Summarizes this strip to a tee. No matter how much Scott criticizes Trump (which isn’t much), how dare we think he might vote otherwise.
It would have been funnier if Winslow asked if Carmen would vote Democratic this year. A “How dare you” would have been more interesting, as in hinting that there is “somebody else” out there…
Unless Biden messes up the V.P. choice, I will likely vote D… De… Democrat (I could hardly get it out) for the first time in my long life. I’m hoping for a crushing defeat of T-Rump, but if he won by one vote and I didn’t vote at all, I’d have to . . . well, I’m not making any promises.
(Joe: Take a look at the Atlanta mayor. So far she has impressed me and hasn’t yet disappointed.)
Here’s Trump’s re-election playbook, in 25 simple steps:
1) Declare yourself above the law.
2) Use racist fearmongering. Demand “law and order” and describe protesters as “thugs”, “lowlife” and “rioters and looters”. Describe Covid-19 as “kung-flu”. Retweet posts from white supremacists. In your campaign ads, use a symbol associated with Nazis.
3) Appoint an attorney general more loyal to you than to America, and politicize the Department of Justice so it’s lenient on your loyalists and comes down hard on your enemies. Have it lighten the sentence of a crony convicted of lying under oath. Order investigations of industries you dislike.
4) Fire US attorneys who are investigating you.
5) Fire independent inspectors general who are looking into what you’ve done. Crush any whistleblowers you find.
6) Demean and ignore the intelligence community. Appoint a director of national intelligence more loyal to you than to America. Demand that the head of the FBI pledge loyalty to you.
7) Pack the federal courts with judges and justices more loyal to you than to the constitution.
8) Politicize the Department of Defense so generals will back whatever you order. Refer to them as “my generals”. Have them help clear out protesters. Order the military to surveil protesters. Tell governors you’ll bring in the military to stop protesters.
9) Purge your party of anyone disloyal to you and turn it into a mindless, brainless, spineless cult.
10) Get rid of accumulated experience and expertise in government. Demean career public servants. ✄
11) Reward donors and cronies with bailouts, tax breaks, subsidies, government contracts, regulatory rollbacks and plum jobs. Put their lobbyists in charge of your agencies. Distribute $500bn in pandemic assistance to corporations in secret, without any oversight.
“I di(d) not vote for Trump in 2016. Working hard to support him this time.”
For someone that believes he is religious…
That statement looks like one that someone that is not a citizen of the U.S. (and can’t vote) would make…
Meanwhile, back in reality.
~
Biden, a lifelong Roman Catholic, has performed better in recent polling among white evangelicals — and other religious groups — than Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton did in 2016 and is widely perceived as more religious than the current White House occupant.
A Pew Research study conducted earlier this year showed that a majority of U.S. adults (63 percent) think Trump is “not at all” or “not too religious,” versus 55 percent who said they believed Biden is somewhat or very religious.
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“Here’s the problem for Trump: He needs to be at 81 percent or north to win reelection.
Any slippage and he doesn’t get a second term, and that’s where Joe Biden comes into play,” said David Brody, chief political analyst at the Christian Broadcasting Network.
“In this environment, with everything from the coronavirus to George Floyd and Trump calling himself the ‘law-and-order president,’ Biden could potentially pick off a percent or 2 from that 81 percent number.”
Here’s Trump’s re-election playbook, in 25 simple steps:
1) Declare yourself above the law.
2) Use racist fearmongering. Demand “law and order” and describe protesters as “thugs”, “lowlife” and “rioters and looters”. Describe Covid-19 as “kung-flu”. Retweet posts from white supremacists. In your campaign ads, use a symbol associated with Nazis.
3) Appoint an attorney general more loyal to you than to America, and politicize the Department of Justice so it’s lenient on your loyalists and comes down hard on your enemies. Have it lighten the sentence of a crony convicted of lying under oath. Order investigations of industries you dislike.
4) Fire US attorneys who are investigating you.
5) Fire independent inspectors general who are looking into what you’ve done. Crush any whistleblowers you find.
6) Demean and ignore the intelligence community. Appoint a director of national intelligence more loyal to you than to America. Demand that the head of the FBI pledge loyalty to you.
7) Pack the federal courts with judges and justices more loyal to you than to the constitution.
8) Politicize the Department of Defense so generals will back whatever you order. Refer to them as “my generals”. Have them help clear out protesters. Order the military to surveil protesters. Tell governors you’ll bring in the military to stop protesters.
9) Purge your party of anyone disloyal to you and turn it into a mindless, brainless, spineless cult.
