Maverick Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 There's still a lot of liberal tears to cry, apparently... http://bipartisanreport.com/2016/12/22/celebrities-announce-huge-inauguration-day-concert-to-troll-piss-off-trump-details/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeker Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 "Celebrities Announce HUGE Inauguration Day Concert To Troll & Piss Off Trump" Yeah, that's a good idea. If the Left had two brains cells to rub together they'd be dangerous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaydee Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 Rex Murphy chides in.... "The real story is much simpler. An entire swath of the American media willingly, early, and determinedly locked themselves into a false or partisan reading of the campaign. In plainest terms they were overtly hostile to Trump, and overplayed his every fault and flaw. (And they were many) Contrarily they cossetted Hillary. It isn’t that they misread the election; it’s that they gave to their partisan wishes the status of fact" http://news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/rex-murphy-the-fake-news-theme-is-itself-fake-news-it-cant-hide-the-truth-of-why-hillary-clinton-really-lost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deicer Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 Why would the Righties care? Don't you like the Mormon Tabernacle Choir? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeker Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 13 minutes ago, deicer said: Why would the Righties care? Don't you like the Mormon Tabernacle Choir? You are correct that the Right doesn't care about what the Left is doing or thinking (the opposite is also true). I just think it's funny they believe overtly taunting and insulting the new Pres has an upside for them somehow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deicer Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 When one considers the majority of the U.S. population didn't vote for the man, (and it doesn't matter where they live, it's still the majority of the population) and looking at the fact that Trump has gone back on pretty much all of his campaign promises, somehow I don't think it's the Left that is going to get really screwed in the next four years. They expected it from the beginning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deicer Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 Then again, Ted Nugent would probably love to play the inauguration. Just think, his biggest hit is most appropriate! 'Well, I make the pussy purr with the stroke of my hand They know they gettin' it from me' http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/tednugent/catscratchfever.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeker Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 31 minutes ago, deicer said: When one considers the majority of the U.S. population didn't vote for the man, (and it doesn't matter where they live, it's still the majority of the population) and looking at the fact that Trump has gone back on pretty much all of his campaign promises, somehow I don't think it's the Left that is going to get really screwed in the next four years. They expected it from the beginning. Every new politician goes back on their promises - Trump is no different in this regard. I don't know what will happen over the next four years but I do know that it's never wise to taunt the new boss even if you disagree with him/her and even if you didn't vote for him/her. Disagreeing is fine but intentionally scheduling a concert at the same time as the inauguration because you want to "piss him off" - not smart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deicer Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 I see it as a form of peaceful protest. How can the majority show respect to a person who has shown neither respect nor restraint since being elected to the highest public office in the U.S.? From his recent tweets, the world is not going to be a safer place with the professed desire to increase nuclear arms. If anyone wants to peacefully protest that, I can support it. Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it. George Santayana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 Peacefull protest? I see it as those with no sweat in the result or indeed any work to become directly involved, protesting because they can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deicer Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 Would you prefer them to be out looting stores? Would that fit the paradigm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airband Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 Quote "Donald Trump is right to claim a landslide, because although he lost the popular vote, he won the election running against everyone at or near the head of both parties, from the Sanders left to the Cruz right and including all the OBushtons, all the media, and all the pollsters. Unlike Roosevelt in 1933 who promised experimentation, or Lyndon Johnson in 1964 who laid out a bold extension of the existing state, Trump was not particularly explicit in his campaign, but has been very precise since the election as he has named his proposed department heads. The new secretary of Education, Betsy De Vos, will lead an assault on the teachers’ unions and deliver the nation’s schools from those who have undermined their quality while multiplying their cost. The new Environmental Protection director, Scott Pruitt, will fight for conservation and against pollution, but dismantle the insane campaign for renewable resources and will promote the production of oil and natural gas and the reduction of the current account deficit. The national security team will reverse the reduction of American military strength and prepare to project it without waffling or drawing disappearing red lines. The Treasury and budget and economic team will shrink the federal government, cut taxes on small income earners and businesses, and tax elective spending and the financial impresarios of the increasing velocity of money. The country’s economic strength will no longer be measured by straight deal-flow. The new labour secretary, Andrew Puzder, will drive a nail through the fainting heart of the crooked labour confederations while defending the working man. The Congress’s greatest authority on health care, Tom Price, has a mandate to replace Obamacare, a fraud and a boondoggle, with two-payer universal health care with assistance for those who need it. Campaign finance reform, which has been bobbled around like a grenade with the pin pulled will be addressed by the only candidate in history who effectively paid for his own campaign." 'The appearance of disorganization in the Trump campaign was a ruse, just as the great Clinton ground game was a fraud.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 13 hours ago, deicer said: Would you prefer them to be out looting stores? Would that fit the paradigm? 'they are the unwashed, mostly did not bother to vote but now want to protest. etc etc etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeker Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 1 hour ago, deicer said: Would you prefer them to be out looting stores? Would that fit the paradigm? That actually would fit the paradigm and my expectations but it's not my preference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEFCON Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 Deicer I don't know what it is that you think I and others are missing? I can only speak for myself in the present regard, but to my mind, Trump has been doing a bang up job getting ready to assume the seat and he deserves a lot of credit for same. And I'm completely confident that Trump will meet the challenges associated with the campaign promises made head - on; his record tells us that. Regardless, I think we'll have to give it all at least four years before some sort of measurable result is available to be 'fairly' critiqued ... no? I'm with you on the issue of protest, Michael Moore be damned. It's pretty obvious the Lefties aren't about to celebrate with the rest of us, but so long as they hold their own wake and don't upset the inaugural process, I'm happy. I know that you know there are two very distinct voting systems being discussed, one that respects the popular vote alone and another involving the Electoral College. Hillary only earned the popular vote because the Union's two largest States, both owned by the Democrats, expressed their preference for her. Accordingly, Hilary was awarded the full and considerable compliment of those States electoral votes. If the election had of been based on the popular vote, there likely would have been much higher rates of participation on the Republican side in New York & California as well as the battleground States. In fact, potential voters on both sides of the fence that would normally acknowledge the other Party's grip on their State and stay home would now have a reason to get out and see their vote added to the national total, which would have the effect of reducing, perhaps even eliminating the advantage the College system grants to a Party candidate. As it presently stands, the Electoral system was in place this time around and Hilary got trounced. The Left ought to get over their loss and move on with the process of amending their Constitution instead of pissing and moaning for the next 12 years. I think it's safe to speculate that the Left could expect an equal amount of support for the project from the Right, which would make the effort truly bipartisan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mo32a Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 21 hours ago, deicer said: When one considers the majority of the U.S. population didn't vote for the man, (and it doesn't matter where they live, it's still the majority of the population) and looking at the fact that Trump has gone back on pretty much all of his campaign promises, somehow I don't think it's the Left that is going to get really screwed in the next four years. They expected it from the beginning. The majority of the Canadian population didn't vote for Trudeau, but yet were stuck with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moeman Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 If you take the numbers that voted for him and add the numbers that didn't vote, I think it's clear that the majority of Americans didn't vote against him versus a minority of Americans that actually voted for Clinton. Stats, you've got to love them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deicer Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 18 minutes ago, mo32a said: The majority of the Canadian population didn't vote for Trudeau, but yet were stuck with him. However, more Canadians voted for the winner of our last election than the candidate that came in second. Just the way our system works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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