tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post8589632589081156909..comments2024-03-29T03:57:26.974-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: Democrats: Trump Doesn't Go Far EnoughGrimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-37451979934371811122017-08-04T10:22:24.821-04:002017-08-04T10:22:24.821-04:00The announcements about the new Democratic Party p...The announcements about the new Democratic Party positions were greeted with shrieks of laughter by the kiddies over at The_Donald of Reddit. The obvious similarities to Trump's policy proposals was apparent to all, and resulted in a wave of cartoons (they call them "memes").<br /><br />Also amusing was the response to the release of transcripts of phone calls between the POTUS and foreign leaders, particularly the one with the Mexican president. Although the Washington Post did yeoman's work by publishing their framing messages alongside the transcripts, (and followed up with editorials on both the front and opinion pages), the kiddies blithely ignored those, and gleefully pointed out that DJT has the same public and private positions. <br /><br />It might be worthwhile to note that, while T_D is loaded with males 14-25 years of age, its denizens include all sorts of people, including a swarm of those with technical savvy. The front page of T_D has a subscription count of just under half a million, but some months ago some enterprising statisticians found the advertiser's page that listed the number of subscribers as more like 6M. Reddit routinely notices when a given person (computer) has different user names, so these numbers are believed to relate fairly closely to distinct individuals. Statistical analysis showed that the activity level of the site was more consistent with 6M number than with the then-posted 300K or so.<br /><br />The Democrats at the national level have yet to confront the dismaying facts that Americans generally, including nominal Democratic votes, are repulsed by the notion that a politician should have a public and a private position, and further that such contemptuous deception of the American voters is becoming less and less easy to accomplish.<br /><br />I hope the Democrats see fit to clean house. I would very much like to see a loyal opposition. The present set of politicians at the national level are not loyal to this country, but pursue their personal interests. This is unacceptable to me.<br /><br />ValerieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-87078440822714966882017-08-04T10:18:15.460-04:002017-08-04T10:18:15.460-04:00Anything's possible, I suppose.Anything's possible, I suppose.Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-4295116071331353802017-08-04T07:55:50.919-04:002017-08-04T07:55:50.919-04:00Create a better and more sensible immigration poli...Create a better and more sensible immigration policy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com