I told you so.

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(03-25-2026 10:46 AM)b2b Wrote:  They've always been "2 weeks away". Allegedly we destroyed their nuclear capabilities back last summer. I still say this war is stupid and is going to backfire on Trump. We'll probably end up stuck w/ some nation building boondoggle again.

Making sure Iran can't produce a nuclear weapon is worth the price. I just want them to finish it up quicker.

(11-04-2026 01:40 PM)49RFootballNow Wrote:  Making sure Iran can't produce a nuclear weapon is worth the price. I just want them to finish it up quicker.

still can't see what happened can you? He got played like a fiddle and based on the results last night it worked.

(11-04-2026 12:52 PM)CLTPirate Wrote:  

(11-04-2026 12:01 PM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  Vance is right. It was a f up from the start,

Most of yall on this forum said the war was a great idea and price increases were a necessary short term sacrifice

Yeah, the neocons and Texans said that. Look at their state this morning.

(11-04-2026 01:42 PM)b2b Wrote:  

(11-04-2026 01:40 PM)49RFootballNow Wrote:  Making sure Iran can't produce a nuclear weapon is worth the price. I just want them to finish it up quicker.

still can't see what happened can you? He got played like a fiddle and based on the results last night it worked.

The Reps weren't going to win this election cycle no matter what, so whatever you're seeing I can't, doesn't matter either way. He had no coattails in 2024, so how was that supposed to get better this time?

Would it have been this bad had he wrapped Iran up sooner? Probably. Might have kept the Senate. Who knows?

Lol at the prog filth climbing out of the woodwork today. They think their miserable lives are going to get better because government is gonna help them

Bwahahahahaha

(11-04-2026 01:46 PM)49RFootballNow Wrote:  

(11-04-2026 01:42 PM)b2b Wrote:  

(11-04-2026 01:40 PM)49RFootballNow Wrote:  Making sure Iran can't produce a nuclear weapon is worth the price. I just want them to finish it up quicker.

still can't see what happened can you? He got played like a fiddle and based on the results last night it worked.

The Reps weren't going to win this election cycle no matter what, so whatever you're seeing I can't, doesn't matter either way. He had no coattails in 2024, so how was that supposed to get better this time?

Would it have been this bad had he wrapped Iran up sooner? Probably. Might have kept the Senate. Who knows?

He shouldn't have attacked Iran PERIOD until after the mid terms if at all. That's where you're completely wrong. That was an incredibly stupid idea. Trying to give him a tiny benefit of the doubt here... I think chances are decent he got some bad intel but his ego wouldn't let him wait until after the mid terms. Plus all the other stupid **** mentioned in here - just being a retard in general.

(11-04-2026 01:47 PM)shere khan Wrote:  Lol at the prog filth climbing out of the woodwork today. They think their miserable lives are going to get better because government is gonna help them

Bwahahahahaha

It's incredible isn't it? They will never figure it out.

Then there's this take which is also correct...

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The Republican congress did nothing. Achieved nothing. Took the mandate they were given and did precisely zero with it. Feckless losers who are relieved to no longer be in the majority. The only thing Republicans do with power is bide their time until they can relinquish it.

(11-04-2026 01:51 PM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  

(11-04-2026 01:47 PM)shere khan Wrote:  Lol at the prog filth climbing out of the woodwork today. They think their miserable lives are going to get better because government is gonna help them

Bwahahahahaha

It's incredible isn't it? They will never figure it out.

Nope. The stupid will always be with us.

They will go home tonight to their cats, prozac and wine and they will still be miserable

(11-04-2026 01:52 PM)b2b Wrote:  Then there's this take which is also correct...

Matt Walsh
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The Republican congress did nothing. Achieved nothing. Took the mandate they were given and did precisely zero with it. Feckless losers who are relieved to no longer be in the majority. The only thing Republicans do with power is bide their time until they can relinquish it.

Bush rino republicans are theives and cowards. Better than filth but awful.

(11-04-2026 01:01 PM)AdoptedMonarch Wrote:  Vance is wrong. It wasn't the war. And I am not even sure that it was the economy (but I am less certain on that point).

