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Post by djAdvocate on Apr 13, 2020 0:02:04 GMT -5
He is still not consistent, he has not provided the national leadership needed, and he has not truly prepared the country for the pain. He did not lock down the country, 8 states still don’t have stay at home orders. The outbreak in nyc originated in Europe. And most importantly, he had told states to deal with shortages on their own, requiring each to bid against each other. And if you are a governor who is not appreciative enough, he insults you. I am unimpressed with his leadership. What would it take for the federal government to force all the states to do a lockdown? We live in a country that has this concept of state's rights. The recommendations were put into place in the middle of March. My state chose to lock down, while DeBlasio was telling New Yorkers to go to the St Patrick's day parade. the declaration of a state of Emergency. which he did A MONTH AGO. do you not know that?
he has had the power to do this since January 31st, frm. all he had to do is step to the mic and DO IT.
instead, he played the 10th-er game with us, and it will end up costing thousands of US lives.
you really going to let him off the hook for that?
really?
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Post by djAdvocate on Apr 13, 2020 0:14:13 GMT -5
The butthurt sore-loser Democrats who can't accept the election results have thrown everything including a few kitchen sinks at Trump and have failed to 'get him'. Now they think this virus will do it. Trump's leadership during this pandemic is going to guarantee his re-election. I'm looking forward to more Democrat wailing on Election Day when Trump gets re-elected. LOL Only a true Trump believer can believe things that should be unbelievable. The election happened; get over it. Not liking a President has nothing to do with accepting election results. Thanks for sharing Trump's delusions. The virus is not about Trump, in fact most things aren't about Trump. If he handles things badly that's on him. Part of politics is taking advantage of unforced errors. Nothing new in this. Will Trump's lack of seriousness about the virus in the early stages be his undoing? Too early to tell. here are a few fun facts about Trump:
he hates his job. really. I am serious. he would rather be doing just about anything else. mostly standing in front of crowds of adoring fans. and who wouldn't, really? it is a hard job, which requires studiousness and deferral to experts. he sucks incredibly badly and both. he hates studying and he thinks he knows everything.
fact two: this crisis exposes every weakness he has as a leader. he is vain and insecure. rather than leading us bravely, assertively, and with vision and firmness, he has waffled at every opportunity. rather than putting a troupe of qualified experts on this stuff, he has surrounded himself with power brokers from irrelevant areas of the private sector. and when things go wrong, rather than explaining what went wrong, and moving on, he blames other people. he enjoys the extra attention this brings him, and seems woefully unprepared and without empathy for the victims of his clumsy response.
if he is re-elected after this, I would be shocked. and I have spent 16 of the last 17 years as a Republican.
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Post by pulmonarymd on Apr 13, 2020 6:12:50 GMT -5
Only a true Trump believer can believe things that should be unbelievable. The election happened; get over it. Not liking a President has nothing to do with accepting election results. Thanks for sharing Trump's delusions. The virus is not about Trump, in fact most things aren't about Trump. If he handles things badly that's on him. Part of politics is taking advantage of unforced errors. Nothing new in this. Will Trump's lack of seriousness about the virus in the early stages be his undoing? Too early to tell. here are a few fun facts about Trump:
he hates his job. really. I am serious. he would rather be doing just about anything else. mostly standing in front of crowds of adoring fans. and who wouldn't, really? it is a hard job, which requires studiousness and deferral to experts. he sucks incredibly badly and both. he hates studying and he thinks he knows everything.
fact two: this crisis exposes every weakness he has as a leader. he is vain and insecure. rather than leading us bravely, assertively, and with vision and firmness, he has waffled at every opportunity. rather than putting a troupe of qualified experts on this stuff, he has surrounded himself with power brokers from irrelevant areas of the private sector. and when things go wrong, rather than explaining what went wrong, and moving on, he blames other people. he enjoys the extra attention this brings him, and seems woefully unprepared and without empathy for the victims of his clumsy response.
if he is re-elected after this, I would be shocked. and I have spent 16 of the last 17 years as a Republican.
Being in charge requires making tough decisions, delivering bad news, and accepting responsibility for the consequences. He fails at every level, and the republicans have suddenly forgotten that we should hold our president accountable. We could have survived his presidency without a crisi, but we did not get lucky. He is the worst excuse for a human being we could have elected
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Post by Rukh O'Rorke on Apr 13, 2020 7:36:18 GMT -5
yes - then we agree. I haven't heard much on the vaccine angle lately. Not sure where they are on that or actually developing something feasible soon. me neither. I hear they are developing TREATMENTS, and that's nice. but it won't keep people from getting sick, and potentially overwhelming our rather weak HC infrastructure. Have read a few more articles. It seems this 60k estimate is only for the initial surge that we are in the middle of right now. So - far from over.
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Post by pulmonarymd on Apr 13, 2020 8:08:08 GMT -5
me neither. I hear they are developing TREATMENTS, and that's nice. but it won't keep people from getting sick, and potentially overwhelming our rather weak HC infrastructure. Have read a few more articles. It seems this 60k estimate is only for the initial surge that we are in the middle of right now. So - far from over. Yes, the predictions are through early August. Not enough data to go beyond that, and too many variables to account for to go further. This ends with a vaccine or everyone immune because they were infected. Type of news that a president should be giving, don’t you think? He has not even tried to give a vision of what “opening up the country” means. Can’t be normal because we then will be back to this situation soon enough. Large gatherings, sports, even congregating in vacation spots won’t come back immediately. His lack of leadership will cause us problems for months. Honesty is necessary, and that requires giving a sobering assessment of our current situation
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2020 9:48:49 GMT -5
me neither. I hear they are developing TREATMENTS, and that's nice. but it won't keep people from getting sick, and potentially overwhelming our rather weak HC infrastructure. Have read a few more articles. It seems this 60k estimate is only for the initial surge that we are in the middle of right now. So - far from over. That is so correct. The peak in our area is predicted in 4-6 weeks. We should do ok as we went to all the restrictions except mandatory stay at home, before the first case presented in our county. We only have 4 so far with none at our 300+ bed hospital.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2020 10:09:20 GMT -5
You know, I'm really getting tired of people assuming that just because there are similarities, one person is actually another. There are a hell of a lot of people around and it would be very easy for more than one person to behave similarly. That doesn't mean they *are* someone else and all you're doing it's stirring up unnecessary - not to mention irrelevant - shit. So how about y'all cut it out? One person's "irrelevant shit" is another's way to ease boredom. I named no one, and that will stir up nothing. I will say you definitely missed the point of my post. Claiming it is just "similarities" is just your ad hoc presentation of a 'straw man's fallacy'. You also seemed to miss the first line of my post.
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Post by pulmonarymd on Apr 13, 2020 10:28:02 GMT -5
You know, I'm really getting tired of people assuming that just because there are similarities, one person is actually another. There are a hell of a lot of people around and it would be very easy for more than one person to behave similarly. That doesn't mean they *are* someone else and all you're doing it's stirring up unnecessary - not to mention irrelevant - shit. So how about y'all cut it out? One person's "irrelevant shit" is another's way to ease boredom. I named no one, and that will stir up nothing. I will say you definitely missed the point of my post. Claiming it is just "similarities" is just your ad hoc presentation of a 'straw man's fallacy'. You also seemed to miss the first line of my post. So why did you posy about me? Or do I not deserve an answer?
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Post by djAdvocate on Apr 13, 2020 10:37:15 GMT -5
i think it would be a serious mistake to fire Fauci, but that is what is getting tweeted today.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2020 10:40:46 GMT -5
i think it would be a serious mistake to fire Fauci, but that is what is getting tweeted today. By Trump ? Missed that one. Serious mistake indeed.
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Post by moon/Laura on Apr 13, 2020 10:54:27 GMT -5
You know, I'm really getting tired of people assuming that just because there are similarities, one person is actually another. There are a hell of a lot of people around and it would be very easy for more than one person to behave similarly. That doesn't mean they *are* someone else and all you're doing it's stirring up unnecessary - not to mention irrelevant - shit. So how about y'all cut it out? One person's "irrelevant shit" is another's way to ease boredom. I named no one, and that will stir up nothing. I will say you definitely missed the point of my post. Claiming it is just "similarities" is just your ad hoc presentation of a 'straw man's fallacy'. You also seemed to miss the first line of my post. Don't really care what your take on the speculation is (whether it's relieving boredom/ not stirring stuff up). It will stop.
If anyone has a concern or question about multinicking, they can bring it to me via PM. I'd also like to point out that it's no it's effing business anyway.
There are only a few situations where multiple nics are allowed.
1. When an original account was deleted *by that member* and they wish to come back under a different name. This, of course, is not multinicking, because they only have one account. 2. The member has permanently lost access to their original login info (usually because they forgot their password and didn't bother to keep their email current in their profile so they can't get a reset). In these cases, we will allow the 2nd account and disable the first. Again, not multinicking as only one account is in use. 3. VERY rarely, someone will request permission ahead of time to create a 2nd account for the sole reason of asking something anonymously. Once they have that answer, The account is deleted or disabled.
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Post by Bob Ross on Apr 13, 2020 11:20:58 GMT -5
if he is re-elected after this, I would be shocked. and I have spent 16 of the last 17 years as a Republican. Emotionally, I fear otherwise, but logically, I agree with you. Unless something extraordinary happens, or (more likely) Biden really effs things up, Trump shouldn't win that second term. Trump won by a pretty narrow electoral margin in 2016, didn't win the popular vote, and I can't imagine a world where more people outside of his base have been won over by his missteps, shenanigans and awful behavior than turned off by them. He really had a chance to swing things in his favor with COVID, simply by acting like every other president who came before him would've acted in a similar situation, but he couldn't even do that.
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Post by Value Buy on Apr 13, 2020 15:15:15 GMT -5
if he is re-elected after this, I would be shocked. and I have spent 16 of the last 17 years as a Republican. Emotionally, I fear otherwise, but logically, I agree with you. Unless something extraordinary happens, or (more likely) Biden really effs things up, Trump shouldn't win that second term. Trump won by a pretty narrow electoral margin in 2016, didn't win the popular vote, and I can't imagine a world where more people outside of his base have been won over by his missteps, shenanigans and awful behavior than turned off by them. He really had a chance to swing things in his favor with COVID, simply by acting like every other president who came before him would've acted in a similar situation, but he couldn't even do that. Quite frankly I will be surprised if he is not re-elected. We may not have the Silent Majority that Reagan spoke of but we do have the silent minority in the proper numbers of states to put him back in the WH. Heck, even in the primaries held so far he has posted voter totals no other President has managed to hit in their re-election year. At the beginning of this VIRUS outbreak I thought it would be his achile's heel, but nowI do not believe this will do him in.
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Post by dondub on Apr 13, 2020 15:24:48 GMT -5
Emotionally, I fear otherwise, but logically, I agree with you. Unless something extraordinary happens, or (more likely) Biden really effs things up, Trump shouldn't win that second term. Trump won by a pretty narrow electoral margin in 2016, didn't win the popular vote, and I can't imagine a world where more people outside of his base have been won over by his missteps, shenanigans and awful behavior than turned off by them. He really had a chance to swing things in his favor with COVID, simply by acting like every other president who came before him would've acted in a similar situation, but he couldn't even do that. Quite frankly I will be surprised if he is not re-elected. We may not have the Silent Majority that Reagan spoke of but we do have the silent minority in the proper numbers of states to put him back in the WH. Heck, even in the primaries held so far he has posted voter totals no other President has managed to hit in their re-election year. At the beginning of this VIRUS outbreak I thought it would be his achile's heel, but nowI do not believe this will do him in. Have you tried a nice frosty glass of cool, clean water lately or is it just tangerine Kool-Aid 24/7?
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Post by Bob Ross on Apr 13, 2020 15:37:41 GMT -5
Emotionally, I fear otherwise, but logically, I agree with you. Unless something extraordinary happens, or (more likely) Biden really effs things up, Trump shouldn't win that second term. Trump won by a pretty narrow electoral margin in 2016, didn't win the popular vote, and I can't imagine a world where more people outside of his base have been won over by his missteps, shenanigans and awful behavior than turned off by them. He really had a chance to swing things in his favor with COVID, simply by acting like every other president who came before him would've acted in a similar situation, but he couldn't even do that. Quite frankly I will be surprised if he is not re-elected. We may not have the Silent Majority that Reagan spoke of but we do have the silent minority in the proper numbers of states to put him back in the WH. Heck, even in the primaries held so far he has posted voter totals no other President has managed to hit in their re-election year. At the beginning of this VIRUS outbreak I thought it would be his achile's heel, but nowI do not believe this will do him in. So this Silent Majority is a whole slew of people who didn't (care enough to) vote in 2016, but now are going to come out of the woodwork in great numbers to Keep America Great because of the bang-up job Trump's been doing? Pardon me if my logical side is a bit skeptical. I also have to inquire as to why this majority is so silent? I have my own theory but wouldn't mind hearing yours.
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Post by Value Buy on Apr 13, 2020 17:03:23 GMT -5
Quite frankly I will be surprised if he is not re-elected. We may not have the Silent Majority that Reagan spoke of but we do have the silent minority in the proper numbers of states to put him back in the WH. Heck, even in the primaries held so far he has posted voter totals no other President has managed to hit in their re-election year. At the beginning of this VIRUS outbreak I thought it would be his achile's heel, but nowI do not believe this will do him in. So this Silent Majority is a whole slew of people who didn't (care enough to) vote in 2016, but now are going to come out of the woodwork in great numbers to Keep America Great because of the bang-up job Trump's been doing? Pardon me if my logical side is a bit skeptical. I also have to inquire as to why this majority is so silent? I have my own theory but wouldn't mind hearing yours. I said silent minority in the very first sentence. They will be there again this fall. You can be as skeptical as you want. Bury your head in the sand.
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Post by Value Buy on Apr 13, 2020 17:07:17 GMT -5
Quite frankly I will be surprised if he is not re-elected. We may not have the Silent Majority that Reagan spoke of but we do have the silent minority in the proper numbers of states to put him back in the WH. Heck, even in the primaries held so far he has posted voter totals no other President has managed to hit in their re-election year. At the beginning of this VIRUS outbreak I thought it would be his achile's heel, but nowI do not believe this will do him in. Have you tried a nice frosty glass of cool, clean water lately or is it just tangerine Kool-Aid 24/7? It is hard for you to have a conversation with anyone other than people who agree with you. I make a rational point, imo, and you respond with orange kool-aid. I saw where Billisonboard was writing last week about rational responses and level headed discussions. He gets it.
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Post by dondub on Apr 13, 2020 17:12:30 GMT -5
Have you tried a nice frosty glass of cool, clean water lately or is it just tangerine Kool-Aid 24/7? It is hard for you to have a conversation with anyone other than people who agree with you. I make a rational point, imo, and you respond with orange kool-aid. I saw where Billisonboard was writing last week about rational responses and level headed discussions. He gets it. Perhaps if I thought your support of Trump, or anyone’s for that matter, WAS rational, you might have a point. But alas, I find him the most despicable of cretins, and his supporters misguided. Sorry. And it was tangerine and not orange.
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Post by djAdvocate on Apr 13, 2020 17:13:59 GMT -5
Emotionally, I fear otherwise, but logically, I agree with you. Unless something extraordinary happens, or (more likely) Biden really effs things up, Trump shouldn't win that second term. Trump won by a pretty narrow electoral margin in 2016, didn't win the popular vote, and I can't imagine a world where more people outside of his base have been won over by his missteps, shenanigans and awful behavior than turned off by them. He really had a chance to swing things in his favor with COVID, simply by acting like every other president who came before him would've acted in a similar situation, but he couldn't even do that. Quite frankly I will be surprised if he is not re-elected. We may not have the Silent Majority that Reagan spoke of but we do have the silent minority in the proper numbers of states to put him back in the WH. what makes you think so?
I see basically zero evidence that he is more popular today than he was in 2016.
moreover, nobody on the left took him seriously in 2016. that is no longer the case.
if you told me you thought he would lose by 10%, I would find that more probable than him winning.
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Post by thyme4change on Apr 13, 2020 17:26:40 GMT -5
So this Silent Majority is a whole slew of people who didn't (care enough to) vote in 2016, but now are going to come out of the woodwork in great numbers to Keep America Great because of the bang-up job Trump's been doing? Pardon me if my logical side is a bit skeptical. I also have to inquire as to why this majority is so silent? I have my own theory but wouldn't mind hearing yours. I said silent minority in the very first sentence. They will be there again this fall. You can be as skeptical as you want. Bury your head in the sand. I agree. There are a bunch of people who did and/or will vote for Trump, who won't admit it, and will criticize him for his entire presidency. They will make so much shit up about Joe there will be the same number of people voting against Joe as there were voting against Hilary.
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Post by Value Buy on Apr 13, 2020 17:39:35 GMT -5
I said silent minority in the very first sentence. They will be there again this fall. You can be as skeptical as you want. Bury your head in the sand. I agree. There are a bunch of people who did and/or will vote for Trump, who won't admit it, and will criticize him for his entire presidency. They will make so much shit up about Joe there will be the same number of people voting against Joe as there were voting against Hilary. Joe is much more liked in the democratic party and America in general than Hillary ever was. Simply put, she was not her husband. Joe's problem is we see he has slipped in his public speaking abilities and carrying out coherent sentences together from 2008 to 2016. It shows, and many voters will not be able to vote for him. He has also painted himself into a corner with already saying he will name a female running mate. No problem there, but he needs the right person sho will pick up states for him that he might lose on his own. Not sure who that would be to pull him out of that position, and if he backs out on that promise, he hurts himself even more. I am not sure if some of the Bernie backers will go with Joe in the fall......
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Post by Tennesseer on Apr 13, 2020 18:01:10 GMT -5
I agree. There are a bunch of people who did and/or will vote for Trump, who won't admit it, and will criticize him for his entire presidency. They will make so much shit up about Joe there will be the same number of people voting against Joe as there were voting against Hilary. Joe is much more liked in the democratic party and America in general than Hillary ever was. Simply put, she was not her husband. Joe's problem is we see he has slipped in his public speaking abilities and carrying out coherent sentences together from 2008 to 2016. It shows, and many voters will not be able to vote for him. He has also painted himself into a corner with already saying he will name a female running mate. No problem there, but he needs the right person sho will pick up states for him that he might lose on his own. Not sure who that would be to pull him out of that position, and if he backs out on that promise, he hurts himself even more. I am not sure if some of the Bernie backers will go with Joe in the fall...... Who can forget trump stating our Revolutionary War troops were in the air and captured the airports from the British. Good times. Good times. And then there is this: And this:
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Post by thyme4change on Apr 13, 2020 18:18:46 GMT -5
I agree. There are a bunch of people who did and/or will vote for Trump, who won't admit it, and will criticize him for his entire presidency. They will make so much shit up about Joe there will be the same number of people voting against Joe as there were voting against Hilary. Joe is much more liked in the democratic party and America in general than Hillary ever was. Simply put, she was not her husband. Joe's problem is we see he has slipped in his public speaking abilities and carrying out coherent sentences together from 2008 to 2016. It shows, and many voters will not be able to vote for him. He has also painted himself into a corner with already saying he will name a female running mate. No problem there, but he needs the right person sho will pick up states for him that he might lose on his own. Not sure who that would be to pull him out of that position, and if he backs out on that promise, he hurts himself even more. I am not sure if some of the Bernie backers will go with Joe in the fall...... And Trump is gonna make this Hunter thing way bigger than he can prove. But no one cares if he lies, and he will say it so many times, everyone will start to believe it. And once again, better Trump than a criminal!
