2024 Election Thoughts - # 5

‘Pearls Before Swine’ by Stephan Pastis

“There’s a sucker born every minute” - If I hear one more person-on-the-street respondent say they’re voting for Trump “because he’s a businessman and that’s what we need in Washington,” I’m gonna hurl. I want a follow-up question…one that I wish Democrat candidates would throw out there.

It’s not like this businessman hasn’t been there before…. Can you name ONE thing he did in his four years in office that affected you in a positive way because it was a better business (vs. political) decision? I can’t.

I’d suggest he’s actually a lousy businessman. He’s declared bankruptcy six times. He stiffs his contractors and has been convicted of fraud. How did that Trump University education work for you? Tell me how well the casinos and Trump Foundation did. The biggest business deals he made in office were all about serving his own selfish interests…like cutting taxes for his bracket, overcharging the Secret Service for space in his hotel, and whatever he could steal when he left the White House.

What say we prefer a career public servant? That’s what we used to call dedicated citizens who are smart enough to have earned much more in the private sector but chose to devote their lives to making this greatest of nations succeed.

“Nobody knows more than me” – (Check out this video) Polling continues to confirm the public believes Trump and the GOP are better for the economy and to my dismay, the Democrat ticket refuses to go on the offense in that area. Harris is so busy trying to separate herself from Biden, she won’t point out that our economy is now the envy of the world. All the indicators we look at are better. The market is through the roof. Trump and the GOP would kill to have this record to run on. And another thing…Trump is as dumb as a bag of hammers, even when it comes to business. Consider his awful performance at the recent Bloomberg Economics gathering in Chicago. He thought he could skate with his peeps but could not answer basic economic questions. Instead, he criticized the questioners…a standard ploy when he has no good answer.

Are You with Me or What? - Recently, Trump appeared on ‘Fox and Friends’ and said his next stop would be “Rupert’s office” to complain that the Republican Party’s semi-official mouthpiece was broadcasting too many ‘negative’ ads. I assume he means Harris-Walz ads. Of course, we heard nothing more of that because the meeting, if it took place at all, probably had Murdoch say something like,

“Don, Don, Don. Their campaign paid for the airtime. Top dollar, too. Fox News is a for-profit business, you dolt. That’s why I am eight times richer than you. Why don’t you direct some of that bible-sneaker cash this way and pony up some ad buys? Now, get out of my office.
G’die, Mite.”

Something like that.

And while we’re at it, Trump wants to cancel the broadcast licenses of networks he doesn’t like. You think Fox might ponder that issue and take a position that is more aligned with those other ‘lamestream’ networks? Speak up now.

The Wheels of Justice Turn Slowly - What ever happened to the 6th Amendment right to a speedy trial? I thought the secret documents case was a slam dunk. Merrick Garland should have indicted Trump the day after the perp admitted he had them and refused to turn them over.

The docs were not his to take. He denied he had them, refused to return them, then tried to make it a negotiation...after he claimed he could declassify them with his mind. What numbskull even thinks that is a thing? If you or I did that, our asses would be in Leavenworth long before now.

By Mike Luckovich (Atlanta Journal Constitution (12 May 2024)

Instead, we have Judge Cannon, who’s in the bag for the defendant. Their plan was to delay, deflect, object, postpone and appeal. She did them one better by dismissing the case altogether. Bada-Bing. Sure enough, not one of the criminal cases against Trump will be tried before Election Day.

This is why the nation’s electorate must rise up and TROUNCE him at the polls. There must be an unmistakable, undeniable, crystal clear repudiation of Trump and the Republican down-ballot candidates who support him and what he stands for.

Please vote.