Hello. The other day, as Donald Trump’s hush-money-bribing, election-tampering, money-laundering, and general scumbaggery trial was about to begin, Tom the Butcher asked me a question that initially sounded stupid and naive. He asked if anyone had so far written a definitive story about how bizarre it is that half the country is planning to vote for one of the biggest assholes who ever strode the Earth.
I just read that the New York Stock Exchange has instituted a proceeding to change the stock symbol for Trump Media & Technology Group from DJT to DJzzzzzzzzzzz.
I had wanted to discuss the new and not improved version of Scrabble with Loser Ed Gordon, but he died before I could talk to him about it. I hope its release did not hasten his demise.
Gene, I'm a long time reader and admirer but I am kind of baffled by the fact that you keep raising this question (framed in different ways) of why would anyone support Trump? I feel nauseous every time I think of him, but there are people who still support him and we are in danger of having him as our next president. Many people are talking about what leads to the level of support he still enjoys. A very quick search of the Internet found the following:
Thinking again, that his persona gives a free pass to the worst intuitions of sexism with violence, misogyny, xenophobia with violence, environmental recidivism, dangerous skepticism of science, and socially abhorrent lawmaking with 50-year reversals of civil rights.
I was thinking of whole further categories of reasons why Trump is unacceptable. He broke the Iran Treaty and threw them
into Russia’s arms. He blew off a coalition of 17 countries Rex Tillerson had made to monitor Syria post-ISIS, and now the region is a militant playground. His appearance is absurd. Makes Boris Johnson look good. And he has the wealth to have an aged elan, if he knew what it was.
In regard to the poll. None of the choices fit the folks I know who will vote for the presumed Republican candidate who I prefer not to name. They will vote for the Republican nominee regardless of what that individual represents/stands for. They are devoted Republicans.
So you do know the current administration is censoring media on a large and systematic scale. The Trump administration did not do so. I stand by what I said.
Hmmmm. Has Trump used the government to censor the media, social and otherwise? If so, I have not heard about it. But I have heard about the current administration's doing so.
Ever seen the scene in Team America: World Police that contains an analysis of the relationship of D*cks, A-holes and P*ssies. Supporters would probably place 45 in the D rather than the A category.
Reading on the can: before the ubiquity of toilet paper, wealthier men were known to give the sons they were sending off in the world books of poetry to read - and then immediately reuse the pages.
I just read that the New York Stock Exchange has instituted a proceeding to change the stock symbol for Trump Media & Technology Group from DJT to DJzzzzzzzzzzz.
I had wanted to discuss the new and not improved version of Scrabble with Loser Ed Gordon, but he died before I could talk to him about it. I hope its release did not hasten his demise.
Gene, I'm a long time reader and admirer but I am kind of baffled by the fact that you keep raising this question (framed in different ways) of why would anyone support Trump? I feel nauseous every time I think of him, but there are people who still support him and we are in danger of having him as our next president. Many people are talking about what leads to the level of support he still enjoys. A very quick search of the Internet found the following:
https://www.npr.org/2021/07/11/1015120444/study-looks-at-what-motivates-trump-supporters
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/05/trump-supporters-republican-approval-cnn-town-hall/674142/
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_0b000918-edcd-11ee-b56c-0347974ddc89.html
The Daily Show's Jordan Klepper has also done multiple pieces on Trump supporters.
Maybe I'm wrong, and your question is more complex than I'm assuming. What am I missing?
How about baseball player “Germany” Schaefer, who stole first base? Read all about it here. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany_Schaefer
Yes to the last two posters. That’s why I selected “stupid.” If they are any of the other things, they are also stupid.
Scallops have eyes?
In the tweets: where are the mispellings, or the dementia-induced made up words?
Thinking again, that his persona gives a free pass to the worst intuitions of sexism with violence, misogyny, xenophobia with violence, environmental recidivism, dangerous skepticism of science, and socially abhorrent lawmaking with 50-year reversals of civil rights.
I was thinking of whole further categories of reasons why Trump is unacceptable. He broke the Iran Treaty and threw them
into Russia’s arms. He blew off a coalition of 17 countries Rex Tillerson had made to monitor Syria post-ISIS, and now the region is a militant playground. His appearance is absurd. Makes Boris Johnson look good. And he has the wealth to have an aged elan, if he knew what it was.
In regard to the poll. None of the choices fit the folks I know who will vote for the presumed Republican candidate who I prefer not to name. They will vote for the Republican nominee regardless of what that individual represents/stands for. They are devoted Republicans.
What I said is true. Large-scale, systematic censorship by the current administration (not by the Trump administration) is being heard by SCOTUS.
So you do know the current administration is censoring media on a large and systematic scale. The Trump administration did not do so. I stand by what I said.
Hmmmm. Has Trump used the government to censor the media, social and otherwise? If so, I have not heard about it. But I have heard about the current administration's doing so.
When it comes to tRump supporters, Forrest Gump had it right: "Stupid is as stupid does."
Ever seen the scene in Team America: World Police that contains an analysis of the relationship of D*cks, A-holes and P*ssies. Supporters would probably place 45 in the D rather than the A category.
Reading on the can: before the ubiquity of toilet paper, wealthier men were known to give the sons they were sending off in the world books of poetry to read - and then immediately reuse the pages.