This should come as NO surprise to political junkies…
As Trump tied Hillary Clinton to her emails?
Trump and his people are trying to do the same to Joe Biden….
Tear HIM down in the media…
From day one Donald Trump has correctly worried about Biden and has had his people keeping Biden’s son Hunter Biden in the media…
Now?
Even with daily media stories about how Trump tried to downplay the virus crisis?
He and his people are trying rewrite that history….
AND?
After Trump tried to make nice with China and failed?
His people are working with him to make China the virus importer that Joe Biden helped ….
All this fits into Donald Trump’s often used strategy of working to slime his opponents to weaken them…
For Biden and the Democrats?
If they haven’t seen this coming?
They are gonna be deeply in trouble…
Joe Biden leads in the polling right now because most Americans KNOW Trump hasn’t done mostly ANYTHING right in dealing on the virus…
First downplaying it…
Then lying about it….
Refusing to listen to the scientists…
Refusing to support Governors across the country…
And making wildly unrealistic predictions on going forward….
The virus and the restrictions used to slow its progress has resulted in a YUGE among of people being laid off from their jobs as small businesses have shut down…We have jobless level that compare to the Great Depression.
Travel restrictions have cut the airline , hotel and recreational travel economy by more than 80%…
The stock market has been an elevator going down…
The American economy may lose 20% of its strength….
Trump , unlike President Obama in 2009, is standing on the sidelines like the rest of us…
ALL these things happened on President Trump’s watch…
NOT Joe Biden’s…
China was a place Donald Trump the guy who could make a ‘deal’ tried to work…
THAT did NOT happen…
It WAS Donald Trump who met several times withe Chinese leaders who HE PRAISED!
Then stymied ?
He latched a Trade war against the country!
THAT has NOT worked either…
To try to attach Joe Biden to China seems ludicrous to me and should be dismissed outright …
As a sidebar to this crazy assed idea of China/Biden virus thing?
It turns out that two worst hit virus infection states NY and NJ ….Had their infections NOT start for China mostly…
But from Europe…
I HAVE pointed out here that while the media and all of us are focused on our daily inconvenience’s
Trump & Co. ARE focused on the November elections …
Democrats cannot afford to be caught flat footed….
The November election effort to defeat Donald Trump cannot wait….
The Trump re-election campaign released a new ad this week going after Biden over his opposition to restrictions on travel from China designed to control the spread of the coronavirus outbreak. That was followed with a fundraising solicitation on Saturday that hammered home the point: “I am TOUGH ON CHINA and Sleepy Joe Biden is WEAK ON CHINA,” it declared.
Inside the campaign, the strategy is simple: make China the villain of a global pandemic that has complicated well-laid electoral plans and sparked growing criticism of the president.
“[China’s] among many weaknesses, but when people learn about Biden’s attack on the president’s China travel ban, his other weak positions on China, and his conflict with Hunter Biden’s business deal with China, voters are horrified,” John McLaughlin, a Trump pollster, told The Daily Beast on Friday. Other Trump 2020 officials said that the campaign had always intended to hammer Biden on China until the election in November, and the coronavirus “angle” was merely another way to go after the Bidens and China simultaneously.
In one sense it’s simply an extension of Team Trump’s months-long strategy to tie Biden to a country increasingly viewed with suspicion by American voters. The campaign and the Republican National Committee have been hammering Biden for months over his youngest son Hunter’s past business dealings in China.
But the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, which originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan, has made the country a far more potent political villain. And the massive disruptions in daily life caused by the virus virtually guarantee that China will remain in the headlines—and on the minds of American voters—for months as election day approaches. Polls already indicate that Americans of both parties overwhelmingly blame China for the virus’ initial spread.
For a Trump campaign that’s a potential political goldmine. “China was an effective wedge issue for Trump in 2016,” said one Republican strategist close to the campaign. “Now that it’s at the top of everyone’s mind, and Biden has a long record of being weak on China, just imagine how much more effective it will be in 2020.”…
….
