Well, that seems highly unlikely to me, since no reputable lawyer has gone near Trump in recorded history several years, but I agree it looks like a winning strategy, especially when you add to that the forensic accountants he brought on board at the end of December.
Who is this 'we' you speak of? He may be the best idea the DNC can come up with, but remind me, who did AOC and Jamaal Bowman beat? Who did our new Senators from GA just beat? And what were their platforms?
""We feel like Republicans don't fight enough for us, and we all see Donald Trump fighting for us as hard as he can, every single day," Brandon Keidl, 27"
Granted that I was also an idiot when I was in my 20s -- although a different kind of idiot and nowhere near as BIG of an idiot, but I digress -- this doesn't even make sense.
I don't just mean I disagree, I mean it LITERALLY doesn't make sense. It refers to nothing whatsoever in the real world.Trump has been out of office for just over a month now.How, exactly, is he "fighting for" Brandon and Brendan and Brent and Brett and Byron and Bryan?What is he doing? Anything?For that matter, what was he doing when he was in office? Talking shit about minorities? I'm sure that made Brandon's dinger sort of hard, but it did not actually *benefit* him in any concrete way.Considering how much the deplorables piss and moan about fake news, they're certainly not the least bit hesitant to make shit up out of nowhere, and then state it as though it were established fact.
With that fat ass, that temper, and that Adderall habit, I'd be amazed if he lived until 2024.And that's before we even CONSIDER the dementia tests that the doctors keep making him take for some reason.
Ever see that clip where the guy is interviewing random Trump supporters, and he's like, "Is there anything that would make you not support Trump?"The woman said, "Yeah, if he committed a crime.Interviewer: "He has committed a crime."Woman *pause*: "I don't care."
Definitely a good sign. And he is moving the ball forward by finally getting Trump's financial records so he can hand them to the Grand Jury. If there are state and federal crimes in NYS, then the feds get to prosecute first. So this going to become a DOJ show, which is best. Garland sounded like an Avenging Angel at Confirmation Hearing yesterday and I have no doubt that when SDNY are ready to indict, he'll pull the trigger and stand by his guns.
I genuinely wish more people *were* the sort of rational, first-handed "individualists" they claim to be. Most "people" end up as bipedal instantiations of whatever sub-cultural shibboleths happen to be associated with their particular geographic/demographic "background" - because that's just easier and takes less effort than actually *thinking* about things.
Thus (for example) if somebody is "raised" Mennonite - but either doesn't understand the underlying theology at all/has doubts about it, etc. - or finds him or herself romantically attracted to a non-Mennonite etc. - they will be subjected to the worst sort of "emotional blackmail" by those closest to them. Far too many people *buckle* under the slightest little bit of dissaproval from their "significant others" - so the aforementioend subcultural "shibboleths" continue to be perpetrated on subsequent generations, because criticizing them would "break your mother's heart" (or words to that effect).
So - if somebody is "raised" Evangelical Christian, they will (probably) end up swallowing down their opposition to the pervasive homo/trans-phobia with which they were "Raised" - simply because they don't want to hurt their parents feelings, and/or be ostracized.
TLDR: I *genuinely wish* people were exhibited more "rugged individualism" - at least on the psychological level.
Thank you for this. I keep mentioning that in most other countries they would call the Democrats a centre-right party, while the Republicans are clearly extreme right.The Dems haven't really been that liberal in ages. But with the new blood in the party with people like The Squad it's slowly changing, at least.
Well, I had not about it, but that's because this for New York CITY, not the rest of the state, where many of us actually live (there are more people in the state,no slight against the city).
I do remember it now, and this is an interesting story from Decemeber ih The Atlantic...
Sorry, you cannot compare them at all - it's patently absurd.
AO-C (Latina) and Bowman (black) are in New York, and Warnock (black) and Ossoff (Jewish) are in Georgia.Both states have considerable black populations; and NY is very liberal, it has the 4th largest Latino population in the US, and NYC has the largest Jewish community in the world outside of Israel.
But West Virgina's black population is 3.6% of the total, the Latino percentage is 1.2%, the lowest in the nation,.and theiir percentage of Jewish people is 0.1%.
And you think any of those people, or people with similar backgrounds could win in WV???
I'm skeptical of the first sentence. Bolding is mine, as last week in Texas Abbott was not a positive force.
Republican governors are America's reformers in chief. They continue to deliver on conservative promises of reducing the size of government while making people's lives better. They routinely win a much larger share of the minority vote than GOP presidential candidates, demonstrating an appeal that goes beyond the base of the Party.
Well, that seems highly unlikely to me, since no reputable lawyer has gone near Trump in recorded history several years, but I agree it looks like a winning strategy, especially when you add to that the forensic accountants he brought on board at the end of December.
*Rubs hands together, chortles*
https://www.washingtonpost....
