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He’s a terrible public speaker. He’s very narcissistic, no doubt. He’s a classic jerk. He’s a rich, frat boy asshole (most of our elected officials in DC are frat boy assholes). He will likely not be re-elected. Yet, almost every “news” article about him is less creative & more repetitive than the previous one. All quotes are partial snippets (Partial truth or selected facts is another way of LYING). “Let’s out lie him. That oughta hurt his feelings. Yeah! That’ll teach him.” And pitifully worse, the enlightened news media parrots the same, overly dramatized 5-6 partial quotes over & over as if they have new material or divined a better way to sell it. And they cluelessly & rarely ever complete or frame any of it with relevant context. They continue to state their personal assumptions based on personal bias or “micro-outrage”much more than ever approaching “whole truth.” They’re children In a schoolyard trying to oust or hurt a rival, mocking him by trying to act like him. Very intelligent play, kids!

He’s done (intentional or well meaning or not) some good things to include prison reform, calling China out for what that soulless regime actually do & have done for decades upon decades. Same for the always preening NATO and the bottomless pit of self serving cowards at the UN. And many more conservative judges!

But we’re continually treated to the same “anti-Trump” campaign like chatter from “news programs” that we expect to get 24-7 from the DNC script book. Why can’t we have a truly attractive candidate from either party? Why is that?
Why do our traditional (also historically trusted) sources of news & information consistently choose one side? The same side. Why aren’t they more balanced in providing ALL the facts and the WHOLE truth in every report or story they air or print? Why do they choose to report only selected facts “edited for content” aka narrative or worse they feverishly promote anecdotal, emotionally charged examples of bad people doing bad things to stir our fears, hatreds and jealousies instead of including how rare most of those incidents really are on the whole. Perfect divisive example is white cops killing unarmed blacks. It’s rare. Less than 10 a year among millions of encounters involving resisting arrest or verbal if not physical abuse of the arresting or an attending officer.

None of our historically trusted news sources tell us that part. So, on the surface (where most of us think & live) it seems like it happens every day everywhere. That is a big problem. It does NOTHING to help heal the divide, most of which is perception addiction and the above always limited information.But we deserve the brutal (whole) truth, right?

Whole truth is the answer that neither “side” or their handlers & funding want to address consistently or fully.

Makes me wanna vote for anyone but the Democrat candidate. If Biden and his enlightened team and our MSM have all the answers, why weren’t they shared with the previous administration? Do any of us seriously believe (with such a talented and gifted speaker) Obama’s administration spent 8 years trying to heal the division or to improve our infrastructure or to build international respect instead of buying it? They accomplished none of that. Seems they had more pressing goals.

Why can’t we have leaders in at all levels, who solve problems with long term (sustainable) solutions? Instead, we get a succession of point/counterpoint quicksand that empties our budgets nonstop. No pragmatic solutions, just more spending to keep failed processes on life support increasing more & more numbers of us beholden to government income or support.

Trump is certainly not the answer. But he should have been a long overdue wake up call for DC and for us citizens to finally recognize how incredibly inept, ineffective and comically inefficient OUR elected & appointed officials have been and continue to be. It’s not the system. It’s the people in power. Trump threw the BS flag too often, but where he threw it was almost always deserved. However, all we choose to see is a mean old man. We want Mr. Rogers. And that’s what we’re getting, another scripted role player to help us pretend everyone who smiles, likes us and wants to help us. Biden has been a stereotypical, “two-faced,” double talking, career politician for almost 50 years. But, he’s suddenly been graced with the knowledge of how to make things all better now? Wonder of wonders!

Shamefully, we the people would rather be told a comforting story than to know the whole truth. Yet, the Orange Piñata attempted to assuage our fears back in February by downplaying COVID, and now we claim we wanted the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the brutal truth all along. At least on this topic. We don’t want him to be brutally truthful about any other topic. That might hurt someone’s FEELINGS! It’s never been the message with us. It’s always been the messenger.

Our political system needs reform. Term limits. Campaign financing limits. Open books of financial data on EVERY official at every level (city, County, state & nation), not only what the IRS can or will provide A viable, more pragmatic, third party. Age limits on appointed officials. Required courses in public schools grade 1-12, complete & nonpartisan information on how our government systems work. Hello Civics.

Every tidbit of information or opinion we are exposed to today from the world of politics/marketing or news/entertainment should be taken with a grain of salt and a healthy dose of suspicion. Suspicion for who’s being influenced by whom or motivated by what. We’re all susceptible to influence peddling all the time. Be vigilant.
 
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He’s a terrible public speaker. He’s very narcissistic, no doubt. He’s a classic jerk. He’s a rich, frat boy asshole (most of our elected officials in DC are frat boy assholes). He will likely not be re-elected. Yet, almost every “news” article about him is less creative & more repetitive than the last one. All quotes are partial snippets (Partial truth or selected facts is another way of LYING). Let’s out lie him. That oughta hurt his feelings. Yeah! That’ll teach him. And pitifully worse, the enlightened news media parrots same most dramatic 5-6 partial quotes over & over as if they have new material. And they cluelessly & rarely ever complete or frame any of it with relevant context. They continue to state assumptions based on personal opinion or “micro-outrage” more than ever approaching whole truth. They’re children trying to oust him or hurt him by being like him. Very intelligent, kids!

He’s done (intentional or well meaning or not) some good things to include prison reform, calling China out for what that soulless regime actually do & have done for decades upon decades. Same for the always preening NATO and the bottomless pit of self serving cowards at the UN.

But we’re continually treated to the same “anti-Trump” campaign like chatter from “news programs” that we expect and get 24-7 from the DNC script book. Why can’t we have a truly attractive candidate from either party? Why is that?
Why do our traditional (also historically trusted) sources of news & information consistently choose one side? Why aren’t they more balanced in providing ALL the facts and the WHOLE truth in every report or story they air or print? Why do they choose to report only selected facts “edited for content” or worse they feverishly promote anecdotal, emotionally charged examples of bad people doing bad things to stir fears, hatreds and jealousies instead of including how rare most of the incidents really are on the whole. Perfect divisive example is white cops killing unarmed blacks. It’s rare. Less than 10 a year among millions of encounters involving resisting arrest or verbal if not physical abuse of the arresting or an attending officer.

None of our historically trusted news sources tell us that part. So, on the surface (where most of us think & live) it seems like it happens every day everywhere. That is a big problem. It does NOTHING to help heal the divide, most of which is perception and the above limited information.

Whole truth is the answer that neither “side” or their handlers & funding want to address consistently or fully.

Makes me wanna vote for anyone but the Democrat candidate. If Biden and his enlightened team and our MSM have all the answers, why weren’t they shared with the previous administration? Do any of us seriously believe (with such a talented and gifted speaker) Obama’s administration spent 8 years trying to heal the division or to improve our infrastructure or to build international respect instead of buying it? They accomplished none of that. Seems they had more pressing goals.

Why can’t we have leaders in at all levels, who solve problems with long term (sustainable) solutions? Instead, we get a succession of point/counterpoint quicksand that empties our budgets nonstop. No pragmatic solutions, just more spending to keep failed processes on life support increasing more & more numbers of us beholden to government income or support.

Trump is certainly not the answer. But he should have been a long overdue wake up call for DC and for us citizens to finally recognize how incredibly inept, ineffective and comically inefficient OUR elected & appointed officials have been and continue to be. It’s not the system. It’s the people in power. Trump threw the BS flag too often, but where he threw it was almost always deserved. However, all we choose to see is a mean old man. We want Mr. Rogers. And that’s what we’re getting, another scripted role player to help us pretend everyone who smiles, likes us and wants to help us. Biden has been a stereotypical, “two-faced,” double talking, career politician for almost 50 years. But, he’s suddenly been graced with the knowledge of how to make things all better now? Wonder of wonders!

Shamefully, we the people would rather be told a comforting story than to know the whole truth. Yet, the Orange Piñata attempted to assuage our fears back in February by downplaying COVID, and now we claim we wanted the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the brutal truth all along. At least on this topic. We don’t want him to be brutally truthful about any other topic. That might hurt someone’s FEELINGS! It’s never been the message with us. It’s always been the messenger.

Our political system needs reform. Term limits. Campaign financing limits. Open books of financial data on EVERY official at every level (city, County, state & nation), not only what the IRS can or will provide A viable, more pragmatic, third party. Age limits on appointed officials. Required courses in public schools grade 1-12, complete & nonpartisan information on how our government systems work. Hello Civics.

Every tidbit of information or opinion we are exposed to today from the world of politics/marketing or news/entertainment should be taken with a grain of salt and a healthy dose of suspicion. Suspicion for who’s being influenced by whom or motivated by what. We’re all susceptible to influence peddling all the time. Be vigilant.
Trump is the answer.
 
Trump’s going to win.
We are all well aware that Trump has millions of supporters. The fact that a few thousand of them showed up for a rally (where once again CDC guidelines were completely ignored, but that is another debate) means absolutely nothing regarding his current prospects. Polls have remained unusually stagnant after both conventions and some unfortunate news regarding POTUS. Barring either candidate completely crapping the bed during the debates I have a hard time seeing what is going to move the numbers. And yes, Trumpists, despite your continued focus on Bidens cognitive capability, it is just as likely that Trump fails to perform when faced with difficult questions, of which he will get a few.
 
We are all well aware that Trump has millions of supporters. The fact that a few thousand of them showed up for a rally (where once again CDC guidelines were completely ignored, but that is another debate) means absolutely nothing regarding his current prospects. Polls have remained unusually stagnant after both conventions and some unfortunate news regarding POTUS. Barring either candidate completely crapping the bed during the debates I have a hard time seeing what is going to move the numbers. And yes, Trumpists, despite your continued focus on Bidens cognitive capability, it is just as likely that Trump fails to perform when faced with difficult questions, of which he will get a few.

The one poll that I have faith in is the one that is saying that 90% of the voters have made up their mind and they are not changing. It's going to be who can get out the people who don't usually vote. The people showing up for a rally even if their boat sinks aren't changing one thing. I say get the people out, but what may have more of an effect is how many people Trump keeps from voting because he will be trying everything.
 
