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Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: Whoops! The Atlantic Makes Trump Look EPIC In Cover Intended as a Smear Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2024 17:55:10 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 40 Message-ID: <vd2bdb$3sm1f$1@dont-email.me> References: <20240913a@crcomp.net> <20240915a@crcomp.net> <vc83rk$2jsqp$1@dont-email.me> <20240915b@crcomp.net> <vcaumr$3ar13$1@dont-email.me> <5musejhgi2f0hhbdg0gf3ks66qdci6rduj@4ax.com> <22a7fjdu5ote6pkm34ite7nlkeg9jkidrb@4ax.com> <ilb8fjlioa5t3skvh0ms7o4i16aov27f2s@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2024 02:55:08 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="29f7020095eb25b883b9e6f82f3d5922"; logging-data="4085807"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18+qGMQ3f4j3YupUc0/ZTAX" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:pouUsiBwB2Z2sLV6Psdu9I7yRQ8= In-Reply-To: <ilb8fjlioa5t3skvh0ms7o4i16aov27f2s@4ax.com> Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 3270 On 9/25/2024 8:43 AM, Paul S Person wrote: > On Tue, 24 Sep 2024 23:07:17 -0700, The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca> > wrote: > >> On Sat, 21 Sep 2024 17:52:22 +1000, Mad Hamish >> <newsunspammelaws@iinet.unspamme.net.au> wrote: >> >>> Meanwhile Trump is twice divorced, has cheated on all 3 wives, was >>> besties with Epstein for about 15 years until they fell out over >>> realestate (Epstein went to Trump for advice about how do do something >>> after he'd bought a house, Trump then outbid him for it) and a fair >>> proportion of people he picked as part of his administration have said >>> he shouldn't be president again... >> >> All of which completely causes me consternation as to why far too many >> evangelicals love Trump. The only reason I can see is that the >> Democrats have swerved far to the left since Clinton. (Who was nearly >> as much a horn-dog as Trump) > > Clinton was the last fiscally-conservative President we had (if you > want proof, consider that his last budget left his successor with a > 1.2B surplus -- promptly used to finance a Tax Cut for Rich People). > > This made more like the traditional Republicans than the tax-and-spend > Democrats. Republicans today, of course, are spend-and-spend > Republicans, which is why they are as responsible for the size of the > National Debt and the Democrats are, if not somewhat more so. > > Fiscally-speaking, it is a sad day when tax-and-spend Democrats are > the Party that at least /tries/ to keep the budget from escaping > completely from control. > Over the last 40 years (basically ever since Reagan) the US deficit has increased under Republican administrations and decreased under Democratic administrations. And its not just because of what each proposes to spend, a lot of it is from who they give lower taxes to. -- I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky dirty old man.