hay rick
hay rick's JournalI think Trump and his supporters have some kind of interlocking mental illness.
Their sickness- and they are sick- feeds off his sickness. Appeals to reason have been futile. The kneejerk explanation is that they everybody, including us, lives in siloed information systems. That's part of the media's comfortable both-sides narrative that enables them to continue marketing prescription drugs to all consumers. The lack of shared reality is a factor in our politics but falls far short of giving a useful description of our current reality. The stark moral difference between left and right should be equally obvious and subject to discussion but that discussion is avoided or hijacked. Liberals are dismissed as preachy or well-meaning but naive. The tidal wave of spite and imaginary victimhood of the right is not mentioned in polite company.
I was immediately put off by the Walken video, but thinking about it, realize that Trump's behavior is so relentlessly self-serving and transactional that nobody would be surprised if he acted the same way in the same situation. His supporters would probably rally around an alternate explanation for his behavior...
Nikki Haley, LOL, LOL, LOL, LOL, LOL, LOL...
LOL, LOL, LOL, LOL...you get the idea.
I have been skeptical of Nikki's character pretty much forever. My last post on the subject before her ship disappeared under the waves...https://www.democraticunderground.com/100218609189
Trump reviewing Vice Presidential resumes...
It's time to review your Veepstakes Bingo Card. Anybody can win, but oil billionaires may have an inside track. Vivek's stock has been falling as there is widespread skepticism that he can climb out of Trump's rectum in time for the Republican Convention.
Clarence Thomas weighs in on the Trump trials.
A message from Clarence Thomas and his sponsors: Of course Trump is a crook. He's our crook.
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The Trump court cases are about democracy. The real defendants are the American people. Will they yawn and passively accept criminal behavior in government? If the answer is yes, American democracy is deader than the worm in Kennedy's brain.
Trump is OJ for white people.
They know I did all that stuff, they just don't care. Some people tell pollsters they won't vote for me if I'm convicted. Ask them if your baby is beautiful. They're all going to say yes.
I hope he's wrong about the undying love of his supporters. They have stuck with him as he has crossed line after line of the boundaries of responsible and decent behavior.
Has something changed? He appears abandoned by family, friends, and supporters in the New York courtroom- everybody but the Supreme Court. Is there a last straw, even in MAGA-land? Naps and farts. Real billionaires are concerned. You gotta love American democracy.
Do you watch sports, news, neither, or both?
Thinking about the nonsense that passes for political dialog in contemporary America, I have to believe that there are a substantial number of people who watch almost no news, don't read newspapers, and don't seek out reliable online news. I worked with a lot of people who appeared to absorb no political information but had detailed understanding and familiarity with what was happening in sports. This became more pronounced with the emergence of ESPN, other cable sports outlets, and the widespread adoption of smart phones.
My question: do you think there are more people who watch 10 hours a week or more of sports or people who watch 1 hour or more of news a week?
Lara Trump's RNC litmus (lie-tmus) test.
Four blondes, no joke.
During part of my misspent youth, I hung out with a friend who occasionally tried to talk me into questionable behavior. One of his favorite lines was "You lie and I'll swear to it."
Uncle Sam has a question for all Americans.
It's hard to believe any loyal American would support a dictator seeking retribution...or a dictator who kills his political opponents and invades his democratic neighbors.
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