I confess to back pedaling into Trump territory when I wanted to leave discussions about him in the garbage can. My thread on the read-only break room site has 9,600 replies so I thought I'd bring up a new one.
He's not going away.
Haberman's book is out based on interviews. I won't read it, but the excerpts are interesting. Especially what he says about McConnell, a description that's against the Terms of Service here, but I actually don't disagree with. LOL
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“At one point, Trump made a candid admission that was as jarring as it was ultimately unsurprising. ‘The question I get asked more than any other question: “If you had it to do again, would you have done it?”’Trump said of running for president. ‘The answer is, yeah, I think so. Because here’s the way I look at it. I have so many rich friends and nobody knows who they are.’ … Reflecting on the meaning of having been president of the United States, his first impulse was not to mention public service, or what he felt he’d accomplished, only that it appeared to be a vehicle for fame, and that many experiences were only worth having if someone else envied them.”
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Beerman said:
As far as his fitness to be president, it doesn't matter. And, it didn't happen overnight.
First of all, it wasn't his decision. He was forced out.
Obviously it was a political calculation. Those covering for him (the Dems "Big Lie") realized after the debate the jig was up. And, they turned on him, literally, overnight. Remember, folks like me were "cherry-picking" his bad moments? "Cheap fakes" were right before the debate. Then, overnight after the debate, everything changed.
And, yes. The polling numbers weren't good. So, the Dems simply disregarded the will of those who voted for Biden in the primaries.
So, you think the far left is much happier with a Harris/Walz ticket? I will agree with you on that one!
"Obvious competence at the job"...LOL
The polls suggest otherwise.
Are you making statements of fact about how the democratic party functions relative to their candidates? That seems wierd since you don't seem to understand what happened with Biden and Harris and the party nomination and keep complaining about it in the Trump thread.
I'll repeat, polls are not a measurement of competence in governing, they are a measurement of public opinion. For instance, Trump polls well with Republicans but he was a failure as a president. On the other hand, historians and other experts in such analysis have ranked the Biden administration highly in terms of success and functionality while Trump ranked very lowly because he was a terrible president.
Did you know that there are dozens of former Trump administration staffers or appointees who warn the country against putting Trump back in the White House? Do you think they are part of a leftist conspiracy against Trump?
Mark Esper served as U.S. secretary of defense between July 2019 and November 2020. Speaking to CNN in July 2023, he said Trump is not "fit for office because he puts himself first, and I think anybody running for office should put the country first."
Why shouldn't we believe Esper when there is so much evidence in the public domain which fully supports his opinion?
Donald Trump appears to have falsely implied he has Taylor Swift's endorsement, posting fake images on social media of the singer and her fans supporting him.
The Republican presidential candidate posted the message "I accept!" alongside the images, which were taken from other social media accounts. Many appear to have been created using artificial intelligence.
I can't imagine that this is going to result in the artist actually endorsing the sociopathic felon. What comes next could be interesting.
I can't imagine that this is going to result in the artist actually endorsing the sociopathic felon. What comes next could be interesting.
There is zero chance she would endorse Trump. I'm seeing some obvious AI of her endorsing Harris. I'm not sure she's made an endorsement. Who cares about her? But she is the biggest star in the world right now, so there is that.
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Tweety said:
There is zero chance she would endorse Trump. I'm seeing some obvious AI of her endorsing Harris. I'm not sure she's made an endorsement. Who cares about her? But she is the biggest star in the world right now, so there is that.
I think Trump must care about it since he spent some of his valuable time sharing that thinking and imagery to his fans on social media. I bet Trump would love to have a current A list celebrity endorsing him.
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This is an hour long, rambling speech that had lots of political grievance about Harris but embarrassingly little detail or specificity on his policy plans to address crime. There's apparently no expectation that Trump will outline more detail while his opponent is expected to be much more specific. The well educated and qualified woman of color has a higher expectation of performance imposed upon her than the mentally ill white man. Look at the difference in what the press demand from these two candidates.
I wonder if Trump knows the story of the city of Howell. Why did he choose that city to visit?
These small venue, very crowd controlled events seem to be Trump's new strategy. I wonder why. Finances? PTSD?
I think Trump must care about it since he spent some of his valuable time sharing that thinking and imagery to his fans on social media. I bet Trump would love to have a current A list celebrity endorsing him.
Kid Rock performed "American Badass" at the Republican convention so he does have that. Hulk Hogan was there. So he isn't without celebrity endorsements. But to many republicans (and Fox News) they tend not to like the "Hollywood elite".
This is an hour long, rambling speech that had lots of political grievance about Harris but embarrassingly little detail or specificity on his policy plans to address crime. There's apparently no expectation that Trump will outline more detail while his opponent is expected to be much more specific. The well educated and qualified woman of color has a higher expectation of performance imposed upon her than the mentally ill white man. Look at the difference in what the press demand from these two candidates.