It was poor-quality candidates - - Darline Graham? Ken Paxton? And a president with disapproval ratings equivalent to 2016 Hillary Clinton who insisted on making the mid-terms about himself.

That was perhaps a factor---but it could have been overcome. The truth is it was a perfect storm. A mid-term election---with a president with unprecedented low approval ratings in the low 30's---an unpopular war that president appears to be handling poorly---an economic affordability crisis that is adversely impacting young adults and large swaths of lower-to-middle class Americans, a president that increasingly does things that are unpopular with Americans (like genuflecting to Putin and too often treating our enemies better than our allies)---and yes---some of the candidates were less than perfect. The reality is Trump has a had a really bad 2026 and the electorate let him know their feelings last night. In Texas---it was basically a voter hissy fit. Republicans were not happy with the current situation and expressed their disapproval by failing to show up at the polls---while the Democrats were incredibly motivated voting in droves.

Frankly, I would suggest that the candidates were the least of the issue as their opponents were generally equally flawed--if not more so. For instance---Paxton at least held largely common sense "normal" positions on the issues and did not have to defend crazy positions like believing there were 6 genders or that the border should be wide open like Talirico had to defend. Like I said----when a solidly bright red state like Texas is electing far left freakazoid progressives to statewide offices---then the sitting Republican president is doing it wrong. Simple as that. If Trump has any common sense----he will pivot away from these unpopular positions and do what Clinton did when he lost both houses of congress in a similar red wave. Become more of a pragmatic mediator and look to pass compromise deals on legisllation that is popular with the American people. Back then, they called it "triangulation"---and it worked well enough for Clinton to recover from that mid-term bashing and get elected for a second term.

(11-04-2026 02:00 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(11-04-2026 01:01 PM)AdoptedMonarch Wrote:  Vance is wrong. It wasn't the war. And I am not even sure that it was the economy (but I am less certain on that point).

It was poor-quality candidates - - Darline Graham? Ken Paxton? And a president with disapproval ratings equivalent to 2016 Hillary Clinton who insisted on making the mid-terms about himself.

That was perhaps a factor---but it could have been overcome. The truth is it was a perfect storm. A mid-term election---with a president with unprecedented low approval ratings in the low 30's---an unpopular war that president appears to be handling poorly---an economic affordability crisis that is adversely impacting young adults and large swaths of lower-to-middle class Americans, a president that increasingly does things that are unpopular with Americans (like genuflecting to Putin and too often treating our enemies better than our allies)---and yes---some of the candidates were less than perfect. The reality is Trump has a had a really bad 2026 and the electorate let him know their feelings last night. In Texas---it was basically a voter hissy fit. Republicans were not happy with the current situation and expressed their disapproval by failing to show up at the polls---while the Democrats were incredibly motivated voting in droves.

Frankly, I would suggest that the candidates were the least of the issue as their opponents were generally equally flawed--if not more so. For instance---Paxton at least held largely common sense "normal" positions on the issues and did not have to defend crazy positions like believing there were 6 genders or that the border should be wide open like Talirico had to defend. Like I said----when a solidly bright red state like Texas is electing far left freakazoid progressives to statewide offices---then the sitting Republican president is doing it wrong. Simple as that. If Trump has any common sense----he will pivot away from these unpopular positions and do what Clinton did when he lost both houses of congress in a similar red wave. Become more of a pragmatic mediator and look to pass compromise deals on legisllation that is popular with the American people. Back then, they called it "triangulation"---and it worked well enough for Clinton to recover from that mid-term bashing and get elected for a second term.

You don't understand. Democrats like these freaks. Republicans have a problem with their own being crooked (Paxson) or inarticulate (Collins) or part of a dynasty (Graham). So Republicans stayed home. At least that was the story in Georgia.

This is Vance's way to start distancing himself from Trump.

(11-04-2026 02:17 PM)VA49er Wrote:  This is Vance's way to start distancing himself from Trump.

That's a very intelligent observation.

(11-04-2026 02:15 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(11-04-2026 02:00 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(11-04-2026 01:01 PM)AdoptedMonarch Wrote:  Vance is wrong. It wasn't the war. And I am not even sure that it was the economy (but I am less certain on that point).

