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[Got Stripers]

Loved the quote from Fl largest paper, coming out to state they will back anyone but Trump. Quote says it all.

The Sentinel dubbed Trump’s “successful assault on truth” as “the great casualty of this presidency, followed closely by his war on decency” and said the commander in chief “has diminished our standing in the world.”
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[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by Got Stripers

Loved the quote from Fl largest paper, coming out to state they will back anyone but Trump. Quote says it all.

The Sentinel dubbed Trump’s “successful assault on truth” as “the great casualty of this presidency, followed closely by his war on decency” and said the commander in chief “has diminished our standing in the world.”
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yawn. media publication hates him, what a shock. trump
is a jerk, but the country is better off, and where’s the evidence that our global standing has diminished?! do people no longer desperately want to come here?

trump is an assault on decency, but tnat paper is ok with biden promising to cure cancer and suggesting we need a physical, real revolution to deal with republicans, that reeks of decency.

and i think he’s going to get creamed. i think a lot of liberals stayed home in 2016 because everyone in the media said hilary was going to win in a landslide, so people figured why bother. that won’t happen again.


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[The Dad Fisherman]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

i think a lot of liberals stayed home in 2016 because everyone in the media said hilary was going to win in a landslide, so people figured why bother. that won’t happen again.


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I think a lot of them stayed home because they were disillusioned Bernie supporters who just said "fuk it" after all the shenanigans the DNC played to rig the election in her favor.

but, you are correct, they aren't going to stay home this time.

[PaulS]

Originally Posted by Got Stripers

Loved the quote from Fl largest paper, coming out to state they will back anyone but Trump. Quote says it all.

The Sentinel dubbed Trump’s “successful assault on truth” as “the great casualty of this presidency, followed closely by his war on decency” and said the commander in chief “has diminished our standing in the world.”
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The Repubs. don't care - use to care but not any more.

Hey, Biden said he'll cure cancer so any vile thing done or said by Trump is ok.

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by PaulS

Hey, Biden said he'll cure cancer so any vile thing done or said by Trump is ok.

assuming that was a swipe at me, wrong. you’re the one who is applying very different standards to who gets called out for saying awful
things.

recently trump lost his temper over a staffer coughing when he was on camera. shows what a jerk
he is.

it would be really nice if we could
have one set of rules for what’s ok
and what’s not, and apply them uniformly to everyone regardless of party. the people here who can’t say anything critical about their own side, and who can’t say anything positive about the other side, are all liberals. and you aren’t one of them.
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[PaulS]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

assuming that was a swipe at me, wrong. you’re the one who is applying very different standards to who gets called out for saying awful
things.

recently trump lost his temper over a staffer coughing when he was on camera. shows what a jerk
he is.

it would be really nice if we could
have one set of rules for what’s ok
and what’s not, and apply them uniformly to everyone regardless of party. the people here who can’t say anything critical about their own side, and who can’t say anything positive about the other side, are all liberals. and you aren’t one of them.
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I'm not applying different standards but 5?, 6? pages for Biden's comments is crazy when you have Pres. Trump saying vile things on a daily basis. I'm willing to cut anyone some slack a few times but Trump is so bad people ignore comments that would be headlines on the news for any other Pres. And when people do discuss them, what is the reaction from the right - they call them snowflakes.

[Sea Dangles]

Originally Posted by PaulS

I'm not applying different standards but 5?, 6? pages for Biden's comments is crazy when you have Pres. Trump saying vile things on a daily basis. I'm willing to cut anyone some slack a few times but Trump is so bad people ignore comments that would be headlines on the news for any other Pres. And when people do discuss them, what is the reaction from the right - they call them snowflakes.

You make some good points here but it is not so simple to earn the badge of snowflake. See PeteF and his routine filibuster to grasp a true and dedicated #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&. Spence used to chase the title but the Donald wore him out. Wayne simply chases his own tail while blowing a rape whistle.
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[spence]

Originally Posted by Sea Dangles

You make some good points here but it is not so simple to earn the badge of snowflake. See PeteF and his routine filibuster to grasp a true and dedicated #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&. Spence used to chase the title but the Donald wore him out. Wayne simply chases his own tail while blowing a rape whistle.
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You're confusing fatigue with boredom. You're really boring.

