However one feels about our President Donald Trump, the fact is that our economy has improved during his term, and much of this is due to his policies of deregulation and tax cuts – typical Republican/conservative policies. Something that everyone should be doing, be they Democrat, Republican, Independent, conservative, liberal or whatever – is wanting our country to do well and succeed.
However, the Never Trumpers have gone so far overboard that they are now rooting against American success and trying to deny Trump’s success in office. Some of them have gone so far as to say they hope that Republicans lose the House of Representatives so that Trump will be impeached. These include Max Boot of the Council on Foreign Relations. Boot, a lifelong Republican, is rooting for Democrats to take back the House so that they will impeach Trump. “I worked as an adviser on three Republican presidential campaigns,” Boot said recently “but now I’m actively rooting for Republicans to lose the congressional elections … because the Republicans have shown they are unwilling to uphold their oaths of office.”
Just so everyone knows, the Congressional Oath of Office is as follows: I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I will take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.
However I may feel about certain Congressional incumbents – I don’t think that they have violated any oath of office. I disagree with many of the Republican members of the House, and would like to see them beaten in a primary fight and then have a more conservative candidate win. But that does not mean those who aren’t movement conservatives are violating the Congressional Oath of Office.
Some are just actively rooting for America to fail so that Democrats can get back in power. These so called “patriots” such as Bill Kristol think that Trump’s tweeting and his calling some third world nations “s—holes” are more long lasting than Trump’s great accomplishments. While I share their concerns about some of Trump’s tweets, the fact is anyone who thinks that calling a failed nation state a 0000hole is more important than putting the average American to work, is more out of touch than Nancy Pelosi. The average American is worried about putting food on the table for their kids, making sure their kids get a good education and living their share of the American dream. Probably 70% of the US population would agree that some 3rd world nations are 0000holes. One can debate whether it was the right thing to say, and we can also debate whether or not those words were said. But to think that putting people to work is not as important as the feelings of someone who does not live in the USA, or who can’t figure out that American culture is vastly superior to other lesser nations………..
It is high time for us to accept the fact, that Never Trump Republicans are as big a threat to our American experiment as Progressive liberals are, and these people should not be welcomed back into our GOP. They are not conservatives, they are not Republicans. They are doing the work of the Progressives for the Progressives. These are people who would sell out our children to get a few minutes of face time on ABC/CNN/NBC . They are traitors who would sell you and your family out. Never Trumpers are the most dangerous inhabitants of the swamp.
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As always, John articulates his point well. Many of us were appalled at our party selecting a former Clinton-donating, conspiracy theory-touting, loud mouth as our nominee. It took us months to accept the situation, and only then when there was literally no other viable choice. Those of us with integrity committed that we would praise him when he was right and hold him accountable when he was wrong. As a recovering NeverTrumper, who still absolutely loathes his personality, I’ve been thrilled by the tax cuts, SC nominee, recognition of Jerusalem, etc. He deserves credit for these and any conservative who withholds it is self-promoting. So do I like him? No. Do I feel a little dirty every time I recall my vote for him in 2016? Yes. Am I still glad he’s president and not Hillary Clinton? You betcha.
Name any president who was without sin.
If that’s the POTUS standard, God help us. This nation deserves better. At this point, the sole Republican justification for Trump is that he will sign whatever legislation they can wrestle through Congress, sorta like the Virginia Democratic justification that a Dem governor will veto whatever Republicans can wrangle to his desk. In other words, the ends justify the means.
More winning, every day the DOW reaches a new high and Americans get richer. http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/01/president-trump-is-right-us-markets-up-nearly-50-44-since-election/
If Americans actually realized their gains on more than paper — e.g., they took the money in cash — the market would crash and their notion of being “richer” would evaporate. We need to hope this growth cycle that started under Obama continues, else there will be many who took credit for the rise that will want to avoid blame for the crash.
I expect the market to crash prior to Nov 2020. Investors will be fearful of the unknown outcome and his fun with “movie stars” combined with his current immigration boondoggle will more than likely be his downfall.