He’s a terrible public speaker. He’s very narcissistic, no doubt. He’s a classic jerk. He’s a rich, frat boy asshole (most of our elected officials in DC are frat boy assholes). He will likely not be re-elected. Yet, almost every “news” article about him is less creative & more repetitive than the previous one. All quotes are partial snippets (Partial truth or selected facts is another way of LYING). “Let’s out lie him. That oughta hurt his feelings. Yeah! That’ll teach him.” And pitifully worse, the enlightened news media parrots the same, overly dramatized 5-6 partial quotes over & over as if they have new material or divined a better way to sell it. And they cluelessly & rarely ever complete or frame any of it with relevant context. They continue to state their personal assumptions based on personal bias or “micro-outrage”much more than ever approaching “whole truth.” They’re children In a schoolyard trying to oust or hurt a rival, mocking him by trying to act like him. Very intelligent play, kids!

He’s done (intentional or well meaning or not) some good things to include prison reform, calling China out for what that soulless regime actually do & have done for decades upon decades. Same for the always preening NATO and the bottomless pit of self serving cowards at the UN. And many more conservative judges!

But we’re continually treated to the same “anti-Trump” campaign like chatter from “news programs” that we expect to get 24-7 from the DNC script book. Why can’t we have a truly attractive candidate from either party? Why is that?
Why do our traditional (also historically trusted) sources of news & information consistently choose one side? The same side. Why aren’t they more balanced in providing ALL the facts and the WHOLE truth in every report or story they air or print? Why do they choose to report only selected facts “edited for content” aka narrative or worse they feverishly promote anecdotal, emotionally charged examples of bad people doing bad things to stir our fears, hatreds and jealousies instead of including how rare most of those incidents really are on the whole. Perfect divisive example is white cops killing unarmed blacks. It’s rare. Less than 10 a year among millions of encounters involving resisting arrest or verbal if not physical abuse of the arresting or an attending officer.

None of our historically trusted news sources tell us that part. So, on the surface (where most of us think & live) it seems like it happens every day everywhere. That is a big problem. It does NOTHING to help heal the divide, most of which is perception addiction and the above always limited information.But we deserve the brutal (whole) truth, right?

Whole truth is the answer that neither “side” or their handlers & funding want to address consistently or fully.

Makes me wanna vote for anyone but the Democrat candidate. If Biden and his enlightened team and our MSM have all the answers, why weren’t they shared with the previous administration? Do any of us seriously believe (with such a talented and gifted speaker) Obama’s administration spent 8 years trying to heal the division or to improve our infrastructure or to build international respect instead of buying it? They accomplished none of that. Seems they had more pressing goals.

Why can’t we have leaders in at all levels, who solve problems with long term (sustainable) solutions? Instead, we get a succession of point/counterpoint quicksand that empties our budgets nonstop. No pragmatic solutions, just more spending to keep failed processes on life support increasing more & more numbers of us beholden to government income or support.

Trump is certainly not the answer. But he should have been a long overdue wake up call for DC and for us citizens to finally recognize how incredibly inept, ineffective and comically inefficient OUR elected & appointed officials have been and continue to be. It’s not the system. It’s the people in power. Trump threw the BS flag too often, but where he threw it was almost always deserved. However, all we choose to see is a mean old man. We want Mr. Rogers. And that’s what we’re getting, another scripted role player to help us pretend everyone who smiles, likes us and wants to help us. Biden has been a stereotypical, “two-faced,” double talking, career politician for almost 50 years. But, he’s suddenly been graced with the knowledge of how to make things all better now? Wonder of wonders!

Shamefully, we the people would rather be told a comforting story than to know the whole truth. Yet, the Orange Piñata attempted to assuage our fears back in February by downplaying COVID, and now we claim we wanted the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the brutal truth all along. At least on this topic. We don’t want him to be brutally truthful about any other topic. That might hurt someone’s FEELINGS! It’s never been the message with us. It’s always been the messenger.

Our political system needs reform. Term limits. Campaign financing limits. Open books of financial data on EVERY official at every level (city, County, state & nation), not only what the IRS can or will provide A viable, more pragmatic, third party. Age limits on appointed officials. Required courses in public schools grade 1-12, complete & nonpartisan information on how our government systems work. Hello Civics.

Every tidbit of information or opinion we are exposed to today from the world of politics/marketing or news/entertainment should be taken with a grain of salt and a healthy dose of suspicion. Suspicion for who’s being influenced by whom or motivated by what. We’re all susceptible to influence peddling all the time. Be vigilant.
My question is, we know that Trump knew how deadly the virus was early on. He said he did not want to cause a panic. I do not believe him, but lets just say he is telling the truth. With him knowing that, why the hell would he insist to continue to have political rally's in a VERY unsafe setting? These are HIS base voters he is endangering! Explain, please.....
 
The one poll that I have faith in is the one that is saying that 90% of the voters have made up their mind and they are not changing. It's going to be who can get out the people who don't usually vote. The people showing up for a rally even if their boat sinks aren't changing one thing. I say get the people out, but what may have more of an effect is how many people Trump keeps from voting because he will be trying everything.
Trying to prevent the Fraud that has gone on for YEARS....
 
This is an ENTIRELY unfounded claim. Please provide any credible evidence.

There have been minor instances of fraud over the years, mostly in local elections. But here the Myth is exposed.


