Trump, Booming economy.
Trump, Fours years of No war!
Trump, Southern border under control.
Trump, NATO and the EU under control and paying their share.
Trump, Energy independence.
Trump, America First
Trump, Moved Israel’s Embassy to recognize Jerusalem
Trump, China under control
Trump, North Korea under control.
Trump. Russia under control.
Trump, no war in Ukraine
Trump, And much much more.
You RINO’s, academic’s, elitists, Democrats, and OTHER anti-America leftist’s got the antithesis of Trump and all he did for us in the deep state far Left Marxist controlled puppet of Biden. If we don’t get Trump back or someone who will continue the idea of America First then we are on track to become the Orwellian Police State described in1984.
He in fact did accomplish many of the things you list. I would add: he facilitated the very speedy development of a covid vaccine that ended up being a game-changer. And then he went off the deep end, and since has become a damaging and arguably, a crazy force in the Republican party and in US politics, one who is likely to hand another victory to the almost equally crazy delusional Left. Trump today: Selling Superman cards of himself. Trying to sell out Ukraine. Questioning the Constitution. We can’t have him back, and he’s going to do his best to block any of the other Republican contenders. What a trajectory.
Many ? Of the things listed ? No … ALL … plus the covid response as you point out. The darkness that set in late in his administration was in fact the darkness of election manipulation and the back-stabbing he endured. The darkness of 2 phoney impeachments and the wasted energy he must have had to use to fight off the smear campaign waged by the media. President Trump not only showed us the greatness of what we could be, and what was and still is in danger, he also showed us the corruption of party politics and the electoral system in some states at the hands of the Democrat Party. The Confession of the Democrat Party was published in TIME Magazine.
His enemies like to bring up “60 lawsuits” that he lost, and now the defeat of Kari Lake and her court case as well. Americans will continue to learn about what a legal vote or ballot consists of, thanks to the Trump GOP. 40,000 ballots delivered at the last minute with no chain of custody, accepted by a self-serving Democratic Elections Commissioner, Katie Hobbs, is a travesty and a perhaps a crime. Where are the statutory remedies for elections sloppiness ? Even God could not tell you where the dishonest “human intention” was in the Kari Lake election. The standard needs to be a different one. Do your job or the results are thrown out.
President Trump is a true patriot. I didn’t vote for him in the primaries in 2016 but I voted for him ever since, and I’ll vote for him again. He has earned reelection to his second term.
Many ? Of the things listed ? No … ALL … plus the covid response as you point out. The darkness that set in late in his administration was in fact the darkness of election manipulation and the back-stabbing he endured. The darkness of 2 phoney impeachments and the wasted energy he must have had to use to fight off the smear campaign waged by the media. President Trump not only showed us the greatness of what we could be, and what was and still is in danger, he also showed us the corruption of party politics and the electoral system in some states at the hands of the Democrat Party. The Confession of the Democrat Party was published in TIME Magazine.
His enemies like to bring up “60 lawsuits” that he lost, and now the defeat of Kari Lake and her court case as well. Americans will continue to learn about what a legal vote or ballot consists of, thanks to the Trump GOP. 40,000 ballots delivered at the last minute with no chain of custody, accepted by a self-serving Democratic Elections Commissioner, Katie Hobbs, is a travesty and a perhaps a crime. Where are the statutory remedies for elections sloppiness ? Even God could not tell you where the dishonest “human intention” was in the Kari Lake election. The standard needs to be a different one. Do your job or the results are thrown out.
President Trump is a true patriot. I didn’t vote for him in the primaries in 2016 but I voted for him ever since, and I’ll vote for him again. He has earned reelection to his second term.
Headed off by this absurd comment, I’ve scanned the clump of trump-defender thoughts from a few seemingly intelligent (emphasis on seemingly) men whose skills will never approach the literary talent, the moral investigations of a Mary Gaitskill. The mysteries a writer of Gaitskill’s caliber continues to examine are beyond the scope of the trumpian lunkheads gathering online to beat up on women intellectuals. Strong men, aren’t you all? Cowards, actually, who’d rather stone a brave and brilliant woman in our new ‘public square’ because she dares to present a criticism of your criminal hero, a man with fewer morals than a slug. Worshipper of Hitler and Mussolini. The most shameful irony is that many of your ancestors, real men, fought and gave their lives in WWII in the fight against fascism. May their ghosts rise up and wring your morally bankrupt necks.
He in fact did accomplish many of the things you list. I would add: he facilitated the very speedy development of a covid vaccine that ended up being a game-changer. And then he went off the deep end, and since has become a damaging and arguably, a crazy force in the Republican party and in US politics, one who is likely to hand another victory to the almost equally crazy delusional Left. Trump today: Selling Superman cards of himself. Trying to sell out Ukraine. Questioning the Constitution. We can’t have him back, and he’s going to do his best to block any of the other Republican contenders. What a trajectory.
Headed off by this absurd comment, I’ve scanned the clump of trump-defender thoughts from a few seemingly intelligent (emphasis on seemingly) men whose skills will never approach the literary talent, the moral investigations of a Mary Gaitskill. The mysteries a writer of Gaitskill’s caliber continues to examine are beyond the scope of the trumpian lunkheads gathering online to beat up on women intellectuals. Strong men, aren’t you all? Cowards, actually, who’d rather stone a brave and brilliant woman in our new ‘public square’ because she dares to present a criticism of your criminal hero, a man with fewer morals than a slug. Worshipper of Hitler and Mussolini. The most shameful irony is that many of your ancestors, real men, fought and gave their lives in WWII in the fight against fascism. May their ghosts rise up and wring your morally bankrupt necks.
Chuck, if you would, would you please share your definition of “under control”.
Chuck Burns
1 year ago
Trump, Booming economy.
Trump, Fours years of No war!
Trump, Southern border under control.
Trump, NATO and the EU under control and paying their share.
Trump, Energy independence.
Trump, America First
Trump, Moved Israel’s Embassy to recognize Jerusalem
Trump, China under control
Trump, North Korea under control.
Trump. Russia under control.
Trump, no war in Ukraine
Trump, And much much more.
You RINO’s, academic’s, elitists, Democrats, and OTHER anti-America leftist’s got the antithesis of Trump and all he did for us in the deep state far Left Marxist controlled puppet of Biden. If we don’t get Trump back or someone who will continue the idea of America First then we are on track to become the Orwellian Police State described in1984.
Jonas Moze
1 year ago
”Trump was an imitation of this, and the most relatable thing about his constituents was their longing for that vital life-force that they thought he embodied — hope so great it is readily and eternally fooled.”
As a Ultra MAGA I have to say this is preposterous. Us MAGA just want America to be Great Again, we do not long for his life force, we just like the way he puts America ahead of the Industry Oligarchs, and foreigners, and is anti-war.
