Coming from someone who lives in a house full of men, whom have been Chiefs fans for decades, (I personally have only ever claimed to be a Patrick Mahomes fan because I love to watch him play - fantastic athlete - but the Chiefs are not my team), however my guys have been Kelce brother fans for years, there is nothing T can do to persuade the men in my house with their votes.
If in fact anything his Mr. Pfizer commercial has soured them against him as a person a little, yet they understand why he did it - the $. Yet, as men are able to do, they compartmentalize better than I & they separate the player from the man off the field.
They will not do anything he says off the field. Not a chance! Even though they love him on the field he will not persuade their vote after what Biden had done to our country & yes, they are past Biden voters. Never again they said. Most people I talk to where I live are so soured on the party some have said it will take a decades before they ever vote blue again.
Jonathan-- I know OK politics all too well, and the willingness to work on anything bipartisan rarely does an Okie pol any good. Still, with Lankford being an ostentatiously devout Christian, I felt that the lack of equivocation in his soulless reply to Brennan could not go without comment.
Some of the major players that were in the Trump administration, need to come out more forcefully and vocally “together”. John Kelly, James Mattis, Mark Esper, etc.
I believe that, in order to "perfect" an appeal of the $83 Million verdict, IF the court's judgment confirms the verdict, Trump will be required to post the ENTIRE judgment amount as an appeal BOND, or his appeal cannot be noted UNLESS a court waives such an appeal bond.
There's another group that will be influential in taking Trump out: disabled Americans, or preferably differently abled Americans, which includes veterans with prosthetic legs such as the one Trump disparaged mentioned in General Millie's book. It's beyond indecent for a man with prosthetic hair to mock fellow Americans who are differently abled. And we are not about to forget it. I would love to have a legion of disabled Americans as poll workers! I'm signing up! As a polio survivor, I ain't scared.
Let me be clear: I absolutely abhor Trump. Anyone with an IQ above room temperature can list several reasons why he is a malevolent and stupid man who cares not a whit about the welfare of the American people and only about the glorification of his sleezy name.
And the tens of millions of Americans who are supporting Trump most certainly don’t have IQs beneath room temperature (Only about 1 to 3 percent of the populace have IQs beneath 75 as that is one of the proposed cut off points for a diagnosis of mental retardation.)
In other words, plenty of people who hate Trump are supporting him because they hate the people who hate Trump.
Among other things, they hate the legal system. First, the suits that pertain to sex (I know the Stormy Daniels suit was supposedly about a violation of campaign finance law reporting requirements, but no one outside of Manhattan Island, WDC and Berkeley see it that way) provoke a galvanizing, infuriating, incendiary response: “Those fancy pants elitest lawyers could not get him for treasonous conduct visa vis Russia so now they are going after him for having a hard pecker”
With regard to the other suits, they are, of course, meritorious and show Trump’s overwhelming guilt However, many people will still gravitate to Trump, even though the suits underscore his guilt, because they hate the legal system and because so often the legal system renders grotesque verdicts. In the law, we do not try to ascertain truth. We try to manipuate the facts and the law to win. Have you spent any time with lawyers? We are highly cynical, often vengeful and we obtain a special delight in using esoteric, formalistic rules to eviscerate justice.
For example, are you familiar with the doctrine of the “negative pregnant”? This rule provides that
A) If Plaintiff says “You owe me 100 dollars,” and
B) Defendant says, “I don’t owe you 100 dollars,” then
C) Defendant must cough up 99 dollars and 99 cents because the intellectually sadistic law reasons that the denial of a debt of 100 dollars is “pregnant with the admission” that one owes 99 dollars and 99 cents. The doctrine of the negative pregnant is dead now, but kindred forms of formalistic rot pervade the Law.
Indeed, why do you think Judaism has such a rich and liberating prophetic tradition. This was a rebellion against the arid legal tradition which, in is patient deference to precedent, often seemed to patiently defer to hidebound notions shot through with tyranny and injustice.
