Trump’s November Chances – 11aug24 update

George Rebane

This is a lament.  From his statements and recent – post Tim Walz – behavior it looks to me that Donald Trump has really gone off the rails and is headed for a massive defeat in November.  As the record of these pages confirms and given the available choices, I have been a qualified Trump supporter ever since he became the Republican nominee in 2016.  During the entire time I have been chagrined at his tendency for bombast, bravura, and exaggeration, especially when on the campaign trail.

Today, when finally presented with an ideal pair of very vulnerable opponents, and eight years of experience under his belt in how his off-track shooting from the lip has been received, he still pays no mind to the harm he does to himself and the Republican party by continuing on the same path.  And he is doing it proudly as he has declared to his audiences that he has no intention of changing his gratuitous personal attacks on anyone that happens to cross his mind while on the podium.

So now the country’s conservatives, capitalists, and small government devotees have to suffer through daily doses of free leftwing talking points served up to the lamestream media by Trump.  Their news stories and commentaries almost write themselves from the copy spouted by our former president.  Instead of focusing on the rich trove of Democrats’ lies and policy screw-ups from the Obama and Biden/Harris administrations, Trump continues to be the petulant third grader on the playground focusing on lurid descriptions of his opponents’ real and imagined personal shortcomings.

Perhaps the most worrying aspect of his campaign is that he has no strong adult advisors in his inner circle who can tell him daily when he needs zip his lip.  It’s hard for me to believe he doesn’t have a cadre or even a small clutch of such people in his inner circle.  But it is clear that he is flying blind without the aid of such critical navigators.  Were such people to exist, we would by now have seen them resigning one-by-one as Trump continued to ignore their counsel.

Given this ongoing travail, my own assessment of his probability of winning in November started with a paltry 0.45 and eked up to 0.48 (here) after the assassination attempt.  But taking into account what has happened since, my belief in his chances for regaining the White House has plummeted to 0.22, or a bit more than one in five.  This new assessment accurately represents the dour mood that the Trump campaign has me in.

Comments

[fish]

Posted by: Paul Emery | 11 August 2024 at 10:57 AM

fish

Check this out if you dare...I'm wondering if Trump will even make it to the finish line with lies like this.

“I would have thought someone who labeled himself as his own personal flavor of libertarian would be upset when politicians from both major parties lie. He doesn’t! He only cares when Republicans lie! Nary a whisper about President Brainstem (before they locked him back in the Democrat used president basement) routinely lying.

Wonder why that is?”

How do you know what the truth is Weasel….you don’t read links…..even your own.

[Don Bessee]

What happened to they dont need no stinkin ID -

Kamala Harris panned for requiring ID to enter Arizona rally after previously painting voter ID laws as racist
Harris rallygoers outside Phoenix were required to present IDs upon entry

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/kamala-harris-panned-requiring-id-enter-arizona-rally-after-previously-painting-voter-id-laws-racist

;-)

[Eulogized Hillbilly]

Trump's mental state has deteriorated quickly.

As a legend in his own mind and with a giant ego, he is obsessed with the size of things.

He also still cannot believe that he and his pet causes have lost repeatedly.

“Has anyone noticed that Kamala CHEATED at the airport? There was nobody at the plane, and she ‘A.I.’d’ it, and showed a massive ‘crowd’ of so-called followers, BUT THEY DIDN’T EXIST! She was turned in by a maintenance worker at the airport when he noticed the fake crowd picture, but there was nobody there, later confirmed by the reflection of the mirror like finish on the Vice Presidential Plane,” Trump wrote. “She’s a CHEATER. She had NOBODY waiting, and the ‘crowd’ looked like 10,000 people! Same thing is happening with her fake ‘crowds’ at her speeches. This is the way the Democrats win Elections, by CHEATING.”

https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/2024/08/11/trump-kamala-harris-michigan-rally-ai

[Don Bessee]

Dont trust your lyin eyes or hyena who speaks with forked bullshit -

Migrants Camp in City Streets as Biden/Harris’s Shelters Overflow
Gang Violence Grows

https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/08/11/migrants-camp-in-city-streets-as-bidens-shelters-overflow-and-gang-violence-grows/

;-)

[Scott O]

Hilarious:

"Trump's mental state has deteriorated quickly."

As some one who totally believed that Biden is "sharp as a tack", the Hillbilly is no one to be the judge.

Trump's chances to gain the presidency again were always zero. When so many powerful Dem politicians say that they will make sure he will never be POTUS again, you can believe it.

[scenes]

re: scotto@10:10PM

from CBS News:
'President Biden says former President Donald Trump is "a genuine danger to American security" if he wins the election.

"There’s little regard by the MAGA Republicans for the political institutions. That's what holds this country together. That's what democracy's about. That's who we are as a nation."'

----

I agree. If Trump doesn't have a travel 'accident' or poor security, the bureaucracy will tap the beejezus out of his communications, MSM will do a full-court press, Google search will do it's nudging thing, etc.

