'Democrats’ Deception May Win the Presidential Election Again'

[This commentary by Gerard Baker, former editor and now editor-at-large of the WSJ, appears in the 27aug24 edition of the newspaper’s op-ed pages.  It succinctly nails a fundamental tenet of Rebane Doctrine numerously repeated in these pages over the years.  (“…, you can fool all the people all the time.”)  Since the publisher invites it to be shared on Facebook, I offer this respectfully purloined version below in its entirety; the original may be read here. gjr]

Gerard Baker

You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose.

Mario Cuomo’s adage has been updated and adapted by his successors in the modern Democratic Party. The duality they present to voters either side of an election is a deception that has defined American politics and culture for the past 20 years.

As they campaign for office, they present a kind of idealized version of themselves to the electorate as mainstream Americans, seeking merely to bring a little unity and compassion to a fundamentally great country in need of reform. Once in office they act as if they have a mandate to remake a benighted country, to reorder an unjust system, to replace American exceptionalism with European social democracy, and to rewrite the nation’s values with the precepts of their cultural Marxism.

They campaign, to borrow the late governor’s taxonomy, in the poetry of Robert Frost. They govern in the prose of Herbert Marcuse.

Last week in Chicago we got the poetry, a Frostian pastoral of Democrats posing as regular Americans, honest toilers in a darkening landscape (of their own making, as they didn’t tell us). They propose only to enlighten with their benevolence.

I don’t mean poetry in the literal sense. With a few exceptions the quality of our political oratory is dire—and plumbed the usual depths last week. We have reached the point where even the actual poetry is prosaic, as the left’s unofficial poet laureate, Amanda Gorman, demonstrated with another of her recitations of platitudinous banalities and leaden progressive nostrums delivered in her trademark phony iambic meter.

The “poetry,” such as it was—Michelle Obama’s speech was the only moment of the week when the oratory came close to matching the ambition—was figurative, an attempt to paint colorful images of the promise of another Democratic presidency.

Its centerpiece was the semifictional self portrait of the presidential candidate herself. In her own biography-heavy, substance-light acceptance speech, Kamala Harris presented herself as that familiar image from popular story telling—“the happy warrior,” the all-American fighter for our nation’s finest objectives—the tough prosecutor who waged war on crime just as she will wage war on illegal immigration; the proud patriot, product of a classically diverse, American, immigrant family; the commander in chief, ready to face down America’s enemies abroad; the staunch friend of America’s allies—Israel, especially—unafraid to use the military’s “lethal” force in their support, as she explicitly reminded us.

This verbal illusion of American iconography was reinforced by the crowd’s chants of “USA! USA!” like ecstatic fans at the Olympics, and a waving sea of red white and blue “USA” placards.

But the poetry last week came also in the constantly retold personal narrative that was the real theme of the convention. The winsome second gentleman telling cute stories about gawky first dates and tasty brisket like something from the pages of a 1950s yearbook; saccharine testimonies to Ms. Harris’s innate goodness from childhood friends and professional acquaintances; above all, that Giant Middle American Cliché made flesh himself—Gov., sorry Coach, Tim Walz—practically pulling the high-school football playbook out of his back pocket and urging the nation to vote for him so he could go out there one more time and win just one for the Grifter.

Is anyone fooled?

The answer, I am afraid, is yes. Every time.

President Biden is only the most recent example. The lifelong centrist Democrat who campaigned as a regular Joe promising to do his best to heal a divided and damaged country in 2020, promptly became the vessel for a Bernie Sanders policy agenda, splurged trillions in expansive government spending and championed the left’s continuing cultural reformation of America. He prepares to leave office apparently convinced he belongs in the pantheon of great social reformers next to Franklin D. Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson.

Barack Obama reminded us in his speech how successful his own self-portrayal was in 2008 as the unifying figure who could bring cohesion and order to a nation battered from the chaos of war and financial crisis, but who again governed, thanks to rigid internal party discipline, to implement an agenda that produced seemingly irreversible shifts in the economic and social fabric.

