The Right Man at the Right Time
No matter what he does, a large part of the country will never accept Donald Trump as our president. Hollywood will never like him, not that that matters any longer, since the implosion of Harvey Weinstein has shown the entire lot of virtue signaling miscreants to be morally bankrupt.
The media will always be against him. They may have been head over heels for Barry the “lightworker,” “sent to help us evolve,” but it will always be “he can’t do anything right,” for Trump.
The hardcore progressives, around 20% of the population, will forever loathe him and regular “run of the mill” Democrats will never think of him as anything but illegitimate -- that’s been the media’s meme since last November.
Even many “middle of the road” Republicans -- who in essence, stake out positions once held by mainstream Democrats before the party mutated into a hard-left progressive movement -- don’t like him either.
Yet, there is a silent majority in this nation who are willing to give the man a chance to succeed. I know the media are already calling his presidency a failure after ten months, but that was expected.
This silent majority believes in America as something of value, unlike the Democrats, who constantly tell us the country is racist and unfair. Yet, they don’t want to stand up in public, or on the job, or even with friends, because they don’t want to be screamed at, or passed over for promotion, or lose friends over politics. That’s the thing about the regular guy or gal trying to survive in this world. They and their families have bad habits, like breakfast, lunch, and dinner. They don’t need drama. They just want to survive.
The difference between conservatives and progressives is that we view progressives as mistaken or misinformed, whereas progressives view us as evil. It’s understandable that most choose to remain quiet about their politics. Who wants to be the evil guy?
Silence may be the requisite tact in this age of snowflakes, virtue signaling, and Twitter shaming, but there will always be elections. In fact, this is why America has always had a secret ballot. It prevents exactly the type of intimidation progressives utilize in the public square.
The Democrats have been decimated at the polls since Barack Obama took the party leftward. The Republicans now control 33 governorships and 32 statehouses including 26 trifectas, which occur when the governor’s office and both houses of the state legislature are controlled by the same party; the Democrats have six trifectas.
Barry had skills with respect to his own election and reelection, but his attempts, in his own words, at “fundamentally transforming the United States of America” devastated his party because, without him, his coalition of the ascendant crumbled.
We also make our opinions known with our dollars. We can choose to spend them on what we want, and choose not to spend them when we don’t want to, as the NFL, ESPN, and Hollywood are just now learning.
We may not want to argue in public but we make our feelings known. I used to go to four or five movies a year, no more, and even though I was never a big ESPN guy, choosing movies and hour-long dramas on cable over sports TV, I would watch it perhaps an hour a week, which now I no longer do. I read and write about politics, I don’t want politics with my sports. Sports have always been an escape, but the progressive harpies can’t have that, they must control everything. As far as the NFL is concerned, in the past, I would never miss a Jets game (I know, stop laughing, this is a serious article), this year, I don’t think I’ve seen an entire game all season.
Donald Trump, however, refuses to be silent, and you have to respect him for it. For far too long, the Republicans have allowed progressives to dictate the conversation. Utilizing this capability, progressives portray anyone who doesn’t agree with them as heinous. With their control of the media and the entertainment industry, anytime someone diverges from the liberal path, he is publicly vilified. No one wants to be the villain, so most Republicans try to never disagree -- at least, for attribution.
Donald Trump is having none of that; he doesn’t care what anyone says, he stands by his convictions and that has long been missing from our elected Republicans. It is said that politics is Hollywood for ugly people. Yet those people want to be famous, just like those in Hollywood. Sixes and sevens all want to be nines and tens. They want to be invited to all the right parties; they want to rub shoulders with George Clooney and Meryl Streep, some wouldn’t mind being groped by Ben Affleck. They want to go on “The View’ and have Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar fawn all over them and tell them how great they are for being so progressive.
Trump doesn’t care; he has already done that. He already is a star. His greatest asset is his ego because he knows who he is and he doesn’t care what people say. In the past, when the left challenged a Republican, the Republican would fold. You can’t win a war if you are afraid to hurt your opponent, just as Obama’s Rules of Engagement (ROE), where our troops weren’t allowed to fire first (the first war in history of mankind where one side was not allowed to shoot first) was losing the war against ISIS and in Afghanistan, conservatives were losing the war of ideas against the autocratic progressive claque.
As an aside, note how long it took our troops to roll up ISIS when the ROE were changed and Obama’s policy of “pursue and let retreat” was changed to “pursue and destroy.”
Trump is not perfect, but he is the perfect man in the age of Twitter. He tells it as he sees it, and he isn’t afraid to make hard decisions and to be portrayed in the media as a buffoon and a failure. He realizes that even were he to bow to the media as deeply as Obama bowed to every potentate and Islamic dictator in the world, the media would still call him a buffoon and a failure. John McCain learned that lesson, although by how he votes today, not well enough. When he was the “Maverick,” trying to walk the liberal path while still being a Republican, the media loved him because he played their game, but once he ran against Obama, they destroyed him.
Trump bows to no man, and that’s what many like about him because a president should never bow. The United States of America doesn’t bow. We finally have a president who will stand up and fight. He dictates the conversation; he calls out the other side, something a Republican would never do because God forbid, he doesn’t get invited to the latest “in” party. Trump doesn’t care; he’s been to all the “in” parties.
Like him or not, he is the first president, aside from Reagan, who has made any effort to keep his promises -- and he will fight as the left fights. Barry lived off executive orders maintaining that if Congress wouldn’t act, he would use his phone and his pen.
Trump has often criticized Obama for using executive orders exclusively to implement his agenda in the last seven years of his presidency. Now, Trump will use them himself to implement his policies, many of which are a rollback of Barry’s attempt at radically transforming the nation.
Trump is willing to fight the way the left fights. He is willing to get down and dirty and fight in the mud if he has to. When they insult him, he insults back. When they ridicule him, he ridicules back. When they throw a punch, he throws a punch and he is not afraid to throw the first punch either (see the NFL, see the media).
I learned a long time ago that you can’t win a fight unless you’re willing to do whatever your opponent is willing to do.
Trump is willing to use every single weapon progressives have always used.
It’s not only about time we had a president like Donald Trump, it is the right time, because if he fails all is lost for the nation.
