Cont: The Trump Presidency: Part 26

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malbui said:
On a positive note it’s 5.45am here in rural France and I know what my breakfast is going to be when I get up in a few minutes.
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I would have thought that Brains de Marie Antoinette would be a bit moldy by now

Oui, I am falling behind in this thread. Marie Antoinette's behind.
 
Jim_MDP said:
No, not toast. Sadly.
Fox is out, I agree, but she is EXACTLY the face OANN is looking for.
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Yeah, but OANN isn't going to pay her nearly $200K salary. If she's a good business woman, she has a written agreement with Fox that she gets her old role back.

ETA: More likely, if she has a good agent.
 
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MRC_Hans said:
Well, in reality Trump is ... not very brave. A squad of, what FBI or security guards? Anyway armed officials. First remove any supporters, they are probably cowards, too (ops, I said it there..). Then walk in to him and say, "You will come with us, mr. Trump."

What do you think he will do?

Hans
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Probably US Marshalls.
 
Stacyhs said:
How?
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A Republican says, "Big Tech censors conservative viewpoints. They have a bias for liberal, communist propaganda. They MUST be held responsible for all the misleading and false information that pinko liberals post on-line. If we don't force them to publish *our* side of the issue, Putin will take over."
 
dudalb said:
Larry Kudlow just stated the terrible jobs number are "Not the be all and end all: and the economy is in overlal good shape.
Shades of the Hoover White House after the Depression hit.
This is what you get when you hire somebody because you seen him on TV.
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You don't have to go back to Hoover. A more recent citation is ... Kudlow. Here he is just before the 2008 crash:
There’s no recession coming. The pessimistas were wrong. It’s not going to happen. At a bare minimum, we are looking at Goldilocks 2.0. (And that’s a minimum). Goldilocks is alive and well. The Bush boom is alive and well. It’s finishing up its sixth consecutive year with more to come. Yes, it’s still the greatest story never told.
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For a more comprehensive list, Trump’s new economic adviser is really bad at economics.
 
turingtest said:
My concern is that the GOP, even without Trump winning this election, will try to use his loss to make the US an effectively one-party state (Washington Post via MSN):



A basic, even definitional, requirement in a working democracy is that all parties vying for the votes of the people in a fair election be able to accept and acknowledge when they fairly lose one. There's never been any solid evidence for the sort of widespread voter fraud Republicans moan about to justify changing the system to make it harder for people to vote- they've always simply assumed the crime they ostensibly want to prevent as their pretense for a stringency that prevents it. The GOP has increasingly become a party that not only cannot admit a loss, but sees the very possibility of it as a policy plank. It's an ultimate act of raw partisanship when, instead of submitting their ideas for acceptance to as broad a base of voters as could be in a fair election, their idea is simply to selectively narrow the base so they can't lose, which is their only definition of a fair election.
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I'm concerned. But not that much. They lost this election by 7 million votes.

I see this potentially creating a war in the GOP.

And when your enemy is at war with itself, don't get in the way.
 
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A couple of Trump supporters at the Georgia Rally:'
Sharon Tanner, a school bus driver, had traveled with her family from Moultrie, Ga., to attend the rally. When asked who was going to be inaugurated Jan. 20, Tanner said she thought it would be Trump, not Biden.

“God’s going to open their mouths and let the truth come out,” she said.

Tanner, 53, said she didn’t know enough about Trump’s dispute with Raffensperger to comment, but she maintained that there had been enough fraud to overturn the election — and that she was planning to vote for Loeffler and Perdue on Jan. 5.

I feel like we need to vote more now. [Trump] still needs us to do our part no matter what. I’m telling all my folks to come out and vote,” she said. “I believe he’s God’s anointed, that God chose him to fix our country.”
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Religious fanatics are the most dangerous of all.
of course the question is if Trump is God's annonited, why did he let Biden win the election.
I am really afraid, to preserve our democracy it will necessary to use force against these wackjobs.
 
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Originally Posted by Stacyhs View Post
How?
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SezMe said:
A Republican says, "Big Tech censors conservative viewpoints. They have a bias for liberal, communist propaganda. They MUST be held responsible for all the misleading and false information that pinko liberals post on-line. If we don't force them to publish *our* side of the issue, Putin will take over."
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Of course, this is actually disproven but they've never let facts get in the way of what they believe. Why start now? Tin companies love right wing conspiracy theorists. They make a fortune on all the hats they make.
 
SezMe said:
Yeah, but OANN isn't going to pay her nearly $200K salary. If she's a good business woman, she has a written agreement with Fox that she gets her old role back.

ETA: More likely, if she has a good agent.
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Why would Fox do that? Do they really need her? Companies don't routinely promise employees that they can quit, go to work somewhere else and come back when they feel like it at a guaranteed salary. Her time with Trump may have made her less marketable. That would like a leave of absence. I'm sure she'll find work in the right-wing bubble, but not necessarily Fox.
 
dudalb said:
A couple of Trump supporters at the Georgia Rally:'


Religious fanatics are the most dangerous of all.
of course the question is if Trump is God's annonited, why did he let Biden win the election.
I am really afraid, to preserve our democracy it will necessary to use force against these wackjobs.
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It's the Devil's work! Which always surprises me. Somehow, the Devil always manages to outsmart God.
 
I doubt any country is ever going to make trade deals with a Republican President in the foreseeable future: this disdain for fact makes honest negotiation impossible.
 
Susheel said:
Any truth to the rumours that people were walking out in the middle of his rant at the rally?
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That apparently happens a lot. People have lined up hours in advance, they've seen him in person, they've listened to his repetitive rant, and they have lives to get back to.

I'm no Trumper, but I could imagine going to a rally just out of curiosity. I'd really like to know how many people go to more than one, especially if they have to travel long distances.
 
Bob001 said:
That apparently happens a lot. People have lined up hours in advance, they've seen him in person, they've listened to his repetitive rant, and they have lives to get back to.

I'm no Trumper, but I could imagine going to a rally just out of curiosity. I'd really like to know how many people go to more than one, especially if they have to travel long distances.
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Apparently quite a few of his rabid cultists do. I was reading an article in another thread where to women were on their fifth Trump rally. An intervention may be in order. Or a lobotomy.
 
Bob001 said:
Why would Fox do that?
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There are numerous possibilities. Her ratings were very high? An important advertiser want her to do their ads? She was polishing Murdoch's knob? Hannity's? The contacts she made while at the WH will prove valuable for future news scoops?

Bob001 said:
Do they really need her?
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Define need. There's no way us civilians can possibly know so why throw out that scenario without evidence either way.


Bob001 said:
Companies don't routinely promise employees that they can quit, go to work somewhere else and come back when they feel like it at a guaranteed salary. Her time with Trump may have made her less marketable. That would like a leave of absence. I'm sure she'll find work in the right-wing bubble, but not necessarily Fox.
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Who said she quit? Companies routinely give employees a leave of absence for some period. Ever hear of pregnancy leave?

"Her time with Trump may have made her less more marketable. Again, we just don't know.

Of course, it's not certain she'll return to Fox. Never said she would. Shoo, straw man, go away.
 
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If you don’t vote. The socialists and the communists win.

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