Comments on: Friday Talking Points -- Convicted Felon Donald Trump http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/05/31/friday-talking-points-convicted-felon-donald-trump/ Reality-based political commentary Wed, 08 Apr 2026 02:46:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Kick http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/05/31/friday-talking-points-convicted-felon-donald-trump/#comment-209730 Kick Wed, 12 Jun 2024 21:56:00 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25109#comment-209730 italyrusty 19 <i>And we have NEXT WEEK'S MDDOW - assuming no other Democrat does something even more disappointing. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/house-democrat-urges-new-york-governor-to-pardon-trump-for-the-good-of-the-country_n_665b418be4b0bb3cf3a764f1 </i> Pardon Trump? Oh, hell no! Excellent choice. :) italyrusty
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And we have NEXT WEEK'S MDDOW - assuming no other Democrat does something even more disappointing.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/house-democrat-urges-new-york-governor-to-pardon-trump-for-the-good-of-the-country_n_665b418be4b0bb3cf3a764f1

Pardon Trump? Oh, hell no!

Excellent choice. :)

]]> By: Kick http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/05/31/friday-talking-points-convicted-felon-donald-trump/#comment-209729 Kick Wed, 12 Jun 2024 21:51:18 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25109#comment-209729 Elizabeth Miller 16 <i>This trial and outcome don't seem to have impacted on the presidential election polls very much. </i> If you were seriously expecting a near-immediate change in political polling, we have definitely identified one of your problems. Heh. :) Elizabeth Miller
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This trial and outcome don't seem to have impacted on the presidential election polls very much.

If you were seriously expecting a near-immediate change in political polling, we have definitely identified one of your problems. Heh. :)

]]> By: Kick http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/05/31/friday-talking-points-convicted-felon-donald-trump/#comment-209728 Kick Wed, 12 Jun 2024 21:42:21 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25109#comment-209728 <b>^^^^^ EDIT ^^^^^ </b> Perfect, JL. ^^^^^ EDIT ^^^^^

Perfect, JL.

]]> By: Kick http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/05/31/friday-talking-points-convicted-felon-donald-trump/#comment-209727 Kick Wed, 12 Jun 2024 21:41:17 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25109#comment-209727 nypoet22 8 <i> <b>CO</b>n <b>V</b>icted <b>FE</b>lon <b>F</b>ormer Chief <b>E</b>xecutive Donald Trump </i> Pefect, JL. It fits Trump to a "T" and also fits on a T-shirt. :) nypoet22
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Pefect, JL.

It fits Trump to a "T" and also fits on a T-shirt. :)

]]> By: Kick http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/05/31/friday-talking-points-convicted-felon-donald-trump/#comment-209726 Kick Wed, 12 Jun 2024 21:33:21 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25109#comment-209726 ListenWhenYouHear 1 Exactly! Love you, Russ. :) ListenWhenYouHear
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Exactly!

Love you, Russ. :)

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/05/31/friday-talking-points-convicted-felon-donald-trump/#comment-209673 Elizabeth Miller Mon, 03 Jun 2024 10:18:14 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25109#comment-209673 Caddy[26], See [3]. Caddy[26],

See [3].

]]> By: MtnCaddy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/05/31/friday-talking-points-convicted-felon-donald-trump/#comment-209672 MtnCaddy Mon, 03 Jun 2024 06:12:04 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25109#comment-209672 [6] @Elizabeth <i>Dishonorific, even without the 'u', ahem, SHOULD be a word. Someone should start a petition.</i> I’d sign! I like this word and feel like we have to find a use for it our Murican language in these uncertain times. Just an aside, I’ve always been a poor speller partly because I read a ton of British literature along the way to becoming a monster reader. <i>Colour</i> and <i>theatre</i> and all that simply stuck. [6]
@Elizabeth

Dishonorific, even without the 'u', ahem, SHOULD be a word. Someone should start a petition.

I’d sign! I like this word and feel like we have to find a use for it our Murican language in these uncertain times.

Just an aside, I’ve always been a poor speller partly because I read a ton of British literature along the way to becoming a monster reader.