[scottw]

Originally Posted by spence

You're confusing fatigue with boredom. You're really boring.

he's hilarious...you are tiresome

[wdmso]

Originally Posted by Sea Dangles

You make some good points here but it is not so simple to earn the badge of snowflake. See PeteF and his routine filibuster to grasp a true and dedicated #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&. Spence used to chase the title but the Donald wore him out. Wayne simply chases his own tail while blowing a rape whistle.
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funny you cry the most here.. why is that

[Sea Dangles]

Originally Posted by wdmso

funny you cry the most here.. why is that

I am an emotional guy and you are the the tough guy?
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[Got Stripers]

The irony is that if one of their family members behaved like Trump at the weekend cookouts, it would be all over for that member; he or she would likely be read the riot act, or if they didn't change, they would be off the invite list to future family gatherings.

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by Got Stripers

The irony is that if one of their family members behaved like Trump at the weekend cookouts, it would be all over for that member; he or she would likely be read the riot act, or if they didn't change, they would be off the invite list to future family gatherings.

you’re right, i wouldn’t want him
in my family. Fortunately for
me, the election wasn’t a contest about which one of them was going to be adopted into my family. The election was to see who would
run the country. it would
be nice if our POTUS was a
man of deep
ethics, but much more important that it be someone who grows the economy and keeps us safe.

the real irony, is that all these trump haters act like morals are all that matters in a presidential contest. didn’t stop you all from endlessly attacking bush and romney, who are deeply ethical men.

no principles. none. just use whatever is available
to bash the republican.

if character was on the ballot in 2016 i missed it.
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[Pete F.]

There is no comparison between Trump and any other politician, thankfully. It is necessary that our President be a man with some ethics. A little empathy is also helpful. What is not acceptable is an ignorant buffoon who's word is not good. Some will say he has kept his campaign promises but that is largely limited to those that could be accomplished without the cooperation of others by executive order. He has had minimal legislative success, but is attempting end runs around Congress to make up for his lack of negotiating skill.

The least problematic part is the lack of originality of Donald Trump’s words. During his presidency, Trump has uttered no beautiful and memorable phrases. His inaugural address, is remembered, for the phrase American carnage and Trump’s description of a dystopian nation, broken and shattered. More problematic is that many of Trump’s utterances are babble. If you read the transcript of many of his interviews and off the cuff speeches, you find that Trump is not only unable to often lay out a coherent argument; at times he’s unable to string together sentences that make sense.

When it comes to dealing with those who oppose him, he consistently uses words to demean, belittle, bully, or dehumanize. He has mocked former prisoners of war, the disabled, and the appearance of women. He has attacked Gold Star parents and widows. And he has engaged in racially tinged attacks. The number of his targets is inexhaustible because Trump’s brutishness is inexhaustible.

Many other presidents have been viewed as divisive, but Trump provokes for it's own sake; delighting in turning Americans against one another in order to turn them against one another. He seems to think he gains a political advantage in dividing us.

Trump’s words are bad enough, but the greatest cause for concern is his nonstop, dawn-to-midnight assault on facts, truth, reality. That places Trump in a category all his own.

Many politicians are guilty of not telling the full truth of events. But only very few—and only the most dangerous—are committed to destroying the very idea of truth itself by using the big lie. We saw it Day One of the Trump presidency, when he insisted—and sent out his press secretary to insist—that the crowd size at his inauguration was larger than that of Barack Obama’s, despite photographic evidence to the contrary. And that behavior has continued almost every day since.

He lies at will. He lies all the time. He lies on purpose. He lies as a way of life. He lies about things big & small. He lies with impunity. He lies with the direct intent to distract, fool, and deceive his supporters.

In a speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Trump said, “And just remember: What you’re seeing and what you’re reading is not what’s happening.” In other words, who are you going to believe—me or your lyin’ eyes?

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by Pete F.

There is no comparison between Trump and any other politician, thankfully. It is necessary that our President be a man with some ethics. A little empathy is also helpful. What is not acceptable is an ignorant buffoon who's word is not good. Some will say he has kept his campaign promises but that is largely limited to those that could be accomplished without the cooperation of others by executive order. He has had minimal legislative success, but is attempting end runs around Congress to make up for his lack of negotiating skill.

