Jeff - No, the Democrats don't have all of the power. Hollywood has been screaming for things like Universal Health Care, Less Corporate Power, Higher Taxes for the rich for decades and law makers in the GOP and DEM party ignore them as well as the majority of voters that want these policies.
Jeff - No, the Democrats don't have all of the power. Hollywood has been screaming for things like Universal Health Care, Less Corporate Power, Higher Taxes for the rich for decades and law makers in the GOP and DEM party ignore them as well as the majority of voters that want these policies.
You say 99% of GOP have been corporate tools. The majority of GOP voters want to ban assault rifles. Can you name the 1% of GOP leaders that would vote the way GOP voters want on this issue. The majority of GOP voters want the government to fund health care. Can you name the 1% of GOP law makers that are willing to vote for government funded health care? 100% of GOP law makers vowed that they don't believe in climate change. Do 100% of GOP voters think it is fake?
Who are you kidding?
GOP law makers are 100% controlled by big business. They have ZERO % that are not controlled by big business.
As the former president of College Republicans in college it is very telling to hear that you have been a life long conservative. You need to wake up and smell the coffee... Yes most Dem law makers are terrible. But there is a huge difference between MOST and ALL.
I appreciate the correction, but "assault weapon" is still just a made-up category invented by politicians. There's no such category of weapons in reality. The people who answered "yes" on that poll are just showing their ignorance.
In practice, "assault weapon" tends to mean any semi-automatic weapon that can fire more than 10 bullets without reloading, but with a hundred thousand loopholes and asterisks, because banning semi-auto weapons that hold more than 10 rounds would most definitely *not* be popular on a poll.
The definition is so vague, the 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban bill resorted to arbitrarily banning specific models.
These types of weapon bans tend to focus on guns that are popular, like AR-15s and AK-47s, for example. But these guns are popular because they're reliable, accurate, and safe to operate. Banning them doesn't really make sense... it just forces responsible gun owners to use less safe, less reliable weapons, in the hope that that somehow reduces mass shootings.
Who am I kidding? I don't know what parallel universe you are living in or echo chamber you reside specifically but nothing, zero, nada of the shit you claim GOP voters want is true. I suppose you'd sight some obscure polls as proof. You're intellectually dishonest and do not debate in good faith. The GOP which is made up of the establishment has kept and preserved Obama Care after campaigning endlessly on repealing it. The GOP voters want to ban assault rifles(facepalm), I can't even entertain that obvious bogus claim. Yep, GOP lawmakers are controlled by big business as is the entirety of the Democrat Party. I mean how intellectually dishonest can you possibly get? Your side has been pimping the BS narrative as the party of the little guy, unions, the working man. Taibbi has done yeoman work in pointing this out to his own ideological brethren. He's now saying shit we've been pointing out for years. Big business/corporations and government work hand in hand while both parties point the fingers at each other.
I'm sure you were the president of College Republicans(eyeroll). Sounds about right as there isn't much difference between the Checked Pant Country Club Republicans and Limousine Liberals/Progressives.
My family was Goldwater conservatives even before he put out Conscience Of A Conservative(or Buckley's God and Man At Yale) of which I still have my Grandfathers hardcover first edition. My mother helped organize a fund raiser in Reno , Nv for Reagans 80' presidential run where I listened to the adults talk to Paul Laxalt and heard him explain how the Bushes were a huge problem/obstacle. Too bad Reagan feared he needed Bush to win. I'm sure you already knew that Laxalt was who Reagan wanted as VP and not that limp dick GOPestablishment Bush being a president of the College Republicans and all.
<< I'm sure you already knew that Laxalt was who Reagan wanted as VP and not that limp dick GOPestablishment Bush being a president of the College Republicans and all.>>
Reagan was the definition of limp a limp dick. Bush2 had the balls to stand up to corporations far more than Reagan. Reagan was their puppet. They told him to hop and he said "how high" Who are you kidding..
After Reagans tax cuts and wild spending exploded the deficit Bush had the balls to increase taxes and reign in Reagans wild spending.
Who are you kidding. Reagan was the ultimate limp dick.
<<Your side has been pimping the BS narrative as the party of the little guy, unions, the working man. >>
I 100% agree with you here. But i can point to many in the party that are fighting for the little guy. Bernie on health care, Sherrod Brown on unions, Warren on banks. And there are more. Yes, the Dems have totally screwed the little guy and unions. But some of them are still fighting for them.
Please name the GOP law makers that are fighting for the Unions or for the little guy to stop getting screwed by banks or by the health care industry. Pleas feel free to name those GOP because i don't know them
Jeff - No, the Democrats don't have all of the power. Hollywood has been screaming for things like Universal Health Care, Less Corporate Power, Higher Taxes for the rich for decades and law makers in the GOP and DEM party ignore them as well as the majority of voters that want these policies.
