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To: where's_the_Outrage?; No name given ; DesertRhino; Pollard; Secret Agent Man; DennisR; ...
As Trump was first running for office, the events reminded me of going pheasant hunting on a farm near Sheridan, Oregon. I would be walking along this fence row as a bored fourteen-year-old. Out in the field was an enclosure where the farmer was raising turkeys. As we got adjacent to it and when no one was looking, I hurled a rock into the enclosure just to see the birds squawk and run about. To me Trump was the rock, and the turkeys were all the other politicians.

The comments coming under the umbrella that at the minimum he lacks proper decorum reminded me of the bumper sticker which says, “Well behaved women seldom make history”. However, I was convinced that come November, I would have to choose among the turkeys. Amazingly, as essentially a third party candidate, he survived the system, so I chose to vote against the objectively demonstrated evil and that left Trump as the only viable option on the ballot.

Well, the candidates for fall are fixed and that reminds me of those who disparaged Ulysses Grant because of his drinking. Lincoln said about Grant, "I can't spare this man, he fights."

I guess that assessment works for me. Looks like I will have to continue to vote against the others found in both major parties.

23 posted on 03/17/2024 6:59:35 PM PDT by Retain Mike ( Sat Cong)
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To: Retain Mike

I’ll sum up what you said in the final paragraph:

Its either Trump or Uniparty. Thats the vote choices.


35 posted on 03/17/2024 8:21:43 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Retain Mike

I also saw Trump as the proverbial ‘rock’ you cite in your recollection. I also recollect his failure for whatever reason you want to devise regarding domestic issues. Trump is not a vindictive person by nature. He will not be ‘Lincoln’s Grant’. He will move where the political winds of favor are easy for 6th grade reading level and prime time TV audiences to understand.
Unfortunate for us; he could have been the wrecking ball
He will equivocate on many social issues - let’s wait to see his move on baby killing. He has already softened his stance relative to a Supreme Court appt regarding the issue.
As he has in many others- plus how easily his ego allows him to be manipulated as evidence by bad cabinet choices and inability to see the backstabbers and become one himself.
Really too bad.


41 posted on 03/17/2024 9:50:45 PM PDT by linedrive ( )
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To: Retain Mike

Decorum is a valid question but the substantive needs of USA are far more important now, imho.

I’ll vote for an uncouth naked Viking berserker warrior with rabies and the mange if s/he wants to repair some of the damage the current regime’s inflicted on the country. And to hell with decorum.


52 posted on 03/18/2024 1:04:21 AM PDT by faithhopecharity (“Politicians are not born. They're excreted.” Marcus Tillius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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