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Post by dondubble on Sept 5, 2024 21:47:27 GMT -5
Well, it’s called ‘weaving’ and all his English Professor friends claim he does it better than anyone else - ever!! 🙄 He has so many imaginary people in his head now, it's a wonder he can talk at all. English professor friends... He met them through his genius uncle at MIT.
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Post by dondubble on Sept 5, 2024 21:49:26 GMT -5
You know, I can give people having a bad day or two...you know...ask about IVF and get a lecture about windmills and illegal immigrants for an answer kind of thing, but it happens a LOT with Trump now. Something is up with that guy (and I said the same thing about Biden). I don't know if oped is still hanging out on these boards, but I copied this from her Facebook page.
The question to Trump was, what specific legislation would you support to address the high cost of childcare. The transcript of Trump's answer:
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Post by djAdvocate on Sept 6, 2024 0:31:04 GMT -5
absolute rubbish. for the bottom 50%, it would add to their suffering. for the top 50%, it might indeed help pay the outrageous cost for childcare, which most of them can already afford.
in other words, it makes the problem that she was asking about worse.
he knows his audience, though. tax breaks for the rich are very popular with the rich.
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Post by djAdvocate on Sept 6, 2024 0:32:30 GMT -5
He has clearly gotten worse. Funny how republicans who couldn’t stop talking about Biden and his mental decline, are curiously silent about Trump’s cognitive abilities. Just another example how it is ok if you are Republican he has gotten worse because he clearly doesn't care about policy at all any more, even to get elected.
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Post by NastyWoman on Sept 6, 2024 2:15:04 GMT -5
He has clearly gotten worse. Funny how republicans who couldn’t stop talking about Biden and his mental decline, are curiously silent about Trump’s cognitive abilities. Just another example how it is ok if you are Republican he has gotten worse because he clearly doesn't care about policy at all any more, even to get elected. I slightly disagree with the bolded but only because it implies that he used to care about policy and I really don't think he ever cared about policy
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Post by happyhoix on Sept 6, 2024 5:19:22 GMT -5
You know, I can give people having a bad day or two...you know...ask about IVF and get a lecture about windmills and illegal immigrants for an answer kind of thing, but it happens a LOT with Trump now. Something is up with that guy (and I said the same thing about Biden). I don't know if oped is still hanging out on these boards, but I copied this from her Facebook page.
The question to Trump was, what specific legislation would you support to address the high cost of childcare. The transcript of Trump's answer:
I just watched this on TV and holy crap. The woman asked a very straight forward question - what would you do about the high cost of child care - and this was his best response? Besides, he’s wrong on high tariffs making everyone rich. High tariffs would be a tax on the American consumer and would impact poor people the most. It certainly won’t help them pay for child care. I thought he was the top of his class at a business school?
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Post by pulmonarymd on Sept 6, 2024 6:12:04 GMT -5
He has clearly gotten worse. Funny how republicans who couldn’t stop talking about Biden and his mental decline, are curiously silent about Trump’s cognitive abilities. Just another example how it is ok if you are Republican he has gotten worse because he clearly doesn't care about policy at all any more, even to get elected. I think it is more than that. He has had a cognitive decline. Just listen to his speeches from 2016 and now. How he talks has clearly changed. He will be worse than Biden is when he ends his term. And since he will surround himself with incompetents and yes men, it could get very ugly
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Post by scgal on Sept 6, 2024 6:46:12 GMT -5
You know, I can give people having a bad day or two...you know...ask about IVF and get a lecture about windmills and illegal immigrants for an answer kind of thing, but it happens a LOT with Trump now. Something is up with that guy (and I said the same thing about Biden). I don't know if oped is still hanging out on these boards, but I copied this from her Facebook page.