So what character would you use to illustrate Biden and his voters? Maybe Kafka’s ‘Metamorphosis’ where the miserable little petty spiteful government bureaucrat slowly turns into a Cockroach, and the people around him do not care, because they never cared anyway, because they are all miserable, self interested, nothings themselves.
How about Boris? Maybe he is so depraved (he gave us lockdowns and war destroying so many – for no reason but idiocy and the enjoying of raw Power) yet vain and a total ‘Dandy’ – Oscar Wilde – ‘The Picture of Dorian Grey’.
What the world needs is a rolled up newspaper and a bucket of water……and it could be greatly improved.
Just a long piece about a fictional bad guy (the left always hates the right’s demagogues but loves their own) with two paragraphs at the end mentioning Trump, but somehow he’s still the headline.
Trump puts nothing ahead of himself, including and especially the United States of America. Which is very American, when you come to think of it: extremely narcissistic, grandiose, tone-deaf. I could go on, but that would be almost as tedious as the subject. The only reason I read this piece was because I saw Mary Gaitskill’s byline. She could write a phone book and I’d read it.
Because the Jan 6 Committee was partisan – the Republicans were not allowed to pick their own representatives – we will never know what happened exactly. Nancy Pelosi held back the National Guard and so-called managed the Capitol police’s’ response but she was never called to testify nor were dozens of her lackeys. Is it no wonder that Trump was upset as well as his 76 million supporters?
Nona, let me explain to you what was lost by the riot that Trump did not foment. What was lost was a serious request which was planned by 10 Senators and Congressmen and women to delay the certification of the election to give state legislatures time to look at the dueling electors appointed by a few states. Because Nancy Pelosi failed to secure the Capitol, and because of the ensuing riot, the request was derailed. Nancy Pelosi knew exactly what she was doing. If you will read something other than Mary Gaitskill and the phone book, you might learn a thing or two. Many protests at the certifications have been raised in the past, including by the disgusting Maxine Waters.
Yep …. Nancy Pelosi is to blame for the J6 riot and I hope the Republicans torch her eventually. She is a disgrace.
Because the Jan 6 Committee was partisan – the Republicans were not allowed to pick their own representatives – we will never know what happened exactly. Nancy Pelosi held back the National Guard and so-called managed the Capitol police’s’ response but she was never called to testify nor were dozens of her lackeys. Is it no wonder that Trump was upset as well as his 76 million supporters?
Nona, let me explain to you what was lost by the riot that Trump did not foment. What was lost was a serious request which was planned by 10 Senators and Congressmen and women to delay the certification of the election to give state legislatures time to look at the dueling electors appointed by a few states. Because Nancy Pelosi failed to secure the Capitol, and because of the ensuing riot, the request was derailed. Nancy Pelosi knew exactly what she was doing. If you will read something other than Mary Gaitskill and the phone book, you might learn a thing or two. Many protests at the certifications have been raised in the past, including by the disgusting Maxine Waters.
Yep …. Nancy Pelosi is to blame for the J6 riot and I hope the Republicans torch her eventually. She is a disgrace.
Just a long piece about a fictional bad guy (the left always hates the right’s demagogues but loves their own) with two paragraphs at the end mentioning Trump, but somehow he’s still the headline.
Trump puts nothing ahead of himself, including and especially the United States of America. Which is very American, when you come to think of it: extremely narcissistic, grandiose, tone-deaf. I could go on, but that would be almost as tedious as the subject. The only reason I read this piece was because I saw Mary Gaitskill’s byline. She could write a phone book and I’d read it.
How coincidental ! I don’t ever say it out loud because it’s too “offensive” to my spouse, but in my mind, Biden is President Cockroach.
Jonas Moze
1 year ago
”Trump was an imitation of this, and the most relatable thing about his constituents was their longing for that vital life-force that they thought he embodied — hope so great it is readily and eternally fooled.”
As a Ultra MAGA I have to say this is preposterous. Us MAGA just want America to be Great Again, we do not long for his life force, we just like the way he puts America ahead of the Industry Oligarchs, and foreigners, and is anti-war.
So what character would you use to illustrate Biden and his voters? Maybe Kafka’s ‘Metamorphosis’ where the miserable little petty spiteful government bureaucrat slowly turns into a Cockroach, and the people around him do not care, because they never cared anyway, because they are all miserable, self interested, nothings themselves.
How about Boris? Maybe he is so depraved (he gave us lockdowns and war destroying so many – for no reason but idiocy and the enjoying of raw Power) yet vain and a total ‘Dandy’ – Oscar Wilde – ‘The Picture of Dorian Grey’.
What the world needs is a rolled up newspaper and a bucket of water……and it could be greatly improved.
But anyway, WWG1WGA, haha
Gary Cruse
1 year ago
tl/dr
And from looking at the last paragraph,
a massive saving of time. Well written
but never-ending. Let me guess…
Orange Man Bad. How’d I do?
Or as Richard Thompson sang,
“My enemy, enemy. How I need my enemy”.
Hatred of ‘the other’ is all that liberals/democrats have to offer.
Gary Cruse
1 year ago
tl/dr
And from looking at the last paragraph,
a massive saving of time. Well written
but never-ending. Let me guess…
Orange Man Bad. How’d I do?
Rob Keeley
1 year ago
And the point of this article is?
Just another liberal-left attempt to bash DT by association and patronise his admirers. When are you going to call out the very real and present dangers of the current moronic incumbent of the White House?
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Rob Keeley
1 year ago
And the point of this article is?
Just another liberal-left attempt to bash DT by association and patronise his admirers. When are you going to call out the very real and present dangers of the current moronic incumbent of the White House?
Trump is not a facsimile of Talos at all. Trump is his own person, warts and all.
What is the point of an article saying who Trump is not a good facsimile of? This article and your comment are pointless.
Trump is not a facsimile of Talos at all. Trump is his own person, warts and all.
What is the point of an article saying who Trump is not a good facsimile of? This article and your comment are pointless.
If her point is “don’t get your hopes up” it is surely not rubbish. If her point is to have us accept a Cockroach, it surely is rubbish. Is she pointing to some third option? The truly great leader, virtuosity on the political stage, the ultimate in practical wisdom. An earlier piece suggested that many equate this form of virtue, the highest form, with fascism. Is that equation not the problem? If that were her point, would her piece be saved?
If her point is “don’t get your hopes up” it is surely not rubbish. If her point is to have us accept a Cockroach, it surely is rubbish. Is she pointing to some third option? The truly great leader, virtuosity on the political stage, the ultimate in practical wisdom. An earlier piece suggested that many equate this form of virtue, the highest form, with fascism. Is that equation not the problem? If that were her point, would her piece be saved?
Brett H
1 year ago
All that just to say Trump is not Willie Talos.
