The Democrats Got What They Wanted, But It’s Cool Because Trump Really Stuck It To Paul Ryan

[Sanguine]

Ah, yes .... the Christ-like compassion for the suffering by conservatives is again on full display.  Let's reduce the debt on the backs of our wounded.

Still wondering why conservatives can't get elected national dog catcher?

That makes absolutely no sense.

[Sanguine]

I voted for Bush too, my reasons were Al Gore and John Kerry. But Bush blew up the national debt, brought chaos to the middle east/north Africa and allowed tens of million illegal aliens to invade. It might have been a mistake to vote Bush.

On this we agree.  And, the same rationale applies to what Trump is doing right now.

[bolobaby]

When's the last time a Republican president thought he was going to get better deals with a bunch of Marxist Democrats then some squishy Pubbies?

Now, I have aligncare on ignore for obvious reasons, but I could see his post in your response to him.

Shaking my head.

Let me summarize the stupidity: Republicans haven't represented conservative values since the Republican Revolution since 1994, so Trump is absosmurfly right to side with Democrats now.

It's really hard to take these Trumpettes seriously, isn't it. Glad I have that kind of ignorance on ignore because - frankly - I couldn't stomach seeing it regularly.

[aligncare]

Now, I have aligncare on ignore for obvious reasons, but I could see his post in your response to him.

Shaking my head.

Let me summarize the stupidity: Republicans haven't represented conservative values since the Republican Revolution since 1994, so Trump is absosmurfly right to side with Democrats now.

It's really hard to take these Trumpettes seriously, isn't it. Glad I have that kind of ignorance on ignore because - frankly - I couldn't stomach seeing it regularly.

Thank you for posting that incisive analysis; I'll waste no time reading it.

[roamer_1]

The reality is that the measure needed 60 votes to pass. All the Dems had to do to defeat it was to refuse to vote for it. They didn't even need the usual turncoats on their side to beat this one. It will be presented by the MSM as a measure to (solely, unless the Dems are bragging) fund hurricane relief, and little else. Which means no one from affected areas dares to vote against it or it will be used against them next election.

For all that multidimensional chess stuff, the GOP got painted into a tight corner on this one.

And now: Florida. I wonder what that will cost in Congress. 
Sonsabiches.

[Smokin Joe]

Thanks to George W Bush we lost our chance to manage our way out of debt. But all these NeverTrumpers now screaming debt, debt, debt were big fans of W. "The Debt" is just another GOP scam like ACA repeal, as soon as they are in a position to do something about it they go on a spending spree.

Actually, the first time I walked out of a District meeting was when I arrived and was TOLD (as were all present) that W was going to be the candidate. Done. no vote, no discussion, no caucus, no nothing, eat your peas.

[LateForLunch]

Some of this response from conservatives is overwrought. This may not signal any major ideological shift (indeed, the nominees for circuit courts are rock-solid) so maybe everyone should conserve their ammunition for a little later when the context of the entire first term starts to take shape.

It is interesting that every time the anti-Trumpsters start high-fiving each other about "being right all along" Trump does something else conservative-leaning that shuts them up.

[XenaLee]

This is what Democrats got from Trump in his first 7 months in office:

1. Supreme Court Judge Gorsuch

2. 59 missiles dropped in Syria

3. He took us out of TPP

4. Illegal immigration is now down 70%( the lowest in 17 years)

5. Consumer confidence highest since 2000 at index 125.6

6. Mortgage applications for new homes rise to a seven year high

7. Arranged from 7% to 24% Tariff on lumber from Canada

8. Bids for border wall are well underway

9. Pulled out of the lopsided Paris accord

10. Keystone pipeline approved

11. NATO allies boost spending by 4.3%

12. Allowing VA to terminate bad employees

13. Allowing private healthcare choices for veterans

14. More than 1,000,000 new jobs created

15. Median household income at a 7-year high

16. The Stock Market is at the highest ever in its history

17. China agreed to American import of beef

18. $89 Billion saved in regulation rollbacks

19. Rollback of a Regulation to boost coal mining

20. MOAB for ISIS

21. Travel ban reinstated

22. Executive order for religious freedom

23. Jump started NASA

24. $600 million cut from UN peacekeeping budget

25. Targeting of MS13 gangs

26. Deporting violent illegal immigrants

27. Signed 41 bills to date

28. Created a commission on child trafficking

29. Created a commission on voter fraud

30. Created a commission for opioids addiction

31. Giving power to states to drug test unemployment recipients

32. Unemployment lowest since May 2007

33. Historic Black College University initiative

34. Women In Entrepreneurship Act

35. Created an office for illegal immigrant crime victims

36. Reversed Dodd-Frank

37. Repealed DOT ruling which would have taken power away from local governments for infrastructure planning

38. Order to stop crime against law enforcement

39. End of DAPA program

40. Stopped companies from moving out of America

41. Promoted businesses to create American Jobs

42. Encouraged country to once again - ‘Buy American and hire American’

43. Cutting regulations: 2 for every new one created

44. Review of all trade agreements to make sure they are America first

45. Apprentice program

46. Highest manufacturing surge in 3 years

47. $78 Billion promised reinvestment from major businesses like Exxon, Bayer, Apple, SoftBank, Toyota

