In Trump's Washington, Nothing Feels Stable

[DiogenesLamp]

Same here !!! Cruz is best positioned in the Senate, even though he most aligned with my beliefs for the presidency .

It's not just that his beliefs aligned with mine,  it's also that he had the right philosophical perspective on the role of government in our lives;  Of "natural law"  and what was right and normal.   


He would have done the right thing for the right reasons.   Of course now that Trump has won,  I'm okay with him doing the right thing,  even if it's for the wrong reasons.   


He does seem to be doing the right thing.   

[txradioguy]

Trump certainly isn't a warrior.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Trump certainly isn't a warrior.

Of course he is @txradioguy  .  Trump took on both political parties, the media, the globalists, you and your fellow NTs .... and he won.

That, my friend, is a warrior.

But you already know that.

[Jazzhead]

Of course he is @txradioguy  .  Trump took on both political parties, the media, the globalists, you and your fellow NTs .... and he won.

That, my friend, is a warrior.

But you already know that.

He's the barking dog that's caught the car.  He's got to stop barking, and start leading.   Instead,  he's destroying his goodwill before our eyes.   

[txradioguy]

Of course he is @txradioguy  .  Trump took on both political parties, the media, the globalists, you and your fellow NTs .... and he won.

That, my friend, is a warrior.

But you already know that.

No...that's a politician who knows how to play the inside game.

This is what a warrior looks like:



The picture you showed is a wealthy 1%'er getting off a helicopter.

But you already knew that.

[Night Hides Not]

Back in the 80s I used to judge the success of a Reagan initiative by how much the left screamed.   The more they screamed,  the more convinced I was that it was exactly what needed to be done.   


The SDI program had them screaming pretty loud.   That program is what won the cold war for us.


 

No doubt SDI contributed, but my vote goes to the effectiveness of the All Volunteer Military. I was on active duty from 76-84, and I saw how we improved year by year. My first two years in Germany were pretty rough. For example, the weekend before arriving at my first duty station in Germany (1/77), we had a race riot in our barracks, and an E-5 was locked in his wall locker and tossed out a second story window.

Combat arms units like mine were susceptible to soldiers lacking basic reading skills...it was a real challenge.

My last two years in Germany we had a new Battalion Commander, a grizzled veteran who was sure he was on his last tour. He went after malcontents and soldiers that could not be motivated. Higher HQs howled as we discharged over 10% of our 600 man battalion. The results were stupendous, and played a large role in turning a C-3 battalion into a C-1.

[don-o]

It's not just that his beliefs aligned with mine,  it's also that he had the right philosophical perspective on the role of government in our lives;  Of "natural law"  and what was right and normal.   


He would have done the right thing for the right reasons.   Of course now that Trump has won,  I'm okay with him doing the right thing,  even if it's for the wrong reasons.   


He does seem to be doing the right thing.

I was all in for Cruz and came late to accept the binary choice of who would be my son's CINC and who would give us the SCOTUS necessary for any hope of the survival of the rule of law.

For me, Trump has two grand slams with Mattis and Gorsuch. Speaking of the latter, when I told my missus of his background with John Finnis, she was very happy.

After studying at Columbia University and Harvard Law School, Gorsuch earned a doctorate from Oxford University, where he was supervised by John Finnis, an internationally acclaimed philosopher of law and a theorist of natural law and natural rights.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2017/02/01/ignore-the-attacks-on-neil-gorsuch-hes-an-intellectual-giant-and-a-good-man/?utm_term=.e8a34a514eb7

@DiogenesLamp
@LonestarDream

[don-o]

He's the barking dog that's caught the car.  He's got to stop barking, and start leading.   Instead,  he's destroying his goodwill before our eyes.

 So keeping his promises is "destroying his goodwill" ???

All righty then - here's yer sign

[beandog]

He's the barking dog that's caught the car.  He's got to stop barking, and start leading.   Instead,  he's destroying his goodwill before our eyes.

Nonsense.  He never had any "goodwill" to destroy.  He's doing exactly what he should be doing.  It's the idiot Republicans in congress who need to stop being little girls and go with it.

[txradioguy]

So keeping his promises is "destroying his goodwill" ???

All righty then - here's yer sign

Other than a poorly executed EO...what "promises" has he fulfilled so far?

[Sanguine]

Nonsense.  He never had any "goodwill" to destroy.  He's doing exactly what he should be doing.  It's the idiot Republicans in congress who need to stop being little girls and go with it.

"little girls"?  Little girls can be quite tough - unlike our "representatives".

[beandog]

Other than a poorly executed EO...what "promises" has he fulfilled so far?

How about nominating a conservative judge for the Supreme Court.

[txradioguy]

How about nominating a conservative judge for the Supreme Court.

He nominated a judge that...until we see how he rules on some important cases...we don't know for sure is Conservative or not.

He's not on the bench yet.

Roberts was touted as Conservative too.

[Jazzhead]

So keeping his promises is "destroying his goodwill" ???

