Originally Posted by Lee Chowaniec
LIDA Member Rinow to Member Ruda: You were a sitting Trustee on the Board. Did you help support Mr. Sweeney getting a seat on the CDC Board?"
Now that Impeachment is over, what of the Durham Investigation?
Is the DOJ going to move forward with the transgressions of Strozk, Page, McCabe and Comey, or are the "Resistance" cells that protected "The Whistle-blower" within the "Deep State," going to remain operative and effectively do this to the Horowitz Report...
LIDA Member Rinow to Member Ruda: You were a sitting Trustee on the Board. Did you help support Mr. Sweeney getting a seat on the CDC Board?"
It appears that neither side is willing to give up their pursuit of damaging one other in the hope of winning the presidency.
Three plus years of this political BS, less than 10 months to Election Day, and the Dems are talking of continuing this charade in an attempt to further damage Trump because they believe the American voter is incapable of making a sound decision.
We are just too freaken stupid to be trusted.
As I continue to state: With rare exception,all politicos suck!
Wasn’t it but a short time ago that the 20+ Democratic presidential candidates were advocating strength of party unity to defeat the existential threat of Trump on national security – and just about everything else?
The party is now in such disarray that no candidate is considered a front runner and the animus between them is dividing the party to the delight and advantage of Trump.
For non-socialists and moderates there is a ray of hope in that Warren appears dead in the water and the other candidates, and even the National Party itself, is out to deep-six Sanders’ candidacy. Bloomberg is gaining in favor so-much-so that he is now under attack as well. Things are so bleak that even James Carville is pissed and Hillary is being brought back into the picture.
And then you have the ‘squad’ saying the most ridiculous things that even Bernie (their idol) is getting pissed off.
And they wonder what emboldens Trump. Stupid is as stupid does!
So, what do you think of today's polls?
Sanders has distanced himself from the pack after the New Hampshire primary. Is America seriously ready for socialism?
Biden is just about done.
Warren – see ya.
Buttigieg - fading.
Bloomberg – buying himself the nomination, apologizing profusely for anything he is charged with, and strengthening his position by considering Hillary for VP.
Trump – liar-in-chief who can’t walk and chew gum at the same time. Predicted to lose to several of the top positioned Democratic Party candidates; yet favored by many others to win the 2020 election.
Next week? Who knows as Trump remains Trump and the Dems are in disarray and taking the most bizarre measures to demean him to weaken his position – often weakening their own positions doing so.
Politics at its slimiest!
Speaking of slimy, New Yorkers also have Cuomo and de Blasio.
We are so lucky!
Lee, you and I both, as old as we are, keep asking this question, but in a sense, does that question not speak to our naive incredulity?
We both viewed and experienced the incremental but steady march toward socialism.
The sermonized distinctions of economic class warfare by the Left, not only led to the perceived common-sense need for the balanced scale which was resultant from the Labor Movement, but a general acceptability of radical, albeit incremental, government-imposed socialist remedies.
The New Deal and the Fair Deal set the template for the far-reaching the Great Society, which created a nation of petulant, dependent children with an "entitlement" mentality, constantly clamoring for more "stuff." The only requirement of the "entitled" was to permit more and more government control, to accept without resistance, less money from earned income, and to indulge significantly unchallenged, government intrusions into its personal life; small prices to pay for the perceived "free ride."
That "entitlement" mentality proved to be generational with exponentially increasing expectations.
For those like us Lee, witnessing and enduring the gradual growth of that mentality, which was strongly enabled by the concurrent socialist infiltration of our educational institutions, and the gradual slouch toward the acceptability of both socialist and humanist ideals in our society, has had, in my opinion, the effect of the metaphoric "Boiling Frog" upon our psyches.
I do not see a Trump re-election as a decisive reverse-trend turning point; at best, it will produce a resultant battlefield stalemate. This march toward socialism will, in the future, be either checked or accepted by magnified civil upheaval, just my dire opinion.
Last edited by mark blazejewski; February 16th, 2020 at 12:35 PM.
LIDA Member Rinow to Member Ruda: You were a sitting Trustee on the Board. Did you help support Mr. Sweeney getting a seat on the CDC Board?"
Speaking of the New Deal, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and the incremental march toward Socialism, tonight's edition of "Life, Liberty, and Levin" is worth watching...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geL6jyyZw1U
LIDA Member Rinow to Member Ruda: You were a sitting Trustee on the Board. Did you help support Mr. Sweeney getting a seat on the CDC Board?"
As pointed out by Levin: “None of them are angels.” Unfortunately, too many are intimidated in today’s political climate to present historical data that would in any way besmirch the ‘hero’s’ on the left. History is either being ignored or re-written.
When watching the Levin video, how can one not see Bloomberg practicing the same process followed by Roosevelt to get elected / re-elected. Abuse of power?
The following is also an informative video on the history of social security:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwPEWiNadhA
As you say Lee, both sides suck, and both are driven by electoral self-preservation.
Harding's cabinet resembled his campaign office, because it was filled with his cronies who secured the big prize for him. Attorney General Harry Daugherty was the most glaring crook.
The video speaks to FDR.
Harry Truman's psyche, his reputation forf integrity notwithstanding, remained a product of the Pendergast machine, and he filled his administration with cronies, who in turn put a "For Sale" sign on their power and influence: "The Five Per-centers."
