And as is the case with all of Trump's digital provocations, the president's words were deliberate. He pours the gasoline of sexist language and lights the match gleefully knowing how it will burst into flame in a country reeling from the #MeToo moment.
A president who would all but call Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand a whore is not fit to clean the toilets in the Barack Obama Presidential Library or to shine the shoes of George W. Bush.
This isn’t about the policy differences we have with all presidents or our disappointment in some of their decisions. Obama and Bush both failed in many ways. They broke promises and told untruths, but the basic decency of each man was never in doubt.
Donald Trump, the man, on the other hand, is uniquely awful. His sickening behavior is corrosive to the enterprise of a shared governance based on common values and the consent of the governed.
Re: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2017 4:44 pm
by whatwouldcooleydo?
whatwouldcooleydo? wrote:no idea what the reputation of the USA editorial board is like
If you're thinking this is just more criticism from another liberal editorial board, you would be wrong. As the unofficial newspaper of U.S. travelers, USA Today strives for political neutrality, even on its opinion page. It has never endorsed a presidential candidate.
“Our editorial board believes in a common-sense, centrist approach in which the two sides work together to find reasonable compromises to solve the nation's problems,” editorial page editor Bill Sternberg said in an online video last year.
Sternberg added that USA Today does not endorse presidential candidates because “as a national newspaper, we don't presume to tell our readers in every region which is the right choice for them. . . . Another reason is that we don't care to be aligned with either major political party. Many readers don't understand the wall between the editorial page and the news section. So if we were to endorse a Republican candidate, it might create an inaccurate perception that our news coverage would tilt toward the GOP, and the same goes for a Democrat.”
USA Today has viewed Trump as a special case, however. Although it did not editorialize in favor of any presidential candidate in 2016, the paper did offer this advice to readers: “Resist the siren song of a dangerous demagogue. By all means vote, just not for Donald Trump.”
USA Today had “disendorsed” a politician only once before — in 1991, when former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke was the Republican nominee for governor of Louisiana.
Re: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2017 8:06 pm
by schlanky
whatwouldcooleydo? wrote:
schlanky wrote:Maybe Roy will go away for a while.
'til he can get that demon out
Re: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2017 1:54 pm
by Tequila Cowboy
whatwouldcooleydo? wrote:
schlanky wrote:Maybe Roy will go away for a while.
'til he can get that demon out
Re: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2017 3:45 pm
by John A Arkansawyer
whatwouldcooleydo? wrote:
schlanky wrote:Maybe Roy will go away for a while.
'til he can get that demon out
He just gained several cred points with me if he really calls his penis "Demon".
Re: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2017 4:03 pm
by whatwouldcooleydo?
Re: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2017 4:19 pm
by pearlbeer
Re: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2017 4:26 pm
by whatwouldcooleydo?
pearlbeer wrote:
I posted this in NC on Tuesday
Fuck you and the horse you rode in on
---OR---
Where are the other 3 Horsemen?
Re: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2017 4:35 pm
by pearlbeer
whatwouldcooleydo? wrote:
pearlbeer wrote:
I posted this in NC on Tuesday
Fuck you and the horse you rode in on
---OR---
Where are the other 3 Horsemen?
---OR---
That's not a horse! It's a Filly!
Re: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2017 4:42 pm
by whatwouldcooleydo?
pearlbeer wrote:
whatwouldcooleydo? wrote:
pearlbeer wrote:
I posted this in NC on Tuesday
Fuck you and the horse you rode in on
---OR---
Where are the other 3 Horsemen?
---OR---
That's not a horse! It's a Filly!
Re: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2017 5:35 pm
by whatwouldcooleydo?
Hanukkah Sameakh to one of Roy Moore's lawyers
Re: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2017 5:48 pm
by beantownbubba
whatwouldcooleydo? wrote:Hanukkah Sameakh to one of Roy Moore's lawyers
Impressive for a country boy like you.
Re: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2017 5:54 pm
by whatwouldcooleydo?
beantownbubba wrote:
whatwouldcooleydo? wrote:Hanukkah Sameakh to one of Roy Moore's lawyers
Impressive for a country boy like you.
Country boy?
Why, you son of a bitch! I'll fix you!
Born and raised in Asheville, spent nearly 10 years after that in Chapel and Austin: Country boy- does not compute
In some instances, the analysts were given alternative phrases. Instead of “science-based” or “evidence-based,” the suggested phrase is “CDC bases its recommendations on science in consideration with community standards and wishes”
In some instances, the analysts were given alternative phrases. Instead of “science-based” or “evidence-based,” the suggested phrase is “CDC bases its recommendations on science in consideration with community standards and wishes”
In some instances, the analysts were given alternative phrases. Instead of “science-based” or “evidence-based,” the suggested phrase is “CDC bases its recommendations on science in consideration with community standards and wishes”
Just gonna let those HIV+ homos die
once they banned "science-based” and “evidence-based" it became the same old 1984 as when we were kids
Re: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2017 3:07 pm
by whatwouldcooleydo?
Re: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2017 8:25 pm
by whatwouldcooleydo?
Re: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2017 1:10 pm
by pearlbeer
whatwouldcooleydo? wrote:
I'm worried that Muller will be out of a job by Xmas. If that happens, then yeah, it is time for a fucking coup.
Re: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2017 7:26 pm
by whatwouldcooleydo?
pearlbeer wrote:
whatwouldcooleydo? wrote:
I'm worried that Muller will be out of a job by Xmas. If that happens, then yeah, it is time for a fucking coup.
I keep reading that the rumor is Mueller will be fired on the 22nd.
Re: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2017 8:36 pm
by Zip City
The irony here is that Trump's trashing of the FBI is the epitome of being "anti-law enforcement", but none of his followers will ever see it that way
Re: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2017 9:49 am
by Smitty
This would be a shitty time for aliens to visit earth.
Re: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2017 8:52 am
by John A Arkansawyer
Of course, squirrel is delicious, but...
...Make America Great Again hats are not food-safe.
Re: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2017 3:22 pm
by whatwouldcooleydo?
Nice UN youse got here, hate to see somethin' happen to it
Re: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2017 4:16 pm
by Zip City
You joke, but I'm bet Trump has at least discussed pulling the country out of the UN
Re: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2017 4:18 pm
by whatwouldcooleydo?
Zip City wrote:You joke, but I'm bet Trump has at least discussed pulling the country out of the UN
Another thing on which we agree
Re: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2017 4:51 am
by LBRod
whatwouldcooleydo? wrote:
Nice UN youse got here, hate to see somethin' happen to it
In some instances, the analysts were given alternative phrases. Instead of “science-based” or “evidence-based,” the suggested phrase is “CDC bases its recommendations on science in consideration with community standards and wishes”
