I have a new article up at Discourse responding to a previous piece there claiming that the Trump-era Republican Party is the same as the party once shaped by Ronald Reagan.
I just fixed a pretty egregious typo where I started talking about Reagan's policy and included something that was actually Trump's policy. It was pretty jarringly wrong, so I hope people figured out that's not what a I mean to say.
This is what happens when my free, semi-volunteer proofreader goes back to school.
You do not have to go back as far as Reagan. In four years the Republicans went from Romney (who, as an aside, was the last presidential nominee of either major party who met even minimal criteria of experience, intelligence, character, and fidelity to the Constitution for the job) to Trump. That was some fast transmogrifying. I still can’t fully figure out what the idiots were thinking.
Your preamble on Trump is completely valid. Unfortunately there is also a preamble about Harris and the Dems. In the war in Gaza, Israel is right and needs to win, and Hamas is wrong and needs to be defeated. It is a struggle between liberal civilization and savagery and barbarism and part of a worldwide struggle between liberal civilization and its enemies. Any outcome leaving Hamas as a functioning organization would be a strategic victory for Hamas and its masters in Iran. In favoring a cease fire leading to such an outcome, Harris and Biden have sided with giving them that victory.
There is no good choice in this election. There may not even be a tolerable lesser evil.
"...coming from “mental institutions and prisons all over the world.” This is a lie he has repeatedly told, for which there is no basis—other than his own prejudice."
Well, not "no" basis. Remember, Castro did exactly that with the Mariel Boatlift. That very small truth makes the bigger lie possible.
Oh gawd. Be careful, how you say that. This was why Trump became a phenomenon (?) in the first place. Republican Ps of S such as Romney never stood up for themselves or their principles, especially when Obama called him a defender of 1980s ideology. See:
After watching that, you have to conclude: 1. Obama is the stupidest SOB in the world, since Putin invaded Ukraine shortly thereafter. 2. Romney’s stupid grin and lack of response shows him to be the wussiest candidate ever. It is no wonder people flocked to Trump, thinking he would at least defend his comments and ideas, rather than smile and laugh about it.
I just fixed a pretty egregious typo where I started talking about Reagan's policy and included something that was actually Trump's policy. It was pretty jarringly wrong, so I hope people figured out that's not what a I mean to say.
This is what happens when my free, semi-volunteer proofreader goes back to school.
You do not have to go back as far as Reagan. In four years the Republicans went from Romney (who, as an aside, was the last presidential nominee of either major party who met even minimal criteria of experience, intelligence, character, and fidelity to the Constitution for the job) to Trump. That was some fast transmogrifying. I still can’t fully figure out what the idiots were thinking.
Your preamble on Trump is completely valid. Unfortunately there is also a preamble about Harris and the Dems. In the war in Gaza, Israel is right and needs to win, and Hamas is wrong and needs to be defeated. It is a struggle between liberal civilization and savagery and barbarism and part of a worldwide struggle between liberal civilization and its enemies. Any outcome leaving Hamas as a functioning organization would be a strategic victory for Hamas and its masters in Iran. In favoring a cease fire leading to such an outcome, Harris and Biden have sided with giving them that victory.
There is no good choice in this election. There may not even be a tolerable lesser evil.
"...coming from “mental institutions and prisons all over the world.” This is a lie he has repeatedly told, for which there is no basis—other than his own prejudice."
Well, not "no" basis. Remember, Castro did exactly that with the Mariel Boatlift. That very small truth makes the bigger lie possible.
Somebody said recently that Donald Trump is the cryptkeeper of 1980s culture (which is itself a reference to 1980s culture), so that makes sense.
Oh gawd. Be careful, how you say that. This was why Trump became a phenomenon (?) in the first place. Republican Ps of S such as Romney never stood up for themselves or their principles, especially when Obama called him a defender of 1980s ideology. See:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7PvoI6gvQs
After watching that, you have to conclude: 1. Obama is the stupidest SOB in the world, since Putin invaded Ukraine shortly thereafter. 2. Romney’s stupid grin and lack of response shows him to be the wussiest candidate ever. It is no wonder people flocked to Trump, thinking he would at least defend his comments and ideas, rather than smile and laugh about it.