Carter tried to balance the budget and got his ass handed to him. It's been voodoo economics ever since.

#47 | Posted by lee_the_agent

Reagan blew that up with our first $1T national debt.

Clinton was very successful and left office with two consecutive years of budget surpluses.

His last fiscal year came in under budget ($1.6), and when he left office America had $5.6T in total debt. He also left a plan to pay it off in a few years.

Bush and a GOP unitary government more than DOUBLED the budget and more than DOUBLED the national debt

Their last fiscal year had a deficit of $1.4T, with and systemic deficits and mounting debt in their wake.

Dick Cheney even said (out loud!), "Ronald Reagan proved deficits don't matter."

Republicans have only cared about deficits when a Dem was in office. Under unitary control, Bush/Trump/GOP eagerly enacted 4 huge tax cuts, the result of which is our ungodly huge national debt.

24 hours?

I've already had my quota of 18-20 hour flights ...

@25 Apropos

#26 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS

LOL

Pictured below is your typical Branson audience (always been that way). Typical Branson show is country or bluegrass.

Clay Cooper's Country Express Audience:

@#5 ... Causes one to wonder ...

Indeed. Consumer spending numbers are inflated thanks to Trumpflation (tariffs & war-related snafus) making everyone pay more for the same goods/gas/food/etc.

#6

Ridiculous levels of spending on a crap shoot.

I can't foresee a future where returns on these massive investments will lead to equally massive profits. Once that reality hits Wall Street, we're in for especially rocky economic times.

I went from the diverse utopia of Houston with its 140+ languages and cultures, Branson, MO

My fellow musician buddies call Branson "The Lord's Waiting Room" because so many visitors are elderly.

"Beshear Calls on McConnell for Proof of Ability to Serve"

Reasonable people should think this is a fair ask.

Crazy loon forgets it was Obama and GW Bush who saved the American auto industry.

BTW, contrary to GOP/MAGA nonsense, the U.S. made a profit from the automaker bailout.

...well one reason might be that, as Labor Day approaches, voters are beginning to settle into their views and opinions going into November.

All that aside, imo, it's good that the cited poll has moved to "likely voters."

#16 | Posted by LampLighter

I've heard several political commentators say that voter intentions are pretty well set by late summer.

Also, Trump's approval rating doesn't mean anything.

All he needs is the electoral college.

#5 | Posted by ClownShack

It matters because of the looming midterms.

The more America rejects Trump, the more likely voters will reject enough GOP/MAGA sycophants in Congress (who publicly refuse to stand up to him) for Dems to regain a majority and help America weather the next two years.

For example, in 2006, amid disgust over the Iraq War, Congress flipped and stymied the worst instincts within the Bush Administration.

Trump's 32% approval rating is the lowest he has ever received in a Quinnipiac poll, according to the pollsters.

US debt is skyrocketing. Why isn't Congress doing anything?

Because Republicans only care about debt and deficits when a Democrat is in the White House.

History proves it.

Bush II started us on this path with a willing GOP congress who doubled the budget and set us on the path of systemic deficits and mounting debt. At the time, Dick Cheney said "Ronald Reagan proved deficits don't matter." Not a peep from Republicans.

When Obama took office, congressional Republicans were screaming about debt and deficits they themselves were responsible for thanks to 2 tax cuts for the wealthy/corps and doubling the budget ... all by themselves.

Trump? Crickets. Both times.

The snowball of debt and deficits created and cheered for by the GOP is why we are where we are.

As Trump & Family grift for billions.

Epstein

Republican politicos don't want Trump to end mail in voting because so many of their voters (including Trump) do exactly that.

BTW, what does it mean when a woman has big feet?

Do you know or are you raetarded?

#25 | Posted by SpeakSoftly

The latter

(from TV show, "Better Call Saul")

James Michael Bailey -- sounds like a good Irish name.

Get jammed up anywhere in the US or the world, hire an Irish lawyer.

#14 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS

I know you don't watch TV, but an Irish attorney, Jimmy McGill, said one reason he changed his name to Saul Goodman was because people like Jewish attorneys better. Why he chose "Saul Goodman" was because "s'all good, man."

Pro-life, right?

#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS

Mitch's take on the movie "Weekend At Bernies"

When I see one of these fugly monstrosities on the road I think, "dude must have a small ------."

But TPOR's poll found Talarico leading among voters who do not have a college degree " a group that has consistently favored Republicans in Texas and across the country " and dominating among independents, less than a quarter of whom said they planned to vote for Paxton. The attorney general also had weaker Republican support than in other recent surveys, with nearly one in five GOP voters saying they were undecided or would vote for Talarico.

Good luck hiding from Ukraine's drones, comrades.

Trump's DEA: Boat Strikes Have Not Stopped Cocaine from Flooding into U.S.

Of course they haven't. Traffickers have all manner of transportation.

Don't poo poo the poll. Even working class voters are favoring Talarico. Then, there's Trump driving down Republican's chances with a PO's electorate: