Tom Toles for May 24, 2019

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    DD Wiz Premium Member about 5 years ago

    A president must be able to multi-task. The nature of the presidency is to be at the center of multiple crisis simultaneously and be able to handle them.

    When Republican Nixon and Democrat Clinton were under investigations in impeachment inquiries, in both cases their response was to double down and try to prove their worth as presidents by working across the aisle to get big things done, and both of them attained some of their most memorable achievements while the impeachment hearings were underway.

    Trump, on the other hand, specifically admits that he is NOT CAPABLE of doing his job, that he can only deal with one thing at a time (“one track”) and in that way simply admits that he is over his head and not qualified for the job.

    Which everyone already knew, including the Republicans who say it openly in private but, terrified of Trump’s base, won’t admit it publicly.

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    theshadowuu  about 5 years ago

    Please, he can’t even legibly sign his name. The ghostwriter now wants that book reclassified truthfully as fiction. https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/442805-art-of-the-deal-ghostwriter-says-hed-be-fine-if-book-is

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    braindead Premium Member about 5 years ago

    You’ll notice the Republican infrastructure plan is exactly like their health care plan.

    Which, in turn, is exactly like the Republican plan to reduce the deficit.

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    They plan only for increase spending, especially military spending (of course veterans’ benefits are some sort of ‘entitlements’ and are not part of the military budget) and for tax cuts for the rich.

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    Example: they go all out lying their way into the invasion of Iraq and have NO plan whatsoever for the day after Saddam is removed — except for the victory speech on the aircraft carrier.

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    “Law & Order”

    “patriotism”

    “fiscal responsibility”

    “family values”

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    #TraitorTrump

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    Masterskrain  about 5 years ago

    trumpelthinskin’s LATEST trumper tantrump! What a revolting example of a “human being”! (and I use that term VERY loosely!)

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    Motivemagus  about 5 years ago

    No, he had a ghostwriter, who now says the book should have been called The Sociopath.

    Author Tony Schwartz now says that if he wrote the same book today, he’d call it The Sociopath. “I genuinely believe that if Trump wins and gets the nuclear codes there is an excellent possibility it will lead to the end of civilization,” Schwartz said. “Trump only takes two positions. Either you’re a scummy loser, liar, whatever, or you’re the greatest.” Schwartz noted that Trump’s short attention span has left him with “a stunning level of superficial knowledge and plain ignorance.”
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    Radish the wordsmith  about 5 years ago

    Trump refuses to do his job.

    So, investigate until we have enough evidence for impeachment.

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    Perkycat  about 5 years ago

    My way or the highway…….which is full of potholes and crumbling asphalt.

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    Gypsy8  about 5 years ago

    The Trumper is reduced to schoolyard bickering. Don’t impeach him, defeat him in the election or you’ll just get Pence, which is poor consolation.

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    Nantucket Premium Member about 5 years ago

    Trump has never READ a book, much less written one.

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    NeoconMan  about 5 years ago

    Trump demands stuff and pushes people around a whole lot but can anyone tell me of an actual “deal” he has made with anyone in the last 2.5 years?

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    rionmorrison69  about 5 years ago

    Even worse, it appears to be spreading like any other pandemic. India just elected a right winger.

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    Godfreydaniel  about 5 years ago

    A couple of recent Republican calls for Trump to be impeached (or, at least, that he had committed “impeachable acts”), one from a former member of Trump’s own transition team, one a sitting Representative. Now former Republican Representative Tom Coleman weighs in, in a guest column in The Kansas City Star, that Trump must be impeached: “According to the redacted Mueller report, candidate Donald Trump, along with members of his team, on multiple occasions welcomed Russian interference on his behalf during the 2016 presidential campaign. For example, the report details a meeting between the Trump campaign chairman and a Russian intelligence asset where polling information and campaign strategy were shared.While Mueller did not find sufficient evidence that Trump or his campaign had violated a criminal statute, the net effect was that the Trump campaign encouraged a foreign adversary to use and misrepresent stolen information on social media platforms to defraud U.S. voters. Because the presidency was won in this way, the president’s election victory brought forth nothing less than an illegitimate presidency.”

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    jvscanlan Premium Member about 5 years ago

    You learn a lot while losing a billion dollars

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    Charlie Tuba  about 5 years ago

    He didn’t write that book, Tony Schwartz did!

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    Radish the wordsmith  about 5 years ago

    The House has control of the White House Budget, they need to tighten the reigns.

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    NeoconMan  about 5 years ago

    ^ Or else the Republicans will rain over us for another four years.

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    Dtroutma  about 5 years ago

    Any book containing a complete sentence, wasn’t written by Bonespurs.

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    Concretionist  about 5 years ago

    Well, no. This guy allowed a freelancer to write the book…

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    mommadillo  about 5 years ago

    Actually, he paid someone else to write a book and put his name on it. There’s a lesson there for anyone paying attention.

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