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“This silent majority believes in America as something of value, unlike the Democrats, who constantly tell us the country is racist and unfair. Yet, they don’t want to stand up in public, or on the job, or even with friends, because they don’t want to be screamed at, or passed over for promotion, or lose friends over politics. That’s the thing about the regular guy or gal trying to survive in this world. They and their families have bad habits, like breakfast, lunch, and dinner. They don’t need drama. They just want to survive.
The difference between conservatives and progressives is that we view progressives as mistaken or misinformed, whereas progressives view us as evil. It’s understandable that most choose to remain quiet about their politics. Who wants to be the evil guy?”
As usual great article.
The difference between conservatives and progressives is that we view progressives as mistaken or misinformed, whereas progressives view us as evil. It’s understandable that most choose to remain quiet about their politics. Who wants to be the evil guy?”
I guess I'm more reactionary than Conservative because I don't just think progressives are mistaken or misinformed - I think they are hate-filled thugs who have done considerable damage to American society
That's helpful to the national debate
I see right wing conservatives as woefully misinformed, but I don't see them as evil.
Gave you a thumbs up,X. Mostly for you unerring energy to blast out 5 articles a day, nearly every day. But would hope some times you would post/insert articles that are NOT copied/pasted verbatim from such unintellectually biased rags like the 'american thinker'.
Sorry deepwaterdon, but while you and everyone else here can seed five a day, I alone cannot. Thus my name. Singled out 3. It’s interesting to note that my seeds are so effective that you think there a 5 a day. I have a variety of groups so they get my attention beyond three and all the mild mannered stuff. I used to do two hard hitting and three mild seeds a day. The reduction from 5-3 comes entirely at the expense of mild which is now in my and friends groups.
And you were singled out because you insisted on seeding 5 a day without attending to them, which left the entire workload on the mods. Please be accurate about what happened.
"Naturally, because American Thinker of course absolutely destroys left wing fukwadism on a regular basis with unassailable logic."
Don't you mean the American Stinker - nothing but 'opinions' and ranting gobbledygook.
Well said. The American Thinker rocks!
I think I have as many posts to seeds as most anyone here. It’s not my fault that progressives chose act out on them even though I ask them to stay on topic. They gang banged my seeds and they got what they wanted. It’s not my fault that I still have family living at home and work full time though this week I’ve not been at all well and have been home and here during some of my awake time.
President Trump is doing an amazing job reversing the imperialistic reign of Obama that brought American progress to a grinding halt and glorified thugs burning cities and killing cops. I love that Trump can't be bought, he's already wealthier than everyone else and even donates his paycheck - which liberals give him no credit for of course. I love Trump's old fashioned patriotism and unapologetic love for America and his desire to lead this country to restored greatness. I love that he can't be bullied, he's played the game with all the big league players and he isn't impressed or cowed by any of them. As I reminded people during the nomination process we aren't hiring him to teach Sunday School, we're hiring him to guard the gates of the church and he's doing a fantastic job. I look forward to every day of his 8 year presidency.
Indeed; glad one of you admits that Trump is the guardian of those Evangelicals who want America to be a WHITE CHRISTIAN NATION!
Much of what is wrong.
Why do you purposely misstate what she wrote? You are the one with the race obsession.
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Shall I post the extensive information regarding the connection between Trump, Evangelicals and a white nationalist objective?
The "White Christian Nation" paradigm in no mischaracterization on my part. The very open praise of a POTUS guarding the doors of the church speaks for itself.
But say the word and I'll connect the dots.
Again, say the word and I will make the connection between the Evangelical support of Trump and the White Christian Nation Paradigm.
Aside from which, the very idea of the POTUS as guardian of the gate of the church should be alarming.
While most of the world is properly horrified by Trump being President, it's nice to find someone like you once in awhile, Elaine, someone who just LOVES that Trump is President! Enjoy!!
We are SO screwed...
Well, not quite ALL races go to church. There are some ethnicities who practice spirituality - not religion.
Fading white evangelicals have made a desperate end-of-life bargain with Trump
Tip of the iceberg … I'm busy now but I'll bury you with the backing behind my comment!
AMAC,
Sure AMAC, like a paranoid recluse with newspapers over your walls you can "connect the dots" to all sorts of wacky shit. But when you have to impute your bigoted beliefs when they cant't be justified by the actual post at issue, that reveals more about you than anyone else.
She made a point you that has zero to do with race, it's a shame you can't respond without delving into your racial obsession and slurring someone with zero justification.
Her comment is wholly consistent with the Evangelical support of Trump; I'm just getting started with the specifics.
All you haters of political correctness, get ready for no euphemistic punch-pulling.
Guarding the gates of the church, itself is euphemistic and I will pull back the curtain on that with the particulars.
The POTUS as guardian of the the church gate is a buzz word, mostly emimating from and alluding to Evangelicals who glommed onto Trump for the very ideological tenet I stated.
More specifics to come.
So that's the new standard? Just ignore the what was actually written to start "connecting dots?" You might want to think twice about that standard because it won't go well for you if others return the favor. "Dots can be connected" between almost every pronouncement you make to history's greatest monsters (and I'm not talking about Jimmy Carter). Alot of your beliefs are "consistent" with those of Nazis, eugenicists, etc.etc..
Nothing is wrong with Christians of any color; what's wrong is having an American government agenda that panders to an agenda of the belief that America is and should be a White Christian Nation.
That is the agenda of the KKK, Bannon, Spencer, Stephen Miller, Neo Nazis, White Supremicists, Roy Moore, Neo Confederates and it ought to alarm all Americans of conscience.
Hey 1st Warrior; it's been a while and it's good to see you. I hope you are doing well.
In theory and in practice, it comes frighteningly close to violating the constitution should the POTUS take any action, or to advocate that which makes him guardian of the church gate.
In citing entities that ideologically have overtly identified their religion as such, a Trump supporter, the full agendas of such entities become fair game!
Happens from your side all the time; the difference here is the intended connection and acceptance of an unconstitutional, religionist proclamation that is consistent with the ideology of Trump's Evangelical connections … and it's implausible to think there's any bifurcation regarding a POTUS-guardianship of "The Church Gate" and rest of the ideology that accompanies it.