10) Get rid of accumulated experience and expertise in government. Demean career public servants. ✄
11) Reward donors and cronies with bailouts, tax breaks, subsidies, government contracts, regulatory rollbacks and plum jobs. Put their lobbyists in charge of your agencies. Distribute $500bn in pandemic assistance to corporations in secret, without any oversight.
Republican party has to be punished for allowing Trump. After Hoover, it was a generation before they got power again. The penalty for this should be far more severe.
Democrats need to be gracious, however outraged we are. Overreach is Putin’s friend. Some who would stay home might vote for Trump if the left is too ambitious. Biden’s agenda is the best we’ve gotten since McGovern, and it’s broadly popular. Don’t be greedy.
I can understand how one would be reluctant to vote for Donald Trump. However, I cannot understand how anyone could vote for Joe Biden, who has been a corrupt, incompetent nonentity for his entire career, from his plagiaristic college days to his favoritism to his sons.
Carmen (lukewarmly) supported Johnson in 2016. Don’t assume Carmen’s answer to Winslow’s question will be “Yes.” This is just Monday, and we’ll know more by Friday.
Given the way the question is phrased, maybe the answer will be “Mostly, but one big exception…”
Vote for whomever you want. Crazy hollywood is off and running with their latest attempt to sink the Democrats, Rob Reiner recently declared "we will find out how many racists live in America” on Election Day. Didn’t Hilary try this same tactic in 2016?
Cheapskate0 almost 4 years ago
Summarizes this strip to a tee. No matter how much Scott criticizes Trump (which isn’t much), how dare we think he might vote otherwise.
It would have been funnier if Winslow asked if Carmen would vote Democratic this year. A “How dare you” would have been more interesting, as in hinting that there is “somebody else” out there…
kaffekup almost 4 years ago
“What choice do I have?”
braindead Premium Member almost 4 years ago
If we do not get this election right, it will be our last one that is free and fair — the next one will feature a Trump as the winning candidate.
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#TraitorTrump
pschearer Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Unless Biden messes up the V.P. choice, I will likely vote D… De… Democrat (I could hardly get it out) for the first time in my long life. I’m hoping for a crushing defeat of T-Rump, but if he won by one vote and I didn’t vote at all, I’d have to . . . well, I’m not making any promises.
(Joe: Take a look at the Atlanta mayor. So far she has impressed me and hasn’t yet disappointed.)
nosirrom almost 4 years ago
If you are a Republican who wants tRump out of the WH, don’t pull a John Bolton and sit out the election. Vote for Biden and make sure tRump loses.
Silly Season almost 4 years ago
Here’s Trump’s re-election playbook, in 25 simple steps:
1) Declare yourself above the law.
2) Use racist fearmongering. Demand “law and order” and describe protesters as “thugs”, “lowlife” and “rioters and looters”. Describe Covid-19 as “kung-flu”. Retweet posts from white supremacists. In your campaign ads, use a symbol associated with Nazis.
3) Appoint an attorney general more loyal to you than to America, and politicize the Department of Justice so it’s lenient on your loyalists and comes down hard on your enemies. Have it lighten the sentence of a crony convicted of lying under oath. Order investigations of industries you dislike.
4) Fire US attorneys who are investigating you.
5) Fire independent inspectors general who are looking into what you’ve done. Crush any whistleblowers you find.
6) Demean and ignore the intelligence community. Appoint a director of national intelligence more loyal to you than to America. Demand that the head of the FBI pledge loyalty to you.
7) Pack the federal courts with judges and justices more loyal to you than to the constitution.
8) Politicize the Department of Defense so generals will back whatever you order. Refer to them as “my generals”. Have them help clear out protesters. Order the military to surveil protesters. Tell governors you’ll bring in the military to stop protesters.
9) Purge your party of anyone disloyal to you and turn it into a mindless, brainless, spineless cult.
10) Get rid of accumulated experience and expertise in government. Demean career public servants. ✄
11) Reward donors and cronies with bailouts, tax breaks, subsidies, government contracts, regulatory rollbacks and plum jobs. Put their lobbyists in charge of your agencies. Distribute $500bn in pandemic assistance to corporations in secret, without any oversight.
(#12 to #25 in article below)
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jun/28/donald-trump-re-election-playbook-25-lies-cheats-and-steals
Brain Pudding almost 4 years ago
I di not vote for Trump in 2016. Working hard to support him this time. If Biden wins, America loses.
A vote for Biden is a vote for…
Rule by mob.
Socialism.
AOC and her squad in charge of the whitehouse.
China in charge of our economy.
The UN as the creator of American foreign policy.
Prsecution of Christians with submission to the secular mob.
An end to America.
The choice could not be more stark. Freedom vs tryany. Trump for freedom, Biden for tyranny.