We can’t just let Trump’s lies be the only thing out there.” …
image…kristv.com
jamesb says
New Open Thread is HERE
jamesb says
Boris Johnson leaves the hospital in recovering from virus….
jamesb says
Nate Silver
@NateSilver538
A decent take is:
The US could have done quite well with this because we have a lot of natural advantages—empowered and largely competent states/localities, good hospitals, innovative private sector, etc—but because of Trump, we squandered those & wound up in middle of the pack.
Scott P says
Yeah in light of Silver’s comments it’s kind of ironic that Republicans love to talk about “American exceptionslism”–that they brlieve in it and Democrats do not. Well here Trump and the Republicans squandered a great chance to have the USA lead the world.
jamesb says
Hey Scott?
I don’t think Trump cares about ‘the world’…
Just “HIS world’….
Ego….
That is ALL…
jamesb says
I notice more sites looking to monetize with paywalls these days…
Taking advantage, eh?
Scott P says
In news that should be surprising to no one. Former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens and his wife are getting a divorce.
jamesb says
“Former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens (R) and former first lady Sheena Greitens are getting divorced,” the Kansas City Star reports.
“The announcement comes two years after Greitens resigned amid allegations of sexually violent misconduct during an extramarital affair, and months after Greitens began speaking publicly again, prompting speculation that he may run for governor in 2020.”…
Politicalwire…
jamesb says
10 times Trump and his administration were warned about coronavirus
President Trump’s tone on the coronavirus pandemic has dramatically shifted in the last month as the illness has swept across the U.S., which has now reported more confirmed cases than any country in the world.
Why it matters: Reporting from Axios, the New York Times, Washington Post, AP and other media outlets has revealed that Trump and his administration were repeatedly warned about the threat that the virus could pose to American lives and the economy. Earlier action could have curbed the spread.
The state of play: The first case of COVID-19 reached the U.S. on Jan. 15. The World Health Organization declared it a pandemic on March 11. Trump declared the U.S. outbreak a national emergency on March 13.
Axios…
jamesb says
“Dr. Anthony Fauci appeared to confirm a bombshell New York Times report which said he and other Trump administration officials recommended the implementation of physical distancing to combat the coronavirus in February, but were rebuffed for almost a month,” The Guardian reports.
Said Fauci: “You know… as I have said many times, we look at it from a pure health standpoint. We make a recommendation. Often, the recommendation is taken. Sometimes, it’s not… It is what it is. We are where we are right now.”
Politicalwire…
Scott P says
I think the filing deadline has passed for the August primary so if Greitens wants to make a comeback run at the governor’s mansion as this KC Star article hints he’d have to do it as an Independent.
Which would be a gift to the Democratic nominee Nicole Galloway.
Very much doubt that will happen though. Greitens could try a comeback via a Congressional seat like former SC Gov Mark Sanford.
jamesb says
Unlikely i would assume?
jamesb says
Morning People….
My Name Is Jack says
Dumbass of the Day…
Peter Navarro, a flunky for Trump, who essentially challenged 60 Minutes to produce any shows they had ever done on possible pandemics.So They Did.
Here’s some advice Pete before you challenge a show that’s been on the air around half a century and that likely has shows on almost every conceivable topic?You sure as Hell better be sure of their answer.
Runnerup?Old Bill Bennett,the moralistic prig of “conservatism” who said that this wasn’t pandemic and that this wasn’t any worse than the flu.Hell Bill even your boy Trump has dropped that line!
bdogwork says
Too bad in the Trump world Fact checking is really worth a hill of beans…and that extends to his lackies.
But yeah he was a dumbass for challenging 60 minutes.
My Name Is Jack says
Bernie Sanders has endorsed Joe Biden.
Scott P says
Thanks Bernie. So much less standing on the sidelines than there was four years ago.
Democratic Socialist Dave says
I hope that there’s also less pushing Sanders the sidelines (college campuses only, please) than there was four years ago.
jamesb says
I hope that Bernie means it when he says he’s got Biden’s back…
Biden IS gonna have to move to the middle ….