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Post by djAdvocate on Apr 13, 2020 18:29:54 GMT -5
if Trump can make a big deal out of that Hunter, we should make a big deal out of this one: apnews.com/d8d72bb5c7fff038966933c1a0000310after all, Duncan Hunter has way more to do with Trump's success than Hunter Biden has to do with Joe's.
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Post by Gardening Grandma on Apr 13, 2020 18:32:28 GMT -5
I agree. There are a bunch of people who did and/or will vote for Trump, who won't admit it, and will criticize him for his entire presidency. They will make so much shit up about Joe there will be the same number of people voting against Joe as there were voting against Hilary. Joe is much more liked in the democratic party and America in general than Hillary ever was. Simply put, she was not her husband. Joe's problem is we see he has slipped in his public speaking abilities and carrying out coherent sentences together from 2008 to 2016.It shows, and many voters will not be able to vote for him. He has also painted himself into a corner with already saying he will name a female running mate. No problem there, but he needs the right person sho will pick up states for him that he might lose on his own. Not sure who that would be to pull him out of that position, and if he backs out on that promise, he hurts himself even more. I am not sure if some of the Bernie backers will go with Joe in the fall...... Coming from a trump supporter that is RICH! On his worst day, Joe Biden is more articulate than “Windmills cause cancer”, Revolutionary army closed airports”, “hamberder, “coffee”,
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Post by tallguy on Apr 13, 2020 19:17:56 GMT -5
I agree. There are a bunch of people who did and/or will vote for Trump, who won't admit it, and will criticize him for his entire presidency. They will make so much shit up about Joe there will be the same number of people voting against Joe as there were voting against Hilary. Joe is much more liked in the democratic party and America in general than Hillary ever was. Simply put, she was not her husband. Joe's problem is we see he has slipped in his public speaking abilities and carrying out coherent sentences together from 2008 to 2016.It shows, and many voters will not be able to vote for him. He has also painted himself into a corner with already saying he will name a female running mate. No problem there, but he needs the right person sho will pick up states for him that he might lose on his own. Not sure who that would be to pull him out of that position, and if he backs out on that promise, he hurts himself even more. I am not sure if some of the Bernie backers will go with Joe in the fall...... Donald Trump is borderline illiterate. His supporters care not one whit. Have some integrity. Admit at least that while you criticize Joe.
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Post by Bob Ross on Apr 13, 2020 20:42:41 GMT -5
So this Silent Majority is a whole slew of people who didn't (care enough to) vote in 2016, but now are going to come out of the woodwork in great numbers to Keep America Great because of the bang-up job Trump's been doing? Pardon me if my logical side is a bit skeptical. I also have to inquire as to why this majority is so silent? I have my own theory but wouldn't mind hearing yours. I said silent minority in the very first sentence. They will be there again this fall. You can be as skeptical as you want. Bury your head in the sand. Pure conjecture. You have no way of knowing this other than a guess. Unless you plan to offer up your Country Kitchen Buffet reasoning again. And, since you didn't answer my question on why they are so silent, I'll offer up my own theory. They are silent because no reasonable words can rationalize Trump. There is no rational, logical defense that can be offered up based on facts that can't be refuted using hard evidence, much of it directly provided by Trump himself. In the case of his COVID behavior, it's the most basic, irrefutable kind: direct audio and video evidence of Trump's own words. His supporters cannot justify his actions during the pandemic, no matter how hard they try, so they resort to baseless blanket claims without any supporting evidence, or what "evidence" they do provide is moronic or just downright wrong. The best Trump and his propaganda machine can do at this point is engage in heavy gas-lighting and hope to fool enough people who either don't pay enough attention or are too stupid to see through it. His base may eat this stuff up, but they don't need any further convincing anyways. The swing voters won't though, at least not in the numbers he'll need, and that's as we stand today, without considering that there's still plenty of time for his downward spiral to continue. Case in point: did you watch his briefing tonight? Do you think that it went well for him? Do you think he acted in a presidential manner, giving you confidence that a mentally and intellectually capable individual was leading the country though this pandemic? IMHO, It started out with it's usual disgusting but then got sickeningly amusing as he lurched closer to meltdown than I've ever seen him before. I seriously wonder how much more of this he can take before he completely loses it? If this crisis gets much worse (and it almost certainly will), I wouldn't be surprised if that's exactly what happens. A fragile, narcissistic personality like his is poorly equipped to withstand the growing pressure and scrutiny that he finds himself currently under. I would prefer it if you'd address some of these issues, but I don't think you will, because I don't think you can. I'll bet that instead, you'll simply stay silent.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2020 10:00:06 GMT -5
One person's "irrelevant shit" is another's way to ease boredom. I named no one, and that will stir up nothing. I will say you definitely missed the point of my post. Claiming it is just "similarities" is just your ad hoc presentation of a 'straw man's fallacy'. You also seemed to miss the first line of my post. Don't really care what your take on the speculation is (whether it's relieving boredom/ not stirring stuff up). It will stop.
