Aren't You Glad You Voted For Trump

[JerryBaumchen 1,415]

Hi folks,

The people speak:  Attendees at one point were shouting “Deport Elon! Deport Elon! Deport Elon!” 

GOP lawmaker Harriet Hageman booed for DOGE defense at Wyoming town hall

Jerry Baumchen

[wmw999 2,507]

49 minutes ago, JerryBaumchen said:

Hi folks,

The people speak:  Attendees at one point were shouting “Deport Elon! Deport Elon! Deport Elon!” 

GOP lawmaker Harriet Hageman booed for DOGE defense at Wyoming town hall

Jerry Baumchen

Couldn’t happen to a nicer person. Well, maybe Marjorie Taylor Greene or Nancy Mace.

Wendy P. 

[richravizza 28]

On 3/14/2025 at 1:35 PM, wmw999 said:

My son has hated him since the early 2000’s. Good taste, that kid

Wendy P. 

How is it acquired, the good taste of hate. 

 

On 3/20/2025 at 11:01 AM, JerryBaumchen said:

Hi folks,

The people speak:  Attendees at one point were shouting “Deport Elon! Deport Elon! Deport Elon!” 

GOP lawmaker Harriet Hageman booed for DOGE defense at Wyoming town hall

Jerry Baumchen

Are they paid actors, I mean activist. 

[jakee 1,553]

3 hours ago, richravizza said:

How is it acquired, the good taste of hate. 

 

Are they paid actors, I mean activist. 

Elon Musk offers to pay $100 to Wisconsin voters who sign a petition against ‘activist judges’

 

Every single time the Republicans accuse the Dems of doing something dirty it's because they're actually doing it themselves. It's a principle that never ever fails.

[JerryBaumchen 1,415]

Hi folks,

Lots of Buyer's Remorse out there:   “They said Donald Trump promised to watch out for them. And the first thing he does is fire them.”

Military veterans are becoming the face of Trump's government cuts | AP News

Anyone who believed anything Trump said, was a fool.

Just 'suckers & losers' it seems.

Jerry Baumchen

[JerryBaumchen 1,415]

Hi folks,

Are we starting to see some light at the end of the tunnel:  In a district that went to Trump by 15 in 2024 and has a 23-point Republican voter registration advantage, [ a Democrat ] victory is a loud and clear rebuke to Republicans

Democrat James Malone upsets Josh Parsons, flipping Pennsylvania Senate seat

We must turn the GOP out of office next year.

Jerry Baumchen

[JoeWeber 2,790]

1 hour ago, JerryBaumchen said:

Hi folks,

Are we starting to see some light at the end of the tunnel:  In a district that went to Trump by 15 in 2024 and has a 23-point Republican voter registration advantage, [ a Democrat ] victory is a loud and clear rebuke to Republicans

Democrat James Malone upsets Josh Parsons, flipping Pennsylvania Senate seat

We must turn the GOP out of office next year.

Jerry Baumchen

??? Weren't there any Independent Candidates to vote for?

[kallend 2,094]

I'd like to know what Trump voters here (if any are brave enough to admit they did it) think about stuff that's happened in the past 2 months:

Pardons that bless and invite insurrectionary violence, the purges of career lawyers at the Justice Department and in the Southern District of New York, inspectors general across the government, and senior FBI agents. 

The attorney general’s command that lawyers obey the president over their own understanding of the Constitution, the appointment of people such as Kash Patel  who view their loyalty to the Emperor as more compelling than their constitutional oath, the emperor’s declaration that he and the attorney general are the sole authoritative interpreters of federal law for the executive branch.

 The transformation of ordinary spending responsibilities into tools to punish perceived enemies, the stripping of security clearances from opponents including the previous president, the threat of criminal prosecutions for speech deemed unfavorable, and the verbal attacks on judges for enforcing the law.

Among other things.

[JerryBaumchen 1,415]

9 minutes ago, kallend said:

I'd like to know what Trump voters here (if any are brave enough to admit they did it) think about stuff that's happened in the past 2 months:

Pardons that bless and invite insurrectionary violence, the purges of career lawyers at the Justice Department and in the Southern District of New York, inspectors general across the government, and senior FBI agents. 

The attorney general’s command that lawyers obey the president over their own understanding of the Constitution, the appointment of people such as Kash Patel  who view their loyalty to the Emperor as more compelling than their constitutional oath, the emperor’s declaration that he and the attorney general are the sole authoritative interpreters of federal law for the executive branch.

 The transformation of ordinary spending responsibilities into tools to punish perceived enemies, the stripping of security clearances from opponents including the previous president, the threat of criminal prosecutions for speech deemed unfavorable, and the verbal attacks on judges for enforcing the law.