The question to Trump was, what specific legislation would you support to address the high cost of childcare. The transcript of Trump's answer: I just watched this on TV and holy crap. The woman asked a very straight forward question - what would you do about the high cost of child care - and this was his best response? Besides, he’s wrong on high tariffs making everyone rich. High tariffs would be a tax on the American consumer and would impact poor people the most. It certainly won’t help them pay for child care. I thought he was the top of his class at a business school? He is taking questions asked and turning back to his focus point perfect politician. Doesn't care much for the other side just going to keep his base engaged. This may hurt him in polls but lets face it he won't win the popular vote just the electoral.
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Post by Opti on Sept 6, 2024 6:48:34 GMT -5
he has gotten worse because he clearly doesn't care about policy at all any more, even to get elected. I think it is more than that. He has had a cognitive decline. Just listen to his speeches from 2016 and now. How he talks has clearly changed. He will be worse than Biden is when he ends his term. And since he will surround himself with incompetents and yes men, it could get very ugly Since I want Harris/Walz to win I am only going to speak to Trump the one term President who did worse in the elections every time he ran. Trump doesn't even link his ideas anymore. Whether it is stress, cognitive decline, or a combination of both - he is a worse candidate than when he ran the first time. People will still stay behind him, because of conservative values. And in a nutshell it appears conservative values have become simply treating people they disapprove like crap. And no matter what they say, that is not a Christian position.
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Post by Opti on Sept 6, 2024 6:54:50 GMT -5
He is taking questions asked and turning back to his focus point perfect politician. Doesn't care much for the other side just going to keep his base engaged. This may hurt him in polls but lets face it he won't win the popular vote just the electoral. I hope he loses the electoral vote like he did in 2020. Any politician usually gets less popular as time goes on simply because they have done more things for people to be unhappy about. Trump's current campaign feels like his first year in office. A horror show of mistakes, missteps and unforced errors.
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Post by Cheesy FL-Vol on Sept 6, 2024 7:25:29 GMT -5
He is taking questions asked and turning back to his focus point perfect politician. Doesn't care much for the other side just going to keep his base engaged. This may hurt him in polls but lets face it he won't win the popular vote just the electoral. I hope he loses the electoral vote like he did in 2020. Any politician usually gets less popular as time goes on simply because they have done more things for people to be unhappy about. Trump's current campaign feels like his first year in office. A horror show of mistakes, missteps and unforced errors. He isn't a politician. He is a self-aggrandizing shit show.
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Post by seriousthistime on Sept 6, 2024 8:02:40 GMT -5
Cheesy FL-Vol, I'm awarding you the coveted First Laugh of the Day medal!
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Post by scgal on Sept 6, 2024 8:03:15 GMT -5
He is taking questions asked and turning back to his focus point perfect politician. Doesn't care much for the other side just going to keep his base engaged. This may hurt him in polls but lets face it he won't win the popular vote just the electoral. I hope he loses the electoral vote like he did in 2020. Any politician usually gets less popular as time goes on simply because they have done more things for people to be unhappy about. Trump's current campaign feels like his first year in office. A horror show of mistakes, missteps and unforced errors. He may highly doubtful. He was undoubtedly the best president since Regan (although Clinton wasn't bad). I tend to not pay attention to polls they are skewed a lot depending on the day. I think Trump is way ahead of Harris remember Hillary all the polls said she was ahead she was going to win by a landslide nope didn't happen. Middle America wants a Republican she is losing ground on the swing states once things get real nasty she will be toast. They have her cocooned in a rose garden type of speeches she can't handle any tough questions that is why walz was with her on CNN she needs a chaperone. They are afraid she will start cackling.
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Post by billisonboard on Sept 6, 2024 8:17:19 GMT -5
I hope he loses the electoral vote like he did in 2020. Any politician usually gets less popular as time goes on simply because they have done more things for people to be unhappy about. Trump's current campaign feels like his first year in office. A horror show of mistakes, missteps and unforced errors. He may highly doubtful. He was undoubtedly the best president since Regan (although Clinton wasn't bad). I tend to not pay attention to polls they are skewed a lot depending on the day. I think Trump is way ahead of Harris remember Hillary all the polls said she was ahead she was going to win by a landslide nope didn't happen. Middle America wants a Republican she is losing ground on the swing states once things get real nasty she will be toast.They have her cocooned in a rose garden type of speeches she can't handle any tough questions that is why walz was with her on CNN she needs a chaperone. They are afraid she will start cackling. The bolded will be a sad commentary on the American electorate if it comes true.
