Today marks the beginning of the last week of the 2020 campaign. The candidates are making their closing arguments to voters. The Biden campaign has announced that it will dispatch vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris to campaign in Texas on Friday, suggesting that it thinks Texas is in play. Since the 2016 election, Texas has gained at least 2 million emigrants from other states, many of them Democrats. About 800,000 Latinx Americans have turned 18. More than 3 million Texans have registered to vote for the first time. Democrats are pouring money into the state, money the strapped Trump campaign can’t match.
A friend pointed out that these were your inspirational closing thoughts for your history and politics conversation yesterday, HCR. I thought that I would post them here, in case any of this wonderful community missed them -- as I had.
"Somebody asked me to tell you it's going to be ok. I can't tell you it's going to be ok, because I'm a prophet of the past - not of the future. But I can tell you this. What Donald Trump and the Republicans want is for you to think you are not powerful. They want to think it's a done deal. They want you to think you have to do whatever they say. And the truth is they know that they are hideously outnumbered. They would not have to gerrymander the states. They would not have to steal elections. They would not have to suppress the vote. They would not have to pack the Supreme Court if they didn't know that there are far more of us than there are of them.
"I would urge you not to despair at all, but rather to recognize that the future really does belong to us. And when you think about that, and I know everyone is scared, especially since we are all stuck at home, and we can't spend time with people that think like us and all that, but we are really powerful. Just the number of people who follow me on FaceBook alone - we are almost up to a million people, and you all have family members and friends. That right there is a lot of people, and you know we are a good community. And here's the news flash. The people who are trying to take America into an oligarchy, which is what I believe they are doing, are powerful people, and they are gaming the system in a lot of ways, it's true.
"But I promise you, there are not the kind of numbers on their team that there are on those of us who want to see a democracy in which every person is equal before the law, and every person has equality of access to resources and equality of opportunity. THAT is the American dream. And the guy I learned that from was Abraham Lincoln. And I've still got to believe that that is still the vision of America that is going to take us into the future."
~Heather Cox Richardson, History & Politics Chat, 10/27/20
I laughed out loud at the papers disappearing! What school teacher wouldn’t?! Maybe the dog ate his homework.
Hey Nicklaus! Colonial wants their plaid jacket back! Jerk!
I see more stirrings of Biden/Harris around Ft Worth, TX, as time marches to Decision 2020. Bumper stickers, yard signs, people talking. Still long lines at the early voting polls! Can I dare to hope?!
Thanks for highlighting the coldness of the Pence campaign's response to the Covid surges...tone-deaf doesn't touch it. To focus on Pence's well-being when so many are suffering that the system can't handle any more...clear as a bell, these guys do not care how you're doing. I so hope that message sinks in. Farther.
“ Meanwhile, with no verification and dubious origins, the story of Hunter Biden’s laptop is dying, and likely will have little of the impact for which Trump was clearly hoping. ”
Not true, unfortunately. I am surrounded by Trump supporters. They all believe this and still believe the Hillary email garbage. They also believe Biden is a rapist and Trump isn’t. They also want States responsible for everything and Federal for very little. They want each State to be little countries.
I wish America could have an Ebenezer Scrooge or It’s a Wonderful Life moment and live the life they generate through Trump’s win but through Trump’s victims perspectives.
There is a wonderful metaphore in Trump's supporters being left shivering in the dark. I wonder if any of them had an epiphany illuminating what Trump has been doing to them from the start.
Sadly, I doubt it. One would like to ask some of them if they still believe the Trump campaign/administration can organize a government after failing to organize the transportation of a few hundred people.
Does herd stupidity work the same as herd immunity?
When this nightmare is over, academics will sift through the evidence left and many learned articles, essays, books, and advanced degree theses, (rhymes with...) will be produced. As many of them will be authored by students of abnormal psychology as by students of history and political science. Some will focus on Trump, others will focus on his mob.
As a Vermonter, or more correctly, a VT resident -- as I wasn't born here, nor do I have several famlial generations of Vermonters to back my claim -- it gives me great pleasure, in the wee hours of this morning, to say: So there, Justice Kavanaugh! Let's see how many more faux pas you'll be making in a position which should never have been conferred upon you.