I wonder if Trump knows the story of the city of Howell. Why did he choose that city to visit?
These small venue, very crowd controlled events seem to be Trump's new strategy. I wonder why. Finances? PTSD?
What does the color of their skin have to do with it?
Seriously? Why do you need to highlight her race followed by desparagung Trump and his race?
Is the level of pigment in their skin reflective of their character?
If you think so then perhaps you should find common ground with the people of eugenics.
Why is her race so important to you that you referenced her skin color multiple times? Are you suggesting people vote according to the candidates ethnicity?
If you vote for Trump ypu ain't blk coming back to the party?
Or if you vote Trump and not the POC you're a racist? Might as well sit down because the word racism, Nazi, sumpremist has been overused so much, no body cares.
I think focusing on her immutable characteristics of genitalia might get you further than the racism card this time.
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Crusades said:
What does the color of their skin have to do with it?
Seriously? Why do you need to highlight her race followed by desparagung Trump and his race?
Is the level of pigment in their skin reflective of their character?
If you think so then perhaps you should find common ground with the people of eugenics.
Why is her race so important to you that you referenced her skin color multiple times? Are you suggesting people vote according to the candidates ethnicity?
If you vote for Trump ypu ain't blk coming back to the party?
Or if you vote Trump and not the POC you're a racist? Might as well sit down because the word racism, Nazi, sumpremist has been overused so much, no body cares.
I think focusing on her immutable characteristics of genitalia might get you further than the racism card this time.
LOL
Trump shouldn't have opened that can of worms with his remarks about her race, should he?
Oh honey, conservatives are expert at questioning the gender and genitalia of black women... just ask Michelle Obama. That's definitely not off of the table in the Trump era of republican politics. Funny that you should mention it.
Democrats didn't make Harris's race an issue, Trump did. It was a one of the many mistakes Trump is making and democrats aren't going to ignore the mistakes.
NBC Newsinvestigative reporter David Rohde says that since 2016, Trump has used conspiracy theories, co-option and threats to undermine federal law enforcement. His new book is Where Tyranny Begins.
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DAVIES: Yeah, one of the interesting things here is that you have - you know, it's the FBI agents, in this case, D'Antuono, who headed the FBI field office in Washington, right? It's usually the investigators who want to go in there and get the stuff, right? We're going to knock the door down, whatever. I want to get this guy. And he's saying, hold off. And one of the things you report him saying is, if we search his place, meaning Trump's place, we're walking right into his MO. What did he mean?
ROHDE: He meant you're going to fuel every conspiracy theory that's out there about the FBI wanting to get Trump. And when the search actually happened, there was, you know, big questions around the country, and even inside the FBI, about why the search was done. There were, you know, conspiracy theories that FBI agents had planted the classified documents. That's not true at all, but D'Antuono was right in terms of just the incredible response. It was unprecedented. Instead of some, you know, members of the Republican Party supporting the FBI - and, you know, the FBI always pursues classified documents. The Justice Department always pursues them. This is, like, a key thing to them. They had dozens of cases they've handled in recent years which involve going into houses and searching and securing these documents, so that wasn't unusual, but one other thing that struck me was that among FBI agents, it was seen, at this point, as a career ender to get a highly politicized case like this. To work on it would ruin your career at the FBI, because no matter what you did, you'd be criticized by both parties. If you weren't aggressive enough on Trump, Democrats would attack you. If you were too aggressive, or perceived as too aggressive, Republicans would attack you, so, you know, everyone was sort of incredibly frustrated that this was dragging on and on, and even the Justice Department officials didn't relish this case. They all saw it as sort of a political hot potato and a lose-lose for them.
Trump, the expert liar, is very successful at convincing his cult of all manner of fabrications about these cases. Currently he's convincing them that he was exonerated in that documents case. His fan club will believe him, they believed that the Mueller report exonerated him too.
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Are you making statements of fact about how the democratic party functions relative to their candidates? That seems wierd since you don't seem to understand what happened with Biden and Harris and the party nomination and keep complaining about it in the Trump thread.
I'll repeat, polls are not a measurement of competence in governing, they are a measurement of public opinion. For instance, Trump polls well with Republicans but he was a failure as a president. On the other hand, historians and other experts in such analysis have ranked the Biden administration highly in terms of success and functionality while Trump ranked very lowly because he was a terrible president.
Did you know that there are dozens of former Trump administration staffers or appointees who warn the country against putting Trump back in the White House? Do you think they are part of a leftist conspiracy against Trump?
https://www.newsweek.com/full-list-former-donald-trump-officials-refusing-endorse-him-1882733
Why shouldn't we believe Esper when there is so much evidence in the public domain which fully supports his opinion?