Posts Made By: James Lacey

Originally Posted by Greg Shaffer

The level of delusion you live under is astounding James lol

What is delusional is thinking that Trump's insults, lies, inflammatory rhetoric and glorification of violence are harmless.

Originally Posted by Gerald Miller

It is obvious your mind is closed on pretty much everything not in lock step with the far right agenda and anything I post here sure isn’t going to change that fact.

And this observation is why I said you are wasting your time trying to be reasonable with Richard. You will never penetrate the thick veil of ignorance that forces him to see everything, and I mean everything, in politics as a zero-sum game where Republicans are the pinnacle of virtue and Democrats are pure evil. Here's the amazing thing though, in his mind, it has always been this way. He has bought into every right-wing fairy tale that has rewritten the history of the Republican party as pure and virtuous all the way back to the Jeffersonians.

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

I think they all (especially James) forgot that there...

The funny thing is, I have said absolutely nothing until right now about Cesar Saycho the #MAGABOMBER. This comment of yours is so typical of what you do Richard, and that is attack things people never said. Let me break my silence about the #MAGABOMBER though and say this, which I admit I shamelessly stole from the internet. If you were a Transformer, what you would transform into is the #MAGABOMBER's van.

Originally Posted by Gerald Miller

Oh, I didn't realize the KKK were leftest.  Give me the link to the "KKK For Hillary!" site!

You must have slipped into your make believe world, again.

Gerald,

There is a pernicious lie told these days by right-wing whackos that the Democrats created the KKK and that the Democratic party's history is uniquely tainted by racism and the KKK. One piece of supposed "evidence" that I have seen for this that gets bandied about is a photo supposedly showing the Democrats at the 1924 Democratic convention participating in a Klan march. Never mind that there was no Klan march at the 1924 Democratic convention and that the photo used is actually from Wisconsin some 900 miles away, and taken when the Klan was marching to protest the death of a policeman at the alleged hands of an immigrant.

The original KKK was founded after the Civil War. This first Klan was loosely structured and only achieved limited success, despite all their terrible acts, and arguably was a political failure and ultimately discarded by the political leaders of the South. The first Klan was a white and distinctively Southern terrorist organization and abandoned around the 1870s.

The second Klan was founded around 1920 and had influential members inside both political parties who publicly pushed racism and nationalism. This second Klan was based significantly on the wildly popular film of the time "The Birth of a Nation"  and was primarily made up of white middle-class native-born Protestant Americans who were afraid that "true Americanism" was coming undone. You can probably guess who they blamed; immigrants, Catholics, Jews and of course African Americans. This movie introduced the white costumes and burning cross most often associated with the Klan. The founder of this second Klan, William Joseph Simmons, and some of his co-founders became exceedingly rich off of this second Klan and the dues they collected. This second Klan largely collapsed in the 1940s in the face of widening acceptance of the federal government's role in pursuing equal rights initiatives in the country. The most important point here is that this second Klan had broad support by members of both parties. It was not a uniquely Democratic or Republican Klan.

There is even a third Klan that historians recognize, but for anyone who is interested in this subject, there are a lot of good books out there written by real historians on this subject, and none of them conclude that the Klan is a uniquely Democratic institution. Anyone care to guess who makes up the vast majority of this third Klan? I'll give you a hint, the political party they belong to starts with an 'R.'

Originally Posted by Gerald Miller

We should not live in fear, but I fear Team Trump far more than I fear any immigrant.

There is no doubt that Trump and his embracement of nationalism is more dangerous than any migrant caravan that is still a thousand miles away. Trump may not be pulling the trigger, but he sure is encouraging the shooters. It is wrong to use the world's most significant bully pulpit to endorse hate and fear mongering regularly.

It looks like Jewish leaders have told Trump to knock it off, but inevitably though, nothing will put a kibosh on Trump except getting out the vote.

Eleven members of the Pittsburgh affiliate of Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice penned a letter to Trump following the Saturday shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue.

“Our Jewish community is not the only group you have targeted,” the group wrote. “You have also deliberately undermined the safety of people of color, Muslims, LGBTQ people, and people with disabilities. Yesterday’s massacre is not the first act of terror you incited against a minority group in our country.” ...

The group also said Trump is not welcome in the city until he also stops targeting minorities, immigrants and refugees.

The president has “spread lies and sowed fear about migrant families in Central America,” the group wrote.

