Kansas Crimson

jfish26 wrote: ↑Mon May 15, 2023 11:02 am

japhy wrote: ↑Mon May 15, 2023 10:46 am

jhawks99 wrote: ↑Thu May 11, 2023 9:54 pm Hopefully, reasonable, sane people saw him for what he is. Again.

That audience was disturbing.

But Randall gets to vote also.

I just can't find the anger for CNN that lots of lefties seem to have, over this issue. I really don't think there's a comparison between Summer 2016 and May 2023 - CNN was absolutely as guilty as anyone in mainstreaming Trump in 2016, helping him turn an election he didn't even want to win, into one he won!

But his base is now shrinking, and certainly cannot grow (if it's capable of growing at all) by holding "Greatest Hits" shows on cable news. If anything, his room-temperature performance is going to confirm for anyone paying attention that "Greatest Hits" shows are all he has in him.

[From] sexual assault to foreign and domestic policy, Trump’s positions have become even more extreme, his tone more confrontational, his accounts less tethered to reality, according to a Washington Post review of Trump’s speeches and interviews with former aides. Where he was at times ambiguous or equivocal, he’s now brazenly defiant.

Embracing extreme positions is nothing new for Trump: Since launching his 2016 campaign by calling Mexican immigrants “rapists” and then pledging to ban Muslims from entering the country, he has promoted divisive policies, made inflammatory comments and prompted constitutional showdowns with Congress and the courts. But a return to the White House, in Trump’s own articulation, would be his chance to take revenge on his political opponents and push even further on his most polarizing programs.

The hardening of Trump’s stances comes as he has been operating for more than two years without the official apparatus of the White House, putting fewer gatekeepers and layers of review between him and the public. It also follows a long list of grievances he has accumulated from his eight years in politics.

To experts who have reviewed his proposals, Trump is sketching out the contours of a second term potentially more dangerous and chaotic than his first. Critics across the political spectrum have voiced alarm at his increasingly menacing rhetoric. But Trump’s most loyal supporters have relished his combative speeches and followed him in espousing harsher stances.

Feral wrote: ↑Fri Jun 02, 2023 6:25 pm Can't believe I didn't invest in Truth Social!

Mjl wrote: ↑Sat Jun 03, 2023 12:21 am He's leading by a lot in primary polls.

Fuck this. I'm moving to Israel. At least their corrupt right wing leader is intelligent.

jfish26 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 03, 2023 7:20 am

Mjl wrote: ↑Sat Jun 03, 2023 12:21 am He's leading by a lot in primary polls.

Fuck this. I'm moving to Israel. At least their corrupt right wing leader is intelligent.

I’m quite afraid of what someone even partially competent could do at the helm of the massive machine that has been purpose-built for a right wing authoritarian.

Feral wrote: ↑Fri Jun 02, 2023 6:25 pm Can't believe I didn't invest in Truth Social!

zsn wrote: ↑Sat Jun 03, 2023 9:56 pm @&$)?!$&@ Gutter…..now I have to poke my eyes out! Who has one of those Men in Black flashlight thingamabobs handy?