"'Justice Kavanaugh is incorrect about Vermont here while upending Wisconsin voting one week from the election. We held to an Election Day ballot receipt deadline because of the other changes we made — all voters had a ballot and prepaid return envelope in hand 30 DAYS before the election,' the Vermont Secretary of State’s office said on Twitter.
Speaking to reporters Tuesday on Zoom, Condos said he intends to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to correct the information in Kavanaugh’s opinion.
'Justice Kavanaugh got that information wrong in his decision and we plan on submitting a request to correct that, on the record, in his decision,' [VT Sec. of State] Condos said."
From *The Vermont Digger*
If the VT information was given to Justice K by one of his interns or staff that poor individual must be looking for another position!
Morning, all! Tonight's letter is so uplifting. I have been heartened by the long lines of voters we are seeing throughout the country. I pray that it continues. I wish the media would remind the public that the delay before we know the official results is nothing to be concerned about. Let every vote be counted!
It's interesting to watch the Trump and his Orcs as halloween approaches. The highly destructive impact of massive stress, headless floundering and fear of losing it all as Nov 3 nears is wearing away their various verbal disguises, "principled stances" and flimsy "human" masks. Instead of getting dressed up to strike fear in exchange for candies, they are being revealed for the ghoulish fiends they really are underneath in the full glare of media's election coverage spotlights.; their evident mistreatment and lack of care for anybody....and in particular their own their own trogloditic, misguided supporting hoard...is clearly shown by the imitation Sauron's frozen Eppley aerodrome crowd and their kind concern for the safety of Trump's jellybean Balrog....Pence.
45 is a Mass murderer. Traitor. Fascist. Compulsive liar. Sociopath. Nasty bully. Selfish prick. Greedy bastard. Halloween monster. Unprotected by COVID antibodies now I hope.
Your smart words from yesterday’s comments regarding the remarkable similarity of Trumpism to Fascism are still ringing in my ears. Former Secretary of State, Madeline Albright has certainly pointed out the “elephant in the room”. It is surprising that Vice President Biden hasn’t done likewise when accused of being a Socialist. Or would that be politically unsavvy? I’d love it if he did. Just saying.
Pence is a Ken doll with no balls. He has been around those 5 aides who tested positive. He will get the virus at some point but we will never know about it. In the meantime, both Fake 45 and “Ken” are infecting those around them...spreading their “wealth”. The people who came out to see their leader in Nebraska, got a rude awakening when they had to walk about 3 miles in sub-freezing weather to catch their bus. That is the epitome of a true Trump rally... leave ‘em hanging.
Biden and Harris are going in on the kill, and I pray it is all worth every effort they and we have put in.
So, Taylor was CoS from 2017-2018; that's a bit different than what dumb bimbo McEnemy was saying, that "he only lasted as Chief of Staff for a few weeks before being fired as a failure." Hell, if he was a failure, he'd still be there, like she is.
Don't know if anyone else has ever met a golf champion, I've met a few. All dumber than rocks (about as stupid as you have to be, to take that worthless game seriously). Nicklaus has never been anything else, surprise surprise.
As far as Kavanaugh is concerned, if the D's ever get the sufficient majority, the Three Trump Supremes all need to be impeached and removed. (if things continue to look as bad in the Senate as they could be, and there's the blowout some Republicans are fearing, the Ds could actually get close)
Biden went from down 2 in Wisconsin to up 17 in a poll released today. I guess even the morons in Baraboo have figured out that having to set up a field hospital isn't a sign that we're "rounding the corner."
My only regret about the virus is it isn't more fatal. If we could get rid of all the maskless morons, we could really Make America Great Again.
Heather, thanks for the recap. Spot on as always. Thanks for the pep talk during Tuesdays History chat. I think I am just so tired of Trumps all hat, no cattle mentality and the looming uncertainty of the outcome of so many issues makes every minute of everyday a little much these days. Stay safe, stay well.
“ Tucker Carlson tonight claimed that he had “real, authentic and damning” new Hunter Biden documents, but a producer shipped them to Carlson’s home—apparently without making copies of them-- and they mysteriously disappeared.” In other words, his dog ate his homework?
Well, I see J. Biden ahead in the popularity polls...but the electoral is less certain..I hope this turns out well.....Of course the influences of voter suppression and foreign, and trump's willingness to do whatever it takes to win remains.....All I can say is time will tell..as for now, it remains nerve wracking..Democracy..is on the line..as well as the quality of so many lives...mine included............
