Protect the future; Vote out Trumpers
Apropos January’s recognition of the Jan. 6 attempted coup of 2021: considering that Trump appears to have the emotional stability of a toddler, I am surprised that, upon defeat, he didn’t fling himself to the ground, beat his fists and legs and cry, “I have a stupid country, I have a stupid, stupid country!”
Despite the emotional stability of a tot, or perhaps because of it, he is a dangerous man; dangerous to the Earth as a climate-change denier, to the country as a power-crazed zealot, to democracy as a fascist authoritarian wanna-be, to minorities and immigrants as a White supremacist hate-monger, to women as a misogynist, and to public health as a former covid-denier and a discourager of mask-wearing.
I do not see how Christians, or people of any religion for that matter, can support him and still claim to be strong in their faith.
For when it comes to God’s good creation of this Earth and its species, we are in very grave danger from people like him who place power and greed above life.
For the sake of the Earth, and your children and grandchildren, please vote his supporters, and that includes Rep. Elise Stefanik, out in November.
Jahnn Swanker-Gibson
Johnstown
Insurrectionists armed, dangerous
In response to Dr. Salvatore’s Jan. 20 letter (“Don’t compare 1/6 to 9/11, Pearl Harbor.”) You should probably check your facts.
Many of those involved in the attack were armed, and several had guns that police later seized.
On Nov. 12, 2021, Lonnie Leroy Coffmane, 71, of Falkville, Ala., admitted to one federal count of possessing an unregistered firearm or destructive device — the Molotov cocktails.
He brought five loaded firearms and 11 Molotov cocktails in his truck to Capitol Hill. There were more.
The Capitol police were protecting their place of employment. Just because Donald Trump says Capitol rioters had ‘no guns whatsoever’ doesn’t make it so.
Yes, BLM did destroy neighborhoods of several cities. That is inexcusable.
As of June 2021, more than 10,000 people have been arrested in protests decrying racism and police brutality in the wake of George Floyd’s death, according to an Associated Press tally of known arrests across the United States. I think this shows that BLM’s “violent destructive ways” are not being ignored.
How many others died because of the Jan. 6 “protest”? Just because they didn’t die at the protest, doesn’t mean their deaths were not a result of it.
I sympathize for the family of Ashli Babbitt.
But let me ask the question: If people were breaking into your house and you had a gun, would you shoot them?
Deborah Bender
Schoharie
The people need to be represented
The basic problem for a democratic republic is that the people need “representatives.”
But in order to obtain representatives, the people need to choose between politicians.
Rick Savage
Niskayuna
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Whilst we were here today playing Swat the Fly Don’t Step in the Cow Pies, some news as being made that directly affects the immigration problem at our southern border, and was pretty much ignored by our navel-gazing media. Vice President Harris was out of the country today, in Honduras. She was there to participate in the swearing in of Honduras’ first female President, Xiomara Castro. It’s reported that VP Harris “receiving a huge wave of applause from the gathered crowd” as well.
BBC:
“Ms. Castro replaces the divisive President Juan Orlando Hernández, who has been dogged by allegations of ties to the drugs trade after his brother was jailed for trafficking in the US – claims he has repeatedly denied.”
He is expected to be extradited to the US and indicted as a co-conspirator with his brother, already in US custody for drug trafficking.
The main news though, is the swearing in of Ms. Castro, and the secondary news (sadly ignored by our media) is the inroads VP Harris is making in getting to the root of our problem at the Southern border. Honduras ranks third for country of origin of the refugees arriving here. It was oppression and corruption that forced them to leave. Guatemala is second and a source of concern for Human Rights Watch, and El Salvador is first and under scrutiny by Amnesty International. These three countries make up ~86% of the Central American population in the US, as of 2019. And to realistically stem the border tide in the long term, the roots of the problem need to be addressed: *why* are so many fleeing their homes? These are human families like any other human family and they’ve found their conditions so intolerable and intractable that they uprooted and traveled hundreds or thousands of miles, at the risk of death to find what they’d heard was a better place.
So, bravo y buena suerte Sra. Castro, and well done Ms. Harris.
