Comments on: Countering Trump's Dangerous Lies http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/10/09/countering-trumps-dangerous-lies/ Reality-based political commentary Sat, 02 May 2026 07:43:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/10/09/countering-trumps-dangerous-lies/#comment-212041 nypoet22 Fri, 11 Oct 2024 03:49:26 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25633#comment-212041 p.s. Merriam-Webster has an awesome article on the topic: https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/straight-vs-strait-straitjacket-straitlaced-usage p.s. Merriam-Webster has an awesome article on the topic:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/straight-vs-strait-straitjacket-straitlaced-usage

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/10/09/countering-trumps-dangerous-lies/#comment-212039 nypoet22 Fri, 11 Oct 2024 03:37:49 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25633#comment-212039 <blockquote>They don't care that hundreds of people have died. They don't care that tens of thousands are in dire straights. </blockquote> I think cw meant "dire straits." a "dire straight" would most likely occur when your opponent has a full house. ~the grammar police

They don't care that hundreds of people have died. They don't care that tens of thousands are in dire straights.

I think cw meant "dire straits." a "dire straight" would most likely occur when your opponent has a full house.

~the grammar police

]]> By: Kick http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/10/09/countering-trumps-dangerous-lies/#comment-212038 Kick Thu, 10 Oct 2024 22:49:07 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25633#comment-212038 <i>They don't care that hundreds of people have died. They don't care that tens of thousands are in dire straights. </i> These MAGAts are not your father's Republican Party, and this is a definite pattern with them and those who regurgitate their ignorance all over social media. They constantly whine like victims about every damn thing, and their drivel and spewage is generally a litany of lies -- misinformation that grows increasingly larger -- vitriol and threats of violence toward their perceived enemies. The constant theme is that government cannot be trusted, and they will fix it and protect you. What is really genuinely <b>weird</b> is that when the cons do manage to get elected, they seem genuinely upset that you don't trust their government... as if you weren't paying attention. They don't care that hundreds of people have died. They don't care that tens of thousands are in dire straights.

These MAGAts are not your father's Republican Party, and this is a definite pattern with them and those who regurgitate their ignorance all over social media. They constantly whine like victims about every damn thing, and their drivel and spewage is generally a litany of lies -- misinformation that grows increasingly larger -- vitriol and threats of violence toward their perceived enemies. The constant theme is that government cannot be trusted, and they will fix it and protect you.

What is really genuinely weird is that when the cons do manage to get elected, they seem genuinely upset that you don't trust their government... as if you weren't paying attention.

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/10/09/countering-trumps-dangerous-lies/#comment-212030 nypoet22 Thu, 10 Oct 2024 17:22:32 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25633#comment-212030 wow, check out how close these all are. bad news is, trump is up in five of the seven. Arizona 48.4 47.5 Trump +0.9 Nevada 47.8 48.8 Harris +1.0 Wisconsin 48.0 48.4 Harris +0.4 Michigan 48.7 48.0 Trump +0.7 Pennsylvania 48.4 48.1 Trump +0.3 North Carolina 48.9 48.3 Trump +0.6 Georgia 48.7 47.9 Trump +0.8 wow, check out how close these all are. bad news is, trump is up in five of the seven.

Arizona 48.4 47.5 Trump +0.9

Nevada 47.8 48.8 Harris +1.0

Wisconsin 48.0 48.4 Harris +0.4

Michigan 48.7 48.0 Trump +0.7

Pennsylvania 48.4 48.1 Trump +0.3

North Carolina 48.9 48.3 Trump +0.6

Georgia 48.7 47.9 Trump +0.8

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/10/09/countering-trumps-dangerous-lies/#comment-212029 nypoet22 Thu, 10 Oct 2024 17:11:40 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25633#comment-212029 only for those who are willing to see it. <blockquote>"There are none so blind as those who will not see" John Heywood</blockquote> only for those who are willing to see it.

"There are none so blind as those who will not see"
John Heywood

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/10/09/countering-trumps-dangerous-lies/#comment-212020 Elizabeth Miller Thu, 10 Oct 2024 02:31:31 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25633#comment-212020 <i>So of course, to Trump, this is how all presidents act, right? Which explains why he's been lying about the Biden administration's response, accusing them of withholding aid to Republican areas of the affected states. Because that's what Trump wanted to do -- so he figures that must be how Biden operates too.</i> Ever since he come on to the political stage in a big way in 2015, Trump has been projecting himself onto others. I don't think he'll ever realize that what he is doing is just shining a bright light on his own actions whenever he accuses someone else. So of course, to Trump, this is how all presidents act, right? Which explains why he's been lying about the Biden administration's response, accusing them of withholding aid to Republican areas of the affected states. Because that's what Trump wanted to do -- so he figures that must be how Biden operates too.

Ever since he come on to the political stage in a big way in 2015, Trump has been projecting himself onto others. I don't think he'll ever realize that what he is doing is just shining a bright light on his own actions whenever he accuses someone else.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/10/09/countering-trumps-dangerous-lies/#comment-212019 Elizabeth Miller Thu, 10 Oct 2024 02:26:21 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25633#comment-212019 FEMA does, indeed, need more funding! And, they are going to keep needing more funding for the foreseeable future until they will need even more funding! If you know what I mean and I'm sure that you do. FEMA does, indeed, need more funding! And, they are going to keep needing more funding for the foreseeable future until they will need even more funding! If you know what I mean and I'm sure that you do.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/10/09/countering-trumps-dangerous-lies/#comment-212017 Elizabeth Miller Thu, 10 Oct 2024 02:06:16 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25633#comment-212017 <i>Trump and his ilk are exploiting people's distrust of government to make them even more fearful of people who are genuinely just trying to help others.</i> This has been the Republican playbook for as long as I have been following US politics. Sure, Trump has brought a certain extreme and vicious nature to it but he sure didn't start it. Trump and his ilk are exploiting people's distrust of government to make them even more fearful of people who are genuinely just trying to help others.

This has been the Republican playbook for as long as I have been following US politics. Sure, Trump has brought a certain extreme and vicious nature to it but he sure didn't start it.

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