Trump: Illusion, Mist and Bought?

[Emil El Zapato]

If I didn't know better, i would swear Aragorn's Batman post words are proving prophetic right now. None of it is a surprise to me though. I've been hearing rumors of other soon to be released books that are referencing dead bodies.

And one Repub at least 'John Kennedy' is playing stupid beyond words.

[Emil El Zapato]

Bitch McConnell's illegitimate brother.

[Aianawa]

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnzPEyTpByU

[Emil El Zapato]

That's pretty pointless isn't it?

[Aianawa]

Sorta >

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xpzl9IQHc9s

[Emil El Zapato]

Even more pointless.

[Dreamtimer]

Here's the man for that...

[Dreamtimer]

Here are two people looking beyond the mist and calling it like they see it.

Jennifer Rubin: Seven reasons to vote every Republican out of office.

There are no innocent Republicans running for reelection to the House or Senate. Their grievous misdeeds, whether of commission or omission, were intentional. Their desire to maintain their good standing in the Trumpified Republican Party and avoid the wrath of President Trump’s deeply dishonest right-wing media allies overrode all considerations of decency, honesty and constitutional probity. Let’s review just a few of their disqualifying actions.

She followed with a list of their crimes, by paragraph, with a summary sentence for each:

Republicans facilitated corruption.

Republicans thereby enabled Trump’s abuses of power.

Republicans subverted U.S. national security.

Republicans have supported a commander in chief unfit to lead men and women in uniform.

Republicans have thereby helped foment racial division and violence.

In short, Republicans have put their own political survival above the lives of Americans.

Republicans have thus helped undermine the central attributes of democracy — free and fair elections, and the peaceful transfer of power.

There is no doubt that if President Barack Obama had committed any of these offenses and Democrats had been as derelict in their constitutional and moral duties as Republicans, the entire right-wing media and political universe would have called for Obama’s impeachment and removal, and for the defeat of every spineless member of his party. Over and over again, Republicans’ hunger to retain power at all costs has triumphed over their obligations to their fellow citizens. They have put Americans’ lives and the nation’s democracy itself at risk. In doing so, they have lost the moral authority to hold power. All of them.

Next, Tom Nichols:

Today the Republicans are the party of “American carnage” and Russian collusion, of scams, plots, and weapons-grade contempt for the rule of law. The only decent, sensible, and conservative position is to vote against this Republican Party at every level, and bring the sad final days of a once-great political institution to an end. Then build the party back up again—from scratch.

Trump’s few conservative achievements are meaningless when compared with his war on American democracy, a rampage that few Republicans have lifted a finger to stop.

Conservatives must also let go of fantasies about saving the “good” Republicans, a list that is virtually nonexistent. (You can’t count Mitt Romney more than once.) The occasional furrowed brow—a specialty of the feckless Susan Collins of Maine—is not enough. The few, like Romney, who have dared grasp at moments of sanity have been pilloried by Trump and other Republicans. In any case, Romney is chained to the GOP caucus, a crew that includes the jabbering Louie Gohmert and calculating Elise Stefanik in the House, and the sniveling Ted Cruz and amoral Mitch McConnell in the Senate.

[Aianawa]

Amazing DT, will every republican be punished ?

[Emil El Zapato]

Let's not call it punished, let's call it serving justice. A statement any Republican could appreciate.

[Aianawa]

Sorta happy the average USAian is being forced to change, because of these replies above.

[Wind]

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s8lRC6X2mw

[Emil El Zapato]

lol ...

Trump appeals to all authoritarians. Cubans probably overwhelmingly support him ... they are white folks that had forced emigration from Cuba and want to go back. In Arizona and Texas many of the Hispanic Trump supporters have additional problems, lacking in any real knowledge regarding economics, sociology, psychology, history, etc. It is disheartening at times, but they are at least a minority in terms of consciousness...well, maybe not, those that support Trump are pretty 'slow'. Biden still has a 9% edge, though. Patriotism is big among the Mexican-American, my dad firmly tried to get me in the camp along with my brothers. It took permanently in the oldest, didn't take at all with me and eventually in the face of Trump, it wore off on my younger brother.

Thank God for small favors.

[Aianawa]

Livestream atm

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--39HS7e9TM

[Dreamtimer]

Political punishment is the first step. We shall see if there is such punishment. There are signs:

Democrats are amassing an enormous lead in early voting, alarming Republicans who worry they’ll need to orchestrate a huge Election Day turnout during a deadly coronavirus outbreak to answer the surge.

The Democratic dominance spreads across an array of battleground states, according to absentee ballot request data compiled by state election authorities and analyzed by Democratic and Republican data experts. In North Carolina and Pennsylvania, Democrats have a roughly 3-to-1 advantage over Republicans in absentee ballot requests. In Florida — a must-win for President Donald Trump — the Democratic lead stands at more than 700,000 ballot requests, while the party also leads in New Hampshire, Ohio and Iowa.

Even more concerning for Republicans, Democrats who didn't vote in 2016 are requesting 2020 ballots at higher rates than their GOP counterparts. The most striking example is Pennsylvania, where nearly 175,000 Democrats who sat out the last race have requested ballots, more than double the number of Republicans, according to an analysis of voter rolls by the Democratic firm TargetSmart.

Though the figures are preliminary, they provide a window into Democratic enthusiasm ahead of the election and offer a warning for Republicans. While Democrats stockpile votes and bring in new supporters, Trump’s campaign is relying on a smooth Election Day turnout operation at a time when it’s confronting an out-of-control pandemic and a mounting cash crunch.

When I was a young adult there was a trend among conservatives to vote by mail and to early vote. It provided them with a clear advantage during many an election cycle. It's funny how the tides have now turned and they suddenly want to cry foul about something they've been doing for decades.