Sources: BBC, The Guardian, ABC News, migrationpolicy.org
You guys really popped William’s cork today. He brought up pedophiles lol…That’s when desperation comments comes out. Bravo all
Guy, trust me you people will never pop my cork. I stand alone every day proving your comments as lies, misquotes and misdirections. New people continue to talk about trumps grab them comment, I’m not defending it but I will say at least he was talking about an adult. There are dozens of videos and photos of Biden attempting to feel up little girls. The videos of him sniffing and touching are disgusting, but you people just ignore it.
Yep you cork was popped …and were desperation posting …Maybe you should see someone about your condition. Take some time off away from the internet. Go back into the real world where you can see Trump and his cult for what they are. Next time you get all excited breathe into a paper bag
Washington Post:
“Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin, who is unvaccinated and revealed this week that she tested positive for the coronavirus, dined again at a New York City restaurant Wednesday night, flouting local health and safety measures calling for positive cases to isolate.”…..
Inconsiderate bitch should go out on the melting Alaskan ice and “see Russia” then an attempt to swim to the country more suited to her way if thinking.
That’s the only thing positive about Palin.
*of
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/citizens-united-explained
A excerpt:
Super PAC money started influencing elections almost immediately after Citizens United. From 2010 to 2018, super PACs spent approximately $2.9 billion on federal elections. Notably, the bulk of that money comes from just a few wealthy individual donors. In the 2018 election cycle, for example, the top 100 donors to super PACs contributed nearly 78 percent of all super PAC spending.
No comment necessary. Everyone should be concerned
Agree that Citizens United should be overturned.
One of the Voting Bills reduces dark money and gerrymandering.
Those cheating bastard democrats, smh.
Just to add:
Brought to the court by a conservative non-profit, and supported by five conservative judges.
Redefining the term, “conservative”.
Also, in Biden’s economy:
Overformed in job creation, record job creation in first year.
Overperformed…5.6% growth in economy.
Overperformed…3.9% unemployment
Inflation and kinks in the supply chain are related to pandemic…which drags him down. I’m convinced they’re doing it on purpose.
Record job creation and economy and lower unemployment numbers. So when millions of people lose their jobs because of a global pandemic and the government hands these people thousands of dollars while telling them they don’t have to pay rent people use that money to buy things. Better economy!! When the pandemic starts getting better due to Trump’s vaccines people start going back to work, Not job creation but people back in jobs and lower unemployment. Nothing Biden did, actually, he hurt it more than it had to be with his mandates.
“My people came to me, (Director of National Intelligence) Dan Coats came to me and some others saying they think it’s Russia. I have President Putin, he just said it’s not Russia,” Trump said. “I will say this, I don’t see any reason why it would be.”
Speaking of the Supreme Court, the following are the words of Thomas Jefferson and enshrined on the Jefferson Memorial:
Panel Four
“I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and constitutions, but laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths discovered and manners and opinions change, with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also to keep pace with the times. We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy as civilized society to remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors.”
His wise words blow so-called ‘originalism’ right out of the water!
Bipartisan Infrastructure Plan 63%.
Expand Healthcare (which Biden already has), Childcare, Tuition Support 61%.
Climate Funding 56%
Biden’s popular policies, yet his numbers are down. It’s because of the anti-vaccers and partisans that refuse to play ball…just obstruct. Unfortunately it’s hurts their own people, too, we can’t get past this pandemic.
Nice Cynthia!
Gaetani… another one spewing lies, not worth responding to…just like Fred and William. Twist, lie, lie, twist again!
Isn’t it hilarious that everyone that has a differing opinion of you and the other lefties is a liar? Everyone is a liar except the party of criminals, the democrat party.
I can’t take all of you lefty loons! Jahnn you and your constant drumbeat about climate change that is going to end the world. Ok Bob Jones disciple. Drink some more Flavor-aid. Yes, there is climate change. It happens naturally. Throughout the Earth’s history there have been six recognized ice ages of extensive lengths of time and one commonly called a mini-ice age. That was from the 14th Century to the 19th century. You know what? Every ice age was followed by a warming period. So if the mini-ice age end in the 19th century, guess what we are in a climate change period now that is warmer than the previous 500 years after the mini-ice age ended. Jahnn, do you really think that the things put in place and planned for to stop climate change are going to work? To my knowledge humans have not mastered how to change the weather yet. This climate change stuff is just a way for the oligarchs and totalitarians to make us all serfs.