Hopefully his supporters understand this and realise that a Joe Biden as President is a BETTER place to get things they might want then a Donald Trump as President….
jamesb says
Market closes down -328.60 today….
jamesb says
David Jolly
Trump has seemingly been told by his team that his reelection prospects are now the dimmest of his presidency.
jamesb says
Morning people…..
My Name Is Jack says
Cool headline from Fox News of all places!
Trump On Pace To Spend More Than Biggest Liberals Of the Past Hundred Years
Complete with pictures of FDR, LBJ and of course Barack Obama
Too bad Truman ,JFK, Carter, and Clinton!You boys just werent “liberal” enough to qualify for a picture!
But hey just ask Republicans,they’re “conservatives” and Trump is a”conservative “ President.
“Conservative?”A meaningless word anymore just indicates that the person so describing themselves isn’t aDemocrat and supports the Trump family.
Scott P says
I wonder if Trump will rage tweet about that FOX headline and retreat to his conspiracy theorists over at OAN
My Name Is Jack says
I notice that headline wasn’t up very long.
Probably Trump or his minions started complaining.
While Fox new site remains overwhelmingly pro Trump,the do,occassionally, run a mildly critical story here and there.Of course, Trump demands absolute fealty and any deviation calls for censure(typical authoritarian).
jamesb says
Chris Cillizza
@CillizzaCNN
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis declared pro wrestling an “essential” business in the state on Monday
jamesb says
Sidebar updated…
Ain’t much anymore…
Democratic Socialist Dave says
James, I think that Ohio’s primary has been moved to June 2nd (Coronation Day in 1953). rather than the April 28th that your countdown sidebar indicates.
Wikipedia has several tables of postponed or cancelled primaries. I don’t have time to search through them now, but here is a representative table.
State Original date New date
Puerto Rico 29 March 2020 26 April 2020
Georgia 24 March 2020 9 June 2020
Connecticut 28 April 2020 2 June 2020
Delaware 28 April 2020 2 June 2020
Ohio 17 March 2020 2 June 2020
Pennsylvania 28 April 2020 2 June 2020
Rhode Island 28 April 2020 2 June 2020
Indiana 5 May 2020 2 June 2020
West Virginia 12 May 2020 9 June 2020
Louisiana 4 April 2020 20 June 2020
Kentucky 19 May 2020 23 June 2020
New York 28 April 2020 23 June 2020
New Jersey 2 June 2020 7 July 2020
Table
I’ll try to fix my own countdown spreadsheet and send you a copy.
jamesb says
Thanks DSD….
I’ll update later…
It’s like musical chairs
Scott P says
Elizabeth Warren has endorsed Joe Biden. The Democratic party is more united than it has been in years.
jamesb says
Morning …..
Warren finally gets with program, eh?
Post coming on this….
Democratic Socialist Dave says
First attempt at revising my own countdown calendar:
29 day[s] or 4 weeks & 1 day[s] since Arizona (D) on Tuesday, March 17
29 day[s] or 4 weeks & 1 day[s] since Florida on Tuesday, March 17
29 day[s] or 4 weeks & 1 day[s] since Illinois on Tuesday, March 17
29 day[s] or 4 weeks & 1 day[s] since Ohio on Tuesday, March 1722 day[s] or 3 weeks & 1 day[s] since Georgia on Tuesday, March 2417 day[s] or 2 weeks & 3 day[s] since Puerto Rico (D) on Sunday, March 2911 day[s] or 1 weeks & 4 day[s] since Alaska (D) on Saturday, April 4
11 day[s] or 1 weeks & 4 day[s] since Hawaii (D caucuses) on Saturday, April 4
