Posted on 05/31/2020 11:12:15 AM PDT by bitt
“For the president, the outcome could turn on the question of how much chaos is too much chaos.”
There is no question. Trump has risen to every occasion and this will be no different.
ehh - not really, presuming you’re talking about Katrina.
Yeah, the press successfully spun the story but Bush and the GOP never fought back and just let the leftists control the narrative. Yeah that may have affected the 2006 midterms but that’s just as much Bush’ and the GOPs fault but statistically there’s always a pull back in a 2nd term anyway.
2008 - was utterly and totally McCain’s to lose and lose he did.
(Y’know, the guy who the media and leftists said was going to bring slavery back to America while having the audacity to have a female running mate!)
In chaos there is opportunity. We will see which side grabs it and wins.
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Republican aren’t going to grab it by rushing to judgment to appease supporters of St. Floyd.
Goodwin’s not a leftist. He’s trying to describe the overall situation, so his article may not be as focused as you might like, but there’s a lot to say today. He’s much more pro-Trump than anti-Trump, and he’s right to point out that the president’s chances for reelection have changed in recent months.
The Democrat Party is a terrorist organization.
I read some posts elsewhere that suggested President Trump's hands are tied from using the military to stop the rioters because China would take it as permission to open up on Hong Kong protesters.
While I don't agree with the post's conclusion that the Antifa rioters are being sponsored by China for that very purpose, I do think it's a geopolitical consideration that is weighing heavily on Trump's mind.
If China can point to the United States using force to stop rioters from burning down American cities, China will point to us as justification for them to use similar force to put down Hong Kong protesters. Once they do that, it won't be long from them to move onto Taiwan, using the same justifications.
So, President Trump has to walk a tightrope regarding how he uses the National Guard and other military to stop the organized insurrection taking place in our cities. One thing he must do soon is get Pelosi and Schumer on the record taking a side. Hopefully, they will side with the people who want to put an end to the burning of our cities.
If the Democrats side with the President in putting down the riots, it will mitigate to some degree the ability of China to point to the United States as their justification. On the other hand, there is enough history with the Democrats to know that they would opportunistically support China's aggression against their own people just as quickly as they support President Trump's aggression to stop attacks on our own.
-PJ
There's not a single state that McLame carried in '08 that the Rats will carry this year.The question is...how will chaos play in those eight states that Trump carried and McLame didn't?
There is not 1 Republican in any of those riot..s.not ONE!
Anyone who votes DEMOCRAT in Novemebr DESERVes this chaos and CRAP,
Ok. The threats won’t stop until November 3. Beyond that I don’t know.
...the nation’s mood has shifted sharply in the last three months, with the pandemic roiling the political and economic landscape and giving Biden a fresh chance at victory...
I love the smell of BS in the morning.
Riots. Always by Demoncats. In demoncat areas
Always benefit republicans and law and order candidates.
The demoncats are hopelessly wed to being anti police and have to constantly try and create racial disharmony
A desperate terrorist organization.
Just think, they're resorting to blackmail to get people to vote for Biden.
Vote Biden or we won't leash our Antifa dogs.
When this stupidity of stay at home thing started and Trump stayed out of it, I lauded him as being intelligent enough to know that sometimes the best way to fight a blind man is to stay out of the way. He did that and now, as expected, the chickens are coming home to roost, or is it roast?
Back on March 13, the president declared an emergency for COVID-19 under Section 501(b) of the Stafford Act, pledging $50 billion in unspecified aid in the ongoing COVID-19 response efforts. He did this to free up the money, not to take control of the state or its populous. So he did not declare a stay at home ORDER because he can’t.
He can declare martial law under Article 1, section 9 of the Constitution, but that required an invasion of armies that are going to harm the public. He can suggest a stay at home order, but can’t enforce it. Martial law would constitute a seizing of moneys, businesses, and transactions within the state.
Governors can declare a stay at home for the public safety as they determine it based upon all states having a clause for public safety over rides by the state.
So he has quietly sat back and waited for the internal state violence to start because they caged up the people until something set them off. Now they don’t have any idea how to handle it and stay clean.
The governor can call the National Guard into action during local or statewide emergencies, such as storms, fires, earthquakes or civil disturbances. However the National Guard will not be used to enforce martial law, says its leader. ... Last week, President Donald Trump ordered Guard troops in New York, California and Washington be placed under Title 32 status, meaning states maintain control, but the federal government picks up the tab.
Guard members may also be ordered to active duty solely by command of their state’s governor. This is known as “State Active Duty” or “State Call Up” and generally is in response to state-level disasters. When ordered to State Active Duty or Title 32 orders, Guard members may be granted the ability to act in a law enforcement capacity; this is prohibited when they are activated under Title 10 unless authorized by Congress.
When activated by state government, Guard members are state employees, not federal employees, and their pay and benefits are determined by state law. They are not eligible for federal benefits. And that’s the problem with the states...they would have to foot the bill while they are still trying to figure out how to stop something they created.
Trump was brilliant in this. Something about you’ve made your bed, now lie on it.
rwood
Let loose the terrorist dogs then, because I am not voting for a swiss cheese brain, dripping diaper wearing pedophile.
The Democrat Party/Left is “all in” on their bet they can “fundamentally transform the United States of America”. This is not a “bluff” and it will do no good to call them on it. We simply must not just defeat, but crush the Democrat Party/Left with whatever it takes. Our only alternative is to accept the totalitarian government we’ve observed first-hand over the past 10 weeks in nearly every Democrat Party/Left-run state.
In May of 68 France was rocked by riots, strikes , and chaos. The students, workers, socialist, and commies seemed on the verge of toppling deGaulle. deGaulle went on TV dissolved Parliament. Called for new elections. Ordered strikes to end. And ended his address with
“Francais et Francaises, aidez moi. Vive la France! Vive le Cinquieme Republique!” One million Frenchmen came into the streets of Paris waving Le Tricoleur and singing Le Marseillaise. The May Revolution was over.
President Trump may need a deGaulle moment.
People are THAT stupid.
And plenty of college educated idiots...are out there.
I've worked with a few....And known a few.
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