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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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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 most corrupt RNC in US history
Today from the Huffington Post;
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Donald Trump’s Corruption Was On Full Display At The RNC
Eric Trump is running the president’s company and is under investigation in New York, but spoke at the convention Tuesday. That was only the beginning.
By George Zornick and Jesselyn Cook
Midway through the Republican National Convention on Tuesday, Pam Bondi, the former attorney general of Florida, railed against the supposed corruption of the Biden family: “A corrupt Ukrainian oligarch put Hunter on the board of his gas company, even though he had no experience in the country ? or in the energy sector.” That may sound familiar, because that supposed malfeasance was at the heart of the scandal that led to President Donald Trump’s impeachment late last year.
Impeachment proceedings in the House of Representatives showed that Trump threatened to withhold crucial military aid unless Volodymyr Zelensky, then Ukraine’s president-elect, opened an investigation into the Biden family and the discredited theory that Joe Biden intervened to end a criminal probe into the gas company where Hunter was on the board. The House voted to impeach Trump after several key actors in this scheme testified against him.
It’s a bold move to remind voters of the extensive scandal for which you were impeached less than a year ago. But Tuesday night’s RNC lineup amounted to an almost proud display of three and a half years of the Trump administration’s corruption ? from the mingling of the presidency and the Trump Organization, which the president did not divest from, to several flagrant displays of using federal resources to advance Trump’s re-election campaign. Four years after he campaigned on “draining the swamp,” Trump is showing off his graft.
Bondi was enmeshed in an entirely different Trump corruption scandal herself, although she claimed on Tuesday: “I fought corruption and I know what it looks like.”
As Florida’s attorney general in 2013, Bondi was considering joining the state of New York in a lawsuit against an affiliate of Trump University, Trump’s now-defunct for-profit education company, which was facing allegations of fraud. But after Trump donated $25,000 through his charity to a political action committee supporting Bondi’s re-election — violating federal tax laws in the process ? Bondi quietly decided not to join the case. (Trump’s campaign later claimed the donation was a “mistake,” and Trump himself paid a $2,500 IRS fine, because as a nonprofit, his charity is prohibited from making political gifts.)
Bondi is also a registered lobbyist for Qatar, which the U.S. Department of Justice has accused of bribing FIFA officials in exchange for hosting the 2022 World Cup, as The Daily Beast reported.
And then there was Eric Trump, who is still executive vice president of the Trump Organization but spoke during prime time at the RNC, urging people to vote for his father.
It was another bold move: Earlier in the day, the New York state attorney general asked a judge to force Eric Trump to answer subpoenas about whether the Trump Organization committed fraud by inflating its assets to get loans and tax breaks. To date, Eric has refused to comply with seven subpoenas about the matter......
Donald Trump’s Corruption Was On Full Display At The RNC
Eric Trump is running the president’s company and is under investigation in New York, but spoke at the convention Tuesday. That was only the beginning.
By George Zornick and Jesselyn Cook
Midway through the Republican National Convention on Tuesday, Pam Bondi, the former attorney general of Florida, railed against the supposed corruption of the Biden family: “A corrupt Ukrainian oligarch put Hunter on the board of his gas company, even though he had no experience in the country ? or in the energy sector.” That may sound familiar, because that supposed malfeasance was at the heart of the scandal that led to President Donald Trump’s impeachment late last year.
Impeachment proceedings in the House of Representatives showed that Trump threatened to withhold crucial military aid unless Volodymyr Zelensky, then Ukraine’s president-elect, opened an investigation into the Biden family and the discredited theory that Joe Biden intervened to end a criminal probe into the gas company where Hunter was on the board. The House voted to impeach Trump after several key actors in this scheme testified against him.
It’s a bold move to remind voters of the extensive scandal for which you were impeached less than a year ago. But Tuesday night’s RNC lineup amounted to an almost proud display of three and a half years of the Trump administration’s corruption ? from the mingling of the presidency and the Trump Organization, which the president did not divest from, to several flagrant displays of using federal resources to advance Trump’s re-election campaign. Four years after he campaigned on “draining the swamp,” Trump is showing off his graft.
Bondi was enmeshed in an entirely different Trump corruption scandal herself, although she claimed on Tuesday: “I fought corruption and I know what it looks like.”
As Florida’s attorney general in 2013, Bondi was considering joining the state of New York in a lawsuit against an affiliate of Trump University, Trump’s now-defunct for-profit education company, which was facing allegations of fraud. But after Trump donated $25,000 through his charity to a political action committee supporting Bondi’s re-election — violating federal tax laws in the process ? Bondi quietly decided not to join the case. (Trump’s campaign later claimed the donation was a “mistake,” and Trump himself paid a $2,500 IRS fine, because as a nonprofit, his charity is prohibited from making political gifts.)
Bondi is also a registered lobbyist for Qatar, which the U.S. Department of Justice has accused of bribing FIFA officials in exchange for hosting the 2022 World Cup, as The Daily Beast reported.
And then there was Eric Trump, who is still executive vice president of the Trump Organization but spoke during prime time at the RNC, urging people to vote for his father.
It was another bold move: Earlier in the day, the New York state attorney general asked a judge to force Eric Trump to answer subpoenas about whether the Trump Organization committed fraud by inflating its assets to get loans and tax breaks. To date, Eric has refused to comply with seven subpoenas about the matter......
