Mr. Trump, “They whisper about you.”
This is from the Lincoln Project, a GOP group! What scares me is that things like this might just push this paranoid sociopath off the tight rope of sanity he is walking.
Steve Schmidt, Republican Strategist, on Trump
Steve Schmidt, who ran John McCain’s 2008 campaign for president, said this in an interview on MSNBC, succinct and damning.
“Donald Trump has been the worst president this country has ever had. And I don’t say that hyperbolically. He is. But he is a consequential president. And he has brought this country in three short years to a place of weakness that is simply unimaginable if you were pondering where we are today from the day where Barack Obama left office. And there were a lot of us on that day who were deeply skeptical and very worried about what a Trump presidency would be. But this is a moment of unparalleled national humiliation, of weakness.
“When you listen to the President, these are the musings of an imbecile. An idiot. And I don’t use those words to name call. I use them because they are the precise words of the English language to describe his behavior. His comportment. His actions. We’ve never seen a level of incompetence, a level of ineptitude so staggering on a daily basis by anybody in the history of the country whose ever been charged with substantial responsibilities.
“It’s just astonishing that this man is president of the United States. The man, the con man, from New York City. Many bankruptcies, failed businesses, a reality show, that branded him as something that he never was. A successful businessman. Well, he’s the President of the United States now, and the man who said he would make the country great again. And he’s brought death, suffering, and economic collapse on truly an epic scale. And let’s be clear. This isn’t happening in every country around the world. This place. Our place. Our home. Our country. The United States. We are the epicenter. We are the place where you’re the most likely to die from this disease. We’re the ones with the most shattered economy. And we are because of the fool that sits in the Oval Office behind the Resolute Desk.”
No need for me to comment.
Keep well.
Tin Foil Hat Conspiracy
I have a correspondent, a fellow reprobate like myself, from the northern hinterlands of Chicago. He sent me the following musings that struck a note with me.
While watching the riot news last night I had a moment of conspiratorial déjà vu. I’ve seen this stuff before. I immediately put my Tin Foil Hat on and began to think back in history. I remember the Civil Rights riots in the 60’s in Watts, Detroit, Newark, Chicago, Philadelphia, and a whole lot of other cities. Those riots and demonstrations, including the Anti-War protests, the Women’s Rights and Gay Rights protests, usually had an element of police crackdown and brutality. They also resulted in a strong push back by whites. In 1968 Richard Nixon used that push back to help him win the White House. Continue reading “Tin Foil Hat Conspiracy”
I am extremely worried for democracy…
USA is pitied
Note: For the most part, even though I am the home of “The Little Known Blogger” with a minimal readership, I try to honor intellectual property rights. A friend sent me this opinion piece from the Irish Times. I could not find a link to it that was not behind a pay wall. Because I found this oped so spot on until such time…
Irish Times
April 25, 2020
By Fintan O’Toole
Editorial
THE WORLD HAS LOVED, HATED AND ENVIED THE U.S. NOW, FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE PITY IT
Over more than two centuries, the United States has stirred a very wide range of feelings in the rest of the world: love and hatred, fear and hope, envy and contempt, awe and anger. But there is one emotion that has never been directed towards the US until now: pity. Continue reading “USA is pitied”
Rev. Joe’s Random Thought #2,944
yeah I know you did not ask!
I have two conjoined fears.
First fear: it looks like the total number of COVID-19 deaths will come in lower than the original predictions of 100,000 to 240,000. This is a good thing, but time will tell. Gospodin Trump will use this lower number to tout the success of his “management” of the crisis. The MAGAs and GOP faithful will buy it, believe it and repeat it ad nauseam.
Secondly, the COVID-19 pandemic seems to be hitting urban areas the hardest, and especially poor people and people of color in those places. This will result in the cluster fuck of an institution known as the Electoral College electing Gospodin Trump to a second term. See NPR story: What Coronavirus Exposes About America’s Political Divide
If they have a vaccine by then the south of Spain is looking very good. I am sure I could figure out health care options when I get there. I am not sure what the golf situation is in Spain, but I have figured out that most of the golf in Central America is resort golf and very expensive.
Rev. Joe’s Random Thought #9,369
yeah I know you did not ask!
I’m a golfer. Like every other golfer I know I have a love / hate relationship with the game. It is the nature of the sport. Round to round it is never the same. About the time you have a glimmer of hope that you can play the game, the golf gods whack you up side the head and laughingly and not kindly say, “Silly mortal, you should know better!”
All that aside, there are a dumpster full of reasons of why I hate Gospodin Trump, but towards the top of that list is that he has made golfers and golf look so very bad. There is a time and place for everything… except, apparently if you are this POS POTUS.
Trump’s Coronavirus Pandemic Timeline
Dec 18th – House Impeaches Trump
Jan 8th – First CDC warning
Jan 9th – Trump campaign rally
Jan 14th – Trump campaign rally
Jan 16th – House sends impeachment articles to Senate
Jan 18th – Trump golfs
Jan 19th – Trump golfs
Jan- 20th first case in South Korea
Jan 20th – first case of corona virus in the US, Washington State. Continue reading “Trump’s Coronavirus Pandemic Timeline”
Bill Maher — Worst Responder
Amen… we need to vote them out.