Made from 100% horseshit
Made from 100% horseshit
To be fair, he did start out addressing some other guy, but half way through he name checks her, so his argument that the media "got it wrong" is bullshit, since he was talking to both.
figmentPez
Staff member
Anyone else worried that this man has control over nuclear weapons?
Dave
Staff member
Only for three years and change.
figmentPez
Staff member
Yeah, but before I was worried he'd fire them off at some other country. Now I'm worried he's going to bomb New York to try to get rid of COVID-19.
No, the launch codes require the NATO Phonetic alphabet. Do you really think cheeto could manage that?
figmentPez
Staff member
I want to be comforted by that, but well, the people around him have already made a ton of other concessions and work-arounds in order for him to still be President. If the "Yes Men" that are enabling him now are willing to let him do all the other absurd stuff he's done already, I can only assume that they'll let him do anything.
Dave
Staff member
Draining the swamp. Only the best people. Yada yada yada.
www.independent.co.uk
Trump says he may bring disgraced former aide Flynn back into his administration
VP Pence takes softer line on retired general than when he pressed president to fire Flynn in early 2017
www.independent.co.uk
figmentPez
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figmentPez
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Even though I wasn't a big fan of him while he was in office, if he was a third term choice alongside Biden and Trump, I'd choose him over either of those two in a second. So long as Cheney were nowhere in the picture, that is.
--Patrick
Fucking This.
For fucks sakes america, now you're a battered spouse that thinks that thinks that this time it will be different...
Cheney might have been the competent fixer, but all those policies where Bush policies...
Oh, I believe there are literal thousands of people better than W. But if the field were narrowed to those exact three, well...
--Patrick
GWB was one of the worst presidents you ever had. Admittedly, he's no Trump, but that's like saying Pol Pot was no Hitler.
Given those three, Biden would still be far and away the best choice. If you were to include Gore, or perhaps, if you insist on a republican, Zombie McCain, or even Mitt Romney...ehhh.
But GWB was himself an outlier, pushed incredibly destructive policies, helped the 1% more than anyone else, etc etc.
There's a reason Obama got a Nobel Peace Price for "Not Being GWB" (because while I love Obama, that was undeserved).
Given those three, Biden would still be far and away the best choice. If you were to include Gore, or perhaps, if you insist on a republican, Zombie McCain, or even Mitt Romney...ehhh.
But GWB was himself an outlier, pushed incredibly destructive policies, helped the 1% more than anyone else, etc etc.
There's a reason Obama got a Nobel Peace Price for "Not Being GWB" (because while I love Obama, that was undeserved).
Not normalizing him.
Just saying he'd be a better choice than these two.
If Biden were 5 years younger, it would be an entirely different story. But he isn't.
--Patrick
Not. In. The. Fucking. Slightest.
True, but W would still mean the GOP running virtually unchecked for another four years.
Dave
Staff member
Remember when I said Trump is stridently going after the payroll tax cut to cripple Social Security and Medicare? Told ya.
www.commondreams.org
Trump Says He Won't Approve Covid-19 Package Without Tax Cut That Offers Zero Relief for 30 Million Newly Unemployed
"'Payroll tax cut' is code for 'gut Social Security and Medicare's dedicated funding, then demand benefit cuts.' Democrats must stand strong and continue blocking Trump's terrible idea."
www.commondreams.org
But they're talking about Biden...
And politically that's just not true, and will never be, even if the allegations of sexual assault are true.
If JFK and Clinton showed us anything, is that sexual misconduct and sound policy aren't mutually exclusive.
And, frankly, jailing a sitting president is a precedent that would do your democracy some good.
Trump Fires Inspector General Ahead Of Damning Whistleblower Complaint About Bogus Coronavirus Cures
"ON FRIDAY, WHILE Rick Bright was in the process of filing what promises to be a damning whistleblower complaint to the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services, President Donald Trump announced that he was firing the inspector general, Christi Grimm, and nominating a handpicked replacement."
<sigh> Here we go again!
--Patrick
"ON FRIDAY, WHILE Rick Bright was in the process of filing what promises to be a damning whistleblower complaint to the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services, President Donald Trump announced that he was firing the inspector general, Christi Grimm, and nominating a handpicked replacement."
<sigh> Here we go again!
--Patrick
Wow. This...explains so much about Trump's words and actions.
www.salon.com
Dr. John Gartner: Trump is a "sexual sadist" engaged in "sabotage"
Leading psychotherapist and author on Trump's worsening sadistic "addiction" to causing harm, pain and death
www.salon.com
I have seen people suggesting he (I guess I mean we) suffers from (his) Narcissistic Personality Disorder and Sadistic Personality Disorder. I'm no licensed practitioner, but I can't think of a more fitting example of the former. The latter, however, I'd want a formal diagnosis. I'm more inclined to believe he hurts people as revenge/retaliation for contradicting him/not glorifying him/failing to acknowledge his importance or because he outright just doesn't care rather than because he is deliberately trying to "harvest" their suffering.
--Patrick
--Patrick
There was an article I stumbled across a few weeks ago, I can't remember who published it, that interviewed people who grew up around him, and his sociopathic tendencies were there, even as a kid. Like, he threw rocks at babies and went around physically hurting other kids. So, maybe both?
I honestly thing it's more narcissism than stupidity. It's easy to write him off as an idiot, but I think it's more that he's so firmly stuck in his own world that he rearranges the reality of the situation so it always suits his own needs.
figmentPez
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This is a good point. Arguably both can be called "stupid", but there are vastly different implications from someone not being able to understand because they lack the intelligence to grasp the concept, and someone not being able to understand because they refuse to, or have a mental illness that stops them from, being able to accept reality. And the latter is much more terrifying, IMO.