well if you are a white nationalist (I won't use Christian because that is an insult to true Christians) Detroit to them is everything south of I-69 and everything east of us-127. So welcome to Detroit all those who thought they left it.
"Some people see [Trump's] badness as some kind of bankshot testament to his ruthless policy efficiency. He doesn’t get caught up in PC nonsense. He delivers hard truths and makes the trains run on time. But of course that’s not true, which is the other main thing that comes through when you actually watch Trump for any length of time: He’s a blowhard doofus with soup for brains."
But he's surrounded by layers and lawyers (not a typo) of those without soup for brains, but with pure evil, not just insatiable instant gratification like his. People like that have existed in this country since the founding, and craved an opportunity to destroy democracy and turn the US into a dictatorship. But most were smart (shrewd) enough not to try until they found the perfect "useful idiot." If it were just Trump by himself, or even with just half of the "volunteer army" of protectors, we would be again laughing at the tabloid celebrity as we did for decades. With only half of GOP Senate support he would have been swiftly removed at the first impeachment, if not before by the 25th Amendment.
"The more important point is this: If you believe it’s important to defeat Trump, it’s not Obama’s 'brothers' who are the problem. It’s my 'brothers' who are the problem: white voters."
We who use reason and think long term want to "fix our own side" first, then deal with the other. But unfortunately "our side," which ranges from Dick Cheney conservatives to Bernie Sanders liberals, has a lot of disagreements with which to have healthy, constructive debates, or "beat each other up." But the other side, the rabid authoritarian MAGA one, has become a cult, where challenging each other, even constructively, gets you banned.
I just signed up for the Bulwark. Can you help me to understand this? In response to Obama’s speech about Black/Hispanic men not voting for Kamala, the Black Men for Trump said, “We need President Trump back in office because he delivered what no one else did—real results for Black America,” the letter states. “He restored the American Dream by creating jobs, lowering Black unemployment, launching Opportunity Zones, and securing permanent funding for HBCUs. Under Trump, Black families had a shot at building wealth, breaking generational cycles, and thriving.” Are each of these elements true or are they lies? “More jobs—T/F?, lowering Black unemployment—T/F?, launching Opportunity Zones—T/F?, and securing permanent funding for HBCUs—T/F?” Can you share whether these accomplishments actually happened under Trump? Thank you for your time. Take care, Ira Baker
Blacks were doing better than previously during the thump administration but have done even better with Biden, despite having to recover from the consequences of the pandemic.
Former POTUS Trump will START with deporting illegal immigrants and going after high-profile political opponents (Pence, Milley, Biden, Harris, Obama, etc.).
When the mass deportations cause chaos and ultimately economic devastation, the blame for crime and economic decline will shift to other groups. The groups most likely to be targeted next based on history are non-white and non-Christian minorities. The target list will be prioritized:
1. Non-white Muslims;
2. Chinese;
3. African-Americans;
4. LGBTQ;
5. Jews;
6. Non-Evangelical Christians; and
7. "Liberals"
An authoritarian state is never finished purifying until only cult/party members are left. Just because your group is not the first targeted does not mean your group is not on the list.
At 78, Trump faces life in prison if he loses. He knows. He will never concede the election. He will never limit his options.
Why the ever-increasing crazy rhetoric? Trump is gearing up his supporters for post-election mayhem; a low level, economically destructive civil war. He just needs enough chaos to make his offer at some point to call off his supporters in exchange for a full pardon palatable.
Trump sees 3 options: Win the election, wins the "civil" war or a get a pardon as the price to end the bloodshed, or threat of it. Trump is now a political terrorist as much as a candidate.
Hey Bulwark team. I am a college educated voter currently on the fence. Would it be possible for the bulwark team to put together a summary of where the candidates stand on the important issues in this election. All the bs that is floating around makes it impossible for me to sort the wheat from the chaff. I voted for Trump in 2016, Biden in 2020 and am undecided. I find Trump to be a buffoon but, having lived in CA when Kamala was AG, do not trust her new moderate positions at all.
Thanks for all the hard work you do and considering my ask.
You ask where the candidates stand on “important issues in this election.” What issues are important to you? Is it immigration, economy, abortion, and Ukraine? These are popular concerns. Or are the important issues more foundational?
Which candidate will respect our institutions? Which won’t abuse their power? Who will hold firm against authoritarians like Putin? Who will build up America and its people instead of tearing it down and promoting hate? Who will be a stable leader?
