American Politics

[QUOTE=MarquisdeSade1;2613110][URL]https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/save-america-rally-des-moines-iowa/2021/10/09/id/1039838/[/URL][/QUOTE]Yes, more blathering misdirection from his own problems by the worst so-called president of all time.

No, THIS is a cautionary tale and warning about the most dangerous threat to America:

[b]The Slow-Moving Coup[/b]
[URL]https://youtu.be/7cR4fXcsu9w[/URL]

Hey, I don't really care if someone uses every legal means to squeak out a win. I am even all for it when the side that actually produces positive results for the country does it.

But when extraordinary measures are taken to do it by the only side that consistently produces significant historically negative results along with the more than occasional and in fact ALL of the Worst Results of the past century, NONE of the Best Results and now the plot is being hatched and forwarded by their admitted "lord and savior" who happens to have produced THE Worst Results across the board of any potus ever with zero indication that he intends to produce anything better the THE Worst results next time, then I can't get behind that.

"Propaganda works best when those who are being manipulated are confident they are acting on their own free will. ".

Doctor Newsmax.

[QUOTE=Smoothy;2610095]Trump loves all Americans. Including the overwhelmingly high number of uneducated Democrats.[/QUOTE][URL]https://amgreatness.com/2021/10/10/the-left-got-what-it-wanted-so-now-what/[/URL]

[QUOTE=EihTooms;2613141]Yes, more blathering misdirection from his own problems by the worst so-called president of all time.

No, THIS is a cautionary tale and warning about the most dangerous threat to America:

[b]The Slow-Moving Coup[/b]
[URL]https://youtu.be/7cR4fXcsu9w[/URL]

Hey, I don't really care if someone uses every legal means to squeak out a win. I am even all for it when the side that actually produces positive results for the country does it.

But when extraordinary measures are taken to do it by the only side that consistently produces significant historically negative results along with the more than occasional and in fact ALL of the Worst Results of the past century, NONE of the Best Results and now the plot is being hatched and forwarded by their admitted "lord and savior" who happens to have produced THE Worst Results across the board of any potus ever with zero indication that he intends to produce anything better the THE Worst results next time, then I can't get behind that.[/QUOTE][URL]https://www.newsmax.com/politics/rasmussen-survey-biden-election/2021/10/11/id/1040031/[/URL]

[URL]https://www.newsmax.com/politics/election-2020-absentee-ballots/2021/10/11/id/1040033/[/URL]

[QUOTE=Xpartan;2613170]"Propaganda works best when those who are being manipulated are confident they are acting on their own free will. ".

Doctor Newsmax.[/QUOTE]Am I the only democrat on this site that can see the destruction that Biden is doing to our country? Trump policies are looking pretty good now compared to Biden policies. $5.00 gas and hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants, illegal drugs and criminals crossing our border is not an improvement from Trump years. Am I the only democrat that on this site that is not ignoring Biden screwups? Murders are up 33% in San Diego and up to 100% in other counties. Other democratic states are worse than this. Am I the only democrat that will acknowledge this?

A first I thought I was reading a Wall Street Journal article. But I guess this is published NY the Wall Street Rebel:

Giuliani Broke, Humiliated and Abandoned by Trump.

It's taken decades for Rudy Giuliani to recognize that Donald J. Trump has no genuine friends and only limited acquaintances in his inner circle. When people become useless and are no longer relevant to his immediate needs Trump discards them as he would garbage. Giuliani is no exception.

Rudy Giuliani figured he had it made when Donald Trump was elected to the presidency in 2016. As a member of Trump's inner circle, Rudy figured if he didn't end up being nominated to become Trump's Attorney General, he would make a fortune as a lobbyist, making the most of his personal and business relationship with Trump.

Like many in Trump's inner circle, he expected he would be re-elected right up to Election Day 2020, so Guiliani, like so many others, figured if he bent and broke a few laws, Trump would be in a position to bail him out.

We now know that Guiliani played his relationship with Trump for as much money as possible, acting as an unregistered lobbyist to more than one country. He is now the subject of an ongoing investigation conducted by the Southern District USA Attorney's (SDNY) office, even after Trump's minions at the Justice Department tried to kill the investigation.

