Somebody once said that Trump eats your soul in small bites.
This draft dodger who sat out the Vietnam War insulted a true American hero who did his sitting in the Hanoi Hilton. After you accept that, now he can diminish Medal of Honor winners and desecrate their final resting place at Arlington, and you hardly even notice.
Chomp.
He said he would build a wall, and that Mexico would pay for it. When neither happened, you pass it all off as hyperbole. So when he kills a border bill that was negotiated by Senate Republicans, notwithstanding how dangerous you say those crossing the border are, you actually applaud the demise of the strongest border bill that could actually pass both houses of Congress and be signed into law.
Chomp.
He takes the side of a Russian dictator against our own intelligence officials and tries to extort the leader of a country that this dictator will soon invade. Having accepted that, now you are ready to turn your backs on people who are desperately fighting for their freedom from tyranny. (Ronald Reagan would be so ashamed.)
Chomp, chomp.
He is the only President in this country's entire proud history who dd not relinquish power peacefully. We all watched the mob that he assembled attack policemen and desecrate our nation's capitol. Having looked past all that, now the once proud GOP is ready to nominate a convicted felon for President.
Chomp, chomp.
Devout Christians look past his incessant lying and flagrant disregard of the 9th Commandment, his affair with a porn star as his pregnant wife sat at home, and his almost blasphemous assertion that he has no need for God's forgiveness. Now . . . so long as he takes it back before Sunday . . . they are expected to look past his full throated declaration that six-weeks is not enough time for a woman to abort her baby, and his VP nominee's assurance that he will veto a national abortion ban.
Chomp, chomp . . . . Gobble.
What does this guy have to do to make you open your eyes and see him for who he really is, shoot somebody on 5th Avenue?
I am very pleased. I am at this point pretty sure they are listening to you and taking heed of some of your advice. He recently also said exactly what you said about Kamal’s interview. That it is platitudes not policy.
"Single issue pro-life voters need to remember that abortion is more than just a single issue. The whole culture of life matters, including the arrest of those who would pray to protest abortion."
Erick... I love you anyway, but I love you more today for making this point.
Given the trackrecord of such ballot measures in other states, such that democrats see abortion as an effective wedge issue to push, I wish every earnest, good-faith pro-life advocate would watch Ian Danskin‘s video essay, “the alt-right playbook: I hate Mondays.” Much as he is way off base when it comes to access to weapons given the nature of our government with power over the sword and the kinds of moral panics that have taken hold against certain minorities by voters, his poignant allegation still stands: that any given so-called pro-life conservative more likely than not “does not think illegalizing abortions will make them happen less. What he wants is to throw people in jail for getting them.” There was this phrase that was popular among right wing pundits sometime before AAVE colloquialisms like “woke” and “canceled” took hold, around the time when “SJW” was still a goto for “politically correct” - until, as longtime observer of fascist online mobilization Violet Hargrave puts it, some antisemitic trolls gave the game away by neglecting to drop the letter E in what turned out to be a backronym. That phrase was “virtue signaling.”
The overall GOP’s response to COVID-19 mitigation measures that have been proven against other SARS outbreaks in east Asia has shown that accusation was pure projection. They have shown little interest in the measurable, evidence based fruits of restorative justice. They only care for the punishment of purely retributive justice. Thus we get these horror stories of increasing infant and mother mortality in Texas, women getting indicted for miscarriages across the nation, and impregnated underaged children being taken out of states that would otherwise force them to carry a dangerous pregnancy to term. Most voters see right through it, so these state level abortion protection measures keep passing. The fact that abortion restrictions are played as a state’s right issue should be plenty strong enough evidence that the political wing of the prolife movement has been reduced to morality theater: matters of life and death and the dignity of humanity should not be a regional matter, unless you are more concerned about infanticide happening near you than infanticide happening at all. Thus the allegation stands: the prolife movement as it exists in the U.S. today does not care an iota for fewer elective abortions, or more children surviving and thriving. They simply want more women, more “sluts,” in jail. They want a higher prison population in a nation that has the highest prison population on earth in both absolute and relative terms.
Those who genuinely want fewer abortion will need to navigate these waters going forward.
Not sure where you are going with this as it is wildly convoluted, but I can say that no woman has been indicted for a miscarriage nor sent to jail for being a slut. And all pro life people simply want women to stop aborting the babies.