It was poor-quality candidates - - Darline Graham? Ken Paxton? And a president with disapproval ratings equivalent to 2016 Hillary Clinton who insisted on making the mid-terms about himself.

That was perhaps a factor---but it could have been overcome. The truth is it was a perfect storm. A mid-term election---with a president with unprecedented low approval ratings in the low 30's---an unpopular war that president appears to be handling poorly---an economic affordability crisis that is adversely impacting young adults and large swaths of lower-to-middle class Americans, a president that increasingly does things that are unpopular with Americans (like genuflecting to Putin and too often treating our enemies better than our allies)---and yes---some of the candidates were less than perfect. The reality is Trump has a had a really bad 2026 and the electorate let him know their feelings last night. In Texas---it was basically a voter hissy fit. Republicans were not happy with the current situation and expressed their disapproval by failing to show up at the polls---while the Democrats were incredibly motivated voting in droves.

Frankly, I would suggest that the candidates were the least of the issue as their opponents were generally equally flawed--if not more so. For instance---Paxton at least held largely common sense "normal" positions on the issues and did not have to defend crazy positions like believing there were 6 genders or that the border should be wide open like Talirico had to defend. Like I said----when a solidly bright red state like Texas is electing far left freakazoid progressives to statewide offices---then the sitting Republican president is doing it wrong. Simple as that. If Trump has any common sense----he will pivot away from these unpopular positions and do what Clinton did when he lost both houses of congress in a similar red wave. Become more of a pragmatic mediator and look to pass compromise deals on legisllation that is popular with the American people. Back then, they called it "triangulation"---and it worked well enough for Clinton to recover from that mid-term bashing and get elected for a second term.

You don't understand. Democrats like these freaks. Republicans have a problem with their own being crooked (Paxson) or inarticulate (Collins) or part of a dynasty (Graham). So Republicans stayed home. At least that was the story in Georgia.

First off---that doesnt explain Abbott----who's done a solid job, is a good candidate, and is not corrupt.

Secondly----what did that non-vote by Republicans give them in the end? I mean---sure---its a voters right to stay home---but I don't want to hear one complaint about what happens over the next 2 years from any "principled" Republican who voiced his dissatisfaction by sitting out the election. As for better candidates---If republicans want better candidates---then they need to show up during the primaries. Republicans could have ditched useless Cornyn for a solid up and comer like Wesley Hunt---Paxton didnt have to be the alternative. I live in a pretty Red distrct. When I went to vote in the primary, I was able to walk right up to the check in booth and vote. Democrats voting in the primary had to wait in a long line with a hundred or more people. When I saw the MASSIVE difference in turnout for the primaries early this year---I warned people back then that Republicans could be in big trouble for the midterms. This wave was a turnout thing.

(11-04-2026 12:17 PM)Claw Wrote:  It depends.

If the Iranian government falls in the next two years, then it will be one of the greatest accomplishments in our lifetime.

The same goes for Cuba. I think that is Trump's next project. My completely unfounded opinion is that Trump would gladly give Putin Ukraine in exchange for Cuba.

That would be a huge win for the US imo. The communist dictator ship 90 miles from our shores has been an embarrassment for most of our lifetimes, replacing that with a government that's not openly hostile to the US would be a huge win. Ofc, if it were that easy, I think Trump would have already done it. It might take a while yet to get there without requiring boots on the ground.

(11-04-2026 01:23 PM)49RFootballNow Wrote:  I'm convinced now that the NC GOP doesn't want to win state-wide election any more. Mark Robinson and Whatley have convinced me of that.

NC is just now VA. Blue creep down the coast.

(11-04-2026 03:32 PM)Billy_Bearcat Wrote:  

(11-04-2026 01:23 PM)49RFootballNow Wrote:  I'm convinced now that the NC GOP doesn't want to win state-wide election any more. Mark Robinson and Whatley have convinced me of that.

NC is just now VA. Blue creep down the coast.

I would argue that the Democrats had the best possible candidate but Trump ran off the best possible Republican candidate (Tillis). This was such a huge wave that it might not have mattered, but in future elections, NC will elect plenty of Republicans.