Trump doubles down on Heidi Cruz attacks

[flowers]

It would be a welcome change if the candidates -and all of us - laid off the personal attacks and, instead, focused on issues.

All of us????????   That is a gem coming from you, it really is. All of you attack us with insults and the owners/management  do nothing about it. They enable all of you. Us.......they ban, give time outs and now as of today made a wonderful man leave this site for good.

[musiclady]

All of us????????   That is a gem coming from you, it really is. All of you attack us with insults and the owners/management  do nothing about it. They enable all of you. Us........***crickets***  rant/off.

Are you aware that you're talking to mountaineer?? 

She's one of the fairest, most even-handed people on this forum, and puts most of the rest of us to shame.   

[musiclady]

Me too. And his VP Nixon, who preceded my mother by a few years, at Whittier College. I became politically aware since there was that connection. My mother had grown up in Whittier, and in my first few years my grandparents still lived there.

Later Nixon ran for President in 1960. And I continued to be politically aware. Fast forward to the time I returned from military service overseas, and Nixon had established his Western WH where my parents lived, in San Clemente.

My brother worked building a restaurant for the son of Robert Mardian, in Dana Point. It still stands, and he still owns it. 

I became a Watergate junkie for a time.

I wasn't very old, but remember being up in my room and crying the night Nixon lost to JFK.

I was a Watergate junkie for quite a while.  I watched a lot of the hearings on TV.  Fascinating times, IMO..........

[flowers]

Are you aware that you're talking to mountaineer?? 

She's one of the fairest, most even-handed people on this forum, and puts most of the rest of us to shame.   

Yes I am......just as fair as you are. 

[Lando Lincoln]

I still like IKE! 

I pray we never forget his boldness, indeed his willingness to barter his soul, as Supreme Allied Commander.

[240B]

I was watching when Cartah was elected. I was maybe 9 or so. As young as i was the first thing I thought was "Oh Shit"
That's coming from a 10 year old child.

Can you imagine how stupid the adults must have been?

[musiclady]

Yes I am......just as fair as you are. 

I think you are mistaken, flowers.

mountaineer is never personal.  She is never vengeful.  She tries to mediate and calm things down.

I know you have come to despise me because of my views on Trump (which you used to share, IIRC), but don't lump mountaineer in, even with me on this.

If you can't handle her, perhaps you need to stay on the caucus thread where no one says anything you don't like.....

[musiclady]

I pray we never forget his boldness, indeed his willingness to barter his soul, as Supreme Allied Commander.

We wouldn't have the free world we now have if it weren't for Ike.

And we wouldn't have freeways either! 

[mountaineer]

All of us????????   That is a gem coming from you, it really is. All of you attack us with insults and the owners/management  do nothing about it. They enable all of you. Us.......they ban, give time outs and now as of today made a wonderful man leave this site for good.

Sorry you feel that way. It's my understanding that several "anti-Trumps" have received timeouts recently (even today), and no one has been forced to leave in a long, ling time.

Thanks for the kind words, ML.

[Lando Lincoln]

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mountaineer, you are always the epitome of class in my book.

[Lando Lincoln]

I remember having a social studies teacher in Junior High who was obsessed with Watergate.  At least it seemed that way to me because he talked about it everyday.  Also in JH I had a History teacher who made a bulletin board that read "Let's Have  5 in '75."  We were to get some sort of reward if we could figure out what it meant.  None of us did.  She told us later that it was about the ERA -- Equal Rights Amendment.  It was a feminist thing.  She was a passionate Democrat and feminist.  We were kids and could not have cared less about any of it.

I became immersed in the hearings. I marveled how Howard Baker handled himself. I mean it. I wanted to emulate his depth of thought, his articulation of his points. That part is a fond memory.

[mountaineer]

I remember having a social studies teacher in Junior High who was obsessed with Watergate.  At least it seemed that way to me because he talked about it everyday.  Also in JH I had a History teacher who made a bulletin board that read "Let's Have  5 in '75."  We were to get some sort of reward if we could figure out what it meant.  None of us did.  She told us later that it was about the ERA -- Equal Rights Amendment.  It was a feminist thing.  She was a passionate Democrat and feminist.  We were kids and could not have cared less about any of it.

Funny. A friend of mine who attended Catholic school on Long Island said one of the nun teachers was obsessed with the Masons and blamed everything from the attack on  Pearl Harbor to dyspepsia on them.

