Trump

[Digby]

This does remind that at least Trump will say Coronavirus, it took Ronald Reagan 4-5 years to use the term AIDS in public. Though whether Ronny was doing more about AIDS in those 4 years than Trump has in the last 4 months is perhaps an open question

[cashead]

What an odd creature that Mnuchin is. He has the perplexed expression of someone that is simultaneously defecating and climaxing. Or someone that found a used condom in his jacket pocket, realises its not his jacket, and is strangely aroused.

Well, thanks for putting that image in my head. You horrible monster.

[morepork]

You love it you sick bastard.

[Puja]

The Donster is doing his own polling, based around rigorous, unbiased data collection:



https://www.donaldjtrump.com/landing/20 ... s-dem-poll

I have amused myself by filling this out with the non-Trump-approved answers (and in the name of Jeremy Bearimy). Cause even if his opponent was every one of those smears, I'd still prefer them over him.

Puja

[morepork]

How utterly childish on every level. There is no wit or substance to any of it. It's perfect for the fat cunt. Imagine the money you could make consulting these cretins? Come up with a few catch phrases and charge like a wounded bull.

[Digby]

That's pretty much the charge by the GOP against Trump's campaign manager, that he's billing them a fortune for not very much. Though Trump's campaign manager is smart enough to employ or have as consultants a number of Trump family members and in-laws, so the Trump family are financially motivated to keep him in play.

Luckily for the GOP they're hardly all that inept, there are still some very intelligent boys and girls making some significant progress on the messaging front even given the extremely limited options afforded to them by their candidate. And even if Biden takes an 8% or 9% lead into the election he's still possibly looking at a close outcome in the electoral college

[Sandydragon]

I love the bit about the low IQ Democrat.

Amazing how normal logic goes out of the window in these things.

[Digby]

Trump sues to block the release of Bolton's book (despite no doubt also claiming the contents aren't true) in part because he's reasoned that any conversation with him is confidential. Another outstanding piece of thinking you'd hope a twelve year old would know was bollocks.

[Puja]

Excerpts of Bolton's book are out: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-53086042

I am not 100% sure how much of it I believe. I do generally think the worst of Trump (and absolutely believe the parts where he didn't know the UK was a nuclear power or that Finland was a country), but the bits about foreign policy interference strike me as things that would have been really good to have brought up when Trump was being impeached.

Although, now I'm writing that, testifying would have given the info to everyone free, whereas this way it only comes out if people buy his book and make him loads of money. I just got why he didn't testify.

Puja

[morepork]

Because he is a cunt.

[Sandydragon]

Excerpts of Bolton's book are out: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-53086042

I am not 100% sure how much of it I believe. I do generally think the worst of Trump (and absolutely believe the parts where he didn't know the UK was a nuclear power or that Finland was a country), but the bits about foreign policy interference strike me as things that would have been really good to have brought up when Trump was being impeached.

Although, now I'm writing that, testifying would have given the info to everyone free, whereas this way it only comes out if people buy his book and make him loads of money. I just got why he didn't testify.

Puja

I'm no fan of Bolton. But his book chimes with the others that have been published about the Trump presidency. I don't think this will make the slightest difference to anything as we already know Trumps many, many limitations and character flaws.

[morepork]

So in the last week, the supreme court has knocked back efforts to abolish LGBT civil rights and efforts to rescind DACA protection for child migrants.


Maybe there is hope yet that the whole system isn't completely broken...

[gransoporro]

Excerpts of Bolton's book are out: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-53086042

I am not 100% sure how much of it I believe. I do generally think the worst of Trump (and absolutely believe the parts where he didn't know the UK was a nuclear power or that Finland was a country), but the bits about foreign policy interference strike me as things that would have been really good to have brought up when Trump was being impeached.

Although, now I'm writing that, testifying would have given the info to everyone free, whereas this way it only comes out if people buy his book and make him loads of money. I just got why he didn't testify.

Puja

That is more complex. The inquiry was about Ukraine only, and in 8 hours Bolton could not cover China and Putin relationships as well. And writing a story and answering questions are different. He would have had still plenty of material For his book.

Either he tells us or there are plenty of different explanations, all with serious faults.

[morepork]

What does Bolton do for a living in between lobbying to start wars when in government? Weddings? Children's birthday parties?

[gransoporro]

What does Bolton do for a living in between lobbying to start wars when in government? Weddings? Children's birthday parties?

He manages a super pac.

Translation: he has donors that gave him maybe $30m to spend to elect “suitable candidates” (hawks).

Plenty to live by.

[morepork]

What an odious little cunt.

[Digby]

In response Mr Bolton would like to note

[morepork]

Jesus Fucking Christ.

[Digby]

The good news is he's increasingly playing to stadia that aren't exactly sold out

[Mikey Brown]

Errrr...



Maybe give this one a miss Porky, I don’t want to be responsible for your head exploding.

[morepork]

It was that specific thing that prompted me to blaspheme.

After that, I don't know where to go. Just demented. The White House has claimed "he was joking". That's the strategy. Let the idiot convince the public that he has no grasp of anything and is seemingly unaware of how self serving this behavior is. If that fails, he can then threaten to sue, well, everybody. Don't like the results of a poll? Sue! Don't like a book? Sue! Don't like the constitutional right of people to assemble and protest? Sue!

It's all so pathetic.

Incidentally, how hard core a racist would you have to be to show up to this event, in that city, on that date, against the background and nature of current civil unrest?

[Puja]

It was that specific thing that prompted me to blaspheme.

After that, I don't know where to go. Just demented. The White House has claimed "he was joking". That's the strategy. Let the idiot convince the public that he has no grasp of anything and is seemingly unaware of how self serving this behavior is. If that fails, he can then threaten to sue, well, everybody. Don't like the results of a poll? Sue! Don't like a book? Sue! Don't like the constitutional right of people to assemble and protest? Sue!

It's all so pathetic.

Incidentally, how hard core a racist would you have to be to show up to this event, in that city, on that date, against the background and nature of current civil unrest?

This might cheer you up. The venue confirmed that attendance was 6,200 against a capacity of over 19,000 and, to make it worse, Trump's campaign had organised an overflow plaza where Trump was due to give a second speech to the expected tens of thousands who couldn't get in. Incidentally, this was Trump this morning:



Best comment underneath: "this is like if Sad Trombone became a real boy"

Puja

[canta_brian]

[Puja]

I genuinely thought that was sarcasm, but on closer examination, she's being serious. That is terrifying.

Puja

[morepork]

The most pressing issue of the day. What a sad joke. Satire cannot keep pace with this. Greatest President ever because glass of water. Way to go ‘Murrica. Who needs the CDC when you have panto like that.