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Post by djAdvocate on Sept 6, 2024 9:43:47 GMT -5
He is taking questions asked and turning back to his focus point perfect politician. Doesn't care much for the other side just going to keep his base engaged. This may hurt him in polls but lets face it he won't win the popular vote just the electoral. of course he won't. Republican presidents don't win the popular vote anymore. as to your first comment, are you actually watching him? did you hear his answer to the question about childcare? he not only didn't answer it, he basically said that the tax break would pay for it, which it won't.
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Post by djAdvocate on Sept 6, 2024 9:44:50 GMT -5
He is taking questions asked and turning back to his focus point perfect politician. Doesn't care much for the other side just going to keep his base engaged. This may hurt him in polls but lets face it he won't win the popular vote just the electoral. I hope he loses the electoral vote like he did in 2020. that's not enough. he needs to get crushed like Dukakis.
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Post by djAdvocate on Sept 6, 2024 9:49:25 GMT -5
I hope he loses the electoral vote like he did in 2020. Any politician usually gets less popular as time goes on simply because they have done more things for people to be unhappy about. Trump's current campaign feels like his first year in office. A horror show of mistakes, missteps and unforced errors. He may highly doubtful. He was undoubtedly the best president since Regan (although Clinton wasn't bad). he wasn't even the best Republican president since Reagan. if you think otherwise, please list your reasons why, because i find that position unfathomable. you seem to be just repeating claims that Trump makes, scgal. by now you should know that his claims are false about 75% of the time. it approaches 100% when he is talking about himself. the best judge of how well presidents did are presidential historians. they rate him either 3rd, 2nd, or 1st to the bottom. even CONSERVATIVE historians rate him poorly.
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Post by djAdvocate on Sept 6, 2024 9:52:16 GMT -5
I think Trump is way ahead of Harris remember Hillary all the polls said she was ahead she was going to win by a landslide nope didn't happen. false. the polls said she would win the popular vote by 3.3%. she won by 2.3%, the polling was more accurate in 2016 than 2012. and only the NYT thought she would win easily. Nate Silver said she had something like a 55% chance of winning.
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Post by djAdvocate on Sept 6, 2024 9:57:03 GMT -5
They have her cocooned in a rose garden type of speeches she can't handle any tough questions that is why walz was with her on CNN she needs a chaperone. They are afraid she will start cackling. we are talking about Harris, here, right? she just did a bus tour of Georgia and Florida, i believe. hopefully she waved at Trump as she drove by Mar A Lago. at this point, i think she could cackle in the middle of 5th avenue and not lose a single vote.
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Post by tallguy on Sept 6, 2024 10:39:27 GMT -5
One would have to be a f***ing idiot to think that Donald Trump was actually good at ANY part of BEING president.
WORST. IN. HISTORY.