“No woman has been indicted for a miscarriage” — What weird alternate reality do you live in? Marshae Jones exists, and was held on bond in 2019 for the shooting death of her preborn child because she was deemed to be the cause of the domestic dispute that escalated to her and her child getting shot, while the shooter was set free. That’s just one example. Even one example existing is one too many, and is sufficient to completely falsify your baseless assumption, but of course there are other women who have been indicted for miscarriages. I pray you find it in your heart to get out of your bubble and find reports of those tragedies on your own, and gain the literacy and clarity of mind to absorb what I plainly laid out.
I shall hold to the tenuous hope that this means God’s answer to my prayer is “not yet.” In the meantime, since a miscarriage due to violence is not a miscarriage to you:
Britney Watts, of Ohio, from January of this year. Then again, I doubt you even bothered to look up Marshae’s near miscarriage of Justice in addition to the miscarriage of her child. But should by some miracle a spark of curiosity come to you, see also Ian’s short video essay describing the alt-right playbook tactic of doing a “reverse Gish Gallop” - not to concede your claim that implying I am doing such a Gallop, as there is a clear through line to those who actually bother to spend the time and mental energy to properly read, think, and more importantly, verify.
Since I spend a great deal of time reading and thinking as well as verifying, your comment should apparently be applied to yourself. The one thing I suppose I had not done was use the internet to learn a new meaning of "miscarriage". When in doubt, I use my old dictionary because the meaning of words is being used regularly to suit an ideology. So, for me, "miscarriage=spontaneous abortion", as in "through no action of mine or others. You seem to be using a different definition.
This gives plenty of attack fodder for those that will say - Look at this flip flop, Trump is beholden to an evangelical base and no matter what he says now once they pressure him he will ban abortion as president.
My bad Erick...you were right and I was wrong. I live in Florida and I just read amendment 4...RIDICULOUS! I don't agree with 6 weeks...that needs to change but the alternative is insane. Erick...when you say you speak the truth and some will get angry with you...I was one. I get it now...but I still think Dana Bash gave a soft ball interview...she gave Harris too many options for an answer where she clobbered Vance...that interview for low info voters came across as..."Harris is ok" Lester Holt would have done a better job!
I too was glad he stated opposition to Florida's Amendment 4. It is his right and duty to take a position because he lives in the State that put it on the ballot. Though I agree with his position on Amendment 4, the issue should be decided by the Florida voters. If ever elevated to the national stage I could support only if proposed and passed as an Amendment to our constitution. Trump's IVF position, on the other hand, I disagree with. The federal government should not be involved in this personal decision nor our citizens responsible for its cost. I might be better to suggest support for incentives to encourage adoption, and help for foster children aging out of the system. These young people have nothing, no home or support system at the ripe old age of 18.
Glad they listen to you. Hope the single issue pro-lifers will too. Trump is Trump, but he’s still the most pro life President we’ve had since the Supreme’s wrote the Roe decision.
I concur. One thing Trump could also do is visit a pregnancy center to stop the lies about what they do. Harris visited an abortion mill, it would be great to have him put it focus and contrast the differences that these centers do helping women who “choose” to keep the children. And they do it at no cost to the women they serve through voluntary financial contributions and unpaid volunteers with no federal money. There is one here In Washington DC about a mile from Capitol Hill that was attacked by Jane’s Revenge after the Dobbs decision was leaked. I’m sure they would love for him to visit.
I hope so. Not just because of the wisdom Erick drops, but mainly because the thought of Trump or the people in his orbit / their staffers scrolling through my trolling comments is giving me a huge grin right now.
Amen and amen. Tell his campaign! One problem with Trump is that with his transactional nature he doesn't necessarily think of these ideas, which would come naturally to a deeply pro-life candidate, on his own.
I am trying to get it to them. I’m on the board of that center and Speaker Johnson has already indicated that he would like to visit. I visited my Senator here in VA (Warner - D) and invited him. He of course found excuses not to come.
October surprise
what will that be?
. Democrats always pull something.
Please press the Internet button and post Friday’s podcast.
Glad you’re on radio and they are listening to you. Still praying.
I didn’t hear the clarification, but happy to hear he made it known.
Thank you
Seriously?
Somebody once said that Trump eats your soul in small bites.
This draft dodger who sat out the Vietnam War insulted a true American hero who did his sitting in the Hanoi Hilton. After you accept that, now he can diminish Medal of Honor winners and desecrate their final resting place at Arlington, and you hardly even notice.
Chomp.