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aaron david
1 year ago
Normally I have quite a bit of respect for you as a writer, having massively enjoyed Two Women… But the simple fact that you start of with not knowing the main charaters name shows this faith was missplaced. STARK, Willie Stark was the politicians name in the actual published novel and later, play and movie. Talos was an early idea for the charactor that did not make the final cut, and was changed.
The fact that you miss this rather major point tells me that you have missed a lot in your haste to get your licks in against the former president. Indeed, it tells me you missed a lot in that whole period, and are thus an unreliable narrator, a concept you shurly know.
Or, like much of those who would be our betters, you probably don’t and assume that your thoughts are enough to carry you past any truth you dislike.
Yes. I was confused by that. I’ve read the novel at least twice, and I had never heard of Talos. Thanks for the background.
aaron david
1 year ago
Normally I have quite a bit of respect for you as a writer, having massively enjoyed Two Women… But the simple fact that you start of with not knowing the main charaters name shows this faith was missplaced. STARK, Willie Stark was the politicians name in the actual published novel and later, play and movie. Talos was an early idea for the charactor that did not make the final cut, and was changed.
The fact that you miss this rather major point tells me that you have missed a lot in your haste to get your licks in against the former president. Indeed, it tells me you missed a lot in that whole period, and are thus an unreliable narrator, a concept you shurly know.
Or, like much of those who would be our betters, you probably don’t and assume that your thoughts are enough to carry you past any truth you dislike.
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Douglas Proudfoot
1 year ago
Was this essay an entry in a contest to come up with a new way to attack Trump? Have leftists gotten bored with all the normal attacks after 6 years of “bombshell” after “bombshell,” and “the walls are closing in?” Try this instead:
With the 2nd special counsel, and the Jan 6 Committee criminal referal, Democrats continue their remake of the hit 1960’s US TV show “The Fugitive” with Donald Trump replacing David Janssen in the title role. Periodically, usually reliable, but anonymous sources close to the investigations reveal that “the walls are closing in” on Trump and a slam-dunk indictment will doom him very soon. Then there’s no indictment. This is quite similar to Janssen’s hair raising escapes from the police during 4 years on the run as Dr. Richard Kimble. At the end of the original TV show, Dr. Kimble proved his innocence by finding the real killer, a one armed man. The remake will probably end in 2024 if Trump loses the nomination or election. If Trump wins in 2024, it will continue until he leaves office, or fires the special counsel. In the meantime, there will be many, many close calls where Trump is almost indicted! So stay tuned to CNN or MSNBC for up to date coverage of this developing situation.
Douglas Proudfoot
1 year ago
Was this essay an entry in a contest to come up with a new way to attack Trump? Have leftists gotten bored with all the normal attacks after 6 years of “bombshell” after “bombshell,” and “the walls are closing in?” Try this instead:
With the 2nd special counsel, and the Jan 6 Committee criminal referal, Democrats continue their remake of the hit 1960’s US TV show “The Fugitive” with Donald Trump replacing David Janssen in the title role. Periodically, usually reliable, but anonymous sources close to the investigations reveal that “the walls are closing in” on Trump and a slam-dunk indictment will doom him very soon. Then there’s no indictment. This is quite similar to Janssen’s hair raising escapes from the police during 4 years on the run as Dr. Richard Kimble. At the end of the original TV show, Dr. Kimble proved his innocence by finding the real killer, a one armed man. The remake will probably end in 2024 if Trump loses the nomination or election. If Trump wins in 2024, it will continue until he leaves office, or fires the special counsel. In the meantime, there will be many, many close calls where Trump is almost indicted! So stay tuned to CNN or MSNBC for up to date coverage of this developing situation.
Ray Zacek
1 year ago
Denunciations of Trump have become ritual, a liturgical rite, like devout Christians abjuring Satan.
Ray Zacek
1 year ago
Denunciations of Trump have become ritual, a liturgical rite, like devout Christians abjuring Satan.
Cantab Man
1 year ago
I’m old enough to remember when Democrats were the populist party in the 1980s and 1990s. Many of these Democrats also came from wealthy backgrounds but they talked the talk. And populism was spoken of with reverence in the same breath as democracy.
Democrats and the populist movement was lionized by the press and Hollywood. Who can forget the virtue-signaling movie “Wall Street” where the little guy won against the Fat Cats of Wall Street who, incidentally, supported Republicans in the 1980s.
Trump and Democrats spun this all around in 2016. Fat Cat-supporting Republicans were picked off early via the Primaries which represented democracy-in-action within the Party.
And during the preceding Obama years, Democrats aligned themselves very closely with the coastal elites in corporate America, journalism, academia, Wall Street, mainstream media and tech companies – they were purchased by the ‘Gordon Gekkos’ of the US as IRS data shows (Forbes reported on this). The American people also kicked them to the curb in 2016 because the Democrat Party is no longer the champion of “power to the people” populism.
So now “populism” is a bad word…when before it was a good word. Merely because of the change in Party wielding the influence within that movement.
To the point that many Journalists, working within the confines of personal confirmation bias, ignore clear evidence that the FBI influenced the 2020 election in favor of Biden as The Twitter Files show.
2020 is the year that democracy died in darkness under the watchful eye of the FBI and journalists patting themselves on the back while saying “it’s okay because, because, because Trump!”
Cantab Man
1 year ago
I’m old enough to remember when Democrats were the populist party in the 1980s and 1990s. Many of these Democrats also came from wealthy backgrounds but they talked the talk. And populism was spoken of with reverence in the same breath as democracy.
Democrats and the populist movement was lionized by the press and Hollywood. Who can forget the virtue-signaling movie “Wall Street” where the little guy won against the Fat Cats of Wall Street who, incidentally, supported Republicans in the 1980s.
Trump and Democrats spun this all around in 2016. Fat Cat-supporting Republicans were picked off early via the Primaries which represented democracy-in-action within the Party.
And during the preceding Obama years, Democrats aligned themselves very closely with the coastal elites in corporate America, journalism, academia, Wall Street, mainstream media and tech companies – they were purchased by the ‘Gordon Gekkos’ of the US as IRS data shows (Forbes reported on this). The American people also kicked them to the curb in 2016 because the Democrat Party is no longer the champion of “power to the people” populism.
So now “populism” is a bad word…when before it was a good word. Merely because of the change in Party wielding the influence within that movement.
To the point that many Journalists, working within the confines of personal confirmation bias, ignore clear evidence that the FBI influenced the 2020 election in favor of Biden as The Twitter Files show.
2020 is the year that democracy died in darkness under the watchful eye of the FBI and journalists patting themselves on the back while saying “it’s okay because, because, because Trump!”
Steve Murray
1 year ago
I found this essay compelling for two reasons, neither of which are to do with DT, except very tangentially.
First, the exposition of the novel, which i’d heard about but never had much interest in reading; Gaitskill has saved me the trouble.
Secondly and more importantly, the way in which politics is just a manifestation of “life-force” and the allusions to it as far back as the Iliad.
