It appears as though the corona pandemic will still be around by November 3rd, the date of the election for president. And if that’s the case, the economy will still be in shambles.
No president has ever been reelected during an economic downfall. As Bill Clinton’s campaign strategist James Carville exclaimed in 1992: “It’s the economy, stupid.”
Trump has to be aware of this. That’s why on Thursday a desperate President threatened to delay the election, claiming that mail-in voting could lead to a ‘rigged’ and ‘crooked’ election.
That led Steven Calabresi, the prominent co-founder of the conservative Federalist Society, to call Trump “Fascistic” and that he should be impeached immediately and removed from office.
And Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell said the election will happen on November 3 as scheduled. “We’ll cope with whatever the situation is in the election on November 3 as already scheduled,” he said. Other top Republicans echoed McConnell as well.
In any event, Trump does not have the authority to delay the election. Only Congress can do that and with the Democrats in control of the House, hell will freeze over before they will delay what they see as a win for Joe ‘White Obama’ Biden.
As Trump’s reelection chances become dimmer and dimmer, the President is not helping himself either. On Tuesday he praised Dr. Stella Immanuel, Houston’s complete nutjob, for claiming that the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine was a “cure” for COVID-19 and that masks aren’t necessary. According to the Daily Beast, Immanuel has claimed in the past that some gynecological ailments are caused by people having sex in a dream-world with demons, with the demonic semen as the origins of the afflictions. She has also claimed that doctors used alien DNA in medical treatments, and that lizard-like “reptilian” aliens are involved in the United States government.
And as Biden keeps reminding people, Trump once suggested people should ingest toilet bowl cleaners to prevent or cure coronavirus.
Delay the election? That’s a sure sign of desperation. Trump is only making things worse for himself by threatening to delay the election and by supporting a wacko doctor who thinks there are lizard-like “reptilian” aliens involved in the US government.
If the economy is still in shambles and millions of Americans are unemployed by late October, even a comatose Biden or the dog catcher from Outhouse, Texas would defeat the incumbent president.
Howie,
I’m gonna agree with you mostly. Sometimes Trump is his own worst enemy and this is a perfect example. He needs to shut up about delaying the election. It is never going to happen and talking about it just makes him seem worse. If he doesn’t that that mail in voting is a good idea then he needs to address that issue.
However, I think you spend way too much time gobbling down everything the mainstream media wants to feed you. I don’t believe that Trump’s doing nearly as badly as you think he is. I also don’t think the economy is doing as badly as the media would seem to suggest. And, your mindless repeating of that old, manifestly disproved, “Trump told people to drink toilet bowl cleaner” claim is a bit disturbing. He said nothing of the kind.
By the way, he has never “threatened” to delay the election. I understand your dislike for Trump – but you can at least address his shortcomings with dispassion and honesty.
I beg your pardon, Fat, but Trump did suggest that by ingesting disinfectants like toilet bowl cleaners Lysol and Clorox, people could prevent or cure coronavirus.
And it’s not about how well or badly Trump is doing. It’s the economy that will do him in. If you “don’t think the economy is doing as badly as the media would seem to suggest,” tell that to the millions that re now unemployed.
According to the Commerce Department, the U.S. economy shrank at a dizzying 33% annual rate in the April-June quarter – by far the worst quarterly plunge ever – as coronavirus shut down businesses, throwing tens of millions out of work and sending unemployment surging to 14.7%, the government said Thursday. The Commerce Department’s estimate of the second-quarter decline in the gross domestic product, the total output of goods and services, marked the sharpest such drop on records dating to 1947. The previous worst quarterly contraction, a 10% drop, occurred in 1958 during the Eisenhower administration.
Even if the economy is rebounding by late October, it is not likely to be anywhere near as good as it was before the corona outbreak.
Howie,
Here’s the quote: “I see the disinfectant that knocks it out in a minute, one minute. And is there a way we can do something like that by injection inside or almost a cleaning? As you see, it gets in the lungs, it does a tremendous number on the lungs, so it would be interesting to check that.”
