The Real timschochet

It’s hard for me to laugh about politics at the moment. Probably I will again soon. But right now I am contemplating the scary fact that Donald Trump may be re-elected as President. I can’t imagine a greater insanity befalling this nation. How did we come to this?

If Hunter Biden comes anywhere close to having a role in the White House, ala Kushner, I will have a problem. Right now I don’t care. The conservative obsession with Hunter is pathetic IMO.

No. It’s not fun. And why should Biden have anything to do with a felon?

This is false: https://apnews.com/article/whitmer-biden-michigan-2024-6211cffc8e334dcea4a993b2b7c607e2 Of course Biden can win Michigan. In a sane world he would easily do so.

I have about a million times before. I want to have universal background checks on all private sales of firearms. I want every firearm legally owned in this country registered in a national database. And I want certain firearms illegal to own- like, but not limited to, AR-15s. Thats all I want for now.

Even if all that were true (and most of it isn’t) he’s still preferable to Trump. Can’t you see that?

This isn’t a game

They want them investigated. What does this have to do with a lawsuit?

Too bad. You’re going to have to because we need some.

It takes a lot of patience to bomb a cancer hospital.

If you believe tariffs are a good idea for our economic prosperity then you’re simply a fool. Sorry.

On free trade? No. This isn’t a story about who did what. It’s a principled position. Either you understand economics or you don’t.

Thats not my question. If it’s between Trump and Biden (those are your only choices) and Trump shows signs of mental deterioration, who are you voting for?

Classic example of a word salad.

Serious question for you (and any other Trump supporters who want to answer): if the roles had been reversed in that debate, and Trump showed signs of mental deterioration but Biden did not, would you still support Trump?

There is a way that Biden could lower inflation significantly right now- remove the tariffs on China. Endorse free trade. He should have done this years ago. If Trump is elected he’s only going to make inflation far far worse. I just don’t understand how people can’t see that.

I actually think she has shown some acting chops in The Handmaids Tale and Euphoria. Those were pretty serious roles, and she did well.

The minute that Biden declared he was staying in that ended the rebellion. Like most politicians, the Democrats are cowards- they’re never going to do anything that threatens their future position in the party. AOC is a good example. If she truly believed that Biden was fine why didn’t she offer her endorsement a week ago? Instead she waits for everyone else. So pathetic. So everyone will stick with Biden and hope for the best. But if he loses (and I can’t think the odds are in his favor) do you believe any of these Democrats like AOC and Fetterman will take responsibility? Of course not. They will blame Biden and forget their own role in endorsing him. And then they will push for a much more leftist, progressive candidate in 2028. This whole thing really sucks.

The “never has in the past” part appears to be wrong. Apparently the doctor has been coming there since 2012 on a regular basis. Anyhow I don’t believe Biden has Parkinson’s. I’ve been around a few people with that awful disease and he doesn’t show the signs.

None of that leads to him being responsible for the bombing of a hospital. That’s a serious war crime.

I despise Donald Trump. But I don’t see how he can be blamed for this hospital. That’s going too far IMO.

The narrative that everything was great until Covid under Trump is BS. Trump was a terrible President all throughout his term. Completely incompetent and corrupt and his actions will lead to long term problems for us. The only difference with the Covid year is that the results of his actions were immediately awful. But make no mistake he was lousy all the way through. This time around he will be far worse because none of the establishment figures he had around him last time will be there.

Hmm. I could explain how I’m exposed to MSNBC in Europe (I’m no longer in Amsterdam) but you’re a smart guy; you figure it out.

History always seems to repeat itself. Lots of similarities between this election and Leon Blum’s election in 1936. That was also a loose confederation of the left designed to combat fascism. Blum, however, failed because he focused too much on domestic issues and was not willing to prepare France for the coming military struggle.

I tend to agree but you never know. Lots of time before the election.