Comments by "Steve Valley" (@stevevalley7835) on "David Pakman Show" channel.

We thought Michele Bachmann was nuts. We thought Sarah Palin was nuts. They keep exceeding our expectations.
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I saw some bits of interviews with Walz from the recent past. In one, he was lecturing Vance on what "family values" are: like free school lunches, and paid family leave. When Walz gets rolling, he is a force of nature.
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Yes, it is the laughter I hear, not gasps, through many parts of that interview. As soon as Harris got the nod, I figured we were in for the most blatantly racist GOP campaign of my memory, and I'm 70,
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Sounds like an analysis of most of the companies I worked at, in the US private sector. Management always built an echo chamber around itself, and filled it only with people who would only tell management what it wanted to hear. I was astounded at the delusional, self-aggrandizing nonsense that came out of management's mouth, but the yes-men were right there to tell the honchos how brilliant they were. Anyone who dared "tell truth to power", better start updating their resume, because, like Bill Barr, when he pushed back on the "rigged and stolen election" narrative, they would quickly be pushed out of the company.
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I have no problem with the SCOTUS deciding this issue. I am also reminded how fast the SCOTUS can act, when it wants to. In Bush v Gore, Bush turned to the SCOTUS on December 8. Justice Scalia granted a stay of the Florida court's order for a recount on the 9th. SCOTUS decided the issue on December 12th. So now, on an issue of at least equal importance and urgency, the court needs over a month to even hear arguments, and we don't know how long to issue a decision, when Bush v Gore was settled in 4 days.
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The guy said $4.6T over the next 10 years. The US imports about $3.8T of goods per year. Trump's 20% tariff would generate $760B/year of revenue, or 165% of the revenue needed to cover the tax cuts over 10 years. The Department of Education's budget is about $80B per year. So, over 10 years, $4.6T of extended tax cuts, offset by $7.6T of tariff revenue and $800B of education defunding. My math says Trump would have a surplus of $3.8T to pay for more tax cuts for the "job creators".
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The GOP has no alternative to MAGA. The traditional "supply side" argument, that everyone else needs to make do with less, so more money can be given to the rich, is a non-starter. The GOP Presidential candidate has only won the popular vote once, in the last 35 years. MAGA is the only alternative: policies to enrich the rich, at everyone else's expense, camouflaged with racism and homophobia. Trump said he would not run in 28, if he lost in 24. If he wins in 24, and can still draw a breath in 28, he will run, regardless what the Constitution says.
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First point: I expect that Trump is itching to push racist buttons. Whether Harris is at the top of the ticket, or still VP, in line if Biden dies or is disabled in office, Trump is going to float the dog whistle "you want another of those people as President?" Options: Gavin Newsom? His ex-wife is snuggling with one of Trump's spawn. She will say the most horrible, personal, things about Newsom. Won't matter if any of it is true, or not. Newsom would have no way of pushing back. Few other Dems have had national exposure. Jamie Raskin? Cancer survivor. What are the chances of a relapse? Adam Schiff? Maybe. Got plenty of exposure in the two impeachments. Who has instant, national, name recognition? Who has a lot of influence in the party? Get ready for "everybody sucks 2.0" as Hillary walks in to, in her mind, "save the world". The hardest voting decision I ever had to make, was in 2016. Which corrupt, megalomaniac to vote for?
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Or more to the point, his attempt to overthrow the government was an "official act", as if election results are only valid if the POTUS says they are.
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I saw the debate where Jerry Ford said the Soviets did not dominate Poland, but claiming that migrants are stealing and eating pets is a new low.
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Given that Biden had a pre-selected list of reporters to call on, how much was the presser stage managed?
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Seems to me Trump has always talked like that: rambling, and disjointed. First thing I noticed, when Biden took office, was how nice it was to have someone in charge that spoke like a rational human being. But, over the last four years, Biden lost that advantage. Trump's followers understand him perfectly well. Among all the rambling, are the dog whistles they clearly understand, him saying he will "make America white again".
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So, what, specifically, don't people like about Vance? He seems to be in a no-man's land, where ardent Trumpers look at his "never Trumper" comments, while the never-Trumpers look at his pro-Trump comments. And, with Harris presumably heading the Dem ticket, opening the door to openly racist thought and speech, Vance's non-white, non-Christian wife is another issue. How could a Trump administration be pushing Christian nationalist (aka white supremacist) ideology, when the second lady is neither? There is a precedent for replacing a VP candidate who turns out to be toxic. We old geezers remember when Tom Eagleton, was replaced as McGovern's running mate in 72.
