Saturday, March 4, 2023

I am the only one

Sunday, March 13, 2022

Trump doing Putin's work

 

Thursday, February 11, 2021

Trump's secret sauce

My fellow American patriots:

Everything I did on January 6th, I did for you, and for our great American country.

In the months and years ahead, I will continue to fight like hell for you and for America first.

They will never stop me or you.

Together we will win, and win, and win, like you have never seen before.

We will win in 2022, and we will win in 2024.

Never give up.

Keep fighting like hell.

And we will win.

Today, tomorrow and forever.

God bless you my fellow American patriots.

And God bless the United States of America.



Thursday, January 21, 2021

Condemning Trump

The pending second impeachment puts front and center the matter of what condemnation or punishment of Trump should happen, taking into account the importance of unifying the country and not further dividing it.

One side says Trump as President did very wrong things that no President should ever do again; punishment or other accountability of Trump is needed to deter any future President from doing the same; and there needs to be general agreement of Americans of the wrong things Trump did.

On the other side, millions of Americans believe Trump did nothing wrong as President, and Trump has been badly wronged by the Democrats during the past 4 years.

The foregoing huge discrepancy of views needs to be overcome. 

If the discrepancy is not overcome, it will adversely affect the country's ability to reduce division and gain a unity in addressing the country's crises of health, the economy, violence and race.

So, then, what wrong things do I think Trump did as President that need to be recognized generally as wrong, and what condemnation or punishment of Trump should happen now?

1/30/21
Praise of Trump
To try to overcome the above referenced discrepancy of views, before listing the wrongs Trump perpetrated as President, consideration needs to be given to the perceptions of those who think Trump did nothing wrong as President. 

Alabama Trump supporter Perry O. Hooper has submitted a proposed resolution of ALGOP to pass per the below tweet:

The reasons listed in the proposed resolution are listed below. Bracketed material are some comments of mine about the listed reasons. 

  • putting “the American people and the American worker first in all his decisions and policies” [see what I say in my list of wrongs Trump perpetrated]
  • developing the “effective COVID -19 vaccines in record time” [not clear to me that someone else as President would not have managed same]
  • enacting “the largest tax cuts and reforms in American history by signing the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act into law” [see  AL experts re tax cuts]
  • withdrawing “from the job-and-trade-killing Trans-Pacific Partnership…and NAFTA”
  • standing “up to China bringing back manufacturing industry to the U.S.” [I am not qualified to evaluate]
  • his decision to “withdrew from the job-killing Paris Climate Agreement”
  • “record low unemployment rates for all Americans, including African, Hispanic and Asian-Americans prior to the pandemic” [numerous factors affect economic performance of United States over time; I don't know that Hillary Clinton would not have achieved samer results]
  • appointing “three constitutional conservative justices to the U.S. Supreme Court”
  • building “up and bolstered all of the U.S. military branches around the world” [I'm not qualified to do a cost/benefit analysis]
  • the Space Force
  • withdrawing “from the shady Iran nuclear deal” [not a black and white decision]
  • moving the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem [I am not qualified to evaluate]
  • and “initiating the Israel-UAE (and other surrounding nations) accord providing more stability and commerce in the Middle East” [I am not qualified to evaluate]

I have solicited additions or modifications to above list but have received none.


Things Trump should be censured for
It is being considered for Congress to censure Trump for his incitement of the January 6th insurrection, and it seems appropriate to cast this discussion in terms of additional things Trump should be censured for.

A. Trump's 30,573 false or misleading claims

The Washington Post's final tally is that Trump mae 30,573 false or misleading claims during his Presidency. https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/trump-claims-database/

Just about every politicians is guilty of making false or misleading claims.

The question is whether Trump made false or misleading claims to such an extreme extent that he should be censured by Congress at this time.

The political process needs parties to be able to agree on facts. A good case can be made that Trump either was successful in getting his supporters to believe his false or misleading  claims or to be indifferent to truth, and this has significantly impaired the political process in the United States and increased the division in the country.

Further, Trump's false or misleading claims can conceal nefarious purposes and goals of Trump, including to escape our system of checks and balances and be above the law (be an autocrat, and help the accomplishment of the nefarious purposes and goals.

A good case can be made that Trump had and pursued a nefarious goal of being an autocrat not subject to our system of checks and balances.

A censure resolution should articulate the foregoing and express censure and educate the American people concerning the same  and that it was a wrong perpetrated by Trump against the American people to have made the 30,753 false or misleading claims. 

B. Trump's conflicts of interest.

The problem of Trump's conflicts of interest and the problems they created during his Presidency is discussed at Trump's conflicts of interest problem.

The censure resolution should censure Trump related to his conflicts of interest.

C. Abuse of pardon power

I think it is clear that Trump has abused his pardon power and he should be censured for that, which will signal to future Presidents that they should not abuse their pardon power and abuse could lead to impeachment.

