Trump Jr. blasts reported Roy Moore Senate bid: 'It's time to ride off into the sunset'

[Smokin Joe]

Which is one reason why the GOP is called the stupid party.   They eat their own, while the rats march in lock-step every time.  Unity is key (united we stand, divided we fall).  And the GOP ain't got it.

Ironic, ain't it? Since Lincoln himself talked about "a house divided..."

[jmyrlefuller]

True dat.  Inhabitants that would rather see a damned DemocRat in that Senate seat than Moore.  Which I really don't get.... or agree with.

A vote for Moore is a vote for a Democrat.

[jmyrlefuller]

Which is one reason why the GOP is called the stupid party.   They eat their own, while the rats march in lock-step every time.  Unity is key (united we stand, divided we fall).  And the GOP ain't got it.

Give us a candidate we can unite behind, then we will unite. Moore has already proven he's not it.

[Jazzhead]

You misunderstand, @Jazzhead.  Virtue signaling is done by people who lack virtue in order to make them appear to have virtue. 

@roamer_1 does not fall into that category.

@roamer_1 is constantly citing his sacred "principals" as he lives atop his mountain,  proclaiming his virtue over us lowly pragmatists who dare to want to do such things as win elections and solve real problems.   I'm sick of his shit.   

[Smokin Joe]

@roamer_1 is constantly citing his sacred "principals" as he lives atop his mountain,  proclaiming his virtue over us lowly pragmatists who dare to want to do such things as win elections and solve real problems.   I'm sick of his shit.

Sad comment, really.

Apparently, winning elections is just not enough. You have to win them with the right people. Otherwise, we wouldn't have the mess we have.

If those who throw principles to the wind for the sake of "winning" would stand their ground, on principle,maybe this country wouldn't be such a mess.

As for fecal material, you do pretty well at splattering it around, yourself.

(why does liberal poo smell worse?)

[Free Vulcan]

@roamer_1 is constantly citing his sacred "principals" as he lives atop his mountain,  proclaiming his virtue over us lowly pragmatists who dare to want to do such things as win elections and solve real problems.   I'm sick of his shit.

So that means you've finally given up on John Kasich?

[Jazzhead]

So that means you've finally given up on John Kasich?

As a matter of fact, yes. 

[Jazzhead]

If those who throw principles to the wind for the sake of "winning" would stand their ground, on principle,maybe this country wouldn't be such a mess.

False choice.   What is your objection to the Buckley principle?   

[roamer_1]

Your virtue-signaling is boring.   

Typical liberal bullcrap, @Jazzhead . A knee-jerk slander to use against anyone who has the fortitude to believe in anything... I take it as a compliment from the likes of such folks.

[roamer_1]

Thanks to all y'all for your defense in my absence.
I consider myself to be in the best of company!

@Bigun
@Sanguine
@XenaLee
@Cyber Liberty

 

[roamer_1]

@roamer_1 is constantly citing his sacred "principals" as he lives atop his mountain,  proclaiming his virtue over us lowly pragmatists who dare to want to do such things as win elections and solve real problems.   I'm sick of his shit.

It's quite the other way around as far as 'looking down one's nose' is concerned, @Jazzhead .

I am sure I have agreed with you a time or two, but so very seldom that I doubt I could recall it. Still, I would not accuse you of 'virtue signaling' - I take it you mean what you say, no matter how ludicrous I might find your position to be.

Besides, us dumb hicks who live on mountains ain't got the mental fortitude for verbal machinations. Generally, we just say what we mean.

[roamer_1]

False choice.   What is your objection to the Buckley principle?

It has left us without enough Conservatives to matter... But a handful. And a very long way from '80 and '94.

The false choice is pragmatism. To the point that there is not a single principle of Conservatism to be found, truly defended by Republicans. And certainly so among pragmatists.

[Smokin Joe]

False choice.   What is your objection to the Buckley principle?

Voting for the lesser evil just gets you to the greater evil by a more circuitous route.

It's like saying just a little poo in the punchbowl won't affect the flavor that much.

[roamer_1]

Sad comment, really.
[...]

If those who throw principles to the wind for the sake of "winning" would stand their ground, on principle,maybe this country wouldn't be such a mess.

Ain't that the fact of it.

Nice to see you Smoke. Hope it's all good for you...

 

[Smokin Joe]

Ain't that the fact of it.

