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To: sylvester80 who wrote (1068843)	5/11/2018 4:04:20 PM
From: longnshort	1 Recommendation Recommended By isopatch Respond to of 1574698

you libs are so filled with hate and anger why ? you want to ban things and the things you don't want to ban you want to make them mandatory

To: sylvester80 who wrote (1068843)	5/11/2018 4:14:05 PM
From: longnshort	1 Recommendation Recommended By FJB Respond to of 1574698

Aprogressive columnist finally let his mask slip this week and revealed the extreme liberal agenda for what it really is, a hate-filled and intolerant movement aimed at crushing anyone who dissents or gets in its way. Leonard Pitts is a columnist for the Miami Herald who has a syndicated column. His May 6 offering is a revealing look inside the mind of the far left in this country that many conservatives suspect exists, but its racial and anti-religious venom is seldom put into print. In his latest screed, Mr. Pitts answers one of his progressive reader’s emails with a polite admonition. Rose, the reader, had the nerve to suggest that fellow liberals try to understand the position of Trump voters on issues. Mr. Pitts firmly puts Rose in her in her place as to the futility of trying to deal rationally with Trump voters. I am assuming that Trump voters include anyone who did not vote for Hillary Clinton in the last election. Mr. Pitts politely but firmly reminds Rose that these people are not to be reasoned with; they must be crushed. Mr. Pitts lectures Rose that Trump voters — and that includes most Americans who claim to be conservatives — are on the wrong side of history and need to be swept aside by what he sees as the inevitable tide of non-white, non-Christian, non-male voters who are the future of this country; these are his words, not mine. I’ve taken the time to review some of Mr. Pitts‘ columns to understand how he views the world and the people that make up the 50 percent of the voting block that he wants to defeat. How does he define the evil conservative Trump block? To some extent, his approach is a darker and less humorous incarnation of Jeff Foxworthy’s “you might be a Redneck” routine: You may be a Trump voter if you are a white Christian male, and your opinion must be discounted automatically. If your wife or significant other agrees with you, she is a fellow traveler and needs to be discounted as well. You may be a Trump voter if you question whether or not global warming is settled science as President Obama and The New York Times have decreed. You may be a Trump voter if you think identity politics is not inherently a good thing and that any cop who uses a firearm is not automatically a racist criminal who needs to be fired, even if he or she is an African-American. You may be a Trump voter if you think that Bernie Sanders’ concept of giving a $15-dollar-an-hour job to every American — no matter how indolent, incompetent or drug addled — is an idiotic idea. You may be a Trump voter if you think Obamacare was an ill-conceived and badly executed idea. You may be a Trump voter if you think that the Iran nuclear deal was a desperate attempt by Barack Obama and John Kerry to have a foreign policy legacy after their failures in Iraq and Syria. You may be a Trump voter if the think gun-free zones will actually prevent determined psychopaths from attempting mass murder. I frankly wasn’t a rabid Trump supporter in 2016, but I knew I didn’t want Mrs. Clinton as my president. So, I guess Ms. Rose can bury me on the trash heap of history with other conservative Americans. In reading Mr. Pitts, I am harkened back to Nikita Khrushchev. Mr. Pitts was born in 1957 so he would not remember the Communist leader of the former Soviet Union who told the Western capitalistic democracies that he would bury us in 1956. Khrushchev is dead and so is the Soviet Union, but far-leftist rhetoric still lives on. Maybe Mr. Pitts is right in contending that demographics will crush conservative America, but what if? What if large numbers of young black men decide that Kanye West is right and they are better off under conservative policies than a Sanders-style welfare state? What if Catholic Latin American voters decide that their values of Christianity are inconsistent with Mr. Pitts‘ approach of celebrating atheism and/or non-Western religions? What if millennial voters suddenly find out that their prospects look better under the Republicans than they did under Mr. Obama? None of this is certain, but Mr. Pitts is as certain as Khrushchev was that the far left will triumph. It may be a little early to bury conservatism. In the words of Monty Python; “we’re not dead yet.” • Gary Anderson, a retired Marine Corps colonel, is an adjunct professor at the George Washington University’s Elliott School for International Affairs.