There is reason why Molania did not attend DAVOS.
He will not survive any Debate with any Woman now that he paid $130,000.00.
I would be blown away if he is reelected.
I am a Trump voter, now with a concerned eye raised.
By outward appearances, it is a troubled marriage. Who knows? Not me. However, White House marriages rarely fail to mark the annual wedding anniversary, which occurred recently to little notice (save for notice of the absence).
I share your skepticism about his re-election, and yet I was optimistic at the beginning. I was elated when he cancelled the TPP trade agreement. Sessions’ arrival as AG was a dark turn, however, and it seems clear even Trump agrees that Sessions was a poor choice. Beyond Sessions it has proved one legal quagmire after another.
Markets turn. I leave the predictions to those with quantitative skills. It is unlikely he will not end his reign awash in explanations for a market downturn, blaming it alternately on fake news and Obama/Clinton. I hope this proves false.
My greatest hope: He realizes his mistakes and corrects them. He is capable of great bravery, boldness and leadership, skills he seems to have left behind at the White House door.
AO,
I was this sites first vocal supporter of Trump even prior to his Va skeleton Campaign Staff.
I used to post;
___American Jobs
Defending the
American Dream
Trump in 2016____
Those days have passed.
I fully agree with your last paragraph.
Just think of what he could have been , what he could have done. Every day I awake and try my best to be a better more fair man, loyal to my wife, my family , my Community , my Country. I don’t see this in him. If the Republicans don’t somehow put Pence at the top in 2020 you will see Bernie or McAuliffe be sworn in. But the again Americans appear to prefer money over integrity and loyalty.
The fake news continues with the $130K payment to a hooker. It never stops.
What Trump did as a young, energetic and well connected man is probably nothing new in the larger world of relationships between the sexes. Many women have and will continue to trade sexual favors for access to public visibility, not to mention jobs and promotions. As he aged, Trump became concerned for the future of his family and country, and got into politics on the conservative Republican side.
There is this tendency to excuse Clinton and Obama while going after the Bushes and now Trump for the same supposed behaviors. By this time, we ought to be old enough to know that there are no perfect men and women, and that stuff happens between the sexes all the time. What is most troubling is that the Democrats appear to have no moral compass. They quickly dismiss virtually every aspect of the Constitution and law if it suits some presumed social justice vision.
What the Democrats miss is that the founders wrestled with morality and how to protect it against the natural tendencies of men and women to take the convenient and often more evil road. They would be saddened by the state of religion in the nation today because, to them, religion was the bulwark against immorality. Even Ben Franklin, who had an out-of-wedlock child when he was young, became a staunch proponent of religion in the public square because he recognized the importance of religion to controlling the natural vices of men and women.
W,
Was Ben Franklin a good President? (Chuckle)
I excuse no one from their infidelity. In I view it as fact it is a precursor to their character.
When it comes to religion there are devout Christians,
the holiday Christian,
the Reverent Christian and the sinner ( I apologize, I fit here).
I disregard the elected and the Candidate on this. They fit in my boat on this, no better and often worse.
This is why I have firm ground on policy as it is implemented to the rule of law.
Is our Rule of Law Christian? Is it Christian to enforce laws on one man because his country of Citizenry but not another from a foreign Country?
Is is Christian to exploit the weak for profit or political purpose?
Yes, I am a sinner but where I differ I am respectful to the rule of law, loyal to my wife & family, my Community and my customers.
We must gold our Representatives accountable no matter if we support them or not and we must use the opposition to assist us in holding them to a higher standard.
Swamp sinners are an enemy to the American rule of law.
Sincerely,
TBE’ s 1st Trump Supporter
Which do you think it is? Your claim that it is fake news? Or the claim that it is just what well-connected young men do?
BTW, if the latter, what was his age at the time? Just how young do you think Trump was at the time? For a hint, take his current age (71) and subtract a bit less than the age of Barron Trump (11) and you have his approximate age at the time the fake/fair (unclear which you think is true) dalliance with the porn star: About 61.