In March of 2023, De Santis was leading Trump in the polls. However, Trump pulled ahead. Why ? Because of the sex suits. Today, colleges are close to 60 percent female. (The growing disaffection and alienation of blue collar men is assiduously ignored by the Martha Vineyard’s branch of the Democratic Party.) E Jean Carroll has won a judgment of close to 100 million dollars for groping that allegedly took place in the 1990s. Usually, the statue of limitations forecloses old suits because after so much time witnesses are no longer available, records are no longer recoverable, and vindicative, malevolent parties can get away with murder.
When the working class men and women of America look upon E J Carroll, they see of privileged little prig of a princess (Sort of like the subject of Bob Dylan’s song “Like A Rolling Stone), cossetted and comforted by East Side snobbery and bitchiness and platoons of lawyers, and they are ready to drown blue American in an avalanche and tsunami of angry, quasi fascistic rage.
I wish I had a suggestion other than a quibble about Lankford, who yesterday had the following exchange with Margaret on Face the Nation:
Brennan: Before I let you go, I want to get your reaction to the news that he was ordered to pay $83 million to a person that a jury found he defamed after a separate jury found that he had sexually assaulted her. Does it give you any pause about him returning to office?
Each of us must speak up when we are witness to talking points generated by those who deliberately spread misinformation and lies. Calmly, respectfully, and directly we can all make a difference in every-day moments. And then, be prepared to listen because even the bat-shit crazies need to be heard.
I would add Nikki Haley to the list. With daily media coverage of the ping pong match between her and Trump, she looks stronger and he looks weaker. Don’t quit Haley Hive, march on!
saw a documentary last night. she was compelling.
Fdr's struggles re polio were monumental. When did you get polio. Were you ever in an iron lung. I wish you the very best.
Coming from someone who lives in a house full of men, whom have been Chiefs fans for decades, (I personally have only ever claimed to be a Patrick Mahomes fan because I love to watch him play - fantastic athlete - but the Chiefs are not my team), however my guys have been Kelce brother fans for years, there is nothing T can do to persuade the men in my house with their votes.
If in fact anything his Mr. Pfizer commercial has soured them against him as a person a little, yet they understand why he did it - the $. Yet, as men are able to do, they compartmentalize better than I & they separate the player from the man off the field.
They will not do anything he says off the field. Not a chance! Even though they love him on the field he will not persuade their vote after what Biden had done to our country & yes, they are past Biden voters. Never again they said. Most people I talk to where I live are so soured on the party some have said it will take a decades before they ever vote blue again.
Good journalists care about humanity. There you probably can't resist a murder mystery https://www.thedailybeast.com/chuck-philips-reporter-who-probed-biggie-and-tupac-murders-dies-at-71. Chuck Philips is dead. Safe travels, Chuck.
Jonathan-- I know OK politics all too well, and the willingness to work on anything bipartisan rarely does an Okie pol any good. Still, with Lankford being an ostentatiously devout Christian, I felt that the lack of equivocation in his soulless reply to Brennan could not go without comment.
Sharing in the hope.
A billionaire to fund independent expenditure effort to take on No Labels and third party candidates. Bloomberg?
Some of the major players that were in the Trump administration, need to come out more forcefully and vocally “together”. John Kelly, James Mattis, Mark Esper, etc.
I believe that, in order to "perfect" an appeal of the $83 Million verdict, IF the court's judgment confirms the verdict, Trump will be required to post the ENTIRE judgment amount as an appeal BOND, or his appeal cannot be noted UNLESS a court waives such an appeal bond.
There's another group that will be influential in taking Trump out: disabled Americans, or preferably differently abled Americans, which includes veterans with prosthetic legs such as the one Trump disparaged mentioned in General Millie's book. It's beyond indecent for a man with prosthetic hair to mock fellow Americans who are differently abled. And we are not about to forget it. I would love to have a legion of disabled Americans as poll workers! I'm signing up! As a polio survivor, I ain't scared.
