That seems to be the choice if you read accounts after President Donald Trump’s reckless tweet referring to a delay of the election. While Trump last night stated that he is not seeking a delay in the election in his tweet, the tweet set off a firestorm. I was one of those who within minutes denounced the tweet as fueling a baseless conspiracy theory that Trump could delay the election. However, some writers claimed that Biden was right all along when he “predicted” that Trump would move to delay the election and noted that I made fun of him for warning voters of a move against the election. I certainly did make fun of him, but it is worth noting that the column was not about whether Trump might suggest a delay but how such a delay could not happen. It is no “conspiracy theory” that Trump might suggest something outrageous on Twitter. That is an established fact that occupies this blog on a daily basis. The theory was whether the election could be delayed by Trump unilaterally and it was alarming voters for no reason. I explained that the theory that the election would be canceled or stopped was “all the rage on the Internet” for months before Biden unwisely repeated it.
The April column, which I admit was caustic, expressed my frustration with the coverage over whether Trump was going to delay the election despite the lack of a factual or constitutional foundation. I was equally caustic with Trump‘s reference to a delay. Notably, at the time of Biden’s sensational statement, other experts agreed that this was not a real possibility. Yet, it served to send the media into a frenzy over a theory despite being as likely as Trump staying in office by adopting a Venusian calendar.
I later criticized Jared Kushner is equally harsh terms for suggesting that such a delay was a possibility. Again, the criticism was focused on the constitutional impediments to such a delay and how it is not in the realm of possibilities with today’s Congress.
Critics have omitted that the April column was actually about an array of conspiracy theories on the Internet that have been given credence by the media. It also clearly stated that I was not arguing that Trump would never adopt such conspiracy theories. To the contrary, I said that if he tried to do what Biden was suggesting and “tried to stay in office past noon on January 20 if he loses, he would have to join Biden on the subway and whisper to people that he is still the president.” The column was not on what Trump might claim but the realities of the law governing the election.
What is also striking is that the effort to claim that Biden is a seer or Trump whisperer ignores what he actually said. Biden was suggesting that Trump might unilaterally stop the election and was warning voters” “Mark my words, I think he is going to try to kick back the election somehow, and come up with some rationale why it cannot be held.” He also however added the additional claim that the election might be stolen by the Postal Service: “Imagine threatening not to fund the post office. Other than trying to let the word out that he is going to do all he can to make it very hard for people to vote, that is the only way he thinks he can possibly win.” No one is mentioning that part.
As I explained:
“Let us address the mail connection. For years, Trump has been a critic of the Postal Service as being an institution that repeatedly required bailouts due to running huge deficits. He wants the Postal Service to agree to raise fees for mass shippers like Amazon before it can ask for another federal subsidy. That would have no impact on voting, including mail voting, in the election. Any change in its operations would not impact such things as regular mail this year.”
As an aside, this does not mean that we should not be focusing on the Postal Service. Trump is right that there will likely be an increase in challenges and problems as we move toward such a massive increase in mail in voting. I have covered presidential elections for the media for many years and every one has involved legal challenges on some level, including the traumatic and lingering challenges in 2000. The shift to mail in voting adds a new layer of possible problems and challenges and we need to be prepared for them. Trump is also right that counting all of the votes could be a problem and we need to clearly establish how the Postal Service will be handling these ballots. This includes a review of current changes in this Administration that could delay receipt of ballots. However, any sinister role of the Postal Service would immediately be subject to challenge. Moreover, even a delay of days will not prevent the counting of ballots so long as they are properly postmarked. Additionally, Trump predication of massive voter fraud is not supported by past uses of alternative mailing systems.
The main problem addressed in the April column was Biden repeating the Internet theory that the election might not be held. Such sensational statements focuses people on a nonexistent threat and undermines the faith in our election process. It is also simply wrong. There is no such possibility.
Trump’s tweet was worthy of condemnation and I was one of the first in line. He ended a tirade with “It will be a great embarrassment to the USA. Delay the Election until people can properly, securely and safely vote???” While he said later that he was only pointing out the likely delays and challenges to come from massive mail in voting, it was another reckless tweet that sent the country into a frenzy. I wrote yet another blog column, again, pointing out that this is a baseless conspiracy theory and that our election will be held on November 3rd. Period.
So, to sum up. Biden did not just claim that Trump would raise a delay. As shown by the coverage in response to his statement, he was warning that Trump might unilaterally stop the election or steal it with the help of the Postal Service. Even before he denied wanting to move the election date hours later, Trump did not say that he was even contemplating a unilateral decision to halt the election. As my Biden column stated, Trump does not have that authority. That is the conspiracy theory.
Thus, if Biden was merely predicting that Trump would say an outrageous thing, he is a Nostradamus but so is everyone else in the country. If he was really predicting that the election would be halted by Trump, he is a nut. In my view, he is really neither. He is a politician who was fueling a conspiracy theory that was already all the rage on the Web.
So the concern is will President Trump delay the election? My concern is when he wins what conspiracies will the new Demomarxist party start to unseat the President?
According to Trump himself, adversary nations will use mail in voting to screw with the election. If he wins, will Trump change his tune and deny that happened and call it a Dem conspiracy? We already know any nation wanting to see the US weakened will try to help Trump.
We dont know any such thing Brad. You do not speak for “We” and your speculation is not fact.
So everybody else gets to make stuff up except me? Your speculation about “we” is not fact. I was referring to Myself and Joe Biden.
We already know any nation wanting to see the US weakened will try to help Trump.
Who is this We and what evidence do you have to prove your point?
Oh boy! I’m sure the Russians never “secretly mocked” President Trump. Gimme a break. Do you think the uranium business is the sole aspect of US-Russian relations? Are you informed at all about the Obama administration’s belligerence toward Russian interests around the world or are you in the dark because he didn’t tweet-brag about everything? Maybe you can Google a list…
Brad, We have a clear picture of how Obama, Biden and Clinton sold American interests out. You are unable to dispute the facts so you try to shift without evidence blame on another. You also forget that it was under Obama that the Crimea was taken over by Putin and parts of the Ukraine were occupied by Russian troops. These things are documented. Why don’t you provide exactly what you are talking about. I know the answer.
