Tuesday, September 29, 2020

Live Blogging First Trump-Biden Presidential Debate w/Update


 President Donald Trump      Former Vice President 
                                                              Joe Biden 

8:30 P.M. About 30 minutes from the time we type these words. President Donald Trump and Former Vice President Joe Biden will meet at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, for the first of three scheduled Presidential debates. As much as we are all sorely tempted to skip tonight’s debate. We have decided to watch the debate so that you don’t have to. In order to stay sober we have decided only to drink if Trump doesn’t brag about himself during the debate. Needless to say we are going to be sober. Like our good friend Paul Ogden wrote earlier today we do not think that the debate is going to move the needle one way or another. None of us are going to vote for either Biden or Trump. That being said all Biden has to do is appear semi coherent and he will do well enough. 

8:40 P.M. Trump’s biggest mistake has been to keep lowering the expectations for Biden, while raising expectations for himself to an unrealistic level. So unless Biden both fails Bigly and Trump really does great. At the end of the night chances are Trump will wind up looking like Superman failing to fly. Buckle up friends! This is going to be messed up! See you all in about 20 minutes.

9:03 P.M. The debate moderator Chris Wallace is giving the introduction to the debate. Wallace is outlining the format of the debate. Wallace has picked the topics and questions. None of the questions have been shared with the Debate Commission.

9:05 P.M. Candidate’s asked about the Supreme Court. Trump so far has outlined his case for nominating Barrett to the Court. Trump so far handled himself okay. Biden is reasonably outlining his case against voting on Barrett to the Supreme Court before the election. Biden claiming that Barrett getting on the court will damage the Affordable Care Act. Trump and Biden are starting to have arguments over the ACA. 

9:12 P.M. Trump tried to accuse Biden of being an extreme socialist. And saying that “Your, party will control you.” Biden says “I am the Democratic Party”. Good answer by Biden.

9:14 P.M. Wallace is grilling Trump about his lack of an alternative to Obamacare. Trump trying without success to argue with Wallace. Our gut reaction so far is Trump will keep losing it, and Wallace keeps trying to get Trump on point. Biden even though we disagree with him is keeping his cool. He is coming across as likable and sane. 

9:17 P.M. Trump is still flailing around like a caged animal accusing Biden of being a Bernie Sanders clone. Biden points out that he beat Bernie Sanders. 

9:19 P.M. Biden points out that Trump has no idea what he is talking about. Biden sidesteps the question about whether he will expand the Supreme Court or support eliminating the filibuster in the Senate. Trump had a good opportunity to critique Biden. But he starts rambling and runs down the clock on this debate topic. And has not only failed to land a punch on Biden, but shot himself in both feet.

9:24 P.M. Biden criticizes Trump’s handling of COVID. He suggests that Trump get out of his bunker and golf cart and deal with the issue.

9:25 P.M. Trump is having a hard time not interrupting Biden and Wallace. Biden says he is pro vaccine but doesn’t trust Trump to handle the issue.

9:28 P.M. Our impressions so far is that Biden is keeping his cool, hitting Trump back effectively. Trump so far has only succeeded in not removing the lemur pelt off his head.

9:32 P.M. Trump gets testy and tells Biden not to use the word smart with him. Biden shrugs him off. 

9:35 P.M. Trump is bragging about the size of his outdoor rallies. We are surprised he hasn’t said the rallies are YUGE. 

9:41 P.M. Trump claims that he built the greatest economy ever. Accuses Biden of just wanting endless shutdowns. Biden hits Trump over job losses during his administration. 

9:46 P.M. Wallace asked Trump if he paid $750 in taxes in 2016-2017. Trump is claiming he paid millions in taxes those years. Biden keeps asking Trump to release his tax returns. Trump keeps saying that he will release them “when they are ready”.

9:52 P.M. Wallace apologizes for raising voice to get Trump and Biden to not interrupt each other. Wallace is going to get roasted on Twitter by Trump no doubt. Especially after Wallace told the President has interrupted more than Vice President Biden has.

9:57 P.M. Trump is accusing Biden of being against Law and Order. Says Biden cannot says law enforcement or he will lose his radical left support. Biden answers by saying law enforcement and vows to work with police and the public to support law and order. Biden also hits back by saying that rioting and looting are never acceptable. 

10:01 P.M. Biden continues to emphasize his Irish Catholic heritage and his upbringing in Scranton, PA. Biden also just said Law and Order. 

10:04 P.M. Trump says that Biden won’t say law and order. Despite the fact Biden just said it three minutes. Biden also said to Trump: “You wouldn’t know the suburbs unless you got lost on the highway.” Biden says he opposes defunding the police. Trump tried to hit him over this issue. But once again wastes time ranting against Biden and fails to land a blow. 

10:10 P.M. At this point if we were Chris Wallace, after dealing with all the interruptions from Trump we would tell him: “Look Motherfucker when we say stop talking, you shut up.”

10:14 P.M. Biden accuses Trump of being “Putin’s Puppy”, Trump gets upset and has to be chastised again by Wallace. Biden argues he will be strong on national defense. Says Trump is weak. Points out the military service in his family.

10:18 P.M. Trump is not doing to badly on discussing the need for forest management. He is undercut though by the fact he has been President for three years and why hasn’t he done anything about it. 

10:25 P.M. Although we are not on board with Biden’s Green Agenda, but his softer tone of voice would seem to be more persuasive to undecided voters. Biden mentions Trump suggested dropping a nuke into a hurricane. Biden insists that his plan is not the Green New Deal. He supports the Biden Plan.