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Post by Opti on Sept 6, 2024 10:40:45 GMT -5
I hope he loses the electoral vote like he did in 2020. Any politician usually gets less popular as time goes on simply because they have done more things for people to be unhappy about. Trump's current campaign feels like his first year in office. A horror show of mistakes, missteps and unforced errors. He may highly doubtful. He was undoubtedly the best president since Regan (although Clinton wasn't bad). I tend to not pay attention to polls they are skewed a lot depending on the day. I think Trump is way ahead of Harris remember Hillary all the polls said she was ahead she was going to win by a landslide nope didn't happen. Middle America wants a Republican she is losing ground on the swing states once things get real nasty she will be toast. They have her cocooned in a rose garden type of speeches she can't handle any tough questions that is why walz was with her on CNN she needs a chaperone. They are afraid she will start cackling. Almost everything you have written consists of talking points which are lies that you are taking as truth. So starting from the last lie, Harris is new to the campaign trail as a Presidential candidate. Positions need to be firmed up. DJT has had years to refine his platform, and he can't even answer a basic q like how are you going to address the high cost of childcare. He's the one who goes on Hannity and other soft interview shows because he can't even handle that. Even with them guiding him in, he still makes lots of unforced errors and says multiple things that make no sense. So on that note, he was not a good President. Historians agree on this and everyone who is not team Trump knows this as well. Reagan was quite popular and the Kremlin really worried about him because of his popularity. To this day they are still resentful Reagan forced them into tearing down the Berlin Wall. Trump is their answer to Reagan. Not ours. Sure, the guns over anyone and fetuses are important until they are born crowd adopted him. But no one, with the help of his many enablers, has done so much to destroy America as a country. At least during my lifetime. The conservative Treehouse put in an article that there would be this yuge red wave of voters because of all the attendees at Trump rallies. This was in most RW media I think until the election. The red wave didn't happen the way they had planned. He lost the popular vote. And if you don't already realize it, the left is energized against all the marketing stories and nonsense from the Right. Trump is running against a former attorney general of the biggest state in America. What's the plan when he loses again? Beer, McDonald's and reruns of Duck Dynasty?
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Sept 6, 2024 10:49:57 GMT -5
So Trump giving a word salad non-answer that looks like he is having a stroke is in reality a brilliant display of political prowess. Ha ha look at him sticking his middle finger up and mocking people who think interviews and answering these dumb questions is important! What a powerful intelligent guy!
But if Harris gives a non-answer she is an idiot who can't find her way out of a paper bag. If she was truly qualified to be president she would have given an actual substantial answer to the question. Typical politician and exactly the type we want to get rid of.
The f*ck? What drugs are you people on?
Really hammers home that women and minorities have to work twice as hard if not harder to even come close to being considered comparable to a mediocre white dude. In this case we can barely make the claim of mediocre.
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Post by djAdvocate on Sept 6, 2024 10:54:26 GMT -5
i also disagree that Trump is asked tough questions and answers them fulsomely.
both parts of this are generally false. he is very rarely asked tough questions, and when he is, he doesn't answer them.
and i think it is outrageous to criticize Harris for her speeches in front of friendly audiences. it is pretty much all Trump has done the last 10 years. it is VERY rare he is not in front of cultists who seem to think that every word from him is manna from God.
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He is taking questions asked and turning back to his focus point perfect politician. Doesn't care much for the other side just going to keep his base engaged. This may hurt him in polls but lets face it he won't win the popular vote just the electoral. Did you listen to the video of his response? He did not turn back to his focus point - he has no focus points. He seemed to be saying the high tariffs foreigners would pay to do business here would pour money into the fed coffers and that would allow them to help with a lot of things, maybe including day care. Is he proposing federally funding daycare facilities? Tax credits for daycare? A chunk of money sent to every family with kids? He has no plan. You know as well as I do that he spent his four years promising cheap and beautiful healthcare, tax breaks for the middle class, and a wall to keep out the browns. Instead, only the wealthy and big corporations got a tax break. Since wealthy people don’t have to worry about daycare (what with the Nannie’s and all) this will likely be one more initiative he totally ignores if he gets back into office. Trump is disadvantaged this time because he has to run on his record, which is not a record of helping the middle class or poor people.
