Traitor Watch - The 45 & 47 Thread

[G.B.Blackrock]

My first inclination when Trump accused Harris of sounding childish was to comment on Trump's well-documented tendency toward projection. The problem with that here is, it would take some self-awareness (that he can't admit, of course) that he IS, in fact, childish for him to be able to project that onto Harris.

 

[Axaday]

There is no politically advantageous answer to "You've been in there for 3.5 years, why haven't you already implemented your plan." The answer is that she hasn't been in charge, but she cannot have a recording of that in her voice.

I realized I am talking to myself here, but I've done several edits and didn't want to keep doing it. And this parenthetical wouldn't flow as well up there.

The best response to this tack that has been pressed very heavily is to keep rerunning the ACA discussion from the debate. Trump told us 8 years ago that he was going to repeal ACA and replace it with something better. He failed to repeal. And ironically the one part that they did get repealed, the individual mandate, killed their strategy for getting it thrown out in court. If he had something better, and I mean better in the way that he really means us to understand, that everyone is going to like it better, not just insurance companies, it would have been very persuasive to publish the details and let people start demanding it. He didn't publish it, because he didn't have anything like that. All he had was getting rid of the parts that insurance companies hated and the public won't demand that. He's on the campaign trail again now, saying he's going to replace it with something better, but he was actually in charge for 4 years and this isn't a new issue and he didn't get it done AND HE STILL CAN'T SAY WHAT HE WANTS. If 8 years isn't long enough to get your concept of a plan into a plan, then there's no point in voting for you. 4 years isn't going to be enough.

 

[Paladin]

Damning Video Shows Roger Stone Is Plotting a Coup for November

The Donald Trump ally has some sick plans for a potential Republican victory.

newrepublic.com

imagine if we actually had an Attorney General...

 

[Pale Rider]

I actually had to explain to someone that a president has to be like Captain Kirk.

Captain Kirk didn't run the Enterprise by himself or have all the answers whenever there was a crisis. He knew a lot and made decisions, but he often relied on input from Spock, Bones and Scotty pertaining to their fields so he had the information necessary to make those decisions.

Believe it or not, this actually got through to him.

 

[wonko the sane?]

I mean... star trek is pretty ubiquitous in popular culture. There's a reason starfleet captains always ASK for options.

 

[Pale Rider]

 

[Pocket]

I actually had to explain to someone that a president has to be like Captain Kirk.

Captain Kirk didn't run the Enterprise by himself or have all the answers whenever there was a crisis. He knew a lot and made decisions, but he often relied on input from Spock, Bones and Scotty pertaining to their fields so he had the information necessary to make those decisions.

Believe it or not, this actually got through to him.

I'd generally prefer a president to be more like Picard, but apparently pop culture has exaggerated the differences between the two.

 

[Ungnome]

Yea, Kirk, while not quite a diplomatic as Picard, still preferred to broker peace than shoot first. The movie characterizations of both characters tended to erode their calmer, more thoughtful natures, unfortunately.

 

[Monique]

With every rally his claims and promises become less and less veiled. Now hes promising to bring back the Aliens and Sedition Act of 1798 and use it on the nationwide level to mass deport all those "Savage gangs" he keeps claiming are all over Aurora and the like

 

[Pale Rider]

I'd generally prefer a president to be more like Picard, but apparently pop culture has exaggerated the differences between the two.

The person I was talking to doesn't even know who Picard is.

 

[Paladin]

Trump’s plan f or mass deportations invokes ‘dangerous’ 226-year-old law

‘Operation Aurora’ turns to a wartime law granting the president uniltateral authority to target foreigners for removal without due process

www.independent.co.uk

ramping up the racism...

 

[CoffeeHorse]

Stephen Miller spoke at that same rally, so this is undoubtedly his idea. It appears he's back on the campaign team and wants his job in the White House back. Whatever that job was.

 

[KidTDragon]

Secretary of the Unholy?

 

[wonko the sane?]

Anti-christ liason.

 

[The Mighty Mollusk]

Senior lickspittle.

 

[Axaday]

Stephen Miller spoke at that same rally, so this is undoubtedly his idea. It appears he's back on the campaign team and wants his job in the White House back. Whatever that job was.

Elephant whisperer

 

[Paladin]

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trum...ned-jewish-support_n_670a8c57e4b0c2f4a135376f

honestly, not the slur i was expecting him to drop.

 

[wonko the sane?]

There's a month yet: he can do worse.

 

[Rhinox]

There's a month yet: he can do worse.

If someone directly challenges him, he'll take them up on it.

 

[NovaSaber]

Is it just me or is Paladin's link not a link?
I know what it's about though; the Orange Skull called Harris the R-slur.

And Project 2025 is against even teaching kids why using slurs is inappropriate, along with every other way in which it's horrifying.