The least problematic part is the lack of originality of Donald Trump’s words. During his presidency, Trump has uttered no beautiful and memorable phrases. His inaugural address, is remembered, for the phrase American carnage and Trump’s description of a dystopian nation, broken and shattered. More problematic is that many of Trump’s utterances are babble. If you read the transcript of many of his interviews and off the cuff speeches, you find that Trump is not only unable to often lay out a coherent argument; at times he’s unable to string together sentences that make sense.

When it comes to dealing with those who oppose him, he consistently uses words to demean, belittle, bully, or dehumanize. He has mocked former prisoners of war, the disabled, and the appearance of women. He has attacked Gold Star parents and widows. And he has engaged in racially tinged attacks. The number of his targets is inexhaustible because Trump’s brutishness is inexhaustible.

Many other presidents have been viewed as divisive, but Trump provokes for it's own sake; delighting in turning Americans against one another in order to turn them against one another. He seems to think he gains a political advantage in dividing us.

Trump’s words are bad enough, but the greatest cause for concern is his nonstop, dawn-to-midnight assault on facts, truth, reality. That places Trump in a category all his own.

Many politicians are guilty of not telling the full truth of events. But only very few—and only the most dangerous—are committed to destroying the very idea of truth itself by using the big lie. We saw it Day One of the Trump presidency, when he insisted—and sent out his press secretary to insist—that the crowd size at his inauguration was larger than that of Barack Obama’s, despite photographic evidence to the contrary. And that behavior has continued almost every day since.

He lies at will. He lies all the time. He lies on purpose. He lies as a way of life. He lies about things big & small. He lies with impunity. He lies with the direct intent to distract, fool, and deceive his supporters.

In a speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Trump said, “And just remember: What you’re seeing and what you’re reading is not what’s happening.” In other words, who are you going to believe—me or your lyin’ eyes?

no beautiful or memorable phrases? who gives a sh*t? you’d rather have a poet who can’t lead effectively?

you crack me up.

what were Hilary’s most eloquent, memorable quotable statements from her campaign? when she pretended to be black that time when she was speaking to blacks ( i ain’t no ways tired, or whatever the hell she said...). or the deplorables statement describing half the country?
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[Pete F.]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

no beautiful or memorable phrases? who gives a sh*t? you’d rather have a poet who can’t lead effectively?

you crack me up.

what were Hilary’s most eloquent, memorable quotable statements from her campaign? when she pretended to be black that time when she was speaking to blacks ( i ain’t no ways tired, or whatever the hell she said...). or the deplorables statement describing half the country?
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Still stuck in 2016, I see.

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by Pete F.

When it comes to dealing with those who oppose him, he consistently uses words to demean

Obama: Republicans gotta stop just hatin' all the time.

Hilary: republicans are racist, homophobic, sexist, basket of deplorables.

Biden (addressing blacks): Republicans want to put y'all back in chains. ( note the use of the word y'all, when addressing blacks. I guess Biden thought they wouldn't have comprehended if he used more elegant language)

You have zip to say about these statements, but lots to say when Trump is mean to those with whom he disagrees.

Republican=bad, democrat=good, no exceptions. We get it.

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by Pete F.

In a speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Trump said, “And just remember: What you’re seeing and what you’re reading is not what’s happening.”

He has no point? CNN didn't say that he personally told Cohen to lie to Congress (debunked)?

CNN and MSNBC didn't promise indictments on collusion for two years?

Look at the way the media portrays everything that's political. Ask that Sandman kid from Kentucky, they made him out to be James Earl Ray. Sean Hannity, on the other side, is a compulsive liar. You don't think their cumulative credibility is right around zero?

[Pete F.]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

He has no point? CNN didn't say that he personally told Cohen to lie to Congress (debunked)?

CNN and MSNBC didn't promise indictments on collusion for two years?

Look at the way the media portrays everything that's political. Ask that Sandman kid from Kentucky, they made him out to be James Earl Ray. Sean Hannity, on the other side, is a compulsive liar. You don't think their cumulative credibility is right around zero?

Read the Mueller report
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