Quotable Quotes

"Trump is going to be president in '28 and people ought to just get accomodated with that...There is a plan...He's a vehicle of divine providence. He's an instrument...We need him for at least one more term." ~ Steve Bannon

"I haven't really thought about it...but I have the best poll numbers I've ever had...I would love to do it." ~ Trump, on a third term
 
Shiftless2 said:
"... He's an instrument..." SB #1,741
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So is this:

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It's called a washtub base. Analogous to a washed up shyster?

Shiftless2 said:
We need him for at least one more term." ~ Steve Bannon #1,741
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You're right Steve.
Trump's lifetime appointment should accompany his change of address, from 1600 Penn Ave to Leavenworth prison. He won't be the only murderer there.

Shiftless2 said:
"I haven't really thought about it...but ..." ~ Trump, on a third term
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Regarding his trip to Asia, Trump reportedly said the same thing about meeting North Korea's Kim Jong Un.
Has President Trump elevated thoughtlessness to an executive art-form?
 
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"My message to America is, first, the fact that your government is failing you, right now. Poverty is not red or blue, is not a Republican or Democrat issue. If you are in a position that you can't feed your family... we have failed you." ~ Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, whose agency oversees SNAP payments

"When she says, 'We have failed you,' she means 'We, the Democrats,' okay?" ~ Speaker Mike Johnson

Thing is, Trump's base will believe Johnson on this one.
 
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"Forgive your enemy but remember the bastards's name." Scottish Proverb #1,744
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The stupid neither forgive nor forget;
the naïve forgive and forget;
the wise forgive but do not forget.
psychiatrist Thomas Szasz
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"Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, whose agency oversees SNAP payments" #1,746
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Taxpaying voters going without such nutrition supplement is undeniably a penalty Republicans are willing to accept. Reportedly emergency funding is available, Republicans are blocking that too.
 
"He is a CRIMINAL AND SHOULD BE IN JAIL. A MAJOR LOWLIFE AND FAILURE...A disgrace to humanity. Deranged Jack Smith is a criminal!!!" ~ Trump

"Jack is happy to discuss his work as Special Counsel and answer any questions at a public hearing just like every other Special Counsel investigating a president before him has done. We hope the House and Senate Judiciary Committees will agree so the American people can hear directly from him. Name the time and place. Jack will be there." ~ Lanny Breuer, attorney for Smith

And from the Walden alumni reunion

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"I don't know who he is...I know nothing about it because I'm too busy..." ~ Trump, asked why he recently pardoned Changpeng Zhao, a cryptocurrency exchange founder who pled guilty to violating anti-money-laundering laws (and is also involved with a Trump family crypto venture), adding "I was told that he was a victim, just like I was"
 
"No American citizens have been arrested or detained. We focus on those that are here illegally." ~ Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem

"This is such a provable, palpable lie...There are about 170 American citizens who have been arrested or detained because of these immigration raids." ~ Sen. Adam Schiff
 
"All we want is voter ID. You go to a grocery store, you have to give ID. You go to a gas station, you give ID. But for voting, they want no voter ID. It's only for one reason: because they cheat." ~ Trump, yesterday

Every accusation is a confession
 
Shiftless2 said:
"You go to a grocery store, you have to give ID. You go to a gas station, you give ID. But for voting, they want no voter ID." ~ Trump, yesterday #1,753
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When retail commerce was $cash based, purchases could be made anonymously.
Paper currency has lost market share to electronic transactions where individual credit or bank accounts displace government printed currency.

What is the argument for holding voting to a lesser standard than buying a quart of silk? Because electoral outcomes are less important than putting a dairy cow out of work?

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"It's only for one reason: because they cheat." ~ Trump, yesterday
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This may be guile. Or it may be ignorance. Either way there's more than one possible reason.
For example, countless examples in history of ballot access being obstructed by various means, including voter ID.

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"All we want is voter ID." ~ Trump, yesterday
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Mr. President: Vote legitimacy, insuring that all eligible voters that wish to cast a ballot are able to do so under reasonable terms is an outcome objective.
"voter ID" is but one approach to achieve that.
So which is more important to you Mr. President? Insuring legitimacy of the election? Or imposing a new standard well suited to manipulating ballot access?

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"Every accusation is a confession" S2 #1,753
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It is a stain not soon to be cleansed that the man twice elected U.S. president, that has egotistically saturated the news stream has elevated dishonesty in politics to Baron von Münchhausen proportion.
 
"We've dropped the [price of] fertility drugs to make lots of Trump babies -- I'm hoping by the midterms." ~ Dr. Mehmet Oz, head of Medicare and Medicaid
 
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