tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post3078825456985900483..comments2024-01-05T06:18:18.086-05:00Comments on CommentaramaPolitics: Trump-DateAndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-48853888336161794602017-01-31T10:25:58.859-05:002017-01-31T10:25:58.859-05:00Andrew,
I agree completely.Andrew,<br /><br />I agree completely.Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16124128949343301445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-76277683601807472112017-01-31T10:07:22.325-05:002017-01-31T10:07:22.325-05:00Anthony, I don't disagree, but let me make two...Anthony, I don't disagree, but let me make two quick points...<br /><br />1. Half of human history is the result of having the right enemy rather than being right yourself. Trump has been fortunate in that his enemies have been real losers.<br /><br />2. <i>Trump was lucky his audience was a public fed up with eight years of Obama and his opponent was the dour, scandal-prone Hillary Clinton. </i><br /><br />But another way to say this is that Trump was smart to tap into this when no one else saw the extent of it. Don't underestimate that Trump started with the fringe, but won over people who are not fringe and even managed to reach out to people (disaffected union guys) who really had dropped out.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-76939525162021301642017-01-31T05:02:19.297-05:002017-01-31T05:02:19.297-05:00Tryanmax,
That is true, which is why Trump was lu...Tryanmax,<br /><br />That is true, which is why Trump was lucky his audience was a public fed up with eight years of Obama and his opponent was the dour, scandal-prone Hillary Clinton. Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16124128949343301445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-26328454467405163252017-01-31T01:18:47.607-05:002017-01-31T01:18:47.607-05:00Was Trump's campaign style "rushed and co...Was Trump's campaign style "rushed and confused" tho'?tryanmaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09881154741574720094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-51826904484058873462017-01-30T22:24:42.062-05:002017-01-30T22:24:42.062-05:00Rushed, confused implementation of the visa thing ...Rushed, confused implementation of the visa thing didn't hurt Trump because the only people burned (slightly) were foreign Muslims. If that marks his style of policymaking (its in keeping with his campaign style), I predict he is going to have serious problems down the line when someone the public is more sympathetic to gets burned.Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16124128949343301445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-91688730714392910502017-01-30T21:33:43.818-05:002017-01-30T21:33:43.818-05:00I find it humorous that, in order not to appear an...I find it humorous that, in order not to appear anti-Semetic, one must never mention Jews unless it is at the precise appropriate time.tryanmaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09881154741574720094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-61598371303848727372017-01-30T18:50:21.075-05:002017-01-30T18:50:21.075-05:00Bev, Iran was solved. They're good people now...Bev, Iran was solved. They're good people now. That director is from there. How bad can they be?<br /><br />I don't doubt that average Jews don't see this as anything because it's not. It's clear that there is no agenda by Trump here. This is just someone trying to invent an issue.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-73293635179049427522017-01-30T18:49:03.238-05:002017-01-30T18:49:03.238-05:00tryanmax, Sorry, I spaced on your question.
It is...tryanmax, Sorry, I spaced on your question.<br /><br />It is likely that a trial court would block it immediately to prevent a constitutional harm, if they thought those attacking the EO had a reasonable chance of winning. They could block all or part of it.<br /><br />That can be appealed and would be expedited most likely. So in about 7-10 days you would likely have a decision either leaving the block in place or lifting it. Either way will then take more than 90 days to get a decision changing that outcome... unless the trial judge is a real activist and wants to go the other way from the appeal court. Then you could probably see a second decision in 10 days or so, which could again be appealed.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-81906959036001719502017-01-30T17:10:45.887-05:002017-01-30T17:10:45.887-05:00Oh, and btw, I haven't heard one Jew say anyth...Oh, and btw, I haven't heard one Jew say anything for or against Trump's statement...well, except the ADL and they get upset about just about anything except anything that Obama did...like secret, midnight payments to Iran and Hamas.<br /><br />Oh, this ought to be fun. Iran is now crowing about how they are building a newer/faster nuclear reactor and just tested their a medium-range ballistic missile that exploded after 630 miles in defiance of the UN. Cool, yeh?