Forget the DT narrative for once; whilst it’s there in the essay, i don’t consider it central to it. There are more important aspects to how we conduct human affairs than that narrow bandwidth.
All The Kings Men is a very good novel, one of the best I have read. It is from the ’40s, and so the language that it uses is rather stilted in comparison to the last several decades books, but don’t let that stop you.
O Brother Where Art Thou is a much more entertaining way to experience the ways of a southern politician. As a communicator, analyzer, visionary, and entertainer, I’d rather listen to a speech of President Trump any day !
All The Kings Men is a very good novel, one of the best I have read. It is from the ’40s, and so the language that it uses is rather stilted in comparison to the last several decades books, but don’t let that stop you.
O Brother Where Art Thou is a much more entertaining way to experience the ways of a southern politician. As a communicator, analyzer, visionary, and entertainer, I’d rather listen to a speech of President Trump any day !
Steve Murray
1 year ago
I found this essay compelling for two reasons, neither of which are to do with DT, except very tangentially.
First, the exposition of the novel, which i’d heard about but never had much interest in reading; Gaitskill has saved me the trouble.
Secondly and more importantly, the way in which politics is just a manifestation of “life-force” and the allusions to it as far back as the Iliad.
Forget the DT narrative for once; whilst it’s there in the essay, i don’t consider it central to it. There are more important aspects to how we conduct human affairs than that narrow bandwidth.
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David Owsley
1 year ago
Hmmm…you’re not the first to use ATKM as a comparison…but you did leave it a bit late: a couple of sentences in the last two paragraphs…and even those a bit pathetic. Your film review is great, maybe just delete the Trump mentions and put the review elsewhere.
Chuck in another comment has said all that needs saying. Or are you part of the ‘running cover’ for the media non-coverage of The Twitter Files?
So many MORE conspiracy theories ‘becoming fact’…
David Owsley
1 year ago
Hmmm…you’re not the first to use ATKM as a comparison…but you did leave it a bit late: a couple of sentences in the last two paragraphs…and even those a bit pathetic. Your film review is great, maybe just delete the Trump mentions and put the review elsewhere.
Chuck in another comment has said all that needs saying. Or are you part of the ‘running cover’ for the media non-coverage of The Twitter Files?
So many MORE conspiracy theories ‘becoming fact’…
Joe Donovan
1 year ago
I’ll tell you what. Mary is right. Orange Man is bad, and if you don’t get that by now, with his threats to tear up the constitution, you are hopeless. “Yeah but Biden!!!..” It’s not a see-saw. You can push Joe Biden down w/o pushing up the World’s Ultimate Narcissist, the worst president that this republic has ever seen.
“threats to tear up the constitution”? What he said was dumb, but a”threat”? More like a ridiculous statement from a sore loser. Yes, he let me down with his antics after he lost the election. But for me, even counting a frigging plague, things were a whole lot better during those four years than they are now.
I agree, there’s something petulant about Trumpists and the like quite reasonably decrying leftist bias in many institutions but then demanding right-wing partisanship from a publication dedicated to a variety of sidelined perspectives. This is an article about unknowable forces that shape political outcomes, it’s not reducible to a left-Liberal attack on Trump, but there’s always a gaggle of MAGA bros desperate to confirm their paranoia and lack of imagination after articles like this.
“threats to tear up the constitution” – really? Just going to parrot the MSM narrative?
I’m fairly sure he said (roughly) wrt voting procedure in Arizona “If you allow the current situation, one may as well tear up the Constitution”. That you think you heard a threat to actually tear up the Constitution says more about you than it does Trump.
Trump didn’t make any threats to tear up the constitution. He simply referred to the US being in a position that the constitution didn’t cover; namely a stolen election and how to rectify that.
And who is or isn’t the worst president is a matter of opinion. I am in my 50s, and Trump is, by far, the best president of the 21st century, as shown in a list above in the comments here. But, in that selfsame five decades, Obama was the worst, and a huge part of the reason we are in this s*** storm.
“threats to tear up the constitution”? What he said was dumb, but a”threat”? More like a ridiculous statement from a sore loser. Yes, he let me down with his antics after he lost the election. But for me, even counting a frigging plague, things were a whole lot better during those four years than they are now.
I agree, there’s something petulant about Trumpists and the like quite reasonably decrying leftist bias in many institutions but then demanding right-wing partisanship from a publication dedicated to a variety of sidelined perspectives. This is an article about unknowable forces that shape political outcomes, it’s not reducible to a left-Liberal attack on Trump, but there’s always a gaggle of MAGA bros desperate to confirm their paranoia and lack of imagination after articles like this.
“threats to tear up the constitution” – really? Just going to parrot the MSM narrative?
I’m fairly sure he said (roughly) wrt voting procedure in Arizona “If you allow the current situation, one may as well tear up the Constitution”. That you think you heard a threat to actually tear up the Constitution says more about you than it does Trump.
Trump didn’t make any threats to tear up the constitution. He simply referred to the US being in a position that the constitution didn’t cover; namely a stolen election and how to rectify that.
And who is or isn’t the worst president is a matter of opinion. I am in my 50s, and Trump is, by far, the best president of the 21st century, as shown in a list above in the comments here. But, in that selfsame five decades, Obama was the worst, and a huge part of the reason we are in this s*** storm.
Joe Donovan
1 year ago
I’ll tell you what. Mary is right. Orange Man is bad, and if you don’t get that by now, with his threats to tear up the constitution, you are hopeless. “Yeah but Biden!!!..” It’s not a see-saw. You can push Joe Biden down w/o pushing up the World’s Ultimate Narcissist, the worst president that this republic has ever seen.
Trump, Booming economy.
Trump, Fours years of No war!
Trump, Southern border under control.
Trump, NATO and the EU under control and paying their share.
Trump, Energy independence.
Trump, America First
Trump, Moved Israel’s Embassy to recognize Jerusalem
Trump, China under control
Trump, North Korea under control.
Trump. Russia under control.
Trump, no war in Ukraine
Trump, And much much more.
You RINO’s, academic’s, elitists, Democrats, and OTHER anti-America leftist’s got the antithesis of Trump and all he did for us in the deep state far Left Marxist controlled puppet of Biden. If we don’t get Trump back or someone who will continue the idea of America First then we are on track to become the Orwellian Police State described in1984.
Your comment is so idiotic as to not warrant a response, but your comment is so idiotic I can’t not respond. That’s all.
You must be thrilled with the Jan. 6 committee’s findings. Enjoy.
You talk as if anyone with a brain is actually fooled by the pre-ordained findings of a partisan show trial.
You talk as if anyone with a brain is actually fooled by the pre-ordained findings of a partisan show trial.
