Concerning the former Republican Speaker of the House:
"House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is a far superior leader than was Lame Duck Speaker Paul Ryan. Tougher, smarter and a far better fundraiser, Kevin is already closing in on 44 Million Dollars. Paul’s final year numbers were, according to Breitbart, “abysmal.” People like.....
....Paul Ryan almost killed the Republican Party. Weak, ineffective & stupid are not exactly the qualities that Republicans, or the CITIZENS of our Country, were looking for. Right now our spirit is at an all time high, far better than the Radical Left Dems. You’ll see next year!"
Concerning his support within the Republican Party:
"94% Approval Rating in the Republican Party, an all time high. Ronald Reagan was 87%. Thank you!"
Concerning Democratic Congresswomen who were born outside of the US:
"So interesting to see “Progressive” Democrat Congresswomen, who originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe, the worst, most corrupt and inept anywhere in the world (if they even have a functioning government at all), now loudly......
....and viciously telling the people of the United States, the greatest and most powerful Nation on earth, how our government is to be run. Why don’t they go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came. Then come back and show us how....
....it is done. These places need your help badly, you can’t leave fast enough. I’m sure that Nancy Pelosi would be very happy to quickly work out free travel arrangements!"
And, if you don't see that there is anything wrong with the above tweets, you're just as morally bankrupt as the man who wrote them!
"House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is a far superior leader than was Lame Duck Speaker Paul Ryan. Tougher, smarter and a far better fundraiser, Kevin is already closing in on 44 Million Dollars. Paul’s final year numbers were, according to Breitbart, “abysmal.” People like.....
....Paul Ryan almost killed the Republican Party. Weak, ineffective & stupid are not exactly the qualities that Republicans, or the CITIZENS of our Country, were looking for. Right now our spirit is at an all time high, far better than the Radical Left Dems. You’ll see next year!"
Concerning his support within the Republican Party:
"94% Approval Rating in the Republican Party, an all time high. Ronald Reagan was 87%. Thank you!"
Concerning Democratic Congresswomen who were born outside of the US:
"So interesting to see “Progressive” Democrat Congresswomen, who originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe, the worst, most corrupt and inept anywhere in the world (if they even have a functioning government at all), now loudly......
....and viciously telling the people of the United States, the greatest and most powerful Nation on earth, how our government is to be run. Why don’t they go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came. Then come back and show us how....
....it is done. These places need your help badly, you can’t leave fast enough. I’m sure that Nancy Pelosi would be very happy to quickly work out free travel arrangements!"
And, if you don't see that there is anything wrong with the above tweets, you're just as morally bankrupt as the man who wrote them!
I am heavily biased against people calling others out on "morality." Especially when the main concerns are political issues.
ReplyDeleteI am however above else in favor of factual information to base decisions on.
I believe that the Congress women that were called out were in fact born in the USA. That would make both Trumps tweets and your posting factually wrong.
From a legal perspective. These women are elected representatives of swaths of citizens of the USA. Therefore it would be wrong to have them stop voicing opinions or indicate that they should go abroad.
The rest of the information in the tweets is worse than after work hours pub talk. Coming from the A i Chief it should be adressed by professionals. (not journalists seeking viewer ratings and spectacle through the pchychological instrument of "indignation" to glue people to their channel)
Trump says he admires Lincoln. I wonder how the lawyer Lincoln would have responded to these kind of tweets.
nck
I'm sure you can see my point regarding the "morality."
ReplyDeleteI hate it when someone draws the "moral card" to decide if a person is a "true American" or holds certain views that are either defensible or indefensible from a historical background, moving forward.
The point is. Are we moving "forward" based on the right data.....
nck
nck, I always appreciate you stopping by and commenting. Morality exists in all spheres of human activity, including those of a political nature. Moreover, I would suggest that it is the duty of everyone here to call out behavior that clearly violates the political moral code of this republic.
DeleteOf the four women of COLOR that Trump was most likely referencing in his STUPID remarks, only Ilhan Omar was actually born outside of the US. Rashida Tlaib was the child of Palestinian immigrants, but she was born in the US. Regardless, all four of the ladies in question are clearly American citizens and entitled to all of the rights and privileges guaranteed to them by the US constitution.
