacked all day every day and he doesn't need to do it, he is taking one for the team. It light of that I don't see how Scaramouchi could say no, even if it means getting wrecked, assuming a similar mind set. Hell, Scaramouchi had to do it (would feel as though he had to do it) if he has the same mind set. The crazy thing is we could be totally overestimating him. I mean, I used to think the President was this awesome 666D Chess expert. While it's probably true in some cases (like baiting the media to make them look foolish or distract etc. etc.) I doubt it's true all the time (like the God-awful bombing of Syria's air strip thing which luckily didn't kill anyone) . Maybe getting fired/resiging makes it easier for the likes of Bannon and Gorka to be effective. Maybe it's all a part of a future grass-roots campaign to seize all (or at least like 60%) of the congressional seats so that Build the Wall, Ban Islamic Immigration, and Deport Illegal Aliens and Repealing (and hopefully not Replacing) Obamacare can actually happen. Or maybe the President's a tired old man who's running out of energy from all this inertia. However I'm inclined to bet the former given his life history of combating inertia and getting things done. The law needs enforcing, racial tensions need easing, and civil rights need protecting. We're still in the first eighth of his first term. Who know's for sure what'll happen.
lorry Posted August 30, 2017 Posted August 30, 2017 On 27/08/2017 at 0:34 AM, Siegfried von Walheim said: Could totally be overestimating him. That said I don't think you need to seize 60% of the seats, I think you just need to take out a few key people and watch everyone else's heads go down. To use an analogy, you don't need to kill all the Trojans, but make damn sure you kill Hector!
lorry Posted September 5, 2017 Posted September 5, 2017 Politico: Breitbart Bangs the Drum in Alabama Senate Showdown! Quote Politico’s Alex Isenstadt writes that Breitbart News is leading the conservative opposition to Luther Strange, the establishment-backed Republican candidate for Jeff Sessions’ Senate seat in Alabama, and organizing support for Roy Moore in the upcoming runoff election.
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