Thank you Mr. Beaton. That is exactly why I will be voting for Mr. Trump come November. btw, I am for some reason shocked by just how trashy and/or dishonest the legal teams that are attacking Mr. Trump keep turning out to be. If you have not yet heard about the many pages of texts which prove the GA DA committed perjury, it's a journey.
Agree with you, Glenn. Why indeed did he enter politics? I believe that despite his New Yawk in-your-face sometimes persona he is truly an American in action who saw wrongs and did what he could to address them instead of being some ersatz version and sitting on his laurels.
There is so much to unpack here in your "opinion" piece, it's difficult to decide where to begin.
My definition of a concession speech, where Trump lost by over 7,000,000 votes in 2020, is one that you can find on "YouTube" of every modern-day loser of a presidential candidate. You will NOT find one for #45! It's safe to say it is the first time there was not a peaceful transfer of power in modern history!
Trump may be a billionaire but he is already "negotiating" his required-by-law bond since being found liable of fraud. I feel sorry for all of the suckers who continue to donate to pay his mounting attorney fees...since he is a billionaire!
Most people in BOTH Parties, Democrat and Republican, I am an Independent, that Trump is running to stay out of prison. This is the PRIMARY reason he is running for a second term.
Our Supreme Court is aware an "assist" for not only hearing his "Immunity" case that, his attorney that represented when arguing in front of the Supremes, that he would be allowed to order Seal Team Six to shoot and kill an opponent running for office and would be innocent of this crime since he wasn't impeached by a political party prior to such crime. This is what the Supreme Court has decided to hear and instead of hearing this in March, it will be the very last week they are in session in April! Score one for the super-majority!
So much more factual information to say but, although I am a life-long Republican, now an Independent, I will fall in the "minority" on my comments regarding what a corrupt individual #45 was.
Thank you Bitter Klinger. The only term more overused than "TDS" is "Woke". Instead of deflecting FACTUAL criticism, please give me another person who ran for President that did not concede an election? Name another President who ended their term with term with less jobs than when they took office. FACT - The final employment scorecard delivered during President Donald Trump's administration on Friday handed the Republican a mantle no politician would envy: He will be the only modern president to leave office with fewer U.S. jobs than when his term began. (https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN29D31G/) The unfortunate FACT is most of us stay in our 'echo chambers' and are unable to accept factual information or turn it into a what about. Finally, no I will not be voting for RFK as they lost one family member and two close friends to Covid as they did not believe in the vaccine. Another fact, measles are up significantly in Florida and any guess why....vaccine deniers as a result of the politics of the Covid vaccine. These are all facts...no conspiracy theories...simply facts!
Gee: dp upi think Covid had anything to do with the job losses? Do you REALLY approve the Russian lies cooked up by Hell-LIAR-y's team and lapped up by a weaponized FBI/DOJ? If you want facts, you'd immediately attempt to oust demented Joe by any means necessary. Let's not forget Camel-a stated that "She would not take a vaccine that Trump originated!" And RFK's family members may have NOT been saved by Covid at all--it was known from the start to be a pandemic of the old with co-morbidities. Again, try Berenson's book "Pandemia" for facts that you are not even remotely aware of.
Great question, William. It depends on your definition of "worse". Being a moderate Republican, i.e. not MAGA, one has to choose Country over political Party; Democracy over Authoritarianism and not LOYALTY over Party. When it comes to the General election, you will see that the Independents and Moderates will determine the outcome of the handful of Swing States. It will take another Republican loss for the spineless Republicans in Congress to realize the toxicity of being loyal to Trump. If you knew me, you would realize how badly I feel to write these words. There are many who follow Glenn and believe if they took a truth serum, they too, would realize the high risk in having Trump as the Republican Presidential nominee. Please refer back to this message after the November election and we will see who has accurately predicted the outcome of this election. This does not give me any pleasure to say this.
I think your words "Democracy over Authoritarianism capture my thoughts with regard to the definition of "worse". I think that the Dems are basically going all in to eliminate any opposition to their total control of the population. I believe they are opening the boarder with the intent to flood the country with new dem voters to cement their positions of power. I see so many dems who think that parents have no rights to teach their children. Citizens have no right to own a firearm. People who don't agree to take experimental drugs should be removed from society and put in concentration camps, etc. I don't believe that all dems are that radical, but there are enough to sway the direction of the country away from Constitutional freedoms, etc. Hope you see where I am pointing...
I agree completely that Trump is quite a character. I think that Biden is worse as far as character flaws go. I have friends in the Secret Service and hear a lot of stories that I, unfortunately, can't relate.
I heard a line that I think describes the situation succinctly. "Electing Trump is like playing Russian roulette. Electing Biden is like playing Russian roulette with six rounds in the cylinder."
So, I am with you Trump is high risk. I wish we had a better candidate. I hoped that DeSantus would step up to fill the role, but he seems to be lacking the personality needed. I am from SC and can tell you that 95% of my conservative friends think Haley is better than Biden, but worse than Trump. Bottom line, I definitely don't place myself in the "Friends of Trump" corner... but I will pick him over any dem Marxist type any day.
Can you cite in what ways you believe Trump is "high risk"??
Feel free to use examples from the results of his first four years as president.
It certainly cannot be that Trump allowed Russia to invade Ukraine, or that during his term Iran (under cover of Hamas) felt emboldened to invade Israel and brutally rape, torture and kill over 1000 Israeli citizens. Or that millions of illegal alien criminals invaded our country, again, raping and murdering citizens? Can't be that because none of that happened when Trump was in charge. Inflation and prices were down, unemployment and savings were up. So I'm stumped as to what you think is so risky about a Trump presidency. Are you worried that BLM and Antifa will riot again? Yep, that is possible. Blame Soros and Obama for that, not Trump.
The heavy lifting is definitely best left to professionals like Glenn and many others who are much better at such things than I am. But I feel compelled to speak up when people lie, obfuscate or traduce Trump. I have always found lies and hypocrisy to be grossly unjust.
He has a high risk of failing to be elected, I think this is due to his acidic personality that serves as a rallying point for those who oppose him.