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Difference between a stump speech and debating: reading a teleprompter, vs thinking on the fly. Biden's performance validated everything the naysayers have been saying. What if Putin or Xi catches him on an off day? I'm old enough to remember when LBJ said he was not going to run for another term. The date of that announcement was March 31, 1968. His VP, Humphrey, was the candidate that fall, Humphrey only lost to Nixon by a thin margin, and Nixon didn't have near the baggage that Trump has. Newsom should not run, if he values his dignity. His ex-wife is playing nookie with one of Trump's spawn. Can you imagine the nasty, vicious, highly personal, things she will say about Newsom? I think Biden is enough of an adult to realize he hurt himself a lot last night, and willingly step aside, before he is pushed. They have just short of two months to get their house in order, before the convention.
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I noticed Trump doubled down on a comment he made in the debate. He said illegals take jobs from Blacks and Hispanics. I would love to say "do you think Blacks and Hispanics are the only ones doing menial work? Do you think Blacks and Hispanics are only fit for menial work?"
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In the debates in 2020, Harris seemed to be exhausted much of the time. Very low energy. The one time she lit up, was when she was attacking Biden for his less than stellar record on civil rights. Right after that debate, she was attacked as not being "black enough" to talk about civil rights. Regardless, I fully expect the Trump campaign to switch from basing their attacks on age, to dog whistles about her race and gender. They will have a needle to thread, given that Vance's wife is of Indian extraction, and Trump is trying to win some of the African American vote.
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Trump pushes the racist and homophobic buttons harder and harder, and his followers love it.
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I picked up on that "immigrants taking black jobs" narrative in the debate. Knowing that most illegal immigrants work low/no skill jobs in agriculture and construction, I wish that Biden had replied "you think African Americans are only suitable for menial work? How long have you been this racist?". But no, he didn't jump on that obvious opening.
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Or, the "Ministry of Truth" will take over, and insist that Trump's racist tirades are about Muslims, have always been about Muslims, and he is going to deport all the Muslims, including US citizens.
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The most blatantly racist ad I have seen, has been running in metro Detroit. The ad shows pix of Hispanic migrants and transexuals, and the narrator says "Harris is for them". Then the ad shows a white, hetro, family, and the narrator says "Trump is for people like you". With Trump saying he approves of the ad. How blatantly racist and homophobic can an ad be?
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wrt to the claim to "win all 50 states", according to Wiki, Trump did "win" all the state delegations in 2020, whether they were chosen by primary, caucus, or back room dealmaking. But like his claim that he won more votes than he did in 16, neither sweeping state delegations, nor winning the second largest number of votes for an office, in a general election, makes you the winner. He is feeding his "victim" narrative, just like his attempts to provoke the judge in court today. He wants to be admonished, he wants to be sanctioned. He would love to be tossed in jail for contempt. Because it all feeds his "victim" narrative. If he can provoke the judge to really lose his temper and say something outside the guardrails, then he has grounds for appeal. Trump is expert at keeping things tied up in court, for years.
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What you said is correct, regarding Trump's status in the criminal cases: "innocent until proven guilty", so he can not be disqualified only on the strength of the charges against him. However, he has already been declared "guilty" by a majority vote of jurors, on a charge of "incitement of insurrection". 57 Senators voted "guilty" in the second impeachment. Did not meet the Constitutional standard for removal from office, but it is a majority vote of jurors. If all else failed, I could make a case on the basis of the impeachment. Then let Trump challenge the decision in court.
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The irony of Trump complaining about Harris supposedly snubbing "Bibi" is that much of his base is virulently anti-Semitic. Several times, when he was POTUS, he had to voice support for Jewish people, to try and call off his followers. Will Trump debate Harris? I watched the Dem primary debates in 2020. She was OK in the fist one. But, after that, she always looked exhausted. Did very poorly. Trump may gamble that exhausted Harris will show up. He always has his fall-back position, leave it to his water carriers to spin whatever disaster he stumbles into as "winning".
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It was inevitable the GOP would play the race card. I was expecting a more pointed dog whistle like "we don't want another one of those people as President", to throw shade on both Harris and Obama. The DEI narrative is a two-fer: a play on the old "affirmative action" narrative that she was not qualified for the job, and, feeding the "replacement" conspiracy theory, that she took the job away from a white person. They will probably start screeching that she will "force CRT indoctrination on our children in school". to make a racist trifecta. Maybe they can connect her to Jeremiah Wright, so Hannity can dust off the narrative he used to connect Obama to Louis Farrakhan, and imply Obama "hates white people"
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Of course, he might not give a nickle to any school. So, what he says about not giving any money to a school with a vax mandate would be true.
