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Hillary says no...
Depending on your source... Hillary says no to a run in the 2020 presidential election.
Certainly her chances this late in the game would be low and the motivation isn't there.
From a March 2019 interview she said:
Certainly her chances this late in the game would be low and the motivation isn't there.
From a March 2019 interview she said:
put your phone away, Donald
When I was a kid growing up in Detroit I remember GM, Ford and Chrysler all closing down for the summer to retool their factories for the autumn new car runs. Leading into the retool, designers, engineers and planners like my father and vendors spent months going over blueprints and cost sheets, getting ready for the changeover.
But Trump, our most stable genius, knows better. He needs but to issue a tweet order and GM will there the next day shipping ventilators to hospitals in overnight express.
Get real, Donald. GM is working on it -working on it day and night. Just because you screwed up, doesn't mean GM will.
But Trump, our most stable genius, knows better. He needs but to issue a tweet order and GM will there the next day shipping ventilators to hospitals in overnight express.
Get real, Donald. GM is working on it -working on it day and night. Just because you screwed up, doesn't mean GM will.
A tear for USA
In the midst of the worst ever global depression which has seen unprecedented worldwide job losses, with the US alone notching over 40 million, a murder takes place in Minneapolis, Minnesota which triggered nationwide demonstrations, some riots, the deployment of the National Guard and curfews all bracketed by a deadly pandemic which calls for social distancing, no crowds or mass gatherings in the first instance.
But in America, racial injustice is boiling over once again. Had it ever been quelled?
Anger, frustration and pain following the tragic death of George Floyd – an African American who suffocated while in custody from having a police officer’s knee pressing on his neck. Floyd died pleading “don’t kill me” and “I cannot breathe”. The officer Derek Chauvin has since been charged with third degree murder and manslaughter, even as his wife is reportedly filing for a divorce.
Then we see the contrast to this ugliness with the elation created by Elon Musk’s SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket which successfully launched at 20.10h GMT yesterday, putting two NASA astronauts and best friends – Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley – on their way to the International Space Station. A first by a private spaceship owned by a private company, watched by the world and by Donald Trump, who made the specific trip to the Kennedy Space Centre.
The US President needs a positive boost in this crucial election year given his handling of, and the misguiding tweets on, the coronavirus. But he's not helping himself with such tweets
Donald J. Trump
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@realDonaldTrump
· 17h
Replying to @realDonaldTrump
....got too frisky or out of line, they would quickly come down on them, hard - didn’t know what hit them. The front line was replaced with fresh agents, like magic. Big crowd, professionally organized, but nobody came close to breaching the fence. If they had they would....
Donald J. Trump
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@realDonaldTrump
....have been greeted with the most vicious dogs, and most ominous weapons, I have ever seen. That’s when people would have been really badly hurt, at least. Many Secret Service agents just waiting for action. “We put the young ones on the front line, sir, they love it, and....
Not exactly a catalyst for unifying a USA looked upon as the leader of the free world. Political and commercial issues with several countries, the abandonment of the World Health Organisation during this unprecedented pandemic and the withdrawal from the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change are only some issues among others that has dropped Trump’s home and worldwide ratings to their lowest ever for a serving President.
The free world doesn’t need a narcissist for a leader, but one with empathy and extending a hand of friendship. Iron fists and power threats do not encourage anything but violence. Not for a 'united' States, not for a prosperous and peaceful people and certainly not for a global leadership’s role and an example. A pity.
Stay safe.
But in America, racial injustice is boiling over once again. Had it ever been quelled?
Anger, frustration and pain following the tragic death of George Floyd – an African American who suffocated while in custody from having a police officer’s knee pressing on his neck. Floyd died pleading “don’t kill me” and “I cannot breathe”. The officer Derek Chauvin has since been charged with third degree murder and manslaughter, even as his wife is reportedly filing for a divorce.
Then we see the contrast to this ugliness with the elation created by Elon Musk’s SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket which successfully launched at 20.10h GMT yesterday, putting two NASA astronauts and best friends – Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley – on their way to the International Space Station. A first by a private spaceship owned by a private company, watched by the world and by Donald Trump, who made the specific trip to the Kennedy Space Centre.
