(05-31-2024, 10:02 AM)snarkyguy_he_him_his Wrote:

(05-31-2024, 09:59 AM)WingerDinger Wrote: New polls come out next month.. I'm expecting a huge jump in support

Anecdotal at best but when I had a memorial day celebration at my community pool and invited just one other couple (they are interracial, gasps, but since I'm a republican I should hate that) soon everyone was part of my ribs feast.. every black person there supported Trump over who they called an old racist [BLEEP] lol

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(05-31-2024, 10:00 AM)mikesez Wrote: There is no conspiracy.  This is a New York legal system that even prior to 1776 was built on patronage.  That system is exacting its revenge on a man who infuriated its big city liberal voters and who refused to contribute to the campaigns of its politicians.

Now, should voter outrage be sufficient to bring criminal complaints? No. Should a celebrity be expected to contribute his way out of legal problems? No.  Both are corrupt.

However 

Trump is not actually fighting this corruption! He has proposed literally nothing to root it out. Even now.  Nothing.  US Congress has the power to "ensure a Republican form of government" in every state, and they could pass all sorts of laws to root out corruption in places like NY.  But that has never been discussed. Why not? Trump is only mad because he is the target.  He doesn't see this as a problem for anyone but him.  He doesn't care about you or anyone else.

Do you think anyone in politics cares about anyone other than themselves?

There's a reason they get rich only when they get into politics.

Yes.  Anyone who takes a holistic view and says, "I want to make X illegal for everyone" or "I want to make X legal for everyone" or "I want all people to have to do Y before they can do Z" or "I think we should spend money so more people can have A" is clearly caring about people beyond themselves.  

Obviously there are fewer and fewer people like that at the federal level because less and less is actually getting passed.  And Trump is a big part of this problem.  He doesn't understand law or governance or institutions.  He only knows how to entertain.  If he understood law he wouldn't be in this situation, and if he learned anything about law along the way he would be talking about how to help get everyone out of this corrupt legal situation, not just himself.

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