I'd like to see the Democrats explain how they think Trump and the GOP will end democracy.
The Democrats are more likely to ram changes through rather than going through the process of having them debated and voted on in Congress and signed into law by the president.
The Democrat playbook is so tiring, but the real problem are the RINOs that can’t even see they have a tremendous amount of leverage given the mood of the country,
Full disclosure. I stopped watching CBS News in the 1980s, because I couldn't stomach Dan Rather and the lies or misrepresentations he made far too often. I stopped watching ABC News on November 9, 1994 (I had to look up the date, but knew it was the day after the elections that year), because Peter Jennings, originally from Canada, had the gall to lecture Americans as having pitched a fit at the ballot box, when we had, in actual fact, exercised our right and responsibility to vote. The fact that it gave power to the Republicans in Congress was simply untenable to Mr. Jennings. I stopped watching NBC News in the late 1990s. I think it was a cumulative effect of realizing that Tom Brokaw wasn't all that trustworthy, either. In any case, I try to look up things from varying points of view, since the truth is probably found somewhere in there, but I trust very little that comes out of the mainstream media, particularly in the near aftermath of events. It takes a while to get the real story, but the 24/7 news cycle doesn't allow for thoughtfulness and carefulness anymore, it seems.
All of that said, I just have to laugh when I hear all of the reporters using the same word, as if they have no original thoughts. Gravitas was attributed to Al Gore and GW Bush had none, according to the press. How many of you had to look up the word, since it was seldom used before the 2000 election year (at least by journalists)? I wish journalists/reporters would do just that. Report the facts, hold off on your own bias (though the specific facts they choose to report often indicate the bias, anyway). It's sad how far they've fallen, particularly during my lifetime.
Remember also Bush did not attend the 2008 Republican Convention. A hurricane was used as an excuse but Republican cowards did not want him there. Republicans who think DeSantis would do better in the General deceive themselves. As the nominee he would have been hated as much as Trump.
I remember during the Bush administration, Dick Cheney was vilified as a war criminal for our involvement in the second Iraq war and there were calls from the left for him to be charged with war crimes before the International Criminal Court. I thought it quite ironic that Liz Cheny later became a favorite of the left for her opposition to Trump.
If you rightfully believe that democrats will SAY anything to remain in power, then how can you, at the same time, refuse to believe they won't DO anything to remain in power? Asking that of those who believe the one but not the other.
The last Republican President who was not vilified by the Left (and maybe he was and I was too young to remember) was Eisenhower and only because he was a war hero.
Rush was superb at describing democrats. He didn’t trust them and it is about time we didn’t either. They get away with too much, in a World of Don Lemons, be a Rush!
The problem is that the ownership of the various forms of media is controlled by fewer and fewer people. I don’t want to view partisan viewpoints but my choices are limited. The News and News gives a balanced report on topics by showing both sides from various sources. You chose what to believe.
The left’s message that democracy is on the ballot is projection. They’re correct, but they are the real threat. This line you wrote is perfect, “The reality is the left is fine with dictators, so long as they are good progressives who abide by the laws of critical theory.”
The left only gives lip service to their brand of democracy--their twisted ideology. Anything different from what they believe will be met with accusations of trying to "destroy democracy."
Now that Trump has clinched the nomination, Erick has suddenly become a lot more forgiving. Funny how that happens…don’t let a little thing like character stand in the way of that nationally syndicated show you crave.
I did listen to the call you posted and I didn't get what you got from it. You are preoccupied with Trump, but seem to care not a wit for the proven acts many did to 'wreck our democracy'. It does not appear to faze you in the least. You have also posted General Kelly's quote in several posts I've read. Do you know him? Have you followed his career and have come to respect and admire him? Or is it that he said something you already think, so you're all in for posting his quote? What General Kelly said was over the top, nothing Trump did during his term in office backs up that what General Kelly said about Trump. Except for Trump's actions around J6, which I contend, he did because he thought the Constitution had been violated, you have one moment from Trump's presidency in which you say he hates democracy and the Constitution, while there is vast proof of many groups over many moments that scream, "The Constitution is what we make of it, as needed, when we bother to think of it". You just toss all those groups have done as if it's nothing. And as long as you speak of only Trump without even a nod to the actions of vast groups arrayed against him...I, don't know what to say.
Blair, you seem to be over-looking all the good policies that Trump instituted during his term as POTUS. You are hung up on his trying to correct what he genuinely felt was a stolen election. He was wrong, but he is not a dictator. We are electing a Commander-in-Chief, not a Pope.
I have actually voted for Democrats now and then. Sam Nunn and Zell Miller come to mind. They were conservatives, regardless of party. I have also not voted for the Republican candidate at times, when I didn't think they were conservative at all or conservative enough. Some of us actually vote our convictions. I would wager that I have voted for more candidates running on the Democrat ticket than friends of mine who vote Democrat have voted for Republicans.
Yes, long postings, done, down with that. And you've dodged almost everything I said, above, but that's cool, except for readers who may wonder why you don't respond. But what I wrote about elections being 'effected' undemocratically is not debatable and is ignored by you and I have no idea why, but, I have no idea why people do much of what they do in America today. Your beating the drum about Trump's destruction of democracy is getting worn. Peace.
I'd like to see the Democrats explain how they think Trump and the GOP will end democracy.
The Democrats are more likely to ram changes through rather than going through the process of having them debated and voted on in Congress and signed into law by the president.
The Democrat playbook is so tiring, but the real problem are the RINOs that can’t even see they have a tremendous amount of leverage given the mood of the country,
Your good friend “Bill Mahar,” huh Erick son of Erick?
