Also...it was just announced that Moscow Mitch doesn't think he has the votes to block witnesses. An astute observation or just cognitive bias on his part? We'll see.

cliffe,

You are kicking off your new thread on the wrong foot and this is the 3rd time in just 4 days that I've had to bring this up.

NO NAME CALLING ON THIS FORUM!!!!

I will not continue to let you call names with impunity.

Depicting President Trump as a snake and calling his a draft dodger got you a warning.

Depicting supporters of President Trump as naive, stupid and ethically challenged was another no no.

Calling him a fascist, dictator wannabe in big bold letters in your cut and paste trolling style tonight will be your last warning without being suspended. 

I will repeat my warning message to you from.................just last night:

                By metmike - Jan. 27, 2020, 11:31 a.m.            

"Oh Oh cliffe  

I have been complimenting you on your ability to not turn your neurotic posting because of your intense hatred of President Trump into personal attacks on others(which seems to a common trait with many Trump haters) but the entire objective of the 2 links is to attack Trump supporters as flawed and confused people.

Maybe you overlooked this somehow but this is going  from attacking President Trump to attacking people that support him.

I gave you a warning on Saturday for the post using President Trump as a snake and calling him names.

Be careful here cliffe. Try to stick with your using cut and paste trolling of Trump bashing............using facts would be nice but avoid attacking the actual people for supporting Trump.

You might wonder why it's ok for the moderator to attack people that attack Trump and attack his supporters, so let me make this clear.

1. If  me or I criticize anything about........let's say Biden or Sanders(or Trump), (I have complimented Obama in the past several times by the way)it should never get personal and go after their supporters. If I step out of line, which is possible, let me know so it can be corrected. If somebody else attacks people that support anybody, they are out of line

2. It's not acceptable to go after somebody personally for SUPPORTING something or somebody that they think is  a positive. However, when somebody else, tries to tear down the positive of other people or attack it relentlessly(like the MSM), especially using tactics that display hatred and bias, they are subject to scrutiny. People on the attack will be "attacked" and called out by me for doing this. 

If you think that I'm being one sided on this issue..........think again:

When Obama gets bashed unfairly, I defend him too.

https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/34963/

https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/38878/

If you really want to know metmike, read this post:

https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/40468/

Or these ones:

https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/42968/

https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/34791/

"I am not here to promote hate, lies and mischaracterizations or personal attacks, I am here to call it/them out. 

cliffe, 

We all know that you mainly post here to attack President Trump and the manner in which you do it. Rules for attacking are different than rules for defending against unfair attacks. 

Analogy:  If a burglar with a gun breaks into my house and tries to shoot me, the laws are not on his side because he was attacking. 

If a burglar with a gun breaks into my house and is trying to shoot me but I shoot at him with my gun to defend myself...............the laws are on my side because I am defending from his attack.

Since you are ATTACKING. Your motives and methods are fair game when I respond. "

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I seriously have enjoyed providing you a place here to bash Trump.........and opportunities to respond.  You represent a large faction of people out there that I would like to hear from, you as sort of their spokesperson the past several months here. 

But you must follow rules and if your intense hatred for President Trump blinds you to being able to communicate in an acceptable way...........even after I point out what is unacceptable, you are either being belligerent, actually want to be suspended or just blinded by hate. 

Please cut it out now. I really don't want to lose you.

metmike

I'm sure that you completely understand the previous message.

To illustrate it more and help you to stay here:

"Midnight Mitch" or "Moscow Mitch" are obviously meant to demean Mitch McConnell but are ok, even with that intent. It's actually more funny than anything. 

Calling the president a fascist, dictator wannabe and depicting him as a snake has no value in the humor department and is clearly going to be offensive to some that don't share your hatred for him. 

45's not liking the message. Again... But it's a good thing we have freedom of speech and the right to express ourselves in this country.

http://occupydemocrats.com/2020/01/28/enraged-trump-declares-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-fox-news-after-impeachment-coverage/