He in fact did accomplish many of the things you list. I would add: he facilitated the very speedy development of a covid vaccine that ended up being a game-changer. And then he went off the deep end, and since has become a damaging and arguably, a crazy force in the Republican party and in US politics, one who is likely to hand another victory to the almost equally crazy delusional Left. Trump today: Selling Superman cards of himself. Trying to sell out Ukraine. Questioning the Constitution. We can’t have him back, and he’s going to do his best to block any of the other Republican contenders. What a trajectory.
Many ? Of the things listed ? No … ALL … plus the covid response as you point out. The darkness that set in late in his administration was in fact the darkness of election manipulation and the back-stabbing he endured. The darkness of 2 phoney impeachments and the wasted energy he must have had to use to fight off the smear campaign waged by the media. President Trump not only showed us the greatness of what we could be, and what was and still is in danger, he also showed us the corruption of party politics and the electoral system in some states at the hands of the Democrat Party. The Confession of the Democrat Party was published in TIME Magazine.
His enemies like to bring up “60 lawsuits” that he lost, and now the defeat of Kari Lake and her court case as well. Americans will continue to learn about what a legal vote or ballot consists of, thanks to the Trump GOP. 40,000 ballots delivered at the last minute with no chain of custody, accepted by a self-serving Democratic Elections Commissioner, Katie Hobbs, is a travesty and a perhaps a crime. Where are the statutory remedies for elections sloppiness ? Even God could not tell you where the dishonest “human intention” was in the Kari Lake election. The standard needs to be a different one. Do your job or the results are thrown out.
President Trump is a true patriot. I didn’t vote for him in the primaries in 2016 but I voted for him ever since, and I’ll vote for him again. He has earned reelection to his second term.
Many ? Of the things listed ? No … ALL … plus the covid response as you point out. The darkness that set in late in his administration was in fact the darkness of election manipulation and the back-stabbing he endured. The darkness of 2 phoney impeachments and the wasted energy he must have had to use to fight off the smear campaign waged by the media. President Trump not only showed us the greatness of what we could be, and what was and still is in danger, he also showed us the corruption of party politics and the electoral system in some states at the hands of the Democrat Party. The Confession of the Democrat Party was published in TIME Magazine.
His enemies like to bring up “60 lawsuits” that he lost, and now the defeat of Kari Lake and her court case as well. Americans will continue to learn about what a legal vote or ballot consists of, thanks to the Trump GOP. 40,000 ballots delivered at the last minute with no chain of custody, accepted by a self-serving Democratic Elections Commissioner, Katie Hobbs, is a travesty and a perhaps a crime. Where are the statutory remedies for elections sloppiness ? Even God could not tell you where the dishonest “human intention” was in the Kari Lake election. The standard needs to be a different one. Do your job or the results are thrown out.
President Trump is a true patriot. I didn’t vote for him in the primaries in 2016 but I voted for him ever since, and I’ll vote for him again. He has earned reelection to his second term.
Headed off by this absurd comment, I’ve scanned the clump of trump-defender thoughts from a few seemingly intelligent (emphasis on seemingly) men whose skills will never approach the literary talent, the moral investigations of a Mary Gaitskill. The mysteries a writer of Gaitskill’s caliber continues to examine are beyond the scope of the trumpian lunkheads gathering online to beat up on women intellectuals. Strong men, aren’t you all? Cowards, actually, who’d rather stone a brave and brilliant woman in our new ‘public square’ because she dares to present a criticism of your criminal hero, a man with fewer morals than a slug. Worshipper of Hitler and Mussolini. The most shameful irony is that many of your ancestors, real men, fought and gave their lives in WWII in the fight against fascism. May their ghosts rise up and wring your morally bankrupt necks.
Yup – the author is inflicted with TDS
Chuck, if you would, would you please share your definition of “under control”.
Your comment is so idiotic as to not warrant a response, but your comment is so idiotic I can’t not respond. That’s all.
You must be thrilled with the Jan. 6 committee’s findings. Enjoy.
He in fact did accomplish many of the things you list. I would add: he facilitated the very speedy development of a covid vaccine that ended up being a game-changer. And then he went off the deep end, and since has become a damaging and arguably, a crazy force in the Republican party and in US politics, one who is likely to hand another victory to the almost equally crazy delusional Left. Trump today: Selling Superman cards of himself. Trying to sell out Ukraine. Questioning the Constitution. We can’t have him back, and he’s going to do his best to block any of the other Republican contenders. What a trajectory.
Headed off by this absurd comment, I’ve scanned the clump of trump-defender thoughts from a few seemingly intelligent (emphasis on seemingly) men whose skills will never approach the literary talent, the moral investigations of a Mary Gaitskill. The mysteries a writer of Gaitskill’s caliber continues to examine are beyond the scope of the trumpian lunkheads gathering online to beat up on women intellectuals. Strong men, aren’t you all? Cowards, actually, who’d rather stone a brave and brilliant woman in our new ‘public square’ because she dares to present a criticism of your criminal hero, a man with fewer morals than a slug. Worshipper of Hitler and Mussolini. The most shameful irony is that many of your ancestors, real men, fought and gave their lives in WWII in the fight against fascism. May their ghosts rise up and wring your morally bankrupt necks.
Yup – the author is inflicted with TDS
Chuck, if you would, would you please share your definition of “under control”.
Trump, Booming economy.
Trump, Fours years of No war!
Trump, Southern border under control.
Trump, NATO and the EU under control and paying their share.
Trump, Energy independence.
Trump, America First
Trump, Moved Israel’s Embassy to recognize Jerusalem
Trump, China under control
Trump, North Korea under control.
Trump. Russia under control.
Trump, no war in Ukraine
Trump, And much much more.
You RINO’s, academic’s, elitists, Democrats, and OTHER anti-America leftist’s got the antithesis of Trump and all he did for us in the deep state far Left Marxist controlled puppet of Biden. If we don’t get Trump back or someone who will continue the idea of America First then we are on track to become the Orwellian Police State described in1984.
”Trump was an imitation of this, and the most relatable thing about his constituents was their longing for that vital life-force that they thought he embodied — hope so great it is readily and eternally fooled.”
As a Ultra MAGA I have to say this is preposterous. Us MAGA just want America to be Great Again, we do not long for his life force, we just like the way he puts America ahead of the Industry Oligarchs, and foreigners, and is anti-war.
So what character would you use to illustrate Biden and his voters? Maybe Kafka’s ‘Metamorphosis’ where the miserable little petty spiteful government bureaucrat slowly turns into a Cockroach, and the people around him do not care, because they never cared anyway, because they are all miserable, self interested, nothings themselves.
How about Boris? Maybe he is so depraved (he gave us lockdowns and war destroying so many – for no reason but idiocy and the enjoying of raw Power) yet vain and a total ‘Dandy’ – Oscar Wilde – ‘The Picture of Dorian Grey’.
What the world needs is a rolled up newspaper and a bucket of water……and it could be greatly improved.
