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Stuart G

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Stuart G's Journal
March 6, 2020

Who has the best chance of winning in a heated, ugly, name calling election?

I think Biden, because it immediately evokes, "Trump is a crook." Why do you think Bernie is the best?

March 6, 2020

One simple reason Joe is the best candidate: The word "Biden" points to a "crook", Donald Trump!

..When people think of the word "Biden" many will automatically think of Trump trying to get dirt on Biden's son. Because that is what Trump tried to do and that is why he was impeached. (although not convicted)

...With Bernie, the word "socialism" or some other word may be evoked. Or "person who runs for President over and over." Or whatever. Not everyone will immediately think negative about Trump. Some may think negatively about Bernie..

..With Biden, only true believers in Trump will think negatively about Biden. (this or that) But most of us, 65 percent will immediately think about Trump the crook, trying to get dirt on Biden and his son. It really is a no brainer. It is immediate and often, and it's the truth Trump tried to get dirt on Biden's son. Trump is a crook.

... Most important, it is the total truth, isn't it?

...So when the truth is presented in one word, "Biden", and for middle of the roaders, it will evoke the idea that Trump is a crook, and the Republicans acquitted him. (Republicans are crooks too)

So what is it going to be? A discussion of "Socialism" and Bernie's past history, or 4 words.."Trump is a crook"................?

And guess what? Trump is indeed a crook and most people in the U.S. know it. That immediate thought is why we need Joe Biden to be our nominee. If you do not think that is the truth, please explain below.

March 5, 2020

In the General Election in November, we will see incredible hate and lies from Donald Trump.

...And September and October will make our present situation look like a quiet picnic in May, compared to the worst hurricane that we can imagine. Trump will have unlimited money and unlimited secret support from others. Whoever our candidate is against Trump, Trump will expose his hate, evil, and willingness to do anything to win. We must remember, this is early March, not late September or October, and I believe the worst is yet to come.

March 4, 2020

About Coronovirus Trump said, "So from that standpoint, I think probably there's a positive impact."

Perhaps the stupidest, insensitive thing Trump has said about the "Positive Impact of Coronavirus."

https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/03/04/world/europe/04reuters-health-coronavirus-airlines-usa.html

March 4, 2020, 3:17 p.m. ET

Trump said this today, and here are exact words, ( 3rd & 4th paragraphs down from top at link)

Trump said the airlines would be hit from a fall in overseas travel related to the virus.

"It's affecting the airline business, as it would. And a lot of people are staying in our country and they're shopping and using our hotels in this country, so from that standpoint I think probably there's a positive impact, but there's also an impact on overseas travel which will be fairly substantial," Trump said.

Hit the link above, and see what he said.

March 4, 2020

According to this song, "Any Dem Will Do" by Randy Rainbow. Song starts at 1:30

Hit the link below, it is up at Video & Multimedia..and it is funny..(total 5 min)

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213041860#post7

March 4, 2020

We want to win, we must win. That is all there is. We must win this November.

Yes, it will get uglier in many ways. Still we must win to save this country.

March 3, 2020

Police find a fully grown alligator living in the basement of an Ohio home

https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/02/us/ohio-alligator-found-basement-trnd/index.html

(No, I did not make this up.)

(CNN) — Some people have spiders lurking in their basement. Others, maybe rats. This Ohio woman tops them all.

Police received an unusual tip last week in Madison Township directing them to her basement.

Once there, they discovered a fully grown, 5-foot-long American alligator.

"I've never seen anything like that in my 17 years in the department," Madison Township Police Commander Darrell Breneman told CNN.

The homeowner said her son bought the gator at a reptile flea market 25 years ago and had kept it in the basement ever since, police said.

The voluntarily surrendered the gator and the Ohio Department of Agriculture removed it from the home, police said.

The gator from Groveport was in good condition.
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Groveport Ohio is a suburb of Columbus Ohio....This is NOT, I repeat ,,This is NOT a FLORIDA STORY...(even if it sounds like one)..Also, they police are sending the Gater, in good condition to an animal sanctuary in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina..
March 2, 2020

Coronavirus Chrises Underlyies 8 Trump Failings as a Leader: CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/02/opinions/trump-failings-coronavirus-opinion-bergen/index.html

By Peter Bergen, CNN National Security Analysis
Updated 3:30 PM ET, Mon March 2, 2020
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(CNN) — Until now President Donald Trump has been lucky. During his first three years in office there was no major crisis on his watch of the type that has challenged every president in the half century before him.

There was nothing comparable to the Cuban missile crisis (John Kennedy); no Vietnam War (Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon); no hostage crisis in Iran (Jimmy Carter); no invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviets (Carter and Ronald Reagan); no invasion of Kuwait by Saddam Hussein (George H. W. Bush); no suicide bombings by al-Qaeda directed at two US embassies and an American warship (Bill Clinton); no 9/11 attacks (George W. Bush), and no global financial crisis (Barack Obama)

The nearest that Trump has come to a crisis is with Iran, which was largely self-created after he pulled out of the Iranian nuclear deal two years ago and stoked tensions with that country.

Now comes the Covid-19 or novel coronavirus, a major crisis that combines elements of Hurricane Katrina—a natural event that could kill a substantial number of Americans-- and also elements of the 2008 great recession, since the economic repercussions of the virus on supply chains as well as on consumer and business confidence are already very troubling.

Some presidents rise to the occasion when a crisis emerges. Kennedy deftly avoided a possible nuclear war with the Soviets during the Cuban missile crisis, while George H. W. Bush assembled a massive international coalition to expel Saddam from Kuwait. And George W. Bush quickly responded to the 9/11 attacks by toppling the Taliban government in Afghanistan and destroying much of al Qaeda. (Two years after 9/11 Bush also made the disastrous decision to invade Iraq). Obama adeptly navigated the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.

In the early days, Trump hasn't risen to the occasion of the coronavirus crisis. And there are reasons to worry about whether he can do so, as the crisis underlines eight of his key failings as a leader.

First, Trump doesn't do any homework. As reported in my book, "Trump and his Generals," in early 2017 Trump's former chief strategist, Steve Bannon, told Trump's former national security adviser, H.R. McMaster, that Trump never studied an issue: "Trump is a guy who never went to class. Never got the syllabus. Never bought a book. Never took a note. He basically comes in the night before the final exams after partying all night, puts on a pot of coffee, takes your notes, memorizes what he's got to memorize. Walks in at eight o'clock in the morning and gets whatever grade he needs. That's the reason he doesn't like professors. He doesn't like being lectured to."

Related to Trump's first failing is his second: He always believes he knows more than the experts about any given subject. During his presidential campaign, for instance, Trump said he knew more about fighting ISIS than the generals leading the fight, an absurd claim since Trump had avoided military service in Vietnam and his knowledge of ISIS and the Middle East was no deeper than the average newspaper reader..(more at link at top)
March 2, 2020

"Establishment Ignored Working People" ..Is Obama part of the "Establishment"?

..If the answer is .."YES" ..than "Obamacare" did not ignore .."Working People." What is meant by that statement? Who is the "Establishment"?

..Does that unify us against Trump & the Republicans?

.....................OR..................

..Does that divide us against Trump & the Republicans?

..You be the Judge!!!

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About Stuart G

I thought I knew a lot, and I found out... how little I knew about what I know. And how much more there is to learn, if I listen and read what others have to say.
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