If policies are what concern you, then certainly there are speeches, interviews you can watch. WaPo has a summary of policies here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2023/presidential-candidates-2024-policies-issues/ . We’ll have to parse what a candidate says from what they will do. This has always been true. If you are concerned about Harris’ policies, remember she will have a divided Congress, at best. Presidents are limited by Congress depending on what they want to do. Trump will likely get both chambers which means he can do a lot of what he says including cutting off support for Ukraine.
Which candidate is likely to abuse power? He’s spoken endlessly about his enemies and what he thinks they deserve. Has Harris? Who do you think would use their power to potentially violate laws? Who has violated laws already?
Only you can answer these questions. I’m not sure a chart of policy positions can tell you everything you need to know.
Kamala will not be “just for Californians”. To be for everyone she has had to moderate positions that appeal to moderate Americans. I am sure she will not be a radical leftist president. Don’t forget, Congress makes the legislation, even though the president can ask for his/her priorities & veto unliked legislation (which can then be overruled by congress)
Thump on the other hand has guaranteed he’ll force Congress to give him free rein into fascism.
If you can’t see the difference by now I suspect you’re either not paying attention or are only pretending to not have decided how you’ll vote.
To Youngkin fans - he's showing his true colors now: "The lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Alexandria says that an executive order issued in August by Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin requiring daily updates to voter lists to remove ineligible voters violates federal law. The National Voter Registration Act requires a 90-day “quiet period” ahead of elections for the maintenance of voter rolls." Trump kills everything. https://www.politicususa.com/2024/10/12/doj-says-glenn-youngkin-is-illegally-removing-voters-in-virginia.html
The main reason why I believe the polls are still so close and the election still so uncertain is because the case is not being properly made to the American people, particularly the African American and Arab American communities, about how serious of a threat Trump poses to all of their basic rights and freedoms and the entire American experiment in democracy at large.
In certain instances, the Harris-Walz campaign has squandered prime opportunities to point out how dangerous, cruel, and deranged Trump truly is. VP Harris chugging a beer on Colbert the other night is a perfect example of this. It might make Americans who are on the fence about whether or not to vote think that Trump is not really a threat to their basic rights and freedoms because why else would she be kicking back with a cold brew on late night TV. Nothing important is really at stake. So, why waste time voting?
The VP debate two weeks ago was another good opportunity to point this out. The consequences of another Trump presidency could potentially be the greatest suffering on American soil since the United States Civil War in the 1860s. Former President Obama and VP Harris know this full well but can’t really express it in the dire terms necessary to effectively communicate it to the American people without coming off as desperate, fear-mongering, and nasty. I think that former President Obama had this front of mind on Thursday when he specifically addressed African American men in his speech in Pittsburg.
But there is far more than enough on Trump due to his bungled handling of COVID in 2020, his attempt to overthrow the United States government after losing the 2020 Presidential Election fair and square, ultimately violently on January 6, 2021, his fascist 2025 Project, and his descent in the past three-and-a-half years into absolute madness and darkness to completely disqualify him from the presidency.
Thus, is not completely necessary to explain to the American people in detail how awful another Trump presidency would surely be and every nightmarish scenario that could possibly play out with him back in the White House. Those effects have already happened and are currently happening, and the uber extreme agenda of a second Trump term is explicitly spelled out in the Project 2025 manifesto.
The closing message of VP Harris’s abbreviated 2020 campaign must be abortion rights, freedom, democracy, and character and fitness for office. It’s okay for her to compare and contrast with Trump on cost of living issues to some extent being that the gap has essentially been eliminated between she and Trump on who Americans trust to handle that issue, but it should not be the primary focus for the final three weeks.
Also, the pushback on Trump’s diabolical lies regarding immigrants and refugees of color must be far stronger than they currently are from the Harris-Walz campaign and Democrats given how dangerous and despicable they are.
And all of the attacks on Trump and Vance emanating from VP Harris, Governor Walz, and their surrogates must be laser focussed and sharp as a knife. There is no time to waste. All of our rights and freedoms as Americans and our nation’s entire 248-year-old experiment in democracy are on the line.
For all of my fellow Landsmen out there, I wish you an easy fast today.
Bill, I'm disappointed in you and mainstream media latching onto Obama's offhand comments AT THE DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS BEFORE HIS SPEECH directed to black men in the Democratic party. As if the fox/trump media didn't have enough wedge ammo already, this fixation on the informal comments demeans Obama's powerful energizing address which should be the main story.