I need only one example. For that I will cite the last election. It should have been a certain victory with all the great things you mention above. Here, though, he lost... He lost to an elderly dementia patient who essentially did not campaign, is not inspiring, can't speak, is not good with math, has no clue about economics, cannot negotiate out of a wet paper bag, works about 2 hours a day, manages to embolden every enemy we have, had little to show for his 500 years in politics, takes bribes from our enemies, has assaulted women, is called a pedophile by his family, and has been horrible for the country. (Bottom line, he is and has done everything that he claims is bad about Trump.) Had Trump been a bit less risky I am convinced that we would have had another 4 years of he great things that he did for the country. Here we are again, facing a huge risk that the man will, because of his personality, alienate voters from his own party, alienate independent voters that he needs to win, inspire the Marxist/Socialist/totalitarian/anti-US voters to turn out and vote two or three times each.
I am completely, totally, 100% in agreement with your points above. Lots of great things, no wars, super low inflation, few illegals, less drugs flowing in, solid support for police, superb support for the economy and business, excellent appointments to the SCOTUS, support for the rule of law, etc. etc. etc. the list is long.
I suspect that you agree with me, although I have been surprised before by people. I think that most honest people would agree that we are taking a real risk with Trump on the ticket. I will vote for him. Most of the people I know will too. Those friends who are wavering are doing so because of his personality. I'm guessing that if I took a poll of 100 friends who are conservatives, 10 might not vote for Trump. That's a pretty high percentage when it comes to winning in November.
So, what do you say? Do you agree with me? Do you think we will have a landslide in November or (hopefully at the least) just squeak by?
We will have to agree to disagree whether or not Trump truly lost in 2020.
You don't seem to care to look into any facts of that election and only believe the superficial MSM propaganda that said 'all was kosher' when any even minimal investigation strongly suggests - if not proves - the contrary.
Trump received MORE VOTES THAN ANY PREVIOUS SITTING PRESIDENT and yet you really believe that brain-mush Biden got MORE LEGITIMATE votes than not only Trump but more than Obama!??! Okie-dokie. 🤣
You have spouted SO MANY UNSUBSTANTIATED or DEBUNKED LIES that you are really not worth much more of my time.
Go re-read Glenn's post to try to get it together since you CLAIM you will vote for Trump regardless.
Or if you prefer, go watch MSNBC and have a beer with Maury. The two of you seem to enjoy self-flagellation or something.
I'd prefer to work to retain my God-given freedoms that our Constitution is supposed to protect, which means making sure to do EVERYTHING I CAN DO WITHIN MY ABILITY to insure Trump is re-elected.
You too can start in that mission, if you choose to do so, by sharing Glenn's excellent column with your friends who are 'waivering'. Explain to your friends that AMERICA and THE WORLD have MUCH BIGGER PROBLEMS THAN WHETHER OR NOT Trump grabbed women by the @#$%!!!
The last item you can share with said friends is Tom Klingenstein's superlative speech about Trump. If you have not seen it, I cannot recommend it highly enough!!
Good morning William and I agree with you. It is unfortunate that Gail lacks civility and respect to, at the very least, listen to a different point of view, or more accurately, an opposing view. To be able to listen and open your mind is so important to our democracy. This political divide has caused so much damage within families, our friends and even spouses! Thank you for your comments and enjoy your day.
I agree. Trump shoots himself in the foot repeatedly, alienates voters who might otherwise be inclined to vote GOP. I know several of them. It’s a shame but it’s a fact.
Good morning Gail. Per your question and request, I will be citing ways that I believe Trump is a "High Risk" to be in the Oval office again. I am one simple request, please show me the same civility and respect that you display to other fellow members. Thank you and enjoy your snowy Sunday.
There is no snow where I am Maury - I moved from east coast leftistism, with high taxes and high crime to the reddest county in the reddest state I could find where everyone owns guns. It's the best place to be if G_d-willing Trump is elected (for a third time).
P.S. -
Did you notice WHO rioted in the last two "elections"???
Was it Trump SUPPORTERS who rioted when Trump "lost"???
Or was it the leftist "Democrats" globalists/ anarchists Enemy of the People who rioted when Trump WON?
🤔🤔🤔
If you must reply to my previous challenge to state in what ways Trump would be a "High Risk" to be president again, I am sure to remain civil if you state facts and not leftist talking points. But you really need not feel obligated to reply. I'm sure we can both go on our merry ways.
Excellent reply. I will be most interested to see if Maury will tell us all about the “risky” Trump policies & explain what about his presidency constituted a “threat to Our Democracy”, and so forth. My hunch is she just intensely dislikes the man but won’t be able to cite a single action he took as president or policies that was “risky.” She should have a long list in light of her assertion.
When I hear the Trump is a threat line, I usually hear it followed by "to OUR democracy." I always wonder if the liberals who say that are thinking "OUR power"... or "OUR stream of bribe money". I think they define "democracy" a bit differently than most people might imagine. Hey, these are the same folks who cannot define "woman" and are adamant in claiming that men can have babies...
Thanks Doug. (Although I'm pretty sure "Maury" is a 'he' not a 'she'. Esp since one of the other commenters addressed him as "Mr.") 😊
Anyway, I don't think Maury will reply with the list of why Trump would constitute a risk since I'm not specifically asking him to do so. I am not especially interested in engaging with him further. I have better things to do.
But by all means, if you really want to know what he thinks the 'risks' are, feel free to ask him!! 👍 😊
So you are NOT a fan of America being GREAT? And taking care of her citizens before the world? Taking care of the poor and veterans? Hmmm But Populism IS rearing its head in many EU nations. I'd also like to think Putin may have stayed put (he took Crimea under the other idiot who wanted to "fundamentally change America") and Hamas would still be living in camel-dung huts. Also, while Trump did want us out of Afghanistan, he never would've NOT listened to his generals who said to keep 2500-3500 troops at the Baghram air base, thereby weaking America to the rest of the world. MAGA has been misused far more than Woke.
I moved out of a neon blue east coast area to get away from people like you and I now happily live in an area where I’m probably one of less than 1000 Jews yet the wonderful Christians here stop me in the store parking lots to tell me they like my bumper sticker that says “I support Israel”
So why are you ‘here’ bothering Glenn or his regular readers?