It's more to divert attention from what is being done this year. The USPS is a start and it won't be the end.
 
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We are all well aware that Trump has millions of supporters. The fact that a few thousand of them showed up for a rally (where once again CDC guidelines were completely ignored, but that is another debate) means absolutely nothing regarding his current prospects. Polls have remained unusually stagnant after both conventions and some unfortunate news regarding POTUS. Barring either candidate completely crapping the bed during the debates I have a hard time seeing what is going to move the numbers. And yes, Trumpists, despite your continued focus on Bidens cognitive capability, it is just as likely that Trump fails to perform when faced with difficult questions, of which he will get a few.
Don't count on it....and Old Joe will surely get the questions ahead of time.....just like last time....
 
This is an ENTIRELY unfounded claim. Please provide any credible evidence.
Its the TRUTH...and like everythng else Liberals have a Problem with the Truth....Everything spewed by CNN, MSNBC and NYT, WAPO et al... is Gospel to the Sheeple.....carry on with your delusional life
 
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There have been minor instances of fraud over the years, mostly in local elections. But here the Myth is exposed.


It's more to divert attention from what is being done this year. The USPS is a start and it won't be the end.

the founder of that research center was Bill Clinton's speech writer, I would read something non partisan if you can find it, there was an article in the NYPost about a guy in New York, New Jersey area that he said he worked along side 20 others doing the same throughout the NEast

“There is no race in New Jersey — from city council to United States Senate — that we haven’t worked on,” the tipster said. “I worked on a fire commissioner’s race in Burlington County. The smaller the race, the easier it is to do.”
 
Its the TRUTH...and like everythng else Liberals have a Problem with the Truth....Everything spewed by CNN, MSNBC and NYT, WAPO et al... is Gospel to the Sheeple.....carry on with your delusional life

Wow, that's the best evidence I've seen on this. Or maybe just more hot air. You seem to have trouble getting to the truth. Maybe you need to look elsewhere, but certainly not the WH.
 
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My question is, we know that Trump knew how deadly the virus was early on. He said he did not want to cause a panic. I do not believe him, but lets just say he is telling the truth. With him knowing that, why the hell would he insist to continue to have political rally's in a VERY unsafe setting? These are HIS base voters he is endangering! Explain, please.....
I believe him. That's like me going to work and my boss telling me every day that he might fire me. Already knowing that I could get fired just like any other person. Why cause panic? The media will create it for him anyways.

And he is not demanding people come to a rally. If he wants to have one, he can have one. If we go, we go knowing the consequences AND we will not blame anyone but ourselves for it unlike other people that like to blame every one else for their problems.
 
Wow, that's the best evidence I've seen on this. Or maybe just more hot air. You seem to have trouble getting to the truth. Maybe you need to look elsewhere, but certainly not the WH.
You are so full of it your eyes are Brown....Snowballs chance in hell you change your mind or you mine..., Vote for your pathetic candidate and the chips will fall where they may.....Please just be back here on Nov. to eat your Crow and take your punishment....Until then your ignored....Liberal....
 
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That's like me going to work and my boss telling me every day that he might fire me. Already knowing that I could get fired just like any other person. Why cause panic? The media will create it for him anyways.

What the hell does you and your boss have to do with Trump? He didn't have to cause panic, but his dishonesty has caused a complete lack of faith in the government. And, if he knew how bad it was, why didn't he do more about it instead of just causing division between the states. Just poorly handled, regardless of what the "truth" is.
 
You are so full of it your eyes are Brown....Snowballs chance in hell you change your mind or you mine..., Vote for your pathetic candidate and the chips will fall where they may.....Please just be back here on Nov. to eat your Crow and take your punishment....Until then your ignored....Liberal....


So you still have nothing to say about the fraud and you just tuck your tail and run. Typical. I don't have a candidate and don't care about your name calling. I won't have any punishment come November, but the country will if Trump is reelected.

Oh, you finally got something right. My eyes are brown.
 
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I believe him. That's like me going to work and my boss telling me every day that he might fire me. Already knowing that I could get fired just like any other person. Why cause panic? The media will create it for him anyways.

And he is not demanding people come to a rally. If he wants to have one, he can have one. If we go, we go knowing the consequences AND we will not blame anyone but ourselves for it unlike other people that like to blame every one else for their problems.
This is dead on! People in this country are free! Those that are fearmongering are the problem. By now we all know the risk. The only gatherings I hear the press and liberals whine about are Trump rallies, Church and schools.
 
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Will one of you libs please tell me why all the panic and hand wringing over a virus that has killed less than 2OOk Americans yet you actually support promote and celebrate killing over 3 times that many innocent babies every year?
 
What the hell does you and your boss have to do with Trump? He didn't have to cause panic, but his dishonesty has caused a complete lack of faith in the government. And, if he knew how bad it was, why didn't he do more about it instead of just causing division between the states. Just poorly handled, regardless of what the "truth" is.
You're so damn lost it isn't even funny man. You are so stuck in your ways on hating someone that you forget he built a team and had meetings EVERY DAY on tv. He had the private sector assist in making supplies. Information was changing DAILY at that point in time. Why anyone on here waste time with you anymore, i don't know.
 