Above all we were reminded how far Democrats managed to move the needle in government in their direction along the political spectrum by the appearance of those two aging icons from another epoch—Bill and Hillary Clinton. Mr. Clinton’s presidency, which ended a little more than two decades ago, now looks to most Democratic activists like an exercise in political reaction. If many of its ideas were preached on a university campus today, they would probably get the speaker canceled.

Republicans also pitch themselves in campaigns as unifying centrists but in office they have too often lacked the ambition or determination actually to govern as Republicans. It is to his credit—and a reason he is widely loathed—that Donald Trump bucked that trend.

Does anyone doubt that a Harris presidency would continue the Democratic pattern of divergent pre-election promise and postelection reality? Will a President Harris more closely resemble Candidate Harris from last week’s convention than Vice President Harris from the last four years or Candidate Harris from 2019? If you think she will, then it isn’t poetry you’ve been reading. It’s a fairy tale.

Comments

[scenes]

Newest campaign ad dropped.

https://x.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1828501379368751118

[fish]

Posted by: scenes | 27 August 2024 at 01:43 PM

I like the cut of his jib.....

[scenes]

"The Democratic Party has spent the year trying to get all of their opponents banned from the ballot: Trump, RFK Jr, Jill Stein, Cornel West.

Remember: American Democracy will literally die if you don't vote for Democrats."

-Glenn Greenwald on X

[Scott O]

from the Who - "don't get fooled again..."
"Strong woman Harris" needs a man to hold her hand and help her do an interview with CNN.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2024/08/27/harris-will-do-first-interview-on-cnn-on-thursday-as-joint-interview-with-walz/
You can think what you want about conservative women, but they can take on even hostile interviewers one-on-one with out "daddy" next to them to help them with "hard" questions. Harris is the perfect Dem candidate to be the perfect Democrat POTUS. Biden was senile and could be operated by remote control. Harris is just low IQ and will be easy to manipulate by the Blob.
But just as the Dems got the goobers to believe Biden was "sharp as a tack" when he was in fact senile, so will they promote Harris as brilliant and accomplished when in fact they wanted her off the ticket just months ago as an unpopular drag on the ticket.

[scenes]

re: scotto@9:57

I heard Walz referred to as her 'emotional support animal', although I get Sandusky vibes from the guy, especially given his interest in child mutilation.

I was thinking about George's essay and while I admire the sentiment, I think he's more interested in trees than forests. If not some apparatchik like Harris, it would just be someone else with similar qualifications. The trends are obvious and will continue. Currencies always fail. High functioning populations are always invaded by the low as everyone wants the Little Red Hen's bread. Freedom from bureaucracy never comes from the voting booth. Grift always creeps into organizations as they grow.

I'd like to understand, at least a little bit, the role of mass delusion and mass mental illness in cultural downfall. What kicks it off, who suffers most. It's easy to blame the internet + antidepressants + older single females for a certain amount of our ills as they do hit above their weight, but just how is that related to the French Revolution, National Socialists, or flagellants wandering Europe some time ago. Somebody is bound to profit or build social status, but it's odd how humans evolved a mob mind given the newness of cities and the sheer mass of people.

[fish]

Posted by: scenes | 28 August 2024 at 07:41 AM

Threadwinner!

Doubtless a frightened old man will be by shortly to yell ....So scenes, what about Trump....?

[Paul Emery]

This shows how desperate Trump is for attention and money. What a hoot but actually pathetic that this is the best the Repubs can do.

Trump Hawks Digital Trading Cards During Election Campaign
The fourth release of his range of NFTs, the “America First” edition, includes an image of the former president in an Iron Man-style suit.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-digital-trading-cards-election_n_66ce2e40e4b02e951604bde6

[fish]

Posted by: Weasel Emery | 28 August 2024 at 10:15 AM

What a hoot but actually pathetic .....

Well you are RR's go to for things that are a hoot but actually pathetic. You're uniquely suited as someone so clearly pathetic....genetically even .....to understand and embrace pathetic.

[Scott O]

fish 8:00 - We didn't have to wait long, did we?

