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Would you like to play a game?He'd talk the super computer into quiting rather than play tick tack toe.
Would you like to play a game?He'd talk the super computer into quiting rather than play tick tack toe.
John Kerry.And to do so against the most underwhelming democratic nominee I've seen in my lifetime
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John Kerry was a titan compared to Biden.John Kerry.
One of the best Centre Backs I've ever seen.John Kerry was a titan compared to Biden.
True. United's been looking for a left sided center back for years. Should see if he’s interested.One of the best Centre Backs I've ever seen.
That will cause Collins immense frustration.
She’ll doubtless be concerned..That will cause Collins immense frustration.
Was waiting to hear his response to Sasse’s rant. What a sniveling little cnut Donnie is.Tweet
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I work with several Filipinos of similar age to me, mostly male. All of them worship Trump as they see similarities to Duterte in him.https://www.colorlines.com/articles/i-went-filipinos-trump-rally-heres-what-i-found
I Went to a 'Filipinos for Trump' Rally. Here's What I Found
The organizer wasn’t what I expected: He grew up like me, but our politics couldn’t be more different.
Him & Lindsey fighting would be interesting too.At this point I would love to see trump in a fist fight. The satisfaction I would get from watching this "tough guy" take a slap. Him v's Kathy Griffin would be hilarious.
Him & Lindsey fighting would be interesting too.
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Yup this is what I see too. A non-trivial 30-35% of many racial minorities that vehemently support Trump. It's why demographic determinism is not as accurate as wealthy, white libs think it is.https://www.colorlines.com/articles/i-went-filipinos-trump-rally-heres-what-i-found
I Went to a 'Filipinos for Trump' Rally. Here's What I Found
The organizer wasn’t what I expected: He grew up like me, but our politics couldn’t be more different.
Imagine him trying to slide left or right in a fight with those lifts & his girdle on. I’m truly surprised we haven’t seen a Gerald Ford moment yet with him.Tweet
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Its like he is completely unable to move his legsImagine him trying to slide left or right in a fight with those lifts & his girdle on. I’m truly surprised we haven’t seen a Gerald Ford moment yet with him.
I wonder if the syphilis has migrated to his legs (hopefully in a caravan).Its like he is completely unable to move his legs
Dukakis. No contest.John Kerry.
Yeah, he tanked.Dukakis. No contest.
https://www.mediaite.com/donald-tru...higan-rally-crowd-to-chant-twelve-more-years/At a campaign rally in Michigan Saturday afternoon, President Donald Trump joked about being called a fascist by his critics and got the crowd of his supporters to chant “twelve more years.”
“Now you really drive them crazy if you say twelve more years, twelve more years,” said Trump, as the crowd cheered. “Then they say “he is a fascist! He is a fascist!'”
As they had been cued, the crowd began chanting “Twelve more years! Twelve more years!” just as loud as before as Trump grinned.
“What a group, only in Michigan, only in Michigan!” said Trump.
Twelve more years? So like... 1933 to 1945?https://www.mediaite.com/donald-tru...higan-rally-crowd-to-chant-twelve-more-years/
Totally normal political rally folks.
"it can never happen here"
TOTALLY NORMAL POLITICAL RALLY FOLKS!Twelve more years? So like... 1933 to 1945?
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This is what the Republican Party has morphed into, supporting a sitting President who is now openly calling for all of his political opponents to be locked up.
Nothing to see here. All is well.
getting a crowd to chant for another 3 terms and to lock up all political rivals, just, you know, completely normal liberal-democratic campaigning.Nothing to see here. All is well.
He’s gonna start a civil war if he loses.
getting a crowd to chant for another 3 terms and to lock up all political rivals, just, you know, completely normal liberal-democratic campaigning.
Are we taking bets yet on how quickly after counting starts on election night TV coverage that Trump calls the election illegitimate and will refuse to recognise the results?
They love their dictators/strongmen -- Marcos, Estrada to Duterte. They like the concept of 'democracy.' But the ensuing chaos that comes with democracy is seen as weak leadership -- which in turn will lead them back to 'strongmen' or men who play that role, actor or generals.I work with several Filipinos of similar age to me, mostly male. All of them worship Trump as they see similarities to Duterte in him.
He's been a failure by most measures, regardless of political leaning. Very few of his big policy plans were ever enacted, and he did very little to make a difference to the wider population.In Hong Kong Trump is described as a very failed president by the Chinese propaganda. Is he really that terrible? Is there any successful policy that helps the Americans?
Yes. He really is that terrible.In Hong Kong Trump is described as a very failed president by the Chinese propaganda. Is he really that terrible? Is there any successful policy that helps the Americans?
The rich ones.In Hong Kong Trump is described as a very failed president by the Chinese propaganda. Is he really that terrible? Is there any successful policy that helps the Americans?
Great summary.He's been a failure by most measures, regardless of political leaning. Very few of his big policy plans were ever enacted, and he did very little to make a difference to the wider population.
His biggest successes from the Republican perspective have just required him to exist: adding 3 Supreme Court justices and hundreds of lower court judges. That is a huge change but one he had almost no influence on, post-election. For his supporters, he didn't build the wall, he didn't destroy Obamacare, he didn't bring jobs back to the rust belt. He did bring in the tax cuts, although I think his supporters found out not long after that it didn't help them as much as they'd expected, it didn't radically change the tax code, and it definitely helped his wealthy donors and a lot of "the swamp". His biggest active success was in rolling back regulations, particularly in climate policy with the Paris agreement being the big one.
From a wider national perspective, one of the few things he had bipartisan support on was infrastructure, and somehow he couldn't find the time to do it. He chipped away at the institutional norms, which few people appreciated and most people hated. Likewise with his approach to race relations. He was pretty irrelevant in international affairs, only really succeeding in making the US seem less important and more incompetent, and pissing off most of the population and experts on both sides with brainless trade policy. The economy did well but few would attribute that success to him either.
At the end of the day, the majority of the population didn't want most of his policies, and he wasn't able to enact most of them. The ones he did enact help very few people, and his general presence has only hurt America's international standing and taken the gloss of the presidency domestically. Some people would have accepted that if he was able to stimulate dying parts of the US economy, like the coal mines, but it was never really a possibility. One of the defining features of his presidency is how few people he appealed to.
To a larger degree than most of his predecessors, his words were more important than his actions in large part because he was relatively inactive. He honestly spent so much time playing golf and watching TV that he spent far less time on normal presidential things, and because he's not an actual politician, he found it incredibly difficult to get other people to do things he wanted them to do. The only thing he was really good at getting other people to do was to fire staff for him, and that relentless change only made him even more impotent.