Colour and theatre and all that simply stuck.

]]> By: MtnCaddy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/05/31/friday-talking-points-convicted-felon-donald-trump/#comment-209671 MtnCaddy Mon, 03 Jun 2024 05:56:04 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25109#comment-209671 [4] @Elizabeth <i> Three comments so far and not one use of the label. Very nice!</i> Er, what label are you referring to? I don’t see <i>Appeasement Surrender Monkey </i>anywhere, so it’s not that. ;) [4]

@Elizabeth


Three comments so far and not one use of the label. Very nice!

Er, what label are you referring to? I don’t see Appeasement Surrender Monkey anywhere, so it’s not that. ;)

]]> By: MtnCaddy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/05/31/friday-talking-points-convicted-felon-donald-trump/#comment-209670 MtnCaddy Mon, 03 Jun 2024 05:47:29 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25109#comment-209670 Joe is doing fine. His political instincts — which have been so effective — tell him that “being presidential” nowadays is seen(correctly, IMO) as being unwilling to fight. So to call a spade a spa — er, call a Convicted Felon a Convicted Felon is objectively a factual statement. Joe is doing fine. His political instincts — which have been so effective — tell him that “being presidential” nowadays is seen(correctly, IMO) as being unwilling to fight. So to call a spade a spa — er, call a Convicted Felon a Convicted Felon is objectively a factual statement.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/05/31/friday-talking-points-convicted-felon-donald-trump/#comment-209669 Elizabeth Miller Mon, 03 Jun 2024 03:32:24 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25109#comment-209669 May I say that your 'Covfefe' acronym was very nice. May I say that your 'Covfefe' acronym was very nice.

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/05/31/friday-talking-points-convicted-felon-donald-trump/#comment-209668 nypoet22 Mon, 03 Jun 2024 02:06:58 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25109#comment-209668 I for one am curious whether he would accept a pardon if it were offered, for the reasons Dan outlined. I for one am curious whether he would accept a pardon if it were offered, for the reasons Dan outlined.

]]> By: dsws http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/05/31/friday-talking-points-convicted-felon-donald-trump/#comment-209666 dsws Sun, 02 Jun 2024 18:54:58 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25109#comment-209666 The idea of a pardon is interesting. Legally, accepting a pardon includes acknowledging guilt. More importantly, discussing a pardon involves lots of reminders that Trump is a convicted felon and Democrats are more concerned about the good of the country than our own partisan advantage. The idea of a pardon is interesting. Legally, accepting a pardon includes acknowledging guilt. More importantly, discussing a pardon involves lots of reminders that Trump is a convicted felon and Democrats are more concerned about the good of the country than our own partisan advantage.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/05/31/friday-talking-points-convicted-felon-donald-trump/#comment-209665 Elizabeth Miller Sun, 02 Jun 2024 10:46:22 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25109#comment-209665 Indeed! Indeed!

]]> By: italyrusty http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/05/31/friday-talking-points-convicted-felon-donald-trump/#comment-209664 italyrusty Sun, 02 Jun 2024 09:22:50 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25109#comment-209664 Nice talking point from Biden a few days ago. '“What would’ve happened if Black Americans had stormed the Capitol? I don’t think he’d be talking about pardons,” Biden said. “This is the same guy who wanted to tear gas you as you peacefully protested George Floyd’s murder. It’s the same guy who still calls the ‘Central Park Five’ guilty, even though they were exonerated. He’s that landlord who denies housing applications because of the color of your skin. He’s that guy who won’t say Black lives matter and invokes neo-Nazi, Third Reich terms.”' https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/29/biden-trump-birtherism-black-voters-00160502 Nice talking point from Biden a few days ago.
'“What would’ve happened if Black Americans had stormed the Capitol? I don’t think he’d be talking about pardons,” Biden said. “This is the same guy who wanted to tear gas you as you peacefully protested George Floyd’s murder. It’s the same guy who still calls the ‘Central Park Five’ guilty, even though they were exonerated. He’s that landlord who denies housing applications because of the color of your skin. He’s that guy who won’t say Black lives matter and invokes neo-Nazi, Third Reich terms.”'
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/29/biden-trump-birtherism-black-voters-00160502

