kentuck
kentuck's JournalInteresting quote on Facebook:
"The secret of the demagogue is to make himself as stupid as his audience so they believe they are clever as he." Karl Kraus
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I think that may also come from Hitler's playbook?
The root of the problem is that many Americans distrust politicians and see politics as entertainment.
They look at Trump like they look at their favorite wrestlers prancing around the ring. That's what they do. It is not a serious pursuit. They enjoy it.
They see Trump and his politics as unconnected to their lives.
This distrust comes from many years of jokes and ridicule about politicians. They cannot be trusted. They are what is wrong in Washington. To some degree, they may be right?
However, they are terribly misguided if they think it does not matter what type of government they live under. They are wrong to believe that all politicians are the same.
They are a cult but they don't think of themselves as a cult. They think of themselves more as "fans", like the followers of the Grateful Dead, that followed them across the country.
A big portion of these fans are from the younger generation, in my opinion. It's like a happening. They enjoy the shit that Trump dishes out.
FOX News has become the "National Enquirer" for Defendant Trump
It will come out in this trial of Trump the role that the National Enquirer played for Trump, the candidate, in 2016.
Not only were they printing negative stories about Hillary but they "killed" all the stories that might have been negative for Trump. Also, all the stories about him were to be positive.
How is this different than what FOX News is doing right now?
They report every negative story about Joe Biden and every story about Trump is positive. The more negative stories, about the charges against him, are not reported at all. They have replaced the role of the National Enquirer.
I wonder if Trump is paying them like he paid David Pecker?
"Persecuted victim" or "Serial criminal" "
I think a lot of his supporters believe that he is being persecuted because he has so many charges against him.
But the facts show otherwise.
He is a one-man crime wave. If there was ever a serial criminal, it is Donald Trump. He is facing 34 charges in this case and 88 charges in total against him. Many believe the Justice system is "piling on". They believe Donald Trump when he says he is being persecuted by Joe Biden and his Justice Dept. He wants it to be a political issue, rather than a criminal issue.
Perhaps the facts will speak louder than his lies this time around?
Will Trump find his "friendly" juror out of the hundreds being screened?
All it takes is one juror and Trump is off with a hung jury.
With his constant barrage of lies and propaganda, it will be difficult, in my opinion, to find an unpolluted jury.
Some in the right-wing radio land have been calling for Republicans to "con" their way on to the jury, so that Trump is not found guilty.
The question is, will the people get a "fair trial"?
Donald Trump is not looking for a fair trial - he is looking for a fixed jury.
"Your Honor, I am innocent. I have done nothing wrong!"
"He came running around the corner and ran into my knife nine times."
Maybe it is just me, but that is how silly Trump's arguments sound to me. His lies are never-ending.
Found on FaceBook:
"We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so that stupid people will not be offended."
The "Parker warnings" to Trump..
MERCHAN: You have the right to be present during the trial and to assist your attorneys….do you understand?
TRUMP: “Yes.
"MERCHAN: If you disrupt the proceedings, you can be excluded from the courtroom and committed to jail based on your conduct and the trial will continue on in your absence…do you understand?
TRUMP: “I do.
”MERCHAN: If you do not show up there will be an arrest...do you understand?
TRUMP: "I do."
Wake up, America!
Can you not see how divided this country has become?
Can you not see the threat to our democracy?
Can you not see the rule of law vanishing before our eyes?
Are you truly unable to tell the truth from the lies?
Can you not see that we have gone off the track?
We must all agree that we should follow the laws of our Constitution.
We should all agree that we should do what is right for America's survival.
We should not put our Parties over our Country.
Because, if American democracy died, then the entire world would be better off?
We should be patriotic, in my opinion.
The times require it.
What the hell is going on with the US Supreme Court?
It's like they have all become Chris Sununu's?
They are trying to excuse and legitimize the insurrectionists who ransacked our Capitol on January 6th and threatened our elected Representatives and Senators.
Have they all fallen prey to the Trump spell?
They seem to be totally disregarding the laws and our Constitution and just making shit up??
Unless somebody can remove the pall that has enshrouded them, they are likely to do the unthinkable. They might even rule that not only does Donald Trump have "absolute immunity", but that he never did anything that would require immunity.
They have lost their friggin' minds. Too bad someone cannot remove their robes.
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