caddieman

And any Judge in the court of law would have compelled people who did have fact base knowledge to appear before the court and not have their appearance obstructed by the President of the United States. In a court of law that is called obstruction of justice, which is a Felony. But since it is not in a court of law it’s simply called obstruction of Congress. Is that impeachable? It’s up to the senate to decide, or make them come to the senate trial. If Trump did nothing wrong why block witnesses.

The comparisons have come hard and fast, at least since 2015. Trump is like Silvio Berlusconi, like Adolf Hitler, like Boris Johnson. A 2018 film called “The Trump Prophecy” took the evangelical route, comparing Trump to Cyrus the Great, the 6th century BC Persian monarch chosen by God to free Jewish captives in Babylon. But maybe it’s time to stop searching for the exact analogy for Trump, be he Cyrus or Boris, Adolf or a Silvio. What demands analysis is less the arrogant 73-year-old mediocrity in the Oval Office, but the worshipful attitude so many Americans have toward him. A lot of nut jobs have peddled lies to Americans before, and even styled themselves as messianic. But at no time in history have so many Americans been drawn to what’s looking increasingly like a cult. I don’t use the term recklessly. When Steven Hassan, an expert in cults and an ex-Moonie (as in the Unification Church, founded by a Korean businessman, the Rev. Sun Myung Moon), published “The Cult of Trump” last spring, some reviewers objected to his use of the cult framework as incendiary and not all that useful. Indeed, for Trump critics to call his admirers cult members might be just another salvo in our nasty political warfare. It’s similar to the Trump psychologizing over the years that often doubles as name-calling: He’s a baby, a psychopath, a stone-cold narcissist. The discourse around cults partakes of some woolly theories. “Mind control” and “brainwashing” are shibboleths from the 1950s, when the coinages were used to describe what Chinese Communists did to convert freethinkers to their cause. The implicit suggestion is that unsavory ideas and ideologies can only win adherents using extreme and witchy measures. All that put me off the notion of Trumpism as a cult. But then in August, Trump looked heavenward and called himself “the chosen one.” Suddenly, among evangelicals, it wasn’t enough to make comparisons with Cyrus or even King David. He had to be the savior himself. The far-right radio host Wayne Allyn Root called Trump “the second coming of God.” Then former Energy Secretary Rick Perry straight up affirmed Trump’s craziness, telling him, “You are here in this time because God ordained you.” As 2019 drew to a close, my doubts about Trumpism as a cult dissolved. And I’m not alone. Republican lawyer George Conway reportedly described his wife, Trump’s presidential counselor Kellyanne Conway, as a member of a cult. Former GOP strategist John Weaver has used the term. Anthony Scaramucci, Trump’s onetime communications director, concurs. Also news vet Dan Rather, conservative political scientist Norman Ornstein, science journalist Steve Silberman, pastor John Pavlovitz and academic and journalist Jared Yates Sexton. What the cult diagnosis may lack in scholarly rigor, it makes up for in explanatory power. When polled, far too many Republicans come across as having abandoned their commitment to libertarianism, family values or simple logic in favor of Trump worship. They’re lost to paranoia and factually unmoored talking points, just the way Hassan was lost to Sun Myung Moon. It can be heartbreaking when loved ones succumb to Trumpism. (It’s a double whammy when your grief is dismissed as liberal tears.) A true believer undergoes a “radical personal change,” as Hassan puts it. The person you once knew seems somehow ... not there. Journalists Luke O’Neil and Edwin Lyngar, as well as Jen Senko in “The Brainwashing of My Dad,” have compiled stories of Americans who have gone over. O’Neil summarized the transformation this way: “A loved one … sat down in front of Fox News, found some kind of deep, addictive comfort in the anger and paranoia, and became a different person.” Sounds about right. Hassan — who remembers, during his Moonie days, shouting, “I don’t care if Moon is like Hitler. I’ve chosen to follow him, and I’ll follow him to the end” — broke free, and became an expert on cults and how to leave them. He has spent his career proving it’s possible. To see Trumpism as a cult is not to refuse to engage with its effects, the crimes committed in its name or the way it has awakened and emboldened the cruelest and most destructive beliefs and practices in the American playbook. Instead, the cult framework should relieve the pressure many of us feel to call Trumpites back to themselves, to keep arguing with them. They are stuck in a bad relationship with a controlling figure. Understanding Trump is a fool’s errand. He’s sui generis, and far too erratic and finally insubstantial to reward close attention. Trump zealots are another matter. They are part of the tradition of radical converts in American history who elected to forfeit their authentic personalities and principles rather than refine or strengthen them. We need to stay focused on how so many Americans came to this pass and took this destructive course. The Trump cult will define American politics for decades to come, even after its dear leader is gone. https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-01-10/donald-trump-cult-steven-hassan-moonie

Yep New York. Go figure.