Just a few posts ago your replied to Kurtz. “So everybody else gets to make stuff up except me? ” Right there you are telling us that you make things up. However, I am not making things up and I am providing proof of what I say. Aside from making things up, Brad, do you have any proof that the article was wrong?
If the Uranium One deal is so horrific and crooked, maybe Trump should put someone on the case. At this point, he is an accessory to the deal. You’re convincing me he really is soft on Russia by allowing this scandalous deal to remain in place!
At the same time, you don’t even seem to know what motivated Putin to go into Ukraine. OBAMA WEAK is good enough for you. You are ignorant of the US campaigns of meddling in Eastern Europe and Russia itself. You don’t understand the myriad ways power can be wielded; you need tweets and missiles and bribes with lots of dollar signs to get your attention. You probably don’t even understand how the Machiavellian Obama baited Putin into a costly quagmire in Syria, but I’d wager you’ve moaned about “red lines” more than once.
Instead, you’d prefer to paint 1% of the Obama-Putin picture and declare it a masterpiece. It’s no different than the people who harangue Trump for being weak because he agreed with Putin a few times.
Meanwhile, to my original point you’ve deflected from, every tweet Trump sends out further divides and demoralizes Americans in orders of magnitude greater than “If I had a son, he’d look like Trayvon”. Putin is still laughing and praying for a Trump victory. Sad.
BTW- It seems like only yesterday when Trump cultists were accusing Democrats of trying to start a war with Russia. And now the Russians prefer a Democrat? It’s fascinating how twisted things can get when protecting Trump is the primary goal.
“If the Uranium One deal is so horrific and crooked”
What is it in the article that isn’t true? That is the crux of the issue.
As a sideline and in answer to you Obama was weak and take note it wasn’t just the Ukraine, it was also the Crimea. It also wasn’t the JV team it was ISIS.
That you need to start a discussion about Syria tells us that you can’t defend the other actions.
I’ll wait for your response about what is wrong in the article which says a lot about the people in charge of our government. I don’t expect an answer unless it is an attempt to change the subject like you did with Syria. Right now it’s Uranium One, Trump Biden and Clinton.
No quotation marks, as usual. It’s Allan’s way.
“We already know”
Who is this imaginary “We”, Brad?
Sophomoric much?
JT, don’t fall so hard into the ego games about what your past columns may, or may not have said. It’s not conspiracy theory that Biden predicted Trump will try to challenge the election in any way he can. Trump’s own past confidants predicted the same months before…, as it stands, just that I personally know of, his biographer and Scaramucci are long on record saying the same.
Not that I don’t recognize you’re in a tough spot as a Trump placater/influencer/surrogate.
But I think we all know Trump will try everything he can possibly pull off to interfere with the election. He’s actively leaned on the Ukrainians and Chinese to step in on his behalf. And clearly the Russians have been grooming him for years so they could step in on his behalf.
And Trump just sues people, it’s been his M.O. forever.
You are correct in pointing out the legal and constitutional restrictions to him trying to interfere because they’re clearly the reality…, but only if the Senate is willing to hold him accountable, something they’ve shown zero motivation to do, let alone actually do it. We’re in a tough spot. Trump yesterday at his presser actively threatened/alluded to ‘keeping things tied up for years’. To think he’s joking is sheer lunacy.
Turley, I could’ve told you years ago it just gets worse with Trump, always. My guess is that by stepping on the surrogacy train there were dreams of candy cane SCOTUS dancing in your head. But it’s well past time to step off the train. Focus on damage control from backing and defending a guy who has shown complete lack of moral and philosophical boundaries. It’ll be a tough sell because you’re marked forever by the amount of support you’ve thrown Trump’s way. Take a vacation. Turn down the ALEC money you may get for writing this blog. It really is in that make or break zone for you right now. Time to focus on the higher part of your nature.
It looks like Bugs Bunny has returned.
Wow, Bunnies breed like wabbits.
What’s up doc.
The time clock. It started and we are wondering how long till the next name change.
My cousin warned me of the the facial sphincter Allan on here. Are you him?
Based on what I have seen from you I don’t expect your cousin to know very much about the human anatomy except maybe his thumb and mouth. However, by accident your cousin said something that exists though not in the way intended.
There are many sphincter muscles in the body (roundish muscles able to contract), They are all similar in one way or another to your sphincter lower down that you were referring to. You already know what happens when that sphincter muscle doesn’t work and in your case it is quite evident on the blog.
Translation please.
Start with “There are many sphincter muscles in the body”
That should be easy to understand. Then go word by word. When you get stuck ask for help by providing what it is that you do not understand.
You are the guy!
But I think we all know Trump will try everything he can possibly pull off to interfere with the election.
Classic projection. The well-documented We that actually tried everything possible to interfere with an election was obviously your We. That We tried everything possible to interfere with the peaceful transition of power and to interfere with the functioning of the administration.
Now try again.
Thank you for chiming in. But I have a policy of not answering completely non specific and delusional posts whenever possible.
LOL! You’re welcome. Apparently my post didn’t fall within that policy.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, aka Dr. Doomsday has been very pessimistic lately & could delay the election. If China virus fatalities exceed 50,000 a day & some 80 year old Democrats like Nancy Pelosi, Maxine Waters & Joe Biden get infected & die, then there may some compromise.
OK class, who can tell me the difference between “Do you think the election should be delayed?” and “The election should be delayed.”
And kudos to CBS for actually reporting that 3% of their mail-in-experiment ballots never arrived.
“Any change in its operations would not impact such things as regular mail this year”
You go this one wrong also, Trump’s appointee to the USPS is already closing and limiting hours at post offices, and talking about delaying the mail.
MollyG, you are not suppose to point out facts on Turley’s site, it ruins the propaganda and lies. Have consideration for Trump’s supporters, lies and propaganda is all they got left.
Molly, I checked out your claim and it appears that you are correct.
Link: https://www.uspsoig.gov/blog/scaling-back-hours-not-post-offices
I don’t agree that this should be done at all. I do agree w/Trump that the post office needs to charge more for the last-mile delivery it does for UPS and FedEx. But post office still needs to be there, especially in smaller and rural communities and if there’s more voting being done by mail.