]]> By: italyrusty http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/05/31/friday-talking-points-convicted-felon-donald-trump/#comment-209661 italyrusty Sun, 02 Jun 2024 06:49:36 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25109#comment-209661 And we have NEXT WEEK'S MDDOW - assuming no other Democrat does something even more disappointing. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/house-democrat-urges-new-york-governor-to-pardon-trump-for-the-good-of-the-country_n_665b418be4b0bb3cf3a764f1 And we have NEXT WEEK'S MDDOW - assuming no other Democrat does something even more disappointing.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/house-democrat-urges-new-york-governor-to-pardon-trump-for-the-good-of-the-country_n_665b418be4b0bb3cf3a764f1

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/05/31/friday-talking-points-convicted-felon-donald-trump/#comment-209658 Elizabeth Miller Sat, 01 Jun 2024 23:32:46 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25109#comment-209658 And, now, for a little reminiscing ... One of my most favourite Biden quotes used to be, "Big nations can't bluff." Sigh. Now, it all seems like just a lot of spin. :( And, now, for a little reminiscing ...

One of my most favourite Biden quotes used to be, "Big nations can't bluff."

Sigh. Now, it all seems like just a lot of spin. :(

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/05/31/friday-talking-points-convicted-felon-donald-trump/#comment-209657 Elizabeth Miller Sat, 01 Jun 2024 23:30:46 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25109#comment-209657 Maybe it's time, finally, to shift the daily focus abroad. I'm just sayin' ... Maybe it's time, finally, to shift the daily focus abroad. I'm just sayin' ...

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/05/31/friday-talking-points-convicted-felon-donald-trump/#comment-209656 Elizabeth Miller Sat, 01 Jun 2024 23:29:34 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25109#comment-209656 This trial and outcome don't seem to have impacted on the presidential election polls very much. Perhaps, the current trend in geopolitics will ... seeing as how president Biden keeps on keeping on with his handwringing over the Gaza war and now backtracking on red lines over the Ukraine war. Will American boots on the ground in Kharkiv province be next? This trial and outcome don't seem to have impacted on the presidential election polls very much. Perhaps, the current trend in geopolitics will ... seeing as how president Biden keeps on keeping on with his handwringing over the Gaza war and now backtracking on red lines over the Ukraine war. Will American boots on the ground in Kharkiv province be next?

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/05/31/friday-talking-points-convicted-felon-donald-trump/#comment-209655 Elizabeth Miller Sat, 01 Jun 2024 15:49:24 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25109#comment-209655 Mezzomamma, <i>I'm sure someone on the speech-writing team is making a list of clever but not overly-coded references suitable for all occasions. I'm sure some people here can contribute.</i> That is the last thing Biden needs, and that goes double for people here. Mezzomamma,

I'm sure someone on the speech-writing team is making a list of clever but not overly-coded references suitable for all occasions. I'm sure some people here can contribute.

That is the last thing Biden needs, and that goes double for people here.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/05/31/friday-talking-points-convicted-felon-donald-trump/#comment-209654 Elizabeth Miller Sat, 01 Jun 2024 15:44:17 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25109#comment-209654 Dan, <i>Doesn't take a petition to have a new word. Just start using it.</i> That's right! Hmmm ... I wonder if it works as well for phrases, too. I'm thinking ... <b>Republican cult of economic failure</b> but, I pretty much suck at phrases. :-) Dan,

Doesn't take a petition to have a new word. Just start using it.

That's right!

Hmmm ... I wonder if it works as well for phrases, too. I'm thinking ... Republican cult of economic failure but, I pretty much suck at phrases. :-)

]]> By: dsws http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/05/31/friday-talking-points-convicted-felon-donald-trump/#comment-209653 dsws Sat, 01 Jun 2024 13:56:06 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25109#comment-209653 <i>Do you really want Biden to stoop to the other guy's level?</i> I agree. Excessive use of the dishonorific should be left to proxies and independent commentators. Biden could even give a half-hearted condemnation of some extremely limited subcategory of instances, and then someone else could object to the condemnation, and so on, to keep it in the spotlight. Do you really want Biden to stoop to the other guy's level?

