62 thoughts on “Trump’s Ghost Writer”

  1. If this is Trump’s plan, I’m sure Pence would prefer he wait a year so that he could get 49% of Trump’s first term and then (potentially) two full terms of his own.

      1. The country survive all of this?

        The Dow Jones stock market index roaring to new highs? Help wanted ads sprouting on billboards? OPEC powerless to raise a benchmark oil price above $50/barrel? China and Russia actually concerned about what the North Koreans are doing?

      2. The country can survive all of this?

        Pipelines getting completed, sanctuary cities getting pressured to obey the law, illegal immigration way down, mindless regulations being rolled back, people like DeVos and Pruitt on the job.

        Yeah, the country’s clearly going to hell.

        1. I’m happy about all of that, which is why I remain happy that she lost. I’m unhappy at how much more he could be accomplishing if he wasn’t such an ignorant, ADHD boob.

          1. Thought experiment for you Rand. We take the president completely out of the equation and replace him with a bill signing machine.

            What would be the result?

          2. I have no idea. It depends on what Congress decides to do on its own. I’m not sure what the point of your question is. But signing (or vetoing) bills is not the president’s sole power. He is also Commander-in-Chief (something for which he seems to lack both knowledge of history and military capabilities, and temperament).

          3. I’m not sure what the point of your question is.

            Which means you have thoughts about it. Good enough.

            May I give an answer…

            In about a femto-second the left would choose a new primary target so we could all suddenly realize how stupid and evil that person is. It would not be Pence because a tie breaking vote is not much real power. The GOP would try to enact law to retroactively make Hillary president so they can return to their safe space where nothing positive is actually accomplished.

            We move further to the left no matter the result of the next election.

            Yes, there is more to presidents than signing bills. Even if his Pershing story is false, the sentiment behind it is understood. We fight to win. We seems to be getting positive results in Korea.

            I heard Ben Stein list Nixon’s accomplishments the other day. I disliked his economic freeze policy, but his list of foreign accomplishments were impressive when listed.

            Trump’s list in just 200 days is already impressive. But there is always more. Just the current rate with no improvement will make him one of our better presidents.

          4. The GOP would try to enact law to retroactively make Hillary president so they can return to their safe space where nothing positive is actually accomplished.

            Ken, even if that were legally possible, it would be politically impossible, and very few Republicans would have any desire to do it. That’s just stupid.

            If you seriously believe that any Republican wants Hillary (as opposed to Not Trump) as president, you’re insane. The only reason any Republican supported Hillary last year was because she was the only serious alternative at the time. Every Republican would be perfectly happy to replace Trump with Pence.

          7. If you seriously believe that any Republican wants Hillary (as opposed to Not Trump) as president, you’re insane.

            Many said they voted for Hillary. They could have just not voted. Bush voted for Hillary (and we wonder why the country moves left regardless of elections.)

            How long am I to be stunned that you would waste this once in a lifetime opportunity by continuing to attack Trump when he IS NOT the problem.

            The problem is all those fighting the people that elected Trump. Trump represents those people. Targeting Trump is targeting those people and targeting the agenda the GOP said they supported before they could actually be held accountable for it. An agenda you in large part supported.

            Your claim was Trump was a liar and nobody knows what agenda he would pursue. That argument is no longer valid because (liar or not) he is pursuing the agenda he ran on.

            As a matter of fact, many that held their noses and voted for Trump are more likely to vote for him again because the risk will be much lower in 2020 because we know him better.

          8. Many said they voted for Hillary.

            So you didn’t even read what I JUST WROTE. They didn’t vote for Hillary because they wanted Hillary. They voted for Hillary because she was the only alternative to Trump at the time.

            Now they have better options, and you continue to befool yourself here.

            I’ll try again, though I know it’s pointless. Read what I (and others) actually write, read all of it, go off and think for a few minutes, or a few days, before responding, instead of dumping the senseless keyboard diarrhea that is the first thing that comes to your mind when you read a few words of something.

          9. Ken, since you’re so brilliant that you can divine what people write without actually reading it, give me the name of a single Republican who, given the choice between Mike Pence, and Hillary Clinton, would prefer Hillary Clinton.

          10. Anyone who voted for the Hildebeast because the alternative was Trump is an Enemy of the US or a world class dangerous Fool.

          11. That may be true, but it is irrelevant to this discussion, which is whether those same people would prefer her to Mike Pence. Is anyone capable of logic on this site?

          12. They voted for Hillary because she was the only alternative to Trump at the time.

            You force me to repeat myself. They could have chosen not to vote.

            give me the name of a single Republican who, given the choice between Mike Pence, and Hillary Clinton, would prefer Hillary Clinton.

