Hanaguma

Keep wiggling. Keep moving the goalposts. She was a sore loser and did not want to admit that she lost (sound familiar)? Trump lost and didn't want to admit it. Hillary lost and didn't want to admit it. Biden piled on and called Trump "illegitimate". Do you forget the "Not My President" rallies?

Yes, after being badgered for months about his supposed non-condemnation of supremacist groups, Trump was understandably getting impatient with the Democrats and the mainstream media (but I repeat myself). Even Fact Check, hardly a Trump supporting group, acknowledged this; https://www.factcheck.org/2020/02/trump-has-condemned-white-supremacists/ To quote the Bad Orange Man, "Racism is evil. And those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs, including the KKK, neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and other hate groups that are repugnant to everything we hold dear as Americans" and “The shooter in El Paso (after a mass shooting) posted a manifesto online consumed by racist hate. In one voice, our nation must condemn racism, bigotry, and white supremacy. These sinister ideologies must be defeated. Hate has no place in America. Hatred warps the mind, ravages the heart, and devours the soul. We have asked the FBI to identify all further resources they need to investigate and disrupt hate crimes and domestic terrorism — whatever they need.”

In the Washington Post, September 2019, Hillary asserted that Trump stole the election. She said; “No, it doesn’t kill me (losing the election) because he knows he’s an illegitimate president,” she said. “I believe he understands that the many varying tactics they used, from voter suppression and voter purging to hacking to the false stories — he knows that — there were just a bunch of different reasons why the election turned out like it did.” She repeated the claim in several interviews such as on CBS news later that week. Bitter much? Three years after losing and still nursing a grudge.

Biden deliberately mischaracterized and misquoted the President. The facts are clear on that. Trump did NOT call the racists and neo-Nazis "fine people" yet Biden claimed that he did. It was a foul and divisive way to start his campaign. As for Biden calling Trump an illegitimate president, how often would he have to do so for it to 'count'? Once is just a 'gimme'? Yet to be fair Biden was not alone in disputing the results of the 2016 election. The losing candidate (Clinton) also did so for years. As did Biden's current press secretary. So the hyperventilating over Republicans disputing the results of the 2020 election needs to stop.

The lie is Biden's claim that, after the Charlottesville riots, Trump said that there were "very fine people on both sides" in the sense that some of the neo-Nazis were very fine people. Biden claimed, "With those words, the president of the United States assigned a moral equivalence between those spreading hate and those with the courage to stand against it,". The President did NOT say that. He actually specifically CONDEMNED them. In fact, he said; "And you had people — and I'm not talking about the neo-Nazis and the White nationalists, because they should be condemned totally — but you had many people in that group other than neo-Nazis and White nationalists." This was in discussing the removal of Confederate statues, NOT the racist marches. And he was correct. The statue protest was one thing, the racist marches another entirely. Biden deliberately lied and deliberately misconstrued the remarks to make political points. The denial comes from this article: https://www.insider.com/joe-biden-says-he-agrees-trump-is-illegitimate-president-2019-5 A voter said that Trump was "an illegitimate President in her mind" and Biden said, "I absoultely agree".

Considering that Biden himself predicated his presidential campain in 2020 on a lie, and also was a 2016 election denier, he needs to be a bit more circumspect in how he talks. Some things he did not mention in his screed; inflation, opiod addiction, border policy, migrants, education, energy, prices, etc. Yet he DID manage to say "maga" 13 times. So who was the actual audience, I wonder.

according to Reuters the current President's approval now stands at........ 38%. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-approval-falls-holding-near-low-end-his-presidency-reutersipsos-finds-2022-08-30/

...then RICO statutes would surely apply, no? Again, you like so many others are allowing your <deleted> to colour your intellect. Not sure why, but The Donald really brings out the tiny fisted tantrums in so many people.

This sounds more like a "basket of conspiracies" than a "basket of deplorables". Interesting the story doesn't mention actual left wing violence- attempted assassination of GOP members at a baseball game, attempted assassination of Justice Kavanaugh, ANTIFA burning federal facilities across the country, etc. I guess since the "ultra MAGA" label didn't stick, Biden is going to go with "semi-fascist" instead. Haven't heard what exactly that means, but never mind. It plays well on Twitter.