The media's latest reporting reports that Guiliani now knows it's just a matter of time before he is indicted for failing to register as a foreign lobbyist and expects to end up in prison.

What must hurt the most is after all the dirty work Giuliani did for Trump, including pushing the "Stop the steal" crap, he will never be part of Trump's inner circle.

Despite building a war chest of more than $100 million in the aftermath of the 2020 general election by scamming his supporters, Trump will never pay Giuliani for his services as a personal attorney and front-line stooge in reinstating the president's campaign.

Giuliani transverse the country, many times almost too drunk to stand to stop the steal as Trump's lawyer is now, drowning under a mountain of legal fees that could leave the former New York mayor bankrupt.

The New York Times reports that Trump raised a whopping $102 million in the first half of 2021. [URL]Salon.com[/URL] reported last month that Trump had not used a dime of the money meant to help pays for vote audits and other expenses need to overturn the election. What little money Trump has spent has promoted his election conspiracy campaign, including exciting the feeble and nonexistent GOP-backed recounts in Georgia, Pennsylvania, or Arizona.

On Sunday, Maggie Haberman of the New York Times reported some of Giuliani's closest allies are saying "he is close to being broke."

Haberman also reported that even if Trump wanted to come to Guiliani's financial rescue.

"Trump aides have been clear they see no mechanism for paying Giuliani's legal bills that isn't problematic for Trump, and they think Giuliani took actions a lawyer should have known were problematic, even if the client wanted it.

"But this is of note in the context of Trump having had a previous lawyer (Michael Cohen) who pleaded guilty and then cooperated with an investigation into Trump."

This leaves Giuliani steeped in a federal investigation alleging that he worked as an unregistered lobbyist for Ukraine, pressuring Ukrainian officials to launch a probe in President Biden and his son Hunter by threatening to withhold USA Military aid.

Guiliani also finds himself named a defendant in a $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit filed against him and other Trump acolytes filed by Dominion Voting Systems over his and their baseless claims that the company's equipment was compromised in President Biden's favor.

Guiliani realizing that Trump wasn't ever going to write him a check, then attempted to raise $5 million on "Go Fund Me" only to discover Trump supporters could give a rats ass about him. After a couple of weeks, he raised a "paltry" $9,798 for his legal defense about $4,990,202 short of his goal.

He was not getting paid by Trump for his legal work to overturn the election, then being suspended from practicing law in the state of New York and Washington the. See. Crippled any hope Guiliani had of making any personal income. Yet, despite the chatter from Guiliani's friends about his plight even on the brink of apparent bankruptcy, Giuliani doesn't appear to be particularly panicked.

Last week, the suspended lawyer told NBC New York that everything he's done over the past several years came as part of an effort to defend his client, Donald Trump.

"I'm more than willing to go to jail if they want to put me in jail. And if they do, they're going to suffer the consequences in heaven. I'm not. Because I didn't do anything wrong."

Even with Guiliani sinking in a deep dark hole, he still refuses to recognize that Trump's refusal to extend Giuliani aid has all the appearance of a broader effort by the former president to distance himself from this ex-attorney. Trump knows like Guiliani knows he may be just a week or two away from a Federal indictment and is heading for a fitting for an orange jump shoot.

The Washington Post reported as far back as late January that Trump "instructed aides not to pay Giuliani's legal fees and.

"Has demanded that he personally approve any reimbursements for the expenses Giuliani incurred while traveling on the president's behalf to stop the steal and push to challenge election results in key states. ".

Trump has also privately "expressed concern" to his aides that Giuliani's moves to overturn the election were crazy and was put off by the former attorney's $20,000 daily fees. Then again, Trump is famous for not paying his lawyers.