And George's topic had to do with the Dems...
Ah, well - with some people it's all Trump, all the time.

[George Rebane]

Hi scenes - Roland has answered your AGI question.

[Paul Emery]

If you wonder why Trump is going to lose the election it's because of statements like this:

“If Jesus Christ came down and was the vote counter, I would win California, OK?”

Unbelievable but true.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-jesus-count-votes_n_66cf571fe4b0b422df212e4f

[George Boardman]

And if Trump wins, Project 2025 will never see the light of day.

[fish]

Posted by: Weasel Emery | 28 August 2024 at 01:23 PM

Unbelievable but true.

What's so unbelievable about it Weasel?

[Don Bessee]

When cnbc is torching your ideas as a dem you have a big problem -

Media
CNBC hosts clash with Harris campaign economic adviser over unrealized gains tax proposal: 'Unconstitutional'
The proposal includes a 25% tax on unrealized capital gains for individuals with more than $100 million in wealth

https://www.foxnews.com/media/cnbc-host-laughs-off-kamala-harris-push-tax-unrealized-gains-during-interview-economic-adviser

'-)

[Paul Emery]

fish

So you are saying that Jesus is on Trumps side and the votes would come out in Trumps favor if HE (Jesus) were to count the votes.

[scenes]

"Ah, well - with some people it's all Trump, all the time."

OLD MAN YELLS AT TRUMP!

It's a living I guess.

You do have to wonder if civilizational declines are usually on cultural rather than practical matters, no volcano or pandemic needed. Now that the neocons have largely gone woke and the working class has moved in with their free market brethren, the fault line moved.

Archaeologists of the future will ponder over an energetic social movement based on sexualization of young children, 3rd trimester abortion, unlimited immigration, loathing of tradition, normalization of fetish, staring at small black rectangles for guidance. Under the embers, they'll find evidence of rainbow banners, antidepressants, and size 15 shoes. They were a strange people, but destined not to last.
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"Hi scenes - Roland has answered your AGI question."

Thank him for the link. I quickly ground through it, but I'm off to find more. Naturally, the real danger of this stuff isn't political bias, but simply it's use by ambitious people, no real AGI needed. Combining the ability to surveil with the ability to parse is the killer app.

[scenes]

"size 15 *womens* shoes"

[Gregory]

"And if Trump wins, Project 2025 will never see the light of day."
-Bored Georgeman

There's no evidence it will or will not. I suspect it will not.

[fish]

Posted by: Weasel Emery | 28 August 2024 at 02:43 PM

Stop telling me what I think. I asked you why it was unbelievable?

[scenes]

re: Project 2025

I don't have the slightest idea what's in it.

My quick take was that it's simply an attempt by some 'think' tank or another to be relevant.

The Laptop Class is pretty big on this kind of thing. Triple grift points if your non-profit can get a government to actually pay for your report thingie.

It's a smart thing to be against though, it's like an imaginary revolutionary group. The definition, as understood by the public, is owned by the opponents.

[scenes]

A nice little story.

"The Biden-Harris administration has deployed a little-known hiring mechanism to staff key divisions of the Department of Justice (DOJ) ahead of the 2024 election, according to documents provided to the Daily Caller News Foundation by Protect the Public’s Trust (PPT).

Hundreds of people, primarily lawyers and judges, have been appointed to the Environmental and Natural Resources (ENRD) and Antitrust and Immigration Review divisions of the DOJ using its “Schedule A” hiring authority since President Joe Biden took office, documents shared with the DCNF by PPT show. Schedule A hiring does not require appointments to be made on the basis of merit and appointments do not expire at the end of the current president’s term, meaning these bureaucrats will stick around even if former President Donald Trump takes office in 2025, according to the Office of Budget and Management...."

https://dailycaller.com/2024/08/27/exclusive-biden-harris-admin-rapidly-trump-proofing-doj-as-election-looms/

[Don Bessee]

Losing the choir -

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-new-york-times-turns-on-kamala-harris-and-slams-her-as-a-phony/ss-AA1pzphc#image=2

;-)

[scenes]

worth a glance. Your tax dollars at work.

https://uncoverdc.com/2024/02/29/felicia-konold-the-cruelty-of-j6-arrests

[scenes]

Most surprising headline of the year.

