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Post by RSM789 on Jul 31, 2024 7:34:05 GMT -8
Predicting the future isn't difficult if you have access to information & pay attention. The Simpsons & Family Guy have been doing it for years. OK, I could always use a little extra cash. Can you tell me who will win the next World Series and Super Bowl? Thanks in advance. You can PM me the answer. That's a pretty weak example. It wasn't just Trump that called Harris the border czar, it was every politician and reporter in the country. It seem pretty selective of the left to single out Trump for lying or being ignorant when they had such a large population to choose from. So no, I don't agree with their assessment. You again mistake my priorities. I think the border invasion is one of the most significant and harmful things that has happened to this nation in a generation, and I fully blame Biden and Harris for it. That doesn't preclude me from also being disappointed in politicians like Trump, and others, who intentionally make up imaginary facts and numbers to try and sway voters and harm their opponents. Maybe I'm just a great multi-tasker, but I can be concerned with both issues at the same time. Actually, I'll do you one further. Just send me the money you wish to wager & I'll place the bet for you. So, you have just chosen to be hypocritical. When you call out Trump for missing a detail, he is intentional lying or ignorant. When others call out Trump (& others) for missing a detail, then the narrative changes in your mind. It is difficult to have principles when your evaluation of a situation varies based on whether or not you are involved. Again & again, you miss the big picture, busy arraigning deck chairs on the Titanic. It doesn't matter what number Trump said, what matters is the problem. When you focus on the minutia, you are not focused on the actual problem, your multi-tasking claim notwithstanding. Since the illegal alien problem & the inflation problem are, as Trump would say, "HUGE", spending any time on minor, irrelevant details is nothing more than mental masturbation (an activity the left spends much time on to give the illusion of intelligence to the useful idiots). Seeing as you tend to avoid that useless tendency in many other instances, yet whack away furiously when it involves Trump, the only plausible explanation is you have a severe case of TDS. |
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Post by MDDad on Aug 1, 2024 15:14:24 GMT -8
When you call out Trump for missing a detail, he is intentional lying or ignorant. When Trump, or anyone else, insists that more than 20 million illegal aliens have entered the country under Biden, when the highest estimates are almost 50% lower, or that the Biden inflation is the worst we've ever had, when Trump himself was in his early 30's and can remember when inflation was 50% higher, it is not "missing a detail". Nor is it "a salesman's hyperbole". It is intentional, misleading rhetoric. And you apologetically trying to whitewash it with polite euphemisms is disappointing. Trump also mentioned that illegal aliens have killed over a hundred thousand Americans. Really Donald? Over a hundred thousand? That's more Americans than died in the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Gulf War, the Iraq War and the war in Afghanistan combined. And not a word in the media? It seems impossible that Fox News would not have reported that even once. Is that just a car saleman exaggerating how fast that new model can go, or is it something else? Really? It doesn't matter what our political candidates say? That's one of the more cynical things I've heard in a while. If it doesn't matter, why should we spend even a minute listening to any of them? I agree that the problems matter more, but the only way we have for discerning between different approaches to solving them is by what the candidates say. So I think it matters. I whack away at Trump because I intend to vote for him. I don't give a shit if Joe Biden or Kamala Harris lie or not, because they are both contemptible human beings who could never get my vote. But I think I have the right to expect that my candidate has at least a passing acquaintance with honesty and the truth, and that he has the character and the integrity to display it once in a while. Trump often acts like he couldn't care less about those things. |
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Post by RSM789 on Aug 1, 2024 17:00:55 GMT -8
When you call out Trump for missing a detail, he is intentional lying or ignorant. Trump also mentioned that illegal aliens have killed over a hundred thousand Americans. Really Donald? Over a hundred thousand? Is that just a car saleman exaggerating how fast that new model can go, or is it something else? Yes, it is something else and it is indeed over one hundred thousand. In fact, I believe that number is over 100, 000 per year dead due to illegal aliens. How? Easy. Nearly all of the fentanyl smuggled into this country comes over the southern border, via the cartels who use illegal aliens as mules. Since fentanyl kills over 100,000 Americans per year, the illegal aliens who carry it over are responsible for those deaths (as are the cartels & the Chinese who manufacture it). Those murdered by illegal aliens the old-fashioned way are just the frosting on top of that 100,000. This has been a vivid illustration of the blind spots that are created when one has Trump Derangement Syndrome. You can't see obvious connections because your brain rationalizes that Trump is such a horrible person, he must be lying about everything. Ease up on your hate of Trump & not only will those blind spots disappear, but you will also sleep better at night & avoid those embarrassing intimacy issues with the Mrs. You were wrong, you Donald an apology... |
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Post by MDDad on Aug 1, 2024 18:04:34 GMT -8
The only thing I feel I owe Donald Trump is my vote. I will apologize to him when hell freezes over and he French kisses my ass.
