Needed: New Dem Downballot Talking Point - What If?

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Tuesday November 01, 2016 · 4:04 PM PDT

2016/11/01 · 16:04

2016-10-04T112125Z_1_MTZGRQECA4ISXPQ5_RTRFIPP_0_USA-ELECTION-TRUMP-478x257.jpg — Trump, thinking

As much as I hate to use fear as a motivator — being that I’m not Republican — there is a real and serious possibility that Trump might actually nab the election. Take the recent example of Comey’s useful ignorance. One or two more like that could turn this big piggy bank of a nation over to Boy Donald. Or at least that’s the fear. I’m hearing it from Many People.

The only way we could survive such an occurrence would be if the Democrats can win majorities in the House and Senate, and thus put in place some stopping power. And even then it will be touch and go…or until there’s a fire in the chambers, in which case it won’t matter.

So that, there is the new talking point. We’ll need to find some counterweight to the shock and awe that will be the Trump presidency, and the way to do that will be to win downballot races.

I’m serious. This is a thing we have to consider. I wonder if the dems would dare put together an ad or two, going on the “What If?” theme. Or maybe a whisper campaign.

Unprecedented? Yes. Like everything else that’s happening with this election.

Note to GOP: Just Pay The Guy Off

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Saturday October 08, 2016 · 1:55 PM PDT

2016/10/08 · 13:55

Yo Paul. Reince. Mitch. You fools. There’s an easy answer to the Trump Problem. It’s just a matter of how much you can afford, and whether there are any loopholes left for him to avoid paying the taxes.

Look, we know this guy. He’s an open book. He worships money. And, of course, himself.

Don’t tell me you can’t put a package together to take care of the money issue, and you can’t come up with a story to keep his pride intact. Do you need a story? OK:

The World isn’t ready for Donald — what we need is another five years of income inequality and Making People Poorer to get the masses really cranked up. By then the deplorables will be all pissed off at the baby boomers for (need a reason: help me, GOP), and they’ll be dumb enough to be fine with ripping up Social Security. The rest is easy, just point out that he was ahead of his time back in 2016.

Only Donald Can Fix This Mess — the thought here is that, OK, we went and let Hillary take it for four years and Jesus look what happened. The gays have basically taken over. The anti-gun people are louder than ever, despite a number of their leaders being shot. And Bill is STILL A LETCHER. Not like the newly-chastened Donald, who saw the wickedness of his ways, sent roses to Rosie O’Donnell, Megyn Kelly and his first two wives, and has been following Ben Carson to church for the past four years. The man has proved himself redeemable. Now the country — in fact, the world — is in a real mess. And there’s only One Man Left who can fix it.

You All Came Around — this concept stays in reserve unless, of course, the nation continues to slide into the pigs’ trough over the next four years, with, say Bundy/Oathkeeper types taking over the local police forces. In this case it’s Trump’s turn to gloat. Don’t worry. He knows how.

Megyn's Vacation

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Sunday August 16, 2015 · 5:03 PM PDT

2015/08/16 · 17:03

(Taking some liberties with time and place)

Megyn: Hey Rog – thanks for calling. That was quick.

Roger: Yeah Meg. I mean, great show, great ratings – we did great. Thanks to you and the guys, big time.

M: I think I handled Trump pretty good, too. See him squirm, there? And “Rosie O’Donnell!” Ha! Talk about desperate! Bet he wanted to be anywhere but Cleveland.

R: Yeah, Meg, that was good – tough questions, like we said. Real good. But listen, we need to talk.

M: Yeah, I know. But I’ve got show prep. Maybe in a day or two?

R: I don’t know, Meg. I mean, OK, but some things are gonna come out.

M: Come out? What do you mean?

R: Well, Donald’s got some nasty tweets.

M: Donald? You calling him Donald?

R: Yeah, well, you know, Trump. Some nasty tweets. I think he’s kinda pissed at you.

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Thursday June 18, 2015 · 3:53 PM PDT

2015/06/18 · 15:53

Consider Dylann a foot soldier in the war against, well, whomever or whatever the ownership elites want. The rich own the government and most of the so-called “media.” They either own it directly, as with King Rupert, or they have no problem influencing it through their sponsored proxies. Whether the issue is race, climate change, drugs, guns, religious extremism, someone will gladly take their money to write, or say, or act on their behalf. And who’s listening? Dylann Roof, among others.

Various pundits have blamed the killings on everything from dirty sneakers to a torn raincoat. I’m not good-looking enough to get on Fox News, so I’ll do my blaming here.

Anyone who wants to be like the rich, or wants their toys, is liable. The rich are powerful because money is powerful, and it’s powerful because people like shiny objects. People who don’t like shiny things, or could care less about them, are the only ones who can truly threaten the rich. They don’t buy their shit and they don’t play their game.

That’s why the rich wage a constant war on the poor, proxied by everyone from the cops and the courts to the prisons and lawmakers. Poor people scare them, and not because they want their stuff. (Granted, some do. But not all.) Poor people scare them because they know how to get along without shiny toys. Look up any recent police shooting and you’ll see a photo of the young victim-to-be, smiling and happy. The rich don’t understand that, and it scares them.

That’s why they killed nine people in South Carolina. And why they’ll kill again.

A Lesson from the Irish

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Friday March 14, 2014 · 5:59 AM PDT

2014/03/14 · 05:59

Happy St. Pat's.

Since the question of the day -- or month, or year, or era -- is how to help the poor and impoverished, I offer up a traditional Irish song. Note the clue in the second verse, after the fold.

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Needed: New Dem Downballot Talking Point - What If?

Note to GOP: Just Pay The Guy Off

Megyn's Vacation

Rich Folks’ Greed Killed Nine in South Carolina

A Lesson from the Irish