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In reply to the discussion: Steve Bannon Is Making Sure There's No White House Paper Trail, Says Intel Source [View all]mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)Hi Y'all .. long time lurker, was at one time (or two) a poster here, but lost all my acct info and access to old emails ... apparently I must reply before I can start threads, so I begin here establishing my bona-fides ... and this thread seems a good place to start!
Re: the article ... THIS IS NOT OKAY!!
Now, what I told my buddy:
"I, for one, hope you stay engaged, making a point to objectively view news sources from both sides (keeping in mind, sadly, not many sources of news are truly neutral ... they pretty much all serve their corporate overlords) and educate yourself as best as possible. Arguing on FB is of course pointless and I don't blame you for signing off ... I do the same ... mostly I just say my piece, and move on ... rarely sticking around to actually 'argue'. But I do try from time to time try to steer people towards solid reportage, what seem to be 'facts', and encourage independent thought.
That said, I honestly don't see how anybody viewing what's gone on the past 10 days could not at least be ... alarmed ... this stuff is totally unprecedented. And just because something is 'different' in the way Trump is acting, and we all 'hate politicians' ... doesn't make what he's doing 'okay', just because it's 'different'. This is not okay.
It may seem that way, if you've not paid attention to the way 'things are normally done', but I HAVE paid attention, my whole life ... and this is really not acceptable Presidential behavior, what we've seen. In fact, it very much appears that an extremely unstable individual ... literally a malignant narcissist, to use Psych 101 terms ... has been handed the levers of power, and now holds the fate of the ENTIRE WORLD in his hands.
For example ... did you SEE his 'tweet' about House Minority Leader (former Majority Leader) Pelosi having problems with the microphone at an event she was speaking at? Can you imagine ANY other POTUS stooping SO LOW as to ridicule the opposition's leader of the House or Senate ... VIA A FUCKING TWEET, like Teh Donald just did today? Hell, even 'W' wouldn't have dreamed of demeaning himself in this way.
Seriously, how does EVERYONE not realize that this man has NO BUSINESS holding the office of POTUS? What's next, Republicans? You got President Hector Mountain Dew Camacho lined up for 2020?
Look, I understand thinking one or two things the dude has done appear on their face to be 'good ideas' (I, for one, am no big fan of the TPP, for example), but even the 'good things' aren't being done for the right reasons. Drumpf hates the 'trade deals' like TPP and NAFTA because they're assc'd with his political enemies (Obama and Bill, respectively). He has absolutely NO IDEA what these Agreements mean, what's in them, why they were passed, nor what will happen if they're just unilaterally ignored.
Mark my words: Drumpf is power-hungry CHILD ... in a 70 year's body, and he has NOBODY'S 'best interest' in mind ... but his own.
Anyone failing to see that is simply a willing mark for a master con-artist. Period. He literally has the sophistication of 'thought' that you'd see when an upstart young Chimp defeats the Elder Patriarch of the family in a contest of strength, and inherits the harem. And guess what? ALL the rest of us ... are the 'defeated', in this egomaniacs mind. Unless you're literally willing to lick the mans boot. Then ... you might be alright by him ...
So by all means, step away from FB. But don't stop educating yourself. What's going on is NOT normal, and it's not OKAY ... at least not if you're a decent, loving human being, and a lover of this Great Nation!!!"