"Biden's daughter Ashley has finally admitted her diary about 'showers with dad' as well as fears she was 'molested' is real. So, MAUREEN CALLAHAN demands: What IS the truth, Joe?"

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13448411/joe-biden-daughter-ashley-showers-dad-molested-truth.html

[Scott O]

scenes 7:41 - I'm reading through a series of books by Tom Holland. Rubicon, Persian Fire, and now In The Shadow Of The Sword. So they take the reader through the Roman republics to the time of the Caesars, the Persian Empire and now I'm on the rise of Islam. Although I'm 100 pages in and it's mostly been back story involving the crumbling empire of Iranshahr.
All sorts of folks involved, but even if this stuff is half true - human beings don't really change.
Would you believe they had scribes hard at work re-writing old tales to get the populace to support leaders that should have been tarred and feathered?
War campaigns largely done to bolster a sagging economy back home? Our nation is such a tiny blip on the earth 1K years from now. Some of these dynasties lasted far longer and 99% of those living today have never heard of them. The more I read, the more I admire the founders of our country.

"A republic, if you can keep it".

They knew the odds of the American experiment lasting and at least they died in the glory they deserved.

[scenes]

re: scott@5:30PM

The spouse sez that 'Persian Fire' is a good book, I'll give it a look.

A funny thing I never thought about is that the quality of a lot of Middle Eastern archaeology is quite good compared to Egypt because Egypt has cities sitting on top of potential dig sites. If nothing else, those people were sure good at keeping lists. (as a side note about rewriting, the Egyptians did more than a little, from repurposing monuments to chiseling off faces and reworking pharaoh lists to suit the times).

I'm buried in books about certain times and places, but have tried to branch out lately. I'd suggest anything on the Venetian Republic. Underreported in the modern West and interesting as all get-out. Those Doges were some serious cats.

"They knew the odds of the American experiment lasting and at least they died in the glory they deserved."

At the risk of repetition, I'd say that it pretty much has run it's course. The founding documents reflect the philosophy of the times and are insufficient by themselves as a controlling mechanism. Legislators are drawn from a less educated group than before, are lawyers at best, and the citizens are simply not the same stock as 200 years ago. It could be simply that the death of the family farm was enough to tip the boat.

[Don Bessee]

Looks big little mikey did not get the memo that she is MAGA lite now, shhhhhh -

Michael Moore says Kamala Harris would be ‘most progressive’ president in history: ‘I feel so hopeful’

https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/michael-moore-says-kamala-harris-153007815.html

;-)

[Don Bessee]

Not so fast folks -

The poll, conducted August 25-27, found that 53 percent of 1,554 Americans sampled believe Harris is placating the public and merely telling folks what they want to hear

The trend holds among the 1,368 registered voters sampled in the poll. A slightly larger share of 54 percent of the demographic thinks Harris is disingenuous in her message and is merely appeasing voters. Another 39 percent think she is sincere in her comments

Harris has a substantial problem with independents on this front. Just over one in five independents say she actually believes what she says, while 56 percent believe the opposite

The contrast between perceptions of Harris and Americans’ outlook on former President Donald Trump in this poll is stark, with 51 percent of all Americans saying he believes what he says.

Among registered voters, 53 percent see Trump as sincere.

The poll also found that most voters viewed Trump as a strong leader and Harris as a weak leader.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/08/28/poll-most-americans-believe-harris-is-insincere-trump-is-genuine/

;-)

[Scott O]

scenes 6:12 - "The founding documents reflect the philosophy of the times and:
- are insufficient by themselves as a controlling mechanism."

Yes - John Adams:
"Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."

Our nation was founded and built by a people who largely expected nothing of material goods from the govt. Only freedom.
Now - we see the rise of the Free Shit Army.
They have no understanding that a govt has nothing material to give - save what is taken from some one else.
And Thatcher (among others) explained what happens next.
And we have libraries full of books explaining exactly what happens after that.
Do you want some human blood on that order of popcorn, sir?