“The Torah teaches that every human being is made b’tzelem Elohim, in the image of God. This means all of us,” the leaders wrote. “In our neighbors, Americans, and people worldwide who have reached out to give our community strength, there we find the image of God.” ...

“Here in Mr. Rogers’ neighborhood, we express gratitude for the first responders and for the outpouring of support from our neighbors near and far,” they wrote.

Originally Posted by Gerald Miller

In a rally this weekend, Trump tells another made up story that Wall Street opened up the day after 9-11.

In fact, it didn't reopen until 9-17, about a week later.

Yet, the adoring hordes ignore his lies and in fact, relish in them.

Sad. They'd rather believe a charlatan than know the truth.

Come on Gerald. It's just harmless bragging. These lies don't hurt anyone. The rhetoric spoken by arguably the most powerful person in the world doesn't have any repercussions. Just because bombs are sent to a list of his favorite political targets and a news organization he labels "the enemy of the people" doesn't mean a thing. Just because a Jewish synagogue known for its work with refugees is the victim of a mass shooting after he criticizes and attacks a migrant caravan in Central America doesn't mean a thing.  Calling white-supremacists "good people," blowing the "nationalist" dog-whistle, and fanning fear and hysteria about immigrants, and leading chants against Americans threatening them with harm is all completely normal behavior for the POTUS.

Originally Posted by Gerald Miller

The article rings so true. Trump's continuation of speech that divides us is without a doubt what emboldened the extremists and spurned the violence we saw last week. No doubt, he will continue down the same path because healing the division in this country is the last thing Team Trump wants to happen. If a majority of us unite against his fake fear tactics and reject his immorality, deception, and corruption, he wouldn't stand a chance. 

"There is great anger in our Country caused in part by inaccurate, and even fraudulent reporting of the news. The Fake News Media, the true Enemy of the People, must stop the open & obvious hostility & report the news accurately and fairly. That will do much to put out the flame..." Donald J. Trump 10.29.2018 7:03 AM

In other words, stop reporting what I do and say, and instead shower me with obsequious praise.

What other crazy things has Trump tweeted today? Well, he's still making the false claim that the migrant caravan has dangerous MS-13 gang members and middle-easterners in it, and he's calling Andrew Gillum, a black man who is the mayor of Tallahassee and running for Governor of Florida a thief. Oh, and he's also bragging about his excellent call with Brazil's new far-right President Jair Bolsonaro. In other words, the Trump twitter-verse is as crazy as usual.

Originally Posted by Greg Shaffer

With the title of this topic it is official.....You are a fucking idiot with delusions of trollship lol

To paraphrase Andrew Gillum, Trump may not be a racist, but the racists sure think he's a racist.

The Proud Boys think he's a racist. Unite the Right thinks he's a racist. David Duke and the third Klan and its merry band of Republicans think he's a racist. Far right politicians in Brazil and Europe think he's a racist. White Supremacists voted for him and are some his most ardent supporters. In polls, the majority of Americans think he's racist. For someone who I'm sure you insist is not a racist, he sure works hard at being liked by them.

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

I think Cruz is going to beat the phony socialist Irishman Robert O'Rourke handily.  My guess is 8 points or more.  This guy is a fraud and he tries to cover his past misdeeds.  

I always laugh when people use this invective, because Beto is running against, wait for it, Rafael Edward Cruz. He was born in Calgary, Alberta in 1970 and his father was born and raised in Cuba. Rafael's (Ted's) father was a Canadian citizen when Rafael (Ted) was born, and Rafael's father didn't become a US citizen until 2005. The irony is that Rafael might not even be considered a citizen today, under changes that Republicans seem to so desperately want.

Originally Posted by Patrick Keafer

If Democrats turn out and illegals vote (ha ha!) this might be the last gasp for Ted Cruuuze.  Polls are tightening and his lead is down to 3.6%...in Texas!

https://www.texastribune.org/2018/10/31/ted-cruz-beto-orourke-poll-uttyler-texas/

So do you think he'll pull it out or is lyin Ted going to be another downed Tea Partier?

Cruz will likely win, but the race is especially tight in urban areas like Dallas Fort Worth. Negative political ads from both sides blanket the airwaves right now, and that indicates that both sides know it could go either way. Beto will carry Austin, and San Antonio, probably Houston and Dallas. Fort Worth is a toss-up. Cruz gets most of the rural areas except for South Texas. Even if Beto does not win, it will send a message and bode well for down-ballot candidates.