This shutdown is about to kick us in the balls
Obviously your view on who is responsible is going to be determined by your political preferences.
But we all should be hoping that a deal is made soon - because this will really drop a turd in the Thanksgiving-travel cereal bowl.
Link: https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/05/us/airport-traffic-cuts-government-shutdown
Replies to: This shutdown is about to kick us in the balls
It's a bi-partisan middle finger to the country. There is a reason why people vote for change...and
then never really get it.
Both sides have drastically miscalculated this issue.
The left is conflating Mamdami, VA, NJ and prop 50 with support for this issue. Those are unique situations and that’s not necessarily the right conclusion.
The right incorrectly assumes that the public understands what is going on and naturally sees the flaw in the Democrats’ approach. That’s inaccurate.
The longer this goes, the harder it will be for the “losing” side to save face. This is a mess and as you point out, stupid.
The public will blame the party in power.
The Republicans never seriously engaged the Democrats to prevent a shutdown.
Yesterday’s verdicts will force Republicans to find a path to lane the plane.
The Public will blame the party that votes no.
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The polling strongly suggests otherwise.
Look at the voting results in northern Virginia where thousands of federal employees live.
You are flat out wrong.
So, like Gruber, you are counting on the stupidity of the voter.
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The polling strongly suggested Trump would lose to Kamala and Hillary.
They were flat out wrong.
And the Democrats won decisively last night, consistent with polling.
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You're not worried about the Mamdani experiment blowing up in your face?
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In my face? Or is your takeaway that the NYC mayor’s race was last night’s story?
It’s one story. I posted above about it.
But that’s not the national story.
"Democrat Socialist, like Sweden!" I predict this will fail quickly.
And you'll lose the midterms and the presidency as a result. That's my hypothesis.
You probably won't realize it blew up in your face because you'll be blaming white women or something.
won convincingly in blue states and cities.consider me shocked
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46% of CA registered voters are Democrats...Prop 50 passed with a 2:1 margin...clearly, non-Dem
voters agreed that retaining democracy was more important than Trump's attempt to subvert it.
Just wait until the 2026 Mid-Terms.
Link: https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/ror/154day-presprim-2024/historical-reg-stats.pdf
Trump wasn’t running yesterday. No need to cheat.
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Oh, Yes he was...and no one is contesting any of the elections, Ara...
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Agreeance. But, I fear that’s part of the plan.
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