I do agree with Biden on the political institutions. That's the thing with the destruction of churches, decline of fraternal organizations, direct government payments, mass immigration from the 3rd World, triumph of single-mother households, and the general death of traditional society. All that's left is political institutions. Whether it's was purposeful or not, The State becomes the only control system left. The current wedge being driven between children and parents, this whole business of gender confusion and the training of kids in sexual fetishes, with The State being the final authority for kids, is the end game.

You know, the Progressives will go away at some point, replaced by God-knows-what, but it won't be in my lifetime.

[Scott O]

"The State becomes the only control system left."

Yep - the old control systems were the church and social pressures (societal norms) and family structures. They were not always the best but they were voluntary. You could always leave the church, walk away from the family fortune, or just hang out on the edge of society picking up cash jobs here and there. Once the govt becomes your means of life support they also become your jailer in various ways in short order.
Our country was founded by and populated by people largely looking for the opposite. It was a nice experiment, but it looks like old Ben's warning is being thrown on the trash heap. Who wants a Republic? We wants "our democracy" - mob rule.
Enjoy!

[Scott O]

Ah - and then I read this morning's Kunstler on how the election is shaping up:

"Meanwhile, we’re enjoying the spectacle of this evil party’s candidate selection tour with their joyful warriors/avatars, Harris and Walz — joyful because they laugh and laugh in the absence of articulating any actual views on the particulars of governance, and it’s infectious to witness all that mirth."

https://kunstler.com/clusterfuck-nation/the-party-line-is-a-mighty-squishy-line/

[Paul Emery]

Mob rule Scott? Of course you're referring to the mob that attacked and broke into the Capitol on Jan 6. Good observation. We agree on that one

[fish]

“I would have thought someone who labeled himself (hereinafter referred to as Weasel) as his own personal flavor of libertarian would be upset when politicians from both major parties lie. He doesn’t! He only cares when Republicans lie! Nary a whisper about President Brainstem (before they locked him back in the Democrat used president basement) routinely lying.

Wonder why that is?”

[scenes]

"Mob rule Scott? Of course you're referring to the mob that attacked and broke into the Capitol on Jan 6. Good observation. We agree on that one"

What rule? Unlike the mostly-peaceful George Floyd rioters, getting their %100 off sale while burning down the town, or the black-clad Democrats firebombing the courthouse in Oregon every day, those people are cooling their heels in jail or facing a court date.

Really, it's just like the UK now. A two-tier system. Political 'activities' by the Left are mostly excused, the few by the Right have the entire legal apparatus come down on them. There are exceptions to both cases, but not many.

Not much new here, but it does show who The Man is backing. It cracks me up that Mr. Emery, who likely fancied himself a bit of a rebel in his time, is now four-square for the Establishment, an increasingly controlling one at that. Who knew that they would take and hold the hill of sexual fetishes and child surgery?

----

'Joy'. Oh well, they might as well cut to the chase and call it 'Strength Through Joy'.

[scenes]

lol. Trump just came back online at Twitter/X about 1/2 hour ago.

88.1M followers.

There is nothing the Orange Man can't do.

[scenes]

...his post from 35m ago has 16k responses already.

Hurry! psul! Get on there and do some Trumphate! It's the trendy thing to do and you'll get some social credit points! Your friends will marvel at how witty you are!

[scenes]

"Every day Vice President Harris fails to invoke the 25th Amendment is a breach of her oath of office. It would be true if the world was calm, it is vastly more true given a nuclear flashpoint that our senile Commander in Chief and ruling cabal have worked tirelessly to enflame."

-Bret Weinstein on X

It's all good.

[Scott O]

"Of course you're referring to the mob that attacked and broke into the Capitol on Jan 6"

Paul - is posting lies all you can come up with?

There was a violent riot on Jan 6th by a tiny percentage of the folks protesting and they never "ruled" a damn thing.
I would suggest you look up the term "mob rule" as it relates to general governance and get yourself educated. If that's possible.
What a total maroon.

[fish]

Posted by: scenes | 12 August 2024 at 10:00 AM

'Joy'. Oh well, they might as well cut to the chase and call it 'Strength Through Joy'.

I for one am especially looking forward to the Joy Camps!

[Scott O]

"I for one am especially looking forward to the Joy Camps!"

They actually already exist in many large Dem-run cities.
Large sections of these cities are filled with people largely or wholly dependent on the govt for their existence. Every day gunfire and sirens are the joyful sounds of the joyous citizens!

[Paul Emery]

Scott

The "tiny percentage" you referred to has led to 1400 people being charged with Jan. 6-related federal crimes. Over 900 of them have been convicted and sentenced, with roughly two-thirds receiving terms of imprisonment ranging from a few days to 22 years.

There will be convictions to come. Do you deny this fact?

[Paul Emery]

Scenes writes abut Trump "There is nothing the Orange Man can't do."