Eisenhower just may have done the ultimate political prostitution thingy when he traded the position of Chief Justice for a first ballot nomination in Chicago. The General appears to have traded Governor Warren's thumb on the skill for Ike at the 1952 Convention, for the Supreme Court seat, while giving Taft the finger. Later, Eisenhower said that the appointment was the "Biggest damn fool thing I ever did."
Moreover, Eisenhower kept the DOJ leadership in strictly partisan hands with the appointment of Republican politico extraordinaire Herbert Brownell, the feckless 1948 campaign manager for President Dewey.
Kennedy while in office, faithfully targeted key Congressional districts with lucrative defense contracts in anticipation of his re-election run in 1964.
Also, let's not forget that John Kennedy ensured that DOJ which would remain loyal to him, so enter Attorney General Robert Kennedy.
LBJ goes without saying: "Crooked As The Day Is Long."
Nixon, never mind Watergate, saw a huge opportunity to flip Texas into the Republican column in 1972, and in order to neutralize the tricks, political wheeling and dealing, and underhanded schemes of former President Johnson, appointed LBJ's protege John Connally Treasury Secretary in 1971. Nixon did not even try to disguise his intent, and accepted Connally's resignation just a year later in 1972, so that Connally could head "Democrats For Nixon."
Also, in the traditions of Harding and Kennedy, Nixon placed the Justice Department under the strict control of his campaign manager; the consummate political hack, John Mitchell.
Reagan also kept the DOJ in the hands of close personal friends, first with William French Smith, and then with Edwin Meese.
Yep Lee, they "with rare exceptions, they all suck" as someone would say.
Last edited by mark blazejewski; February 17th, 2020 at 08:51 AM.
LIDA Member Rinow to Member Ruda: You were a sitting Trustee on the Board. Did you help support Mr. Sweeney getting a seat on the CDC Board?"
This was sent to me in response to the You Tube Social Security video I posted (#1568) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwPEWiNadhA
In fairness, since I sent the previous Social Security video, I am sending this one as well.
It is so easy to be misled in today’s world. Shame on me!
https://www.ssa.gov/history/InternetMyths2.html
A New York Times post today reports Pelosi is advising Democrats to pivot away from focusing on their investigations and removal of Trump from office and concentrate on the economy, job creation and lowering health care costs.
Senator Hakeem Jefferies declares there has been no discussion in trying to get Bolton to testify, either in the Judiciary Committee, on which he serves, or at the leadership level. Yet Congressman Nadler told Barr in the letter that the panel had “grave questions about your leadership” at the Justice Department, and where Trump is undergoing ‘emoluments’ and income tax and investigations, and his budget proposal mocked as ‘dead in the water’. (Mixed messages)
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Economy – Obama’s Recovery Act responsible for today’s strong economy, so the Dems are claiming.
Job creation – higher number during the Obama administration.
Health Care – Obama’s plan still in place, drug price increase Trump’s fault.
No interest by the Dems now in getting Bolton to testify. Nuts, I was hoping they would get around to investigating the Bidens, FISA, Schiftt, the sanctimonious, blameworthy members of Congress and the biased / complicit liberal media.
The majority of Democrats don’t want socialism but hate Trump so much they are willing to look to Bloomberg. Sanders or Bloomberg appear to be the candidates they feel can defeat Trump, not caring that elections have consequences. Be careful what you wish for!
This is sure to go down as one of the dirtiest / ugliest presidential campaigns ever. Choosing the lesser of two evils will be onerous. In the end, deciding which candidate best supports America’s best interests should be paramount.
This propaganda is almost as unbelievable as "Russia Collusion":
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/tru...-economic-boom
LIDA Member Rinow to Member Ruda: You were a sitting Trustee on the Board. Did you help support Mr. Sweeney getting a seat on the CDC Board?"
But it's not propaganda, it's facts. Obama's economy created more jobs in his last 36 months than Trump did in his first 36 months. Trumps GDP is only marginally better than Obama's and nowhere near the 5-6% he claimed he could get. Even the article you link states this: "Also under the Trump administration, workers' wages rose, but according to the Fox Business analysis, had been rising slightly faster prior to Trump's first term."
Yep,it is all blue smoke and mirrors with Trump.
If the Obama years were so great, why did Bernie Sanders enter the 2016 and advocate for Socialism, and why is he not embracing Obama's policies now, Hmmm?
Concerning the current black unemployment rate, I'll bet Trump is also lying with numbers.
LIDA Member Rinow to Member Ruda: You were a sitting Trustee on the Board. Did you help support Mr. Sweeney getting a seat on the CDC Board?"
The facts clearly show that some economic indicators aren't doing as well under Trump. You're not arguing the numbers I presented because they're true and you know it.
In regards to Sanders, he advocates for socialism and not embracing Obama's policies because he is far more socialist then Obama. But that really has nothing to do with what we're discussing.
Again, facts: under Obama's term unemployment went from 10% down to 4.7% (black unemployment from 16.8 to 7.8) This trend has continued under Trump and no one is disputing that. Sure, the economy has continued to improve under Trump but it's not like he came into office with some big mess on his hands that he magically cleaned up.
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