DV, the post office wouldn’t have gotten to where it is now if it wasn’t for congress meddling in its financial affairs. The post office has always been a self supported entity within government. It was after congress mandated the post office set aside billions for future pension funds that suddenly robbed them of their self sustaining operation. The mandate to set aside funding for future pension payments was not necessary. If congress didn’t do that the post office would have been very competitive against higher priced companies such as fed ex and ups. All congress needs to do is repeal that stupid mandate.
Svelaz, I agree with you. What a sad state of affairs.
Trump’s appointee to the USPS is already closing and limiting hours at post offices, and talking about delaying the mail.
The postmaster-general is appointed by a multi-member board. It’s supposed to be a self-supporting corporation, so it doesn’t have the luxury of maintaining hours that aren’t bringing in business.
USPS has a special responsibility to serve all houses, even if that means losing some money on some routes.
“I later criticized Jared Kushner is equally harsh terms for suggesting that such a delay was a possibility. “
Jared Kushner doesn’t make policy and isn’t always as sharp as he should be. If one wants to make news they trap an unsuspecting WH official into saying something that they want to hear. That doesn’t mean it is official WH policy. That provides a story but that story is not news.
“Trump’s tweet was worthy of condemnation and I was one of the first in line. “
That was your mistake. You should have thought deeper like you do when facing particular matters of law. I am not sure of all the timing so my question is whether or not Biden’s previous dumb statements gave Trump the idea or if Trump would have done this without Biden’s previous statements.
” The theory was whether the election could be delayed by Trump unilaterally “
Trump knew that and knew that the law was so clear that he could use this as the bait for the press.
Trump was intent on highlighting all the bad things that come from mail in voting. He didn’t want a delay. He wanted to stop the idea of mail in voting providing the alternative of absentee ballots. He also might have timed this Tweet as a diversion to some numbers that weren’t good. He knows that the election will occur in November and that he had no power to change it.
“While Trump last night stated that he is not seeking a delay in the election in his tweet, the tweet set off a firestorm. I was one of those who within minutes…”
This is a problem with our electronic reporting of events where the events are in real time. People don’t stop to think or wait to understand what is really happening.
Trump doesn’t get positive press nor can he inform the public of his viewpoints. He has continuously used Twitter to bait the press into discussing those things they refused to discuss earlier. I am sorry professor but one should know better because Trump has been doing this over and over again. He also uses Twitter to divert the press. While the press was hammering at him about a bunch of tweets early in his Presidency Trump was busy deregulating the nation. The press was too busy to notice.
Trump has successfully trolled the press and the Democrats for the next two days. He is going to have the election on Nov. 3 and the Democrats will not be able to back out. And again, he has noted the problems with massive mail-in balloting. New York still does not have results a month later.
Paul
‘and the Democrats will not be able to back out’. My goodness you must be on a cloud. There isn’t one Democrat that wouldn’t have the election today or anytime up until Nov. 3rd. America and the world is waiting for the ship to come in. Bounce this waste of space.
Jonathan Turley: Trump Enabler or Willfully Blind?
Complicit is what it is looking like. Like anybody that supports Trump all they can do now is double down and hope the lie works.
Will you accept the results of the election when Trump wins reelection in November? Just as you and the media and Democrats expect the rest of us to accept the results if Biden wins? Will you do the same? I suspect not.
So, Turley, let’s hear your legal mumbo jumbo on Trump’s suggestion that injecting Lysol be ‘looked into’, then saying it was sarcasm to catch all the left wing fake news reporters. The old, ‘I was only joking.’ follow up to blithering idiocy must have some basis in the law, somewhere….
If Trump is to be explained as just having a quirky sense of humor then all his idiotic statements and lies can be attributed to that. After all, Trump is on record saying, “I just make stuff up.” If so, then how does one recognize what’s serious? Quite a conundrum involving the most powerful and potentially dangerous nation on earth and its main oligarch.
However, Trump has time and time again maintained that he is not joking, that he is serious, and is the only one who can fix this mess; the mess he created. It goes without saying that if Trump gets in for another four years he will not spend his time cleaning up the mess he created but worsening it. Biden in a coma is preferable. Just about anyone of the Democrat contenders is a far better choice. An ounce of sanity and stability is preferable to this disgrace.
“In my view, he is really neither.”
JT, Biden doesn’t say anything anymore. His handlers do his talking for him, because Joe Biden clearly has Dementia.
So the real question isn’t about in-person voting, versus voting by mail. The real question is how someone with rapidly accelerating Dementia is supposed to perform his duties as POTUS?!
That is the only question that matters regarding Biden as a Presidential candidate.
Biden with dementia is preferable to this disgrace that inhabits the White House.
Will you accept the results of the election when Trump wins in November? Or will we have continued riots, violence, resistance, obstruction, and lies for another four years like we have had since 2016?
If Trump wins, I will fly my flag upside down for the duration. It would be an indisputable fact that this country is proper f*%^ed.
When you look at Biden and his ‘drifting’ while speaking and his other gaffs, and compare that to Trump’s blithering idiocy, the launch codes are safer in Biden’s hands. Look at Reagan. There was dementia for the last three years of his administration and perhaps more. Reagan told the German Chancellor that he was a tail gunner in a bomber during WW2. Reagan never left Hollywood during WW2. The hair dye might have affected his brain. Something surely is affecting Trump’s brain. Trump is several bricks short a load. And, as he continues to moan, nobody likes him, and any criticism is fake news, and it sure would be nice if every one stood when he walked in the room, and that North Korean dictator gets a lot more respect than him, and on and on.
issac – do you want Biden, with dementia, to have the launch codes? I don’t.
Because some dude calling himself “isaac” (with late stage severe TDS combined with a low IQ), on a comment board says so?
Try to clearly explain how a 78 year old man with rapidly progressing Dementia is supposed to lead this country, isaac?
I’ll be waiting……
Jan 21: “We have it totally under control. It’s one person coming in from China.”
Jan 30: “We think we have it very much under control.”
Feb 02: “We pretty much shut it down, coming from China.”