Nice to see you Smoke. Hope it's all good for you...

 

Thanks! 

Working down in NV, on an exploration well. Life is good. 

[XenaLee]

 

The choice of Moore only meant that the Country Club and the Liberals joined hands to keep someone out who just might give 'em all Hell. If you're a fan of the shenanigans the GOP Congress has pulled in the first two years of the Trump Presidency, mainly refusing to pass the legislation needed for him to implement policy (until they lost the House and had a real excuse), then keep hitting the same button.
If you really want to drain the swamp, you need people who don't mind telling where the mud is.

As for it being unfortunate that people in other states influence our politics, whichever state we're in, well, yes, it is.

From faux social media campaigns to well funded astroturf organizations that spring up like mushrooms and are toxic to local policy, it is a real blight on the electoral process.

Considering that is EXACTLY the sort of crap that kept Moore out last time, along with the concerted efforts of the homomedia who hated him since he upheld the Alabama Constitution on the issue of same sex 'marriage', I'd think any Conservative would be happy to see him get another shot at office, especially since the air has been cleared.

YMMV.

 

 

 

[XenaLee]

Thanks to all y'all for your defense in my absence.
I consider myself to be in the best of company!

@Bigun
@Sanguine
@XenaLee
@Cyber Liberty

 

 

[roamer_1]

Thanks! 

Working down in NV, on an exploration well. Life is good. 

Ugh! That's gotta be hotter than a popcorn fart, and twice as dusty! Hope you've got air conditioning or a nice swimmin hole.

Though maybe not as bad for a feller used to NoDak summers...

As for me, I'll stay up here in the pines and the birches where the shade works.
 

[Cyber Liberty]

Ugh! That's gotta be hotter than a popcorn fart, and twice as dusty! Hope you've got air conditioning or a nice swimmin hole.

Though maybe not as bad for a feller used to NoDak summers...

As for me, I'll stay up here in the pines and the birches where the shade works.
 

You want hot? 100 here today.

[roamer_1]

You want hot? 100 here today.

We're around 75 today, and the house is wide open, with the smell of lilacs wafting through... Blowing all the heat from the stove right out the window.

(I have chili, brownies, and chocolate pudding all going right now in anticipation of Shabbat.)
 

June and July will be 80's with cool nights between 40 and 50
Hopefully, we won't see 90's till August, and won't see 100's at all.

[Sanguine]

We're around 75 today, and the house is wide open, with the smell of lilacs wafting through... Blowing all the heat from the stove right out the window.

(I have chili, brownies, and chocolate pudding all going right now in anticipation of Shabbat.)
 

June and July will be 80's with cool nights between 40 and 50
Hopefully, we won't see 90's till August, and won't see 100's at all.

@roamer_1 is chili, brownies, and chocolate pudding typical Sabbath food? 

[txradioguy]

Your virtue-signaling is boring.   

[roamer_1]

@roamer_1 is chili, brownies, and chocolate pudding typical Sabbath food?

LOL!

@Sanguine

Well, the pudding is because I found out my milk has almost turned, and I have to use it up... BTW, make it with cream skimmed off of raw milk and you will never go back...

But yeah - Sabbath is a celebration. I try not to cook after friday sundown, so I go at it early on friday afternoon and make what I need for Shabbat.

So egg/bacon**/cheese salad on sourdough for breakfast, a nice beef salsa thing on a pretzel roll for lunch, and chili or chili mac for tonight and saturday night... Plenty of fruit (to include my first watermelon for the year), and of course, the brownies in a salted caramel sauce...

I wish I had an avacado for under the egg salad, but I'll make due without. 

** Fakin bacon (turkey), of course, before the legalists opine

[Cyber Liberty]

@roamer_1  I think avocados are illegal now.  MSNBC told me so.

[Smokin Joe]

Ugh! That's gotta be hotter than a popcorn fart, and twice as dusty! Hope you've got air conditioning or a nice swimmin hole.

Though maybe not as bad for a feller used to NoDak summers...

As for me, I'll stay up here in the pines and the birches where the shade works.
 

Had rain every day (snow, even!) and night time temps in the 30s. Feels a lot like home, only wetter (some desert, huh? )
It's the second time I have worked in a desert area in the last year and been rained on for better'n a week. Maybe I should go on the road to drought areas and charge to hang out.....