11 day[s] or 1 weeks & 4 day[s] since Louisiana on Saturday, April 411 day[s] or 1 weeks & 4 day[s] since Wyoming D caucuses on Saturday, April 48 day[s] or 1 weeks & 1 day[s] since Wisconsin (D) on Tuesday, April 7
11 day[s] or 1 weeks & 4 day[s] until + Puerto Rico Sunday, April 26
13 day[s] or 1 weeks & 6 day[s] until Connecticut (D) on Tuesday, April 2813 day[s] or 1 weeks & 6 day[s] until Delaware on Tuesday, April 2813 day[s] or 1 weeks & 6 day[s] until Pennsylvania on Tuesday, April 2813 day[s] or 1 weeks & 6 day[s] until New York on Tuesday, April 2813 day[s] or 1 weeks & 6 day[s] until Maryland on Tuesday, April 2813 day[s] or 1 weeks & 6 day[s] until Rhode Island on Tuesday, April 2817 day[s] or 2 weeks & 3 day[s] until Guam (D caucus) on Saturday, May 2
17 day[s] or 2 weeks & 3 day[s] until Kansas (D-organized primary) on Saturday, May 2
20 day[s] or 2 weeks & 6 day[s] until Indiana on Tuesday, May 527 day[s] or 3 weeks & 6 day[s] until Nebraska on Tuesday, May 12
27 day[s] or 3 weeks & 6 day[s] until West Virginia on Tuesday, May 1234 day[s] or 4 weeks & 6 day[s] until Kentucky on Tuesday, May 19
34 day[s] or 4 weeks & 6 day[s] until Oregon on Tuesday, May 19
34 day[s] or 4 weeks & 6 day[s] until + Georgia on Tuesday, May 19
48 day[s] or 6 weeks & 6 day[s] until District of Columbia on Tuesday, June 2
48 day[s] or 6 weeks & 6 day[s] until Montana on Tuesday, June 2
48 day[s] or 6 weeks & 6 day[s] until New Mexico on Tuesday, June 2
48 day[s] or 6 weeks & 6 day[s] until South Dakota on Tuesday, June 2
48 day[s] or 6 weeks & 6 day[s] until New Jersey on Tuesday, June 248 day[s] or 6 weeks & 6 day[s] until + Connecticut on Tuesday, June 2
48 day[s] or 6 weeks & 6 day[s] until + Delaware on Tuesday, June 2
48 day[s] or 6 weeks & 6 day[s] until + Indiana on Tuesday, June 2
48 day[s] or 6 weeks & 6 day[s] until + Maryland on Tuesday, June 2
48 day[s] or 6 weeks & 6 day[s] until + Ohio on Tuesday, June 2
48 day[s] or 6 weeks & 6 day[s] until + Pennsylvania on Tuesday, June 2
48 day[s] or 6 weeks & 6 day[s] until + Rhode Island on Tuesday, June 2
52 day[s] or 7 weeks & 3 day[s] until Virgin Islands (D caucus) on Saturday, June 6
53 day[s] or 7 weeks & 4 day[s] until Puerto Rico [R] on Sunday, June 7
55 day[s] or 7 weeks & 6 day[s] until + West Virginia Tuesday, June 9
66 day[s] or 9 weeks & 3 day[s] until + Louisiana on Saturday, June 20
69 day[s] or 9 weeks & 6 day[s] until + New York on Tuesday, June 23
69 day[s] or 9 weeks & 6 day[s] until + Kentucky on Tuesday, June 23
83 day[s] or 11 weeks & 6 day[s] until + New Jersey on Tuesday, July 7
89 day[s] or 12 weeks & 5 day[s] until Dem. Natl Convention opens on Monday, July 13124 day[s] or 17 weeks & 5 day[s] until + Dem. Natl Convention opens on Monday, August 17
131 day[s] or 18 weeks & 5 day[s] until GOP Natl Convention opens on Monday, August 24
202 day[s] or 28 weeks & 6 day[s] until GENERAL ELECTION on Tuesday, November 3
280 day[s] or 40 weeks & 0 day[s] until INAUGURATION DAY on Wednesday, January 20, 2021
jamesb says
GHeez DSD ‼️
Thanks 😉
jamesb says
Senate coming into touch for the Democrats?
A new OH Predictive Insights poll in Arizona shows Mark Kelly (D) leading Sen. Martha McSally (R) in the U.S. Senate race, 51% to 42%…
Politicalwire…
Scott P says
Apparently that same poll shows Biden leading by 13 points in Maricopa County–which contains almost two thirds of the state’s population and includes Phoenix and almost all of it’s suburbs and exurbs.