It is because leftists like you just can’t help themselves from wanting to be toxic to anything that is good and positive in the world.
Please see my other post in this comment section which is addressed to Glenn. Maybe from that you can figure out which one you are. But I doubt it.
First of all, Gail, I go out of my way NOT TO LABEL PEOPLE and judge each person accordingly and not as a group. Secondly, I have ALWAYS VOTED for the REPUBLICAN presidential nominee until Trump. If you are unable to have a constructive and objective discussion that is your problem, not mine. If I am "BOTHERING GLENN", he is a grown man who has argued cases before the Supreme Court and he will tell me. Instead of living in YOUR ECHO CHAMBER, please open your mind to other people's opinion. Finally, any comments I make related to a factual statement will ALWAYS INCLUDE A LINK TO MY SOURCE. I don't see how I can be any more transparent and factual...can you?
First of all Maury, forgive me if I do not believe you. It defies credulity that you "ALWAYS VOTED for the REPUBLICAN presidential nominee until Trump".
Secondly, comment sections are not the place for treatises that include website links or footnotes. The commenters here largely seem to believe in a universal set of facts which are, well, facts. We don't need to cite prime sources to each other. If I support a side that champions the little guy, and makes the world a better, more economically robust, more peaceful place then I feel ZERO NEED to "open my mind to other people's opinions". As NON-religiously observant as I am, it has become crystal clear to me and anyone paying attention that this is a struggle between either really stupid people who hate America (b/c they could not be doing a better job of destroying America if that was their goal) OR, which I think is the case, it is a struggle of GOOD versus EVIL. Democrats/ globalists have become an utterly demonic force. Consider if even JFK would be accepted as a Democrat today. All you have to do is look at how the Democrat party has treated RFK Jr. and that should answer the question.
Have a nice life. Preferably far, far away from me.
Amen! It is not a false dichotomy to assert that the current regime is either STUPID or EVIL. Unless these people are stupidly evil, which is certainly a possibility.
Mr. Brochstein: I DO hope you know that Biden's supposed 7 mil. victory was mostly from CA and NY, right? He supposely won PA after our SC overturned an appellate court that had invalidated 800K illegal ballots. Try reading Mollie Hemmingway's book "Rigged" to at least give yourself some perspective.
Oh--the NYC Fraud case is just that---a FRAUD! Just sayin'.....
Good morning George. Thanks for your comments. I will see if "Rigged" by Mollie Hemmingway is available on Audible and order it today. Although one of Glenn's subscribers is not a fan of attaching links to facts. When you state that most of the 7 million votes came from two populous states of CA and NY. I would sincerely appreciate a link to this so anyone who reads this can validate the source. To me, that is very helpful and can not understand why others would not. Same is true about the 800K "illegal ballots". Is the definition of illegal meaning they were not signed, did not match the voter's address, etc? You understand what I am saying. Thanks again and have a nice weekend!
Indeed, the PA mail-in ballots required both signature and date. If neither was there, it was listed as invalid. The Philly Appellate court ruled that they were invalid, as many conservative leaning counties followed the law and didn't count them. The Philly counties DID want to count them, but the appellate courts said that would not be fair, because elsewhere in the state, counties did NOT count them. In addition, ALL ballots were to be kept in sealed containers for later perusal if needed. That was NOT done, again, in the Philly area---heavily democratic. But, the PA SC, 6-2 Dem judges overruled the appellate court. Biden supposedly won PA by 43K votes. DID HE if the illegal ballots were not counted? As to the totals in CA and NY, it is easy to do a search for total ballots case for either candidate.
I see that AZ SC decided that Voter ID WILL be required for all voting citizens. Why that is NOT codified into federal law is beyond me. Saying that it will harm minorities is a HUGE racially loaded comment on those folks. 99% of them have ID, as you need it for everything.
Were I in charge of anything, I'd say: VOTER ID and Citizen requirement to vote AND, for the pro-abortion crowd, say: No abortions after 15 weeks UNLESS mother's life is in danger, baby is malformed or terribly damaged or as a result of rape/incest. Then BOTH sides get a win.
AND, NO NON-CITIZENS count for census!!! That unfairly gets some states more representation. As it is, the Census bureau screwed up BIG TIME, and overcounted CA and undercounted TX for sure, result of CA keeping a delegate and TX LOSING one! That happened for another state, but my mind is blank on it. The Census bureau admitted it, BUT, nothing can be done until 2010. Nice, eh? You also have a good weekend.
Mr. Brochstein: This is what you asked for about the 7 million votes. I did the unthinkable and cut and pasted from the Patriot Post. It is accurate, as if you do a search it will show the same.
2.) The Republican tilt of the Electoral College may have vanished. Trump won a majority of electoral votes in 2016 despite losing the popular vote, and he came within 42,918 popular votes of doing so again in 2020. That’s because Democrats piled up huge margins in California and New York (7,096,710 in 2020), which had 85 electoral votes then and will have 82 this year. Trump’s much smaller (1,002,907) margins in Texas and Florida netted him 67 in 2020 and would give him 70 in 2024.
Good morning George and please call me by my first name. First of all, I want to sincerely thank you for both of your replies; for the time and effort you took to support what you said. It is unfortunate that some of Glenn's subscriber's lack your civility and respect. What you have shown are that two people with not aligned views, can have a constructive conversation which is definitely lacking in this political climate. I hope Glenn reads our exchange and this message. It would be nice, as the leader and author, he would advise his followers to show each other respect. By the way, I took your suggestion and ordered "Rigged". Thanks once again, George and have a great day!
Maury: I am normally about as civil as Ghengis Kahn, but do NOT act that way on Glenn's column because of the respect I have of Glenn and most all of his commenters, especially Bitter Klinger---who I just discovered was a fellow Gettysburg College grad---albeit a few years my senior. I have a young friend (38), an incredible musician and trombonist (I'm a bass trombonist as an avocation) who is very intelligent and very liberal. We "go at it" civilly weekly on emails. I find it hard to believe he can actually believe what he espouses, BUT, he is young and the obvious left tilt of media and television news is not even noticeable to him. You will enjoy the book, as Mollie researched and cited what she states. I will let my wife know you think I am civil. She will probably vapor lock from laughing, but I thank you!