At the end of The Evangelicals, her nearly 700-page history of white evangelical Americans from colonial times to the present, Frances FitzGerald settles on the last of these assessments. “The simplest explanation was that those evangelicals who voted for Trump had affinities with the Tea Party,” she writes. They seemed to care more about shrinking the government, creating jobs, and deporting illegal immigrants than about enforcing Christian morals. “The Trump victory had shown,” she goes on, “that the Christian right had lost its power.” Yet FitzGerald’s careful account offers grist for a much richer exploration of evangelicals’ affinity with Trump.
The End of White Christian America
For most of our nation’s history, White Christian America (WCA) set the tone for our national policy and shaped American ideals. But especially since the 1990s, WCA has steadily lost influence, following declines within both its mainline and evangelical branches. Today, America is no longer demographically or culturally a majority white, Christian nation.
We're at the end of white Christian America. What will that mean?
Jason Wilson
Wednesday 20 September 2017 06.00 EDT Last modified on Wednesday 20 September 2017 13.09 EDT
A merica is a Christian nation: this much has always been a political axiom, especially for conservatives. Even someone as godless and immoral as the 45th president feels the need to pay lip service to the idea. On the Christian Broadcasting Network last year, he summarized his own theological position with the phrase: “God is the ultimate.”
And in the conservative mind, American Christianity has long been hitched to whiteness. The right learned, over the second half of the 20th century, to talk about this connection using abstractions like “Judeo-Christian values”, alongside coded racial talk, to let voters know which side they were on.
i too am so grateful trump is president. clinton would have been nothing short of a nightmare...obama did nothing but attack christians and their values and ability to live what they believed..suing the little sisters of the poor, catholic nuns whom he knew would object to handing out birth control pills was nothing short of an outright attack on their ability to practice their religious beliefs..he freq attacked christians for their beliefs and made fun of "bible thumpers" while praising his islamic brothers. making christians support abortion is another one by giving PP taxpayer funds they are forcing christians to financially support a practice they abhor.
one of the big reasons evangelicals voted for trump was because of the nonstop attacks upon religious liberties the libs have engaged in..you would think they would learn that hypocrisy is unbecoming on them.
supporting religious liberties has nothing to do with race--that is crazy and ridiculous since everyone knows only white people are christians and go to church :]--i am sure MLK would back up that assertion.
yes trump was elected because the majority of people in sane america got fed up with left wing lunacy.
I'm saying the word my friend.....
If you look around the board you will see upon what I base my assertion ... and that I base it on THEIR assertion.
I connected the dots. Look around the board.
If you want other dots just say so.
Oh no ... Not to the core ... Please tell me you don't mean the core.
Pronouncements and dismissive comments are made when one can't mount a viable rebuttal.
Oh please, say you don't mean the "core" ...
No facts, No Fear.
That's okay, you don't need to look at them.
I'd like to see them AMacarthur
That's HIlarious!!! I don't give him credit for dick as he is lining his pockets with his golf cart rentals, etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. on his many golfing vacations at his resorts with our tax dollars.
He actually can be bought - and is - by his pal Putin. As is most of his administration.
What the fuck?
Someone needs to give that poor little baby in that picture with Rump's hand on its poor little face an exorcism.
As Trump continued gaining ground in the polls, Moore began to realize that the campaign represented nothing short of a battle for the soul of the Christian right. By backing Trump, white evangelicals were playing into the hands of a new, alt-right version of Christianity —a sprawling coalition of white nationalists, old-school Confederates, neo-Nazis, Islamophobes, and social-media propagandists who viewed the religious right, first and foremost, as a vehicle for white supremacy. The election, Moore warned in a New York Times op-ed last May, “has cast light on the darkness of pent-up nativism and bigotry all over the country.” Those who were criticizing Trump, he added, “have faced threats and intimidation from the ‘alt-right’ of white supremacists and nativists who hide behind avatars on social media.”
Data?
June 26, 2017
U.S. Image Suffers as Publics Around World Question Trump’s Leadership
According to a new Pew Research Center survey spanning 37 nations, a median of just 22% has confidence in Trump to do the right thing when it comes to international affairs. This stands in contrast to the final years of Barack Obama’s presidency, when a median of 64% expressed confidence in Trump’s predecessor to direct America’s role in the world.
Just stay on topic of the article seeded or go away. Your kind of derailing is not wanted here.
Just go away already. There is nothing race based about Trump supporters or evangelical Christians. Christians had clear reasons why they backed Trump over Clinton.
It is indeed. Well said.
You can’t be suggesting that no native Americans are Christians? Maybe I misread above.
Donald Trump, however, refuses to be silent, and you have to respect him for it
Stupid loud mouths get no respect from me, nor from a majority of Americans. Trump could do himself a yuge favor by saying a lot less. Of course, he won't, his ego demands it. Just in case you haven't noticed, Trump and his family are indeed, evil. Who else but an evil person would actively look to have a nuclear war, would deliberately destroy healthcare for the poor in America, praise neo-Nazi's while excoriating Americans peacefully protesting, increase pollution, open up pristine landscapes to polluting industries like oil, gas, and mining. Even if you remain quiet, which you won't, that doesn't relieve you of your responsibility.
Trump and his family are not evil. No one wants a nuclear war and it’s not wrong to try to keep Iran nuclear free and North Korea from getting theirs on missiles. No one wants to take health care away from those who have it. And, the Antifa counter protests were not peaceful in any way.
#1. Sin is simply breaking a local taboo, I know evil when I see it.
#2. If he doesn't want a nuclear war with NK, why is he starting one with his mouth?
#3. He can't stop NK from putting bombs on missiles, unless he starts a nuclear war.
#4. If he doesn't want to take away healthcare from those who have it, why did he stop the subsidy payments? Every expert in the field easily sees that this will kill the marketplace and make healthcare unaffordable again.
#5. What I see Antifa mostly doing is protecting people from neo-Nazis
From what I have read the insurance company subsidies were never lawful because Congress never appropriated the money. I think that may have had something to do with putting an end to them.
Jane, you are correct.
You do, huh?
#2. If he doesn't want a nuclear war with NK, why is he starting one with his mouth?
