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Offline endicom

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VOTERS WANT TO “DRAIN SWAMP,” DON’T TRUST GOP TO DO IT
« on: April 30, 2018, 06:49:54 pm »
Power Line
Paul Mirengoff
Apr. 30, 2018

“Drain The Swamp” was an important rallying cry of the Trump campaign. But does it still resonate a year-and-a-half after the 2016 election?

It does. So finds a poll commissioned by Ear to the Ground and conducted by McLaughlin & Associates.

The poll (of 1,000 likely voters) found that 55 percent of Americans are “concerned” or “very concerned” about “the Swamp,” with 36 percent very concerned. 59 percent of those who identify as “very conservative” said they were very concerned.

More... http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2018/04/voters-want-to-drain-swamp-dont-trust-gop-to-do-it.php
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Re: VOTERS WANT TO “DRAIN SWAMP,” DON’T TRUST GOP TO DO IT
« Reply #1 on: April 30, 2018, 06:50:40 pm »
I wonder why that is?  /sarc
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Re: VOTERS WANT TO “DRAIN SWAMP,” DON’T TRUST GOP TO DO IT
« Reply #2 on: April 30, 2018, 06:58:45 pm »
Anyone trusting the GOP to do anything but enable the Democrat Agenda and craft trillion-dollar omnibus thousand-page deficit spending bills in secret and strong-arming everyone to vote on them before anyone reads them, is willfully blind, dumb and stupid in my estimation.

The Republican Party is just another arm of the Deep State Oligarchy, or if you prefer - Big Government Democrats have taken over the GOP from within.
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Re: VOTERS WANT TO “DRAIN SWAMP,” DON’T TRUST GOP TO DO IT
« Reply #3 on: April 30, 2018, 07:11:13 pm »
Quote from: Bigun on April 30, 2018, 06:50:40 pm
I wonder why that is?  /sarc


Wonder, Stevie could see it.

I don't know about the accuracy of the numbers but the poll does seem to capture the public mood.

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Re: VOTERS WANT TO “DRAIN SWAMP,” DON’T TRUST GOP TO DO IT
« Reply #4 on: April 30, 2018, 07:51:53 pm »
I would love to see the corruption ended and the swamp drained, but who's going to do it?

We know the Pubs won't. They've had over a year to do what they said they would do and have done very little. The Rats sure aren't going to clean out their feeding trough. It's rather depressing to realize only a few people actually represent the majority of the USA that wants the swamp cleaned out.
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Re: VOTERS WANT TO “DRAIN SWAMP,” DON’T TRUST GOP TO DO IT
« Reply #5 on: April 30, 2018, 07:56:52 pm »
Quote from: bilo on April 30, 2018, 07:51:53 pm
I would love to see the corruption ended and the swamp drained, but who's going to do it?

We know the Pubs won't. They've had over a year to do what they said they would do and have done very little. The Rats sure aren't going to clean out their feeding trough. It's rather depressing to realize only a few people actually represent the majority of the USA that wants the swamp cleaned out.

The truth is that poll is misleading as hell.

Conservatives read "the swamp" one way -- progressives read it another.  So though the poll makes it sound as though a clear majority all wants the same thing, we really don't because we don't attach the same meaning to questions.

The problem isn't "Republicans."  The problem is that we don't elect enough conservative Republicans.  There are all the Charlie Dent's of the GOP who are not, and never have been, conservatives.  So even if a majority of the GOP itself is conservative, those RINOs are enough to prevent conservatives from having control of Congress.

The answer is to elect more conservatives in districts that have elected guys like Dent.
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Re: VOTERS WANT TO “DRAIN SWAMP,” DON’T TRUST GOP TO DO IT
« Reply #6 on: April 30, 2018, 08:23:06 pm »
This is not easy as the game is rigged. (GOP)

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Re: VOTERS WANT TO “DRAIN SWAMP,” DON’T TRUST GOP TO DO IT
« Reply #7 on: April 30, 2018, 08:52:45 pm »
So ... let's see ... if voters don't think that the GOP can drain the swamp, that really leaves two scenarios; the DEMS draining the swamp or the people standing up and and draining that swamp for them! Short of a revolution, I don't see the later happening.

If Trump were to fire Sessions, Rosenstein and Mueller, I think the American people might have a sliver of confidence in the GOP.  IMHO, not going to happen.

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Re: VOTERS WANT TO “DRAIN SWAMP,” DON’T TRUST GOP TO DO IT
« Reply #8 on: April 30, 2018, 09:20:52 pm »
Quote from: Maj. Bill Martin on April 30, 2018, 07:56:52 pm
The truth is that poll is misleading as hell.

Conservatives read "the swamp" one way -- progressives read it another.  So though the poll makes it sound as though a clear majority all wants the same thing, we really don't because we don't attach the same meaning to questions.

The problem isn't "Republicans."  The problem is that we don't elect enough conservative Republicans.  There are all the Charlie Dent's of the GOP who are not, and never have been, conservatives.  So even if a majority of the GOP itself is conservative, those RINOs are enough to prevent conservatives from having control of Congress.

The answer is to elect more conservatives in districts that have elected guys like Dent.

I hear what you're saying, but, there aren't enough conservative Republicans running. The 2nd problem is McConnell on the Senate side is doing everything he can to ensure that conservatives don't win and that he keeps his 'team' of incumbents.
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Re: VOTERS WANT TO “DRAIN SWAMP,” DON’T TRUST GOP TO DO IT
« Reply #9 on: May 01, 2018, 12:07:36 am »
Quote from: INVAR on April 30, 2018, 06:58:45 pm
Anyone trusting the GOP to do anything but enable the Democrat Agenda and craft trillion-dollar omnibus thousand-page deficit spending bills in secret and strong-arming everyone to vote on them before anyone reads them, is willfully blind, dumb and stupid in my estimation.

The Republican Party is just another arm of the Deep State Oligarchy, or if you prefer - Big Government Democrats have taken over the GOP from within.

We should have some kind of exposer website.  Rat Report to publish voting and investigate what they are getting in return.
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