<br /><br />Oh, wait, it's not nuclear, so it's not Obama's fault...BevfromNYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14953050916932306270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-40094504786953890842017-01-30T17:05:17.775-05:002017-01-30T17:05:17.775-05:00Andrew - Add me as a fourth "different person...Andrew - Add me as a fourth "different person" who are Jews. <i>(Hey, why are referring to Jews as "different"???)</i> I had the exact reaction. The way the MSM/Perpetually-Outraged were reacting, I thought Trump must have praised Hitler on fine effort, and sent then sent money to Hamas or something!BevfromNYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14953050916932306270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-59210781761008993702017-01-30T14:56:36.260-05:002017-01-30T14:56:36.260-05:00tryanmax, That's exactly how I see it and why ...tryanmax, That's exactly how I see it and why I think the political class is so freaked out. It's the opposite of their world. Their goal is to appear to have the perfect plan. His goal is to solve the problem.<br /><br />Hence, they move slowly and test every step before implementing, and they never admit a mistake. His world involves finding the most likely solution, implementing it, and adjust as you go for the unexpected. He sees credit coming from the fix, they see credit coming from the procedures.<br /><br />I think this is why the political establishment (mainly the antiTrumps) is seeing him wrong right now. They think the public sees his mistakes and assumed he's a disaster. But that's not what I see with the public. The public is judging him on his ability to fix things.<br /><br />I also think this is why the left is so freaked out. This is the first GOP candidate who actually is trying to change things, and that could lead to a whole new shape of things.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-78133697677073163272017-01-30T14:45:21.220-05:002017-01-30T14:45:21.220-05:00tryanmax, I read the Holocaust thing to three diff...tryanmax, I read the Holocaust thing to three different people (one of whom is Jewish) and I said, "Does anything strike you as wrong about that?" Not one of them even noticed. They thought it sounded very typical.<br /><br />And when I told them it doesn't use the word "Jews," they were all confused why I thought it needed to. Then I told them about the fakeoutrage and they rolled their eyes.<br /><br />As an aside, did you see the latest fakeoutrage is that Ivanka posted a snapchat image of herself in a party dress "AS IMMIGRANTS ARE DYING BECAUSE OF TRUMP!!" Our airports must be rough places.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-39477612969788694752017-01-30T14:32:42.750-05:002017-01-30T14:32:42.750-05:00Andrew, again, true on the third count! It's v...Andrew, again, true on the third count! It's very hard to parse the mistakes from the intentional because Trump very deftly responds to either. If something doesn't work, try something else; if it does work, keep doing it. He always acts confident and the flow is seamless, so you can never tell where the error ends and the correction begins, or if there ever was an error. When you're A-B testing, is it really a mistake if one of them doesn't work?tryanmaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09881154741574720094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-54367852578130776222017-01-30T14:25:43.921-05:002017-01-30T14:25:43.921-05:00Andrew, true on both counts! On the Holocaust thin...Andrew, true on both counts! On the Holocaust thing, I have an equally hard time imagining Trump asking "does this thing mention Jews?" as I do him saying "make sure to leave out Jews." I don't get the sense that he's honed in to those things unless confronted by them, and then he quickly forgets again. tryanmaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09881154741574720094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-12096632371646633592017-01-30T14:23:07.629-05:002017-01-30T14:23:07.629-05:00P.S. Tryanmax, What I'm not sure about is how ...P.S. Tryanmax, What I'm not sure about is how much of this is planned and how much is just his natural mannerism. He strikes me as a guy who thinks in terms of: (1) issue proclamation in generalize terms, (2) wait ten minutes and brag how great it is. (3) Assess for mistakes and correct mistakes. (4) Move on.<br /><br />This makes him very different than the political class who obsess over step one, view step three as an admission of guilt, and don't know what four means.<br /><br />Hence, I think some of the "confusion" (for lack of a better word) is premised on Trump simply being a different kind of person than we've usually had. He's very similar to H. Ross Perot.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-26245913202219879652017-01-30T14:20:10.460-05:002017-01-30T14:20:10.460-05:00tryanmax, Keep in mind, the Holocaust thing was wr...tryanmax, Keep in mind, the Holocaust thing was written by staff. Trump just signed it. And the way its written sounds like it was written to avoid controversy. But then, the left will always find controversy.<br /><br />The EO being a Friday drop would make sense. Although, with the left not having jobs, a Friday drop becomes kind of meaningless in their world.