If anyone has a concern or question about multinicking, they can bring it to me via PM. I'd also like to point out that it's no it's effing business anyway.
There are only a few situations where multiple nics are allowed.
1. When an original account was deleted *by that member* and they wish to come back under a different name. This, of course, is not multinicking, because they only have one account. 2. The member has permanently lost access to their original login info (usually because they forgot their password and didn't bother to keep their email current in their profile so they can't get a reset). In these cases, we will allow the 2nd account and disable the first. Again, not multinicking as only one account is in use. 3. VERY rarely, someone will request permission ahead of time to create a 2nd account for the sole reason of asking something anonymously. Once they have that answer, The account is deleted or disabled. It had already stopped. The point I was discussing with you was your attempt at a straw mans fallacy. My point was not "similarity", nor is it "speculation", as you are claiming in yet another attempt at a straw mans fallacy in this post. Changing what I said, to what you are limited to understanding, is expected from you. It's one of your communication traits. It would take a statistician/mathematician to understand the process. I care nothing about multinicking, nor did I complain to admin about it, that's your concern.
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Post by andi9899 on Apr 14, 2020 10:19:16 GMT -5
Quite frankly I will be surprised if he is not re-elected. We may not have the Silent Majority that Reagan spoke of but we do have the silent minority in the proper numbers of states to put him back in the WH. Heck, even in the primaries held so far he has posted voter totals no other President has managed to hit in their re-election year. At the beginning of this VIRUS outbreak I thought it would be his achile's heel, but nowI do not believe this will do him in. Have you tried a nice frosty glass of cool, clean water lately or is it just tangerine Kool-Aid 24/7? I'm so using that.
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Post by pulmonarymd on Apr 14, 2020 12:49:30 GMT -5
Don't really care what your take on the speculation is (whether it's relieving boredom/ not stirring stuff up). It will stop.
If anyone has a concern or question about multinicking, they can bring it to me via PM. I'd also like to point out that it's no it's effing business anyway.
There are only a few situations where multiple nics are allowed.
1. When an original account was deleted *by that member* and they wish to come back under a different name. This, of course, is not multinicking, because they only have one account. 2. The member has permanently lost access to their original login info (usually because they forgot their password and didn't bother to keep their email current in their profile so they can't get a reset). In these cases, we will allow the 2nd account and disable the first. Again, not multinicking as only one account is in use. 3. VERY rarely, someone will request permission ahead of time to create a 2nd account for the sole reason of asking something anonymously. Once they have that answer, The account is deleted or disabled. It had already stopped. The point I was discussing with you was your attempt at a straw mans fallacy. My point was not "similarity", nor is it "speculation", as you are claiming in yet another attempt at a straw mans fallacy in this post. Changing what I said, to what you are limited to understanding, is expected from you. It's one of your communication traits. It would take a statistician/mathematician to understand the process. I care nothing about multinicking, nor did I complain to admin about it, that's your concern. The problem with smart people is they believe that their expertise extends past its real limits. Frequent problem with physicians. Your speculation is just that, speculation, you have no real way of proving whatever point you wish to make. I do not care about your claims about your memory and ability. And you still refuse to answer my question, if your speculation did not matter, why did you drag me into your debate in the first place?
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