Posted: 1/29/17 at 9:10pm
More from Gallup:
Days it took for disapproval rating to rise above 50%
Reagan: 727
Bush Snr: 1,336
Clinton: 573
Bush: 1,205
Obama: 936
Trump: 8
Posted: 1/30/17 at 11:50am
Trump will make a fatal mistake in the next 6 months and be impeached. But only if Paul Ryan finds a soul by then, so impeachment unlikely.
Posted: 1/30/17 at 3:53pm
Posted: 1/30/17 at 4:14pm
Impeachment is only going to happen if and when the Republicans decide they've had enough. It's not going to happen if Republicans are not in favor of it. That said, if they see that the majority of Americans are opposed to the human Cheeto and in favor of impeaching him, they might consider it to save the party from an almost guaranteed loss in 2020. In fact, I don't think it's too far fetched to believe that they pushed Pence on Trump because they thought impeachment or resignation might be a real possibility. The sad truth is that the Republicans in Congress would be in heaven with a President Pence. In some ways, Pence is even more scary than Trump. I just don't see a light at the end of the tunnel yet. 
Posted: 1/30/17 at 4:30pm
Luscious said: "Impeachment is only going to happen if and when the Republicans decide they've had enough. It's not going to happen if Republicans are not in favor of it. That said, if they see that the majority of Americans are opposed to the human Cheeto and in favor of impeaching him, they might consider it to save the party from an almost guaranteed loss in 2020. In fact, I don't think it's too far fetched to believe that they pushed Pence on Trump because they thought impeachment or resignation might be a real possibility. The sad truth is that the Republicans in Congress would be in heaven with a President Pence. In some ways, Pence is even more scary than Trump. I just don't see a light at the end of the tunnel yet.
Oh, I think that's been their plan from the moment it became clear Trump was going to win the nomination. They thought he could be controlled or neutralized, but Pence was the insurance policy. I expect they'll be cashing it in sooner rather than later at this point, probably before the midterms. Once he does something outlandish enough, they'll all turn on him.
Posted: 1/30/17 at 4:40pm
Once he does something outlandish enough, they'll all turn on him.
How do you define enough? He has done outlandish things since Nov. 9th. He has done outlandish things his first week in office.
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Posted: 1/30/17 at 4:47pm
Doesn't he actually have to break the law?
Posted: 1/30/17 at 5:48pm
Well, he has to be convicted, I believe...
Like PalJoey says on page 1 of this thread, he is a ticking timebomb of high crimes and misdemeanors. If they really wanted to get rid of him, they'll find a way. =
Posted: 1/30/17 at 8:53pm
It's inevitable.
Previous impeachments have been horrible, searing, damaging events for the entire nation.
This one will be a joyous event for everyone, left and right.
Posted: 1/30/17 at 9:35pm
I'm not fully convinced yet that impeachment is inevitable where Trump is concerned. But, I do believe that if push comes to shove within the GOP, Trump will be forced by the GOP establishment in the Senate to make a burnt offering of Bannon to save his own hide. Reince Priebus and Mike Pence are banking on Bannon overplaying his hand. Most folks in my circle see Trump stepping down by the end of the year but that seems a bit optimistic to me.
This just in...Acting Attorney General Sally Yates just got canned according to WaPo.
Posted: 1/31/17 at 4:19am
Jane2 said: "I sure hope we don't have Trump for that long. wow
"How long before he bans elections by executive order, because of his percieved national emergency.
Who knows, you may end up with your fascist leader for longer than you think.
Posted: 1/31/17 at 9:07am
SEAL, American Girl Die in First Trump-Era U.S. Military Raid
"You have to take out their families. When you get these terrorists, you have to take out their families." - Donald Trump, 12/2/2015
"What I'd do, I'm going to leave that to your imagination. But I will tell you, I'm going to be very tough on families." - 12/6/2015
"I would be very, very firm with families. Frankly, that would make people think. They may not care much about their lives, but they do care, believe it or not, about their families' lives." - 12/15/2015
"They care more about their families than they do about themselves. Something has to be done... I would do pretty severe stuff." - 12/31/2015
"They [the troops] won’t refuse. They’re not gonna refuse me. Believe me... If I say do it, they’re going to do it." - 3/3/2016
"They have no laws, they have no rules, they have no regulations and chop off heads... We have to be able fight on somewhat of an equal footing." - 3/10/2016
[Quotations courtesy of Adam Bates' Facebook page]
Posted: 1/31/17 at 10:34am
The competing power dynamic appears to have made Priebus, in particular, suspicious of his colleagues’ motives, especially as Bannon asserts his influence, according to several people with knowledge of the situation.