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The Epitome of.... "be careful what you ask for"
Some have suggested that Mike Pence won't even show up for a debate with Kamala Harris.
Indeed, it would not surprise me at all, if he will by coincidence
become sick on that day or the day before.
But, so far, Pence radiates confidence.
From USA Today last night;
"Lets get ready to rumble !"
Here's a preview;
If I were him, I wouldn't attempt to grab that.... feline.
Indeed, it would not surprise me at all, if he will by coincidence
become sick on that day or the day before.But, so far, Pence radiates confidence.
From USA Today last night;
In response to:
Chelsey Cox
USA TODAY August 20, 2020, 8:20 PM EDT
Will Pence face Harris on the debate stage?
The vice president is looking forward to debating Harris, according to an interview on Fox News.
"I like the matchup. It's on, Sean," Pence told Fox News' Sean Hannity on the Aug. 12 episode of "Hannity."
"I think she is a skilled debater, but I can't wait to get to Salt Lake City and be on the stage with her, to compare Joe Biden's nearly 50 years in public life – the agenda of the radical left, the agenda that she's embraced throughout her political career – with the results of this president and this administration," Pence said.
After hearing about Harris being picked as Biden's running mate on Aug. 11, Pence told Trump supporters in Mesa, Arizona, he's looking forward to debating Harris in October.
"So my message to the Democratic nominee for vice president: Congratulations. I'll see you in Salt Lake City,” Pence said, according to Fox News.
CNN and The Hill also covered Pence's statements.
The vice presidential debate is scheduled for Oct. 7 in Salt Lake City at the University of Utah, according to USA TODAY.
Chelsey Cox
USA TODAY August 20, 2020, 8:20 PM EDT
Will Pence face Harris on the debate stage?
The vice president is looking forward to debating Harris, according to an interview on Fox News.
"I like the matchup. It's on, Sean," Pence told Fox News' Sean Hannity on the Aug. 12 episode of "Hannity."
"I think she is a skilled debater, but I can't wait to get to Salt Lake City and be on the stage with her, to compare Joe Biden's nearly 50 years in public life – the agenda of the radical left, the agenda that she's embraced throughout her political career – with the results of this president and this administration," Pence said.
After hearing about Harris being picked as Biden's running mate on Aug. 11, Pence told Trump supporters in Mesa, Arizona, he's looking forward to debating Harris in October.
"So my message to the Democratic nominee for vice president: Congratulations. I'll see you in Salt Lake City,” Pence said, according to Fox News.
CNN and The Hill also covered Pence's statements.
The vice presidential debate is scheduled for Oct. 7 in Salt Lake City at the University of Utah, according to USA TODAY.
"Lets get ready to rumble !"
Here's a preview;
If I were him, I wouldn't attempt to grab that.... feline.
One of the greatest speeches I've ever heard, at a time when it is most needed
While there is still a hint of the stuttering issue that Biden used to have (to a greater extent),
it should be obvious, that there is no cognitive issues at all. That was an intentional misinterpretation.
Joe Biden is an experienced good public servant, who has care for fellow citizens and motivation to make things better on many fronts. He and his vice president are exactly who this country needs at this time
to unite and lead us out of the corrupt mess that the current lying "so-called" president has helped create.
Hypocrisy anyone?
The U.S. Army opened an investigation Wednesday into why two soldiers are wearing uniforms to partisan events as they appeared on video at the Democratic Convention, which is forbidden.
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We The Living
is not about a certain place or time....am going to quote the author herself Ayn Rand"We the Living is not a story about Soviet Russia in 1925. It is a story about Dictatorship , any dictatorship, anywhere, at any time..whether it be Soviet Russia, Nazi Germany, or-which this novel might do its share in helping to prevent-a socialist America." Unquote from book flap of the 75th anniv edition....Anyone else out there an Ayn Rand fan?
online today!
Here it is, peebles....
...sniffy, creepy, likely impaired, real racist uncle Joe Biden, apparently has a fine intellectual substrate on which to layer cognitive impairment. Current thinking is that if one begins with lots of horse power, the dementias tend to progress more slowly.
Had to repeat grade 3, we are told, which was a lead in to C's and D's in much of college. And an "F", as in failure, in reserve officer training class (ROTC). How he got into a decent law school, like that of Syracuse University, is unclear, but he barely finished, well in the bottom 10% of the class. As with the last affirmative POTUS, (B Hussein), it would seem that Law School entrance exam scores, and other such data, are well guarded.
So it all makes sense now. His ridiculous positions and statements on foreign policy, economics, jurisprudence, and much more, while in the Senate, and as VP, seen in this perspective.
Elder abuse, placing him in this role as candidate. Which is why I suspect a sneaky plan to pull a switch as to who will lead the ticket soon.
Had to repeat grade 3, we are told, which was a lead in to C's and D's in much of college. And an "F", as in failure, in reserve officer training class (ROTC). How he got into a decent law school, like that of Syracuse University, is unclear, but he barely finished, well in the bottom 10% of the class. As with the last affirmative POTUS, (B Hussein), it would seem that Law School entrance exam scores, and other such data, are well guarded.
So it all makes sense now. His ridiculous positions and statements on foreign policy, economics, jurisprudence, and much more, while in the Senate, and as VP, seen in this perspective.
Elder abuse, placing him in this role as candidate. Which is why I suspect a sneaky plan to pull a switch as to who will lead the ticket soon.
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