Spirit Paradise Impeachment Pool, Anyone?

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Dr. Shades wrote:
Some Schmo wrote:By the way, if I lose, I obviously will have to create a new account and put this one to sleep for the one year duration.

No, that won't be necessary. I can just change your screen name.

Awesome. Good to know.
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There will come a time when even Republicans realize there is something terribly mentally wrong with Drumpf. When that will be I don't know, but let's hope it is sooner rather than later. Not that Pence is any better politically speaking.
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The CCC wrote:There will come a time when even Republicans realize there is something terribly mentally wrong with Drumpf. When that will be I don't know, but let's hope it is sooner rather than later. Not that Pence is any better politically speaking.


Well Pence comes off as more temperate at least.
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The CCC wrote:There will come a time when even Republicans realize there is something terribly mentally wrong with Drumpf. When that will be I don't know, but let's hope it is sooner rather than later. Not that Pence is any better politically speaking.

The biggest thing that concerns me about a Pence presidency is a unified GOP in all three branches of gov't. (it is a huge, massive, off the charts concern). The only saving grace in that scenario is that the GOP is not aligned with its base (not that their base seems to know it - so, there's that).
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Some Schmo wrote:I can think of a couple Rams related names, but it'll only be a rip on your team if the Rams are still under-performing in two years.

To be honest, I can't see myself giving you a ridiculous name nobody would ever choose for themselves. I'd rather be fun about it. I think The Weiner Man falls into that category (I could see someone using that screen name just for laughs).

I'm betting, however, that we'll both find something more topical in the next couple years. By then, Weiner will be old news (at least, I think - I wasn't expecting a comeback from Weiner last year either).


I named one of my fantasy teams the Rams this year, when we won I kept it as the Rams, when I lost I changed it to the Lambs, I took 5th, so I was the Lambs 1/2 the season.

I had Cam Newton, Gurley and Sammy Watkins as my first three picks and it went down hill from there. My only saving grace was I picked up Jordon Howard off waivers early and he gave me a strong finish.

What would be awesome would to have a Trailer Park Fantasy league, and not the Paul Osborn type of Fantasy league, next year.
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Markk wrote:I had Cam Newton, Gurley and Sammy Watkins as my first three picks and it went down hill from there. My only saving grace was I picked up Jordon Howard off waivers early and he gave me a strong finish.

It's pretty remarkable how good a player can be one year and not so much the next. I have a friend who drafted Matt Ryan and Russell Wilson this year, and she kept making the mistake of starting Wilson over Ryan. She'd have won her league had she started Ryan every week.

(Go Falcons!)
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From what I've seen so far at least Pence isn't insane. Not that that's much of a consolation.
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Pence may not be insane, but he is an ultra-conservative religious fundamentalist who is a biblical literalist, Young Earth Creationist, rejects the theory of evolution, disdains science, militantly homophobic, wants creationism taught in science classes along with evolution (if evolution is to be taught at all, which he would probably forbid if it were legally possible), and would probably be in favor of abolishing state funded public schools altogether if he could have his preferences. He is certainly out of touch with reality in many ways, which is potentially highly dangerous in as high a political office as President.
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Some Schmo wrote:Am I really the only one here who thinks Drumpf will be impeached?

Yes, but you make the mistake of attaching "think" to your statement. You "feel" it too be true but you have no real reasoning to consider the possibility. The House and Senate will never buy into your fantasy.

Just for kicks, try to "think" about this topic in lieu of the emotional response that you inevitably are having as you read this post.
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I can't imagine the current Republican Congress impeaching, let alone convicting, a Republican president. That's not how they roll. Put me down with EA.
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