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Post by SSHoya on Aug 24, 2024 15:54:36 GMT -5
A dozen lawyers who worked for the three Republican presidents before Donald Trump said in a letter Friday they think he “would threaten American democracy and undermine the rule of law,” and therefore are supporting his opponent in the election, Democrat Vice President Kamala Harris.
The lawyers also wrote, “we urge all patriotic Republicans, former Republicans, conservative and center-right citizens, and independent voters to place love of country above party and ideology and join us in supporting Kamala Harris.” The letter was first reported by Fox News.
Former president Donald Trump held two rallies in swing states on Friday, including one with independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who suspended his campaign and endorsed Trump. Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, are entering the weekend energized from their national convention and looking to keep up the momentum.
The people who signed the letter worked in the presidential administrations of Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and his son, George W. Bush. The signers include John B. Bellinger III, senior associate counsel to President George W. Bush; Phillip D. Brady, Deputy Counsel to President Reagan; and Nicholas Rostow, a special assistant to presidents Reagan and George H.W. Bush for national security affairs.
The announcement comes one day after Harris formally accepted the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination. “You can always trust me to put country above party,” Harris said in her acceptance speech. Later she added, “Donald Trump tried to throw away your votes,” after losing the 2020 election.
A spokesperson for Trump, who has not acknowledged his 2020 election loss, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
--WaPo, 8/24/24, 4:30 pm.
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Post by SSHoya on Aug 25, 2024 4:44:22 GMT -5
Demented Don the Con Even some of Donald Trump’s supporters are now asking the question that was the undoing of Joe Biden: is the former president fit for office? But while Biden’s run for re-election was largely sunk by a single disastrous televised debate before a national audience, Trump is ramping up doubts with each chaotic, disjointed speech as he campaigns around the country. While rambling discourse and outrageously disprovable claims, interspersed with spite and vitriol, may seem nothing new to many of Trump’s supporters and critics alike, the former president appears to have been driven to new depths by suddenly finding himself running against Kamala Harris a month ago. At a rally in Pennsylvania a week ago, Trump went as far as rambling on about rambling. “I don’t ramble. I’m a really smart guy, you know, really smart. I don’t ramble. But the other day, anytime I hit too hard, they say he was rambling, rambling,” he told the crowd. Even some of Trump’s most loyal fans were disturbed by that performance. Joan Long travelled from New York with her husband, Billy, to see the former president speak. “I honestly can’t say I know why he starts talking about how to pronounce names. What does that have to do with the election?” she said. “And I wish he would stop talking about Kamala’s looks.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/24/donald-trump-mental-fitness-campaign
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Post by Elvado on Aug 25, 2024 4:57:20 GMT -5
Demented Don the Con Even some of Donald Trump’s supporters are now asking the question that was the undoing of Joe Biden: is the former president fit for office? But while Biden’s run for re-election was largely sunk by a single disastrous televised debate before a national audience, Trump is ramping up doubts with each chaotic, disjointed speech as he campaigns around the country. While rambling discourse and outrageously disprovable claims, interspersed with spite and vitriol, may seem nothing new to many of Trump’s supporters and critics alike, the former president appears to have been driven to new depths by suddenly finding himself running against Kamala Harris a month ago. At a rally in Pennsylvania a week ago, Trump went as far as rambling on about rambling. “I don’t ramble. I’m a really smart guy, you know, really smart. I don’t ramble. But the other day, anytime I hit too hard, they say he was rambling, rambling,” he told the crowd. Even some of Trump’s most loyal fans were disturbed by that performance. Joan Long travelled from New York with her husband, Billy, to see the former president speak. “I honestly can’t say I know why he starts talking about how to pronounce names. What does that have to do with the election?” she said. “And I wish he would stop talking about Kamala’s looks.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/24/donald-trump-mental-fitness-campaignI agree with everything you just wrote with the exception of Joe Biden being undone by a “single disastrous debate”. That was simply Toto pulling back the curtain on what the DNC and the rest of the enablers, including the VP had hidden from the electorate for years. Once seen live and without filter, it could not be unseen.
