US Politics, August 2018: There must be something wrong, please recheck that poll!

I guess the Qanon upside is that these people will probably think that the Democrat who beats Trump in 2020 is actually his hand-picked successor who will fill in Medvedyev-style until Trump is done scuba diving into underwater pedo-domes with a huge lance

An interesting article:

Nobody's Neutral About Trump's Job Performance

xpost Let us very subtly encourage that belief. Perhaps by vociferously denying it while soaked in sweat and looking around nervously.

Not true. He's desperate to be seen as broadly loved. He denies his own unpopularity with every fiber of his being.

This is why I -- foolishly, I now see -- thought there was some chance Trump would buck GOP orthodoxy and actually spend federal money generously on the great mass of Americans of moderate means. But now I see that what really drives him isn't the love of people who are authentically grateful to him, it's the love of the servant who ostentatiously bows and scrapes and pretends to marvel at his benevolence. The more CEOs and GOP pols debase themselves, the more they get what they want, and, unlike normal people, CEOs and GOP pols have very little limit on how much they're willing to debase themselves in order to get what they want.

He's desperate to be seen as broadly loved
what difference does that make if he's not willing to enact policies or really say or do anything which would help him achieve that goal

seriously if he didn't hold both titles of the world's dumbest and laziest man he could have an approval rating over 45.

The approval ratings polls really cry out for likert scaling in these times

lotta 1s and 5s there

I think eephus is otm here

Trump definitely wants to be broadly loved, and has walled himself off into a reality where he is (see his "wow, I'm more popular than Honest Abe!" tweet). But his other base impulse is showing up the haters and losers, and that's the grievance that keeps his pathetic little heart ticking. Like his one true governing principle is "the opposite of what Obama did"

oh man remember when the pundit wisdom was that he was going to be rolling out popular share-the-wealth chicken-in-every-pot schemes any minute now? tbf it's still infrastructure week so anything could happen.

xxp
"On a scale of 1 (actual Hitler) to 5 (actual Christ) how would you rate the job performance of Donald J. Trump?

"On a scale of 1 (wouldn't trust him if he said it was raining and I was literally drowning in floodwaters) to 5 (I have given up my current children and the rights to any future children for him to adopt) how trustworthy would you rate Donald J. Trump?

"On a scale of 1 (wouldn't let him run a lemonade stand) to 5 (invested heavily as junior partners in Trump Industries) how would you rate Donald J. Trump's handling of the economy?

"On a scale of 1 (he is a Manchurian sleeper agent for Russia bent on world destruction) to 5 (he is a god-warrior savior here to rescue America from global elites) how would you rank Donald J. Trump's handling of foreign policy?"

This is why I -- foolishly, I now see -- thought there was some chance Trump would buck GOP orthodoxy and actually spend federal money generously on the great mass of Americans of moderate means. But now I see that what really drives him isn't the love of people who are authentically grateful to him, it's the love of the servant who ostentatiously bows and scrapes and pretends to marvel at his benevolence. The more CEOs and GOP pols debase themselves, the more they get what they want, and, unlike normal people, CEOs and GOP pols have very little limit on how much they're willing to debase themselves in order to get what they want.

― Guayaquil (eephus!),

most OTM post of this young month

He's desperate to be seen as broadly loved
what difference does that make if he's not willing to enact policies or really say or do anything which would help him achieve that goal

Do? He doesn't need to do anything other than hold rallies. If his popularity with the not-already-on-board dips, he can just hold another rally and get reenergized by the adulation of the MAGAmaniacs.

Eventually his schedule will be 100% rallies.

Eventually his schedule will be 100% rallies.

Best possible outcome for the country.

um when would he have time for golf then

Golf rallies

make America golf again

the sole bright side of this qanon shit is that you could probably troll one of them really hard by pronouncing it like "canon"

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/400053-ivanka-i-dont-think-the-media-is-the-enemy-of-the-people

"Wow! LITTLE IVANKITA TRUMP thinks the witchhunting, lying media is a-ok, despite the bias and lies! Not good.

I would hope she'd change her tune if she wants to be included in my will! SAD!"

Right, because the actual enemy of the people would be that shoggoth who infected you with his genetic taint.

(Addressed to Shoggotha Trump, obvs.)

lol @ "Shoggotha"

take it to good names for daughters

Eventually his schedule will be 100% rallies.

we're basically a month away.. after labor day the midterms-2020 primaries deluge will begin, and if 2016 is any example, will end sometime in 2022.

After we invade Venezuela for getting Bernie elected

Ivanka is such a garbage person and I really hope no one is duped by her once daddy's out of office

holy shit
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/399858-poll-senate-race-between-cruz-orourke-a-dead-heat

this was the only obama non-endorsement that puzzled me, given how movable the needle is there

Its gotten to that when people post a Trumptweet - I cant tell if its real or fake - the real ones seem as ridiculous as the mocking ones

xp that surprised me too, although his office did make a statement that they would be putting out a second round of endorsements at some point

Here, on the correct thread:

I have some friends who aren’t voting for Ben Jealous because one of them sat opposite BJ and his much younger girlfriend on a train and had to put up with the pair making out across from him for almost the whole journey.

jealous?

Go Beto! You have my vote!

Was driving around earlier today and realized I really need a lawn sign.

this was the only obama non-endorsement that puzzled me, given how movable the needle is there

Idk why anyone is surprised by O not getting behind progressives

is beto more progressive that the ppl he endorsed?

I've heard he might think an Obama endorsement would a TX candidate

argh sorry I got my wires crossed and thought katherine was referring to Jealous, who I understand is pretty lefty by Dem standards. Idk about Beto. xp

he's leftier than Ted fucking Cruz

^^ but oh let's def let the perfect be the enemy of the good

guys I literally meant I don't know anything about him lol I was not expressing an opinion

He seems fairly(?) moderate and yeah, he probably doesn’t want an Obama endorsement rn.

There hasn't been a democratic senator in Texas in 30 years

no one on the planet deserves to lose their job more than Ted Cruz

no one on the planet deserves to lose their jobhead more than Ted Cruz

I can think of one guy

Hed Luz

Has anyone tried pouring salt on Cruz? Seems like that might do some legit damage.

fwiw i see beto stuff everywhere in SA and ted cruz stuff almost nowhere but it's early so u know

"not the zodiac killer lucifer in the flesh guy" seems like a fairly obvious route of endorsement but what do I know

Ted does his PR via fax