Feb 14: “We have a very small number of people in the country, right now, with it. It’s like around 12… Some are fully recovered already. So we’re in very good shape.”
Feb 25: “People are getting better, they’re all getting better.”
Feb 26: “And the 15 in a couple of days is gonna be down to close to zero.”
Feb 28: “Coronavirus. This is the new hoax… You’ll be fine.”
Feb 28: “It’s going to disappear. One day, it’s like a miracle, it will disappear”
Mar 02: “They’re going to have vaccines very soon.” Mar 03: “Not only the vaccines, but the therapies. Therapies is sort of another word for cure.”
Mar 04: “We’re talking about very small numbers in the United States.”
Mar 06: “I don’t need to have the numbers double because of one ship that wasn’t our fault… I like the numbers where they are.”
Mar 06: “Anybody right now, and yesterday, anybody that needs a test gets a test. They’re there. And the tests are beautiful…. the tests are all perfect…”
Mar 07: “It came out of China, and we heard about it. And made a good move: We closed it down. We stopped it.”
Mar 08: “We have a perfectly coordinated and fine tuned plan at the White House.”
Mar 10: “It’s really working out, and a lot of good things are gonna happen. Just stay calm. It will go away.”
Mar 12: “It’s gonna go away.”
Mar 13: “No, I don’t take responsibility at all.”
Mar 16: “I’d rate it a 10. I think we’ve done a great job.”
Mar 17: “This is a pandemic. I felt it was a pandemic long before it was called a pandemic.”
Now tell us, in your legal mumbo jumbo how Trump is not directly responsible for half the deaths, at least.
Turley’s champion. Trump did suggest postponing the election. McConnell and other top Republicans shot him down. Turley stop reading Foxnews. You are a Trump lapdog, albeit with a law degree, but a lap dog nevertheless.
Nancy Pelosi said; “Bring your friends to Chinatown and go to the bars”.
Joe Biden said; Trump’s China travel ban was “racist”.
You’re pissing up a rope, Isaac.
But you are consistent. Which is why you’re soaked.
The fact of the matter is that all politicians, everyone of them, make gaffs. But, for the most part they are stable and irrespective of whether or not one believes in their ideology, consistent. There are idiots like Inhofe who couldn’t pass a 3rd grade science test and make scientific presentations on film. There are idiots like Cain who boldly refuse to wear masks to make some sort of stupid statement and then die of Covid-19. There are blatant criminals like Rick Scott who defrauded the American taxpayer for hundreds of millions and then used the money to fund his elections to the governorship of Florida, twice and then the US Senate. There are the Lindsey Graham sort who openly call Trump an idiot and then get down on their knees and unzip when he is elected. There are all sorts of garbage in the Republican camp and lots of garbage in the Democrat camp as well. However, the Republican side is a landfill compared to the Democrat heap. Trump all by himself is the biggest landfill.
So, yes Pelosi made a gaff, Biden made a gaff or two, etc. But, Trump; he’s nothing more than a blithering idiot. Listen sometime. Listen carefully.
“Biden made a gaff or two, etc.”
Biden is forgiven for all his transgressions and continues to be forgiven to this day demonstrating the dishonesty of the left.Let’s start with this and work our way up. Joe Biden quoted N-word 13 TIMES during 1985 hearings, Senate transcripts show https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/12187871/joe-biden-quoted-n-word-13-times-1985-hearings/
Allan, are you saying Biden shouldn’t be forgiven for his gaffs as you forgive trump for his?
If you forgive trump’s multiple “gaffs”. Does that make YOU dishonest?
Do you forgive trump’s stupid comments or not. That would determine whether you’re honest or not.
I readily admit when I disagree with Trump but I do so in context and based on when it was said. You make things up just like Issac. Trump is not a racist, but we know historically that Biden has shown underlying racist feelings that get expressed in very bad ways. Look at the incident with Obama.
You are constantly stretching the truth with regard to Trump and denying it with regard to Biden. You have no credibility left.
Let’s deal with Biden’s plagiarism.
As Democrats go, Biden is not bad.
The big issue is the cognitive impairment. It’s obvious and its a very serious issue’
It is utterly bogus and fraudulent of Democrats to plan on picking the next president via his VP choice when they pull the 25th amendment removal on Joe.
This is not how elections are supposed to work.
Bernie had many many faults but mental acuity does not seem to be one of them. They could have gone with him. But of course not because they know that crazy radicalism is not what Ampericans want. Now they are pushing it in the streets with BLM but they are betting the people will see Joe as a calming figure to the staged insurrection which is relentlessly blamed on Trump.
“As Democrats go, Biden is not bad.”
Kurtz, If you mean democrats that no longer have their mental facilities are better than democrats that do, perhaps that is true. If you mean that democrats that live in the basement are better than democrats who come out of it, perhaps that is true also.
However, Biden’s handlers are managing the show. If you get rid of his corruption, plaigerism, intrinsic racism, duplicity, stupidity, and his anti American actions and only deal with what his handlers have to say then you judge him by the far leftist view being promoted by those handlers. If you think that viewpoint isn’t bad then I don’t know what to tell you.
Get rid of all the above and then think about what Gates said. Something to the effect that on foreign policy Biden was always on the wrong side. You think he isn’t bad. The Presidency has tremendous power over foreign affairs and you are considering him as “not bad”. I think that is a bit crazy.
As Democrats go, Biden is not bad.
He was always a clown. A not-that-bad Democrat who performed satisfactorily in Presidential politics might be Wesley Clark, Bill Bradley, Jerry Brown, Michael Dukakis, Walter Mondale, Gary Hart, or Jimmy Carter. You’ll notice that Jerry Brown is the only one on the list who has been elected to public office in the years since 1990. Brown was a working politicians until quite recently and Hart had a diplomatic post for a time. The rest of them have been out of office for 20 years or more. They are between 75 and 96 years of age.
Allan, that’s a nice play with words, but you didn’t answer the question. Do you forgive trump for his lying, stupid statements, etc.? You say trump is not a racist, but that wasn’t the issue of my query. Do you forgive trump for his stupid statements? You claimed those on the left who forgive Biden’s gaffs or stupid statements are dishonest.