The US President needs a positive boost in this crucial election year given his handling of, and the misguiding tweets on, the coronavirus. But he's not helping himself with such tweets
Donald J. Trump
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@realDonaldTrump
· 17h
Replying to @realDonaldTrump
....got too frisky or out of line, they would quickly come down on them, hard - didn’t know what hit them. The front line was replaced with fresh agents, like magic. Big crowd, professionally organized, but nobody came close to breaching the fence. If they had they would....
Donald J. Trump
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@realDonaldTrump
....have been greeted with the most vicious dogs, and most ominous weapons, I have ever seen. That’s when people would have been really badly hurt, at least. Many Secret Service agents just waiting for action. “We put the young ones on the front line, sir, they love it, and....
Not exactly a catalyst for unifying a USA looked upon as the leader of the free world. Political and commercial issues with several countries, the abandonment of the World Health Organisation during this unprecedented pandemic and the withdrawal from the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change are only some issues among others that has dropped Trump’s home and worldwide ratings to their lowest ever for a serving President.
The free world doesn’t need a narcissist for a leader, but one with empathy and extending a hand of friendship. Iron fists and power threats do not encourage anything but violence. Not for a 'united' States, not for a prosperous and peaceful people and certainly not for a global leadership’s role and an example. A pity.
Stay safe.
Hey Friends lets compile the “My favorite Political Campaign Commercials” Blog!
I will start of sharing my favorite 1960 presidential campaign commercial. Please contribute yours too….
Trump wants to be re-elected to fix the problems that he 'helped' create, but is NOT doing so now.
Today from The New York Times;
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In response to:
On Politics
August 28, 2020
By Lisa Lerer and Nick Corasaniti
In 2016, Donald J. Trump accepted his party’s nomination at the Republican National Convention, painting a dark and angry vision of a nation under siege.
“Our convention occurs at a moment of crisis for our nation. The attacks on our police, and the terrorism in our cities, threaten our very way of life,” he said. “Beginning on Jan. 20, 2017, safety will be restored. The most basic duty of government is to defend the lives of its own citizens.”
At the end of the speech came a promise to voters: “Nobody knows the system better than me, which is why I alone can fix it.”
Four years later, President Donald J. Trump described an America now under attack from “anarchists, agitators, rioters, looters and flag burners.” And once again, Mr. Trump argued that only he can stop the destruction.
“Always remember: They are coming after me, because I am fighting for you,” he said.
It’s a confusing argument, given the obvious question raised: If Mr. Trump can fix the chaos, why hasn’t he? After all, he is the president, and one who views his office as having expansive powers.
Though his speech had an uncharacteristically staid tone, Mr. Trump returned to his central political play: a Nixonian reliance on the dark politics of fear and lawlessness. There was also some political strategy in his tactics, though perhaps not the kind of 3-D chess that his opponents often believe Mr. Trump is playing.
We generally think of presidential elections through two different models: either a referendum on the incumbent or a choice between the policies, personalities and positions of two candidates.
Right now, this race is a referendum on Mr. Trump and his leadership. For months, Joe Biden has kept a lower profile, allowing the president’s inability to stay away from controversy to drive the race.
But given Mr. Trump’s low job-approval ratings, the president desperately needs this election to be a choice. He also needs voters not to focus on what polls say a majority believes to be true: that Mr. Trump responded inadequately to a pandemic that still rages across the country, upending American life.
So when violent protests break out in cities, which are largely led by Democratic politicians, Mr. Trump throws up his hands. The commander in chief proclaims himself to be powerless, in an effort to highlight what he sees as weakness on the part of his opponents. Even as he occupies the highest office in the land, Mr. Trump still considers himself “an outsider,” blaming a political establishment that he now leads for the nation’s problems.
“There is violence and danger in the streets of many Democrat-run cities throughout America. This problem could easily be fixed if they wanted to. Just call,” he said. “We have to wait for the call.”
This is not a tightly held strategy. The departing White House counselor, Kellyanne Conway, laid it out in fairly blunt terms on Thursday morning: “The more chaos and anarchy and vandalism and violence reigns, the better it is for the very clear choice on who’s best on public safety and law and order,” she said on “Fox and Friends.”
That’s why far more of the Republican convention was devoted to attacking Mr. Biden than laying out what, exactly, Mr. Trump would do if elected for a second term and why he isn't doing it now.
For months, Republicans toggled between attacking Mr. Biden as weak, corrupt and unfit for the role. In this speech, Mr. Trump seemed to settle on a clear line of attack: Mr. Biden is a secret socialist, lacking “the strength to stand up to wild-eyed Marxists like Bernie Sanders and his fellow radicals.” The fact that Mr. Biden ran against Mr. Sanders as an ideological moderate was left out of the narrative.