A friend pointed out that these were your inspirational closing thoughts for your history and politics conversation yesterday, HCR. I thought that I would post them here, in case any of this wonderful community missed them -- as I had.
"Somebody asked me to tell you it's going to be ok. I can't tell you it's going to be ok, because I'm a prophet of the past - not of the future. But I can tell you this. What Donald Trump and the Republicans want is for you to think you are not powerful. They want to think it's a done deal. They want you to think you have to do whatever they say. And the truth is they know that they are hideously outnumbered. They would not have to gerrymander the states. They would not have to steal elections. They would not have to suppress the vote. They would not have to pack the Supreme Court if they didn't know that there are far more of us than there are of them.
"I would urge you not to despair at all, but rather to recognize that the future really does belong to us. And when you think about that, and I know everyone is scared, especially since we are all stuck at home, and we can't spend time with people that think like us and all that, but we are really powerful. Just the number of people who follow me on FaceBook alone - we are almost up to a million people, and you all have family members and friends. That right there is a lot of people, and you know we are a good community. And here's the news flash. The people who are trying to take America into an oligarchy, which is what I believe they are doing, are powerful people, and they are gaming the system in a lot of ways, it's true.
"But I promise you, there are not the kind of numbers on their team that there are on those of us who want to see a democracy in which every person is equal before the law, and every person has equality of access to resources and equality of opportunity. THAT is the American dream. And the guy I learned that from was Abraham Lincoln. And I've still got to believe that that is still the vision of America that is going to take us into the future."
~Heather Cox Richardson, History & Politics Chat, 10/27/20
I laughed out loud at the papers disappearing! What school teacher wouldn’t?! Maybe the dog ate his homework.
Hey Nicklaus! Colonial wants their plaid jacket back! Jerk!
I see more stirrings of Biden/Harris around Ft Worth, TX, as time marches to Decision 2020. Bumper stickers, yard signs, people talking. Still long lines at the early voting polls! Can I dare to hope?!
Thank you! These letters help so much!
Thanks for highlighting the coldness of the Pence campaign's response to the Covid surges...tone-deaf doesn't touch it. To focus on Pence's well-being when so many are suffering that the system can't handle any more...clear as a bell, these guys do not care how you're doing. I so hope that message sinks in. Farther.
“ Meanwhile, with no verification and dubious origins, the story of Hunter Biden’s laptop is dying, and likely will have little of the impact for which Trump was clearly hoping. ”
Not true, unfortunately. I am surrounded by Trump supporters. They all believe this and still believe the Hillary email garbage. They also believe Biden is a rapist and Trump isn’t. They also want States responsible for everything and Federal for very little. They want each State to be little countries.
I wish America could have an Ebenezer Scrooge or It’s a Wonderful Life moment and live the life they generate through Trump’s win but through Trump’s victims perspectives.
There is a wonderful metaphore in Trump's supporters being left shivering in the dark. I wonder if any of them had an epiphany illuminating what Trump has been doing to them from the start.
Sadly, I doubt it. One would like to ask some of them if they still believe the Trump campaign/administration can organize a government after failing to organize the transportation of a few hundred people.
Does herd stupidity work the same as herd immunity?
When this nightmare is over, academics will sift through the evidence left and many learned articles, essays, books, and advanced degree theses, (rhymes with...) will be produced. As many of them will be authored by students of abnormal psychology as by students of history and political science. Some will focus on Trump, others will focus on his mob.
As a Vermonter, or more correctly, a VT resident -- as I wasn't born here, nor do I have several famlial generations of Vermonters to back my claim -- it gives me great pleasure, in the wee hours of this morning, to say: So there, Justice Kavanaugh! Let's see how many more faux pas you'll be making in a position which should never have been conferred upon you.
"'Justice Kavanaugh is incorrect about Vermont here while upending Wisconsin voting one week from the election. We held to an Election Day ballot receipt deadline because of the other changes we made — all voters had a ballot and prepaid return envelope in hand 30 DAYS before the election,' the Vermont Secretary of State’s office said on Twitter.
Speaking to reporters Tuesday on Zoom, Condos said he intends to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to correct the information in Kavanaugh’s opinion.
