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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
@Hextar: Oh, well, I guess it does defeat the purpose, if you think the purpose of the White House is "governing the country effectively", if the purpose is "All hail GOP!", it helps by weakening the opposition.
@megaeliz: I like that slogan.
Woah, FOX is calling out Trump?
edited 7th Jun '17 3:57:07 PM by IFwanderer
1 2 We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. -KVRepublicans. His policies are shit but he's an excellent showman, and that counts for a lot. More than facts. Like that $110 billion dollar deal he pulled out of his ass? Doesn't matter that it's a lie, because he already won his political points off it. Our liberal media can report that it was bullshit but his base doesn't listen to the media, they listen to Trump, so that doesn't mean anything to them.
He could literally come out and go, "I just signed a bill that created 50,000 jobs and fixed the economy," and we can spend the next seven months reporting that there is no bill, no jobs created, and the economy's just getting worse. And his base will go, "Trump is the best President ever! Look at all those jobs he created! I mean, I haven't seen any, but they're there!"
Because he said it and they trust him. Because he tells it like it is. Because he never lies. Because he's a REAL MAN and not a politician or a wussy liberal. Because he's the only person in Washington who has a clue and isn't trying to scam you for all you're worth. And all of this is true, because he's assertive, constantly picks fights to prove the size of his dick, and says things with confidence. That's literally all he needs.
That is the reason why we're in this mess; because Trump is vapid and hollow, but he's always been vapid and hollow with confidence and charm that allowed his voters to project whatever they wanted onto him.
edited 7th Jun '17 4:00:58 PM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.The White Naionalist movement has grown over 600 percent since 2012 on Twitter.
The WN movement is growing faster than ISIS.
“Social media activists tweeted hundreds of times per day using repetitive hashtags and slogans associated with this trope,” the study said.
It's not charisma...it's lack of shame. As a saying goes: Frechheit siegt (roughly translated "Impudence wins"). Which is exactly why Trump won't get pardoned. He won't, because unlike Nixon he won't take the way out, he will keep fighting until the bitter end. And consequently loose. Because this time around, he is not dealing with an opponent he can bury under costs.
Details about Christopher Way, the nomanee to replace Comey
. He has a history working for the Trump family and is representing Christie in Bridgegate. If it weren't for those things his record would be reasonable.
Here's the official White House servey on executive branch reform.
PLEASE SHARE YOUR IDEA, INCLUDING THE PROPOSAL AND BENEFITS. IF NECESSARY, YOU MAY INCLUDE A LINK TO A MORE DETAILED REPORT OR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
What agency would you like to eliminate?
PLEASE SHARE YOUR IDEA, INCLUDING THE PROPOSAL AND BENEFITS. IF NECESSARY, YOU MAY INCLUDE A LINK TO A MORE DETAILED REPORT OR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
Do you have any management reform ideas, such as acquisition/procurement reform?
Do you have any management reform ideas, such as acquisition/procurement reform?
https://www.whitehouse.gov/reorganizing-the-executive-branch#page
Just put fake name and email. And get creative with what to get rid of. A good example would be corn subsidy programs.
https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/crops/corn/policy/
edited 7th Jun '17 4:27:32 PM by megaeliz
"Honestly Trump might as well be the first super-powered human because it's like he has actual real-life Plot Armor. Absolutely everything that could've brought down anyone pre-campaign he has shrugged off without a hitch, and i find highly unlikely we're seeing him leave until he's done the eight-year run."
Trump is The Scourge of God for America:
Trump to America: "I am the scourge of God, appointed to chastise you, since no one knows the remedy for your iniquity except me. You are wicked, but I am more wicked than you, so be silent!"
edited 7th Jun '17 4:42:52 PM by CrimsonZephyr
"For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die."
x5,
x7: That's just it — I've always been a skeptic and an independent thinker. So I have a very difficult time grasping the notion that people are willing to believe such obvious bullshit, just because some bigwig says it with phony confidence.
I guess I'll just never understand the "Sheeple" mentality. Lucky for me.
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So he's Pious or at least works for the Eternal Darkness. Lovely.
edited 7th Jun '17 4:49:02 PM by FireCrawler2002
At this point, President Augustine might actually be a step up.
edited 7th Jun '17 5:00:49 PM by TrashJack
"Cynic, n. — A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be." - The Devil's DictionaryTrump barely won the Midwestern states that put him over 270 EV. Any dip in general approval, especially against a less slandered opponent (and maybe no Russian backup...) and he wouldn't win.
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.I don't think Trump has charisma. I think he demands attention and actively tries to pull it towards him, but he isn't charismatic. Someone with no context for his speeches wouldn't think he's amazing and want to follow him, they'd just wonder if he'd had a stroke. Multiple times.
The problem is that lots of people spent eight years denying charisma when it was present (because Obama was extremely charismatic) so they assume this really loud guy is charismatic because they don't know what charisma even is.
Like, look at the meetings Trump and Justin Trudeau had. Trudeau is charismatic to a somewhat extreme degree. When he and Trump are in a room together, everyone focuses on Trudeau. No one cares about Trump because Trudeau makes you want to like him, without saying or doing anything explicit towards that goal. Trump just yells at you and demands you love him.
It makes me think of a Terry Pratchett thing that pops up a couple times in his books. "Charisn'tma" where the person in question is so awful and repulsive (in one case physically, but in another, personality-wise) that it boomerangs right back around to a sort of horrified fascination that stupid people mistake for admiration.
edited 7th Jun '17 5:22:22 PM by Zendervai
Question: Lots of people have been calling the Trump administration "fascist". But is it?
I'm not sure. Fascism would be like, eliminating the Democratic party, taking control of all business and industry, jailing or detaining political opponents, eliminating the House or Senate and starting a dictatorship... None of that seems like it's gonna happen. I don't think Trump's a "fascist" he's more like a Yahoo! News comment troll who is somehow running the country.
Thoughts?
edited 7th Jun '17 6:00:28 PM by WhatArtThee
Just another day in the life of Jimmy Nutrin"So he's Pious or at least works for the Eternal Darkness. Lovely."
Better hope the Democrats have enough Pargon.
Just for your information, that's actually a quote by Timur-i-Leng to the nobility of Delhi before killing them, burning the city down, and creating a pyramid from the skulls of the dead in what was once the city center. It's such a perfect Card-Carrying Villain moment from history that I love referencing it.
edited 7th Jun '17 6:06:41 PM by CrimsonZephyr
"For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die."I've heard comments from some of Trump's supporters, and it seems as if he does indeed have charisma — but only to those who are receptive to it. They say, "Oh, he's like your best friend, he'll do anything for ya."
To the rest of us, he's just a crude, loud, obnoxious boor.
This Space Intentionally Left Blank.The usual logic is that the administration is ideologically Fascist, but not full-on fascist in practice (yet) because the very foundations of the entire United States government and society are structured to keep that from happening.
So not fascist technically speaking because realpolitik is stonewalling them, but they'd sure love to be. It's quasi-fascist.
"All you Fascists bound to lose."

edited 7th Jun '17 3:56:45 PM by TrashJack
"Cynic, n. — A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be." - The Devil's Dictionary