tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post4082173934067196697..comments2023-10-19T21:48:56.560-05:00Comments on meaning in history: UPDATED: How Bad Is It For Dems?mark wauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-31647569859923479022020-01-27T10:11:25.407-06:002020-01-27T10:11:25.407-06:00Why are the Dems doing what they're doing?
In...Why are the Dems doing what they're doing?<br /><br />In my opinion all of the options you present are correct. <br /><br />You have the true believers who really bleive that DJT did wrong. You have the cynical exploiters who play on the low-information voters. You have freshmen Dems with little power who are too afraid to buck leadership and know that they are one-termers, and you have Joenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-8409975171201675902020-01-27T10:05:00.597-06:002020-01-27T10:05:00.597-06:00Mr. Wauck wrote
"I think they're living...Mr. Wauck wrote <br /><br />"I think they're living in the past, as others have said. They can't seem to understand that the rules have changed." Mr. Wauck also stated after eight years of Barack they felt entitled.<br /><br />Exactly. I think that they're furious that after Reps were taught to stay in their place, along comes a promiscuous commoner like Donald J. Trump,<brJoenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-12172862225212471982020-01-27T09:53:33.042-06:002020-01-27T09:53:33.042-06:00Obama is simply an evil man. I said to colleagues...Obama is simply an evil man. I said to colleagues over eight years ago that Obama would've turned guns on his own countrymen and they looked at me like I was an extremist. <br /><br />Why did Obama have federal agencies buy up large amounts of ammo? To keep it out of the public's hands. <br /><br />Now VA is trying the same trick. These Dems need to GO. Joenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-10904409110093380522020-01-27T09:50:06.680-06:002020-01-27T09:50:06.680-06:00Bebe,
Point taken about Nadler and his grudge. W...Bebe,<br /><br />Point taken about Nadler and his grudge. What's going on with Judge Nap from Fox? Is he so bitter that he didn't get a Supreme Court nomination that he's lost his mind? He's just been stupid lately.Joenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-85583917044768920252020-01-26T10:07:33.924-06:002020-01-26T10:07:33.924-06:00But you need credible leadership to pull some of t...But you need credible leadership to pull some of that stuff off. They have Pelosi, Schumer, Nadler, Schiff, Warren, etc. No wonder their base is gravitating toward their Crazy Uncle Bernie. By comparison, he seems credible--which is ... incredible!mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-57779669050223722372020-01-26T09:30:34.693-06:002020-01-26T09:30:34.693-06:00The best way to analyze what the Democrats are doi...The best way to analyze what the Democrats are doing is by using <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rules_for_Radicals" rel="nofollow">Alisky's Rules for Radicals</a><br /><br />I agree the Democrats are living in the past, and the Alinksy Rules have been working amazing well for them. Hillary Clinton did her senior thesis in 1969 on Saul Alinsky. The Democrats are used to be the GOP Ray - SoCalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11293232996007277071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-65424624546605091412020-01-25T22:07:50.856-06:002020-01-25T22:07:50.856-06:00I think they're living in the past, as others ...I think they're living in the past, as others have said. They can't seem to understand that the rules have changed.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-49539575448655816932020-01-25T22:06:48.040-06:002020-01-25T22:06:48.040-06:00I can buy that. Hayward points out that there was ...I can buy that. Hayward points out that there was some crossover of Bernie supporters to the Trump camp in 2016.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-43312741499580461352020-01-25T21:43:06.575-06:002020-01-25T21:43:06.575-06:00Point about Cruz taken, but I'm mostly address...Point about Cruz taken, but I'm mostly addressing the tension between 4 groups: 1) Dem/ Wall St./ D.S. Establishment, 2) JFK/ Carter (largely "civil libertarian") Dems, 3) Chomsky-type Lefties and 4) Bernie/ Socialist Lefties.<br />All of the last 3 groups may be somewhat effected, if Schiff can be shown as a shill for an outright criminal Wall St./ D.S. Establishment, personified aNanyMousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14452492302514671882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-73987950334893965232020-01-25T21:32:56.158-06:002020-01-25T21:32:56.158-06:00This impeachment has been planned for a while, jus...This impeachment has been planned for a while, just look at when the house rule changes were done.<br /><br />Couple of Swag’s:<br /><br />1. The goal is to hurt Trumps re-election with a death of a thousand cuts with impeachment theater.<br /><br />2. The hope to find more dirt on Trump to hurt his and the gop 2020 chances.<br /><br />3. This is plan B after the Mueller investigation collapsed, Ray - SoCalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11293232996007277071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-58654810665676185142020-01-25T21:32:04.777-06:002020-01-25T21:32:04.777-06:00I'm not entirely sure of that. I would argue t...I'm not entirely sure of that. I would argue that after 8 years of Obama the Left had developed such a sense of entitlement to the transformation of America in their own image and likeness that even, say, had Ted Cruz been elected, he would have been met by a similar "resistance".mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-27391034337108265212020-01-25T21:13:08.156-06:002020-01-25T21:13:08.156-06:00The mood of most of the hard left toward this may ...The mood of most of the hard left toward this may stem mainly from strongly held emotions vs. DJT, but, if DJT's team can get moderate liberals, or