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(01-23-2017, 12:14 AM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:

(01-22-2017, 05:24 PM)TnT Wrote: Did you catch Kelly Ann's commentary on Sean Spicer's trainwreck?

She called what he said, "Alternate Facts"

We are truly in a world of trouble with this bunch.  I'm torn between hoping for two years of disaster followed by voting the whole gang out of office in the House, and hoping that too much damage is not done.  The latter could result in having to watch this lunatic and his bootlickers for a whole four years.

There are any number of words used to describe Trump by those who dislike him.  I distrust two of them, 'fascist' and 'demagogue'.  They don't seem telling to me, though I'm not inclined at this point to argue against them.

I keep coming back to 'narcissist'.  He has a high opinion of himself and reacts poorly to those who disturb that self image.  Thus, he'll try to do things that he hasn't the skills to achieve while attacking and demeaning those who tarnish his exaggerated self image.

After the smear campaigns directed at Obama and Hillary, the press isn't going to coddle his self image.  The old tradition of coddling the president, of hiding his flaws, is long gone.  If he shows a flaw or a lie, they'll be on it.  Meanwhile, I can see Congress splitting three ways.  There are Republicans who will be trying to ride Tea Party coat tails, and there will be the Establishment corporate types, and...  Isn't there another group?  There might be a potential to make two of the three happy with him, but I'm not sure he has the people skills to pull it off.

I'm still dubious, but enough other people here are predicting doom and gloom that I don't feel the need to join them yet.

Well, I wouldn't underestimate his ability to get things done behind the scenes. Plus, he seems to be able to easily bait/ upset biased professionals with careless tweets and disrupt/mess up an entire news day at CNN. You guys should be familiar with the tactics that he's using against a biased group of people who are supposed to be fair and objective. I don't know who has the higher opinion of them self, Donald Trump or the liberal press.