tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post1457835251816580339..comments2024-03-29T04:06:37.402-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: John Kelly Takes Over the White HouseStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-38685995522739531372017-08-05T19:54:17.475-07:002017-08-05T19:54:17.475-07:00I keep saying, Trump is a walking, talking flash-b...I keep saying, Trump is a walking, talking flash-bang grenade thrower, who gets the media all riled up and distracted by those flash-bangs. While they're distracted, he gets stuff done.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-39816022161071435382017-08-04T23:50:55.863-07:002017-08-04T23:50:55.863-07:00NYT: But he has also said he wants to closely moni...NYT: But he has also said he wants to closely monitor the information the president consumes, quickly counter dubious news stories with verified facts, and limit the posse of people urging Mr. Trump to tweet something they feel passionately about.<br /><br />If Kelly's managing-up accomplishes nothing but this, he's a winner in my book.<br /><br />If Trump can stay in office nearly 7 months now on chaos, think what he could do if he actually started applying himself. And while we're cutting taxes on the rich, maybe we can reduce the cap for mortgage interest deductions. This is the time to do it, while interest rates are still low. And doubling the standard deduction is a good idea too, although it'll mean more people will not pay any taxes at all.<br />http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/04/trump-homeowner-tax-benefit-241328<br />Ares Olympushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726811306826601686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-72755577398504890952017-08-04T17:49:40.019-07:002017-08-04T17:49:40.019-07:00And never, never, never forget: Hillary Rodham Cli...And never, never, never forget: Hillary Rodham Clinton was the other choice.Ignatius Acton Chesterton OCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222603717128565302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-43629634558031385262017-08-04T17:41:34.814-07:002017-08-04T17:41:34.814-07:00There's a lot of squawking going on. A lot.
T...There's a lot of squawking going on. A lot.<br /><br />Trump has definitely covered his right flank, while playing to the obvious (and completely ignored) white collar labor vote. Democrats have total contempt for this demographic, and have continued along that path. <br /><br />Let's remember that the upper-20% all think diversity is swell, but blue collar workers are the ones dealing with the very real economic and demographic disruption in their neighborhoods and schools as middle class, blue collar economic power descends. Saying this demographic's electoral response is "racist" is plainly as ignorant as the racist slogans the morally magnificent imagine being uttered at sub-desirable kitchen tables. This sort of minority pandering is plainly disgusting, but is inflicted by a supposedly "educated" class. Curious. I suggest it is at a point at that we ask: What are such people being educated in?<br /><br />Trump's is a brilliant strategy, and few can see it because (a) the media are completely apoplectic, (b) the Washington, D.C. interests are freaked out, and (c) Trump's proposals WILL create growth for "normal" people who don't want to be bothered. This incessant media parade is going to fail -- we can only take so much of weirdos who can't figure out what gender they are, same-sex people who want to "marry," indigent peoples who don't like their native land anymore, etc. This isn't racism, or intolerance, or hate, this is chaos driven by ignorant, elitist public policy.<br /><br />These FELLOW AMERICAN CITIZENS are people who have to live in a #%&$ing neighborhood and make sense of their lives amidst Federal dictates about what's Section 8 housing and what's not. I hear there are a lot of Obama holdovers in the departments, and their replacement is slow... while championing Obama's Leftist directives. Indeed. <br /><br />Keep this utopian social engineering coming. The voters of 2018 will be swift and vicious. Now they have a reason AND a voice. Scary.<br /><br />I don't believe any of this polling, and certainly not its ability to foresee a 2018 Comgressional election when they were sooooooo far gone on 2016. They have no idea what the data say. Keep in mind... the most telling polling question of the 2016 election was: "Who is your neighbor voting for?" <br /><br />Consider the implications. So delicious. Fear not, friends.Ignatius Acton Chesterton OCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222603717128565302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-53006197898343687852017-08-04T17:41:00.237-07:002017-08-04T17:41:00.237-07:00Listen up, y'all here...
A lot of people thi...Listen up, y'all here... <br /><br />A lot of people think Trump has blundered his way into a fiasco. He may have blundered. But I disagree that it's a fiasco. <br /><br />I won't say for certain that he's blundered (because I don't know), but I know the reality of our politics means it isn't entirely a fiasco. Far from it. <br /><br />Trump has thus far exposed Republican politicians, and the Republican voters will not forget. The McCain vote on ObamaCare was despicable, on its face. And it is a symbol they will not forget. Who? Umm... who the hell do you think votes in Republican primaries? The Koch's? Hah! The Republican base -- the quantitative Republican base (read: the numbers) -- know the advantages of Trump, and they're certainly not susceptible to the Kristin/Will/Hayes/Williamson way of thinking. Not for a moment. Paul Ryan has showed himself as a blatantly failed politician, Foxconn aside (which is pork). Paul Ryan best stay home... and trust me, he will.<br /><br />After this do-nothing Congressional recess, I believe Trump will begin exposing Democrats. The Democrats are so divided, so fractured -- and so incensed -- that they will run lunatic Left candidates to express their anger. Conversely, I suspect Trump's Republican base will nominate "normal" people in contested districts -- those who are not too right-wing, but certainly don't reflect Tom Donahue's UNited States Chamber of Commerce's heretofore ubiquitous worldview. John Kasich will say "We have to come together." Obama will scold "That's not who we are." It's like comedy. Love it.the more they squawk... that's the barometer of winning.<br /><br />Cont'd below...<br />Ignatius Acton Chesterton OCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222603717128565302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-34387791911568627412017-08-04T10:05:28.493-07:002017-08-04T10:05:28.493-07:00It's a good start. May it long continue.It's a good start. May it long continue.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-11655227289672467602017-08-04T05:41:39.147-07:002017-08-04T05:41:39.147-07:00In my opinion, Trump himself is the center of chao...In my opinion, Trump himself is the center of chaos. He's squelching his own potential and exhausting supporters who are called to defend him. <br /><br />Good Luck, Kelly. May the force be with you. All of it - you'll need it. Katielee4211https://www.blogger.com/profile/14994959732687391703noreply@blogger.com