Karma IS a Bitch…..
In the end?
Reality put Donald Trump in the hospital and brought the Covid-19 virus to his staff and home…
Trump has a history of disregarding the experts…
They now are in charge of keeping him alive.
And the stupidity continues ….
The people in White Building has said that masks and distancing are not required…
They seem to working hard to make sure everyone Trump spend time with will get the virus…
And those people will probably keep going to work like lemmings walking into storm that could hurt them…
It just defies one’s sense common sense and self protection….
BTW?
There probably won’t be any more debates…
Nor will there be much campaigning from the big guy…
It’s gonna take him a while to recover from a virus that told everyone wasn’t a big deal….
From the first, Trump never seemed to grasp that the coronavirus was going to be all reality, no show. Obsessed with optics, and a reelection bid he thought rested on a booming economy, Trump denied and mismanaged the pandemic, and made safety measures into a political statement rather than a bipartisan civic duty. Which helped America’s first wave of infections continue on slow simmer all summer, rather than burning out like Europe’s.
The defiant disdain for distancing and masks that Trump has nurtured in his supporters, combined with our elevated background level of disease, certainly increased the risk that the president himself would eventually catch it. That he finally did, at what might well prove the most inconvenient possible time for his campaign, also seems like a plot point in a script, though maybe a little too obvious; you can imagine pausing to tell your spouse, “Things are never that neat in real life.”
That doesn’t mean he deserved to catch covid-19. Fictional characters may “deserve” a virus or similar catastrophe to requite their hubris, but a real human being never does. Rather, it’s just one more way that Trump has shown us how little any of us actually wants to live in a television series…
image…The New York Times
jamesb says
New Open Thread IS here….
My Name Is Jack says
Pure speculation…
Assuming that Trump recovers, we don’t know how long his recovery will take.
At a minimum it would likely be the fourteen day quarantine period which would mean he could theoretically start campaigning again around the.middle of the month.
However, older victims of this disease often take weeks or even months to recover.
Accordingly, there is a real questions about the two remaining debates ,or even if we will see Trump for the remainder of the campaign ,except perhaps on videos or virtually.
For sure ads and so forth will continue and presumably Pence and maybe other surrogates will carry the load.
However, there’s a real possibility that the actual physical Trump campaign is over
jamesb says
I would put that Jack at a certainty for Trump himself NOT campaigning again…
It appears his health was a bit worst then doctors said originally…
jamesb says
Graham and Harrison debate tonight in The SC senate race @ 8Pm….
It should be CSPAN….
They are polling tied….
Democratic Socialist Dave says
Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass) debates Kevin O‘Connor (R) at 7 p.m. Monday in a virtual setting on WGBH (PBS Boston).
Free advance registration at
https://www.wgbh.org/events/the-massachusetts-senate-debate-senator-ed-markey-and-kevin-oconnor-virtual
This should be a real nail-biter ;–)
jamesb says
I thought Marley was way out in front?
Democratic Socialist Dave says
I guess you missed the ;–) at the end of that, James.
Unlike his primary race against Cong. Joe Kennedy, this one (so far as I know) should give Sen. Markey few worries.
It never hurts to forget, however, that the Bay State is capable of electing Republican U.S. Senators, e.g. Scott Brown.
CG says
*If* he was diagnosed with this on Wednesday, and was perhaps already having symptoms, and went about his schedule like it was business as usual, exposing countless others, it’s beyond criminal and fate should do what it does.
jamesb says
Nothing’s gonna ….
The bull shit that there isn’t virus is GONE,.
Just more people will test up positive
This IS PURE Donald Trump thinking about ONLY HIMSELF….
CG says
The doctor had a disastrous press conference in which he tried to paint a rosy picture about Trump’s condition, and then COS Meadows got caught telling reporters when he thought he was off the record that the situation yesterday was very bad and still is touch and go.
What is the greater motivation at play here? Making him look like a big strong guy on the road to recovery or hoping for a sympathy angle/more dramatic recovery?
I saw a Tweet from someone that said “The Amy Coney Barrett nomination celebration” will be the gender reveal party that burns down the GOP.”
CG says
Also one that said that “Ruth Bader Ginsburg apparently won her case before G-d.”
To the best of my knowledge, my “new Secret Service codename is “Virtually Nobody” is an original.
CG says
If his vitals were truly in bad shape yesterday, imagine the effort it took for him to shave, put on a suit and do his hair (which is said to be a lengthy process) just to make a video and look strong going to the hospital. It wouldn’t have been safe for any aides to help him do all that. Maybe he made Melania help perhaps, but he was putting optics ahead of his own well-being. I am sure they could have put him in an unmarked car under ground and the White House and drove him to Walter Reed.
jamesb says
The WH departure was a show CG….
jamesb says
We’re talking about the President….
