Khan

Once upon a time, I said that we weren't ready for a Black president; that Barack Obama came too soon; and that we would suffer a backlash for rushing progress. But, that was then, as they say, and this is now. Since uttering those words, I have realized that it wouldn't have mattered whether someone like Obama came along in 2009 or 2059. What is happening to us now would still happen to us if we had waited another fifty or so years to elect a Black or other non-White man as our leader; and really, that's beside the point. What IS the point is that if we were to wait for what Dr. King so eloquently called "a more convenient season" to effect real progress in America, we would be waiting indefinitely, with no guarantees that that moment would ever arrive. Progress does not happen unless you and I MAKE it happen, and NOW. The lines of bigotry and ignorance that divide us will not be erased unless we stop RIGHT NOW and ask why they remain and what we can do to eradicate them. I've always believed that each of us is an instrument for God's use, and that He has his reasons for allowing even the most unconscionable things to occur. I think God used Donald Trump yesterday afternoon, not to ridicule Americans or White people, or to defend the white supremacists' repugnant ideology, but to show White America -- not just the white nationalists, the white supremacists, and the Nazis who persist with their filth, but every Caucasian man and woman in this country -- what racism TRULY resembles and why it is so necessary that we keep striving, no matter how long it takes or how many times we have to stop and regroup, toward change. Racism is not dead just because we managed to place a Black man in the ultimate position of power...and racism won't BE dead until we drive a stake through its heart, see it collapse into dust and dissipate into the air.

Baltimore should be used to [!@#$%^&*] being done in the middle of the night. Am I right, Colts fans?

Right now, a White woman cutting off a non-White woman on television might look, well, not smart? Maybe that's why she let her speak. He's 1000% right. White supremacy isn't just thugs in uniforms, going around town, chanting disgusting things and beating down anyone who isn't "like them" with clubs and chains. There are other, far more insidious forms of racism happening everyday in this country; and it's past time for Americans to get their collective heads out of the sand (or somewhere else) and start asking themselves the tough questions that need to be asked. Frankly, it isn't enough to say you voted for Trump because "he wasn't Hillary." (Just as it isn't enough -- again, if I could be perfectly frank -- for people like me to say they didn't vote at all because they couldn't trust either him OR her. IMO, those who stayed home on Election Day, including yours truly, are as much to blame for the nightmare as the ones who DID vote for Trump.) Even if we all agreed that voting third-party would be like throwing your vote away, nevertheless, you and I still had the option to do so. And yet, a frightening lot of you still voted for a man who never concealed the fact that he was, at best, someone willing to pander to the most despicable people in this country to garner votes; and at worst, someone whose line of thinking was not dissimilar from theirs. Why?

Exactly. You know, I'm not a fan of Ana's. However, she makes some salient points, especially in regards to the Republicans who are expressing outrage and dismay over Trump's remarks. As Ana says in the clip, "WHAT THE HELL TOOK YOU SO LONG??". I almost feel like the GOP is not entitled to be outraged by Trump. I feel like they're not entitled to go on social media and on TV and denounce him as several have. As I keep saying, they knew he was a snake when they brought him in. So now, they're hoping to do what's necessary in order to salvage their own careers and their party. Well, I'm sorry, but I don't think so. If Trump goes down for this, so, too, should they. And now, they must live with the fact that, in the eyes of the REST of this nation, and possibly even the rest of the world, they are no different from the David Dukeses, and the Richard Spencers, and the James Alan Fields Jr's. Sleep well, WWC. Really? Jesus. I'd hate to guess what he DIDN'T say. In other news: Texas 'bathroom bill' dies in special legislative session

Yes, it was obvious, but they (meaning, of course, the majority of those who voted for him) chose not to believe or accept it. They chose not to believe it, because they were just so desperate to reclaim something they thought they had lost; something that, if we're being truthful here, they never really had; or, if they had had it at one time, they were never going to have again. What it really comes down to, I think, is people's steadfast refusal to adapt to the changing of the world mixed with one man's ability to appeal to their basest instincts and convince them that whatever was wrong with their lives was somebody else's fault. Ladies and gentlemen, that IS a white supremacist.

No offense, but that's almost exactly what Trump Nation said and continues to say about Trump. Another, even MORE improbable theory of mine: TrumpCo. effectively gave the man enough rope to hang himself. Why? Two reasons: 1) They were sick of hearing him complain about how the Monday Statement didn't achieve the results he'd wanted (although, it got people to stop talking about Russia for a moment, so...) and figured it was better just to let him do the damn thing and get it over with. 2) Many from within have had it with him and his constant hot messes and felt they needed to create for themselves the perfect opportunity to bail out. (IOW, they sabotaged him.) Because, the truth is, even before Charlottesville had happened, people were talking about TrumpCo. devolving into total chaos. [!@#$%^&*], for all we know, this could all be Bannon's revenge against Kelly, McMaster and Kushner.

