tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480818427597300387.post3474571778022653449..comments2024-03-07T19:25:22.346-08:00Comments on Last Men and OverMen: Take That Nate SilverMike Saxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01360689916550576484noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480818427597300387.post-18488565871103949262015-12-05T13:18:21.304-08:002015-12-05T13:18:21.304-08:00Because it's possible to be too smart by half?...Because it's possible to be too smart by half? Every day Trump doesn't disappear that's enough egg on the face of Rubin and friends. LOLMike Saxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01360689916550576484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480818427597300387.post-7993926393951994422015-12-05T12:38:20.854-08:002015-12-05T12:38:20.854-08:00Well, maybe you're right. I'd just like to...Well, maybe you're right. I'd just like to see him wrap this whole thing up, and I'm trying to guess... I think they might very well like to be driven to even further levels of insanity... delighted (so to speak) by being even more crazy ideas than they are used to now. My operating theory is that it's impossible to be too right wing for the modern GOP, so why not go for it?Tom Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17654184190478330946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480818427597300387.post-71753815056471137032015-12-04T19:11:08.350-08:002015-12-04T19:11:08.350-08:00They seem content with what they've heard so f...They seem content with what they've heard so far. Why fix what isn't broken?Mike Saxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01360689916550576484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480818427597300387.post-65548892322683576092015-12-04T14:06:29.364-08:002015-12-04T14:06:29.364-08:00I see Limbaugh got right to it: he's saying CA...I see Limbaugh got right to it: he's saying CAIR is the Muslim Brotherhood.<br />http://mediamatters.org/research/2015/12/03/right-wing-media-attack-cair-for-quickly-denoun/207228Tom Brownhttp://www.google.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480818427597300387.post-25939546941225560642015-12-04T13:40:49.761-08:002015-12-04T13:40:49.761-08:00O/T, Mike, did you see this about one of the victi...O/T, Mike, did you see this about one of the victims:<br />http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-san-bernardino-shooter-victim-islam-20151204-story.html<br /><br />Elsewhere I read where he was a proud and enthusiastic NRA member and anti-abortionist too.<br /><br />What I think is strange is that he's described everywhere I read about it as a "messianic Jew" with no further explanation. I went to a wedding one time that I thought was a Jewish wedding (I sat at a table with a bunch of Iranians... Lol), but what I found out was they were messianic Jews. From what I could tell (in my research after the fact), messianic Jews are not considered real Jews by ... well... ah... real Jews. They're Christians who adopt the trappings of Judaism. So it's confusing why the descriptions of this guy doesn't explain that.Tom Brownhttp://www.google.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480818427597300387.post-21190780562442750152015-12-04T13:25:03.592-08:002015-12-04T13:25:03.592-08:00...it's the job of candidates to distinguish t......it's the job of candidates to distinguish themselves from the pack with their vision for the nation. ;^D<br /><br />I think that's a vision the GOP base could easily warm to.Tom Brownhttp://www.google.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480818427597300387.post-28630051822202481152015-12-04T13:22:48.063-08:002015-12-04T13:22:48.063-08:00... and besides, even if the GOP base isn't re...... and besides, even if the GOP base isn't ready to see the first family swinging from the gallows after the election now... I have every confidence that Trump could sell them on the concept. Should be a pretty easy sell in my estimation!Tom Brownhttp://www.google.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480818427597300387.post-87589752812521171252015-12-04T13:17:10.744-08:002015-12-04T13:17:10.744-08:00Maybe you're right... but I think the GOP base...Maybe you're right... but I think the GOP base want's specific hard right promises... not weasel words. Like Trump did on deportation. No weasel words there! I think of Trump as the anti-weasel word candidate. "No new taxes" was only a problem after the election when taxes were raised. Do you think that Trump will actually carry through with deporting the 12 million he promised? If not, what's the difference with the "no new taxes" pledge?<br /><br />I don't think he's thinking that far in advance. I think he's just winging it, so what's the harm in promising the moon? Plus, it's easy to keep your promise not to impeach Obama AFTER he's no longer president! Lol... promise to put him and his family on trial for their lives for treason AFTER he's no longer president. That's not impeachment, is it?Tom Brownhttp://www.google.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480818427597300387.post-33985798879958215212015-12-04T12:42:12.336-08:002015-12-04T12:42:12.336-08:00You always want wiggle room. It's enough for h...You always want wiggle room. It's enough for him to say we may need to do some things we've never done before. Even Hitler didn't run on gas chambers. He was elected! <br /><br />Campaigning is an art that Trump seems to getMike Saxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01360689916550576484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480818427597300387.post-41955675773558321202015-12-04T12:40:05.981-08:002015-12-04T12:40:05.981-08:00I don't see Trump doing that. Again, I keep po...I don't see Trump doing that. Again, I keep pointing out that he ruled out impeaching Obama. So it's not that he lacks all restraint. <br /><br />See Trump is to smart to say 'definitely' anything. And whatever he's doing now is working great for him. He will keep topping himself but I doubt he'd ever be categorical. <br /><br />What he seems to get is a key piece of campaign wisdom--when you are running for office, the only time you lose is when they pigeonhole you into specifics a la Bush Senior with 'No new taxes!'Mike Saxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01360689916550576484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480818427597300387.post-66099807355702690512015-12-04T12:33:58.632-08:002015-12-04T12:33:58.632-08:00Mike, did you notice that Trump delved in birtheri...Mike, did you notice that Trump delved in birtherism again at the RJC? He suggested that because Obama doesn't use the term "radical Islamic Terrorism" that there's "something he's not telling us!" ... to which the room of presumably educated, upper middle class audience members cheered, clapped and laughed.<br /><br />If that played well in that crowd, maybe he should go full birther again. What do you think would happen if he adopted the following talking points:<br /><br />1. Obama is not just maybe, but definitely a Muslim foreigner, and he and his family will be facing treason and fraud charges once Trump gets elected. And he's not ruling out the death penalty... especially for possible involvement in domestic terror plots.<br /><br />2. It's no longer an option: we NEED to put ALL Muslims in internment camps immediately, and anybody who says otherwise is either stupid or a traitor or both.<br /><br />3. We need to specifically kill the families of Islamicists (wives, parents, children, grandchildren)... Oh, whoops, he already did suggest that. Perhaps waterboard them (because they deserve it) prior to executing them.<br /><br />Well, what do you think? Would that solidify Mr. Trump's lead in the GOP primary? Who will dare follow him there? Cruz is already on record supporting "religious liberties" ... even for Muslims. That sounds weak and liberal, doesn't it?Tom Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17654184190478330946noreply@blogger.com