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Post by SSHoya on Aug 25, 2024 5:05:05 GMT -5
Talk about poor advance work. Incompetent. But most MAGA GOP cultists won't care. MONTEZUMA PASS, Ariz. — A brown ribbon carved a straight gash across a vast, flat desert basin, the only mark of human civilization visible on this wilderness. The partition charged up a steep hill in Montezuma Canyon, then suddenly stopped. Extra pieces lay in piles nearby, rusting monuments to an unfinished campaign promise. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump came here on Thursday to heap praise on the structure standing to his right — “the Rolls-Royce of walls,” he called it — and lament the unused segments lying to his left. Joining him there, Border Patrol union leader Paul A. Perez called the standing fence “Trump wall” and the idle parts “Kamala wall,” after his Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris. Those labels were inaccurate. This section of 20-foot steel slats was actually built during former president Barack Obama’s administration. Trump added the unfinished extension up the hillside, an engineering challenge that cost at least $35 million a mile. The unused panels of 30-foot beams were procured during the Trump administration and never erected. “Where you were, that was kind of a joke today,” said John Ladd, a Trump supporter whose ranch extends along the border, explained while driving the dirt road along the barrier, the gapped panels making a flipbook out of the shrubby trees and grass on the other side. “Had to be in front of Trump’s wall, but you went to Montezuma, and that’s Obama’s wall.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/25/trump-event-wall-obama-built-highlights-an-unkept-promise/
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Post by SSHoya on Aug 25, 2024 15:46:43 GMT -5
The revisionist attacks for his decision to retire from the National Guard to run for Congress aren’t just partisan, they are oblivious to reality. He could never have run for Congress without retiring, and I should know. I had just returned from active duty, retiring from the Marine Corps Reserve to run for Congress in New Jersey in 2004. It was the year before Governor Walz ran for Congress. I had no illusions that a congressional campaign was going to be an easy undertaking, yet the circumstances in real life were more than simple political blood sport. At that time, under the Bush White House, it was a non-starter for anyone on active duty or even in the reserves to raise honest issues about what was happening in Iraq and Afghanistan. Both personal reprisals and even legal consequences were simple facts of life. I learned that in 2004, during a CNN interview on a Friday night, when speaking as a civilian, I said: “I wanted to see my president go out there and iterate a real clear, meaningful strategy of what was going to happen in Iraq.” By Monday, the White House had contacted Headquarters Marine Corps, asking to launch an Article 92 investigation under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, similar to the Hatch Act. What blocked this from even starting? I had retired three days earlier. Mark Twain famously commented: “First find the facts and then distort them as you see fit.” For me -- and even more for Governor Walz -- today’s critics have conveniently omitted the chaos of the Iraq War for our active and reserve armed forces, and the misplaced hubris of those who pushed that war. Twenty years ago, even our 30- to 45-year-old reservists and guardsmen were being called back to serve alongside our teenaged troops -- often without even the basic equipment they needed. And forget about any real plan: As Donald Rumsfeld famously said, we would be greeted as liberators, only to be eclipsed by his declaration that we would quickly mop up the insurgent “dead-enders.” History has proven Rumsfeld tragically wrong. Guardsmen and Reservists were asked to make sacrifices -- with unrealistic troop strengths and stop losses preventing them from returning home. It was a punishing fate. As many have said, it was their jobs. When financial and social hardships were foisted on their families and loved ones, however, it became unconscionable. www.nj.com/opinion/2024/08/the-attack-on-walzs-military-service-is-political-blather-i-endured-the-same-bs-opinion.html
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Post by Massholya on Aug 25, 2024 17:01:00 GMT -5