Hard to see how Trump can make up the difference in the rural parts of the state if anything close to that holds up
jamesb says
8 months out…
Looking good and not even running hard…
Biden just getting his numbers on Trump’s screw ups…
My Name Is Jack says
As previously noted here,most reelection campaigns are as much a referendum on the incumbent as anything.
This one maybe even more so due to the unique circumstances and the person of Donald Trump.
jamesb says
Sidebar primary dates updated…
Thanks DSD!
jamesb says
Trump Wanted a Radio Show, but He Didn’t Want to Compete With Limbaugh
President Trump said he envisioned a show running two hours a day, according to White House officials, and would do it were it not for the risk of encroaching on Rush Limbaugh, the conservative host….
More…
CG says
Conventional wisdom is that Trump will need a job/platform and Rush (like all of us eventually) may not be around forever
jamesb says
Reality check for those dreaming about Biden vs Trump in NC….
North Carolina: Trump vs. Biden Civitas/Harper (R) Trump 49, Biden 42 Trump +7
RCP
CG says
PPP (D) is the Dem firm out of NC and they likely would show Biden up by 7 there.
(so the truth is that the race is probably a tie.)
So, if james would not accept PPP (D) NC result, are any of their polls to be trusted?
jamesb says
Link?
Scott P says
So according to the NY Times our Liar in Chief was considering starting a radio show last month where he would take callers for 2 hours a day on the coronavirus. He decided against it because he feared it would encroach on another liar’s show–Rush Limbaugh.
jamesb says
Ever the showman, eh?
Well?
He can have his radio or FOX talk show after January when he’s a private citizen…
CG says
Dr Drew Pinsky is the special guest genius for one of the celebrity contestants on “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.”
Wow what timing! They better not go to him for an answer on potential pandemics.
jamesb says
Morning….
jamesb says
I’ll have a post later on the move among Red states to approve mail-in ballots among Red state’s despite Trump’s efforts to limit it….
Scott P says
Lying Sack of Shit Rush Limbaugh has endorsed the idea of Other Lying Sack of Shit Donald Trump taking over his radio show–saying “there’s nobody better to fill my shoes”.
I say they do it right away. Both should quit their current jobs.
Rush can spend his last days puffin cigars on his golf course and Trump can get praise from the only people he cares to hear from–right wing Republicans.
Everyone wins–most of all, America!
CG says
and former talk radio host Mike Pence becomes President.
Scott P says
For a few months.
CG says
It’s sad when you have reruns of Diff’rent Strokes on and realize just about the entire cast is dead.
At least there’s still Willis, Sam, and Pearl.
My Name Is Jack says
I often watch old tv shows and while watching the thought will cross my mind…
All these people are dead.
Makes me feel Old!
Hell,I am old!!
jamesb says
NC 4/16/2020...RCP
North Carolina: Trump vs. Biden PPP (D) Trump 47, Biden 48 Biden +1
North Carolina Senate – Tillis vs. Cunningham PPP (D) Cunningham 47, Tillis 40 Cunningham +7
jamesb says
Morning…
Dr Phil leads the news this morning for saying the country shouldn’t be shut down because other things cause just much sickness …
My Name Is Jack says
“Dr. “ Phil is a television entertainer .
He has a PhD in clinical psychology.He is neither a medical doctor nor scientist .
Indeed he isn’t even licensed to practice the social science of psychology in any state .
jamesb says
My thoughts exactly on Dr. Phil
Scott P says
Dr. Phil brought up swimming pool and car accidents. Funny I didn’t know those things were contagious. .
My Name Is Jack says
Yeah ol Phil knows his audience.
His whole presentation was the type of stuff Fox News viewers like to hear.You know that it’s really not that bad,bunch of damn “librul” doctors and scientists making us give up stuff we wanna do , look heres this “Doctor” telling us so!
Doc Phil…you want an “expert opinion?”Tell me the audience and show me the money and you got it!”
