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?? What I said is that he’s not bad at being an obstacle in the Senate is all.

Take away his being the head of the NRSC...that would be wise.

But the Senate has been forever neutered post the 17th Amendment when the Senators were now popularly elected in each state vice State Legislature appointed.

States have NO representation in the National Government, and it was never intended to be so. McConnel can’t fix that

Yes....indeed. R’s need to be better at playing the ‘game’ in States that do not enact stricter voting laws.

Kind of why Lake’s loss in AZ stings that much more.

If we continue to have ‘voting month’ rather than voting ‘day’ in some states, we need to play the game as well as the D’s.

Honestly, as a minority leader, McConnell ain’t to bad. he has no articulated vision and would probably lack as a Majority leader, but he isn’t bad at being an obstacle to Democrat desires.

I lived in FL previously while in the military in the 90’s, and recently moved back here to St John’s County in N Florida 2 years ago when I retired.

All I can say is that here in my neighborhood which has had a population explosion recently, most I meet are transplants originally from Ny/NJ (kinda like me lol) and to a man/woman each are Republicans. It’s a sight to see.

Ahhh..not so fast.

No way DeSantis is on a ticket with the wildcard and polarizing Trump. He may step aside and wait, but can't see DeSantis hitching his political future to Trump.

I'd vote for either, but that's not going to be the option.

If you're making $250K/yr and living paycheck to paycheck, you're doing it wrong, if you're in the long game.

If you ain't expecting to live past 50, more power to ya.

Umm...sooo...Bezos is going to pull the plug on Musk and his $43 Billion Twitter acquisition? I’d love to see that, and the Godzilla vs KingKong internet fight that follows lol

Do you even understand statistics? If the new variant is 70x more infectious and deaths are the same or even slightly more , the Omicron variant is a blessing. You cannot stop this contagion at this point, you can only hope for a lower death rate which Omicron is providing. Natural immunity is a wonderful thing, and is going to happen regardless of asks, social distancing and/or lockdowns.

so...if I get a $20 bill from an ATM with writing on it, I need to argue with the bank to replace it?

Listen...just hear me out. I LOVE Trump. I would vote for him again in a NY minute.

But Donald Trump is the most polarizing figure ever, IMO, in American politics. The same anti-Hillary visceral hatred that we had on the right is the same for Trump on the left. Do I mind that? Nope...not a bit. I’m a NYer that left a long time ago and never returned. I retired to FL. Trump is my kind of guy...he speaks his mind and is willing to take on opponents.

He will be old when he runs for his farewell tour, is likely to take no prisoners (great) during his term if he wins..and if I was a politician that had future Presidential aspirations, there is no way in hell I would run with Trump as VP...unless I was already a past candidate that failed to get the nomination and wanted to take a chance to jump ahead of DeSantis in 2028. Perhaps someone like Ted Cruz. DeSantis is doing just fine successfully governing FL and making quite a name for himself already.

Trump has already served a great purpose for the Republican Party and the country...he has energized and emboldened a large percentage of Americans to rise up and take on the establishment. IMO, he would better serve in the future as an outspoken member or the Party and Kingmaker per se.

Ah...what do I know..it’s politics. But I’d rather see a DeSantis/Cruz or DeSantis/Paul or DeSantis/Jordan...take your pick, with the backing of Trump.

Just my opinion.

Except then DeSantis would then be beholden to any further Trump misgivings that occur during Trump's exit tour.

I mean I get it...sounds wonderful ..but can DeSantis tame Trump into protecting a long-term R gain?

Unbelievable ...

Mistake?? You have the sads?

No, you should resign Gen McKenzie.

Amen

An interesting question to say the least. He could argue they ran their campaign in accordance with the State legislatures laws

You can’t AFAI remember...but I’m not sure.

The Officer had the right to refuse Article 15 with the CO, and go to CM..which happened here in any case.

The CO of the Fitzgerald was probably a CDR/O-5...Captain’s Mast (or NJP) is a relatively informal and low-level forum for handling minor misconduct...not sure why on a high profile case like this there even was an Article 15.

Weird.

She graduated Med School in 2008...If she’s in the Army, she’s probably and 0-4..maybe, just maybe and O-5.

And she’s ‘blowing the whistle’ on an O-7 Flag Officer?

She better have her ducks in a row and some documentation.

Exactly...Is she a psychologist or physchiatrist? there is a difference.

How does a coroner know it was ‘accidental’?

Weird.

Having a ‘record’ is usually bad for your ‘record’ if you will :)