“A little bit of under-competence and a slight amount of insecurity can breed some paranoia and backstabbing,” one White House official, who was granted anonymity to speak candidly, said of Priebus. “We have to get Reince to relax into the job and become more competent, because he’s seeing shadows where there are no shadows.”
Full article at: From order to disorder: How Trump’s immigration directive exposed GOP rifts
Posted: 2/12/17 at 9:24am
Article on Politico today about bookies and odds for impeachment.
POLITICO: Trump impeached? You can bet on it: The prospect that the president won't make it through his term is big business for bookmakers.
I shoulda made the bet when I first posted this thread. The odds have gotten worse: they're now 11:1, meaning that a $100 bet will get you $110, whereas a $100 bet back at inauguration would have yielded $400..
In other words, the bettors and the bookies feel that impeachment is now MORE likely, almost equally as likely to happen as not to happen.
However...the Irish bookies are giving the odds of Trump being impeached this year in the House of Representatives--despite Republican control--at 4-to-1,
Hmmm...
Posted: 2/12/17 at 2:36pm
Not following anymore odds or predictions you show, I put the house on Clinton because you said so. Still, the cardboard box is quite nice and it isn't to cold.
Pray for me and Pal Joey
Posted: 2/12/17 at 4:28pm
I'm back to domestic beer because of PJ.
Posted: 2/12/17 at 5:47pm
I put the house on Clinton because you said so.
I still say she won by 3 million votes. This was a coup and the country's now being run by a junta.
My faith in the media and FBI may have bee shattered, but I still have faith in bookies and the patriotism of American gambling public. Everything will be all right--we just have to put up with a few months of fascism. SH*T happens. (Especially when Democrats let themselves be splintered.)
I'm gonna go put fifty down on the House of Representatives within Year One!
As Molly Ivins used to say, "Don't stop fighting the good fight!"
Posted: 2/12/17 at 6:01pm
Gallup just posted his worst job approval/disapproval ratings:
40% approve
55% disapprove.
How much lower will he go?
GALLUP DAILY: Trump Job Approval
Posted: 2/13/17 at 7:47am
The Glenbuck Laird said: "Not following anymore odds or predictions you show, I put the house on Clinton because you said so. Still, the cardboard box is quite nice and it isn't to cold.
Pray for me and Pal Joey
"Yes. The-PalJoey-Political-Betting-Advice-Guide explains the big homeless increase in NYC. EXAMPLES: Hilary landslide, Republican Apacolypse.
PJ. So wrong. So often.
Updated On: 2/13/17 at 07:47 AM
Posted: 2/13/17 at 8:06am
Republican Apacolypse.
Whatever happened to spelling?
Just like the president. And his new (and under-qualified) secretary of edumacation.
Posted: 2/13/17 at 8:18am
I cant spell correctly, you cant predict correctly. I do know what apocalypse means though. Clearly you do not as the Republican Party is still around and thriving. We all have our flaws.
I am sure Hilary would have beat him if the election was a spelling bee. But it wasnt.
Pj. So wrong so often
Updated On: 2/13/17 at 08:18 AM
Posted: 2/13/17 at 10:05am
So is she a racist or a misogynist?
Updated On: 2/13/17 at 10:05 AM
Posted: 2/13/17 at 10:12am
BroadwayConcierge said: "So is she a racist or a misogynist?
My guess, since no one knows who she is, is that she's starved for attention.
But there's also this:
http://www.racialequitytools.org/resourcefiles/What_is_Internalized_Racism.pdf
Posted: 2/13/17 at 10:28am
I have to admit, I never heard of her but she is getting tons of racist hate mail from the intolerant left.
