Rep. John Lewis vs. PEOTUS Don Trump

[imported_tajmahal]

I wonder how long it's going to take for you to realize how much this applies to you, hahaha.

I'll let you know if/when it happens. Right now i'm so fsking happy i could dance.

*dancing AND singing*

 

[fskimospy]

I'll let you know if/when it happens. Right now i'm so fsking happy i could dance.

That's a pretty bizarre level of attachment to something that has so little effect on your life. I guess that further confirms you view this like a sports team, but I think we already knew that.

 

[MongGrel]

I wonder how long it's going to take for you to realize how much this applies to you, hahaha.

Me ?

I could answer that in several ways I guess. But maybe it was someone else.

*edit* my bad, I had tajmahal on short list of ignores.

Sorry dude.

 

[Jhhnn]

The 3 million vote squawk is meaningless when you consider not long ago the DNC was gloating over their "electoral" blue wall..at that point in time they didn't care about the pop.vote. Factor out the DNC dead vote / double votes / illegal votes and your three million vote gloat is a straw man on fire.

So there really were millions of illegal votes?

I didn't make it about race because he is black. I merely identified him as a race baiter and dismissed his opinions based on that alone.

I don't have a "team". I also stated that Trump was in the wrong and should have ignored the comments.

So you made it about race at Trump's urging, obviously. I'm glad we cleared that up.

 

[MongGrel]

So there really were millions of illegal votes?


So you made it about race at Trump's urging, obviously. I'm glad we cleared that up.

The polls were rigged against Trump of course

Quack.

 

[HomerJS]

That's a pretty bizarre level of attachment to something that has so little effect on your life. I guess that further confirms you view this like a sports team, but I think we already knew that.

Old Taj probably let Trump grab his gf or wife by the pussy. That would make him happier then Trump winning the election

 

[pcgeek11]

So you made it about race at Trump's urging, obviously. I'm glad we cleared that up.

You don't comprehend the written word very well do you?

 

[Meghan54]

So there really were millions of illegal votes?

Of course there were...didn't you see all of the evidence that was produced showing just that?

Oh, wait.........

 

[jackstar7]

If he cared about approval ratings, he wouldn't rant the way he does.

Looks like this was proven incorrect... not surprisingly by another tweet!

 

[IGBT]

Is it true Trump likes Russian salad dressing?? Quick..tell Lewis so he can rant and rave and tell us all how he's going to have investigations and hearings.

 

[brycejones]

Is it true Trump likes Russian salad dressing?? Quick..tell Lewis so he can rant and rave and tell us all how he's going to have investigations and hearings.

Hitting the liquor early and hard tonight eh?

 

[agent00f]

Some would argue that questioning the legitimacy of a President-elect is a smear, although Lewis certainly has the right to make that case if he so chooses.

I think what is most frustrating for the left is that they've constructed certain third rails within the context of shaping political dialogue. Yet those rules don't seem to apply to Trump. He keep doubling down and stepping even further onto that third rail with every Tweet. Far greater men have been taken down for doing or saying far less than Trump.

I will never support what Trump says.

I do enjoy watching him change the rules of the game, and find it curious that he of all people figured out how to do it

Trump's predecessors had too much dignity or least minimal integrity and generally tried to pretend conservative loyalists did too. The situation would've been exposed for what it was if a Trump option had presented itself earlier.

 

[Jhhnn]

Some would argue that questioning the legitimacy of a President-elect is a smear, although Lewis certainly has the right to make that case if he so chooses.

I think what is most frustrating for the left is that they've constructed certain third rails within the context of shaping political dialogue. Yet those rules don't seem to apply to Trump. He keep doubling down and stepping even further onto that third rail with every Tweet. Far greater men have been taken down for doing or saying far less than Trump.

I will never support what Trump says.

I do enjoy watching him change the rules of the game, and find it curious that he of all people figured out how to do it

Repubs' corrosive rhetoric has been eating at rational political discourse for decades, setting the stage for Trump. The only reason they ever opposed him was because they thought he was too blatant about summoning the fear, hate & discontent among their base that they've fostered all along. They were mistaken but quick to adapt. This post-truth era is more than they'd ever hoped for.

 

[IGBT]

Congressman John Lewis. A career politician that single handedly defines the Democratic Confederate Plantation and everything that is wrong with it. His congressional district is a violent crime three ring circus. Knowing how corrupt and partisan he is and how he continues to nurture the divide in this country it is hard to view his "civil rights icon" stature in a positive light. He may have been there but hardly for the right reasons. Just another racist and bigoted grievance monger spewing hate and discontent which has become a cornerstone of today's Democrat Party.

 

[Jhhnn]

Congressman John Lewis. A career politician that single handedly defines the Democratic Confederate Plantation and everything that is wrong with it. His congressional district is a violent crime three ring circus. Knowing how corrupt and partisan he is and how he continues to nurture the divide in this country it is hard to view his "civil rights icon" stature in a positive light. He may have been there but hardly for the right reasons. Just another racist and bigoted grievance monger spewing hate and discontent which has become a cornerstone of today's Democrat Party.

Whatever Trump says, you believe, right?

