tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post1704878800126505246..comments2024-03-28T15:17:40.434-05:00Comments on Althouse: Trump is the most popular political figure in America.Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger87125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-50030661471630020802022-07-04T16:05:46.698-05:002022-07-04T16:05:46.698-05:00The people you mention really NEED to have the bej...The people you mention really NEED to have the bejeezuz scared out of them. Time to think and act like adults instead of god-damned middle schoolers.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741966714510339124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-77754237478167832502022-07-04T10:58:04.844-05:002022-07-04T10:58:04.844-05:00Imagine Trumps's approval rating if the press ...Imagine Trumps's approval rating if the press was as friendly to him as they were to Obama.<br />Most popular president ever.FullMoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07541560904252155570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-81840453575347768952022-07-04T09:10:14.945-05:002022-07-04T09:10:14.945-05:00"The abandonment of / retreat from Afghanista...<i>"The abandonment of / retreat from Afghanistan seems to have dropped out of calculations. I gather that Trump ordered the experts to give him a workable plan, and they stalled. Or refused. Biden ordered the experts to retreat WITHOUT a plan, and here we are."</i> <br /><br />What kind of "plan" could there have been? We could have either completely vacated Afghanistan (after 20 futile, failed years in a war we started), or stayed on in an indefinite period of minimal reductions of our invading army remaining in the country. In the end, once we were eventually completely gone, we would have seen the same results in Afghanistan we're seeing now. If we really cared about a more stable Afghanistan, we would never have invaded in the first place.<br /><br />The entire catastrophe is primarily the responsibility of Bush/Cheney and their criminal administration, but shared with the subsequent administrations of Obama/Biden and Trump/Pence.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10186997463730473635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-80677564317810492692022-07-04T08:25:06.718-05:002022-07-04T08:25:06.718-05:00boatbuilder: "If DiSantis runs without Trump&...boatbuilder: "If DiSantis runs without Trump's blessing he will lose either the primary or the general, because Trump's core is even more solid than that 35% Dem core. And they are not party sheep. They will not vote for DiSantis, or anyone else, if Trump isn't OK with it."<br /><br />Correct.<br /><br />Its amazing how many commenters dont understand that fundamental political "facts on the ground" truth, whether one happens to like that or not.<br /><br />Hmmm. Gee, I hope my use of "one" in the above sentence isnt too triggering for our resident leftists like gadfly. I would hate to think I forced gadfly into another multi-hour thumb-sucking Maddow-binging session....though I can say authoritatively that others have intimated that they are acquainted with people who might believe gadfly does that routinely anyway.<br /><br />And that would certainly meet the brand new Democratical Hutchison Standard Of Show Trial "Truth"!<br /><br />So there you go.Dragohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04079148433908004715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-8375093553059908862022-07-04T08:15:27.421-05:002022-07-04T08:15:27.421-05:00How soon we forget the Trump effect in polls, I.e....How soon we forget the Trump effect in polls, I.e., people who are afraid to admit that they would vote for Trump. I recall it was 15%-20% of those polled as favoring the Dem candidate (in a free and fair election). If that continues, and if there is anything close to a free and fair election, Trump wins in a near landslide in 2024.Critterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13710339819368582339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-26472354404289070342022-07-04T08:12:29.418-05:002022-07-04T08:12:29.418-05:00Russell: "But if I'm reading it right, Ro...Russell: "But if I'm reading it right, Ron Desantis is the only one whose very unfavorable rating wasn't higher than his very favorable rating. Pretty sure THAT scares everyone, including Trump."<br /><br />DeSantis is not well known nationally, so, no. Trump is not scared of DeSantis or any other republican.<br /><br />Any minimally competent pollster knows a discussion of DeSantis national favorable/unfavorables means little at this point in time.<br /><br />Naturally I will be quite pleased if DeSantis continues his America First, conservative, aggressively pro-populist policies and, well, MAGA-ish political pushback on the idiotic lefties and their Hopeless minions like gadfly.Dragohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04079148433908004715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-26468005692955849312022-07-04T08:05:03.301-05:002022-07-04T08:05:03.301-05:00The Godfather: "I think that the quiet deal h...The Godfather: "I think that the quiet deal has to be that Pres. DeSantis and a Republican-controlled House and Senate will do to the Democrat leadership what they tried to do to Trump, and I could live with that."<br /><br />There is not even an imaginary world where that could take place. Ever.Dragohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04079148433908004715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-87310637302308127962022-07-04T08:02:26.869-05:002022-07-04T08:02:26.869-05:00Gadfly The Hopeless: ""No, mail ballots,...Gadfly The Hopeless: ""No, mail ballots, they cheat," said Trump in 2020. "OK, people cheat. Mail ballots are a very dangerous thing for this country because they are cheaters."<br /><br />In 2018 he voted using a New York absentee ballot."<br /><br />LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!