^thanks for the HBO doc info. I'd been aware that he was the Sack of $#!+s mentor back in the day, and has taken most of his tactics from that same playbook.
I'll search for it and see if it's available. Although it IS hard to digest so much bile each day from those ranks.
As per the other post about turning to FAUX NEWS here and again. I do it often enough to get a glimpse of what manipulative strategies they have going strong.
Every once in a while they'll hold the 45 idiot up to some minor scrutiny but it's really not enough.
Yesterday he'd gone on trying to bait the "old Christian right " with some ridiculous statement that protesters were going to go attack statutes of JESUS next.
The guy is an imbecile and had to call in Obama the day entering office at the WH. Despite all the trash heaped upon him which was the basis of his semi racist rhetoric. (*not that Obama is without criticism)
The only way i see all this corruption and the grift (some of it is too sharp to have been devised by that guy) is that there's gotta be tons of compromised information about his unholy alliance there in office. Barr, Mitch & 45 ... its a disgusting abuse of power going on.
You'd think faux news would at least ONCE show food lines or the people impacted by no federal response to this COVID lockdown instead of merelyreferring to it as "when willwe return to work etc".
Not once do they speak of ordinary citizen's troubles and dilemmas surviving this with massive layoffs and furloughs.
Nor do they criticize the ridiculous claim that trump CREATED 2.5 million jobs when those positions were largely people RETURNING TO WORK from furloughs, or company endorsed stays etc.
They'll twist anything with sleightof hand while they undermine something else and then make false claims immediately without any substance.
They'll also PROJECT their next moves by declaring that "dems are doing this n that" *(right now it's voter fraud) while doing exactly that.
Go read about Mitch McConnell's Kentucky election if you need a very current example.
My hope is that with so many people stuck in this unfortunate shitty situation where life is shutdown, there are millions of EYES on these very fools that will hold them to better scrutiny (*except in Florida of course, .... who seem to be getting even nuttier and nuttier)
The Real Wizard · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]SweetCaroline wrote:[/b]
Over the weekend I discovered a new HBO documentary about Roy Cohn. All I knew about him previously is that years ago he was Donald Trump’s mentor and fixer. OMG he was exactly like Trump or maybe Trump is exactly like him? I was shocked to see that many years ago Trump, Cohn, Paul Manafort, Roger Stone and Rupert Murdoch were buddies in the same inner circle.
Cohn is dead from AIDS but the others are very much tied together in today’s daily news![/QUOTE]
Yep - the rot goes back decades. And 40% of the country is still too stupid to see it.
But I don't blame them. It's a combination of their biology (there are countless studies on the right wing mind and how it's rooted in tribalism) and the success of the incredibly well orchestrated propaganda from the right (mainly Fox news).
Now that Trump is left to his last resort - overt racism in the form of classifications like "Kung Flu" - all Fox news can do now is speak to its viewers like two year olds, trying convince them that BLM is going to take their houses, with a straight face. And conservatives will no doubt gobble it up.
50 years since the civil rights movement, and still only 35% of white Americans strongly support BLM.
The American experiment is about to burn to the ground. It has failed about 90% of its citizens. I say let it burn. The problems are just too deep.
Donna13 · Member since
I think Biden will win. Maybe he and a good team of advisors will pull us out of this downward spiral. I think Trump’s future will be tied up with legal problems of all sorts, so he will still be in the news.
There has to be a better and faster way of finding out if a politician is being controlled, threatened, or paid off by an interest group or country. Hard problem to solve maybe.
Regarding the pandemic, I had to get together with some neighbors yesterday (outdoors for a project) and I was the only one wearing a mask and eye protection. This is my theory, something that I have been noticing since the 9/11 attacks: in the US it is taboo (maybe that’s too strong a word) or socially unacceptable to admit to negative thinking. There is too much positivity, generally, in my opinion; too many people pretending to not have any fear. Sure, there is plenty of bad news on TV, but then it is the American way to not over-react and to “stay positive”. During a crisis we need truth from our leaders.
Saint Jiub · Member since
I think Trump has gone from a net positive to a liability starting in May when ...
> After first listening to his experts, now ignoring the COVID-19 resurgence, sticking his head in the sand, and hoping (Hopium?) COVID-19 disappears.
> Holding massive indoor political rallies and forcing participants not to sue if they get COVID-19.
> Forcibly clearing out peaceful protestors, so Trump can have a church photo op across the street from the white house.
> Stating that a "Black Lives Matter" slogan painted on street is hate speech.
SweetCaroline · Member since
Adam Lambert
“There are just 100 days to go until the presidential election. Excited to support tonight's #CelebrationForChange with a special performance of Ready to Run! Join us at 8pm ET/5pm PT and let's help elect @JoeBiden! ow.ly/tMzF50AEhFI #100DaysToGo”
Ready To Run
http://youtu.be/05NhbLNYACU
SweetCaroline · Member since
The final straw has been Trump installing a new postmaster general in the US Post Office, a man who is a huge donor to his campaign and has no previous experience with the post office. I haven’t heard what happened to the previous postmaster.
This new guy is making radical changes with the purpose of slowing things down. WHY ??? Makes no sense. Trump should not be allowed to get away with this crap. It is obvious Trump is trying to gum up the system if there is going to be a huge increase in mail in votes due to the pandemic.
He could have been a hero in this pandemic but he just doesn’t have it in him to do things the right way. He always takes the negative, confrontational route.