LOL!! I just posted a picture of an old "Archie Bunker For President" button ("I guess we know now how this might have turned out...") on my FB page.

It's possible Trump DID prepare those talking points -- perhaps w/ Bannon and/or Miller? -- but the rest of his staff, including Kelly, warned him just to stick to the script, as it were. Granted, the folks at TrumpCo. tend to be a rather clueless bunch, but even they had to know the sort of backlash that would come from his remarks. Hence, all the denials. They knew, or might have suspected, but either way, they wanted nothing to do with it.

Oh, Clay. I thought you were a [!@#$%^&*] dumbass long ago. But I'm glad to see you admit it.

IKR? If Roger Ailes had been around, I doubt we would have had anyone on Fox News express their disgust. It would've been just wall-to-wall "Right on, Nazis are people, too!" garbage. It's like what J.K. Rowling said on Twitter: one good thing to come out of this is that no longer can anyone in this country pretend they don't know what kind of person is Donald Trump. We all know now who belongs in his America and who doesn't.

That is, if he doesn't resign himself first.

One of the tweeters to that thread said it best: "Who brought the car to the street fight?"

Oh, I know it was, lol. I'm sorry if I seemed as if I was attacking you. I just needed to get it off my chest and your post gave me the perfect opportunity. Again, though, I am sorry.

Believe me, I know Hillary is as crooked as the days are long; and in fact, she's probably a closet racist herself. But there is NO way in Hell or NJ that anyone will EVER convince me she would pander to [!@#$%^&*] Nazis or hold press conferences as unhinged and undignified as the one we saw today. Adds what Trump read on Monday was a "hostage tape" That shouldn't make me laugh, but it does.

Don Lemon IS dropping real knowledge on everyone's heads. For God's sake, we put a Black man in the WH as something OTHER than the butler, and we STILL have to look at the statues and the monuments that remind us of a time when that wasn't even thinkable? You don't need to keep stuff like the Confederate flag around as a means of "preserving history." You wanna see history preserved? Go online or to your local libraries and read the accounts of those who actually LIVED it. You do that, and I promise you, you'll wonder, just as we do, why anyone would still want to honor men who once went to the trouble of seceding from the union in order to keep "people who look like me" (thank you, Mr. Lemon) enslaved. Meanwhile: "I think his ability to effectively govern is dwindling by the hour." Please, that tank was on "E" before he even took the oath. Trump NEVER had the ability to govern. Heck, he almost ran his dad's company into the proverbial ground, and on more than one occasion!

If this is true... 1) Like father, like son. (I always thought Eric was creepy af.) 2) Someone needs to remind Ivanka her husband is Jewish. Hell, someone needs to remind JARED he's Jewish.

Actually, Roman, I don't think he's saying anything at all to Trump. I mean, what COULD you say to him if you were in his inner circle after what just happened? You'd be either too white-hot with anger or too not-just-stunned-but-Blanche-Deveraux-stunned. That's probably the second or third Fox News pundit I've heard who couldn't believe it. I tell ya -- you lose Fox News, you lose America.

A retired Marine Corps general -- someone who is TRAINED to know how to comport himself whenever the fit hits the shan -- and even HE wasn't sure of WTF he was watching. That's the beauty of life under the Trump administration.

Not that they will, of course, but it'd be nice if Trump's team followed Carl's brilliant lead and say, "Look, we can't control him either." Just [!@#$%^&*] abandon this man altogether and leave him to howl into the night, where no one who's civil will listen or care.

#MAGA!!

IA -- and really, if they DO break from him, it'll only be because they recognize, however begrudgingly, that they just can't control him. In their heart of hearts, they probably agree with Trump more than they disagree with him. But there probably comes a point when they realize saving the party means more than remaining behind someone like him. Seriously, John McCain was right when he said (after he and Palin had lost) that the then-nascent far right was dangerous and unprecedented in the history of American politics. Meanwhile, how ironic is it that Arnold has stepped up and pledged money to the Wiesenthal Center? IIRC, wasn't he dogged for years with rumors that either he or his father had been a member of some white supremacist group?

Two reasons: one, they have to be careful not to leave themselves open to any lawsuits; and two, they don't want to admit that he IS a white supremacist, because they cling to the notion that everyone, even Donald F**king Trump, has a better side to his nature, a side that will ultimately win out over evil. They don't want to think that sometimes, no matter how hard you look for goodness in a person's soul, they just ain't got none.

If it involves me wearing a loin cloth and answering to the name of "Toby," I am so out.

Isn't his latest approval ratings, like, the lowest EVER for a sitting president? And that was before The Jawdrop Heard 'Round the World. The numbers might not keep falling, but they're certainly not gonna improve now!

ROFLMAO!! OMG, people on her Twitter feed thought she said "Ivanka," lol!!