***Official Political Discussion Thread***

[Belgium]

Here's McCain's full statement:
https://www.mccain.senate.gov/publi...eases?ID=1D7F89BB-FF93-41A5-85B8-C87E3CCCC4CE

“As I have repeatedly stressed, health care reform legislation ought to be the product of regular order in the Senate. Committees of jurisdiction should mark up legislation with input from all committee members, and send their bill to the floor for debate and amendment. That is the only way we might achieve bipartisan consensus on lasting reform, without which a policy that affects one-fifth of our economy and every single American family will be subject to reversal with every change of administration and congressional majority.

“I would consider supporting legislation similar to that offered by my friends Senators Graham and Cassidy were it the product of extensive hearings, debate and amendment. But that has not been the case. Instead, the specter of September 30th budget reconciliation deadline has hung over this entire process.

“We should not be content to pass health care legislation on a party-line basis, as Democrats did when they rammed Obamacare through Congress in 2009. If we do so, our success could be as short-lived as theirs when the political winds shift, as they regularly do. The issue is too important, and too many lives are at risk, for us to leave the American people guessing from one election to the next whether and how they will acquire health insurance. A bill of this impact requires a bipartisan approach.

“Senators Alexander and Murray have been negotiating in good faith to fix some of the problems with Obamacare. But I fear that the prospect of one last attempt at a strictly Republican bill has left the impression that their efforts cannot succeed. I hope they will resume their work should this last attempt at a partisan solution fail.

“I cannot in good conscience vote for the Graham-Cassidy proposal. I believe we could do better working together, Republicans and Democrats, and have not yet really tried. Nor could I support it without knowing how much it will cost, how it will effect insurance premiums, and how many people will be helped or hurt by it. Without a full CBO score, which won’t be available by the end of the month, we won’t have reliable answers to any of those questions.

“I take no pleasure in announcing my opposition. Far from it. The bill’s authors are my dear friends, and I think the world of them. I know they are acting consistently with their beliefs and sense of what is best for the country. So am I.

“I hope that in the months ahead, we can join with colleagues on both sides of the aisle to arrive at a compromise solution that is acceptable to most of us, and serves the interests of Americans as best we can.”

 

[elpablo21]

Bah Gawd he did it again

Hopefully McCain keeps his word, along with Paul and murkowski

They're still trying to buy Murkowski off with Alaska amendments

 

[whywesteppin]

Da Maverick doing what is right. Still hate dude, but props to him

i hate his daughter more.

 

[trueprada]

 

[sfc415]

Any mention of a southern state in this thread is like the bat signal to you.

Outside of the handful of civilized cities that just happen to be in the South and Midwest (Chicago,Atlanta, etc), I hate those regions with a passion. Every country has its ignorant hick population, but this is the only country where damn near half of the country is a product of inbreeding. I wish there was some way to let them secede and form the Confederacy again; just expel the black and Latino people to the Union and leave us alone forever

 

[aepps20]

BETSY BAE LOOKING EXTREMELY DAPPER.

 

[aepps20]

howard university giving to james comey....

I'm not liking their chant because ALL LIVES MATTER. However, COMET IS A KNOW LIAR SO I WILL ALLOW IT.

 

[elpablo21]

 

[Nike Jordan]

 

[RustyShackleford]

What the hell

 

[imreallydirknowitzki]

Longer read, but very interesting.
He’s the Republican Dream Candidate. There’s Just One Problem ...
Two decades ago, Kevin Nicholson was a rising star in the Democratic Party. Then he disappeared. Now he’s running for U.S. Senate — as a conservative Republican.
http://www.politico.com/magazine/st...republican-senate-2018-former-democrat-215631

 

[osh kosh bosh]

Talked a lot of **** about the ol' maverick but dude is walking the walk.

 

[deleted]

I'll stick to my Super Male Vitality thank you very much

 

[gry60]

Talked a lot of **** about the ol' maverick but dude is walking the walk.

