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It is getting so tired. The marchers , the rioters, the criers, the snowflakes, the safe rooms, the crayola crowd, the screamers, the out of controllers, the babies, weirdos, they are destroying themselves with their hate and bigotry.
Trump is fraying fast - I am looking forward to his state of the union address with a sort of schaedenfreude.
Trump is something of an ignoramus who sees things in very limited ways. He has no depth or subtlety, and encountering either in others seems to irritate him to the point that he angrily tunes out any thoughtful suggestions or ideas from others.
Bannon, on the other hand, is much scarier than Trump. He is highly intelligent, but also extremely devious. His views of history and how to bring about what he perceives as needed change are quite peculiar. He also appears to be a white supremacist who thinks autocracy will bring about his version of an ideal society. Do a little research about his background and mind-set. Trump never will see it.
I think Trump has no real intent to do any permanent harm to our country and government and way of life, but he is so extremely limited and lacks the qualities which are needed in the Presidency. He is vulnerable - way too vulnerable - to those who praise him regardless of whether or not it's deserved, and he has little background knowledge of American history and government and no experience. Combine this with a short attention span, arrogance, impulsiveness, and narcissism, and it's a potentially lethal brew.
Bannon knows all this and is using Trump for his own purposes. He is not only intelligent, he is clever. Trump is neither, though he has a sort of shrewdness which went far in his business affairs. His willingness to cut corners - financially and ethically - also helped him make his fortune, of course.
At this point, I hope Ivanka and her husband can exert some stabilizing influence in ways that her father will accept. I cannot imagine that they would countenance Bannon, if they are aware of his very real darkness and intentions, but I am not sure just how much counterbalance they can provide, or if they would be too intimidated by him to even try.
Very, very troubling times. I find myself waking up each morning thinking, "How did this occur in our land? How did things come to this pass so swiftly, and what can I do to bring back what once was taken for granted?"
Then I find out what's going on - it changes so swiftly, and each day seems to bring a new crisis from the Oval Office - and try to do what I can for good. For democracy. For freedom of speech and assembly. For the environment.
For the sake of our country.
"Trump is fraying fast"
And the same people saying this are the SAME one who "predicted" a Hillary "landslide" and Trump's campaign was in turmoil and not having a snowballs chance in hell of getting to 270.
the fact that Democrats have to use a picture of Kellyanne Conway on a sofa to attack the Trump administration now makes me surprised they are so confident
the fact that Democrats have to use a picture of Kellyanne Conway on a sofa to attack the Trump administration now makes me surprised they are so confident
Where is the "Democrat" attack. I see a whole mess of people on twitter and elsewhere finding fault with Conway for feet on the coach. But I don't see anything particularly democrat about them. And the Fix on WaPo pointed out the whole finding fault thing was flat out stupid. So at least part of the MSM was on Conway's side.
They are saying many times that Trump is guaranteed to be a disaster and everyone will be flocking back to them
In no time. They also say that the public supports all their policies and views by far
Well, that of course isn't enough by itself - it takes energy, mobilization, organization and persistence. But the Democrats know that.
I don't know that Democrats are necessarily more confident at all. I think Democrats are more...enjoying the spectacle. Trump and the GOP are increasing the costs of health coverage for those 50 and up dramatically. Next, Trump is going after federal taxes, which is going to work out GREAT for me. And less federal taxes means less blue state money going to poorer red states. Awesome.
There was a column a couple of days ago calling for Blue States to exit. In response, another column called it cruel that blue states are so eager to abandon the country. I think it's more of preferring to create an environment that works for blue states and letting Trump do what he wants to red states.
I see many libs feel already that 2020 is guaranteed to them and they can nominate anyone and they will beat Trump since Trump is so hated
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