All you other loons, was Trump great no but he was way better than this Resident we have now who isn’t even in charge. To Deborah Bender, your information is so off it is crazy. Not one person who entered or gathered outside the Capitol had a gun. Some had some other items that they used as a weapon. The guy you said got arrested with bombs and guns wasn’t there that day. And he wasn’t a Trump supporter. The only person with any sort of weapon was the person who planted a bomb at the DNC Headquarters and the RNC Headquarters the night before who has yet to be apprehended. In fact to my knowledge they aren’t even looking for that person.
Actually there were two unarmed women killed on that day. Ashli Babbitt who was shot by a police officer and another woman whose name escapes me who was beaten and trampled to death by police and the crowd in a walkway. And there was another woman who almost died that was also beaten by police. About Ashli Babbitt, video with sound just emerged showing she was actually trying to stop people from breaking through doors of the Capitol.
In need of a little attention, are we?
Here you go!
I think there might be something seriously wrong with him. His arguments are so out of touch with reality and scientific fact that he sounds like a dangerous, I’ll use his word, LOON. I hope he doesn’t know where any of us ‘lefty loons’, who pay attention to scientists who actually know what they’re talking about, live. And I hope if he ever runs for public office again, one his opponent will find his quotes on this site, and use them against him.
Loon was a word that O’Reilly used a lot. So certainly not original. Sounded more like a diatribe than a well thought out and cohesive post. Hard to reply to a series of random rants. Why does the right always feel the need to name call? That alone makes things divisive. I don’t recall Biden or Obama coming up with derogatory names for all their opponents.
Jahnn Swanker-Gibson Jahnn Swanker-Gibson Jahnn Swanker-Gibson
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you.
For a great letter!!!
I agree and it was entertaining too.
Fredo: That is amazing! You have habitually denied others the ability to discern Trumps intent from his words and deeds yet you can discern my intent for use of a pseudonym. Can you say hypocrite!!!
https://www.franksonnenbergonline.com/blog/23-ways-to-spot-a-hypocrite/
If the right wing white supremacists were actually interested in making our country more democratic
they would support the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and clamor for a reversal of Citizen United. Another important step would be public funding of elections:
1) All qualified candidates, those with enough signatures on nominating ballots and/or endorsement by a qualified political party, i.e. parties with a pre-determined number of registered voters, would get government funding at a level commiserate with the office they seek.
2) All broadcast networks would be required to air live debates among the candidates for each office
during prime time.
In this way, the public would have the information they need to cast a ballot that really corresponds to their views on the issues. The candidates elected would have to answer to their constituents not giant corporations and PACS.
I decided to reprint yesterday’s post on publicly funding elections.
1/27/22:
The Texas Tribune reports:
In a sworn declaration submitted as part of an ongoing federal court challenge, a senior Republican state senator with redistricting experience said he believes his party violated federal voting laws when it drew new boundaries for state Senate District 10 in the Fort Worth area.
“Having participated in the 2011 and 2013 Senate Select Redistricting Committee proceedings, and having read the prior federal court decision regarding SD10, it was obvious to me that the renewed effort to dismantle SD 10 violated the Voting Rights Act and the U.S. Constitution,” state Sen. Kel Seliger said in a declaration signed in November.
William trading stock is not the problem with Politians it’s money from big Corps. They are the ones who control what is going on. What is desperately needed is campaign finance reform. The right leaning Supreme Court was responsible their ruling on Citizens united is what the problem is
In Citizens United v. FEC, the Supreme Court asserted that corporations are people and removed reasonable campaign contribution limits, allowing a small group of wealthy donors and special interests to use dark money to influence elections.
Guy, I for one believe Citizens United was a bad decision.
you seem to excuse the Republican party for a lot of bad decision
I could care less about the party as I just believe the Republican party holds my values. I’m an American and I will call it as I see it. Just like Bush and his wars, nobody bashed him as much as me.
The answer is to overturn Citizen’s United and move to publicly funded campaigns. I posted about how this could be done yesterday.
The “conservative” justices behind Citizen’s United were supposed to be “strict constructionists” who take the Constitution literally and as (in their view) the founders meant it to be interpreted.
Yet, in this case, they interpreted monetary restrictions on donations to politicians as stifling free speech. In other words, political donations are “speech” and thus protected.