Yes there is and that's win this election. He already is the biggest political loser in modern history with another big loss on the say.

[fish]

Posted by: Scott O | 12 August 2024 at 12:25 PM

They actually already exist in many large Dem-run cities.

Well using Orwell's definition those wouldn't really qualify. That would just be the day to day conditions for the proles.

No need to worry I'm sure there are plans afoot for those meeting the formal definition as we speak.

[fish]

Harris Campaign Said Walz 'Chaired Veterans Affairs'... He Did Not

Hey...the Harris Campaign lied again! What say you Weasel!? You hate lying politicians and as a Green Libertarian™ ....pssst....there's no such thing....aren't you supposed to condemn political lying in all its forms whatever the source?

(PS: you can read this post. There isn't a link in it that would cause a fit of cognitive dissonance.)

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/harris-campaign-said-walz-chaired-veterans-affairs-he-did-not

[Paul Emery]

George

I followed your encouragement and subscribed to the Wall Street Journal as a legitimate source of Conservative news and opinion and this is what I found .

The Wall Street Journal editorial page editor Gerard Baker today delivered a brutal assessment of former President Donald Trump's recent performances on the campaign trail headlined amd said "Trump is looking like a loser again."

"By my calculation, about one-third of Mr. Trump’s remarks fell into three categories: false, obtuse or lunatic,"

hhttps://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-is-looking-like-a-loser-again-mar-a-lago-news-conference-2024-election-02ec5c8f

[Don Bessee]

Not even a good liar -

California
California sheriff featured in Kamala Harris campaign ad decries use of image: 'I do not support her'
Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux said a Harris political ad featuring him is false advertising

https://www.foxnews.com/us/california-sheriff-featured-kamala-harris-campaign-ad-decries-use-image-i-do-not-support-her

;-)

[Scott O]

Paul 1:51 - "about one-third of Mr. Trump’s remarks fell into three categories: false, obtuse or lunatic,"

So - clearly the vast majority of what Trump says is true.
Since almost all of what Harris and Walz say is BS, it looks like Paul is admitting Trump is the better candidate.

[fish]

...it looks like Paul is admitting Trump is the better candidate.

Not specifically.....just our scrawny Capt Greyhab mindlessly pursuing his Orange Whale as he is wont to do!

[Scott O]

Paul 12:41 - "There will be convictions to come. Do you deny this fact?"

Oh, hell no. They'll be convictions to come for all sorts of conservatives for years to come.
The feds are upgrading every sort of simple trespass and failure-to-obey into felonies with jail sentences that are totally beyond all reason.
Meanwhile left-wing rioters that assaulted police and fed agents and tried to burn down fed buildings are let off with small fines or case dismissed.

The fact remains that only a tiny percentage of Jan 6th protesters engaged in violent activity.
And none of them "ruled" anything.
I realize that Paul can't directly engage in disputing my facts, so he does the usual weasel-dance. All of my statements stand with no rebuttal from Paul.

[Gregory]

"There will be convictions to come. Do you deny this fact?"
-Punchy

You're living in a fantasy.
If Trump wins, there will not be many, and many if not all of the past convictions will go away. Do you deny this fact?

[Gregory]

https://www.realclearpolling.com/elections/president/2024/battleground-states

5 of 7 battleground states are Trumpish, and of one the two that are leaning Dem aren't leaning very hard, less than a percent.

I see what you and your buds are doing... trying hard to present Harris as the Winner. Might be. Lets see what the Dem convention does to the numbers... will Antifa be there? What about Hamas partisans?

[Gregory]

"and subscribed to the Wall Street Journal as a legitimate source of Conservative news and opinion"
-Punchy Weasel

The opinion side is arguably small c conservative but the news side leans Dem to the point of being prone. If you want the Conservative brand I'd suggest you want a wider net... maybe Epoch Times.

[The Estonian Fox]

TSA Puts Tulsi Gabbard on “Quiet Skies” Terrorist Watchlist

https://mishtalk.com/politics/tsa-puts-tulsi-gabbard-on-quiet-skies-terrorist-watchlist/

Hopefully this is not a real headline. See, Trump should have selected Tulsi for VP.

[Paul Emery]

More from The Wall Street Journal editorial page editor Gerard Baker:

I’m not even talking here about the usual grotesque hyperbolic assertions or baffling verbal manufactures, the finest of which last week was surely the description of “people dying financially because they can’t buy bacon.”

I am talking about things like these:

• The argument that he must have won Georgia in 2020 because he easily won Alabama and South Carolina, suggesting he thinks that Georgia—which has two Democratic senators, and which two Democrats have carried in the last eight presidential elections—is politically indistinguishable from states that no Democratic candidate has carried since 1976.

• The claim that the crowd at his Jan. 6, 2021, rally was as big as the one at Martin Luther King’s “I Have A Dream” speech in 1963.

