Life in the Trump Era, Part 2
I think you both missed the point though. While I’m the first to admit that both parties are guilty of hysteria over the mundane, this article reflects what I’ve said multiple times. The hysteria over everything has become noise to the general public. I’m convinced it is a Trump tactic to keep us unfocused on the mess and the democrats are unwitting players. The entire thing is just like The Apprentice... stir things up and see what happens. It makes for great TV for the dimwitted (I have always hated ‘reality TV’). Is that any different than what we are witnessing?
From a tactical standpoint they need to realize they are causing fatigue among the caring population. Pick an issue or two and beat it like a drum. The right is picking on the left’s inherent ADHD. Somebody get us a comfort animal.
While disgusted by Rob Porter, I find myself barely caring about how the White House reacted because it is just more of the same. It is kind of embarrassing to admit that. But I suppose that is how most feel at this point.
I can’t take another CNN editor-in-chief Chris Chilliza’s “34 point break down of what is REALLY wrong with Trump’s tweet today”. If you read CNN.com you know what I’m talking about and the first two or three are good points (that everybody already knows) and the rest is laughable and petty.
But guess what, the good news for the left is I’m also not talking or thinking about Russia of sexual assault allegations. A win for chaos.
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Life in the Trump Era, Part 2
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Diehard Ute
Ignoring things is what got us Trump in office. Too many people ignored the election assuming Trump couldn’t win.
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You’re missing the point. Trump did not win because not enough people were outraged. The quote from the David French article I linked to pretty much expresses the way I see it. People on the left were calling Mitt Romney a fascist, and Joe Biden was saying Romney would “put y’all back in chains.“ Ridiculous hyperbole. And it is still going on. Instead of talking about how to make things better, we’re talking about how a perfectly rational tax bill (which I don’t like) is going to kill people. If you cry wolf all the time, your arguments run out of steam.
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Life in the Trump Era, Part 2
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Ma'ake
So, Trump is the real wolf, but it's the Democrats' fault? 😉
About the rationality of the tax bill, we may be finding out sooner than later if that's true. The just passed defense funding appropriations were for ~$715B, where the Trump Administration requested $650B.
"Come on, Laffer Curve. Come on, Lucky Laffer Curve!"
It’s perfectly reasonable to debate the pros and cons of the tax bill. I am not a fan of it myself, and I have said so many times. But at least you’re not saying that poor people will die because of it.
Look, Trump is easy to attack and deserves most of it. I think we’d be better off if people on the left would choose more carefully what to go ballistic about.
Take a look at the French piece. He argues that both parties need to be better at this.
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