Your liberal notion that the ends justify the means is at odds with your claim to conservatism, as is your allowance for the example set by POTUS.
P.S. Yes, I agree with you: The founders would be very sad at the low state of religious freedom and the way some (take a look in the mirror, Warmac) try to deny others the religious freedom for which the founders gave their lives.
The number of NeverTrumpers who fit this description is diminishingly tiny. This essay tilts against a phantom. NeverTrump was for the election. He’s president now. Continuing to fight against NeverTrumpers now is as stupid as those very few NeverTrumpers who continue to fight against the President.
Unfortunately there are still plenty Never Trumpers out there. Trump could change the entire world for the better and they would still hate and despise him. Although I’m sure they are happy to watch their wealth rise under Trump.
Just as they were happy to watch their wealth rise under Obama.
I was fine with Trump, did not vote for HRC, and for a number of months I defended him in many a conversation. I kept a place in one of his buildings in NYC, in fact, and thought he ran a truly great building. No animosity towards him at all, but now I think he’s proven a poor choice for POTUS and concur with others whose opinions have shifted like mine.
There was no wealth increase under Obama like the one we are experiencing now.
Really?
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Talk about cherry picking data – “about 7 weeks after Obama’s inauguration” … I give up – why 7 weeks later? Also, comparing 9 months to 8 years wouldn’t pass a sixth grade statistics class.Finally, the historical reality is that recessions end and recoveries commence. Obama’s recovery was one of the weakest most tepid recoveries in history. Facts are stubborn things.
I couldn’t agree with you more, so I had no role in picking the data. Neither did I start the discussion or choose the argument — it’s silly to take a year of a President’s term and start taking victory laps. Talk about counting chickens! I looked for statistics, not subjective argument, like your false claim on the recovery curve on which we are still riding. You are correct: What goes around comes around — let’s keep track of those taking false credit for this long-term rally for new assessments a year or two from now. Payback .. you know what they say about her.
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Could you actually explain what Trump did that caused such a 180 degree change. All I ever read from those who object to Trump are vague statement as yours. Where did he lose you?
Good question, happy to answer.
First, it wasn’t a 180-degree turn. Did not vote for him, neither did I vote HRC. Voted Libertarian to send a clear message: I find both parties equally responsible for the state of Washington and statehouses across America. For the mess they’ve collectively made. Less government is the correct message generally, and for me it’s because I value what govt actually does so much that I want it to focus on those needs and not get lost with the wants.
Second, I was elated when he cancelled TPP, which was a sell out to Hollywood and Pharma, amongst others. So I took his side almost immediately, hoping to see him move the center of politics. He certainly had that opportunity.
Third, in two words, it was Jeff Sessions. His choice for AG made me realize he would put fools in important jobs, I think today Trump agrees. Timing makes it hard to perform his greatest line: “You’re fired.” AG is a terribly important position, a bellweather for this presidency beset in legal wrangling and states’ rights questions (which should be among the major conservative achievements).
Four: Next came a cavalcade of inept people placed in jobs. Omarosa, for example. Or this 24yo drug czar to be that no showed his jobs and lied on his resume. Rinse. Wash. Repeat.
Five: Bad example set. He could’ve been a bold leader with passion and vision. I saw that potential. Instead, he’s proven a poor role model. Where shall we start on that count? The tweeting? The family life (so very important to America)? The five deferments? The prevaricating? Clinging to petty old contests, failing to get the gist of major issues? We want buck stops here; We get the blame game.
Six: “Ends justify means” thinking has taken hold. We need him to sign what Congress can pass. Ends rarely justify means. And Congress can’t pass much. It’s a net loss, the absence of concern for the poor form displayed in pursuit of pure function.
Seven: We are losing global influence. Asia is the big winner on Trump’s watch. He’s courted China to reign in Northern Korea, but it isn’t happening. Korea is unifying every day. Olympics may prove a Korean love fest, bomb boy has his nukes.