Silly Season almost 4 years ago
Hmmm…
“I di(d) not vote for Trump in 2016. Working hard to support him this time.”
For someone that believes he is religious…
That statement looks like one that someone that is not a citizen of the U.S. (and can’t vote) would make…
Meanwhile, back in reality.
~
Biden, a lifelong Roman Catholic, has performed better in recent polling among white evangelicals — and other religious groups — than Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton did in 2016 and is widely perceived as more religious than the current White House occupant.
A Pew Research study conducted earlier this year showed that a majority of U.S. adults (63 percent) think Trump is “not at all” or “not too religious,” versus 55 percent who said they believed Biden is somewhat or very religious.
✄
“Here’s the problem for Trump: He needs to be at 81 percent or north to win reelection.
Any slippage and he doesn’t get a second term, and that’s where Joe Biden comes into play,” said David Brody, chief political analyst at the Christian Broadcasting Network.
“In this environment, with everything from the coronavirus to George Floyd and Trump calling himself the ‘law-and-order president,’ Biden could potentially pick off a percent or 2 from that 81 percent number.”
~
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/21/trump-allies-see-threat-biden-evangelical-support-330780
Silly Season almost 4 years ago
Here’s Trump’s re-election playbook, in 25 simple steps:
1) Declare yourself above the law.
2) Use racist fearmongering. Demand “law and order” and describe protesters as “thugs”, “lowlife” and “rioters and looters”. Describe Covid-19 as “kung-flu”. Retweet posts from white supremacists. In your campaign ads, use a symbol associated with Nazis.
3) Appoint an attorney general more loyal to you than to America, and politicize the Department of Justice so it’s lenient on your loyalists and comes down hard on your enemies. Have it lighten the sentence of a crony convicted of lying under oath. Order investigations of industries you dislike.
4) Fire US attorneys who are investigating you.
5) Fire independent inspectors general who are looking into what you’ve done. Crush any whistleblowers you find.
6) Demean and ignore the intelligence community. Appoint a director of national intelligence more loyal to you than to America. Demand that the head of the FBI pledge loyalty to you.
7) Pack the federal courts with judges and justices more loyal to you than to the constitution.
8) Politicize the Department of Defense so generals will back whatever you order. Refer to them as “my generals”. Have them help clear out protesters. Order the military to surveil protesters. Tell governors you’ll bring in the military to stop protesters.
9) Purge your party of anyone disloyal to you and turn it into a mindless, brainless, spineless cult.
10) Get rid of accumulated experience and expertise in government. Demean career public servants. ✄
11) Reward donors and cronies with bailouts, tax breaks, subsidies, government contracts, regulatory rollbacks and plum jobs. Put their lobbyists in charge of your agencies. Distribute $500bn in pandemic assistance to corporations in secret, without any oversight.
(#12 to #25 in article below)
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jun/28/donald-trump-re-election-playbook-25-lies-cheats-and-steals
William Robbins Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Republican party has to be punished for allowing Trump. After Hoover, it was a generation before they got power again. The penalty for this should be far more severe.
Democrats need to be gracious, however outraged we are. Overreach is Putin’s friend. Some who would stay home might vote for Trump if the left is too ambitious. Biden’s agenda is the best we’ve gotten since McGovern, and it’s broadly popular. Don’t be greedy.jomali3945 almost 4 years ago
I can understand how one would be reluctant to vote for Donald Trump. However, I cannot understand how anyone could vote for Joe Biden, who has been a corrupt, incompetent nonentity for his entire career, from his plagiaristic college days to his favoritism to his sons.
Kip W almost 4 years ago
Gee, I wonder how the insidious Dems will politicize this jolly jest?
rossevrymn almost 4 years ago
You meant right-wing populist, right, Winslow?
Mr. JRB almost 4 years ago
I know EXACTLY how you feel. The D word is hard for me too
fritzoid Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Carmen (lukewarmly) supported Johnson in 2016. Don’t assume Carmen’s answer to Winslow’s question will be “Yes.” This is just Monday, and we’ll know more by Friday.
Given the way the question is phrased, maybe the answer will be “Mostly, but one big exception…”
dlaemmerhirt999 almost 4 years ago
C’mon, Carmen! Joe is practically a republican for all intents and purposes, but just an old school one.
WestNYC Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Don’t do it Carmen. The GOP needs to be trounced entirely so that they can reinvent themselves into a modern party.
BeniHanna6 Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Vote for whomever you want. Crazy hollywood is off and running with their latest attempt to sink the Democrats, Rob Reiner recently declared "we will find out how many racists live in America” on Election Day. Didn’t Hilary try this same tactic in 2016?
STACEY MARSHALL Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Only if T-rump drops out of the race.