Who is this 'we' you speak of? He may be the best idea the DNC can come up with, but remind me, who did AOC and Jamaal Bowman beat? Who did our new Senators from GA just beat? And what were their platforms?
""We feel like Republicans don't fight enough for us, and we all see Donald Trump fighting for us as hard as he can, every single day," Brandon Keidl, 27"
Granted that I was also an idiot when I was in my 20s -- although a different kind of idiot and nowhere near as BIG of an idiot, but I digress -- this doesn't even make sense.
I don't just mean I disagree, I mean it LITERALLY doesn't make sense. It refers to nothing whatsoever in the real world.Trump has been out of office for just over a month now.How, exactly, is he "fighting for" Brandon and Brendan and Brent and Brett and Byron and Bryan?What is he doing? Anything?For that matter, what was he doing when he was in office? Talking shit about minorities? I'm sure that made Brandon's dinger sort of hard, but it did not actually *benefit* him in any concrete way.Considering how much the deplorables piss and moan about fake news, they're certainly not the least bit hesitant to make shit up out of nowhere, and then state it as though it were established fact.
With that fat ass, that temper, and that Adderall habit, I'd be amazed if he lived until 2024.And that's before we even CONSIDER the dementia tests that the doctors keep making him take for some reason.
Ever see that clip where the guy is interviewing random Trump supporters, and he's like, "Is there anything that would make you not support Trump?"The woman said, "Yeah, if he committed a crime.Interviewer: "He has committed a crime."Woman *pause*: "I don't care."
Definitely a good sign. And he is moving the ball forward by finally getting Trump's financial records so he can hand them to the Grand Jury. If there are state and federal crimes in NYS, then the feds get to prosecute first. So this going to become a DOJ show, which is best. Garland sounded like an Avenging Angel at Confirmation Hearing yesterday and I have no doubt that when SDNY are ready to indict, he'll pull the trigger and stand by his guns.
Gonna be honest:
I genuinely wish more people *were* the sort of rational, first-handed "individualists" they claim to be. Most "people" end up as bipedal instantiations of whatever sub-cultural shibboleths happen to be associated with their particular geographic/demographic "background" - because that's just easier and takes less effort than actually *thinking* about things.
Thus (for example) if somebody is "raised" Mennonite - but either doesn't understand the underlying theology at all/has doubts about it, etc. - or finds him or herself romantically attracted to a non-Mennonite etc. - they will be subjected to the worst sort of "emotional blackmail" by those closest to them. Far too many people *buckle* under the slightest little bit of dissaproval from their "significant others" - so the aforementioend subcultural "shibboleths" continue to be perpetrated on subsequent generations, because criticizing them would "break your mother's heart" (or words to that effect).
So - if somebody is "raised" Evangelical Christian, they will (probably) end up swallowing down their opposition to the pervasive homo/trans-phobia with which they were "Raised" - simply because they don't want to hurt their parents feelings, and/or be ostracized.
TLDR: I *genuinely wish* people were exhibited more "rugged individualism" - at least on the psychological level.
Thank you for this. I keep mentioning that in most other countries they would call the Democrats a centre-right party, while the Republicans are clearly extreme right.The Dems haven't really been that liberal in ages. But with the new blood in the party with people like The Squad it's slowly changing, at least.
Well, I had not about it, but that's because this for New York CITY, not the rest of the state, where many of us actually live (there are more people in the state,no slight against the city).
I do remember it now, and this is an interesting story from Decemeber ih The Atlantic...
"The Democrats Trying to Overturn an Election"https://www.theatlantic.com...
Sorry, you cannot compare them at all - it's patently absurd.
AO-C (Latina) and Bowman (black) are in New York, and Warnock (black) and Ossoff (Jewish) are in Georgia.Both states have considerable black populations; and NY is very liberal, it has the 4th largest Latino population in the US, and NYC has the largest Jewish community in the world outside of Israel.
But West Virgina's black population is 3.6% of the total, the Latino percentage is 1.2%, the lowest in the nation,.and theiir percentage of Jewish people is 0.1%.
And you think any of those people, or people with similar backgrounds could win in WV???
Missing the one most responsible for today's problems - Reagan.
Well, one in particular - that both parties are beholden to Wall Street money, whetheer we like it or not.
Or "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill"...
So far think it more likely that most GOPers are simply going to remain converts to Trumpianism.
I'm skeptical of the first sentence. Bolding is mine, as last week in Texas Abbott was not a positive force.
Republican governors are America's reformers in chief. They continue to deliver on conservative promises of reducing the size of government while making people's lives better. They routinely win a much larger share of the minority vote than GOP presidential candidates, demonstrating an appeal that goes beyond the base of the Party.
I think there is a very real chance that Trump won't even know his own name by 2024. That brain is liquifying pretty quickly.