You actually favor and cheer the outrageous politically motivated lawfare being waged against Trump and those around him. Yet you say nothing - zippo - about the fake, horribly corrupt efforts to take down his presidency for 4 years. Your perspective is extremely warped.
Glad you finally saw the truth of Trump! It's all the reasons that I will vote for him again in 2024. Amazing how some people skew that truth - as in the primary reason he's running is to stay out of prison. How absurd.
I couldn't agree more, Glenn. I know people are going to still blame Trump for the Scamdemic response, but I am not one of them. The bureaucrats rule even over a president as evidenced by the Lawfare still going on today after he fired Comey. The American People were the ones to stop the Covid response and mandates and we collectively didn't.
He was had. He should have done better. He gave into a Dem/ swamp scam and effectively handed the Dems a huge gift in 2020. That much is obvious. No shame in acknowledging it.
Yep, he should have and has learned how deeply corrupt Sodom on Potomac is. He still understands that some snakes are still there and he has to work around them(Steve Daines, etc).
Glenn...this is the best Trump Campaign statement I've ever seen. His team should wrap their arms around your message. It is exactly what's missing in people's thinking regarding Trump. Well done.
#45 has risked it all, and he's willing to do it all over again to make America great again.
Trump's supporters are the informed, seemingly forgotten men and women of this country who hired President Trump in 2016 to do a job, not to pour Holy Water on us. More Americans in 2020 voted for another four years of his unapologetic, pro-America leadership.
It would take an intellectually lazy person to abandon Trump for the 2024 nomination based on what the dishonest leftists in the media, almost every elected democrat, the D.O.J., the FBI, and the tech tyrants have told us.
They lied to us 24/7/365x4-plus years and they succeeded in poisoning the minds of enough American voters to get him fired in 2020. The underachievers on the left brag about doing exactly that.
If the Republican party loses the folks that understand this message, it will assure losses in national elections moving forward.
Sorry for the length, but this comment deserves re-posting:
Pundette replying to PhilipfromGA
"I'm sure you're right, PhillipfromGA, but we all have to start pushing back against this intimidation from the Left. That's their primary weapon. "Sit down and shut up, or you're next."
When we trace the origins of Trump Derangement Syndrome all the way back to the beginning, people often mention him coming down the giant golden escalator. That's the tip off.
So it wasn't anything he had actually said or done up to that point, because he hadn't said or done anything. He had been a Democrat, had contributed to Democrat campaigns. He was high up in their social circles. They all attended one another's weddings, golf tournaments, fundraisers.
So what changed?
Government is a Union Shop. Seniority is key. People rise up through the ranks. They wait their turn. They start off as local assemblymen, committeemen, or community organizers, move up, perhaps to mayor. Wait until an incumbent steps down and then run for the House, then maybe the Senate, perhaps a governorship. It's all understood. Nobody jumps the queue.
And then Trump comes along. A businessman, a celebrity, a TV game show host, not part of the political class, not part of "The Club." Who does he think he is? He hasn't spent his life ringing doorbells, recording robocalls, shaking hands, kissing babies.
This is what infuriated them, made them lose their minds. But this was the Founders' original idea. The citizen legislator would temporarily make the sacrifice, leave his job as a merchant, teacher, doctor, clergyman, and go to Washington for two years, six years, and then head on back home when it was someone else's turn to represent their district.
But D.C. is so seductive, the salaries much higher than the U.S. median, the perks, the status, the Georgetown cocktail circuit. They all have more in common with one another than with those hicks back home. And so they all want to stay and move up, and eventually get the Big Brass Ring, if they hang in long enough.
Trump made the presidency his entry level job in politics, and their heads exploded.
All of what has followed -- the Russian collusion hoax, the impeachments, the indictments -- has been designed to send a message out to the rest of us: Don't You Try This. This is our game. You regular citizens in the private sector out there just abiding by regulations and making a payroll deadline: Stay In Your Lane.
Trump is right. This isn't about him. It's never been about him. It's about us. Know Your Place, and Stay There.
It will be a long, long time before a non-political animal ever tries this again.”
Another way to look at this, and put into perspective …
Joe Biden entered public service some fifty years ago and he got rich; a millionaire several times over. He did all this while being paid a government salary.
Donald Trump began building his business some fifty years ago and he got fabulously rich; a billionaire several times over. Yet, when DJT entered government service, he actually made less, a LOT less on a government salary than when he was in private business.
A crony and mendacious career politician gets rich while in public office. On the other hand a highly successful real estate and entertainment businessman goes into public office and loses money (his own personal wealth) while serving the nation.
Who is the real patriot, and who is the real crook?!?
Need I even ask? The answer should be quite obvious. G’day …
Gail, I took your suggestion and read your comments. If I understand your binary theory correctly, Good people support Trump and Bad people don't. So there are not any good people in your life and family who don't support Trump...not a single one because they are ALL BAD PEOPLE. I respect your opinion but we can agree to disagree as I have many friends who support Trump and they are still my friends. Have a nice evening.
Thank you Mr. Beaton. That is exactly why I will be voting for Mr. Trump come November. btw, I am for some reason shocked by just how trashy and/or dishonest the legal teams that are attacking Mr. Trump keep turning out to be. If you have not yet heard about the many pages of texts which prove the GA DA committed perjury, it's a journey.
Agree with you, Glenn. Why indeed did he enter politics? I believe that despite his New Yawk in-your-face sometimes persona he is truly an American in action who saw wrongs and did what he could to address them instead of being some ersatz version and sitting on his laurels.
There is so much to unpack here in your "opinion" piece, it's difficult to decide where to begin.
My definition of a concession speech, where Trump lost by over 7,000,000 votes in 2020, is one that you can find on "YouTube" of every modern-day loser of a presidential candidate. You will NOT find one for #45! It's safe to say it is the first time there was not a peaceful transfer of power in modern history!