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Post by RSM789 on Aug 1, 2024 21:57:09 GMT -8
So that is your response when you are wrong? I guess the moral superiority of being a centrist doesn't include the humility to admit you missed one.
Yet again, you illustrate the effects of Trump Derangement Syndrome. You can't bring yourself to admit that you were wrong & he was right, instead you have to insult him again. I want to be around when your fever breaks & you realize how unreasonable you have been, it will be an amazing sight.
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Post by billb on Aug 1, 2024 22:19:26 GMT -8
The only thing I feel I owe Donald Trump is my vote. Great news. You mentioned party unity earlier in the year and how Republicans deserve to lose because they can't keep the unity. Well, most Republican are united in this. When Trump was almost killed the other week I was pretty depressed that day. I wanted to hear he was OK. The country is doomed if we keep going down this road. Heck, the world is doomed, IMO. I think we have a chance to turn things around, despite Trump's inelegance. |
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Post by MDDad on Aug 2, 2024 8:24:43 GMT -8
The only thing I feel I owe Donald Trump is my vote. Well, most Republican are united in this. I agree, but Republicans being united is not enough, as they don't have enough voters to carry the day. They have to be able to get large numbers of independent votes as well, and that remains a challenge with Trump as the candidate.
The country is doomed if we keep going down this road. Heck, the world is doomed, IMO. You're probably right.
I think we have a chance to turn things around, despite Trump's inelegance. Yes, we do have a chance, but it doesn't depend primarily on Trump getting four more years as president. As has been proven the past 3 1/2 years, most of what he accomplished can quickly be undone as soon as Democrats regain control of the executive branch. The chance you mention depends on millions of Americans waking up, coming to there senses, thinking rationally and logically once again, and acting on that. That may be a tall order, but it's the only long-term chance we have. So far, we have seen all the woke bullshit going on around us, sat back and shaken our heads in disbelief at the sheer lunacy of it all, and then let it continue on. That's the problem. |
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Post by SK80 on Aug 2, 2024 9:06:17 GMT -8
The only thing I feel I owe Donald Trump is my vote. I will apologize to him when hell freezes over and he French kisses my ass.Are tickets still available for this event?  |
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Post by MDDad on Aug 2, 2024 9:43:04 GMT -8
The only thing I feel I owe Donald Trump is my vote. I will apologize to him when hell freezes over and he French kisses my ass.Are tickets still available for this event? Yes, but only for season ticket holders. |
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Post by SK80 on Aug 3, 2024 7:38:37 GMT -8
Are tickets still available for this event? Yes, but only for season ticket holders. Any "Backdoor" passes for board the board fellowship? Can we all "BARE" witness! |
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Post by SK80 on Aug 5, 2024 8:37:43 GMT -8
A guy I follow on "X" who makes excellent memes!
One man's perspective of "Election 2024".
Brenden Dilley
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Kamala Harris is running an online astroturf campaign.
We can all see it. Hell, she'd probably admit that she's doing it.
The problem is that it's only August 1st, and the American public has an attention span that lasts at maximum a week (and that's if you were shot in the ear).
Many of my fellow MAGA influencers and their followers have fallen into the prisoner of the moment syndrome. They see a rise in popularity from this astroturf campaign and think it's perpetual.
It's not. The American psyche can only give a shit so much and for so long. They hyperventilate, overreact, and make bold predictions and declarations based on that moment.
They're like children.