[URL]https://wallstreetrebel.com/wsr/articles/giuliani_broke_humiliated_and_abandoned_by_trump/2021-08-03-16-27-10.html[/URL]

[URL]https://www.aol.com/trump-reportedly-wishes-slain-jan-150338900.html[/URL]

[QUOTE=CaliGuy;2613743]Am I the only democrat on this site that can see the destruction that Biden is doing to our country? Trump policies are looking pretty good now compared to Biden policies. $5.00 gas and hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants, illegal drugs and criminals crossing our border is not an improvement from Trump years. Am I the only democrat that on this site that is not ignoring Biden screwups? Murders are up 33% in San Diego and up to 100% in other counties. Other democratic states are worse than this. Am I the only democrat that will acknowledge this?[/QUOTE]What, pray tell, would Biden's policies have to do with $5 per gallon gas or any inflation-related issues other than that his historic economic recovery following Trump's Great Repub Crash and Recession that plunged worldwide economies and supply chains into near total paralysis for 18 months has naturally caught virtually every manufacturer and shipper short of millions of workers for the millions of jobs Trump's disastrous economic decisions wiped out?

The murder rate in states with the cities in which most Americans want and choose to live? No doubt Biden's Child Tax Credit legislation caused that. Lol

I might nominate you for the least informed self-proclaimed Democrat on the board.

Oh, btw, the murder rate spiked higher during Trump's so-called presidency than it has in 2021 under Biden:

[b] Murder Rose by Almost 30% in 2020. Its Rising at a Slower Rate in 2021.
The increase in U.S. murders this summer does not appear to be as large as the record spike last summer.[/b]
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/22/upshot/murder-rise-2020.html

[QUOTE=MarquisdeSade1;2613726][URL]https://www.newsmax.com/politics/rasmussen-survey-biden-election/2021/10/11/id/1040031/[/URL]

[URL]https://www.newsmax.com/politics/election-2020-absentee-ballots/2021/10/11/id/1040033/[/URL][/QUOTE]I hope they "fraudit" and "recount" every ballot and vote in every state from now on. What the hell, Repubs aren't busy doing anything else. It's certainly less damaging to America than when Repubs actually "do" something.

Besides, I enjoy seeing Biden beat the snot out of Trump in a Trump-defined election "LANDSLIDE!" over and over and over again.

[QUOTE=CaliGuy;2613743]Am I the only democrat on this site that can see the destruction that Biden is doing to our country? Trump policies are looking pretty good now compared to Biden policies. $5.00 gas and hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants, illegal drugs and criminals crossing our border is not an improvement from Trump years. Am I the only democrat that on this site that is not ignoring Biden screwups? Murders are up 33% in San Diego and up to 100% in other counties. Other democratic states are worse than this. Am I the only democrat that will acknowledge this?[/QUOTE]You [B]might[/B] have a leg to stand on if the US was the only country in the world suffering from high gasoline prices and inflation. But it isn't.

You [B]might[/B] have a leg to stand on if mainstream media reported that the Afghan withdrawal went fine and who ignored what was happening at the southern border. But they didn't.

You [B]might[/B] have a leg to stand on if you had legs.

[QUOTE=EihTooms;2613838]What, pray tell, would Biden's policies have to do with $5 per gallon gas or any inflation-related issues other than that his historic economic recovery following Trump's Great Repub Crash and Recession that plunged worldwide economies and supply chains into near total paralysis for 18 months has naturally caught virtually every manufacturer and shipper short of millions of workers for the millions of jobs Trump's disastrous economic decisions wiped out?

The murder rate in states with the cities in which most Americans want and choose to live? No doubt Biden's Child Tax Credit legislation caused that. Lol

I might nominate you for the least informed self-proclaimed Democrat on the board.

Oh, btw, the murder rate spiked higher during Trump's so-called presidency than it has in 2021 under Biden:

[b] Murder Rose by Almost 30% in 2020. Its Rising at a Slower Rate in 2021.
The increase in U.S. murders this summer does not appear to be as large as the record spike last summer.[/b]
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/22/upshot/murder-rise-2020.html[/QUOTE]Everyone knows that if supply is cut on any product prices go up. Biden cancelled all drilling permits on federal land cutting new drilling by 50%. Biden cancelled XL pipeline and reversed many of Trump regulations making drilling and transportation of oil more expensive. Result is oil goes from $40 per barrel a year ago to $80 thus gas goes up. Now we are going back to be dependent on OPEC and Russian oil. Not only has but natural gas has increased from $2. 50 per mcf to $5.85 per mcf and heating oil has gone up 68% making everyone's heating bills to skyrocket this winter.

