mhaze,

My impeccable sources?

Why - Thank You. How kind of you and so very
generous considering your penchant for
strongly biased conservative right-wing sources
through story selection and political
affiliations.

I especially noted your use
of the link of "legal insurrection". A
conservative blog created by William A. Jacobson
who uses a good deal of loaded language in his
headlines and within his articles. His
articles/comments are mainly from right-wing sources
and bloggers giving their conservative opinions on
current views.

Not that there's anything wrong with that, of course.

Each to their own.

I do read "The Hill" and cite from it as well.
And yes, I was familiar
with the former Vice President's aggressive push for
years, both publicly with groups like the US Ukrainian
Business Forum, and privately in meetings with
Ukrainian Leaders, for Ukraine to make every effort to
investigate and prosecute corruption in accordance
with the rule of law.

Now back to former Vice President Joe Biden.
I've recently read the book, "Promise Me Dad,"
about the death of his son from a brain tumour.
That man has been through so much much in his life.
Anyway, I would so like to see him run for office.
To have stability and decency brought back to the
US.

But of course realistically, it's up to the Democrats to
decide before they go overboard in shifting their
finances and organisational resources, as well as endorsements
to the former Vice President - they need to decide
and have a long and hard think about whether they want
the face of their party to be someone who represents the
past ... or the future.

Heard Trump, early am, American TV broadcast here
His words came out weirdly switching from subject to subject
Not sure if he ever fronts a court he will not be able to use the dementia defense
What then of those who support him
China and Russia must love the guy he has taken America into uncharted waters even its friends do not know what comes next

The link that mhaze posted was from a news scraping site in the Philippines. It did not acknowledge the Politico source. Be careful with it.

Dear mhaze,

Ho hum. You really are a shill for the bloke aren't you.

When the US intelligence agencies confirmed that Russia had meddled in the US elections Trump staunchly defended Putin saying of Putin;

“He said he didn’t meddle. He said he didn’t meddle. I asked him again. You can only ask so many times, every time he sees me, he says, ‘I didn’t do that', and I believe — I really believe that when he tells me that, he means it.”

Why do you think that was?

The link that mhaze posted was from a news scraping site in the Philippines. It did not acknowledge the Politico source. Be careful with it.

Dear mhaze,

Ho hum.

When the US intelligence agencies confirmed that Russia had meddled in the US elections Trump staunchly defended Putin saying of Putin;

“He said he didn’t meddle. He said he didn’t meddle. I asked him again. You can only ask so many times, every time he sees me, he says, ‘I didn’t do that', and I believe — I really believe that when he tells me that, he means it.”

Why do you think that was?

A counter view of Trump. He's a world leader. Specifically the president of the US. Nothing more (giving Trump credit for what he hasn't done yet), nothing less (not acknowledging him for the position he holds or for what he has done while there).

I've watched the public in the US be divided over Trump so much. It's a sad thing to watch. Some see what he's done well, or give him credit for things they hope for, such as the tag line to make America great again. It's a hope that they believe Trump is moving in that direction. On the other divide, some people see Trump for every character flaw that can be put on his shoulders. The amount of dedication to show any flaw, and even try to spark new ones, brings Trump to not just a president to agree or disagree with, but a president to love or hate. The part about hating him is a focused market with a spotlight and loads of attention. It is something to be wary from, as is anything that has a market for it is something to be wary about for whether it's true, or a misrepresentation.

The divide within the US over it's president is bad enough without considering a market devoted to hating him and making a rupture of the citizens of the US over it's leader.

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In spite of that, what good does the hate or the support for Trump do for Australia? Think about this carefully. There's a market there somewhere to entice a demographic that hates anything Trump can stand for (regardless if it's true or not), as well as a demographic that sees Trump as a hero against .... Well any level of political and PC rubbish that is worth removing and leaving in the trash. (Again regardless if there is merit to it or not).

For Australia, Trump is a marketable icon for either a political stance (for or against, just as divided), or a marketable distraction against other issues and watering down the issues of politics to either wish for someone as good as Trump (from one demographic); or watering down the issues by saying at least __________ politician isn't as bad as Trump (from the other demographic divide).
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A side note to Davidf. My comment in this thread is an observational experiment as well as a point about the topic. I'm hoping you don't start something by my just being here. If you do though. Message received. I'll keep the distance we've had from going into similar discussions. That has worked well so far since it seems we both decided on our own to avoid the other. If we don't go down that same path (regardless of knowing we will not agree on almost anything) then I'll see that as potentially a good sign. Either way, I wish you well, and for my part in the past apologize for my actions directed directly to you instead of directed at the topics.