            That’s not our process Rand. Primaries determine this and did. Like Hillary, never Trumpers don’t like the result. Also, I don’t read minds, but at this point I’m certain there are some ‘Republicans’ that would do exactly as you suggest.

          13. Yes, we understand that you are certain of many insanely stupid things that you cannot support with facts or logic.

            Until you’re able to do so, we (meaning I) would prefer that you refrain from barfing them out on my web site.

  2. So f*&k the real issue here and let’s go back to pretending there isn’t a problem that it took Trump’s election to reveal?

    You’ve finally done it Rand. You’ve left me speechless.

    1. So f*&k the real issue here and let’s go back to pretending there isn’t a problem that it took Trump’s election to reveal?

      No. But thanks for playing.

      You’ve left me speechless.

      Well, good, I guess. We’ll see how long it lasts.

  4. Trump Derangement Syndrome is amusing. Faked outrage at anything he says.
    When you are done with him, please send him to Australia.
    Our federal government is currently tied in knots over Same Sex Marriage and the discovery that a good number of our reps and Senators hold, or are entitled to hold, dual citizenships and the lights are threatening to go out as the federal and state governments have all bought into the global warming fraud and are building windmills and solar plants as fast as they can and have also bought a big battery from Mr Musk.

  5. Is there a mess? Or had Trump just angered the wrong (or to my thinking, right) people? Just wondering. If Queen Cacklepants had been elected, would there be a mess, or would it just be that whatever evil she and her flying monkeys caused be simply praised by her minions in the MSM?

    2. Trump didn’t side with the Tea Party types, cause he isn’t an ideologue but they aren’t a big group anyway. Despite having moderate big government positions, the GOPe wont work with him out of spite. The entire federal bureaucracy is in open revolt because Trump isn’t a tyrant Democrat they have been preparing for. The media would say Trump sexually assaulted a woman if he saved her from drowning and gave her CPR.

      Pretty much everyone is trying to destroy him except the people who voted for him. This is certainly unprecedented in American politics. I have no idea how it will turn out but I wouldn’t be surprised at all if he wins re-election.

  6. Meh. The country’s doing just fine, the economy is good, and football season is about to start. All this melodrama is tedious.

    1. Its the solar eclipse histrionics.

      Should be interesting to see how the DNC media reacts to continued violence from the DNC’s black shirt militants when there are no NAZI to blame.

  7. From my observations, I would say that Trump has lost very few, if any votes from his election last November, despite the media manufactured drama surrounding him and the White House. The vast majority of those who voted from Trump knew what they were getting, both the good and the bad. In fact, I would think he’s picking up a small percentage conservative voters who stayed home during the last election because Trump wasn’t a conservative, but they now perceive him as someone who at least fights.

    I’m reminded of Lincoln’s proclamation in response to the criticism against General Grant: “I can’t spare this man; he fights!”

    Now, I understand that Rand isn’t a conservative and I can see where he’s coming from, but I think we can all agree on one thing. At least Hillary isn’t calling the shots in the White House.

  8. Ok, so is there a reason that Trump is going to resign?

    “I think the snowball is beginning to gather momentum as it comes down the mountain,” Schwartz said. “It reminds me a lot of Watergate and the last days of Nixon. When the tide turns, it really turns and that’s what happened here.”

    Nixon was going to get impeached. That’s why Nixon resigned. Here, Trump is just going to be unpopular. Not a great position to be in, but not one that requires resignation as a solution. Trump can instead, just not seek reelection and let the clock run out.

    1. Excuse me, Nixon was going to be convicted of a crime by the Senate. He was already impeached.

      1. Nope. Clinton and (I think) Jackson were impeached but not Nixon. Clinton barely avoided conviction; I don’t remember how Jackson ended up.

    2. Let me know if you ever get an answer Karl. All I heard yesterday is a variation of “if he could understand how offensive his remarks were, he would resign”. If that’s the reason, McCain should have resigned from the Senate long ago. Fauxhauntus would have ended her Senate bid once the truth of her racial appropriation came out.

      The only answer provided in Rand’s comments is resignation is the cleanest way. And sure, I can agree with it. Also clean and simple would be for the NFL to cancel the season and just hand the Lombardi Trophy over to the Patriots again. If the GOP can just get Trump to resign, they’ll give us tax reform, healthcare reform, immigration reform, and social security reform, while revamping DoD procurement and returning NASA to NACA and opening up private space. You’ll get a pony too, if they win in 2020.

      But that won’t happen.

      1. “If the Democrats take control of the House in 2018, and he’s still president, Trump will be impeached in a heartbeat.”

        In a heart beat…then the question would be do they have the votes in the Senate (for removal of office). But remember just as in the case of the Bill Clinton the Republicans paid a price for impeaching Clinton in the following election. The Dems (& the media’s) Trump derangement syndrome could hurt them with voters. Especially if the economy is looking good and Trump manages to get a respectable amount of his agenda done.