'Justice Kavanaugh got that information wrong in his decision and we plan on submitting a request to correct that, on the record, in his decision,' [VT Sec. of State] Condos said."
From *The Vermont Digger*
If the VT information was given to Justice K by one of his interns or staff that poor individual must be looking for another position!
Morning, all! Tonight's letter is so uplifting. I have been heartened by the long lines of voters we are seeing throughout the country. I pray that it continues. I wish the media would remind the public that the delay before we know the official results is nothing to be concerned about. Let every vote be counted!
It's interesting to watch the Trump and his Orcs as halloween approaches. The highly destructive impact of massive stress, headless floundering and fear of losing it all as Nov 3 nears is wearing away their various verbal disguises, "principled stances" and flimsy "human" masks. Instead of getting dressed up to strike fear in exchange for candies, they are being revealed for the ghoulish fiends they really are underneath in the full glare of media's election coverage spotlights.; their evident mistreatment and lack of care for anybody....and in particular their own their own trogloditic, misguided supporting hoard...is clearly shown by the imitation Sauron's frozen Eppley aerodrome crowd and their kind concern for the safety of Trump's jellybean Balrog....Pence.
45 is a Mass murderer. Traitor. Fascist. Compulsive liar. Sociopath. Nasty bully. Selfish prick. Greedy bastard. Halloween monster. Unprotected by COVID antibodies now I hope.
Your smart words from yesterday’s comments regarding the remarkable similarity of Trumpism to Fascism are still ringing in my ears. Former Secretary of State, Madeline Albright has certainly pointed out the “elephant in the room”. It is surprising that Vice President Biden hasn’t done likewise when accused of being a Socialist. Or would that be politically unsavvy? I’d love it if he did. Just saying.
Pence is a Ken doll with no balls. He has been around those 5 aides who tested positive. He will get the virus at some point but we will never know about it. In the meantime, both Fake 45 and “Ken” are infecting those around them...spreading their “wealth”. The people who came out to see their leader in Nebraska, got a rude awakening when they had to walk about 3 miles in sub-freezing weather to catch their bus. That is the epitome of a true Trump rally... leave ‘em hanging.
Biden and Harris are going in on the kill, and I pray it is all worth every effort they and we have put in.
So, Taylor was CoS from 2017-2018; that's a bit different than what dumb bimbo McEnemy was saying, that "he only lasted as Chief of Staff for a few weeks before being fired as a failure." Hell, if he was a failure, he'd still be there, like she is.
Don't know if anyone else has ever met a golf champion, I've met a few. All dumber than rocks (about as stupid as you have to be, to take that worthless game seriously). Nicklaus has never been anything else, surprise surprise.
As far as Kavanaugh is concerned, if the D's ever get the sufficient majority, the Three Trump Supremes all need to be impeached and removed. (if things continue to look as bad in the Senate as they could be, and there's the blowout some Republicans are fearing, the Ds could actually get close)
Biden went from down 2 in Wisconsin to up 17 in a poll released today. I guess even the morons in Baraboo have figured out that having to set up a field hospital isn't a sign that we're "rounding the corner."
My only regret about the virus is it isn't more fatal. If we could get rid of all the maskless morons, we could really Make America Great Again.
Heather, thanks for the recap. Spot on as always. Thanks for the pep talk during Tuesdays History chat. I think I am just so tired of Trumps all hat, no cattle mentality and the looming uncertainty of the outcome of so many issues makes every minute of everyday a little much these days. Stay safe, stay well.
“ Tucker Carlson tonight claimed that he had “real, authentic and damning” new Hunter Biden documents, but a producer shipped them to Carlson’s home—apparently without making copies of them-- and they mysteriously disappeared.” In other words, his dog ate his homework?
Well, I see J. Biden ahead in the popularity polls...but the electoral is less certain..I hope this turns out well.....Of course the influences of voter suppression and foreign, and trump's willingness to do whatever it takes to win remains.....All I can say is time will tell..as for now, it remains nerve wracking..Democracy..is on the line..as well as the quality of so many lives...mine included............
I was eager to read a description of Trump's good deeds which Nicklaus refers to. But he cites only
POTUS's role as a golfing buddy, hardly a reason to support him. Different strokes for different folks indeed! --Jackspatch