A President that is a serial liar
A C o Staff who goes along lying…
The doctor NOW understands that he HAS to try and be straight with the media which can and WILL question him and his actions….
Something he probably does not get on the regular…
CG says
The doctor seemed evasive as if he were speaking to an audience of one. For one thing, he said Trump was “slightly” overweight.
CG says
My goodness though, Trump’s staffers leak like crazy, and we are seeing it here today now. Meadows actually got caught doing it.They either have some angle or genuinely want to speak out against their boss.
jamesb says
Their boss is their meal ticket ,,..
jamesb says
Christie is now in the hospital …
He has always been grossly over weight…
My Name Is Jack says
He claims that he admitted himself(usually a doctor has to authorize your admittance ) and that it is strictly precautionary.( although we have been told that only people with severe problems should go to the hospital).
Christie apparently suffers from asthma (as do many people) and says that’s the reason for his hospitalization.He says he is having “mild” symptoms(that seemingly has become a meaningless word that simply indicates you are not on a ventilator ).
Who knows?
jamesb says
He does …..
Again …
he’s grossly over weight….
CG says
He was athletic built in college.
jamesb says
50 years ago CG….
CG says
A lot less than 50 years ago
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/andrewkaczynski/eights-photos-of-a-skinny-chris-christie
jamesb says
back in the day…
CG says
Looking at the link, according to some, Chris Christie’s High School yearbook caption contains at least 8 references to threesomes… and whatever the heck “BJ concerts with Rick means.”
Billy Joel perhaps?
CG says
They will have other bosses if they want them.
Plus, book deals, lobbying jobs, and tv pundit gigs pay a lot more than they are making now.
jamesb says
Slightly?🙄
CG says
All Trump Presidential campaign managers ever:
Roger Stone
Corey Lewandowski
Paul Manafort
Kellyanne Conway/Steve Bannon
Brad Pascale
Bill Stepien
Lewandowski, despite a brief assault misdemeanor case, looks like the only one thus far who has avoided conviction, indictment, Covid, or a mental hold.
Democratic Socialist Dave says
I’m sure that, as Republican Poli Sci graduate of SIU, Corey, you must be green with envy.
(On the other hand, I would expect that being Mitt Romney’s campaign manager would come as close as could have been possible to being your dream job. And I’m sure that had you been, ORCA would either have worked or never been adopted.)
jamesb says
Hence the tagging as a ‘criminal enterprise’
CG says
Perhaps the most brutal, yet still fair assessment yet:
https://twitter.com/jcredfearn/status/1312405719581429761
jamesb says
Famous don’t mean shit to the virus…
Just a guy who thinks the virus ain’t real finding out he’s WRONG
Democratic Socialist Dave says
My impression was that Donald Trump’s ambition is to collect dead presidents, and not to join them.
jamesb says
That’s why he’s in the hospital and not trying to be cool at home I guess…
CG says
I think there are many men who may be sick and also infected the wife who would prefer to be at the hospital and away from her during the time.
My Name Is Jack says
Boy you wouldn’t want to be one of Trumps doctors right now.
If anything bad happens to him,you are going to be blamed on all the conspiracy sites as well as all the Fox News shows.
jamesb says
No Shit….
jamesb says
Reid J. Epstein
@reidepstein
South Carolina Senate debate tonight: Jaime Harrison has a plexiglass shield. Lindsay Graham does not.
bdog says
A little Economic Reality…Yikes…
https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/3/21500538/regal-cineworld-theaters-shut-down-james-bond-us-uk
Now it is bad news for some, but creates a business opportunity for other companies when we come out of this whole thing….Instead of Taco Bell like in Judge Dredd we are all going to be going to Amazon movie theaters…
jamesb says
Ya CANNOT have large amount of people together like they have at some of college football games in America this weekend….
jamesb says
The Blogging Caesar has the EV’s @ Biden 319 and Trump 219…..
That’s about what I see as the final result…..
100 EV’s over Trump would be a hands down locked win for Biden…..
I think the popular vote will be +10M for Biden….
jamesb says
Morning …..
New national polling update will bring even more bad news for Trump….
This is NOT 2016…..
By a LONG shot….
My Name Is Jack says
Republican Senator Pat Toomey says he’d won’t run for re-election in 2022 ,nor will he run for Governor.
Toomey was considered the leading Republican candidate for the states top office.
Democratic Socialist Dave says
Pat Toomey, like Sean Spicer and Michael Flynn, is a Rhode Islander by birth.
But no Rhode Islander has received a national political party nomination higher than Vice-President on the 1900 Prohibition Party ticket (Henry Metcalf, John G, Woolley’s running-mate, coming in third with 1.5% of the vote against McKinley & Bryan.)
