The water is perfect, why not stop the whining and take a dip?
This is the current reality:
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/04/poll-republican-disapproval-222586
More than 60 percent of the American public has an unfavorable opinion of the Republican Party, an increase from last fall and the highest that the party’s negative rating has been since 1992.
Sixty-two percent of Americans have an unfavorable impression of the GOP compared to 33 percent who view the party favorably, according to a Pew Research Center study released Thursday. That’s a more negative image of the party than in October, when there was a split of 58 percent unfavorable to 37 percent favorable
American opinion of the Democratic Party, meanwhile, stayed about the same: 45 percent view the party favorably and 50 percent unfavorably. That leaves a quarter of the public with a negative view of both parties, an increase from past presidential election years.
Pew found that the falling image of the GOP mostly came from people who identified as Republican, 68 percent of whom had a favorable view of their own party versus 79 percent in October.
In contrast, 88 percent of Democrats have a favorable view of their own party. And more independents – 37 percent to 28 percent – have a favorable image of the Democratic Party compared to the GOP.
Women, blacks, Hispanics and white college graduates were all more likely to have a favorable view of the Democratic Party.
For the study, Pew surveyed 2,008 people by telephone between April 12 and 19. The overall margin of error is plus or minus 2.5 percentage points.
In other words, a lot of people hate the Republican establishment and a lot of people like ours. Contrary to a lot of nonsense being posted here, we're in great shape and we're poised to do some great things.
Wouldn't it be nice if people who wanted the same great things put down the discord and discontent for awhile and rolled over "conservatives" and put that dangerous ideology back into the trash heap where it belongs?
For all of the swarming and abuse, few of you disagree with me on policy. And now that Sanders isn't going to be president what's the point of the trash talk?
You know what? I am sick and tired of bitching and moaning, and saying we suck and we need to be great again. We live in a great nation and we can do great things. Life is good. We can make it a lot better. We are in a great position to do that.
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Well placed, JaneyVee! 
her lying and general untrustworthiness as a candidate. We can share our feelings about how her take on LGBT marriage ("Should New York recognize it?" "NO!"
, flip-flopping on guns, her willingness to consider a constitutional amendment with abortion restrictions, whether she intends to take us to war with Iran, her belief in a minimum wage of $12/$15, how her secret knowledge of Walmart meant she didn't participate in screwing the working class, and whether big banks need to be disbursed before their bad decision making tanks the economy AGAIN.
Yes, there is a Hillary for EVERYBODY - how can people not see it?
And since they've spent a year with "Hillary's Server Issues" as the target....
You can join the indictment party! 
And everything I said is true, complete with video links.
And praise be the joy because the convention isn't over and we can still boot her from the ticket. 
can see the evidence of Hillary's lies, go for it.
I shared information that was verifiable to explain why a previously questionable source was shockingly being filled with ACTUAL NEWS. It turns out there is a change in management going on, which may be explaining the gradual shift (not talking about their commentators).
But if you can't figure out what the post was about/only ever listen to one side of the story, it's no wonder you believe in demonizing one side and sanctifying the other, which requires turning a blind eye to actual reality.
And oh by the way, I have used links from The New York Times, Washington Post, ABC, CNN, Huffington Post, Time Magazine and NPR (plus a dozen more off the top of my head) in other threads on the topic, and they all say the same thing: She's guilty.
Like I said, I'm well informed. You can be surprised. I heard Nixon's followers were, too, and they voted him in AFTER Watergate.
History does repeat itself; Hillary looks like some karmic payback because we all thought the Democrats were the good guys.
Almost Anybody can be bought.
Sigh. 
material but I ended up convinced she is heading for indictment several weeks before I clicked on any of their links. My first visit there was for a copy of the IG letter confirming she was lying/being misleading about the "classified" information. I then checked out the two reporters who got leaked that, and discovered they had been leaked other stuff that was verifiable, too.
My father was involved in law enforcement, which believe it or not, actually makes me exceedingly cynical about it. Oddly enough, I still trust the FBI (even though I think the Martha Stewart thing was ridiculous).
At the end of the day, one of us is going to be wrong. I support Bernie - he's stunningly awesome - and believe Hillary is going to be out (with my guesstimate being before Memorial Day for a variety of reasons).
One of the classes I took in college was called "Popular Culture" and dealt with how propaganda is spread, so yes, I get the FAUX thing - but never forget that even big corporations are made up of people who want to do their jobs, and in this case, that means "investigative reporting". We are a two party system, and it is the job of both parties to keep the other in check.
Peace between us? I know I am a bit prickly over the FOX thing, but I still feel justified in having written it for a variety of reasons.
Also, I don't watch them (we cut the cable a few years ago), so not brainwashed by them.
Peace between us? Of course! 
Bernie will be a great President! Clinton was too conservative for me in '08, continues to be too conservative for me now.
Obviously I am a bit prickly over Fox thing as well LOL.
I too trust the FBI to do a thorough job. I also believe nobody knows anything about the investigation but the FBI.
So what I don't trust is 'interpretation' of right-wing media outlets that are pushing the 'she will be indicted' theme. Basically IMHO they are talking out of their asses, and doing what they do for a living: smearing Democrats. To me the script is very obvious. I've seen this movie way too many times before.
That being said, we are both trusting our gut instincts on the 'she will be indicted' thing. Nothing wrong with that.
Take care 
Maybe they've learned a lesson, that they'll probably remember for exactly 3.9 years. 
When half the country hates our party and half the country hates their party, it's going to come down to personality. That's not a battle Hillary wants to have to fight. But you keep suckin' down that Kool-Aide. 
And then looked at your user name. It fits.
The water is perfect,
why not stop the whining
and take a dip?
The "water" you speak of
is soiled
with runoff from fracking,
the blood of innocents,
and the powder of munitions
we keep selling to Saudi Arabia--
who need I remind you,
created the very same brand of Islam
that ISIS worships.
The water is only perfect
if you're blindfolded.
-- VulgarPoet
Beautiful!!!
I actually did not mean to go full poet mode there. Just kinda... Slips out. 