D. Abandoning his Presidential duty to save American lives 

Sunday, December 20, 2020

Unlawful martial law

There is an alarming news report of a White House meeting on Friday that included bringing up of what Michael Flynn had suggested earlier in the week that Trump could invoke martial law as part of his efforts to overturn the election that he lost to President-elect Joe Biden. The report said it wasn't clear whether Trump endorsed the idea, but others in the room forcefully pushed back and shot it down. https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/19/politics/trump-oval-office-meeting-special-counsel-martial-law/index.html

This alarming news report raises questions of whether a martial law that is declared by the President can be unlawful, whether such declaration can be criminally unlawful, whether there can be a criminal conspiracy to bring about a criminally unlawful declaration of martial law, whether there can be a criminal attempt to bring about a criminally unlawful declaration of martial law, and, although DOJ policy is that the President may not be indicted for a crime committed while President, whether other actors in the criminal conspiracy or the criminal attempt can be criminally indicted and prosecuted.

It seems clear that the answer to the first question is that a martial law that is declared by the President can be unlawful, and a case may be brought before a court that has an outcome that the court declares the martial law was unlawful.

In the days ahead, more attention needs to be given by the Department of Justice, U.S. attorneys and others about whether there may be a criminally unlawful declaration of martial law and criminal conspiracy or attempt about the same.

Sunday, December 13, 2020

Cong'l hearing re election integrity

Trump continues his adamancy that the election was rigged and stolen from him.

Many millions of Americans believe the election was rigged. Fox News poll shows significant number of Dems and Independents believe election was stolenHalf of Republicans say Biden won because of a 'rigged' election: Reuters/Ipsos poll

Americans need to believe their elections have integrity. If their elections don't have integrity, Americans need to know that, and steps need to be taken to correct the situation.

This is a sufficiently serious matter that there needs to be a Congressional investigation in 2021 on Presidential election integrity.

There are many possible witnesses for Congress to call to testify in the hearings. A leading witness to be called would seem to be Donald Trump.

 12/14/20

Marshall, in the above clip, says, "For the sake of the country, I hope that we will be able to resolve the questions about this year's elections, questions which are of great public importance, before election day." 

I think Marshall meant Inauguration Day.

I don't see any way for the questions to which Marshall is referring will be "resolved" before Inauguration Day. It seems certain Trump will continue to say the election was rigged and stolen.

If Marshall is serious about wanting for such questions to be resolved, the best chance will be via Congressional hearings in 2021. 

Thursday, September 24, 2020

Combating Trump rallies

Here's a tactic I propose to the Biden campaign and to Biden supporters to combat Trump rallies: 

When there is a rally, as many Biden supporters as possible should go to the rally facility or site. The Biden supporters should encircle the facility or site, using social distancing and masks. If there are enough Biden supporters, they can form multiple concentric circles around the Trump rally facility or site. Probably it would be most effective if the Biden supporters are silent, do not have signs, and are stationary. There should be three or four exit spaces in the circle of Biden supporters that surrounds the Trump rally facility or site. After the rally, as the Trump supporters leave the rally, they will see a large number of Biden supporters in a big circle surrounding the Trump supporters and staring at them. The Trump supporters can either walk through the exit spaces left in the big circle of Biden supporters, or the Trump supporters can walk out between the socially distanced Biden supporters. In either event, the Trump supporters will see a large number of Biden supporters arrayed against them and will either have to look Biden supporters in the eye or the Trump supporters will have to avert their eyes. All of the foregoing should be very effective campaign messaging for Biden-Harris and be amplified by great news coverage of the rally.

This idea was prompted by Trump's September 22nd rally at the Pittsburgh International Airport in Moon Township and the accompanying crowd pictures, such as below.



Yesterday morning, I submitted a post to the Alabama for Joe Biden Facebook page consisting of the introductory words "Here's a tactic to combat Trump rallies: " followed by the exact language in the second paragraph above plus a link to an article about the September 22nd rally, including the above photos.

My post was approved by the group administrators and it was posted on the FB page. My post received 9 likes and the below 6 comments:

I think going as undercover trump supporters would work. Just stay and play dumb like all trumpites.
Sounds like a good plan if you want to arrested or our asses kicked by rednecks.
Sounds like a recipe for those Trump supporters to start being violent!
JOE JOE JOE JOE JOE!
Sounds amusing. But there would be people yelling at you. With masks off. Spittle soaring.
And then the fights. …SeeMore
I think the smart thing is for Biden to keep on doing what he’s doing to keep his followers safe since the Coronavirus is still raging and speeding. If there wasn’t a pandemic I’d gladly attend some of Biden’s rallies if it was anywhere near my location.
 
Today I learned of Trump's rally tomorrow night in Newport News and I added a comment to my above post, saying, "Trump is having a rally tomorrow at the Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport at 9 pm, doors opening 6 pm. https://www.wtkr.com/.../president-trump-to-hold-make..."

I next proceeded to send the below tweet to the Newport News Democrats:

Next I got a notification that the FB group admininstrators had deleted the comment I had added to my post. About 20 minutes after that the administrators deleted the post itself. The explanations given were:
[explanation for deletion of post]
Group rules that were violated
1Follow Joe’s Code
We are a community that values: Compassion, Faith, Resilience, Empathy, Kindness, Humility, Joy, Respect, Inclusion, Dignity, “No Malarkey”. All posts must reflect this.
[explanation for deletion of comment (before post was deleted)]
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We cannot promote in person events. Please visit https://joebiden.com/take-action/ to find an event or try to organize one yourself through Mobilize!