He shouldn't be in this predicament. Decades of kicking the can down the road got us here. If Hillary won, she would have had some of those test missiles shot down and the media would have supported her. Now if anything happens, it's Trump's fault.
#3. He can't stop NK from putting bombs on missiles, unless he starts a nuclear war.
Kind of a paradox, isn't it?
#4. If he doesn't want to take away healthcare from those who have it, why did he stop the subsidy payments? Every expert in the field easily sees that this will kill the marketplace and make healthcare unaffordable again.
The subsidies are unconstitutional - a Federal judge said so. Congress appropriates where tax dollars go, not Obama. If Insurance companies need to be subsidized to service Obamacare, maybe the cost of the program was misrepresented in the first place. Premiums have gone through the roof for everyone. Obamacare exists in many places in name only. Somebody will have to fix it eventually.
#5. What I see Antifa mostly doing is protecting people from neo-Nazis
I think people are in more danger from Antifa. Neo-Nazis, wherever they exist, can barely make it down a street, while Antifa has big bold presence throughout the nation
thinkprogress? Really?
Obviously, it was being paid, and people were getting healthcare. Now they will not be. In my book, that is taking away healthcare for the most vulnerable. In my book, that contributes to his being one of the worst presidents in history.
Obviously the payments were unlawful. If the prior administration would have taken the correct steps and not acted in an unlawful manner we would not be in this situation today. Correct??
#5. What I see Antifa mostly doing is protecting people from neo-Nazis
Gee are you ignoring a lot of what you are seeing? Or do you only frequent progressive sites and others that support ANTIFA violence?
That is correct Jane BO broke the law in order to force ACA on us.
Then obviously you only read rightwing garbage. That claim is currently in the courts so there has been no ruling on the matter.
You people can't even make up BS labels that don't pass the laugh test. "Anarcho-communist" would be the very definition of a contradiction of terms.
That claim is currently in the courts so there has been no ruling on the matter.
Would you like to wager on the outcome?
Congratulations, Vic. That comment and everything that follows it above is about the best collection of rightwing shirking and finger-pointing for any and all responsibility for everything. I guess this is something that's learned very early in childhood for these people.
He said he loves war remember? Just not for him to personally or any member of his family, they might get dirty. Silent majority support him? how about a very small minority of like minded zealots, even his own circle are whistling past the graveyard.
Someone who obviously feeds on a constant diet of horseshit from Fox, Breitbart and the rest of the rightwing pukefunnel really shouldn't have the gaul to make comments like that.
...and you obviously think it's OK for people to make up laws even though they have no authority as long as you agree with those laws. Thank you for doing your part in putting us on track to communism and/or a dictatorship.
That's a bold and rude statement considering you know nothing about me. I'm sure that everything you read from the left leaning news is spot on correct??
The problem dates back three years to a lawsuit House Republicans filed against President Barack Obama's administration, challenging the legality of the way the federal government paid insurers with low-income customers. Last year, Obama lost that lawsuit and appealed, and the funding remains in jeopardy because Congress hasn’t authorized the spending.
So according to this Huffington post article there has been a ruling but it's being appealed. Is this one of the right wing rags you speak of?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2017/08/02/obama-trump-and-the-perils-of-illegal-obamacare-subsidies/?utm_term=.56252f8c9067
Even though the payments are written into the law, money to pay them was never appropriated by Congress. Under the Constitution, Congress must appropriate money in order for the executive branch to spend it.
Congressional Republicans filed a lawsuit contending that these payments are illegal. In May 2016, federal district Judge Rosemary Collyer ruled in favor of the plaintiffs, though she stayed her judgment pending a possible appeal.
The Constitution clearly mandates that only Congress has the power to appropriate federal funds, not the executive. Article I, Section 9, cl. 7 states that "No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law."
What are the stakes?
My son and son-in-law will go in his boys' place. Because they are patriots and aren't afraid of wearing a uniform
Not obvious at all. The CSR's were part of the ACA law, legally passed. Republicans in Congress refused to appropriate the money, instead they filed a lawsuit. The judge ruled in the plaintiffs favor, but stayed enforcement in case of an appeal. Now, Trump is holding it hostage in a typical ham-fisted effort to force Congress to do his bidding. So, basically, the president is deliberately harming vulnerable Americans like a 3 yr old having a tantrum. Those Americans will continue to be harmed, as republicans have no program that can be passed by Republicans only, and Democrats won't do anything because ump will get the blame. Such a deal.
Let me remind you of your own statement:
That told us everything we needed to know about you on this subject at least: You are completely uninformed. You have since gone to a source which explained it to you and you still seem to be under the mistaken belief that this matter has been settled even though, at the same time, seem understand that it's on appeal yet don't grasp that the CSRs are still legal and are being paid out pending that appeal. I don't know how your poor understanding of this matter could be any clearer.
Affordable Care Act survives Supreme Court challenge
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a key part of the Affordable Care Act that provides health insurance subsidies to all qualifying Americans, awarding a major victory to President Obama and validating his most prized domestic achievement.
In the 6-to-3 decision, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. delivered a sympathetic affirmation of what has become known as Obamacare, and his legal reasoning seemed to insulate the 2010 law against the legion of opponents who want to undermine the program before it takes hold in American life.
From the White House Rose Garden, Obama declared: “The Affordable Care Act is here to stay.”
The decision for the second time defused a potential conflict between Obama and the Supreme Court over the sprawling government program that is likely to define the president’s domestic legacy. Although more challenges are to come, an adverse ruling in this case could have been a mortal blow to the program, which continues to divide the nation and roil political conversation.
But federal exchanges were authorized for states that did not set up their own, and the Obama administration argued that millions of people served by a federal marketplace were entitled to the subsidies, too.
The court agreed that that was the only way the law would work and that, although the legislation’s wording was problematic, Congress’s intent was clear.
Your boy is the one that wants authoritarian rule
Wait, who said I have a Phone and a Pen? That's not authoritarian?
You can't know how funny that is coming from the side that sees things that aren't there.
There you go again with your insults.
In order for the payments to be legal they have to go through congress, is that true or not? The judge who made the ruling, now under appeal because the Obama administration lost seems to think so.