The revisionist attacks for his decision to retire from the National Guard to run for Congress aren’t just partisan, they are oblivious to reality. He could never have run for Congress without retiring, and I should know. I had just returned from active duty, retiring from the Marine Corps Reserve to run for Congress in New Jersey in 2004. It was the year before Governor Walz ran for Congress. I had no illusions that a congressional campaign was going to be an easy undertaking, yet the circumstances in real life were more than simple political blood sport. At that time, under the Bush White House, it was a non-starter for anyone on active duty or even in the reserves to raise honest issues about what was happening in Iraq and Afghanistan. Both personal reprisals and even legal consequences were simple facts of life. I learned that in 2004, during a CNN interview on a Friday night, when speaking as a civilian, I said: “I wanted to see my president go out there and iterate a real clear, meaningful strategy of what was going to happen in Iraq.” By Monday, the White House had contacted Headquarters Marine Corps, asking to launch an Article 92 investigation under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, similar to the Hatch Act. What blocked this from even starting? I had retired three days earlier. Mark Twain famously commented: “First find the facts and then distort them as you see fit.” For me -- and even more for Governor Walz -- today’s critics have conveniently omitted the chaos of the Iraq War for our active and reserve armed forces, and the misplaced hubris of those who pushed that war. Twenty years ago, even our 30- to 45-year-old reservists and guardsmen were being called back to serve alongside our teenaged troops -- often without even the basic equipment they needed. And forget about any real plan: As Donald Rumsfeld famously said, we would be greeted as liberators, only to be eclipsed by his declaration that we would quickly mop up the insurgent “dead-enders.” History has proven Rumsfeld tragically wrong. Guardsmen and Reservists were asked to make sacrifices -- with unrealistic troop strengths and stop losses preventing them from returning home. It was a punishing fate. As many have said, it was their jobs. When financial and social hardships were foisted on their families and loved ones, however, it became unconscionable. www.nj.com/opinion/2024/08/the-attack-on-walzs-military-service-is-political-blather-i-endured-the-same-bs-opinion.htmlRead the book “Dirty Wars” if you’d like to learn more about the tragic legacy of Donald Rumsfeld.
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Post by tashoya on Aug 25, 2024 21:06:36 GMT -5
Demented Don the Con Even some of Donald Trump’s supporters are now asking the question that was the undoing of Joe Biden: is the former president fit for office? But while Biden’s run for re-election was largely sunk by a single disastrous televised debate before a national audience, Trump is ramping up doubts with each chaotic, disjointed speech as he campaigns around the country. While rambling discourse and outrageously disprovable claims, interspersed with spite and vitriol, may seem nothing new to many of Trump’s supporters and critics alike, the former president appears to have been driven to new depths by suddenly finding himself running against Kamala Harris a month ago. At a rally in Pennsylvania a week ago, Trump went as far as rambling on about rambling. “I don’t ramble. I’m a really smart guy, you know, really smart. I don’t ramble. But the other day, anytime I hit too hard, they say he was rambling, rambling,” he told the crowd. Even some of Trump’s most loyal fans were disturbed by that performance. Joan Long travelled from New York with her husband, Billy, to see the former president speak. “I honestly can’t say I know why he starts talking about how to pronounce names. What does that have to do with the election?” she said. “And I wish he would stop talking about Kamala’s looks.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/24/donald-trump-mental-fitness-campaignI agree with everything you just wrote with the exception of Joe Biden being undone by a “single disastrous debate”. That was simply Toto pulling back the curtain on what the DNC and the rest of the enablers, including the VP had hidden from the electorate for years. Once seen live and without filter, it could not be unseen. This is exceedingly rich. Unlike the guy you back.