        1. I’m not saying that Senate would remove (unlikely, actually, because in fact the Republicans are likely to pick up Senate seats in 2018), just that the Democrats are sufficiently deranged that if they took over the House, they’d probably take it as a mandate to impeach Trump (particularly if they ran on that). I don’t think it’s likely.

          1. What’s the “high crime” or “misdemeanor”? Without something substantive, it would be seen as the coup it was, and that could easily spark an insurrection.

          3. “Democrats are sufficiently deranged that if they took over the House, they’d probably take it as a mandate to impeach Trump”

            Agreed Rand…that’s why I don’t think the Dems will retake the House. Running on “we hate Trump.. we will Impeach” is simply not enough. Not only will it not help the Dems retake Congress don’t even believe it will stop Trump from winning in 2020. Assuming Trump runs in 2020; Scott Adams isn’t sure he will if he get enough of what he wants done his first term. I don’t think the Russian investigation will bare fruit either; it will default to bogus “obstruction of justice” charges which will go no where, because those can be almost anything and will be perceived as to political.

          4. if he get enough of what he wants done his first term.

            What he wants can’t possibly be accomplished in one or two terms. He wants the good things a 70 year old can remember about America.

          5. Republicans like law and order. A legitimate reason to impeach could be supported. A naked coup wouldn’t be supported.

            Considering the communists are firmly in control of the Democrat party and have been using organized violence from black shirts while also using government agencies and party controlled businesses to abuse normal people, the outcome of impeachment without cause would be disastrous to our country.

            I am dismayed that people, especially those who claim to be principled or constitutional stalwarts, are even considering going down this route.

          6. I am dismayed that people, especially those who claim to be principled or constitutional stalwarts, are even considering going down this route.

            The disconnect is clear to see. The solution is elusive.

            Wodun, I really enjoy your clear insights.

  9. “What he wants can’t possibly be accomplished in one or two terms. He wants the good things a 70 year old can remember about America..”

    He could get the wall built in one (to say nothing of two) terms. He could repeal/&replace “Obamacare” in one term.
    He could appoint his 120+ judges in one terms…and maybe one or two SCOTUS picks more in a 2nd term.
    He could pull us out of/renegotiate NAFTA in one term
    He could rebound America’s manufacturing base by negotiating better trade deals that favor our jobs in one/two terms.
    He could make NATO pay more of its fair share in their own defense in one/two terms.
    He can open up off-shore areas for drilling/oil exploration & allow exports of our surplus natural gas/oil to Europe to reduce demand for Russian product (in the works).

    He could do all that and more and not be a “true conservative” maybe just an “unprincipled populist”. And unprincipled populist who likes shoot from the hip tweets and still manages to get allot of things done.

    1. A lot of those things don’t necessarily need congress but it would be far better if the GOPe could suck it up, get their members in line, and get some bills passed. Worst comes to worst, just bribe the backstabbers with some small but lucrative government programs and sunset them. The GOPe aren’t idealists or conservative standard bearers. They just want money.

      1. ..And I left out infrastructure repair; starting by streamlining that ridiculous 10+ years process of approval (in the works). Cancelling all/most of Obama’s presidential orders–done. Travel ban from Muslim countries that are a perceived threat (in progress). For every regulation passed 2 have to be repealed (also in progress). Decent progress so far.

    2. Tim, of course he could get a lot done but less with congress opposing him. Even with congress support we are dealing with a deeply corrupted govt. which will take decades to fix even if everything were done perfectly. A nice start would be penalizing govt. criminals.

      We could just abandon the farce altogether and hand the keys over to the communists, jihadists and other militants that have hated America their entire lives while claiming patriot and victim status.

      As Time said, “We’re all socialists now.”

      1. “…we are dealing with a deeply corrupted govt. which will take decades to fix even if everything were done perfectly.”

        Well despair is a sin Ken, I prefer to live in hope. We don’t need an ideologue a pragmatic populists who knows how do get the right things done will do. For instance Trump picking his federal judicial nominees from his “list” of conservative judges who don’t think it is a judge’s job to make laws & also believe in the supremacy of the Constitution. Doesn’t require him to be personally conservative just keep his word which he is so far in that area.

        http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/trumpometer/

        1. despair is a sin

          In Catholic dogma it is an unforgivable sin. I started as a Catholic. This would be very bad for me.

          I do not ever presume God’s decisions for my future. However, my expectation is I will die and be completely forgotten.

          So whatever good thing I can do must be done today. Not for me, but for others.