48. Denied FBI a new building

49. $700 million saved with F-35 renegotiation

50. Saves $22 million by reducing white house payroll

51. Dept of Treasury reports a $182 billion surplus for April 2017 (2nd largest in history)

52. Negotiated the release of 6 US humanitarian workers held captive in Egypt

53. Gas prices lowest in more than 12 years

54. Signed An Executive Order To Promote Energy Independence and Economic Growth

55. Has already accomplished more to stop government interference into people’s lives than any President in the history of America

56. President Trump has worked with Congress to pass more legislation in his first 100 days than any President since Truman

57. Has given head executive of each branches 6 month time frame, dated March 15, 2017, to trim  the fat, restructure and improve efficiency of their branch. (Observe the push-back the leaks the lies as entrenched POWER refuses to go silently into that good night!)

58. Last, refused his Presidential pay checks. Donated first quarter to Veterans issues; second quarter went to the Betsy Voss for her version of better schools (Charter Schools are certainly on the list)

Um....nice list.  But.... aren't you supposed to give credit to the author (Schneider, not you)?

Also, re: point 56....what ""meaningful"" legislation has been passed in his first 100 days that is good for America?  And remember.... quantity is NOT quality.

Other than political appointments, and a scant few other items, I don't see much critical or meaningful legislation signed on this list.  Stuff that relates to tax reform, national debt, illegal immigration, national security, etc.  I see a LOT of minor issue bills signed.  If you're aware of some major legislation he has signed, please elaborate.

http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-100-days-congress-regulations-laws-signed-repeal-obama-2017-4/#trump-signed-a-congressional-action-repealing-an-obama-era-regulation-which-prevented-coal-mining-companies-from-dumping-debris-and-toxic-waste-into-nearby-streams-and-waterways-5

[Smokin Joe]

Some of this response from conservatives is overwrought. This may not signal any major ideological shift (indeed, the nominees for circuit courts are rock-solid) so maybe everyone should conserve their ammunition for a little later when the context of the entire first term starts to take shape.

It is interesting that every time the anti-Trumpsters start high-fiving each other about "being right all along" Trump does something else conservative-leaning that shuts them up.

Actually, what is being decried the most here is that the D@mned Democrats would hold Hurricane Relief hostage for loading the bill up with other crap.
Trump was going to need some of their votes, anyway, so he was going to have to deal with them, and the GOP would have been seen as standing in the way of helping people in need (an optic the Dems and MSM would love) if they hadn't voted for it, at least enough to pass it. Even with unanimity on the GOP side, the bill would not pass without some Dems. They just held out for their feedlot full of piggies, including the debt ceiling raise.

[XenaLee]

Some of this response from conservatives is overwrought. This may not signal any major ideological shift (indeed, the nominees for circuit courts are rock-solid) so maybe everyone should conserve their ammunition for a little later when the context of the entire first term starts to take shape.

It is interesting that every time the anti-Trumpsters start high-fiving each other about "being right all along" Trump does something else conservative-leaning that shuts them up.

Ah.....so you have noticed Trump's one step forward, two steps backwards routine too then, eh? 

[Smokin Joe]

Um....nice list.  But.... aren't you supposed to give credit to the author (Schneider, not you)?

Also, re: point 56....what ""meaningful"" legislation has been passed in his first 100 days that is good for America?  And remember.... quantity is NOT quality.

Other than political appointments, and a scant few other items, I don't see much critical or meaningful legislation signed on this list.  Stuff that relates to tax reform, national debt, illegal immigration, national security, etc.  I see a LOT of minor issue bills signed.  If you're aware of some major legislation he has signed, please elaborate.

http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-100-days-congress-regulations-laws-signed-repeal-obama-2017-4/#trump-signed-a-congressional-action-repealing-an-obama-era-regulation-which-prevented-coal-mining-companies-from-dumping-debris-and-toxic-waste-into-nearby-streams-and-waterways-5

All very nice stuff, some driven by market optimism. I particularly liked stripping the EPA of some of the myriad new rules stuffed through in the closing days of the Obama Administration, reversed by CRA bills from Congress, which President Trump signed.

But the list of things that were promised is here: http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,233460.0.html

Wall. Hillary in handcuffs. Repeal Obamacare. Still waiting......