• The assertion that everyone in America agreed that Roe v. Wade needed to be overturned.

https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-is-looking-like-a-loser-again-mar-a-lago-news-conference-2024-election-02ec5c8f?mod=us-news_trendingnow_opn_pos1

[Don Bessee]

Stamped with permanent ink as the czar -

https://www.breitbart.com/2024-election/2024/08/12/politico-admits-border-czar-harris-resisted-taking-ownership-of-immigration/

;-)

[Don Bessee]

Do they really think people forget this stuff from the hyena -

Chicago teachers' union claim that Black kids cannot pass standardized tests doesn't go over well with mom
'This is why being able to teach CRT is important'

https://www.foxnews.com/media/chicago-teachers-union-claim-black-kids-cannot-pass-standardized-tests-doesnt-go-over-well-mom?dicbo=v2-ZtszW1g

;-)

[Scott O]

Paul - Baker stated that the lies were the minority. A politician telling the truth 2/3rds of the time is about as much as I could hope for.
I'm more concerned with how he governs and he proved to be a good president.
Harris is a failure - she can boast of nothing other than job titles. The Biden/Harris admin has been destructive to our country and detrimental to world peace.
The woman is not intelligent and multiple people who have worked with her at the state and fed level have said she is a poor leader and is a foul-mouthed tyrant who blames underlings for her errors.
She won't do press conferences or sit down for interviews. Because she has no intelligent answers and she knows the hyena laugh no longer works as a dodge.

[Scott O]

Don 6:53 - I've been pointing this out for years. Leftists and Dems are the most racist folks around.
They are constantly telling us that black kids are too stupid to pass standardized tests.
It would follow then that they are admitting the whole race of sub-Saharan people are mentally inferior to white folk.
I guess if that's all you have to offer as a leader in the teacher's union as an excuse for poor test results of the kids you are paid to teach, then I suppose you will have to run with it.
Funny how black kids in conservative private schools do better in standardized tests than white kids from govt run schools.
Maybe they can explain that.

[Don Bessee]

She has no answers, and politico is telegraphing what the super pacs 100-million-dollar ad buy in the swing states.

https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/5-major-questions-facing-kamala-090000505.html

;-)

[Scott O]

E Fox 5:31 - It's real. Here's just one vid:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1wy_kppu5U

The Blob doesn't take kindly to criticism.

[Don Bessee]

The propaganda ministry is in full effect to con the low information voter -

Newsweek headline rewrites Trump's pledge to eliminate taxes on tips as 'Kamala Harris' tax proposal'
The Trump campaign has accused Harris of copying his no tax on tips plan

Though the headline implied support for Harris’ plan, the article itself acknowledged the poll was conducted on July 29, prior to Harris’ announcement. The piece also noted the plan was previously proposed by Trump and added to the Republican platform months prior.

"The majority of Americans support plans to end federal taxes on tips given to service industry workers, according to an exclusive poll for Newsweek which shows why Kamala Harris embraced the policy plan first announced by her opponent Donald Trump," the article read.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/newsweek-headline-rewrites-trumps-pledge-eliminate-taxes-tips-kamala-harris-tax-proposal

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/you-can-tell-it-s-a-working-class-election-by-harris-and-walz-s-dishonesty-and-lies/ar-AA1oG35R?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=d37327424337492b8f2a64ea5ca80114&ei=14

;-)

[Paul Emery]

Lies are lies Scott. What kind of mentality would believe that: Everyone in America agrees that Roe v. Wade needed to be overturned. "

What kind of intellect would believe that "the crowd at his Jan. 6, 2021, rally was as big as the one at Martin Luther King’s “I Have A Dream” speech in 1963 ?

Trump is is mentally ill Scott and delusional and you support him for President ot the United States.

[Don Bessee]

Its starting to look like creepy grampa joes team is going to be a problem for the hyena. No daylight between the president and hers' -

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/white-house-slams-reporter-for-questioning-harris-on-border-no-daylight/vi-AA1oFL3J?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=1a54e7740c2b467898b42d90956f372c&ei=21

;-)

[Don Bessee]

Plagiarizing creepy grampa joes lies -

Harris campaign posts debunked claim that Trump called Charlottesville neo-Nazis ‘very fine people’

https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/harris-campaign-posts-debunked-claim-230043978.html

;-)

[Scott O]

from Paul Emery who posts lies here on RR:

"Lies are lies Scott."

That's a good one, Paul - tell us another joke.

Trump telling me that "everyone" wanted Roe v Wade overturned is no different than a Dem telling me that "everyone" wants universal gun registration, or some other Dem talking point. It means nothing to me.
Trump exaggerating the size of his crowd has no bearing on anything.
Harris lying about Biden being mentally fit to run the country is disturbing and shows a complete disregard for the truth as well as a disregard for the safety of our nation. Biden was too senile for any elective office when he ran for POTUS, yet Harris and the Dems and the LSM covered it up with one lie after another.
That does have a bearing on the competency of the governance of our nation.

