The Politics Thread

[Juliajms]

I don't think there is anything wrong with gallows humor. I've had at least one uncontrollable laughing fit since Trump was elected. People cope in different ways.  I know it's hard.  I'm going to hide in fiction until Monday.

[JaneAusten]

So immigration raids will start and be covered by the media to deflect attention away from what is really happening. This is to give the base their red meat.

 

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-pol-trump-immigration-actions-20170119-story.html

[NothinButAttitude]

Don't know if anyone post this, but Trump is taking the weekend off after being sworn in and will start on Monday:

 

https://mic.com/articles/165942/donald-trump-is-taking-his-first-weekend-as-president-off#.B1OE5lTqu

[marceline]

 

I don't have any trouble with people cracking jokes. I mean damn, look at that inauguration lineup and tell me that isn't comedy gold. If my intel is solid (my company's DC office is up to its armpits in this circus) we might get a few things to smile about. It'll be a sad, dark day so its more important than ever we take our giggles where we can.

 

I'm going to the movies. I plan to basically move into one of my local recliner theatres for the day. One serves alcohol and full meals brought to your seat. The other, which has a better seat layout offers gelato, fresh baked cookies and a tea bar. (I'm a tea drinker.) Either way, I'm not going to lay one eye on the fuckery unless I hear breaking news that the event was struck by lightning.

Edited January 20, 2017 by marceline

[Juliajms]

Same here.  I hope you enjoy your day at the movies.

[DRW50]

For all the back-patting from some in the media about how they are more intelligent than ever in reporting, scrutiny, etc. the NYT always seems happy to prove them wrong.

 

http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-media/2017/01/new-york-times-stands-by-rick-perry-story-despite-controversy-233855

 

He also saw his uncle Ted implode in large part because Ted wasn't suited to the expectations on his shoulders. 

 

There's a history of Kennedys who try to make the big leap and are proven unsuited or incompetent in one way or another. The family mostly had one or two naturally talented politicians and a lot of people who were assumed to be the same because they shared the same DNA. Something always seemed a bit sad and lost about JFK Jr like he was trying to find an identity that would never come, but I was glad he stuck to his guns about politics. I'd like to think he would have even if he'd lived. 

With that said, it's sobering to realize the only Kennedy who will have any influence on policy is a hardcore anti-vaxxer. 

Edited January 20, 2017 by DRW50

[Khan]

 

If only those who had voted for him were as lucky.

 

Rule number one, FOB: there's no such thing as a "day off" for the President of the United States.  Not even when you're ostensibly on vacation.  You take a day off, and people could die.

Edited January 20, 2017 by Khan

[GMac]

 

I saw that.  What happened to "getting to work on a Day One"?!?!  haha Another promise he broke.

 

CBS is saying that beginning at 8AM tomorrow morning, they are covering the inauguration ALL DAY 

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. WTF is that?  Did that happen for Prez O?

 

[DRW50]

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/01/joe-biden-barack-obama-partnership-white-house-214662

[NothinButAttitude]

 

 

That's the sad part. The people that voted for him and are struggling to stay afloat could never get a job one day and decide when they wanna work it. It boggles my mind how these people don't see he's selling him a bag of sh-t. I guess they'll have to sit back and see who he truly is over the next 4 years. 

 

I've said that it is gonna take something catastrophic for his dumb voters to wake up and see he was never presidential. 

 

 

 

They all are starting off the day early covering him. I hope people protest his ass and don't watch. I know I am not. There's a familial ban in the house that no TV to is to be turned on a news station tomorrow. He won't be getting any ratings up in here!

 

 

[Vee]

I think Ted Kennedy had a great legacy of service.

[Roman]

Love JK. He thinks he's Dirty Harry and McClane rolled into one, but when he gets the bad guys...but how is it HE KNOWS everything and more than the other cops do?

It did...actually some channels started at 7am eastern.

[marceline]

 

Honestly? Yes, it did. Obama's inauguration was covered all day and every second. Basically because a lot of us expected him to get assassinated.

[Khan]

 

In the past, I have read that JFK Jr. seriously considered an acting career while attending Brown University, where he had performed in campus productions.  IDK whether he was any GOOD at it, although close friends and biographers alike say he was promising.  (And of course, there was also the name and the sex appeal, which often trumps (sorry) genuine talent in Hollywood.)  But I could understand the lure of "disappearing" into roles that took attention away momentarily from the family name and good looks, as well as that of carving out one's own niche in a profession entirely different from his father's.

 

However, Jackie, to whom he was extremely close, reportedly put her foot down -- people speculate it was due to JFK's infamous relationship with Marilyn Monroe -- and that was that.  Which might have been unfortunate, in retrospect.  

 

He dabbled, for lack of a better word, in law (after flunking the bar I don't know how many times -- perhaps a sign that he was not quite cut out for the legal profession?); and of course, there was George magazine, which sought to bring together his family's passions for politics and publishing.  But, you know, I never felt as if he was PASSIONATE about those pursuits...and frankly, I don't think he would have been passionate about running for office either.  I mean, he would have done it eventually, because the pressure on him was just too great.  However, people would have accused him of showing no enthusiasm for the job and running solely because he was a Kennedy and JFK's son and was expected to (and they wouldn't have been wrong).

 

IMO, if JFK Jr. had been allowed to pursue acting, or even if he had had the courage to do so w/o Jackie's blessing, I feel like there might have been a sense of purpose that his life otherwise lacked.

[GMac]

 

 

 

Thanks, y'all.  I was prolly so caught up in the moment 8 years ago, I didn't realize.  But yea, looks like TV tomorrow will be DVD only.  I ain't fixin to watch a second of this train wreck