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| Patterico: Donald Trump Turned Me into a Mugwump | |
| 2020-10-31 | |
Seemingly everyone had assailed the candidate as dishonest and shady throughout the campaign, and as a result the intelligentsia agreed that he had no chance. All the newspapers, including the conservative ones, held the candidate in contempt—and they all backed up their denunciations with copious evidence and reasoned argument. The candidate was well-known, but had conducted his business affairs in a notoriously corrupt manner. His chances were so slim that the New York Times actually ran a headline that stated his nomination was "out of the question." But the candidate showed no contrition and angrily denounced his critics as insincere. He insisted that he had never done anything wrong. The tide began to turn. | |
| Posted by:746 |
| #11 I'm afraid to ask what Playing Pool may mean in Hartford. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2020-10-31 15:55 |
| #10 you say that Trump is a criminal. The Democrats and the FBI and etc, have tried very hard to establish his criminality but have failed miserably at doing so. You have some evidence that nobody else knows about? What is it? Biden, on the other hand, appears to be a boodler, far worse than Blaine, and the evidence for that is very strong. It is true that with the apparently dishonest FBI, and highly partisan Democrat judges convicting him would be very difficult, but the evidence is there. A nincompoop? Its funny he has induced North Korea to slow down its belligerence, has tried very hard to remove this country from endless wars, has, through deregulation and other policies promoted unpredicted growth of our economy that has been particularly beneficial to minorities, things that the Democrats have done as much as thay can to oppose. Biden's ramblings on the other hand provide some evidence that he is suffering from dementia. Calling him a nincompoop would be cruel and nasty, but he does seem to be mentally handicapped. Someone we should pity. Trump has been forced to follow policies of the previous administration in many ways, since he had no cadre of appointments to make and had to rely on civil servants many of whom hate him and do their best to destroy him, at cost to the country. He is a danger to the country because of his control of nuclear weapons? He knows that those weapons are meant to discourage aggression, and has shown no sign of abusing this control. Biden on the other hand seems often to lapse into incoherence, and that may well make him a poor candidate for such responsibility.' If Trump's dishonesty is so evident to you, do you not wonder why the press, which is all out to defeat him, is not able to come up with even suggestions of it. Biden on the other hand is noted for plagiarism, making up his own history, pushing lies and discredited anonymous charges. You must believe that the press is afraid of reporting about Trump. Yoet you yourself in this article accuse him of dishonesty, being a nincompoop, blatant corruption, and much more. all charges for which there is no evidence at all, and all charges that seem to apply to his opponent. Trump obviously loves this country and cares about all its people. The Left wing among the Democrats supports antifa and its politicians protect it from effective police response to its violence. They obviously hate this country as it is. Biden shows no strength to oppose them if he wins. I almost believe that your article is a satire, and is meant to apply to Biden, not Trump. |
| Posted by: daniel 2020-10-31 15:14 |
| #9 BLUF: He can't vote for a guy who says "mean stuff," but can vote for a guy whose family sells government access to whoever will pay. Got it... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-10-31 14:13 |
| #8 Let's make "nincompoop" more lawyerly: non compos mentis |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-10-31 14:13 |
| #7 Many of my fellow travelers who share my free-market, small-government, classical liberal views have decided to simply sit this one out. Nothing says "free-market, small-government, classical liberal" like using the phrase "fellow travelers" while voting for barely-crypto Commies. |
| Posted by: charger 2020-10-31 14:01 |
| #6 I stopped reading this one at 'nincompoop'. He is actually quoting someone else there, Raj — nincompoop is not a typical lawyerly vocabulary word. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2020-10-31 13:26 |
| #5 baby wants his bottle |
| Posted by: Bob Grorong1136 2020-10-31 08:48 |
| #4 I am again remembering why I dropped this guy, along with LGF, from my reading list I stopped reading this one at 'nincompoop'. Very mature, Patrick Frey - very, very mature. |
| Posted by: Raj 2020-10-31 08:39 |
| #3 at least I have a new name to call ppl |
| Posted by: Chris 2020-10-31 04:18 |
| #2 I am again remembering why I dropped this guy, along with LGF, from my reading list |
| Posted by: Frank G 2020-10-31 03:12 |
| #1 I have a better term: Self-destructive Idiot. |
| Posted by: Theager Borgia1057 2020-10-31 02:24 |