I agree. Excessive use of the dishonorific should be left to proxies and independent commentators. Biden could even give a half-hearted condemnation of some extremely limited subcategory of instances, and then someone else could object to the condemnation, and so on, to keep it in the spotlight.

]]> By: dsws http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/05/31/friday-talking-points-convicted-felon-donald-trump/#comment-209652 dsws Sat, 01 Jun 2024 13:47:29 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25109#comment-209652 <i> Eventually Convicted Felon Donald Trump was charged by Bragg in state court for falsifying business records to cover up a separate crime</i> It's not correct in this context. Convicted felon Trump wasn't Convicted Felon Trump yet then. He was still just Alleged Felon and Confessed Perpetrator of Sexual Assault Trump at the time. Eventually Convicted Felon Donald Trump was charged by Bragg in state court for falsifying business records to cover up a separate crime

It's not correct in this context. Convicted felon Trump wasn't Convicted Felon Trump yet then. He was still just Alleged Felon and Confessed Perpetrator of Sexual Assault Trump at the time.

]]> By: Mezzomamma http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/05/31/friday-talking-points-convicted-felon-donald-trump/#comment-209651 Mezzomamma Sat, 01 Jun 2024 13:47:10 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25109#comment-209651 I'm sure someone on the speech-writing team is making a list of clever but not overly-coded references suitable for all occasions. I'm sure some people here can contribute. I'm sure someone on the speech-writing team is making a list of clever but not overly-coded references suitable for all occasions. I'm sure some people here can contribute.

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/05/31/friday-talking-points-convicted-felon-donald-trump/#comment-209650 nypoet22 Sat, 01 Jun 2024 13:40:54 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25109#comment-209650 @dan, true, I just wanted to be clear on how the acronym lines up. @dan,

true, I just wanted to be clear on how the acronym lines up.

]]> By: dsws http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/05/31/friday-talking-points-convicted-felon-donald-trump/#comment-209649 dsws Sat, 01 Jun 2024 13:35:57 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25109#comment-209649 Doesn't take a petition to have a new word. Just start using it. Doesn't take a petition to have a new word. Just start using it.

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/05/31/friday-talking-points-convicted-felon-donald-trump/#comment-209648 nypoet22 Sat, 01 Jun 2024 12:42:55 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25109#comment-209648 <b>CO</b>n <b>V</b>icted <b>FE</b>lon <b>F</b>ormer Chief <b>E</b>xecutive Donald Trump COn
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]]> By: italyrusty http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/05/31/friday-talking-points-convicted-felon-donald-trump/#comment-209647 italyrusty Sat, 01 Jun 2024 07:21:23 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25109#comment-209647 This weeks MDDOW, for one last time, is Senator Manchin, who has now left the Democratic Party because of 'partisan extremism'. Not a day goes by that leader of the Republican Party or member of Congress says something that is NOT extreme. And if ever there were a week NOT try to compete with the GOP 'intelligentsia' falling all over themselves to defend a convicted felon, this was it. Talk about bad timing. 'He said in a statement that over the past 15 years he has seen both major political parties leave their constituents behind for “partisan extremism while jeopardizing our democracy.” https://apnews.com/article/joe-manchin-congress-west-virginia-senate-a4eb66f2cb773f822b6b607945cdeaef This weeks MDDOW, for one last time, is Senator Manchin, who has now left the Democratic Party because of 'partisan extremism'. Not a day goes by that leader of the Republican Party or member of Congress says something that is NOT extreme.
And if ever there were a week NOT try to compete with the GOP 'intelligentsia' falling all over themselves to defend a convicted felon, this was it. Talk about bad timing.
'He said in a statement that over the past 15 years he has seen both major political parties leave their constituents behind for “partisan extremism while jeopardizing our democracy.”
https://apnews.com/article/joe-manchin-congress-west-virginia-senate-a4eb66f2cb773f822b6b607945cdeaef

