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Some weeks, we have to hunt hard for topics. Other weeks, well, they rain down like a monsoon. The latter describes this week and to provide an umbrella we’ve got the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s White House correspondent Debra J. Saunders on the political topics (and a bit on San Francisco) and The Skeptical Environmentalist himself, Bjørn Lomborg, who at this moment, is the world’s second most famous Scandinavian authority in climate. Also, a new poll question (answer it!) and Lileks make a cameo appearance to award Ricochet member Kevin Creighton the highly coveted Lileks Post of The Week.
Music from this week’s show: How Soon Is Now by The Smiths
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I won’t vote for a Democrat until there is one that isn’t a leftist loon, so basically never. But I’d be happy to vote for a Republican who helps get rid of Trump.
Right, I knew that, its a spell chequer taking me to new places.
Although in a way, its kinda true, they’re the Neo-paganism that endow the earth with a personality. But you’re correct its Anthropogenic.
when (not if) will Ricochet enable bitcoin payments/donations?
consult Peter Thiel and George Gilder
Good show, Gents.
How about a 4th choice of “Vote for the Republican Senator to reward the Senator’s vote to remove Trump”?
At least until President Warren issues an executive order making it illegal to vote for any Republican.
But still, another example of why this poll is another dud.
Always with the negative waves, Moriarty!
Not my fault. Talk to Rob. As with the first one, this is a classic example of “how not to ask a question.”
Yeah, I know, but it’s not like it’s a serious poll, despite what Rob may say about it. It’s a bit of fun. Think we could get @max to run the Davis Poll with better-designed questions?
That mentally ill young Ungreat Dane is an excellent example of the power of foreigners speaking English. She should be acting.
Not that interested. If Rob wanted to run his “polls” by me first, I could formulate better ways to ask HIS questions. But Rob among other Ricochet hosts, laugh about how they sometimes get asked to do something for free, because it’ll be great for THEM to get the exposure etc. So I should probably refuse to do it for free, or else they’ll think they suckered me. Heck, I’m already paying THEM!
Yeah, he should at least buy you a beer each week to improve his poll.
If you (or anyone else) is interested in submitting a poll question and answers, please do. Leave them in the comments or PM me.
Using Weighed Voting, who are your 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th choices among the four declared Republican Presidential Candidates. Me? Sandford, Weld, Walsh and Trump in that order.
How about ranking Republican Presidents? Me? Lincoln, Reagan, Coolidge, Ike, TR.
How about worst Republican Presidents? Me? Trump, Andrew Johnson (who ran as Lincoln’s Veep), Nixon, Harding and Hayes (who sold out Southern blacks)
Buried headline – Gary wavers, considers voting for Trump.
When I first read that, I thought you were offering yourself as the top choice.
Yes! Ronald Reagan for president!
He’s pining for the fjords of home.
Not very useful without a follow-up of something like “What do you do if your 2nd choice is actually the nominee? What about your 3rd choice? 4th choice?” If any of those answers becomes “don’t vote” or “vote for the Democrat” or “vote third party,” they might as well be excluded from the poll entirely.
Interesting. I was pretty surprised in 2016 to hear the way people would vote if their guy was out.
There was certainly no feasible cohesion around somebody to stop Trump that I could see.
More to the point, the question became, do you want President Hillary, or not? It’s pointless to sputter “but…. but… but…” or “Those OTHER primary voters were WRONG!” or whatever.
Okay I have to know. You have something in mind that Trump deserves to be impeached for. What is it? Would you have started this impeachment prior to 14 months before the next election?
He might be one of those people who seem to think Trump deserves to be impeached for being (named) Trump.
I’m partway through this podcast. It is just shameful that they are badgering the president with government powers under the colors of impeachment without already being pretty specific about what he did wrong.
Personally, I see that The Death Of Stalin movie everywhere.
I think the democrats are showing their confidence in their primary field. Its not that they suddenly see Trump committed some atrocities, its they’ve come to realize that their candidates have been driven so far left, and have all given so many bad quotes, that they’ve already built the attack ads. Trump doesnt have to dial Ukraine for dirt – he only has to record their public statements.
It’s pretty hard to argue with that.
I forget where I heard this, but someone was saying that Giuliani was a spy for Hillary Clinton when she was in the State Department. Brian Kilmeade was saying that Giuliani is sewing chaos for Trump.
Trumps lack of executive civic experience is killing him. That was the chief reason I was against him.
Thunborg is nothing but an asmr mind control bot. Don’t listen to that creep. She needs a Teleprompter worse than Obama too. The whole thing is a scam. Shameful.
I can think of a fourth option for the Long Poll: Continue to support and vote for the great Senator.
Peter was looking for a name for the Ukraine issue. The gate suffix is way past its sell by date and needs to be retired. The Russian Hoax worked well for the last Trump “scandal”. We can call this one the Ukrainian Hoax.
This is just an epic thread environmentalist kooks. Perfection.
You can’t get anyone to lead any better on this than Trump, either. True fact.
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