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Post by djAdvocate on Sept 6, 2024 11:13:09 GMT -5
He is taking questions asked and turning back to his focus point perfect politician. Doesn't care much for the other side just going to keep his base engaged. This may hurt him in polls but lets face it he won't win the popular vote just the electoral. Did you listen to the video of his response? He did not turn back to his focus point - he has no focus points. He seemed to be saying the high tariffs foreigners would pay to do business here would pour money into the fed coffers and that would allow them to help with a lot of things, maybe including day care. Is he proposing federally funding daycare facilities? Tax credits for daycare? A chunk of money sent to every family with kids? He has no plan. You know as well as I do that he spent his four years promising cheap and beautiful healthcare, tax breaks for the middle class, and a wall to keep out the browns. Instead, only the wealthy and big corporations got a tax break. Since wealthy people don’t have to worry about daycare (what with the Nannie’s and all) this will likely be one more initiative he totally ignores if he gets back into office. Trump is disadvantaged this time because he has to run on his record, which is not a record of helping the middle class or poor people. i think he used the phrase "child care" in the response three times. he mentioned that it was important. but what he basically said was "i will send you money and you are on your own", which is not only false, but no different than what is going on right now. he is not a candidate for the future. he is a candidate for the past. and i would suggest that is where we should put him.
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Post by thyme4change on Sept 6, 2024 12:15:32 GMT -5
I don’t think middle America wants Trump. I am just worried they won’t want a black woman more.
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Post by Opti on Sept 6, 2024 12:27:57 GMT -5
So Trump giving a word salad non-answer that looks like he is having a stroke is in reality a brilliant display of political prowess. Ha ha look at him sticking his middle finger up and mocking people who think interviews and answering these dumb questions is important! What a powerful intelligent guy! But if Harris gives a non-answer she is an idiot who can't find her way out of a paper bag. If she was truly qualified to be president she would have given an actual substantial answer to the question. Typical politician and exactly the type we want to get rid of. The f*ck? What drugs are you people on? Really hammers home that women and minorities have to work twice as hard if not harder to even come close to being considered comparable to a mediocre white dude. In this case we can barely make the claim of mediocre. And in the alternate universe Trump is elected. rights for women and anyone not a white male of the correct kind will erode. It surprises me that RW women see the push for women to have no say over their body integrity if a fertilized egg is present, leads to other things. Some of the men behind Trump want to not allow divorce. Read recently about a Pastor at a Vance campaign stop had some outrageous views. Like divorce should not be allowed even in the case of abuse. Some of these men won't be happy until women and everyone else are chattel like slaves of the past. If women voting for Trump do not care about democracy, how do you feel about your continued ability to work, to drive, have money in your name, etc. ?
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Post by Opti on Sept 6, 2024 12:31:29 GMT -5
I don’t think middle America wants Trump. I am just worried they won’t want a black woman more. I hope that Walz is enough of a balance that we can finally get our first female President and move forward. We are behind too many other nations on this. I hope more see Trump as such a trainwreck that they are willing to spend four more years in getting him out to pasture.
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Post by Opti on Sept 6, 2024 12:37:57 GMT -5
From Tenn's article in a post on the Trump lawsuit thread.
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Post by Cheesy FL-Vol on Sept 6, 2024 12:41:29 GMT -5
So Trump giving a word salad non-answer that looks like he is having a stroke is in reality a brilliant display of political prowess. Ha ha look at him sticking his middle finger up and mocking people who think interviews and answering these dumb questions is important! What a powerful intelligent guy! But if Harris gives a non-answer she is an idiot who can't find her way out of a paper bag. If she was truly qualified to be president she would have given an actual substantial answer to the question. Typical politician and exactly the type we want to get rid of. The f*ck? What drugs are you people on? Really hammers home that women and minorities have to work twice as hard if not harder to even come close to being considered comparable to a mediocre white dude. In this case we can barely make the claim of mediocre. And in the alternate universe Trump is elected. rights for women and anyone not a white male of the correct kind will erode. It surprises me that RW women see the push for women to have no say over their body integrity if a fertilized egg is present, leads to other things. Some of the men behind Trump want to not allow divorce. Read recently about a Pastor at a Vance campaign stop had some outrageous views. Like divorce should not be allowed even in the case of abuse. Some of these men won't be happy until women and everyone else are chattel like slaves of the past. If women voting for Trump do not care about democracy, how do you feel about your continued ability to work, to drive, have money in your name, etc. ? Welcome to Taliberica
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