Comments on: Can we put “unfit for office” to rest? https://habitablezone.com/2018/01/16/can-we-put-unfit-for-office-to-rest/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:18:10 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: RL https://habitablezone.com/2018/01/16/can-we-put-unfit-for-office-to-rest/#comment-40904 RL Fri, 19 Jan 2018 04:06:36 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=68831#comment-40904 Before the election he was eager to attack any claims that Trump was racist or fascist or incompetent... But now... We have repeatedly asked him in the past 8 months or so if he thought Trump was fit for office, if he thought Trump was a racist... he has not once had the courage to answer that directly ... all he does is parrot what some pundits say without committing himself to a position on the matter. But make no mistake, he WILL own this for the rest of his life- he supported this atrocity and voted for it... he will be morally responsible for all that comes from that stupidity. He was warned repeatedly that all this would happen... and he blithely dismissed us when we pointed out the fascist and racist path Trump was marching down... It will get far worse before its over... and it appears Rob will stick by his man til the bitter end- because the alternative would be to admit the obvious- he was a fool that got conned by a second rate huckster. Before the election he was eager to attack any claims that Trump was racist or fascist or incompetent…
But now…
We have repeatedly asked him in the past 8 months or so if he thought Trump was fit for office, if he thought Trump was a racist… he has not once had the courage to answer that directly … all he does is parrot what some pundits say without committing himself to a position on the matter.

But make no mistake, he WILL own this for the rest of his life- he supported this atrocity and voted for it… he will be morally responsible for all that comes from that stupidity.

He was warned repeatedly that all this would happen… and he blithely dismissed us when we pointed out the fascist and racist path Trump was marching down…

It will get far worse before its over… and it appears Rob will stick by his man til the bitter end- because the alternative would be to admit the obvious- he was a fool that got conned by a second rate huckster.

]]> By: hank https://habitablezone.com/2018/01/16/can-we-put-unfit-for-office-to-rest/#comment-40903 hank Fri, 19 Jan 2018 03:50:23 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=68831#comment-40903 It isn't, really, but I'm cool with that. They were so eager to get rid of the dreaded Obama and so determined to stop the unacceptable Hillary that now they realize that Barack and Clinton will always be compared favorably by history to the Trumpster, as what might have been. In comparison with the Donald, even Anthony Weiner comes off as a statesman. It isn’t, really, but I’m cool with that.

They were so eager to get rid of the dreaded Obama and so determined to stop the unacceptable Hillary that now they realize that Barack and Clinton will always be compared favorably by history to the Trumpster, as what might have been.

In comparison with the Donald, even Anthony Weiner comes off as a statesman.

]]> By: RL https://habitablezone.com/2018/01/16/can-we-put-unfit-for-office-to-rest/#comment-40902 RL Fri, 19 Jan 2018 03:26:20 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=68831#comment-40902 And then refused to address any of the points raised... just made snarky one line comments. And then refused to address any of the points raised… just made snarky one line comments.

]]> By: RL https://habitablezone.com/2018/01/16/can-we-put-unfit-for-office-to-rest/#comment-40901 RL Fri, 19 Jan 2018 03:24:02 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=68831#comment-40901 That just means any idiot can pass it... as long as they don't have somewhat advanced Alzheimers... That just means any idiot can pass it… as long as they don’t have somewhat advanced Alzheimers…

]]> By: RobVG https://habitablezone.com/2018/01/16/can-we-put-unfit-for-office-to-rest/#comment-40900 RobVG Fri, 19 Jan 2018 01:46:02 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=68831#comment-40900 Who am I to argue. Who am I to argue.

]]> By: BuckGalaxy https://habitablezone.com/2018/01/16/can-we-put-unfit-for-office-to-rest/#comment-40899 BuckGalaxy Fri, 19 Jan 2018 00:51:05 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=68831#comment-40899 So he doesn't display signs of pre-dementia. He still OBVIOUSLY has a severe personality disorder. He has disqualified himself from being fit to be president a thousand fucking times. ARE YOU KIDDING ME!? So he doesn’t display signs of pre-dementia. He still OBVIOUSLY has a severe personality disorder. He has disqualified himself from being fit to be president a thousand fucking times.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?

]]> By: Robert https://habitablezone.com/2018/01/16/can-we-put-unfit-for-office-to-rest/#comment-40897 Robert Thu, 18 Jan 2018 05:49:19 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=68831#comment-40897 Did we answer your question? Did we answer your question?

]]> By: hank https://habitablezone.com/2018/01/16/can-we-put-unfit-for-office-to-rest/#comment-40896 hank Thu, 18 Jan 2018 04:17:48 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=68831#comment-40896 "He’s proudly xenophobic. His idea of a counter-argument begins with personal insult. He’s unabashedly inarticulate, and distrustful of learned people." That's very perceptive. I, too have noticed that that stereotype describes a great number of Americans. Not all, of course, (only about 30-40%) there are a lot of good, decent, and clever people in this country, but that profile you just defined is a very common and familiar American archetype. Too many people aren't just like that, they know they're like that, they like that they're like that, and what's more, they're proud of it. For them, That is the exact opposite of "politically correct". “He’s proudly xenophobic. His idea of a counter-argument begins with personal insult. He’s unabashedly inarticulate, and distrustful of learned people.”

That’s very perceptive. I, too have noticed that that stereotype describes a great number of Americans. Not all, of course, (only about 30-40%) there are a lot of good, decent, and clever people in this country, but that profile you just defined is a very common and familiar American archetype. Too many people aren’t just like that, they know they’re like that, they like that they’re like that, and what’s more, they’re proud of it.

For them, That is the exact opposite of “politically correct”.

]]> By: hank https://habitablezone.com/2018/01/16/can-we-put-unfit-for-office-to-rest/#comment-40895 hank Thu, 18 Jan 2018 04:06:41 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=68831#comment-40895 We can always feel smug and self-righteous, and say "I told you so". But you're going to have to rationalize and justify, to yourself as well as others, your support for him for the rest of your life. When pressed, the only thing you're going to be able to say in his defense is that "The Liberals didn't like him." We can always feel smug and self-righteous, and say “I told you so”.

But you’re going to have to rationalize and justify, to yourself as well as others, your support for him for the rest of your life. When pressed, the only thing you’re going to be able to say in his defense is that “The Liberals didn’t like him.”

]]> By: Robert https://habitablezone.com/2018/01/16/can-we-put-unfit-for-office-to-rest/#comment-40894 Robert Thu, 18 Jan 2018 03:22:29 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=68831#comment-40894 Various serious articles about the test stressed that while, to someone who <i>isn't</i> cognitively impaired, the test seems childishly simple, that's kind of the point: The test will be hard for people who <i>do</i> have cognitive problems. But I wonder if conservatives really understand the implications of this defense of Trump. If Trump isn't cracked in the head when he lies, blusters, bullies, and attacks and tries to undermine our democracy, <i>then he's doing it deliberately</i>. He can't plead insanity. Various serious articles about the test stressed that while, to someone who isn’t cognitively impaired, the test seems childishly simple, that’s kind of the point: The test will be hard for people who do have cognitive problems.

But I wonder if conservatives really understand the implications of this defense of Trump.

If Trump isn’t cracked in the head when he lies, blusters, bullies, and attacks and tries to undermine our democracy, then he’s doing it deliberately. He can’t plead insanity.

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