The sons and daughters of Florida, now far bigger and more pivotal than Rhode Island, have done little better.
jamesb says
Damn….
The White House has given New Jersey health officials a list of at least 206 people who may have been exposed to the coronavirus at a fundraiser event attended by President Trump in Bedminster last week, the state’s department of health tweeted Sunday.
Why it matters: The president has come under criticism for choosing to attend the event at the Trump National Golf Club on Thursday even after close aide Hope Hicks tested positive for the coronavirus.
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany told reporters Trump “socially distanced, it was an outdoor event and it was deemed safe by a White House operations for him to attend that event,” per ABC News.
What they’re saying: “The contact tracing process is ongoing. Attendees that are seeking a test should consider waiting at least 5-7 days from the event. While the risk is low, a negative test earlier than that time cannot definitively rule out that COVID-19 will not develop,” the New Jersey Health Department tweeted….
More…
(Bold by me)
jamesb says
Morning People….
jamesb says
Morning People….
Donald Trump is doing a good job of helping Joe Biden’s wining margin increase….
jamesb says
“A federal judge extended the voter registration deadline in Arizona from October 5 to October 23 on Monday, ruling in favor of two advocacy groups who sued to push the deadline back due to the coronavirus pandemic,” CBS News reports….
Politicalwire…
jamesb says
Bloomberg
@business
A federal appeals court agreed with Republicans that a ruling in Arizona went too far by giving voters five days after Election Day to correct missing signatures on mail-in ballots
jamesb says
Breaking….
There will be NO additional stimulus bill coming ….
Trump has advised he will NOT agree to one…
Pelosi and Mbuchin had be working on possible deal but Pelosi was adamant that MORE. money be forth coming for the unemployed and small business….
Trump has been under pressure fro conservative lawmakers to limit the size of the bill….
The Fed Chair want’s as much money as Pelosi can get and warns the button IS gonna fall out of the economy next spring….
My thoughts are that Trump only cares about the rich who are benefiting from the 2017 tax bill ….
The second part of the economy with jobless and business shut downs he don’t give a shit about…
In addition?
A bad economy will probably be Biden’s problem just Biden and Obama had in 2009….
This IS just about normal for Donald Trump who tend to fuck up everything….
The market , which has begun to realize that Biden IS gonna be savior , is down ….
Those who were waiting for Trump just got the reality check…
It’s gonna be a rough next 3 1/2 months….
jamesb says
Post on this coming tonight when things settle down…
Scott P says
By ending stimulus negotiations Trump is trying to fuck the entire Republican Party and it’s hilarious.
May they all go down with the sinking ship.
jamesb says
Eddie Van Halen, Virtuoso of the Rock Guitar, Dies at 65….
Scott P says
RIP Eddie Van Halen.
1984 was my 7th trade soundtrack.
CG says
Were you Hot for Teacher?
CG says
My earliest baseball memory from the summer of ’84 was watching this intro on tv for the Cubs games with “Jump” and the song was for many years associated with the team at Wrigley Field.
jamesb says
I believe there is a McSally/Kelly debate going on right now….
J. Miles Coleman
@JMilesColeman
Sen. McSally calls her opponent “Counterfeit Kelly” to his face, but he still addresses her by her formal title. Seems gimmicky and unbecoming of her. #azsen
Check the thread to the tweet for more ….
Democratic Socialist Dave says
Aren’t they both USAF veterans ?
jamesb says
Morning All…..
Another rock and roll day inAmerican national politics …
CG says
Rasmussen Reports now has Biden ahead of Trump 52-40.
Trump only getting 76% of Republicans.
jamesb says
DID THE POLL SAY ONLY 75% of Republicans??????????
Oh, Snap!
Jack is NOT gonna be happy!
That’s 20% DROP form 95%…
And from Rasmussen NO LESS????😱
jamesb says
Wait‼️
Political Polls
@Politics_Polls
National GE:
Biden 52% (+12)
Trump 40%
@Rasmussen_Poll
, LV, 9/30-10/6
https://rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2020/white_house_watch_oct07
…
jamesb says
There ARE a TON of polls that are dropping and Donald Trump is underwater now in state polls almost at national polls …..
This stays?
Trump is gonna be blown out….
We could have Biden at 340+ EV’s
Scott P says
New poll out of MO has Trump 50% Biden 48%
In the Governor’s race Parson 50%
Galloway 48%
Scott P says
Lots of polls showing the bottom falling out of Trump’s support among seniors.
That could be a huge part of the precipitous drop in GOP support that Rasmussen shows.
