The Real timschochet

Dude I got it before. It doesn’t change the fact that this is probably the most embarrassing appointment in political history which is saying a lot. The reporting this morning is that it has no chance of actually going through, but of THAT I’m not so sure. One should never underestimate the capacity of Republican senators to make total fools of themselves in order to show fealty to Trump.

I laughed. It’s terrible for the country but it’s also like watching Dumb and Dumber.

Forget it, he’s rolling.

Once Congress has been set on fire and an Enabling Act has been passed this will no longer be an issue.

I picture Tulsi in her room with posters of Putin, Assad, and Shaun Cassidy on her wall, dreamily writing in her diary: “Maybe NOW Vlad will notice me! Don says he asked about me…could it be true??”

If he does it in a way that brings peace, security and prosperity to that battered land, more power to him. I hope he can.

I still don’t think Trump is going to win, but he’s tied in the polls and the momentum for now appears to be on his side. So I have to consider it a strong possibility. Ugh. Even so I remain an optimist. Here’s what I think and hope if that happens: 1. Trump has promised a 20% tariff on all imports from all countries, higher on China. My friend @jerryskids assures me this will never actually happen, that it’s simply a starting point in a negotiation to get other countries to trade with us more fairly. So I’m going to hope that he is right about this. Or, if he is wrong, I’m going to trust that the immediate economic backlash of such actions will force Trump to withdraw the tariffs shortly after he has enforced them. 2. Trump has promised to institute mass deportation of undocumented immigrants. For that he needs money, tons of it, and the willingness of Congress to go along. Ultimately he won’t get it. There will be a lot of fear and IMO bad results as he reinstates some of the awful executive orders from his previous term. Eventually we will have a more comprehensive solution to this issue but that will have to wait. 3. We will cut off aid to Ukraine. That WILL happen and it likely means Ukraine will have to concede large areas of territory to Russia ala the Munich conference of 1938. Trump may also pull out of NATO. Trump may also refuse to defend Taiwan and refuse to defend South Korea. Expect an isolationist push around the world, except for Israel which we will unequivocally support no matter what actions they take. Conservatives apparently believe this will make us safer (or at least it won’t harm us). I doubt that but I will hope they’re right. 4. Trump will seek a tax cut but he’ll only get one if the House stays Republican, which is a 50/50 bet. Either way so long as the tariffs and trade war are avoided the economy should continue to improve as we are a robust nation and capitalism works. Trump will take credit but I don’t care; I want good things to happen always and it disgusts me when people, including those on my side, root for bad things to happen because the wrong guy is President. So hopefully the economy booms. But if Trump gets his tariffs you can throw that all out the window. 5. Liberals fear that Trump will end our democracy. I’ve never believed this. He is an authoritarian and he will attempt to weaponize the DOJ (no it is not weaponized now) to punish his enemies. These attempts will likely fail. 6. Conservatives expect a Trump victory will mean an end to all of the woke culture they detest about modern American society. That won’t happen. Woke is mostly inevitable change, and IMO positive change. Transgenders, gays, women, blacks, will continue to gain more and more rights even during the next 4 years despite attempts to slow that down. Eventually women will regain the right to abortion once again everywhere in this country. I’m extremely confident about this. Just may take a little longer. 7. The argument over climate change will be unaffected because there’s not much difference in policy between the two parties. Harris’ current views on fracking represents a truth that liberals will never admit: no matter how bad climate change gets we will never try to fight it by punishing big industry and the consumer. It will never happen. At some point some President is going to wake up and propose a huge investment into nuclear energy, and particularly nuclear fusion. If that’s Trump then despite everything else he could still go down as one of our greatest Presidents. So that’s all for now. If Trump wins I will wish him well because I wish this country well and he will be my President. I will hope for the best.

What in your view distinguishes a liberal from a far leftist?

@Strike how would you compare Matt Gaetz to Roman Polanski? Do you find their crimes to be similar?

@HellToupeethe guy you just linked mentioned the “Zionist lobby” at least 4 times in that article. Do you share his anti-Semitic concerns?

Any Republican Senator who does not go along with Trump on this (or anything else frankly) will receive death threats for themselves and their families.

That was a secret vote. This won’t be. That was my whole point earlier.

On the news they’re predicting that there’s not enough GOP senators to go along with this. I think they roll over but let’s see.

Well.. this is what the public voted for. So be it.

Matt Gaetz for attorney general. Ahahahahahahahahaha!

Thanks Yoda

I want to discuss the news. You seem to want to discuss ME. About whether you’re right or wrong about me, I’m indifferent.

Do you think I’m wrong about this? If so, why?

It’s an assumption. Do you think I’m wrong about this? If so why?

Thats not a conspiracy theory. And I’m not into conspiracy theories at all.

I don’t watch Kimmel. If there is an audience for what he’s doing he will continue to do well. I doubt it will cause violence.

Thune only won because the rules say this vote has to be secret. If the Senators had to openly decide Trump would have instructed them who to vote for.

John Thune is the new Senate leader. I like this. Old time establishment Republican. Of course he supports Trump but he’s not MAGA. Will protect the Senate’s prerogatives I hope. I’m betting that for the same reasons I like this the MAGA crowd will hate it. Globalist member of the Uniparty and Deep State!

I think we should differentiate between those born Jewish and those who married into it. It’s different if they’re shiksas.

But see this is why you guys keep missing the point here. MSNBC is definitely liberal. Whether it’s “far-left” depends on your point of view, though I would argue that if you think it’s extreme left you’re probably extreme right. But that doesn’t matter. The point is, just like between 2017-2020, it’s going to serve as the main news venue for people who don’t like what Trump is up to, which means half the nation. It will serve the same role that Fox News served during the Biden years. Thats why its ratings are about to soar. If you tried to do away with it something else would come along to fill the vacuum. Meanwhile Fox is going to become the voice of the new administration. It won’t be on the attack any longer, instead it will become the excuse maker. Its ratings will likely go down.