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calimary

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12. I think it's the tail end of the OBAMA recovery. Those recoveries
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 12:14 PM
Jun 2019

recoveries have an up and a down. The up part never sustains forever. Soon enough it inevitably starts sliding back down, equalizing or moderating. Wha goes up must come down. It’s cyclical. I suspect that’s why he’s angling for war now. I think he knows he needs that poll boost that the wrong-wing “mighty Wurlitzer” will crank up to push public opinion to “stand by our president. We’re at war! We HAVE TO stand by OUR president!!!”

I suspect he or his advisors or Brad Parscale remember what happened to dubya. A war last time silenced the bush/cheney critics - at least for awhile. And George the Second saw his poll numbers go way up. It was after 9/11 and Man-oh-Man did that boost his numbers. Almost the whole nation wanted to go kick somebody’s ass internationally for what happened on September 11th. And dubya delivered. Bombing the crap out of Afghanistan and then beating the PR drums nonstop to spread it to Iraq. And then kept that war cranking as the clock ticked toward what he hoped would be his re-election. And it worked.

We got PLAYED. BIGTIME. And we have to hope we won’t get fooled again. Maybe the MAGAts will allow themselves to get fooled. But the rest of us better not. And always remember: there are MORE of US than there are of the MAGAts. That’s why his numbers will NEVER grow higher than the mid-40s. Because the majority is NOT with him.

I bet he’s betting that a war could change that.

I hate to welcome a recession edhopper Jun 2019 #1
He loses without a recession. Johnny2X2X Jun 2019 #2
+1 sandensea Jun 2019 #4
I think it's the tail end of the OBAMA recovery. Those recoveries calimary Jun 2019 #12
The Trump slump sandensea Jun 2019 #3
And the republicans, Mr.Bill Jun 2019 #5
Absolutely. sandensea Jun 2019 #6
It's will be Obama's fault of course or maybe Hillary's redstateblues Jun 2019 #7
"recession" is just another excuse for trump orleans Jun 2019 #8
Please let it happen soon if it's going to happen bitterross Jun 2019 #9
If it is going to happen, the sooner the better Johnny2X2X Jun 2019 #11
Good article related to this on Bloomberg..... KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2019 #10
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