They're not exactly my party, first off. I voted for both George Bushes - two men who these days would be screamed down as RINOs. If the GOP ever starts running candidates like that again, I might consider voting for them again someday.
Before some Democrats muttered about Trump's legitimacy, some Republicans lied about Obama's. Before that, some Democrats spoke of Bush as having an asterisk by his name because he also won despite losing the popular vote, and after the Florida recount was prevented. Was that the start of it? I am not so sure, because I remember that during Clinton's administration, some of the nut wing claimed that because he had gone on a trip to Russia as a student, they believed he had renounced his citizenship while there (being a Commie, ya know, Commies do that sort of thing) and was therefore ineligible to be president. Was that perhaps the start? I don't recall any such rhetoric being directed at GHW Bush, Reagan, Carter, or even the unelected Ford, aka His Accidency.
I don't see how the government could just let Trump hang onto top secret federal property, apparently including nuclear secrets. Aside from wondering what he might do with them - could be anything, as the man has zero scruples - what happens when he dies or goes to a nursing home, and then Don Jr. or Javanka has possession of unguarded cardboard boxes full of critical secrets? Clinton did nothing close to that bad. Let me ask you: Obama was far too smart to do that, but what if he HAD? Just suppose that Obama had boxes full of stolen federal property that could get people killed, or help us lose a war someday, sitting around his house in Chicago and refused to give them back. What should the feds do? Would you really not want them to go take the stuff back because it would be controversial and upset the liberals?
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Date: 2022-08-30 01:20 am (UTC)Before some Democrats muttered about Trump's legitimacy, some Republicans lied about Obama's. Before that, some Democrats spoke of Bush as having an asterisk by his name because he also won despite losing the popular vote, and after the Florida recount was prevented. Was that the start of it? I am not so sure, because I remember that during Clinton's administration, some of the nut wing claimed that because he had gone on a trip to Russia as a student, they believed he had renounced his citizenship while there (being a Commie, ya know, Commies do that sort of thing) and was therefore ineligible to be president. Was that perhaps the start? I don't recall any such rhetoric being directed at GHW Bush, Reagan, Carter, or even the unelected Ford, aka His Accidency.
I don't see how the government could just let Trump hang onto top secret federal property, apparently including nuclear secrets. Aside from wondering what he might do with them - could be anything, as the man has zero scruples - what happens when he dies or goes to a nursing home, and then Don Jr. or Javanka has possession of unguarded cardboard boxes full of critical secrets? Clinton did nothing close to that bad. Let me ask you: Obama was far too smart to do that, but what if he HAD? Just suppose that Obama had boxes full of stolen federal property that could get people killed, or help us lose a war someday, sitting around his house in Chicago and refused to give them back. What should the feds do? Would you really not want them to go take the stuff back because it would be controversial and upset the liberals?