He’s a complete buffoon. I am supposed to be in the US soon and I’m not willing to spend extra time or money there. It’s a sick country.
It depends really
Jul 17, 2018 at 11:37pm
If you are white or a person of color.
Which of the 50 states you live in.
City or small town.
Ummm
Jul 18, 2018 at 12:19am
We should feel nearly as threatened as Canadians.
Anonymous
Jul 18, 2018 at 4:24am
I'd take a Trump or a Putin over that groping Mr. Dressup.
You're...
Jul 18, 2018 at 8:18am
... just watching too much American TV. Anyway, get used to it, snowflake, Trump is going to appoint another SCC Justice, and the next one isn't going to be milquetoast like this Kavanaugh (sp) pick!
Of course you would
Jul 18, 2018 at 10:04am
If you hate Republicans, as you should because they are the acknowledged face of the military-industrial-congressional complex, then you would probably support the Democrats. The Democrats are the unacknowledged face of the same brutal system of warmongering, but they have a veneer of greenwashing and sensitive talk about our feelings, so we like them more.
The defeat of Clinton has exposed the essential corruption and lack of charismatic talent at the top of the Democratic party, which they have decided to remedy not by embracing democratic socialist ideals but by blaming the Russians, Wikileaks, and Trump for having had the nerve to expose their rigging of the nomination against Bernie Sanders, the surprise candidate who actually thinks like a democrat, because he isn't a Democrat.
This strategy is increasingly successful, in large part because Trump is a coarse, creepy, inarticulate buffoon of a zillionaire, the sort of man we would naturally hate.
The idea that Trump can have any useful policies is unacceptable to the better sorts of person, like you and me.
Therefore, when Trump talks about ending free trade, the TPP, questioning NATO's usefulness, and avoiding conflict with Russia -- all ideas that we would have very much agreed with in university -- the fact that it is Trump saying them causes people's minds to seize up. The cognitive dissonance makes us very very anxious.
We can only be soothed by chanting "collusion" and "impeachment," like Ayatollah Pence would be a happy outcome.
So, yeah, of course you would be freaked out. Everyone you trust is telling you to freak out. Panic! Panic!
@Of course you would
Jul 18, 2018 at 11:41am
It says something about a person that he would hate someone he's never met. I mean, I don't agree with all of Trump's policy, but I've never met the guy, so having a strong opinion about him as a person is totally bogus.
@Of course you would
Jul 18, 2018 at 3:12pm
Don't know why you got downvoted. Everything you're saying is true. Democrats and all establishment politicians prefer to waste time on the Russian fearmongering than talking about real domestic issues such as healthcare, student debt, etc. Guess what. Yes, Russia tried to influence US elections, but so did China and other countries. And you know what? The US is guilty of the same: the USA is perhaps the #1 meddler of other countries' politics, not just their elections. This is Hypocrisy at best. So what if the Russians and other countries tried to influence the US elections (like they have done for as long as they could, nothing new)? Did the Russians elect Trump? NO. The Americans elected Trump. And the main reason they elected him was because the alternative somehow seemed worse: Clinton. Who's to be blamed for Trump? The Democratic Party's nomination of Clinton.
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Post a CommentNatty
Jul 17, 2018 at 7:12pm
Which one? Putin or Trump?
Yes
Jul 17, 2018 at 7:50pm
He’s a complete buffoon. I am supposed to be in the US soon and I’m not willing to spend extra time or money there. It’s a sick country.
It depends really
Jul 17, 2018 at 11:37pm
If you are white or a person of color.
Which of the 50 states you live in.
City or small town.
Ummm
Jul 18, 2018 at 12:19am
We should feel nearly as threatened as Canadians.
Anonymous
Jul 18, 2018 at 4:24am
I'd take a Trump or a Putin over that groping Mr. Dressup.
You're...
Jul 18, 2018 at 8:18am
... just watching too much American TV. Anyway, get used to it, snowflake, Trump is going to appoint another SCC Justice, and the next one isn't going to be milquetoast like this Kavanaugh (sp) pick!
Of course you would
Jul 18, 2018 at 10:04am
If you hate Republicans, as you should because they are the acknowledged face of the military-industrial-congressional complex, then you would probably support the Democrats. The Democrats are the unacknowledged face of the same brutal system of warmongering, but they have a veneer of greenwashing and sensitive talk about our feelings, so we like them more.
The defeat of Clinton has exposed the essential corruption and lack of charismatic talent at the top of the Democratic party, which they have decided to remedy not by embracing democratic socialist ideals but by blaming the Russians, Wikileaks, and Trump for having had the nerve to expose their rigging of the nomination against Bernie Sanders, the surprise candidate who actually thinks like a democrat, because he isn't a Democrat.
This strategy is increasingly successful, in large part because Trump is a coarse, creepy, inarticulate buffoon of a zillionaire, the sort of man we would naturally hate.
The idea that Trump can have any useful policies is unacceptable to the better sorts of person, like you and me.
Therefore, when Trump talks about ending free trade, the TPP, questioning NATO's usefulness, and avoiding conflict with Russia -- all ideas that we would have very much agreed with in university -- the fact that it is Trump saying them causes people's minds to seize up. The cognitive dissonance makes us very very anxious.
We can only be soothed by chanting "collusion" and "impeachment," like Ayatollah Pence would be a happy outcome.
So, yeah, of course you would be freaked out. Everyone you trust is telling you to freak out. Panic! Panic!
@Of course you would
Jul 18, 2018 at 11:41am
It says something about a person that he would hate someone he's never met. I mean, I don't agree with all of Trump's policy, but I've never met the guy, so having a strong opinion about him as a person is totally bogus.
@Of course you would
Jul 18, 2018 at 3:12pm
Don't know why you got downvoted. Everything you're saying is true. Democrats and all establishment politicians prefer to waste time on the Russian fearmongering than talking about real domestic issues such as healthcare, student debt, etc. Guess what. Yes, Russia tried to influence US elections, but so did China and other countries. And you know what? The US is guilty of the same: the USA is perhaps the #1 meddler of other countries' politics, not just their elections. This is Hypocrisy at best. So what if the Russians and other countries tried to influence the US elections (like they have done for as long as they could, nothing new)? Did the Russians elect Trump? NO. The Americans elected Trump. And the main reason they elected him was because the alternative somehow seemed worse: Clinton. Who's to be blamed for Trump? The Democratic Party's nomination of Clinton.
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