But anyway, WWG1WGA, haha
Just a long piece about a fictional bad guy (the left always hates the right’s demagogues but loves their own) with two paragraphs at the end mentioning Trump, but somehow he’s still the headline.
Trump tends to have that effect.
Trump tends to have that effect.
Trump puts nothing ahead of himself, including and especially the United States of America. Which is very American, when you come to think of it: extremely narcissistic, grandiose, tone-deaf. I could go on, but that would be almost as tedious as the subject. The only reason I read this piece was because I saw Mary Gaitskill’s byline. She could write a phone book and I’d read it.
Then you’re very easily pleased. No doubt you think that Biden’s doing a great job.
I don’t particularly like Biden, but he has not fomented an insurrection. That’s always a plus for me when it comes to Presidents.
Because the Jan 6 Committee was partisan – the Republicans were not allowed to pick their own representatives – we will never know what happened exactly. Nancy Pelosi held back the National Guard and so-called managed the Capitol police’s’ response but she was never called to testify nor were dozens of her lackeys. Is it no wonder that Trump was upset as well as his 76 million supporters?
Nona, let me explain to you what was lost by the riot that Trump did not foment. What was lost was a serious request which was planned by 10 Senators and Congressmen and women to delay the certification of the election to give state legislatures time to look at the dueling electors appointed by a few states. Because Nancy Pelosi failed to secure the Capitol, and because of the ensuing riot, the request was derailed. Nancy Pelosi knew exactly what she was doing. If you will read something other than Mary Gaitskill and the phone book, you might learn a thing or two. Many protests at the certifications have been raised in the past, including by the disgusting Maxine Waters.
Yep …. Nancy Pelosi is to blame for the J6 riot and I hope the Republicans torch her eventually. She is a disgrace.
Because the Jan 6 Committee was partisan – the Republicans were not allowed to pick their own representatives – we will never know what happened exactly. Nancy Pelosi held back the National Guard and so-called managed the Capitol police’s’ response but she was never called to testify nor were dozens of her lackeys. Is it no wonder that Trump was upset as well as his 76 million supporters?
Nona, let me explain to you what was lost by the riot that Trump did not foment. What was lost was a serious request which was planned by 10 Senators and Congressmen and women to delay the certification of the election to give state legislatures time to look at the dueling electors appointed by a few states. Because Nancy Pelosi failed to secure the Capitol, and because of the ensuing riot, the request was derailed. Nancy Pelosi knew exactly what she was doing. If you will read something other than Mary Gaitskill and the phone book, you might learn a thing or two. Many protests at the certifications have been raised in the past, including by the disgusting Maxine Waters.
Yep …. Nancy Pelosi is to blame for the J6 riot and I hope the Republicans torch her eventually. She is a disgrace.
I don’t particularly like Biden, but he has not fomented an insurrection. That’s always a plus for me when it comes to Presidents.
“Which is very American …” – An extremely xenophobic remark. I suppose when YOU do racism, it’s OK. No dog-whistle here – just a plain old whistle.
You mean nationalism.
You mean nationalism.
Then you’re very easily pleased. No doubt you think that Biden’s doing a great job.
“Which is very American …” – An extremely xenophobic remark. I suppose when YOU do racism, it’s OK. No dog-whistle here – just a plain old whistle.
I recommend Flannery O’Connor’s short story “The Barber” for an acid portrayal of the travails of the self-satisfied “progressive” voter.
How coincidental ! I don’t ever say it out loud because it’s too “offensive” to my spouse, but in my mind, Biden is President Cockroach.
Just a long piece about a fictional bad guy (the left always hates the right’s demagogues but loves their own) with two paragraphs at the end mentioning Trump, but somehow he’s still the headline.
Trump puts nothing ahead of himself, including and especially the United States of America. Which is very American, when you come to think of it: extremely narcissistic, grandiose, tone-deaf. I could go on, but that would be almost as tedious as the subject. The only reason I read this piece was because I saw Mary Gaitskill’s byline. She could write a phone book and I’d read it.
I recommend Flannery O’Connor’s short story “The Barber” for an acid portrayal of the travails of the self-satisfied “progressive” voter.
How coincidental ! I don’t ever say it out loud because it’s too “offensive” to my spouse, but in my mind, Biden is President Cockroach.
”Trump was an imitation of this, and the most relatable thing about his constituents was their longing for that vital life-force that they thought he embodied — hope so great it is readily and eternally fooled.”
As a Ultra MAGA I have to say this is preposterous. Us MAGA just want America to be Great Again, we do not long for his life force, we just like the way he puts America ahead of the Industry Oligarchs, and foreigners, and is anti-war.
So what character would you use to illustrate Biden and his voters? Maybe Kafka’s ‘Metamorphosis’ where the miserable little petty spiteful government bureaucrat slowly turns into a Cockroach, and the people around him do not care, because they never cared anyway, because they are all miserable, self interested, nothings themselves.
How about Boris? Maybe he is so depraved (he gave us lockdowns and war destroying so many – for no reason but idiocy and the enjoying of raw Power) yet vain and a total ‘Dandy’ – Oscar Wilde – ‘The Picture of Dorian Grey’.
What the world needs is a rolled up newspaper and a bucket of water……and it could be greatly improved.
But anyway, WWG1WGA, haha
tl/dr
And from looking at the last paragraph,
a massive saving of time. Well written
but never-ending. Let me guess…
Orange Man Bad. How’d I do?
Eight hours for your comment to appear?
I’ll give her this: she got through a thousand or so words before he appeared! But yeah, it’s rubbish.
All the King’s Men was written in 1945. I read it decades later in high school. Was this article’s author late with her book report?
Or as Richard Thompson sang,
“My enemy, enemy. How I need my enemy”.
Hatred of ‘the other’ is all that liberals/democrats have to offer.
Eight hours for your comment to appear?
I’ll give her this: she got through a thousand or so words before he appeared! But yeah, it’s rubbish.
All the King’s Men was written in 1945. I read it decades later in high school. Was this article’s author late with her book report?
Or as Richard Thompson sang,
“My enemy, enemy. How I need my enemy”.
Hatred of ‘the other’ is all that liberals/democrats have to offer.
tl/dr
And from looking at the last paragraph,
a massive saving of time. Well written
but never-ending. Let me guess…
Orange Man Bad. How’d I do?
And the point of this article is?
Just another liberal-left attempt to bash DT by association and patronise his admirers. When are you going to call out the very real and present dangers of the current moronic incumbent of the White House?
And the point of this article is?
Just another liberal-left attempt to bash DT by association and patronise his admirers. When are you going to call out the very real and present dangers of the current moronic incumbent of the White House?
All that just to say Trump is not Willie Talos.
All that to say Trump is a good facsimilie of Wille Talos but not the genuine article because he didn’t grow up poor.
Trump is not a facsimile of Talos at all. Trump is his own person, warts and all.