In my opinion, if Trump knew what he knows now, he would have never run for President. He was voted the WORST US President EVER! FOX News just simply said that Trump was ranked below Biden and Reagan! (https://www.axios.com/2024/02/19/presidents-survey-trump-ranks-last-biden-14th)
Trump may be a billionaire but he is already "negotiating" his required-by-law bond since being found liable of fraud. I feel sorry for all of the suckers who continue to donate to pay his mounting attorney fees...since he is a billionaire!
Most people in BOTH Parties, Democrat and Republican, I am an Independent, that Trump is running to stay out of prison. This is the PRIMARY reason he is running for a second term.
Our Supreme Court is aware an "assist" for not only hearing his "Immunity" case that, his attorney that represented when arguing in front of the Supremes, that he would be allowed to order Seal Team Six to shoot and kill an opponent running for office and would be innocent of this crime since he wasn't impeached by a political party prior to such crime. This is what the Supreme Court has decided to hear and instead of hearing this in March, it will be the very last week they are in session in April! Score one for the super-majority!
So much more factual information to say but, although I am a life-long Republican, now an Independent, I will fall in the "minority" on my comments regarding what a corrupt individual #45 was.
Thank you for reading.
Maury
Since you’re an Independent, with a raging case of TDS, then I certainly hope you’re voting for RFK Jr.
Thank you Bitter Klinger. The only term more overused than "TDS" is "Woke". Instead of deflecting FACTUAL criticism, please give me another person who ran for President that did not concede an election? Name another President who ended their term with term with less jobs than when they took office. FACT - The final employment scorecard delivered during President Donald Trump's administration on Friday handed the Republican a mantle no politician would envy: He will be the only modern president to leave office with fewer U.S. jobs than when his term began. (https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN29D31G/) The unfortunate FACT is most of us stay in our 'echo chambers' and are unable to accept factual information or turn it into a what about. Finally, no I will not be voting for RFK as they lost one family member and two close friends to Covid as they did not believe in the vaccine. Another fact, measles are up significantly in Florida and any guess why....vaccine deniers as a result of the politics of the Covid vaccine. These are all facts...no conspiracy theories...simply facts!
When the TDS fits, wear it!
Great comeback! Enjoy your day.
Thank you for upper-casing the words “fact” and “factual,” as I obviously have difficulty recognizing and understanding such things.
Gee: dp upi think Covid had anything to do with the job losses? Do you REALLY approve the Russian lies cooked up by Hell-LIAR-y's team and lapped up by a weaponized FBI/DOJ? If you want facts, you'd immediately attempt to oust demented Joe by any means necessary. Let's not forget Camel-a stated that "She would not take a vaccine that Trump originated!" And RFK's family members may have NOT been saved by Covid at all--it was known from the start to be a pandemic of the old with co-morbidities. Again, try Berenson's book "Pandemia" for facts that you are not even remotely aware of.
When faced with two less than perfect choices in life, do you usually pick the better or the worse of those two?
Great question, William. It depends on your definition of "worse". Being a moderate Republican, i.e. not MAGA, one has to choose Country over political Party; Democracy over Authoritarianism and not LOYALTY over Party. When it comes to the General election, you will see that the Independents and Moderates will determine the outcome of the handful of Swing States. It will take another Republican loss for the spineless Republicans in Congress to realize the toxicity of being loyal to Trump. If you knew me, you would realize how badly I feel to write these words. There are many who follow Glenn and believe if they took a truth serum, they too, would realize the high risk in having Trump as the Republican Presidential nominee. Please refer back to this message after the November election and we will see who has accurately predicted the outcome of this election. This does not give me any pleasure to say this.
I think your words "Democracy over Authoritarianism capture my thoughts with regard to the definition of "worse". I think that the Dems are basically going all in to eliminate any opposition to their total control of the population. I believe they are opening the boarder with the intent to flood the country with new dem voters to cement their positions of power. I see so many dems who think that parents have no rights to teach their children. Citizens have no right to own a firearm. People who don't agree to take experimental drugs should be removed from society and put in concentration camps, etc. I don't believe that all dems are that radical, but there are enough to sway the direction of the country away from Constitutional freedoms, etc. Hope you see where I am pointing...
I agree completely that Trump is quite a character. I think that Biden is worse as far as character flaws go. I have friends in the Secret Service and hear a lot of stories that I, unfortunately, can't relate.
I heard a line that I think describes the situation succinctly. "Electing Trump is like playing Russian roulette. Electing Biden is like playing Russian roulette with six rounds in the cylinder."
So, I am with you Trump is high risk. I wish we had a better candidate. I hoped that DeSantus would step up to fill the role, but he seems to be lacking the personality needed. I am from SC and can tell you that 95% of my conservative friends think Haley is better than Biden, but worse than Trump. Bottom line, I definitely don't place myself in the "Friends of Trump" corner... but I will pick him over any dem Marxist type any day.
Can you cite in what ways you believe Trump is "high risk"??
Feel free to use examples from the results of his first four years as president.
It certainly cannot be that Trump allowed Russia to invade Ukraine, or that during his term Iran (under cover of Hamas) felt emboldened to invade Israel and brutally rape, torture and kill over 1000 Israeli citizens. Or that millions of illegal alien criminals invaded our country, again, raping and murdering citizens? Can't be that because none of that happened when Trump was in charge. Inflation and prices were down, unemployment and savings were up. So I'm stumped as to what you think is so risky about a Trump presidency. Are you worried that BLM and Antifa will riot again? Yep, that is possible. Blame Soros and Obama for that, not Trump.
You’re killing it, Gail. Don’t stop. Indeed, you might ask Glenn if you could guest author his next column.
Thanks BK! You are much too kind!
The heavy lifting is definitely best left to professionals like Glenn and many others who are much better at such things than I am. But I feel compelled to speak up when people lie, obfuscate or traduce Trump. I have always found lies and hypocrisy to be grossly unjust.
He has a high risk of failing to be elected, I think this is due to his acidic personality that serves as a rallying point for those who oppose him.
