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How about a Trump and Dick ticket?

Make America Grate Again!

 

Dick Whitman, performance artists, is just waiting for the podcast sugar daddy to take his act national.

 

"I'm gonna Trump that bitch and then slap her with my Dick!"

 

The ratings for 'Dick Whitman: SJ.com Poster' must be in the tank. The writers have gotten desperate with this latest turn.

 

I miss George W. Bush, a flawed but fundamentally decent human being with whom I disagreed on many, many things. Though I think he was taken advantage of by a lot of narcissistic shitheads, I truly believe he wanted to help people, and the country, as a part of his presidency. I'm sure there was some need for redemption because of his father's one term presidency, but ultimately, even though it was often bound too closely with his Christianity for my tastes, I think he wanted to make the world a better place. There was kindness and grace in the man's heart. I think he really cared about the men and women he put in harm's way. He did not take being president lightly. I've grown to think of him as a goofy uncle; I shake my head at some of his world views, but I have come to view him fondly. While I don't think he was a good president, he mostly made decisions I disagreed with for philosophical reasons. I don't think he did them to screw anyone over, or fluff up his ego, or because he cared all that much for power.

I actually feel the same way about Mitt Romney and John Boehner. We disagree on stuff. I think they're wrong about the role government should play, but that's ok. They'd probably think I'm naive. I respect that they care about public service, and want to make the world a better place.

Trump is truly sick individual. That someone can be this awful, and people like Rand Paul are still like "I'll support the nominee" makes me so sad. I don't think there is actually a chance he'll "be a tyrant" as Andrew Sullivan and other liberals are warning us. I think it's far more likely he'll be so disinterested in the actual job after a few months, he'll basically just embrace the celebrity aspects of it and ignore all the rest, forcing his aides to cover for the fact that he doesn't pay attention during security briefings, he doesn't know how the Constitution actually works and can't understand why he can't check out after 4 p.m. to screw around. There is a good chance we'll have a Cheney situation, where someone he picks has way more power than they should, and that's where you'll see all kinds of scandal.

I'm so weary of the false equivalency game. "Hillary will be just as bad! She's just as corrupt!" Oh bullshit. Hillary has basically the same politics as Boehner. She's basically the same person, just with more National Security and Foreign Affairs experience. She's been a moderate Republican pretty much her entire adult life. She's not an evil person; what you see from those emails is that she actually cares about her staff and actually has an awkward kindness to her. She'll absolutely do dumb shit, because again, it's the Clintons. They cannot resist putting their toe over the line. But at least they acknowledge the existence of lines. At least they aren't trying to build a golf course on the other side of the line where Putin is allowed to take three swings off the tee and murder his caddie with polonium-210 for giving him a bad yardage, and everyone has a good laugh about it.

 

A. Does this person (household) earn significantly more money than me (mine)?

2. This person (household) could afford to pay more in taxes.



There's a slightly different version that's a bit more in sync with the ethos of the day. It goes like this:


A. Does this person (household) earn significantly more money than me (mine)?

2. Does this person (or the head of this household) support an increase in the top marginal rate he/she will face?

III. No? What a greedy bastard/c**t!

 

I blame the showrunner.

 

The $250,000 income line isn't arbitrary. It is (or was when the conversation started years ago) the point where 2 percent of American households qualify. That's a pretty clear and non-controversial definition of upper income. I would further add that since it's AGI we are talking about, that $250,000 "income" is probably somewhere between $300,000 and $400,000 once all relevant deductions are applied.

 

I think there is at least a little uppity in all of us.

Some more than others...

 

Too bad Bush was Hitler during his two terms. W IS a good man, but TINMHITTMAL, and all the "I miss Bush" hand-wringing is revisionist bullshit, and, frankly, just another way for the Left to justify its hate du jour.

 

What's funny is a guy whose browser history would make a sailor blush is making character assessments.

 

I never hated Bush.

I hated Cheney.