Generational Dynamics World View

[Bob Butler 54]

(11-11-2020, 04:23 PM)John J. Xenakis Wrote:

(11-11-2020, 01:43 PM)David Horn Wrote: Sleazy John, but ignoring the obvious conspiracy nonsense, let's actually talk about the real issues. For someone who prides himself on international savvy, you should be ashamed of this comment.  The money is the least of the worries.  What they need are in-briefs, parallel briefing to the President's Daily Brief included, access to SCIFs, and advance background checking on future members of administration.  We're the world's #1 superpower, and not having an administration ready to go at all times is, frankly, criminal. If you doubt it, read the After Action Report on 9/11.

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As rational response as I have come to expect from you.

(11-11-2020, 04:23 PM)John J. Xenakis Wrote: The Democrats created a mess, and now, as usual, it falls to the Republicans to clean up the Democrats' huge mess.  Having to clean up the Democrats' mess is going to lengthen the transition period.  That's why the transition is being delayed.

I see it as very much the reverse.  Republicans are fond of Voodoo Economics, stimulating in good times and bad.  This gives them a couple of good terms, but results in the inevitable collapse.  It came in the form of "It's the economy stupid" and the Great Recession.  This was likely the primary reason for the unravelling see saw, a constant switch between parties, as you need a responsible party to straighten out the mess before you make the same old mistake again.

(11-11-2020, 04:23 PM)John J. Xenakis Wrote: One more thing.  I used to talk about the vitriolic hatred that you Democrats had for the 60 million tea partiers, which turned into vitriolic hatred for 63 million Trump supporters.  Well, now it's 71 million furious Trump supporters.  I've heard reports that there are
plans to organize those 71 million people into a new political movement next year, with Trump leading the way.  That should please you, because you'll have so much more to hate.

With an administration of con men and the Attorney General of New York laying in wait, I am curious as to whether Trump will go the pardon and flee the country route, or the keep it going with a media show route.  The Republicans as a whole are keeping their obstructionist ways going.  Keeping a loser no longer in chief holding their base hostage, it would remove a challenge to the Democrats.  We will see.  

I do see the possibility that Biden will not be the 46th president.  Trump could resign and have Pence pardon him to avoid the self pardon admission of guilt.

I didn’t hate the Tea Party.  The Republican for a while were ahead of the Democrats in rejecting their establishment.  They started out moving in the right direction.  Unfortunately, they fell in love sequentially with Palin then Trump.  In falling in love with the biggest alligator in the swamp, they reunited with the elites and establishment.  These have so discredited themselves that I do not fear them that much.  I almost hope Trump manages to keep the Republican base on an obsolete and discredited world view.

We will see if the base comes out on top of the Republican heap.  I would anticipate that the old values collapse in the crisis turning.  They always have.  Going with loyalty to Trump seems a step in that direction.