      2. As far as government corruption at the federal level (Congress) perhaps term limits would help. Not much chance of amending the Constitution to bring it about but perhaps a back door approach at the state level might work:

        “In 1995, the Court considered in U. S. Term Limits v Hill the constitutionality of an Arkansas law that limited Arkansas representatives to a maximum of three terms (6 years) in the U. S. House or two terms (12 years) in the U. S. Senate. (The law prohibited persons who had served the maximum number of terms from being certified for the ballot, leaving open only the nearly hopeless prospect of running as a write-in candidate.) The Court concluded that the Qualifications Clauses of Article I, Sections 2 and 3 set forth a set of qualifications for federal elected office that could not be altered or added to. The Court saw as central to the framers vision that voters have the right to vote for whomever they wished. The Court also rejected the argument of Arkansas that its ballot access law might be considered a “time, place or manner” regulation of a federal election, such as is authorized by Article I, Section 4 of the Constitution. The regulation, according to the Court, was clearly a “qualification.” In dissent, Justice Thomas argued that the qualifications set forth in Article I were a “minimum” set of qualifications and that the states–under the 10th Amendment–had the power to impose additional qualifications. ”

        http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/qualifsclause.htm

        This was decided in the negative back in 1995 (but note Justice Clarence Thomas’s dissent). Perhaps after Trumps gets his 120+ judicial appointments and maybe another SCOTUS pick we can revisit this. I agree with Thomas, States traditionally have been granted broad latitude to determine eligibility to appear on a State’s ballot. Eligibility to serve under Federal law if elected has never been held to be synonymous with eligibility to appear on a State’s ballot; whatever the “motivation” of the States’ law–but SCOTUS disagreed. A different more “conservative” court might beg to differ; on that issue and others perhaps like Roe Vs Wade.

  10. we understand that you are certain of many insanely stupid things that you cannot support with facts or logic.

    Logic has limits, even when facts exist.

    You seem to be presuming Pence would get the vote of every Republican over Hillary. This is you asserting your faith because there is no logic based on any fact that provably reaches that conclusion.

    About the only related fact we have is that some Republicans did vote for Hillary when some conditions existed. Neither you nor I know if Pence being the alternative would not be such a condition for every Republican.

    Given we have evidence the GOP lied about a desire to repeal and replace perhaps they would prefer any democrat to avoid being exposed? We have no way of knowing… but we can suspect from their words and actions before and since.

    Certainty is a state that can be wrong or proved right. Certainty can be based on experience and intuition both of which are valid.

    1. Ken, you now have three choices.

      1) Admit that your comments in this thread have been utterly idiotic and unresponsive to anything I’ve written, and apologize for them. That admission would include the words “unresponsive and idiotic, and unable to read what you wrote for comprehension.” It would also include my repeated request for you to think and read before posting. I do not expect you to do this, but I continue to hope, because, despite all evidence, I’m an optimistic soul.

      2) Have me write a specific blog post about your specific idiocy in this thread, and let the commenters have at it. And it will be brutal, because your comments are truly idiotic.

      3) Be banned.

      Take your choice, (and I’m truly sorry to do this, after all these years, because the number of people I’ve banned can be counted on a single hand) but my patience in your flooding my comments section with your Trump-adulating illogical idiocy has run out.

      And honestly, if I have to resort to option (3), after all these years, I will not miss your idiotic comments at all. Because I’ve wasted too much of my waning life responding to them. I feel like I’ve been more than patient.

      1. Since I do enjoy your writing I have no choice but option two.

        I am very curious to see how badly you’ve misread me (if at all.)

        I am actually quite aware you are an optimist along with many other good qualities. I am a lateral thinker, always have been and this is very unsettling for some people. I simply could not choose option one because responsive is exactly what I am.

      2. Rand, us readers will be brutal, many of us in Ken’s defense. The whole Never Trump attitude in indefensible.

          1. When the choice was Trump or Hillary, some republicans chose Hillary.

            Change the choice to: Pence or Hillary, are you claiming with what you know about republicans not one would choose Hillary? Even if the reports that Hillary paid off six republicans and possibly more are true? You would bet your life on it?

            Is it insane to not trust them?

          2. Change the choice to: Pence or Hillary, are you claiming with what you know about republicans not one would choose Hillary?

            The notion that there are enough of them to actually make it happen is monumentally, incandescently imbecilic, on multiple levels.

          3. You’re assuming I meant it as a likely possibility when all I’m really saying is they can’t be trusted. You’re defining my position, then attacking that definition.

          4. The GOP would try to enact law to retroactively make Hillary president so they can return to their safe space where nothing positive is actually accomplished.

            This was obviously meant as humor since it’s not in any way representative of a normal procedure.

            You Rand, have chosen to latch onto this as if it were meant literally. Do you not recognize hyperbole?

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