Scott P says
Yesterday 4500 Americans died of coronavirus–that’s one and a half 9/11s.
But since we can’t bomb any brown people to stop a virus, nor justify spending trillions more in “defense”–well, those lives just aren’t worth getting outraged over per FOX News Republicans.
Sorry.
jamesb says
The numbers for dearth’s are all over the place and not uniform …
But ARE just TOO HIGH…
NY will recover as other places continue to climb…
jamesb says
BTW?
They had a free food op set up in a parking lot around my way….
Car line stretched for a few blocks..
Almost everyone in the stores are wearing masks and they are limiting the number of people going in supermarkets at a time…
CG says
The masks are required by law in NY now.
CG says
Dr Phil and Dr Oz are literally Oprah creations. They were never associated before with any sort of right-wing identity. They are saying some ghoulish things.
Scott P says
Well as Trump proved the “conservative movement” doesn’t care about your history asking as you are saying “ghoulish” things now–you’re in!
Scott P says
Meant to sat–As long as–not asking.
Democratic Socialist Dave says
Where is non-doctor Jerry Springer (said to lean towards the left side of the spectrum) coming down on this?
CG says
Back in his downtown Chicago bar-hopping days, he was far from a social distancer!
My Name Is Jack says
Georgia appointed Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler ,whose insider trading was exposed, blamed the whole thing on “Socialism.”
jamesb says
Morning All…
jamesb says
NFL Draft is Thursday….
jamesb says
Trump Aide Kellyanne Conway’s Husband Endorses Joe Biden in 2020 Presidential Race
“Publicly supporting a Democratic nominee for president is a first for all of us,” George Conway wrote along with other anti-Trump Republicans…
More…
jamesb says
Morning People….
jamesb says
Sidebar up dated….
jamesb says
Just had a Good time watching ESPN’s the ‘Last Dance’ on the Chicago Bulls and Michael Jordan….
Excellent sports , business and people story…
8 more episodes ….
CG says
I recorded it so I will be catching up as I go. I certainly remember living through all of it and have lots of hours on VHS to prove it.
jamesb says
Enjoy!
jamesb says
Morning All…
jamesb says
Nate Silver
@NateSilver538
4,700 new cases reported yesterday in New York state is the lowest number of new cases there since March 20. Not a ton of testing yesterday but the share of positive tests has also fallen considerably, to 29% from a peak of 50%. (In in NYC, to 30% from a peak of 59%.)
…
Nate Silver
@NateSilver538
Replying to
@conorsen
I think somebody NYC based mentioned here the other day how their doc’s office is now notifying their patients of test availability.
jamesb says
I KNOW that DSD!….
On the virus list they are 8th and 11th…
Texas has 495 deaths and 19,458 positives
Florida has 806 deaths and 26,660 positives
NY’s positives ARE dropping
Even though the NY numbers are 10X Florida…
jamesb says
Ron G’s state is another example of go it alone because the Fede’s ain’t helping!
Ron Gunzburger
2 hrs ·
Governor Larry Hogan’s work on this was secret until today, but the story of “Operation Enduring Friendship” is amazing. There may be a severe shortage of COVID testing supplies in the US, but we found a solution. With the help our our incredible First Lady Yumi Hogan – the first Korean-born First Lady of any state – and our team, Maryland spent 22 days clandestinely negotiating and making the arrangements to obtain and fly kits for 500,000 COVID tests to Maryland. The First Lady worked closely with South Korean President Moon, the SK Ambassador, other SK officials, and LabGenomics (a company that supplied the SK government with much of their materials when they successfully flattened the curve via widespread testing) to make the deal happen…..
NY Times piece on this…
jamesb says
Intersting….
Trump would try to ride THIS to November….
Nate Silver
@NateSilver538
I’d be careful about trying to dunk on states that may be lifting certain restrictions, because the impact, although not trivial, may get lost amidst the noise/uncertainty, and you’re setting yourself up for “See, State X tried *this* and it wasn’t the disaster people claimed.”
jamesb says
Morning People…
jamesb says
Market closed down again today April 21, 2020….