I need only one example. For that I will cite the last election. It should have been a certain victory with all the great things you mention above. Here, though, he lost... He lost to an elderly dementia patient who essentially did not campaign, is not inspiring, can't speak, is not good with math, has no clue about economics, cannot negotiate out of a wet paper bag, works about 2 hours a day, manages to embolden every enemy we have, had little to show for his 500 years in politics, takes bribes from our enemies, has assaulted women, is called a pedophile by his family, and has been horrible for the country. (Bottom line, he is and has done everything that he claims is bad about Trump.) Had Trump been a bit less risky I am convinced that we would have had another 4 years of he great things that he did for the country. Here we are again, facing a huge risk that the man will, because of his personality, alienate voters from his own party, alienate independent voters that he needs to win, inspire the Marxist/Socialist/totalitarian/anti-US voters to turn out and vote two or three times each.
I am completely, totally, 100% in agreement with your points above. Lots of great things, no wars, super low inflation, few illegals, less drugs flowing in, solid support for police, superb support for the economy and business, excellent appointments to the SCOTUS, support for the rule of law, etc. etc. etc. the list is long.
I suspect that you agree with me, although I have been surprised before by people. I think that most honest people would agree that we are taking a real risk with Trump on the ticket. I will vote for him. Most of the people I know will too. Those friends who are wavering are doing so because of his personality. I'm guessing that if I took a poll of 100 friends who are conservatives, 10 might not vote for Trump. That's a pretty high percentage when it comes to winning in November.
So, what do you say? Do you agree with me? Do you think we will have a landslide in November or (hopefully at the least) just squeak by?
We will have to agree to disagree whether or not Trump truly lost in 2020.
You don't seem to care to look into any facts of that election and only believe the superficial MSM propaganda that said 'all was kosher' when any even minimal investigation strongly suggests - if not proves - the contrary.
Trump received MORE VOTES THAN ANY PREVIOUS SITTING PRESIDENT and yet you really believe that brain-mush Biden got MORE LEGITIMATE votes than not only Trump but more than Obama!??! Okie-dokie. 🤣
You have spouted SO MANY UNSUBSTANTIATED or DEBUNKED LIES that you are really not worth much more of my time.
Go re-read Glenn's post to try to get it together since you CLAIM you will vote for Trump regardless.
Or if you prefer, go watch MSNBC and have a beer with Maury. The two of you seem to enjoy self-flagellation or something.
I'd prefer to work to retain my God-given freedoms that our Constitution is supposed to protect, which means making sure to do EVERYTHING I CAN DO WITHIN MY ABILITY to insure Trump is re-elected.
You too can start in that mission, if you choose to do so, by sharing Glenn's excellent column with your friends who are 'waivering'. Explain to your friends that AMERICA and THE WORLD have MUCH BIGGER PROBLEMS THAN WHETHER OR NOT Trump grabbed women by the @#$%!!!
The last item you can share with said friends is Tom Klingenstein's superlative speech about Trump. If you have not seen it, I cannot recommend it highly enough!!
https://tomklingenstein.com/video/trumps-virtues/
Good morning William and I agree with you. It is unfortunate that Gail lacks civility and respect to, at the very least, listen to a different point of view, or more accurately, an opposing view. To be able to listen and open your mind is so important to our democracy. This political divide has caused so much damage within families, our friends and even spouses! Thank you for your comments and enjoy your day.
I agree. Trump shoots himself in the foot repeatedly, alienates voters who might otherwise be inclined to vote GOP. I know several of them. It’s a shame but it’s a fact.
Good morning Gail. Per your question and request, I will be citing ways that I believe Trump is a "High Risk" to be in the Oval office again. I am one simple request, please show me the same civility and respect that you display to other fellow members. Thank you and enjoy your snowy Sunday.
There is no snow where I am Maury - I moved from east coast leftistism, with high taxes and high crime to the reddest county in the reddest state I could find where everyone owns guns. It's the best place to be if G_d-willing Trump is elected (for a third time).
P.S. -
Did you notice WHO rioted in the last two "elections"???
Was it Trump SUPPORTERS who rioted when Trump "lost"???
Or was it the leftist "Democrats" globalists/ anarchists Enemy of the People who rioted when Trump WON?
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If you must reply to my previous challenge to state in what ways Trump would be a "High Risk" to be president again, I am sure to remain civil if you state facts and not leftist talking points. But you really need not feel obligated to reply. I'm sure we can both go on our merry ways.
Excellent reply. I will be most interested to see if Maury will tell us all about the “risky” Trump policies & explain what about his presidency constituted a “threat to Our Democracy”, and so forth. My hunch is she just intensely dislikes the man but won’t be able to cite a single action he took as president or policies that was “risky.” She should have a long list in light of her assertion.
When I hear the Trump is a threat line, I usually hear it followed by "to OUR democracy." I always wonder if the liberals who say that are thinking "OUR power"... or "OUR stream of bribe money". I think they define "democracy" a bit differently than most people might imagine. Hey, these are the same folks who cannot define "woman" and are adamant in claiming that men can have babies...
Thanks Doug. (Although I'm pretty sure "Maury" is a 'he' not a 'she'. Esp since one of the other commenters addressed him as "Mr.") 😊
Anyway, I don't think Maury will reply with the list of why Trump would constitute a risk since I'm not specifically asking him to do so. I am not especially interested in engaging with him further. I have better things to do.
But by all means, if you really want to know what he thinks the 'risks' are, feel free to ask him!! 👍 😊
So you are NOT a fan of America being GREAT? And taking care of her citizens before the world? Taking care of the poor and veterans? Hmmm But Populism IS rearing its head in many EU nations. I'd also like to think Putin may have stayed put (he took Crimea under the other idiot who wanted to "fundamentally change America") and Hamas would still be living in camel-dung huts. Also, while Trump did want us out of Afghanistan, he never would've NOT listened to his generals who said to keep 2500-3500 troops at the Baghram air base, thereby weaking America to the rest of the world. MAGA has been misused far more than Woke.
Maury,
I moved out of a neon blue east coast area to get away from people like you and I now happily live in an area where I’m probably one of less than 1000 Jews yet the wonderful Christians here stop me in the store parking lots to tell me they like my bumper sticker that says “I support Israel”
So why are you ‘here’ bothering Glenn or his regular readers?
It is because leftists like you just can’t help themselves from wanting to be toxic to anything that is good and positive in the world.
Please see my other post in this comment section which is addressed to Glenn. Maybe from that you can figure out which one you are. But I doubt it.