Stating you disagree with trump “in comtext”. People can forgive Biden’s gaffs when they do so in context too. Does that still make them dishonest?
I accept reasonable alternative rationals for comments made by both Biden and Trump. The problem is that you cannot back up your negative statements about Trump but there are plenty of statements and things Biden did that you cannot explain.
If you wish to provide the lies (not errors, not preumptions, not taken out of context, not further explained etc.) I am glad to listen to the significant ones involving his Presidential duties. Start with the most significant and work your way down.
Those on the left that deny Biden’s gaffs or the significance are being dishonest, yes. One can forgive anyone for anything they want to but it is quite disingenuous when forgiveness for the same act is only considered for one person and not the other.
Allan, “ One can forgive anyone for anything they want to but it is quite disingenuous when forgiveness for the same act is only considered for one person and not the other.”
So you’re staying you’re being disingenuous. That’s quite true here.
“ I accept reasonable alternative rationals for comments made by both Biden and Trump.”
But we are not talking about reasonable alternatives here. We are talking about forgiving the individual for saying stupid things. Gaffes. Clearly trump does it all the time. You claim those who do are dishonest. Do you forgive trump for his gaffes and stupid statements? If you do you’re being dishonest, if you don’t you’re being…honest? Which is it?
Allan says,
“ Here Svelaz makes a malicious, false, and defamatory per se statement about Giuiani, that he is comming felonious bribery
Do you have any proof slanderer, or you just cooking up lies for fun? ”
Funny thing is you accused Hunter Biden of taking bribes without proof, but apparently according to you it’s malicious and slanderous to claim that without proof. Making stuff up seems to be perfectly acceptable. Why moan about it when someone else is doing it? That’s called being a hypocrite.
Allan, how can it be taken seriously a charge by a judge from a country well known for corruption to suddenly find Biden suspect in a “crime”? Giuliani been busy doling out bribes to officials in Ukraine to cook up a scandal.
“Giuliani been busy doling out bribes to officials in Ukraine to cook up a scandal.”
You make things up as you go along and can’t provide reasonable proof. Which official did Giuliani bribe? How much? We know that about Hunter Biden and we can trace these reprehensible actions of Biden and his family wherever they have been.
Here Svelaz makes a malicious, false, and defamatory per se statement about Giuiani, that he is comming felonious bribery
Do you have any proof slanderer, or you just cooking up lies for fun? You should apologize to the host of this website for your false and defamatory remark. Maybe you were making a joke or something.
Joe “if you don’t vote for me you ain’t black” Biden. His mentors and heroes on the Hill were segregationists and KKK grand wizards who he praised to the hilt. His son was flying around the world on AF2 for eight years with his daddy who was the sitting VP, as he shamelessly and unethically cashed in by the millions on daddy’s political office. So has the rest of the Biden family been cashing in by the millions on Joe’s political office for decades. The words for that are sleaze, graft and corruption. Yet the MSM have no desire to probe into or highlight any of that Biden dirty business. Nope, Biden, as usual, gets a pass and protection by the media. With Joe Biden the list of gaffes, corruption, plagiarism, lies, stupidity, poor judgment, etc, is looooong. Yet all of it is AOK for Dems and their media allies. Why? Seizing power trumps everything – when you are a Democrat.
I’m referring to his loser crack addict son, Hunter, not the other son who died of brain cancer. Then there’s Ashley Biden and her baggage. And the rest of the Biden family. Again, the list is loooooong when it comes to picking apart the sleazebag dum dum Joe Biden really is. Ask Clarence Thomas who Joe Biden really is. The ‘aw shucks, just a good ol’ boy from Delaware’ is an act that Joe Biden has perfected during his 50 year career as a professional politician. We do not need all that sleaze, corruption and family baggage moving into the White House only to turn over the helm to his VP before he even finishes one four year term. NO!
Anonymous, as Allan so aptly pointed out. It’s about context. That quote is taken out of context all the time. Plus it was an expected gaff. Biden is well known for that so he can be…forgiven….for it.
Why is it wrong for Biden’s son to take advantage of his dad’s position but not trumps own children who are doing the same thing? Ivanka goes as far as doing commercials for his supporters, GOYA beans anyone?
Why don’t you put that statement in context and see how it looks.
Trump’s children are not being enriched through bribery like hunter in the millions of dollars. There is a rational pay for the work done by any receiving a check originating from the taxpayers. My bet is the Trump family wealth has declined by at least $1Billion because Trump is President and the family has been deprived of earning money in many different ways. This is because they are trying to keep their business separate from the Presidency.
Biden’s actions have promoted use of his VP status for bribes and other things.
Allan, “ Trump’s children are not being enriched through bribery like hunter in the millions of dollars.“. The problem with that statement is there is no proof of the allegations. Plus the same can be said of trump’s children taking “donations” for their businesses and using their fathers status as a means to gain more business. It’s the same thing you’re accusing hunter Biden of. Taking advantage of his father’s position. Nothing illegal about that given trump’s kids do it too.
“Trying” is not actively avoiding is it? “Trying” to keep their business separate from the presidency is as credible as “trying” not to make too much money because you can.
On Biden’s statement being put into context, everyone knows Biden is prone to gaffes. With that in mind mangling an attempt at conveying a point is not reason to delve on it. Trump on the other hand is consistently saying such stupid things AND doubling down on them. If you’re going to double down on a previous controversial statement you are making sure everyone knows you mean it. Biden doesn’t do that.
Sorry, but no, it is not the same thing.
The embarrassment alone, Angela Merkel-Chancellor of Germany, self made and Christine Lagarde-head of the international monetary fund, self made hosting Bling Bimbo Ivanka in a discussion on the condition women face ‘making it’. That illustrates true strength, having to deal with this bimbo who had everything handed to her, used slave labor, ripped off patents, funded by daddy, and still bailed, failed, and has absolutely no idea what it means to be a woman ‘making it’. Do you notice her sitting at tables with world leaders. Either Trump is rubbing America’s nose in his sh*$ or he’s a blithering idiot, or perhaps both.
Issac, it’s OK that you are threatened by attractive women who are smart. That isn’t uncommon among the envious who in their life failed to make any sort of mark what so ever,
Ah, yes context. And facts, too. How about this one…….
