Message from @FLanon

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2018-01-14 23:12:10 UTC  

Oh yeah. Macron is nowhere near left wing. He's more neoliberal, sort of like the Clintons

2018-01-14 23:12:41 UTC  

a shift in the overton window is much more effective when a person in elected office does it rather than a candidate

2018-01-14 23:14:36 UTC  

I mean, take a look at the shithole situation, you have people on Fox and average Trump supporters dissing Haiti, when they'd never dare to before he said it

2018-01-14 23:14:50 UTC  

imagine if someone runs as a generic liberal and wins the Presidency as a Democrat, then turns out to be even more of a radical right winger than Trump...they'd probably lose reelection but it wouldn't matter much

2018-01-14 23:15:06 UTC  

however it's an unrealistic strategy

2018-01-14 23:15:21 UTC  

lol imagine if bernie did that

2018-01-14 23:15:55 UTC  

that kind of stuff is good for fanfiction, but I wouldn't count on it realistically

2018-01-14 23:16:18 UTC  

the kind of person crazy enough to pretend to be the opposite of what they stand for, for so many years in order to avoid suspicion, would be too crazy to actually win

2018-01-14 23:16:45 UTC  

it's like those 4d chess guys who talk about mueller being a Trump agent, you have to take some things the way they are

2018-01-14 23:17:12 UTC  

not everything is some machiavellian scheme

2018-01-14 23:19:24 UTC  

Why do McCain and Flake both have low approval ratings in AZ? Will it turn blue or at least purple?

2018-01-14 23:19:47 UTC  

they're both hated within their own party

2018-01-14 23:20:04 UTC  

I don't doubt it's possible

2018-01-14 23:21:20 UTC  

I thought they had low approval ratings because AZ is shifting more liberal idk

2018-01-14 23:21:31 UTC  

it's partly that

2018-01-14 23:21:40 UTC  

Also, Ted Cruz is hated with both the Republicans and Democrats, but he's really popular here in TX

2018-01-14 23:21:46 UTC  

Senate Republicans and Democrats*

2018-01-14 23:21:46 UTC  

partly because they're hated by many in the right as well

2018-01-14 23:22:23 UTC  

Ted Cruz seems hated by other GOP politiicans, but not really the electorate in the same way McCain is

2018-01-14 23:22:30 UTC  

Flake and McCain are risks when it comes to ordinary R legislation

2018-01-14 23:23:14 UTC  

Ted stays on the ball when it comes to getting stuff done in the senate though

2018-01-14 23:37:51 UTC  

The best thing Trump could do heading in to the midterms is avoid further drama

2018-01-14 23:38:32 UTC  

lmao that's the one thing we can count on not happening

2018-01-14 23:38:41 UTC  

A weekly/monthly cycle of negative Trump headlines depresses GOP turnout

2018-01-14 23:39:54 UTC  

That and the media/twitter makes its own drama surrounding him now. Trump could jaywalk and it would be national news for a week.

2018-01-14 23:40:59 UTC  

one thing I think could give him the edge is the possibility of the clintons going down

2018-01-14 23:41:11 UTC  

Oh right,

2018-01-14 23:41:17 UTC  

if it happens near the midterms I could definitely see it galvanizing a lot of Rs

2018-01-14 23:41:24 UTC  

they reopened the investigation, for those that don't know

2018-01-14 23:41:31 UTC  

but,

2018-01-14 23:41:50 UTC  

It could have little effect if Democrats disavow Hillary en masse

2018-01-14 23:42:20 UTC  

remember after the baseball game where the majority whip got shot

2018-01-14 23:42:26 UTC  

it would be a massive victory for Trump and his base would turnout to the polls at 90%+ however

2018-01-14 23:43:24 UTC  

normies associate party members with other party members, that kind of news could breathe some new life into the electiosn

2018-01-14 23:43:29 UTC  

elections*

2018-01-14 23:45:19 UTC  

point is, having the "swamp drained" would be a gigantic victory for the right wing in general and bring a lot of new excitement to those who voted against clinton they hadn't felt since the presidency

2018-01-14 23:45:24 UTC  

it'd be the story of the decade

2018-01-14 23:46:04 UTC  

With Comey out and the DOJ under Sessions, there's at least a chance of it now

2018-01-14 23:46:24 UTC  

no way of knowing until it happens

2018-01-14 23:46:51 UTC  

until then, I'd focus on getting these people in office

2018-01-14 23:47:53 UTC  

In 1994, the Republicans gained a whopping 53 seats in the House,