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Yes, Biden's debate was terrible. But look at the nutty stuff that comes out of Trump's mouth, like how he can't wash his hair because of dripping faucets, or the electric boat and shark thing. Or, going back a few years, Trump talking about American soldiers, in the revolution, capturing airports. Or the time he made a mistake about the path of a hurricane, so drew in the path he had predicted on a map with a black Sharpie, to blame someone else for the mistake. In the last couple of years, Biden has, at times, spoken haltingly. His advocates always brush it off by reminding people he has a stutter. But look at the expression on Biden's face in the group photo from the G7 conference in Italy two weeks ago. He really does not look fully aware of where he is. Bottom line, neither is really fit for office. Each can have good days, and bad days, but can we accept someone in that position that could have an incoherent moment when there is a crisis? Who is an alternative? Kennedy? With a worm in his brain?
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Apparently, Biden's presser will be at 6:30 EDT, tonight. Well before his 8pm bed time. We will see how he does.
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Trump plays to his base. They want to hear racist and homophobic garbage, so that is what he feeds them. A few months ago, it was "poisoning our blood". The only thing I have not heard come out of his mouth, yet, is "darkies". Then there are the homophobic screeds, shrieking about Harris supposedly favoring sex change operations for prison inmates.
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From the numbers I can find, the murder rate in Chicago is 15/100,000 in 2021, half the rate of the worst states. Chicago's rate is lower than some other cities in Illinois. Champaign's rate in 2021 was 18/100,000. In 2020, the gun homicide rate in Rockford was 17/100,000 and 25/100,000 in Peoria. The murder rate in Chicago doesn't even put it in the top five cities, nationally, But Chicago has a large population, so the total numbers are higher, and every media outlet has an office in Chicago, so it is easy for them to cover the city. The Republicans are trying very hard to make this a "liberal" issue, or a racial issue, but gun violence is more a red state issue than anything else, with cities like Memphis, St Louis and New Orleans having significantly higher murder rates.
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In fairness to the King of the ignorant, he is not the only American to mispronounce a foreign name. How many years have we been hearing the US media pronounce Qatar "Cutter"? It's wrong. Listen to the BBC News. They usually pronounce it correctly. But the bigger question, when people call Trump "sir", are they crying?
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Replace Mr foot-in-mouth with Mr worm-in-brain?
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I live in a "swing" state. I will show up and vote. But, I have also compiled multiple layers of documentation that I am a US citizen, so I will be hard to rob and deport, by a hypernationalist regime.
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Completely in line with the opinions of the SecDef nominee, to make the Army white, straight, and male.
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Is that the beer that Larry Kudlow warned Biden would force people to drink, the beer made from plants?
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The problem is, the half of the country that supports Trump think they will come out on top in a fascist regime, where the "others" have no vote and no rights. Just like the Trump campaign ad that shows pix of Hispanic migrants and transexuals, saying "Harris is for them", then shows a pic of a white, hetero, family, and says "Trump is for people like you". A blatantly racist and homophobic appeal.
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Thing is, judging someone's "fit to hold the office" and voting for them are two different things. Former AG Bill Barr has said Trump is dangerous to the country, should not be allowed anywhere near the Presidency. But, Barr continues, if Trump is the nominee, he will vote for him.
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Trump moved the goalpost. The convention was clearly test marketing the narrative that "Trump is chosen by God". That notion was trotted out repeatedly, every night. They probably have TV commercials in production now, with Franklin Graham and any other faith leader they can get on board, to spread the "chosen by God" narrative. To people of faith, whether independent or Democrat, there is no counter-argument to "chosen by God".
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So, now Vance attacks Harris for not picking Shapiro, claims Democrats are antisemitic. Seriously, all the GOP has is bigotry. They dispute Harris' racial identity, flame Harris about the border, which is a racist dog whistle, and flame her again for being antisemitic. It has been the GOP base that has been so stridently antisemitic, that even Trump has tried to tell them to cool it. When Walz was a teacher, his subject was "social studies". The GOP will probably twist that into feeding his students "woke indoctrination".
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It's been a rough week for him. Musk is getting more attention than he is. Even Fox Noise had the nerve to fact check him, when he tried to make the New Year attacks about illegal immigrants, when the perps were both native born US citizens.
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