On Politics
August 28, 2020
By Lisa Lerer and Nick Corasaniti
In 2016, Donald J. Trump accepted his party’s nomination at the Republican National Convention, painting a dark and angry vision of a nation under siege.
“Our convention occurs at a moment of crisis for our nation. The attacks on our police, and the terrorism in our cities, threaten our very way of life,” he said. “Beginning on Jan. 20, 2017, safety will be restored. The most basic duty of government is to defend the lives of its own citizens.”
At the end of the speech came a promise to voters: “Nobody knows the system better than me, which is why I alone can fix it.”
Four years later, President Donald J. Trump described an America now under attack from “anarchists, agitators, rioters, looters and flag burners.” And once again, Mr. Trump argued that only he can stop the destruction.
“Always remember: They are coming after me, because I am fighting for you,” he said.
It’s a confusing argument, given the obvious question raised: If Mr. Trump can fix the chaos, why hasn’t he? After all, he is the president, and one who views his office as having expansive powers.
Though his speech had an uncharacteristically staid tone, Mr. Trump returned to his central political play: a Nixonian reliance on the dark politics of fear and lawlessness. There was also some political strategy in his tactics, though perhaps not the kind of 3-D chess that his opponents often believe Mr. Trump is playing.
We generally think of presidential elections through two different models: either a referendum on the incumbent or a choice between the policies, personalities and positions of two candidates.
Right now, this race is a referendum on Mr. Trump and his leadership. For months, Joe Biden has kept a lower profile, allowing the president’s inability to stay away from controversy to drive the race.
But given Mr. Trump’s low job-approval ratings, the president desperately needs this election to be a choice. He also needs voters not to focus on what polls say a majority believes to be true: that Mr. Trump responded inadequately to a pandemic that still rages across the country, upending American life.
So when violent protests break out in cities, which are largely led by Democratic politicians, Mr. Trump throws up his hands. The commander in chief proclaims himself to be powerless, in an effort to highlight what he sees as weakness on the part of his opponents. Even as he occupies the highest office in the land, Mr. Trump still considers himself “an outsider,” blaming a political establishment that he now leads for the nation’s problems.
“There is violence and danger in the streets of many Democrat-run cities throughout America. This problem could easily be fixed if they wanted to. Just call,” he said. “We have to wait for the call.”
This is not a tightly held strategy. The departing White House counselor, Kellyanne Conway, laid it out in fairly blunt terms on Thursday morning: “The more chaos and anarchy and vandalism and violence reigns, the better it is for the very clear choice on who’s best on public safety and law and order,” she said on “Fox and Friends.”
That’s why far more of the Republican convention was devoted to attacking Mr. Biden than laying out what, exactly, Mr. Trump would do if elected for a second term and why he isn't doing it now.
For months, Republicans toggled between attacking Mr. Biden as weak, corrupt and unfit for the role. In this speech, Mr. Trump seemed to settle on a clear line of attack: Mr. Biden is a secret socialist, lacking “the strength to stand up to wild-eyed Marxists like Bernie Sanders and his fellow radicals.” The fact that Mr. Biden ran against Mr. Sanders as an ideological moderate was left out of the narrative.
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The Erosion of the Republican Party & Impeachment Lite
From The New Yorker;
(continued below)
In response to:
Trump’s Impeachment and “Impeachment Lite”
By David Remnick
9:13 A.M.
As the House approved two articles of impeachment against him, Donald Trump pretended as if none of what was happening in Washington mattered.
Photograph by Brendan Smialowski / AFP / Getty
The shock of Donald Trump’s election, in November, 2016, obscured a tragedy of equal moment—the eclipse of reason, fact, and ethical judgment in the Republican Party.
Twenty-one years ago, during the impeachment of Bill Clinton, there were numerous Democratic lawmakers who lambasted him for his trespasses; five voted against him. Clinton, for his part, apologized to the American people before the House voted on his fate. “What I want the American people to know, what I want the Congress to know, is that I am profoundly sorry for all I have done wrong in words and deeds,” he said. “I never should have misled the country, the Congress, my friends or my family. Quite simply, I gave in to my shame.”