[XenaLee]

All very nice stuff, some driven by market optimism. I particularly liked stripping the EPA of some of the myriad new rules stuffed through in the closing days of the Obama Administration, reversed by CRA bills from Congress, which President Trump signed.

But the list of things that were promised is here: http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,233460.0.html

Wall. Hillary in handcuffs. Repeal Obamacare. Still waiting......

As a friend.... I would seriously suggest that you not hold your breath on those promises....lol.

[Smokin Joe]

As a friend.... I would seriously suggest that you not hold your breath on those promises....lol.

Thanks, I haven't been. I just like to see a little focus on the issues that were the biggies in November.

[roamer_1]

Some of this response from conservatives is overwrought. This may not signal any major ideological shift (indeed, the nominees for circuit courts are rock-solid) so maybe everyone should conserve their ammunition for a little later when the context of the entire first term starts to take shape.

Don't look now, but it's already taken shape.

It is interesting that every time the anti-Trumpsters start high-fiving each other about "being right all along" Trump does something else conservative-leaning that shuts them up.

What would those things be? And don't spout that silly list a little uphill from this post, because it;s largely bullcrap.

*NOTHING* of import. *nothing* game-changing.

[Oceander]

I love the smell of cognitive dissonance in the morning (or any other time).

[LateForLunch]

I love the smell of cognitive dissonance in the morning (or any other time).

"Contradictions are the bane of small minds." - Thomas Edison

Not that your mind is small by any means sieur, but your own (and other's) gleeful gloom is overwrought. Purely.

What most concerns me about this administration is not anything that has happened so far, but about this idiotic nonsense about huge tariffs and other such Wilsonian stupidity that DJT still seems to have some fetish for espousing. If he doesn't back off on that crap, I will be among those howling the loudest for someone to run against him if he tries for a second term.

[Smokin Joe]

"Contradictions are the bane of small minds." - Thomas Edison

Not that your mind is small by any means sieur, but your own (and other's) gleeful gloom is overwrought. Purely.

What most concerns me about this administration is not anything that has happened so far, but about this idiotic nonsense about huge tariffs and other such Wilsonian stupidity that DJT still seems to have some fetish for espousing. If he doesn't back off on that crap, I will be among those howling the loudest for someone to run against him if he tries for a second term.

We'll have a new war by then. He'll have guaranteed reelection.

[LateForLunch]

We'll have a new war by then. He'll have guaranteed reelection.

Just so long as it is not a trade war with nations that should ostensibly be our allies in every sense, including economically.

Well, not a thermonuclear war...that could cause a lot of cramping, itching and discomfort for everyone.

[Smokin Joe]

Just so long as it is not a trade war with nations that should ostensibly be our allies in every sense, including economically.

Well, not a thermonuclear war...that could cause a lot of cramping, itching and discomfort for everyone.

Whatever level it goes to, it'll have to last through the primaries and to the general...Most models for thermonuclear conflict have a more limited duration of hostilities.

[roamer_1]

We'll have a new war by then. He'll have guaranteed reelection.

I don't know about that. I don't know that the market will hold out that long. I think another crash is coming that will make the last one look like a parking ticket.

[Smokin Joe]

I don't know about that. I don't know that the market will hold out that long. I think another crash is coming that will make the last one look like a parking ticket.

I am mostly out of the markets at this point, having liquidated much of what I held. Most of the reserves value will depend on commodity prices. Maybe not the best situation, but it is what it is.

[roamer_1]

I am mostly out of the markets at this point, having liquidated much of what I held. Most of the reserves value will depend on commodity prices. Maybe not the best situation, but it is what it is.

Heh... Glad you have it to liquidate. The only liquid I have is a pot to piss in :)
We'll see. If we make it through fall, it will probably wrap around again... maybe till the midterms. If it lasts that long I'll be up in the sticks. But it's coming. Sure as God made little green apples.

[jpsb]

Ah.  So that excuses Trump's actions?

What is so bad about getting FEMA $$$ to help Tx/La recover from Harvey?

[InHeavenThereIsNoBeer]

I don't know about that. I don't know that the market will hold out that long. I think another crash is coming that will make the last one look like a parking ticket.

If you look at a 20 year chart of the S&P500, the dotcom/housing boom/busts are obvious.  Run up to 1500, run back down to 750 or so.  Repeat.  It's like a letter M (but kind of stretched out, like the Univ Minn logo).

If the market crashed by 38%, we'd be back down to the PEAK of those two bubbles.

It's going to look so obvious in hindsight.

[Night Hides Not]

Thank you for posting that incisive analysis; I'll waste no time reading it.

If you didn't read it, then why offer a snarky comment on it?