A Perfect Storm | 157 comments (157 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: "a bottom" (4.00 / 2)

Can't wait for Vladimir Putin to steal Hillary's presidency again.
But seriously, Trump is just very boring if you look beneath the bombast and bad grammer. Is there anything he did that you couldn't see Bush doing? Except maybe letting the Korea peace deal go ahead?

by generic on Mon Jun 4th, 2018 at 03:58:39 PM EST
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Re: "a bottom" (none / 0)

Ditching Iran Deal
Starting Trade War
Needless pissing off almost everyone
Doing deals with dodgy Russians to build Trump tower in Moscow etc.

And what alternative are the Dems offering? Three septuagenarians? Hillary? Sanders? Pelosi?

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by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot male dotty communists) on Mon Jun 4th, 2018 at 04:21:01 PM EST
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Re: "Democrats"? (none / 1)

Frank, did I predict that a Democratic nominee would replace Trump?

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Mon Jun 4th, 2018 at 04:31:32 PM EST
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When was the last time a sitting President failed to win his party's nomination? How well are anti-Trump Republicans doing at the moment? Evidence please...

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by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot male dotty communists) on Mon Jun 4th, 2018 at 04:47:23 PM EST
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Re: "Democrats"? (none / 0)

G.W.H. Bush

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Mon Jun 4th, 2018 at 04:51:07 PM EST
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As I recall, he was the official Republican nominee in the election he lost to Clinton. You are confusing the primary with the general election.

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by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot male dotty communists) on Thu Jun 7th, 2018 at 08:51:23 AM EST
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Whoever wins the Rethuglican primary, and it's Der Drumpfenfuehrer Little Donny Dreckwerfer's if he wants it, will win the presidency. The neoliberal arsefardles of the DNC/DLC/DCCC will make sure of that.

by rifek on Fri Jun 15th, 2018 at 01:24:46 AM EST
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Re: "a bottom" (4.00 / 3)

I still remember how we, or at least I, thought more than ten years ago that Europe will finally have to get out from behind the US' skirts because the relationship was getting so poisonous. Freedom Fries and all. Came to nothing in the end.
Ditching the Iran deal seems very much in line with prior policy. Bush also needlessly agonized Iran after they helped him out with the Taliban. Hero of the Resistence™ David Frum wrote them a nice thank you note. And the sanctions were always inimical to European economic interests.
The trade war is certainly a lot more blatant than in the old days.

by generic on Mon Jun 4th, 2018 at 05:01:46 PM EST
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Re: "a bottom" (none / 0)

Three? What happened to Biden?

by gk (gk (gk quattro due due sette @gmail.com)) on Thu Jun 7th, 2018 at 08:58:30 AM EST
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Forgot my actual point: Bush got reelected with broadly similar policies. He had his folksy persona and the warpresidency™ and his handlers just managed to fob their product off before both of those passed the sell by date. Trump is blessed with enemies that might just assemble a broad enough front of ex bushie ghouls and spooks that he can run against the establishment as a sitting president. They think still think that would be bad for him.

by generic on Mon Jun 4th, 2018 at 04:38:25 PM EST
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So did your boy Obama.
This subthread supposedly is seeking a bottom. Why would you benchmark the current zeitgeist to the top of US venality and stupidity?

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Mon Jun 4th, 2018 at 04:54:13 PM EST
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