Clinton had lied about sex. That was the root of the accusations against him. Trump, with the help of Rudy Giuliani and others, attempted to withhold hundreds of millions of dollars in military assistance to Ukraine, an ally under assault from Russia, as a way to extract a crude and distinctly personal political favor. Was this not a far graver offense? And yet everyone knew that there was never the remotest chance of hearing a word of contrition from Trump—and that from the Republican Party there would be no self-questioning, no doubt. Tribalism—and the demands of Trumpism—would not permit it.
There was a time, not so long ago, when Lindsey Graham recognized, and said publicly, that Trump was “unfit for office”—and when Mitch McConnell, Marco Rubio, Susan Collins, Cory Gardner, and so many other Republicans in Congress recognized Trump for the moral vacuum that he is. Mick Mulvaney, Trump’s acting chief of staff, once called Trump “a terrible human being.” Rick Perry, his Secretary of Energy, saw him as a “barking carnival act” and deemed his candidacy “a cancer on conservatism.” Ted Cruz called him a “pathological liar” and “utterly immoral.” They used to care. But things have changed.
At the same time, nearly every loyalist who leaves the Trump White House—James Mattis, Gary Cohn, H. R. McMaster, John Kelly, Rex Tillerson, et al.—comes clean, on or off the record, about despising Trump. They describe in detail the President’s countless acts of duplicity and incompetence. Only fearful, humiliated ex-Trumpers in need of campaign support, such as Jeff Sessions, who is again running for the Senate in Alabama, abase themselves and speak of his virtue. Nikki Haley, who seems intent on being Trump’s successor (or perhaps Mike Pence’s replacement on the ticket), refers to Trump as “great to work with” and “truthful”; in 2016, she said that he was “everything a governor doesn’t want in a President.”
In other words, when it comes to Trump, everyone knows. As the Republican caucus members fell into line on Wednesday, they revealed themselves. No one defended Trump on the merits, on the facts—not with any conviction or coherence. Who came to praise his character or values? No one. Instead, there were only counter-accusations, smoke-bomb diversions about procedure, ill will, and even talk of the President’s martyrdom. Barry Loudermilk, a Georgia Republican with a name fit for Mencken, was distinguished in his metaphors, yet hardly eccentric among his caucus, when he said, “Before you take this historic vote today, one week before Christmas, keep this in mind: when Jesus was falsely accused of treason, Pontius Pilate gave Jesus the opportunity to face his accusers. During that sham trial, Pontius Pilate afforded more rights to Jesus than Democrats have afforded this President in this process.” Democrats, in fact, had offered the President the chance to defend himself, but he had declined to do so....
Trump’s Impeachment and “Impeachment Lite”
By David Remnick
9:13 A.M.
As the House approved two articles of impeachment against him, Donald Trump pretended as if none of what was happening in Washington mattered.
Photograph by Brendan Smialowski / AFP / Getty
The shock of Donald Trump’s election, in November, 2016, obscured a tragedy of equal moment—the eclipse of reason, fact, and ethical judgment in the Republican Party.
Twenty-one years ago, during the impeachment of Bill Clinton, there were numerous Democratic lawmakers who lambasted him for his trespasses; five voted against him. Clinton, for his part, apologized to the American people before the House voted on his fate. “What I want the American people to know, what I want the Congress to know, is that I am profoundly sorry for all I have done wrong in words and deeds,” he said. “I never should have misled the country, the Congress, my friends or my family. Quite simply, I gave in to my shame.”
Clinton had lied about sex. That was the root of the accusations against him. Trump, with the help of Rudy Giuliani and others, attempted to withhold hundreds of millions of dollars in military assistance to Ukraine, an ally under assault from Russia, as a way to extract a crude and distinctly personal political favor. Was this not a far graver offense? And yet everyone knew that there was never the remotest chance of hearing a word of contrition from Trump—and that from the Republican Party there would be no self-questioning, no doubt. Tribalism—and the demands of Trumpism—would not permit it.
There was a time, not so long ago, when Lindsey Graham recognized, and said publicly, that Trump was “unfit for office”—and when Mitch McConnell, Marco Rubio, Susan Collins, Cory Gardner, and so many other Republicans in Congress recognized Trump for the moral vacuum that he is. Mick Mulvaney, Trump’s acting chief of staff, once called Trump “a terrible human being.” Rick Perry, his Secretary of Energy, saw him as a “barking carnival act” and deemed his candidacy “a cancer on conservatism.” Ted Cruz called him a “pathological liar” and “utterly immoral.” They used to care. But things have changed.