See, I didn’t mention Russia. It isn’t yet clear at all that what provably occurred constitutes an illegal conspiracy. For me, the Russian problem is that Russia is running psy ops to divide the otherwise cohesive Western axis of freedom, especially now that it is flirting with new members from Eastern Europe. Open borders are a threat to tight fists; The free movement of people, goods is probably the most powerful weapon of all.
“the fact is that our economy has improved during his term, and much of this is due to his policies of deregulation and tax cuts “
2017 GDP growth at 2.3% (consistent with Obama’s economy). Growth slowed in the 4th quarter. We are due for a recession. We will suffer through exploding deficits and will be unable to decrease taxes to stimulate growth when we need it because the GOP already gave away that safety net. This is not a economy to be proud of.
“Due for a recession”, I have to laugh when Democrats say that over and over and over. The stock market strongly disagrees with you, http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/01/president-trump-is-right-us-markets-up-nearly-50-44-since-election/
Are there examples of Democrats saying the market is due for a recession? I write this because I sincerely do not recall this being a political issue. Everyone wants to make money, regardless of politics, or at least that is my impression. I want my BRK.A to appreciate just like everyone else.
You do realize, I’m sure that stock market performance is a poor predictor of future recessions. Chuckle all you like. The fact remains that we are due.
Like it or now. Our economy is booming. https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-economy-grew-at-2-6-rate-in-fourth-quarter-1516973505 Remind us, where did you go to grad school for economics?
2.6% is suddenly “booming”? You do know it grew by 2.9% in 2015 under Obama don’t you?
Gotta love cherry picked statistics. Why 2015? Why not 2016 – Obama’s final year and the most recent year of the Obama Administration? Oh, right … because it was 1.6% as Obama spent his time illegally using the FISA court to spy on the Trump campaign instead of running the government.
DJ, the point is you all complained about 2.9% growth under Obama but now at 2.6% growth under Trump the economy is booming. Is that too tough to understand?
Part of the employment picture is how people feel about the nation and its economy. Obama was a downer. Trump is resurrecting love of country. MAAGA isn’t just a slogan, it is an agenda.
Yes, better keep an eye on that stat as well.
“The latest Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index was released this morning based on data collected through December 15. The headline number of 122.1 was a decrease from the final reading of 128.6 for November, a downward revision from 129.5”
YMMV, but most of us want something more than a feeling. I’d think you were a hippie from the 60’s if I didn’t know better. Why is it so hard to attract people to work in this administration if it is attracting people to work for America?
And take a look at the people it attracts Our nation has an opiate crisis and we cannot staff the Office of Natl Drug Control Policy. First, it was someone connected to the cause of the opiate crisis, next it was a 24-yr-old who no showed his last job and fabricated his resume. A year in and we’ve no one to lead the battle against opiates, but does it really matter when the ONDCP budget was slashed by more than 90%?
BTW, MAAGA isn’t the acronym you’re looking for, but who cares, right? It’s about a feeling. It’s like horseshoes, right? Close counts. Good job!
Some more evidence. Here are the actual job creation figures:
2011: +2.09 million
2012: +2.14 million
2013: +2.30 million
2014: +2.99 million
2015: +2.71 million
2016: +2.24 million
2017: +2.05 million
2017 was the *worst* since 2010
Tourism to United Sates is down since Trump took office, costing $4,600,000,000 and 40,000 jobs, according to new data.
Kinda like the RPV will kick a person out for not supporting he republican ticket. I just have to agree with you 51% of the time to be welcoming after that a person relegates themselves to the Kaine/Comstock dumpster fire bin!
If the government cannot create wealth, as Warmac and others claim, then how can we credit the government with creating jobs, as this post does? Huge contradiction in claims.
If Trump and government can create jobs, government can create wealth. And it does, with laws that create and protect property, to cite just one example, and that includes intangible property with its roots in government decree: Intellectual property is a driving force in the US economy.
