I was wrong. Those are words that you’ll never hear from the current president of the United States, but you will hear them from me. As a matter of fact, during one’s lifetime, you could probably hear them at least once from every single person you meet, unless you happen to meet the Moron-In-Chief. See, even though they are one-syllable words, he’s incapable of forming the thought, let alone making the sounds. I used to think that the only two people who knew everything were God and an eighth-grader. Now the list has grown by one.
What I was wrong about—and it was a big, dumb-ass wrong—was that I thought sure that after a few months of watching the corpulent ass-clown thrash about in his self-made primordial soup of self-indulgence, absence of ethics, and super-creepy incestuous leanings, at least some of the people who had voted for him in November of 2016 would admit to having made a (perhaps well-intentioned) mistake.
I sincerely thought that people would say, “OK, I did what I did. I helped keep Hillary out of the White House. I’ve helped to keep the dark-skinned horde at bay for another couple years and I may have even helped to shut down that pizzeria child sex ring place. But this guy’s dumber than a Roseanne focus group. I may have made a mistake.”
Let me just say that being an idiot doesn’t automatically disqualify one from being president. If that were the case, we could just all take a test and whoever scores the highest moves to Washington. Likewise, being smart doesn’t automatically make you a good president. Jimmy Carter was a nuclear engineer, for crying out loud. Having said that, please note that if you actually think that you’re dumber than Donald Trump, you’re probably right.
Anyway, the minority of Americans who voted for him apparently still support him. It’s absolutely stunning. They seem to fall into two categories. There are those who sincerely believe that he can do no wrong. That group includes the toothless hillbillies, the white supremacists and, up until the recent Senate race, a whole lot of people in Alabama. But then, there’s a larger group who know all too well what he has done, but they just don’t care as long as he is sticking it to poor people, minorities, women and liberals in the process.
I thought people would get mad when he didn’t get rid of Obamacare as he had promised (even though a majority of Americans support that program). I thought his non-hillbilly supporters would be upset when they realized that the big, beautiful tax bill was almost entirely for corporations and the super-rich. But no. I thought that the wildly vocal Religious Right would be aghast at his adultery and sexual assaults. But, all of a sudden, those things have been downgraded in exchange for a rubber stamp on the Supreme Court.
Man, I wish there were a Peanut Gallery right by the Pearly Gates so we could sit there and watch all the Pat Robertsons and Franklin Grahams get turned away and told to go stand in the Hypocrisy Line for half-an-eternity.
Originally, this column was going to include a list of infractions that would be serious enough to cause the aforementioned voters to finally say, “That’s it! I’m out!” But apparently, no such infraction—real or imagined—exists. I went around and asked several people whom I know to have voted for Trump what would be the straw that broke the camel’s back for them. I promised them anonymity and still got zilch for an answer. A fairly big shot in the Republican Party told me that Trump is a flawed person, but so are all great leaders. Yes, he said “Great leaders.” And I don’t think he’s a day drinker.
I asked a member of law enforcement (who is also a Dallas Cowboys fan); he’s all messed up. First thing he did was bring up Bill Clinton. Seeing as how he’s in law enforcement, I said, “What Bill Clinton did was a sin. What Donald Trump brags about is a crime (and a sin).” I understand that whole “render unto Caesar” stuff and I’m a Catholic, but I have to believe that felony trumps sin.
Don’t you hate that you can’t use “trump” as a verb any more without feeling ashamed?
I finally asked a radio talker (not the local Trump brown-noser but a guy from another city who is an acquaintance of a friend). This guy is a True Believer. What if multiple sources reported that Donald Trump does terrible things to a puppy with a blow torch?
Fake news.
What if there’s video of it?
Photoshopped or digitally altered.
What if Donald Trump himself went on TV and copped to it and he admitted that he had also done unspeakable things to farm animals.
He would only do so under duress.
I kept adding stuff, exposing himself to nuns, stealing candy from a baby, having Vladimir Putin urinate on him after the Miss Universe pageant. I mean, it was like “The Aristocrats, Part II.” And still, nothing.