He said he would build a wall, and that Mexico would pay for it. When neither happened, you pass it all off as hyperbole. So when he kills a border bill that was negotiated by Senate Republicans, notwithstanding how dangerous you say those crossing the border are, you actually applaud the demise of the strongest border bill that could actually pass both houses of Congress and be signed into law.
Chomp.
He takes the side of a Russian dictator against our own intelligence officials and tries to extort the leader of a country that this dictator will soon invade. Having accepted that, now you are ready to turn your backs on people who are desperately fighting for their freedom from tyranny. (Ronald Reagan would be so ashamed.)
Chomp, chomp.
He is the only President in this country's entire proud history who dd not relinquish power peacefully. We all watched the mob that he assembled attack policemen and desecrate our nation's capitol. Having looked past all that, now the once proud GOP is ready to nominate a convicted felon for President.
Chomp, chomp.
Devout Christians look past his incessant lying and flagrant disregard of the 9th Commandment, his affair with a porn star as his pregnant wife sat at home, and his almost blasphemous assertion that he has no need for God's forgiveness. Now . . . so long as he takes it back before Sunday . . . they are expected to look past his full throated declaration that six-weeks is not enough time for a woman to abort her baby, and his VP nominee's assurance that he will veto a national abortion ban.
Chomp, chomp . . . . Gobble.
What does this guy have to do to make you open your eyes and see him for who he really is, shoot somebody on 5th Avenue?
Et tu, Erick?
Wow. All that, and he's still better than Harris.
Biden-Harris got rid of Trump's"remain in Mexico" policy on day one; 3 1/2 years ago.
Hi Neil,
So who are you voting for? why?
Harris. And I just told you why.
I didn't know Joy Reid was a fan of Erick...
Hi Joy!
Hell yeah man! And if your don't identify as a man dilligaf.
I am very pleased. I am at this point pretty sure they are listening to you and taking heed of some of your advice. He recently also said exactly what you said about Kamal’s interview. That it is platitudes not policy.
"Single issue pro-life voters need to remember that abortion is more than just a single issue. The whole culture of life matters, including the arrest of those who would pray to protest abortion."
Erick... I love you anyway, but I love you more today for making this point.
Given the trackrecord of such ballot measures in other states, such that democrats see abortion as an effective wedge issue to push, I wish every earnest, good-faith pro-life advocate would watch Ian Danskin‘s video essay, “the alt-right playbook: I hate Mondays.” Much as he is way off base when it comes to access to weapons given the nature of our government with power over the sword and the kinds of moral panics that have taken hold against certain minorities by voters, his poignant allegation still stands: that any given so-called pro-life conservative more likely than not “does not think illegalizing abortions will make them happen less. What he wants is to throw people in jail for getting them.” There was this phrase that was popular among right wing pundits sometime before AAVE colloquialisms like “woke” and “canceled” took hold, around the time when “SJW” was still a goto for “politically correct” - until, as longtime observer of fascist online mobilization Violet Hargrave puts it, some antisemitic trolls gave the game away by neglecting to drop the letter E in what turned out to be a backronym. That phrase was “virtue signaling.”
The overall GOP’s response to COVID-19 mitigation measures that have been proven against other SARS outbreaks in east Asia has shown that accusation was pure projection. They have shown little interest in the measurable, evidence based fruits of restorative justice. They only care for the punishment of purely retributive justice. Thus we get these horror stories of increasing infant and mother mortality in Texas, women getting indicted for miscarriages across the nation, and impregnated underaged children being taken out of states that would otherwise force them to carry a dangerous pregnancy to term. Most voters see right through it, so these state level abortion protection measures keep passing. The fact that abortion restrictions are played as a state’s right issue should be plenty strong enough evidence that the political wing of the prolife movement has been reduced to morality theater: matters of life and death and the dignity of humanity should not be a regional matter, unless you are more concerned about infanticide happening near you than infanticide happening at all. Thus the allegation stands: the prolife movement as it exists in the U.S. today does not care an iota for fewer elective abortions, or more children surviving and thriving. They simply want more women, more “sluts,” in jail. They want a higher prison population in a nation that has the highest prison population on earth in both absolute and relative terms.
Those who genuinely want fewer abortion will need to navigate these waters going forward.
Not sure where you are going with this as it is wildly convoluted, but I can say that no woman has been indicted for a miscarriage nor sent to jail for being a slut. And all pro life people simply want women to stop aborting the babies.