far Lefties who distrust Dems, to suspect Sciff etc., those folks' not-so strongly held emotions could reduce what may've been strong turnout in November for the eventual Dem nominee (toward the Greens, or a Bernie 3rd party bid). <br />aNanyMousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14452492302514671882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-59805962919578645902020-01-25T20:55:02.406-06:002020-01-25T20:55:02.406-06:00If they could find 5 honest democrats that would g...If they could find 5 honest democrats that would go to Leader McConnel and tell him to shut this farce down and state that they will have his back. That is what needs to happen sooner rather then later. Looking at you Sen.Manchin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-29993401495641247812020-01-25T20:24:15.216-06:002020-01-25T20:24:15.216-06:00Barr has control of those records, and will fight ...Barr has control of those records, and will fight the fight all the way to the SCOTUS.<br /><br />I doubt there's anything in Trump's finances that isn't more or less known already. The likely big takeaway is that he doesn't have as much ready cash as most people think--because a lot of his money is tied up in R/E. It's not a crime. He's been on constant audit by the IRS mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-7820762169179104362020-01-25T20:08:48.671-06:002020-01-25T20:08:48.671-06:00This is being done to distract us from WHY Obama l...This is being done to distract us from WHY Obama let them spy as the so called Durham investigation morph s into blah blah blah.<br />All they want is access to the data in the Mueller investigation of Trumps business records which they will leak - drip drip drip. <br />Iceeaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06054061704229693753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-81629270520614087862020-01-25T19:58:26.687-06:002020-01-25T19:58:26.687-06:00If that's the considered strategy of these hig...If that's the considered strategy of these highly professional advocates--and it would seem to be a strategy that's very congenial to their client--they have nothing to lose and everything to gain.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-55792855840757446162020-01-25T19:21:39.753-06:002020-01-25T19:21:39.753-06:00Another aphorism comes to mind in this context: &...Another aphorism comes to mind in this context: "If you had to eat an elephant, how would you do it?"<br /><br />That is analogous to the magnitude of the challenge of getting people to give up their emotionally based fantasies and accept something closer to reality.<br /><br />In the case of the elephant, the answer is that you must eat him in bite-sized pieces -- you can't EZnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-51145451890930833492020-01-25T19:04:25.515-06:002020-01-25T19:04:25.515-06:00Thanks for the informative post.Thanks for the informative post.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-15712401969391416062020-01-25T18:47:57.804-06:002020-01-25T18:47:57.804-06:00Schiff has many problems. His ego. His ambition....Schiff has many problems. His ego. His ambition. His probable realization that he has been a small-time pol for some time now, reelected only because he panders only to his largely Armenian base (he went to bat for recognition of their genocide) and being pulled along by Nancy Pelosi, who groomed him and chose him to do her dirty work. He is desperate to "be somebody". To assess Bebenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-33786094381587604072020-01-25T18:25:22.406-06:002020-01-25T18:25:22.406-06:00Absolutely, which is what makes it so frustrating....Absolutely, which is what makes it so frustrating.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-56102800044693310592020-01-25T18:21:58.470-06:002020-01-25T18:21:58.470-06:00You have to give them something else that is even ...You have to give them something else that is even more emotionally appealing to them to believe in, and which requires them to abandon their previously heartfelt delusional reality.<br /><br />Writing that answer down is the easy part; executing it in a real world situation such as we have currently, is anybody's guess.EXnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-54357009825424343932020-01-25T18:03:38.940-06:002020-01-25T18:03:38.940-06:00And today was just the warmup for the president...And today was just the warmup for the president's case. mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-16723165759784762012020-01-25T18:02:30.435-06:002020-01-25T18:02:30.435-06:00That's the fundamental problem: How do you tal...That's the fundamental problem: How do you talk people out of an alternative reality they've constructed based on strongly held emotions?mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-32337868542130623062020-01-25T17:50:13.145-06:002020-01-25T17:50:13.145-06:00"Orange Man Bad" works for me as a theor..."Orange Man Bad" works for me as a theory or explanation. <br /><br />Impeachment was brought up before Trump was even inaugurated. The Russia hoax was a first attempt to stop him, evolved into a way to dirty him on the way to impeachment--which turned into the failed Mueller project. This is just the next step in that journey for Dems.<br /><br />I don't think sense can be made outForbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08397667344368400622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-63943430535025150622020-01-25T17:49:51.351-06:002020-01-25T17:49:51.351-06:00After what seemed like weeks (years?) of Adam Schi...After what seemed like weeks (years?) of Adam Schiff, all day, all night, <i>ad nauseum</i>, <i>ad infinitum</i>, in a little more than two hours this morning the President’s lawyers decimated much of what had been presented and a number of the House manager presenters. There is already talk of Dem impeachment vote defections. I don’t believe any Democrat running in this election has a chance…Bebenoreply@blogger.com