Cindy and Lynn, I am also happy that Carter has spoken out. I agree that he is truly a decent man, and as President never received the credit he deserved. And he continues to make remarkable contributions.
@yogagirl, I'm not putting too much hope in the Mueller testimony either, but I do think it will help, even if all he does is read directly from the report. I think it's really up to Congress to ask Mueller the right questions, so the general public can get a crystal clear picture of what really happened.
Yogagirl, on an unrelated matter: didn't you once speak of being familiar with Kentucky politics? If so, I've heard that Democratic Attorney General Andy Beshear has a strong chance of winning the governorship, ousting incumbent governor, Republican Matt Bevin. Do you think that's true? That would be wonderful.
I wonder what Jimmy Carter knows that the rest of us don't. It's an interesting thought. I'm glad my rep is Ayanna Pressley, I don't have to nag her about much, she already does the right things mostly.
Gilead would become a reality under Pence, and that is terrifying.
Well, Rolling Stone Magazine is calling it like they see it.
Their current headline: Trump, Dumb as Always, Thinks Busing is About Transportation
"It's certainly a primary method of getting people to schools" the president said.
Oh My Freaking Goodness!!!
And then there is his response about Putin's opinion on Western style liberalism. NO Trump, Putin was not talking about Los Angeles or S.F.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-busing-853745/
I've come to the conclusion that Mueller testifying will be good, not so much because it will lead to impeachment proceedings (it won't), but because it will help shed light on just how shady the GOP has become, and will help discredit many of the current members of the Senate.
And if impeachment does occur, the Senate will refuse to convict or even to hold a trial as they're supposed to. This may work in the Dems favor also, as people will recognize that no one is doing their jobs at all in the Senate.
deetoo, I live in Kentucky and I hope Andy is elected Governor. The idiot we have now is Mango Moron light. He played a Rand Paul and moved here from another state where he wouldn't have had a chance to be elected. Kentucky is a very backward state when it comes to politics. We elected the turtle afterall. The first thing Bevins, the current gov., did was piss off the teachers union then fire the entire board of directors of the University of Louisville, He didnot make a lot of friends. He is pro=charter school which is stupid when nearly three quarters of Ky folks can't afford public school. He shut down the Medicaid expansion and now the rural areas of the state have NO healthcare at all. The hospitals and clinics in these areas are now manned by volunteer on limited time. Yet those people will vote Republican because Mitch will tell them too! It's very, very sad. As for Andy his dad was governor and of course the Rep have already started negative ads for him. We are trying everything we can to get him elected.
OK here comes the rant for the day. I am SICK and tired of having a buffon for a president. He and the little princess are an embarassment to this country as well as the world! He doesn't know what the other world leaders are even talking about. Then he puts his daughter out there to talk about empowering women. Give me a break! He is so arrogant that he thnks these dictators are his buddies and that they consider him a worthy advocate. They are playing him like a fiddle! He has gone over the edge. I refuse to watch any 4th of July celebrtions because he has ruined the country that our fore fathers founded. One of these days his alt-right extemeist buddies are going to cause real harm to others (well more than they have already) and he won't be able to excuse it away. One of the debators the other nite, I forgot which one, said it, HE HAS NO REGARD FOR THE LAW!
I'm with you Yogagirl. I'm so sick of him too.
What does everyone think about Trump visiting North Korea? I live in New Zealand and the international media is raving about how fantastic Trump is for going into North Korea. Trump seems to be getting more popular which I find terribly disappointing and frustrating. From a foreigner point of view it is hard to see how he will lose the election.
The Pope praising Trump
https://nypost.com/2019/06/30/pope-francis-praises-historic-trump-kim-meeting-at-the-dmz/
Everything that I have read in the US and UK press reported generally that the visit was a first and all of them also reported the criticism that he was receiving for making the visit in the first place. I was briefly watching CNN morning news today and they mentioned that there were people in his own party that are not happy about the visit and the position that it places the US in. I had a brief look in the German press and I am sure that they reported about it yesterday, but today they are only talking about Trump trying to pressure them into buying liquid natural gas from them (instead of the Russians) and why that would be a bad idea. I read the article about the pope praising his attempt at unity and peace but note that the article also mentions that the Pope has been critical of him in the past. He is probably trying positive reinforcement since he considers him not insulting someone and blatantly stirring up trouble for once a good thing. That is a low bar, but that is where we currently find ourselves.
As for my own opinion, I think he did this to try to prove to his base that he did something useful and for the photo opportunity. Like you, Here Right Now, I am on the outside looking in. I am American but don’t live in the US. In the long run, he has probably damaged the US position in the world by being friendly with a savage dictator and compromising on the US/international position that they should not be a nuclear power.
Maybe someone who lives there can tell us what the folks on the street are saying.