2017 Politics - The Trump Card

[Lupine]

Amazingly Jones won. It wasn't looking good early on as Moore was sitting at around 51 to 53% of the vote, but then Jones pulled ahead at the last moment. Democrats are understandably ecstatic and perhaps a little over-giddy. They squeaked out a narrow victory over what was quite possibly the worst Senatorial candidate in American history. A win's a win to be sure but they shouldn't get cocky over it.

[RJDiogenes]

Yeah, I was about to say, it's like a reversal of the presidential election-- Moore was about the only Republican who could have lost. I ended up watching until they called it-- what a nail biter. I didn't look at the final numbers, but I think about 1.4 million people voted and Jones won by about 10,000. And the number of write-in votes was more than double that. Not exactly a mandate.

[Gary]

[RJDiogenes]

^^ That's an almost Liberal thought. Be careful!

In other news, the FCC has abolished Net Neutrality. I can already... feel... the... Internet... slowing.... dowwwnnnn.....

Actually, it will probably be tied up in court for years and by then there will be new commissioners.

[Lupine]

^With any luck. Our best hope is to keep everything in litigation until Trump leaves.

[RJDiogenes]

You know things are bad when we root for the lawyers.

[Orpheus]

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[RJDiogenes]

Interesting. It does say "block, slow down, or discriminate," but the change in wording is suspicious, especially with the addition of "legally enforceable." I think Comcast is committed to doing anything it can possibly get away with.

[Gary]

Well, the GOP passed that big, steamy turd of a tax reform without any public hearings or debate. The President signed it, and now we get to see what kind of shit sandwich we'll be chomping on for a while. If the Dems play their cards right, they can expose the worst of this legislation and summarily trounce the GOP in November.

[Lupine]

That's what everyone is hoping for- at least on the Democratic side. It remains to be seen how much of this will have a noticeable affect before the Midterms and how much the Republicans will be blamed for it. I'm sure that Fox news will find a way to blame Liberals/Obama/Clinton/The Deep State/Feminists/MSM/Darth Vader for anything that goes wrong.

[Gary]

Remember the lie being promoted by the GOP that tax cuts would make businesses raise wages? Then, everyone ballyhooed announcements of Christmas Bonuses, such as $1,000 from AT&T.

Looks like that was a short-lived reality. AT&T ANNOUNCES THOUSANDS OF LAYOFFS, FIRINGS JUST IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS

[RJDiogenes]

If what they say is true, my take-home pay should increase by about a hundred dollars a month. I'll let you know.

[RJDiogenes]

And with the new year shall come a new thread. Fare thee well, 2017. Who can I sue?