Congressional Republicans filed a lawsuit contending that these payments are illegal. In May 2016, federal district Judge Rosemary Collyer ruled in favor of the plaintiffs.
The Constitution clearly mandates that only Congress has the power to appropriate federal funds, not the executive. Article I, Section 9, cl. 7 states that "No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law."
You are the one that stated there has been no ruling on the matter while in fact there was a ruling that is being appealed. Is that true or not?
I'm not going to waste anymore of my time responding to you or you rude posts that try to belittle my intelligence. You can ride your high horse onto another battlefield. You should wear a helmet, it's going to be a long drop when you fall.
And as usual you cant respond directly to any of it, just name calling. What's the matter - cant riot onlinw?
Fox dosen't have a problem with killing stories like NBC - Is Epstein going to step down or be fired for sinking the Weinstein story? Nor does Fox have allow 3 reporters to quit after a false story, nor does Fox have idiots like Maddow who was so convinced Trump cheated on his 2005 return that she didn't bother to read it before posting it on her show. Need I go on?
As far as "think progress", "media matters" & "mother jones' are concerned - they seldom ever feature the truth
Antifa shows up in large cities and college towns all across bi coastal America . Were there neo nazis in Berkeley and in all those big cites across America after the election? Where were the neo nazis when Antifa mugged those leaving a Trump rally in San Jose.
That was from Think progress.
This is part of a problem most people have with written laws.
What is written in the law only controls if it matches the intent of congress. The court before ruling has to jive the written language with the intent of the writers, in that specific case where the writing is ambiguous, the intent dictates.
The Supreme Court decided that 2015 case on the basis of intent.... Which was proper cause even if the wording was faulty, the express intent of Congress in enacting it wasn't.
But that was back in 2015, and I have a hard time seeing how it applies to the extant case.
So I wonder Brother, what was the point in posting it? the issue in the current case is totally different. The decision you cite is totally off point.
Actually, there have been rulings on the matter, but they have been immediately had a stay enacted on them pending appeals.
Then you really are blind. Antifa dresses and acts just like the Blackshirts from Benito Mussolini's National Fascist Party in the 1920s. And, whom did the NFP count as allies throughout World War II? That's right the German Nazi Party. So, you have the violent thugs of Antifa acting and dressing like the violent thugs in Fascist Italy, yet they are supposedly the Anti-Fascists? This is the irony of Antifa.
The point ...
"What's past is prologue."
Nope, she's not.
Stop with the "communism" argument … The SCOTUS ruled on the ACA …
If you truly believe in the rule of law, then you live with the SCOTUS ruling …
Yes, she is.
Every last one of them and every one who supports them or defends them.
Bravo 👏! A big 👍 for you.
So, you've proved that you're not the only sort to have invented ridiculous and self-contradicting terms for others or even themselves. Well done.
Comment removed for skirting the CoC [ph]
And there's the always predictable whiny hissy-fit right on cue.
So you are more concerned with what he says instead of what he does?
I said what said and I meant it. If was to comment on his actions, I would say that he would be doing ,America a yuge favor if he was to resign.
So, in reality, you are a Mike Pence supporter. Good to know. I'm sure his eventual campaign will reach out to you for a donation.
I remember the Silent Majority. They brought us Nixon, Agnew and his nattering nabobs of negativity, Kissinger and a host of crap from which we never quite recovered as a nation.
This regime and its witless group of minions will take even longer to right, if we don't collectively go down in flames first. The latter of which seems far more likely. Lock 'n load lil Lizards, the center cannot hold.
I guess cowardice and a desire for an authoritarian system runs in the fambly. My best goober guess is that these folks who still support Trump and his Merry Band of Bidness Kooks would have been, at best, Tories during the Rev and, at worst, Happy Einsatzgruppen Fun Boys during other, darker times. And, Girls.
We are Doomed.
"Concentrated power can be always wielded in the interest of the few and at the expense of the many. Government in its last analysis is this power reduced to a science. Governments never lead; they follow progress. When the prison, stake or scaffold can no longer silence the voice of the protesting minority, progress moves on a step, but not until then." Lucy Parsons
Kennedys, Clintons, etc...
It does! Nothing shows a desperate need for an authoritarian system than a liberal who needs government to control all aspects of their lives.
And nothing shows a desperate need for an authoritarian system than a rightwinger who needs government to control all aspects of other people's lives.*
* i.e., sexual preferences, sexuality in general, medical decisions, childbirth, reproduction, whom one marries, the ability to vote........
I can't help but laugh when and HRC supporter brings up Nixon. Just imagine what would have happened to her back then.
Not sure just what immoral and illegal act you'd have wished for her but I thought it might interest you that as a young lawyer she worked for the House Judiciary Committee's Watergate investigation so I guess your retroactive threat of harm to her is just your fertile imagination at work.
most folks just didn't want another liberal on the Supreme Court.
with liberals judges trying to be lawmakers, that is a very important.
That's the main reason I voted for Trump...you know Hillary would have packed the SC with liberals.
This another installment of "Big Lies Rightwingers Must Believe Despite All Evidence to the Contrary," namely that most "folks" who voted last year did not want the Bloated Orange Glob who lives in the WH right now.
Hillary didn’t get a majority of the popular vote either. Trump did win the only majority that matters in a Presidential election.
Hollywood will never like him
He certainly loves Hollywood
"When you're a star they let you do it, you can do anything..."
Sounds like Trump had been hanging out with Harvey.
What I find most interesting is that almost everyone on the left comes out just ripping Harvey apart as the vile piece of trash he is, but when Trump says he grabs women by their genitals, that he just starts kissing them, that you can do anything when you're a star the conservatives defend him tooth and nail claiming it's just "locker room" talk and try to deflect back to someone on the left who did something similar. Trump had over a dozen women come out and accuse him of misconduct, groping and assault but none of the conservatives want to believe them and claim the women must be lying. Harvey has a dozen or more come out making similar accusations and the conservatives start screaming about being justified in their hatred of Hollywood. Can you get more hypocritical? I think not.
And his old buddy jeffery epstien.
You mean the jeffery epstien that is goid friends with bill clinton who has been a frequent flier on his plane, "The Lolita Exoress? The same jeffery epstien that had bill as a guest to his "pedophile island" multiple times?
