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The American Presidency - Showmanship Or Substance?
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Posted by Armchair Critic, Wednesday, 3 July 2024 2:28:01 PM
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"The following link explains:"
Whenever Foxy says that, what she really means is she found someone who tells her what she wants to hear and will look no further. Phew! Yes, the SCOTUS decision doesn't cover unofficial acts by the president. So he's immune for all things done as part of being president but if someone can prove that something he did was outside his role as president then that's not covered. But the burden of proof is on the accuser to show that it was outside the presidents official role. The important point here is that all the cases against Trump, from the hush money case to the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case to the J6 insurrection case to the Georgia electoral interference case - ie ALL of the cases against him- are either partially or fully official acts as president. Therefore all those cases are in trouble. So the hush money case fails because a large part of the evidence covers acts he did as president. The classified documents case fails because the president has immunity (now) to do what he wants with documents. This will go over Foxy's head, but these cases are all now falling apart. The hush money sentencing is delayed and the prosecutor has announced a review of the case, the Georgia case was already basically dead anyway, the classified document case is now being reviewed and the J6 case won't be pursued since it was clearly part of his official duties. People Foxy relies on to tell her what to think will try to parse this as only a 99% victory for Trump, but its now clear that all the attempts by the Democrats to prosecute and persecute a political opponent are squashed - a good result for democracy. ___________________________________________________________________ Biden has said that he was so tired during the debate that he almost fell asleep. This was a surprise to many since they didn't realise he was ever awake. Posted by mhaze, Wednesday, 3 July 2024 2:49:00 PM
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Here is another link -
explaining what the immunity ruling means for Trump's criminal cases: http://theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/02/presidential-immunity-trump-lawsuits Posted by Foxy, Wednesday, 3 July 2024 3:32:40 PM
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Wow! Foxy's Guardian article basically agrees with what I said.
Agreeing with the stenographers of the Guardian - now I'm starting to think I might be wrong! Posted by mhaze, Wednesday, 3 July 2024 3:40:04 PM
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Saw this on the Net just now; Kudos to the author
When one tries to “reason” with a Democrat, remember you are dealing with a person who believes that a man can be a woman and a woman can be a man and that such a delusion should be encouraged, not discouraged. Discouragement of the delusion is considered immoral and bigoted. Thus, our society has unnecessary dilemmas concerning bathrooms, athletic competition at all levels, and “pronoun” controversies subjecting ourselves to all manner of laws, rules, regulation and more needless government control. Here is a suggestion to break the left’s ridiculous gender ideology and denial of biological reality. President Trump should make a declaration that he is identifying as a woman. The left wil have to admit the absurdity of their gender ideology or accept and celebrate “Donna Trump” as the first woman President, thus beating Hillary, Liz Warren, Amy Klobuchar, Kamala Harris and Kirsten Gillibrand to the glorious goal of one of their “female firsts” . Furthermore, if he remains married to Melania, he will also be the first gay president and the first Lesbian president. He will also be the first lesbian President married to an immigrant! What a most glorious event for the democrats to celebrate. Posted by Indyvidual, Wednesday, 3 July 2024 4:29:00 PM
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Joe Biden has spent most of his professional career
in politics. He knows how the system works. He's of the old school. When all's said and done, Biden may well be the Democratic Party's candidate come August. If he decides to take himself out of the running - who his replacement will be is anybody's guess. What scares me is what a Trump win would do. The Strategist, sums things up thus: 1) A Trump victory could help bring about a Republican take over of the Senate at the same time Republicans hold the House of Representatives. 2) Together with a Supreme Court that has increasingly demonstrated sympathy for positions supported by Trump and Congressional Republicans this would bring about the American equivalent of a parliamentary System with power consolidated in the hands of one party. 3) There would be few checks on power strong enough to mitigate the imbalance. 4) Trump's plans to weaken the independence of the civil service could be done. 5) He could fulfill his promise to politicize the Justice Department and regulatory agencies. Giving him more power. 6) Trump would be free to lower taxes, impose tariffs, further restrict access to abortion. 7) Ease already loose controls on gun owners and enforce immigration law as he sees fit, and increase the enormous debt. We're told that Foreign policy would also be vulnerable because the US political system gives broad latitude to the executive. The Strategist says that "It's quite possible Trump would reduce or even eliminate support for Ukraine, hollow out US commitments to NATO. Give Israel an even freer hand to prosecute war in Gaza and Lebanon, and build settlements. Refuse to participate in global efforts to combat climate change and prioritize bilateral trade issues with China over broader concerns with Beijing's behaviour abroad." It is frightening. The Strategist says that: "Elections have consequences - and this one more than most - given the differences between the candidates far exceed any similarities." Allies, like Australia, need to prepare themselves for major changes come January if Trump gets elected. We should be concerned. aspistrategist.org.au/after-bidens-debate-performance-the-world-should-prepare-for-trump/ Posted by Foxy, Wednesday, 3 July 2024 5:44:42 PM
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- If Ukraine capitulates Biden loses the election, so he has to keep escalating.
And we have Netanyahu, whose been killing tens of thousands of innocent people
- Just so he can avoid stepping aside, in which he'll be instantly arrested and sent to jail, so he has to keep escalating.
Netanyahu is actually planning on starting a larger war that they cannot win, they are going to have hell rain down upon them and are banking on America coming to intervene to save them, and maybe get America into a war with Iran at the same time.
So all this BS is about an old man with dementia whose lost his mind and somehow wants to still be the president, and make war against another nuclear superpower and another bloke who has surrounded himself with religious genocidal lunatics, and who may also end up dropping the bomb on Lebanon - just to avoid going to jail.
Another angle to all this no-one is thinking about.
Biden is REALLY not competent, and what do I mean exactly?
Blinken and Sullivan and the people around Biden could be telling him anything.
They could be misleading him, like the true strength or state of the US military for example and lead him to make some really bad choices, the potential is there.
The other world leaders don't even know who's really running the show in America right now.