However, astroturfing eventually grows tiresome and annoying to a fickle public that demands new and original ideas and stimuli.
Eventually, the mojo wears off, and the public turns their attention back to the most basic of fundamental truths in 2024. Illegal immigrants are stealing jobs from blacks, draining the system, and receiving disproportionate assistance to struggling Americans.
Eventually, the American electorate must go back to the grocery store, shop for school supplies, and pay for costly car and home repairs.
When this happens, all of the money spent on the astroturf campaign and its messaging goes down the toilet. Kamala Harris has participated in the destruction of our economy and way of life and has no plans to course correct.
Elections are like horse races, and Donald Trump has proven himself to be "Secretariat." Patient. Strong. Refined. A champion.
Let Donald Trump run his race.
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Post by billb on Aug 5, 2024 11:30:28 GMT -8
The other day I heard a border agent talking about the NGOs at the border. They make about 1K per illegal from the Federal Government, and they do very little other than moving them to another part of the country.
Wouldn't be nice to be on the other end of things? An NGO? Be the payee instead of the payer? People are making money is this stuff. Just not us.
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Post by MDDad on Aug 5, 2024 12:33:35 GMT -8
Brenden Dilley
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Elections are like horse races, and Donald Trump has proven himself to be "Secretariat." Patient. Strong. Refined. A champion.
I agree with almost everything this guy wrote, except this late sentence. Donald Trump patient? Really? The guy who can't stop himself from making a silly tweet or comment two seconds after something irritates him? And refined? Are you kidding? Trump is about as refined as an old chili dog smothered in Cheez Whiz. And I'd hardly compare him to Secretariat. He's more like the donkey in Shrek. Always saying stupid things, but always there in the end, and usually comes out winning. I think the Kamala Harris surge is evidence of the American personality and how flighty it is. A majority of Americans are always ready to swoon at the latest new shiny toy, and she's that toy right now. It's why we spend $1,500 on a new iPhone every year when the new model is 99.9% like the model we bought for $1,500 last year. But her shiny newness will wear off and she'll return to being the same vapid, cackling imbecile that we've known for years. |
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Post by MDDad on Aug 6, 2024 12:23:36 GMT -8
I try very hard not be an alarmist, but perhaps today's selection of Tim Walz as Kamala Harris's running mate is cause for concern. The Harris-Walz ticket is the most blatantly and radically socialist-communist ticket of a major party in American history. Furthermore, the Democrat Party is the first major party of an industrialized nation to quietly make anti-Semitism an implicit tentpole of its platform since the NSDAP (Nazi) party in Germany 90 years ago.
Combine that with the fact that when it comes to election strategy and tactics, the Democrats are absolutely brilliant, while the GOP is as inept as a drunk five-year-old. That means there is a decent chance Harris-Walz could win in November.
For 248 years, the American political-social experiment based on capitalism, private ownership and keeping most of what you earn has yielded the greatest national prosperity the world has ever known. But if Harris-Walz win in November, that experiment could be over, and be replaced by something entirely different with a history of failure everywhere it's been tried. If that isn't cause for concern, I'm not sure what is.
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Post by RSM789 on Aug 6, 2024 13:12:52 GMT -8
I try very hard not be an alarmist, but perhaps today's selection of Tim Walz as Kamala Harris's running mate is cause for concern. While I agree with you that it is cause for concern should they win, I believe her choice is not a cause for concern in helping her win. Her choice revealed who they are. Had she chosen Shapiro, it could have been hidden through election day. Now she has the double edge sword of having revealed who she (they) really are and blatantly practicing antisemitism in not choosing Shapiro for the sole fact he is Jewish. Jewish people as a group are aware they are often the canary in the coal mine, they pay attention to actions like this. Her dismissal of Shapiro is setting off alarm bells in their community, confirming that Harris & her party are comfortable in wooing the vote of the pro-Palestinians who want the end of Israel & death to all Jews. It will cost Harris millions of votes (not to mention now most likely losing Pennsylvania). This is one of those cases where an idiot was given enough rope to hang herself and she did so splendidly. Even you must agree that Trump hit the nail on the head when he responded to her choice with 2 words - "Thank You". |
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