tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post6174262028662496218..comments2024-01-13T07:38:36.064-05:00Comments on Target Liberty: Once Again Revisiting Trump vs. Hillary Robert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post-39493338200999309792018-03-17T11:28:35.654-04:002018-03-17T11:28:35.654-04:00To follow up: Trump is hardly just a buffoon; no o...To follow up: Trump is hardly just a buffoon; no one with the power of a US President is just a buffoon. Trump less so.<br />Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18259730262288807964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post-54057575249695271332018-03-17T01:58:29.307-04:002018-03-17T01:58:29.307-04:00Nationalists like Pat Buchanan helped elect Trump,...Nationalists like Pat Buchanan helped elect Trump, so Pat can’t blame anyone else. <br /><br />"The anti-Trump crowd is being energized by their opposition to the buffoonish Trump..."<br />They’re energized by both Trump and the Republican Party’s control of both chambers of Congress, as the Congress is no check on his and his administrations power. The idea that one party Republican (Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18259730262288807964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post-83476005636698506722018-03-17T01:19:22.936-04:002018-03-17T01:19:22.936-04:00Now because of Trump so many people are outraged a...Now because of Trump so many people are outraged at _standard_ behaviors of the federal government and those who operate it. Things that have been going on for decades or over a century. It's as if overnight more than half of everyone who pays the least bit of attention became "conspiracy theorists". It's as if they have learned of these things for the first time. But I see Jimmy Joe Meekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09559104650594440766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post-83807040846596586552018-03-16T22:18:03.786-04:002018-03-16T22:18:03.786-04:00Agreed. The other silver lining is the way he'...Agreed. The other silver lining is the way he's inspired the left to indulge in nullification / civil disobedience (on narcotics and immigration), to dare to discuss secession, and to ponder the concept of the illegitimacy of the presidency. Soon they might even be able to mention "states' rights" without the obligatory attachment to slavery.The NAPsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16631781625841157567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post-75803993734842788202018-03-16T09:18:04.144-04:002018-03-16T09:18:04.144-04:00I actually view the weakening of the GOP as a silv...I actually view the weakening of the GOP as a silver lining to the Trump presidency, rather than a problem. The far bigger issue is the way he’s inspired the right to shed its lingering skepticism of the exercise of state power.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11968441656658845395noreply@blogger.com