You say 99% of GOP have been corporate tools. The majority of GOP voters want to ban assault rifles. Can you name the 1% of GOP leaders that would vote the way GOP voters want on this issue. The majority of GOP voters want the government to fund health care. Can you name the 1% of GOP law makers that are willing to vote for government funded health care? 100% of GOP law makers vowed that they don't believe in climate change. Do 100% of GOP voters think it is fake?
Who are you kidding?
GOP law makers are 100% controlled by big business. They have ZERO % that are not controlled by big business.
As the former president of College Republicans in college it is very telling to hear that you have been a life long conservative. You need to wake up and smell the coffee... Yes most Dem law makers are terrible. But there is a huge difference between MOST and ALL.
Assault rifles have been illegal for civillian use for a very long time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault_rifle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault_weapon
"Assault weapon" is just a scare term used to motivate people who answer poll questions.
Dwhy - I should have used the word weapons not rifles. My bad.
Assult weapons are banned in only 7 states and polls show the majority of GOP voters want them banned.
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/07/poll-most-voters-support-assault-weapons-ban-1452586
Also:
"55 percent of GOP voters were COMFORTABLE with banning assault weapons" (emphasis mine)
There's a big difference between "comfortable with banning" and "want to ban".
I appreciate the correction, but "assault weapon" is still just a made-up category invented by politicians. There's no such category of weapons in reality. The people who answered "yes" on that poll are just showing their ignorance.
In practice, "assault weapon" tends to mean any semi-automatic weapon that can fire more than 10 bullets without reloading, but with a hundred thousand loopholes and asterisks, because banning semi-auto weapons that hold more than 10 rounds would most definitely *not* be popular on a poll.
The definition is so vague, the 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban bill resorted to arbitrarily banning specific models.
These types of weapon bans tend to focus on guns that are popular, like AR-15s and AK-47s, for example. But these guns are popular because they're reliable, accurate, and safe to operate. Banning them doesn't really make sense... it just forces responsible gun owners to use less safe, less reliable weapons, in the hope that that somehow reduces mass shootings.
Who am I kidding? I don't know what parallel universe you are living in or echo chamber you reside specifically but nothing, zero, nada of the shit you claim GOP voters want is true. I suppose you'd sight some obscure polls as proof. You're intellectually dishonest and do not debate in good faith. The GOP which is made up of the establishment has kept and preserved Obama Care after campaigning endlessly on repealing it. The GOP voters want to ban assault rifles(facepalm), I can't even entertain that obvious bogus claim. Yep, GOP lawmakers are controlled by big business as is the entirety of the Democrat Party. I mean how intellectually dishonest can you possibly get? Your side has been pimping the BS narrative as the party of the little guy, unions, the working man. Taibbi has done yeoman work in pointing this out to his own ideological brethren. He's now saying shit we've been pointing out for years. Big business/corporations and government work hand in hand while both parties point the fingers at each other.
I'm sure you were the president of College Republicans(eyeroll). Sounds about right as there isn't much difference between the Checked Pant Country Club Republicans and Limousine Liberals/Progressives.
My family was Goldwater conservatives even before he put out Conscience Of A Conservative(or Buckley's God and Man At Yale) of which I still have my Grandfathers hardcover first edition. My mother helped organize a fund raiser in Reno , Nv for Reagans 80' presidential run where I listened to the adults talk to Paul Laxalt and heard him explain how the Bushes were a huge problem/obstacle. Too bad Reagan feared he needed Bush to win. I'm sure you already knew that Laxalt was who Reagan wanted as VP and not that limp dick GOPestablishment Bush being a president of the College Republicans and all.
He’s a tool.
<< I'm sure you already knew that Laxalt was who Reagan wanted as VP and not that limp dick GOPestablishment Bush being a president of the College Republicans and all.>>
Reagan was the definition of limp a limp dick. Bush2 had the balls to stand up to corporations far more than Reagan. Reagan was their puppet. They told him to hop and he said "how high" Who are you kidding..
After Reagans tax cuts and wild spending exploded the deficit Bush had the balls to increase taxes and reign in Reagans wild spending.
Who are you kidding. Reagan was the ultimate limp dick.
<<Your side has been pimping the BS narrative as the party of the little guy, unions, the working man. >>
I 100% agree with you here. But i can point to many in the party that are fighting for the little guy. Bernie on health care, Sherrod Brown on unions, Warren on banks. And there are more. Yes, the Dems have totally screwed the little guy and unions. But some of them are still fighting for them.
Please name the GOP law makers that are fighting for the Unions or for the little guy to stop getting screwed by banks or by the health care industry. Pleas feel free to name those GOP because i don't know them
<<The GOP which is made up of the establishment has kept and preserved Obama Care after campaigning endlessly on repealing it>>
The GOP voted on Repeal and Replace of Obama Care. The House passed it and the President would have signed it if McCain had not stopped them.
So it would appear that you are the one living in an alternative universe.
Polls show the majority of GOP voters want Assault Weapons banned.
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/07/poll-most-voters-support-assault-weapons-ban-1452586
So yes, GOP are totally controlled by corporations. Name one GOP that is fighting to ban Assault weapons. Name him/ her