Posts Made By: James Brown

Originally Posted by Russ Carroll

or even better, a Vance/Trump ticket where Vance campaigns to be a figurehead for VP Trump. Gets around a legal battle:

Eligibility and requirements
Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 of the constitution states for a person to serve as vice president must:

be a natural-born citizen of the United States.
be at least thirty-five years old.
be a permanent resident in the United States for at least fourteen years.[16]


Trump will find a way to hold on to power, or at least try.

I will conceded he would like to hang on to power, that is his nature.  There is no constitutional means for him to do so.  He would need to control or dissolve the federal judiciary and Congress, and he would need full support from a compliant military.  The prospect of Trump holding on to power in any official capacity after his second term is nothing more than unfounded fevered speculation.  Have a little faith in the Constitution and the institutions of US governance for goodness sake!

Originally Posted by Russ Carroll

why would it be unconstitutional for Trump to run in the VP slot. You more than anyone should know that the law often boils down to form over substance.

Can't say I've ever considered this, before today.  Off-hand, I don't think it would be unconstitutional.  I do not think Trump's ego would permit him to run for VP, and I do not think the voters would stand for it - not by a longshot.  

Google reveals a scholarly article on this - author agrees it's possible.  Written before Trump was elected the first time.

https://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2011&context=fac_artchop

Originally Posted by Russ Carroll

This would be almost orgasmic for Trump - to literally have a self-proclaimed puppet as President, where he could humiliate him on a daily basis. Looking back, Putin did something similar when he had a sham prime minister in front of him.

Trump will love the idea.

I still think it is a preposterous and unworkable idea - but even if your nightmare came true, it would only work until Vance said, "you're fired."  Something like that happened in House of Cards, if I remember right.  I suppose you think Trump would have JD killed between the election and inauguration.   

None of this is going to happen of course.  Trump is going to retire in four years, announce himself the greatest president of all time, and spend his remaining years basking in the adoration of the aging MAGA crowd and fundraising for his monument.   The Lincoln Memorial has anchored the DC Mall opposite the Capital for over a hundred years.  Time for a bulldoze/upgrade don't' cha think?

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

I gotta disagree with you on this one: It'll be blame on Biden or something or someone else. MAGA types virtually never fess up to being remorseful or wrong about anything...

One thing we all have to consider is that the majority of the 75 million or more voters who elected Trump are not MAGA types.    Far from it.

Originally Posted by James Lacey

It's no worse than everyone else's here.

The Real Clear Politics averages were quite good this cycle.  Shortly before the election the RCP “no toss up” map showed Trump winnning all of the swing states.   This earned them the derision of the New York Times and shockingly, Wikipedia of all places then censored the RCP polling averages briefly.   A lot of stupid and shameful poll denying by the NYT this time around, and I think their overt bias propagated in the media to the point it affected the general outlook of our small community here.

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

What is a MAGA type?  Can you define it?

Sure I can.   You can nit pick my definition too.   Why should I bother?    However, your question gives me a chance to expand on my reply to Rod.   So for Rod, James, and Brian:

 In my view a MAGA type is a Trump voter who is primarily motivated by a love for Trump’s personal style rather than his policies.   MAGA types believe virtually everything Trump says, especially that the 2020 election was stolen.   MAGA voters deny any of Trump’s flaws when confronted with them.  They deny he has flaws.   MAGA types are like cult members and they see everything to do with Trump as good and pure while they see everything to do with Democrats like Biden, Pelosi, and Harris as flawed and anti-American.  There are shades of “MAGA-ness” of course, but a genuine MAGA type is pretty extreme.

To expand on my original point, in my view a significant majority of the voters who elected Trump are not MAGA types, they are Rs and working class Americans who were dissatisfied with Biden’s policies, especially on the economy and social issues.   The Ds need to internalize this message and not rely on vilifying MAGA types, assuming the Ds want to broaden their electoral appeal going forward.

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

Happy Thanksgiving to all!

Happy Thanksgiving ( a day late!).

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

Are you actually worried about this?

Do you subscribe to the mental derangement of the MSNB Hee Haw group of psychos who have shows on that network?

If your answer to that question above is NO, I don't subscribe to their psychotic derangement, then why would you even list that as a #21?

Wow, that’s odd.   I’m working on a list of what people in general are worried about, or hoping for.   If you even skimmed the post you replied to, with any comprehension, you would know where I stand personally on this particular concern of some people.

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

I respond to Jim because pretty much in every response he offers up to me, he makes some sort of derogatory remark about me, so I respond back.

My apologies Rich.  I'll try to be more sensitive to your feelings in the future.

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

But maybe you'll have the balls to comment on the left, a member of which you've become, who don't seem to have the stones to comment on Joe Biden's pardon of his criminal son Hunter.

I doubt you will but feel free.  

What is there to say?  I am a supporter of the Constitution.  All of it.  Even when the outcomes are distasteful.  Please re-read Article II, Section 2, Clause 1.   Biden is well within his Constitutional authority.  Not surprising that you have a problem with Biden's pardon, since for you (and unfortunately for so many others on the left and right) the Constitution is respected only when it supports your favored policies.