Get Angry, and Get Involved

New York Times ^ | By David Leonhardt

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Get Angry, and Get Involved

The midterm elections are the smart way to make your influence felt.

By David Leonhardt

Opinion Columnist

Oct. 7, 2018

If you’re not angry yet, you should be.

Let’s review: Decades ago, a businessman built a fortune thanks in large measure to financial fraud. His corrupt gains helped him become famous. He then launched a political career by repeatedly telling a racist lie, about the first black president secretly being an African.

This lie created an audience in right-wing media that made possible a presidential campaign. During that campaign, the candidate eagerly accepted — indeed, publicly sought — the illegal assistance of a foreign enemy. When national security officials raised alarm with Congress, before Election Day, leaders of the candidate’s party refused to act.

The foreign assistance appears to have been crucial to the candidate’s narrow victory. He won with only 46.1 percent of the popular vote, less than 16 losing candidates over the years had, including Mitt Romney, John Kerry, Williams Jennings Bryan and the little-remembered Horatio Seymour.

Having won, the new president filled a Supreme Court seat that his party had stolen with an unprecedented power grab. This weekend, the president finished filling a second seat, through a brutal, partisan process. During it, the president, himself an admitted sexual molester, mocked victims of abuse.

Together, the two new justices have cemented an extremist Republican majority on the Supreme Court. It has already begun acting as a kind of super-legislature, throwing out laws on voting rights, worker rights, consumer rights and political influence buying. Now, the court is poised to do much more to benefit the wealthy and powerful at the expense of most Americans — and the planet.

[Olog-hai]

The “tax evasion” fake story the Slimes “reported” last week.

[Popman]

Mr. Lionhardt has some serious mental issues...

He needs to be watched...

[Lakeshark]

How do they act angrier, or crazier, than they have been since November 2016?

[mfish13]

More Lies from the NYT.

[falcon99]

Leftist mental illness and out of touch with reality on full display.

[Olog-hai]

They’d have to abandon leftism to achieve sanity.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

His bra is on too tight.

[TADSLOS]

This lie created an audience in right-wing media that made possible a presidential campaign.

LMAO.

[Olog-hai]

Demonic inspiration?

[IC Ken]

Get Angry Get Involved

Burn down the Mew York Times.

[politicianslie]

We have talk radio and that is it.

That is NOT entirely true.

SOME of the FOX shows are truthful (but not all).

CRTV LINK

I am headed for a winter over destination and then I am going to subscribe for the free month to see how it works. There are lots of ads for CRTV on the internet but I have only seen the ads for it.

[HotHunt]

Well, at least this guy at the NYSlimes THINKS he has it all figured out.

When, if fact, he has missed the mark completely.

[RoseofTexas]

THE FAKE MEDIAPUKES ARE THE ENEMY OF AMERICANS!! They are VERY dangerous and need to be STOP!!

[Steve_Seattle]

So this idiot thinks millions of people voted for Trump because of his idle musings about where Obama was born? Dumb and dumber.

[Pollster1]

If you’re not angry yet, you should be.

Ever since 2009, with the socialist going farther beyond the constitutional limits on both executive and FedGov power than even his big government predecessors, we've been angry. Now that the Deep State is trying to overturn a free and fair election, engaging in sedition and even treason, we're even angrier. That's our secret that decent people - real Americans - are not successfully hiding. In this political climate, we're always angry. Delicate snowflakes would wet their panties if they saw just how angry we are.

[ExTxMarine]

These idiots can NOT actually believe this drivel, right?!?

Holy Jesus on a cracker - this is out of way, way Left field!!

[Jeff Chandler]

The estrogen is strong with this one

[MNJohnnie]

Thanks for the new tagline!

[MNJohnnie]

Hmm doesn’t seem to like ‘d so I will have to improvise

[MNJohnnie]

And once more to fix the misspelling