impartialobserver

like all politicians.. Trump is a master of hyperbole and exaggeration. Nothing new here.

I find it hilarious that in Nevada.. Nikki Haley lost to "none of the above". That tells you that Trump will get the nomination. Read an article recently that showed that as of yet.. Americans are not as interested in this election as they were the last.

I guess good for them. There typically is insurance on this so the recipients are not entirely screwed.

You have no absolute reproducible evidence. Guess what? neither do I. The difference is that I can admit it.

I admit to reading the NYT often. However, I usually skip the first section entirely. I read it mainly for the sunday NYT magazine, the book review, the business section, and the arts. Rarely do I bother with the front page or the Opinion section for this exact reason. Ok, so you do not like Trump.... I get it. Do not need to read this thousands of times.

I can say with certainty that neither of us can prove definitively our stance. We can opine, talk, hypothesize but neither of us has absolute reproducible proof. I know this and am ok with it. It appears that you do not. Its not an insult to call the sky blue if it is in fact... blue.

Plenty of evidence exists that societies used this with no knowledge of the Bible, God, or Jesus. So how did they come to know about it?

It seems as if you need a security blanket. We are arguing about beliefs... beliefs are not empirical fact.

I need it because you deem it so? Quite the self important type...

Those are 4 out of hundreds. They are all like this. Funny thing is that most of us know this but yet feel the need to stand by them. A given person's liberal candidate could be as dumb as box of rocks but because they are the Democratic candidate.. that compels them to adamantly defend their stupidity. Only in politics do we knowingly defend id10ts.

So in other words.. they have to have such ego as to where they truly believe that they are the foremost expert on a topic. When in fact.. they are so far from being an expert so as to be useless. However, about mistakes.. they believe that they never make mistakes so nothing to forget.

in light of them surprisingly coming to my neck of the woods in May.

There is a lot of unknowns in this ridiculous story. This story epitomizes why I have such disdain for politics.

my comment is not on job performance but rather the constant flood of politics in our life. When I grew up in the 80's.. the only time that you could not stay away from it was Sept to Oct of a given election year. Now these days.. it is almost 365 days per year. Both sides can't get enough of this. I do not find it interesting. Its a necessary evil but should be given in small doses.

Best part is that you do not actually know this.. you simply believe it to be true. While still living on earth.. your approach and mine are simply different ways of being. The fact that you need to feel superior says a lot about you. I think that I am an average flawed human being. Guess what? everyone else ever born is flawed as well. Its my belief (belief not knowledge) that when we pass away.. we simply cease to exist and that is the end. No afterlife, no spirits, no anything. So treasure what limited life you have and make the most of it.

I equate it to being a Calgary Flames fan.. Ok, cool you won a Stanley Cup in the late 80's. That's awesome. But that was 30+ years ago. Time to move on, now

Your "truth" is no more valid than anything I say. I love how you dodge things. If I told you how to live your life.. you would not take my unsolicited advice with grace and change your ways. Yeah.. zero chance of that.

1861.. there were a few newspapers in DC and nearby. So at most 20 journalists scrutinizing what you say or do. Now... thousands of journalists or faux-journalists.. To say that the two eras are one in the same.. that is some Twilight zone esque stuff.

not the same.. no matter how you spin it. John brown did not live in the age of the internet

Apples to oranges. For a public official.. read that carefully, the scrutiny comes at you from far more sources.

one thing about today that is different than 1986 (as an example) is that the scrutiny is more intense than ever. In 1986, there was no internet, no social media, and therefore not nearly as many media outlets. The number of folks who publicly weigh in on absolutely everything that you do or say has increased exponentially.

like it or not.. when the woman is highly abrasive, folks find it less palatable. Trump, love him or hate him, has a way of galvanizing a crowd therefore folks who love him will forgive his less than savory ways.

Again, i am fantasizing but I would think that we could get a non-career politician from a working class background. The reason that folks do not get into politics is not media... sorry. I work with them and they are a particularly virulent form of the species. To last in high level politics, you have to be egotistical to the nth degree and that makes you very hard to deal with. Harris, from what colleagues have told me, is about as pleasant as the onset of herpes. Every one of them thinks that they are the chosen one.. and yet are not.

And If I was to tell you how to live your life.. it would be for your good IMO, you would tell me off as well. You can lie and say otherwise but it just shows you dishonest you are.

Maybe. I do not see the logic in holding on to the past. If I was a trump supporter.. win or lose, I would move on. Look in the rear view mirror too much and you crash into something in front of you. I can see two posters on here harping on about Trump until their fingers can no longer type. 30 years from now, they will still go on about how Trump did this or did that. This obsessive behavior IMO is not limited to liberals though. I know conservative folks who still go on about Al Gore being a sore loser.