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calimary's Journal
calimary's Journal
October 31, 2018

Man, the cartoonists are having a field day with this bastard.

So are the late night comedians. If there’s one thing trump actually does well, it’s the part about generating material.

October 30, 2018

Surprised how? Makes me a little bit jittery.

Surprised at HOW MUCH corruption and crime is revealed? Or surprised at how little there actually is that we could sink our teeth into, and about which we can win convictions?

If there’s ANY wiggle-room, donald trump is an expert at beating the rap and wiggling out of danger. Like the snake he is.

October 30, 2018

Yes. True. But do we trust him?

I’m one of many, here and elsewhere, who love and embrace Steve Schmidt and other in the Dark Side who appear to have “come into the light.” They certainly sound like they have.

So okay then. All that stuff about forgiveness and not looking a gift horse in the mouth. Fine. But are they REALLY among the converted? I guess we’ll have to see how complete that “rehabilitation” really is. Have they really seen and understood the error of their ways? Have they really reformed from their wretched, cockeyed, wrong-headed, CONservative worldview? Seriously? Only time and the eventual end of the trump era will tell. Because as we all know, republi-CONS certainly can talk a good game.

I’m glad to hear the about-face NOW. But that’s NOW. I’m hard-wired NOT to trust anything republi-CON. Even if it sounds good NOW. I believe souls can be saved, and I believe there are deathbed conversions. But are these REALLY that? Is Steve Schmidt really a changed man? A genuine penitent - or a Trojan Horse?

Is Jennifer Rubin, a conservative who has more recently been vigorously dumping on trump, REALLY among the converted?

How about Bill Kristol? Max Boot? Ana Navarro? And the “recovering” GOPers like the former Congressmen who are now regular contributors on MSNBC? And all those others who say they’ve now switched from GOP to Independent? Are they REALLY among the good guys now? Have they understood and acknowledged the error of their thinking, and reformed? Have they sincerely and legitimately seen the light, and renounced their previous “sincerely-held beliefs”? There’s a bunch of “political asylum-seekers” on this list right now.

But there’s something in me that doesn’t want to let down my guard. There’s something in me that’s not ready to trust. What keeps echoing loudly in my ears is the comment I’m hearing more frequently now that the election’s mere days away, and the poll numbers are tightening: “Republicans always come home.”

October 30, 2018

Please! Oh PLEASE!!!!!

Dear Sweet God Almighty PLEEEEZE let us get rid of Steve King!

October 30, 2018

Three of them. Two cats and a dog.

Dog’s too big to be on our bed but the cats aren’t. They’re on our bed all day.

October 30, 2018

Me-me-me-me-meeeeeee. That's the donald trump theme song.

As a retired broadcast journalist, I’d tell him - you get better press coverage when you do better things.

October 30, 2018

Like it! Like it a LOT!

October 30, 2018

Dayum he's good!

I bet Gillum has a BIG future ahead.

Gillum/O’Rourke? Harris/Gillum? Just thinking of tickets to come...

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About calimary

Female. Retired. Wife-Mom-Grandma. Approx. 30 years in broadcasting, at least 20 of those in news biz. Taurus. Loves chocolate - preferably without nuts or cocoanut. Animal lover. Rock-hound from pre-school age. Proud Democrat for life. Ardent environmentalist and pro-choicer. Hoping to use my skills set for the greater good. Still married to the same guy for 40+ years. Probably because he's a proud Democrat, too. Penmanship absolutely stinks, so I'm glad I'm a fast typist! I will always love Hillary and she will always be my President.
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