First of all, Gail, I go out of my way NOT TO LABEL PEOPLE and judge each person accordingly and not as a group. Secondly, I have ALWAYS VOTED for the REPUBLICAN presidential nominee until Trump. If you are unable to have a constructive and objective discussion that is your problem, not mine. If I am "BOTHERING GLENN", he is a grown man who has argued cases before the Supreme Court and he will tell me. Instead of living in YOUR ECHO CHAMBER, please open your mind to other people's opinion. Finally, any comments I make related to a factual statement will ALWAYS INCLUDE A LINK TO MY SOURCE. I don't see how I can be any more transparent and factual...can you?
OK, you two, don't make me come downstairs!!!
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I’d prefer that you didn’t intervene, Glenn, until Gail has finished wiping the floor with this fool.
You are a riot BK!! But you clearly can read me like a book! 🤣
But never fear, I've never walked away from a verbal fight with those who are spouting garbage. 👍
First of all Maury, forgive me if I do not believe you. It defies credulity that you "ALWAYS VOTED for the REPUBLICAN presidential nominee until Trump".
Secondly, comment sections are not the place for treatises that include website links or footnotes. The commenters here largely seem to believe in a universal set of facts which are, well, facts. We don't need to cite prime sources to each other. If I support a side that champions the little guy, and makes the world a better, more economically robust, more peaceful place then I feel ZERO NEED to "open my mind to other people's opinions". As NON-religiously observant as I am, it has become crystal clear to me and anyone paying attention that this is a struggle between either really stupid people who hate America (b/c they could not be doing a better job of destroying America if that was their goal) OR, which I think is the case, it is a struggle of GOOD versus EVIL. Democrats/ globalists have become an utterly demonic force. Consider if even JFK would be accepted as a Democrat today. All you have to do is look at how the Democrat party has treated RFK Jr. and that should answer the question.
Have a nice life. Preferably far, far away from me.
Amen! It is not a false dichotomy to assert that the current regime is either STUPID or EVIL. Unless these people are stupidly evil, which is certainly a possibility.
I don’t believe her either. That’s the typical, standard TDS Democrat troll lie in an attempt to gain some credibility. I see it all the time.
Mr. Brochstein: I DO hope you know that Biden's supposed 7 mil. victory was mostly from CA and NY, right? He supposely won PA after our SC overturned an appellate court that had invalidated 800K illegal ballots. Try reading Mollie Hemmingway's book "Rigged" to at least give yourself some perspective.
Oh--the NYC Fraud case is just that---a FRAUD! Just sayin'.....
Good morning George. Thanks for your comments. I will see if "Rigged" by Mollie Hemmingway is available on Audible and order it today. Although one of Glenn's subscribers is not a fan of attaching links to facts. When you state that most of the 7 million votes came from two populous states of CA and NY. I would sincerely appreciate a link to this so anyone who reads this can validate the source. To me, that is very helpful and can not understand why others would not. Same is true about the 800K "illegal ballots". Is the definition of illegal meaning they were not signed, did not match the voter's address, etc? You understand what I am saying. Thanks again and have a nice weekend!
Indeed, the PA mail-in ballots required both signature and date. If neither was there, it was listed as invalid. The Philly Appellate court ruled that they were invalid, as many conservative leaning counties followed the law and didn't count them. The Philly counties DID want to count them, but the appellate courts said that would not be fair, because elsewhere in the state, counties did NOT count them. In addition, ALL ballots were to be kept in sealed containers for later perusal if needed. That was NOT done, again, in the Philly area---heavily democratic. But, the PA SC, 6-2 Dem judges overruled the appellate court. Biden supposedly won PA by 43K votes. DID HE if the illegal ballots were not counted? As to the totals in CA and NY, it is easy to do a search for total ballots case for either candidate.
I see that AZ SC decided that Voter ID WILL be required for all voting citizens. Why that is NOT codified into federal law is beyond me. Saying that it will harm minorities is a HUGE racially loaded comment on those folks. 99% of them have ID, as you need it for everything.
Were I in charge of anything, I'd say: VOTER ID and Citizen requirement to vote AND, for the pro-abortion crowd, say: No abortions after 15 weeks UNLESS mother's life is in danger, baby is malformed or terribly damaged or as a result of rape/incest. Then BOTH sides get a win.
AND, NO NON-CITIZENS count for census!!! That unfairly gets some states more representation. As it is, the Census bureau screwed up BIG TIME, and overcounted CA and undercounted TX for sure, result of CA keeping a delegate and TX LOSING one! That happened for another state, but my mind is blank on it. The Census bureau admitted it, BUT, nothing can be done until 2010. Nice, eh? You also have a good weekend.
Mr. Brochstein: This is what you asked for about the 7 million votes. I did the unthinkable and cut and pasted from the Patriot Post. It is accurate, as if you do a search it will show the same.
2.) The Republican tilt of the Electoral College may have vanished. Trump won a majority of electoral votes in 2016 despite losing the popular vote, and he came within 42,918 popular votes of doing so again in 2020. That’s because Democrats piled up huge margins in California and New York (7,096,710 in 2020), which had 85 electoral votes then and will have 82 this year. Trump’s much smaller (1,002,907) margins in Texas and Florida netted him 67 in 2020 and would give him 70 in 2024.
Good morning George and please call me by my first name. First of all, I want to sincerely thank you for both of your replies; for the time and effort you took to support what you said. It is unfortunate that some of Glenn's subscriber's lack your civility and respect. What you have shown are that two people with not aligned views, can have a constructive conversation which is definitely lacking in this political climate. I hope Glenn reads our exchange and this message. It would be nice, as the leader and author, he would advise his followers to show each other respect. By the way, I took your suggestion and ordered "Rigged". Thanks once again, George and have a great day!
Maury: I am normally about as civil as Ghengis Kahn, but do NOT act that way on Glenn's column because of the respect I have of Glenn and most all of his commenters, especially Bitter Klinger---who I just discovered was a fellow Gettysburg College grad---albeit a few years my senior. I have a young friend (38), an incredible musician and trombonist (I'm a bass trombonist as an avocation) who is very intelligent and very liberal. We "go at it" civilly weekly on emails. I find it hard to believe he can actually believe what he espouses, BUT, he is young and the obvious left tilt of media and television news is not even noticeable to him. You will enjoy the book, as Mollie researched and cited what she states. I will let my wife know you think I am civil. She will probably vapor lock from laughing, but I thank you!
