tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post495348377465793545..comments2024-03-28T09:46:42.923-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/28/24: And when he goes away, it'll get greaterNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-55964876250438096382015-09-17T17:26:21.848-05:002015-09-17T17:26:21.848-05:00Harding was an awful President and his admin was s...Harding was an awful President and his admin was scandal filled.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-58661893859364690452015-09-16T22:51:22.210-05:002015-09-16T22:51:22.210-05:00Trump also linked vaccinations to being a cause of...Trump also linked vaccinations to being a cause of autism. Dr. Carson in his mild manner, made Trump look the fool, by citing relevant medical literature..Berniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17157600812959885192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-40278523045695026632015-09-16T19:49:05.446-05:002015-09-16T19:49:05.446-05:00This may be the beginning of the end for him...This may be the beginning of the end for him...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-35392427315961380902015-09-16T19:48:04.825-05:002015-09-16T19:48:04.825-05:00Watched some of the Repub.debate, Fiorina and Rubi...Watched some of the Repub.debate, Fiorina and Rubio blew Trump out of the water on the Putin and Syria question. They came up with knowledgeable details on the military and the region, whether one agrees with them or not, they made Trump sound like a fool. All he could say and repeat was that he would get along with Putin. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-73350842893449835492015-09-16T18:26:37.160-05:002015-09-16T18:26:37.160-05:00Bitter Scribe is right. It's all about sustain...Bitter Scribe is right. It's all about sustaining bigotry in its various forms by a white minority. That's why you hear cheers when Trump slanders Mexicans, women, and calls the African American president stupid. What else has he offered to explain how he'll make America "great" again? Nothing. Just put up walls and charge the people you insult as to the cost. Which is a metaphor on how he and his rabid followers think they can punish those they've been forced to accept the last couple of decades or so.WendyChttp://twitter.com/WendyCCHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-10042848452632676552015-09-16T16:40:58.841-05:002015-09-16T16:40:58.841-05:00"America's present need is not heroics, b..."America's present need is not heroics, but healing; not nostrums, but normalcy; not revolution, but restoration; not agitation, but adjustment; not surgery, but serenity; not the dramatic, but the dispassionate; not experiment, but equipoise; not submergence in internationality, but sustainment in triumphant nationality". –Warren G. Hardingmellowjohnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-46938104613283864412015-09-16T16:30:59.220-05:002015-09-16T16:30:59.220-05:00Perhaps your right, though Dr. Carson's positi...Perhaps your right, though Dr. Carson's positions on many issues are the same as other Republican candidates. The racists I've had the displeasure of being acquainted with would never vote for a black man.Berniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17157600812959885192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-32523328745746709462015-09-16T16:20:37.780-05:002015-09-16T16:20:37.780-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Berniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17157600812959885192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-59610171409694770782015-09-16T15:31:33.982-05:002015-09-16T15:31:33.982-05:00they are accomodationists -like Booker T. Washingt...they are accomodationists -like Booker T. Washington as opposed to W.E.B. DuBois, but BT had little choice where he was at, they are not Stokely Carmichael typesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-75294897951672812822015-09-16T15:30:02.780-05:002015-09-16T15:30:02.780-05:00another words, they are Uncle Tom'sanother words, they are Uncle Tom'sAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-49787570569359454482015-09-16T14:24:41.658-05:002015-09-16T14:24:41.658-05:00Sure I do. Carson is a black man who tells the big...Sure I do. Carson is a black man who tells the bigots what they want to hear. It's the same reason that Clarence Thomas is on the Supreme Court.Bitter Scribenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-90447482798933480152015-09-16T12:29:08.901-05:002015-09-16T12:29:08.901-05:00Bitter Scribe,
You throw about the idea that Repub...Bitter Scribe,<br />You throw about the idea that Republicans are bigots, as an explanation for Trump's popularity. But things may not be that simple. Do you have a theory for the rise in popularity of Dr. Ben Carson? I'll admit it has taken me by surprise.Berniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17157600812959885192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-53144843234688872662015-09-16T12:27:36.916-05:002015-09-16T12:27:36.916-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Berniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17157600812959885192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-524198011000858362015-09-16T10:24:01.173-05:002015-09-16T10:24:01.173-05:00Susan: For me, the fun is starting to wear thin. R...Susan: For me, the fun is starting to wear thin. Rauner is so obsessed with striking at unions that he's willing to send the whole state off a cliff.