[musiclady]

Sorry you feel that way. It's my understanding that several "anti-Trumps" have received timeouts recently (even today), and no one has been forced to leave in a long, ling time.

Thanks for the kind words, ML.

Not a problem, mountaineer.

I just calls em as I sees em....   

[musiclady]

I remember having a social studies teacher in Junior High who was obsessed with Watergate.  At least it seemed that way to me because he talked about it everyday.  Also in JH I had a History teacher who made a bulletin board that read "Let's Have  5 in '75."  We were to get some sort of reward if we could figure out what it meant.  None of us did.  She told us later that it was about the ERA -- Equal Rights Amendment.  It was a feminist thing.  She was a passionate Democrat and feminist.  We were kids and could not have cared less about any of it.

Hmmm........ I can tell from your story that I am MUCH older than you are!  I had graduated from college, was teaching, and watched the hearings during the summer.

I also remember, Lando, that Howard Baker was a gentleman, and admired the way he handled himself.

Different days, eh?  Can you imagine if anyone was as awful as our 'front runner' back in those days?  Never would have happened.

It's a shame how far we've fallen........

[A-Lert]

Hmmm........ I can tell from your story that I am MUCH older than you are!  I had graduated from college, was teaching, and watched the hearings during the summer.

I also remember, Lando, that Howard Baker was a gentleman, and admired the way he handled himself.

Different days, eh?  Can you imagine if anyone was as awful as our 'front runner' back in those days?  Never would have happened.

It's a shame how far we've fallen........

Different days because the media protected politicians. There was no internet. No 24 hour cable or satellite TV.

[musiclady]

Funny. A friend of mine who attended Catholic school on Long Island said one of the nun teachers was obsessed with the Masons and blamed everything from the attack on  Pearl Harbor to dyspepsia on them.

What???  The Masons didn't attack us on Pearl Harbor???   Who knew???

[ABX]

What???  The Masons didn't attack us on Pearl Harbor???   Who knew???

Silly nuns. Everyone knows we attack from the East where the sun rises. ;)

[musiclady]

Silly nuns. Everyone knows we attack from the East where the sun rises. ;)

hehe..................

[musiclady]

As my twin brother said it, we turned double nickles this year.

Yup.

[Free Vulcan]

What???  The Masons didn't attack us on Pearl Harbor???   Who knew???

C'mon people, everyone knows PH was the Illuminati. They always get the the high profile stuff, while the Masons get the dirty back alley work.

[HonestJohn]

C'mon people, everyone knows PH was the Illuminati. They always get the the high profile stuff, while the Masons get the dirty back alley work.

I thought it was the Nazi-dinosaurs from the center of the earth.  I saw a movie preview about them, so it must be true.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKPwtDjzJMI

[Lando Lincoln]

Even though it was about scandal, don't you think everyone acted more like adults than the politicians of today?  I mean, there were still dirty tricks on both sides, obviously.  But the school yard bully nonsense is not something I remember.

I agree. There was a gravity to it. Serious. There was still a statesmanship that trumped partisan politics. Not always, but it was there.

[Formerly Once-Ler]

C'mon people, everyone knows PH was the Illuminati. They always get the the high profile stuff, while the Masons get the dirty back alley work.

[Rivergirl]

Eisenhower was the master of the 'pocket veto'.   He promoted true infrastructure and for the rest he simply let America be America with NO government involvement.  Oh how the msm hated the man.

I well remember the msm bashing Truman's wife and daughter.   He threatened to punch a reporter in the nose for criticizing his daughter's piano playing.   As for Mrs. Truman, the msm constantly ridiculed her 'housedresses'.
No fashion model this lovely woman.

These are things I remember.  I was born before the 2nd. World War began.  Times were tough we were patriots.

[Sanguine]

Sorry you feel that way. It's my understanding that several "anti-Trumps" have received timeouts recently (even today), and no one has been forced to leave in a long, ling time.

Thanks for the kind words, ML.

I'll second those accurate words by MusicLady.

And, as for the "anti-Trumps" that seems to be roughly two groups of people; one who is anti-Trump first and foremost, and the rest of us who prefer another, better option than Trump.  Our comments do occasionally coincide, but to lump us into one group of "Trump haters" is a mistake and not honest.