Showing posts with label Government Shutdown. Show all posts
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Donald's Friend George
I've talked to people who were in Alabama when George Wallace was governor. George Wallace--the man most famous for blocking the door of a school to keep black people from coming in--became a hero among the racists all over the country, especially in the state he was elected to.
People would often ask "What has he done for you?" The woman with untreated diabetes, the parent of a kid who couldn't read, and the man who comes home dirty and is slowly getting a broken back would always have the same answer. "He's keeping down the black people."
I see in about 50 years many of us will see this government shutdown and the wall in a very similar way. Here's a question: What were the economic policies of Geroge Wallace? Nobody Remembers, he just wanted to be seen as a hero for fighting against the civil rights movement.
Donald is currently trying to turn himself into a hero, one who stands up to the elites and does what is best for the American people. This will not work. The world is only getting more globalized.
The wall will not work. Illegal immigration has been at a net zero since 2007. We live in a world that is 3-D. Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) even admitted that it is only going to cover less than 15% of the Mexican-American border. Of course, this will be why we need an even larger wall. And so on and so on until we put a dome over the entire United States.
Why do you think he's doing it now? Going back to Dan, he recently said if Republicans had the house, there would be a wall. Even though they had the House for 2 years (8 if you count the Obama era), and we still don't have the wall.
I just can't wait for 2020 campaign ads. Trump supporters will make sure to say "He's keeping down the Mexicans."
People would often ask "What has he done for you?" The woman with untreated diabetes, the parent of a kid who couldn't read, and the man who comes home dirty and is slowly getting a broken back would always have the same answer. "He's keeping down the black people."
I see in about 50 years many of us will see this government shutdown and the wall in a very similar way. Here's a question: What were the economic policies of Geroge Wallace? Nobody Remembers, he just wanted to be seen as a hero for fighting against the civil rights movement.
Donald is currently trying to turn himself into a hero, one who stands up to the elites and does what is best for the American people. This will not work. The world is only getting more globalized.
The wall will not work. Illegal immigration has been at a net zero since 2007. We live in a world that is 3-D. Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) even admitted that it is only going to cover less than 15% of the Mexican-American border. Of course, this will be why we need an even larger wall. And so on and so on until we put a dome over the entire United States.
Why do you think he's doing it now? Going back to Dan, he recently said if Republicans had the house, there would be a wall. Even though they had the House for 2 years (8 if you count the Obama era), and we still don't have the wall.
I just can't wait for 2020 campaign ads. Trump supporters will make sure to say "He's keeping down the Mexicans."
December 31, 2018
2018 Roundup
Well, 2018 has come to an end. And with the government shutdown, Democrats taking the House, and much more, I say this year has been . . . something.
The government shutdown has been going on for 10 days. Luckily, Donald's government shutdown is so unpopular, he has to blame everyone but himself. A recent poll found that only half of all Americans surveyed blamed the man who was given a spending bill that could have stopped the shutdown and didn't sign it. Or, only half of all Americans blamed the person who caused the shutdown.
Of course, the shutdown was over Donald Trump wanting taxpayers to fund his wall. I would give Trump credit for following through on his campaign promises if he didn't also promise us that Mexico would pay for the wall. What happened to that? Oh, and if the promise wasn't really stupid.
Going into 2020, things are only getting worse for Democrats. Elizebeth Warren announced her run unofficially today. I think she would be a positive influence on the race, even if she's only one-half correct that's still better than who else I'm seeing.
CNN did a segment today on how Bernie can't win because he's an old white man. Despite the fact that our current president is an old white man (the spray tan makes it hard to tell, I know). They also tried to call him a pervert, although when he's running against the grouper in chief, I don't really think that matters all that much.
Seriously though, let's just all take a minute and be happy Beto O'Rourke won't be president. All the polls seem to say it will either be Joe Biden or Bernie Sanders. I like Biden, I think he was a very good Vice President under Obama and a pretty decent Senator, even if he came in just at the time when Democrats couldn't figure out how they should feel about race. Rather either of them will run is still up in the air, but important news is where the polls line up.
Of course, CNN is trying to make Kamla Harris 2020 a thing. It's not going to be a thing, but CNN really doesn't seem to care. They've put her as there most likely to be the nomination for two months in a row, despite no poll done by anyone that isn't CNN saying this.
Of course, the only candidate who has has a snowball's chance in hell is Richard Ojeda. He's a good center-left candidate, but he's not bad. He believes in healthcare for all, universal education, and increased taxes on the rich.
So what will happen in 2019? Let's find out together.
The government shutdown has been going on for 10 days. Luckily, Donald's government shutdown is so unpopular, he has to blame everyone but himself. A recent poll found that only half of all Americans surveyed blamed the man who was given a spending bill that could have stopped the shutdown and didn't sign it. Or, only half of all Americans blamed the person who caused the shutdown.
Of course, the shutdown was over Donald Trump wanting taxpayers to fund his wall. I would give Trump credit for following through on his campaign promises if he didn't also promise us that Mexico would pay for the wall. What happened to that? Oh, and if the promise wasn't really stupid.
Going into 2020, things are only getting worse for Democrats. Elizebeth Warren announced her run unofficially today. I think she would be a positive influence on the race, even if she's only one-half correct that's still better than who else I'm seeing.
CNN did a segment today on how Bernie can't win because he's an old white man. Despite the fact that our current president is an old white man (the spray tan makes it hard to tell, I know). They also tried to call him a pervert, although when he's running against the grouper in chief, I don't really think that matters all that much.
Seriously though, let's just all take a minute and be happy Beto O'Rourke won't be president. All the polls seem to say it will either be Joe Biden or Bernie Sanders. I like Biden, I think he was a very good Vice President under Obama and a pretty decent Senator, even if he came in just at the time when Democrats couldn't figure out how they should feel about race. Rather either of them will run is still up in the air, but important news is where the polls line up.
Of course, CNN is trying to make Kamla Harris 2020 a thing. It's not going to be a thing, but CNN really doesn't seem to care. They've put her as there most likely to be the nomination for two months in a row, despite no poll done by anyone that isn't CNN saying this.
Of course, the only candidate who has has a snowball's chance in hell is Richard Ojeda. He's a good center-left candidate, but he's not bad. He believes in healthcare for all, universal education, and increased taxes on the rich.
So what will happen in 2019? Let's find out together.
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