That jeffery epstien?
This is funny. Real Sexual assault (let me connect the dots for you) vs. vile locker room talk. And Locker Room talk wins for the worst offense. Since the election, where have all those accusers gone? Why did they not accuse him when he was just a business man and much easier to sue? While we're at it, I'm sure you've seen all the pictures of women palling around with Weinstein that are now accusing him of everything form lewd behavior to rape.
And real sexual assault is not what bothers you the most? Really?
I would imagine they sense a certain futility in suing the president of the United States
Trump says he might have done something.
Clinton and Harvey have been proven to having committed sexual assault and worse.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/president-trump-subpoenaed-over-sexual-misconduct-allegations-n810871
At least one is still suing, the others were told the statute of limitations for their sexual misconduct claims had expired. Does it mean he didn't assault them? Of course not, it just means that like Harvey Weinstein, he's going to get away with it because he and his lawyers were able to shut the victims up for long enough with threats and pay offs. Sadly, Trump has even gotten away with the rape of a 13 year old who was told she didn't have enough physical evidence from 1994 when she was now strong enough to put up a fight.
And as for his comments being "locker room talk", I have never heard such admissions of guilt in any locker room I've been in. Have some guys made tasteless jokes? Sure. Have some made lewd comments about women? Yes. Have any talked about how they assault women without their consent? Saying they grab women by their genitals and that women let them do it because they're a star or that they just start kissing them because they can't help it? Hell no, they would get reported by anyone hearing such disgusting comments. You elected a self admitted sexual predator and your only excuse has been that 30 years ago an ex-President had a consensual affair with an adult intern. Other than that all accusations against President Clinton were the same as the accusations against Trump, unproven. I'm not saying Clinton wasn't a lecherous pervert, I believe he was and I do believe some of those women who accused him of inappropriate behavior, I just don't think that gives Trump any excuse. If you believe the retracted rape claim that was never proven from the late 1970's about Clinton, then you should also believe the 13 year old girls claim which hasn't been retracted, it simply didn't have enough physical evidence to prove in court.
When was that? I'm not defending any sexual assault, but all that was "proven" against Bill Clinton was that he had a consensual relationship with an adult intern. The other claims against him are in the same category as the 13 year old girl who has accused Trump of raping her in 1994 but didn't have enough physical evidence to prove it in court.
And yet, Bill Cosby is hauled to court for stuff that was way past the fluid 'Statute of Limitations'. Please. Again, please answer why they didn't accuse/sue prior to him running for president....you know, when he was just a businessman and could easily be sued by any number of hungry lawyers looking to make a name for themselves.
who he was the supervisor of......which violates just about every rule in government, and yet NOW stood behind him, after he used his position to get a blowjob in the Oval Office and experimenting with cigars......at least when Kennedy had cigars, as far as we know, he just smoked them.....
Please do show me the law that says Presidents or anyone else in a position of power is not allowed to have a consensual relationship with an employee. I know certain companies have it in their company manuals and often when relationships happen have to move the employee to a different department so as not to have any conflicts of interest, but I know of no laws that were broken in the Lewinski case until the President was put under oath and tried to weasel out of the questions by giving a half truth which was used by Republicans to push impeachment. Trump lies daily but no Republicans seem to care, talk about hypocrisy.
Oh, and I notice you keep dodging the rape of the 13 year old girl that Trump has been accused of. Why is that?
Completely false statement. Cosby went to trial for a rape from 2004 which was within the statute of limitations in the State it occurred, the dozens of other women who accused him weren't able to go to trial and most virtually all of them were kept out of the trial because they were past the statute and weren't admissible which is why the case ended in a mistrial. I would think even half wits would want to do even a smidgen of research before making easily disproven statements, it would keep them from making such fools of themselves.
"Trump has even gotten away with the rape of a 13 year old" - proof????
Sex with subordinates is sexual harassment.
Your Trump rape bullshit was debunked above.
Still not sexual assault.
The Trump rape "BS" as you claim was never debunked, it was "dropped" due to a lack of physical evidence. It is as valid as any other claim of rape you keep repeating against Clinton, Cosby or Weinstein that doesn't go to trial because none of them have any "physical evidence" of something that DID happen several years prior and took a long time for the victim to come forward. You can "poo poo" it all you want, but if you believe the Wienstein accusations based just on a victims word then you should believe that 13 year old girl who says she was raped by Donald Trump regardless of her ability to present "physical evidence" of the rape that occurred 15 years before she came forward, which is the same number of years Clinton's accuser from 1977 waited who was a twice married woman at the time before she was paid by Republicans to make her claim in 1992 then recanted her statement. Trumps accuser has never recanted her statement.
This is a blatant lie BTW. If you can prove that an employer/employee consenting adult relationship is "sexual harassment" please prove it instead of just making false statements.
One day that may be used as an insanity test.
"He tells it as he sees it, and he isn’t afraid to" lie, lie, lie, even in the face of demonstrably provable facts.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/23/opinion/trumps-lies.html
www.snopes.com/2017/07/12/trump-lies/
What the majority of America hate about Donald is he appears immune to facts, and apparently that's what the 35% that still approve of him love. He lies to them about bringing coal jobs back, he lies about his crowd sizes, he lies about millions of imaginary illegal voters, he lies about his predecessor not calling military families who've lost loved ones, he lies about draining the swamp, he lies about almost everything. The only thing which has been consistent about Trump is that you can't trust anything he says. And on top of his lies all the conservatives give him a pass for being a self admitted sexual predator by bringing up 30 year old unproven claims about an ex-President that wasn't running for any office. I'm sure those "Two Corinthians" would have considered it all "locker room talk" as well. Any conservative religious folk who think they have some moral high ground are fooling themselves more than Trump fooled his contractors when he told them he'd pay them for their work, then grabbed $39 million in "consulting fees" from the LLC he created and then filed bankruptcy, again.
www.money.cnn.com/2016/08/15/investing/donald-trump-bankrupt-casino/index.html
I'm still trying to figure out all these "great" things that trump has supposed to have done
Well, they almost have him potty-trained, but not quite...
Um, Trump was a part of hollywood, he had his own reality show, you know that, right? Also, you are condemning all of Hollywood because of Weinstien? So I can say that all Christians are child molesters because of Josh Duggar? All conservatives are racist murderers because of Dylann Roof?
