Current Affairs Donald Trump POS: Judgement cometh and that right soon
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abelard
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I'm not optimistic, yet. Like I said, it's still too early to tell. My point was only that this specific election wasn't well-suited to the "I told you so/liberals stop hitting yourselves" chorus. Who knows what impact if any the body-slam would have had. Apparently 2/3rds of the votes had already been taken.
It's always risky to read too much into by-election results (do y'all call them that?). Turnout is usually much lower, and so hinges more on local issues or the passions of true believers. The Georgia election will likely be more revealing, for what that's worth.
Generally speaking, it is rare for the party of a sitting President not to suffer midterm setbacks. This is probably less pronounced now thanks to voter-suppression, legalized bribery, and redistricting (something about which far-minded people on both sides should be far more concerned than some brute congressman from the middle of nowhere losing the plot on a reporter). But alas...
Anyhow, things should be very promising for the Democrats. Trump ran as a protest candidate. But as an incumbent who commands both houses, he can't claim that, and as an executive, he's managed in just four months to establish himself as surely the least qualified, most staggeringly and hilariously incompetent leader ever to stain a developed state. His own voters will forgive much of this, but they gambled on him specifically because he wasn't a conventional corporate Republican, and his policy agenda makes Ebeneezer Scrooge seem like Rosa Luxembourg. Trumplings either don't possess or are willing to suppress concerns about constitutionalism, the rule of law, freedom of the press, norms, niceties, and due process etc.; but many of them will be considerably more agitated by Republican plans to make them sicker, poorer, hungrier, less educated, and more subject to industrial poisoning, or the capricious whims of management, all to make billionaires wealthier still. The town halls thus far have been revealing.
The American electorate is like a big, lumbering dinosaur - you can smash it on the tail for some time before pain signals reach its tiny brain. But when those old beleaguered synapses finally spark back to life, the howling and thrashing that ensure are a sight to behold. Trump promised, preposterously, to make America great again, and is instead only intensifying critical elements of the malaise. It will take time yet to register, but when it does, the sense of betrayal will be profound.
The Dems, on the other hand, still hold the allegiance of by far the most popular politician in the country. If they were to listen to him, much less their own voters, and provide an actual policy alternative to the Republicans, then I'd be confident of real progress. But the people in charge, every bit as corporate if less cruel and gormless than their friends across the aisle, will be fixing to campaign once again on the same message as a Kardashian Pepsi ad - hence my caution. If anyone anywhere can screw this up, it's them.
BTW, thanks for the link about Evergreen. Lots to say about that too, but no time, as of yet.
Such a jackass
How was your week?
Truly is. Just sociopathic in his narcissm and childish behavior.
Spicer has claimed that he had an earpiece in his right ear that isn't visible in this footage.
Which I suppose could be true but would be a whole lot more believable if Spicer hadn't lied that there were thousands of people at Trump's inauguration that weren't visible to the TV footage.
DanEFC92
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Why would he have a different earpiece to the other world leaders? ha
If the camera was on the other side he'd say the ear piece was in his left ear.
I suppose we should just be grateful he didn't attempt to claim that Trump could speak fluent Italian lol
He really is a sniveling coward, pretending he is still considering his final decision on Paris accord just so he doesn't have to admit he is pulling out at the NATO meeting.
Chances that Trump mentions this type of domestic terrorism?
peteblue
Welcome back Wayne
I honestly don't know how common it is, I do recall this one in March.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...te-man-accused-hunting-down-black-men-n739146
peteblue
Welcome back Wayne
Makes you wonder what goes on in their warped little brains.......
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