Among other things.

Hi John,

IMO the silence will be deafening.

I continue to post:  That it is all well & good until it is your ox that is getting gored.

Now, no tears from me when anyone who voted for other than Ms. Harris, is getting their ox gored.

Jerry Baumchen

Edited March 27 by JerryBaumchen

[gowlerk 2,236]

1 hour ago, kallend said:

Among other things.

There is really nothing surprising about any of it. It is exactly as he said he would do. I have to think that most of his supporters are happy with events as they unfold. 

[JoeWeber 2,790]

4 hours ago, kallend said:

I'd like to know what Trump voters here (if any are brave enough to admit they did it) think about stuff that's happened in the past 2 months:

Pardons that bless and invite insurrectionary violence, the purges of career lawyers at the Justice Department and in the Southern District of New York, inspectors general across the government, and senior FBI agents. 

The attorney general’s command that lawyers obey the president over their own understanding of the Constitution, the appointment of people such as Kash Patel  who view their loyalty to the Emperor as more compelling than their constitutional oath, the emperor’s declaration that he and the attorney general are the sole authoritative interpreters of federal law for the executive branch.

 The transformation of ordinary spending responsibilities into tools to punish perceived enemies, the stripping of security clearances from opponents including the previous president, the threat of criminal prosecutions for speech deemed unfavorable, and the verbal attacks on judges for enforcing the law.

Among other things.

And don't forget reparations to compensate the poor hostages that are coming.

[JoeWeber 2,790]

3 hours ago, JerryBaumchen said:

IMO the silence will be deafening.

That's my guess, too. And I have zero sympathy for anyone who voted for Trump now being harmed. Actually, less than zero.

[dogyks 9]

4 hours ago, JoeWeber said:

That's my guess, too. And I have zero sympathy for anyone who voted for Trump now being harmed. Actually, less than zero.

Oddly enough, despicable though Trump may be, our prospects under Harris would be significantly worse.

There's a difference between handling things badly and not handling them at all.  It's like the sign:

1) Pull

2) Pull at a proper altitude

3) Pull at a proper altitude while stable

etc.

We still may wind up like Venezuela, Zimbabwe, Cuba or other such garden spots, but at least that's not the goal - which is a measurable improvement.

[jakee 1,553]

4 hours ago, dogyks said:

Oddly enough, despicable though Trump may be, our prospects under Harris would be significantly worse.

Sure, but you also have to consider that, oddly enough, your prospects under Harris would be significantly better and she’s not despicable.

Do it’s a balancing act.

[JoeWeber 2,790]

4 hours ago, dogyks said:

Oddly enough, despicable though Trump may be, our prospects under Harris would be significantly worse.

There's a difference between handling things badly and not handling them at all.  It's like the sign:

1) Pull

2) Pull at a proper altitude

3) Pull at a proper altitude while stable

etc.

We still may wind up like Venezuela, Zimbabwe, Cuba or other such garden spots, but at least that's not the goal - which is a measurable improvement.

All gigglers aren’t idiots. Beyond that we’re both just guessing. I further guess she’d be far less susceptible to being bamboozaled by Putin and would likely have over compensated by installing actual competent people in her cabinet and would have listened to her military leaders. I further guess the market wouldn’t be crashing and democracy in America wouldn’t be trembling. Also if Sotomayor keels over the Supreme Court wouldn’t automatically go to 7-2.

[dogyks 9]

43 minutes ago, JoeWeber said:

All gigglers aren’t idiots. Beyond that we’re both just guessing. I further guess she’d be far less susceptible to being bamboozaled by Putin and would likely have over compensated by installing actual competent people in her cabinet and would have listened to her military leaders. I further guess the market wouldn’t be crashing and democracy in America wouldn’t be trembling. Also if Sotomayor keels over the Supreme Court wouldn’t automatically go to 7-2.

She's a certified idiot.

As a person, I liked Jimmy Carter a lot.  Dick Nixon, OTOH, was truly dreadful.

Having said that, we are still stuck with the damage born out of Carter's naivete but Nixon did a much better job than I'd prefer to give him credit.

Ripping DEI/woke out by its roots and at least attempting to address the debt gives Trump the edge.  Undoing decades worth of well intentioned damage can't be done gently.

 

[normiss 835]

21 minutes ago, dogyks said:

She's a certified idiot.

As a person, I liked Jimmy Carter a lot.  Dick Nixon, OTOH, was truly dreadful.