You actually favor and cheer the outrageous politically motivated lawfare being waged against Trump and those around him. Yet you say nothing - zippo - about the fake, horribly corrupt efforts to take down his presidency for 4 years. Your perspective is extremely warped.
Well said Glenn. I love the well-placed slings and arrows.
Glad you finally saw the truth of Trump! It's all the reasons that I will vote for him again in 2024. Amazing how some people skew that truth - as in the primary reason he's running is to stay out of prison. How absurd.
I couldn't agree more, Glenn. I know people are going to still blame Trump for the Scamdemic response, but I am not one of them. The bureaucrats rule even over a president as evidenced by the Lawfare still going on today after he fired Comey. The American People were the ones to stop the Covid response and mandates and we collectively didn't.
He was had. He should have done better. He gave into a Dem/ swamp scam and effectively handed the Dems a huge gift in 2020. That much is obvious. No shame in acknowledging it.
Yep, he should have and has learned how deeply corrupt Sodom on Potomac is. He still understands that some snakes are still there and he has to work around them(Steve Daines, etc).
Could you work in that cesspool? I couldn’t.
Agreed. I like Trump 2024 more than before. I'll vote for him again.
He has pledged life, liberty and sacred honor.Hence Mr. Trump - and the Founders - are despised.
Glenn...this is the best Trump Campaign statement I've ever seen. His team should wrap their arms around your message. It is exactly what's missing in people's thinking regarding Trump. Well done.
Don Runkle
"...successful men have egos."
Unsuccessful men have egos, but they are often less comfortable in their own skin, and therefore, bitter and mean.
Biden seems to have gained success selling snake oil.
Trump sells tangible assets.
We love ya Glenn, welcome to the "cult". {/s}
#45 has risked it all, and he's willing to do it all over again to make America great again.
Trump's supporters are the informed, seemingly forgotten men and women of this country who hired President Trump in 2016 to do a job, not to pour Holy Water on us. More Americans in 2020 voted for another four years of his unapologetic, pro-America leadership.
It would take an intellectually lazy person to abandon Trump for the 2024 nomination based on what the dishonest leftists in the media, almost every elected democrat, the D.O.J., the FBI, and the tech tyrants have told us.
They lied to us 24/7/365x4-plus years and they succeeded in poisoning the minds of enough American voters to get him fired in 2020. The underachievers on the left brag about doing exactly that.
If the Republican party loses the folks that understand this message, it will assure losses in national elections moving forward.
That's just the way it is.
Sorry for the length, but this comment deserves re-posting:
Pundette replying to PhilipfromGA
"I'm sure you're right, PhillipfromGA, but we all have to start pushing back against this intimidation from the Left. That's their primary weapon. "Sit down and shut up, or you're next."
When we trace the origins of Trump Derangement Syndrome all the way back to the beginning, people often mention him coming down the giant golden escalator. That's the tip off.
So it wasn't anything he had actually said or done up to that point, because he hadn't said or done anything. He had been a Democrat, had contributed to Democrat campaigns. He was high up in their social circles. They all attended one another's weddings, golf tournaments, fundraisers.
So what changed?
Government is a Union Shop. Seniority is key. People rise up through the ranks. They wait their turn. They start off as local assemblymen, committeemen, or community organizers, move up, perhaps to mayor. Wait until an incumbent steps down and then run for the House, then maybe the Senate, perhaps a governorship. It's all understood. Nobody jumps the queue.
And then Trump comes along. A businessman, a celebrity, a TV game show host, not part of the political class, not part of "The Club." Who does he think he is? He hasn't spent his life ringing doorbells, recording robocalls, shaking hands, kissing babies.
This is what infuriated them, made them lose their minds. But this was the Founders' original idea. The citizen legislator would temporarily make the sacrifice, leave his job as a merchant, teacher, doctor, clergyman, and go to Washington for two years, six years, and then head on back home when it was someone else's turn to represent their district.
But D.C. is so seductive, the salaries much higher than the U.S. median, the perks, the status, the Georgetown cocktail circuit. They all have more in common with one another than with those hicks back home. And so they all want to stay and move up, and eventually get the Big Brass Ring, if they hang in long enough.
Trump made the presidency his entry level job in politics, and their heads exploded.
All of what has followed -- the Russian collusion hoax, the impeachments, the indictments -- has been designed to send a message out to the rest of us: Don't You Try This. This is our game. You regular citizens in the private sector out there just abiding by regulations and making a payroll deadline: Stay In Your Lane.
Trump is right. This isn't about him. It's never been about him. It's about us. Know Your Place, and Stay There.
It will be a long, long time before a non-political animal ever tries this again.”
Vivek did.
Another way to look at this, and put into perspective …
Joe Biden entered public service some fifty years ago and he got rich; a millionaire several times over. He did all this while being paid a government salary.
Donald Trump began building his business some fifty years ago and he got fabulously rich; a billionaire several times over. Yet, when DJT entered government service, he actually made less, a LOT less on a government salary than when he was in private business.
A crony and mendacious career politician gets rich while in public office. On the other hand a highly successful real estate and entertainment businessman goes into public office and loses money (his own personal wealth) while serving the nation.
Who is the real patriot, and who is the real crook?!?
Need I even ask? The answer should be quite obvious. G’day …
Welcome to the light Glenn! I’m delighted you finally get what many of us have known for a long time regarding what Trump is all about.
Hint:Trump is the good guy.
ALL those opposed to him are NOT.
It’s that simple.
Gail, I took your suggestion and read your comments. If I understand your binary theory correctly, Good people support Trump and Bad people don't. So there are not any good people in your life and family who don't support Trump...not a single one because they are ALL BAD PEOPLE. I respect your opinion but we can agree to disagree as I have many friends who support Trump and they are still my friends. Have a nice evening.
Excellent!
BTW... It is a huge pleasure to discuss this with someone who does not resort to insults, etc.
I have completely enjoyed the discussion...