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Quote:The GOP’s War on Government
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
That being said, shut the fuck up dude. You're an idiot.
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For many years, Republicans and conservatives have demonized government. In his first inaugural address, Ronald Reagan, the superstar of the right, proclaimed, “Government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem.” The well-known conservative strategist and lobbyist Grover Norquist once said, “My goal is to cut government in half in twenty-five years, to get it down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub.” The tea party arose in opposition to federal assistance for those Americans slammed by the housing collapse of 2007 and became a movement encompassing anti-government fervor and intense paranoia. And Trump rode this wave into the White House.
On the campaign trail, Trump embraced the right-wing caricature of the federal government as a collection of ineffectual fools who did little more than collect taxes, impose regulations, and hinder American greatness. Trade, health care, the economy—all of this, Trump said, were challenges he could easily take on while delivering spectacular results. Know-how and experience were not needed. Not with a brain like his. Governing was simple.
Trump could only be acceptable to voters who had long been told that government was the problem. He was the antithesis of government experience and expertise. And he made that a selling point and convinced 63 million people to vote for him, as if they were picking a winner on a reality television show. After all, he was amusing and a kick in the ass of the libs who thought credentials and seriousness actually mattered.
Trump entered the White House not taking the job seriously. He fretted over the estimates of the inauguration crowd size, while, out of neglect or with intent, he depopulated the federal government. Key positions across various agencies have gone unfilled throughout his tenure. He hollowed out the State Department. The Department of Homeland Security has had top slots empty for long stretches. As has been noted much in recent days, Trump’s downsizing of the National Security Council included dumping the office of global health. And when he did appoint people, there frequently was little consideration of experience. His acting director of national intelligence has no previous background in intelligence. And if you haven’t seen the recent stories about college seniors snagging important posts in the Trump administration, google away.
For Trump, governing didn’t really matter. He had no interest in it. When Republican legislators met with him to discuss a health care bill, he told them he didn’t care about the details: “Forget about the little shit.”
Trump took credit for an economic recovery that was long in motion before he moved into the White House. He claimed responsibility for plant openings that had been planned prior to his election. He bombed other nations without bothering to formulate strategic policies. And he ripped up international agreements that had been the result of tremendous work and effort—the Iran nuclear agreement and the Paris climate accord—claiming he could come up with better deals. And then he didn’t even try to come up with better deals.
Government was just another show for Trump. If a celebrity was interested in an issue, perhaps then it counted. If he could build something that would carry his brand, that counted, too. And, of course, if he could demagogue a controversy, that would hold his interest. But managing an entire branch of government and ensuring it served the public? He’d rather be bragging about ending environmental regulations or be on the golf course. With his nonstop tweeting and constant retreating to Trump properties, he gave the impression the presidency was not a full-time position.
After decades of Republican attempts to delegitimize government, he came along and downgraded the job of president. Mostly, Trump has been a post-government president.
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Someday there will be "Trump The Final Days", but until then there is "Nixon The Final Days" a serious movie about a brilliant but flawed man trying his best, excluding Vietnam, Watergate, tax cheating, etc. Trump’s movie will be a dark comedy about an entertaining blowhard barely trying at all.
https://yts.mx/movie/the-final-days-1989
Thirteen years before it was filmed as a TV-movie, "The Final Days" was the title of a bestselling book, whose 1976 publication "just happened" to coincide with the cinematic release of "All the President's Men" (based on an earlier book by the same authors). The Final Days book was noted for its complete reliance on anonymous sources, and for its witheringly negative portrait of Nixon and his personality, even including humiliating details about the Nixons' marriage. Shortly after it was published, Pat Nixon determined to read the book (against her husband's advice), and suffered a stroke within a day or two after she started on it. She was in hospital for about a month. All in all, TFD was probably the most sadistic literary attack ever leveled on a living ex-President up to that time.
With all that background, it seems very unlikely to me that Nixon, personally, sat through the TV-movie version of "The Final Days" when it came out in 1989. My guess is that he had one or more staff aides watch it; possibly Tricia/Julie and/or their husbands, but that he himself couldn't bear the thought of it. But who knows for sure. Nixon's office put out a press release at the time, saying that sponsor AT&T should change its slogan to "Reach Out and Smear Someone", which (IMO) was rather clever.
