Great, witty, sardonic article about the disaster of American politics. Exactly! Two old farts bitching and moaning about their various aches and pains, with no solutions in sight. I saw a couple parts but couldn’t watch the whole thing. Of all the good people out there, THIS is what we come up with?! Jeez.
The MSM is preventing any competent leaders from stepping forward to lead our nation. The bloodlust for damaging information about any conservative candidates, or liberal candidates who they don’t like, and the lack of once inviolate protection for their families and personal lives has made the price of Public Service too great for all but the most sociopathic individuals!
Honest question. Tell me what was so terrible under Trump? Curious how many people have read the report on the Hunter Biden laptop? Joe’s business dealings through his son are inarguable - among many other sordid details in the report. While I respect people don’t like Trump - I would never, ever compare him to Biden.
I’m one of those Obama voters who voted for Trump in 2016 and (with less enthusiasm) in 2020. The media didn’t discover voters like me existed until after the election. For my reaction back then, see “Media Trumped by Tribalism.” (https://www.heldtoanswer.com/2016/11/media-trumped-tribalism/)
To answer your very legitimate question, with the passage of time, Trump’s first (and perhaps only) term in office won't look so terrible to future generations. The worst president in my lifetime was George W. Bush/Dick Cheney. They started a totally unnecessary war.
Yesterday the big news for Oregon was that the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Grants Pass’s efforts to control public drug addiction/homelessness. Did anybody bother to thank Trump for his three appointments to the court that ruled in the majority? No. The media obsession is over Roe v. Wade, which even Ruth Bader Ginsberg acknowledged was poorly written. (The same RBG who declined to retire at Obama’s suggestion so a Democratic president could appoint her replacement.)
Trump’s greatest failing was his constant feuding with the media. It takes two to feud. He couldn’t control the media, and he shouldn’t have tried. There was so much work to do. He campaigned on draining the bureaucratic, government swamp that never has to stand for re-election. Instead, he devoted more energy trying to impress Maggie Haberman at The NY Times.
Trump had some able advisors, but he treated them poorly. If he really wanted to confound his enemies, Trump would rein in his ego. Remember the chest-pounding about his Inauguration being the biggest and best ever? Screw the Inauguration. He should have thumbed his nose at such a royal waste, took the oath of office and then immediately got to work.
More than any other institution, America’s legacy media will be judged much more severely than Trump. Their hatred of him was blatant. They declared war on him. In doing so, they also unwittingly turned him into an underdog. Americans love underdogs. It’s no wonder Trump has hung on despite his antics in refusing to accept the 2020 election results.
Two books I found useful were Hillary Clinton’s “What Happened” and Michael Wolff’s “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House.” It speaks well of Trump that he allowed Wolff to hang out wherever he wanted to. His book reveals how things quickly went wrong when even Trump and his family were surprised at his victory. His wife was in tears, and they weren’t tears of happiness.
Hillary’s book (which is 100 pages too long because she keeps repeating herself) starts with a stunning admission. She had no concession speech ready, just in case. That’s how arrogant her campaign was. Plus, she had no place to give a concession speech since the venue she planned to use for her victory celebration had a huge, symbolic “glass ceiling” in place. Her supporters— all decked out in suffragette white — were in tears. They couldn't shatter the glass ceiling!
That’s what happens when you believe everything you read in America’s newspaper of record.
Fortunately, not everybody in America reads The New York Times.
One of Trumps most important accomplishments was to make it abundantly clear to the public that the MSM and the Government cannot be trusted to provide you with trustworthy news or information. I think far more people now look closely at the things they read and hear from the former fair and balanced 4th Estate.
$20 million on e-bikes but don’t expect your 911 call to be answered.
The issue is you have people like Jonathan Maus of the BikePortland blog and corrupt taxpayer funded nonprofits like The Street Trust and Oregon Walks who go all in on this wasteful fluff.
I will buy my "e bike" from a "houseless" person who will be found in a tarp covered tent.
Great, witty, sardonic article about the disaster of American politics. Exactly! Two old farts bitching and moaning about their various aches and pains, with no solutions in sight. I saw a couple parts but couldn’t watch the whole thing. Of all the good people out there, THIS is what we come up with?! Jeez.