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Post by SSHoya on Aug 26, 2024 4:57:14 GMT -5
Is the chicken starting to cluck?? Is the fake tough guy running scared?? Or is it just a ploy to get attention? Trump suggests he might skip ABC debate with Harris Former president Donald Trump suggested Sunday evening that he might skip a Sept. 10 ABC News debate with Vice President Kamala Harris (D), after agreeing to participate as the GOP presidential nominee earlier this month. “I watched ABC FAKE NEWS this morning, both lightweight reporter Jonathan Carl’s (K?) ridiculous and biased interview of Tom Cotton (who was fantastic!), and their so-called Panel of Trump Haters, and I ask, why would I do the Debate against Kamala Harris on that network?” Trump asked in a social media post Sunday evening. The Sept. 10 debate is the only one that both campaigns have officially committed to with a network. Trump’s renewed questioning of the ABC News debate comes as Harris has increased her lead in national polls and is gaining ground in key Midwestern swing states. As of Sunday, The Washington Post polling average has the vice president leading in Wisconsin by three points, in Pennsylvania by two points and in Michigan by less than one point. Trump continues to lead in the Sun Belt states, but Harris has significantly narrowed the gap. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/26/trump-harris-debate-abc/
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Post by SSHoya on Aug 26, 2024 8:05:30 GMT -5
Demented Donnie's handlers want a muted microphone during the debate because they are afraid of what the Demented One may blurt out. Playbook: Scoop: The secret debate about the Trump-Harris debate By EUGENE DANIELS, RACHAEL BADE and RYAN LIZZA 08/26/2024 06:15 AM EDT DRIVING THE DAY SCOOP: IS THIS THING ON? — Last night, former President DONALD TRUMP posted on Truth Social, tearing into ABC News for a “This Week” panel he disliked (which Rachael happened to be on) and asking aloud whether he will go through with his scheduled Sept. 10 debate against VP KAMALA HARRIS. But behind the scenes, well before he clicked the “publish” button on that post, the two campaigns hit an impasse over the rules of the debate, according to four sources familiar with the issue. The holdup? Whether or not the candidates’ microphones will be muted when it isn’t their turn to speak. Back when President JOE BIDEN was still running for reelection, his campaign came to an agreement with Trump’s: There would be two debates — CNN’s on June 27 and ABC’s on Sept. 10 — conducted by mutually negotiated rules. One of Biden world’s red lines — which the Trump team agreed to — was that microphones would “be muted throughout the debate except for the candidate whose turn it is to speak,” as CNN announced on June 15. Now, the sides have flipped. "Our understanding is that Trump’s handlers prefer the muted microphone because they don’t think their candidate can act presidential for 90 minutes on his own. We suspect Trump’s team has not even told their boss about this dispute because it would be too embarrassing to admit they don’t think he can handle himself against Vice President Harris without the benefit of a mute button.” Harris’ campaign wants the mics to be hot at all times during the ABC debate, as has historically been the case at presidential debates. www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2024/08/26/scoop-the-secret-debate-about-the-trump-harris-debate-00176296
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Post by tashoya on Aug 26, 2024 9:46:33 GMT -5
Is the chicken starting to cluck?? Is the fake tough guy running scared?? Or is it just a ploy to get attention? Trump suggests he might skip ABC debate with Harris Former president Donald Trump suggested Sunday evening that he might skip a Sept. 10 ABC News debate with Vice President Kamala Harris (D), after agreeing to participate as the GOP presidential nominee earlier this month. “I watched ABC FAKE NEWS this morning, both lightweight reporter Jonathan Carl’s (K?) ridiculous and biased interview of Tom Cotton (who was fantastic!), and their so-called Panel of Trump Haters, and I ask, why would I do the Debate against Kamala Harris on that network?” Trump asked in a social media post Sunday evening. The Sept. 10 debate is the only one that both campaigns have officially committed to with a network. Trump’s renewed questioning of the ABC News debate comes as Harris has increased her lead in national polls and is gaining ground in key Midwestern swing states. As of Sunday, The Washington Post polling average has the vice president leading in Wisconsin by three points, in Pennsylvania by two points and in Michigan by less than one point. Trump continues to lead in the Sun Belt states, but Harris has significantly narrowed the gap. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/26/trump-harris-debate-abc/There was always about a 0% chance he was going to participate in that debate.