The American Enterprise Institute: “We estimate that U.S. intellectual property today is worth between $5
trillion and $5.5 trillion, equivalent to about 45 percent of U.S. GDP
and greater than the GDP of any other nation in the world.”
https://www.aei.org/publication/the-economic-value-of-intellectual-property/
Read your constitution: The creation of IP is entirely at the behest of Congress. It can grant these rights or take them away.
The government can certainly encourage job growth by doing exactly what Trump has done, getting the government off the backs of our business and lowering their tax rate. Apple is bringing $252 Billion back into the US economy and creating 22,000 new jobs because of the tax cuts. That’s how Trump can help create new jobs.
Absolutely agreed that tax policy is another key area where Congress and government create wealth. That’s my key point: The actions of government have a wealth-creating effect that leads to value gains. Tax/fiscal policy, tangible property rights, intangible property rights, all are policies determined by governments. Those decisions undeniably create wealth; failure to properly execute takes away wealth.
Jeanine, I think Trump would cite trade policy as essential to creating wealth and jobs, and it’s a key function of our government. Add it to the list, too, and count Trump as one who agrees with me that government generates wealth and grows economic value. Why else would he even want the job? It’s what he campaigned. Don’t tell us now that government doesn’t create wealth; It’s a contradiction with Amnesty Don’s platform.
What Trump has done simply is get the government out of the private sector and allow businesses to create wealth and employment opportunity. Obama simply suppressed the private sector through regulation. What has happened in Trump’s first year is the euphoria of getting out from under constant destructive regulation. Anyone who runs a business knows that Obama was just more and more regulations with more and more associated costs. He killed businesses and did it to promote his global socialist agenda.
Statistics tell a different factual story. See the charts below. Trump’s jump is a continuation of a long rise.
If we were to take your approach, we could cite the drop in travel and hit on the travel industry (down almost 4%), but this started during the Obama administration and cannot be attributed solely or at all on current administration.
Nonetheless, claiming the gain as unique but not the drop shows that this is sophistry belied by facts, real numbers that paint a different picture.
BTW, I’d enjoy hearing about these productive regulation changes and start-up inducting progressive plans. Try as I might, I cannot find them, save for his willingness to exploit our environmental assets for short-term gain. I was enjoying the previous plan: Save ours for last. I’m like that, I’m a saver, not a short-term spender.
If you’re thinking of arguing tax cuts, I say too soon to tell. Patience. If this increases deficits or fails to reduce debt, the govt role in the credit market will grow, interest rates will rise alongside deficits and we will be on a road none of us enjoys travellling.
Fiscally conservative we are not. Not even under Trump. A conservative would manage the government books very differently (and that includes many past administrations of both parties).
“These people should not be welcomed back into our GOP.” Possibly the dumbest words I’ve read today. What the hell does that mean? They should not be able to vote in a primary? They should be barred from committee meetings? Forbidden to run for office?
Moreover the GOP, and particularly the VA GOP, has not been so spectacularly successful that they can afford to write off ANY group. I was a #NeverTrump Republican up until he became the nominee for the party, and then I considered myself a #NeverTrump conservative. When he was elected, I vowed to wipe the slate clean, give him the benefit of the doubt, and judge him based on the merits of his actions. My assessment has been…mixed. I have praised him for things like the Neil Gorsuch SC nomination (the best Supreme Court Justice of my lifetime), and have criticized virtually every single thing he has said on Twitter. I have not been to a GOP committee meeting since Trump was elected, mostly because the unreflective pro-Trump rah-rah makes me physically ill.
You want to banish me and those like-minded from the party? Go for it. But keep in mind that a substantial portion of those in my camp are Republican Millennials…the future of your party. You might want to think twice about the rules for entry in to your tent.
Which GOP meetings are like that? Certainly not the ones in your county. I don’t recall them mentioning Trump but then I don’t recall that you were ever a member of your county’s GOP committee.