In reality, the Court gave those with money the power to control politicians and seriously dampen the voice of the public.
Many members of Congress have ‘struck rich’ in the stock market. Whether they managed this through skilled investment or inside information can be difficult to prove.
There is a simple solution. They are all public servants. During their tenure in office they should not be allowed to buy or sell individual stocks. Instead they should be required to put their investment money in ETF’s, index funds, and mutual funds managed in a blind trust by an independent trustee. If they are unwilling to do this they should remain in the private sector.
Public office should in no way be a tool of personal aggrandizement.
I agree, but as Billie would say, it’s legal.
Isn’t that weird, my former Billers name was Rae too, I really liked her.
Gotcha Rae
BIPARTISAN:
https://www.npr.org/2022/01/19/1073865837/a-push-to-ban-members-of-congress-from-trading-individual-stocks-gains-momentum
Thank you Anthony, something we can agree on.
For most of our history it was an unwritten rule and practice that Supreme Court justices be white males. It is perfectly just to compensate for the resulting imbalance between the make-up of the Supreme Court and the general population by choosing from a highly qualified pool of Black females.
There is no such thing as choosing ‘the most qualified candidate’ as many ARE qualified but reflect different ideologies and approaches to interpretation of the Constitution. Presidents’ choices necessarily reflect, to SOME extent their own views in these areas. For an example of this FACT, look at the three judges Trump appointed. They are among the most extreme conservative ideologues ever appointed. To argue that any one of them was the most qualified candidate at that time is absurd.
Can you please show me this unwritten rule? It must be somewhere or else how would anyone know?
Just another guardrail/precedent that 45 broke while in office: WH Ends Bar Association’s Role in Vetting Judges. Before some scream it leans toward liberals, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., both received the group’s highest rating.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/31/us/politics/white-house-american-bar-association-judges.html
Now the right is screaming that Biden picking an African American woman is unconstitutional. Well, after 95% justices have been white males, it is imperative to have proper representation of our diverse nation.
J: the Federalist Society has also been “vetting” nominees and picking right-wingers such as Barrett.
Jahnn Swanker-Gibson & Deborah Bender THANK YOU!
J Vendetti, I’m not so sure the toddler would have been re-elected. It was obvious that he was perverting and corrupting every Institution of gov’t that our Founders cherished. The majority of Americans could see the break down of our Constitutional Republic and the Rule of Law–which the schemer snaked around his whole life. He constantly lied and divided us and tweeted like a little girl. He was completely unprofessional and sided with autocrats and was (is) white supremacists’ leader. 45s agenda was power and greed, with no oversight…well, after all, he was a rich, white male.
J – there aren’t close to 75 million white supremacists in the US.
Joe, I think you are right. There are fewer than 75,000,000 overt white supremacists in America. However, I am certain that everyone of them voted for Trump and continue to support him. Also, many white Americans, perhaps all, have a conscious or subconscious prejudice against Blacks as a result of being brought up in a country with a long standing negative view of Blacks and a history of discrimination against them.
That is why we need to be not racist, not neutral, but actively anti-racist.
https://www.yahoo.com/now/trump-won-highest-share-non-164843048.html
President Trump has won the highest share of non-white voters of any Republican presidential candidate since 1960, according to preliminary results from Tuesday’s election.
Those darn Black “White Supremacists”….
Rae Ann Harris you are so funny now.
William Marincic
January 26th, 2022
Roger Hull, I don’t idolize Trump either but …
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Yes, you do.
No, Trump was just better at bringing people together.
Billie, I think you are right. Republicans before Trump were more racist than him. I hope that gives you comfort.
JClark please explain how it is acceptable for Nancy Pelosi to make tens of millions of dollars of stock purchases right before congressional legislation? Nancy Pelosi has never bought a stock that failed, every stock she buys immediately goes up in value due to the legislation that she is enacting. I can only imagine if Donald Trump‘s kids did that.
Nobody’s defending Nancy Pelosi, nor all the other politicians (some who’ve been prosecuted) who’ve benefited from insider trading of some kind.
You’re AGAIN, trying to cloud the issue and deflect attention from the sins of your idol which at this point in history appear to be some of the greatest ever committed against our country.
You’re on the losing side, again.