<br /><br />As with all the Althouse Usual Lefty Suspects, our Hopeless Gadfly once again wants to conflate limited and tightly controlled absentee balloting (well established procedures, active solicitation of absenntee ballot, providing proof of identity and location, signature verification etc) with No Verification unsolicited mass mailing of ballots with no clean up of voter rolls.<br /><br />At this point I don't think our "Poor Man's LLR C****" Gadfly is faking it. He/she/xe might just be that dumb and not simply doing the standard lefty ploy of reintroducing previously debunked lefty lies.Dragohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04079148433908004715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-80600913671994957092022-07-04T07:50:46.324-05:002022-07-04T07:50:46.324-05:00I am no youngster, but in my entire life I cannot ...I am no youngster, but in my entire life I cannot recall any Democrat President having a favorability rating of less than 35%. It's baked in. <br /><br />If DiSantis runs without Trump's blessing he will lose either the primary or the general, because Trump's core is even more solid than that 35% Dem core. And they are not party sheep. They will not vote for DiSantis, or anyone else, if Trump isn't OK with it. <br /><br />boatbuilderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03686275893211176366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-26015937845841463912022-07-04T07:47:59.083-05:002022-07-04T07:47:59.083-05:00gadfly The Hopeless: "In 2020, in states boun...gadfly The Hopeless: "In 2020, in states bounded by the Mississippi River on the West and the Ohio River to the South and East, Biden got 64 electoral votes and Trump got 6 from Indiana. DeSantis doesn't have much of a hill to climb."<br /><br />We all know what you leftists pulled in 2020 and we know you will try to conjure up conditions in 2024 to again enact mass changing of voting laws at the last minute to get the democraticals over the line. The SC will have something to say about that in the next session.<br /><br />Trump was clearly an accelerator for building a new republican party focused on the American working class. You dont understand that because you democraticals dont "understand" anything that isn't forcefed you by Maddow or Zuckerberg.<br /><br />Btw, it was impossible to not notice how you #BlueAnon conspiracy lunatics, with the exception of jim5301, avoided the Hutchison thread yesterday like the plague as Hutchison's moronic lies were exposed in close to real time last week and she will become the next liar added to the "The Walls Are Closing In"-bonfire of democratical liars like yourself.<br /><br />Not to worry though. I am certain your beloved hero Adam Schiff is already working diligently on the next Soviet Sham-peachment Show!<br /><br />Hope for the Hopeless!<br /><br />Dragohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04079148433908004715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-76310284888763583652022-07-04T07:18:16.758-05:002022-07-04T07:18:16.758-05:00SDN said...
For the civics ignorant like Caro...SDN said...<br /><br /> For the civics ignorant like Carol and William50:<br /><br /> Congress spends money, and the President must spend what they appropriate<br /><br />I've got two words for you, veto power. Look it up.<br />William50https://www.blogger.com/profile/07046235153345914172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-5921896207493470672022-07-04T07:17:54.443-05:002022-07-04T07:17:54.443-05:00After the 2022 shellacking the D’s will purge the ...<i>After the 2022 shellacking the D’s will purge the progressive left</i><br /><br />More likely, they'll "purge" the moderates and go Full Crazy Lefty. (You never go Full Crazy Lefty.)RMchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06094584962671073162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-16587655548798561172022-07-04T05:31:37.596-05:002022-07-04T05:31:37.596-05:00Drago said...
DeSantis still must prove he can del...Drago said...<br /><i>DeSantis still must prove he can deliver the blue-collar midwest and populist voters the way Trump did.</i><br /><br />In 2020, in states bounded by the Mississippi River on the West and the Ohio River to the South and East, Biden got 64 electoral votes and Trump got 6 from Indiana. DeSantis doesn't have much of a hill to climb.gadflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06219461694806089345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-28054575611134418442022-07-04T04:56:37.831-05:002022-07-04T04:56:37.831-05:00I think that the quiet deal has to be that Pres. D...I think that the quiet deal has to be that Pres. DeSantis and a Republican-controlled House and Senate will do to the Democrat leadership what they tried to do to Trump,<br />--------<br /><br />That will never happen, and if Trump or DeSantis believed such an agreement then they'd be fools. The GOP establishment wants nothing more than to declare trumpism dead and go back to the way things were before 2016, when they had a nice comfortable gift. If DeSantis were the nominee he would be stabbed in the back, and if Trump drops out before a replacement was chosen, then DeSantis would never get the nod. His donors would dry up, and his campaign would be sabotaged. Mr Wibblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14174081635037647888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-24415427959546125012022-07-04T04:42:18.317-05:002022-07-04T04:42:18.317-05:00NOT according to Progressive Joe Scarbourough who ...NOT according to Progressive Joe Scarbourough who used to be a RINO, but changed to a Progressive when he married into the VERY Progressive left Bzezinski clan. They think Kamala is the be all, end all.<br /><br />MEDIA BIAS ALERT: Kamala Harris hasn’t had a positive profile in a year. DeSantis sneezes and he’s framed as the rising star of politics. And yet the Great White Hope STILL loses is every head-to-head matchup with Harris. The VP also draws even with Trump. https://t.co/w6Z8kVHuw4<br /><br />— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) July 3, 2022wendybarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04344162303631329747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-62277444924222094132022-07-04T00:52:15.067-05:002022-07-04T00:52:15.067-05:00Gusty Winds said...