After reading the headlines and stories in the media today about Obama's appearance in Pittsburgh, I had to find and listen twice again to see what I missed last night in his nationally televised speech. But indeed, Obama mentioned race not at all. Rather, in what I heard (as a white male) in the most powerful part of his address, Obama called out Trump's bullying and weakness by urging ALL men ("I'm sorry gentlemen, but I noticed this mostly with the men") to exhibit "real strength" by working hard, carrying a heavy load without complaining, taking responsibility for your actions, telling the truth even when it's inconvenient, helping people who need it, standing up for those who can't always stand up for themselves. I'm getting chills just writing the power of those words, never mind that they represent everything that Trump is not.
So that's why I'm disappointed that media is making the story about Obama's comments at campaign headquarters. Some outlets actually conflate those comments into his address as if he said them in the arena. But he didn't. I prefer to remember his inspiring speech as it was.
I was born in 1954 & lived in Front Royal VA until we moved to Alexandria VA in 1962 as my Dad decided to become an Episcopal priest & attended Virginia Theological Seminary. When I was in 3rd grade we had bomb drills because of the Cuban Missile Criisis. We thought it was a hoot because we got out of class but if the Russians had nuked DC we’d have been toast. In 4th grade I came home from school & my mom had the radio on. She never did this. I asked what was going on. “The President’s been shot”. “Is he ok?” “No, he’s dead.” I went outside to find the neighbor kids to see if they’d heard. One girl, who was Irish Catholic, was hysterical. Another kid said, well, I guess we know what the headlines will be tomorrow. Then the next year I was one of 3 kids in my class whose parents were for Goldwater. After Dad graduated from seminary he got a church in rural Hanover Co. The civil rights movement, nightly body counts on the news re Vietnam. One time we went to the Virginia State Fair in Richmond & much to my embarrassment, my Dad insisted on wearing clericals whenever we went somewhere. Some guy saw his collar & started yelling about ministers & priests being n***er lovers. Then some carny guy called my Dad over & said “Father, I don’t agree with that. I’m going to let your daughters ride my ride for free. Lesson: don’t judge a book by its cover. Then MLK was assassinated & some of our parishioners said in our presence that they hoped the assassin would not be found. I was profoundly shocked. Weren’t we Christians? Didn’t God create us all equal? Then when the riots & the RFK assassination happened, I remember thinking the country was coming apart at the seams. My parents were Republicans in VA during the Byrd machine when being a Republican was something like being a Communist. My dad unfortunately died in 1973 so he never saw the whole Watergate fiasco. I’d also gotten involved in the Jesus movement & before my Dad died, I thought he just didn’t get it & here I was arguing theology with a guy with a Masters of Theology, what an idiot I was! I also was blown away by the Late Great Planet Earth & was expecting the Rapture any day. Reading CS Lewis at my parents’ suggestion helped me deepen my faith & get me away from fundamentalism. Golly, CSL was an Anglican, just like Mom & Dad & all my Jesus freak friends loved him too. Odd! Met my husband, had 2 kids & in 1992 we joined the Catholic Church. People ask me what my Dad would say. I always say Mom & Dad taught us to do what we believe to be right no matter what other people think & also now that my Mom & Dad have passed onto to the Kingdom of God, they now know it’s the True Church. That kind of weirds some people out; however, anyone who believes in Christ is my brother or sister.
Trump's abiding support from white Americans confirms for me that we are living through a convulsive mass reaction on the part of many (too many) Americans to the election of a black president, and those voters have not nor will they ever forgive us Democrats for allowing such a travesty to take place.
With the desperately refreshing Barak Obama's momentary common-sense pragmatism briefly on display it's important to remember his mantra during his administration: "Don't do stupid shit". His deft reference to the reasons misogyny in the black male voting community is 'stupid shit' may have gone unnoticed, but the message remains the same for any rationality-based voters regardless of skin color: Go ahead, sit your dumb ass out of this election. Do your stupid shit because you be one cool macho dude. His oratory brilliance in this Dark Age is sorely missed.
well if you are a white nationalist (I won't use Christian because that is an insult to true Christians) Detroit to them is everything south of I-69 and everything east of us-127. So welcome to Detroit all those who thought they left it.