It was John Heywood (and not the Bible) who said in 1546, “There are none so blind and those who will not see.” There’s a whole lot of that going around.
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Even Trumpeters have their limits. I find that most people are so shallow that they only change their viewpoint if they have been directly affected by something. This goes for everybody, including liberals. Karl Marx said, “if you want to know the truth, follow the money”, Our schoolbooks used to tell us that settlers moved to the west in the 19th century because of their pioneering spirit and wanting to breath free. Pure nonsense. They moved because they had no jobs, no land, and no prospects. Facing “wild indians” wass better than starving to death back east. John Boehner now supports pot because it could make him extremely rich, not because his “views have evolved”. Paul Ryan doesn’t want to run again because he will lose and it will cost him money. It is not because he wants to spend time with his family. Trump supporters will turn on him the minute the economy implodes and they lose their houses, jobs, retirements, etc, and they won’t even mention immigration.
I hate Trump, waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. What will this guy do when Trump is not around anymore? It seems all he can think about is his liberal BS, yawn.
When hate is all you have this is what you get:
POLL: TRUMP APPROVAL 50%…
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Thursday shows that 50% of Likely U.S. Voters approve of President Trumps job performance.
As Tax Day draws near, 50% of Americans believe theyre paying more than their fair share of taxes.
Just 10% of voters think the government spends their tax dollars wisely and carefully.
I would suggest that maybe you might want to try a different tactic, because this is what hatred is producing. My guess is that you will attack Rasmussen Reports for saying it.
Kentop, I’m not sure why you believe that Paul Ryan cares about his family. He is not a Clinton.
The biggest factor that pulled pioneers west was the opportunity to buy land. Pioneers could purchase land for a small price compared to what it cost in states to the east.
Ever hear of the farmbelt?
hatred is blinding. Grow up Tom. It’s time. Everybody isn’t a racist.
Kentop, a big AMEN to your thoughts. Merely allow me to add, “It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” – Upton Sinclair.
First, last, ALWAYS: Follow the money (and here I was believing that Robert Towne put it in J.J. Gittes mouth in “Chinatown…”).
Yep, all these “converts” to legal pot, I suspect, have either received lobbyist “funding” for their re-election campaigns or in the alternative they and relatives have acquired shares in said ventures.
A very normal suspicion to have in these times, eh, my friend?
Be well.
The last anecdote reminded me of the scene in which Austin Powers is collecting his personals following his cryonic stay. With Vanessa Kensington looking on, a “Swedish-made penis enlarger pump” is taken from the crate. Austin replies, “that’s not mine.” Next comes the credit card receipt for one Swedish-made penis enlarger “singed by Austin Powers.” Austin: “I’m telling you, baby, that’s not mine.” Next? A warranty card filled out by Austin. Austin: “I don’t even know what this is. This sort of thing ain’t my bag, baby.” The final item? one book entitled “Swedish-Made Penis Enlarger Pumps And Me (This Sort of Thing is My Bag…Baby)” written by Austin Powers. Still in denial, Powers signs the form to collect his belongings “just to get things moving.”
Great bit.
Dahehy I find this to be true.
Want to anger a conservative? Tell him a lie.
Want to anger a leftist? Tell him the truth.
A man convinced against his will is of the same opinion still
“The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left”. I’d say that pretty well sums up your liberal democratic numb nuts. Enough said, you are all your own worst enemy…
I have to give you credit for originally, Tommy. I can’t remember the last time I read a newspaper column bashing President Trump.
I’ve decided not to waste my time or yours. I’m not going to say one word in defense of the president, as it will only fall on deaf ears. You have your opinion, I have mine. Let’s leave it at that. I’m not too sure certain members of my ” fan club” will, but one never knows.
let’s look at the 2 guys involved. Tommy Danehy. He admits that his wife is the main bread winner. His 2 main accomplishments are teaching a bunch of 11 year old girls how to run up and down a basketball court. That and writing a now biweekly column for some 2 bit paper that you don’t have to pay for.
Donald Trump on the other hand, is a business tycoon worth millions. Then against all odds he was elected P.O.T.U.S.
