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Cont: The Trump Presidency: Part 25

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John Dean explains it all:
A new book by a psychology professor and a former lawyer in the Nixon White House argues that Trump has tapped into a current of authoritarianism in the American electorate, one that’s bubbled just below the surface for years. In “Authoritarian Nightmare,” Bob Altemeyer and John W. Dean marshal data from a previously unpublished nationwide survey showing a striking desire for strong authoritarian leadership among Republican voters.
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Many fervent Trump supporters, Altemeyer and Dean write, “are submissive, fearful, and longing for a mighty leader who will protect them from life’s threats. They divide the world into friend and foe, with the latter greatly outnumbering the former.”
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/10/12/trump-voter-authoritarian-research/
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1...amp=1789&linkCode=xm2&creativeASIN=1612199054
 
Firestone said:
You don't get it, but Megyn Kelly does: "“Please, please like me” is actually a pretty fun, funny, and self-deprecating way of connecting. This is why so many ppl forgive Trump his jagged edges - he can laugh at himself."

(No, no, no, it's not a cult at all. And Megyn Kelly is a real journalist.)
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"Is" a real journalist? No, she's a former journalist.
 
Firestone said:
Truth is, I think these conservatives are just better people than me.

If someone would try to belittle me with "blood coming out of my wherever", I wouldn't give this person any consideration for a very long time.
If someone would insinuate my dad was part of a murder plot, I won't forgive him in a thousand years. But people like Megyn Kelly and Ted Cruz, god bless them, they are just way above those trivial feelings.
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Yes. I would not forgive or forget anyone who attacked an innocent family member of mine either. It's despicable.
 
Firestone said:
You don't get it, but Megyn Kelly does: "“Please, please like me” is actually a pretty fun, funny, and self-deprecating way of connecting. This is why so many ppl forgive Trump his jagged edges - he can laugh at himself."

(No, no, no, it's not a cult at all. And Megyn Kelly is a real journalist.)
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I don't think she's wrong.

I think that some of Trump's humor is self-deprecating. I know that's strange, given how thin his skin is, but pleading "Please like me" is best viewed as a joke and that this is likely endearing to some.

Of course, he's an odd duck. I regard some of his sayings as likely to be self-mocking humor, but it's hard to fit that interpretation with his refusal to admit "covfefe" was a typo. On the other hand, it all fits a bit better when you remember that Spicer said that the word was understood by a mysterious group of insiders. That is another example of something so strange that perhaps it must have been intentional humor.
 
Captain_Swoop said:
In a Newsmax interview, President Trump declined to say whether he plans to keep AG Barr should he win:

"I have no comment. Can't comment on that. It's too early. I'm not happy with all of the evidence I have, I can tell you that. I'm not happy." https://newsmax.com/politics/trump-william-barr/2020/10/14/id/991932/
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You mean the man who complained that Biden wouldn't talk about packing the supreme Court won't give us plans about cabinet staff? I am shocked! Shocked I tell you.

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Bob001 said:
From the link:


That doesn't seem like as much of a disparity as I might have guessed. Obviously some people live a long way from hospitals, but they would be a small percentage of the population. The U.S. has a lot of open spaces. Not everybody can live 10 minutes from from a hospital.
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That's gonna depend on what type of hospital do you mean. There is only a single level 1 trauma center in the state of New Mexico (UNM-H). So, lots of people live further than 10 minutes away. People in the southern 3rd or so of the state would be air lifted to El Paso. Most counties have a hospital of some kind though.
 
Since we've come back to the hospitals, also from the link is that about a quarter of rural Americans live 34 minutes or greater from a hospital. Last I knew, the rural population of the US was about 20% of the total, which puts the >34 minute crowd at about 5% or 1 in 20 of the total population, which would be >16 million people.
 
StillSleepy said:
Since we've come back to the hospitals, also from the link is that about a quarter of rural Americans live 34 minutes or greater from a hospital. Last I knew, the rural population of the US was about 20% of the total, which puts the >34 minute crowd at about 5% or 1 in 20 of the total population, which would be >16 million people.
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Have to say, 34 minutes to a hospital does not seem that far. I live in a Canadian city of medium size (~1 milion) with multiple hospitals. I looked at Google maps and some of the people that live in the suburbs are roughly 30 minutes from the nearest hospital. (And that is not counting rush hour traffic)

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Captain_Swoop said:
In a Newsmax interview, President Trump declined to say whether he plans to keep AG Barr should he win:

"I have no comment. Can't comment on that. It's too early. I'm not happy with all of the evidence I have, I can tell you that. I'm not happy." https://newsmax.com/politics/trump-william-barr/2020/10/14/id/991932/
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"The Justice Department should not only back up everything I do and not investigate or prosecute any member of the Executive Branch, but it should arrest and prosecute anyone I choose."
 
Trump Tweets

So terrible that Facebook and Twitter took down the story of “Smoking Gun” emails related to Sleepy Joe Biden and his son, Hunter, in the @NYPost. It is only the beginning for them. There is nothing worse than a corrupt politician. REPEAL SECTION 230!!!
 
Captain_Swoop said:
Trump Tweets

So terrible that Facebook and Twitter took down the story of “Smoking Gun” emails related to Sleepy Joe Biden and his son, Hunter, in the @NYPost. It is only the beginning for them. There is nothing worse than a corrupt politician. REPEAL SECTION 230!!!
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Story? No, they were fanciful tales. In fact, if Trump had made it easier to sue news organizations for slander/libel, his pals at The New York Post and Fox News would be in deep **** over this particular [fictional] story.
 
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