I have no problem with "keeping promises".  But his travel ban (actually a moratorium, not a ban) was poorly conceived and executed, and has galvanized the opposition against him.   He's tripping all over himself - he's not showing leadership,  he's acting impulsively and on the basis of bad advice.   

[beandog]

He nominated a judge that...until we see how he rules on some important cases...we don't know for sure is Conservative or not.

He's not on the bench yet.

Roberts was touted as Conservative too.

You just want to find something wrong.  Nobody can be sure how somebody rules until they rule.  The point is he did exactly what he said he was going to do.    It's certainly better than what Clinton would have nominated.  He has also nominated several very good people to his cabinet.

[Jazzhead]

How about nominating a conservative judge for the Supreme Court.

Judge Gorsuch is an excellent choice -  and I think it's a good thing that he appears to have much in common with Justice Roberts' view of the limited role of the federal judiciary. 

It would be a damn shame, though,  if the implacable opposition to Trump's rash and cruelly-implemented travel ban creates a backlash that sinks the Gorsuch nomination.

[txradioguy]

You just want to find something wrong.  Nobody can be sure how somebody rules until they rule.  The point is he did exactly what he said he was going to do.    It's certainly better than what Clinton would have nominated.  He has also nominated several very good people to his cabinet.

No I'm just being a realist.  The rest the jury is still out.  Good even great generals more times than not turn out to be lousy politicians.  The generals Trump nominated to political appointments have yet to show whether they will be as good in the political trenches as they were on the front lines.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

Judge Gorsuch is an excellent choice -  and I think it's a good thing that he appears to have much in common with Justice Roberts' view of the limited role of the federal judiciary. 

It would be a damn shame, though,  if the implacable opposition to Trump's rash and cruelly-implemented travel ban creates a backlash that sinks the Gorsuch nomination.

Some of us held our nose for Trump so that he would nominate someone like Gorsuch.

[Bigun]

Here's some news!  The ELECTION is over and Trump is now president of the United States whether you like it or not!  He's going to remain in that office for at least the next four years and more than likely 8 years!  Better come to grips with that or it's going to be a LONG period for you!
 

[alicewonders]

Of course he is @txradioguy  .  Trump took on both political parties, the media, the globalists, you and your fellow NTs .... and he won.

That, my friend, is a warrior.

But you already know that.

Donald Trump most certainly is a warrior, and by definition, Hillary Clinton is too. 

war•ri•or (ˈwɔr i ər, ˈwɔr yər, ˈwɒr i ər, ˈwɒr yər)

n.
1. a person engaged or experienced in warfare; soldier.
2. a person who has shown great vigor, courage, or aggressiveness, as in politics.
[1250–1300; Middle English werreieor < Old North French, =werrei(er) to war1 + -eor -or2]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/warrior

Anyone who says different is just being contrary.

[txradioguy]

Donald Trump most certainly is a warrior, and by definition, Hillary Clinton is too. 

war•ri•or (ˈwɔr i ər, ˈwɔr yər, ˈwɒr i ər, ˈwɒr yər)

n.
1. a person engaged or experienced in warfare; soldier.
2. a person who has shown great vigor, courage, or aggressiveness, as in politics.
[1250–1300; Middle English werreieor < Old North French, =werrei(er) to war1 + -eor -or2]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/warrior

Anyone who says different is just being contrary.

Neither has been a soldier.

Hillary is a fraud and a thug...not a politician.

And you and other people here have crowed since as long as I've been here that Trump isn't a politician...he's an "outsider"...remember?

Anyone who knows the definition of what a warrior is knows that neither one of them are even close to being one.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

Neither has been a soldier.

Hillary is a fraud and a thug...not a politician.

And you and other people here have crowed since as long as I've been here that Trump isn't a politician...he's an "outsider"...remember?

Anyone who knows the definition of what a warrior is knows that neither one of them are even close to being one.

 

[Right_in_Virginia]

Neither has been a soldier.

"Warrior" @txradioguy applies to more than a soldier.  A "warrior" is a fighter;  which is why one can even be a "warrior for peace".

[alicewonders]

Judge Gorsuch is an excellent choice -  and I think it's a good thing that he appears to have much in common with Justice Roberts' view of the limited role of the federal judiciary. 

It would be a damn shame, though,  if the implacable opposition to Trump's rash and cruelly-implemented travel ban creates a backlash that sinks the Gorsuch nomination.

Do you SERIOUSLY think that, say - Trump were to nominate Merrick Garland as his pick for SCOTUS - the opposition still wouldn't be lashing out at Trump?  Slanting their news coverage against him?  Holding protests, riots and vagina marches against him?  If he gave them everything they wanted, they would still work to obstruct him. 

There is nothing any Republican could ever do that would not get the treatment Trump is getting.  It wouldn't be on such a scale as this, because the typical Republican would have already caved by now, and resigned. 

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

"Warrior" @txradioguy applies to more than a soldier.  A "warrior" is a fighter;  which is why one can even be a "warrior for peace".

So I'm a warrior. Cool.