Trump vs. Harris Pre-Election Special
by Robert Eringer
“Moscow had high hopes for Trump in 2016. It’s more cautious this time” (BBC)
Piece of advice for you: never buy a huge amount of champagne unless you’re absolutely certain it’s worth celebrating.
In Moscow, expectations were high that Trump would scrap sanctions against Russia; perhaps, even, recognize the Crimean Peninsula – “annexed” from Ukraine – as part of Russia.
“The value of Trump was that he never preached on human rights in Russia,” explains Konstantin Remchukov, owner and editor-in-chief of newspaper Nezavisimaya Gazeta.
It didn’t take long for all that fizz to go flat.
“Trump introduced the heaviest sanctions against Russia at that time,” recalls Remchukov.
“By the end of his term, a lot of people were disappointed in his presidency."
The corporate mainstream media would have you believe that Donald Trump is Mad Vlad Putin’s stooge.
Nothing could be further from the truth, despite such bunkum coming from folks with an “intelligence” background.
Putin has learned he cannot predict a Trump reaction as easily as he can predict an institutional Washington reaction—and it is the former that gives him pause.
“Who does China's president want to win the U.S. election?” (NBC News)
Ditto China.
Behind the scenes, Chinese officials might have a slight preference for Harris.
“We already had four years of experience with Donald Trump, and Donald Trump is a very unique character. He’s not a normal politician. He’s not even a normal businessman; he’s highly unpredictable, said Jia, a political adviser to the Chinese government.
In other words, Trump scares the crap out of them.
“Kim Jong Un wants Trump back, elite defector tells BBC” (BBC)
He says that North Korea still views Mr. Trump as someone it can negotiate with over its nuclear weapons program.
Let’s face reality: North Korea will never give up its nukes. You just need to keep talking them down from wanting to align with Russia or China and be used by either country as a nuclear proxy.
“Who will win the U.S. election? Our experts agree Trump is gaining ground” (The Telegraph)
Three of four experts forecasting for The Telegraph believe Trump will win.
And…
“Trump is going to win election,” says America’s top analyst (The Telegraph)
Nate Silver has forecast the outcome of most U.S. elections over the past decade and a half and is one of the only polling experts to have predicted Trump’s victory in 2016.
“Donald Trump's Chances Soar in Top Election Forecast” (Newsweek)
The median projection for Trump is 276 electoral votes to Harris' 262.
Just breaking…
“Donald Trump Takes Shock Lead Over Kamala Harris in New Hampshire Poll” (Newsweek)
The latest New Hampshire Journal/Praecones Analytica poll released Sunday night gave the former president 50.2 percent of the vote.
Meantime, Quantus Insights’ polling forecasts this outcome:
“U.S. news media endorsements for 2024 presidential race” (Hindustan Times)
Out of the 80 endorsements for the Democratic nominee, a few of the notable ones include Winston-Salem Chronicle, New York Times, Boston Globe, The New Yorker, Denver Post, The Las Vegas Sun, Los Angeles Sentinel, Seattle Times, The Star-Ledger, Tennessee Tribune, Scientific American, and San Antonio Express.
Media endorsements for Trump include New York Post, The Washington Times, and Las Vegas Review-Journal.
“Jeff Bezos vetoed Washington Post plan to endorse Kamala Harris” (The Telegraph)
Causes uproar among newspaper’s staff amidst senior resignations.
It is called hedging your bets. And underscores why billionaires with a variety of business interests should not purchase trophy newspapers. (Rooting for the candidate that loses might be bad for their biz.)
“Liz Cheney Cancels Washington Post Subscription After Outlet Won’t Endorse Presidential Candidate” (The Hollywood Reporter)
Liz Cheney is angry.
Sadly, so are too many politicians.
Politics is a very dirty business. By the time a person gets elected to political office, the mud slung at him or her makes that person angry.
“If you become angry,” wrote Epictetus, “you not only perform evil but you also develop an evil habit, and you increase your potential for further evil.”
This appears to explain the history of the world.
“Michael Keaton tells fans Trump, Musk 'don't really respect you' and 'think you’re stupid.” (USA Today)
I think it’s the other way round, Michael (who also appears angry in his video diatribe).
Like much of Hollyweird, this thespian is stuck on the fantasy side of the looking glass, akin to the character he plays in Beetlejuice.
“Bruce Springsteen’s Absolute Betrayal” (National Review)
Celebrity support for Harris isn’t surprising, given the era’s unignorable class divide. The shock is Springsteen repeating DNC talking points: He parroted Obama’s sneaky assessment of Joe Biden’s presidency as “consequential” when announcing, “We are shortly coming upon one of the most consequential elections in our nation’s history.” Then he checklists “the Constitution,” “peaceful transfer of power,” and “disqualify,” as if ventriloquizing Harris, Biden, and Liz Cheney.
Springsteen’s video horribly contradicts “the vision of America” he says he’s “been consistently writing about for 55 years.”
