Give social justice warriors, government regulators, and bureaucrats an inch, and they'll take a mile. Right now, I'm more worried about them disregarding the Constitution than I am about Trump.
As Wall Street Journal op-ed columnist Kimberley Strassel put it ahead of 2020, there are two types of Trump voters: Trump fans, who would still vote for him if he changed his registration to Democrat, and moderates and conservatives who mumble to themselves while casting their ballot, "I can't believe the Democrats are making me vote for this SOB again."
While I usually agree with most of your writing, there is no way to convince me to vote for a convicted sex offender AND a convicted felon. None of those offenses were as bad as his refusal to concede the election he lost and then he started an insurrection to violently retake the highest office in the land. I believe in the Constitution, something Trump can't honest claim. Trump is for Trump, no one else. He is a con man, pure and simple, and I find it hard to believe that you can be conned by this putrid example of humanity. His cabinet was a revolving door and most people that associated with him are either under investigation, convicted felons (that were pardoned by the current felon), or people that loathe him and will never vote for him. The people that know him the best hate him the most.
When he was first elected, I compared him to the Mule in the Foundation Trilogy. Please tell me how I am wrong.
Larry, I'm not sure it is just a binary choice between Trump and Biden. Read the Project 2025 and if that doesn't scare the hell out of you, nothing will. This is the Republican play book for changing our democracy to fascism, consolidating all the power to the president (which you know he would do in a New York minute), and change this country into a theocratic autocracy. With Martin's long standing preference for not having religion telling us what to do, it surprised me that he hasn't considered this aspect of a Trump presidency. And as much as I respect you, I cannot agree that Biden is worse. By all metrics Trump is a train wreck. Immigration is one of the things people care about in this election. A bipartisan committee came up with smart, reasonable ways to fix the problem. Unfortunately, private citizen Trump pressured the Republicans to not vote on it so he would still have that campaign item to criticize the present administration. It could at least start to be fixed and he wouldn't allow it. Just one instance...and who is worse?
As Martin so ably pointed out, on policy issues, Trump comes out way ahead overall. When it comes to the worst ideas of both men, Trump will always be held in check while Biden's worst ideas (open borders, paying off the student loans of the most privileged among us, lawfare against political opponents, life altering sex-change operations for minors, failure to protect Jewish Americans from physical attack) are either approved of or ignored by those who have the power to do anything about it.
As Wall Street Journal op-ed columnist Kimberley Strassel put it ahead of 2020, there are two types of Trump voters: Trump fans, who would still vote for him if he changed his registration to Democrat, and moderates and conservatives who mumble to themselves while casting their ballot, "I can't believe the Democrats are making me vote for this SOB again."
Amen
While I usually agree with most of your writing, there is no way to convince me to vote for a convicted sex offender AND a convicted felon. None of those offenses were as bad as his refusal to concede the election he lost and then he started an insurrection to violently retake the highest office in the land. I believe in the Constitution, something Trump can't honest claim. Trump is for Trump, no one else. He is a con man, pure and simple, and I find it hard to believe that you can be conned by this putrid example of humanity. His cabinet was a revolving door and most people that associated with him are either under investigation, convicted felons (that were pardoned by the current felon), or people that loathe him and will never vote for him. The people that know him the best hate him the most.
When he was first elected, I compared him to the Mule in the Foundation Trilogy. Please tell me how I am wrong.
The point, Bob, is that Biden is worse, far worse. I think most people can see that, but we’ll find out for sure in November.
Larry, I'm not sure it is just a binary choice between Trump and Biden. Read the Project 2025 and if that doesn't scare the hell out of you, nothing will. This is the Republican play book for changing our democracy to fascism, consolidating all the power to the president (which you know he would do in a New York minute), and change this country into a theocratic autocracy. With Martin's long standing preference for not having religion telling us what to do, it surprised me that he hasn't considered this aspect of a Trump presidency. And as much as I respect you, I cannot agree that Biden is worse. By all metrics Trump is a train wreck. Immigration is one of the things people care about in this election. A bipartisan committee came up with smart, reasonable ways to fix the problem. Unfortunately, private citizen Trump pressured the Republicans to not vote on it so he would still have that campaign item to criticize the present administration. It could at least start to be fixed and he wouldn't allow it. Just one instance...and who is worse?
As Martin so ably pointed out, on policy issues, Trump comes out way ahead overall. When it comes to the worst ideas of both men, Trump will always be held in check while Biden's worst ideas (open borders, paying off the student loans of the most privileged among us, lawfare against political opponents, life altering sex-change operations for minors, failure to protect Jewish Americans from physical attack) are either approved of or ignored by those who have the power to do anything about it.