[Scott O]

DB 9:07 - Gasp!

Harris told a lie??!!

Wait til Paul finds out - he was going to vote for her, but he says that "lies are lies" and if you tell lies, you are mentally ill.

Now I wonder who Paul can possibly vote for - some one who has never ever told a lie. Let's see - George Washington is dead and Jesus isn't running - oh dear.

[Scott O]

Oh yeah - DB 7:11 -

"And at a recent rally in Atlanta, she signaled plans to go on the offense on the economy, promising to address price gouging, bring down costs, ban hidden fees and late charges from financial institutions, limit “unfair” rent increases and cap prescription drug costs."

"Address price gouging" - that means talking about it.

"bring down costs" - of what? How? WTF?

"ban late charges from financial institutions" - Good luck with that. Say - will that include the IRS?

"limit unfair rent increases" - on what authority?

"cap prescription drug costs." - all prescription drugs? What will be the cap - 2 or 3 thousand a month?

This kind of stupid drivel appeals to Paul and the Hillbilly but for some reason they just don't want to talk about it.
Instead we're treated to horror stories of Trump comparing his crowd size to that of MLK Jr.

[Eulogized Hillbilly]

More daylight creeping in to the insidious Project 2025.

“Eradicate climate change references”; only talk to conservative media; don’t leave a paper trail for watchdogs to discover. In a series of never-before-published videos, Project 2025 details how a second Trump administration would operate."

"One centerpiece of that program is dozens of never-before-published videos created for Project 2025’s Presidential Administration Academy. The vast majority of these videos — 23 in all, totaling more than 14 hours of content — were provided to ProPublica and Documented by a person who had access to them.

The Project 2025 videos coach future appointees on everything from the nuts and bolts of governing to how to outwit bureaucrats. There are strategies for avoiding embarrassing Freedom of Information Act disclosures and ensuring that conservative policies aren’t struck down by “left-wing judges.” Some of the content is routine advice that any incoming political appointee might be told. Other segments of the training offer guidance on radically changing how the federal government works and what it does."

https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-project-2025-secret-training-videos-trump-election

[Scott O]

"Project 2025 details how a second Trump administration would operate."

There is zero proof of that. Trump had no input or connection with this.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/caileygleeson/2024/07/05/trump-disavows-project-2025-calls-some-of-conservative-groups-ideas-absolutely-ridiculous-and-abysmal/
Nice try, Hillbilly. We already know you and Paul are easily scared under your beds by lefty BS - you hardly need to reinforce the fact. The Trump presidency was marked by a much more peaceful world and a growing economy without high inflation - That's what we could expect from a second go round. Not a bunch of made up left-wing hysteria. We recall all the lies told about Trump the first time.

[Barry Pruett]

Paul citing opinion as fact from the Wall Street journal as if someone’s opinion is a fact. Par for the course for a progressive to not knowing the difference between opinion and fact which is Crazy coming from a former journalist.

[Gregory]

Punchy was never a journalist.

[scenes]

"Europe has fallen. Orwell‘s satirical Ministry of Truth is now a dystopian reality. Technocratic totalitarianism has turned lies into truth,and war into peace. Coming to America soon if this election goes to the party of censorship and anti democracy lawfare."

- Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on X

[Don Bessee]

Its who they are in reality -

'Evangelicals for Harris' host has said 'Whiteness is wicked,' police need to be 'destroyed and rebuilt'
Activist Ekemini Uwan argued Whiteness is 'rooted in violence. It’s rooted in theft. It’s rooted in plunder. It’s rooted in power. It’s rooted in privilege'

https://www.foxnews.com/media/evangelicals-harris-host-said-whiteness-wicked-police-need-destroyed-rebuilt

;-)

[Paul Emery]

Barry

It is Trump that expressed his opinion as fact. It is a FACT that Trump said that and it is not true and is therefore a lie. Here's a direct quote from him on the question of overturning Roe V Wade:

DONALD TRUMP: "So, I think the abortion issue is written very much tampered down. And I’ve answered, I think, very well in the debate. And it seems to be much less of an issue, especially for those where they have the exceptions, as you know. And I think it’s — when I looked, for 52 years, they wanted to bring abortion back to the states. They wanted to get rid of Roe v. Wade. And that’s Democrats, Republicans, and independents, and everybody — liberals, conservatives."

https://singjupost.com/full-transcript-trump-holds-news-conference-at-mar-a-lago/?singlepage=1

[Don Bessee]

Then you have the breathless lies from cnn that even a lefty late show audience laughs at -

"I know you guys are objective over there, that you just report the news as it is," he told Collins as audience members started to laugh in the background.

"No, no no —" Colbert objected while waving his hand and grinning at the audience's reaction. "CNN makes a…" he trailed off.

"Was that supposed to be a laugh line?" Collins reacted with a smirk.