The MSM is preventing any competent leaders from stepping forward to lead our nation. The bloodlust for damaging information about any conservative candidates, or liberal candidates who they don’t like, and the lack of once inviolate protection for their families and personal lives has made the price of Public Service too great for all but the most sociopathic individuals!
Honest question. Tell me what was so terrible under Trump? Curious how many people have read the report on the Hunter Biden laptop? Joe’s business dealings through his son are inarguable - among many other sordid details in the report. While I respect people don’t like Trump - I would never, ever compare him to Biden.
I’m one of those Obama voters who voted for Trump in 2016 and (with less enthusiasm) in 2020. The media didn’t discover voters like me existed until after the election. For my reaction back then, see “Media Trumped by Tribalism.” (https://www.heldtoanswer.com/2016/11/media-trumped-tribalism/)
To answer your very legitimate question, with the passage of time, Trump’s first (and perhaps only) term in office won't look so terrible to future generations. The worst president in my lifetime was George W. Bush/Dick Cheney. They started a totally unnecessary war.
Yesterday the big news for Oregon was that the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Grants Pass’s efforts to control public drug addiction/homelessness. Did anybody bother to thank Trump for his three appointments to the court that ruled in the majority? No. The media obsession is over Roe v. Wade, which even Ruth Bader Ginsberg acknowledged was poorly written. (The same RBG who declined to retire at Obama’s suggestion so a Democratic president could appoint her replacement.)
Trump’s greatest failing was his constant feuding with the media. It takes two to feud. He couldn’t control the media, and he shouldn’t have tried. There was so much work to do. He campaigned on draining the bureaucratic, government swamp that never has to stand for re-election. Instead, he devoted more energy trying to impress Maggie Haberman at The NY Times.
Trump had some able advisors, but he treated them poorly. If he really wanted to confound his enemies, Trump would rein in his ego. Remember the chest-pounding about his Inauguration being the biggest and best ever? Screw the Inauguration. He should have thumbed his nose at such a royal waste, took the oath of office and then immediately got to work.
More than any other institution, America’s legacy media will be judged much more severely than Trump. Their hatred of him was blatant. They declared war on him. In doing so, they also unwittingly turned him into an underdog. Americans love underdogs. It’s no wonder Trump has hung on despite his antics in refusing to accept the 2020 election results.
Our media don’t fully appreciate America’s decline, and how they have contributed to it. See “Fanfare for Donald Trump.” (https://www.heldtoanswer.com/2020/10/fanfare-donald-trump/)
Two books I found useful were Hillary Clinton’s “What Happened” and Michael Wolff’s “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House.” It speaks well of Trump that he allowed Wolff to hang out wherever he wanted to. His book reveals how things quickly went wrong when even Trump and his family were surprised at his victory. His wife was in tears, and they weren’t tears of happiness.
Hillary’s book (which is 100 pages too long because she keeps repeating herself) starts with a stunning admission. She had no concession speech ready, just in case. That’s how arrogant her campaign was. Plus, she had no place to give a concession speech since the venue she planned to use for her victory celebration had a huge, symbolic “glass ceiling” in place. Her supporters— all decked out in suffragette white — were in tears. They couldn't shatter the glass ceiling!
That’s what happens when you believe everything you read in America’s newspaper of record.
Fortunately, not everybody in America reads The New York Times.
One of Trumps most important accomplishments was to make it abundantly clear to the public that the MSM and the Government cannot be trusted to provide you with trustworthy news or information. I think far more people now look closely at the things they read and hear from the former fair and balanced 4th Estate.
$20 million on e-bikes but don’t expect your 911 call to be answered.
The issue is you have people like Jonathan Maus of the BikePortland blog and corrupt taxpayer funded nonprofits like The Street Trust and Oregon Walks who go all in on this wasteful fluff.
https://bikeportland.org/2024/06/27/portlands-e-bike-rebate-program-will-launch-summer-2025-388092
PBOT doesn't fix potholes. That's too much like work.
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