Sep. 15th, 2015

thewayne: (Cyranose)
"Everybody who attacks me is doomed."
—Donald Trump

Wiley has been doing an interesting series in his NonSequitur comic:
http://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/2015/09/9
http://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/2015/09/11
http://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/2015/09/12
(unfortunately I can't directly link the images)

And here it is, in a nutshell. All of the Republican candidates are talking like they're going to be elected emperor, not president. While Fox Newts and scores of other pundits have tried to make Obama look like an autocrat who is dictating what the country does, the truth is that for the most part he's tried to work through congress, albeit unsuccessfully, while using his other powers as president within its prescribed limits (and those usurpedused by his predecessor).

For a couple of examples, the 'Repeal Obamacare!' without having a replacement or mentioning the amount of legislative rewriting that would be required to do it. Or Scott Walker talking about eliminating unions nationwide and also eliminating the division of government that monitors them.

On other fronts, The Daily Beast interviewed Scott Adams about his ongoing examination of Trump using neurolinguistic programming to make himself appear, at least for now, the messiah of the masses.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/09/14/dilbert-creator-on-how-trump-is-like-the-founding-fathers-jesus.html

August 2025

S M T W T F S
     12
34 56789
10111213 141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
31      

Most Popular Tags

Page Summary

Style Credit

Expand Cut Tags

No cut tags
Page generated Aug. 15th, 2025 02:15 pm
Powered by Dreamwidth Studios