"It wasn't supposed to be, but I guess it is," Colbert joked back before quickly pivoting to his question.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/stephen-colberts-new-york-city-audience-laughs-after-he-praises-cnns-objectivity

;-)

[Gregory]

"It is Trump that expressed his opinion as fact. It is a FACT that Trump said that and it is not true and is therefore a lie."

What is your favorite color, Punch?

[Paul Emery]

I'm talking about the lies of a Presidential candidate, Trump, that you support Don. If it's not a lie it's complete ignorance which is pathetic when it comes from a Presidential candidate.

[George Rebane]

PaulE 151pm - You're welcome. Now I wish you'd notice that the WSJ publishes pieces critical of Trump when he needs to be criticized, and does not hew to the party line like all your lamestream outlets. Also, please do discriminate between news and opinion commentaries; the newspaper goes to great lengths to separate news from its op-ed content.

[Paul Emery]

George

When I began this string I prefaced it with this: "The Wall Street Journal editorial page editor Gerard Baker"

[Gregory]

Punch, you infused Mr. Baker with all the prestige of the WSJ in his opinion piece.

Everyone has an opinion and has an asshole.

[Don Bessee]

Out of touch with the economic pain americans are suffering -

The Hill
Voters’ sour moods stand to test Harris ‘joy’ campaign

Two-thirds of Americans report being very or somewhat pessimistic about the state of politics in the U.S., according to an Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs

Only 16 percent of Americans in the survey said they were very or somewhat optimistic about the state of politics. The number of Americans who are pessimistic about the state of politics has been lingering above 60 percent in surveys since July 2021, while the amount of Americans who say they are optimistic hasn’t been above 20 percent since February 2020.

https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/voters-sour-moods-stand-test-204708008.html

;-)

[Paul Emery]

Gregory

What is your opinion of Trumps statement when he said "They wanted to get rid of Roe v. Wade. And that’s Democrats, Republicans, and independents, and everybody — liberals, conservatives."

It is a fact that Trump said that. Was he lying or did he honestly believe that "everybody" wanted to repeal Roe V Wade?

[Gregory]

Punch... what does it matter? What does it fucking matter?

Roe is dead. It's a state issue now.

Stop punching.

[Paul Emery]

Once again Gregory you're defending Trump. You always do. Once again was Trump lying or did he honestly believe that "everybody" wanted to repeal Roe V Wade? Keep in mind that he just stated this so it is not old news.

[Gregory]

No, not "defending" Trump.

I'm standing up to you. Pisses you off, doesn't it?

[Don Bessee]

Even cnn has to admit a lot of the country is in survival mode after years of harris and creepy grampa joe who was never in charge -

The CNN polls suggest that as many as 69% of individuals and families cut back on extra spending in 2024, June. Compared to 2023, May 2022, only 63% said they needed to cut back.

American consumers said they had to change what they regularly bought for groceries to help keep within the budget.

According to the poll in 2024 June, as many as 41% of American consumers are using their private transport to get around or commute to and from work. Cutting back on how much they drove their vehicles was an effort to save money.

CNN reported that the majority of people who said it has become hard to survive and fear they cannot pay bills are Latin Americans and African Americans. Reports say 52% are Latin Americans and 46% are Black Americans.

“Stall speed” refers to a very slow economic growth rate. In the U.S., the economy is growing by 2%. U.S. Bank Wealth Management’s senior investment strategy director, Rob Hayworth, called the economy’s growth “stall speed.”

A CDC analyst, Angela Russell, told CNN that she, too, struggles to keep up with costs. She mentioned that “everything has gone up” from clothing to insurance.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/survival-mode-how-the-crumbling-economy-is-crushing-americans/ss-AA1oILSz?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=5d28ea9370794623aaf299712aca3455&ei=62#image=4

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[Don Bessee]

Tru dat -

https://www.breitbart.com/2024-election/2024/08/13/donald-trump-tells-elon-musk-americans-want-american-dream-back/

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[fish]

Gee….wonder what happened to the President?

[Don Bessee]

Something tells me the hyena wont bite -

Elon Musk’s conversational interview with former President Trump on Monday evening pulled in a combined 1 billion views, according to the tech billionaire, who has now offered to host Vice President Kamala Harris for a similar X chat.

https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/musk-boasts-1b-views-no-153443807.html

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[Scott O]

fish 8:42 - "...wonder what happened to the President?"

JoeTato?

The jig is up on that con job. Of course there are a few die hard idiots like Paul and the Hillbilly that still believe he's "sharp as a tack".
The fact that Biden was past his sell-by date when he first ran against Trump was obvious to folks with intelligence, but after the debate, even most of gap-toothed goobers scratched their heads and realized they'd been had by the hucksters.
Biden never had any operational control over what went on in the executive branch anyway, so why bother to drag him out of his house and pull the strings on his jaw to make presidential noise?
The last 4 years of our country's political scene are something you could not have made up in your wildest imagination.
We have the party of "our democracy" running a candidate not one person voted for in the primary.
She'll be the perfect POTUS for our nation in the Brave New World.