Of course you do. He's the hero of every trash talking right winger in America. He tells you that all the stupid shit you really, really believe is really, really true-

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-m...ump/trumps-john-lewis-crime-invested-atlanta/

All of it coming from the Birther in Chief, the most astounding con man of the age.

 

[brycejones]

Congressman John Lewis. A career politician that single handedly defines the Democratic Confederate Plantation and everything that is wrong with it. His congressional district is a violent crime three ring circus. Knowing how corrupt and partisan he is and how he continues to nurture the divide in this country it is hard to view his "civil rights icon" stature in a positive light. He may have been there but hardly for the right reasons. Just another racist and bigoted grievance monger spewing hate and discontent which has become a cornerstone of today's Democrat Party.

That's a lot of crazy packed into one post.

 

[werepossum]

That's a pretty bizarre level of attachment to something that has so little effect on your life. I guess that further confirms you view this like a sports team, but I think we already knew that.

I don't think that is necessarily true anymore. Obamacare has had a pretty drastic effect on our lives, in that our insurance barely even counts as insurance by historic standards. Our premiums are higher than ever, yet our insurance pays nothing until we're six grand out of pocket, has a maximum out of pocket of $35 grand, pays absolutely nothing for out of network (and such spending counts nothing toward deductible or maximum.) Other people who were uninsurable are now insurable and now have insurance, or can now afford it when they could not before. None of that would have happened had Obama lost. Obama's executive orders have been bad for some, opened up opportunities for others. Obama's decision to support illegal immigration (including flying in more illegals!) allowed some people to reunite with family members, whereas other families lost beloved members murdered by people who legally should not even be here.

Granted, we tend to vastly overestimate a President's power over the economy or gas prices, but a President's policies can literally mean life or death for some.

 

[MongGrel]

Congressman John Lewis. A career politician that single handedly defines the Democratic Confederate Plantation and everything that is wrong with it. His congressional district is a violent crime three ring circus. Knowing how corrupt and partisan he is and how he continues to nurture the divide in this country it is hard to view his "civil rights icon" stature in a positive light. He may have been there but hardly for the right reasons. Just another racist and bigoted grievance monger spewing hate and discontent which has become a cornerstone of today's Democrat Party.

Your signature pretty much says a lot to begin with, really

 

[alien42]

Congressman John Lewis. A career politician that single handedly defines the Democratic Confederate Plantation and everything that is wrong with it. His congressional district is a violent crime three ring circus. Knowing how corrupt and partisan he is and how he continues to nurture the divide in this country it is hard to view his "civil rights icon" stature in a positive light. He may have been there but hardly for the right reasons. Just another racist and bigoted grievance monger spewing hate and discontent which has become a cornerstone of today's Democrat Party.

i have lived in multiple locations in his district for over a decade and i can verify that you are full of shit.

now will someone ban this racist piece of trash?

 

[Jhhnn]

Our premiums are higher than ever, yet our insurance pays nothing until we're six grand out of pocket, has a maximum out of pocket of $35 grand

Many plans have copays & that $35K figure is bullshit-

http://obamacarefacts.com/health-insurance/deductible/

 

[ivwshane]

Many plans have copays & that $35K figure is bullshit-

http://obamacarefacts.com/health-insurance/deductible/

He's also talking about his employer provided health care, of which employers have been paying less and less of for years.

 

[IGBT]

As reported by CNBC-According to 2015 data from the Census Bureau, Georgia's 5th Congressional District—which is majority African-American political leadership and includes most of Atlanta—as a poverty rate of more than 17 percent, above the national average of 13.5 percent. As indicated previously..Lewis has zero leadership skills and is largely propped up by the Praetorian Guard Liberal Media.

 

[Starbuck1975]

Trump's predecessors had too much dignity or least minimal integrity and generally tried to pretend conservative loyalists did too. The situation would've been exposed for what it was if a Trump option had presented itself earlier.

I would buy your argument if Trump somehow achieved some seismic shift in white voters. He didn'r

He managed to flip a miniscule tens of thousands but nonetheless critical voters because his opponent was tone deaf to their economic anxieties

 

[werepossum]

Many plans have copays & that $35K figure is bullshit-

http://obamacarefacts.com/health-insurance/deductible/

I'm actually looking into that now. From the national portal, I may be able to get a plan that is better and cheaper than my employer-furnished health insurance, even with my employer paying part and even though since I am offered employer health insurance I can get no subsidies/tax breaks. Unfortunately Obamacare has driven BCBS-TN out of the individual policy market, so for Tennessee I now have only one provider and the choices suck. I just have to figure out whether I can use the national exchange and what are the rules. The other thing I have to determine is whether I can drop off without ending our group policy eligibility - some of our people have good gubmit health insurance through spouses, and to be eligible we have to have a certain percentage take coverage.

Of course, before Obamacare I was fine, with decent coverage at a good price. I just didn't have the things that proggie's need, like mental counseling and sex changes.

 

[werepossum]

He's also talking about his employer provided health care, of which employers have been paying less and less of for years.

We haven't cut what we pay, we just aren't able to cover all of the amazing increases.

Assuming Obamacare is not repealed, I don't see my company offering health insurance more than a couple more years. We switched to United because our BCBS increase last year was 67%, after a year with an increase of more than half that. I fully expect United to hike rates similarly as their big competitor is also forced out of small group plans.