It appears to me that despite your protest you are not really atturned with conservative principles. Your said in previous post ” But what I cannot live with is the wholesale abandonment of every principle I have claimed to care about, completely turning my back on the ideal of liberty and a Constitutionally limited government, by pulling the lever for an amoral and unprincipled authoritarian like Donald Trump.
#nevertrump.” I ask you which conservative principles has President Trump subverted that would cause you to make such a statement? I believe that your objections to Donald Trump have nothing to do with his policies and principles. Mannerisms aside Trump has performed exactly as he campaigned and the results are astounding from taxes to the environmental actions his cabinet members have performed (see superfund actions). Yours is a principled objection based upon the fact that President Trump doesn’t appear to fit the mold of many of our Rinos already in office.
There are many flavors of NeverTrumpers, and I wouldn’t dismiss them all. Yes, Max Boot, Bill Krystol et al, are irredeemable. But most of the Nevers are now just silent observers, as they try to reconcile their fears versus what is actually happening. I think we should be patient with them. As long as their complaints are mostly about unimportant things like tweets and language, I have hope we will become Republican allies again. After all, the two greatest presidents in my lifetime are both former Democrats. It is important not to hold a grudge against past errors.
We’re talking about certain people who are rooting for the country to fail or for the GOP to fail because of their hatred for Trump
Agreed. There are some irredeemables blinded by hatred for Trump. There are others, who once called themselves NeverTrump, but now have come around to a “wait and see” position, which is moving in the right direction.
I’m a former Never Trumper – meaning that during the 2016 primary season, I was not going to support Trump no matter what. I came on board later on – once he selected Mike Pence – which showed me that Trump was serious about conservative governance. So I get the concern about Trump. However now that he’s president and is carrying out a conservative agenda, and an agenda that many of these NEVER TRUMPERS really should agree with, how they can still oppose him means only one thing. The Bill Kristol’s of the world don’t care about the GOP or conservative polices – they only care about their butt hurt ego’s and getting their ugly mugs on camera.
I think that it is dangerous to label those who might sometimes disagree with Trump as “never Trumpers,” and then irresponsibly suggest that they are traitors. Better to understand their concerns with the president and his fluid policies, and look for areas of agreement. A minority party should not be so quick to banish those who don’t march in lockstep with the self-appointed palace guard. We can’t afford the casualties.
I’m ready to kick them out. They are the only ones the media wants to talk to and none of them are true conservatives anymore.
That’s a curious statement. How so? I’m curious about how you define “true conservative.”
I ask because the smart thinking I’ve learned from what I think are true conservatives over many years is today under challenge from authoritarian behavior designed to reduce freedom and choice. The traits that make America great are freedom, especially free movement of people and goods between our states, no papers needed. How often have I heard “Papers, Please!” as an expression of repressive Soviet states. Freedom isn’t the new rallying cry of Social Justice Warriors like Warmac9999 (who recently came out as an advocate for gun control for the first time) — they want to remove liberties, thinking the populace cannot be trusted with cannabis, reproductive choice, religious freedom.
We can’t have freedom without sovereignty and a fair justice system — it’s not even possible.
Not one NeverTrumper cares that we are becoming a police state with a corrupt leftist DOJ/FBI/IRS who target conservatives. Without Senator Stevens bogus (now overturned) conviction Obama would not have had 60 votes, and we would not have Obamacare. The total corruption of the DOJ has been evident for at least a decade. The FBI, it’s been evident longer than that.
Democrats are stealing our country right out from under us. NeverTrumpers also don’t care about illegal immigration. They literally just disgust me. Especially glorified SJWs like Ben Shapiro.
Indeed. We have sovereignty and a fair justice system. If you disagree, submit evidence to the contrary.
I urge you to temper attacks on our law enforcement authorities. They mark you as an anarchist unsuitable for conservative discourse. Counting votes in the past is a game we can all play to no end and it reminds me only of DJT’s obsession with what’s her name and our ex-POTUS. From inauguration on out, it’s on him, for better or worse. Sadly it’s proven the latter.