To hear Tommy tell it you’d think the roles are reversed. Talk about gall. I’ll say this about Tommy, when he sits they don’t squish, they clang.
Donald J. Trump is the President of the United States if you can’t respect that Dahehy at least show some for yourself. Our POTUS has done more for this country than Bush, Clintons or Obama did in their entire terms combined. If you had been paying attention to what was going on around you would have known that fact.
Seems to me you condone the swamp that raped this country for self enrichment. And, sold this country out risking our national security & the safety of American citizens. If this country did a fraction of what the Clintons & Obama did during WW1 & WW2 we’d all be speaking German today. REMEMBER HOW & WITH WHO THIS WHOLE KOREA/IRAN THREAT CAME TO BE. They funded them & kicked the can down the road. https://www.conservativereview.com/articles/watch-90s-donald-trump-vs-90s-bill-clinton-on-north-korea?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=080917crcontentemail&utm_campaign=newslettertraffic
Obama did the same thing with Iran & created A MONSTER http://www.nationalreview.com/article/423845/how-obama-swindled-americans-iran-charles-krauthammer
Tell me folks does this look like a party that had this country’s best interests in mind? Can you imagine the horror our President had to experience while listening to the ongoing conversations of these corrupt elitists’ in Democratic political circles selling out our country to line their own pockets at the expense of National security & citizens safety. The infiltration of their slimy tentacles into main stream media buying up every venue that could possibly expose them. Meanwhile Mueller, HRC, Holder, BHO, Brennen were the only ones involved with Russia when they signed off 20% of our uranium mining rights to Russia or the fact that #INVESTIGATETHEINVESTIGATOR Special prosecutor Mueller flew to Moscow & gave the FSB 10 grams of highly enriched uranium HEU in 2009 at Hillarys request.
https://www.intellihub.com/hillary-clinton-requested-fbi…/
http://stateofthenation2012.com/?p=75785
1. Hillary was paid $35,000,000 from the Russian company Rusnano. One of the founders of Rusnano is Vladimir Putin.
2. Bill was paid a $500,000 speaking fee from the Russian company Renaissance Capital.
3. Hillary & the DNC, Holder too signed off 1/5 of all U.S. uranium rights to Russia.
4. The company that bought the uranium rights subsequently donated $145,000,000 to Hillary’s charity….
5. Powerful Russian officials such as the Mayor of Moscow, business tycoon, and various government officials donated millions of dollars to Hillary’s charity.
WHO WAS THE RUSSIAN AMB SITTING WITH IT WASN”T WITH THE REPUBLICANS
http://www.bizpacreview.com/…/hyped-russian-ambassador…
http://www.cscmediagroupus.com/dominic…/russian-ambassador
WATCH:
DHS Officer and author of “See Something, Say Nothing” speaks to “The Perfect Storm” ….The Gulftainer deal that put Saddams rogue nuclear mastermind Dr. Jafar Dhia Jafar, who was on our “Blacklist” as an enemy combatant, inside the wire at Port Canaveral with an illegal 35 year lease to cargo container operations at critical military infrastructure. Dr. Jafar designed the miniaturized nuclear weapon the “Beach Ball” that is strikingly similar to that which has recently been seen on North Korean television with Kim Jung un.
The GULFTAINER DEAL, code named “Project Pelican” bypassed the safeguards of a CFIUS national security review as ISNA (funds Hamas) operative Aimen MIR was the Treasury Department chairman of CFIUS, who not only put the URANIUM ONE DEAL through but also put through the more deadly GULFTAINER DEAL.
GULFTAINER entered into a joint venture with Russia’s Rostec/Rosoboronexport, the exporter of the catastrophic Trojan Horse weapons system the Club K. The Club K appears to be a standard intermodal cargo container but carries either 4 Kalibre missiles, cruise missiles , nuclear or EMP. Dr. Peter Pry reports Iran has purchased the Club K from Russia. The Club K Kalibre missiles can take out an aircraft carrier. Once delivered into America the Club K can be placed on rail car, riverine or flatbed trucks to every hamlet in America.
Yes, Obama built this national security disaster and opened the doors to another, far more deadly, strike on the homeland from inside of America.