As you can see, my post was a series of direct quotes from Trump's Twitter account. No one is disputing that they belong to him, and your remarks acknowledge that they are "worse than after hours pub talk." And, as you also suggested in your comment, these remarks are made more egregious by the fact that the person who uttered them is supposed to be the President of the United States! In our system, he is supposed to be the representative of ALL Americans, not just the White, conservative and populist folks who elected him.
Miller/Lonnie
Yes Miller. You're right. It's just that I am dismayed anyone gives Trump reason "to have a point." (I have CNN reporting in mind.)
DeleteI am in accord with your assessment that a President should at least try and represent all and work according to the political mores of the day.
I just like to emphasize my particular worldview that a President should even more represent the values and laws that are fundamental to the success of the Republic.
We might not be equal in reality but we are equal under law. As you point out, the president in this instance singled out differences based on non factual data that enhanced inequalities in weighing truth, justice and the will of the people as reflected by their will to also represent the view of (the) minorities, in the process of the organizing principle that is the great republic of the United States.
(Too many words I know.)
nck
Point taken - and I believe that those "values and laws that are fundamental to the success of the Republic" should be the SAME ones which have guided Trump's predecessors (after all, the US has been judged to be fairly "successful" heretofore).
DeleteYes Miller. I wonder myself why I am commenting.
ReplyDeletePerhaps I have a fetish for "the middle road", where vulgar people might have a point and polished smooth persons might rip apart the fabric of a society with a joke and a smile. I was kinda raised with that view of the devil as the polished lawyer type, the seducer, the smooth talker, while the raucous Pan-Dyonistic type never appealed to me in the first place.
The success of the republic has been guaranteed as long as a President inpires and acts as the embodiment of the unifying principle, E Pluribus Unum.
From that focal point the, "lesser gods" like congresspeople should draw their inspiration to add from their diversity to that unifying principle. Otherwise centrifugal forces will win from the centripetal force.
I do not believe that US presidents have been succesful in inspiring Unity since the fall of the Soviet Empire and a common enemy fell away.
nck
You probably don't think so, but I do see and appreciate the point you are making. In this connection, it is interesting to remember that the last three U.S. presidents (Bush 43, Obama, Trump) have been regarded as illegitimate by a substantial portion of the citizenry. Moreover, the three which preceded them (Reagan, Bush 41 and Clinton) were all regarded as controversial and polarizing. One can see that the concept of a loyal opposition has steadily eroded over the last 35 years or so.
DeleteTeachers should teach what is required of citizens. The citizen should be (regarded as) a moral being. Impartial data should be shared for the citizen to be informed.
ReplyDeleteDistricts should be evaluated on a regular basis if they still reflect the underlying value of a checks and balances system in regards of gender, age groups and mathemetical honesty.
Otherwise democracy will succumb to the one who has best access to "facebook data ", who knows all or vices, preferences, fears and axieties.
But it starts with the teachers who need to teach/inspire the citizen to subject his fears to his hopes, ask questions, to analyse the available data to be able to make informed decisions and act in a sustainable way serving the larger perspective through the deployment of self.
One should learn to detest to merely act as the funnel of "a wizzard", or the wiles of the crowd.
I do fear my musings sound like Kantian requirments for the citizen or something and that all has been said before, I must ask my cousin if my freefloating brain is still alligned with a larger moral code as my hospitable friend Jones favors.
nck
Washington is a zoo and on one of the fences it says: Don't feed the troll-in-chief.
ReplyDeletenck
Yes, as others have said before us, an educated citizenry is essential to the proper functioning of a democratic republic. As for feeding the troll-in-chief, it would be better not to feed him. The obvious problem with that is that he's in a cage that occupies center stage at the zoo! In other words, he's impossible to ignore (and he knows it). Also, the other animals on both sides of the zoo are constantly pointing at him and have ceded most of their prerogatives to him! That's why so many folks no longer visit the zoo or help to maintain it. (I know, I've carried the allegory too far :)
ReplyDeleteAllegory too far?
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't dare to take space on your blog if my education had not included Les Fables by Jean de la Fontaine.
The animals help us communicate the state of man as we discuss the state of the union.
Nck