Republicans control both houses of Congress and the White House. I detest both major parties, but it is unseemly to toss rocks from a glass house.
The most active SJW I’ve encountered is Warmac9999, who wants to tote an AR-15 while he attacks Target’s bathroom choices (he falsely claims they forced perversion upon him), PayPal’s conservative founder (Peter Thiel, they cancelled a North Carolina plan), my gun rights (he deems himself capable of adjuding Second Amendment rights reading on-line dialogue protected by the First Amendment) and the freedom of the average citizen (freedoms too numerous to enumerate here).
Oddly, he counsels patience and defends Charlottesville’s murderous driver but has already decided special prosecutor Mueller — widely praised by both sides of the aisle when chosen — is wrong and crooked. Pre-evidence, despite confessions and plea agreements.
Today’s Republicans are shocking in their Russian embrace. History tells a different lesson about the Soviets — how soon we forget.
I am not a NeverTrumper. Defended him for months, no more, and I tire quickly of ends justify the means thinking from both side.
Yawn. Your first paragraph indicates you aren’t living in reality. Goodbye
Asked simply to submit evidence, you bail!
Good riddance. We need less of your type and more of those fully capable of reason and discourse. You’ve done us all a favor by disappearing.
If a request for evidence is a sign one of us isn’t living in reality, I’m not worried that it’s me.
You are delusional and scolding. Maybe if I met you in real life I would engage – if I judged you sincere.
Mine is an open mind, Allison, but it responds better to evidence than to emotion especially so when it suggests or outright claims corruption on the part of our nation’s chief law enforcement officials. I am on the side of the police from top to bottom. Great respect.
Delusion is in the eye of the beholder, but, yes, I scold when someone who makes a claim refuses to evidence that claim, leaving me with the conclusion that it is false because it is without evidence. As I wrote, reason and discourse — they cry out for evidence.
I am nothing if not sincere. Perhaps I take things too seriously, but then again these issues do matter to me a great deal. Lives hang in the balance.
Allison?
You’ve been reported to Disqus for doxxing, as well as to this Board. You complete creep. Did you hack me?
Now remove/retract your libelous, slanderous allegation.
P.S. I would have no idea how to hack you.
Thank you for removing my personally identifying information from your comments.
Now I will thank you for completely removing and retracting your libelous/slanderous posts. Absent that I will contact your bar association.
So how did you get my personally identifying information? Your claim is that you MISTAKENLY assumed A TOTALLY SEPERATE Disqus account – that just happened to have the word “Alti” in it – was me?
I repeat: The sum total of my conduct in this matter is having the temerity to show an interest in what you write. I typed two words into a Google search bar. The second result appeared to be your name. Frankly, I was not sure if that was you but it seemed right and I wish to be friendly so I included it as friendly gesture. You could’ve been another person, but it seemed to fit.
Delete every comment on this topic. Then I will delete every comment on this website so we never have to speak again.
A constant barrage of insults and outright lies is being directed at anyone who wants Trump to succeed. The most troubling of the lies is the constant reference to the non-existent Russia conspiracy which is now directed at anyone who voted for Trump. Since it is obvious that there is nothing there regarding a Russia-Trump conspiracy – quite the opposite as it appears that the conspiracy belongs to Hillary and Obama – the left now has to make something up and direct it at Trump voters or advocates. (A couple of days ago I heard Hannity discuss this situation and today Rush did as well. Of interest, I seldom listen to either show but have been the victim of the Russia, Russia, Russia idiocy. I just thought it was me, but now I see it as a broad conspiracy to demean and mislead.)
There are sh*tholes in many places in the world. Apparently, telling the truth about them has become a revolutionary act. And when that happens, we are all in trouble. Strong and direct language is often unpleasant, and it is certainly not limited to Trump who has driven the Democrats utterly insane with the simple candor of his words. (Finally, anyone who watches cable TV is constantly confronted with words far worse than sh*thole. It is amazing how quickly we as a nation have allowed the moral degradation of our language to intrude into our though processes.)