[scenes]

re: Elon Musk hosting Harris.

I'd be surprised if that happens.

With the casting of Musk as Public Enemy #2, there's a fear of legitimizing him and his crazy Nazi ideas. Best to stick to MSNBC hosts opining over the airwaves. Harris' inability to speak in an ad lib fashion also would tend against it.

The irony of the Western Left hating the one guy, Elon Musk, who actually is doing amazing things at scale, is unironic I guess. A society consisting of people scrabbling their way up a corporate/gubmint management structure is not one to encourage entrepreneurs. Individuals are to be buried in the collective, and for midwits the collective offers better opportunities for advancement.

Normally I wouldn't care much about a culture run by the interests of Crazy Cat Ladies and their enablers, but given the opportunities for ubiquitous surveillance and digital scrutinizing of your life, times really are different. It probably doesn't matter who is President in the medium run since the underlying machinery for control and the management state with it's hands on the levers is unlikely to change.

I do have to wonder if the overtaking of 'doing' by symbol manipulation hasn't helped the Final Victory of cat ladies and gracile males. There's probably some biological underpinnings for pathological altruism and xenophilia, but the legal and administrative systems being put in place land us in the same soup as a militarist society.

[scenes]

fisho: "Gee….wonder what happened to the President?"

You'll hear about it in 10-20 years with a series of tell-all tomes that end up in the Goodwill book section next to volumes of microwave recipes.

Like the nice spokescatlady that explained why it's OK that Biden was missing when asked about the nuclear-button-in-a-briefcase, "it's OK since there's a committee running everything" (or the equivalent). The end result was always going to be corporatism rather than Great Man politics as government metastasized. Bummer that the corporation idolizes sexual fetishes, but it's the style of the era.

Out in the social media webz, I always have to laugh at the handwaving about 'The Constitution', separation of powers, etc. There's a cargo cult thinking here. You might as well give Eritrea the US Constitution and expect anything different to happen. The founding documents were more a codification of existing American behaviors and attitudes at the time, not something you can use to control our current broken culture.

At this point we need Saint Leibowitz, not George Washington.

[scenes]

re: Elon Musk hosting Trump.

lol. Perfect.

https://x.com/MaxBlumenthal/status/1823456819697869077

[Eulogized Hillbilly]

Josh Hawley vs. Lucas Kunce ad,

https://youtu.be/McuIscYMRmw?si=zgMGP_t9v-MqI8Ur

[Eulogized Hillbilly]

Breaking News!

ScottO thinks Heritage.org sucks!
"Posted by: Scott O | 13 August 2024 at 12:21 PM"

Mark the tape.

[Eulogized Hillbilly]

Trump gushes over Elon firing workers during The "Thrilla in Twittah" love fest recently.

Trump calls Elon the greatest 'Cutter' giving Elon props for firing hard working Americans.

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTNtsoS2f/

[Scott O]

"You might as well give Eritrea the US Constitution and expect anything different to happen."

It's getting to be that way. However - there are still millions that want to honor the spirit and the letter of the law.
As soon as the SCOTUS is "reformed" - packed with progressives that see the Constitution as something to be "re-imagined" - then that old document written by dead white men will be retired to the Smithsonian basement and we can fully get on with "our democracy".
It's just a matter of time.

[Scott O]

Hillbilly 7:04 - Been drinking all night, Billy?
Get some sleep and sober up.

[Scott O]

"...for firing hard working Americans."

Well - they can always learn to code...

[fish]

"Mark the tape"....hmm where had I heard that before?

Of course....how silly of me....that was when Nevada City's fattest little pirate was posting in one of his various guises....."Jon" I believe. That was the puppet that tried to tell us that John Kasich was a conservative Republican.....yes, very entertaining!

[fish]

Posted by: Scott O | 13 August 2024 at 09:45 PM

Yeah Scott....this is the kind of thing that makes me question where President Brainstem has been hiding....!

Who Is Running America? NYT Discloses Lloyd Austin 'Ordered' Major Deployment To Conflict Zone

Not that he ever was making decisions....not really. But I was curious to know if they were going to keep trying to make "a good show of it"!

Wonder where our progressive "good government" types are hiding and why this kind of thing doesn't trouble them? Not even a little bit!

Maybe they've retreated to the basement with P-Stem?

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/nyt-discloses-lloyd-austin-ordered-major-military-deployment-conflict-zone

[scenes]

So, how do you go short fire insurance companies?

"While thugs were burning down American cities and attacking cops during the BLM riots, Kamala Harris encouraged the destruction:

“they’re not gonna stop…and they should not.”"

https://x.com/CortesSteve/status/1823694225537421378

[scenes]

"If you notice, Democrats haven't been pontificating as much about "democracy" lately after they launched a donor putsch to install a new nominee who got zero primary votes, won't reveal policy positions, and is hiding from the press"

Michael Tracy on X

[Paul Emery]

In case you haven't noticed Harris now leads or is tied in all tossup states except Nevada. Also Trump is only up by 3 in Florida. The Trump Slump continues...