Many on the left have been doing just that for years. Where have you been?
Hollywood - where they make movies.
Where did they make the Apprentice?
No matter what he did in his life you would find fault with it. He was fine as a business man, then he entered politics and suddenly everything he ever did is wrong, bad, illegal, etc., etc.
Seems more of a 'you' thing than a 'him' thing.
He was not fine as a businessman. He was, and is, a con and a fraud. He was sued something like 4,000 times because of his fraudulent business practices. No one ever thought he was a fine businessman.
do you have any idea how difficult it is to win a Presidential election?
any?
I would even give Hillary kudos for it, but she is a two time loser.
Wow! That's a lot of lawsuits.
Who knew!
Who knew? Educated voters. Correction: over 3,500, plus more than 100 since he became Presidunce.
Here are a few:
Educated eh? And you missed it by 500 give or take?
Dilly, dilly for you.
I can admit a mistake. And it may be 4,000 from other reports I heard, which it may well be, but the article said 3,500, so fine. The site would not allow me to make the correction.
Can you admit the horrendous mistake you made of voting for a man who intends to drive America into its grave?
Jumping posts are we?
Anyway, how predictable. Which is why i clarified my comment in the other post. Like i said, things made up in your head don't count so no. It wasn't a mistake.
The real mistake would have been if the other person got in. No doubt about that.
Jumping posts are we?
Huh? We're not talking about your admittedly false statement. That was a different post. Different mistake. This mistake is about you voting for Trump.
The real mistake would have been if the other person got in.
Then you are responsible when your Dear Leader, the traitor, takes the country to hell.
That's a good one. A serial bankrupt self admitted sexual predator and you're claiming we have to "find fault". Trump is the poster boy for vile disgusting perverted narcissists, you don't have to do much research to find that out. He's said if his daughter wasn't his daughter he'd want to date her. How much more gross can you get? Or is that a common compliment at southern inbred family reunions so it doesn't phase the average conservative Republican?
He's said if his daughter wasn't his daughter he'd want to date her.
I think he's known her 'in the biblical sense since she was about 12'
All is lost for the nation - oh no - not all.
Perhaps a certain ugliness of the American spirit might be lost - but that ugliness seems to be quite resilient.
Perfectly posited …
The ugliness within the American spirit comes mostly from its secular progressive left.
The ugliness within the American spirit comes mostly from its theocratic dominionists and hard-core right wing reactionaries.
The real ugliness in the American spirit comes from a minority of the people. The squeaky wheels if you will. They reside in the far fringes of both right and left wing partisan politics. True believers in their minority fundamentalist beliefs. They are easy to spot. They are never, never wrong and are constantly bagging on that which they don't agree with.
Yep, we have some of those dandies right here on NT. Some of them remind me of folks i knew over on NV. Sadly, few of those are brave enough to share the names they used over there.
That said, a majority of the American spirit is much more independent than those fundamentalists. Not easily shoehorned into the partisan politics being spewed by the hive on the left or the hive on the right. They can think for themselves. Unfortunately they aren't the squeaky wheel but beware. When they do start squeaking the fundamentalists will get squished. On both sides
Oh, then I guess you would be willing to retract your admittedly false statement?
If i made one, sure. Ones that are made up in your head don't count though.
Sorry charlie.
See 12.1.1
And my name's not Charlie, Bucko
See 11.2.1.2 not charlie.
And yes, i agree with 12.1.1
A lot of truth in that one.
Except that it totally contradicts your other comment.
Oh well, you can talk to yourself now and have a nice day.
Only in your twisted partisan mind since I already stated the problem is on both sides. So yeah, run away. You lost this one.
Most of Trumps supposed lies are simply statements made out of ignorance, many others are those of the insecure braggart unwilling to concede an inch.
Hillary's lies, on the other hand, are of the premeditated variety, vetted by lawyers and carefully rehearsed.
The election was a choice between the spontaneous braggart and the calculated, rehearsed liar.
Yes basically a choice between an established and impressively networked liar and criminal and an amateur who everyone can tell is lying. Though choice?
An amateur criminal.
We ended up with an egotistic narcissistic braggart, that lies with abandon even when it serves no purpose. No win here.
You must think Trump is pretty ignorant! But you don't seem to know much about narcissist pathological liars.
We know one left the White House on Jan. 20 this year.
Sure, whatever. I don't know what prism you view the world of politics, but anybody with sense and a working brain can see exactly what each has said and done. Or maybe you belong to the world of 'values voters', where Bannon's racism and republican glorification of greed is more important than the values Jesus actually espoused. We saw how Obama conducted himself, and we see how Trump conducts himself. Nuff said.
Yup.
The latest reports indicate that the FBI has evidence that Obama knew a year and a half ago that Russians were using bribery and spying to grab US held Uranium - BEFORE the Uranium One deal was allowed to proceed with Hillary and Holder's blessings - BEFORE Bill Clinton was paid $500k for a speech by the Russians - BEFORE the Clintons had been paid $145 million under the table to allow the deal to proceed, that Robert Mueller (FBI Director at the time) and James Comey were complicit in the deal.
In other words - Dingle-Barry and his cohorts - Clintons, Mueller, Comey, Lynch were all directly involved in treasonous behavior. Turns out there WAS Russian collusion - the only fly in the ointment being that Special Prosecutor Mueller, the Clintons, Comey and Obama himself were the culprits.
BTW - It turns out Comey drafted the letter of exoneration for Hillary two full months before the 12 central witnesses in her obstruction investigation were even interviewed, or the 33000 emails she deleted and scrubbed were recovered.
Add to this illegal unmasking of US citizens, ongoing investigations of illegal wiretapping, pay-offs to the Iranians and the Russians.....We do indeed see just what sort of man Dingle-Barry is.
Yup.
New record set every week for the stock market, lowest unemployment in 12 years, highest participation in the job market, GDP increase percentage has doubled since Trump took office, China and Russia working WITH us in the UN for the first time ever, illegal border crossing reduced to a trickle.....and a new Tax plan on the way that will reduce tax burdens and further invigorate the economy.
Double "yup".
