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[Gink]

Posted: 8/20/16 at 2:41pm

Petralicious, the governor of Louisiana has gone on record saying he didn't want Obama to visit as it takes too many resources away from the clean up and rescue efforts. Google it. 

[Petralicious]

Posted: 8/20/16 at 3:56pm

Google how he criticized and insulted Bush for the same thing. Though he wasnt on vacation hanging with Hollywood stars. Google it.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 8/20/16 at 4:16pm

 

He looks very bad.

 

No, he doesn't. Trump does.

 

[PalJoey]

Posted: 8/20/16 at 4:20pm

What part of this don't you understand, you durna lyudyna?

 

Governor John Bel Edwards, makes it clear that if Obama visited first and second responders will not be able to do their jobs effectively. He explains,

"It is a major ordeal, they free up the interstate for him. We have to take hundreds of local first responders, police officers, sheriffs, deputies and state troopers to provide security for that type of visit. I would just as soon have those people engaged in the response rather than trying to secure the president. So I’d ask him to wait, if he would, another couple weeks."

[PalJoey]

Posted: 8/20/16 at 4:24pm

 

 

Do you understand English? Or just Ukrainian?

 

"Quite frankly, that's not something I want to go through right now. I would just as soon he wait a week or two."

--Governor John Bel Edwards in The Louisiana Advocate, 8/18/2016

 

[Petralicious]

Posted: 8/20/16 at 5:17pm

Shocked that PalJoey is making excuse for The President.  Of course he attack me instead and ignores Presidents attack on Bush for the same thing, though Bush did interrup vacation to tour the area.

The Democratic governor covering up for the head of the democrats.

From NYtimes:https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/20/us/politics/donald-trump-louisiana-flood.amp.html

The Advocate newspaper in Baton Rouge published an editorial on Wednesday slamming President Obama for not interrupting his vacation to visit the flood-stricken areas, comparing his absence to President George W. Bush’s much-derided flyover of a flooded New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.

Updated On: 8/20/16 at 05:17 PM

[Gink]

Posted: 8/20/16 at 6:09pm

Petralicious, it's possible Obama at that time, was not aware of the amount of man power that would need to be diverted from rescue efforts to secure the area for the POTUS when he criticized Bush, but part of his complaint was not just the flyover but also the time it was taking to get help to the area. 

That said, I can see people thinking it's crass--even though he's well informed and running the relief efforts from the Martha's Vineyard-- to not fly back to DC or even do a fly-over. And just about anyone can have an opinion about how someone should have handled something and then when in the same shoes, find it's harder than they thought--the POTUS included.

[Petralicious]

Posted: 8/20/16 at 6:31pm

Gink said: "Petralicious, it's possible Obama at that time, was not aware of the amount of man power that would need to be diverted from rescue efforts to secure the area for the POTUS when he criticized Bush, but part of his complaint was not just the flyover but also the time it was taking to get help to the area. 

That said, I can see people thinking it's crass--even though he's well informed and running the relief efforts from the Martha's Vineyard-- to not fly back to DC or even do a fly-over. And just about anyone can have an opinion about how someone should have handled something and then when in the same shoes, find it's harder than they thought--the POTUS included.

 

"Gink, thank you for your direct and respectful answer. I think you make valid points.

 

Updated On: 8/20/16 at 06:31 PM

[Gink]

Posted: 8/20/16 at 11:20pm

You're welcome, Petralicious. I am an Obama fan, I think he is smart and well spoken--not perfect. The last eight years haven't been a mixed bag though I think we did well with some social reform areas.

 There is a lot of unflattering Hillary stuff Obama said when he was competing against her and vice versa. Trump is on record saying some very flattering things about Hillary in the past. 

And the things Obama said about Bush not stepping up with Katrina, some of that can be chalked up to ignorance about the realities of getting the POTUS around securely and some election trash talking.

None of it is pretty discourse or always grounded in hard facts. 

Trump seems to revel in no facts, but his new spokeswomen trashed him during the primaries when she was working for Cruz--it's laughable what she said then compared to what she'd saying now, but sadly, that's how our election year talk goes. Trash your opponent until you  or they need your support or their pay check. There are no saints here.

 

[Gink]

Posted: 8/20/16 at 11:21pm

Is there a way to edit posts--I hate when I've made typos.

[Steve C.]

Posted: 8/21/16 at 8:10am

So this week we had:

1) Trump hires Conway and Bannon

2) "Says Who?"

3) Manafort gets fired/quits

4) Trump loves African American people; "Your neighborhoods are ghettos;You're all unemployed" "What have you got to lose?" (yes, yes,,,that's what he meant).

5) Trump "regrets" anything he's said, so what he means is "sorry/not sorry"

6) The hilarious statue of a naked Trump appears in Union Square park (and across the country); the NY Parks department actually states, " there can be no erections, no matter how small" (that's pure comedy gold!)

http://www.theverge.com/2016/8/18/12538672/nude-donald-trump-statues-union-square-los-angeles-indecline

 

Another great week for us! What worries me is KellyAnneC...like Caiaphas sings in "Jesus Christ Superstar" 'She Is Dangerous! She Is Dangerous". She's the one I'm as-scared of.  

Updated On: 8/21/16 at 08:10 AM

[Rumpelstiltskin]

Posted: 8/21/16 at 8:43am

Steve C. said: " .  .  . 4) Trump loves African American people; "Your neighborhoods are ghettos;You're all unemployed" "What have you got to lose?" (yes, yes,,,that's what he meant) . . . "

The strangest part about Trump's outreach to African Americans is that he has yet to deliver the speech in front of an audience that includes actual African Americans.  That "what have you got to lose" ditty was said in front of his typical crowd of older and education-deprived white men.