Murder rate in 2020 increased because democrat states started defunding police. Biden policy is supporting this and the results are magnifying. With the increase in illegal immigrants, criminals crossing the open border and increasing drug trade crime will always go up. I suppose you think Biden open border policy helps the average American.

I suppose you think Trump secure border policy and every other countries secure border policies are worse.

I voted for Biden because I hated Trump but I didn't hate his policies. That was a mistake. I am man enough to admit I screwed up. It does not appear that you or any other democrat here will admit this president is a failure. 100 times worse than Trump. Unfortunately ignoring this does not make America better. Obviously you don't have kids or grandkids that are going to suffer from Biden catastrophe.

World leaders are taking advantage of his incompetence and USA is the victim.

[QUOTE=EihTooms;2613849]I hope they "fraudit" and "recount" every ballot and vote in every state from now on. What the hell, Repubs aren't busy doing anything else. It's certainly less damaging to America than when Repubs actually "do" something.

Besides, I enjoy seeing Biden beat the snot out of Trump in a Trump-defined election "LANDSLIDE!" over and over and over again.[/QUOTE][URL]https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/576192-jon-stewart-says-trump-has-a-very-good-chance-in-2024[/URL]

[QUOTE=CaliGuy;2613947]Everyone knows that if supply is cut on any product prices go up. Biden cancelled all drilling permits on federal land cutting new drilling by 50%. Biden cancelled XL pipeline and reversed many of Trump regulations making drilling and transportation of oil more expensive...[/QUOTE]Okay, I know I shouldn't engage, but let's just take one of your claims -- crude oil prices. Here is a chart of WTI through the Trump years until now:

From Trump's inaguration, WTI oscillated around $65 or $70 until April 2020, when it plunged to $20/ bbl -- why? Demand cratered because of the pandemic -- remember?. Many producers took wells and equipment off line -- why? Because they couldn't make money at that price. With regards to heavy crude, and particularly tar sand oil, the break even price is estimated to be $80/ bbl. Now that the pandemic is lessening, demand is increasing but production still lags.

Okay, Biden cancelled a key permit for the XL pipeline, but it has been doomed for years because of oil prices and the inability to get private financing. Banks only loaned money to it when the loans were guaranteed by the Alberta government. That pipeline was a stupid idea, and the only thing that sustained it was government money. Capitalism killed it.

[QUOTE=CaliGuy;2613743]Am I the only democrat on this site that can see the destruction that Biden is doing to our country? Trump policies are looking pretty good now compared to Biden policies. $5.00 gas and hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants, illegal drugs and criminals crossing our border is not an improvement from Trump years. Am I the only democrat that on this site that is not ignoring Biden screwups? Murders are up 33% in San Diego and up to 100% in other counties. Other democratic states are worse than this. Am I the only democrat that will acknowledge this?[/QUOTE]No.

You are one of the Trumpster Republicans that quit posting out of embarrassment two months ago over past posts you made (when they get quoted).

So now you use a new handle foisting a fake personality and background.

[QUOTE=JohnClayton;2613982]Okay, I know I shouldn't engage, but let's just take one of your claims -- crude oil prices. Here is a chart of WTI through the Trump years until now:

From Trump's inaguration, WTI oscillated around $65 or $70 until April 2020, when it plunged to $20/ bbl -- why? Demand cratered because of the pandemic -- remember?. Many producers took wells and equipment off line -- why? Because they couldn't make money at that price. With regards to heavy crude, and particularly tar sand oil, the break even price is estimated to be $80/ bbl. Now that the pandemic is lessening, demand is increasing but production still lags.

Okay, Biden cancelled a key permit for the XL pipeline, but it has been doomed for years because of oil prices and the inability to get private financing. Banks only loaned money to it when the loans were guaranteed by the Alberta government. That pipeline was a stupid idea, and the only thing that sustained it was government money. Capitalism killed it.[/QUOTE]Thanks for the laugh. First time I've heard Joe Biden called a Capitalist.