His growly-voiced, plaid-shirted “sincerity” – filmed in a diner like the final scene from The New Jersey-set Sopranos – resembles Kamala’s grinning Alpha Kappa Alpha black-sorority-girl bonhomie.
Maybe The Boss didn’t notice (because he doesn’t need to) that prices at the workingman’s diner where he poses (as a workingman) have doubled.
“Shocking viral video shows Kamala Harris supporter screaming in little girl’s face outside Houston rally with Beyoncé” (NY Post)
Just another “woke” progressive doing her duty as a dunderhead.
“How progressive politics turned Kamala Harris’s birthplace into a post-apocalyptic nightmare” (The Telegraph)
Hard-left causes such as “defund the police,” which the VP once flirted with, have brought even more crime, drugs, and violence, to Oakland.
Ask yourself one simple question: Do you want the rest of the country to become like Oakland?
And meanwhile…
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Join Us for the 2024 Election Eve.
Santa Barbara Current (www.SBCurrent.com) is organizing an Election Eve Get-Together at Cody's Cafe (4898 Hollister Avenue, Goleta, CA) on Tuesday night, November 5th, from 7pm to 10pm. We would very much like you to join us.
For your admittance pittance, you’ll be privileged to enjoy a Cash Bar, Heavy Appetizers (provided by Cody's Cafe), Mutual Nose-Rubbing, Friendship (real and imaginary), multiple television coverage,and a chance to be among friends and mutual acquaintances as you root for your favorites and against your nemeses.
Will Donald J. Trump become our President-in-Waiting? Will Republicans Sweep the House, Senate, and White House? Will Santa Barbarians defeat the unwanted and unnecessary school bonds? Will common sense school board members and city council members be elected? If the answer to most of these questions is YES, this will be THE place to celebrate. If things go south, you’ll have company drowning your sorrow in a stiff drink.
Please invite your friends. The results of this Presidential Election– from the top of the ballot all the way down –is sure to be pivotal for Santa Barbara, America, and the world. Tickets are $20/in advance (or $30 at the door if still available). Only 150 tickets will be sold, so to ensure your place please order well in advance.
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Santa Barbara Current’s Endorsement List (Nov 5, 2024 Election)
Interesting takes in the comment section. Here is my prediction: Donald J. Trump will win for the third time, this time by a margin that is too big to rig. I understand any handwringing as I sit here wearing an ankle bracelet preventing me from participating in the election, even to campaign for myself or attend Santa Ynez CSD meetings in person. After a lifetime spent working to GOTV, walking precincts, working fairs and stuffing envelopes to help elect good candidates, attending rallies, and organizing Tea Parties, I will spend Election Night locked in a small cabin outside of Austin.
All of the happiest and the most disappointing election nights have been spent with my family and friends. The biggest election night of my life I will sit In front of my IPad, talking on the phone with those same family and friends. Mostly I will be talking to my husband, who I have spend the past 45 elections nights with.
Our first election night was in 1980. I came home from my afternoon shift working at the Kern County Hospital only to discover my husband had voted for Jimmy Carter. He proudly told me when he picked my son Dylan up from kindergarten, my son asked him to vote for Jimmy Carter because his teacher told the class Reagan would start a nuclear war. My husband changed his vote to Carter as a favor to the 5 year old. My response? “Are you F’N’ kidding me??!! You are letting a 5 year old and a government worker tell you how to vote? What is wrong with you?”
My poor husband was raised by a commie mommy and a Dad who never voted because he didn’t think it mattered. My family’s interest in civics was a foreign concept to him. Both of my parents served on everything from the Grand Jury to the Republican Central Committee. My father held every possible elected office from the College Board of Trustees to Mayor of the small town we lived. I was at Bakersfield GOP Headquarters when President Kennedy was assassinated. Civic Duty and Politics were my wheelhouse, not my husbands’. Now my husband is as politically engaged and informed as anyone you’ll ever meet. He is proudly serving his 90 day sentence in our home, a small 125 year old cabin in Santa Ynez.
I am not looking for sympathy. I am happy and proud to be spending Election Night confined by a court where the judge explicitly said her goal was to keep me from participating in as many election cycles as possible. She called me a “danger to democracy” and mocked my claim on the Capitol steps that my husband and I support law enforcement.
We are on the right side of history. This Election Night will be very different than any other for my husband and I but in many ways, it will also be the most beautiful. We showed up to the Stop the Steal rally in support of election integrity. We committed no violence. We entered no private areas. We pled guilty to a single count of a non-violent misdemeanor. We did what we believed was the right thing and now we accept the consequences. After 3 years of investigations, almost a year of court hearings and tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees drained from our hard earned retirement savings, this reign of terror is coming to an end. No matter what happens, our life is what we make of it:
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The other day this TDS idiot said Trump obviously isn't up for the presidency, he's been looking tired and old recently. “You think he should look more rested? Then tell your Party to stop shooting at him,” I said.