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/05/31/friday-talking-points-convicted-felon-donald-trump/#comment-209646 Elizabeth Miller Sat, 01 Jun 2024 04:30:42 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25109#comment-209646 Dishonorific, even without the 'u', ahem, SHOULD be a word. Someone should start a petition. Dishonorific, even without the 'u', ahem, SHOULD be a word. Someone should start a petition.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/05/31/friday-talking-points-convicted-felon-donald-trump/#comment-209645 Elizabeth Miller Sat, 01 Jun 2024 03:42:53 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25109#comment-209645 Chris, Do you really want Biden to stoop to the other guy's level? It wouldn't be very <i>presidential</i> and I would like to believe that word still has some meaning left in it and may even, one day, rise again to its former glory, such as it was. Chris,

Do you really want Biden to stoop to the other guy's level? It wouldn't be very presidential and I would like to believe that word still has some meaning left in it and may even, one day, rise again to its former glory, such as it was.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/05/31/friday-talking-points-convicted-felon-donald-trump/#comment-209644 Elizabeth Miller Sat, 01 Jun 2024 03:36:09 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25109#comment-209644 Three comments so far and not one use of the label. Very nice! Three comments so far and not one use of the label. Very nice!

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/05/31/friday-talking-points-convicted-felon-donald-trump/#comment-209643 Elizabeth Miller Sat, 01 Jun 2024 03:33:48 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25109#comment-209643 <i>It's not exactly subtle, but if Biden just uses the term consistently and repeatedly -- without making any further commentary on what it all means in the bigger picture -- the label will catch on.</i> That sort of juvenile name-calling is not who Biden is or what he is about. And, it wouldn't exactly add to the narrative that Biden has character and the other guy doesn't. <i>It's the ultimate payback for Trump, who slaps a playground-bully label on anyone he doesn't like (such as "Sleepy Joe" or "Crooked Joe" for Biden). Biden's label will have the benefit of being not some sort of snarky insult an 8-year-old boy would come up with, but instead 100 percent the truth.</i> It's still name-calling. And, while that is par for the course here and most other places, Biden isn't likely to take that route. Why? Because he's too old to change who he is. Which is just the way I like it! The ultimate payback would actually be for Biden to win in November by a wider margin than he did in 2020. It's not exactly subtle, but if Biden just uses the term consistently and repeatedly -- without making any further commentary on what it all means in the bigger picture -- the label will catch on.

That sort of juvenile name-calling is not who Biden is or what he is about. And, it wouldn't exactly add to the narrative that Biden has character and the other guy doesn't.

It's the ultimate payback for Trump, who slaps a playground-bully label on anyone he doesn't like (such as "Sleepy Joe" or "Crooked Joe" for Biden). Biden's label will have the benefit of being not some sort of snarky insult an 8-year-old boy would come up with, but instead 100 percent the truth.

It's still name-calling. And, while that is par for the course here and most other places, Biden isn't likely to take that route. Why? Because he's too old to change who he is. Which is just the way I like it!

The ultimate payback would actually be for Biden to win in November by a wider margin than he did in 2020.

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/05/31/friday-talking-points-convicted-felon-donald-trump/#comment-209642 nypoet22 Sat, 01 Jun 2024 03:22:57 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25109#comment-209642 I thought of a new use for covfefe I thought of a new use for covfefe

]]> By: ListenWhenYouHear http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/05/31/friday-talking-points-convicted-felon-donald-trump/#comment-209641 ListenWhenYouHear Sat, 01 Jun 2024 01:25:31 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25109#comment-209641 Convicted felons cannot have access to classified materials. How can the President do the job if he cannot pass a security background check? It should be pointed out that Trump has never been able to pass the background check that the people hired to scrub the toilets at the White House. Why that isn't part of being allowed on the ballot is beyond me! Convicted felons cannot have access to classified materials. How can the President do the job if he cannot pass a security background check? It should be pointed out that Trump has never been able to pass the background check that the people hired to scrub the toilets at the White House. Why that isn't part of being allowed on the ballot is beyond me!

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