Friday, May 13, 2016

Ouch Dan Malloy. Very ouch.

Eli,

Weird. Every text and email I get from Malloy tells me how great things are.

Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy, whose state has experienced job losses to neighboring Massachusetts, is the second-least popular governor in the country and the least popular Democrat. His approval is 29 percent, while 64 percent of voters in the Nutmeg State disapprove of his performance.

Bill

A Plague on Both the Parties.

Eli,

From Politico, on #BabyTrump's meeting with  GOP Senators,

“He was very, very congenial, very straightforward, very open to questions, criticisms and so forth,” Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) said. “He was terrific. I’ll tell you, I was really quite impressed.”
Does Hatch really believe this? Has he been Invasion of the Body Snatched? Or is he really expecting me to believe this?

A plague on both the parties.

Bill

Wednesday, May 11, 2016

On the Bright Side: Conservatives have a Future. The Trump GOP Does Not.

Ei,

The whole thing is worth a read, but I particularly like this part:

We have no interest in winning you over anymore. You don’t want serious policy solutions or explanations of why Paul Ryan allowed the Ominbus to pass. It’s much easier to tune out while Sean Hannity screams “Traitor!” into his microphone. You don’t want a physics lesson on how, barring the acquisition of a Kryptonian terraforming space machine, Trump’s big beautiful wall will remain a myth. You want to scream with outrage that lowbrow, quasi-thinkpieces like this one do nothing but “insult the base.”

Well guess what? You’re right. Because a base that chooses a Cheeto-dusted con-man hellbent on proving every lazy Salon.com cliché the Left has ever spouted about the “Tea Party” is a base that not only deserves to be insulted, but outright ignored and shunned going forward. No matter how loud and no matter how many in number.

Good riddance GOP.

Bill

What Are the Democrats Thinking?

Eli,
Lots of well-deserved gnashing of teeth on the Republican side of the aisle regarding that bloviating ignoramus they are about to nominate.

But I wonder what the Democrats are thinking. Aren't you worried about nominating the grandmother felon? She is such a horrible candidate she can lose to the bloviating ignoramus. Why, if the Republicans are going to run with the worst possible candidate they can find, would the Democrats nominate the worst possible candidate they can find?

Bill.

Friday, May 6, 2016

Is He Really This Stupid?

Bill,

Today's Times, and no doubt other media outlets, reports on Trump's interest in reneging on the country's sovereign debt. After all, it's the way, he's always run his business, welshing on his obligations whenever he can. By his logic:

 “I’ve borrowed knowing that you can pay back with discounts,” he said. He added, “Now we’re in a different situation with the country, but I would borrow knowing that if the economy crashed, you could make a deal.”

To anyone with an 8th grade education, the implications of the United States forfeiting its two centuries old reputation for fully honoring it's obligations are obvious, or they should be. Not so, apparently, to the soon-to-be Republican nominee for president.

The Times analysis of such a mind boggling stupid statement, is kind, to put it mildly. Maybe we should keep a running scorecard if the number of statements this vermin-described-as-a-human-being makes that disqualify him for the presidency. My guess he'll average one every other day from now till November.

Eli

Tuesday, May 3, 2016

GOP About To Choose A Lunatic as Its Leader

Eli,

I think #babytrump will get worse, not more presidential, as the campaign unfolds. I hope the GOP goes down in flames. Just desserts for choosing this embarrassment.

Trump accuses Cruz's father of helping JFK's assassin

“His father was with Lee Harvey Oswald prior to Oswald's being — you know, shot. I mean, the whole thing is ridiculous,” Trump said Tuesday during a phone interview with Fox News. “What is this, right prior to his being shot, and nobody even brings it up. They don't even talk about that. That was reported, and nobody talks about it.”

“I mean, what was he doing — what was he doing with Lee Harvey Oswald shortly before the death? Before the shooting?” Trump continued. “It’s horrible.”
 Bill

Monday, May 2, 2016

Ignorance is Bipartisan. We Are Doomed.

Eli,

The latest Trump idiocy, similar to the earlier Trump idiocy:

Trump: 'We can't continue to allow China to rape our country'

(CNN)Donald Trump on Sunday compared the U.S.'s trade deficit with China, which he regularly laments and vows to tackle as president, to rape.

"We can't continue to allow China to rape our country, and that's what they're doing," Trump said during his second rally Sunday in Fort Wayne, Indiana, referring to China's high number of exports relative to the U.S.
Trump has repeatedly accused China of manipulating its currency to make its exports more competitive on the global market and has claimed that China is "killing" the U.S. on trade.
It's depressing the Republicans will nominate this bloviating ignoramus. It is even more depressing the Democrats are going to put up a candidate that essentially agrees with Trump that trade isn't good for the country. Which means ignorance is bipartisan.

We are most definitely doomed.

Bill