Are Russian Made Club-K Cargo Container Cruise Missile Launchers in the U.S.? | Worldview Weekend
https://www.worldviewweekend.com/tube/video/are-russian-made-club-k-cargo-container-cruise-missile-launchers-us
Are Russian Made Club-K Cargo Container Cruise Missile Launchers in the U.S.? | Worldview Weekend
https://refugeeresettlementwatch.wordpress.com/2017/11/27/michigan-do-we-see-a-new-trick-by-the-us-state-department-to-keep-information-from-citizens/
https://www.facebook.com/FoxNewsVoices/videos/934271966721359/ Tucker was right for 9 years
http://theamericanreport.org/2018/03/23/former-dhs-nyc-chief-gulftainer-port-canaveral-secret-project-pelican-deal-worse-than-iran-contra-and-whitewater-combined-gulftainer-connects-to-jonathan-winer-gulftainer-taking/
EXCLUSIVE: FORMER DHS NYC CHIEF: GULFTAINER PORT CANAVERAL SECRET PROJECT PELICAN DEAL WORSE THAN IRAN-CONTRA & WHITEWATER COMBINED; GULFTAINER w/ JONATHAN WINER; GULFTAINER TAKING 2nd U.S. PORT – The American Report
FORMER DHS NYC CHIEF: GULFTAINER PORT CANAVERAL SECRET PROJECT PELICAN DEAL WORSE THAN IRAN-CONTRA…
You may be new around here but, I like you a lot.
Wow! I am consistently amazed at the nastiness of the right…not to mention the total and complete hypocrisy. Mr. Danehy, you have guts. Just remember to never confuse the right wingers with facts. Facts are never in their thoughts and only serve to confuse them and their rigid views.
How Big Should Government Be? Left vs. Right #1 https://youtu.be/sxe5GcMH5yA
via @YouTube Lefties & our youth should listen intently
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlRIxkVTyeA&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIm7MRNqFxU IF YOUR WONDERING HOW IT”S KEPT OUT OR PUT INTO THE MEDIA READ THIS IF YOU HAD A HUNCH THE NEWS SYSTEM WAS SOMEWHAT RIGGED AND YOU COULDNT PUT YOUR FINGER ON IT, THIS MIGHT HELP YOU SOLVE THE PUZZLE. ABC News executive producer Ian Cameron is married to Susan Rice, National Security Adviser. CBS President David Rhodes is the brother of Ben Rhodes, Obamas Deputy National Security Adviser for Strategic Communications. ABC News correspondent Claire Shipman is married to former Whitehouse Press Secretary Jay Carney ABC News and Univision reporter Matthew Jaffe is married to Katie Hogan, Obamas Deputy Press Secretary ABC President Ben Sherwood is the brother of Obamas Special Adviser Elizabeth Sherwood CNN President Virginia Moseley is married to former Hillary Clintons Deputy Secretary Tom Nides now they have Zucker. And now you know why it is no surprise the media usually goes very easy on Hillary’s & Obamas many errors. Update 2 left Ya think there might be a little bias in the news?
Oh please…Marty! This is nothing but propaganda fed by the right. As the Republican Party supports big business above all other causes why would the so called “left wing leaning media” be subject to your propagandist views? Trump is the worst president and the most unethical man ever,unfortunately elected to lead this fine country. He will go down as such.
P.S. Marty….assume that ALL of these people you listed are of the same mind, the same slant…look at Sinclair news broadcasting……what say you?
I say if I ever question my right-minded view of things all I have to do is read one of your posts and I know I’m on the correct path.
It didn’t take much to get the right wing morons out of their mental cesspools and into print. All one has to do is suggest that Trump is the crass, corrupt, infantile, narcissistic, loutish, greedy, ignorant, incurious, lame-brained, dangerous, unethical, immoral, dumwad that he is, and his mindless sycophants come crawling to demonstrate their profound lack of brains. It’s amusing to read the rants of the morons on the right who are so sure they are on the right path kissing Trump’s ass. As usual the right will support the very people who shit on them the most because they don’t have a clue about what is happening to them. They actually think that Trump and Ryan and McConnell and McSally give a rat’s ass about them. They actually believe the lies that the Fox and Sinclair drones spout, and they actually think that their lives are going to be better because of Trump. What idiots.