I hope you thanked Obama for all that good economic news because Trump and republicans haven't done jack to anything yet. Meantime, our standing in the world has been greatly diminished, respect and trust may never come back in my lifetime, and we have racists feeling like their boy is in the House and they are emboldened to have hate marches and speeches at will. And I'm not even mentioning the disgrace Trump brought on himself over what happened in Niger. Ooops, guess I couldn't help it because it might be the most disgusting Trump has done and said so far. For shame.
Wait, you mean the very president that DOUBLED the US debt during his time in office should be thanked? You must have taken a very large drink from the Kool Aid.
The most obvious way in which the true cost of this war was kept hidden was with the use of supplemental appropriations to fund the occupation. By one estimate , 70% of the costs of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan between 2003 and 2008 were funded with supplemental or emergency appropriations approved outside the Pentagon's annual budget. These appropriations allowed the Bush administration to shield the Pentagon's budget from the cuts otherwise needed to finance the war, to keep the Pentagon's pet programs intact and to escape the scrutiny that Congress gives to its normal annual regular appropriations.
With the Iraq war treated as an "off the books" expense, the Pentagon was allowed to keep spending on high-end military equipment and cutting-edge technology. In fiscal terms, it was as if the messy wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were never happening.
More fundamentally, the Bush administration masked the cost of the war with deficit spending to ensure that the American people would not face up to its costs while President Bush was in office.
When Obama took office, he included what Bush had concealed to reveal the actual debt ; and that is why claims of Obama "doubling the US debt" is both disingenuous and incorrect!
And Obama continued it. In fact, after he "ended the war in Iraq" he started a new one. This time included Syria in the mix. Costing the taxpayers even more and STILL screwing over the Soldiers he sent over there.
Psst - Niger
Edited for honesty and accuracy.
DONALD TRUMP = Jess Wiilard
Today we have an ideological struggle for the heart of America. And this is good, it is the way it is supposed to be. the harder the struggle the louder the voice.....
This has been happening from time immemorial.
Lets see that the Genius of the Founders said about the eternal struggle.....
What is happening today in this nation has been happening throughout history in all nations. When a people decide to create a nation, inevitably they devolve into at least two camps, the one that think all power should be vested in a government with absolute authority to rule over the citizens (statists) and those who think the citizens are capable of ruling over themselves. (individualists)
Thomas Jefferson wrote to his contempories throughout his life as to the true nature of politics and described the effect of politics on a society and accurately described the sides of the discourse. Of course, he also warned what would happen if we allowed this natural division of the citizenry to dissipate, WE WOULD LOSE that which makes us a whole.... Right now the establishments of both political parties are more alike than different. This is the Consolidation that Jefferson spoke of....
It reveals itself everytime someone says I wish for bipartisan meetings of the minds, I wish for republicans that are willing to compromise with democrats, Conservatives that are willing to work with Liberals.
When one side gains enough power or the two sides consolidate to the point of complete cooperation, is when we are at the greatest risk to losing our freedom.
Knowing this great truth, is there any reason to not understand the 2010 midterms? The same thing happened in 2008 with the election of Obama. Way too much power went into the hands of a few, and as natural, they wielded it strongly to their advantage, until such power was removed.
The struggles we as a nation are undergoing are the same struggles that have gone on throughout history..... And you can always deduce the correct path by the course of the citizen in a representative republic. the citizen knows what is best for his nation....
This lesson in political philosophy was brought to you by Thomas Jefferson, As President Kennedy said to a Nobel laureate dinner at the White House. (over 200 Nobel laureates) "There has never been such a large collection of Genius in the White House, well, at least since Thomas Jefferson lived here"
NWM
WE would do well to pay heed to the wisdom that came before....
This article reminds us that the lies rightwingers tell the rest of us are nothing compared to the lies they have to tell themselves in order to justify destroying the country they claim to love. It's that love that kills that's the problem.
Hatred is a vicious, self-serving master. It would be a lot better nation if we could simply lose the hatred so well demonstrated in this comment......
McCain has really been getting on him.
No matter what he does, a large part of the country will never accept Donald Trump as our president.
Yet, there is a silent majority in this nation who are willing to give the man a chance to succeed. I know the media are already calling his presidency a failure after ten months, but that was expected.
So ...into which group would you place Republicans such as Senator John McCain:
Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump, hours after Sen. John McCain delivered a speech that repudiated the President, warned the Arizona Republican to "be careful" because at some point he will "fight back."
No matter what he does, a large part of the country will never accept Donald Trump as our president.
Yet, there is a silent majority in this nation who are willing to give the man a chance to succeed. I know the media are already calling his presidency a failure after ten months, but that was expected.
So ...into which group would you place Republicans such as Senator John McCain:
Or...Senator Bob Corker?
Corker: Trump hasn't demonstrated the stability or competence to be successful
those are his endearing qualities and one big reason i voted for him....the left libs are shocked to see that anyone would actually call them out on their lies and tactics and no one is more shocked than the media who have been distorting information for decades.
i know libs refuse to recognize or believe it but americans have been looking for someone to fight back for them. americans have recognized they have been gravely wounded by washington politics esp during the obama yrs when poverty flourished and the working class floundered and was made fun of--this was the very reason trump got all those votes from the blue wall states many of them democrats..
Americans have a right to demand that elected officials are honest to a fault, with trump we have the opposite, he lies for his own reasons which are pointless. He consistently brags about his charitable contributions and when ever those donations are looked at they do not come close to his statements. He offered $25 thousand to the father of a fallen warrior, the check was mailed AFTER the story hit the press that his offer was merit less. Did the check for a million ever get sent even after the news media brought it back up? His trump International Golg course claimed 5 million in charitable donations, even after inflating values for in-kind donations like donating a hotel room at full value no one can get more than $800,000, are they claiming 5 million on taxes? The only people refusing to recognize are his supporters and even they knew he was a snake when they picked him up.
"No matter what he does, a large part of the country will never accept Donald Trump as our president. Hollywood will never like him, not that that matters any longer, since the implosion of Harvey Weinstein has shown the entire lot of virtue signaling miscreants to be morally bankrupt."
Yep, trump's never done or, said anything like Weinstein said or, did.
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