..his kids aren’t smart enough.
That’s certainly true of Donald’s two dumb older sons, but Ivanka cashed in on daddy’s Chinese connection: Ivanka Trump’s company obtained several trademarks in China in 2018 that covered a wide range of products, including baby blankets, perfume, and coffins. This trademark gives the company the opportunity to sell Trump-branded coffins and prevents other companies from using the Trump brand to sell their own coffins. Watch, Billie will order a bunch for his family and himself.
Maybe you could order some Rae Ann. The Harris household can probably use some more Chinese crap. What do you say Rae?
They must surely be a hundred times smarter than you because they are at least a hundred times more successful.
No, I won’t respond since you support a p*ssy grabbing traitor Insurrectionist. Plus, you always go off topic since you can’t defend the indefensible.
jclark, the blind loyalty of these morons trumps everything. (Pun intended). If it didn’t, they would be embarrassed instead of proudly mouthing off wearing their stupidity, ignorance and racism on their sleeves. Glad you’re not responding.
jclark Now who is defending the undefendable? I stay on topic but you all never respond when I post the facts to your fiction.
In his debate with Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden made two pledges to voters and asked his opponent to do the same to nominate only a black woman for the next open Supreme Court seat and to choose a woman as his vice president. Even with identity politics, the pledge to impose a gender and race requirement for the next Supreme Court nominee is as ironic as it is troubling. What Biden was declaring, and what Sanders wisely avoided, would effectively constitute discrimination in admission to the Supreme Court. Indeed, the Supreme Court has declared that such race or gender conditions are strictly unconstitutional for admission to public colleges.
The pledges that Biden has made amount to this. No matter how qualified men or, in the case of the Supreme Court, women who are not black may be, he will not consider them as candidates. In the case of vice president, such gender discrimination would be allowed, as presidential candidates can select a running mate on any grounds and voters can decide if they approve. Justices, however, are lifetime appointees, and presidents have always been careful to state that, while they seek diversity among their nominees, they would appoint the most qualified person regardless of race, religion, gender, or sexual orientation. But in a single declaration, Biden quickly dispensed with even the pretense of equal consideration.
Imposing an absolute requirement that a nominee be a particular gender and race is effectively an affirmative action pledge. It is precisely what the Supreme Court already declared to be unconstitutional discrimination.
Jonathan Turley
…Trump’s pledge to nominate a woman to the Supreme Court to fill the seat of the Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, an icon to many advocates for women’s rights, is a reminder that Trump has never been reluctant to employ identity politics when it aids him.
Ginsburg’s death gives Trump an opportunity to make perhaps his strongest appeal to female voters since his 2020 campaign began. And Trump appeared to do that almost immediately after her death. A day afterward, Trump made it clear that gender would be prioritized in his decision-making process.
“It will be a woman, a very talented, very brilliant woman,” (Trump) said at a Saturday rally in Fayetteville, N.C. “I haven’t chosen yet, but we have numerous women on the list.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/09/21/trump-has-never-shied-away-identity-politics-despite-his-allies-loathing-it/
Here we go with the poor oppressed Whites, again. “It’s racism, I tells ya!”
I wondered how it would rear it’s confused head. Count on our resident fake person of color to raise it. Surely he knows what racism look like.
Now we just need FRED BARNEY to give his alternative definition (which he never does).
Fake person of color, do you mean Rachel Dolezal? I could give two craps about a person’s color, when it comes to the SCOTUS or anything for that matter it should be the person most qualified not because of the skin color. And how dare you people destroy a person’s reputation and qualifications because people will believe she only got the job because she is Black and a female. She could be the most qualified justice ever and you all already sullied her reputation. Bravo, nice job.
I’m pretty real as is my ethnicity, you have a habit of disparaging people like myself and Joe Vendetti like you are better than us. Who’s the real racist?
Joe I have healthy disagreements with.
You I pity.
No. I mean you.
Johnathan Turley should know better. He is a sell-out to the radical right. SCOTUS has supported some affirmative action programs and rejected others. The definition of affirmative helps clarify the issue:
Affirmative action is a deliberate effort to counteract de facto discrimination and provide full and equal opportunity in areas such as education and employment for traditionally disadvantaged groups.
