On Trump

[Trell]

What, exactly, is your goal in throwing shyte in peoples' faces?

Posting at a distance is really chicken shyte- do something productive.

Pot meet kettle.

 

[Trell]

No country can afford to have unlimited numbers of people coming in

No one claimed that.

 

[Dull Eric]

Tried to stay out of this mess.....

Tending to lean right most of my life, my position has changed. The Republican Party only exists in small corners. They have now become the party of Trump.

Whilst, in most cases, privately disparaging him, republican/trumpists publicly show support. Their sycophantic rhetoric is beyond disgusting.
It's about getting elected or reelected at any cost. Democracy be damned.

Here, in this forum, some are using terms like 'poignant' and 'substantive', yet when given facts, they respond with insults, racism, (I reported a post for using a racist trope yet he/they/it is still allowed to post) with no poignancy or substantive reply.

The above is a trait of Trump himself. He says things, and when confronted with facts he turns to insults. It's all he has.

Having not voted for president in the last two election cycles, I held my nose and voted for Harris/Walz.

I'm not happy with this. For me, it came down to preserving democracy. Trump is about himself.

I'l be moving back to the states in late 2025 and hope things will be better with my party when Trump is gone.

 

[highfigh]

Tried to stay out of this mess.....

Tending to lean right most of my life, my position has changed. The Republican Party only exists in small corners. They have now become the party of Trump.

Whilst, in most cases, privately disparaging him, republican/trumpists publicly show support. Their sycophantic rhetoric is beyond disgusting.
It's about getting elected or reelected at any cost. Democracy be damned.

Here, in this forum, some are using terms like 'poignant' and 'substantive', yet when given facts, they respond with insults, racism, (I reported a post for using a racist trope yet he/they/it is still allowed to post) with no poignancy or substantive reply.

The above is a trait of Trump himself. He says things, and when confronted with facts he turns to insults. It's all he has.

Having not voted for president in the last two election cycles, I held my nose and voted for Harris/Walz.

I'm not happy with this. For me, it came down to preserving democracy. Trump is about himself.

I'l be moving back to the states in late 2025 and hope things will be better with my party when Trump is gone.

What will you do if he wins?

 

[GO-NAD!]

Same here and just about everywhere- not whose fault, immigrants? No country can afford to have unlimited numbers of people coming in and the lack of forward-thinking by the governments is terrible. The loss of skilled laborers in the last 4-5 years has really hurt construction, too. Home prices, existing and new, are going through the roof (no pun intended) and first-time home buyers are totally screwed. For that matter, second and third time buyers who didn't make money on the sale of previous homes aren't much better off. Some areas have declined in value, even though the cost to build would be several times more than their home's value. My brother is one of those- he bought at a bad time (just before the housing bubble burst), so he may never break even.

This is the article I posted for William. The US and Canada are suffering from a lack of labourers - skilled and unskilled - due to falling birthrates, as well as a cohort of young people who don't wish to work in the trades. As the article explains, a large portion of the undocumented migrants in the US work in construction. Without them, home construction will slow to a trickle. Up here, we have a Catch-22 situation - a shortfall of people in the construction trades, but a shortfall in affordable housing for new arrivals. So, no housing for the people we need to build housing.
The Border Crisis Won't Be Solved, No Matter Who Wins the Election (texasmonthly.com)

 

[Dull Eric]

What will you do if he wins?

Accept it and go on with life

 

[GO-NAD!]

I saw a title for a YT video that said he had a problem loading a shotgun during his Pheasant hunt- any truth to that rumor?

I’ve seen a few of those videos. True jackass. The video was supposed to capture rural type A men I think. Can you say backfire?

 

[Mikado463]

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Your post made me go and look up the various reporting and video on this. From what I can glean from the video he is in fact UNLOADING the gun. As an owner of the very same shotgun I see nothing wrong in the manner in which he does that, the muzzle is pointed safely and he is cycling the action to unload the gun.

What I did find in looking at the various reports was a fair amount of stupidity in the media(nothing new here), Megan Kelly in particular was a complete twit.

Hopefully for Walz he will verify this and throw it back in their face.

 

[Dude#1279435]

What did Walz do overseas? He sure didn't go to Iraq and he certainly didn't see action. He retired from the National Guard 5-7 months before, according to PBS. Or, is PBS too right-leaning for you?

Yeah, the quote includes Fox, but it shows that he retired before his unit deployed-

"Walz retired from the Minnesota National Guard in May 2005. He had submitted retirement paperwork five to seven months beforehand, Fox News reported, citing the Minnesota National Guard.".

Fact-checking attacks on Walz's military record by Vance and other Republicans

Republican vice presidential nominee and Ohio Sen. JD Vance sought to negatively frame the 24-year military career of Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz, Minnesota’s current governor.

www.pbs.org

You previously tried arguing in favor of Vance even though neither of them saw action. It amounted to (R) Vance.

 

[Dude#1279435]

Yes. I am for deportation. If you’re here illegally. GTFO. Simple.
How do you like Poland’s take. Come here, get shot.
Again. You’ve offered nothing about Harris’s great path to the future. Just dump on trump. Here’s a tip. She doesn’t have one. Have you ever heard her say anything substantive?

I get the impression you're completely oblivious to why that might be. As if you haven't watched any news these last 8-9 years.

 

[William Lemmerhirt]

I get the impression you're completely oblivious to why that might be. As if you haven't watched any news these last 8-9 years.

Nope. Not at all. It’s just funny though how you never mention how awesome Harris is. Or walz.

 

[lovinthehd]

 

[Dude#1279435]

Nope. Not at all. It’s just funny though how you never mention how awesome Harris is. Or walz.

Hmmm mmkay. Because Trump is King D--khead? I don't get the impression you understand how your behavior can shape public opinion. Sure Trump has a policy I can agree with, but I'd never vote for him because he represents toilet. In fact, toilet was what made Trump a sensation. Or your comment that 'it could be a cult.' That's been mentioned on the web numerous times. Trump evangelicals, hardcore MAGA etc. Cult of Hate Personality. So to answer you question I'm not likely to vote for Harris, but I will at least give them credit for not behaving like Trump in front of the mic. I think Tankini's recent post with his Trump 2024 sign and smiley faces did it best. He seems to be saying, Guess I gotta vote for the jackass. More resignation than celebration. Naturally Trump supporters will celebrate it. Because he was what they dreamed of in a personality.