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You realize that Trump established a commission to examine voter fraud, hand picked all the members, and the commission disbanded before even issuing one document cause there was no fraud to report.

Curious as to your thoughts here.
Trumpist playbook on The Chat:
Step One: Make unfounded accusation
Step Two: Fail to provide supporting material to unfounded accusation as it doesn't exist.
Step Three: Hurl personal insults at those who can provide evidence to support their opposing view.
Step Four: Hide behind the ignore button.
 
Will one of you libs please tell me why all the panic and hand wringing over a virus that has killed less than 2OOk Americans yet you actually support promote and celebrate killing over 3 times that many innocent babies every year?
199 days since the first US death. Average of 1k per week. 56k people die per week in this country for every reason under the sun. The reaction this virus received was ridiculous. Several other countries didn't even shutdown and had better results.
 
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Will one of you libs please tell me why all the panic and hand wringing over a virus that has killed less than 2OOk Americans yet you actually support promote and celebrate killing over 3 times that many innocent babies every year?
OK, so we have established that you feel abortion is murder and that the right to life supersedes all other considerations. Given life is so precious, can you acknowledge that if Trump had struck a more serious tone earlier in the pandemic that it might have saved some lives? Do you not care about those lives? If Herman Cain had listened to the CDC instead of politicizing the issue in support of Trump he would probably still be alive, right?
 
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I believe him. That's like me going to work and my boss telling me every day that he might fire me. Already knowing that I could get fired just like any other person. Why cause panic? The media will create it for him anyways.

And he is not demanding people come to a rally. If he wants to have one, he can have one. If we go, we go knowing the consequences AND we will not blame anyone but ourselves for it unlike other people that like to blame every one else for their problems.
Canada was serious and direct from the beginning in communicating the risk of Covid to their citizens. No panic, no freak out, no mass suicides in despair, just the facts as best understood by scientists at the time. Yesterday they had ZERO covid deaths while we had 383. We have 193k deaths total while Canada has 9,172.

Why is that?
 
Canada was serious and direct from the beginning in communicating the risk of Covid to their citizens. No panic, no freak out, no mass suicides in despair, just the facts as best understood by scientists at the time. Yesterday they had ZERO covid deaths while we had 383. We have 193k deaths total while Canada has 9,172.

Why is that?
Because Canada was ranked as the healthiest country in the world last year.

Add into that, CDC said only 6% of 192k covid deaths in this country were covid-only related. Proves why America is 35th healthiest country in the world.
 
My question is, we know that Trump knew how deadly the virus was early on. He said he did not want to cause a panic. I do not believe him, but lets just say he is telling the truth. With him knowing that, why the hell would he insist to continue to have political rally's in a VERY unsafe setting? These are HIS base voters he is endangering! Explain, please.....
Is Trump a doctor? Was it widely reported early in 2020 by the media that this was similar to the flu? Has the CDC changed it's stance as information has been gathered?
 
Is Trump a doctor? Was it widely reported early in 2020 by the media that this was similar to the flu? Has the CDC changed it's stance as information has been gathered?
Did Trump tell Bob Woodward, on tape, on February 7th, that is is up to five times more deadly, is spread through the air and was a huge threat? Is he the President? Is he expected to set an example and lead our country?
 
Did Trump tell Bob Woodward, on tape, on February 7th, that is is up to five times more deadly, is spread through the air and was a huge threat? Is he the President? Is he expected to set an example and lead our country?
Thank You!
 
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I believe him. That's like me going to work and my boss telling me every day that he might fire me. Already knowing that I could get fired just like any other person. Why cause panic? The media will create it for him anyways.

And he is not demanding people come to a rally. If he wants to have one, he can have one. If we go, we go knowing the consequences AND we will not blame anyone but ourselves for it unlike other people that like to blame every one else for their problems.
You can't be THAT stupid! Maybe some of them showed up because Trump did not tell them how easy the virus could be transmitted......smdh
 
You're so damn lost it isn't even funny man. You are so stuck in your ways on hating someone that you forget he built a team and had meetings EVERY DAY on tv. He had the private sector assist in making supplies. Information was changing DAILY at that point in time. Why anyone on here waste time with you anymore, i don't know.
Because Canada was ranked as the healthiest country in the world last year.

Add into that, CDC said only 6% of 192k covid deaths in this country were covid-only related. Proves why America is 35th healthiest country in the world.

We may disagree, but where do you get that I'm lost. Trump named a team and had meetings, but what did they do? He didn't have meetings on TV - he was on there campaigning for his reelection. Go back and watch - wait, I don't want to subject you to that. We still don't have enough supplies, so I wouldn't go there.

Yes, information was changing daily, but what does that have to do with anything. He wasn't telling us what he knew apparently. Please don't waste any time learning anything; keep listening to Trump.

Speaking of what Trump says, it sounds like you bought into his talking about the 6%. I know what it is (have you ever read the CDC publication on that 6% or did you just listen to Trump). There is not much significance about the 6%. Well it does say we're not a healthy country as you said, but that doesn't change the number that died from COVID. That means someone could have high blood pressure and they might have lived another 20 years, but they died from COVID and are not in the 6%. The CDC reviews the death certificates (192K is just the current estimate in a sense) and determines who died from COVID. It doesn't matter that they had other conditions, they still died from COVID. But you probably don't want any facts. And while the 6% is related to the fact the US is not a healthy country, it doesn't prove anything. You might have Trump syndrome affecting what you think is proof.
 
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You can't be THAT stupid! Maybe some of them showed up because Trump did not tell them how easy the virus could be transmitted......smdh

From his other comments on here, don't be so sure.

And why did Trump think the rules in Nevada didn't apply. Groups are limited to 50 people and masks and social distancing are required.
 
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He’s a terrible public speaker. He’s very narcissistic, no doubt. He’s a classic jerk. He’s a rich, frat boy asshole (most of our elected officials in DC are frat boy assholes). He will likely not be re-elected. Yet, almost every “news” article about him is less creative & more repetitive than the previous one. All quotes are partial snippets (Partial truth or selected facts is another way of LYING). “Let’s out lie him. That oughta hurt his feelings. Yeah! That’ll teach him.” And pitifully worse, the enlightened news media parrots the same, overly dramatized 5-6 partial quotes over & over as if they have new material or divined a better way to sell it. And they cluelessly & rarely ever complete or frame any of it with relevant context. They continue to state their personal assumptions based on personal bias or “micro-outrage”much more than ever approaching “whole truth.” They’re children In a schoolyard trying to oust or hurt a rival, mocking him by trying to act like him. Very intelligent play, kids!

He’s done (intentional or well meaning or not) some good things to include prison reform, calling China out for what that soulless regime actually do & have done for decades upon decades. Same for the always preening NATO and the bottomless pit of self serving cowards at the UN. And many more conservative judges!

But we’re continually treated to the same “anti-Trump” campaign like chatter from “news programs” that we expect to get 24-7 from the DNC script book. Why can’t we have a truly attractive candidate from either party? Why is that?
Why do our traditional (also historically trusted) sources of news & information consistently choose one side? The same side. Why aren’t they more balanced in providing ALL the facts and the WHOLE truth in every report or story they air or print? Why do they choose to report only selected facts “edited for content” aka narrative or worse they feverishly promote anecdotal, emotionally charged examples of bad people doing bad things to stir our fears, hatreds and jealousies instead of including how rare most of those incidents really are on the whole. Perfect divisive example is white cops killing unarmed blacks. It’s rare. Less than 10 a year among millions of encounters involving resisting arrest or verbal if not physical abuse of the arresting or an attending officer.

None of our historically trusted news sources tell us that part. So, on the surface (where most of us think & live) it seems like it happens every day everywhere. That is a big problem. It does NOTHING to help heal the divide, most of which is perception addiction and the above always limited information.But we deserve the brutal (whole) truth, right?

Whole truth is the answer that neither “side” or their handlers & funding want to address consistently or fully.

Makes me wanna vote for anyone but the Democrat candidate. If Biden and his enlightened team and our MSM have all the answers, why weren’t they shared with the previous administration? Do any of us seriously believe (with such a talented and gifted speaker) Obama’s administration spent 8 years trying to heal the division or to improve our infrastructure or to build international respect instead of buying it? They accomplished none of that. Seems they had more pressing goals.

Why can’t we have leaders in at all levels, who solve problems with long term (sustainable) solutions? Instead, we get a succession of point/counterpoint quicksand that empties our budgets nonstop. No pragmatic solutions, just more spending to keep failed processes on life support increasing more & more numbers of us beholden to government income or support.

Trump is certainly not the answer. But he should have been a long overdue wake up call for DC and for us citizens to finally recognize how incredibly inept, ineffective and comically inefficient OUR elected & appointed officials have been and continue to be. It’s not the system. It’s the people in power. Trump threw the BS flag too often, but where he threw it was almost always deserved. However, all we choose to see is a mean old man. We want Mr. Rogers. And that’s what we’re getting, another scripted role player to help us pretend everyone who smiles, likes us and wants to help us. Biden has been a stereotypical, “two-faced,” double talking, career politician for almost 50 years. But, he’s suddenly been graced with the knowledge of how to make things all better now? Wonder of wonders!

Shamefully, we the people would rather be told a comforting story than to know the whole truth. Yet, the Orange Piñata attempted to assuage our fears back in February by downplaying COVID, and now we claim we wanted the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the brutal truth all along. At least on this topic. We don’t want him to be brutally truthful about any other topic. That might hurt someone’s FEELINGS! It’s never been the message with us. It’s always been the messenger.

Our political system needs reform. Term limits. Campaign financing limits. Open books of financial data on EVERY official at every level (city, County, state & nation), not only what the IRS can or will provide A viable, more pragmatic, third party. Age limits on appointed officials. Required courses in public schools grade 1-12, complete & nonpartisan information on how our government systems work. Hello Civics.

Every tidbit of information or opinion we are exposed to today from the world of politics/marketing or news/entertainment should be taken with a grain of salt and a healthy dose of suspicion. Suspicion for who’s being influenced by whom or motivated by what. We’re all susceptible to influence peddling all the time. Be vigilant.
Trump has brokered numerous trade and peace deals, he has done more for the African American community than any other president in history (Google it, you'll be surprised), almost 4 million jobs created since election, created more than 400,000 manufacturing jobs since the election, African-American unemployment has recently achieved the lowest rate ever recorded, Hispanic-American unemployment is at the lowest rate ever recorded, women’s unemployment recently reached the lowest rate in 65 years, almost 3.9 million Americans have been lifted off food stamps since the election, as a result of the tax bill, small businesses will have the lowest top marginal tax rate in more than 80 years, opened ANWR and approved Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipelines, record number of regulations eliminated, enacted regulatory relief for community banks and credit unions, Obamacare individual mandate penalty GONE, the FDA approved more affordable generic drugs than ever before in history, they reformed the Medicare program to stop hospitals from overcharging low-income seniors on their drugs, signed Right-To-Try legislation, secured $6 billion in NEW funding to fight the opioid epidemic, signed VA Choice Act and VA Accountability Act, expanded VA tele-health services, walk-in-clinics, and same-day urgent primary and mental health care, increased our coal exports by 60 percent; U.S. oil production recently reached all-time high, United States is a net natural gas exporter for the first time since 1957, withdrew the United States from the job-killing Paris Climate Accord, secured record $700 billion in military funding; $716 billion next year, NATO allies are spending $69 billion more on defense since 2016, confirmed more circuit court judges than any other new administration, withdrew from the horrible, one-sided Iran Deal, moved U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, improved vetting and screening for refugees and switched focus to overseas resettlement. He is building the border wall to mitigate illegal immigration saving our country billions of dollars. Our country isn't perfect but it's the best one on the planet. I mean, Middle-East countries still have slavery and kill homosexuals in the streets with everyone cheering.
 
Trumpist playbook on The Chat:
Step One: Make unfounded accusation
Step Two: Fail to provide supporting material to unfounded accusation as it doesn't exist.
Step Three: Hurl personal insults at those who can provide evidence to support their opposing view.
Step Four: Hide behind the ignore button.
Trump has brokered numerous trade and peace deals, he has done more for the African American community than any other president in history (Google it, you'll be surprised), almost 4 million jobs created since election, created more than 400,000 manufacturing jobs since the election, African-American unemployment has recently achieved the lowest rate ever recorded, Hispanic-American unemployment is at the lowest rate ever recorded, women’s unemployment recently reached the lowest rate in 65 years, almost 3.9 million Americans have been lifted off food stamps since the election, as a result of the tax bill, small businesses will have the lowest top marginal tax rate in more than 80 years, opened ANWR and approved Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipelines, record number of regulations eliminated, enacted regulatory relief for community banks and credit unions, Obamacare individual mandate penalty GONE, the FDA approved more affordable generic drugs than ever before in history, they reformed the Medicare program to stop hospitals from overcharging low-income seniors on their drugs, signed Right-To-Try legislation, secured $6 billion in NEW funding to fight the opioid epidemic, signed VA Choice Act and VA Accountability Act, expanded VA tele-health services, walk-in-clinics, and same-day urgent primary and mental health care, increased our coal exports by 60 percent; U.S. oil production recently reached all-time high, United States is a net natural gas exporter for the first time since 1957, withdrew the United States from the job-killing Paris Climate Accord, secured record $700 billion in military funding; $716 billion next year, NATO allies are spending $69 billion more on defense since 2016, confirmed more circuit court judges than any other new administration, withdrew from the horrible, one-sided Iran Deal, moved U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, improved vetting and screening for refugees and switched focus to overseas resettlement. He is building the border wall to mitigate illegal immigration saving our country billions of dollars. Our country isn't perfect but it's the best one on the planet. I mean, Middle-East countries still have slavery and kill homosexuals in the streets with everyone cheering. What else do you got?
 
Canada was serious and direct from the beginning in communicating the risk of Covid to their citizens. No panic, no freak out, no mass suicides in despair, just the facts as best understood by scientists at the time. Yesterday they had ZERO covid deaths while we had 383. We have 193k deaths total while Canada has 9,172.

Why is that?

Canada only has 37 million people, basically the same as Ga and Fla and maybe throw in part of South Carolina, but the country is bigger than the US, I think Atlanta would be the largest city in Canada, when you have a virus that kills a certain age group and you have vastly different population sizes that matters, Canada has roughly 6 million over 65 we have 50 million
 
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Trump has brokered numerous trade and peace deals, he has done more for the African American community than any other president in history (Google it, you'll be surprised), almost 4 million jobs created since election, created more than 400,000 manufacturing jobs since the election, African-American unemployment has recently achieved the lowest rate ever recorded, Hispanic-American unemployment is at the lowest rate ever recorded, women’s unemployment recently reached the lowest rate in 65 years, almost 3.9 million Americans have been lifted off food stamps since the election, as a result of the tax bill, small businesses will have the lowest top marginal tax rate in more than 80 years, opened ANWR and approved Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipelines, record number of regulations eliminated, enacted regulatory relief for community banks and credit unions, Obamacare individual mandate penalty GONE, the FDA approved more affordable generic drugs than ever before in history, they reformed the Medicare program to stop hospitals from overcharging low-income seniors on their drugs, signed Right-To-Try legislation, secured $6 billion in NEW funding to fight the opioid epidemic, signed VA Choice Act and VA Accountability Act, expanded VA tele-health services, walk-in-clinics, and same-day urgent primary and mental health care, increased our coal exports by 60 percent; U.S. oil production recently reached all-time high, United States is a net natural gas exporter for the first time since 1957, withdrew the United States from the job-killing Paris Climate Accord, secured record $700 billion in military funding; $716 billion next year, NATO allies are spending $69 billion more on defense since 2016, confirmed more circuit court judges than any other new administration, withdrew from the horrible, one-sided Iran Deal, moved U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, improved vetting and screening for refugees and switched focus to overseas resettlement. He is building the border wall to mitigate illegal immigration saving our country billions of dollars. Our country isn't perfect but it's the best one on the planet. I mean, Middle-East countries still have slavery and kill homosexuals in the streets with everyone cheering. What else do you got?

I never suggested that Trump's four years was entirely free from accomplishment. I said many Trumpist supporters make unfounded accusations. That is two entirely different things. After four years in office, the first two with Republican control of both houses, a total absence of accomplishment would be almost impossible.

Regardless, I will take a shot at responding to you list.

-Trump has brokered numerous trade and peace deals-

Numerous peach deals is a bit of an exaggeration. Israel/Bahrain-UAE is significant but it is far from the Deal of the century he promised regarding Israeli Palestinian peace.

I happen to agree with his aggressive stance on trade with China, but there are a crap-ton of farmers suffering because of that policy. And China is not paying the tariffs, we are.

-he has done more for the African American community than any other president in history (Google it, you'll be surprised), almost 4 million jobs created since election, created more than 400,000 manufacturing jobs since the election, African-American unemployment has recently achieved the lowest rate ever recorded-

African American employment has improved steadily since the worst of the recession in 2010. Trump was certainly able to maintain that trend but he didn't turn anything around. Also, that was all prior to the pandemic. AA unemployment is currently back to 13.2% and was at 7.2% for January 2017, the month Trump took office.


-Hispanic-American unemployment is at the lowest rate ever recorded, women’s unemployment recently reached the lowest rate in 65 years, almost 3.9 million Americans have been lifted off food stamps since the election-

See above. Same trends as with AA unemployment (maintained the trend line in place when he took office) and all true until the pandemic. Why are you ignoring the current numbers?

-as a result of the tax bill, small businesses will have the lowest top marginal tax rate in more than 80 years-

Technically true, but should say "lowest possible top marginal rate" instead as this change is not impactful for the majority of small business, who prior to the legislation were paying less that 25%.


-opened ANWR and approved Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipelines-

Not everyone sees this as a victory, but I acknowledge it is a promise kept by Trump.

-record number of regulations eliminated-

Same as the last one. Not every regulation is a productivity-choking hindrance, but another promise kept.

-enacted regulatory relief for community banks and credit unions-

Passed with bipartisan support and I also support this.

-Obamacare individual mandate penalty GONE, the FDA approved more affordable generic drugs than ever before in history, they reformed the Medicare program to stop hospitals from overcharging low-income seniors on their drugs, signed Right-To-Try legislation, secured $6 billion in NEW funding to fight the opioid epidemic, signed VA Choice Act and VA Accountability Act, expanded VA tele-health services, walk-in-clinics, and same-day urgent primary and mental health care-

And yet, the administration continues to attempt to fully dismantle Obama-care with no plan for replacing it. Currently in court attempting to have prior conditions clause eleminited while saying "we will always protect prior conditions."

-increased our coal exports by 60 percent; U.S. oil production recently reached all-time high, United States is a net natural gas exporter for the first time since 1957-

Coal is a complex issue and is awful for the environment, oil and gas trends were well underway when Trump took office. He has certainly continued the trends, driven in large part by advances in fracking and other technologies. Again, you are also ignoring the current conditions. The gas industry is getting crushed by the pandemic.

-withdrew the United States from the job-killing Paris Climate Accord-

This is no place for a climate change debate, but suffice to say I disagree with this move.

-secured record $700 billion in military funding; $716 billion next year NATO allies are spending $69 billion more on defense since 2016-

I remember when Republicans at least pretended like they cared about deficits. I am sure balanced budgets will become priority #1 again if Biden wins.

-confirmed more circuit court judges than any other new administration-

No doubt the single biggest promise kept by Trump and the reason many people support him. This is a reason for me to vote against him, but again that is a longer conversation.

-withdrew from the horrible, one-sided Iran Deal-

We are a very long way from determining if that was the right move or not.

-moved U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem-

Why does this matter to you?

-He is building the border wall to mitigate illegal immigration saving our country billions of dollars-

And he promised us Mexico would pay for said wall. Did you donate to Steve Bannon's scam Build the Wall organization? If you think there will be a wall that stops illegal immigration erected on the southern border I also have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you.

-I mean, Middle-East countries still have slavery and kill homosexuals in the streets with everyone cheering. What else do you got?-

I don't compare our quality of life to the middle east. I compare it to the rest of the first world countries. We are far from the world leader in a number of important categories.

 
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Because the rules haven't been enforced against BLM or Antifa.

What are we on, the playground? Two wrongs make a right.

I don't know what Nevada has enforced, but it's just another example of making his own rules. Great way for a President to operate.
 
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