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ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
Fri Jul 28, 2017, 10:06 PM Jul 2017

tRump Lacks Conviction

No, not the kind of conviction Mueller is bringing. I mean conviction in the sense of deeply held belief. tRump does not truly believe in anything but himself. Imagine Obama working through the night, night after night, to get ACA ready. Obama had conviction. He truly believed that the government should make sure its citizens' health was protected. Now try to imagine the same from Donnie. Kind of difficult (if not impossible) to picture Donnie doing anything during the night except eating ice cream and tweeting nonsense.

Conviction leads to purpose, which in turn leads to hard work. If a politician is convinced he or she must help the people in some way, then that politician works tirelessly until that goal is accomplished. What exactly would the conviction behind ACA repeal be? Maybe that tRump knows better than Obama? It certainly has nothing to do with helping average Americans.

Yes, tRump is convinced he is better than everyone else. That is pretty damned obvious. He campaigned last year on the strength of that conviction alone. Many, many gullible people were swayed by the power of his conviction. If you yell loudly enough that you are the best, then people will start to believe as you do without proof. After a while, though, the absence of proof becomes unbearable, and the conviction that the person is the best becomes untenable.

Promises were made. Promises were based on tRump's conviction in his own superior competence. That competence has been tested and has been found to be sorely lacking.

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tRump Lacks Conviction (Original Post) ProudLib72 Jul 2017 OP
This comes to mind edhopper Jul 2017 #1
Normally I hate Yeats ProudLib72 Jul 2017 #2
Elliot's edhopper Jul 2017 #3
Elliot had a lot of help from Pound ProudLib72 Jul 2017 #4
Before or after edhopper Jul 2017 #5
Poor Pound ProudLib72 Jul 2017 #6
Trump never has had conviction. rockfordfile Jul 2017 #7
He is convinced he is best ProudLib72 Jul 2017 #8
Well, give him a trial, put me on the jury, and.... lastlib Jul 2017 #10
He lacks conviction, all right meow2u3 Jul 2017 #9
Then let's convict him lame54 Jul 2017 #11
Convict conshmict ProudLib72 Jul 2017 #12
... blogslut Jul 2017 #13

edhopper

(33,556 posts)
1. This comes to mind
Fri Jul 28, 2017, 10:10 PM
Jul 2017

Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
6. Poor Pound
Sat Jul 29, 2017, 12:07 AM
Jul 2017

He had a fascist moment there in Italy. Is it ironic that the Cantos got him freed from treason charges because they were so insane and yet they became his most famous work?

meow2u3

(24,761 posts)
9. He lacks conviction, all right
Sat Jul 29, 2017, 02:01 PM
Jul 2017

He needs to be convicted of crimes against the Constitution, money laundering, trying to overthrow the government, etc.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
12. Convict conshmict
Sat Jul 29, 2017, 02:35 PM
Jul 2017

If impeachment ever got to the Senate, McTurtle would fold his arms across his chest and pout. GOP senators tremble at the mighty power of McTurtle!

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