Yes, The Real The New Awesome Primary Thread

I agree with at least one of your points - re: fracking vs water disposal injection in the earthquake situation.But... And what you're selling is "Fuck the environment, we got cheap gasoline!".That is part of the larger "Fuck the environment, there's money to be made."Moose

Back in the precursor topic I had a message with the subtitle: In which I said: Now there is the matter of this message's subtitle.Source:
Former Spokeswoman Spills the Beans on TrumpWhich, in turn, references An Open Letter to Trump Voters from His Top Strategist-Turned-DefectorQuoting from the Ed Brayton extract (note ellipses that were included there):

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Almost a year ago, recruited for my public relations and public policy expertise, I sat in Trump Tower being told that the goal was to get The Donald to poll in double digits and come in second in delegate count. That was it.

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The Trump camp would have been satisfied to see him polling at 12% and taking second place to a candidate who might hold 50%. His candidacy was a protest candidacy

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It wasn’t long before every day I awoke to a buzzing phone and a shaking head because Trump had said something politically incorrect the night before. I have been around politics long enough to know that the other side will pounce on any and every opportunity to smear a candidate.

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But something surprising and absolutely unexpected happened. Every other candidate misestimated the anger and outrage of the silent majority of Americans who are not a part of the liberal elite. So with each statement came a jump in the polls. Just when I thought we were finished, The Donald gained more popularity.

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More at the source, and even more at the source's source.Anyway, I now see the punchline for the "most epic stand-up comedy tour ever":The Donald passes the number of delegates needed to be nominated. His victory speech:"You've got to be kidding! I hereby withdraw from running for the Republican nomination for President of the United States, and endorse Hillary Clinton as my choice for that position."Or is the withdrawal going to happen April 1st?Either way, it's going to be YOOGE!Moose

Perhaps getting into splitting hairs, but I don't think the vote was in support of the Bush administration decision to attack Iraq. The vote was to authorize the Bush administration to attack Iraq, IF a proper justification existed. It turns out that the justification was a lie. But launching the war rests on the Bush administration.Still, Hillary and others did place way too much trust in the decision making of the Bush administration. Kudos to Bernie for not having that trust.IIRC, the George H. W. Bush position was that it would be stupid to invade Iraq and get involved in an urban war.

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President George H. W. Bush nominated Cheney for the office of Secretary of Defense immediately after the U.S. Senate failed to confirm John Tower for that position.[46] The senate confirmed Cheney by a vote of 92 to 0[46] and he served in that office from March 1989 to January 1993.

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Operation Desert Storm (17 January 1991 — 28 February 1991) in its combat phase, was a war in the Persian Gulf region waged by United States-led coalition forces from 34 nations against Ba'athist Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait.

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SourceIt would seem that George the first was controlling Dick Cheney then, rather than the more recent Cheney controlling of George the later.Moose