In truth, Donald J. Trump did not "pick a fight" with the media. We say the reason they hate him is wrapped in the corruption of government at state and federal levels. And, his promotion of capitalism over the socialism now popular with the "Woke" generation that does not want to leave childhood where everything is "free" for the asking and a pillar of socialism.
We do not know why major media are opposed to Donald J. Trump so much to have destroyed his Presidency, but they have been relentless and no one can say he did not try to work with them, witness the interviews with "60 Minutes" and Bob Woodard who we have long felt has been much overrated and dull. Our evidence is the halting way he speaks, taking a breath between every word. Add his conclusion "Barack Obama would be a great President because of the sharp crease in his pants! I have never seen such a sharp crease!" This Woodward claimed after a dinner with Obama at the home of George Will. I have long thought Bob Woodward an idiot and have mutual friends who have said so themselves without prompt.
It is amazing someone in media has not taken Bob aside and taught him breath control for public speaking. It is routine in teacher training, law school, acting classes et al. Nonetheless, we credit, or blame if you wish, the major media for the crisis we will have to live through for the next four years. The Democrats have gone nuts. Their party is already dysfunctional with Trump hating of the kind Nancy Pelosi and Maxine Waters have demonstrated to say nothing of Schiff and Nadler, the Laural and Hardy of the House. They have to work Rep. Eric Swalwell into the act as he is the only man to fart on a CNN live broadcast. Eric's expression was priceless.
The Democrats raised over $315 million to beat Republicans in Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Montana, South Carolina, and Texas. But lost all six races and in most cases, the results weren't even close.
Democrat Jaime Harrison led the 2020 Democrat fundraising as he raised $107.5 million to unseat Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) only to lose by 14 points. In Kentucky Amy McGrath collected over $88 million for her campaign, but suffered a 20-point loss trying to to oust Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). Theresa Greenfield in Iowa, Sara Gideon in Maine, Steve Bullock in Montana, and M.J. Hegar in Texas all lost their races.
Two Senate races in Georgia and another in North Carolina are still in question, though early results indicate they're all going to Republicans. One of Georgia's races is going to runoff, with Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R) in close competition against Rev. Raphael Warnock (D). Even if Democrat Cal Cunningham wins in North Carolina and Democrat Jon Ossoff wins in Georgia, it won't be enough to turn the Senate to the Democrats.
Only John Hickenlooper in Colorado and Mark Kelly in Arizona are projected to win for Democrats, but the expected loss for Sen. Doug Jones (D-Ala.) will negate one of those gains, and a still-undecided tossup for Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) would confirm the Senate's Republican status.
The most bizarre, and telling, fact of this election is that the Trump Administration is having to file an action with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to get Republican observers into the state vote counting rooms when it is the law they are to be present! Trump attorneys claim Democrat operatives are at work in Pennsylvania, Nevada, North Carolina and Georgia tossing the mailed ballots they are counting without the legally required Republican proctors in brazen efforts to erase votes for Donald J. Trump. Lawsuits have been filed in every case so who knows how high the corruption goes and how it will all turn out.
This is all building a case that will result in the election going to the United States Supreme Court!
Adrian Vance
Not quite true. The lawsuit in Pennsylvania was for what the Trump campaign called 'meaningful access'. Both parties already had access (as per state law) to the counting rooms but the result of the court case was an increased number of observers and closer access to the counting tables (within a few feet I believe). None of the lawsuits Trump is raising have yet provided any evidence of ballot tampering or other illegal activity. Without this evidence they will fall away very quickly.
ReplyDeleteThe strongest case Trump has is whether the Pennsylvania supreme court acted constitutionally when it allowed ballots to be counted which arrived after the 3rd November to be counted (as long as they were post marked prior to the 3rd). Its probable he'd win this case but the number of ballots impacted is thought to be small (low hundreds) and so is unlikely to have an impact on the result.
The truth is that Trump is not a gracious loser. When he lost an Emmy he complained they were rigged against him, the same with the Trump University lawsuit and the few Republican primaries he lost back in 2016. He is again complaining the system is rigged whilst providing no evidence at all.
I like my Republican party to be for fiscal prudence, personal responsibility and honor. I see none of that in Trump as a man and little in the legacy he has left. I'm hopeful (although not optimistic!) that the party do not see 'Trumpism' as the way of the future.
With all due respect I think you are living in a theater watching the movie of reality and interpreting it in the terms of juvenile fiction of kings,queens, knights and round tables. Trump is "rough-and=tumble," but he was well known as the executive who would show up at his construction sites in a suit, tie and hardhat, sit with the men at lunch break, ask them for demos of their skills and if one had suffered a family calamity help them with gifts of money, etc. He is truly a man of the people and the elites hate him for showing their egalitarianism by example. The result is that we have elected the most corrupt man to ever serve in our national government to be President.
DeleteThen we must agree to disagree. He perhaps was once a hard worker but for the last 20 years him and his family have been grifters leaving a string of broken promises, bad debts and failed companies. As for being a 'man of the people' I see no evidence of this other than a few anecdotes which mostly prove to be false. He can work a crowd well but he spends his life playing golf with his millionaire friends, living in gold plated hotel rooms with his bed kept warm by Playboy bunnies paid by the hour. He and his family are the epitome of the elite, with their lifestyles paid for by the US taxpayer. Thankfully no more.
DeleteSir: You are clearly a "Trump Hater" well trained by the media who are in league with the dark side of DC. As long as you have your hate to keep you warm and avoid learning the truth you will remain in your bubble of anger and invective. I hope you can live long enough to learn the error of your ways as America is about to fail.
DeleteHate is a strong word, I certainly feel he has squandered his time as president and mainly seems to be a lazy, self obsessed bore. This country has had good presidents and bad presidents before, from both parties. It will survive 4 years of Biden just as it has survived 4 years of Trump.
DeleteIts a shame you dismiss those with views alternate to your own, it is only through discourse that we can educate ourselves.
Will: If you think Mr. Trump is lazy or self-obsessed you are not paying attention or a terminal Democrat. You are also not in business if you think a bad President can't screw up the economy in his first term. Mr. Obama destroyed a business plan I had worked on for a long time, funded the first phase, he was elected and in three months I was down half-million and all but out where I could have built it to $25 million in six years, but not under a bad national administration that shut off the money supply.
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