"Some people see [Trump's] badness as some kind of bankshot testament to his ruthless policy efficiency. He doesn’t get caught up in PC nonsense. He delivers hard truths and makes the trains run on time. But of course that’s not true, which is the other main thing that comes through when you actually watch Trump for any length of time: He’s a blowhard doofus with soup for brains."
But he's surrounded by layers and lawyers (not a typo) of those without soup for brains, but with pure evil, not just insatiable instant gratification like his. People like that have existed in this country since the founding, and craved an opportunity to destroy democracy and turn the US into a dictatorship. But most were smart (shrewd) enough not to try until they found the perfect "useful idiot." If it were just Trump by himself, or even with just half of the "volunteer army" of protectors, we would be again laughing at the tabloid celebrity as we did for decades. With only half of GOP Senate support he would have been swiftly removed at the first impeachment, if not before by the 25th Amendment.
"The more important point is this: If you believe it’s important to defeat Trump, it’s not Obama’s 'brothers' who are the problem. It’s my 'brothers' who are the problem: white voters."
We who use reason and think long term want to "fix our own side" first, then deal with the other. But unfortunately "our side," which ranges from Dick Cheney conservatives to Bernie Sanders liberals, has a lot of disagreements with which to have healthy, constructive debates, or "beat each other up." But the other side, the rabid authoritarian MAGA one, has become a cult, where challenging each other, even constructively, gets you banned.
I just signed up for the Bulwark. Can you help me to understand this? In response to Obama’s speech about Black/Hispanic men not voting for Kamala, the Black Men for Trump said, “We need President Trump back in office because he delivered what no one else did—real results for Black America,” the letter states. “He restored the American Dream by creating jobs, lowering Black unemployment, launching Opportunity Zones, and securing permanent funding for HBCUs. Under Trump, Black families had a shot at building wealth, breaking generational cycles, and thriving.” Are each of these elements true or are they lies? “More jobs—T/F?, lowering Black unemployment—T/F?, launching Opportunity Zones—T/F?, and securing permanent funding for HBCUs—T/F?” Can you share whether these accomplishments actually happened under Trump? Thank you for your time. Take care, Ira Baker
Welcome! This is an interesting place. Hope you'll find it worthwhile.
Blacks were doing better than previously during the thump administration but have done even better with Biden, despite having to recover from the consequences of the pandemic.
https://www.politifact.com/article/2024/jun/25/comparing-economic-performance-for-black-americans/
Former POTUS Trump will START with deporting illegal immigrants and going after high-profile political opponents (Pence, Milley, Biden, Harris, Obama, etc.).
When the mass deportations cause chaos and ultimately economic devastation, the blame for crime and economic decline will shift to other groups. The groups most likely to be targeted next based on history are non-white and non-Christian minorities. The target list will be prioritized:
1. Non-white Muslims;
2. Chinese;
3. African-Americans;
4. LGBTQ;
5. Jews;
6. Non-Evangelical Christians; and
7. "Liberals"
An authoritarian state is never finished purifying until only cult/party members are left. Just because your group is not the first targeted does not mean your group is not on the list.
At 78, Trump faces life in prison if he loses. He knows. He will never concede the election. He will never limit his options.
Why the ever-increasing crazy rhetoric? Trump is gearing up his supporters for post-election mayhem; a low level, economically destructive civil war. He just needs enough chaos to make his offer at some point to call off his supporters in exchange for a full pardon palatable.
Trump sees 3 options: Win the election, wins the "civil" war or a get a pardon as the price to end the bloodshed, or threat of it. Trump is now a political terrorist as much as a candidate.
Hey Bulwark team. I am a college educated voter currently on the fence. Would it be possible for the bulwark team to put together a summary of where the candidates stand on the important issues in this election. All the bs that is floating around makes it impossible for me to sort the wheat from the chaff. I voted for Trump in 2016, Biden in 2020 and am undecided. I find Trump to be a buffoon but, having lived in CA when Kamala was AG, do not trust her new moderate positions at all.
Thanks for all the hard work you do and considering my ask.
You ask where the candidates stand on “important issues in this election.” What issues are important to you? Is it immigration, economy, abortion, and Ukraine? These are popular concerns. Or are the important issues more foundational?
Which candidate will respect our institutions? Which won’t abuse their power? Who will hold firm against authoritarians like Putin? Who will build up America and its people instead of tearing it down and promoting hate? Who will be a stable leader?