What is the point of an article saying who Trump is not a good facsimile of? This article and your comment are pointless.
The article was pointless but the comment wasn’t. The point of the comment sailed right over your head.
The article was pointless but the comment wasn’t. The point of the comment sailed right over your head.
Trump is not a facsimile of Talos at all. Trump is his own person, warts and all.
What is the point of an article saying who Trump is not a good facsimile of? This article and your comment are pointless.
If her point is “don’t get your hopes up” it is surely not rubbish. If her point is to have us accept a Cockroach, it surely is rubbish. Is she pointing to some third option? The truly great leader, virtuosity on the political stage, the ultimate in practical wisdom. An earlier piece suggested that many equate this form of virtue, the highest form, with fascism. Is that equation not the problem? If that were her point, would her piece be saved?
All that to say Trump is a good facsimilie of Wille Talos but not the genuine article because he didn’t grow up poor.
If her point is “don’t get your hopes up” it is surely not rubbish. If her point is to have us accept a Cockroach, it surely is rubbish. Is she pointing to some third option? The truly great leader, virtuosity on the political stage, the ultimate in practical wisdom. An earlier piece suggested that many equate this form of virtue, the highest form, with fascism. Is that equation not the problem? If that were her point, would her piece be saved?
All that just to say Trump is not Willie Talos.
Normally I have quite a bit of respect for you as a writer, having massively enjoyed Two Women… But the simple fact that you start of with not knowing the main charaters name shows this faith was missplaced.
STARK, Willie Stark was the politicians name in the actual published novel and later, play and movie. Talos was an early idea for the charactor that did not make the final cut, and was changed.
The fact that you miss this rather major point tells me that you have missed a lot in your haste to get your licks in against the former president. Indeed, it tells me you missed a lot in that whole period, and are thus an unreliable narrator, a concept you shurly know.
Or, like much of those who would be our betters, you probably don’t and assume that your thoughts are enough to carry you past any truth you dislike.
Yes. I was confused by that. I’ve read the novel at least twice, and I had never heard of Talos. Thanks for the background.
Yes. I was confused by that. I’ve read the novel at least twice, and I had never heard of Talos. Thanks for the background.
Normally I have quite a bit of respect for you as a writer, having massively enjoyed Two Women… But the simple fact that you start of with not knowing the main charaters name shows this faith was missplaced.
STARK, Willie Stark was the politicians name in the actual published novel and later, play and movie. Talos was an early idea for the charactor that did not make the final cut, and was changed.
The fact that you miss this rather major point tells me that you have missed a lot in your haste to get your licks in against the former president. Indeed, it tells me you missed a lot in that whole period, and are thus an unreliable narrator, a concept you shurly know.
Or, like much of those who would be our betters, you probably don’t and assume that your thoughts are enough to carry you past any truth you dislike.
Was this essay an entry in a contest to come up with a new way to attack Trump? Have leftists gotten bored with all the normal attacks after 6 years of “bombshell” after “bombshell,” and “the walls are closing in?” Try this instead:
With the 2nd special counsel, and the Jan 6 Committee criminal referal, Democrats continue their remake of the hit 1960’s US TV show “The Fugitive” with Donald Trump replacing David Janssen in the title role. Periodically, usually reliable, but anonymous sources close to the investigations reveal that “the walls are closing in” on Trump and a slam-dunk indictment will doom him very soon. Then there’s no indictment. This is quite similar to Janssen’s hair raising escapes from the police during 4 years on the run as Dr. Richard Kimble. At the end of the original TV show, Dr. Kimble proved his innocence by finding the real killer, a one armed man. The remake will probably end in 2024 if Trump loses the nomination or election. If Trump wins in 2024, it will continue until he leaves office, or fires the special counsel. In the meantime, there will be many, many close calls where Trump is almost indicted! So stay tuned to CNN or MSNBC for up to date coverage of this developing situation.
Was this essay an entry in a contest to come up with a new way to attack Trump? Have leftists gotten bored with all the normal attacks after 6 years of “bombshell” after “bombshell,” and “the walls are closing in?” Try this instead:
With the 2nd special counsel, and the Jan 6 Committee criminal referal, Democrats continue their remake of the hit 1960’s US TV show “The Fugitive” with Donald Trump replacing David Janssen in the title role. Periodically, usually reliable, but anonymous sources close to the investigations reveal that “the walls are closing in” on Trump and a slam-dunk indictment will doom him very soon. Then there’s no indictment. This is quite similar to Janssen’s hair raising escapes from the police during 4 years on the run as Dr. Richard Kimble. At the end of the original TV show, Dr. Kimble proved his innocence by finding the real killer, a one armed man. The remake will probably end in 2024 if Trump loses the nomination or election. If Trump wins in 2024, it will continue until he leaves office, or fires the special counsel. In the meantime, there will be many, many close calls where Trump is almost indicted! So stay tuned to CNN or MSNBC for up to date coverage of this developing situation.
Denunciations of Trump have become ritual, a liturgical rite, like devout Christians abjuring Satan.
Denunciations of Trump have become ritual, a liturgical rite, like devout Christians abjuring Satan.
I’m old enough to remember when Democrats were the populist party in the 1980s and 1990s. Many of these Democrats also came from wealthy backgrounds but they talked the talk. And populism was spoken of with reverence in the same breath as democracy.
Democrats and the populist movement was lionized by the press and Hollywood. Who can forget the virtue-signaling movie “Wall Street” where the little guy won against the Fat Cats of Wall Street who, incidentally, supported Republicans in the 1980s.
Trump and Democrats spun this all around in 2016. Fat Cat-supporting Republicans were picked off early via the Primaries which represented democracy-in-action within the Party.
And during the preceding Obama years, Democrats aligned themselves very closely with the coastal elites in corporate America, journalism, academia, Wall Street, mainstream media and tech companies – they were purchased by the ‘Gordon Gekkos’ of the US as IRS data shows (Forbes reported on this). The American people also kicked them to the curb in 2016 because the Democrat Party is no longer the champion of “power to the people” populism.
So now “populism” is a bad word…when before it was a good word. Merely because of the change in Party wielding the influence within that movement.
To the point that many Journalists, working within the confines of personal confirmation bias, ignore clear evidence that the FBI influenced the 2020 election in favor of Biden as The Twitter Files show.
2020 is the year that democracy died in darkness under the watchful eye of the FBI and journalists patting themselves on the back while saying “it’s okay because, because, because Trump!”
I’m old enough to remember when Democrats were the populist party in the 1980s and 1990s. Many of these Democrats also came from wealthy backgrounds but they talked the talk. And populism was spoken of with reverence in the same breath as democracy.
Democrats and the populist movement was lionized by the press and Hollywood. Who can forget the virtue-signaling movie “Wall Street” where the little guy won against the Fat Cats of Wall Street who, incidentally, supported Republicans in the 1980s.
