Political Roundtable Part XXVIII

dobrojim · Post #1241 » by **dobrojim** » Sat Jun 20, 2020 3:53 pm

Oh and Maddow spent some time last night covering the latest Sat night massacre
with the Trump move to control media. Joseph Goebbels is smiling up from hell.

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show

dobrojim · Post #1242 » by **dobrojim** » Sat Jun 20, 2020 3:55 pm

Ruzious wrote:12% isn't near good enough. We need to dominate him and keep our collective knees on his throat.

(at risk of stating the obvious)

Critical that Dems take the Senate. The country can't afford a sociopath like #moscowmitch
in a position of power any longer.

dobrojim · Post #1243 » by **dobrojim** » Sat Jun 20, 2020 4:04 pm

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/06/inside-the-cult-of-trump-his-rallies-are-church-and-he-is-the-gospel

Da1 is in there somewhere.

Post #1244 » by **Ruzious** » Sat Jun 20, 2020 5:00 pm

dobrojim wrote:Oh and Maddow spent some time last night covering the latest Sat night massacre
with the Trump move to control media. Joseph Goebbels is smiling up from hell.

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show

Just unbelievable that this is really happening today in America.

Wizardspride · Post #1245 » by **Wizardspride** » Sat Jun 20, 2020 5:22 pm

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dobrojim · Post #1246 » by **dobrojim** » Sat Jun 20, 2020 5:40 pm

Ruzious wrote:
dobrojim wrote:Oh and Maddow spent some time last night covering the latest Sat night massacre
with the Trump move to control media. Joseph Goebbels is smiling up from hell.

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show

Just unbelievable that this is really happening today in America.

and 40% of the country is down with it. That's the scary part.

Wizardspride · Post #1247 » by **Wizardspride** » Sat Jun 20, 2020 5:54 pm

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Pointgod · Post #1248 » by **Pointgod** » Sat Jun 20, 2020 7:41 pm

So much for KP Russian collusion

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But definitely lots of obstruction

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Wizardspride · Post #1249 » by **Wizardspride** » Sat Jun 20, 2020 7:46 pm

Here we go...

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doclinkin · Post #1250 » by **doclinkin** » Sat Jun 20, 2020 10:18 pm

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FAH1223 · Post #1251 » by **FAH1223** » Sat Jun 20, 2020 11:57 pm

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So Trump and the RNC have $190M cash on hand.

Biden and the DNC have about $122M cash on hand.

Post #1252 » by **Ruzious** » Sun Jun 21, 2020 1:15 am

The craziest part of his "rally" is that it was in a county that was already setting daily records for their most cases of coronavirus. That's hurting their economy, hospitals, hospital workers, people. For what? To support a piece of garbage... who was hoping for every seat to be filled.

dobrojim · Post #1253 » by **dobrojim** » Sun Jun 21, 2020 4:59 am

Apparently Trump supporters were not nearly as reckless, at least
based on their unwillingness to show up, than had been predicted.
Then again, tRump did say that a million people were asking
to come (or some such ridiculous claim). Maybe that should have
been our first clue that this was going to flop. He simply cannot
tell the truth about anything that would reflect on him personally,
or much of anything else for that matter.

dckingsfan · Post #1254 » by **dckingsfan** » Sun Jun 21, 2020 5:03 pm

It's getting real here in Houston/Harris County.

This is a bit of an exaggeration (comparing us to Brazil) but it does make the point.

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Post #1255 » by **montestewart** » Sun Jun 21, 2020 6:57 pm

I can't tell whether the anonymous/tik tok claims of sabotaging the Tulsa rally are real or a right-wing fabricated cover story for why there were not a million people there. Who's got the scoop?

dckingsfan · Post #1256 » by **dckingsfan** » Sun Jun 21, 2020 7:33 pm

montestewart wrote:I can't tell whether the anonymous/tik tok claims of sabotaging the Tulsa rally are real or a right-wing fabricated cover story for why there were not a million people there. Who's got the scoop?

It was the skateboarders...

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pancakes3 · Post #1257 » by **pancakes3** » Sun Jun 21, 2020 9:09 pm

montestewart wrote:I can't tell whether the anonymous/tik tok claims of sabotaging the Tulsa rally are real or a right-wing fabricated cover story for why there were not a million people there. Who's got the scoop?

it's real. it's gen z trolling him.

https://www.theringer.com/music/2020/6/11/21287283/bts-army-black-lives-matter-fandom-activism

Post #1258 » by **montestewart** » Sun Jun 21, 2020 11:30 pm

pancakes3 wrote:
montestewart wrote:I can't tell whether the anonymous/tik tok claims of sabotaging the Tulsa rally are real or a right-wing fabricated cover story for why there were not a million people there. Who's got the scoop?

it's real. it's gen z trolling him.

https://www.theringer.com/music/2020/6/11/21287283/bts-army-black-lives-matter-fandom-activism

Trump will probably start garbling some K-Pop micro-targeted legislation that specifically excludes anything the Russians do.

dobrojim · Post #1259 » by **dobrojim** » Mon Jun 22, 2020 10:34 am

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Our kids are way smarter than Trump. They may save us yet.

Post #1260 » by **montestewart** » Mon Jun 22, 2020 12:35 pm

dobrojim wrote:

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Our kids are way smarter than Trump. They may save us yet.

Perhaps smarter than DNC too.

It's possible that the million teen march stunt suppressed attendance by creating the appearance that it was too popular, and without advanced ticketing, there seemed a good chance of showing up and not being able to attend.

On the other hand, perhaps the long break from the rallies, punctuated by COVID and riots, had the effect of somewhat breaking the spell. For those of us not under the spell, Trump has a little bit of charisma, but is really not all that that funny, is not really all that smart, is yugely self-important and thin-skinned, and is constantly doing interviews and tweeting, so all of that is there to see.

Even Trump fans occasionally get aggressively policed. Even Trump fans lose people to COVID. When he stopped holding his Duckburg Rallies, maybe the fresh air of reality seeped in a little. You wouldn't have to change your political views to come to realize that Trump isn't all that. Did you see all the pictures of people yawning or otherwise looking bored in Tulsa?

More to come on this, and not implying confidence of a slam dunk, just suggesting one possible scenario that might topple what seems to me to be a house of cards.

PS: My stepfather, a lifelong Republican (who probably voted for Trump) called him a fascist the other day. I have no idea where he got that language, but it seemed kind of telling.