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-44291234942312402232017-01-30T14:17:11.266-05:002017-01-30T14:17:11.266-05:00Critch, I did not know that. Interesting.Critch, I did not know that. Interesting.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-17980169469731304712017-01-30T14:13:34.445-05:002017-01-30T14:13:34.445-05:00Computer science is not science; if it were, thing...Computer science is not science; if it were, things would be repeatable..however, computers are magic, and are not governable by the laws of physics...<br />Did ya'll know that Jerry Brown and Joe Biden tried to block the Vietnamese refugees in 1975? How soon the forget...Critchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07106908233705403513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-55378772787852077072017-01-30T13:44:57.673-05:002017-01-30T13:44:57.673-05:00To the lawyers: how likely is it that a judge will...To the lawyers: how likely is it that a judge will overturn the immigration EO before 90/120 days are up? tryanmaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09881154741574720094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-72885476083650368612017-01-30T12:02:53.091-05:002017-01-30T12:02:53.091-05:00Andrew, given the brevity of Trump's Holocaust...Andrew, given the brevity of Trump's Holocaust Remembrance statement compared to other Presidents', I can imagine him cavalierly jotting "victims, survivors, heroes" without much thought to specifics or the response. <br /><br />I can't help but think that dropping the immigration EO on a Friday was strategy, though. tryanmaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09881154741574720094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-53018048196215221612017-01-30T09:50:53.271-05:002017-01-30T09:50:53.271-05:00Critch, I'm sorry. I wonder why? I have that...Critch, I'm sorry. I wonder why? I have that problem with my phone for some reason. Unfortunately, that's all out of my hands.<br /><br />Glad you made it today! :)AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-26186284583089525362017-01-30T09:49:31.657-05:002017-01-30T09:49:31.657-05:00Oh, I don't know Kit, how about this:
1. Pus...Oh, I don't know Kit, how about this:<br /><br />1. Pushed through half his campaign promises, including very controversial stuff, some of which wasn't even noticed.<br /><br />2. Got most of his cabinet in place or ready for easy approval.<br /><br />3. Had apparently fantastic talks with all our key allies. Has India, Britain and Japan talking about "special relationship." Even had good talk with Mexican President.<br /><br />4. GOP falling in line behind him except the usual suspects.<br /><br />5. Got Elizabeth Warren to support some of his stuff, positive talk with Schumer about his judicial appointments, kudos from Teamsters.<br /><br />6. Team seems leak and dissent free.<br /><br />7. Opponents prove to be raving morons throwing heinous tantrum, who are covering his mistakes with a wall of #fakeoutrage white noise that is sure to turn people off.<br /><br />That's a pretty good start. And you're wrong if you think any of the left's whining protests were avoidable.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-58255920757838411412017-01-30T09:48:35.399-05:002017-01-30T09:48:35.399-05:00I have been having a terrible time logging back in...I have been having a terrible time logging back into this site..I missed all ya'll....Critchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07106908233705403513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-64093187365794578022017-01-30T09:30:58.992-05:002017-01-30T09:30:58.992-05:00Ben, Trudeau apparently already signed orders appr...Ben, Trudeau apparently already signed orders approving it in November. But then, he is a leftist and could now decide to hate it.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-86308957338036620672017-01-30T09:29:10.918-05:002017-01-30T09:29:10.918-05:00Bev, There were articles last night that were posi...Bev, There were articles last night that were positively disgusting. They basically read like:<br /><br /><i>"Someone shot and killed five innocent, blameless holy, charitable, loving men at a mosque. White supremacists are well organized in the area, being encouraged by Trump's ban on Muslims. The Canadian PM said they would not give in to attempts to destroy diversity and they would welcome the Muslim's Trump attempted to deport. Two suspects are in custody, their names might even be Billy Bob Hitler and onaldDa UmpTra."</i><br /><br /><br />The latest derangement this morning is the raid in Yemen. First, they went out of their way yesterday to tell us how Trump got an American soldier killed by ordering <i>somethingsomething <b>BODY COUNT ONE DEAD AMERICAN SOLDIER</b></i>. This morning, it's become "<i>8 year old girl killed in RAID ORDERED BY DONALD TRUMP!!</i>"<br /><br />These are the same people who never mentioned a single casualty or collateral death under Obama.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.com