Let me be clear: I absolutely abhor Trump. Anyone with an IQ above room temperature can list several reasons why he is a malevolent and stupid man who cares not a whit about the welfare of the American people and only about the glorification of his sleezy name.
And the tens of millions of Americans who are supporting Trump most certainly don’t have IQs beneath room temperature (Only about 1 to 3 percent of the populace have IQs beneath 75 as that is one of the proposed cut off points for a diagnosis of mental retardation.)
In other words, plenty of people who hate Trump are supporting him because they hate the people who hate Trump.
Among other things, they hate the legal system. First, the suits that pertain to sex (I know the Stormy Daniels suit was supposedly about a violation of campaign finance law reporting requirements, but no one outside of Manhattan Island, WDC and Berkeley see it that way) provoke a galvanizing, infuriating, incendiary response: “Those fancy pants elitest lawyers could not get him for treasonous conduct visa vis Russia so now they are going after him for having a hard pecker”
With regard to the other suits, they are, of course, meritorious and show Trump’s overwhelming guilt However, many people will still gravitate to Trump, even though the suits underscore his guilt, because they hate the legal system and because so often the legal system renders grotesque verdicts. In the law, we do not try to ascertain truth. We try to manipuate the facts and the law to win. Have you spent any time with lawyers? We are highly cynical, often vengeful and we obtain a special delight in using esoteric, formalistic rules to eviscerate justice.
For example, are you familiar with the doctrine of the “negative pregnant”? This rule provides that
A) If Plaintiff says “You owe me 100 dollars,” and
B) Defendant says, “I don’t owe you 100 dollars,” then
C) Defendant must cough up 99 dollars and 99 cents because the intellectually sadistic law reasons that the denial of a debt of 100 dollars is “pregnant with the admission” that one owes 99 dollars and 99 cents. The doctrine of the negative pregnant is dead now, but kindred forms of formalistic rot pervade the Law.
Indeed, why do you think Judaism has such a rich and liberating prophetic tradition. This was a rebellion against the arid legal tradition which, in is patient deference to precedent, often seemed to patiently defer to hidebound notions shot through with tyranny and injustice.
In March of 2023, De Santis was leading Trump in the polls. However, Trump pulled ahead. Why ? Because of the sex suits. Today, colleges are close to 60 percent female. (The growing disaffection and alienation of blue collar men is assiduously ignored by the Martha Vineyard’s branch of the Democratic Party.) E Jean Carroll has won a judgment of close to 100 million dollars for groping that allegedly took place in the 1990s. Usually, the statue of limitations forecloses old suits because after so much time witnesses are no longer available, records are no longer recoverable, and vindicative, malevolent parties can get away with murder.
When the working class men and women of America look upon E J Carroll, they see of privileged little prig of a princess (Sort of like the subject of Bob Dylan’s song “Like A Rolling Stone), cossetted and comforted by East Side snobbery and bitchiness and platoons of lawyers, and they are ready to drown blue American in an avalanche and tsunami of angry, quasi fascistic rage.
I wish I had a suggestion other than a quibble about Lankford, who yesterday had the following exchange with Margaret on Face the Nation:
Brennan: Before I let you go, I want to get your reaction to the news that he was ordered to pay $83 million to a person that a jury found he defamed after a separate jury found that he had sexually assaulted her. Does it give you any pause about him returning to office?
Lankford: It doesn't.
Each of us must speak up when we are witness to talking points generated by those who deliberately spread misinformation and lies. Calmly, respectfully, and directly we can all make a difference in every-day moments. And then, be prepared to listen because even the bat-shit crazies need to be heard.
I would add Nikki Haley to the list. With daily media coverage of the ping pong match between her and Trump, she looks stronger and he looks weaker. Don’t quit Haley Hive, march on!
Greg Abbott, because he may cause Biden to take control of Texas National Guard.
As you make clear, Jon, the 2024 U.S. election will be existentially dramatic and historic. Who doesn't believe so?
Certain non-Trumpy former presidents should speak now or live forever in shame (Geo. W. Bush, I'm looking at you).