I never categorized myself into this higher side of politics that is not left, not right, but somewhere that cannot be seen or understood by the people who have chosen a side.
You're holding back because I post my own opinions? That's no fun. Here's the bleedingest article I could find, written by an actual communist (apparently they still exist outside North Korea). Enjoy! Trump, the USA and the unforgivable evil 28.03.2017 17:04 A recent article featured on Yahoo! News reported that Helen Beristain, an Indiana woman who voted for Donald Trump, and even stated that she was "happy" when he won, is now lamenting the fact that her husband is facing deportation to Mexico; around the same time, CNN reported that Kraig Moss, who "traveled to 45 [Trump] rallies," and even sang songs praising him, is now bemoaning Trump's attacks on the Affordable Care Act; and two of Trump's "celebrity" supporters, Jackie Evancho, who sang at Trump's inauguration, and Caitlyn Jenner, are now complaining about his efforts to diminish the rights of the LGBT communities. I have but one response-a quotation really, from Deputy U.S. Marshall Raylan Givens, a character on the television show Justified: "You the type of fella that walks under a flock of birds and is surprised when he ends up with s**t on his face?" Disdain for undocumented migrants During his campaign, Trump never hid his disdain for undocumented immigrants, and denounced Mexicans, in particular, as criminals; he made no pretense about wanting to repeal the Affordable Care Act, and actually campaigned on that promise; and he chose as his running mate Mike Pence, who, while serving as governor of Indiana, signed a law legalizing discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. So allow me to state, unequivocally, that I have absolutely no sympathy for these four individuals or others of their ilk. Hoisted with their own petards through their ignorance or willful blindness, they now want to play, what I call, "The Regret Game." Yet they willingly chose to vote for or support the elevation of a venal, mendacious, narcissistic, demagogic, sociopathic reprobate to one of the most powerful offices in the world. I'm not sure when "The Regret Game" began, but it appears to have originated with the belief of some religious communities that no matter how despicably people live their lives, no matter how many innocents they injure, kill, or cause to suffer through their decisions and/or actions, they can still, in their last moments of life, seek forgiveness and receive absolution. No fairness One problem with this belief is it negates any incentive to behave with fairness, compassion, and integrity. Another is it is self-deceiving. If people wait until they are close to death before expressing regret, it is usually too late to undo the harm they have caused. Also, there is the very legitimate argument that seeking forgiveness on one's deathbed is compelled more by the self-serving desire to avoid eternal punishment, than by any sincere regret. In several previous articles, I have argued that history does not move linearly, despite advances in science, technology, and knowledge, but instead moves like a pendulum perpetually swinging from overreaction to regret. Perhaps the primary reason for this is because people take succor in the belief that, no matter how cruelly, irresponsibly, hypocritically, or foolishly they act, they can later play "The Regret Game." This is why I wrote in my Pravda.Report article A Day That Will Live in Infamy (January 9, 2017) that people who voted for or supported Trump "punched their one way tickets to hell." While such votes or support stand on their own as an unforgivable evil, they also represent a mindset that creates one of the greatest threats to humanity. We are at a point in history where advances in chemical, biological, and nuclear weaponry can destroy the world, and where the extinction of species and ravaging of the environment is increasing at an alarming rate. All it will take is just one time, just one foolish decision, just one broken link on the food chain that is ultimately one too many, and the ascendancy of that one "leader" recklessly given power to set these apocalyptic events into motion. And then nobody will be around to play "The Regret Game." David R. Hoffman, Legal Editor of Pravda.Report
Ronald Reagan was demented for most of his reign. But he did make waves. At least the ones that his VP handler approved of. The thing I like about Trump as POTUS is that he creates chaos wherever he goes. He's not this programmed robot that shows up at speeches to tell everyone what they already don't care about. The guy is going to destroy what we know about high level political office. He's going to break laws, act like a king, and smush common people like he's driving a steamroller. He's evil, he's unorthodox, and he's what we need to take that office seriously again.
Trump is a programmed robot. You seem to be confusing candidate Trump with President Trump. He traveled the country every day telling us Obamacare was shit and he was going to replace that thing on day 1. Then after 60 days of presidency he's pushing a similar shitty bureaucratic proposal simply because his party leaders are telling him to. That doesn't sound like an evil, unorthodox king, but more like the programmed robot politicians were used to
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/03/31/the-trump-white-house-is-in-deep-legal-trouble-according-to-the-trumps-own-standards/?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_fix-immunity-910a:homepage/story&utm_term=.cf8e118c0010 "It wasn't long ago that Trump seemed to believe such deals signaled guilt and were a very bad thing for a certain presidential candidate. ATTN: @HillaryClinton - Why did five of your staffers need FBI IMMUNITY?! #BigLeagueTruth #Debates — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 10, 2016 And here's Trump in late September: “The reason they get immunity is because they did something wrong. If they didn't do anything wrong, they don't think in terms of immunity. Five people. Folks, I'm telling you: Nobody's seen anything like this in our country's history.” Ron
Perhaps the toughest lesson Trump has to learn is, running a country is a long ways from running a company. The two talents do not translate as being a CEO usually means you only answer to a board of directors but when you're POTUS, you have to deal with 3 distinct branches of gov't. So far, Trump has nailed down the Executive Order thing, but has failed miserably when it comes to partnering even with his own party.
Trump has never had to answer to anybody but a bankruptcy manager and he didn't really have to answer to them. Seriously, the guy has never had to be fully accountable and now he is in the single most accountable job in the world.
There has been CEO type Presidents though. I think Romney would've been a good CEO type President. Trump is more of a reality TV type president
Trump's appeal was that he was not a politician. He was this outsider that was gonna "drain the swamp". The reality has been the exact opposite. The problem is that Trump doesn't know how to operate in the Washington enviorment. He's good at signing edicts, but not so good at building coalitions. Even his intimidation tactics lack the thunder they used to have. No one except perhaps a few actually fears Trump. Since he can no longer rule by fear, he either learns how to build coalitions or he becomes a lame duck before his first year in office is complete. Perhaps he needs to re-read his own book..
Except it's not his party and they don't want him as President just as much as the Democrats don't want him.