At the same time, nearly every loyalist who leaves the Trump White House—James Mattis, Gary Cohn, H. R. McMaster, John Kelly, Rex Tillerson, et al.—comes clean, on or off the record, about despising Trump. They describe in detail the President’s countless acts of duplicity and incompetence. Only fearful, humiliated ex-Trumpers in need of campaign support, such as Jeff Sessions, who is again running for the Senate in Alabama, abase themselves and speak of his virtue. Nikki Haley, who seems intent on being Trump’s successor (or perhaps Mike Pence’s replacement on the ticket), refers to Trump as “great to work with” and “truthful”; in 2016, she said that he was “everything a governor doesn’t want in a President.”
In other words, when it comes to Trump, everyone knows. As the Republican caucus members fell into line on Wednesday, they revealed themselves. No one defended Trump on the merits, on the facts—not with any conviction or coherence. Who came to praise his character or values? No one. Instead, there were only counter-accusations, smoke-bomb diversions about procedure, ill will, and even talk of the President’s martyrdom. Barry Loudermilk, a Georgia Republican with a name fit for Mencken, was distinguished in his metaphors, yet hardly eccentric among his caucus, when he said, “Before you take this historic vote today, one week before Christmas, keep this in mind: when Jesus was falsely accused of treason, Pontius Pilate gave Jesus the opportunity to face his accusers. During that sham trial, Pontius Pilate afforded more rights to Jesus than Democrats have afforded this President in this process.” Democrats, in fact, had offered the President the chance to defend himself, but he had declined to do so....
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Thomas Friedman essay
Trump Is Asking Us to Play Russian Roulette With Our Lives - Are we really going to bet that we can go back to life as normal without proper coronavirus tracking in place?
By Thomas L. Friedman
Opinion Columnist April 18, 2020
“LIBERATE MINNESOTA!” “LIBERATE MICHIGAN!” “LIBERATE VIRGINIA.”
With these three short tweets last week, President Trump attempted to kick off the post-lockdown phase of America’s coronavirus crisis. It should be called: “American Russian roulette: The Covid-19 version.’’
What Trump was saying with those tweets was: Everybody just go back to work. From now on, each of us individually, and our society collectively, is going to play Russian roulette. We’re going to bet that we can spin through our daily lives — work, shopping, school, travel — without the coronavirus landing on us. And if it does, we’ll also bet that it won’t kill us.
More specifically: As a society, we will be betting that as large numbers of people stop sheltering in place, the number of people who will still get infected with Covid-19 and require hospitalization will be less than the number of hospital beds, intensive care units, respirators, doctors, nurses and protective gear needed to take care of them.
Because it is clear that millions of Americans are going to stop sheltering in place — their own President is now urging them to liberate themselves — before we have a proper testing, tracking and tracing system set up. Until we have a vaccine, that kind of system is the only path to dramatically lowering the risk of infection while partially opening society — while also protecting the elderly and infirm — as Germany has demonstrated.
And as individuals, every person will be playing Russian roulette every minute of every day: Do I get on this crowded bus to go to work or not? What if I get on the subway and the person next to me is not wearing gloves and a mask? What if they sneeze? Do I get in the elevator at the office if there is another person on it? Do I go into the office lunchroom or not? Do I stop for a drink at this bar, where the stools are six feet apart, or that crowded one my friends chose? Do I use this toilet or that drinking fountain? Do I send my kid back to school or not? Do I stay in a hotel? Ride an airplane? Let the plumber in? Do I go to the doctor to check that strange lump or not?
What will be so cruel about this American version of Russian roulette is how unfair it will be. Some people will have no choice but to take the subway or the bus to work. Some people will have to send their kids back to school because they can’t afford to stay home from work. Some bosses will demand that their employees show up to reopen their workplace, but some of those employees may be afraid to come back. Do you fire them? Do they bring a lawsuit against you if you do, or do they go on Twitter and post a picture of how closely together you forced them to work — six inches apart, not six feet?
This is the state of play when you have a president who one minute is responsibly issuing sober guidelines for when and how people should go back to work, and the next minute is telling states that they are responsible for getting the testing, tracking and tracing units that we need in place and then, in the third minute, is inciting people on Twitter to “liberate” their workplaces, cities and beaches — even though none of the conditions are in place to do so safely.