The movie itself was highly praised by William F. Buckley, Jr., who specifically singled out the performance of Lane Smith as impeccable. Despite misgivings about the source-material, I watched it (I think it was broadcast on ABC, if I remember correctly) and was mesmerized. The whole show was simply brilliant from start to finish. Smith's performance as Nixon is, indeed, flawless, and the overall atmosphere of the last 15 months of the Nixon White House was nicely judged, in my view. "The Final Days" is absolutely one of the small handful of TV- movies with an abundance of dramatic power and credibility, and with the ability to withstand repeated viewings.
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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Hashtag # PelosiHatesAmericans Trends On Twitter https://twitter.com/hashtag/PelosiHatesAmericans?src=tren
Secretary Mnuchin Outlines Details of Recovery Bill some are Blocking…
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2020/03/23/important-details-secr
etary-mnuchin-outlines-details-of-recovery-bill-democrats-are-blocking/
The Virus is Not Invincible, But It’s Exposing Who’s Irreplaceable
https://amgreatness.com/2020/03/22/the-virus-is-not-invincible-but-its
-exposing-whos-irreplaceable/
I think one of the strangest of all sequelae to the virus... might be the millions of high-paid Americans whose absences were hardly missed either by the public or count much in subsequent economic analyses of damage to the economy.
In a sophisticated society under lockdown, is it more existentially valuable to know how to fix a toilet, replace a circuit breaker, or change a tire, or to be a New York fashion designer, a Hollywood actor, or a corporate merger lawyer?
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Originally posted by JAYNEZTOWN:
Hashtag # PelosiHatesAmericans Trends On Twitter https://twitter.com/hashtag/PelosiHatesAmericans?src=tren
I actually don't argue with the things that Democrats don't want in the bill (although I bet I'd argue a lot of things they want to stick in there themselves).
But there is zero scenarios where this ends up well for Democrats. They can pretend all they want to have the upper hand here, but when you're talking about money promised to millions of Americans, especially millions of Americans who are going to depend on it, you're going to see hellfire reign down on the Dems if they don't let the bill pass, no matter what.
As the current face of the Democratic Party, Nancy will become the most hated person in America overnight if those checks aren't in accounts by April 6th.
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Youre failing to see hoo haz the most to looz.
Trump and the GoPs are toast alredy and every day he desperately gets up in frunt uv the cameraz he burnz himself and them deeper.
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DUZ XaT SEM RiT TQ YQ? - Jubal Early
http://www.7532020.com .
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Quote:Trump is NOT TOAST.
Originally posted by JO753:
Youre failing to see hoo haz the most to looz.
Trump and the GoPs are toast alredy and every day he desperately gets up in frunt uv the cameraz he burnz himself and them deeper.
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DUZ XaT SEM RiT TQ YQ? - Jubal Early
http://www.7532020.com .
I will not vote for Trump but:
45% of likely voters approve of Trump
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/trump-approval-ratings/voters/
48% of gamblers approve of Trump
https://odds.watch/trump-2020
If Biden dies before the election (4% chance) Trump will be in an even better position to win.
www.finder.com/life-insurance/odds-of-dying
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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Quote:
Originally posted by second:Quote:Trump is NOT TOAST.
Originally posted by JO753:
Youre failing to see hoo haz the most to looz.
Trump and the GoPs are toast alredy and every day he desperately gets up in frunt uv the cameraz he burnz himself and them deeper.
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DUZ XaT SEM RiT TQ YQ? - Jubal Early
http://www.7532020.com .
I will not vote for Trump but:
45% of likely voters approve of Trump
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/trump-approval-ratings/voters/
48% of gamblers approve of Trump
https://odds.watch/trump-2020
If Biden dies before the election (4% chance) Trump will be in an even better position to win.
www.finder.com/life-insurance/odds-of-dying
His odds are even better than that.
RCP aggregate 3/25: 46.3%
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president_trump_job_app
roval-6179.html
That's tied right now with his highest ever approval rating since he's taken office.
Also, Gallup: 49%
https://news.gallup.com/poll/298313/president-trump-job-approval-ratin
g.aspx
Also, Trump's handling of the Coronavirus, per Gallup: 60%, meaning even Democrats are jumping ship. (and that 60% is a benchmark that Trump never got when his polls against impeachment were at their highest and conflicted with his job approval percentages).
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Quote:Trump won with 46.1% of the votes in 2016. That is also his approval rating with likely voters in 2020. Any Democrat that believes Trump cannot win cannot be remembering 2016.
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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