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[steve white]

I think it is just something as simple as Trump attacking the Bush administration and Cheney in the past and also standing by his daughter.

And he may also think a Harris administration handcuffed by Congress would be better than Trump as POTUS.

Except there is no guarantee of a Republican congress or senate...a dangerous gamble.

 

[LivingTheDream]

Trump attacking the Bush administration and Cheney in the past and also standing by his daughter.

I'm pretty sure this is it. If I was as old as he is and as rich as he is, I would say whatever I wanted no matter how petty or ridiculous it might be.

 

[Tbitty]

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I want to print this as a yard sign and post it.

 

[MauserM03Blog]

Also, I find it laughable that you think disputing an election unthinkable. I find that to be cornerstone of democracy, see Venezuela, Russia, Iran for places where it is illegal to dispute the results of election. But yes let's believe 100% of what the government tell us.

Friend, try to resist the temptation to willfully misinterpret what people say. You’ll never prosper from doing that.

Of course we (in Australia) have review processes, including for our election procedures. We have re-counts where voting is close. What we do not have is disputes about the honesty or propriety of election officials or election operations. We do not have election deniers or insurrections. We do not have what’s just happened in Georgia; petty officials deciding they are going to up-end election procedures, seemingly to suit their own party-political ends.


To my eyes, being an informed outsider, there are many admirable aspects to the US constitution and associated elements of national governance and administration. It's far from being all good though. A lot could be done to improve your election processes. Other countries have election features such as universal suffrage and compulsory voting, preferential (or rank choice) voting, an independent electoral commission which sets electoral boundaries and runs elections, media black-outs for three days before an election, appointment of the prime minister (head of the executive but not the head of state) by parliament and not by a direct, popular, nationwide election. Some democracies have a few of these features. Australia has all of them and they serve us well.

It was the interview with Admiral Mullen that drew me to this thread. I didn’t meet him but I did meet and work with several of his peers from the US Forces during my career. They were all impressive people. I was never left with the view that their minds would be closed to new thinking or opinions from outside their usual spheres of influence. However, from just one day of looking at posts on this thread I have become concerned that many of the participants here, people I have things in common with, are unable to think clearly (or choose not to) and are unable to see what is obvious right before their eyes. It seems that they have been captured by propaganda, some of which will be the direct product of malicious intervention by foreign actors. To those of you who are affected, if it is even possible for you to recognise this, you need to take a big step back and look at how you got to where you are. If it helps, pretend you are a three or four star general or admiral and that thinking clearly and being wise is absolutely essential.

These gentlemen and women pledge an oath to your constitution, not to a king, or a dictator, or a wannabe dictator. Please have a good, clear think about these things. I wish you all the best with that.