tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post5534819328124023850..comments2024-03-28T19:58:31.110-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: "The wages of smug is Trump"Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-39342141836998160982016-04-29T09:28:10.381-05:002016-04-29T09:28:10.381-05:00If I believed as much as 10% of the bullshit Trump...If I believed as much as 10% of the bullshit Trump has been shoveling, I'd be in heaven over this. Let us please try to keep in mind, though, that while he may be an outsider in the sense of not in the cozy Ryan/McConnell/Pelosi/Schumer/whoever camp, he's still a liar and a parasite and nobody knows what - if anything - he believes other than "Trump for President." He was a democrat contributor before he 'became' a republican, he's permanently fastened to the eminent domain teat, has no real reason to want to keep any one of his anti-immigration promises, and is probably going to be a scary dude when given actual power.<br /><br />It's situations like this where voters wake up and find they've elected a totalitarian, is all I'm saying.Joelhttp://joelsgulch.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-55261122133177956792016-04-28T10:48:53.443-05:002016-04-28T10:48:53.443-05:00I've been recommending this to friends for sev...I've been recommending this to friends for several days now.<br /><br />There have been calls over the years to add to ballots a "none of the above" option. It's never taken seriously. Trump is the NOTA option--he's the Screw You All candidate.<br /><br />AntibubbaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-180634336674378652016-04-28T10:40:25.317-05:002016-04-28T10:40:25.317-05:00The Vox article is basically describing the revolt...The Vox article is basically describing the revolt against <a href="http://iwantanewleft.typepad.com/i-want-a-new-left/2010/07/rich-peoples-leftism-vs-poor-peoples-leftism.html" rel="nofollow">Rich People's Leftism</a>.Borepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-37249000059927064092016-04-28T10:25:12.524-05:002016-04-28T10:25:12.524-05:00It appears the irony of being 100% smug while decr...It appears the irony of being 100% smug while decrying the smugness of others appears lost on our author. <br /><br />What can one expect? <br /><br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-42240521417768772072016-04-28T09:20:05.678-05:002016-04-28T09:20:05.678-05:00Note the maddeningly patronizing subtext: that &qu...Note the maddeningly patronizing subtext: that <i>"we"</i> (i.e. the Smug ones) know and understand the "best interests" of those poor ignorant flyover people better than they do themselves. <br /><br />The concept that a Kansas fundamentalist might actually consider Christianity to be more important than green energy subsidies is simply incomprehensible to them. <br /><br />They think they are wise and well-educated and smart, but they are shallow, narrow-minded, and foolish.Trimegistusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-35872544699067818282016-04-28T08:52:49.118-05:002016-04-28T08:52:49.118-05:00The mono-party has succeeded in a choice without a...The mono-party has succeeded in a choice without a distinction this November: either way we lose and government grows and special interests are rewarded.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-14318805279428715012016-04-27T21:05:45.603-05:002016-04-27T21:05:45.603-05:00Ah, and if they manage to dump Trump... the conseq...Ah, and if they manage to dump Trump... the consequences will be more extreme at the next election. Trump is a nationalist and populist, what would come next would be an ultra-nationalist. The more the pendulum swings to one side, the more extreme the follow-through.tweellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164718561825615886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-10455621427315880602016-04-27T20:16:33.978-05:002016-04-27T20:16:33.978-05:00The upper-upper class string-pullers and political...The upper-upper class string-pullers and political elite have no freaking clue, or connection to, the working middle class that pays most of the taxes in this country.<br /><br />Yes, burn 'em down, and salt their earth....drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-27072663046664567612016-04-27T19:55:44.823-05:002016-04-27T19:55:44.823-05:00@m4: Oh, that was wicked! Wish I'd thought o...@m4: Oh, that was <i>wicked!</i> Wish I'd thought of it first . . .<br /><br />:-)Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-63238238662209687432016-04-27T19:43:42.897-05:002016-04-27T19:43:42.897-05:00The establishment of both parties are on the line ...The establishment of both parties are on the line in this election. The GOPe has no idea how to handle Trump, and Hillary has no idea how to do it either. Both parties need to be burned to the ground, their HQs plowed with salt.Quartermasternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-47685739140808941922016-04-27T19:39:00.944-05:002016-04-27T19:39:00.944-05:00So what we're going to see is Trump: Desolatio...So what we're going to see is Trump: Desolation of Smug. (With apologies to Tolkien)m4noreply@blogger.com