<br /><br />He apparently believes that if he holds out long enough, he can buy enough attack ads to force the Democrats out of office, which is his understanding of what democracy is all about.Bitter Scribenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-70251576563398898472015-09-16T09:42:31.443-05:002015-09-16T09:42:31.443-05:00The latest meme among mainstream Republicans despe...The latest meme among mainstream Republicans desperate to "explain" the Trump phenomenon is that it's a reaction to "political correctness" and "the offense culture." <br /><br />Which, in a way, is true. People who complain about "political correctness" are really complaining that they can't slag on minorities and women like they used to. When they rail about "government," they are really railing, as Neil notes so pithily, against the people the government helps and protects.<br /><br />IOW, it's all about bigotry. The Republicans have appealed to bigots, in various subtle and not-so-subtle ways, for decades. Trump is merely the result.Bitter Scribenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-20361555245669390422015-09-16T09:33:40.204-05:002015-09-16T09:33:40.204-05:00My faves were the 2 NY born Presidents born with s...My faves were the 2 NY born Presidents born with silver spoons in their mouths but that still empathized with the working poor while keeping a check on banks and businesses- the Roosevelts. One of them might be called a rino today, but that's a good thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-91746772908969460092015-09-16T09:30:09.399-05:002015-09-16T09:30:09.399-05:00So true about Hoover, Tom and he was an engineer o...So true about Hoover, Tom and he was an engineer of sorts as well. He's on my list as worst President.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-78891546453377261322015-09-16T09:21:33.768-05:002015-09-16T09:21:33.768-05:00A good point. Much of Trump's appeal seems to ...A good point. Much of Trump's appeal seems to come from a sentiment, fostered in part by the media, that we need a businessman who knows "how to get things done" to lead us rather than the lawyers and politicians now in charge, a profound misunderstanding of what governance involves. Our greatest president, the one who steered the nation through its most troubled waters, was a canny lawyer, a gifted politician, and a war leader of whom his best general said "Mr. Lincoln gained influence over men by making them feel it was a pleasure to serve him." Lincoln has been remembered for his stirring oratory, but perhaps more pertinent to the day is what he wrote about governing the nation:"Democracy discovers its justification not in emergency actions, but in the ordinary and difficult work of passing laws, and the daily dedication of people who agree to live by them."<br /><br />There have been few businessmen presidents. Two who come to mind are Herbert Hoover, who led us into the Great Depression, and George W. Bush, of "Mission Accomplished" fame, who bamboozled us into the disastrous war in Iraq, with its enduring tragic aftermath.<br /><br />Tom EvansAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-27698869269261459552015-09-16T09:10:39.371-05:002015-09-16T09:10:39.371-05:00Dontcha knows Appalachian Ebonics mixed with Scots...Dontcha knows Appalachian Ebonics mixed with Scots brogues???<br /><br />Lynn Sweets be saying no worries, mate/ Illinois aint even gots the delegates fer Trumps yet -not organized.Other Ghostsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-66987231030694737262015-09-16T09:01:22.432-05:002015-09-16T09:01:22.432-05:00"..like Reagan there are many Democrats willi..."..like Reagan there are many Democrats willing to cross over and vote for a Trump presidency."<br /><br />Not a chance. He will have to come up with more serious and specific policy proposals than "something terrific" and "I'll send Carl Icahn" for Democrats and independent swing voters to give him any consideration. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-2568553534082891552015-09-16T08:27:32.215-05:002015-09-16T08:27:32.215-05:00Rauner isn't an ignoramus, precisely, but it i...Rauner isn't an ignoramus, precisely, but it is fun seeing him try to govern Illinois as though it were a messed up business.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16677912253494444259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-41621544329008777232015-09-16T08:23:25.609-05:002015-09-16T08:23:25.609-05:00you might be able to trace it back even farther. i...you might be able to trace it back even farther. in one of the earliest television political ads Eisenhower used the words 'take us back...' that one could equate with Trump's beanery...mike/https://www.blogger.com/profile/11163390678835337738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-66305346780842467032015-09-16T08:18:24.504-05:002015-09-16T08:18:24.504-05:00Can Americans elect a ignoramus? Yes, they can and...Can Americans elect a ignoramus? Yes, they can and have. So many examples, but here is a very recent one: Bruce Rauner. So don't be surprised if Trump becomes president.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08160051272326282985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-51946412379953582842015-09-16T08:03:15.410-05:002015-09-16T08:03:15.410-05:00Please rewrite that in English!Please rewrite that in English!Clark St.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09634234069783123180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-7169368601014660492015-09-16T07:43:38.145-05:002015-09-16T07:43:38.145-05:00Dinna give up on the country Neil, ole boy jist ca...Dinna give up on the country Neil, ole boy jist cause some peoples likes Trumpie.Later Ghostnoreply@blogger.com