Posts Made By: Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Jim Moscheck

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/sen-joe-manchin-running-reelection/story?id=104767579

"I have made one of the toughest decisions of my life and decided that I will not be running for reelection to the United States Senate, but what I will be doing is traveling the country and speaking out to see if there is an interest in creating a movement to mobilize the middle and bring Americans together," Manchin said.

It'll make it tough for the dems to hold onto that seat, and Manchin could F it up even more by running as a third party candidate which would probably syphon off votes for Biden and then we could have Trump 2.0 with a GOP congress.

Thanks, Joe.

Originally Posted by David Cotterell

I hope that when you're entirely under GOP rule that I will still be allowed over the wall to attend the OkieTex and Winter Star Parties.

Dave

Originally Posted by Jim Moscheck

Speaking of vermin:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2023/11/12/trump-compares-political-foes-to-vermin-on-veterans-day-echoing-nazi-propaganda/?sh=10245a017229

From the linked article:

Edited to bolden Trumps' actual words.

“Today, ‘in honor of our great Veterans,’ ex-President demands on social media to ‘root out the Communists, Marxists, Fascists and Radical Left Thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our Country,’ presidential historian Michael Beschloss tweeted Saturday. “Please tell us if this reminds you of any earlier historical figure.” The use of “vermin,” according to Michael Tomasky, the editor of The New Republic, is “an unusual word choice….And it appears in history in chiefly in one context, and one context only,” calling it Trump’s usage “straight-up Nazi talk, in a way he’s never done quite before.”

and

Trump’s populist appeal and incendiary rhetoric are often compared to Hilter’s cult of personality and authoritarian rule. Trump sparked widespread outrage last month when he accused undocumented immigrants of “poisoning the blood of our country” in an interview with the right-wing website, The National Pulse. “Nobody has any idea where these people are coming from, and we know they come from prisons. We know they come from mental institutions and insane asylums. We know they’re terrorists,” Trump said, adding “It’s so bad, and people are coming in with disease. People are coming in with every possible thing that you could have.” Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt warned the statement “echoes nativist talking points and has the potential to cause real danger and violence,” he told multiple outlets, while the New York Times pointed out that several passages in Hilter’s “Mein Kampf” describe the “influx of foreign blood” as “poison.”

Still not saying he's a Nazi, but perhaps his words are troubling?

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

You're halfway there in your self-analysis.  Let me correct you to a more accurate definition.

How 'bout this:  "A liberal who is a completely gullible tool for the left".

Seems much more accurate with that definition.  

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

If voting for the best interests of the nation means I'll vote for Trump and you consider me a "Tool for Trump", that's fine with me. 

I'd have to respect your opinion one iota for that to concern me, and since I don't, then it doesn't.  

Unlike some here, I vote the economic/political policies that are good for the nation, I don't vote personality as the RINOs here on the forum do.

I consider the issues and their effect on the economy, rather than worrying about a President who engages in Mean tweets. 

See I'm not about my ego the way the RINOs on the forum here are.

It isn't all about ME, as it is with the RINOs and I don't need to satiate a petty and childish ego, as the RINOs here on the forum need to satiate.  

Unlike the RINOs here on the forum who are more concerned about their petty, childish, personal hatred towards Donald Trump, I care about the USA more than I care about what a President's personality is.

You see, I'm not willing to burn down the nation economically as the RINOs here are willing to do because they are so juvenile and foolish that they would vote for a corrupt President like Joe Biden

You see, I put what is in the best interests of the nation, rather than putting my own selfishness first, the way these RINOs on the forum do.

If that bothers you, well then I don't really care.  

Unlike the RINOs here on the forum, I vote economic/political policy and I leave it to the RINOs to  vote for Personality above the best interests of the country I live and and that I love.  

Originally Posted by James Lacey

Baldersash. All you care about is how I can use the current political landscape to vilify anyone who doesn't think exactly like I do. Not to mention, your petty, childish, and personal hatred towards anyone who is not a diehard right-wing apologist is legendary. Do you really expect us to believe that you don't vote for personality? That is completely unbelievable after the vast amounts of evidence you have presented personally over the years in this forum.

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

He's just one small example of what's coming if Trump regains power:

"Former President Trump's allies are pre-screening the ideologies of thousands of potential foot soldiers, as part of an unprecedented operation to centralize and expand his power at every level of the U.S. government if he wins in 2024, officials involved in the effort tell Axios."

"Why it matters: Hundreds of people are spending tens of millions of dollars to install a pre-vetted, pro-Trump army of up to 54,000 loyalists across government to rip off the restraints imposed on the previous 46 presidents."

"The screening for ready-to-serve loyalists has already begun, driven in part by artificial intelligence from tech giant Oracle, contracted for the project.
Social media histories are already being plumbed."

https://www.axios.com/2023/11/13/trump-loyalists-2024-presidential-election