To: sylvester80 who wrote (1068843)	5/11/2018 4:37:56 PM
From: locogringo	1 Recommendation Recommended By FJB Respond to of 1574698

the way POS trump has isolated and destroyed all relations with out allies... ANOTHER dopey FALSE talking point from retards to retards, and you certainly suck it up, don't you? Your posts are getting more idiotic and hysterical. WINNING IS SO MUCH FUN! MAGA MAGA MAGA MAGA

To: sylvester80 who wrote (1068843)	5/11/2018 4:53:29 PM
From: longnshort	5 Recommendations Recommended By Broken_Clock FJB locogringo majaman1978 Thomas A Watson Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574698

BRINK OF COLLAPSE: Obama's FBI Spied On Trump More Than Previously Thought, New Report Suggests 8 dailywire

To: sylvester80 who wrote (1068843)	5/11/2018 4:56:05 PM
From: longnshort	3 Recommendations Recommended By Bill FJB PKRBKR Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574698

trump or reagan would have gotten us out of that recession in months. But Obama said he would shut down power companies, regulate to death companies raise their taxes. Companies went into protection mode,, stopped hiring stopped expanding, that's how you make a recession worst

To: sylvester80 who wrote (1068843)	5/11/2018 6:27:50 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	1 Recommendation Recommended By longnshort Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574698

Sylvester, If he gets one like Obama was handed, the worst since the great depression, with POS trump CBO projected massive debt and massive deficit, he may not be able to ever getting us out of one without printing massive number of dollars, devaluing the currency and turning America into a banana republic with skyrocketing interest rates... If he did that, he'd be following in the footsteps of Jimmy Carter, the hero of the left. Tenchusatsu

To: sylvester80 who wrote (1068843)	5/11/2018 8:01:57 PM
From: locogringo	1 Recommendation Recommended By FJB Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574698

Poll: Optimism in Direction of Country Hits 11-Year High Under Trump AP Photo/Lance Iversen by John Nolte11 May 2018 5,885 A poll released by the far-left CNN shows that optimism about the direction of the country under President Trump has hit an 11-year high of 57 percent. The last time this same poll registered a number that high was in January 2007. This includes 40 percent of Democrats, which is a leap of 15 points from just last month. Only 40 percent say things are going badly. Also of note is that CNN polled a random sample of adults. Polls that screen for registered or likely voters generally produce a more favorable result for Trump. This poll is a good example. While Trump’s job approval rating sits at 41 percent with all adults, when CNN’s polling firm (SSRS) screened for registered voters, the president’s job approval rating jumped to 44 percent. The fact that 57 percent of Americans are expressing optimism about the direction of the country is a very big deal and bodes well for Republicans in the upcoming midterm election. What’s more, if the number holds, it is a very good sign Trump will be re-elected despite his own personal job approval ratings. What we are seeing with Trump’s job approval number appears to be the exact opposite of what we saw with former President Barack Obama. While Americans were much less satisfied with the direction of the country under Obama (pessimism climbed steadily throughout his first term), his approval ratings always seemed to defy gravity. This, I think, had to do with the establishment media’s constant cheerleading for Obama, as well as the 44th president’s demeanor. It is the exact opposite with Trump. While the president is presiding over a country filled with growing optimism, the Russian collusion hoax hangs over his head and the media continue to cover Stormy Daniels as though an alleged 12-year-old roll in the hay with a porn star is Watergate. Americans are also still not used to Trump being Trump. His refusal to roll over in the face of 24/7 media bias, which is what presidents are supposed to do, most especially Republican presidents, remains a shock to the system. All of the above has probably kept Trump’s job approval rating artificially low. Nevertheless, if the American people are happy with the direction of the country, especially if that number is as high as 57 percent, they are going to be much less eager to fire the stagecoach driver and replace the horses. Another important number is that 52 percent approve of the way Trump is handling the economy. Trump’s numbers also jumped on the issues of foreign trade (38 to 43 percent), foreign affairs (39 to 42 percent), and immigration (36 to 40 percent). Again, keep in mind that these numbers are of all adults, and, therefore, lower than we would see with a screen of registered or likely voters. America’s right track/wrong track number is something I have personally been watching for some time. That number has not been above water in the RealClearPolitics poll of polls since June of 2009, and only then. just barely. By the middle of 2015, that number was below water by 30 points, which is why I believed 2016 would be a change election. Despite people’s personal regard for Obama, by huge majorities, people were pessimistic. Today, that average has dipped to a negative of just 14 points. Finally, keep in mind that this poll was taken before unemployment dipped to 3.9 percent, three American hostages came home from North Korea, and the summit with North Korea was finalized for next month.