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Tortoise wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 6:22 pm game is rigged against him.

Cortopassi wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 7:12 pm

Tortoise wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 6:22 pm game is rigged against him.

He's built a lot of that rigging with his attitude and attacks, which is the main reason I did not vote for him this time.

I am not the only person in the US affected by how he operates and have changed their mind from 2016.

Tortoise wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 6:22 pm

MangoMan wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 4:16 pm

Cortopassi wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 3:35 pm
President Donald Trump: I want them to be fair. You-- you don't ask Biden tough questions.

In his defense, he's correct. All of the questions to Trump already assume he's wrong/corrupt/Hitler. Meanwhile, the questions to Biden are softballs.

Agreed. I watched a good chunk of the unedited 60 Minutes interview that Trump shared online. It was quite obnoxious how the interviewer constantly interrupted him with contradictions and accusations. Trump could barely get one or two sentences out without getting combatively interrupted. Tough questions are fine, but there's a far more tactful way to ask them (e.g., see how Joe Rogan usually does it).

The fact that Trump has endured that kind of consistent abuse from the media for over four years and still hasn't thrown in the towel is a testament to his perseverance. Love or hate his personality, the guy manages to succeed even when his chips are down and the game is rigged against him.

vnatale wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 7:22 pm Where can I find that so I can listen to it?

I prefer things like that to be in C-Span style -- uncut and unfiltered.

vnatale wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 3:07 pm

Tortoise wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 3:01 pm A new video clip has surfaced showing yet more elder abuse of Biden. In a visit to Chester, PA yesterday, Biden struggled to answer a question in front of a group of reporters, losing his train of thought and verbally wandering off, at which point his campaign staff appeared to intervene and quickly herd the reporters away from Biden:

During an interaction with the press, Biden seemed to struggle to get the words out of his mouth and put sentences together while responding to a reporter's question.

"Here's the deal, one of the things that's important...is that uh...keep in mind although they're going to vote on...uh...the ballot..I think today..," he is heard saying in the video before Biden campaign staff members herd reporters away from the former Vice President.

https://www.ibtimes.sg/joe-bidens-campa ... ideo-52847

I used to chuckle at such video clips, but this one just made me sad. What they're doing to Biden is wrong and shameful. They need to let the poor guy resign.

But how was he able to successfully get through the one and one-half hour debate last week with none of this? I listened to it two or three times and did not detect any of them. Or, any different from the Joe Biden I've been listening to for decades. Constantly repeating sentences and using his pet phrases and pet stories.

Vinny

Cortopassi wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 7:12 pm

Tortoise wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 6:22 pm game is rigged against him.

He's built a lot of that rigging with his attitude and attacks, which is the main reason I did not vote for him this time.

I am not the only person in the US affected by how he operates and have changed their mind from 2016.

Libertarian666 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 28, 2020 9:03 am

Cortopassi wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 7:12 pm

Tortoise wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 6:22 pm game is rigged against him.

He's built a lot of that rigging with his attitude and attacks, which is the main reason I did not vote for him this time.

I am not the only person in the US affected by how he operates and have changed their mind from 2016.

There are a lot more people in the US who have changed their mind since 2016 after seeing him accomplish seemingly impossible tasks like getting peace deals signed in the Middle East.

Libertarian666 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 28, 2020 9:37 am

vnatale wrote: ↑Wed Oct 28, 2020 9:30 am

Libertarian666 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 28, 2020 9:03 am

Cortopassi wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 7:12 pm

Tortoise wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 6:22 pm game is rigged against him.

He's built a lot of that rigging with his attitude and attacks, which is the main reason I did not vote for him this time.

I am not the only person in the US affected by how he operates and have changed their mind from 2016.

There are a lot more people in the US who have changed their mind since 2016 after seeing him accomplish seemingly impossible tasks like getting peace deals signed in the Middle East.

Then this is an excellent place to put this. For you and others....where do you agree / disagree with USA Today regarding their assessments of which of Trump's promises he has accomplished and which he has not?

Vinny

Donald Trump made many promises in 2016 and early in his term. Which has he kept and what is he still working on?

Trump has kept a number of pledges, including tax cuts and conservative judges. But not on others such as bringing back coal and replacing Obamacare.

https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/ ... 927100002/

I would say that he has delivered in large measure on the promises that he has the power to do himself as President, and has fought untiringly to get the other players to cooperate on the ones that he didn't have sole power to do. Since he's not a dictator, most of what he promised requires action by Congress and inaction by judges who unfortunately consider themselves above the law.

Libertarian666 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 28, 2020 8:11 pm

vnatale wrote: ↑Wed Oct 28, 2020 11:01 am

Libertarian666 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 28, 2020 9:37 am

vnatale wrote: ↑Wed Oct 28, 2020 9:30 am

Libertarian666 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 28, 2020 9:03 am

Cortopassi wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 7:12 pm

Tortoise wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 6:22 pm game is rigged against him.

He's built a lot of that rigging with his attitude and attacks, which is the main reason I did not vote for him this time.

I am not the only person in the US affected by how he operates and have changed their mind from 2016.

There are a lot more people in the US who have changed their mind since 2016 after seeing him accomplish seemingly impossible tasks like getting peace deals signed in the Middle East.

Then this is an excellent place to put this. For you and others....where do you agree / disagree with USA Today regarding their assessments of which of Trump's promises he has accomplished and which he has not?

Vinny

Donald Trump made many promises in 2016 and early in his term. Which has he kept and what is he still working on?

Trump has kept a number of pledges, including tax cuts and conservative judges. But not on others such as bringing back coal and replacing Obamacare.

https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/ ... 927100002/

I would say that he has delivered in large measure on the promises that he has the power to do himself as President, and has fought untiringly to get the other players to cooperate on the ones that he didn't have sole power to do. Since he's not a dictator, most of what he promised requires action by Congress and inaction by judges who unfortunately consider themselves above the law.

But that is counter to one of Trump's responses in last week's debate. He asked Biden why he and Obama did not accomplish more. Biden responded that they had to get it through Republican controlled House and Senate. Trump lectured him that you needed the skills to be able to gain their cooperation so as to make the accomplishments.

Vinny

It depends a lot on how hardened the opposition is.

Recently the Democrats have been opposed to anything that might help Trump's re-election campaign, so they won't cooperate even when it is in their constituents' interests.

Trump has gotten a fair amount done even with the opposition party spending their time on impeaching him and on a futile witch hunt to try to prove him guilty of something.

I don't think any other President in my lifetime has had such obstructionism from the opposite party.