I don’t know when exactly the fat lady will be singing but my money is on the fat sack of venal self-interest currently squatting in the oval office rotting in a less storied abode with a dress code that matches his skin tone well before then...

here’s hoping that swing vote of yours is one of the ones that gave him the old (electoral) college try...

[TL;DR: the op-ed’s a good read, as is your post & that quote...pretty sure I agree wholeheartedly with what you’re saying but went a little overboard where I think you pulled the punch just a little...]

what I’m hoping it is runs along the lines that the wheels turn slowly & largely out of sight & that the public facing bits where the window dressing happens want to keep as much of their powder as dry as possible for as long as possible on the principle that when they take their shot they want to be sure they nail…

yup...sure is hard to build a lasting anything based firmly on the principle of destroying everything pretty much indiscriminately...

I know some folks think those of us who heap scorn upon Baracka Obama for being a shrill virtue-signaling kind of a troll are just jumping to conclusions...& I appreciate that his having shut up for a day or so in preparation for his best behaviour bid for a spot in your picks over the weekend seems to have paid…

if you haven’t, try reading Anabel Hernandez’s “Narcoland”...she covers things principally from a perspective south of the border but her findings & extensive interviews with a swathe of surprisingly candid individuals makes it clear that nothing happening at the US southern border is doing so in a vacuum...& that…

you see, Baracka...when you really try hard you can resist the temptation to veer off & let your underlying mendacity seep through each & every one of your posts...you could even be mistaken for having an actual point in that one...wonder what could have induced such incredible exhortations from you...?

for sure...I think he’s permanently transfixed by a state of abject terror induced by incipient self-awareness, myself...

oh, I’m with you on the cannon fodder thing...it was the foundation/beachhead/beacon of inspiration bit that I was struggling with...like, what do they even pretend that is...?

so I may still be missing something but the circus over the last few days would seem to confirm that exoneration (with or without the ability to confer it) according to the report notwithstanding some things that appeared clear from reading it remain so when you hear them out loud...

or...& hear me out for a moment...

“If you’re a Russian troll, then hope [...] you get get true lifelong satisfaction on creating something truly worth keeping for humanity.”

I think impeachment is a watchword that he’s learned to tune out...& sadly I don’t think the term penury is in his lexicon so that likely wouldn’t work any better even if he deserves it even more...

it’s just that normally the apostrophe only replaces an “i”...in littlefingers’ case there’s a space followed by a "know"...

“Begin each day by telling yourself: Today I shall be meeting with interference, ingratitude, insolence, disloyalty, ill-will, and selfishness – all of them due to the offenders’ ignorance of what is good or evil. But for my part I have long perceived the nature of good and its nobility, the nature of evil and its…

makes you wonder what he thinks the rodents in the phrase “rat & rodent infested” are...

gotta ask, given your chosen screen name...

let s be realistic about this...it’s not enough money to build “the wall” he likes to bang on about...but then he never had any intention of building that impossible dream...

de nada...& I don’t get credit, really...that should go to “Rooo sez BISH PLZ” who always seems to have a link I wouldn’t have found before I’ve even thought to look for it...