Trump “urged Americans to inject themselves with disinfectant” and “told people to drink bleach.”
FALSE and repeated often….always incorrectly and always without context…..
“To understand Trump’s remarks, it’s important to first understand the full context of what was said at the press briefing…..”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/fact-check-no-trump-did-not-tell-people-to-inject-themselves-with-disinfectant-or-drink-bleach
“ Trump “urged Americans to inject themselves with disinfectant” and “told people to drink bleach.”
FALSE and repeated often….always incorrectly and always without context…..”
Really? Even your own link shows he was directly asking his medical expert if this was feasible. He was quite serious when he was proposing it.
He suggested it as an option. He showed how stupid he really was. He didn’t tell people to do it. He told people it might be a an option or a good idea. Coming from the president it gives that suggestion a lot of credibility, at least to his dumber supporters.
Suggesting it is still saying he thought it was a worthwhile alternative. “Shining a very bright light inside” was another one. Yep, that was clearly stable genius material.
UV sanitizer (sometimes called also UV sterilizer) is a device that uses ultraviolet (UV) light to kill microorganisms. It’s a real thing Trump was getting at in his remarks.
There are real medical treatments and techniques that Trump was referring to. One of the available cancer treatments, for example, is Ultraviolet Blood Irradiation Therapy.
Ultraviolet light has actually been known for some time to destroy nucleic acids while disrupting DNA. It’s a ‘disinfectant,’ in other words.
Hydrogen peroxide has been used intravenously as well to kill bacteria and viruses.
But Trump’s remarks were off-handed and sloppy and the liberal media took full advantage of their usual GOTCHA game rather than attempting to contextualize Trump’s remarks – which they would do for a Democrat politician, but never a Republican, and certainly not Trump. The media have an election to help their preferred Democrats win, after all.
Anonymous, trumps remarks were not sloppy or off-handed. He was fully engaged in suggesting that option. He even asked his medical expert if it had been studied. Your excuses are just as stupid as trump’s suggestions.
Nobody disputes what UV light can do. What trump was saying was putting that ‘powerful’ light INSIDE the body to kill the virus. Never mind the fact that it would still kill the person too. UV light causes cancer too you know.
Whichever anonymous this might be your answer was excellent.
Trump was sloppy. He thinks outloud without a filter but that doesn’t reflect on what he actually does which overall has been pretty good considering the circumstances. One has to take the bad with the good.
“He told people it might be a … good idea.”
He was asking a question of scientists in a not so artful way. He wanted to know if anything could be done in that fashion. I believe the cells when killing pathogens release hypochlorite or some similar. That is much like bleach something the body does on its own. His question demonstrates a person that thinks out of the box.
Only stupid people think he wanted to inject bleach or some other disinfectant. You are incapable of out of the box thinking so to more intelligent people you sound like the fool you are. Unfortunately Trump’s knowledge of the details of the science involved, like most people, is not refined. Thus you can take a good question and twist it, but that is because your ability to think is limited and you don’t understand the process of thinking out of the box.
I am going to give you an example of your stupidity. Years ago people would die of renal failure. Today with dialysis we can increase the lifespan and perhaps give them time to get a kidney transplant. Someone came up with the idea of cleaning the blood outside the body which is what is done in dialysis centers. If before someone actually did that you heard someone suggest that the blood be removed and cleaned outside of the body you would have called them stupid. That is a reflection of yourself.
“ Trump’s knowledge of the details of the science involved, like most people, is not refined. ”
Of course not, because he’s an idiot. His “out of the box thinking” is not a virtue. It’s because he has no idea about what he’s talking about. Idiots tend to do that a lot. People who are full of $hit are easy to spot.
Your example only serves to point out your own ignorance. The renal failure solution was brought up by someone who UNDERSTOOD how the body works and methodically applied that idea. Trump who doesn’t understand how the body works at all suggested injecting a cleaner or exposing INSIDE THE BODY cancer causing UV light to kill the virus. He’s simply a moron trying to emulate a smart person. You excusing him just makes you just as stupid as he is. 🤦♂️
“because he’s an idiot. ”
You are totally worthless. Your only argument is to call people names. No data no fact.
Your brain isn’t big enough to know any better.
Of course not, because he’s an idiot. His “out of the box thinking” is not a virtue.
You may have any number of reasons to not like Trump, but one thing is certain, he’s no idiot. Idiots don’t navigate their maiden voyage in politics, with both major parties, the FBI/IC/DOJ, all working against him, and become President. Then once in office, achieve what he has despite tremendous opposition. No, your screed is merely that of an idiot that doesn’t realize he is out of his depth.
Ivanka holds up a can of GOYA beans. Meanwhile Hunter Biden flies around the world for eight years on AF2 with his daddy the sitting VP, as he accepts sweet deals (bribes) from Ukraine to the tune of MILLIONS into his crack addict bank account AND sweet deals to the tune of $1.5 BILLION from the Bank of China for Hunter Biden’s private equity fund. Ok sure, let’s compare what you call “taking advantage of dad’s position.” Newsflash!!
There is NO comparison. What a sad joke for you to compare what Biden and his kid got away with….which was unethically, problematically, corruptly and grossly selling political influence for eight years while catching a ride of AF2 flying around the world with dad, Obama’s sitting VP, making those sweetheart deals right under everyone’s nose!!?….THAT is outrageous and yet you compare this Biden corruption and sleaze to a Trump kid holding up a can of beans. Wow.
Anonymous, that’s a lot of stuff you’re gonna have to back up with credible evidence. I don’t see any. Making outlandish claims requires just as credible evidence.
Sorry, it’s a bit harder to prove than holding up a can of beans. Unfortunately there is plenty of evidence that Hunter made these lucrative influence peddling deals while daddy was VP. It is dismissed by the media as “nothing wrong” and “nothing illegal.” Unethical? Yes. Corrupt as hell? You bet. But the media has no interest in doing its job and investigating these deals to further flesh out the facts for the voting public to evaluate and make their own determination of what went on during the Obama administration. What we get from the media is a regurgitation of Obama’s own talking points. One of his biggest whoppers he likes to say often is that he ran a “scandal-free administration.” That is pure hogwash propaganda that Obama and Biden continue to get away with because Obama knows the media will never fact check him on anything he says. If only we had investigative reporters in the MSM instead of a bunch of left wing narrative pushers.