“Liberate”? Think about the use of that word. We were not in jail! We were not doing something wrong! We were doing what our president, governor, mayor, and national epidemic experts told us to do: behave responsibly and shelter in place to break the transmission of this virus.
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By Thomas L. Friedman
Opinion Columnist April 18, 2020
“LIBERATE MINNESOTA!” “LIBERATE MICHIGAN!” “LIBERATE VIRGINIA.”
With these three short tweets last week, President Trump attempted to kick off the post-lockdown phase of America’s coronavirus crisis. It should be called: “American Russian roulette: The Covid-19 version.’’
What Trump was saying with those tweets was: Everybody just go back to work. From now on, each of us individually, and our society collectively, is going to play Russian roulette. We’re going to bet that we can spin through our daily lives — work, shopping, school, travel — without the coronavirus landing on us. And if it does, we’ll also bet that it won’t kill us.
More specifically: As a society, we will be betting that as large numbers of people stop sheltering in place, the number of people who will still get infected with Covid-19 and require hospitalization will be less than the number of hospital beds, intensive care units, respirators, doctors, nurses and protective gear needed to take care of them.
Because it is clear that millions of Americans are going to stop sheltering in place — their own President is now urging them to liberate themselves — before we have a proper testing, tracking and tracing system set up. Until we have a vaccine, that kind of system is the only path to dramatically lowering the risk of infection while partially opening society — while also protecting the elderly and infirm — as Germany has demonstrated.
And as individuals, every person will be playing Russian roulette every minute of every day: Do I get on this crowded bus to go to work or not? What if I get on the subway and the person next to me is not wearing gloves and a mask? What if they sneeze? Do I get in the elevator at the office if there is another person on it? Do I go into the office lunchroom or not? Do I stop for a drink at this bar, where the stools are six feet apart, or that crowded one my friends chose? Do I use this toilet or that drinking fountain? Do I send my kid back to school or not? Do I stay in a hotel? Ride an airplane? Let the plumber in? Do I go to the doctor to check that strange lump or not?
What will be so cruel about this American version of Russian roulette is how unfair it will be. Some people will have no choice but to take the subway or the bus to work. Some people will have to send their kids back to school because they can’t afford to stay home from work. Some bosses will demand that their employees show up to reopen their workplace, but some of those employees may be afraid to come back. Do you fire them? Do they bring a lawsuit against you if you do, or do they go on Twitter and post a picture of how closely together you forced them to work — six inches apart, not six feet?
This is the state of play when you have a president who one minute is responsibly issuing sober guidelines for when and how people should go back to work, and the next minute is telling states that they are responsible for getting the testing, tracking and tracing units that we need in place and then, in the third minute, is inciting people on Twitter to “liberate” their workplaces, cities and beaches — even though none of the conditions are in place to do so safely.
“Liberate”? Think about the use of that word. We were not in jail! We were not doing something wrong! We were doing what our president, governor, mayor, and national epidemic experts told us to do: behave responsibly and shelter in place to break the transmission of this virus.
CONTINUED ... next page
It's getting exciting. Will it happen ?
Trump had the lowest approval rating of any of the recent presidents on January 1st of a re-election year.
But, can he actually beat Jimmy Carter on election day ?
Carter fell all the way to an average of 37.9% approval rating. The worst.
Trump is currently at 38%. But, I believe he's got more terrible leadership in him.
He can do it !
He's officially the worst president in US history. He ignored at least 10 warnings
about the impending (at the time) pandemic.
His response to the California fires was......to rake the forest.
He turned the military on peaceful protesters.
He indirectly killed thousands of people with lack of leadership during the pandemic.
He called the KKK, Neo-Nazis & Alt-right "very fine people".
He actually suggested injecting disinfectant.
While blacks are being killed unjustly by police, he issues an executive order to protect.... statues.
He actually had kids put in cages....away from their parents !
There's only a few months remaining until election, but odds are, that he's going to screw a few more things up....big time.
Hopefully, his horrible decisions will not cost more lives.
However, will his approval rating dip even lower than Jimmy Carter's ?
He CAN do it ! It's the peanut man vs. peanut brain in the battle for lowest approval rating on potential re-election day.
But, can he actually beat Jimmy Carter on election day ?
Carter fell all the way to an average of 37.9% approval rating. The worst.
Trump is currently at 38%. But, I believe he's got more terrible leadership in him.
He can do it !
He's officially the worst president in US history. He ignored at least 10 warnings
about the impending (at the time) pandemic.
