Trump Thread

[Greyblades]

Trump's aquitted, as everyone knew he would be.

Romney crossed the isle but noone followed, only real thing to come out of the proceedings is to show how out of step he is with the rest of the party

Well, only thing aside from an expected clinton style bump in the polls for Trump.

[Montmorency]

Trump's aquitted, as everyone knew he would be.

Romney crossed the isle but noone followed, only real thing to come out of the proceedings is to show how out of step he is with the rest of the party

Well, only thing aside from an expected clinton style bump in the polls for Trump.

Romney's defection was a 50/50 prediction for me, but it's useful inasmuch as it relieves Dems and hampers Repubs in close races. The media also loves a "conservative maverick" so he'll always have a home on that welfare circuit, but it was somewhat brave of him to stick his neck out - undoubtedly he has thousands of redcaps out for his and his family's blood now. At least he can, unlike others, afford any amount of security personnel.

It seems doubtful an unpopular president in a popular impeachment can get a popularity boost that a popular president didn't get following an unpopular impeachment.




In other news, Trump is openly purging everyone who testified against him and vowing revenge. Also neat that he reaffirms his belief that firing Comey saved his presidency.

[Viking]

Ueland, eh? That's also the name of one of the widest streets in Oslo. Possibly a little crossover here between that other topic and a specific scenario concerning migration to the US you wanted me to address. Funny.

[Beskar]

Like John McCain was, Romney is pretty much one of the last Republicans keeping the lights on when it comes to the Republican party having any kind of moral backbone or honour.

[Greyblades]

Great, first mccain, then the bushes, now romney. Is there any neocon warmonger the left wont rehabilitate for providing token resistance to trump?

Honour? Moral backbone? We knew they didnt have that when they headed the republican party and they most certainly dont now. What motivates them isnt some higher standard; it's bitterness for rendering their wing of the party impotent.

So wound up they'd embrace the devil if he spits in trump's direction, its derangement, truly.

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

Great, first mccain, then the bushes, now romney. Is there any neocon warmonger the left wont rehabilitate for providing token resistance to trump?

Honour? Moral backbone? We knew they didnt have that when they headed the republican party and they most certainly dont now. What motivates them isnt some higher standard; it's bitterness for rendering their wing of the party impotent.

So wound up they'd embrace the devil if he spits in trump's direction, its derangement, truly.

I think you're both partially wrong, which is better than being partially right because it offers the opportunity for reflection.

On the one hand Rommey is more towards the Centre-Right (remember Rommeycare?) and doubtless finds Trump difficult to stomach at the best of time. On the other hand, being offended by Trump is a very low bar, morally speaking, and Rommey's 2012 presidential run, and his Primary campaign, helped to pave the way for Trump by pandering to the far-right.

[Greyblades]

Pandering to the far right helped cause trump? If you mean by the way his like failed to live up to the pandering when it came to action the electorate wanted: yes. If you mean he somehow turned the electorate "far right" through his pandering: no.

Trump came about because much of what he promised to do the neocon republicans had pledged to do themselves since the days of Reagan and failed to even attempt since Bush Sr. Intentionally or not; they could only fail so long before the electorate looked elsewhere.