If policies are what concern you, then certainly there are speeches, interviews you can watch. WaPo has a summary of policies here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2023/presidential-candidates-2024-policies-issues/ . We’ll have to parse what a candidate says from what they will do. This has always been true. If you are concerned about Harris’ policies, remember she will have a divided Congress, at best. Presidents are limited by Congress depending on what they want to do. Trump will likely get both chambers which means he can do a lot of what he says including cutting off support for Ukraine.
Which candidate is likely to abuse power? He’s spoken endlessly about his enemies and what he thinks they deserve. Has Harris? Who do you think would use their power to potentially violate laws? Who has violated laws already?
Only you can answer these questions. I’m not sure a chart of policy positions can tell you everything you need to know.
Kamala will not be “just for Californians”. To be for everyone she has had to moderate positions that appeal to moderate Americans. I am sure she will not be a radical leftist president. Don’t forget, Congress makes the legislation, even though the president can ask for his/her priorities & veto unliked legislation (which can then be overruled by congress)
Thump on the other hand has guaranteed he’ll force Congress to give him free rein into fascism.
If you can’t see the difference by now I suspect you’re either not paying attention or are only pretending to not have decided how you’ll vote.
To Youngkin fans - he's showing his true colors now: "The lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Alexandria says that an executive order issued in August by Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin requiring daily updates to voter lists to remove ineligible voters violates federal law. The National Voter Registration Act requires a 90-day “quiet period” ahead of elections for the maintenance of voter rolls." Trump kills everything. https://www.politicususa.com/2024/10/12/doj-says-glenn-youngkin-is-illegally-removing-voters-in-virginia.html
My long comment was meant for another Substack about what formed our childhoods. Sorry! But Obama is on fire & on point!
Hello Everyone,
The main reason why I believe the polls are still so close and the election still so uncertain is because the case is not being properly made to the American people, particularly the African American and Arab American communities, about how serious of a threat Trump poses to all of their basic rights and freedoms and the entire American experiment in democracy at large.
In certain instances, the Harris-Walz campaign has squandered prime opportunities to point out how dangerous, cruel, and deranged Trump truly is. VP Harris chugging a beer on Colbert the other night is a perfect example of this. It might make Americans who are on the fence about whether or not to vote think that Trump is not really a threat to their basic rights and freedoms because why else would she be kicking back with a cold brew on late night TV. Nothing important is really at stake. So, why waste time voting?
The VP debate two weeks ago was another good opportunity to point this out. The consequences of another Trump presidency could potentially be the greatest suffering on American soil since the United States Civil War in the 1860s. Former President Obama and VP Harris know this full well but can’t really express it in the dire terms necessary to effectively communicate it to the American people without coming off as desperate, fear-mongering, and nasty. I think that former President Obama had this front of mind on Thursday when he specifically addressed African American men in his speech in Pittsburg.
But there is far more than enough on Trump due to his bungled handling of COVID in 2020, his attempt to overthrow the United States government after losing the 2020 Presidential Election fair and square, ultimately violently on January 6, 2021, his fascist 2025 Project, and his descent in the past three-and-a-half years into absolute madness and darkness to completely disqualify him from the presidency.
Thus, is not completely necessary to explain to the American people in detail how awful another Trump presidency would surely be and every nightmarish scenario that could possibly play out with him back in the White House. Those effects have already happened and are currently happening, and the uber extreme agenda of a second Trump term is explicitly spelled out in the Project 2025 manifesto.
The closing message of VP Harris’s abbreviated 2020 campaign must be abortion rights, freedom, democracy, and character and fitness for office. It’s okay for her to compare and contrast with Trump on cost of living issues to some extent being that the gap has essentially been eliminated between she and Trump on who Americans trust to handle that issue, but it should not be the primary focus for the final three weeks.
Also, the pushback on Trump’s diabolical lies regarding immigrants and refugees of color must be far stronger than they currently are from the Harris-Walz campaign and Democrats given how dangerous and despicable they are.
And all of the attacks on Trump and Vance emanating from VP Harris, Governor Walz, and their surrogates must be laser focussed and sharp as a knife. There is no time to waste. All of our rights and freedoms as Americans and our nation’s entire 248-year-old experiment in democracy are on the line.
For all of my fellow Landsmen out there, I wish you an easy fast today.
David Hurwitz
Chicago, IL
"He’s a blowhard doofus with soup for brains." Thank you Andrew. That will help me get through the day. :-)
Bill, I'm disappointed in you and mainstream media latching onto Obama's offhand comments AT THE DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS BEFORE HIS SPEECH directed to black men in the Democratic party. As if the fox/trump media didn't have enough wedge ammo already, this fixation on the informal comments demeans Obama's powerful energizing address which should be the main story.