His response to the California fires was......to rake the forest.
He turned the military on peaceful protesters.
He indirectly killed thousands of people with lack of leadership during the pandemic.
He called the KKK, Neo-Nazis & Alt-right "very fine people".
He actually suggested injecting disinfectant.
While blacks are being killed unjustly by police, he issues an executive order to protect.... statues.
He actually had kids put in cages....away from their parents !
There's only a few months remaining until election, but odds are, that he's going to screw a few more things up....big time.
Hopefully, his horrible decisions will not cost more lives.
However, will his approval rating dip even lower than Jimmy Carter's ?
He CAN do it ! It's the peanut man vs. peanut brain in the battle for lowest approval rating on potential re-election day.
In response to:
Trump starts his reelection year with a low approval rating
Recent presidents’ average approval ratings on Jan. 1 and Election Day of the year they ran for reelection
..................................................... Approval Rating
President Election Year On Jan. 1 On Election Day Change
Lyndon B. Johnson* 1964 76.0% 74.0% -2.0
Dwight D. Eisenhower 1956 75.5 67.9 -7.6
George W. Bush 2004 56.7 48.4 -8.3
Jimmy Carter 1980 55.9 37.9 -18.0
Ronald Reagan 1984 54.1 57.9 +3.8
Harry S. Truman* 1948 54.0 39.6 -14.3
Bill Clinton 1996 52.5 54.6 +2.2
Richard Nixon 1972 50.7 61.3 +10.6
George H.W. Bush 1992 48.9 32.6 -16.3
Barack Obama 2012 45.7 49.5 +3.8
Donald Trump 2020 42.6 ? ?
Gerald Ford* 1976 39.3 43.6 +4.3
*Acceded to the presidency mid-term. In Johnson’s case, he took office mere weeks before the calendar turned to 1964, which also may have affected his numbers.
Trump starts his reelection year with a low approval rating
Recent presidents’ average approval ratings on Jan. 1 and Election Day of the year they ran for reelection
..................................................... Approval Rating
President Election Year On Jan. 1 On Election Day Change
Lyndon B. Johnson* 1964 76.0% 74.0% -2.0
Dwight D. Eisenhower 1956 75.5 67.9 -7.6
George W. Bush 2004 56.7 48.4 -8.3
Jimmy Carter 1980 55.9 37.9 -18.0
Ronald Reagan 1984 54.1 57.9 +3.8
Harry S. Truman* 1948 54.0 39.6 -14.3
Bill Clinton 1996 52.5 54.6 +2.2
Richard Nixon 1972 50.7 61.3 +10.6
George H.W. Bush 1992 48.9 32.6 -16.3
Barack Obama 2012 45.7 49.5 +3.8
Donald Trump 2020 42.6 ? ?
Gerald Ford* 1976 39.3 43.6 +4.3
*Acceded to the presidency mid-term. In Johnson’s case, he took office mere weeks before the calendar turned to 1964, which also may have affected his numbers.
If you want funny Joe Biden, here you go.
Joe is not perfect. Not even close. In my opinion he was not the best democratic candidate. I would have preferred Sanders or Warren.
But, he's WAY better than Trump. That's not even close. Trump is the worst in US history.
That's no joke. The country is far worse off on MANY levels, than when Trump took office.
Regardless, Joe has gotten some things wrong and he's said some things wrong. What Joe does have is an honest heart and a willingness to respect, understand and help others.
He's also grown while in office. Unlike some people, he's gotten better.
Nonetheless, I'm all for laughter in politics. I have no problem with laughing at Joe's mistakes. Indeed, here's a video about Joe to help everyone laugh.
After I'm done laughing, I'll be voting for Joe and sending the worst most corrupt president in
history out of office.
Enjoy !
But, he's WAY better than Trump. That's not even close. Trump is the worst in US history.
That's no joke. The country is far worse off on MANY levels, than when Trump took office.
Regardless, Joe has gotten some things wrong and he's said some things wrong. What Joe does have is an honest heart and a willingness to respect, understand and help others.
He's also grown while in office. Unlike some people, he's gotten better.
Nonetheless, I'm all for laughter in politics. I have no problem with laughing at Joe's mistakes. Indeed, here's a video about Joe to help everyone laugh.
After I'm done laughing, I'll be voting for Joe and sending the worst most corrupt president in
history out of office.
Enjoy !
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