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Post by hoyajinx on Aug 26, 2024 10:25:52 GMT -5
Demented Donnie's handlers want a muted microphone during the debate because they are afraid of what the Demented One may blurt out. Playbook: Scoop: The secret debate about the Trump-Harris debate By EUGENE DANIELS, RACHAEL BADE and RYAN LIZZA 08/26/2024 06:15 AM EDT DRIVING THE DAY SCOOP: IS THIS THING ON? — Last night, former President DONALD TRUMP posted on Truth Social, tearing into ABC News for a “This Week” panel he disliked (which Rachael happened to be on) and asking aloud whether he will go through with his scheduled Sept. 10 debate against VP KAMALA HARRIS. But behind the scenes, well before he clicked the “publish” button on that post, the two campaigns hit an impasse over the rules of the debate, according to four sources familiar with the issue. The holdup? Whether or not the candidates’ microphones will be muted when it isn’t their turn to speak. Back when President JOE BIDEN was still running for reelection, his campaign came to an agreement with Trump’s: There would be two debates — CNN’s on June 27 and ABC’s on Sept. 10 — conducted by mutually negotiated rules. One of Biden world’s red lines — which the Trump team agreed to — was that microphones would “be muted throughout the debate except for the candidate whose turn it is to speak,” as CNN announced on June 15. Now, the sides have flipped. "Our understanding is that Trump’s handlers prefer the muted microphone because they don’t think their candidate can act presidential for 90 minutes on his own. We suspect Trump’s team has not even told their boss about this dispute because it would be too embarrassing to admit they don’t think he can handle himself against Vice President Harris without the benefit of a mute button.” Harris’ campaign wants the mics to be hot at all times during the ABC debate, as has historically been the case at presidential debates. www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2024/08/26/scoop-the-secret-debate-about-the-trump-harris-debate-00176296His handlers have absolutely no confidence in his ability to conduct himself in the way a normal human being would, let alone someone running for president. The level of depravity it takes for them to keep pushing him on the American public as a legitimate candidate is off the charts. The unbridled thirst for power by Trump and his circle is deeply disturbing.
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Post by SSHoya on Aug 26, 2024 11:24:05 GMT -5
Of course he did not speak. Handlers wouldn't let the senile old man speak. It's also unclear that ANY family members of the fallen attended the ceremony with him.
Who knows what disgusting thoughts might have popped out. Here's potentially what he'd have said:
Draft Dodger Demented Donnie:
"What was in it for them? What a bunch of suckers and losers! I like service members who didn't get killed!"
Former president Donald Trump visited Arlington National Cemetery on Monday morning for wreath-laying ceremonies on the third anniversary of a bombing that killed 13 American service members during the United States’ 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Trump did not speak but watched and at times placed his right hand over his heart as the wreath-laying ceremony took place at the Tomb of the Unknowns. Separate ceremonies to honor some of the U.S. troops who were killed during the withdrawal were private at the request of family members.
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Post by SSHoya on Aug 26, 2024 14:11:18 GMT -5
WASHINGTON — More than 200 Republicans who previously worked for either former President George W. Bush, the late Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., or Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president in an open letter Monday obtained exclusively by USA TODAY.
The letter from alums of the three Republican presidential nominees prior to former President Donald Trump comes on the heels of a Democratic National Convention last week in Chicago that showcased Republican detractors of the GOP nominee. At least five former aides to former President George H.W. Bush also signed the letter, which has 238 signatures in all.
--USA Today, 8/26/24
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Post by hoyajinx on Aug 26, 2024 16:32:43 GMT -5
More info on the “undecided” voter from the CNN panel. Apparently CNN has a history of misrepresenting the actual beliefs of their focus groups. For some reason, they keep misleading viewers in to thinking that in the tank Republicans (including known Republican operatives and a Republican state representative) are simply objective, open-minded voters. The question is why. newrepublic.com/article/185290/cnn-undecided-voters-misleading
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