LOL a true “friend” would have spelled his name right.
But you’re supposedly “good friends” with Kellyanne Conway too, or so you say…
Democracy is only on the ballot because democrats are hell-bent on ending it, once and for all.
Full disclosure. I stopped watching CBS News in the 1980s, because I couldn't stomach Dan Rather and the lies or misrepresentations he made far too often. I stopped watching ABC News on November 9, 1994 (I had to look up the date, but knew it was the day after the elections that year), because Peter Jennings, originally from Canada, had the gall to lecture Americans as having pitched a fit at the ballot box, when we had, in actual fact, exercised our right and responsibility to vote. The fact that it gave power to the Republicans in Congress was simply untenable to Mr. Jennings. I stopped watching NBC News in the late 1990s. I think it was a cumulative effect of realizing that Tom Brokaw wasn't all that trustworthy, either. In any case, I try to look up things from varying points of view, since the truth is probably found somewhere in there, but I trust very little that comes out of the mainstream media, particularly in the near aftermath of events. It takes a while to get the real story, but the 24/7 news cycle doesn't allow for thoughtfulness and carefulness anymore, it seems.
All of that said, I just have to laugh when I hear all of the reporters using the same word, as if they have no original thoughts. Gravitas was attributed to Al Gore and GW Bush had none, according to the press. How many of you had to look up the word, since it was seldom used before the 2000 election year (at least by journalists)? I wish journalists/reporters would do just that. Report the facts, hold off on your own bias (though the specific facts they choose to report often indicate the bias, anyway). It's sad how far they've fallen, particularly during my lifetime.
Well said, and totally true. It's up to Substack, Free Press and others to carry the journalistic torch, because the MSM's torch went out long ago.
Sorry, Erick, I hafta correct you.
It's not the media that CRIED wolf. Its the media that LIED wolf. They knowingly and willingly lied to the American people for decades.
Remember also Bush did not attend the 2008 Republican Convention. A hurricane was used as an excuse but Republican cowards did not want him there. Republicans who think DeSantis would do better in the General deceive themselves. As the nominee he would have been hated as much as Trump.
I remember during the Bush administration, Dick Cheney was vilified as a war criminal for our involvement in the second Iraq war and there were calls from the left for him to be charged with war crimes before the International Criminal Court. I thought it quite ironic that Liz Cheny later became a favorite of the left for her opposition to Trump.
If you rightfully believe that democrats will SAY anything to remain in power, then how can you, at the same time, refuse to believe they won't DO anything to remain in power? Asking that of those who believe the one but not the other.
She's got a point, Erick.
The last Republican President who was not vilified by the Left (and maybe he was and I was too young to remember) was Eisenhower and only because he was a war hero.
Rush was superb at describing democrats. He didn’t trust them and it is about time we didn’t either. They get away with too much, in a World of Don Lemons, be a Rush!
The problem is that the ownership of the various forms of media is controlled by fewer and fewer people. I don’t want to view partisan viewpoints but my choices are limited. The News and News gives a balanced report on topics by showing both sides from various sources. You chose what to believe.
The left’s message that democracy is on the ballot is projection. They’re correct, but they are the real threat. This line you wrote is perfect, “The reality is the left is fine with dictators, so long as they are good progressives who abide by the laws of critical theory.”
The left only gives lip service to their brand of democracy--their twisted ideology. Anything different from what they believe will be met with accusations of trying to "destroy democracy."
People’s short term memory. They forget how they went after GWB and yea even JM. Anyone remember the secret movie “kill the president”?
Now that Trump has clinched the nomination, Erick has suddenly become a lot more forgiving. Funny how that happens…don’t let a little thing like character stand in the way of that nationally syndicated show you crave.
I did listen to the call you posted and I didn't get what you got from it. You are preoccupied with Trump, but seem to care not a wit for the proven acts many did to 'wreck our democracy'. It does not appear to faze you in the least. You have also posted General Kelly's quote in several posts I've read. Do you know him? Have you followed his career and have come to respect and admire him? Or is it that he said something you already think, so you're all in for posting his quote? What General Kelly said was over the top, nothing Trump did during his term in office backs up that what General Kelly said about Trump. Except for Trump's actions around J6, which I contend, he did because he thought the Constitution had been violated, you have one moment from Trump's presidency in which you say he hates democracy and the Constitution, while there is vast proof of many groups over many moments that scream, "The Constitution is what we make of it, as needed, when we bother to think of it". You just toss all those groups have done as if it's nothing. And as long as you speak of only Trump without even a nod to the actions of vast groups arrayed against him...I, don't know what to say.
Blair, you seem to be over-looking all the good policies that Trump instituted during his term as POTUS. You are hung up on his trying to correct what he genuinely felt was a stolen election. He was wrong, but he is not a dictator. We are electing a Commander-in-Chief, not a Pope.
This is one of the clearest and most concise arguments I've read for not voting for Trump. I could not agree more.
I have actually voted for Democrats now and then. Sam Nunn and Zell Miller come to mind. They were conservatives, regardless of party. I have also not voted for the Republican candidate at times, when I didn't think they were conservative at all or conservative enough. Some of us actually vote our convictions. I would wager that I have voted for more candidates running on the Democrat ticket than friends of mine who vote Democrat have voted for Republicans.
Yes, long postings, done, down with that. And you've dodged almost everything I said, above, but that's cool, except for readers who may wonder why you don't respond. But what I wrote about elections being 'effected' undemocratically is not debatable and is ignored by you and I have no idea why, but, I have no idea why people do much of what they do in America today. Your beating the drum about Trump's destruction of democracy is getting worn. Peace.