Now, I’ll grant that you actually have to read the quote. And, it helps if you put it into the context of a larger conversation about exploring a number of possible options for medical treatment. But I would suggest that you need the IQ of a banana to look at that quote and think it means that you need to drink Lysol.
‘The US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released their initial results for the GDP in the 2nd Quarter of 2020 on Wednesday. In the initial summary the BEA reported that Real gross domestic product (GDP) decreased at an annual rate of 32.9 percent in the second quarter of 2020, according to the BEA’s initial estimate. But this estimate annualizes this quarter’s results and in essence multiplies by four quarters. The real decrease in GDP is 9.4 percent.’
Compare to the EU that dropped about 13% over the same TWO MONTHS.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/07/us-economy-actually-contracted-9-4-2nd-quarter-2020-not-32-9-reported-msm/
Howei’s gonna Howie, we can always count on that. Howie, does it ever occur to you that normal people who aren’t liberal shut ins may actually have a good idea of who is collaborating to driving the economy down and why? Take this garbage down and put the gay stuff back up. It made more sense than this dreck.
Dan, thank you for your enlightening conspiracy theory about collaborators driving the economy down.
Ho-Hum. Never-Trumping again?
Well, Trey, it’s Howie. And never-Trumping is what Howie does best!.
Trey and Fat, call me whatever you like, but deep down in your hearts you gotta know that right now Trump’s reelection chances are slim to none. And if the economy has not made a strong recovery by October, we’ll get stuck with the White Obama and his VP choice who stands a good chance to be president within a couple of years.
Howie,
You may believe that deep down in YOUR heart. Not me. I think that Trump has a much better chance of winning. I don’t believe most of the polls simply because the vast majority are skewed to deliver the results the customer wants. I also think that there’s a large segment of the voting public that sees what’s happening in Portland, and Seattle, and San Francisco and Austin, etc., etc. and knows “deep down in their hearts” that electing Biden is a recipe for a lot more.
I honestly can’t tell if you simply hate Trump so badly that you’re OK with Biden winning, or if you’re simply incredibly pessimistic and morose. Either way, if I want to read about how badly Trump’s doing I can call up the N.Y. Times, or Washington Post, or any of dozens of different mainstream media outlets. So, forgive me for being a bit dismissive, but you’re simply telling me what ABC News tells me every night.
Either way, I have no control over what happens. I can place my vote, and I can pray. Other than that, it’s in God’s hands. I refuse to wring my hands, or whine, or lose sleep, about what the outcome will be. We survived 8 years of Obama, we can survive 4 of Biden and whoever his VP might be.
Sorry Howie, I usually find something real in your blog. Not this time. I read regurgitated Fake News. Like you I don’t always agree with President Trump. Is he perfect? No. However, I know what he has accomplished in three years and I want that kind of leadership to continue.
Biden & Harris are both supporting BLM which is a Marxist, Communist group that hasn’t ever given a dime to any Black communities or groups. Unless you aren’t really a true American & also support this group you need to be calling out everyone of these people who proclaim BLM & condemn them for what they are. I agree we need to get rid of all the police who are racist, however all police are not racist and someone who is a former officer you should know that . You better than anybody know what would happen to our towns with police officers to protect us start talking about what really matters . You hate Trump I don’t like a lot of things about him either, however since he has been in office & before the virus more people had jobs & our 401 was making money not losing. Start doing your research see what BLM stands for & start telling your readers the truth
Shirley, where in the world have you been? I have condemned BLM many times and pointed out the movement’s Marxist roots. I have said there is no evidence that the cops who killed Michael Brown, Eric Garner, George Floyd, etc. were racists.
As for Trump, he has done a lot of good things since he’s been in office and you are right about the pre-COVID economy. But as for hating Trump, I don’t think I really hate him, I just dislike him for being a jerk. Nevertheless, for me the choice between Trump and Biden is easy … it’s Trump!