And, by the way, the Democrats are not much better. They lost it because they have nobody who is relevant to today. Hillary’s use-by date expired 10 years before her run for the Presidency; Pelosi is covered in mold and cobwebs and is only relevant to Californians and East Coast Beltway liberals. Schumer is only relevant to New Yorkers. Who else does the Democratic party have? Nobody. Nada. Who even knows who the Chairman of the Democratic Party is? I don’t, and I’m a lifelong Democrat.
So the Dems let Trump win by default, but that does not change the fact that he is the worst and most dangerous man ever to be President of the United States of America. For those who cannot see that, for those who continue to say he’s the man to save our country, I am truly sorry. You are his accomplices, unwittingly for the most part, but still complacent in his quest to ruin our country as quickly as possible. You will richly deserve what you get from him, but I don’t.
For you conspiracy believers, there is no cure. You can rationalize anything. I pity you. And those who moan about bias in the news but are glued to Fox? You betray your stupidity.
Trump is headed for self-destruction one way or another. Let’s just hope he doesn’t take the whole country with him.
Quoting a fake news site such as Rasmussen doesn’t help your cause at all. Trump never has and never will achieve a 50% approval rating. You seem as if you’re desperate. Jump off the Trump train before that LOCOmotive crashes, burns and takes all the saps on board down with it.
I say if I ever question my left-minded view of things all I have to do is read one of your posts and I know I’m on the correct path.
Marty – I don’t believe you’ve said near enough. You’re like that dude that shows up all coked or methed up at a party and you just can’t shut up, although you really aren’t saying anything. Plus, like that person, you keep repeating that malarkey loudly over and over and over over again. Everyone you encounter winds up walking away from you as far as they can.
“I hate Trump, waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.”
That’s a good start Mark, but you don’t have to cry so hard about it. What you could do is be proactive about it. Let’s say that Trump doesn’t get removed from office for some Russian meddling stuff or a payment to a porn star which he “knew nothing about” or god knows what else—you could help to make sure he doesn’t get reelected by voting sensibly.
One thing: Jimmy Carter was a great president. He forged a lasting peace between Egypt and Israel. What other president can say that. He was pilloried by warmongers and fools for weakness in the face of the Iran hostage crisis. Every one of the hostages made it home, and who got the credit, Ronald Reagan who became president on the same date the hostages were released. He had nothing to do with it. It was Carter who did it in the end. Just remember who was head of the CIA during Carter’s presidency and who later ascended to the vice presidency under Reagan. That would be George H. R. Bush. But that’s another story.
Obama drew a line in the sand.
Trump bombed it into oblivion.
I have to agree with the 4 guys who hit dislike. I wouldn’t like it much either if my hero Obama let his mouth write a check that his ass couldn’t cash.
I love it!! 29 dislikes and not of 1 of you guys offered a challenge to what I said. I guess that’s because you can’t. Obummer acted all rough and tough. When Assad called his bluff he did nada. Nothing, zero, zilch.
Trump is far from perfect. He does a number of things I don’t agree with. However, he does a lot of things I love. I voted for him to be my president, not my priest.
I’ll play, CW13. Again. There are some obvious “challenges” to what you said. Let’s start with Trump. You seem to want to hold Obama to a statement that he made, and subsequent actions that don’t correspond to the statement. Fair enough. I wonder, then, how you feel about Trump saying this about attacking Syria at that time:
“What will we get for bombing Syria besides more debt and a possible long term conflict? Obama needs Congressional approval.”
“The President must get Congressional approval before attacking Syria-big mistake if he does not!”
“The only reason President Obama wants to attack Syria is to save face over his very dumb RED LINE statement. Do NOT attack Syria,fix U.S.A.”
So Obama drew a red line and then changed his mind when faced with the details of that decision. Trump insisted we have no place bombing Syria in response to chemical attacks, but has also changed his mind when faced with current details. And that garners praise from you for one, ridicule for the other?
