quote:Originally posted by well-tempered gardener:
Horace, every time I've gotten into a discussion with you, either here or next door, it seems we ultimately end up in the same place, with you stating that I hate/dislike our current president and seemingly dismissing everything else I have to say.
You said "dislike" and I used "hate" instead. I have no trouble acknowledging that I used the wrong word in this thread; it was sloppy of me. My error.
On the other hand, I don't see how it changes the substance of what I said. We're talking about the intensity of the emotion. I'm making the point that it's not emotional for me, and I keep getting told that I feel "X".
As for the op-ed, I don't think we should be looking at the politics of who it is good/bad for. There are much more important things to be concerned about.
Despite how strongly I feel that Trump is completely unqualified to execute the duties of his office and can understand that members of his administration agree with that notion and are trying to protect the country from his worst impulses, the thing that bothers me the most is the notion of the palace coup that is apparently underway. This isn't how it's supposed to work.
quote:But that brings us back around to who is in the Oval Office. His actions have dragged us (and based on the op-ed, "us" includes the people he himself selected to work with him and to be in his administration) into dangerous and uncharted waters. I'm not sure what the way out is.
quote:That opinion of mine could be changed, if I was given to understand things the president has tried to do, which this resistance kept him from doing. I feel confident that I will never be given any compelling specifics about that.
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quote:Originally posted by Horace:quote:Originally posted by QuirtEvans:
Or maybe you're just reaching for inappropriate hyperbolic language for some other purpose.
yes please do try to disentangle my ulterior motives, it would be fascinating and I promise not to take offense, honestly.
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quote:Then-White House press secretary Sarah Sanders tried a novel approach: She posted the Times’s main phone number on Twitter, and she urged people who “want to know” the identity of “this gutless loser” to call and ask the paper’s editors for his or her name. The phone campaign did not work, either; some people called the Times to praise it for running the column.
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When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier