It is fascinating to see how language, phrases and words have been twisted along the way David. Before i go there though; did you read/see Charlie Syke's Morning Shots today? OMG; two representatives, Gosar from Arizona and Clyde from Georgia, were shown on it giving "testimony' in a hearing where they just made shit up. If you haven't seen the clips, they are worth digging up and showing your followers. Stunning on how stupid they believe their constituents are. What's so sad is, many of them are that dumb and they buy the crap they are shoving at them
Anyway, 1984 was/is a great analogy as to where we are and how twisted the GOP has become as they fit ridiculous narratives to satisfy the hordes of helpless. That said, you mentioned Animal Farm and perhaps that one is even better. Seems only appropriate the farm animals being led down the path of ignorance end up with a pig named Napoleon who becomes a dictator rather than a benevolent leader. Sound familiar?
One of the true joys of writing is to use words to paint pictures in peoples minds. So many stories, so little time. Good job bro, good job.
I think its really important to clarify why people on the right cater to Trump. It's not Trump they are catering too but the millions of people who have left all reason and sanity because of the twisted outlooks they have. Anytime someone votes for republicans now they are voting for that. Whether its for Trump or even if its for the R that was soft on Trump but an ally to the traitors. There can only be one side for the fight for democracy.
I don't disagree, but I would like a bit of clarification. When and how did Trump break the law? It has to be something significant so the cult doesn't dismiss it as a nothingburger.
As much as I would like to think that he could be thrown in jail for inciting the insurrection against the Capitol, I think his biggest crime on 1/6 was sitting on his hands and refusing to to do anything to de-escalate the situation until hours after his staff and folks in Congress finally convinced him to address what was going on in Congress.
"Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) said Friday that he heard from senior White House officials that President Trump was 'delighted' to hear that his supporters were breaking into the Capitol building in a riot Wednesday that turned deadly."
"'As this was unfolding on television, Donald Trump was walking around the White House confused about why other people on his team weren’t as excited as he was as you had rioters pushing against Capitol Police trying to get into the building,'" Sasse told conservative talk show host Hugh Hewitt in an interview. 'That was happening. He was delighted.'"[1]
The problem is that even if it were possible to assemble enough corroborating evidence and bring a case against Trump, his base is so far down the rabbit hole that it would either be dismissed out of hand as fiction (as they believe about the election) or that Trump was right to send folks to disrupt the Constitutional process, in order to save the nation for "Real Americans".
At this point, the Trump base (and it still is large enough to cause A LOT of problems) has doubled-down on Trumpism so many times, that there's no amount of evidence that would convince them to abandon the guy. The last of the "gettable" Trump voters left him after Jan. 6, and unfortunately as time passes and memory fades, a number of them are circling back into his orbit, including many members of Congress like Chip Roy and Mike Gallagher who denounced him after the insurrection.
My only hope is that enough Trump supporters defected after 1/6 and stay defected long enough that Trumpism can be repudiated at the ballot boxes, and enough folks with power will wake up and choose winning elections again over worrying about what septuagenarian with one foot in the grave thinks about them. And hopefully the repudiation will be sufficiently large that it becomes harder to hold on to and continue to spread the Big Lie. (I'm not holding my breath on that last one, though.)
I think Trump probably broke multiple laws. Among the examples that come to mind various abuses of power including interfering in federal investigations, pressuring election officials to change votes, and freezing the Ukraine aid. There are a lot of different opinions on whether his January 6 speech rose to the level of incitement.
I'm skeptical that he'll be prosecuted for anything.
Keep fighting the good fight, Racketeers!
You would be correct, Sir.
It is fascinating to see how language, phrases and words have been twisted along the way David. Before i go there though; did you read/see Charlie Syke's Morning Shots today? OMG; two representatives, Gosar from Arizona and Clyde from Georgia, were shown on it giving "testimony' in a hearing where they just made shit up. If you haven't seen the clips, they are worth digging up and showing your followers. Stunning on how stupid they believe their constituents are. What's so sad is, many of them are that dumb and they buy the crap they are shoving at them
Anyway, 1984 was/is a great analogy as to where we are and how twisted the GOP has become as they fit ridiculous narratives to satisfy the hordes of helpless. That said, you mentioned Animal Farm and perhaps that one is even better. Seems only appropriate the farm animals being led down the path of ignorance end up with a pig named Napoleon who becomes a dictator rather than a benevolent leader. Sound familiar?
One of the true joys of writing is to use words to paint pictures in peoples minds. So many stories, so little time. Good job bro, good job.
I haven't seen it but I'll check it out.
I think its really important to clarify why people on the right cater to Trump. It's not Trump they are catering too but the millions of people who have left all reason and sanity because of the twisted outlooks they have. Anytime someone votes for republicans now they are voting for that. Whether its for Trump or even if its for the R that was soft on Trump but an ally to the traitors. There can only be one side for the fight for democracy.
I don't disagree, but I would like a bit of clarification. When and how did Trump break the law? It has to be something significant so the cult doesn't dismiss it as a nothingburger.
As much as I would like to think that he could be thrown in jail for inciting the insurrection against the Capitol, I think his biggest crime on 1/6 was sitting on his hands and refusing to to do anything to de-escalate the situation until hours after his staff and folks in Congress finally convinced him to address what was going on in Congress.
"Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) said Friday that he heard from senior White House officials that President Trump was 'delighted' to hear that his supporters were breaking into the Capitol building in a riot Wednesday that turned deadly."
"'As this was unfolding on television, Donald Trump was walking around the White House confused about why other people on his team weren’t as excited as he was as you had rioters pushing against Capitol Police trying to get into the building,'" Sasse told conservative talk show host Hugh Hewitt in an interview. 'That was happening. He was delighted.'"[1]
The problem is that even if it were possible to assemble enough corroborating evidence and bring a case against Trump, his base is so far down the rabbit hole that it would either be dismissed out of hand as fiction (as they believe about the election) or that Trump was right to send folks to disrupt the Constitutional process, in order to save the nation for "Real Americans".
At this point, the Trump base (and it still is large enough to cause A LOT of problems) has doubled-down on Trumpism so many times, that there's no amount of evidence that would convince them to abandon the guy. The last of the "gettable" Trump voters left him after Jan. 6, and unfortunately as time passes and memory fades, a number of them are circling back into his orbit, including many members of Congress like Chip Roy and Mike Gallagher who denounced him after the insurrection.
My only hope is that enough Trump supporters defected after 1/6 and stay defected long enough that Trumpism can be repudiated at the ballot boxes, and enough folks with power will wake up and choose winning elections again over worrying about what septuagenarian with one foot in the grave thinks about them. And hopefully the repudiation will be sufficiently large that it becomes harder to hold on to and continue to spread the Big Lie. (I'm not holding my breath on that last one, though.)
[1] https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/533403-sasse-says-trump-was-delighted-and-excited-by-reports-of-capitol-riot
I think Trump probably broke multiple laws. Among the examples that come to mind various abuses of power including interfering in federal investigations, pressuring election officials to change votes, and freezing the Ukraine aid. There are a lot of different opinions on whether his January 6 speech rose to the level of incitement.
I'm skeptical that he'll be prosecuted for anything.