Olly,
“ You may have any number of reasons to not like Trump, but one thing is certain, he’s no idiot. Idiots don’t navigate their maiden voyage in politics, with both major parties, the FBI/IC/DOJ, all working against him, and become President. ”
Everyone who has left the White House has explicitly pointed out that trump is an idiot, a moron, or just a plain BS liar.
Idiots don’t navigate their maiden voyage on politics, idiots who are full of $hit and have money do. Especially when you have a lot of help by enablers. His election to office was not due to “being a stable genius”. It was due to pure dumb luck and foreign interference.
There are literally hundreds of tweets, speeches, statements, and claims that directly point out trump is an idiot, moron, or incompetent dunce. There’s no shortage of proof. The man thought it would be a good idea to shine a powerful UV light INSIDE the body to kill the virus. He stated if we stop testing for Covid infections there would be….less cases. If it was a blonde bimbo saying these things you wouldn’t hesitate to label her an idiot. With trump the only difference in is he doesn’t have the figure for such a label.
If it was a blonde bimbo saying these things you wouldn’t hesitate to label her an idiot.
Well if you see yourself fitting that stereotype, then I won’t stand in your way to own it.
Trump’s presidency has been mostly successful and certainly more so than his predecessor. You are unsuccessful so I don’t think you are a good judge of success.
Everyone who has left the White House has explicitly pointed out that trump is an idiot, a moron, or just a plain BS liar.
Which ‘everyone’? The President has about 3,000 discretionary appointees and they come and go at two year intervals.
DSS, these jokers have a tendency to use generalities. Trump earned billions but according to them lost it all yet was able to earn billions a second time. Part of his success was due to the fact that he could hire and fire people at will until he built a team that understood and agreed with what he wished to do.
Robert Byrd was an exalted cyclops and not a grand wizard. He was a successful representative for the state of West Virginia, and he made many contributions to the United States. I will always remember and appreciate his cautionary speech upon the threshold of war with Iraq.
Anyhow, it’s hypocritical for Republicans to both embrace Southern heritage and pride and then in the next breath jump all over the segregationist history of the Democrat party. I think segregationists were Americans too and we deplore their contributions to history too easily. If left us speechless when vandals ripped down their statutes all across our country a month ago, destroying public property, in acts of lawless iconoclasm, that nobody wanted to question. What a shame.
Harping on Joe Biden for his segregationist inclinations many decades ago is weak sauce.
I have to totally reject Biden as a candidate simply because he is suffering from obvious dementia. This problem only gets worse. Even if they put him on Aricept they say it only has an effect for about a year or 18 months or so.
The point is hypocrisy.
‘And the only person in modern American politics to have praised George Wallace – on numerous occasions – was Joe Biden. It’s amazing* that when Obama brings up segregationists, every reporter isn’t running to point out that Biden spent a decade allied with them.’ @davidharsanyi
*It’s actually not amazing that reporters refuse to do their jobs.
Herman Cain was a stage 4 cancer survivor. Wearing a mask would not have prevented him from contracting the virus.
It might have prevented him from contracting it. His age and the effects of chemotherapy made survival less likely. (Cain had a full travel schedule, so it’s unknown where he was exposed to the virus).
‘And the only person in modern American politics to have praised George Wallace – on numerous occasions – was Joe Biden. It’s amazing* that when Obama brings up segregationists, every reporter isn’t running to point out that Biden spent a decade allied with them.’ @davidharsanyi
*It’s actually not amazing that reporters refuse to do their jobs.
“yes Pelosi made a gaff, Biden made a gaff or two, etc.
According to what you have written, those “gaff”‘s would have caused thousands of additional people to die from the Corona virus.
So you just outed yourself as someone who could really care less about dead Americans.
You should try any and all supplements that increase mental acuity, isaac.
Compare their gaffs to Trump’s blithering idiocies. And this us just a few weeks; and perhaps 80,000 more dead than otherwise; that is if he weren’t a total incompetent.
Jan 21: “We have it totally under control. It’s one person coming in from China.”
Jan 30: “We think we have it very much under control.”
Feb 02: “We pretty much shut it down, coming from China.”
Feb 14: “We have a very small number of people in the country, right now, with it. It’s like around 12… Some are fully recovered already. So we’re in very good shape.”
Feb 25: “People are getting better, they’re all getting better.”
Feb 26: “And the 15 in a couple of days is gonna be down to close to zero.”
Feb 28: “Coronavirus. This is the new hoax… You’ll be fine.”
Feb 28: “It’s going to disappear. One day, it’s like a miracle, it will disappear”
Mar 02: “They’re going to have vaccines very soon.” Mar 03: “Not only the vaccines, but the therapies. Therapies is sort of another word for cure.”
Mar 04: “We’re talking about very small numbers in the United States.”
Mar 06: “I don’t need to have the numbers double because of one ship that wasn’t our fault… I like the numbers where they are.”
Mar 06: “Anybody right now, and yesterday, anybody that needs a test gets a test. They’re there. And the tests are beautiful…. the tests are all perfect…”
Mar 07: “It came out of China, and we heard about it. And made a good move: We closed it down. We stopped it.”
Mar 08: “We have a perfectly coordinated and fine tuned plan at the White House.”
Mar 10: “It’s really working out, and a lot of good things are gonna happen. Just stay calm. It will go away.”
Mar 12: “It’s gonna go away.”
Mar 13: “No, I don’t take responsibility at all.”
Mar 16: “I’d rate it a 10. I think we’ve done a great job.”
Mar 17: “This is a pandemic. I felt it was a pandemic long before it was called a pandemic.”
Issac, do you not realize that there are things in life that are not 100% predictable. If someone says you will be fine going accross the street to buy some gum and on the way you get hit by lightening, is that a lie? If you think so then you are not very smart.
Then I look at your list and it confirms that fact.
