What Republicans do

[Classic-Xer]

(10-22-2017, 12:46 PM)pbrower2a Wrote:

(10-22-2017, 10:39 AM)David Horn Wrote:

(10-21-2017, 04:44 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote: ... It's true that Puerto Rico is not located within the continental US like the State of Florida and Texas and getting resources to them by air and sea is going to be harder for them than us, so to speak. Who is running Puerto Rico these days? Democrats or Republicans? You'd think a blue colony affiliated with blue America and all the blue American money that it has, would have all the resources ( big government institutions and systems and stock piles of necessities) in place that it would need to deal with a few nasty hurricanes during a hurricane season.

Yawn, same liberal shit about Trump, just a  different day.

You miss the point.  Yes, results matter, but so does effort.  Trump blew-off the entire Puerto Rico hurricane disaster as  not so important, then he dissed the Puerto Ricans for wanting everything handed to them (unlike the Texans and Floridians who got it without asking).

Trump is about as subtle as a Mack truck.  When he gets praised or dissed, it's pretty easy to see why.]

Indeed. If the President is decent enough he will even interrupt a political campaign to deal with an approaching hurricane, even with political leaders of the other Party. He won't seek praise while the his role in meeting the menace is over. To be sure, Americans generally take competence in meeting disasters for granted, so there isn't much political gain from dealing well with even an earthquake or tornado for which there is no warning. Obama well handled a monster tornado in Joplin, Missouri... and he still lost Missouri in 2012.

Donald Trump is an addict for praise. If he doesn't get it from objective third parties he will arrange for flunkies or give it to himself.

I don't remember the tornado that hit Joplin, Missouri. I do remember a hurricane that hit New Jersey.