In-laws live in Barstow. I’ve seen it. Guess what is the second State with the worst homeless problem? One guess!

Making fun of the homeless..........Trump has infected your brain. I expect no less from Trump supporters these days. Follow your leader. Sad. November can’t get here fast enough!

B/A the Trump supporters don’t care. They don’t care that he lies EVERY DAY. Why I don’t know. But it’s a fact. They don’t care.

He might not be upset if they take away that gun!😂😂

Lol How petty.......just sayen. Let it go you won!

Lol I’m not a LEFTIST...........just left of you!😇

No he has just denied 71 subpoenas so far to date for documents and has told his entire staff not to show for their subpoenas Congress issued. So now nstoolman1, now tell the truth, if Biden did that you would be calling for his head and you know it!

You are a 100% right Indraman Biden would be guilty of Obstruction of Congress!..............And guess what.......So is Trump!

You are a 100% correct Learning. Big time double standard. I lost all respect for one of the Moderators when they went back to my post 10 years ago and gave me 10 negs in about a minute just to give me as many negs as he could. I think it’s the same one you are talking about. How childish an petty is that! Yeah it’s hard to post here when a Mod jumps on you’re head for posting a counter argument.

Marry Christmas!

What I wasn’t told is I would be playing golf in shorts, short sleeves, playing in nearly 70 degree weather, and have to have a cooler to keep my beer cold on Christmas Day!.............See Global warming ain’t all bad!........lol. Hope everyone had a great Christmas!🎁🎁🎁

Sorry B/A I posted the same thing didn’t see yours

Lol this MOD went all the way back too 2010........Wow!😂

Yeah well Shabs I had a MOD here go back to my post 10 years ago and and give me about 15 negs in about one minute just to drive my neg count up......How pathetic is that? Lol

And here is the problem. Trump plays to his far right wing radicals in his rallies. And these guys and gals will support the indefensible. They will find nothing wrong with what the President said. Going after dead vets! What a great President we have. And I will tell you just how dumb this President is. He goes to a swing state and speaks this way of a congressman beloved in his state. You can hear the losses of thousands of independent voters as they gasped in disbelief. The more he speaks the lower he sinks.......jmo.

Back when General Motors and Chrysler faced bankruptcy during the Great Recession, Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama pumped billions into a rescue of the auto industry. That bailout ultimately cost the public about $12 billion when everything was settled and loans repaid. But that looks like small potatoes compared with the farm bailout underway now. So far, Trump's direct payments to farmers hurt by his trade dispute with China have totaled some $28 billion — more than twice what the auto bailout cost, according to calculations from Bloomberg Businessweek. And the payments are still flowing with no end in sight to the trade dispute. https://www.freep.com/story/money/business/john-gallagher/2019/09/24/farmer-bailout-payments-china-trade-tariffs/2418676001/ Now correct me if I’m wrong.....ain’t this a form of socialism?

Just throwing some facts out that you can ignore. Obama’s market increased 113% over his eight years Today In: Money Day of his election: 1,006 Day after his election: 953, down 5.3% June 13, 2011: 1,272, up 26% (the equivalent of yesterday’s June 11 close) November 6, 2012 1,428, up 42% November 8, 2016: 2,140, up 113% for 8 years. Up 50% in his second 4 years. Trump’s market has increased 35% since his election Day of his election: 2,140 Day after his election: 2,163 up 1.1% June 11, 2019: 2,886, up 35% To match Obama: November 3, 2020: 3,039, up 42%. Only needs to increase 5.3% November 5, 2024: 4,552, up 113%. Needs to increase 58% https://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckjones/2019/06/12/can-trump-beat-obamas-stock-market-returns/#3366535a4c88

You and the President of the United States trolling a 16 year old girl. Who’s laughable?.........😘

Lol you guys can’t stand it........so funny and quite petty.

I think it’s hilarious you guys are so worked up about a 16 year old kid.......It makes me smile. And it’s quite telling.

Wasn’t talking about you CL.

So did you enjoy going back to post I made 10 years ago and give me negs!