Next, this: “Obama let his mouth write a check that his ass couldn’t cash.” I think “couldn’t” is poor word choice. Do you doubt our military could have been effective in a 2013 attack? I don’t. Obama wrote a check he chose not to cash. Big difference. Harkening back to the last point, Trump conversely cashed a check he had previously called counterfeit. Bank fraud? Someone call Mueller!
Finally, “Trump bombed it into oblivion.” Oblivion? Really? Trump ordered previous bombings of Syria to little affect. And this attack will not do much to curb Assad either. “Oblivion” has a definition. What we just did to Assad’s ability to crush his own people in a civil war is not it.
It’s unfortunate, but 2013 Trump was probably right. I, for one, would rather have Trump as my priest than my president.
Admit it, Brad. If PRESIDENT Trump discovered a cure for cancer your reaction would be that Damn Trump just put thousands of oncologists out of work.
Interesting response for someone who (yet again) complains that others don’t offer logical “challenges” when presented with fact. Actually, you didn’t say they “don’t” challenge your comments, you said they “can’t.” Yet this is the second column thread in a row in which I followed this complaint with solid, logical challenges. Your response both times? Pivots.
Were you an English teacher? I merely defended Trump’s decision to bomb a sick dog who gassed innocent citizens. France, England and the rest of the world seemed to agree with that decision. Obama was never known to speak the truth. If you like your Doctor, you can keep you doctor comes to mind.
O.K. Begin your fact check.
More specifically, you defended Trump and bagged on Obama and then criticized the lack of logical challenges to your point. I obliged you. Another “fact” is that a large number of Republicans and conservatives also did/do not agree with the attack in Syria. Either way, in this very example of Syria, both men in question said one thing and then did something else. You seem to not want to apply your view of such flip-floppery equally. You, indeed, “defended Trump’s decision to bomb a sick dog,” something he vehemently criticized doing just a few years ago. Surely if his mind can change, so can Mr. Obama’s. As for lies, you want to have a lie-off involving President Trump? That will be fun.
And finally, I’m in my twenty-sixth year teaching English! Kudos to you on that one!
You will go on for the next 6 years hating Trump. That’s your right.
Voting to strike?
I don’t hate President Trump. I honestly don’t know that there’s anyone I would say I hate, especially anyone I don’t even know. Again, you criticize others for not making factual rebuttals, then when I make make a logical, unemotional response, you want to dismiss it as hate. Not that it matters in the grand scheme of things, but (at a minimum) it would be nice if you picked a prefered criticism and applied a little consistency to it.
My district did not have a vote on striking. We did get a letter of support from our Superintendent with important information about the stance of our board and the challenges of a walkout. This may sound self-important, but in 26 years of teaching I’ve never complained about the pay. I could have done anything coming out of high school. I was a journalism major, considered law school. I chose teaching because I wanted to coach. I wanted to follow in my father’s footsteps. My eyes were wide open about the pay. That said, from even a purely supply and demand/market approach to the issue, Ducey and the Republicans that have controlled Arizona’s government since Obama appointed Napolitano better figure something out if they have any interest in attracting and retaining quality teachers in this state.
BradHemphill has already smacked you with logic you so desperately need, but he forgot to inform you that a PRESIDENT only serves a 4 year term. This would mean that if he were to hate Trump, it would actually only be for about 1.5 more years or probably even less. I say less because all kinds of ugly things are bound to surface soon. Grab some popcorn and get yourself front row and center, it’s going to be quite a show!
Also, PRESIDENT Trump isn’t smart or talented enough to discover a cure for cancer. But if you were to ask him he would lie to you and inform you that he has. That’s because he believes that he’s smarter and more talented than all of the oncologists, scientists and doctors combined. It’s because he has a Yuge brain. He has chosen not to release the cure because his fixer, I mean his *ahem* attorney, has advised him not to. This is also the same reason why he hasn’t released his tax information. He doesn’t want the commoners, meaning everyone else but him, to feel inadequate because of his extreme wealth.
Long Live PRESIDENT Trump! Nobody can Trump him and his Bigly greatness. Now go have some covfefe and bask in the glory that is Trump!