This clearly applies to Biden’s decision to nominate a QUALIFIED Black woman to the Supreme Court where none has sat before.
A lot of pearl clutching from the crowd that stole two Supreme Court seats and don’t want to see a black woman sitting on the bench of the highest court in the land. Sorry if we don’t feel sorry that another white man will miss out on the opportunity to serve a lifetime appointment.
As usual your comment is pointless and wrong. I guess you don’t watch NFL football because several Black players have hyphenated names. Being 12.5% apparently didn’t help you.
Not sure how this was repeated down here, but to add many cultures have hyphenated names (e.g., the French).
And I would ask them the same question
How were two SCOTUS seats stolen? A President in office nominated them and a Senate-confirmed them. Just as it says in the Constitution. If you believe that the democrats wouldn’t do the same thing I have some ocean-front property in Phoenix to sell you.
They probably wouldn’t because they’ve clearly demonstrated a sense of fairness. Something sorely lacking from Republicans and their followers.
Yes, fairness, like ending the filibuster? Like packing the court? Like passing a phony voting rights bill to ensure democrats always win? That kind of fairness we can do without.
Joe I agree many of the things that Trump said I shook my head it and asked myself why. But that aside I looked at it as it was, Trump was not a politician, a politician lies and measures his words, a politician will never say anything controversial, he keeps his controversial thoughts to himself. I would rather have a Trump that speaks his mind, telling us the truth rather than have a politician that continues to lie to us. As far as trumps policies I was on board with 90% of them. The only thing that didn’t happen today wish did was school choice.
Right. This is who I want to run America:
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Trump: Yeah, that’s her. With the gold. I better use some Tic Tacs just in case I start kissing her. You know, I’m automatically attracted to beautiful — I just start kissing them. It’s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don’t even wait. And when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything.
Bush: Whatever you want.
Trump: Grab ’em by the p____. You can do anything.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I like Presidents I don’t have to hide the children from.
I see no comment. Shocker….
Then why did you vote for the pedophile Biden, you know the guy caught on camera multiple times trying to put his hands on pre-teen girls’ breasts while he sniffed their hair? You can google it, there are dozens upon dozens of youtube videos as proof.
It’s called obligations and prevents me from sitting here all day participating in playing Punch and Judy with you.
If you had a trace of self-awareness, a trait that runs through all you people, you’d see how sick you reveal yourselves to be. I have seen these videos you fret about and I’m sure I’d trust my kids with Joe Biden long before, if I’d ever, trust them with Donald Trump. Even after he’s convicted (and maybe finds god) for his activities with Jeffrey Epstein.
Like all rich people, they hang together just like Hollywood celebs do. When Epstein tried to sexually assault a 14-year-old at Mar Lago Trump banned Epstein for life. When Epstein was arrested they went through his little black book to ask questions. The only person willing to talk to the police was Donald Trump. So your little accusation is just like everything else you say. BOGUS…
Jahnn Swanker-Gibson I have always wondered what possesses a man to use a hyphenated last name? I have my thoughts but I will keep them to myself
So Bill you’re assuming Jahnn is a male? And really you’re mocking someones name?
I did assume and apparently, I’m wrong so my sincerest apologies to Jahnn Swanker-Gibson.
How is asking what possesses a male to use a hyphenated last name making fun? I understand it in the Hispanic community as men take their mothers maiden name but that as far as I know is the only culture that does so.
As usual your comment is pointless and wrong. I guess you don’t watch NFL football because several Black players have hyphenated names. Being 12.5% apparently didn’t help you.
Marincic: Could you do that for all of your thoughts?
You got a love someone that comes on here with a phony name and just makes disparaging comments. There’s a name for that person it’s called keyboard warrior. A keyboard warrior will talk crap to people with the knowledge that no one knows who it is that’s doing the talking. In reality that person is a coward.
Marincic: for your comment to have force it must be consistently applied to all who use a pseudonym. Your failure to do so in the case of your dear leader invalidates your argument.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudonyms_of_Donald_Trump
jclark, I’m in, and I’ll buy.
jclark, I guess we will never meet in person, that’s fine.
Deal !
When 45 ends up in prison I will agree to meet with anyone on this forum in person, but will maintain my identity as jclark124. We can celebrate at a diner for coffee & cheesecake, or meet at a pub for a drink.