Having said that, we are still stuck with the damage born out of Carter's naivete but Nixon did a much better job than I'd prefer to give him credit.

Ripping DEI/woke out by its roots and at least attempting to address the debt gives Trump the edge.  Undoing decades worth of well intentioned damage can't be done gently.

 

Installing DUI candidates is working out soooooo much better for us as a nation.

 

/s

[gowlerk 2,236]

1 hour ago, dogyks said:

She's a certified idiot.

Your emotional dislike of her is not a good reason to conclude that she is an idiot. Comments like that are just blowing smoke. Stupid is as stupid does and the current clown show in DC makes it pretty clear who the idiots are. 

And you can be sure of one thing, the Trump regime will not decrease the debt, rather it will increase the debt as right wingers always do.

Edited March 27 by gowlerk

[billvon 3,049]

5 hours ago, dogyks said:

As a person, I liked Jimmy Carter a lot.  Dick Nixon, OTOH, was truly dreadful.

But you would have voted for him over, say, Bella Abzug - because, hello, women wouldn't even know HOW to start World War III.  And they are DEI.

[JoeWeber 2,790]

2 hours ago, dogyks said:

She's a certified idiot.

As a person, I liked Jimmy Carter a lot.  Dick Nixon, OTOH, was truly dreadful.

Having said that, we are still stuck with the damage born out of Carter's naivete but Nixon did a much better job than I'd prefer to give him credit.

Ripping DEI/woke out by its roots and at least attempting to address the debt gives Trump the edge.  Undoing decades worth of well intentioned damage can't be done gently.

 

I won't argue that idiots might be credentialed or have certifications, I just don't think she's one. The definitions of DEI are an amorphous blob at this stage so I'll only say that I think the idea is good even the application might be messy. I worry more about tariffs on French wine than I do about the national debt, but that's me. And no way do I give the shitheads a pass on how they are going about undoing the so called damage. I'd much rather have taken take my chances kicking the can down the road again.

[BIGUN 1,368]

4 hours ago, dogyks said:

Undoing decades worth of well intentioned damage can't be done gently.

But it can be done much more gently than is being done - and with legislative oversight.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/7/fact-check-did-clinton-set-the-precedent-for-mass-federal-worker-buyouts

Edited March 27 by BIGUN

[JerryBaumchen 1,415]

9 hours ago, dogyks said:

She's a certified idiot.

As a person, I liked Jimmy Carter a lot.  Dick Nixon, OTOH, was truly dreadful.

Having said that, we are still stuck with the damage born out of Carter's naivete but Nixon did a much better job than I'd prefer to give him credit.

Ripping DEI/woke out by its roots and at least attempting to address the debt gives Trump the edge.  Undoing decades worth of well intentioned damage can't be done gently.

 

Hi dogyks,

I thought Carter was truly a nice person.  His Achillies Heel was he thought everyone else was as good as he was.

I thought Nixon was a true statesman.  His Achillies Heel was that he was completely paranoid.

IMO the vast majority of people have both good & bad in them.  Trump excepted.

Jerry Baumchen

Edited March 27 by JerryBaumchen

[kallend 2,094]

5 hours ago, BIGUN said:

But it can be done much more gently than is being done - and with legislative oversight.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/7/fact-check-did-clinton-set-the-precedent-for-mass-federal-worker-buyouts

Why is it that the GOP, which for decades has hypocritically added more to the debt than the Dems while preaching fiscal conservatism, has now decided to do something about it on the backs of the poorest and most needy members of society while promising big tax breaks to billionaires and hobbling the IRS's efforts to identify wealthy tax cheats.

[JerryBaumchen 1,415]

12 minutes ago, kallend said:

Why is it that the GOP, which for decades has hypocritically added more to the debt than the Dems while preaching fiscal conservatism, has now decided to do something about it on the backs of the poorest and most needy members of society while promising big tax breaks to billionaires and hobbling the IRS's efforts to identify wealthy tax cheats.

Hi John,

As I have been saying for over 45 yrs:  The average American voter is uninformed & prefers to stay that way.

Jerry Baumchen

 

[BIGUN 1,368]

11 hours ago, kallend said:

Why is it that the GOP, which for decades has hypocritically added more to the debt than the Dems while preaching fiscal conservatism, has now decided to do something about it on the backs of the poorest and most needy members of society while promising big tax breaks to billionaires and hobbling the IRS's efforts to identify wealthy tax cheats.

Hoover was an engineer, he understood that if you put water at the top of the hill; it would run down to the dryest, lowest levels. If Thomas Sowell couldn't grasp the concept of "Trickle Down" economics, how can I explain it to you. </sarcasm>