“No woman has been indicted for a miscarriage” — What weird alternate reality do you live in? Marshae Jones exists, and was held on bond in 2019 for the shooting death of her preborn child because she was deemed to be the cause of the domestic dispute that escalated to her and her child getting shot, while the shooter was set free. That’s just one example. Even one example existing is one too many, and is sufficient to completely falsify your baseless assumption, but of course there are other women who have been indicted for miscarriages. I pray you find it in your heart to get out of your bubble and find reports of those tragedies on your own, and gain the literacy and clarity of mind to absorb what I plainly laid out.
To call that a "miscarriage" for which an indictment was made is to contort reality to a degree sane folks can't get to.
I shall hold to the tenuous hope that this means God’s answer to my prayer is “not yet.” In the meantime, since a miscarriage due to violence is not a miscarriage to you:
Britney Watts, of Ohio, from January of this year. Then again, I doubt you even bothered to look up Marshae’s near miscarriage of Justice in addition to the miscarriage of her child. But should by some miracle a spark of curiosity come to you, see also Ian’s short video essay describing the alt-right playbook tactic of doing a “reverse Gish Gallop” - not to concede your claim that implying I am doing such a Gallop, as there is a clear through line to those who actually bother to spend the time and mental energy to properly read, think, and more importantly, verify.
Since I spend a great deal of time reading and thinking as well as verifying, your comment should apparently be applied to yourself. The one thing I suppose I had not done was use the internet to learn a new meaning of "miscarriage". When in doubt, I use my old dictionary because the meaning of words is being used regularly to suit an ideology. So, for me, "miscarriage=spontaneous abortion", as in "through no action of mine or others. You seem to be using a different definition.
This gives plenty of attack fodder for those that will say - Look at this flip flop, Trump is beholden to an evangelical base and no matter what he says now once they pressure him he will ban abortion as president.
No, its fine really. If you view this as a flip flop, you aren't paying attention to the real deal in a pant suit
My bad Erick...you were right and I was wrong. I live in Florida and I just read amendment 4...RIDICULOUS! I don't agree with 6 weeks...that needs to change but the alternative is insane. Erick...when you say you speak the truth and some will get angry with you...I was one. I get it now...but I still think Dana Bash gave a soft ball interview...she gave Harris too many options for an answer where she clobbered Vance...that interview for low info voters came across as..."Harris is ok" Lester Holt would have done a better job!
Agreed
I agree.
Don’t you just hate it when candidates flip-flop on an issue, sometimes in the same day?
Yep I do. That why I am voting for Trump and not for Harris.
I too was glad he stated opposition to Florida's Amendment 4. It is his right and duty to take a position because he lives in the State that put it on the ballot. Though I agree with his position on Amendment 4, the issue should be decided by the Florida voters. If ever elevated to the national stage I could support only if proposed and passed as an Amendment to our constitution. Trump's IVF position, on the other hand, I disagree with. The federal government should not be involved in this personal decision nor our citizens responsible for its cost. I might be better to suggest support for incentives to encourage adoption, and help for foster children aging out of the system. These young people have nothing, no home or support system at the ripe old age of 18.
Amen.
Glad they listen to you. Hope the single issue pro-lifers will too. Trump is Trump, but he’s still the most pro life President we’ve had since the Supreme’s wrote the Roe decision.
The first time.
I concur. One thing Trump could also do is visit a pregnancy center to stop the lies about what they do. Harris visited an abortion mill, it would be great to have him put it focus and contrast the differences that these centers do helping women who “choose” to keep the children. And they do it at no cost to the women they serve through voluntary financial contributions and unpaid volunteers with no federal money. There is one here In Washington DC about a mile from Capitol Hill that was attacked by Jane’s Revenge after the Dobbs decision was leaked. I’m sure they would love for him to visit.
Good idea! Maybe Trump reads “Erick Erickson”!!!
I hope so. Not just because of the wisdom Erick drops, but mainly because the thought of Trump or the people in his orbit / their staffers scrolling through my trolling comments is giving me a huge grin right now.
Amen and amen. Tell his campaign! One problem with Trump is that with his transactional nature he doesn't necessarily think of these ideas, which would come naturally to a deeply pro-life candidate, on his own.
I am trying to get it to them. I’m on the board of that center and Speaker Johnson has already indicated that he would like to visit. I visited my Senator here in VA (Warner - D) and invited him. He of course found excuses not to come.