“That’s the way it is.”
—Donald Trump, responding to a question about climate change and the growing intensity of hurricanes, while touring areas devastated by Hurricane Laura. [Goes right along with his “It is what it is” comment on the soaring numbers of coronavirus victims.]
“I asked myself, what are the things that matter to you? It mattered that this president has openly said to us, I’m not going to accept the outcome of this election if I don’t win. It matters to me what he’s done with the Postal Service to prevent Americans from accessing the ballot box. I see this is the time for choosing, and the choice that unfortunately many in my party, particularly in the party leadership, have made is that they choose Trump. They choose winning an election at all costs over the country and I think, as an American, I should be bigger than that. So, the fact of the matter is they need to explain why they allowed Donald Trump to crap all over their plans to build out the party after they lost the 2012 election. They have to explain why they capitulated on Russia and deficit spending and allowed Donald Trump to put children in cages and they remained silent.”
—Michael Steele, former the first Black chairman of the Republican National Committee, on the party’s capitulation to Donald Trump. [Steele should prepare himself to being labeled “a loser” by the Insulter in Chief.]
“There’s a man that’s an incredible leader, Lou Holtz. I’ve known him for a long time. He’s been a friend of mine.”
—Donald Trump, announcing that he will award the Medal of Freedom to former football coach Lou Holtz. {Yep, nothing like giving it to the likes of Holtz and Rush Limburger to cheapen the award to the extent that it’s devoid of any honor or significance. After washing out an NFL coach (3-10 record), Holtz had a college coaching record of 249-132, which would be the equivalent of going 7-5 every year. No LSU or Alabama coach would survive such a performance. His bowl record of 12-8 is even worse.]
“[W]e Catholics should remind ourselves that while we may judge the objective moral quality of another’s actions, we must never question the sincerity of another’s faith, which is due to the mysterious working of grace in that person’s heart.”
—Statement by Notre Dame President Rev. John I. Jenkins, on Holtz’s claim that Joe Biden was a “Catholic in name only.” [Maybe Holtz should take a page from Laura Ingraham and just “shut up and coach.” After all, Ingraham is of the mind that athletes have no right to open their mouths about politics and she must surely feel the same way about coaches.]
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We must never forget that the state of our country is not the work of one man. Mr. Steele’s quote is the most relevant in that regard. A dictator can’t dictate in our form of government unless its other 2 branches allow him or her to do so. It is long past time to put the blame for this mess squarely where it belongs – the Republican Party and, in Louisiana’s case on 7 of the 8 members of our congressional delegation. Until we sweep these people who apparently place party above everything, including what at least half the people in this country and even in this state want, we can rant and rave until the cows come home to no avail. I am taking the advice of far wiser people and limiting even mentioning the name of that party’s and this country’s current leader. Giving him credit for anything, bad or good, enhances his credibility and I would like nothing more than to see him and his party become irrelevant and to see true patriots emerge and vote them out of office.
Well said.
The ignorant electorate will not save them and they WILL be voted out of office. Any other option will feel like a death knell to so many of us. I found this article about high turnout among his base not likely to save Trump particularly meaningful to your point.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/turnout-base-swing-voters-polling-trump/2020/09/03/2833ff94-ed59-11ea-99a1-71343d03bc29_story.html
The Louisiana delegation will not be voted out of office (same applies for most, if not all, Southern states; in fact the Republican bearer from Georgia’s 14th congressional district proves my point). Most of the Republican House members are well entrenched in their district due mainly to gerrymandering. Louisiana is fast becoming, if it isn’t there already, a one-party state, along with TN, GA, SC, AL, MS and AR). Mr. Winham’s first sentence reminds me of Louisiana under Jindal–his deeds were abetted by the Legislature.