Isaac’s timeline of direct trump quotes is still true. The faxed that they cannot be refuted as fake or lies is a big problem for those defending trump. It’s proof of a pathological liar that is trump.
Big deal, you know how to copy and paste some extensive list. Let’s see the ones for the ancient politicians like Pelosi, Biden, etc. What? You don’t want to do that? No surprise…
That’s hilarious, Turley’s poor attempt at trying to defend his own mischaracterization of what Biden correctly predicted is made worse with more excuses. If he believes this was a “conspiracy theory” when Biden literally made a prediction that turned out to be true. He proceeds to split hairs on the issue. That’s pretty typical of people who are in willful denial of the very facts before their eyes.
Trump is floating the idea of delaying the election. Just the mention of delaying it is exactly what Biden predicted. Once trump confirmed it with his tweet it is no longer a theory. This is where Turley fails miserably in trying to explain away his poor defense of a clearly wrong characterization of what Biden said.
Even Bill Maher correctly predicted this for months. Turley should have just conceded that Biden was right. It would have been the honest thing to do. But he chose to soothe his ego instead. Some “intellectual” he is.
(music to Randy Newman song)
Well it’s one, two, three…what are we fighting for?
Don’t ask me I don’t give a damn!
Next stop is Viet Nam.
And it’s five, six, seven, open up the Pearly Gates.
Ain’t no time to wonder why…
Trump’s just gonna lie!
I’ll say Biden is a demented NUT!
That is an established fact that occupies this blog on a daily basis. </em
Turley uses his blog, along with his co-addict moderator, “Darren Smith”, to peddle panic porn ad infinitum.
The nation is experiencing a colossal implosion brought about Baby Boomers pride, sloth, gluttony, greed, etc.
While Turley feigns “outrage” about any particular reed bending in a forrest or leaf falling on a hill, he fails to admit he contributed to this phenomenal catastrophe by sins of omission and now commission
Start with ascribing blame where it belongs, Turley. While youre at it, clean up the cacophony mustered daily on this blog of yours and censored by “Darren”
The over-emphasis on politics today is an indication that people are governed, rather than governing. The complexities of our civilization force us to organize into larger and larger units; we have become so intent on governing what is outside of us that we neglect to govern our own selves. Yet the key to social betterment is always to be found in personal betterment. Remake man and you remake his world. We gravely need to restore to man his self-respect and to give him his appropriate honor: this will keep him from bowing cravenly before those who threaten to enslave him, and it will give him the courage to defend the right, alone if need be, when the world is wrong.
Fulton Sheen
NB: keep on censoring Darren. And yes, Im at Duke today not Richmond. Store this IP into your blocked list of IP address, you pathetic hypocrite
Estovir
I’ll take “Nut” for 200, Alex.
Bahahahahahahahaha! Sometimes a particular phrasing makes me crack up so hard even the covfefe cereal looks appetizing. Read this again in a few hours Cindy and ask yourself what you really meant to say.
Jonathan, you’re a smart guy who has no vision. You faithfully analyze each little Trumpian nightmare and advise about its legal legitimacy. Meanwhile, the Republic crumbles. You’ll be there to provide the dispatch that Trump’s latest move to kneecap our country is Ill-advised but not quite illegal. You fiddle while Rome burns. Wake up before you are completely irrelevant.
+10
“You fiddle while Rome burns. ”
Did you burn yourself while playing with matches?
Word, Tom Paine.
+10
Turley’s thin skin is showing.
“Trump predication of massive voter fraud is not supported by past uses of alternative mailing systems”. Plenty of current evidence that shows the many faults of mail-in systems (not absentee ballot tho). Like Barr just said also its common sense. In-person voting has to be the standard until something fool-proof is developed that can handle high volumes.
Absentee vs Mail-n:
https://www.dictionary.com/e/absentee-ballot-vs-mail-in-ballot/
Al’O, you ought to reread your source if you don’t think there is a difference between the two. CTHD made that mistake yesterday.
Absentte ballots are different than mail in.
Do some research Bruster, mail in ballots for all, the way you guys on the left want to do it, have a LONG history of fraud. The Dems are doing a great job denying this, and with the assistance of the media, are actually convincing people of this big lie.
Yes but when you bring them the facts of fraud in voting on this blog they just ignore and repeat the same bogus claims that ‘there is no proof” the next day
What the right wing nuts of diminished perception fail to mention is that the mail is accessible to all, left and right. Fraud doesn’t benefit the left, or the right. Also, the Republican machine is the most guilty of the two parties in manipulating the vote. Gerrymandering, limiting voting stations and times, and generally making it difficult for those who might be seen to vote Democrat are more often identified with the Republicans.
Mail in ballots makes it easier for fraud to occur. Biden supporters, the looters, rioters and arsonists aren’t worried, Trump supporters are. That should tell you something.
Trump supporters want the election to be postponed, which is legally impossible, so that their crossed fingers might reduce the virus’s impact and bolster the economy. They would then take credit for nature’s course. Also, voting in red states has been controlled to limit those identified as potential Democrat leaning. This has been verified. The fewer the voters, ie the more restrictions, the better for the Republicans. The more the voters, the better for Democrats. Whatever fraud that might occur through mail in voting would be available by both parties. Those states that use, to a great extent, mail in voting have for years registers a negligible problem with fraud. This is just Trump and his conspiracy whines. Trump is losing so he is assembling arguments that don’t have anything to do with the fact that he is a blithering idiot and the people are simply sick of him and his litter.
“Trump supporters want the election to be postponed”
Nope, not even Donald Trump wants the election postponed. Mail in ballots might create such a reality. Trump supporters don’t want mail in ballots. The just occurred another case in NY which now has an election under question again.
We can easily see the democrat plan. In 2016 it was Trump who wouldn’t concede a loss, but who didn’t concede? Hillary and the entire democrat party. The prior Obama and Biden administration corrupted the FBI and the DOJ. Now we are finally starting to see what actually happened in the FBI reports and House transcripts though Schiff is trying to hold off the release of all that proves the democrat perfidy.
You can believe what you wish Issac but you are short on facts and all you are saying is exactly what democrats have been doing all along. Your deepest thought is that Trump is an idiot, but he is in the WH and you are sucking your thimb.