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A Little Relief From The Trumpeting
It seem that recently the AnswerBank has become a repository for a certain amount of 'Trump adulation'.
Just to redress the balance a little, for those who aren't swept away by the rhetoric, here's something that's been sweeping social media over the past week.
Note: the soundtrack is not edited. It's all taken from what this potential President has actually said.
...with his own mouth.
(Yes, seriously). Media URL: https://youtu.be/cRly-0wwl_g
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Just to redress the balance a little, for those who aren't swept away by the rhetoric, here's something that's been sweeping social media over the past week.
Note: the soundtrack is not edited. It's all taken from what this potential President has actually said.
...with his own mouth.
(Yes, seriously). Media URL: https://youtu.be/cRly-0wwl_g
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To blame the "right on liberal left" is more than a little misleading. It's not even obvious that the "right-on liberal left" even exists in the US, at least beyond a couple of fringe people. Obama is nowhere near as far left as he's sometimes made out to be. Probably close to Cameron, who -- granted -- isn't as far to the right as Tory supporters might like, but is still right of centre.
If anything, the blame lies with the (very right-wing) Republican Party, who have had eight years or so of shouting and moaning and refusing to compromise with Obama in any way whatsoever; who have enjoyed several years now of majorities in both houses of Congress but have done nothing with that; who have dragged themselves to the centre stage of US politics and then completely wasted it. They have come across as people defined not by what they stand for, but what they stand against. And the result is that a party that should have been a shoo-in for the presidency was already tearing itself apart long before Trump even got near it.
Before you blame the left's policies, it would do well to consider the right's transparent lack of them. For sure, Obama's presidency has been a bit of a damp squib, sadly -- in part because the Democrats lost control of Congress, in part because he has got many decisions just plain wrong. But Trump's success is, above all else, a symbol of the failure of the American right to offer any kind of coherent vision of what to do with its success, and its even more significant failure to be anything other than an anti-Obama party.
If anything, the blame lies with the (very right-wing) Republican Party, who have had eight years or so of shouting and moaning and refusing to compromise with Obama in any way whatsoever; who have enjoyed several years now of majorities in both houses of Congress but have done nothing with that; who have dragged themselves to the centre stage of US politics and then completely wasted it. They have come across as people defined not by what they stand for, but what they stand against. And the result is that a party that should have been a shoo-in for the presidency was already tearing itself apart long before Trump even got near it.
Before you blame the left's policies, it would do well to consider the right's transparent lack of them. For sure, Obama's presidency has been a bit of a damp squib, sadly -- in part because the Democrats lost control of Congress, in part because he has got many decisions just plain wrong. But Trump's success is, above all else, a symbol of the failure of the American right to offer any kind of coherent vision of what to do with its success, and its even more significant failure to be anything other than an anti-Obama party.
dont worry Scweik you wil say the exact opposite later on today
is another sentence you often see....
Rubio has dropped out - the Hispanics saying they wouldnt vote for their boy. Apparently he started the "big weeny small weeny" debate and lost the whole process. so it seems to be a slam dunk that Trump will be the presidential candidate
is another sentence you often see....
Rubio has dropped out - the Hispanics saying they wouldnt vote for their boy. Apparently he started the "big weeny small weeny" debate and lost the whole process. so it seems to be a slam dunk that Trump will be the presidential candidate
@mikey4444
You may need to qualify your meaning of "qualified". :-D
To my mind, the only qualification needed to *become* president is that enough people vote for you.
*Being* president is, I'll grant you, a different kettle of fish. Until the next round of congressional elections, he will have "no brakes".
Reading Jim's post, I was made to wonder whether congress went double-Republican simply because they turned out in big numbers *in reaction to* Obama's presence in the White House. I am hoping it was not because those who got all excited about voting him in forgot that they had to keep showing up at the polls to make the dream work.
By the way, their appalling lack of polling stations and consequent hours of queueing is an international disgrace. Deprived areas with high Democrat tendencies are notorious for having few stations and massive lines. I think everyone does get in by the end of the day but we can only guess how many succumb to apathy and just don't bother to turn up.
You may need to qualify your meaning of "qualified". :-D
To my mind, the only qualification needed to *become* president is that enough people vote for you.
*Being* president is, I'll grant you, a different kettle of fish. Until the next round of congressional elections, he will have "no brakes".
Reading Jim's post, I was made to wonder whether congress went double-Republican simply because they turned out in big numbers *in reaction to* Obama's presence in the White House. I am hoping it was not because those who got all excited about voting him in forgot that they had to keep showing up at the polls to make the dream work.
By the way, their appalling lack of polling stations and consequent hours of queueing is an international disgrace. Deprived areas with high Democrat tendencies are notorious for having few stations and massive lines. I think everyone does get in by the end of the day but we can only guess how many succumb to apathy and just don't bother to turn up.
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