I have a strong premonition that Pence did something as governor of Indiana that will come out. Something Agnew esque. Manafort was desperate to get him on the ticket and not Christie. But my vision is clouded on this... Zoron?
As for the senate, yes, I agree there are several who hate him but are paralyzed because of financial and personal ties to some pretty heinous folks. Nostradamus predicted the senate who ordained the triumph of the “false trumpet” would ultimately do him in. Not that Nostradamus is 100% but that one rings true with me.
For Bird: "Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, not their own facts." -- Sen. D. P. Moynihan (ca. 1980)
Hello everyone I'm new to the forums and will be catching up with the rules soon, but I wanted to comment on the following:
Zoron: "He does get to have a shot at Vice president, with a younger Presidential candidate."
For some reason I'm getting a strong feeling of Adam Schiff as president. I'm not psychic but I do get a felling of Senator Schiff being that surprise candidate. It's my thoughts so I wanted to share with you guys and see what you think of the idea of Adam Schiff for 2020.
@Bird - a great quote (with many Meme's regarding it)
Never in the history of calming down, has anyone ever actually calmed down, by being told to calm down. Consider the wisdom of it.
Your snark to Zoron was inflammatory and unnecessary. Zoron doesn't need me to defend him.
I'm choosing to point out that your approach is destructive, non harmonious, and damaging to any valuable message you would otherwise be trying to convey. Your choice if you continue down this path.
OK, Crew, we are in choppy waters, and lots of rough stuff happening. Middle east, Trump, G7, etc etc....plus now the specter of Bolton.....who is now in a dangerous and powerful position. this man wants a nuclear war. In the circumstances, I think we are moving towards the end game, and that the next few months until the midterm elections are going to be heavy duty. trump has now broken out into full "Bull Moose in the rutting season" mode. Ye Gods. What is interesting is that I am sensing a great simplification of the key issues.
Iran, Israel, Korea, the break up of the Western alliance, a looming market crash in the Autumn....all swirling about. Everything else takes a back seat, and if we get to sae, October, without a large mid east war, (it's wobbling a lot) or major USA crisis politically and constitutionally., I will be very surprised. Can we all concentrate on these key issues?.....There are also natural events..... big quakes, volcanoes, storms, etc,.....as backdrop.
Zoron, when I read that it sent shivers down my spine and all my hair to stand on end. We find out very soon which way all of this is going to go. Fingers crossed. Love and peaches for everyone who is having troubles during this rough time.
This article in The Atlantic by Jeffery Goldberg explains the Trump Doctrine and it may explain what Zoron calls Trump in full "bull moose in rutting season mode"
A couple of quotes from article:
"The Trump Doctrine is ‘We’re America, Bitch.’ That’s the Trump Doctrine."
"Permanent destabilization creates American advantage.” The official who described this to me said Trump believes that keeping allies and adversaries alike perpetually off-balance necessarily benefits the United States, which is still the most powerful country on Earth. When I noted that America’s adversaries seem far less destabilized by Trump than do America’s allies, this official argued for strategic patience. "They’ll see over time that it doesn’t pay to argue with us."
Apparently Trump feels he now has to act more urgently and with more focus on his beliefs the next year compared to the past year. This can't bode well for the world in general.
Here it is. This is how the GOP mess with the midterms and 2020.
Supreme Court, in 5–4 Decision, Allows States to Purge Voters for Their Failure to Vote
"In a 5–4 decision handed down Monday morning, the Supreme Court ruled that states may purge voters from the rolls due to their failure to cast a ballot.
The ruling will disproportionately disenfranchise minorities and veterans as well as low-income and disabled people. Because of this decision, it is now likely that thousands of Americans will show up to the polls in 2018 hoping to cast a ballot—only to be told that they have been purged from the rolls because they skipped the past few elections. It is a nightmare scenario for voting-rights advocates that may affect the outcome of many future elections as well as the 2018 midterm elections in Ohio."
They've been doing this for a long time. At least the decision comes early enough to allow voter registration groups to mobilize. I'm not saying the decision isn't awful, but it can be overcome, at least in part, by voting often enough so you don't get purged, and also by making sure you're registered. But it is disheartening that the right wing is playing multi dimensional chess, while the other side is often forced to play catch up. Trump is a symptom of what's been happening on the right for years. It is an anti-democratic movement. Time will tell if it triumphs.