Let's all continue to pret...Gusty Winds said...<br /><i>Let's all continue to pretend Biden actually won the 2020 election, and Trump lost. Our country will continue to slide downhill as long as half of the population is afraid to face the truth, or are just comfortable with absentee voter fraud.</i><br /><br />Gusty, get a life. First of all, your hero thinks that you are a cheater and second. he personally voted by absentee ballot every time he bothered to vote as President. In the 2020 primaries, he voted in Florida by mail but declared to his nose-ring followers that mail voters are cheaters!<br /><br />"No, mail ballots, they cheat," said Trump in 2020. "<b>OK, people cheat</b>. Mail ballots are a very dangerous thing for this country because they are cheaters."<br /><br />In 2018 he voted using a New York absentee ballot.gadflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06219461694806089345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-28648477700555290652022-07-04T00:49:22.995-05:002022-07-04T00:49:22.995-05:00Elon Musk?
Nope. Born in South Africa.<i>Elon Musk?</i><br /><br />Nope. Born in South Africa.Gahriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16795449308207016641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-86735084081800827742022-07-03T23:36:20.416-05:002022-07-03T23:36:20.416-05:00But if I'm reading it right, Ron Desantis is t...But if I'm reading it right, Ron Desantis is the only one whose very unfavorable rating wasn't higher than his very favorable rating. Pretty sure THAT scares everyone, including Trump.Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14843783840938295707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-90738528773720695262022-07-03T22:56:29.686-05:002022-07-03T22:56:29.686-05:00Do you believe Putin would have invaded Ukraine if...<i>Do you believe Putin would have invaded Ukraine if Trump had been re-elected?</i><br /><br />Perhaps Putin perceived that Trump gradually would disengage the USA from NATO. <br /><br />In other words, with Trump as President, there was less and less chance that NATO ever would incorporate Ukraine.Mike Sylwesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09987402330015664312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-32452191578743248552022-07-03T22:18:51.715-05:002022-07-03T22:18:51.715-05:00We have always known that most Americans don't...We have always known that most Americans don't pay a lot of attention to elections until, oh, say, the week after Labor Day in an election year (I mean a year divisable by 4; divisible by 2 would be later). So these poll results are fun to talk about, but they don't mean much.<br /><br />I've said here before that I support DeSantis over Trump for the GOP 2024 nomination. The hard question is what Ron would have to offer Trump to make peace (surely Trump could run as a 3d party spoiler if he thought DeSantis dissed him). What could Pres. DeSantis offer Trump? Sec. State? Or any other Cabinet office? I don't see it. I think that the quiet deal has to be that Pres. DeSantis and a Republican-controlled House and Senate will do to the Democrat leadership what they tried to do to Trump, and I could live with that.The Godfatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10575359417766667457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-16202410611125118752022-07-03T22:02:55.692-05:002022-07-03T22:02:55.692-05:00When and why did they flip the colors? So dems are...When and why did they flip the colors? So dems are ok with red again?<br /><br />Butkus51https://www.blogger.com/profile/03129246279329734162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-14324877770479405052022-07-03T21:38:53.549-05:002022-07-03T21:38:53.549-05:00" I don't know why Biden is so fixed on s..." I don't know why Biden is so fixed on starting a war. Maybe it's senility or maybe its the Military-Industrial complex."<br />-------<br /><br />I am sure you know why Beiden is fixed on starting a war, war is how failed dictators assert their influence.Josephbleauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12407587570806062403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-43862368305943660902022-07-03T21:26:09.656-05:002022-07-03T21:26:09.656-05:00For the civics ignorant like Carol and William50:
...For the civics ignorant like Carol and William50:<br /><br />Congress spends money, and the President must spend what they appropriateSDNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03294241092298713048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-55745058370039028452022-07-03T21:06:37.792-05:002022-07-03T21:06:37.792-05:00 I don't know why Biden is so fixed on startin... I don't know why Biden is so fixed on starting a war. Maybe it's senility or maybe its the Military-Industrial complex.<br />-------<br /><br />The admin was trying to regain credibility lost by the Afghanistan debacle. It wasn't about starting a war, but about Publicly humiliation of putin so that iden and the US looked tough.Mr Wibblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14174081635037647888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-67982551897544863342022-07-03T20:44:45.591-05:002022-07-03T20:44:45.591-05:00The pertinent point is that when he runs again, Tr...The pertinent point is that when he runs again, Trump can state, most emphatically, that gas would be $2 and Russia would not have invaded Ukraine if he had been re-elected. <br />Any Ds who want to argue the opposite are now playing on their own territory- gas <i>was</i> $2 and Russia <i>did not</i> invade when Trump was president, and now we're talking about all the bad stuff that happened during the Biden regime.<br />He can also talk about men invading women's sports, baby formula being plentiful, Arab-Israeli peace, and that the vaccine was really developed under his governance. It all has the advantage of being true, and the comparisons are not favorable to whichever unfortunate Democrat wins the nomination in 2024.West TX Intermediate Crudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10044300461018080097noreply@blogger.com