Steely_D wrote:

It's why I call this shutdown the Epstein Shutdown.

 Red_Dragon wrote:

Good point: that drives the QAnon folks to vote non-Trump as well. Their whole thing was to expose the child molesters and now the GOP is protecting him/them.

 Steely_D wrote:
And avoid making the Epstein files public.

 Zep wrote:

And, regardless of party affiliation, it will be remembered in less than a year at midterms. IF the Democrats can maintain the (true) story that the fulcrum of this is keeping the people's health care premiums "reasonable" and the Republicans don't want that. Basically, they need to keep up the message that the flight cancellation, the SNAP issues, the lack of government workers where they're needed - it's all because the GOP wants to raise your healthcare costs to unsustainable levels and the Dems are fighting that.

 Zep wrote:

It's also political suicide. 

I'm astonished they are fighting distribution of food stamps so that people can eat. That's a level of cruelty that is barbaric. 

The cruelty is a feature, not a bug.

 Coaxial wrote:

He really hates it when someone else gets any attention. 

I'll go with Bobby Brainworm, but...

 Imagined wrote:
Praise The Lord!
Obama-Enlightenment Athens

 islander wrote:

YES, BIG TIME !
He dugg it while we all failed.. recognizing it ain't their fault at all...

 Steely_D wrote:
Compare/contrast.

I miss our cool president. That dude could handle a crowd, laugh at himself and really got why he was there.

 Red_Dragon wrote:

That Must Be of Great Value Indeed !

Money- & Pennywise before any Morale 

Unlikely Sock Puppet - Rumpy Dump only reads FOX Spews texts about Him (and McDee's menus)

He must have read quite some of that Steven King's stuff!

The Psycho President of Peace