Rasmussen being who they are I’ll need to see other polls showing Trump losing one in four Republicans before I believe it
jamesb says
Ras is the last to show the post debate Trump drop off….
THAT IS real…..
And his stunts with the virus doesn’t seem to be helping his sick ass
jamesb says
Hmmmmm?
Henry J Gomez
NEW: It’s not just Iowa and Ohio. Trump also has scaled back TV ads significantly in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota — signaling a retreat from the Midwest….
What is going on????🤔
Has the Trump money dried up almost completely ?
Or are they waiting for the last week to saturate with ads?
bdog says
Money Problems for the Self-Made Billionaire…
jamesb says
Indeed…..
He even be broke?
Ah…Self Made????
Didn’t his daddy give he the ‘starry off’ money?
Democratic Socialist Dave says
Maybe he’s just following Hillary Clinton’s carefully planned funding and spending strategies from 2008 and 2016, also known as Go for Broke.
jamesb says
He, he, he
Or?
I’m BROKE?
jamesb says
Morning….
I told ya it’s just gonna get crazier as we wind down to the election date itself…
People ARE already voting while this dog and pony show is going on….
Democratic Socialist Dave says
You mean the dog-&-pony show that started (at latest) on 20 Jan. 2017?
jamesb says
Jim Sciutto
New: Supreme Court Justice Kagan denied GOP request to block a directive issued by Montana Governor Bullock to send mail-in ballots to all registered voters.
Kagan, who has jurisdiction over the lower court involved, turned down request w/o referring petition to her colleagues
(Don’t look good for GOPer suppression pleas to the Supreme’s)
jamesb says
Biden has tested negative for the virus again…
Trump’s people will NOIT reveal if he’s had a test since last weekend….
We have just found out that the doctor’s working on him last November where asked to sign non-disclosure forms in attention to federal patient privacy rules…
(This was corrected to the last Nov Trump visits and NOT ALL of the doctor’s signed off)
CG says
Trump is blaming getting the virus on Gold Star Families getting close to him and hugging him and kissing him. The way he talks about it sounds like the Billy Bush tape. He has to be projecting.
He met with these families on Sunday when a whole bunch of other people who have gotten sick seem to have gotten it on Saturday, so there he goes again blaming the military by association.
Democratic Socialist Dave says
Not only the military in general but the families of those who gave their lives (many heroically) for the country that they and Donald Trump shared.
No doubt — given the perverse vindictiveness and victimhood of this narcissist’s personality — Trump is transferring to these families the hatred that I’m sure still burns and festers in his twisted breast for a certain Gold Star family who addressed the 2016 Democratic convention.
CG says
He likely thinks less of them because they did not stop their children from joining the military instead of the pursuit of material wealth alone.
There is no doubt that he thinks his own supporters are indeed “disgusting” and he is going to be calling them that after the election. He choreographs he will do so at rallies.. “if I lose, I will be so mad at you people, I will never talk to you again, etc…”
Democratic Socialist Dave says
If CG (gotta be rock-and-roll-music) is still around, he’d appreciate these two videos (including Jay Siegel of The Tokens) of “The Liar Tweets Tonight”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkU1ob_lHCw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlZg-dObruo
and the Tokens’ original “In the Jungle”
jamesb says
Lion = Liar?
Democratic Socialist Dave says
Watch the clips (or at least their beginnings)
jamesb says
Morning All….
jamesb says
Biden +11 in Neb 2 CD new poll
Democratic Socialist Dave says
Donald Trump’s Platinum Plan for Black America: two views
Unqualified but very unspecific praise from the Robertsons’ CBN (Christian Broadcasting Network) — not even (as CBN does usually offer) a single or token mention of any criticism:
https://www1.cbn.com/content/real-meat-black-businessman-encourages-african-americans-embrace-trumps-economic-platinum
Searching — perhaps even scorching — criticism from Bloomberg News (which does discuss contrasting views)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-29/trump-shines-up-a-platinum-plan-for-black-voters
My question is why should Black America expect wonders from the next four years that haven’t happened in the last four years?
jamesb says
Black people are NOT gonna vote for Donald Trump is ANY substantial numbers no matter what the guy promises and won’t and can’t probably deliver …..
jamesb says
Trump was coughing and weak voiced during a radio interview yesterday….
White House spokesman Brian Morgenstern refuse to answer on MSNBC when asked six times when President Trump’s last negative coronavirus test was….
Politicalwire…
jamesb says
Damn!
Trump IS looking to resume gatherings at the White House?
jamesb says
Nate Silver
Repeating myself and others here, but the reason Lindsey Graham won’t get tested despite having been exposed to many COVID+ people is because if he reveals a positive test and has to quarantine the Amy Coney Barrett nomination could get scuttled. There is no other logical reason.