Your reasoning is unsound. You hide behind a fake name to not be held accountable for insulting the honest.
Whatever fake name
Fred & William:
“When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn’t become a king. The palace becomes a circus.” – Turkish Proverb
I only send this to you because it seems you two are the largest President Trump supporters.
To me as a moderate Conservative, at this point (1 yr into term) I see President Biden having run on quite a different platform (unity, moderate policies, political experience), then what he has done in year 1.
I truly believe if President Trump would have been re-elected easily if Covid-19 hadn’t hit. As much as President Trump was a clown (twitter, lies, revolving positions in cabinet, scandals, etc) he would have continued with the circus if not for Covid. Because voters vote based on economy. The economy up until the pandemic was over full with jobs, minority employment was at a historic low, and ppl were “fat & happy”.
But you have to admit President Trump was very unpresidential, spoke poorly, bullied & really acted like a clown.
Are you serious Joe!? What planet do you live on man? Joe Biden has been more of a Divider in Chief than his former boss Barrack Hussein Obama and Trump combined! By all news accounts including his propagandists and cheerleader networks have said he is a disaster. He has become the worst President in history in one year even beating the likes of Jimmy Carter who took two years. He is a PINO – President in Name Only.
Come on Man!
Joe…those are pretty much my views on Trump and how he didn’t get re elected. I would just add that the ironic thing is that if he was just honest about the COVID situation rather than deny it’s might and power, I think Americans would have had more respect for him and would have given him a break. I for one never blamed Trump for COVID and I don’t think most American citizens did either. I hear all too often from my Trump friends who rationalize their support for him by saying they agree with him on the issues and he’s good for the country. My response is always the same….can’t trust a guy who lies on a regular basis and puts his needs and wants above the good of the country. The COVID situation exposed many of his horrible traits as a person. He didn’t trust the American people to not blame him for COVID so he lied and deflected and just said and did so many ridiculous things when all he had to say was….’We will get through this together and we are doing everything possible to straighten out the ship”…..I am very certain that he would have won re election so he has nobody to blame but himself.
So both off you let him off the hook for the whole ‘Obama is a foreigner’ scam?
Trump launched his campaign on an obvious lie, and neither of you had a problem with that?
Who is letting Trump off any hook? What gave you that idea?
It’s pure speculation on my part. I personally despise the man and am glad he lost. He is a horrible human being but I do agree with Joe’s comments about the economy doing well and that being what most people think about first and foremost. It doesn’t change my view about Trump nor does it excuse all the lying. My point was that Trump himself is to blame for his loss and he should do like every other President that lost and just concede. His post election behavior is especially disgusting. In the world of sports , he would have zero fans and would be an albatross.
It’s this talk of how he could have been reelected if not for fumbling COVID.
No, I sincerely disagree. Most Americans saw through him way before he announced his campaign, and in fact he lost both popular votes, significantly and for reasons outside of his mishandling of a pandemic.
Most Americans hated him then and hate him now and for a plethora of sound reasons.
And I realize you’re not Trump supporters.
45 honest? It’s not in his DNA.
One statistic shows that because of lies and misinformation about vaccines, an estimated 160,000 unnecessary deaths occurred between June through Nov 2021. But then 45 supporters scream that “more deaths have occurred under Biden than 45.”
They put Biden in a no-win situation, and his covid ratings drop. Biden has done all he could to promote “45s vaccines.” The IDIOTS on faux entertainment and social media that spread lies and disinformation are literally KILLING people–ironically, their own viewers.
Since he was not likely to move into my neighborhood and thus brink down property value I was and am only concerned about policies that are good for the country.
Maybe not Trump supporters but Biden rejectors.
“Somebody step on a duck?”
https://nypost.com/2022/01/26/leaked-video-reveals-joe-bidens-hush-hush-migrant-invasion/
The right to vote needs to be associated with the right to know what is going on!
Notice in what follows a complete lack of interest in the lack of interest in the Democrats lack of interest in in the importation of illegals at night. You might also want to consider the implications of how many are facilitating the citizens being kept in the dark about this matter.
Fred, first of all, this occurred last AUGUST. According to DHS, these were immigrant children being reunited with family or vetted sponsors in the CT, NY and NJ areas.
Again, do a little research before going into high dudgeon.