Got plenty of miles left to walk to redeem himself.

 

[RustyShackleford]

Longer read, but very interesting.
He’s the Republican Dream Candidate. There’s Just One Problem ...
Two decades ago, Kevin Nicholson was a rising star in the Democratic Party. Then he disappeared. Now he’s running for U.S. Senate — as a conservative Republican.
http://www.politico.com/magazine/st...republican-senate-2018-former-democrat-215631

I don't even have to click the link to know the change was due to a chick. Am I right?

It is the Ronald Reagan story all over again.
All the conservative friends I talk about, nearly all used to be liberals that change over mainly because of their wives and their wives' families.

 

[aepps20]

I don't even have to click the link to know the change was due to a chick. Am I right?

It is the Ronald Reagan story all over again.
All the conservative friends I talk about, nearly all used to be liberals that change over mainly because of their wives and their families.

When you making the switch to the WINNING TEAM? Tomi won't tolerate LIBBIE CONJECTURE AND INNUENDO FOREVER.

 

[RustyShackleford]

I walked into that one

 

[ninjahood]

I'm not entirely familiar with this, but was there anything concerning with the Obama era rules? What on earth would possess a woman to roll back protections against assault?

due process couldn't be guaranteed on campus tribunals.

there was bipartisan rips into "dear colleague" letter.

 

[osh kosh bosh]

Now their only path forward is to keep putting together bigger and bigger bribes for Murkoski in Alaska.


Oh and make the bill more cruel so Rand Paul flips.

 

[elpablo21]

 

[imreallydirknowitzki]

I don't even have to click the link to know the change was due to a chick. Am I right?

It is the Ronald Reagan story all over again.
All the conservative friends I talk about, nearly all used to be liberals that change over mainly because of their wives and their families.

in part, yes. But the article is interesting for more reasons than the fact that he used to be a liberal democrat. Give it a skim.

 

[Belgium]

https://apnews.com/cb8a753a9b0948589cc372a3c037a567
Hmm

The federal government on Friday told election officials in 21 states that hackers targeted their systems last year, although in most cases the systems were not breached.

The government told The Associated Press last year that more than 20 states were targeted by hackers believed to be Russian agents before the 2016 elections. But for many states, the calls Friday from the Department of Homeland Security were the first official confirmation of whether their states were on the list.

The AP contacted every state election office on Friday. While not all of them responded immediately, those that said they were targeted were Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Minnesota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin.

The government did not say who was behind the hacking attempts or provide details about what had been sought. But election officials in three states said Friday the attempts could be linked to Russia.

The Wisconsin Election Commission, for example, said the state’s systems were targeted by “Russian government cyber actors.”

Federal officials said that in most of the 21 states, the targeting was preparatory activity such as scanning computer systems. The targets included voter registration systems but not vote tallying software. Officials said there were some attempts to compromise networks but most were unsuccessful.

Only Illinois reported that hackers had succeeded in breaching its voter systems.

Colorado said the hacking wasn’t quite a breach.

“It’s really reconnaissance by a bad guy to try and figure out how we would break into your computer,” said Trevor Timmons, a spokesman for the Colorado secretary of state’s office. “It’s not an attack. I wouldn’t call it a probe. It’s not a breach, it’s not a penetration.”

The disclosure to the states comes as a special counsel probes whether there was any coordination during the 2016 presidential campaign between Russia and associates of Donald Trump.

Trump, a Republican who defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton in the presidential election, has called the Russia story a hoax. He says Russian President Vladimir Putin “vehemently denied” the conclusions of American intelligence agencies.

 

[osh kosh bosh]

aaaaahahahahahahahaa


show yooour truuuuue coloooours....

 

[RustyShackleford]

Assange is making every progressive that ever caped for him look like a complete moron. I love it

 

[EddieDoyers]

aaaaahahahahahahahaa


show yooour truuuuue coloooours....

Man he is washed