I don’t see the look, for one, just a silent flat stare while strapping down the family dog.
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Anyone that resists Trump is better than utter acquiescence that congressional Republicans have displayed until now.
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The question is, is Romney going to actually resist him, or just condemn him in the press to score a few points, and then vote for everything* that Trump tells him to?
Just kidding; we all know that that’s not really in question.
*Except, maybe, on rare occasions, but only ever when his vote will make no difference to the end result
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Let’s just hope the essay changes a few minds.
Changes their minds to what, though?
I finally read that essay, and all I see is the same old garbage: there’s nothing wrong with what Trump’s doing, just what he’s saying.
His early appointments of Rex Tillerson, Jeff Sessions, Nikki Haley, Gary Cohn, H.R. McMaster, Kelly and Mattis were encouraging.
It is not that all of the president’s policies have been misguided. He was right to align U.S. corporate taxes with those of global competitors, to strip out excessive regulations, to crack down on China’s unfair trade practices, to reform criminal justice and to appoint conservative judges. These are policies mainstream Republicans have promoted for years. But policies and appointments are only a part of a presidency.
The world needs American leadership, and it is in America’s interest to provide it.
And, to conclude:
I remain optimistic about our future. In an innovation age, Americans excel. More importantly, noble instincts live in the hearts of Americans. The people of this great land will eschew the politics of anger and fear if they are summoned to the responsibility by leaders in homes, in churches, in schools, in businesses, in government — who raise our sights and respect the dignity of every child of God — the ideal that is the essence of America.
Horseshit, all of it, and beaten from a long-dead horse at that.
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Thank you for reading that pile of shit so I don’t have to.
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I withdraw my optimism!
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I’d say “you’re welcome,” but that would obligate me to read the next batch of horseshit, so I won’t.
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starting tomorrow, he’ll have six years to prove us wrong.
It would have been different if this was a parting blow, or he had merely come out of retirement. Perhaps he means to run again in 2020.
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Evergreen:
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“Computer boards” are tablets, I guess? Or were the good-looking generals waving around motherboards from PCs for some reason? Arduino shields? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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My first thought was some kind of BBS system.
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I thought that they meant board members of a tech company.
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Yes. Even Romney’s niece, head of the Republican Parté, is defending Trump.
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So much for Trump’s “surprise maverick element”. It only makes sense, since he won the primaries: his party supports him. Even after all this crap, even after all the things he’s done they claim they hate, they support him.
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What kind of defense will they mount when it eventually comes to impeachment? Or is this the reason why Pilosi won’t mention the word?
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IANAL, but I’m pretty sure that almost always depends on the details of the crime.
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so, Trump endorsed the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
Yeah, sure, you could argue that supporting the Mujahadeen was, in retrospect, a bad idea. You could could introduce all sorts of interesting nuance to the argument. But to endorse the Soviet rationale for invasion?
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I can imagine a version of the Alien with the extra mouth being Putin, coming out of Trump’s mouth. Unfortunately.
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