After reading the headlines and stories in the media today about Obama's appearance in Pittsburgh, I had to find and listen twice again to see what I missed last night in his nationally televised speech. But indeed, Obama mentioned race not at all. Rather, in what I heard (as a white male) in the most powerful part of his address, Obama called out Trump's bullying and weakness by urging ALL men ("I'm sorry gentlemen, but I noticed this mostly with the men") to exhibit "real strength" by working hard, carrying a heavy load without complaining, taking responsibility for your actions, telling the truth even when it's inconvenient, helping people who need it, standing up for those who can't always stand up for themselves. I'm getting chills just writing the power of those words, never mind that they represent everything that Trump is not.
So that's why I'm disappointed that media is making the story about Obama's comments at campaign headquarters. Some outlets actually conflate those comments into his address as if he said them in the arena. But he didn't. I prefer to remember his inspiring speech as it was.
Knowing that a majority of white voters support Trump doesn’t say much for the IQ of white people!
I was born in 1954 & lived in Front Royal VA until we moved to Alexandria VA in 1962 as my Dad decided to become an Episcopal priest & attended Virginia Theological Seminary. When I was in 3rd grade we had bomb drills because of the Cuban Missile Criisis. We thought it was a hoot because we got out of class but if the Russians had nuked DC we’d have been toast. In 4th grade I came home from school & my mom had the radio on. She never did this. I asked what was going on. “The President’s been shot”. “Is he ok?” “No, he’s dead.” I went outside to find the neighbor kids to see if they’d heard. One girl, who was Irish Catholic, was hysterical. Another kid said, well, I guess we know what the headlines will be tomorrow. Then the next year I was one of 3 kids in my class whose parents were for Goldwater. After Dad graduated from seminary he got a church in rural Hanover Co. The civil rights movement, nightly body counts on the news re Vietnam. One time we went to the Virginia State Fair in Richmond & much to my embarrassment, my Dad insisted on wearing clericals whenever we went somewhere. Some guy saw his collar & started yelling about ministers & priests being n***er lovers. Then some carny guy called my Dad over & said “Father, I don’t agree with that. I’m going to let your daughters ride my ride for free. Lesson: don’t judge a book by its cover. Then MLK was assassinated & some of our parishioners said in our presence that they hoped the assassin would not be found. I was profoundly shocked. Weren’t we Christians? Didn’t God create us all equal? Then when the riots & the RFK assassination happened, I remember thinking the country was coming apart at the seams. My parents were Republicans in VA during the Byrd machine when being a Republican was something like being a Communist. My dad unfortunately died in 1973 so he never saw the whole Watergate fiasco. I’d also gotten involved in the Jesus movement & before my Dad died, I thought he just didn’t get it & here I was arguing theology with a guy with a Masters of Theology, what an idiot I was! I also was blown away by the Late Great Planet Earth & was expecting the Rapture any day. Reading CS Lewis at my parents’ suggestion helped me deepen my faith & get me away from fundamentalism. Golly, CSL was an Anglican, just like Mom & Dad & all my Jesus freak friends loved him too. Odd! Met my husband, had 2 kids & in 1992 we joined the Catholic Church. People ask me what my Dad would say. I always say Mom & Dad taught us to do what we believe to be right no matter what other people think & also now that my Mom & Dad have passed onto to the Kingdom of God, they now know it’s the True Church. That kind of weirds some people out; however, anyone who believes in Christ is my brother or sister.
"He’s a blowhard doofus with soup for brains." Thank you Andrew. That will help me get through the day. :-)
Trump's abiding support from white Americans confirms for me that we are living through a convulsive mass reaction on the part of many (too many) Americans to the election of a black president, and those voters have not nor will they ever forgive us Democrats for allowing such a travesty to take place.
With the desperately refreshing Barak Obama's momentary common-sense pragmatism briefly on display it's important to remember his mantra during his administration: "Don't do stupid shit". His deft reference to the reasons misogyny in the black male voting community is 'stupid shit' may have gone unnoticed, but the message remains the same for any rationality-based voters regardless of skin color: Go ahead, sit your dumb ass out of this election. Do your stupid shit because you be one cool macho dude. His oratory brilliance in this Dark Age is sorely missed.