Down -632 points on the oil devaluation…it climbed back up to $10 a barrel after being -$0 yesterday
jamesb says
Morning All…
jamesb says
Water and even some toilet tissues are beginning to come back to the local supermarkets around my way….
Water especially…
Gas prices below $2.00 a gallon mostly
New York’s numbers keep dropping….
My Name Is Jack says
The market overall is in for a slow steady decline to numbers we haven’t seen in a number of years.
These daily gyrations are meaningless.However ,you seem to like mentioning them daily.Have fun.
All I know is over the next year the overall trend will be “down.”
jamesb says
Stock prices back up as oil price per barrel moves back up…
My Name Is Jack says
New York’s number will drop from the latest peak.
Then there will be another peak likely before the year is out.
Such will not be unique to New York but will be the pattern across the country and the world for that matter.
jamesb says
NY’s numbers are down significantly….
I agree…
There WILL be a fall peak…
But with herding immunity and probably a vaccine and treatment medicine starting?
Hopefully the country and world will be better set to handle things…
jamesb says
NY numbers continue to drop…
jamesb says
Morning….
jamesb says
Ventura: Former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura (I) has submitted a letter of interest to the Green Party to run for the party’s Presidential nomination. Activist Howie Hawkins is currently the leading candidate for the Green Party nomination. Ventura throwing his hat in the ring could make make things very interesting…
RRH Elections
My Name Is Jack says
What happened?
I thought Ventura for years described himself as a “fiscal conservative.”
Now he wants to run on the Green Party ticket?
TV gigs over ?Gotta do something.
jamesb says
Too much time at home think for Jesse?
CG says
He has denied that he did anything other than endorse the Green Party. He made it clear he is not running. Their candidate will be Howie Hawkins. Ventura has been a far-left wacko for years now.
There is of course an issue going on with these parties needing to get signatures to get on various state ballots and not being able to now because of restrictions. Expect a lot of lawsuits.
Scott P says
The third party candidates in 2020 will make the 2016 ones look like titans by comparison.
Howie Hawkins?
I think Howie Mandel would have a better chance.
CG says
The Birthers would have an issue with Howie Mandel.
Nonetheless, he was ahead of the “no hand shaking” thing decades ago.
Scott P says
Well the Birthers are all for Trump anyways.
My Name Is Jack says
Well,if you describe a guy who talked about running as a Libertarian and endorsed Gary Johnson a “far left wacko?
Yeah ok.
CG says
Ventura has gone from Libertarian to Green then (after once being Reform.) He has for years now preached how horrible he finds America. There is nothing consistent about him except his being an inconoclast. There’s no reason to take him that seriously as a political force.
My Name Is Jack says
Hell I didn’t take him seriously when he was elected Governor!
I still don’t take Donald Trump seriously .
Scott P says
Well lots of Republicans preached about how “horrible” they found America when Obama was President. The number one Republican to do so is now the President of the US.
Scott P says
Oil cost less than zero now. How can that be after the “master negotiator” Donald Trump intervened to raise the price a couple weeks back?
The Republican Party–born of Lincoln, died with Conman.
jamesb says
Gas is $1.99 around my way
A Friend in Texas is playing $1.39…
CG says
This miserable Spring could be made brighter if we soon get to hear the news that Kim Jong Un is dead.
My Name Is Jack says
Trump advisor Stephen Moore ,who was once considered by Trump as a member of the Federal Reserve Board ,has floated the idea of putting all America workers in space suits as a way to get them back to work.
CG says
Does Trump get to wear a Darth Vader costume?
jamesb says
The space suits will only to those whose pledge allegiance to Trump….Everybody else will pay for those with suits!
jamesb says
Morning…
New Open Thread coming bit later…
Scott P says
Trump and the GOP are earning every percentage point drop in the polls with lunacy like this.
Scott P says
Speaking of the Trump Death Cult Vice President Pence went on Rush Limbaugh’s show to reassure protesters.
Limbaugh really needs to show he’s not afraid of this hoax virus and do his show live from one of these protests. That’ll show us libruls!