[Paul Emery]

Harris now up over Trump in Fox polls in swing states Arizona, Georgia and Nevada and only down by one in North Carolina. These states were strong forTrump when Biden was in the race.

https://www.realclearpolling.com/latest-polls

[scenes]

psul: "These states were strong for Trump when Biden was in the race"

I believe that. It became obvious to the public that the Democratic party and Presidential staff was hiding the fact that the President *is* incompetent. It's a little frightening right now that a man as far gone as he is supposedly the Commander in Chief, but no one will do anything about it because it might hurt the Democrats' chances in the election.

The whole game is crooked as hell and run by venal mid-wits. I can't imagine why anyone would want to grow the scope of the government, particularly the federal variety, but it's all about the Free Shit and power over others.

[fish]

Posted by: Weasel Emery | 28 August 2024 at 10:09 PM

Hey Weez…..when were you going to answer the “unbelievable” question?

…..and what’s an “exert”?

[scenes]

Wending it's way. California SB1174.

"This bill would prohibit a local government from enacting or enforcing any charter provision, ordinance, or regulation requiring a person to present identification for the purpose of voting or submitting a ballot at any polling place, voting center, or other location where ballots are cast or submitted, as specified."

Genius!

It takes a Party to make a Tammany Hall.

[scenes]

"I'll admit I used to kind of roll my eyes when people claimed that President Trump was being "persecuted." I was looking at it through the distorted filter of the media. Well, I just completed my first cross-examination in our second New York Ballot Access case, where the DNC-aligned PAC attorneys questioned me like a criminal. OK, I get it now. Our justice system is clearly being co-opted and abused by nefarious people with malevolent political agendas."

- Nicole Shanahan (RFKJr. running mate) on X

yet more genius!

[scenes]

for Mistah Fish.

X poster o' the day.

https://x.com/ReopenAsylum

[fish]

Posted by: scenes | 29 August 2024 at 08:04 AM

Alas, as I don’t have a Twitter account it won’t let me see it….still much appreciated.

[Paul Emery]

Trump. How low can he go...

"Former President Donald Trump, the Republican nominee for the presidency, re posted a lewd comment comparing Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, to his former arch-rival Hillary Clinton.

Re posted during a wild spree of activity on his social media platform Wednesday, Truth Social, the image shows a screenshot of a post on X featuring an early, grainy image of the two female Democrats.

Trump quote:

“Funny how blowjobs impacted both their careers differently” the caption reads.

And you guys support him for President. Here's a guy who screwed a porn star while his wife had a babe in arms and you ignore that.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-reposts-crude-sexual-comment-about-harris-and-hillary-clinton

[scenes]

"Trump quote:"

Not it wasn't. The quote was a post by some guy named Zeke Arkham that was a response to a post by some guy named 'the penguin'.

psul. Do you ever check anything? Do you ever both to look up anything? Do you just go with your feelz 100% of the time? Is it all just to get chicks?

'News Director'. roflmao.

(although honestly I think it's quite funny. Trump is sort of the opposite of Harris. Paid for sex rather than was paid for sex. Paid bribes rather than took bribes.)

[Gregory]

"Trump quote:"

It wasn't a Trump quote. Why the lie, Paul?

[Paul Emery]

Of course Gregory. Trump posted it on his media outlet which makes him responsible for the posting.

[Gregory]

That doesn't make it a Trump quote.

You get an F. Again.

[Paul Emery]

Gregory

It does if he prints it which he did. You don't understand journalism at all. He should have included a disclaimer with it or else he owns it. He should have been embarrassed to include it in his publication and apologized.

[Gregory]

Journalism I understand fine. Also English.

It's some self appointed "journalists" that I don't understand... "journalists" like you.

[Don Bessee]

Reposting is hardly journalism foolio @131 LOL

;-)

[Paul Emery]

Gregory

Do you agree with me that Trump should have put a disclaimer next to the post about blowjobs so he wouldn't be held responsible for the statement?