Trump and Democrats spun this all around in 2016. Fat Cat-supporting Republicans were picked off early via the Primaries which represented democracy-in-action within the Party.
And during the preceding Obama years, Democrats aligned themselves very closely with the coastal elites in corporate America, journalism, academia, Wall Street, mainstream media and tech companies – they were purchased by the ‘Gordon Gekkos’ of the US as IRS data shows (Forbes reported on this). The American people also kicked them to the curb in 2016 because the Democrat Party is no longer the champion of “power to the people” populism.
So now “populism” is a bad word…when before it was a good word. Merely because of the change in Party wielding the influence within that movement.
To the point that many Journalists, working within the confines of personal confirmation bias, ignore clear evidence that the FBI influenced the 2020 election in favor of Biden as The Twitter Files show.
2020 is the year that democracy died in darkness under the watchful eye of the FBI and journalists patting themselves on the back while saying “it’s okay because, because, because Trump!”
I found this essay compelling for two reasons, neither of which are to do with DT, except very tangentially.
First, the exposition of the novel, which i’d heard about but never had much interest in reading; Gaitskill has saved me the trouble.
Secondly and more importantly, the way in which politics is just a manifestation of “life-force” and the allusions to it as far back as the Iliad.
Forget the DT narrative for once; whilst it’s there in the essay, i don’t consider it central to it. There are more important aspects to how we conduct human affairs than that narrow bandwidth.
Finally, a sensible comment. Thank you.
All The Kings Men is a very good novel, one of the best I have read. It is from the ’40s, and so the language that it uses is rather stilted in comparison to the last several decades books, but don’t let that stop you.
O Brother Where Art Thou is a much more entertaining way to experience the ways of a southern politician. As a communicator, analyzer, visionary, and entertainer, I’d rather listen to a speech of President Trump any day !
Finally, a sensible comment. Thank you.
All The Kings Men is a very good novel, one of the best I have read. It is from the ’40s, and so the language that it uses is rather stilted in comparison to the last several decades books, but don’t let that stop you.
O Brother Where Art Thou is a much more entertaining way to experience the ways of a southern politician. As a communicator, analyzer, visionary, and entertainer, I’d rather listen to a speech of President Trump any day !
I found this essay compelling for two reasons, neither of which are to do with DT, except very tangentially.
First, the exposition of the novel, which i’d heard about but never had much interest in reading; Gaitskill has saved me the trouble.
Secondly and more importantly, the way in which politics is just a manifestation of “life-force” and the allusions to it as far back as the Iliad.
Forget the DT narrative for once; whilst it’s there in the essay, i don’t consider it central to it. There are more important aspects to how we conduct human affairs than that narrow bandwidth.
Hmmm…you’re not the first to use ATKM as a comparison…but you did leave it a bit late: a couple of sentences in the last two paragraphs…and even those a bit pathetic. Your film review is great, maybe just delete the Trump mentions and put the review elsewhere.
Chuck in another comment has said all that needs saying. Or are you part of the ‘running cover’ for the media non-coverage of The Twitter Files?
So many MORE conspiracy theories ‘becoming fact’…
Hmmm…you’re not the first to use ATKM as a comparison…but you did leave it a bit late: a couple of sentences in the last two paragraphs…and even those a bit pathetic. Your film review is great, maybe just delete the Trump mentions and put the review elsewhere.
Chuck in another comment has said all that needs saying. Or are you part of the ‘running cover’ for the media non-coverage of The Twitter Files?
So many MORE conspiracy theories ‘becoming fact’…
I’ll tell you what. Mary is right. Orange Man is bad, and if you don’t get that by now, with his threats to tear up the constitution, you are hopeless. “Yeah but Biden!!!..” It’s not a see-saw. You can push Joe Biden down w/o pushing up the World’s Ultimate Narcissist, the worst president that this republic has ever seen.
“threats to tear up the constitution”? What he said was dumb, but a”threat”? More like a ridiculous statement from a sore loser. Yes, he let me down with his antics after he lost the election. But for me, even counting a frigging plague, things were a whole lot better during those four years than they are now.
I agree, there’s something petulant about Trumpists and the like quite reasonably decrying leftist bias in many institutions but then demanding right-wing partisanship from a publication dedicated to a variety of sidelined perspectives. This is an article about unknowable forces that shape political outcomes, it’s not reducible to a left-Liberal attack on Trump, but there’s always a gaggle of MAGA bros desperate to confirm their paranoia and lack of imagination after articles like this.
“threats to tear up the constitution” – really? Just going to parrot the MSM narrative?
I’m fairly sure he said (roughly) wrt voting procedure in Arizona “If you allow the current situation, one may as well tear up the Constitution”. That you think you heard a threat to actually tear up the Constitution says more about you than it does Trump.
Trump didn’t make any threats to tear up the constitution. He simply referred to the US being in a position that the constitution didn’t cover; namely a stolen election and how to rectify that.
And who is or isn’t the worst president is a matter of opinion. I am in my 50s, and Trump is, by far, the best president of the 21st century, as shown in a list above in the comments here. But, in that selfsame five decades, Obama was the worst, and a huge part of the reason we are in this s*** storm.
Well said! I regret that I have only one upvote to give you.
Well said! I regret that I have only one upvote to give you.
“threats to tear up the constitution”? What he said was dumb, but a”threat”? More like a ridiculous statement from a sore loser. Yes, he let me down with his antics after he lost the election. But for me, even counting a frigging plague, things were a whole lot better during those four years than they are now.
I agree, there’s something petulant about Trumpists and the like quite reasonably decrying leftist bias in many institutions but then demanding right-wing partisanship from a publication dedicated to a variety of sidelined perspectives. This is an article about unknowable forces that shape political outcomes, it’s not reducible to a left-Liberal attack on Trump, but there’s always a gaggle of MAGA bros desperate to confirm their paranoia and lack of imagination after articles like this.
“threats to tear up the constitution” – really? Just going to parrot the MSM narrative?
I’m fairly sure he said (roughly) wrt voting procedure in Arizona “If you allow the current situation, one may as well tear up the Constitution”. That you think you heard a threat to actually tear up the Constitution says more about you than it does Trump.
Trump didn’t make any threats to tear up the constitution. He simply referred to the US being in a position that the constitution didn’t cover; namely a stolen election and how to rectify that.
And who is or isn’t the worst president is a matter of opinion. I am in my 50s, and Trump is, by far, the best president of the 21st century, as shown in a list above in the comments here. But, in that selfsame five decades, Obama was the worst, and a huge part of the reason we are in this s*** storm.
I’ll tell you what. Mary is right. Orange Man is bad, and if you don’t get that by now, with his threats to tear up the constitution, you are hopeless. “Yeah but Biden!!!..” It’s not a see-saw. You can push Joe Biden down w/o pushing up the World’s Ultimate Narcissist, the worst president that this republic has ever seen.