10:27 P.M. Both candidates asked how confident in the integrity of the election and what will they do to help ensure a fair and free election. Biden says he encourages people to vote, will work to have enough poll watchers at the polls. He criticizes Trump for opposing voting by mail even though Trump votes by mail. Says he will accept the results of the election. Trump whines claiming there hasn’t been a free transition from when he was elected. Good Lord, Donald! You have been in office three years! Can you stop whining already! 

10:33 P.M. Trump says they are urging his supporters to watch what is going on with the election. Continues to say that there will be massive voter fraud. Biden has said that he will accept the results of the election and so will President Trump. 

10:38 P.M. Debate has ended. Thank You God!!!





















Friday, September 25, 2020

Lindsey Graham’s Pathetic Pleas for Money w/Update

Just when we thought 2020 couldn’t get any weirder South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham decided to add his own brand of crazy to the mix. Twice yesterday first on Fox News Thursday and then later on Hannity. Senator Graham complained that he was being out raised and outspent by his Democratic opponent Jaime Harrison. According to The Hill Graham said:

 "My opponent will raise $100 million in the state of South Carolina,” Graham said. “The most money ever spent in the history of the state on a Senate race in this state was by me in 2014 when I spent $13 million.”

“I'm being killed financially. This money is because they hate my guts.”

The article for The Hill by J. Edward Moreno does point out there is some confusion as to why exactly Senator Graham thinks he is getting killed financially based off his most recent campaign filings:

It wasn’t immediately clear what figure Graham was referring to, given that Harrison has raised just over $28 million as of the last Federal Election Commission filings in June, compared to Graham’s $29 million. 

We agree with Moreno that on paper it wouldn’t make much sense to claim he is getting crushed by his opponent money wise. Our own conclusion is that Graham’s campaign is in some kind of financial trouble. And/or Graham is concerned with some justification that he could lose his re-election bid this year. Our guess is that it’s a combination of both. If his going on TV and pleading for money is his idea of helping his campaign. It only serves to make him look weak and like an establishment politician desperate to cling to power. Graham’s attitude reminds us all of Senator Lugar’s ill fated attempt to hold onto his seat back in 2012. We will post a link to some videos of Graham’s tv appearances from yesterday and let you be the judge of his behavior. Have a great weekend everyone and please remember that politics is only part of life, it’s not the most important part. 




UPDATE: The Lincoln Project has just tweeted out a very funny video about Lindsey Graham’s financial woes. Despite some disagreements with The Lincoln Project at times, this video is funny as hell and if Graham loses this video will certainly help. We personally don’t want a Democrat run Senate, but our primary goal is to take out the Judas’s of the GOP like Graham. If that means we have to muddle through a few years of a Democratic Senate so be it.


Friday, September 18, 2020

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Dies at 87


Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg 

We were all sorry to hear that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has just passed away at age 87. Politico’s David Cohen and Josh Gerstein have some more details:

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, an accomplished advocate against gender discrimination who became one of the most revered justices in U.S. Supreme Court history, has died of complications related to pancreatic cancer. She was 87.

Only the second woman to serve on the Supreme Court, Ginsburg wrote some of the Supreme Court’s most notable opinions on gender discrimination, including the majority opinion in United States v. Virginia, a 1996 case which opened the Virginia Military Institute to women.

Although Justice Ginsburg and us often had sharp political and legal differences, we always respected there dedication to the bench. What is especially upsetting to all of us is that her death has already started a political uproar over who should replace her during an already tumultuous political atmosphere. Let’s do what we can to keep an even keel. RIP Justice Ginsburg.

Tuesday, September 15, 2020

Self Proclaimed Satanist Wins NH GOP County Sheriff Primary

Well folks we have seen a peanut stand, we have listened to rubber bands, we have even seen an elephant fly. And now we are witnesses to something that is truly shocking. The Hill’s J Edward Moreno reports that

Aria DiMezzo, a self-described “transsexual Satanist anarchist,” won the Republican primary for sheriff in Cheshire County, N.H. last week. 

According to Moreno’s article DiMezzo is running for Cheshire County Sheriff on a platform of “FUCK THE POLICE”. Moreno also writes:

(DiMezzo) noted in a Friday blog post that they “couldn’t possibly have been more upfront about who I am, or my position on things.” DiMezzo said  “( the voters were) completely and totally oblivious about who they are voting for.” Some 4,000 people cast votes for DiMezzo in the Sept. 8 primary.

As devout the Christians we are at this blog, we must confess more than a little unease at an avowed Satanist possibly getting elected to a law enforcement position. But to DiMezzo’s credit they actually make some very interesting and good points about the sad state of politics today.

Here is part of a statement by DiMezzo outlining their views of politics:

"I’m running for sheriff because I oppose that very system, and the sheriff has the most hands-on ability in Cheshire County to oppose that system,” DiMezzo said. “The system that let you down by allowing me – the freaking transsexual Satanist anarchist – be your sheriff candidate is the same system I’m attacking. I’m sorry, and I know it hurts to hear, but that system is a lie.”

“The entire thing is a lie. It’s broken from beginning to end," they continued, "and my existence as your sheriff candidate is merely how this reality was thrown into your face.”

We have to admit as messed up as DiMezzo is they are spot on in pointing out how broken modern politics is. We are actually slightly tempted to endorse DiMezzo for Cheshire County Sheriff. We just cannot quite do so. Although in their defense if they actually have experience with Satan, then they are better prepared to serve in elected office than most of us! If anyone is interested there is this interesting interview with Aria DiMezzo on YouTube. Enjoy!


Interview with Transexual, Satanist, Anarchist Republican Aria DiMezzo