Oh and welcome Sad Kangaroo. I hope your not abusive like some of our regular lefties.

She means you have to agree with the Right wingers 100%, mate...Black Orchid wrote: ↑Fri Mar 27, 2020 3:03 pmHe has been endorsing social distancing all along.
Oh and welcome Sad Kangaroo. I hope your not abusive like some of our regular lefties.![]()
Watch it, or I'll tsk tsk you.brian ross wrote: ↑Sat Mar 28, 2020 1:54 pmShe means you have to agree with the Right wingers 100%, mate...Black Orchid wrote: ↑Fri Mar 27, 2020 3:03 pmHe has been endorsing social distancing all along.
Oh and welcome Sad Kangaroo. I hope your not abusive like some of our regular lefties.![]()
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You detect wrong if you think I'm throwing any condescension your way.billy the kid wrote: ↑Fri Mar 27, 2020 9:26 amI see that the US is top of the list in the countries hardest hit by the virus....The4thEstate wrote: ↑Fri Mar 27, 2020 12:52 amNahhh ... we've known all along that the number of cases was going to peak.
Let's see how high the peak is and how soon we're on the downslide.
81,000+ cases with 1000 deaths...higher than Italy, China, or any other country....
New York must be a toilet....well, actually it is...…
AND Trump says that the economy will be up and running by easter….
Gung ho.....
Hows that working for ya.....
Strange how I always detect more than just a slight hint of condescension in posts
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Compelled to support Trump in everything he does? No.SadKangaroo wrote: ↑Fri Mar 27, 2020 9:55 amHello Friends.
I can see the faithful are compelled to support Trump in everything he does here too.
The4thEstate wrote: ↑Fri Mar 27, 2020 1:13 amOh, right -- Trump should have looked right into the camera and declared, "Fellow Americans, my administration is doing an abysmal job at stopping the virus ... we have no idea what we're doing ... and you're all going to die. Good night and God bless!"
Nobody's a "captive audience member."SadKangaroo wrote: ↑Fri Mar 27, 2020 9:55 amThere is a lot more to quote, but I'm not going to hit each comment one by one.
The point is, his White House sessions which are meant to give the public critical and truthful information about the crisis are instead working against that end. Rather, they have become a daily stage for Trump to play his greatest hits to captive audience members.
So you're now the official interpreter of what the American people think of Trump's daily news conferences? I think not.SadKangaroo wrote: ↑Fri Mar 27, 2020 9:55 amThe American people come in search of life or death information, but what they get from him instead is self-aggrandisement, media bashing, exaggeration and outright lies.
When ISN'T Dr. Fauci, Dr. Birx or some medical expert on the stage with Trump during his news conferences?SadKangaroo wrote: ↑Fri Mar 27, 2020 9:55 amThere is little to no public benefit to them. The only times they're of value is when the like of Dr Fauci is allowed to talk and give out vital information but then Trump then sends someone in after him, like Pence, to contradict everything the doctor just said and paint it in a more favourable light to the administration.
Maybe what you're really upset about is the fact that he's getting a 60 percent approval rating for his handling of the crisis.SadKangaroo wrote: ↑Fri Mar 27, 2020 9:55 amYes, I've been watching all the press conferences (I am yet to catch the latest one, he may have redeemed himself), not just the one I commented on. As I said, if you compare him to those of other world leaders or even our state leaders in Australia, they're all about him.
Come on, you know the answer to that. You can tell 327 million people to do anything, but that doesn't mean every one of them is going to do it.SadKangaroo wrote: ↑Fri Mar 27, 2020 9:55 amIf you're so sure people know what they need to be doing and don't need Trump to tell them, why aren't they doing it in the US?
There's a difference between "doing nothing" and not shutting down the entire state. Not every state necessarily needs to shut down entirely -- for example, how bad is the outbreak in Wyoming or Alaska?SadKangaroo wrote: ↑Fri Mar 27, 2020 9:55 amBy in large it's not the conservatives or the Trump supporters who are observing social distancing. At the time of the presser I was commenting on, 30 states were doing nothing to stop the spread.
Again, show me a politician who doesn't like himself too much.SadKangaroo wrote: ↑Fri Mar 27, 2020 9:55 amAnd all he's doing is boasting about what he's doing while at the same time misleading and exaggerating the significance of it, patting himself on the back as he goes.
And apparently Trump is doing a great job of communicating with the public, given his 60 percent rating. What works in one country doesn't necessarily work in another.SadKangaroo wrote: ↑Fri Mar 27, 2020 9:55 amI just watched Gladys Berejiklian latest address. While I dislike her for multiple very valid reasons, she's doing a great job at communicating with the public,
I get it: You don't like his style.SadKangaroo wrote: ↑Fri Mar 27, 2020 9:55 amThis is not what Trump is doing.
He hasn't found the balance of firstly, putting his ego and reelection aside and then giving people valuable information as well as trying to stay positive but realistic.
Of course he's campaigning to some extent, and that's OK. He's got an election in 7 months.SadKangaroo wrote: ↑Fri Mar 27, 2020 9:55 amHe is still campaigning and not leading. He never transitioned out of it, even after taking the oath of office.
Again, it's called "giving the citizens hope."SadKangaroo wrote: ↑Fri Mar 27, 2020 9:55 amIt's just beautiful this, tremendous that. Nothing of substance, nothing about staying isolated, acting as if you have the virus in order to limit it's spread, it's all about exaggerating the testing saying they're doing a better job than South Korea, even though per capita the last numbers I saw they're still 30 times worse than South Korea.
Apparently at least 60 percent of all Americans are not confused.SadKangaroo wrote: ↑Fri Mar 27, 2020 9:55 amHe's still getting those there with him to spin the situation to follow up those giving valuable information such as the doctors to, will spin the situation, confusing the important messages even more.
Attack him all you like, but most Americans think he IS doing a good job addressing the people. The contrary opinions of an Australian are perhaps worth consideration, but they don't -- pardon the expression -- trump reality.SadKangaroo wrote: ↑Fri Mar 27, 2020 9:55 amDefend him all you like, but anyone can see that he's not doing a good job addressing the people.
I think what you're most upset with is that Trump's handling of the outbreak has led to an increase in his approval ratings.SadKangaroo wrote: ↑Fri Mar 27, 2020 9:55 amUnless to the people that still think this is all a hoax to hurt Trump, they're happy to see him try to take advantage of the situation for his political gain and respond to it in such a poor way.
"The Patriots are in charge!!"
She alone will have caused Australias shutdown.Black Orchid wrote: ↑Sat Mar 28, 2020 7:40 pmI will interject here and say that initially I thought Gladys was doing a good job but her staff have let loose the passengers of not one ... not two ... but SEVERAL cruise ships who were contaminated and proceeded to spread the virus around first in Sydney then to other parts of the country.
AND her staff had them herding en masse through Sydney airport just 2 days ago totally unchecked!
........... Donald J. Trump
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I just signed the CARES Act, the single biggest economic relief package in American History – twice as large as any relief bill ever enacted. At $2.2 Trillion Dollars, this bill will deliver urgently-needed relief for our nation’s families, workers, and businesses .....................
I'll go along with this as a one time deal, but this just makes more people dependent on government. I would have voted against it. We need to use this current downtime to isolate and protect our vulnerable and then get back to work. After the disease has ran it's course and we have developed a herd immunity, we can ease our protection of the vulnerable. We can still practice hand washing and social distancing and whatever else is good for our health. Our wealth in America depends on our freedom and work ethic.sprintcyclist wrote: ↑Sun Mar 29, 2020 2:17 am........... Donald J. Trump
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