...but others who both trespassed AND attacked the police got lesser sentences. Plus AFAIK no evidence that he forced his way into the building. He followed others, didn't assault anyone, never spoke a word to the Senator or his security, was never charged with assault, spent less than 40 minutes in the Capitol. That is more than a month of prison per minute of trespassing.

There was no evidence presented that he threatened the Senator, or even spoke to him. Not sure what relevance his tattoos show, perhaps just that he is a patriot. I have no trouble with him being charged and convicted but the sentence is quite high for a non violent crime. Higher even than some previous convictions of people who actually assaulted police officers.

Seems rather harsh for a non violent offense. He did not attack any police, nor did he threaten anyone, nor did he say/do anything to Senator Schumer.

Really? You certainly seemed "interested" when you thought you were scoring cheap political points against the former President though...

Nice try at deflection, but I did not mention dementia in my posts. I do think there are some obvious issues of cognitive decline with the President- you can see in his movements, mannerisms, and speech. But that is part of life for a man pushing 80 years old. As to what is causing them, I will leave up to health care professionals. I mean, God forbid the media would ever make unsubstantiated speculations on the health (physical or mental) of the President. That would be irresponsible. Now, any thoughts on why he is absent from the White House more than any other recent president? Or why he is not available to the press?

I think you know what I meant. "Those who borrowed the money have a responsibility to pay it back".

Not my guess, just facts. Any comment on Joe's disappearing act? You were wrong in comparing his vacation time and availability to the Bad Orange Man.

But it IS $20,000 higher than those others. As I repeatedly said, going to uni gives a significant salary advantage. Time to pay up. You (students) borrowed the money, and are reaping the benefits. Time to honor your obligations.

Actually, he is spending a LOT of his time on the beach in Delaware. 150 days so far, according to this article. More than Trump, Obama, or Bush at this point in their respective presidencies. https://nypost.com/2022/08/22/bidens-vacation-time-outstrips-trump-obama-bush-after-trip/ Believe he has done exactly 1 interview in the past 6 months, back in June. From taking office on 20 January 2021 up to 29 April 2022, Biden gave 23 interviews. Between 20 January 2017 and 29 April 2018, by contrast, Trump gave 95 interviews, according to the White House Transition Project, a non-partisan group that chronicles presidential communications. Over their equivalent periods, Barack Obama gave 187 interviews, George W Bush gave 60, Bill Clinton gave 64, George HW Bush gave 70 and Ronald Reagan gave 78, the Project found. Biden has also held fewer solo press conferences than other recent presidents. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jun/05/joe-biden-few-press-interviews-media-access Wonder why that is....

Also rarely allowed to have interviews with jounalists, or press conferences. His availabity is abominable. Clearly he is being sheltered by his staff, with the full cooperation of the media establishment.

According to Wharton, that is not true. 63% goes to people earning over $80,000.

That is a good point. Frankly, aptitude testing should be a must for most, if not all, degree programmes. A lot can also be learned at the community college/vocational level. There is no need to pile up 100,000 plus in debt to study English Lit. or History.

Never said that. But the chance that they are under large debt burdens, caused by their personal decisions, are much lower. You take out a loan for a service and use the service, you pay it back. Especially if your family income is six figures plus. This is the part I truly don't understand- how is it possible to justify people with household incomes over 200 grand getting debt "relief".

NO, the government already lent the money. Now they have to take money to fill that hole. And yes the recipients have extra income, but at the expense of the people who paid to fill the hole. Classic income redistribution in an upwards direction.

If I came across as criticizing, my apologies. Not my intention. Just genuinely curious about the situation. So your daughter will be a doctor, congratulations are in order! Are you really paying the interest rate you mentioned? That is shocking. I thought federal loan interest was lower than that.

Exactly. If there is one thing the world needs less of, it is "communications" degree holders. Or perhaps "visual arts" majors. Oh, and lawyers. And of course the aforementioned Interpretive Dance people.