Posted on 01/19/2018 1:11:05 PM PST by Liberty7732
Lost in the ongoing poopy-storm surrounding what President Trump may or may not have said regarding the relative sanitary conditions of certain third-world countries, is this perhaps larger question:
Why did Sen. Dick Durbin do it? Why did the Illinois Democrat, with only a passing relationship with the truth, run to the media to claim Trump called some awful third-world countries poopy-holes?
Whether Trump said it or not, and whether this is more evidence that he is racist, has been debated and analyzed ad nauseum for what feels like an eternity in this era of a new news cycle every few hours. For a possibly fictional story about the President using a bad word in a meeting, it sure is hanging on. And for good reason — the same reason Durbin sprinted to the cameras with his tale.
Democrats don’t want an immigration deal. They do not want any immigration solution short of 100 percent of what they are asking for across the board. What do they want?
The issue. Specifically, a galvanizing issue to inflame the Latino vote. In the same way they continually stoke racial tensions (and in this case, it’s a two-fer) to gin up black voter turnout and support, they need Hispanics angry and frightened to obtain their voter turnout and support. They believe that making Republicans look intransigent against “brown” people, and forcing “dreamers” out of the country will accomplish that. Based on how the media is guaranteed to dishonestly cover such an issue, they are probably right in their calculations.
Consider: If we seriously began solving race relations and immigration issues, how could Democrats drum up 70 percent of the Latino vote and 90 percent of the black vote? If those minorities did not feel the need for Democrats to alternately protect them from Republicans and give them other Americans’ stuff, why would they need the Democrats? Electorally speaking, without those margins, Democrats could not expect any chance of winning.
If this analysis is true — and it is for Democratic leadership based on all past and current actions, including Obama’s endless race-baiting when he had a chance to lead the nation in real reconciliation — that says something truly cold and ugly about Democratic leadership. (Democratic leadership as opposed to many rank-and-file Democratic voters we may know personally who follow the sound bites and spin and actually may want the best for minorities and not just electoral leverage. They just believe the spin on Republicans because they trust the media. Not their first mistake.)
What this says is that it appears Democratic leadership would rather Americans suffer, even Americans that make up their loyal voting base, than risk losing electoral advantage. It’s not like there are not Republicans who act this way, too. Of course there are. But this is just on marching display in front of us for Democrats.
Dick Durbin either saw or made up the chance to tank the negotiations. It’s hard to see any other motive. Making Trump personally look bad could have waited until the following day, or that afternoon, as that is pretty much all the media does now.
This was a different motive than simple anti-Trumpism. Far more cold-hearted and cynical. Sorry, loyal minority Democratic voters. Your party seems to be just using and abusing you.
Trump invited TV cameras in the first meeting. Trump was almost universally praised for the way he conducted the meeting, even by CNN. The Democrats hated it with the white hot intensity of a thousand suns.
So the next meeting that was not televised, Durbin lies about what Trump said. The clear purpose was to counter the positive press from the prior open meeting.
They want that final amnesty that will seal the fate of the Republic.
Both parties have been preventing US from stopping the illegal alien inundation.
Precisely
Durban is a known liar. He likes abortion. It doesn’t bother him in the least to falsely accuse President Trump of anything.
“...whether this is more evidence that he is racist...”
MORE evidence????
There is NO evidence because Trump is NOT racist.
whether this is more evidence that he is racist is like “When Did You Stop Beating Your Wife? It ASS UMES that there is already evidence of racism.
Someone’s “opinion” is not evidence.
A big problem with these countries is the large amount of trash strewn about.
It was not calling an outhouse pit an outhouse pit that was the problem, it was the Norwegian bit.
And the answer to Trump’s question about Norwegians is because Norwegian oil money pays for government welfare benefits far exceeding ours.
Trump forced them to choose between two options they didn’t like, so Turdbin tried to make Trump the reason for their failure. But it hasn’t changed anything. The Wall for DACA, or no deal.
The dems are going to use immigration to try to win back the W/H ,,,, that’s all they got going for them . When this Russia/Collusion thing along with the abuse of FISA warrants explodes they may need a miracle beyond DACA .
Whether Trump said it or not, Durbin actually did the country a favor by making s***hole a part of the conversation. Rational people know there are s***hole countries, cities and neighborhoods but usually don’t speak about it. Now they are.
Why did Little Dicky need a sh!thole?
Self ping.
Dick Turban is a smarmy lying weasel. Trump could deck him with a single punch. May want to, come to think of it.
;^)
Actually, the democrats can not stand and find intolerable the very very good news of the trump first year.
Managing the propaganda, they had to substitute shutdown mania.
Does’t matter. Democrat death throes is producing the panic because they all know that in America, the shit is about to hit the fan
Not sure the browns and blacks flock to the Dems to protect themselves against Republicans. The Republicans are such wusses they aren’t afraid of them. They just like the free stuff the Dems give them out of everyone else’s pockets.
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