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Originally Posted by Rockstar
So you would have gotton your facts together before you opened your mouth and said you were going to do something? Hmmmm, Guess the president should have got his facts straight before he said he was gonna close GITMO then. Since he wasnt able to follow through with his promise it seems to me he is the who failed.
Congress made no such promise.
"No new taxes"
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I can't wait to see your reaction when Trump, who has shot his mouth off far more times than any other President in history (wonder if he'll lay claim to that particular "No. 1") runs into the buzz saw that is Congress and some of his promises and boasts start to fall apart. Considering not all of the GOP members of Congress are "yuge" fans of his, it can be expected there will be a goodly degree of push back; this has been seen in the very active and tough participation of GOP committee members in the grilling of Trump's Cabinet appointees. Add to this the next mid-term election is in November 2018 and
all 435 House seats and 33 of the 50 Senate seats will be open for reelection; the usual time frame for the incumbents to actively start their reelection campaigns is about a full year, or more, before the election, that means they'll have at best another ten months before they are going to have to have something in the way of productive progress to show their constituents. If Trump manages to somehow 'screw the pooch' on the issues facing Americans in their everyday lives, the GOP Congressional members may well pay the price; also, if Trump continues his ongoing alienation of major portions of the electorate, there may be many more voter who will see the Old Party as not so Grand. Those massive demonstrations across the US the day after Trump's inauguration were more than just extremely large gatherings of people: they were also extremely large gatherings of voters who, at this point, are not inclined to vote GOP and will be even less so if the GOP backs a very possible Trump 'losing hand'. The size f the protest in DC was stunning; what was even more stunning was the overwhelming size of supportive demonstrations and marches in other cities across the US on the same day; here in Los Angeles, the city officials and law enforcement had expected and made plans for a crowd of about twenty-five to thirty thousand people; what they got was a crowd of between 700,000 to 750,000 protesters; most demonstrations held here in Los Angeles in the past have had difficulty in even breaking the 10,000 to 15,000 mark, even on a Saturday; I do know local elected officials, of
both parties, are taking a long look at where they now want to fall on issues involving Trump. You see, a demonstration is more than just a large group of people expressing their current opinions; they are also a large group of
voters expressing their current opinions, and when a politician sees not just a large group of voters, but actually a
massive group of voters, they become, themselves, less inclined to risk their political futures by back unpopular policies and unpopular leaders; some might continue to support Trump and his madness, but they run a very high risk of not having a seat when Congress assembles after November 2018. There is a very high probability, particularly in the House, a goodly number of GOP incumbents will try to, in some way, distance themselves from the Trump circus. Another factor: much has been said by Far-Right pundits and commentators of the perceived 'disarray' of the DEMs and the Left after last November's election, but there is a real problem brewing for the GOP in that Trump is now causing the factions of the DEMs and Left to coalesce, unify, and organize in a manner I haven't seen since the days of Nixon and that can be a potent force in the coming midterm elections; if the DEMs and Left can sway a large number of Independents, like myself, it will be a very hard row to hoe for the GOP...
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