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

[Paul Emery]

Sorry for the bad news Gregory. Trump will soon be adding to his legacy of being the biggest political loser in modern history

[Gregory]

Your ravings do not count as news, Punch.

[Gregory]

Here's news, Punch:
https://www.realclearpolling.com/maps/president/2024/no-toss-up/electoral-college

[Gregory]

https://www.realclearpolling.com/maps/president/2024/no-toss-up/electoral-college

Not that anyone cares, but I've not decided to vote for Trump, ever, and I've never been a Republican. Punchy hates me because I don't accept his bullshiite reasoning and he keeps hoping he'll win an argument.

[Gregory]

missing one or two posts of mine...

[fish]

Posted by: Weasel Emery | 14 August 2024 at 11:21 AM

Speaking of losers......

THIS PARADE BROUGHT TO YOU BY BIDEN-HARRIS: Taliban parade US military vehicles, weapons to celebrate 3 years in power, AP reports.

But I understand why you're so fond of the Senator from MBNA Weasel!

https://mynbc15.com/news/nation-world/taliban-parade-us-military-vehicles-weapons-to-celebrate-3-years-in-power-ap-reports-afghanistan-war-united-states-withdrawal-bagram-airfield

PS: You can ignore the link Weasel....I posted it for people who read them.

[Don Bessee]

No one is buying it -

Editorial: Kamala Harris signs onto a signature Trump issue, taking pandering to new depths
Chicago Tribune Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune

https://www.yahoo.com/news/editorial-kamala-harris-signs-onto-080000846.html?.tsrc=fp_deeplink

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[Paul Emery]

Direct quotes from Trump Gregory.

"They wanted to get rid of Roe v. Wade. And that’s Democrats, Republicans, and independents, and everybody — liberals, conservatives."

[fish]

Posted by: Weasel Emery | 14 August 2024 at 01:04 PM

Direct quotes from Trump Gregory.

Yes....I know you'll miss him Weasel!

[Don Bessee]

About that -

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/calling-out-kamala-s-tough-on-the-border-fake-history/ar-AA1oMxou?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=62bc76996d0d4a1e94987e0f84a9662d&ei=81

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[Gregory]

... Punch, and that has what to do with the price of bread today?

[Don Bessee]

A record is a terrible thing to hide -

Kamala Harris led Dems in 2018 call to reject more funding for Border Patrol, ICE
The 2018 letter rejecting then-President Trump's request was also signed by vulnerable Democrat Sen. Tammy Baldwin

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/kamala-harris-led-dems-2018-call-reject-more-funding-border-patrol-ice

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[scenes]

"Trump is bearing the weight of a full attack of the administrative state and recently survived an assassination attempt and he’s still front and center.

Kamala doesn’t have the cognitive capability or demeanor to safely do an interview or a press conference."

Seen on X.

[Don Bessee]

Well aint that racist -

Kamala Harris panned for requiring ID to enter Arizona rally after previously painting voter ID laws as racist

https://currently.att.yahoo.com/att/cm/kamala-harris-panned-requiring-id-184854339.html

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[Barry Pruett]

Paul at 1:04pm: That's true. A majority of Americans support states making the abortion decision. Because it is a majority, of course such majority includes all sorts of people including Democrats and Republicans. If you have some proof otherwise, feel free to cite it. Don't bother citing polls that say Americans don't support overturning Roe, as most people think that Roe stands for making abortion legal. That is not true and polls which ask the question this way are push polls. If you find a poll asking whether Americans support states making the abortion decision, I will consider it.

[Paul Emery]

Trump didn't say "a majority" he said everybody. Once again here's the quote.

"They wanted to get rid of Roe v. Wade. And that’s Democrats, Republicans, and independents, and everybody — liberals, conservatives."

What source do you have for your opinion Barry?

Here's a link supporting mine that states a majority disapproved of the decision.

"Nearly six-in-ten adults (57%) disapprove of the court’s sweeping decision, including 43% who strongly disapprove. About four-in-ten (41%) approve of the court’s decisn (25% strongly approve)

https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2022/07/06/majority-of-public-disapproves-of-supreme-courts-decision-to-overturn-roe-v-wade/

[Don Bessee]

A pattern is emerging and it looks a lot like hiding in the basement -

Tim Walz turns down NY Times interview requests about response to George Floyd riots
Walz declined interview requests to address this criticism as his running mate, Vice President Harris, is being accused of dodging the press

https://www.foxnews.com/media/tim-walz-turns-down-ny-times-interview-requests-about-response-george-floyd-riots

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[Scott O]

Hilarious:
"What source do you have for your opinion Barry?"

Well, Paul - the link you posted would be a good start. Overturning Roe didn't "outlaw" abortions.