I was watching the local news earlier whilst doing laundry. Watervliet, you see, has two laundromats within a short distance of each other that have flat screen televisions to provide some form of entertainment, if ya will. Anyway, the anchor teased a piece on possible Democratic presidential candidates in 2020, and who should appear in the video?
Yep, nobody's favorite candidate, Hillary Clinton.
Apparently, Swillary hasn't taken the hint yet that America doesn't want her in the White House ever again. She brought too much baggage with her last time, and the power brokers in the Democratic party dug their own grave by arranging it so she, and not a more deserving Bernie Sanders, would run against a still clueless political neophyte in Donald Trump, who pulled what amounted to an upset, while giving some voters cause to reach for the Pepto-Bismol (and they still do, halfway through his term).
What the Democrats need is a more credible candidate without the baggage. That should be a reality show all by itself.
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Speaking of the President, doesn't it seem as though he comes off more like a child than usual, forcing a partial shutdown of the government because he's not getting his precious border wall? Yep. He's not backing off his demand for $5 billion in government funding for the wall. The Democrats, led by New York's own Chuck Schumer, are willing to put up just under $2 billion, but to tighten pre-existing security. A wall is not the answer, and never has been.
If Trump thinks he can build the US' answer to the Great Wall of China, he is more out of touch than we thought. Instead of sending him to jail after his term ends, he's bound for the nearest insane asylum......
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Closer to home, Troy City Council President Carmella Mantello, arrested for DUI on December 26, provided an object lesson that President Manchild should be paying attention to, but won't.
Ms. Mantello, you see, is owning her situation. She pled guilty on January 3, and has had her driver's license suspended until April. She's agreed to take classes to learn from her mistakes. She made the usual apology to the hometown she let down in the press before sentencing. By taking ownership of her mistakes, she's put herself a few flights above Trump in the common sense department. She's up for re-election in November, and you wonder if the voters will remember any of this by then.
Would that a certain education administrator in town would also learn from this, and stop his own Trumpian behavior as it relates to El Cheapo Media and Troy High.
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Why Hillary even bothers is beyond me. You're right in that she's damaged goods. Trump won IMO, less that she was an undesirable candidate (though she was), than people being tired of the same old political grandstanding. Trump talked like one of the people, not a polished politico. I don't agree with everything he does, but he doesn't get nearly the amount of credit he deserves. He's done more in 2 years than most recent presidents have in 40 years! The fact that the wall is on the table is an example - and Congress is the problem. Remember that when Obama was in power, those in charge had no problem passing a bill to repeal Obamacare and building a wall at the border - they knew Obama would veto it. But with a president willing to sign, they couldn't get one to land on his Oval Office desk!
The Wall issue is a classic debate - with Trump knowing who has the upper hand (psst! It's not Pelosi or Chuck the Shmuck!). The Dems want a consistent flow of potential Dem voters and that's a big reason why they claim a wall is unnecessary. Keep in mind that these people (I include Repubs in this too) live behind walls themselves. They have armed security and gated communities to protect them from the things the rest of us must fight against every day. Their kids don't go to the schools these migrant's offspring attend. They don't have to deal with real world problems like you and me. We are victims of their insanity spawned social experiments while their lives continue to be charmed. You think Pelosi and Feinstein have to dodge poop piles in SF? Hell no!
Walls work. If anyone doesn't believe me, just remove your front door. Let me know of your findings. ;o)
Seems Trump is over-reaching when he demands $5 billion-plus for his precious wall. He's catering to the same voter base of disenfranchised, disillusioned folks that won him the election. Problem is, the media chooses to portray him as a 70-something man-child who throws tantrums when he doesn't get his way.
Here's a thought. He thinks running this country is like one of his business holdings. The truth is, it isn't. He's not equipped for this sort of thing, and his persistent blustering and bloviating already has cast him as an even worse president than Andrew Johnson, and that was several lifetimes ago.
This just in: While Trump has chosen to remain in DC and continue his efforts to end the shutdown showdown, Nancy Pelosi decided to go to Puerto Rico and watch a performance of Hamilton with Lin Manuel Miranda.
Of course that was after her trip to Hawaii when the shutdown more or less began. She had a nice tan!
Tell me again who the problem child is.......
Seems they both are. Trump is trying to improve his image, but it needs more than just cosmetic work.
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