[Don Bessee]

Same old game -

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/kamala-harris-embellished-her-prosecutorial-record-when-vying-for-da-in-2003-broke-campaign-finance-rules/ar-AA1pFKvs?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=0656c16132dd441bacf42e1eaf15e77b&ei=81

;-)

[Don Bessee]

Faceplant -

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/conservatives-react-kamala-harris-latest-word-salad-climate-change-deadlines

;-)

[Gregory]

Punch 231p, do you agree with me that you have the intelligence of a sack of hammers?

[Don Bessee]

Harris says my values haven't changed, ban fracking, my values haven't changed, ev mandates, my values haven't changed, open borders, my values haven't changed, defund the police, my values haven't changed, no bail, my values haven't changed, price controls and so on and so on. LOL

;-)

[Scott O]

Don 3:51 - Boy - did she stand up to the really tough grilling she got!
Instead of being asked about flip-flopping on issues, she gets this:
"Generally speaking, how should voters look at some of the changes that you've made?"
I wasn't aware they could get a softball to travel that slowly to the plate.
I'm surprised Bash didn't apologize for even asking that.

[scenes]

"The climate crisis is real that it is an urgent matter to which we should apply metrics that include holding ourselves to deadlines around time."

- Kamala Harris.

[scenes]

"Punch 231p, do you agree with me that you have the intelligence of a sack of hammers?"

I think that's been established. The question now is whether they are stupid hammers, or really stupid hammers.

from scotto: "Generally speaking, how should voters look at some of the changes that you've made?"

VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE MEMORY OF BEING AN ABOVE-AVERAGE CHILD?

[scenes]

"INTERVIEW: It did not go well. Truncated to 18 minutes. Will not release transcript. CNN will air shortened version tonight at 8PM CST. To fill the time CNN may run an inspirational video about Kamala Harris and Tim Walz."

- News summary on X.

"Editing interview content to protect Harris and Walz would be journalistic malpractice. It denies voters the information that is the basis for an informed vote. It amounts to election interference, just as obstructing the ‘Hunter’s Laptop’ story did in 2020".

- Bret Weinstein on X.

lol. Ya know, if you just wander around and watch people, she's probably the perfect President for modern day America.

[fish]

Hey Weez….whats an “exert”?

[Don Bessee]

She couldnt even hold up to a fawning cnn and editing and still did the faceplant and then you have Trump doing a rally and this on same day -

https://www.breitbart.com/2024-election/2024/08/29/watch-live-donald-trump-holds-town-hall-in-la-crosse-wisconsin/

;-)

[Don Bessee]

The socialist dem open border has the expected outcome and they tell you dont believe your lyin eyes. -

https://www.foxnews.com/us/colorado-city-council-member-fires-back-after-governor-office-dismisses-armed-gang-takeover-imagination

;-)

[Paul Emery]

Once again

Gregory

Do you agree with me that Trump should have put a disclaimer next to the post about blowjobs so he wouldn't be held responsible for the statement?

[fish]

Posted by: Weasel “The History Teacher” Emery | 29 August 2024 at 07:18 PM

Yo teach….what’s an “exert”?

[Don Bessee]

Still a lying sack of shit -

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/harris-claims-she-made-clear-her-position-fracking-2020-transcript-shows-another-story

;-)

[fish]

Hey Weasel….why is it so hard for an erudite and educated man to explain his word choices?

What’s an “exert”?

You can (when not correcting us on our history knowledge) explain the term….can’t you?

[Don Bessee]

For the team that destroyed the economy thats a big laugh. No one is buying what she is selling -

https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2024/08/29/fact-check-kamala-harris-economy-needed-to-be-rescued/

;-)

[Don Bessee]

Vapid drone she be -

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2024/08/29/harris-no-regrets-on-defending-biden-fitness-to-serve-presidency-was-transformative/

;-)

[Don Bessee]

Cracks in the wall of lies -

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2024/08/29/cnn-fact-checker-daniel-dale-harris-was-not-accurate-on-fracking-comments/

;-)

[Scott O]

from Paul Emery:

"once again"

Yes, Paul we know. That poor horse.