Gink - while signed on you should see a small "edit message" link under all your posts.

New Yorkers - please elaborate on how they plan to enforce the erection ordinance.  My partner and I have a trip planned in November to celebrate our anniversary and this could put a damper on our picnic plans.

 

 

[PalJoey]

Posted: 8/21/16 at 9:16am

 

From a CNN report from Friday:

 

FBI and Justice Department prosecutors are conducting an investigation into possible US ties to alleged corruption of the former pro-Russian president of Ukraine, including the work of Paul Manafort's firm, according to multiple US law enforcement officials.

The investigation is broad and is looking into whether US companies and the financial system were used to aid alleged corruption by the party of former president Viktor Yanukovych.

 

Petra--you were a Yanukovych supporter, weren't you?

 

 

[theaterdrew]

Posted: 8/21/16 at 10:18am

In his speech yesterday, is was so clear that Don was speaking, carefully, from a speech written by someone else, the way he kept saying slowly and carefully, "The African-American Community."  The pretty blonde woman who's managing him right now seems to have him under control--for the moment.  (Note that a woman who did not meet his standards of appearance would have no shot at that.)

But she's given us the hashtag that may finally get under Don's skin:  #TeleprompterTrump.  Who's going to see #TeleprompterTrump?  Boring as hell.  Crowds dwindle.  Sad!

[Steve C.]

Posted: 8/21/16 at 10:25am

Crowds dwindle? NOT sad!

[Petralicious]

Posted: 8/21/16 at 6:44pm

Joey being the total Clinton apologist that you are I would think you would want to avoid the words FBi Investigation, financial and corruption.

Ok avoid this and throw insults as usual instead

Updated On: 8/21/16 at 06:44 PM

[PalJoey]

Posted: 8/21/16 at 8:21pm

A proud Clinton CELEBRANT who has nothing to apologize for.

 

Next week will be a tough one for Trump. This book comes out from the Washington Post:

 

https://www.amazon.com/Trump-Revealed-American-Journey-Ambition/dp/1501155776

 



 

[hork]

Posted: 8/21/16 at 8:53pm

PalJoey said: "A proud Clinton CELEBRANT who has nothing to apologize for.

That's not actually what "apologist" means.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 8/21/16 at 10:03pm

Tell that to the Ukrainian!

 

John Cassidy in The New Yorker muses on the possibilities of Trump teaming up with Bannon and Ailes for a new network to rival Fox News.

 

http://www.newyorker.com/news/john-cassidy/what-are-donald-trump-roger-ailes-and-steve-bannon-really-up-to

 

But you'll notice he just offers conjecture WITHOUT claiming to have heard rumblings--legitimate or illegitimate--from inside Trump Tower...and I think John Cassidy has better sources inside Trump Tower than the headband has.

 

[HorseTears]

Posted: 8/21/16 at 11:57pm

Regarding Trump's recent pitch to black voters.  Let's get real.  He's speaking in predominantly white neighborhoods to overwhelmingly white crowds.  Those speeches are not really directed at black voters.  Not even the most pollyannaish members of Trump's team think they'll get anything above single-digit support from the black community.  Those speeches were directed at white voters who may be leaning toward Trump but don't wish to be labeled as racists and xenophobes.  More traditional conservatives for whom Trump's racist, xenophobic rhetoric does not resonate.

 

"Oh, look, he's reaching out to the African American community"

"Oh, look, he's showing some humility by admitting that he regrets some of the things he's said on the campaign trail"

 

He's giving those white voters an out, an excuse to support him.  It's actually pretty smart.  But, demographically speaking, it's not going to win him enough votes to make a difference in the general.  

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 8/22/16 at 9:21am

PalJoey said: "Tell that to the Ukrainian!

 

John Cassidy in The New Yorker muses on the possibilities of Trump teaming up with Bannon and Ailes for a new network to rival Fox News.

 

http://www.newyorker.com/news/john-cassidy/what-are-donald-trump-roger-ailes-and-steve-bannon-really-up-to

 

But you'll notice he just offers conjecture WITHOUT claiming to have heard rumblings--legitimate or illegitimate--from inside Trump Tower...and I think John Cassidy has better sources inside Trump Tower than the headband has.

 

 

"

 

Yep. We'll see who is right the day after the election when Trump loses, announces it was rigged/corrupted, and that it's time to "take back mainstream media" with the launch of Trump TV. You heard it here first with 100% certainty.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 8/22/16 at 10:51am

 

Every pundit in Punditland is 100% certain about it--but simply because it's the only logical thing for Trump to do, not because they have a special "in" as you falsely claim to. 

The only "legitimate rumblings" you are hearing are the marbles knocking around inside your empty head.

 

[Kad]

Posted: 8/22/16 at 11:08am

Amazing how much insider info the Headband has on things.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 8/22/16 at 11:15am

"Melania's Diary"--by the always-brilliant Paul Rudnick:

 

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/08/29/melanias-diary-by-paul-rudnick

 

 

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 8/22/16 at 12:44pm

Kad said: "Amazing how much insider info the Headband has on things.

 

"

 

I know, right?! Amazing what happens when you read articles and blog posts cited with info by anonymous but current Trump staffers & advisers!  http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/18/us/politics/donald-trump-stephen-bannon-paul-manafort.html