[Don Bessee]

A good postscript -

Kamala Harris and Tim Walz sat down for their first interview as the 2024 Democratic ticket on Thursday and only two words come to mind:

Dishonest.

Trainwreckalicious.

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/cnns-kamala-harris-tim-walz-interview-can-summed-up-just-two-words

;-)

[Don Bessee]

Ya we know -

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/cnn-s-interview-showed-how-media-will-work-overtime-to-get-kamala-harris-elected/ar-AA1pGulC?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=421033195ae44d8f882d7abe31ad3872&ei=11

;-)

[scenes]

A good observation by Scott Adams on X:

"The country would be so much better off if Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg had never gotten married.

Their wives and ex-wives spend a lot of money on Democrat politics. They gave us braindead Biden."
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It's worth considering just why that is. My best guess is that there's an entire system of non-profits, smooth talkin' operators, cocktail parties, fancy dress galas, fun meetings with fun people, all calculated to finesse money out of rich women who didn't earn the money. It's probably a system that's always existed, but has been highly refined in recent years. The ex-wives and heiresses don't see what's coming but are hyper-social people who crave acceptance and praise.

I also suspect that it's an observable phenomenon at the local level. There's a real art to cash extraction if you run a non-profit, some kind of Native American cultural thingie, or a radio station.

[Eulogized Hillbilly]

How much has The Billionaire Babbler, Trump, given to charities as a Democrat, or as a MAGA?

"The Bezos Family Foundation was co-founded in 2000[3] by Jackie and Miguel Bezos,[4] both of whom are major donors.[5] Priorities for the organization include supporting education.[6]

In 2022, Jackie and Mike donated $710.5 million to the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center.[7]

On July 5, 2023, the Foundation announced John Deasy had been named its new president. Jackie and Miguel Bezos will transition to co-chairs of the board of directors."

"The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) is an organization established and owned by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan with an investment of 99 percent of the couple's wealth from their Facebook shares over their lifetime.[1][2][3] The CZI is legally set up as a limited liability company (LLC) that can be seen as a for-profit charity and is an example of philanthrocapitalism. CZI has been deemed likely to be "one of the most well-funded Philanthropies in human history".[4] Chan and Zuckerberg announced its creation on 1 December 2015, to coincide with the birth of their first child.[1] Priscilla Chan has said that her background as a child of immigrant refugees and experience as a teacher and pediatrician for vulnerable children influences how she approaches the philanthropy's work in science, education, immigration reform, housing, criminal justice, and other local issues." - Wikies

The most 'left of center' donor I found would be the Emerson Collective.

https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/emerson-collective/

Your Twitter Twat Bro also forgot Gates Foundation.

[scenes]

Some of Zuckerberg's 'donations'.

Article has some good starting points for research activity for anyone that cares.

https://nypost.com/2024/08/30/us-news/zuckerberg-ripped-for-claiming-no-influence-on-2020-election/

[Eulogized Hillbilly]

Scenes,

Corporations are still people, aren't they?

https://apnews.com/article/fact-checking-mark-zuckerberg-election-donations-188810437774

I don't know why Zuck always feels the need that he has to apologize, is he a maga?

[Paul Emery]

The Repubs are collapsing! Well done Trump. Check this out:

A new Fox News poll shows Ruben Gallego up 15 points over Kari Lake in Arizona’s U.S. Senate race.

Gallego is crushing it with women, Hispanics, non-white voters and voters young and old.

Moderates are breaking for him 2-1, and even a quarter of conservatives are leaning toward Gallego, according to the poll of 1,014 voters, conducted Aug. 23-26.

https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/laurieroberts/2024/08/30/kari-lake-behind-polls-gallego-stolen-election/75014030007/?taid=66d1fa9fd8471d00018fefe5&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

[Scott O]

Paul - "The Repubs are collapsing!"

And so are the cities and states run by Dems.
The Dems run CA and see what has happened:

"How California became the new center of political corruption"

https://www.pressreader.com/canada/the-guardian-charlottetown/20240830/282106346989652